Emperor Chongzhen was not interested in these things, not even in technical issues, what he wanted to know was the result. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info glanced at Xu Guangqi, obviously Xu Guangqi's explanation did not make Emperor Chongzhen's resentment a little.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen's expression, Xu Guangqi was also a little embarrassed, and he was a little embarrassed about the speed at which he burned money.

Four million taels, a year of taxes in the Ming Dynasty, how much money Emperor Chongzhen's inner treasury has Xu Guangqi is not clear, but it will definitely not be too much. This was saved by Emperor Wanli and Emperor Apocalypse. Even most of them were obtained by Wei Zhongxian, and now Emperor Chongzhen has no one to get him money.

There is no money in the treasury at all, and Emperor Chongzhen's inner treasury is needed to supplement it, in one word, poor!

Although Emperor Chongzhen was dissatisfied, he also knew that this money would need to be spent, and this was the equipment he prepared for the new army. If the equipment is not changed, let Lu Xiangsheng go to organize and train the new army, in addition to strict military discipline, where can he meet the standards of Emperor Chongzhen?

"Okay, I'll give you three million taels, but you have to make sure that all these things you say are made, otherwise I'll be the only one who asks!" Emperor Chongzhen glared at Xu Guangqi and said with a dark face.

Xu Guangqi was suddenly overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "The emperor can rest assured, the minister dares to make a military order, if the minister can't do it, the emperor wants the minister's head." ”

Glaring at Xu Guangqi, Emperor Chongzhen discovered for the first time that Xu Guangqi actually had such a scoundrel aspect, why didn't he find it before? With a wave of his hand, Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to continue the topic, and when it came to money, Emperor Chongzhen's head was big.

"Alright, let's talk about guns!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xu Guangqi and changed the topic.

In Emperor Chongzhen's plan, the cannon is an auxiliary equipment, and it is the gun that really exerts its power. On the one hand, the cost of artillery is too high, and secondly, the current artillery cannot form an overwhelming advantage over the cavalry, unless it relies on quantity, and it is impossible to mass produce it in a short time.

"Your Majesty, there are two kinds of muskets ordered this time, all of which are flintlock muskets." After seeing the benefits of flintlock pistols, Xu Guangqi directly prepared to eliminate arquebuses: "One is a smoothbore flintlock pistol, and the other is a rifled flintlock pistol, all of which are front-loaded. ”

"The rear-loading flintlock pistol that the emperor brought, we have studied it carefully, and we are not capable of imitating it for the time being."

Emperor Chongzhen knew that Xu Guangqi was talking about the Ferguson rifle that he had spent a lot of effort to get.

"Although there are many benefits of the rear-loading flintlock pistol, it is too difficult to manufacture, and it is okay to imitate hundreds of them, but large-scale mass production is simply impossible." Xu Guangqi saw Emperor Chongzhen's noncommittal appearance, so he had to explain: "But we have gained a lot of inspiration from this, and we have made a breakthrough in the production of front-loading rifled flintlock pistols. ”

"From now on, it's okay to make 2,000 pieces a month, but if you want more, you need a bigger scale and more materials."

"Materials?" Emperor Chongzhen snorted, not talking about steel, in the final analysis, there is no decent steel mill. The meaning of Xu Guangqi's words is obvious, he still hopes to build a large-scale steel mill, but he has no money.

Two thousand pieces per month, it seems to be a little less, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and said to Xu Guangqi: "At this rate, let's produce 20,000 pieces first!" ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid 20,000 sticks won't work!" Xu Guangqi was even more embarrassed, wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "Only 10,000 can be made, according to the emperor's requirements, this kind of fixed firearm is a front-loading rifled gun, and the ammunition used is the mini bullet that the emperor said." ”

"At the same time as the production of guns, a large number of mini bullets are needed to cooperate, 10,000 front-loading flintlock pistols, 100,000 mini rounds, which is now the largest output of all materials in stock." Xu Guangqi pondered for a moment and said: "However, the front-loading smoothbore gun is not among them, because of the ammunition, we can produce 20,000 front-loading flintlock guns." ”

Emperor Chongzhen's face changed, and he said to Xu Guangqi: "Have you solved the production problem of Mini bombs?" ”

Xu Guangqi nodded, and when he mentioned this, he suddenly came to his senses, and said with a little pride: "We have studied the lathe that the emperor said, and after research and manufacturing, we have built a simple wooden lathe, which is no problem to produce Mini bullets." ”

looked at Xu Guangqi with a bit of distrust, is it really easy? Emperor Chongzhen was skeptical.

As if stimulated by Emperor Chongzhen's gaze, Xu Guangqi escaped from a small cloth bag in his arms, opened it directly, poured out a few silver-white metal products from it, and then handed it to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, please see, this is a sample made by Weichen." ”

Picked one up and looked at it, it's quite like that, could it be that the wooden machine tool I said also has such ability? Daming's steel level is already so powerful? After looking through it carefully, Emperor Chongzhen was still skeptical.

"Your Majesty, Bi Maokang is outside, he has brought the latest front-loading rifled flintlock pistol, please allow the emperor to experiment!" Xu Guangqi made up his mind to ask Emperor Chongzhen to agree.

