At the confluence of the Ganning River and the Great River, three lucky boats are quietly hovering in the middle of the Great River.

In a small room on the ship, Chen Kan was thoughtfully tinkering with a pile of parts, which were the fire guns that he had dismantled.

Arquebuses, also known as arquebuses, as the name suggests, need to manually ignite the protruding leads of the ammunition after it has been filled.

A firearm usually requires two people to operate, which is very troublesome.

Chen Kan now has reason to believe that the three-stage shooting that was blown up in history was entirely a tactic invented as a last resort because the arquebus was difficult to control.

After Chen Kan tinkered for a while, he found that the craftsmanship of the Daming Flame Gun was actually very close to the muskets of later generations.

Although he didn't know how to build guns, after all, it was not difficult to see the problem at a glance with a vision that was 600 years ahead of the times.

First of all, the disadvantage of the gun is the filling of gunpowder, the process of the Ming Dynasty has not been able to make the bullet casing, can only be filled with loose gunpowder, and the second is the spring required by the firing device, which can not be made with the current process of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the biggest problem, the purity of gunpowder is not enough.

Based on the above reasons, although the firearms of the Ming Dynasty have been greatly developed compared with the previous dynasties, their role in actual combat is actually very weak.

Especially in large-scale melee, it is not as good as a bow and arrow.

Chen Kan stared intently at the pile of parts in front of him, constantly thinking about what material could be used to replace the bullet casing and spring.

The replacement of cold weapons with firearms is an inevitable course of historical development.

If the Ming Dynasty could be a hundred years earlier than the West to develop the musket, and then solve the shortcomings of the Ming military system.

Not to mention the Tunguska boar skin that roars on a horse, whoever comes has to become a minority who can sing and dance under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

These days, while making various plans and arrangements for the Buddha, Chen Kan has also carefully studied the military system of the Ming Dynasty.

However, reforming the military system is not something that can be done overnight.

Instead, he improved the firecracker, and he quickly thought of a solution.

If the bullet shell can't be made by hand, then use the machine, Daming is rich in water conservancy resources, and it is no problem to achieve mass production by stamping with a water wheel.

As for springs, the requirements for steel are relatively high, and the current steelmaking process of Daming is still in the category of charcoal steelmaking, and the output is pitifully low.

However, this is not a problem for Chen Kan, it is nothing more than refining coal into coke.

Chen Kan, the method of earth-based steelmaking, still knows it.

After returning to Jingshi, he can find a way to pry Zhu Di and let him vigorously develop firearms.

Chen Kan was thinking about how to brainwash Zhu Di when there was a quick knock outside the door.

"Come in."

Chen Kan answered the door, and put together the parts of the fire gun one by one.

In a few breaths, a musket took shape in Chen Kan's hand.

After receiving the answer, Fang Xu pushed open the door and walked in.

Chen Kan put down the fire gun and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Fang Xu arched his hand and said: "My lord, the reservoir upstream is full"

"So fast?"

Chen Kan was a little surprised, how big the dammed lake where the gunpowder exploded was, he had seen it with his own eyes when he came down the mountain.

"My lord, according to the brothers who observed the water level, it was because when we blew up the rock wall to block the river, we also blew up a hole in the underground river, and the amount of water increased by more than three times."

After listening to Fang Xu's words, Chen Kan couldn't help but be overjoyed, he felt for the first time that he was the darling of the heavens.

What is called God help me, worthy of me!

"Okay, blow up the dam and send them into the river!"

Chen Kan did not hesitate and immediately gave the order to blow up the dam.

"Yes."

Fang Xu took the order and left, Chen Kan walked to the deck with a firecracker, and found the single hundred households that were being armed.

Now he is the supreme commander of these three lucky ships.

Seeing that Chen Kan was still carrying a firecracker, Shan Baihu couldn't help but smile and said, "Adults still play with this thing?" ”

Chen Kan shook his head and smiled: "Just study it." ”

"I heard that Your Majesty has set up a large battalion in the capital, and the main weapon used is the firecracker, is it true?"

Regarding Shan Baihu's question, Chen Kan nodded and replied: "Yes, that unit is called the Shenji Battalion, and now it is one of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, and the soldiers in the Shenji Battalion are all elites. ”

After listening to Chen Kan's narration, a trace of envy flashed unconsciously in Shan Baihu's eyes, and then he smiled: "A miscellaneous army like ours wants to equip this thing, I don't know when it will take." ”

Chen Kan could hear envy and regret from his words, he patted Shan Baihu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, soon all our troops in the Ming Dynasty will use firearms, not only firearms, but also cannons." ”

"Cannon?"

Shan Baihu shook his head and didn't speak, how expensive the cost of firecrackers and cannons was, even he knew one of the hundred households guarding Guizhou.

Not to mention that all troops are equipped with firearms, and the Ming Dynasty can be equipped with three percent of the army, then the Ming Dynasty is iron.

As for the cannon, he didn't dare to think about it.

His Majesty equipped Zhenyuan Hou Gu Cheng with a Hongwu cannon, and the Hou Ye was even better at that cannon than his wife, and he would personally wipe the barrel of the cannon every day for maintenance, and he couldn't wait to sleep with his arms in his arms, and he wouldn't give them a look at these Qiu Ba when he was free.

All of Daming's troops wanted to be equipped with artillery, and he felt that he should not be able to see it before he closed his eyes.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Chen Kan didn't say much.

After all, those things still exist in his conjectures, and whether they can be done is another matter.

If you blow it out and you can't do it, wouldn't it be a slap in the face.

So after Chen Kan went back, he decided to develop silently and obscenely, and when the time came, he would be a blockbuster and blind their dog's eyes.

"By the way, my lord, are you going to test the firecracker?"

Shan Baihu came back to his senses, looked at Chen Kan who was holding a firecracker and asked.

Chen Kan shook his head and handed the firecrackle to him, and said, "I've already tried it, if you're interested, you can take this firecracker and try it." ”

"May I?"

Shan Baihu happily took the fire gun from Chen Kan's hand, the blazing color in his eyes was undisguised, he had long wanted to try this weapon that was blown into the sky.

However, the border army is really poor, and there are not a few firearms under the entire Zhenyuan Marquis, which is not enough for the Hou Ye's personal guards to share with the thousands of households in the army, where is his turn to get his small hundred households.

"Absolutely!"

Chen Kan nodded, pointed to a dried fish hanging from the mast of another fortune boat, and said with a smile: "If you can catch that fish, I will give you this firecracker." ”

Shan Baihu was surprised: "Is this true? ”

Chen Kan said indifferently: "You can go to Jingshi to inquire about my Chen Kan's reputation, this official has always been true to his word." ”