Chongzhen held the mirror, looked at the glass, and even touched it, and liked it very much, but Chongzhen shook his head again and again, and said, "Although this thing is good, it is too extravagant, forget it!" ”

It's not that Chongzhen doesn't want to sell, he really can't afford it!

The king of a country can't even afford mirrors and glass? Indeed it is.

Chongzhen's personality is narrow-minded and hesitant to do things, in addition to being related to his own personality, the embarrassment of the government also makes his character even more uncertain.

In fact, the main thing that bothers Chongzhen is finance. At the beginning of Chongzhen's ascension, he was already in financial difficulties. Some people say that Chongzhen is extremely thrifty, isn't it thrifty! There really is no money.

Since the middle and late Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Wanli Emperor has been ignoring political affairs in the deep palace all day long, immersed in flowers and wine. Every year, beauty pageants are also carried out, and it is good to build, and often large-scale construction works, leading to many civil uprisings. Due to Wanli's ignorance of the government, the phenomenon of lack of officials is very strict. In the 30th year of Wanli, there was a shortage of three Shangshu and ten waiters in the north and south of Beijing; There are three governors in various localities, 66 political envoys and envoys, and 25 prefects. The Divine Sect Committee was at the top, the party of the hundred officials was fighting at the bottom, and the government was completely idle. This was the beginning of the weakness of the late Ming Dynasty.

The Wanli Dynasty, including the Renchen Rebellion, which assisted the Joseon Dynasty to resist Japanese aggression, the Ningxia Bibai Rebellion, and the Guizhou Yang Yinglong Rebellion, all achieved victory, but also cost a huge amount of money. In the late Wanli period, the Later Jin Dynasty rose, and the Ming Dynasty declined even more.

Later, the Emperor of the Apocalypse succeeded to the throne, and of course this high-level carpenter could not manage the government. The eunuch Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the situation. The party was chaotic, the society of the Ming Dynasty was darker, and the treasury was even more empty.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne. Determined to reform the government. It's just that north of the Yangtze River is full of disasters, there are rebellions everywhere, there are no normal taxes, where there is money for disaster relief, and the result is a vicious circle. Finances are getting worse and worse.

In addition, after the customs were outside, the Jin Jurchens often entered the customs to loot, and the income and expenditure of the Chongzhen Dynasty became even more unbalanced.

At this time, Chongzhen didn't have any money, but he didn't have enough. It is impossible for Chongzhen to take out tens of millions of taels of silver to buy glass and mirrors.

So. Chongzhen shook his head sadly while praising him.

The eunuch in charge of procurement wondered in his heart, didn't Chongzhen even want to spend a million taels? Later, I learned from the mouth of the great eunuch Wang Dehua. Chongzhen's inner money is really not very much.

Li Guo originally wanted to make a lot of money Chongzhen, but after listening to Tao Shicheng's report to him, he couldn't help sighing, his heart softened, and ordered Tao Shicheng, "Isn't there still a set of large, medium and small mirrors?" Send it to Chongzhen in your name, it's not easy for him as an emperor. ”

Tao Shicheng ordered to be dedicated to the palace in his own name. Chongzhen was overjoyed and wanted to be rewarded, but was politely rejected by Tao Shicheng. I don't mention it.

Li Guo didn't have time to sympathize with Chongzhen more, but to investigate the current strength of the Ming army. Needless to say, most of the Ming army was still demoralized. It's just that Li Guo was shocked when he heard about an invention of the Beijing Military Bureau.

Flintlock pistol!

What is Fusiliers? A flintlock pistol is, to put it bluntly, a gun that hits a flint and ignites gunpowder.

At this time, there is a flintlock pistol? Li Guo was very skeptical.

But at this time there was indeed a flintlock pistol. It was made by Bi Maokang of the Beijing Military Bureau.

Its construction and performance are not much different from the previous birds, mainly with an improved ignition device. The emergence of the self-generated fire gun has improved the arquebus ignition method used in China for more than 200 years to flint fire. This is a major innovation in the history of firearms in our country.

