When Zhu Zhangui came to the study, the old man was sitting on the stairs, watching a little eunuch release his gun.

Looking at the little eunuch's face with gunpowder and soot, it is estimated that he has shot a lot of guns.

"Grandpa!"

Walking up to the old man, Zhu Zhangui said hello.

"Well, this gun is good, but it's a little bit off the mark."

The old man smiled and nodded, patted his side and asked Zhu Zhangui to sit down.

"It's good, it's far from what I imagined."

Zhu Zhangui denied the old man's appreciation.

Zhu Di turned his head to look at Zhu Zhangui.

"It's not good, if you form a three-stage array, with artillery and crossbows, the enemy won't be able to touch the edge at all."

Zhu Zhangui shook his head, "In my ideal, the rate of fire of the gun should be within 60 breaths, hundreds of shots, and the range should reach 1,000 steps, and it will be hit wherever it means." ”

"Huh!"

Zhu Di smiled and patted Zhu Zhangui on the shoulder.

"The idea is very good, but the kind of gun you imagine, I'm afraid only the legendary immortals can create it!"

Zhu Zhangui shrugged his shoulders with a smile and didn't explain much.

There are some things that are not laid out in front of oneself, and people will deceive themselves.

Stretching out his hand to summon the little eunuch, Zhu Di took the gun and looked at it for a while and said: "Match the gun to the Shenji Battalion as soon as possible, if you need anything, just tell me, no matter what method you use, you must let the Shenji Battalion be fully equipped with this new type of gun before the Northern Expedition." ”

What Zhu Zhangui was waiting for was the old man's words.

As soon as the old man's words fell, Zhu Zhangui handed over the recital that had been prepared a long time ago.

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Zhangui, put the gun aside, picked up the piece and looked at it.

After reading the above, the old man inhaled.

"It takes so much iron and money!"

Zhu Zhangui said helplessly: "This is still less, I haven't counted new types of artillery yet." In my plan, the Shenji Battalion should be equipped with at least 300 new artillery, plus the artillery equipped with the city defenses in various places, as well as the defensive artillery of the two Beijing divisions in the north and south, and the demand for iron and money will be at least tens or even hundreds of times. ”

Zhu Di took a deep breath.

"What is the range of the new artillery?"

If the new artillery envisioned by Zhu Zhangui was not much different from the old artillery, Zhu Di would definitely not spend all this iron and money to make a new type of artillery.

Zhu Zhangui, who had long known that Zhu Di would ask, took out a piece of music and handed it over.

When Zhu Di was reading the recital, Zhu Zhangui also explained it.

"In my future plans, I divided artillery into three classes, which are light, medium and heavy."

"The corresponding firing range is two to three miles, and four to six miles, respectively, and the range of heavy artillery is up to ten miles away."

"Ten miles!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but exclaim.

General Zhankou, who was equipped with the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Army, had a reckless charge, and the range was only more than two miles.

Zhu Di didn't expect that Zhu Zhangui's ideal and lightest artillery was stronger than the active equipment of General Zhankou.

"Little cub, are you sure your artillery will meet your requirements? This is not a joke, this is related to the fate of our Ming Dynasty in the future. ”

Zhu Zhangui nodded with great certainty.

If the steel of the Ming Dynasty was used, Zhu Zhangui did not dare to guarantee that these artillery pieces could reach this range.

In order for the gun to have a longer range, the charge had to be increased.

The current steel quality of the Ming Dynasty is really not good to be honest.

It's no problem to make weapons and armor.

But if it was used to make artillery, and it was such a large-range artillery, Zhu Zhangui would not dare to take this risk.

Even if it was made by craftsmen, Zhu Zhangui did not dare to equip the army with these artillery pieces that could be blown up at any time.

"Whirring ......"

Seeing Zhu Zhangui nodding, the old man's breathing was a little heavy.

He couldn't help but fantasize in his mind that if the artillery of the Ming army could really reach the level that Zhu Zhangui said, then who could stop him in the whole world.

The old man has always had a heart problem.

Every time I look at the borders of the dynasties in history and the map of the borders of the Ming Dynasty, the old man feels awkward in his heart.

Small, too small!

Not to mention the boundless Yuan Dynasty, which has a large territory, it can't even be compared to the peak of the Song Dynasty.

The old man who has always looked down on the Song Dynasty, how can he tolerate this result.

The old man was bent on the reason for the Northern Expedition, that is, he wanted to lay down a large territory and tell future generations to tell his dead father.

I, Zhu Di, am no worse than any emperor in history.

I am even stronger than them, and I have conquered more territory than they do.

It's a pity that now that he is over half a hundred years old, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is still similar to when his father was alive.

To be honest, Zhu Di was a little anxious.

With Daming's current situation, he really has no face or dare not go to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, he urgently needs a sharp weapon to open the impasse in front of him, so that before he dies, he can lay a great territory for future generations.

