The next morning, after breakfast, Li Jinzhong took Zhu Youxiao to the Military War Bureau.
As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw the eunuch who was in charge of printing, the eunuch who was in charge of the armory, and dozens of people including managers, bookkeepers, chiefs, scriptwriters, and supervisors, etc., prostrated themselves on the ground and said in unison: "Welcome to His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun."
Zhu You The principal glanced at Li Jinzhong and understood that he should have explained it first yesterday.
He held his hands up and said, "Everyone, please stand up."
Everyone dared not say anything.
The eunuch of the palm print came forward and introduced himself first: "Slave Li Chaoqin, the master of the military affairs department, please give instructions to His Majesty the Grand Sun."
Instructions, I also gave instructions, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Let's go and see the firearms first."
A group of people came to the Gunpowder Bureau.
After entering the door, there is a large place filled with artillery and firecrackers, big, small, and weird ones.
It seems that Li Chaoqin put some thought into trying to curry favor with the emperor's grandson.
Zhu Youxiao picked up a firecracker, pointed it into the distance, and pulled the trigger.
He fainted and made no movement.
Li Chaoqin hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me.
I didn't know that Your Highness wanted to test the gun, so I didn't light the match.
Please punish me."
Zhu Youxiao knew that he was stepping down for himself, so he smiled and handed him the firecracker in his hand.
Li Chaoqin first lit the match rope with a tinder pot, leveled the blunderbuss, aimed at the target in front, then pulled the trigger, and with a bang, a round hole appeared on the target.
Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Yes, Li Dujian's marksmanship is good."
Li Chaoqin handed the musket to the person next to him, bowed and said: "I thanked His Highness for the compliment.
There are also various muskets here, please enjoy them. ” Zhu Youxiao noticed that the fire guns here were all single-shot matchlock guns, and asked, "Why aren't there any thunder guns?"
"Your Highness, the War Bureau only manufactures single-eyed fire muskets, and the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry only produces three-eyed muskets.
As for thunder guns, the Ordnance Bureau does not make them either, because production is troublesome and the effect is not very good."
"Is that so, Director Li, these firecrackers can only be ignited with match ropes?
Is there any other way to ignite them?"
Li Chaoqin was stunned.
As the name of the matchlock gun suggests, of course it should be lit with a matchlock.
How could there be any other way to ignite the fire?
But His Highness Taisun said so, there should be other ways.
He was very clever and immediately bowed and said: "This slave only knows how to light a fire, but there are some old people in our military department, why don't we ask them to tell us if there are other ways."
After getting permission, he called out three old people from a big room, about fifty years old, with weathered faces.
Zhu Youxiao saw that they all had beards, and became surprised and asked: "They are not internal officials."
"Li Jinzhong whispered: "No, they are old craftsmen.
Among the twenty-four yamen in the imperial city, only the ones in charge are chamberlains, and the others are craftsmen."
Only then did Zhu Youxiao realize that he had thought wrong.
Li Chaoqin said: "His Royal Highness Taisun asked if fire blunderbuss can only be lit with match ropes.
Is there any other way to light a fire?"
Two of the old men shook their heads.
Only one old man knelt down and said, "Last time I heard that someone in Guangzhou had seen a fire.
It's a kind of fire blunderbuss made by Fo Langji.
It can be fired without a match rope.
I just don't know how to do it."
Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed and stepped forward to help him up.
The old man didn't dare to say anything and stood up on his own.
Zhu Youxiao asked Li Chaoqin and found out that these three old men were managers of the Gunpowder Bureau, that is, technical instructors.
He also knows that technological innovation does not happen overnight.
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He knew that he would be in charge in more than a year through Parallel Time and Space Administration No. 1.
It was crucial to have good technical reserves now.
So he asked Li Chaoqin to arrange a room.
After entering the room, he asked the three old people to sit down, but the old people refused no matter what.
Finally, Li Jinzhong got angry and sat down.
It was just a little closer to the corner of the stool.
Zhu Youxiao said: "I know other methods of ignition, which is to hit flint with steel, and the sparks ignite the gunpowder.
But I don't know how to set up the striking device.
All three of them are immersed in this I've been an old man for many years, so I'll leave these things to you. .
Supervisor Li, you select some smarter people from the Gunpowder Bureau and divide them into three groups.
Let each of the three lead a group.
Tell them how to make fire and let them study how to make it.
Which group can make it first?
Whichever team makes the fire gun with the highest ignition rate will be rewarded heavily."
"Then the current matchlock guns must continue to be improved.
The main directions for improvement are the following.
One is to increase the range, the other is to increase the hit rate, the third is to increase the loading speed, and the fourth is to reduce the number of parts.