And this preparation? Emperor Chongzhen directly found Bi Maokang, who had been waiting outside for a long time with a gun, the weather was a little cold, and his nose was frozen red. After seeing Emperor Chongzhen, he hurriedly ran over to salute Emperor Chongzhen, and after being polite, he began to experiment with the gun.

Emperor Chongzhen saw Bi Maokang skillfully pour the propellant into the barrel of the gun, and then pressed the Mini bullet into it, and then stood beside Emperor Chongzhen.

"Wang Chengen, go get a vase and put it over there!" Emperor Chongzhen was also interested, so he asked Wang Chengen to put a vase on the stool, and then said to Bi Maokang: "Let me see your results, if it is really good, I will let you mass-produce it." ”

Bi Maokang didn't speak, held the gun, opened the crosshairs, and directly aimed at the vase opposite.

Syllable!

With a crisp gunshot, a puff of white smoke rose, and then Emperor Chongzhen saw that the vase was placed there intact.

Bi Maokang put down the gun, glanced at Xu Guangqi with some embarrassment, was glared at fiercely by the other party, and then said with a little blush: "Your Majesty, the minister's marksmanship is really poor, and this shot missed." ”

Emperor Chongzhen forced a smile, nodded, and pretended to be serious: "Then do it again!" ”

Although Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing, Bi Maokang and Xu Guangqi still saw the smile between Emperor Chongzhen's eyebrows, and Bi Maokang's face turned even redder. Loaded with medicine again, this time it did not disappoint Emperor Chongzhen, and the vase was shattered with one shot.

Emperor Chongzhen took the gun, played with his own tricks, and let Bi Maokang load a shot by himself, and after a shot, he felt good.

"Yes, just do what Xu Aiqing said!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded, but his mind was on the problem of the steel mill. Xu Guangqi said very reasonably, the matter of the steel mill needs to be put on the agenda, and it must be launched immediately.

With these guns and cannons, the iron that the Ministry of Works has left is gone, and I am afraid that the reserves of copper are almost exhausted.

But the construction of the steel mill is not an overnight thing, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xu Guangqi and said: "Xu Aiqing, you will write a note about the construction of the steel plant, and I will study it carefully." ”

Xu Guangqi thought that there was no play, and when he saw that Emperor Chongzhen took the initiative to mention it, he hurriedly said: "The emperor can rest assured, the minister will get it when he goes back, and he will definitely come up with a feasible plan." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, the steel industry is the foundation of a country, and Emperor Chongzhen will never forget this. It's just that for Daming's current economy, it is really difficult to get on the steel mill.

But what should be done still has to be done, and Emperor Chongzhen is not an indecisive person.

These days, copying the house has given Emperor Chongzhen a lot of confidence, although the money Xu Guangqi asked for made Emperor Chongzhen feel painful, but in fact, he can still get it. The family background of Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family alone was enough to give it to Xu Guangqi, otherwise Emperor Chongzhen would not dare to agree so happily.

Sending Xu Guangqi away, Emperor Chongzhen was idle this time, but he was ready for the New Year with peace of mind.

When Mangui returned to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen saw him and Cao Wenzhao again, arranged for them to go to Shaanxi, and reminded them to do it, and then asked Wang Zhichen to bring the money and food prepared by Emperor Chongzhen and rushed to Shaanxi to take office.

Since Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to reprimand the courtiers, Lu Xiangsheng's pressure on the surface has decreased a lot, but the battle in the dark seems to be more intense.

However, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to pin his hopes on Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng's ability was naturally nothing to say, things went very smoothly, and the training of the new army was impressive.

The firearms factory got the money, so it was naturally in full swing, and Xu Guangqi transferred people from all over the country, and there was a posture of the world's heroes coming to meet each other. Countless Yi people began to gather in the capital, with hair of various colors and eyes of various colors.

is similar to Xu Guangqi, as well as Song Yingxing, he and his brother are also busy.

He took the warm pavilion from Emperor Chongzhen, and then began his own observations and experiments, and at the same time called friends all over the country. Wulu agrees or agrees, all of them are Jinyiwei's six-hundred-mile expedited, and they are talking about it when they get to the capital.

As for the court, it can be regarded as quiet, it seems that it is because the New Year is coming, and the ministers are also amiable when they meet each other, and they can get by on face.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't seem to have any plans to act a year ago, and after Zhou Fulu's case was over, Emperor Chongzhen fished for three days and dried nets for two days in the early dynasty, which made many ministers also breathe a sigh of relief.

The civil officials of the imperial court are also accumulating their own strength, the Donglin Party is unwilling and lonely, and the ruling faction does not sit still, waiting for the outbreak after the year.

The harem is also peaceful, although Tian Guifei is proud, but Queen Zhou's mind is no longer on her recently. The affairs of the Zhou family made Queen Zhou restrain a lot. In addition, the days of pregnancy are getting longer and longer, and Queen Zhou's body is also beginning to feel uncomfortable.

In addition, she was pregnant with a dragon seed, which greatly increased Queen Zhou's confidence, and she was ready to win a man in one fell swoop, and completely suppressed the arrogance of Concubine Tian.