Chapter 131: Engaging in science and technology, that is burning money, you know?
Although he was still a little worried that Chu Ze would not be busy, in the end, Zhu Biao still agreed to prepare for Chu Ze to teach a group of monks on his own.
From the venue to the personnel, Chu Ze doesn't need to worry about these things, he just needs to do his own thing.
And the rest of the day, everything seemed to be on track.
Chu Ze runs between his home and the palace every day.
There were more and more things, and he got busier and busier.
And since the matter of the feudal king's external seal was finalized, Zhu Di has gradually become busy.
In order to fulfill his orders, Zhu Yuanzhang specially arranged a training ground for Zhu Di, and directly arranged Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Lan Yu and other generals as Zhu Di's opponents and teachers.
Occasionally, when Zhu Di came to Chu Ze in a hurry, he always felt that this guy's eyes were swollen.
After a busy day, dragging a somewhat tired body back home.
Before Chu Ze had time to take a good rest, a porter ran in briskly with a red invitation.
"Master, this is the invitation sent by Hu Xiangguo's mansion just now, and I invite you to take a look."
"Hu Xiangguo?"
When Chu Ze heard that it was Hu Weiyong who sent him an invitation.
He frowned slightly, reached out and took the invitation.
After Chu Ze revealed that he had crossed over, it had been more than half a month, and during this time, he had contact with Hu Weiyong twice.
The other party actually took the initiative to send him an invitation.
That's kind of interesting, isn't it?
"You actually sent me an invitation to marry a concubine? Or is it a temptation? ”
When Chu Ze finished reading the contents of the invitation, he frowned slightly and threw the things directly on the table.
Although Chu Ze is now in Yingtianfu, although he is extremely low-key.
He is simply busy with his own affairs every day, but he is low-key, but he is by no means an unknown person.
The fact that he is Lan Yu's quasi-son-in-law has now spread.
And after he raised the matter of the feudal king's external seal above the court, many people noticed him.
How active Yanwang Zhu Di has been in recent times is obvious to everyone.
The generals of the Imperial National Pearl, who were his teachers and opponents one after another, were outside Tianfu City, and almost every day they shouted and killed the sky.
And these are almost all caused by Chu Ze.
It is precisely because of these that when he received Hu Weiyong's invitation at this time, although Chu Ze was a little surprised, he did not feel too much surprise.
"It's sad to be at the end of the road without knowing it."
After shaking his head secretly, Chu Ze directly didn't take this matter too seriously.
After resting for a moment, he got up and went straight to the front yard.
His front yard had been completely remodeled a few days earlier.
The large front courtyard was bulldozed and filled in to create a spacious small square.
And on the square, there is almost a work area arranged according to his test site.
After arranging for two guards to fight, Chu Ze directly put on his apron and began to pour it out in the work area.
"Huh Chuze! I'm here again... Hey, are you cooking? Why do you cook by yourself? What a delicious thing to do."
While Chu Ze was busy with his own affairs, Zhu Di, who had completed a day's training, dragged his somewhat tired body to the front yard of Chu Ze's house.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that he was holding a large spatula and an apron on his body, stirring Chu Ze in a pot.
Apron, spatula.
This configuration, just by looking at it, Zhu Di thought of cooking.
So, he was still a little curious.
I want to see what Chu Ze has made delicious.
"Are you hungry? That's right, there's something good over there, you can try it first. ”
When Chu Ze saw Zhu Di who walked in the door, he smiled and threw the spatula in his hand aside.
Then he pointed to a shelf next to him.
On top of that, it is the soap which is solidified in the shade.
That's right, what Chu Ze is doing is soap.
"Well, I still won't eat it."
When he saw the somewhat sinister look on Chu Ze's face, Zhu Di's heart suddenly chuckled.
This guy is fooling me! He was definitely fooling me.
"How could this guy be so interested in cooking in person, and your iron pot, what I cooked last time, I still remember a big pot of grass ash."
"What the hell are you doing all day long? What's the good thing you're doing this time? Tell me about it."
