The early autumn in Kyoto is still sweltering, and even in the morning, the wind is mixed with a stuffy and hot turbidity. Zhu You practiced the Void Pole Divine Skill for a while, and was already sweating, so he took a new bath under Wan'er's service, and then went to the Firearms Bureau as a guest.

Under Liu Yifei's support, Zhu Youzhen met with several strange craftsmen, and Liu Yifei introduced them to him one by one.

"This is Bi Maokang, the director of arquebus." With Liu Yifei's introduction, Zhu Youzhen saw a dark-skinned person

Middle-aged, but what Zhu Youzhen didn't know was that the reason for his dark skin was not from the sun, but from gunpowder.

"Bi Maokang?" Zhu Youzhen was stunned, this name seemed to be a little familiar, but no one had definitely seen it. O, associated with him is fire

The manufacturing director of the rope gun, Zhu Youzhen, finally remembered, it seems that he is the founder of the flintlock pistol, and it seems that he has not yet made a flintlock

I don't know how far I've studied, maybe I can help him. Under Zhu Youzhen's repeated courtesy, Bi Mao

Kang Cai sat half of his ass on the bench.

"Your Highness knows Mr. Bi?" Liu Yifei saw Zhu Youzhen's strange expression and asked curiously.

"I don't know. Director Liu, please introduce me. Zhu Youzhen also wanted to see what he came from, and he was only occasional in the future

Flipping through the ancient exhibition of scientific and technological achievements, it seems that I have seen Bi Maokang's name, but I don't remember the specific background. In that

Zhu Youzhen used to study science and technology, and of course he had to learn about the achievements of science and technology in ancient times.

"Mr. Bi is a native of Huizhou Mansion in Nanzhili, a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, and now he is holding the title of Imperial History. Competent arquebus

of manufacturing. His Royal Highness wants to understand the arquebus, and Mr. Bi is the most suitable person. ”

"Take your gun out and take a look." It turned out that he was still a jinshi, and he didn't look like it at all. Zhu Youzhen was happier to see Bi Maokang, like a baby, than the Firearms Bureau had made grenades and mines.

Bi Maokang took out the gun he was carrying with him and handed it to Zhu Youzhen with both hands, he didn't understand why Zhu Youzhen wanted them to bring a gun, and

Why look at his gun.

Zhu Youzhen saw a long fuse rope dragging behind the gun, but there was already a metal hook on the gun, one end fixed to the body of the gun.

"This is your best gun?" Zhu Youzhen subconsciously frowned, it seems that there is no shadow of the flintlock pistol.

"This is the gun I just tested, and it hasn't been successful yet, so your Highness will laugh." Bi Maokang trembled and shook Suosuo, in front of the king of letters, he

Can't let go at all.

Zhu Youzhen was disappointed that Bi Maokang did not develop a flintlock pistol at all, in fact, he couldn't completely blame them, in Daming Firearms

Bureau, all the technical backbones are the manufacturing directors of the various production units, who are usually busy with the production of firearms and have little time to follow

In terms of research work, Bi Maokang is a civil official, and he has administrative work to do.

"This gun is a single shot, and the interval between firing is about 30 seconds, which is too slow, and the army cannot form an independent battalion." Zhu You

The prosecutor immediately pointed out the weakness of this kind of gun, which made Liu Yifei, Bi Maokang and others shocked, so stunned that they even forgot to close their mouths.

Especially Bi Maokang, his own gun has not been successfully developed, and others can see its weaknesses, and it is similar to what he imagined.

What kind of person is this young Shin King?

"I'll help you modify it, Bi Maokang, you come here." Zhu Youzhen ignored their surprise, and he instructed Bi Maokang to be there

A strong spring is added to the upper part of the hook, and an extremely hard flint is placed, and when the trigger is pulled, the flint hits the iron and is generated

Sparks, igniting gunpowder. "The back rope should be removed, so that the interval between firing can be increased to twenty seconds, and the bullet velocity will also be increased

I speed it up and can increase the range. ”

If Bi Maokang and the others were surprised just now, now they are shocked, the flint hit the iron block and ignited, which is a completely new point

Fire way. This is not a modification of the arquebus, but a completely new design. This young prince is even better than them

Specialists who have studied arquebuses for many years in the Firearms Bureau also need experts. However, Bi Maokang didn't have the heart to know Zhu Youzhen's secret, the arquebus

Research has hit a bottleneck, and now it is finally seeing the light of day. He excitedly worked with his peers to keep gesturing on the gun, striving for

Thoroughly understand Zhu Youjian's technical guidance.

Seeing Bi Maokang's excitement, Zhu Youzhen believes that these workaholics of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to study under his own inspiration

Make an epoch-making flintlock pistol, so that Daming's hot # weapons can become an independent army as soon as possible.