In these aspects, as long as If you make progress, you will be rewarded heavily, Director Li You also have a reward, and the money will be given to you.
Also, these things must be kept secret, and no details about the grouping and rewards will be announced tomorrow.
I will talk about it after reading it."
Although there are some words in Zhu Youxiao's words.
It's fresh, but the basic meaning can be heard by combining the before and after.
Everyone understands the reward.
When it comes to scientific research, you're not afraid that you can't do it, but you're afraid that you can't think of it.
Now His Highness Taisun has explained all the methods.
It's not difficult to just make a real object.
It seems that this reward is quite easy to get.
So they stood up together and said: "I will obey the order of the great grandson."
Li Chaoqin was even more excited and even shouted out "I dare not die for the great grandson".
Zhu Youxiao added: "From now on, Li Banban will look after this place.
If you have any requests, you can ask Li Banban.
As long as the results come out.
Today is April 28th.
Three months later, July Twenty-eight, I want to see a new type of fire gun that can be used."
Everyone said, "I dare not disappoint His Highness Taisun's high expectations."
We left the house together and looked at the artillery.
Zhu Youxiao asked: "Which one is the Hongyi Cannon?"
"This servant is very talented and has little knowledge.
I have never heard of the Hongyi cannon.
In the Military War Bureau, we only have this kind of tiger squatting cannon, this kind of bowl-mouth cannon, and this kind of Fo Lang machine cannon."
Li Chaoqin introduced them one by one to His Highness Taisun.
I saw that the tiger crouching gun was about two feet long, with seven iron hoops added around the body.
The gun head was held up by two iron claws and there was an iron trip.
It looks really majestic.
Yesterday I saw an introduction to the Tiger Crouching Cannon in the military training record.
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The Tiger Crouching Cannon weighs thirty-six kilograms.
Before firing, the cannon body must be fixed to the ground with large iron nails.
Each shot can be loaded with a weight of five coins.
One hundred small lead bullets or pebbles are pressed against the top by a large lead bullet or boulder bullet weighing thirty taels.
When fired, the large and small bullets fly out together with a thunderous sound and a large lethality and radiation range.
Especially suitable for field battles.
It is very effective against dense enemies, but it is a bit troublesome to load and launch, so the rate of fire is slow.
The Folan cannon is much larger than the Tiger squat cannon, but it is actually an iron breech-loading smoothbore cannon.
Although it contained muskets instead of cannon shells, Zhu Youxiao knew that the development direction of cannons was to switch from front-loading cannons to rear-loading cannons, which could greatly increase the rate of fire.
So he asked Li Chaoqin: "The Fo Lang machine gun should fire much faster than the Tiger Crouching gun.
Is there any disadvantage?"
"The Fo Lang machine gun is too big and not suitable for field battles, but it can be used to defend the city.
The shells don't shoot far." , not very powerful, not suitable for siege.
"The range is not far, mainly due to craftsmanship issues.
Now Zhu Youxiao has no fundamental solution and can only try to standardize production.
Take your time, one bite won't make you fat.
Instruct Li Chaoqin to include improvements in artillery in tomorrow's document.
After coming out of the firearms bureau, I looked at the situation of swords, guns and armor everywhere in the war bureau.
Li Chaoqin took out a short sword and presented it to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao took it and saw that the sword was about a foot long.
He pulled it out gently.
There were patterns on the sword, like a ladder, with more than ten layers.
"This is a sword that this slave occasionally got.
It comes from Tianzhu.
It is extremely sharp and the treasure slave dare not use it.
Hero Taisun is the owner of this sword."
After saying that, he held a wooden stick in front of the sword and Zhu Youxiao said The sword was swung away, no resistance was felt, no sound was heard, and the stick was broken.
"Good sword, good sword, you are determined."
He held it and waved it a few more times, becoming more and more satisfied.
This Li Chaoqin is pretty good, I don’t know how he does things, but at least he has some skills in flattering him.
After returning home with a full load, the mood is naturally very good.
Back at his residence, Keshi said that Xu Guangqi had sent someone to deliver something.
Li Jinzhong opened the package and found a wooden box with seven or eight sweet potatoes inside and a thin book outside.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Where are you managing the planting?"
"The Siyuan Bureau is specifically in charge of vegetables, fruits and gardening in various parts of the palace.
The eunuch in charge is Wang Tiqian."
"Give these things to him and let him cultivate them according to the method mentioned in Master Xu's book.
All the harvest will be used for the next planting.
Cultivate as much as possible, and keep a record of the cultivation methods.
Tell him that he will be rewarded if he does well."
Li Jinzhong bowed and agreed, carrying his things to the Siyuan Bureau
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