After seeing Chu Ze take off his apron and come to the shelf, Zhu Di also reached out and poked the yellowed things on the shelf.
"In the past few days, there have been more and more accidents at the test site, and there are some strange smells on my body. I thought of a lot of ways to wash it off, so I tried to get some soap and let the maid use this thing to wash her clothes and see if she could get rid of the smell. ”
"By the way, you can bring some back later. It's good to wash your underwear and take care of it. ”
Chu Ze said, and the knife cut the soap that had gradually solidified in the mold into roughly equal sizes.
Then I picked up a piece casually, put it in my hand and kneaded it a few times, and after feeling that it felt good, I dipped my hand in water and began to rub it.
"Hey, this thing was used to wash your hands and clothes! You kid still want to fool me into eating it."
After Zhu Di saw Chu Ze's usage, he also tried it.
"How have you been training lately? Looking at you like this, I guess I got beaten up today! ”
After washing his hands, Chu Ze took Zhu Di directly and walked towards the living room.
After hearing Chu Ze ask about his training, Zhu Di suddenly looked bitter.
"Hey, don't mention it. According to my original intention, I wanted my father-in-law to teach me more about the ability to lead troops and train soldiers, but my father found out about it from somewhere. directly pulled all the generals who were ranked in our Ming Dynasty in one go. ”
"Good guy, I got up in the morning to practice physical fitness and martial arts, and then I was beaten in the morning, and I started to practice sand table deduction at noon, and I was abused at noon, and when it was cool in the afternoon, I began to practice the military formation, and in the afternoon, I was taken prisoner or annihilated by people."
"Sometimes I spent the night outside the city, and I had to be attacked by their troops. You don't know, I've been captured three or four times a day on average these days, and I'm tired of beating! ”
As soon as he mentioned the matter of his training, Zhu Di felt that his brain hurt.
And after Chu Ze heard Zhu Di say this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.
"You're still complaining? Do you know that many people are crying and shouting, begging for treatment, and it is estimated that it is no fun. Xu Da of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, plus Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng and others personally guided, and Lan Yu was a sparring partner like a fierce general. ”
"If you can become a teacher, it's amazing!"
"Hehe, I'm not complaining! I just didn't expect to be so weak. But over time, I've grown a lot. Now, at least, I can fight back occasionally. ”
"My father-in-law praised me for my great talent in warfare!"
After Zhu Di heard Chu Ze's words, he hurriedly retorted.
He's not complaining, he's hurting and he's happy.
Under the crazy abuse of Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and others, Zhu Di during this period was like a dry sponge, frantically absorbing all kinds of external nutrients in every defeat.
Although he will still be abused very badly every day, his growth rate is also extremely terrifying.
"By the way, let's not talk about me for now, how are you doing? Do you have any new research results recently? Like some kind of powerful weapon, or something. Give me a little bit of a long insight. ”
"I see that the day of the expedition is getting closer and closer, and you promised at that time to prepare a batch of weapons for me to kill in all directions. We can't say that it doesn't count! ”
Compared with his own training results, Zhu Di is actually more concerned about Chu Ze's research results.
After this guy came up with a grenade and granulated gunpowder, it directly increased the lethality of the firearm by a large margin.
Even Xu Da had already included grenades in the combat establishment when they taught him combat experience.
The light cavalry was equipped with grenades, and without touching the frontal cavalry shock, they were specifically responsible for flank harassment and surprise attack on the infantry.
They tried to use targets, and if the light cavalry was paired with short-range fast horses, these light cavalry, who specialized in playing with grenades, could completely beat the infantry phalanx and heavy cavalry as fools.
After the grenade was dropped on the ground, the shrapnel that exploded spread from the bottom to the top and spread in all directions.
Although the horses of the heavy cavalry also have armor to block, the legs and belly of the horses are defensive blind spots.
After the grenade is thrown on the ground and exploded, it does not blow up people, but only blows up horses.
The means are simply dirty and effective.
After seeing the effect of the grenade, Zhu Di was full of expectations for Chu Ze's research results at this time.
