Zhu Qiyu thought thoughtfully, "If you can really create such a firecracker, 500,000 taels may not be expensive." ”

Zhu Jianji smiled, "Where is this!" ”

Continuing to draw on rice paper, "When the entire army of the 3,000 Donggong Young Army is equipped with a new type of firearm with a range of 350 paces, it can ensure that 10,000 iron cavalry cannot rush within 50 paces!" ”

Zhu Qiyu poured a basin of cold water, "Rabbit cub, have you forgotten something...... It takes time to reload ammunition. ”

Zhu Jianji, "This is also a problem?" Let me tell you this, once the Donggong Young Army really goes on the battlefield, it means that the new firearm can be reloaded in five breaths, and it doesn't even need to shoot in three stages, think about it, a distance of three hundred and fifty paces can allow the three thousand young army to fire a few rounds in a salvo? ”

Zhu Qiyu silently calculated, shocked and inexplicable, "If that's the case...... Almost continuous and uninterrupted salvos! And at a distance of three hundred and fifty paces, the cavalry will need at least thirty-four breaths, but the young army will fire non-stop volleys, and the enemy may not even be able to advance fifty paces?! ”

Dead soldiers and horse corpses can form obstacles.

And if the battle losses are too high, the enemy army will collapse on its own.

3,000 young troops can really stand alone against 10,000 cavalry!

Zhu Jianji's eyes shone with brilliance, "The highlight is coming, old Zhu, this new type of firearm is just the ordinary equipment of the young army to be equipped with the whole army, and the Ordnance Supervisor will also develop a firecracker, which does not need to be manually loaded with ammunition, and can pour out dozens of bullets in an instant to form a dense firepower network, if there are dozens of such firearms, the enemy's cavalry will not want to get close at all." ”

Taking a deep breath, "Combined with the new artillery developed by artillery, it can be said that Lao Zhu, once the equipment of my young army is formed and pulled to the battlefield, there will be no pressure on an army of 30,000 people, and the significance can be imagined." ”

It's not for tens of thousands of people.

But this young army will be invincible, even if the enemy army has hundreds of thousands, as long as they ensure their own logistics and sufficient ammunition, they can destroy the withering and decaying - a war, it is impossible to put hundreds of thousands of people on a battlefield, and the battle line will be very long.

Moreover, it is impossible for the young army to have only 3,000 men all the time.

Other words.

Such an army, as long as it reaches 10,000, can destroy a country!

Zhu Qiyu was stunned.

He really didn't think that firearms could develop like this.

He asked expectantly, "Did you get it?" ”

Zhu Jianji snorted, "That's why I came to ask you for someone." ”

I'm still looking for you when I get it?

Zhu Qiyu walked back and forth in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and after a long time, he looked at his son fixedly, "Jianji, you tell your father the truth, can these firearms and weapons supervisors really get out?" ”

Zhu Jianji knew that this was an epoch-making product for Zhu Qiyu, and it was normal for him not to believe it for a while.

said: "Yes, otherwise I'm stupid, before coming to Dongnuan Pavilion, I only allocated 400,000 taels to the Ordnance Superintendent, such a huge amount of money, if I can't get it, won't it hurt the money?" ”

Zhu Qiyu gasped, "Four hundred thousand taels? ”

When did the ordnance supervisor become such a tyrant?

I couldn't help but ask, "How much more do you want to invest in the future?" ”

Zhu Jianji didn't count, "I estimate that at least five or six hundred thousand taels will be invested, or even millions of taels are possible, there are still many difficulties to overcome, and there are still many process technologies to be improved. ”

Engage in the military industry, how can you do it without throwing money at it.

It's also a gold-swallowing beast.

Zhu Qiyu was a little confused, "Didn't you already invest hundreds of thousands of taels before?" ”

Zhu Jianji hummed, "It's almost 500,000 taels." ”

Zhu Qiyu made a simple estimate, "If you go back and forth like this, you have to invest at least two million taels into it?" ”

Zhu Jianji also had a headache, "Two million may not be able to get it, but I can be sure that if two million taels are used, at least a firearm with a range of 350 meters can be equipped with a young army, and at the same time there can be a new type of artillery. ”

Light and heavy machine guns are not so easy to handle.

Successive firing devices are difficult.

In fact, it is estimated that it is not difficult, but because it is a blind spot of his knowledge, he needs to start from scratch, so he feels difficult, and if he is a firearms expert, it will not be difficult.

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and said, "Son, you have thought clearly, do you really want to do it?" If you want to do it, Dad will fully support you, isn't it just two million. ”

If it succeeds, it will be a great thing.

It doesn't hurt to fail.

The son is the one who wants to be the son of heaven, what's wrong with having the courage to try, Lao Tzu has worked hard in the past ten years to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, and he can't indulge the prince to be wanton once or twice?

Joke!

The world belongs to my father and son, and my son is also the future son of heaven in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention two million taels, even if he wants to raise the strength of the country, Lao Tzu, the father, must support him.

Zhu Jianji laughed, "Don't worry about the money for the time being, 400,000 taels should be enough for the Ordnance Supervisor for three or five months, and when Sun Congwen returns from the West, he will have money to invest in." ”

Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief.

People, no problem.

Ground, no problem.

But money - the problem is huge.

smiled: "Then you say, what to do next." ”

Zhu Jianji said: "First of all, it should not be difficult to separate the ordnance supervision from the Ministry of Industry and put it under the jurisdiction of the East Palace. Secondly, it is necessary to return all the 5,000 acres of land near the steelmaking mill in the south of the city to the ordnance superintendent, establish a military forbidden land, and strictly prohibit entry for non-ordnance superintendent personnel. ”

Zhu Qiyu said: "Okay! ”

Zhu Jianji said: "You still have to find a way to solve the problem of material supply, the ordnance supervisor needs a large amount of gunpowder and steel, and it needs to be stripped of some power from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, which is a bit difficult." ”

The interests of the civilian clique are involved.

Zhu Qiyu was silent for a while, and asked a question, "If these new firearms come out and expand the prince's young army to about 30,000 people, will it not be so important to have a regimental camp and 26 guards of the pro-army?" ”

Zhu Jianji smiled, yo ho, the ambition of the cheap dad is bigger than himself.

The young army of their own ideas is 10,000 people.

He asked for 30,000 men.

We are indeed two fathers and sons.

said with a smile: "As long as it comes out, the 30,000 people of the young army are equipped with new firearms, and then the four guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang are equipped with new firearms, and the regimental battalion and the 26 guards of the pro-army are no longer enough to worry about." ”

Zhu Qiyu silently calculated in his heart, and then muttered to himself, "Military power seems to be so unimportant?" ”

immediately said categorically to Zhu Jianji: "It can be solved!" ”

Zhu Jianji was puzzled, "How to solve it?" ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, since I am your father, I will definitely do my best to help you with your affairs, rest assured, just watch your father's performance next, I promise not to disappoint you!" ”

Get out of the way, I'm going to start pretending!