Liu Yifei asked for instructions several times, and wanted to serve food for dinner, but they were ignored by Zhu Youzhen, Bi Maokang and others, until Zhu Youzhen himself was urged

I'm embarrassed, "Director Bi, the technology is slowly studied, let's fill my stomach first, my stomach is protesting." ”

Bi Maokang didn't have time to answer, Liu Yifei hurriedly followed, "That's, that's, eat first, and study the technology slowly." And then he

With a wave of his hand, let the handyman on the side hurry up to serve the food.

"Your Highness, if this gun is made, it will make Da Ming's arquebus a big step forward. Moreover, the arquebus is gone, and it can't

Call it an arquebus again. "When he drinks and eats, he still maintains his excitement and never forgets the innovation of the arquebus.

"Then Director Bi should give me a name!" Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to fight for merit, after all, he only has the principle now, and he really wants to develop it successfully.

They will definitely work hard.

"Your Highness, this gun was proposed by you, Your Highness, and it should be named by you, Your Highness." Bi Maokang is not very important

A man of fame and fortune, he is a workaholic, obsessed with research work, and enjoys the joy of success.

"Director Liu, look?" Zhu Youzhen turned to Liu Yifei, hoping that Liu Yifei would persuade Bi Maokang. Zhu Youzhen also doesn't value his name

The goal of the good people is to turn the tide for the Ming Dynasty.

"It's still named by His Highness! These new technologies were all proposed by His Highness. Liu Yifei didn't understand Zhu Youzhen's intention at all

pictured, but slapped Zhu Youzhen's sycophancy.

"Then I'll give it a try. This type of gun ignition is caused by flint, which is a flintlock pistol, which is different from the arquebus. It is

Developed by Bi Maokang, it is called Bi's flintlock pistol. In everyone's surprise again, Zhu Youzhen chuckled: "However,

Director Bi, you have to build the gun first, and only when the development is successful, will there be a Bi's flintlock pistol. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness King Xin. I will definitely spend my life contributing to the development of the Daxi arquebus. "Bi Maokang Khan, already

He departed from his table and bowed to the ground. Later, he really compiled the first book of the Ming Dynasty to record firearms, "Illustrated Weapons of Weapons".

"Get up, Bi Maokang. This is the credit you deserve. Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly, this ancient man attaches too much importance to fame, and a name is enough

Let the other party be grateful to Dade. This is still Bi Mao, who does not pay much attention to fame and fortune, if it is replaced by a Confucian who attaches more importance to fame...... Still, this one

It is indeed what Bi Maokang deserves, the flintlock pistol was originally invented by him, but his own crossing, a little earlier.

"With the guidance of His Royal Highness King Xin, the Great Ming Shenji Camp will be even more powerful, which will terrify the nomadic tribes in the north."

Liu Yifei is the director of the Firearms Bureau, and he is also a generalist in firearms, so of course he knows Daming's firearms well, and he heard Zhu just now

He was also surprised that the flintlock pistol could increase the interval between firing to 20 seconds. On the battlefield, sometimes a second is enough

Decide the outcome of the war.

"But it's still difficult for the Shenji Battalion to form a camp on its own!" Zhu Youzhen knew the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, and the gunmen of the Shenji Battalion were facing Mi

The Jiannu cavalry of the set had a long interval between shots, and in front of the cavalry, they had no ability to protect themselves at all.

"Isn't a flintlock pistol okay too?" Bi Maokang is very confident in the flintlock pistol, but after all, he is a civilian official and can only study guns.

I have never been on the battlefield, and I don't know the situation of the Jiannu cavalry at all, "the Jurchens are not more than 10,000, and there are no 10,000 invincibles."

"Not necessarily." Zhu Youzhen knew that when arquebuses really became independent into an army, it was the emergence of guns that could fire continuously. But even

The gun is fast, and the soft iron is used as the bullet, which is easy to explode, and the red copper must be used as the bullet. Can be Ming red copper

The production is low, and almost all of them are used as currency circulation, it is simply impossible to have a large number of red copper shells for the manufacture of cartridge shells, and, even if there were

Copper, and now you can't make a gun that fires continuously. Zhu Youzhen suddenly had a flash of inspiration, cannonballs. The shells are large in size and can be made of iron

Shells, as long as they are increased to a sufficient thickness. The current artillery shells of the Ming Dynasty are all solid bullets, mainly relying on impact to destroy the target and the personnel

The striking power is very limited. Once the cannonball is loaded with gunpowder and the guò explodes to attack the opponent, the power is bound to increase greatly, such as

If you fire a salvo of cannons, you can even blow up the city walls.

"I'm going to visit the craftsmen who make cannonballs, and Director Liu has arranged for several craftsmen who make grenades to go with me." affair

Without further ado, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly had lunch and did not rest, so he said goodbye to Bi Maokang and others. Liu Yifei didn't think it was strange to him

seems to have adapted to Zhu Youzhen's leapfrog thinking.