Similarly, it is good to prove it to future generations and to the dead Zhu Yuanzhang.

I, Zhu Di, am a qualified emperor, stronger than most emperors in history, and even stronger than Zhu Yunwen set by you, an old man, a hundred times and a thousand times.

"Make... Be sure to build it! ”

The more he thought about Zhu Di, the more excited he became, he pressed Zhu Zhangui's shoulder, and said in a resolute tone: "Little cub, grandpa will give you whatever you want, and the only request that grandpa give you is that during the Northern Expedition, I want to see these artillery muskets appear." ”

Zhu Zhangui nodded solemnly.

"Grandpa, don't worry, you will definitely be able to see it, and Mahamu will become the first sacrifice of the new musket artillery, and this batch of musket artillery will also become the most powerful help on the road of your great emperor."

Zhu Zhangui's assurance, listening to Zhu Di's enthusiasm.

"Hahaha... Well, grandpa is looking forward to that day. ”

patted Zhu Zhangui on the shoulder heavily, and the old man promised: "In order to let these muskets and artillery appear as soon as possible, I will let everyone in the Ministry of Industry fully cooperate with you, whoever dares to disobey your order is to violate Grandpa's order, even if the Ministry of Industry Shangshu will not tolerate it." ”

"How many craftsmen do you want, even if you let the Ministry of Industry mobilize, how much money and how much iron do you need, go to Xia Yuanji, if he doesn't give it to you, you can come to me directly, and I will talk to him personally."

"My only request to you is that before the Northern Expedition, I want to see this batch of muskets and artillery."

After explaining the matter of the artillery and musket, the old man suppressed the excitement in his heart, took out a book and handed it to Zhu Zhangui.

"Look at this!"

Zhu Zhangui took it curiously, opened it and glanced at it quickly.

The content is very simple, it tells the story of Fujian, many villages have been attacked by the Japanese pirates, and even the shipyard that built a fleet for Zheng He has been attacked.

The Fujian Health Center has encircled and suppressed many times, but unfortunately there are few results.

These wolkins are as slippery as loaches, and every time the guard army arrives, they run away.

On several occasions, they deliberately set up ambush circles, and these gangsters acted as if they knew in advance and were not fooled at all.

In desperation, the Fujian side could only write to Zhu Di, hoping that the imperial court could send someone to deal with the matter, or ask the Wa State side to control the subjects and not harass the Ming frontier again.

After reading the content of the recital, Zhu Zhangui looked at the old man thoughtfully.

"You're sure it's really a wolf."

Zhu Di smiled slightly.

"I say he is, he is. You've been at sea for so many years, and you must know this kind of person very well, so I'm going to leave this matter to you. ”

"I don't care what method you use, my request is that Daming will not allow any more Japanese robbers to appear."

Hearing the old man's words, Zhu Zhangui narrowed his eyes happily.

Fight pirates or something, his favorite.

Noticing Zhu Zhangui's expression, the old man reminded: "Your grandfather has listed the country of the Japanese as a country that is not to be conquered, don't mess around, you little cub, let other vassal countries know that we are conquering the country of courtiers, I'm afraid they will be dissatisfied." ”

Zhu Zhangui grinned when he heard this.

"Grandpa, what you said, I naturally dare not disobey grandpa's ancestral teachings."

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, understanding that this kid must have something to say later.

"However, I heard that the Japanese country faces the sea on all sides, you haven't been to the sea, you don't know, on this sea, there are many pirates, and they are very bold."

"Not to mention some ordinary merchant ships, even some small countries are often looted by pirates."

"The Wa Kingdom, a country facing the sea on all sides, I think it must be targeted by some pirates, and it is estimated that it will be looted and slaughtered sooner or later."

After listening to Zhu Zhangui's nonsense, Zhu Di pretended to be abrupt and nodded, and then sympathized: "Alas, poor Wa Guo, I will write a letter of comfort when I go back, and comfort me well, no matter what, their Wa State is also our vassal state, they have been hurt so much, I don't comfort it, and it is a little unreasonable." ”

Zhu Zhangui nodded in agreement, and at the same time reminded in a low voice: "Grandpa, the pirates haven't gone yet, don't write your comfort letter too early, otherwise it will be a joke." ”

The old man looked like I was doing things, you were relieved, and asked Zhu Zhangui unconcernedly.

"How much do you think pirates will loot from the Wa Kingdom?"

Zhu Zhangui's eyes widened.

This old man is really, and before he started to do it, he thought about dividing the money.

It is really unreasonable that you are also a vassal country of yours, and if you suffer so much, as the boss, you don't feel uncomfortable, and you are actually concerned about how much money the pirates have robbed, which is really unreasonable.

Zhu Di sneered: Heh, the little cub wants to swallow it alone, let alone the door, and the windows are not left.