I went to the heavy machine gun R&D department again.

The progress of this project was slower than that of the light machine gun, and there were too many technological problems to tackle, according to Zhu Jianji's design, the heavy machine gun used two wheels as a mode of movement.

Somewhat similar to artillery.

The range must reach 1,000 paces, and it needs to have the ability to pierce armor from 500 paces, and at the same time, the number of shots at 60 breaths should exceed 100 times, or even more.

The most perfect state is 60 breaths and 600 times.

However, Zhu Jianji and the firearms experts of the Donggong Military Research Institute all know that sixty breaths and six hundred times, this is just a design concept, and with the current level of the Ming Dynasty, it cannot be done at all.

If you reach it a hundred times, you will be successful.

Finally, Zhu Jianji went to inspect the steam engine research and development project team.

Progress is not slow.

The basic design principle is there, but the difficulty is that the demand performance of the parts steel is too high to meet the conditions, and this problem is no longer solved by the Donggong Military Research Institute.

The steel mill of the Ministry of Industry has to solve it.

In other words, it has to be a matter of the chemical group led by Yu Kang of the Academy of Engineering - steam engine, and under the performance requirements of some parts, special steel needs to be used.

Forging special steels, on the other hand, requires special elements.

The smelting method of those trace amounts of special elements is what the chemical team is tackling in the future.

It can be said that the results will not be seen in a year or two.

After Zhu Jianji inspected the Donggong Military Research Institute, he went to inspect the Academy of Engineering of the Ministry of Industry, and informed him in person of the will to remove the order of the Donggong Military Research Institute of Hangmin, and proposed to transfer the cement production base to the Ministry of Industry.

Hang Min was happy at first, and then his heart was cold.

I thought it would be easier.

As a result, His Highness got him another thing to do.

But very cooperative.

The Road Traffic Department belongs to the Ministry of Industry, and the biggest task of the Ministry of Industry is to use cement as a raw material to build the official road of Jingguang Road.

However, Hang Min was a little puzzled in his heart, and asked on the way to the chemical R&D group: "Your Highness, the construction of cement, Weichen has also gone to the cement production base to see the experiment, it is indeed an artifact for building buildings, and it is likely to become the most mainstream building material in the future, and there are business opportunities here...... It is extremely huge, why does His Royal Highness want to allocate the cement production base to the Ministry of Industry? ”

This is to send money to the treasury of the imperial court!

If nothing else, when the scale of cement production increases, the cement production base will sell the cement output beyond the saturation of national demand to the private sector.

It would be a huge gain.

If the cement production base belongs to the Donggong Military Research Institute, then the Donggong is the main body of this income.

Now it belongs to the Ministry of Industry.

This profit, in the future, will go directly to the treasury.

Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "What's the use of asking for so much money, when Gu ascends the throne, the treasury is rich, and Gu is easy to do!" ”

What is mine is the state.

The country is also mine.

Because I Zhu Jianji is the co-master of the world of the Ming Dynasty!

Not to mention that I Zhu Jianji gave it to the country, and when the Ming Dynasty became rich to the extent of the Great Song Dynasty, it was the royal power company that made money like flowing water, and it had to be given to the country.

After inspecting the completion department, Zhu Jianji simply came out as soon as he thought about it, so he went to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Ministry of Agriculture to have a look.

In the end, I went to the military department.

I went to the Ministry of War not to inspect, but to find Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

After the result was exempted, the first thing Yu Qian said was to ask His Royal Highness to take back his fate, and the ability of the dog Yu Mian was not enough to be the commander of the Great Snow Iron Cavalry.

How could Zhu Jianji agree.

Scholars are not good at this, they can sacrifice the dreams and interests of their families for the sake of their own reputation.

Yu Qian's move was too pedantic.

In the early years, because of these reasons, he did not agree to Shi Heng's recommendation.

Now for this reason, I will continue to waste my youth.

Said angrily: "This matter has been decided, Yu Shao Baoxiu has to mention it again, if Yu Mian really can't be promoted to the Snow Iron Rider, Gu will let the right person replace him at that time." ”

Yu Mian may not be competent.

The Great Snow Iron Cavalry is not used as a charge to collide with the formation, but after the firearms of the Donggong Young Army sweep the enemy army, the Great Snow Iron Cavalry will be harvested, how much ability does this need?

Not at all.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy's tactical success forced the Ming iron cavalry to collide with the enemy's iron cavalry.

