Liu Zeqing has talked about artillery many times, Zheng Xunrui knows that Liu Zeqing is thinking about being able to increase some artillery to enhance the defense capability of the Yulin border army, Liu Zeqing has participated in the battle of Denglai, and has a personal experience of the power of artillery, and it is reasonable to want to add some artillery at this time, but the artillery is strictly controlled by the imperial court, and the purpose is to prevent these artillery from flowing into the Houjin Tartars, so that the Ming army completely lost the ability to resist when facing the Houjin Tartars.

In fact, the restrictions of the imperial court did not have the slightest meaning, in May, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming had already surrendered to Houjin, and the firearms and cannons in Dengzhou and the personnel skilled in operating the artillery were all owned by the Houjin Tartars, which means that the court's secrecy measures have lost any meaning.

In fact, the firearms of this era, in addition to the real power that the artillery can play, the rest of the role is not too big, after all, the power of firearms is not very strong, in the face of the brave cavalry, many times has not really played a role, it is facing the situation of collapse, Zheng Xunrui who crossed this understands, and he also knows that the Houjin Tartar with its brave combat ability, does not attach much importance to firearms, and the firearms are operated by the surrendered Ming army, which they call the Han army, and the real Manchu Eight Banners will not use firearms, They think it's cheap.

It is also for this reason that when Zheng Xunrui formed the Zheng Family Army, the first aspect he considered was the personal combat ability of the sergeant, rather than paying special attention to firearms, when fighting in the field, the number of artillery was not much, it was impossible to form a great lethality, in the face of the rapid charging cavalry, the three-eyed guns and firearms and other weapons, could not play a real role, people are not targets, stunned in place waiting for you to attack, after the golden tartar moves very fast, will not give firearms a chance to attack.

Of course, it must not be said that firearms are ineffective, especially artillery, which can play a huge, sometimes decisive, role in the defense and siege of cities.

There are a lot of firearms experts in the Ming Dynasty, the most famous is the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, Bi Maokang, and at this time, Bi Maokang is developing a flintlock pistol in Nanjing, which is a very important invention, the flintlock pistol can be used in rainy days, and it is through the flint fire impact to shoot bullets, Bi Maokang's invention can be said to have made the process of firearms research take the most important step, but unfortunately soon after the Ming Dynasty fell, the Qing Dynasty government strictly prohibited the use of firearms, sealed this technology, and did not timely develop and improve, China's research and development of firearms lags far behind that of the West.

Zheng Xunrui is waiting for this opportunity, what he needs to have is a flintlock pistol, which is an important weapon used by foot soldiers, of course, the development of flintlock pistol, but also needs continuous improvement, Bi Maokang invented the flintlock pistol, because of the limitations of some key technologies, there are still certain defects, the most important thing is that it takes great strength to pull the trigger to hit the flintlock, and ordinary people can pull the trigger two or three times, it is impossible to have the strength to use the flintlock pistol again.

I am afraid that this is also the fundamental reason why the flintlock pistol is not taken seriously.

But there are ways to improve it.

Of course, the current Zheng Xunrui, for the time being, there is no way, the development of firearms needs a special place and a lot of investment, the imperial court only in the capital and Nanjing two places set up a special firearms bureau, for the production and development of firearms, these years also because of the lack of silver, in the development and improvement of firearms has not made much progress, Zheng Xunrui can not come up with so much silver, besides, there is no need for that at present, and it will be too late to wait for a few years.

But artillery cannot be ignored.

There are three types of most advanced artillery pieces today.

One is the tiger squat cannon, the advantage of the tiger squat cannon is that the cannon body is not heavy, easy to carry when marching, the disadvantage is that the firing range is not far, the power of the artillery is not very large, the tiger squat cannon was invented by the Qi family, and it was mainly used for the battle against the Japanese invaders.

The second is the Fran machine, which is introduced from the West, the main contributor to the introduction of a large number of Franco machine is Xu Guangqi, as well as the missionary Matteo Ricci, Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci is also a teacher and friend relationship, it is under Xu Guangqi's insistence, a large number of firearms in the West entered the Ming Dynasty, the Fran machine is one of them, the biggest advantage of the Fran machine is the use of flowering shells with shells, a shell with 500 shotguns, the effective range is 500 meters, compared with today's artillery, can be described as the best.

The third is the Hongyi cannon, the firing range can reach about one kilometer, the lethality is the largest, the Hongyi cannon is also imported from the West, the barrel is long, the tube wall is thick, it is not easy to blow up, but the shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, the firing is a solid bullet, the rate of loading and firing is not high, and it is too bulky, not suitable for moving, the general Hongyi cannon, the weight is more than two tons, and it is almost impossible to rely on manpower to move quickly. However, the Hongyi cannon is used to defend or siege the city, and it is the best artillery.

