Dolgon said, "What's the best way to do it?" ”

Tang Ruowang said: "The most powerful thing about this flintlock pistol is that it is not afraid of rain and fog, and the loading speed is faster, an arquebus like the Lu Mi gun can only fire two rounds per minute at most, but the flintlock pistol can fire four rounds!" ”

Flintlock pistols appeared in Europe fifty years ago and have been massively armed in European countries.

But the tactics of flintlock muskets have not developed much, tactics such as shoulder-to-shoulder dense formations or even hollow phalanxes have not yet appeared, and Europe only uses flintlock pistols as a substitute for arquebuses.

John Tang naturally knew about the flintlock pistol, but he had reservations about Da Ming.

This is because John Tang found that Confucianism was deeply rooted in the Ming Dynasty, and it was difficult for Christianity to have a market.

As for now, perhaps it was Chongzhen who changed the world line, or perhaps because the nascent Qing court made John Tang see the possibility of promoting Christianity on a large scale, so John Tang contributed all the flintlock pistols to Dolgon.

"Great!" Dolgon was overjoyed and said, "John Tang, from today onwards, you will make firearms for me, and you can only mention as many people and money as you want, and I will satisfy you." ”

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Father, the Regent, has only one request." John Tang said.

"As long as you agree to this request of the minister, the minister will go all out to make firearms for you and the Qing governor."

"You say." Dolgon said angrily, "As long as we have it, as long as I can do it, I will do it all, and I will not keep it at all." ”

John Tang said solemnly: "The minister hopes that the regent of the imperial father can allow the ministers and their disciples to preach freely in the Qing Dynasty, and do not have any restrictions on the ministers and the ministers' disciples, is it okay?" ”

"That's it?" Dorgon was a little surprised, it was too easy.

"Yes, that's all the minister requires." Tang Ruowang said, "I hope that the regent of the emperor's father is entrusted." ”

In the final analysis, John Tang is a missionary like Bu Mige, and the thinking of preaching and preaching has been integrated into their bone marrow, which is actually the same as the three immortals advocated by Confucian disciples.

Moreover, John Tong was sure that as long as Dolgon allowed them to preach freely, it would not be long before Christianity would defeat the barbaric and backward Lamaism of the Qing court and become the state religion of the Qing court.

In this way, he can become a cardinal of the Eastern Diocese.

"Yes!" Without any hesitation, Dorgon agreed to John Tong.

In Nurhachi's time, the Houjin believed in shamanism, and in the Huangtaiji era, after the Qing Dynasty established the country, Lamaism was designated as the state religion, so the Jurchens were not obsessed with religion.

If John Tang can really bring advanced firearms to the Qing court,

Dorgon didn't mind converting from Lamaism to Christianity at all.

John Tong was overjoyed.

……

In Nanjing, Guozijian.

Chongzhen has finished reading the catalog of textbooks compiled by Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing.

Although I was not satisfied with the textbooks of physics, chemistry and mathematics, I had to use them for the time being until I found a better alternative.

It's impossible to find someone else to write it.

The Ming Dynasty no longer has a better understanding of natural science than these two.

At that moment, Chongzhen said: "That's it, you hurry up and find more people, compile the complete version of the textbooks of each subject according to the catalog, and then find a printing workshop to print it quickly, and print 5,000 copies first." ”

"Minister's order." Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing were about to leave as soon as they shook their bodies.

"Wait, there's one more thing." Chongzhen took out the sketch of the steam engine that took almost half a month to draw, and beckoned Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing to come forward and watch.

"Look, what kind of artifact is this?"

Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing read the drawings very carefully.

Fang Yizhi said: "Holy Lord, this seems to be the blueprint of a machine? ”

"You're right." Chongzhen said with a smile, "This machine is called a steam engine, and it only needs to add water to burn charcoal, and it can make an iron ship weighing hundreds of thousands or even millions of catties move." ”

"What? Just add water and burn charcoal to move? ”

"Can you move a multimillion-pound iron ship?"

Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing looked at each other, completely incredulous.

But Chongzhen has the aura of enlightenment in the coal mountain, but he doesn't dare not believe it.

"Don't you believe me? I couldn't believe it. Chongzhen smiled and said, "But when you make it according to the drawings, I will know that I didn't lie to you." ”

Fang Yizhi asked, "What does the Holy Lord mean by letting the ministers build this machine?" ”

"Yes." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Anyway, the catalog of Guozijian's textbooks has also been compiled, and you don't have to worry about the affairs of Guozijian anymore, from now on you are only responsible for building this machine, and I will match you with the best craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and no matter what conditions you propose, I will follow them." ”

"This ......" Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing looked at each other.

"But the Holy One, what should I do with the entrance exam of the Guozijian?"

Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing are also the deputy examiners of this exam.

Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "Let you be named as the deputy chief examiner of the Guozijian entrance examination, originally so that you can draft exam questions for candidates in various disciplines, but now you only take the first Cheng Wen, and you have nothing to do." ”

"Minister's order." Fang Yizhi didn't feel anything, but Song Yingxing couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Song Yingxing has even prepared more than a dozen Cheng Wen exam questions, but now the saint says that Cheng Wen has nothing to do with him, and he actually wants to be the master of this batch of Guozi proctor candidates.

After sending away Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing, Chongzhen finally became idle.

After months of being busy like clockwork, Chongzhen finally wanted to relax his body.

At that moment, Chongzhen called Gao Qiqian in and asked, "Gao Companion, where is General Li now?" ”

Gao Qiqian immediately showed a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "Long live Lord, General Li has recruited more than 5,000 female soldiers to train in Xiaolingwei." ”

"What do you say, more than 5,000 female soldiers?"

Chongzhen was taken aback, didn't he say that he would only recruit a battalion of female soldiers?

There are only 2,200 soldiers in the first battalion, and more than 5,000 are already two battalions of men.

Gao Qiqian said: "General Li originally only planned to recruit more than 2,000 female soldiers, but I don't know what's going on, I heard that after women can join the army, all the women from ten miles and eight towns came to recruit, and some of them are really pitiful, so General Li stayed, and then slowly increased to more than 5,000 people." ”

"If it's more than 5,000, it's more than 5,000." Chongzhen didn't bother to care.

After all, there are more singles in Xuzhou and Guide, and 5,000 female soldiers may not be enough.

At that moment, Chongzhen instructed Gao Qiqian again: "Gao Companion, you go and summon General Li to come, forget it, let her go to the end of Wuyi Alley, there is something important to discuss." ”

There is really something important to discuss.

A big thing of hundreds of millions.

"The old slave commands." Raised the submersible and went upside down.

At this moment, a huge commotion suddenly sounded outside Yilun Hall.

"Fly, fly!" A scholar could be faintly heard shouting.

"What's going on?" Chongzhen came to the outside of Yilun Hall with a few guards, and saw dozens of scholars gathering in the courtyard in front of Yilun Hall, pointing at the sky overhead.

Chongzhen also subconsciously raised his head and saw a huge shadow.

To be precise, it was a huge hot air balloon flying over Guozijian.

Because of the low height, several Qinwang scholars in the hanging basket are also clearly visible, and one of them is Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen also saw Chongzhen at this time, and immediately leaned over to Chongzhen in the hanging basket, and after getting up, he proudly pointed to the bellows behind him.

That's really a bellows that is common in a blacksmith's workshop.

The only difference may be that the wood is thinner and the bellows are lighter.

But the structure must be the same, I saw a gentleman control the bellows every time he pushed, the hot air balloon would move forward a little, good guys, it was actually jet propulsion!

Seeing this, Chongzhen almost laughed.

The heart said that Zheng Sen is really a ghost.

Could it be that because the world line has changed, Zheng Sen's growth line has also changed?

If he continues to grow up like this, Zheng Sen is likely to become the first weaponist of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that, if nothing else, this guy should soon be educated by the harsh reality that jet balloons don't exist!

Chongzhen pondered, and a gust of wind blew.

Well, this time the fun is great, and the hot air balloon immediately floated uncontrollably towards Guanyin Mountain.

On the hanging basket, no matter how hard the soldier who controlled the bellows was eating, he couldn't stop the direction of the hot air balloon, and seeing this scene, Zheng Sen's face collapsed suddenly.

It's just that Zheng Sen's disturbance reminded Chongzhen of a throwing weapon again.

In the last battle of Yunlong Mountain, quicklime, gold juice, and fishing nets played an important role.

The next time he fights Jiannu, Chongzhen is reluctant to do this, especially the golden juice, the smell is too sour, anyway, Chongzhen doesn't want to try it again.

Quicklime and fishing nets are also very restrictive.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop another excellent throwing weapon.

It is a grenade made of cast iron or ceramics with a long wooden handle, which can be filled with gunpowder, broken glass or broken porcelain, and even a small amount of chili flour.

It's just a grenade with chili noodles, which can only be used to defend the city.

Because if you use it in the field, if the wind direction of the battlefield changes temporarily, you will smoke yourself.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen sighed again, it seems that he is also a hard worker.

After lighting the flintlock pistol, then the steam engine, and after lighting the steam engine, I had to light the grenade.

It's just that the black powder grenade also plays an auxiliary role, that is, to create some chaos for the enemy before charging, and don't have too much hope for the real killing effect.

Unless you can make a grenade with a charge of several dozen pounds.

But such a heavy grenade, how do you throw it?

It's better to simply get a rocket with such a grenade?

In fact, the Ming army really had similar firearms, such as the Divine Fire Flying Crow.