Zhu Jianji came out of the Dongnuan Pavilion and waited outside Dai Yi said: "Your Highness, the people from the Ordnance Supervisor came just now, please go over and take a look, I guess there is good news." ”

The ordnance supervisor has swallowed at least 300,000 taels of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in recent years.

But it has not come to fruition.

As soon as Zhu Jianji heard about the weapons prison, his heart began to hurt, should he ask Lao Tzu for money again.

Just keep throwing money at it.

First go to the Ordnance Warden, and then stop by to inspect the Young Army.

When I arrived at the Ordnance Prison, there was a whoop.

What is the situation?

All the officials of the Ordnance Supervision were all there, and they all knelt down to salute themselves with a smile on their faces, and said in one voice: "Welcome His Royal Highness the Prince, Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

There is a happy event!

Asked, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Is it because I know that there is finally a woman in the East Palace, congratulations to Lao Tzu for becoming a man.

Not so much.

And he said, "Excuse me." ”

Shi Xin got up and said: "At the end of the fourth year of Jingtai and the beginning of the fifth year of Jingtai, His Royal Highness took precautions and let the Ordnance Superintendent focus on the improvement and research and development of the firecracker, to the eighth year of Jingtai, which lasted four years, although the Ordnance Superintendent tailored the Dongfeng sniper rifle for His Highness, but it was an assault product of the handicraft level, almost all handmade, not to mention the inability to mass produce, and there were various drawbacks. ”

Zhu Jianji hummed.

A little touched, Jingtai five years to Jingtai fifteen years, a full ten years.

He smashed more than 400,000 taels in the ordnance prison.

Ten years after Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty began to go to the Western Ocean, and there were six treasure ships in its Middle Palace, each time it was full of goods, and it earned hundreds of thousands of taels back before it dared to let go.

Shi Xin continued: "All the colleagues of the Ordnance Supervisor, who have worked hard all night for several years, have finally achieved something today, and they dare not live up to His Highness's high expectations, and I ask His Highness to inspect them. ”

Zhu Jianji said: "Let's talk about it first, to which point." ”

Shi Xin took a deep breath, "The bullet yellow steel required by His Highness was forged by the steelmaking mill outside the city half a year ago, and according to His Highness's needs, it can now be mass-produced with bullet yellow!" ”

Zhu Jianji said: "This lonely knows, you said it half a year ago, but one yellow steel is not enough." ”

What about alloys?

In order to improve the shooting range and shooting accuracy, the inner wall of the barrel needs to be rifled, chemical etching, and the current Ming Dynasty does not have this chemical level, and alloy is the only way.

"Three months ago, the temperature of the steelmaking furnace was raised to a higher temperature due to the addition of refractory bricks. The kind of alloy that His Highness said, we have finally refined it. ”

Zhu saw Jile, "And then?" ”

Shi Xin continued: "After thousands of days and nights of research and development and improvement by Gasol and many gunpowder craftsmen, the level of gunpowder has also increased significantly, and it has been able to perfectly meet the requirements put forward by His Highness! ”

Yellow steel, alloy, gunpowder.

The three major crafts have all met the requirements of His Highness!

Zhu Jianji took a deep breath.

Laughed.

My face was going to be smiling.

smashed hundreds of thousands of taels into it, according to the purchasing power, hundreds of millions of yuan, now is indeed the time to produce results.

But not optimistic.

The mass production of the Migne rifle can be watered, but the demand for bullets is too great, and if each cartridge case needs to be polished by hand, it is still useless.

Asked: "Regarding the lathe I designed, has there been any progress in the bed work department of the Ordnance Superintendent?" ”

The alloys are all there, and the lathe should not be difficult.

Shi Xin said: "I invite Your Highness today for this matter. ”

Zhu Jianji smiled: "What do you say? ”

Shi Xin said: "Please move to the workshop outside the city. ”

Zhu Jianji hummed, turned back to Dai Yi and said: "Go and inform Zhu Ma'er's Gongzhao Office, Lone is going to leave the imperial city, in addition, someone will go to inform the young army, after the matter is over in the ordnance supervisor, he will go to inspect the young army camp." ”

Dai Yi immediately went to the people.

Half an hour later.

Zhu Jianji stood in the workshop next to the steelmaking workshop in the southern suburbs of the city, looking at the few hydraulic lathes and falling into deep thought-this thing can really be made?

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

He looked at the barrel carved out of the lathe in his hand and carefully examined the rifling.

It's perfect.

In order to provide a stable speed for the lathe, the speed of the waterwheel is strictly calculated, and then the waterwheel provides a stable power for the lathe.

Shi Xin held a pile of bullet casings, "Please check it out with Your Highness." ”

Zhu Jianji took it, squinted his eyes and looked carefully inside and out, although the manufacturing method is still the watering method, and then polished with a machine tool, but it can basically reach the level of craftsmanship in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Shi Xin said: "At present, there are only three lathes, one lathe is dedicated to rifling the barrel, which can make about 200 barrels a day, and two lathes can polish the bullet casing, which can create more than 1,000 bullets. ”

Once His Royal Highness agrees to give birth, at most half a month, you can let all the young army change their clothes!

Zhu Jianji smiled.

The barrel and cartridge casing were handed to Shi Sin.

Asked, "Is there enough steel?" ”

Shi Xin looked embarrassed, "It is enough for experiments and research, but it needs to be mass-produced, the quantity is too large, and it needs the approval of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, so I have to ask His Highness to find the three Shangshu." ”

Zhu Jianji hummed, "This matter is handed over to Lone." ”

The Mine guns are out.

I also fought with the civilian officials for the power of the hammer.

Let them take it.

Now I only need Lao Zhu to ask for some more money to expand the young army, and when the time comes, when Lao Tzu's new-style army comes out, Lao Tzu doesn't care about what regimental battalions and 26 guards of the pro-army.

This is a cross-generational crush!

Of course, a heavy weapon is also needed.

Artillery!

The army, which only had the Migne rifle, was still a bit weak.

But if it is paired with heavy artillery......

Well, I don't know much about the process and principle of heavy artillery, and it is estimated that it will take some time, and the top priority is to get the mortar out - this is mainly a matter of the level of gunpowder technology.

The principle is simple.

Almost like bullets, the shell is thrown into the steel pipe, the firing pin hits the tail, ignites the gunpowder, and then flies out, and then hits the gunpowder that ignites the body of the bullet and explodes to kill the enemy.

The focus is on the gunpowder process.

Now that the chemical industry has not yet risen, it is necessary to give full play to the function of black powder.

When I went back at night, I drew the design of the mortar and let the ordnance supervisor develop it.

At that time, the Migne rifle will be combined with hundreds of mortars, and any steppe iron cavalry that can fight well will have to be able to sing and dance.

On second thought, I've got a second-rate mortar, can't I get some serious artillery?

Said to Shi Xin: "In this way, you have deployed manpower here, the design drawing of the rifle, Lone gave it to you before, first assault, to see if the rifle designed according to the design plan can achieve performance, if not, quickly improve, the Ministry of Engineering and the Ministry of War, Lone will have to work for some time to take it, and when the materials are in place, you must start work quickly, and in the shortest possible time, create enough rifles to equip the young army." ”

Shi Xin immediately received the order.

He also said, "Your Highness, give this new type of firecracker a name?" ”

Zhu Jianji thought of it, "Dongfeng rifle." ”

Dongfeng sniper rifle, Dongfeng rifle, Dongfeng mortar......

The Dongfeng series is finally going to thrive!