Zhu Zhanji handed the musket to Liu Sheng and said, "Marquis Anyuan, although this musket is already very good, there are still two areas that need to be improved. ”

Liu Sheng originally came today to shock Zhu Zhanji, and wanted to make Zhu Zhanji recognize him with his understanding of the musket, but he didn't expect that he was still dissatisfied.

But at this time, of course, he would not refute Zhu Zhanji's opinion, and said humbly: "Your Highness, please instruct!" ”

"Now that the barrel of the gun can be of the same thickness, it is time to develop a single bullet, and now five bullets will be torn apart after being fired, and it is difficult to pose a lethal threat to an enemy."

As an expert in firearms, Liu Sheng quickly thought of the key issues in this. "Your Highness, if you hold your breath too tightly, it will be easy to get stuck, if you don't hold your breath tightly, the bullet will not be too heavy, and the range will not be far. So even a bullet is the direction of research, but at least now it is difficult to achieve. ”

Of course, Zhu Zhanji knew this, and when the power of gunpowder was only so great, in order to increase the firing range, he had to design the barrel to exceed 1.2 meters, or even more than 1.5 meters.

Replacing it with a bullet, the weight is actually a small problem, because the bullet also has inertia and impact force, and it is not that the heavier the bullet, the shorter the range, and various tests are still needed in this.

The key to the greatest impact on the firing range is the air-holding force, the breath-holding is not tight, the range is close, the air-holding is too tight, and the diameter of the bullet is too thick, which will not only wear out the barrel, but also be easy to jam and bor.

In the machining accuracy has not yet reached the corresponding level, this matter really does not need to be too urgent.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Although the power of the firearm is not small now, we still can't ignore the possible hand-to-hand combat. Nowadays, in order to reduce the burden, the firecracker team is only equipped with daggers, and if it encounters hand-to-hand combat, it will suffer very much. So, in my opinion, a bayonet should be installed under the barrel. In this way, when encountering the enemy, the bayonet mounted on the head of the gun plus the length of the barrel is not afraid of the opponent's knife and gun attack. However, it should be noted that the installation of the passage should not be affected. ”

This is not a big problem, and Liu Sheng casually responded. "Yes, the minister."

Every time a musket is fired, it leaves a remnant of gunpowder in the barrel and must be boring. The role of the general rule cannot be canceled for at least a few decades.

It really wants to be like the copper-shelled bullets of later generations, not to mention fire caps, smokeless gunpowder, and processing capabilities. The consumption of resources alone and the demand for copper are all unaffordable for the current Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, now with the flintlock pistol, it has stood at the forefront of the world. Needlessly consuming more resources is not actually good for development.

Hearing Liu Sheng's happy agreement, from his answer, Zhu Zhanji also determined his intention to take refuge. smiled: "I know that you have all the barrels you produce now for yourself, and I have no intention of settling accounts with you, as long as you don't hinder my Yu Linwei's redress, the other barrels are originally based on your Shenji Battalion." ”

Liu Sheng was overjoyed and said: "The minister will send another 1,500 new guns to Yu Linwei, and he will never delay Yu Linwei's change of clothes." ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "No, it's three thousand new guns, and it must be this kind of double-barreled flintlock pistol." ”

There are 6,000 people in the two guards, but it is impossible for all of them to be gunmen. According to the distribution of personnel, these six thousand people, half of them were gunners, and then there were baggage battalions, shield corps, gunners, and there was still a part of the reserve left in them.

So a team of six thousand people, with three thousand new guns, is quite enough.

Liu Sheng showed a hint of embarrassment, but he still didn't discount it and agreed. "I will urge the craftsmen to not stop work during the New Year, and after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I will provide Yu Linwei with 3,000 new double-barreled flintlock pistols."

Although 500 barrels can be made every day, in the process of quenching, there will still be at least three or four percent defective products.

Today's smelting technology is insufficient, and the steel of the barrel is not of high purity, and no one can solve this problem.

Raising the smelting temperature to the point of melting molten steel would be the biggest threshold of the Industrial Revolution, and it was not until the 19th century that it was truly solved.

Therefore, at present, there are only two or three hundred qualified barrels obtained every day, and Zhu Zhanji needs 3,000 guns and 6,000 barrels, which requires almost a month's output.

Seeing that Liu Sheng was so careful and flattering, Zhu Zhanji also gave him some hope and said: "Gu understands what you mean, but Marquis An Yuan, as the most trusted general of the emperor's grandfather, is now in charge of the most important Shenji Battalion and Firearms Battalion of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it is not good for Lone to put his beak in the matter of An Yuanhou, but in the next few years, Daming will not miss the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the Shenji Battalion, and I hope An Yuanhou can seize it tightly. ”

Although what he said was just a well-known thing, saying it at this time meant that Zhu Zhanji had remembered Liu Sheng and recognized him.

Liu Sheng was overjoyed and said, "The minister will never live up to His Highness's expectations. ”

Liu Sheng is happy, and Zhu Zhanji is even happier.

Liu Sheng is not just an ordinary military general or a marquis, after he was appointed by Zhu Di to form the Ming Dynasty's firearms battalion, he became the one with the most special status.

The artillery, firearms, and best craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were almost all controlled by Liu Sheng.

With his help, the entire Ming Dynasty's firearms promotion plan can be accelerated by at least thirty percent.

