Zhu Youxiao didn't see a single firearm except for the blast furnaces in various places and the surrounding workshops, so he asked Bi Maokang, "Have you started to try to make firearms?" ”

Bi Maokang glanced at Mao Yuanyi and arched his hand, "These days, according to Mao Sheng's instructions, there are hundreds of kinds of firearms, and because they don't dare to disturb the holy car, they are all placed in the warehouse, in the backyard. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Mao Yuanyi was placed in Wang Gong Factory by Jinyi Wei after entering the Beijing Saint, and it was inferred from the fact that the Son of Heaven did not directly appoint officials but entered the Guozi Prison with his father's merits, and a Son of Heaven did not believe that he knew firearms, so after arriving at Wang Gong Factory, he led the craftsmen to work day and night, and made a batch of samples of the firearms he knew.

Listening to the meaning of the Son of Heaven to test the firearms, Mao Yuanyi also stepped forward and echoed, "Please ask the emperor to move." ”

Zhu Youxiao came for this, so he went to the backyard under the leadership of Bi Maokang and surrounded by everyone. The backyard is surrounded by two rows of single-storey houses made of blue bricks, and the open space in the middle is paved with gravel to prevent fire and moisture, and the houses are divided into multiple rooms, nearly two feet high, and there are wooden windows in the middle of the wall to ventilate.

They came to the first storeroom on the left, which was rectangular in a north-south direction, with a long table in the center, on which were placed objects of various materials and strange shapes; It is surrounded by wooden frames against the wall, and various guns and rockets are placed.

After Mao Yuanyi entered the warehouse with him, he gave a speech in front of him, and his eyebrows fluttered to introduce all kinds of guns, if he hadn't seen the sword guards beside the Son of Heaven staring at him tightly, he would definitely take off the guns and personally operate and test them.

In addition to the Lumi bird gun and Buddha wolf machine that Zhu Youxiao had seen before, there are also straight balance guns, single eyes, three-eyed guns, five-row guns, son-mother guns, abduction guns, head guns, yaksha guns, big chases, etc., rockets according to the different arrows There are flying knives and arrows, flying spear arrows, swallowtail arrows, flying sword arrows, etc.

Zhu Youxiao pulled aside Ji Yong, who was guarding in front of him, and asked Mao Yuanyi, who was spitting, "What are the most equipped in Liaodong at the moment?" ”

Bi Maokang was stunned when he saw Mao Yuanyi being asked, and stepped forward to relieve the siege and said, "Previously, the ministers read the bottom account of the Ministry of Industry, and among the military supplies to Liao, the Lianzhu cannons, bird guns, clamp guns, and three- and four-eyed guns were the most, all of which were more than 6,000 rods, and there were more than 10 million large and small lead bullets, more than 1.25 million iron bullets, and more than 2 million rockets of various types......"

Zhu Youxiao made a stop gesture, stepped forward and picked up the two small canisters next to Lu Mi, shook them, and asked, "I didn't order the gunpowder to be filled before, can I do it?" ”

Two small jars are filled with projectiles and gunpowder respectively, and the one shaped like a steamed cake is a projectile can, and the one made of a skin is a gunpowder can. The gunpowder jar uses copper as the mouth, and there is a copper sheet at the neck of the medicine jar as the door, which has been used to block the pipe mouth, open the door, and tilt upside down. The opening of the projectile can is the size of the head of chopsticks, three inches long, stuffed with cork, and the cork is inserted with the mouth when used, and the pill filling mouth is aimed at the mouth of the gun.

"Your Majesty, because most of the gunpowder was sent to Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi ordered the auxiliary soldiers to be equipped, but ......," Sun Chengzong whispered from the side.

"Not applicable?"

Sun Chengzong nodded, "According to the method of the military battle, the amount of gunpowder is divided into oiled paper, and when it is used, it is bitten by the mouth and poured into the gun, the method is good, but in the training process, there is a matter of spilling gunpowder in a panic and the power is greatly reduced, so it may not be able to respond to it when the scene is chaotic." ”

Zhu Youxiao also knew that he was making a joke, only thinking about the principle of bullet-like thinking, completely forgetting that all kinds of guns were front-loading at the moment, and said with some embarrassment, "Blame me for negligence, let Xiong Tingbi adapt to the situation." ”

"My emperor is Shengming, this is exactly what the minister meant."

Zhu Youxiao smiled awkwardly and handed the medicine jar to Mao Yuanyi, "These firearms were all created by predecessors, and I don't want you to improve the firearms, not to pick up people's teeth." ”

"Ahh Mao Yuanyi didn't understand for a while, the "Wubei Zhi" he compiled was indeed a collection of the current military preparations, but it was not an innovation, seeing that the Son of Heaven would work hard for many days like a mustard, he was disheartened for a while, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, it may be difficult for the ministers to take on this important task, please choose another talent." ”

Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry to let Mao Yuanyi get up, and wanted to frustrate his spirit, so he walked to the long table in the middle of the warehouse to check those strange things.

Bi Maokang smiled and shook it, and Dai Mao Yuanyi stepped forward to explain to the Son of Heaven that it turned out that there were all kinds of mines placed on it, such as the wind, thunder and fire that attacked the enemy camp and burned its grain and grass; a large hive of slightly enemy ships; Fire demons, fire bombs, and sky fireballs defending the city; fire gourds, sky-falling cannons, pomegranate cannons, wind and dust cannons (with bottles), watermelon cannons, and lychee cannons similar to hand grenades; Set up ambush mine explosive tubes, stone bomb cannons, 10,000-shell mine cannons, and ground-to-earth mines.

