"Fire Attack Essentials" is a series of arms books compiled by Chongzhen Ling Tang Ruowang, which has been completed in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, and is now being printed at an accelerated pace, as the top information of the Arms Bureau.

This book is divided into two volumes, the first and the second, and a volume of "The Secret of Fire Attack" is attached. It concentrates the technical achievements of firearms in the Ming Dynasty and absorbs the advanced achievements of Western artillery-making technology.

The manufacture of firearms such as Franc machines, bird guns, turtledoves, rockets, and flamethrowers is explained in detail. It also introduces the production, storage, performance, and formula of various gunpowders, as well as the test discharge, installation, training, and handling of gunpowder.

Now, with the addition of rifles and mortars designed by Zhu Youjian, it can be called the world's first arms book in this era.

John Tang took a step forward, "Back to the emperor, all new technologies have been added." In addition, the minister had a surprise for the saint. ”

"Oh? Is it a new invention? Zhu Youjian asked.

Tang Ruowang went to the warehouse, took out an object wrapped in cloth, and slowly walked back.

"This is Father Tang's newly developed firecracker? Show me! ”

John Tang slowly opened the shroud, revealing a fiery gun. The appearance is basically the same as that of the bird, but there is no ignition device and no fire rope.

"Your Majesty, this is a flintlock pistol! You don't need a fire rope and you can use it even on rainy days! John Tang said.

Zhu Youjian was really surprised, although the Arms Bureau can now make rifles, but the output is very low, especially bullets, because of technical limitations, the output of key components such as primers is even more miserable.

But the flintlock pistol is different, it can be used with many parts of the Bird, and the Arms Agency can produce 2000 Birdfire Guns a month, in other words, the Arms Agency can produce 2000 flintlock guns a month.

Since the bird needs to be lit first to fire the firerope, it becomes waste when it rains.

Compared to the arquebus, the flintlock pistol had a distinct advantage.

The lightweight, short smoothbore gun, the stronger metal barrel, and the post-firing mechanism allowed the lead bullet to reach an initial velocity of 305 m/s, and the lethality was not inferior to that of the heavy arquebuses of the same period.

Not only that, but this weapon, which relied on flint striking a piece of steel to excite a powder pool, had a nearly two-thirds success rate in ignition, compared to half of the arquebus.

In addition, arquebuses need to be ignited with open flames, which means that musketeers must keep a distance of nearly one meter when lining up, otherwise the gunpowder they carry will be ignited by their comrades.

The Fusiliers did not have this concern, so the Fusiliers could be placed side by side in a denser formation, which further increased the attack power of the musket units per unit area.

John Tang also made oval paper shell ammunition, which greatly increased the rate of fire of the smoothbore gun, and when the bullet was fired, the paper shell filled the gap between the bullet and the barrel, and accelerated the speed of gunpowder loading.

"Your Majesty, thanks to the spring that Fan Xuanchao bought from Nanyang, we can make this flintlock pistol after imitation." John Tang said.

Zhu Youjian nodded, holding the flintlock pistol and asking, "How many flintlock pistols can be produced each month at most?" ”

"Originally, it could produce 2,400 pieces a month, but if you follow His Majesty's assembly line process, the minister calculated, there should be no problem in producing 5,000 pieces in a month!" Jiao Miao bowed and said.

He was in charge of the flintlock pistols and knew the production very well.

"5,000 pieces, wait until October, and my Fire Dragon Army will be able to form an army!"

Zhu Youjian was excited, with such an output, he would be able to equip a 20,000-man flintlock army in early winter, and a rifle team of 2,000 people, plus grenades and mortars.

Zhu Youjian held the flintlock pistol, pulled the trigger with his fingers, and the sound of snapping kept coming, listening to this wonderful sound, his heart had even been on the battlefield, thinking of the Ming soldiers' decisive battle for thousands of miles.

"Come, find someone to try the gun, I want to see it!"

Zhao Jiadi hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, it is a little dangerous to test the gun here, so the minister will send someone to the school to prepare!" ”

"It's okay, I'll just wait a little longer." Zhu Youjian handed the flintlock pistol to John Tang, and said happily: "Father Tang, I want to reward you well!" ”

John Tang drew a cross, "All glory belongs to God, the minister does not want to be rewarded, he can preach in the Ming Dynasty, and the minister will be satisfied." ”

After the words fell, several officials followed Tang Ruowang and drew a cross in front of him.

Zhu Youjian saw it and didn't say anything.

Ten years ago, John Tang assisted Xu Guangqi to complete the "Chongzhen Almanac", and now he has completed the "Fire Attack", which plays a pivotal role in the progress of Daming science and technology.

And the reason why he is like this is precisely for the sake of preaching, and it is normal to develop the people around him to become a church.

"Well, since you don't want a reward, how about I build a temple in Beijing comparable to the Florence Cathedral and St. Petersburg Cathedral for you to preach, when the world is stable?" Zhu Youjian drew a big pie.

In fact, he is not only preparing to build churches, but also mosques, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples are all in his plan, but he can't say it at this time.

When Tang Ruowang heard this, his soul almost flew to heaven to find God to announce the good news, and he said excitedly: "My Holy Son of Heaven, the Lord will definitely bless the Ming Kingdom to last forever!" ”

Zhu Youjian thought to himself, if a church can be built to make the country sustainable, then what is it about opening an arms bureau, he did not respond, and changed the topic and said: "Recently, you will sort out the "Chongzhen Almanac", and I am ready to officially promulgate it and distribute it to the world. ”

The Chongzhen Almanac is not only a calendar, but also contains advanced astronomical knowledge, including the theory of the earth and heliocentrism.

Historically, it was resisted by the scholar class and failed to be promulgated in the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Zhu Youjian has deposed hundreds of civil and military officials, and no one can stop him, it is a good time for the world to be enlightened.

The first purpose of promulgating this law is to promote a more advanced calendar, and the deeper purpose is to disseminate scientific ideas and leverage the imperial examination system based on eight shares.

Zhu Youjian also planned to wait for the situation to stabilize a bit, and summoned Song Yingxing, who was idle at home, to Beijing to establish the Daming Academy of Sciences together with Tang Ruowang and others, and carried out systematic scientific popularization and education on the basis of scientific treatises such as "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Treatise on Plague", and "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration".

When Tang Ruowang heard Chongzhen's will, he was even more excited, and he almost believed that God was guiding Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and he kept praying.

During the conversation, a green-robed official came from a distance, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, all firearms have been placed in the school yard and will be tested at any time. ”

Zhu Youjian looked at the green-robed official, had some impressions, and asked, "I remember that your name is Jiao Miao, right?" ”

When Jiao Miao heard this, he was very excited, "It's Xia Guan." ”

"I have talents, I've heard that this "Fire Attack Essentials" was basically compiled by you! This time the thieves broke through the city, and you hid in Father Tang's church, swearing not to surrender, I am very pleased. ”

"The minister is incompetent, he can't kill the thief for the emperor, and he deserves death." Jiao Miao said loudly.

"You are not a general, you don't need to kill thieves, you can build more artillery, teach more craftsmen, and you can compare to an army of 100,000!" Zhu Youjian encouraged.

Seeing that Chongzhen did not blame himself for hiding the church, and praised himself sincerely, Jiao Miao was even more excited, and kowtowed again and again, proclaiming his allegiance.

Then he got up and bowed down to ask Chongzhen to move.

Zhu Youjian nodded, turned around and asked Tian Shouxin, "Zheng Zhilong's son, has Zheng Sen arrived?" Tell him to go to school with him. ”