Under Yao Yuanshan's arrangement, Zhu Cihong came to the barracks to inspect.

The establishment of the Xishan Barracks is very different from other armies. But no matter how different it is, it is also a military camp, and the atmosphere of solemnity makes people nervous.

They were accompanied by Zhu Cihong's close ministers, and they were all looking forward to seeing the power of this new flintlock pistol.

Zhu Cihong himself stood in the middle position, his face was not angry and arrogant.

"Yao Qing's family, you can start."

"Obey the order!"

Yao Yuanshan replied in a loud voice.

Under his arrangement, a whole line of soldiers of the Xishan Army picked up their new flintlock pistols and aimed them at a target a hundred paces away.

Since this new flintlock pistol had just been made, the production was very limited, and all the resources were concentrated in the West Mountain.

Yao Yuanshan can be said to be the first person to eat crabs.

This is both an opportunity and a challenge.

Today, when the son attaches great importance to firearms, if this flintlock pistol that has just been made proves to be extremely powerful and can be equipped with the whole army, then the person who proves this matter can definitely be reduced to the emperor's heart.

But if the flintlock pistol debut is mediocre or even bad, the person who testifies to it will also be angered or even condemned for it.

However, Yao Yuanshan decided to give it a go.

There's nothing he can't afford to lose.

If it weren't for today's son Jian Ba, he would still be just a soldier in the Beijing camp waiting to die, and he would not see hope for the rest of his life.

And he is now the commander of the majestic West Mountain, of course, this did not fall from the sky, but he fought hard.

So he's still going to fight and see where he can sit.

"Ready..."

Yao Yuanshan cleared his throat and issued the first command.

"Put!"

When everyone was holding their breath, Yao Yuanshan burst into a loud shout.

The soldiers of the Xishan Army in a row pulled the trigger one after another, and the lead shot burst out and went straight towards the target.

With a flick of his fingers, except for one lead shot, the other fourteen shots all hit the bull's-eye.

Everyone, including Zhu Cihong, gasped.

That's too high.

You know, it's a hundred paces away.

In fact, the biggest advantage of the flintlock pistol over the old arquebus was not the hit rate, but the firing conditions.

Flintlock pistols are struck with flint rather than ignited by the inquire, so they can be fired effectively on rainy days.

This solved a major problem that plagued the border army in the late Ming Dynasty.

You must know that when Sun Chuanting was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi and organized the firearms troop battalion, even Chongzhen thought that the Ming Dynasty had hope of turning the tables.

In the first few battles, Sun Chuanting did fight beautifully, and the army was defeated and retreated.

But in the most critical battle, it suddenly rained heavily.

The firearms army that Sun Chuanting spent countless efforts to build was all dumb.

The gun can't shoot, the cannon can't shoot.

The Chuang army took the opportunity to complete the counterattack and wiped out a large number of Ming troops.

After this battle, Sun Chuanting's vitality was greatly injured, and he could only choose to shrink and defend.

Later, Chongzhen repeatedly urged Sun Chuanting to go out of the customs and break through, but Sun Chuanting couldn't bear the pressure and could only choose to go out of the city to face the battle, and finally the whole army was wiped out.

If Sun Chuanting's army had used flintlock pistols instead of arquebuses, there would definitely not have been such a sudden mute of fire, and perhaps that battle would have been won, and everything after that would have been rewritten.

But it doesn't make any sense to say this now, it only makes people sad.

Zhu Cihong only hoped that after the popularization of flintlock pistols, such tragedies would become less and less, and the Ming Dynasty could also use this advantage to complete the crushing of the Qing army.

"Yao Qing, you did a good job."

Zhu Cihong was very satisfied with the Xishan army trained by Yao Yuanshan, and the flintlock pistol played its due power in their hands.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment. The minister thought that this flintlock pistol was easy to operate, and if it was popularized, it would greatly improve the combat effectiveness of our army. It's just that the cost of this gun is not cheap, can it really be equipped by the whole army? ”

Yao Yuanshan's worries were also the worries of most courtiers.

They knew very well that the flintlock pistol was expensive, and with the current financial resources of the Ming Dynasty, it was okay to build a few thousand rods, but if hundreds of thousands of troops were all equipped, the burden would not be ordinarily large.

Zhu Cihong smiled faintly and said, "Aiqing doesn't need to worry about the silver money, I have my own way." I don't dare to say how many of them, but 100,000 guns can definitely be made. ”

Everyone gasped.

Your Majesty the Emperor is not talking about it, is it?

100,000 guns...... Even if it is ten taels of silver for a gun, there is one million taels for a hundred thousand guns.

Moreover, everything that cannot be produced in the process of making can be used, and there will definitely be defective products among them, so it will be necessary to make a surplus, and the budget will be two million taels of silver.

Two million taels is not a small amount, and the current household surplus is only slightly more than that.

But the household department can't take all this money out of it in one go to make guns.

You have to keep some silver in case you need it. Otherwise, if there is a disaster in the future, the court will not even be able to take out the money for disaster relief, which will make the world laugh.

Zhu Cihong glanced at everyone, and when he saw their sad expressions, he cleared his throat and said, "You Aiqing don't have to worry, this silver comes out of the inner money." ”

As soon as these words came out, those courtiers who were worried about the country and the people immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that this money does not come out of the treasury, so that's good, that's good.

Anyway, the money in the inner money is the emperor's private money, and His Majesty the emperor can spend it however he wants, and they can't control it.

Zhu Cihong really has the confidence to say this.

In a year, he can earn more than 10 million taels just by relying on mining taxes and sea trade.

The money was directly charged into the treasury and was at the disposal of the Son of Heaven.

"Okay, I'll go and tell Gao Qing that I order him to hurry up and make a flintlock pistol, and he must make 10,000 guns within a month."

The reason why Zhu Cihong is in such a hurry is, of course, because the current situation is very tense.

The war in Sichuan is about to break out, and if this new flintlock pistol can be installed in the Ming army in eastern Sichuan, it will be more or less helpful.

Of course, Zhu Cihong also said that the number of 10,000 strokes was also said.

If he only set a number of a few thousand strokes, I am afraid that in the end, it would be good if the Ministry of Engineering could hand over a thousand strokes.

He set 10,000 strokes, and in the end the Ministry of Engineering was able to hand over at least two or three thousand strokes.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The crowd shouted in unison.

As the saying goes, thousands of clothes are worn, and sycophants are not worn.

At this time, patting His Majesty the Emperor's ass will not lose a piece of meat, but it is just a mouthful.

"Okay, I'm tired, so I'll go back to the palace."

Zhu Cihong stepped forward and patted Yao Yuanshan on the shoulder and said, "Yao Qing's family is doing a good job, I am optimistic about you." ”

Yao Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, and then tears burst out of his eyes.

The Son of Heaven treats him so well, how can he repay the kindness of the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister is willing to do his best for Your Majesty!"

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