Although Li Chunye is likely to be a member of the late Ming sauce jar, he has many connections in the imperial court, has a wealth of life and political experience, and may even bring more political allies for himself. Even if he is dyed by the sauce jar, he will be bleached himself.

The two sat opposite each other and didn't say anything, maybe they were cultivating a tacit understanding, maybe they were digesting each other's shocks.

After every rainstorm and thunder, there was a moment of tranquility, and now they were in this moment of tranquility.

They all cherish this rare time, because once they leave this room in the military headquarters, they will devote themselves to a new journey, and none of them can be sure whether this new journey will bring them light or darkness, honor or fire pit.

They are just moving forward along the ideals they have set, and they only know that their future and destiny are tied to each other.

"By the way, the last time Your Highness talked about firearms, the old minister went to the Firearms Bureau to learn about it. His Royal Highness commissioned the Firearms Bureau to manufacture five kinds of firearms, and the old minister knew a little about Bi's flintlock pistols and flowering bullets, but the grenades, mines and balloons, the old minister really couldn't guess. After a long time, Li Chunye finally broke the tranquility, he had infinite questions about Zhu Youzhen in his heart, and he couldn't finish asking questions for a while.

"Once the Bi's flintlock pistol is successfully developed, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty will be close to the level of Xiyi, and they will have an advantage in range over the bows and arrows of Jiannu and Mongolia. After the successful development of the flowering shell, the power of the artillery was greatly increased compared with the current one. These two firearms will be the main firearms against Jiannu. ”

Zhu Youzhen said a lot today, or rather, it was mainly because Zhu Youzhen was looking forward to the future of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Chunye only asked a few questions about things that he couldn't understand.

"Of course, the users of any kind of firearms are people, and only when the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are trained, can the army have the ability to confront Jiannu head-on." Zhu Youzhen also felt that his prospect of Daming was too terrifying, since Li Chunye asked, Zhu Youzhen showed his so-called step by step, lest Li Chunye be scared out of heart disease, with the current medical level of Daming, it is impossible to cure heart disease at all.

Li Chunye only nodded, Zhu Youzhen said that the truth is good, the key is implementation, this is what Li Chunye admires. The Fenwu Battalion is obviously ordinary in the Beijing army, but in the hands of Zhu Youzhen, it has become an elite.

"As for grenades and mines, either thrown at the enemy group or buried in the ground, they can both kill and wound the enemy, and at the same time slow down and hinder the enemy's march. If these two firearms are used properly, the mobility of the enemy's cavalry is not as good as that of the infantry of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youzhen understands that the effect of grenades and mines on the battlefield is far less than that of tunnel guns and artillery, and can only be used as auxiliary firearms.

"As for the balloon, it is mainly used to detect the enemy's situation at high altitude, and once the technology is mature, it can also drop bombs on the enemy's position from a high altitude, which can not only kill the enemy, but also attack the city." Zhu Youzhen learned from the Firearms Bureau that there was a kind of bomb in Daming, called "Ten Thousand Enemies", which weighed 40 kilograms, or 80 kilograms. If you can carry it with a balloon, fly above the opponent's head and then drop it, the huge explosive force can not only kill and injure the enemy in large numbers, but also disintegrate the enemy's fighting spirit with a loud noise. However, the actual effect of the balloon was not tested on the battlefield, and he asked Ding Lan to develop the balloon, mainly out of scientific considerations.

"Your Highness is young, how can you get the knowledge of these firearms?" Li Chunye is not only puzzled by Zhu Youzhen's knowledge of firearms, but also has many confusing places, such as Zhu Youzhen's cement factory, the training of the Fenwu Battalion, the prospect of the future of the Ming Dynasty, and especially the prospect of the Ming Dynasty. With Li Chunye's understanding, it is impossible for Daming to have such a teacher.

Zhu Youzhen didn't answer directly, he smiled and glanced at Li Chunye, his expression was clearly telling Li Chunye that his secret couldn't be said, but Zhu Youzhen couldn't bear to deceive his first political ally.

According to Zhu Youzhen's current impulse, he really wants to tell Li Chunye about his past life and future life, so as not to feel uncomfortable in his heart.

No matter what kind of great achievements he will achieve in this life, no matter what kind of anti-heaven realm he brings Daming into, no matter how long he will pass through the ages, he is destined to be a lonely person.

It is impossible for his heart to be open to anyone, whether it is Wan'er, Li Chunye, or his princess Zhou Yufeng. If he opens his heart to Wan'er and Zhou Yufeng, he will be scolded for dreaming at most, and if he opens his heart to Li Chunye, he may be scolded as an idiot, and maybe the ally he won with great difficulty will leave him.

But Li Chunye is loyal to himself, and he is still hiding, what does Li Chunye think of himself?

Although Zhu Youzhen had a smile on his face, he was sweating in a hurry, and he desperately twisted his waist and shrugged his shoulders to relieve the anxiety in his heart.

After half a ring, Zhu Youzhen decided to be as sincere as possible. "Master Li can understand it this way, some knowledge is learned from the mouth of an alchemist, and some knowledge comes from Xiyi's books."

What does it mean to understand it like this? Why didn't His Highness tell himself? Li Chunye couldn't stop thinking in his heart, the knowledge that Zhu Youzhen possessed was definitely not from this world, otherwise with his erudition, he would not know nothing.

From the alchemist, it is impossible, the alchemist is just practicing the elixir, at most he has made achievements in medicine, and it is impossible to have a unique insight into the future of firearms and the Ming Dynasty.

