In August of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the Emperor of the Apocalypse came to the firearms factory, and as the dragon chariot landed, everyone returned to the ground. Looking at the person in front of him, a smile appeared on the face of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and he said, "Everyone, Aiqing, let's be flat!" ”

Today, the Emperor of the Apocalypse came to inspect the industrial zone, and after more than half a year of research and development, the Ming Dynasty finally built the first steelmaking industrial zone. Here, the steelmaking industry has been used on a large scale, and the entire industrial chain has begun to take shape here.

For the industrial zone, both in later generations and now, it is synonymous with dirty and messy. However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse could not see this, and it had already been sorted out here long before the Emperor of the Apocalypse came. The main road of bluestone slabs is not only spotless, but also sprinkled with some water, and the workers who walk by are also clean and tidy. Although there are sanitation regulations in the industrial zone, the best implementation is probably the day when the Emperor of the Apocalypse comes.

The industrial zone is built on a hill with factories and blast furnaces halfway up the mountain, and a lot of scrap and iron ore piled up at the bottom of the mountain, and of course there is also iron ore that has just been shipped. Walking over slowly, the Emperor of the Apocalypse picked up a fist-sized piece of iron ore and nodded with satisfaction.

Throwing the ore back, the Emperor of the Apocalypse glanced back at Xu Guangqi and said with a smile: "Xu Aiqing, it's really hard for you, I am very satisfied with being able to achieve such a great achievement in such a short period of time." ”

The emperor praised that this was all the work of officials at all levels and the cooperation of the localities. If there is no mention from the emperor, if the minister wants to do this, I am afraid that he will have to spend his whole life. The minister didn't dare to bow, the minister was just the light of the sky. Although Xu Guangqi had exhaustion on his face, he still couldn't hide his excitement, obviously being able to have such an achievement made him very confident.

Nodding slowly, the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not entangle with Xu Guangqi on this issue, and walked towards the steelmaking blast furnace. While turning around and asking Xu Guangqi, he said, "Xu Aiqing, how is the quality of steel now?" Can it meet the requirements for use? ”

"Back to the emperor, the steel made by this method is very good, and it can meet the requirements of use. The lathe workshop has been able to make simple lathes, and various machines have been put into use. The firearms factory, on its part, benefited from these machines. The yield has increased a lot. After a large-scale rollout, production could at least double. Xu Guangqi had a happy look on his face, looking at the achievements he had achieved, he could be said to be a captain of Lao Huai.

Glancing at Xu Guangqi appreciatively, the Emperor of the Apocalypse gave a few more instructions, and then left the factory with people. Walking on the way to the warehouse, the Emperor of the Apocalypse finally asked the question he was most concerned about, and said, "Xu Aiqing, there is something about the steam engine." Do you have eyebrows now? ”。

For the Emperor of the Apocalypse, nothing else is the most important, only the steam engine is the most important. The beginning of modern industry is the steam engine, as long as the steam engine can be used, the Ming Dynasty will occupy the first opportunity in the whole world. This is crucial, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse will not let up in the slightest.

Although Xu Guangqi didn't know why the Emperor of the Apocalypse attached so much importance to the steam engine, he could also understand the mood of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. nodded slowly, and said respectfully: "Return to the emperor." It's a bit of an eyebrow now. A simple steam engine has been built, which can be used in coal mines after some experimentation. If it is possible to carry out simple drainage. Presumably, the steam engine will improve faster. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse originally thought that he just had some eyebrows, but he didn't expect that he had already made a model, and he suddenly became interested. He looked at Xu Guangqi with a surprised expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Aiqing really gave me a surprise, since this is the case, Aiqing quickly take me to take a look." ”

Xu Guangqi didn't dare to delay in the slightest. Smiling and leading the way, he was no longer the same as before. At the beginning, Xu Guangqi was always worried that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was just a whim, and if he had no achievements, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would give up the firearms factory. After all, firearms factories are too much money. But now there are no more worries about Yang.

The whole court saw the important role of the firearms factory, whether it was artillery or muskets, and now no one is denying the role of the firearms factory.

Following Xu Guangqi to the laboratory, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was suddenly a little surprised. I thought it was just a laboratory with a few houses, but I didn't expect it to be a huge square courtyard, and the whole laboratory looked like a vacant space surrounded by a city wall. It was also heavily guarded, with guards and patrolling soldiers everywhere.

For the steam engine, the Emperor of the Apocalypse only had a general impression, and he had never really seen it. However, after looking at the model of the steam engine, the Emperor of the Apocalypse knew that this was the right direction of research.

However, what Emperor Tianqi didn't expect was that it was Song Yingxing who was in charge of this project, which made Emperor Tianqi even more confident.

"Aiqing, let people try it, I want to see the effect!" The Emperor of the Apocalypse beckoned Song Yingxing to his side and said softly.

