The development of firearms in the imperial court can make a breakthrough, and John Tang wants to evaluate the first merit.

Tang Ruowang has studied in the starting point city for so long, and the harvest is huge, which is also Wang Yue's negligence, because high school chemistry has an accurate description of black powder, which is more powerful than the current black powder in the Ming Dynasty, and it has also been granulated by Tang Ruowang.

In addition, there is also the proportion of carbon content of various types of steel in materials science, which is the basic textbook of technical schools, and Wang Yue has no energy to consult and delete many books.

Therefore, the firearms developed by Lu Xiangsheng and others finally abandoned bronze, because the starting point city donated 100,000 catties of steel to the imperial court every year, for which the artillery they cast was a lighter steel cannon, and the caliber was basically the same as the foreign trade version of the public security army.

The shape of the musket is also similar to that of the foreign trade version, and it is a flintlock pistol, although it does not use paper fixed ammunition, but absorbs this concept, and each amount of gunpowder has been individually packaged, which makes this musket have a higher rate of fire than the arquebus. Not only that, but the gun was also equipped with a bayonet in the same way as the Tiance musket. In this way, in hand-to-hand combat, the musketeers are also converted into spearmen.

Therefore, the firearms developed by Lu Xiangsheng and others have surpassed those of Europe in terms of materials and concepts, but there is still a big gap between them and the foreign trade version of the firearms of the public security forces. Because they do not have machines to mass-produce barrels and other components, they cannot be standardized by hand, and the manufacturing speed is slower, plus there is no modern propellant, and the range is not as good as the foreign trade version.

In addition, according to the investigation bureau, a new army of 20,000 people has been formed in the Xuanda Governorate District, of which about 8,000 are already equipped with new firearms. One of the battalions of the new army was stationed in the capital as Lu Xiangsheng's personal battalion.

Interestingly, the clothing style of this new army is basically the same as that of the Tiance Army and the Security Army, but the color is not camouflage, but earthy yellow. At the same time, the establishment is also similar to that of the Tiance Army, which is divided into brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons.

After Wang Yue looked at the photos sent back by the Investigation Bureau, how did he think that this new army was very similar to the army of a warlord in the Republic of China era.

Lu Xiangsheng said again: "I'm here to get back to those craftsmen, how about Lord Shaobao sell face to the governor?" ”

Wang Yue spread his hands and said: "Duke Lu, these people are here for me, if I hand them over to you, how can Ben Shao save face?" So Lu Dugong should not mention this matter! ”

"You...!" Lu Xiangsheng stood up with a sigh of relief, blowing his beard angrily and glaring at Wang Yue.

Wang Yue tasted tea as if he was nothing, although he admired Lu Xiangsheng very much, but principle is principle.

What can I do with Wang Yue? Lu Xiangsheng really has no choice, is it possible to start a war with Wang Yue again for the sake of craftsmen? As far as the new army's force is concerned, don't think about it.

Boom, Lu Xiangsheng sat back in place fiercely, and said earnestly: "Wang Sihua." He changed his title, "Can't you understand the plight of Bendo?" Without these craftsmen, I really wouldn't be able to do anything. ”

Wang Yue continued to drink tea, he didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to play the emotional card.

"Alas, well!" Seeing that Wang Yue ignored him, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "In this case, the governor has a condition, if Lord Shaobao can agree, the governor will not be entangled in the affairs of the craftsman." ”

"Oh? What conditions does Lu Dugong want to propose? Wang Yue said curiously.

Lu Xiangsheng said slowly: "My Daming has a vast territory and sits on thousands of miles, so the places are far apart, and I can only rely on fast horses to transmit information for a long time, which is very inconvenient!" Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Wang Yue's face and said: "This governor knows that there is a thousand miles of sound transmission technique in the starting point city, can Lord Shaobao also let the court learn this technique to solve the troubles of the imperial court." If this is the case, Master Shaobao will surely be of great merit. ”

Wang Yue couldn't help but feel a little bit of Peilu Xiangsheng's patriotic spirit, and seeing that he couldn't ask for craftsmen, he put forward such a big condition.

Radio in the starting city has a wide range of applications, such as broadcasting, walkie-talkies, PHS, telephone, telegraph, etc. In two years, it is difficult for the court not to understand.

"I don't know which thousand-mile sound transmission technique Lu Dugong has taken a fancy to?" Wang Yue asked with a frown.

"Radio, walkie-talkie, PHS, telephone, telegraph, these are all needed by the imperial court, how about Lord Shaobao?" Lu Xiangsheng really has an understanding of these communication tools, and the performance and use of these communication tools are also roughly known.

Wang Yue thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Duke Lu is too taken for granted, the price of these communication tools is very high, and the imperial court can't afford it at all, even my starting point city has no surplus to sell to the imperial court." ”

"Lord Shaobao......!" Lu Xiangsheng's face became very ugly, this Wang Yue was really difficult to speak.

Wang Yue waved his hand and said, "I admire Duke Lu's personality very much!" In order not to let you go home empty-handed, the telegrams in these communication tools, I can still cooperate with the imperial court. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes lit up, and he was pleasantly surprised: "How to cooperate?" "The telegraph is the most mysterious communication tool of the Tiance Army, and no one has ever seen what it looks like, but according to Wu Zhi, who is still supervising the Tiance Army, the telegraph is the real art of transmitting sound for thousands of miles.

Radio, walkie-talkies, PHS, telephones, these are not available for the imperial court at present.

Radio, in particular, is a powerful tool for news and propaganda, and can only be owned by the starting point. The other three cannot be applied on a large scale because the starting point city cannot be produced by itself.

Among them, the local production of telephones should be realized within one or two years, the structure of the magnet telephone is not complicated, the complex is the program-controlled switch, the original space-time program-controlled switch can access hundreds of telephones, the number can be used to local production.

"Because the number of telegraphs in my starting city is also limited, and the price of each one is more than 200,000 taels, and the imperial court can't afford it." Wang Yue said nonsense, anyway, this thing is unique to the starting point city, and what he says is everything.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this price, his brain was sweating, and when he thought of one in each province of Daming, it was an astronomical amount.

"In addition, the telegraph also needs electricity, and the daily consumption is also very large, and the usual maintenance workload is also very large." Wang Yue continued to flicker: "Since Duke Lu mentioned the needs of the imperial court, I can't help but give Duke Lu this face. And Ben Shaobao, as an official of the imperial court, should also share the worries of the imperial court. ”

"Lord Shaobao's loyalty to the country is admirable!" For the sake of this telegram, Lu Xiangsheng did not hesitate to say something sycophant.

However, aside from the fact that Wang Yue is not the first minister, in fact, Wang Yue's contribution to the imperial court cannot be compared with anyone, look at the current bear appearance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then look at the silver in Chongzhen's inner pocket, isn't it convincing enough?