Zhu Yijun's New Year is very comfortable, even if there is a war in the south, the army is also moving westward, but these do not affect Zhu Yijun's New Year, after all, the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty to deal with these is basically not a problem, and Zhu Yijun does not have to worry too much about things.

After the New Year, everything was on the right track, and the war report from the south also came, and the battle situation was good.

The first is the Ming Royal Sailors, who basically occupied the Cham without much effort and began to establish a solid base of Sailors there. Then there is the land of the Ming Dynasty, Mang Yingli can be said to be defeated and retreated, in the face of the Ming army, there is no power to fight back, the Ming Dynasty has already laid down two-thirds of the land of the Donghu Dynasty, and it will be able to take the Donghu Dynasty in the near future.

Once the Donghu Dynasty fell, the entire southeast peninsula would completely enter the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, and the rest would take time to encroach.

"Emperor, Lord Xu Guangqi is here!" Wei Chao stood beside Zhu Yijun and said respectfully.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said, "Let him come in!" ”

It didn't take long for Xu Guangqi to walk in from outside, Xu Guangqi at this time was dusty, with tiredness on his face, but his expression was very excited, obviously there was something good about it. Since the steam engine was running, Xu Guangqi has been busy miniaturizing Xu Guangqi, because Xu Guangqi has already obtained Zhu Yijun's plan for the next step of the steam engine.

To build steam-powered ironclad warships and trains, the railroad carriage was not built, but it had been used by the Armament Division for several years.

Once the railroad carriage is replaced by a train, the transportation between the north and the south will be greatly enhanced.

"Look at Aiqing's appearance, this is a happy event to tell me!" Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Guangqi and said with a smile: "I am looking forward to Aiqing's good news, but it's not a day. “

"Back to Your Majesty, it is indeed good news." Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "The minister led his colleagues in the Armament Division to conquer the mortar production line, the assembly line production line powered by the steam engine, and the rear-loading guns and bullets of the Armament Division. “

According to the normal process, Xu Guangqi needs to fold it to the Military Aircraft Department, and then the Military Aircraft Department will hand it over to Zhu Yijun after the ticket is drafted. After Zhu Yijun's approval, he returned to the military aircraft department to form a holy decree, and the holy purpose was to go to the household department, and the household department allocated funds to the Armament Division. Obviously, Xu Guangqi can't wait, he needs to get the money as soon as possible, and he doesn't want to wait at all.

Listening to Xu Guangqi's words, Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "It's done?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's done!" Xu Guangqi said excitedly: "The production line of mortars can be put on at any time, the money is in place, the barrels and shells can be mass-produced, and the minister is ready to put on two production lines, at the speed of the Royal Iron Works, four production lines should be enough, and then a hundred mortars and 500 shells can be produced every month." ”

That seems like a bit less, right? However, Zhu Yijun also understands, after all, this is the beginning, this speed is good, and Xu Guangqi mentioned the output of the steelmaking plant, obviously it is not the production capacity that restricts the output, but the raw materials.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then asked again: "What about the breech-loading rifled gun?" ”

This is what Zhu Yijun pays the most attention to, although the mortar is also very powerful, but the rear-loading rifled gun is the king, and then the Ming Dynasty will have a field gun in the real sense, and even a howitzer. With such a cannon, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty is the artillery in the real sense, and the current artillery is still a bit nondescript, you must know that this is the era when artillery is king.

"Back to Your Majesty, the test has already been made, and it will take some time to mass produce it, but it won't be too long." Xu Guangqi assured.

In fact, although the steam engine has not yet been miniaturized, its birth has brought a qualitative leap to the Ming Dynasty, and many technologies that have been accumulated before can now be used.

"Good, good!" Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction: "We must speed up the progress and get the breezed rifled gun and the rear loading gun as soon as possible." ”

Once there are these two big killers, Da Ming is really invincible, how can Zhu Yijun not be excited.

"Your Majesty, the Armed Forces Division has created a gadget, and the minister specially brought it to Your Majesty." Xu Guangqi was so happy to see Zhu Yijun, and he was also happy in his heart, at least this time he would ask for more money, and it would be easier.

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Where is the thing?" ”

"It's right outside!" Xu Guangqi hurriedly said.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said, "Take it in!" ”

It didn't take long for the little eunuch to bring in two boxes, Zhu Yijun also walked down from the dragon chair, Xu Guangqi hurriedly walked over and opened the first box, and the contents directly attracted Zhu Yijun's attention. There are two guns in the box, the one in front is a short gun, and the one in the back is a long gun, but Zhu Yijun was excited to see the style.

The short gun in front was actually a revolver, and Zhu Yijun picked it up without the slightest hesitation.

With a slight shake and a pull with his hand, the wheel of the revolver turned up, and Zhu Yijun turned his head to look at Xu Guangqi: "Is there a bullet?" ”

"Yes!" Xu Guangqi hurriedly opened the second box, and there were two boxes of bullets in it, a small box and a large box, the small one was obviously the bullet of the revolver, and the big one was naturally the rifle bullet.

Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and took out the bullets of the revolver, and then loaded them into the revolver one by one, without the slightest hesitation, Zhu Yijun walked out of the hall with the pistol, and then took the pistol to the pillar not far away.

"Smack!"

The crisp sound of gunfire rang out in front of the door of the main hall, and the rising white smoke of gunpowder was still a little choking, because it was not smokeless gunpowder after all.

Zhu Yijun didn't care about choking, and walked straight to the front of the pillar, and sure enough, a bullet hole was found in the pillar, although it was a lot worse than where Zhu Yijun was aiming, but it was a problem with Zhu Yijun's marksmanship rather than a problem with the gun. Zhu Yijun suddenly became excited, turned back to Xu Guangqi and said, "Bring me the spear!" ”

The spear was quickly taken, Zhu Yijun stroked the spear, his face was even more excited, he reached out to pick up the bullet of a spear, reached out and pressed it into the chamber, reached out and pulled the bolt, and then raised the gun and pointed it at a shot not far away, and the crisp sound of the gun rang out again.

This spear is a single-shot rear-loading rifle, which can be said to be not advanced in many places, but it is a rear-loading gun in the true sense, which is enough to surprise and excite Zhu Yijun.