Listening to the familiar and huge roar, the Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly showed a nostalgic expression on his face, and even his eyes were a little red. Looking at the steam engine running, the Emperor of the Apocalypse knew that his dream was about to be achieved.

At the same time that the Emperor of the Apocalypse inspected the firearms factory, in another laboratory of the firearms factory, a person was conducting intensive experiments. Although the Emperor of the Apocalypse came here, he did not go to pick up the driver, which was also authorized by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and this person was Bi Maokang, the current actual person in charge of the firearms factory.

Bi Maokang was a Jinshi in the Wanli period, and was awarded the official position of imperial history as a scholar of the Middle School. Because of his straightforward personality and jealousy, Bi Maokang wrote a letter to impeach the cabinet minister, thus being convicted. Although someone was later promoted, he also got an official position of patrolling salt in the Changlu Salt Factory.

From the imperial history to the salt field manager, it can be said that there are ups and downs, and Bi Maokang feels that the future is bleak. The ambition in the chest cannot be displayed, and it can be said that there is no way to serve the country.

However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse attaches great importance to this person, how could the Emperor of the Apocalypse let go of this talent who invented the hair breaker in the last years of the Ming Dynasty? When the firearms factory was established, the Emperor of the Apocalypse dropped this person into the firearms factory.

With the support of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Bi Maokang really did not disappoint the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the gun was quickly studied. Now it has been equipped on a large scale in Beijing, which makes Bi Maokang famous.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse also had a letter to Bi Maokang, and now he is not only the secretary of the Military Aircraft Department, but also the person in charge of the firearms factory. Everyone could see that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was cultivating a successor for Xu Guangqi. If nothing else, Xu Guangqi's position in the future will be Bi Maokang's.

After researching the starting gun, Bi Maokang did not stop researching, because the Emperor of the Apocalypse gave him a new target, that is, the twenty-eight consecutive pearl firearms. For this kind of firearm, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has coveted it for a long time.

The Twenty-Eight Lianzhu Fire Gun was invented by Dai Zi during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, because the Qing Dynasty did not attach importance to firearms, this kind of firearms disappeared in the long river of history, and Dai Zi's life has ended tragically. However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't want this kind of firearm to disappear, if he could create twenty-eight consecutive beads of firearms, it would definitely be a qualitative improvement for the combat power of the Ming army.

At this time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was waiting for Bi Maokang to develop this kind of 28 consecutive bead firearms, and when this kind of firearm was installed, the conditions for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to use troops abroad would be ripe. An army equipped with modern firearms, all the Emperor of the Apocalypse could imagine was an invincible posture on the battlefield.

In the army of the Ming army, it was equipped with Lianzi guns, and this kind of 28 Lianzhu fire guns was the version of Lian Zigun. Bi Maokang has a very good study of the Lianzi gun and the Sui Fu gun, and it will not take too much effort to develop this kind of 28 consecutive bead fire gun at this time.

At this time, Bi Maokang was experimenting with this new type of firearm, the 28-in-a-row firearm. However, Bi Maokang did not adopt the twenty-eight consecutive beads that the Emperor of the Apocalypse said, and adopted the twenty consecutive beads for twenty.

Above it was a wooden box, an irregular rectangle, and this was the magazine of this twenty-in-a-row firebolt. There are twenty mini bullets inside, which is where Bi Maokang is more advanced than Dai Zi.

Below is a modified suifeng pistol, looking at the target opposite, Bi Maokang took a deep breath, if this experiment can be successful, Bi Maokang feels that he will be able to go down in history.

Gently pull the trigger, boom! Sure enough, he didn't disappoint Bi Maokang, and a bullet hit the target. This made Bi Maokang feel a lot more confident, because he was too nervous, and his forehead was already full of sweat.

Wiping his sweat, Bi Maokang pulled the trigger again, and the fire gun suddenly sounded a crisp sound again, and a puff of white smoke immediately rose!

Bang bang bang! Bi Maokang continued to pull the trigger, and the bullets were shot out one by one, until the bullets ran out, Bi Maokang still stood there stunned. The expressions on his faces were very complicated, but several officials on the side celebrated loudly at this time.

Ignoring those officials, Bi Maokang looked down at the firearm in his hand, gently took off the magazine, and ordered a person on the side: "Get me a magazine, hurry!" The last word, Bi Maokang seemed to use all his strength to shout, and the voice shook the room as if it shook a few times.

Everyone looked at Bi Maokang in surprise, and the people on the side hurriedly took a magazine again and respectfully handed it to Bi Maokang.

Without the slightest hesitation, Bi Maokang once again loaded the magazine, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and pulled the trigger hard. A series of crisp gunshots rang out again, and the laboratory suddenly fell into jubilation. When all the bullets were gone, a smile finally appeared on his face, but the smile quickly solidified as his body had fallen backwards.

For this experiment, Bi Maokang has not closed his eyes for two days, and at this time the experiment was successful, but he could no longer resist it. The people on one side hurriedly ran over and shouted for help! (To be continued......)