Because of the use of arquebus, there are many disadvantages, and it encounters stormy weather. The gunpowder in the fire gate was either blown away by the wind or wet by the rain. so that it cannot be launched; Sometimes it is misplaced prematurely before it is aimed well.

The percussive flintlock pistol invented by Bi Maokang pressed down the faucet of the buckle machine, and the fire was caused by the friction with the flint due to the action of the spring. In this way, not only did they overcome the difficulties caused by wind and rain in shooting, but they also did not need to press the faucet with their hands, so that the aiming was more accurate and they could be fired at any time. The flintlock pistol is equipped with a flint automatic lighter device, which is not afraid of wind and rain and does not need to be ignited by the fire rope in advance, and the firing speed and accuracy are greatly improved. It was a significant change in the history of firearms

No way! Li scolded angrily, grandma's, she is still thinking about how to invent a flintlock pistol? People actually made it, and this ancient man is amazing.

No, I don't have a flintlock pistol in my team, so I can't spread this invention.

So, Li Guo asked someone to find a eunuch surnamed Wang from the Beijing Military Bureau to inquire about the flintlock pistol.

"Why do people keep asking about this thing lately? What's so strange about that? Eunuch Wang said casually.

Li Guo was taken aback and asked, "Why is there still anyone asking?" ”

"Ah, no, a few craftsmen who make guns have disappeared, and even Bi Maokang from the War Bureau has almost been kidnapped." Eunuch Wang replied.

Li Guo's face was grim: "Who are the people who came to ask?" ”

Eunuch Wang said, "Regarding the outside, it is about Jurchen Jiannu, and it is strange that someone from the south came to ask." ”

Li Guo nodded, the people outside the gate must be the people of Houjin Emperor Taiji, but who will be the people in the south? Li Guo was suddenly shocked, Zheng Zhilong!

You must know that Zheng Zhilong is known as the commander of 200,000 people! The strength at sea even Li Guo did not dare to touch its edge. Li Guo defeated the Portuguese navy by trickery, but Zheng Zhilong defeated the Portuguese by strength. There can't be a mistake, it has to be him!

Li Guo's mood was a little heavy.

"Then what do you mean by the flintlock pistol? Aren't you in business? Eunuch Wang was a little puzzled.

Li Guo's face returned to normal, and he said with a smile, "It's nothing, I also do business in the south, sometimes hunting and bows and horses are not familiar, and it is very inconvenient to light arquebuses, I heard that there are flintlock pistols, so I thought about buying a few back." ”

"Oh, that's right, it's still easy to get a few guns, but the price."

Li Guo hurriedly waved his hand, and his subordinates immediately took out a small package.

Eunuch Wang swept it with his hand and said in a loud voice, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

As the saying goes, money is easy to do, and within two days, Eunuch Wang sent a few flintlock pistols.

Li Guo looked at it and was amazed, grandma's, always wanted to surpass the technology at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect to let the technology of the late Ming Dynasty surpass, what a fucking cowardice!

Li Guo handed the flintlock pistol to Tao Shicheng, "Shicheng, remember, at any cost, we must arrest that Bi Maokang for Lao Tzu, transport it to Guangxi, and make a flintlock pistol for us." I will send Zheng Miao, Cao Zheng and them to fully cooperate with you! Success is not allowed to fail! ”

"Master Tiger, don't worry, you can listen to the good news here, I will definitely do it!" Tao Shicheng Honorable Order.

Li Guo shook his head, "No, I have to hurry out of the customs, I want to find out if Houjin has made a flintlock pistol, if they start to build it, it will be troublesome." ”

Tao Shicheng smiled and said, "Master Tiger, is it so important?" ”

Li Guo glared, "Very important, very important!" Hopefully they can't make it. ”

Li Guo turned to Qian Duoduo, "Old Qian, hurry up and arrange to leave Beijing and prepare to go out of the customs!" (To be continued)