"The research results are a bit enough, the key is that it is a little difficult to engrave rifling the gun, but this can be given to you first."
Chu Ze seemed to have guessed that Zhu Di would come to him, and as soon as Zhu Di mentioned that his research was successful, he directly took out a few small iron balls with tail wings from a cowhide bag on his waist.
"What's this?"
"This is the ammunition that I poured out myself, and it was stamped directly with hot stamping technology. Make a base mold and a steel gland, heat the small iron ball and soften it, put it directly in the mold, hammer it with a heavy object, and it can be shaped at one time. ”
"This is a temporary replacement for you. If I haven't made a primer before you go, then you can use this thing first. ”
"This bullet is thin at the front and thick at the back, and a spiral tail is added to the tail."
"When the base is filled, there is a cork stopper that increases the closure of the gun pit and the spiral-shaped tail that causes the bullet to rotate when it is fired. Thus stabilizing the flight trajectory of the bullet. ”
"The sharp shape can also reduce air resistance, so that the bullet can fly farther."
After listening to Chu Ze's introduction, Zhu Di basically didn't understand anything, but this did not affect his own understanding.
"You mean, with our current firearms, a bullet of this kind can hit farther and be more accurate, right?"
"Almost, I tried it, although the production is a lot more difficult, but if you replace the manpower with hydraulic stamping, the output should not be reduced much."
"Of course, the key is the steel that costs a lot to make the mold."
"At the moment, there is no way to do it, compared to carving rifling for a gun, changing the shape of the bullet, with my ability, it will be much easier to deal with."
Modern firearms, almost all barrels are rifled.
And Chu Ze is just an ordinary person, he doesn't even know how to engrave rifling.
Not to mention that he pondered that he would engrave rifling the gun in this era.
So when he first considered studying one-piece ammunition, he directly chose a shotgun that didn't require rifling.
This thing is a scattershot, relying on the range to ignore accuracy.
All, although he also knows that there is a kind of bullet called Mini bullet, which can be poured out of the integrated ammunition and used as a substitute first.
However, if you know it, you can't!
"Have you tried this thing? It looks weird, it looks a little like a little goldfish."
"I've tried it, and the accuracy has improved a lot, and because after firing, the bullet rotates because of the tail, and the warhead is sharp, so the lethality and flight distance have increased a lot."
"Overall, it's been good."
After hearing Chu Ze say this, Zhu Di was overjoyed and put away the things that Chu Ze threw at him.
Then he said with joy in his heart.
"As long as it can increase its power, it's a good thing, how many of these things have you made? Is there anything else in the palace? Why don't I have someone pull a batch out of town tomorrow and try it out? ”
Although he couldn't understand the meaning of most of what Chu Ze said, Zhu Di didn't care about it.
As long as it is convenient for him to kill enemies on the battlefield, it is definitely a good thing.
"There aren't many things, I remember that there is a big river not far outside Ying Tianfu City, right? If it doesn't work, go to the river to build a production line, and then produce a batch first, and you can just look at it and use it. ”
"Still. This thing is estimated to cost a lot of money in a set. What do you say? ”
"Huh? Do you want me to pay for it myself? ”
"Or you'll make me pay for it? Do you think I look like rich? ”
Zhu Di, who was still full of joy, actually had to pay for it himself when he heard that he wanted to get this bullet.
Zhu Di's whole face suddenly collapsed.
What a joke.
Although he is a vassal king, he has a year of rice allocated by the imperial court every year.
But these things are not enough to support him to build a production line.
The key is that after the production line is built, it is necessary to produce bullets and a continuous supply of iron
Where did he get all this money?
"Chu Ze, why don't you take a look at the eldest brother and apply for borrowing some first? I'll go to the territory and make money then, how about making up for it? ”
"Hehe, my research here, your eldest brother has begun to be a little overwhelmed. On my experimental field, dozens of stoves burn money every day. ”
"The later compilation of teaching materials, the summoning and preparation of the cultivation of the monks, that is also money."
"There is still money to open a school later."
"I'm too embarrassed to say that anyway."
(End of chapter)