"Your Majesty, most of them were created by Mao Sheng, taking this earth-to-earth thunder as an example, digging three feet in advance where the thief must pass, seeing the stone cannon ambushing under it, the fire is filled with a black basin and the medicine line on the cannon, the black basin is connected to the knife and gun barrel, and the soil is covered with soil without revealing its traces, and the gun handle is inserted vertically into the ground, and when the enemy sees that his weapon will come to shake it, then the fire is poured on the medicine line, which can ignite the stone blast artillery."

Stone explosive cannon is hollowed out with cobblestone, filled with nine-point explosives, pestle, inserted into a small bamboo tube, poured into the lead, separated from the moisture with paper, and then filled with dry soil, sealed with paper mud.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up, isn't this just a landmine, but it only takes an open flame to fire, and teased, "The thief is a fool?" How many times can this method be used? Furthermore, can you guarantee that the fire will not be extinguished for a long time when it is buried deep underground? ”

"If the law of the minister can ensure that the fire will not be extinguished for three months." Mao Yuanyi had the intention of going, but Wen Tianzi was picky again, and his words were sarcastic, so he was not convinced, knelt down and took two steps forward, and explained, "The stone bombing cannon can shoot the mysterious medicine letter (lead), you can first cut the ground trench into two halves with cat bamboo, cut the knots in the middle, soak the paper in alum water and dry it, wrap the medicine letter in the bamboo, bury it in the trough, and still cover it with soil; Cover the magnetic pot, knock the eye, face each other with the bamboo mouth, and bury the fire; The fire is combined with iron essence, dry paint, not ash wood, nitrate, sulfur and other substances, and the long rope is tied to the side of the fire, buried in the ground, and it rains in March. When the thief arrives and the rope moves, the cannon will be fired. ”

Zhu Youxiao followed his train of thought for a while, felt that although it was complicated, it was very reasonable, and asked, "Tried it?" ”

"I've tried, and if you hide the divine sand, the thief will be blind; Magnetic crumbs are thieves, and blood seals the throat; The thief is poisoned by fire, and it immediately decays; Lead is a thief, piercing the heart. ”

Zhu Youxiao became interested when he saw what he said, and said happily, "Let's be even!" It seems that you are not as you claim to be famous, you are indeed talented and learned, well, why, you have to be supported by my relatives to be willing to rise? ”

Mao Yuanyi's scholarly temperament, he was going to make a temperament, but when he saw that his careful thinking was seen through, he didn't get up, and he couldn't afford it, but fortunately, Bi Maokang, who had worked together for a few days, took the opportunity to drag himself up before he felt that he didn't lose face, and retreated to the side, not even bothering to say anything about apology.

Zhu Youxiao saw his expression and knew that in order to subdue such a proud person, he had to show his true skills, so he ordered someone to clean up a corner of the long case in the warehouse, took the four treasures of the study, took out the pen and explained, "First of all, this stone bombing cannon, outside the method of inserting a gun, can dig a deep pit like a trap, and pull the rope with the force of falling, which is both concealed and can be used repeatedly, making it difficult for the enemy to guard against." ”

"Secondly, this stone blaster can be cast with pig iron like a pomegranate cannon, and the outer wall is carved with a ravine, so that the thickness is uneven, and when ignited, it can be exploded into pieces and injure the thief......"

With Zhu Youxiao's explanation, Sun Chengzong, Bi Maokang, and Mao Yuanyi, including Ji Yong, who was not good at this, were surprised by the whims of the Son of Heaven and opened their mouths wider and wider.

Ignoring everyone's surprised expressions, Zhu Youxiao drew the outline of the bullet, "Actually, my original intention was to make a cone of gunpowder and projectiles connected together with copper or pig iron, which I call bullets, similar to firecrackers with a fuse running behind them, and when they are ignited and fired, the copper skin is left in the gun, and the projectile shoots the enemy......"

Mao Yuanyi has studied this way for many years, and found the problem at a glance, "Your Majesty, how to ensure that the copper skin is not deformed after a shot, and take it out, and how to ensure that the fuse is facing the fire door every time?" ”

Zhu Youxiao cast an approving look and drew the structure of the rear-loading double-barreled gun on the map, "So, as mentioned earlier, I want you to improve the firearms, not to copy the cats and tigers. All kinds of guns stored here are front-loaded, and the ammunition is separated, and the guns are too long to reload. When the battle was approaching, such as the Korean soldiers in the battle of Sarhu, only one round of guns, Jiannu had already rushed to the front of the battle, and could only be slaughtered. ”

Everyone was thoughtful, Zhu Youxiao pointed to the gun on the picture and continued to explain, "This kind of medium-folding reloading gun with bullets can solve the above problems, and after the gun is released, the cartridge case can be reloaded by taking out the cartridge case from the back." ”

Mao Yuanyi approached the front of the case, his eyes lit up, patted his head and said, "Ah, why did the minister never think of loading from behind...... But there is another problem, if there is wind and rain, these eyes can't be used. ”

Zhu Youxiao pushed the drawings in front of him, and did not say anything about the primer, rifling, etc., and encouraged, "Such as how to prevent weather, how much gunpowder the bullet contains, how to seal and ensure that it does not explode, and more details depend on you to trial production and repeated verification, which is also the meaning of making Wang Gong Factory continue to exist." ”