In the Royal Arsenal, there was a hot scene at this time. On one side is a civilian production area, where various agricultural tools are being produced, as well as horse-drawn wagons for the transportation of grain.

The carriage drawings were drawn by Zhu Youxiao, and as a science research monk, it was relatively easy to draw a simple carriage drawing. The design is nothing more than widening and reinforcing the bearing shaft to prevent the carriage from shaking, and at the same time increasing the spring to reduce vehicle bumps.

Springs can still be made by craftsmen, even if it is something more complicated, it is actually not much of a problem for craftsmen to make it. Because precision machinery itself is made by people. Even in the 21st century, precision manufacturing is still based on manual cutting. It's just that in ancient times, there was no need to use such precise things, so craftsmen generally did not make so precise, but it does not mean that they could not make them, but the cost involved in the efficiency.

If Zhu Youxiao wants to get a steam engine now, it is estimated that there will be no big problem. However, considering the current financial constraints, there is not so much money to invest in it, so I think it is better to forget it for the time being.

During the manufacture of the carriage drawings, the craftsmen made some more modifications, and soon various models of four-wheeled carriages were made.

The four-wheeled carriage is mainly large in cargo capacity and relatively stable, but the road requirements are also relatively high, and the pipeline built by the Ming Dynasty can still go.

With a four-wheeled carriage, a horse can pull up to 2,000 kilograms (including the carriage). If it is a worse service horse, pulling 1,500 kilograms is not a big problem. Moreover, the number of horses in a car can also be flexibly changed, which can be pulled by a single horse, or pulled by more than a dozen horses.

However, when the number of horses reached a certain level, only the emperor could use them, so it was impossible for civilians to pull so many horses to pull the same car except for the military.

On this day, Zhu Youxiao came to the Royal Military Factory again and brought Cao Jinyu over with him.

When Cao Jinyu saw these four-wheeled carriages in the military factory, he immediately felt very satisfied. In addition to these four-wheeled carriages, there are also two-wheeled carriages, as well as four-wheeled ox carts, two-wheeled ox carts, and many more.

In addition, the craftsmen of the military factories also built various hydraulic machinery for processing grain.

"Well, these things can make you fight other food rows, right?" Zhu Youxiao asked Cao Jinyu, and Cao Jinyu replied confidently: "Weichen feels very sure. ”

"Okay, you can go to the Royal Bank for a loan in terms of funds, and you immediately lay the network and prepare for this year's summer harvest." Zhu You instructed Cao Jinyu.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Jinyu Cao Jinyu immediately worked non-stop to build grain processing points, warehouses and other facilities in various river areas with abundant water.

A grain transportation and processing network is gradually taking shape.

Zhu Youxiao called the craftsmen together in the royal arsenal and announced in person: "I have a task for you, and if any of you can design a musket fired with flint, I will make him a hundred households of brocade guards and a reward of 1,000 taels of silver." ”

When a large group of craftsmen from the munitions factory heard this, they immediately let out a buzz of surprise. At this time, there were more than 4,000 craftsmen in the military factory, especially after the craftsmen from Shenyang came.

Almost all the craftsmen's eyes lit up, a thousand taels of silver! That's the amount they can earn after decades of work!

It can also seal the brocade clothes and hundreds of households!

Zhu Youxiao saw that the enthusiasm of the craftsmen had been mobilized, and continued: "The current musket uses a fire rope to light medicine, which is very troublesome. But if it is replaced with flint, it is more convenient. Is it hard to achieve this? Actually, it's not difficult at all, as long as everyone goes back and thinks carefully about a plan. If one person can't think of it, then two people will think together, and several people will think together, and then there will be a reward for meritorious deeds. ”

The excited craftsmen, soon after they had dispersed, went to collect an arquebus, and began to ponder it. Many inventions in history are not unattainable by technology, nor are they very difficult, and many times what is lacking is ideas. Of course, some people do have some ideas, but they are personally limited and unable to complete them.

The flintlock pistol is not a very complicated thing, it is just a mechanical device, no one has studied it before, and some people have not thought of using flint to ignite gunpowder. Some just thought of it, and there was no motivation to do it, or the conditions did not allow them to do it.

The environment of the Royal Arsenal at this time was different, with sufficient material conditions for research, all the tools and materials, and at the same time there were people to communicate with, and there were rich rewards to lure the craftsmen to compete their brains in this area.

After Zhu Youxiao announced the reward, the flintlock pistol was basically a certainty, like a pierced window paper, and it would inevitably be successfully developed. It just takes a while to be patient, or it only takes a few days.

With the flintlock pistol, the combat effectiveness of the musketeers will also be greatly improved. The first is that the muskets are not affected by the weather, and the second is that the musketeers can be arranged more densely because the use of the arquebuses is no longer used, thus increasing the density of the fire.

After Zhu Youxiao came out of the military factory, he drove back to the palace, and when he returned to the palace, it was already getting dark.

"Emperor, did you go back to the palace so late and eat outside?" When the Ke family saw Zhu Youxiao returning to the palace, he hurriedly asked. Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, "Not yet!" ”

"Xiaoguangzi, go to the imperial dining room to pass food to the emperor." Keshi said to Yang Guang.

"Slave and maid, go now." Yang Guang hurriedly went to pass the meal, and the Hakka family counted Zhu Youxiao again at this time, saying that he stayed in the barracks all day, and he only returned to the palace for many days.

"Nurse, when I have trained the Beijing camp, I don't have to live in the barracks every day." Zhu Youxiao smiled, and the Hakka sighed and said, "There are few people who can rely on the civil and military affairs of this Manchu Dynasty. ”

Zhu Youxiao also sighed, if most of those Manchu civil and military forces were reliable, they would not be about to die!

In historical China, which dynasty was not played to death by its own people?

The Ming Dynasty was no exception, and it was clear that the Ming Dynasty at this time was facing a 'capitalist revolution', and the emperor's life would be punished by the merchants and reactionary officials.

Today, Zhu Youxiao returned to the palace, mainly because he was going to the morning court tomorrow. After a while, the Shang Shan Supervisor passed the imperial diet, and Zhu Youxiao was eating while thinking about how to deal with those cultural hooligans tomorrow morning.

"Your Majesty, Wang An asks to see you." Yang Guang came in to report.

"Let's just say I'm tired, if there's anything to talk about tomorrow, let him go back first!" Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to pay attention to Wang An, the anti-bone boy, at this time Zhu Youxiao was already relatively safe in the palace, and it was basically impossible for Wang An to assassinate and poison him. The only way to overthrow his throne was to launch a mutiny.

At this time, there were only 50,000 soldiers and horses left in the Beijing camp, which was already under the control of Zhu Youxiao, and at the same time, Zhu Youxiao still had 6,000 cavalry in his hands, and it was impossible for a mutiny to occur in the capital.

In the past, Zhu Youxiao was afraid of being killed in a daze, so he would give Wang An a good look. Now that I'm not afraid at all, I'm naturally too lazy to waste expressions with this 'doomed' guy. PS: The cold has been cured, and today is the second update. Thank you brothers for your recommendation votes.