Nodding with satisfaction, Zhu Changluo turned his gaze to Wang Zhong on the side, Li Ji was specially picked by him from Chen Liangbi, and Wang Zhong was naturally no exception. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And when he was finalizing the candidate, it took him a lot of effort to persuade Chen Liangbi to allocate Wang Zhong to him, compared to Li Ji, who was not so important to someone with the new steelmaking method, Wang Zhong could be regarded as his heart.

Although these masters like the generals are basically experts in equipment, the so-called art industry has a specialty, and each of them has their own main direction of attack, such as Li Ji's iron forging technique, and another example is Wang Zhong's firearms.

Yes, this man who looks a little dark-faced can be said to be one of the most specialized people in the Ming Dynasty for firearms, basically all the existing firearms in the Ming Dynasty can be manufactured by him, and people like him, even in the hands of Chen Liangbi, are only two.

Even if it weren't for the fact that the Central Capital Stayed Division was in Nanzhili, I am afraid that even Chen Liangbi would not have been able to ask for these two masters who specialized in firearms from the capital.

So when Zhu Changluo asked Wang Zhong, Chen Liangbi almost slapped the table with him, but in the end, Zhu Changluo came up with a posture of never giving in to succeed.

Of course, this is also because in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, there are no conditions for rebellion at all, if Zhu Changluo's fief is like the vassal king in the early Ming Dynasty, all of them are guarded on the frontier, this kind of master who specializes in firearms will not even think about it.

The Ming Dynasty can be said to be the top dynasty in the entire ancient dynasty for firearms research, even in the West today, in this regard, it is not as good as the Ming Dynasty today, as an expert in this area, Wang Zhong naturally knows where the biggest constraint on the development of firearms is.

Raw materials!

The basic principle of a firearm is to seal the gunpowder in the barrel of the gun and shoot the projectile out with strong pressure, resulting in a powerful lethality.

And the most important of this is not actually the structure of the cavity, in fact, the structure is not a problem for the Chinese at all, you know, even the extremely complex structure of the bed crossbow has been made by the Chinese.

The real problem lies in the raw materials, the most basic requirement for firearms is to be tightly sealed, and only in a small space can enough pressure be generated, but the quality of today's steel is really a bit flattering.

This kind of steel is absolutely enough to make some long knives and spears, but it is a little insufficient in firearms, because the high temperature and strong pressure generated when it is triggered often lead to explosions, and even some steel is mixed with bubbles.

Such a thing is not a weapon to defeat the enemy at all, but a talisman for a sergeant.

So Wang Zhong was far more excited than everyone present and spoke.

"Your Highness, if Master Li can really further refine this hundred refined refined steel and obtain the material of the divine soldier, the little one has the confidence to make my Ming Hongyi cannon range five miles away!"

"Oh? Does it really work? ”

As soon as these words came out, even Zhu Changluo was not calm.

Compared with other messy things, the Hongyi cannon is the core of the entire firearms research, even the Tatars, who are known as the most resistant to firearms, while banning all firearms research, only the Hongyi cannon remains.

Because the lethality of this thing in war is just too great!

For example, even if it is a hundred spears, it may not be as powerful as a cannon in a war, after all, the advantage of shells is that they have a long range and a large range, and they don't need to be deliberately aimed at at all.

Today's Hongyi cannon has begun to be common in the Ming army, take the Korean War presided over by Li Rusong as an example, the Hongyi cannon has made a great contribution!

But it's a pity that the effective range of today's Hongyi cannon can only reach the level of one mile, and more than three miles cannot produce effective lethality, and it is obvious that the distance of one mile is not enough to pull away the strength of the enemy and us.

Moreover, the early Hongyi cannon still had the problem of exploding for no reason, so the low-level sergeants preferred to use bed crossbows that were not much more powerful but absolutely safe.

You must know that although the bed crossbow needs ten people to operate together, its effective range can also reach more than one mile, the only drawback is that it is difficult to move, and most of the time it can only be used to defend the city.

And if it's five miles......

In this era of cold weapons, Zhu Changluo felt that it was a bug when he thought about it, imagine that the enemy army separated by several miles, with more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, the Ming army did not have to move forward at all, and directly bombarded indiscriminately with Hongyi cannons, and when the enemy approached, it would be reduced by at least one-third.

These five miles can only be filled with flesh and blood lives!

And not only that, if the range of the cannon reaches five miles, then it means that the enemy army must be camped at least ten miles away, which basically eliminates the possibility of large-scale sneak attacks......

"Your Royal Highness doesn't know, our army's current Hongyi cannon in order to prevent explosion, mostly use copper as the material, but the price of copper is needless to say, more importantly, the copper is soft, although it is much safer than steel cannons, but the firing range is short, the rate of fire is slow, and copper is not resistant to high temperatures, so after each launch, it needs to be poured into the chamber to cool down, and then wiped dry with a dry cloth before it can be re-launched.

And not only that, the copper cannon has a short lifespan, because each time it is fired, the cavity will expand due to high temperatures, resulting in a further decrease in the front sight and range, which is really a lot of drawbacks......"

Wang Zhong smiled and said.

These things are secrets that only the master craftsmen understand, although Wang Zhong is honest, but not stupid, he knows that in order to win the trust of the highness in front of him, he must show his hand.

Sure enough, Zhu Changluo suddenly became interested and looked at Wang Zhong intently.

He had never heard of these things before, only a vague concept, but after Wang Zhong's explanation, he had a vague understanding in his heart.

"But the steel is not, if you don't consider the problem of exploding, even if it is an ordinary Hongyi cannon forged from 100 steel, the firing range can reach four miles away, if Li Ji can really further improve the quality of steel, Xiao is confident that he can cast a flawless Hongyi cannon!"

Wang Zhong's tone was slightly excited, unlike Li Ji, his family has been studying firearms for generations, and the Hongyi cannon is the focus of research.

His life's biggest dream is to forge a weapon that can beat all weapons on the battlefield, Wang Zhong heard the elders of his family say to him from a very young age that firearms will rule the entire battlefield in the future, which has always been his belief, but the wide range of Hongyi cannons used today is not even comparable to the bed crossbow, which really makes him a little discouraged.

But now Li Ji's family steelmaking method has given him a new hope, as long as there is enough quality steel to solve the problem of blowing up the chamber, Wang Zhong believes that the Hongyi cannon will definitely become an artifact that will make the enemy fearful.

"Okay, Master Li has this ambition, and this king is waiting for your flawless artillery to be born......"

Zhu Changluo was also very happy, smiled and said.

ps: The next chapter will be sent at eleven o'clock~