Jiang Xinghuo picked up a firecracker, and he was not too dirty, so he directly touched the gunpowder chamber with his hand and said: "The firecracker is most afraid of exploding, and the medicine room is the place where gunpowder always burns. ”

"Anything else." Jiang Xinghuo erected the fire gun again, pointed to the black gun and said, "You might as well make a lid like a kettle spout here, and pull it down on weekdays, so as not to get into the dust and mud." ”

The old craftsman swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and his impression of the national teacher immediately changed.

What Jiang Xinghuo said is not an advanced thing, it is all small details, in fact, they have also found similar suggestions in practice.

But the problem is that in the manufacture of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, the top could do whatever they wanted, and the craftsmen who actually carried it out had no right to speak.

Jiang Xinghuo is not only good at speaking, but these craftsmen can see that this national teacher really understands!

If he knew what they were saying, Jiang Xinghuo would probably have to brag to himself: "No one knows firearms better than me." ”

However, Jiang Xinghuo naturally didn't know what the craftsmen thought, and he continued to seriously put forward suggestions for improvement to the fire gun of the Hongwu era.

"On weekdays, you pour gunpowder directly into the mouth of the gunpowder bag from the gunpowder bag, and there is no ration, just like my aunt cooking and putting seasonings, it all depends on the feel, but the feel of this thing, everyone is different after all, there is a standard."

Ma Jing, the eunuch of the Palm Seal of the War Bureau, nodded yes and asked, "How does the national teacher think he sets the standard?" ”

"Make an enlarged version of a wooden ear pluck spoon for a fixed amount of gunpowder, and at the other end is a straight pole with a cloth wrap wrapped around the tail to compact the gunpowder."

Hearing this suggestion, the craftsmen of the Gunpowder Division of the War Bureau couldn't help but light up their eyes.

This is really a double win, it can be made with wood, it can not only fill a fixed amount of gunpowder, but also compact gunpowder, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Song Li, who had been listening silently beside him, also raised his eyes to look at the national teacher who met for the first time.

Although it was the first time they met, Jiang Xinghuo's name had actually been heard many times by Song Li from Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Well, this is another person who was moved by Jiang Xinghuo in the edict last year, and he had to break his leg outside.

If you want to establish angel officials in each vassal country, you have to recruit translators and train people, right?

So do you say let the eighty-year-old Dong Lun lane, or let the sixty-six-year-old Wang Jinglong?

In the end, this work still fell on the head of Song Li, who was still a member of the Ministry of Rites at the time.

However, it was precisely because of Song Ligan's excellence that he was promoted to the right waiter, which can be regarded as a predetermined drink.

Looking at Jiang Xinghuo, who was very serious in guiding the craftsmen of the Gunpowder Division, Song Li had an intuitive impression of this young and somewhat excessive national teacher for the first time.

——What he has learned is mixed and his knowledge is keen.

"Come and talk."

Unlike the bureaucrats of this era, Jiang Xinghuo has no shelf, and he will not think that these craftsmen are lowly, in fact, in Jiang Xinghuo's eyes, these are all useful talents!

Several craftsmen from the Gunpowder Division saw that Ma Jing, the eunuch of the Arms and Battles Bureau, agreed, and only then did they come closer.

Jiang Xinghuo pointed at Ma Jing, everyone knew him.

"Actually, after telling you about the large Kong Ming lantern today, I was going to leave, but the second prince planned to form the tax guard in the form of a pure firearms unit, so I wanted Ma Gonggong to take it to see how the level of firearms in Daming is now."

Ma Jing, the eunuch of the Palm Seal of the War Bureau, smiled, this firearms test did not make the second prince lose face, nor did he let any firearms accidents, and the effect he played was quite good.

Jiang Xinghuo explained slightly, paused for a moment, and then changed his words.

"But to be honest, Gonggong Ma, the national division is not very satisfied."

Ma Jing's smile froze on his face.

The eunuchs who came out of the Yan Palace, generally full of martial virtues, Song Li silently took a step back when he saw this, so as not to harm the pond fish.

The atmosphere that had been quite warm just now at the scene suddenly became cold.

This is very embarrassing, Ma Jing is also an old man in Yanwangfu, and he has been fighting hard with Zhu Dijing for four years, and now he is the number one eunuch in the palace. Jiang Xinghuo came to guide the work of the War Bureau, I respect you as a national teacher, I entertained you well, I fully cooperated with everything I wanted, and I wanted to see the firearms show for you.

"What does this mean, national teacher?"

Looking at the second prince Zhu Gaoxu and Zheng He, Ma Jingqiang, who was a little short-tempered, resisted the urge to do it on the spot, and asked Jiang Xinghuo in a cold tone.

Jiang Xinghuo seemed to be ignorant of Ma Jing's attitude, but said sincerely: "Ma Gonggong, the armor, bows, crossbows, weapons and other parts of the War Bureau are not left aside for the time being, they have been developed for hundreds of years, and I am afraid that they have already been finalized, and it is not my turn to place the beak. However, firearms, counting from the assault rifles of the former Song Dynasty, have only been working for more than a hundred years now, and they are really new gadgets and new things, and they cannot be managed in the same way as other parts of the gunpowder division. ”

Ma Jing could naturally hear the sincerity in Jiang Xinghuo's words, not that he really had an opinion of him, but that he really wanted to give himself some opinions, so Ma Jing's face was a little pale.

"What does the national teacher think should be done?"

"There should be incentives for artisans to improve their current firearms."