It is possible to come from Xiyi, but Zhu Youzhen is too young and has never left Beijing, and the missionaries of Xiyi have not entered the palace of the Ming Dynasty, how can Zhu Youzhen read Xiyi's books? And who will guide him?

In the end, Li Chunye found out the possible answers for himself: first, the teaching from the gods; 2. Books from the West; 3. The secret book from the palace.

If you have to find a source, then the third one is more likely. No matter which one it is, His Highness has something unspeakable now, and it is inconvenient to tell himself, but he can't bear to let himself guess, so he has a funny expression.

"Your Highness just said that Daming's firearms are chasing Xiyi, so how can we update Daming's firearms and catch up with Xiyi as soon as possible?" Since Zhu Youzhen can't tell himself the secret, he no longer insists on it, he believes that as long as Zhu Youzhen believes in himself, he will definitely tell himself when he is right. In fact, the source of Zhu Youzhen's knowledge is not the most important, the important thing is how to squeeze out Zhu Youzhen's knowledge and really use it for the development of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as he didn't ask the source of his knowledge, Zhu Youzhen rushed to relax: "Now the craftsmen of the Daming Firearms Bureau are all involved in the manufacture of firearms. Only by liberating those outstanding craftsmen from the production of firearms, but specializing in the research of firearms, can the firearms of the Ming Dynasty develop rapidly. ”

"Your Highness, those craftsmen who have mastered their skills will not teach their skills to others. If there is an outflow of technology, and there are more people who have mastered it, their own income will be reduced. "Li Chunye is a secretary of the Ministry of War, and he is still very clear about the situation of the Firearms Bureau and the mentality of craftsmen, and craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty generally keep their technical secrets, even if they are sons, let alone apprentices of the opposite sex. In fact, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty basically have no apprentices, unless his male is no heir.

"Interests. The reason why they refuse to teach technology is to protect their own interests. If they are given a greater good, they will of course pass on the technique. Zhu Youzhen believes that this is not difficult to solve, and the reason for this situation is the system, if the system changes, so that the craftsmen can get a higher income, they will naturally not favor the little income in production.

Change again. Li Chunye thinks that he is not the material for reform, and he doesn't know which direction the Ming Dynasty should change.

"In addition, the advancement of firearms depends on the technology and materials related to the manufacture of firearms. For example, the barrel of artillery requires high-quality steel, which requires advances in steel smelting technology. The bullets of the flintlock pistol required a large amount of red copper, and the production of red copper in the Ming Dynasty was insufficient, and the red copper was mainly used for coinage, and more copper mines had to be explored. Zhu Youzhen also felt sorry that although there were copper mines in the land of Daming, such as Chengde in Hebei, Shanghang in Fujian, and Tongling in Anhui, they were far from enough compared with the huge demand, and these copper mines were low-yield mines, with low copper content and very difficult to smelt.

"Where the hell is the copper mine?" Mining is a matter for the Ministry of Industry, and Li Chunye is in charge of the Ministry of War, so he is not very clear about the location of the mine.

"Liaodong and Mongolia are very rich in copper mines. If copper mines can be mined in these places, workers can be recruited locally, and immigrant cities can be formed in the local area, which will also be of great benefit to the naturalization of Jiannu and Mongolia. "War and economy always go hand in hand, and if you want to naturalize foreign peoples, you have to give them a better life, and if you forcibly rule them by military means, you will have as much territory as the Mongol Empire, and there will be as many beacons as you want. The once vast Mongol Empire collapsed in the flames of local revolts.

"In the final analysis, you still have to surrender to the Mongols and Jiannu first." Li Chunye muttered to himself, and the light in his eyes gradually faded. For the invincible Da Ming, he didn't know when he would be able to really take back Liaodong and surrender to Jiannu.

"Even if it's not for the copper mine, the slave must be destroyed. Northern Xinjiang is a sharp sword hanging over the head of the Ming Dynasty, and if you slack off a little, you will be cut off and bleeding, and even your head will fall to the ground. Zhu Youzhen has 300 years of experience, and of course knows that the one who replaced the Ming Dynasty was the Jiannu known as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so that the Japanese often ridiculed the Han people for "having no country since the Ming Dynasty."

"Okay, the old minister will personally present the emperor and let His Highness temporarily take charge of the Firearms Bureau." Li Chunye's tone was extremely decisive, but the light in his eyes gradually faded, as if hidden in the deep wrinkles on his brows.

Just as Zhu Youzhen was about to end this magnificent conversation without shock, Li Chunye said something that made Zhu Youzhen secretly shocked: "Your Highness, the Ministry of War has studied the strategic tendencies of Gao Di and Yuan Chonghuan, and the result has unanimously decided to support Gao Di. Now Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui, and Zu Dashou have been relieved of all their duties and returned to Jizhou to standby. ”

Yuan Chonghuan was dismissed? It seems that his unprovoked arrival has changed part of history, and Ning Yuan's victory may not exist anymore.

It doesn't matter if there is no Ning Yuan's victory, it is just a return to the Ming Dynasty, but many decision-makers have been trapped in the glory of nothingness since then.

Maybe Nurhachi can escape the catastrophe, in fact, it is not a bad thing for the team to be clear, after Nurhachi's death, Jiannu produced a more powerful Great Khan Emperor Taiji, I knew this, it is better to let Nurhachi live for a few more years.