Zheng Jiajun did not have artillery, what three-eyed bird guns and fire guns, but there were a lot, and they also trained on weekdays, mainly to practice crosshairs, and the others were basically not used much, even in several consecutive battles, Zheng Jiajun did not use firearms.

However, Zheng Xunrui knows very well that with the passage of time, Zheng Jiajun will definitely have to undertake more and more difficult combat tasks, and at that time, firearms must be owned, and a special Shenji battalion must be established, especially a certain number of artillery pieces, so as to ensure that casualties in the battle are minimized.

In the name of the Yulin border army, to the imperial court to artillery, the purpose can be achieved, but it is impossible to get a lot of artillery, after the first battle of Dengzhou, the imperial court lost a large number of artillery, at this time to get the Hongyi cannon is almost impossible, Kong Youde and others surrendered after the Jin Tartar, Houjin got the Hongyi cannon has twenty, the rest of the large and small artillery three hundred, and there are many craftsmen who are familiar with artillery manufacturing.

The best way is to turn to Xu Guangqi for help, Xu Guangqi has a certain relationship, if Zheng Xunrui can contact these relationships, he can directly move the West to buy Hongyi cannons and Furlong machines, and he can also have a certain number of gunners and craftsmen, this matter, Zheng Xunrui has already done it, the list provided by Xu Guangqi is already in his hands, but the price of Hongyi cannons makes him have a toothache, a Hongyi cannon needs eight thousand taels of silver, a large Furlong machine needs four thousand taels of silver, and a medium-sized Furlong machine needs three thousand taels of silver, a small Furlong machine also costs two thousand taels of silver.

Each shell of the Hongyi cannon costs fifteen taels of silver, and the shell of the Furang machine requires ten taels of silver.

According to such a price, the use of artillery is to burn silver, without strong financial resources, it is impossible to support at all, no wonder Houjin obtained so many artillery, but in ordinary battles, it is rarely used, you must know that a large-scale battle, consume tens of thousands of shells, it is nothing, you must know that it is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"My lord, the subordinate contacted the military department, and the military department said that the artillery could not be provided for the time being."

"Liu Zongbing, this is not surprising, the traitors Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, carrying so many artillery, surrendered the Houjin Tartars, at this time, how could the imperial court get the artillery, and some people in the imperial court still think that the artillery needs to be restricted, and they are afraid that the technology will spread out, in fact, until now, this technology has long been obtained by the Houjin Tartars."

"My lord, in the battle of Denglai, Xiaguan saw the power of artillery, when guarding the city, the power of artillery is amazing, Xiaguan has thought about it carefully, Yulin Border Town still needs some artillery."

"The officer knows, but the military department said that there is no artillery, and the officer has no choice."

Liu Zeqing looked around, lowered his voice and spoke, but in fact, there was no one around.

"The lower officer contacted the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War said that it could not provide artillery, but if Yulin Border Town went to purchase artillery on its own, the Ministry of War would not intervene, but the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War would not provide silver."

Zheng Xunrui rolled his eyes when he heard this, Liu Zeqing is too calculating, if he can purchase artillery, the first thing to supply must be the Zheng family's army, and it will not be the turn of the Yulin border army, not to mention that the purchase of artillery requires a lot of silver, which does not grow out of thin air, and needs to be earned back slowly.

Zheng Xunrui already has a plan to make money, and next year, his plan can be implemented, but not yet, there are no conditions, Zheng Jiajun already has more than 10,000 sergeants, 10,000 war horses, the consumption is very large, silver is very important for Zheng Xunrui, and it is impossible to purchase artillery at present.

"General Liu, you also know the price of this artillery, if the General Military Mansion can come up with silver, this official will not object, the governor yamen has no way for the time being, Yansui has just been stable for a few days, how can there be so much silver to purchase artillery."

Liu Zeqing looked at Zheng Xunrui, and stopped talking, Zheng Xunrui knew what he was thinking.

"Liu Zongbing, you don't have to be blushing when it comes to trading with the Mongolian tribes, the imperial court has not allocated military salaries for a long time, and this should be spent all the time that the governor yamen needs to take it out, if you can't exchange markets with the Mongolian tribes, I'm afraid that the border town of Yulin will not be able to maintain it for a long time, and now the border army, the salary and silver must not be missing, and the food can not be less, the governor yamen has not interfered in the affairs of the general military palace, so that Liu Zongbing can train with peace of mind, this is already very good, if other people come to Yansui, will they do this, so don't be too greedy."

Liu Zeqing's forehead burst out of bean-sized sweat droplets, but he didn't say anything, he did think of the matter of exchanging markets with Mongolian tribes, first, he could get silver from it, and secondly, he could also take the opportunity to equip the Yulin border army, as for how much silver was invested to equip artillery, that was the matter of the General Military Palace, and he didn't expect that this thought was quickly seen through by the governor.

He didn't dare to do things behind the governor's back, for if he did, he would soon be punished by the imperial court.

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