But that's the extreme case.

With 20,000 heavy snow iron cavalry, 10,000 heavy cavalry, and the firearms support of the Donggong Young Army, even if it really becomes hand-to-hand combat in the end, there is no risk of defeat.

Someone happened to bring tea up.

Zhu Jianji took a sip of tea and said: "Yu Shaobao, in the long history of the Ming Dynasty, you are the most admired and respected person in Lone, and some words Lone will not go around in circles with you, Yu Shaobao probably also saw that Lone has been developing firearms all these years, and in Fujian, Taiwan, and Annan, in fact, there is only one purpose. ”

Yu Qian said slowly and heavily: "Expand! ”

Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "Yes, the expansion is not only Taiwan, Annan, but also the entire Indochina Peninsula where Annam, Nanzhang, and Champa are located, the grasslands of the Mobei and the northeast region of the Jurchens, including North Korea and Japan, in the heart of Lonely, in the near future, these places will be the inherent territory of my Ming Dynasty, and they will be in the mouth of future generations since ancient times!" ”

Yu Qian's face was solemn, "Has Your Highness ever thought about how to govern such a huge territory?" ”

It's too big to be governed.

After a pause, "After all, the world will be divided for a long time, and those territories will still leave the Ming Dynasty sooner or later, just like the Jiaozhi of the past." ”

Zhu Jianji was not worried, and said with a smile: "That's a headache for the descendants of my Zhu family, Lone just wants to try, if the expansion is really successful, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is huge, and Lone will adopt a policy of cultural assimilation, so that these expanded territories will slowly merge into a part of the Ming Dynasty, just as the first emperor ruled the world, not slowly integrated into a whole, Indochina Peninsula, Japan and Korea, as well as Mobei, Northeast, all have this possibility." If they succeed, they will naturally be happy, if they don't succeed, it doesn't matter, at least in the decades when they have separated from my Daming, their mineral resources and demographic dividends will make me a lot of money! ”

Yu Qian was secretly awe-inspiring.

Asked: "If Your Highness wants to achieve this expansion plan, does it need the Ming Xiong Division, and the whole army is equipped with firearms?" ”

Zhu Jianji nodded, "Yes!" ”

Yu Qian was silent for a while, "The treasury doesn't have so much money." ”

Zhu Jianji laughed, "Money? ”

There will be!

Now under the implementation of the Ming treasure banknote, even the gold and silver of North Korea have been plundered back by the Ming Dynasty, and the Western Ocean is also plundering overseas gold and silver, and so on to lay down Annam, and then take Annam as a springboard, then the gold and silver of the entire Indochina Peninsula will flow to the Ming Dynasty.

Daming will have no money?

But this is not Zhu Jianji's ultimate goal.

Zhu Jianji's ultimate goal was to use the resources of the whole of Asia to strengthen the Ming Dynasty, and finally the Ming expedition to establish an overseas Ming local government in the oil-rich areas of the Middle East.

Keep the oil-rich areas of the Middle East in the hands of the Chinese.

Meantime......

Cripple Europe completely!

It is necessary to make it impossible for the industrial revolution in Europe to develop.

In order to ensure the status of the world hegemon of the Ming Dynasty.

This is what Zhu Jianji wants to do.

Hearing that His Royal Highness the Prince's purpose turned out to be far away from Taixi Kingdom, Yu Qian was really at a loss.

He didn't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had such an unbounded idea.

So far......

I can't manage it even if I fight it.

This is not what militarism is.

But Yu Qian couldn't refute it, because Da Ming was already on the road, and he had made remarkable achievements, and it was imperative to discuss the Jurchen next, so Yu Qian only talked about it, "Your Highness, no matter what you want to do, you can't be in a hurry, you need to think about it slowly." ”

Zhu Jianji smiled: "Lone knows." ”

Get up and prepare to go back to the East Palace.

After walking a few steps, he said to Yu Qian, who saluted him: "Yu Shaobao, the whole army of the Ming Xiong Division is equipped with firearms, this is something that must be implemented, and the military department should prepare for a rainy day as soon as possible." ”

After a pause, "Yu Shaobao, you have to recuperate, I really hope you can see that day." ”

After saying that, he laughed and left.

Yu Qian was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled.

He whispered softly: "Who said that there are immortals in the mountains, and I have them in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

His Royal Highness's heart is like an immortal.

Too high.

It's so tall that you can't look up.