In the production unit for making artillery shells, what Zhu Youzhen saw was indeed a solid bullet, and without gunpowder, the shell could not explode.

"Director Liu, if you fill a cannonball with gunpowder, how powerful is it?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Liu Yifei, who didn't know why, on his face

With a relaxed smile, he was thinking that if the flowering bullet was successfully developed, in the face of Jiannu's cavalry, the Ming soldiers could completely compete with him

We face off in the wild.

"Gunpowder? With such a large shell loaded with gunpowder, I am afraid that an entire military camp can be destroyed. "Liu Yifei is a little wrong

was stunned, but he found that Zhu Youzhen was never lost. Since Zhu Youzhen began to pay attention to the Firearms Bureau, it has been developed in just two months

Grenades, mines, rockets and balloons already have eyebrows, and flintlock pistols already have a research direction. If you really want to put gunpowder into a cannonball,

Daming's artillery technology will also be a leap forward.

"I'm afraid it won't work to destroy a barracks, but it must be much more powerful than a solid bullet." Zhu Youzhen knows the current technology, also

It was impossible to create large-caliber artillery, and the power of gunpowder was not enough, and it was impossible to reach the power of later artillery.

"But, Your Highness, how can a cannonball explode when it is flying in the air?" Liu Yifei also thought about loading artillery shells with fire

medicine, but after the shell flew out of the barrel, there was no way to control it, so I had to give up.

"Does Director Liu know the principle of mine explosion?" In fact, as long as the principle of explosion of a mine is followed, a firing pin is attached to the warhead

Come on. When a shell hits the ground, the tip of the front must hit the ground first, and when the firing pin hits the ground, the shell will be detonated.

It just so happened that the craftsmen who made mines and shells also arrived, and Zhu Youzhen asked them to listen to his explanation. With technology

With the advancement of firearms, firearms are becoming more and more complex, and many technologies can no longer be completed by one person, and many people must cooperate. Zhu You

As for how to manufacture and install the firing pin, it is the work of these craftsmen, and no one can complete it

Some technologies, Zhu Youzhen is no exception.

"Director Liu, if the flowering bomb can be successfully developed, does the Firearms Bureau have enough gunpowder?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly remembered a pass

If there is not enough gunpowder to reload the shell, the flowering shell will still be in the air.

"Yes, this can guarantee that the Firearms Bureau has millions of catties of gunpowder stored, and there are also a lot of guards in various places, and besides, fire

The technology of making medicine is no secret in Daming, and the materials are also sufficient. Liu Yifei felt that he could finally help,

He talked endlessly, reassuring Zhu Youzhen.

"That's good, Director Lao Liu has prepared enough gunpowder." With Liu Yifei's assurance, Zhu Youzhen was relieved.

Leaving the Firearms Bureau, Zhu Youzhen felt a rare relief. Maybe it was the firearms of the Firearms Bureau that gave him confidence in the elimination of Jiannu,

Although there are thousands of things in all aspects, he still handles them in an orderly manner. The training of the Fenwu battalion mainly consisted of Li Hongjun and Liu Yushui

In charge, he only occasionally went to see, corrected the irregular movements of the soldiers, and perfected the training methods and content. There has never been

's high standard of food, coupled with competition in the battalion, the training of the soldiers is in full swing, Zhu Youzhen plans to have money in the future,

pay some wages to these poor military households; Wang Mujiu is responsible for the construction of the military academy, which ensures the safety and health of construction workers

Next, try to speed up the progress as much as possible; The cement factory was managed by Kong Allah, which was Zhu Youjian's private enterprise, and Kong Zhen, who was appointed, was of course the king of faith

House of people. Under the supervision of Kong Zhen, the cement plant is working overtime to produce, and the excess cement is stockpiled up once the survey team of the Ministry of Industry

After the exploration is completed, the production of cement may not be able to keep up with the needs of road construction, Zhu Youzhen plans to expand the scale, but he suffers from lack of funds.

It seems that he can only wait for the cement payment paid by the Ministry of Industry to be in place before he can expand, and now he can only desperately stock cement; The master of the brick kiln factory

Guan is also a person who believes in the palace, Qian Hu, can know a few words and can write his own name. Red bricks have already entered the production stage, but bricks

It takes time for the billet to air dry, and it has not yet entered the kiln, but the temperature is still very high, and the air drying speed should be very fast.

Zhu Youzhen had dinner and was about to practice the Void Pole Divine Skill, when Xu Yingyuan slammed open the door, and he almost bumped into it

Zhu Youzhen's arms: "Your Highness, the Fenwu Battalion sent someone to deliver a message and ordered His Highness to return to the camp as soon as possible." ”