And with this arm, his power in the barracks increased by three points. After a few more years of development like this, even if Zhu Gaochi is not satisfied with his son and wants to be easy to store, he will not be able to move him at all.

Today is Chenghui Liu Ronghui's birthday, and Zhu Zhanji promised her yesterday that he would celebrate her birthday today.

So before noon, he set off from the naval headquarters to return to the palace.

As soon as they walked out of the Navy Headquarters, two young men in their twenties knelt down on the side of the road when they saw Zhu Zhanji riding on a horse. "Grass people Ji Yun, Ji Yu, meet His Royal Highness Taisun."

When Ji Gang left, Zhu Zhanji also saw these two people in Ji's house and knew that they were Ji Gang's nephews.

However, as a grandson, Zhu Zhanji would not directly talk to young people like them who had no official position and lordship, and preferred the little eunuch Liang Chong, who was kneeling on their side, and asked, "What happened?" ”

Liang Chong replied with a smirk: "Your Highness, it's not that the slave doesn't want to take care of this matter, it's really a little difficult to manage." ”

Zhu Zhanji was in a hurry to go home, how could he have time to play dumb riddles, and said: "Come truthfully." ”

Liang Chong held a wedding card in both hands and said: "Yangwu Marquis Xue Lu returned to Beijing to report on his work, and today he asked the widowed mother of the two to marry, and wanted to accept the mother of the two as a concubine!" ”

Zhu Zhanji paused for a moment, looked at Ji Yun and Ji Yun, who were both in their twenties, and said, "Are you sure it's not the two sisters, but the widowed mother?" ”

Indeed, she is the mother of two. I don't know where Yang Wuhou got the birth date of the two widows, and it is clearly written. ”

Zhu Zhanji also wanted to laugh a little, but held back. Li Liang and the others didn't hold back, and several of them couldn't help laughing.

Hearing everyone's laughter, the two couldn't help crying. "Please call the shots of Your Highness!"

The people of this era are not like the later generations, they are still in good health at the age of sixty or seventy, and they eat deliciously.

Men are generally older than those who are sixty after fifty. The shelf life of women is shorter, because of long-term malnutrition, heavy physical work, raising children, aging very fast, and basically calling themselves old women after forty.

Both of them are in their twenties, and no matter how young their mother is, they will not be less than forty years old, and it is impossible to say whether they can eat with a mouthful of teeth.

This Xue Lu is really messing around, in order to humiliate Ji Gang, he even asked Ji Gang's sister-in-law to be a concubine......

Zhu Zhanji covered the corners of his lips with his hand and said, "I know about this matter, you two can go back." ”

The two stopped crying and looked at Zhu Zhanji with some confusion. Li Liang couldn't help but remind: "Your Highness has already responded to this matter, do you want Your Highness to accompany you to find the Marquis of Yangwu in person?" ”

Zhu Zhanji suppressed a smile and said, "You go to the Yangwu Marquis Mansion and ask him to meet me at the Intelligence Department of Donghua Gate in the afternoon." What nonsense! ”

When Zhu Zhanji led the guards to leave the two who were still wondering, he couldn't help laughing out loud anymore.

It's like two people scolding each other's mother, and one of them pulled out his eighty-year-old mother and said, "This is my mother, do you really want to it?" ”

The other person didn't dislike it, as if he really wanted to do it.

There are some things that you can only say you can't do, just like you scolding your mother.

There are some things you can only do but not say, such as when you kill someone.

Or the unspeakable things you do with your wife, if you really say it yourself, you are a fool.

However, Zhu Zhanji's laughter soon stopped. He suddenly thought, could this Xue Lu be the same as Liu Sheng, the drunkard doesn't mean to drink?

He had already discovered that since Dongying came back, the civil officials respected him a lot, and the generals and nobles were much closer to him.

It will be the fourteenth year of Yongle soon, that is, in 1416, and Zhu Zhanji, who was born in 1398, is already nineteen years old in this era.

At the age of eighteen, he became an adult, and at the age of nineteen, he was the grandson and was in charge of the world's water division. In addition, the emperor looked at it differently, and even many princes did not let him touch the power, and he handed it over to the grandson.

This also makes himself a fragrant bun, no matter who he is, as long as he has the opportunity, he wants to hold his stinky feet.

After entering the palace, he did not take the lead in returning to Xingqing Palace, but went straight to the palace where Zhu Di is now.

Zhu Di had already taken care of his official duties at this time and was ready to rest. Seeing Zhu Zhanji coming, he asked, "What happened?" ”

Zhu Zhanji glanced left and right, Zhu Di waved his hand, and all the eunuchs and palace maids retreated.

Only then did Zhu Zhanji report to Zhu Di about the recent overtures made to him by many ministers, and it was impossible to hide this matter from Zhu Di's ears.

Whether Zhu Di knows it or not, Zhu Zhanji can't hide it at this time, because this is a matter of attitude.

I haven't stepped down yet, so you don't care about cultivating your own power at all, and do you still take me seriously?

So no matter what, Zhu Zhanji should report to Zhu Di at this time, anyway, he will benefit from this matter.

Because these are military generals and nobles, not civil officials. It is impossible for Zhu Di not to let Zhu Zhanji come into contact with these military generals and nobles. Because this was originally a step in the process of his power alternation, but now the steps are a little faster.