Jiang Xinghuo simply stated: "I heard Zheng He say that Ma Gonggong was also killed in a bloody battle all the way from Jingnan, so he should have an understanding of the power of firearms in a group. ”

Hearing this, Ma Jing remembered a rumor in his mind. The emperor did intend to reorganize the main force of the Yan army into the Beijing battalion, and the Beijing battalion was planned to be composed of three thousand Tatar official battalions (three thousand battalions) of cavalry troops, five army battalions, and a fire artillery unit.

But this is only one of the many rumors about the military reform, and it has not been confirmed.

In other words, how to reorganize the main force of the Yan army into the Beijing camp, not to mention that there is only a plan and no final result in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, even the emperor, I am afraid that he has not made up his mind.

Therefore, the establishment of the tax guard, a pure firearms unit, did not mean that the emperor carried out a trial.

Thinking of this, thinking that after the emperor, it was indeed possible to form a large-scale firearms army, and the current firearms performance could indeed not meet the needs of a separate army, Ma Jing couldn't help but have some thoughts of his own.

If you perform well, you can make more firearms with a wide variety and good quality, and I am afraid it will really help your future.

Ma Jing's face suddenly softened, and he arched his hand and said: "The national teacher is advised, but he is blinding, and he asks the national teacher to forgive his sins!" ”

The best military craftsman talent resources in the Ming Dynasty are in the hands of Ma Jing, Jiang Xinghuo naturally wants to unite the other party, seeing that Ma Jing has a flexible brain and knows things, he did not continue to embarrass the other party.

"In this way, the national division might as well throw bricks and lead the way."

Jiang Xinghuo groaned and said: "This reward mechanism, don't take too big a step, at this stage, it is still mainly based on direct rice and cloth, and first take the form of technical research as the goal." ”

That is to say, Jiang Xinghuo does not plan to engage any craftsmen as officials at the beginning, or the movement of issuing silver is too big, but it will harm these craftsmen, and the change must be carried out little by little, and the awareness of attaching importance to talents and the establishment of a talent training system are not something that he can do with a word.

As for divergent creation, granting patent protection should also be the next stage.

At the moment, these people are not biased in their thinking to make a three-eyed gun, and they have given the scientific and technological points to the "fast gun" of hand-to-hand combat with a single shot inserted into the head of the gun, I am afraid that it is the latter possibility that it will be crooked to my grandmother's house, and according to the current military practice, I am afraid that it is the probability of appearing is greater.

"For example, the national division wants to improve the standard firearm of the tax guard based on the current firecracker."

Knowing that Jiang Xinghuo knew how to do it and was willing to work for their welfare, several craftsmen from the Gunpowder Division listened very carefully.

"The new firebolt is still ignited, but not so roughly."

Jiang Xinghuo introduced the principle of arquebus, which is the pre-technology of flintlock pistols, and it is also a firearm that can definitely be manufactured in batches in this era.

"Instead, a groove was made in the outside of the firecracker, and a serpentine rod was attached to the groove, one end of the rod was fixed, and the other end formed a trigger, which could be rotated, and there was a clamp to hold the slow-burning firerope. The rear end of the barrel is equipped with a powder disc, and when fired, the trigger is pulled, the nose is pressed down, and the ignited fire rope enters the chamber to ignite the gunpowder and shoot the projectile out. ”

"Besides, it's too hard to hold it now, and you can also add a wooden tray so that the firearm can shoot against the shoulder."

Jiang Xinghuo turned to the craftsmen and asked, "This method of firearms is called 'arquebus', do you think you may understand the principle after listening to this description?" ”

When the craftsmen saw that the officials were allowed to speak, they began to gossip and argue.

Some people say that this thing is extremely simple, and there is no complicated principle at all.

Some people say that the principle of this thing is similar to that of a traditional firecracker, that is, some small parts are added, and the fire is ignited from the outside with a fire rope.

Jiang Xinghuo listened patiently for a long time, and when the craftsmen quieted down, the old craftsman in the lead said slowly: "As I just said, this new firearm that the national teacher said, it doesn't have too complicated principles, but there is one point that is quite crucial. ”

A craftsman couldn't help but interject: "Could it be that the extra mold is used as a trigger device?" The ancient books haven't said it, and we don't know it. ”

The old craftsman shook his head and said: "The trigger is just an auxiliary, I think this arquebus, mainly the arquebus, only to find a fire rope that can be lit slowly, must be slower than the ignition line of the artillery battle, in order to make a qualified arquebus." ”

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said, "This is the problem you want to study, if you research it, you will try to make a new fire gun."

Ma Jing took over the words: "Reward you for ten years of Lu rice, and share a hundred pieces of cloth together!" ”

Hearing this, all the craftsmen immediately became excited, and the craftsmen who made armor and bows next to them were also very hot.

One person said boldly: "Master Guoshi, if we make this large-sized Kong Ming lantern 'hot air balloon' that you ordered to be made, can we receive the reward according to this reward." ”

Jiang Xinghuo also said loudly: "Not only that, this matter is actually more urgent, that is, if you don't ask, the national teacher will also say it later." ”

"Those who make hot air balloons, including those who carry people on the next rope, those who dare to participate, open the reward, and add real money!"

Hearing this, the craftsmen were in an uproar.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, you guys should go and get busy first." ”

When the craftsmen dispersed, Song Li remained in place.

He looked at Jiang Xinghuo with great interest and said with a smile: "The national teacher is really knowledgeable, and he knows many rare things, which makes people admire him." ”

"Who is this?"

"The new right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Song Li." Yao Guangxiao helped to introduce.

"Don't dare to be."

Jiang Xinghuo smiled humbly, and then asked, "I don't know what happened to Song Shilang?" ”

Song Li motioned to speak alone, and Jiang Xinghuo led him to the corner of a warehouse.

Seeing that there was no one around, he whispered: "Master Guoshi, I'm here to join you!" ”

(End of chapter)