When the officials of the Ministry of Industry who were in charge of supervising the artisan battalion heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Isn't it just firing ten shots, what a simple thing.

Noticing the official's expression, Zhu Gaoyu frowned.

Lu Fei next to him understood something, and leaned over to Zhu Gaoyu's side and whispered: "It's hot, and the craftsman camp is a little dirty, these adults rarely come out, every time they test the gun, it is the Jiang director who is watching from the side, and it is estimated that he has not reported the danger of exploding the chamber to the top." ”

Zhu Gaoyu suddenly realized.

He said that these officials are not afraid, because they have never seen the power of the bomb.

"Let's go far away, be careful not to break the blood."

Zhu Gaoyu sneered and took Lu Fei and the other engineers away.

These are all his talents, and if he hurts one, it will be a huge loss to him to Daming.

"Monkey!"

Zhu Gaoyu shouted, and one of the guards of the escort battalion stood up.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand, "You bring people to watch them, row by row." ”

"Yes!"

As soon as they heard that they were being supervised, the monkey came to the spirit and beckoned a few people, and the officials who shouted hurriedly picked up their guns, and also intimately instructed them how to use them.

"So it's so easy!"

The outsider who heard that he could only release the gun, and that he could be safe after ten shots, calmed down his nervousness, and under the guidance of the monkey, he knew how to use it, and then raised his hand to shoot.

"Wait a minute!"

The monkey was startled, stopped the other man, turned and ran to the side, not stopping until he was 10 paces away.

However, he felt that it was not safe, so he asked for a shield from the guard next to him to block it, and then waved his hand at the outsider.

"It's time to go, good luck!"

"Hmph, what about killing generals on the battlefield, with this bit of guts, even I, a scholar, are not as good."

Wai Lang was the first to step forward, raising his gun and aiming at the opposite target.

I have to say that this guy's learning ability is not bad, and the monkey only clicked a few times and dragged the gun to look like it.

Seeing that it had begun, the old man also stood up curiously, and looked at the official who was about to start with his hands behind his back.

As the emperor immediately, he attaches great importance to the development of firearms, and the old man has seen what the gun bomb chamber looks like.

In the past, the firearm was used handheld, even if it exploded at a certain distance, plus the armor on the soldier's body, the damage caused was not too great.

And this new type of musket, what kind of damage will be caused after exploding, the old man is not clear.

However, looking at the aiming method that was close to the shoulder, the old man estimated that if this was blown up, he would not want to touch his whole face, and if it was heavy, it would be possible to die on the spot.

Thinking of the risk of this weapon exploding, the old man hated it.

These damned moths, for their own selfishness, send this shoddy weapon to the battlefield.

If these weapons are really sent to the battlefield, once the battle starts, I am afraid that the enemy has not been killed, and the morale of his side will drop directly to the freezing point because of the explosion.

Even from now on, when soldiers come into contact with this weapon again, they will have resistance and fear in their hearts.

After all, no one can guarantee whether this weapon, after being used, will kill the enemy or blow itself up.

"Ready, fire!"

With everyone's attention, some officials of the Ministry of Works, under the leadership of the staff wailang, stood in a row, raised their guns and aimed at the opposite row of targets.

As the flag in the monkey's hand waved, these officials, who had never seen the power of the bomb and were full of confidence, pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Click!"

Driven by the spring blade, the flint hammer struck heavily on the anvil, grinding out sparks.

The spark fell into the fire pool and ignited the gunpowder inside, and the burning gunpowder went down the fire hole into the chamber of the gun, igniting the maximum amount of gunpowder.

"Bang bang... Bang bang bang ......"

Gunshots rang out at the same time as explosions.

There were a total of 15 officers in the first round of firing, of which 9 blew up and the other 6 were successfully fired.

"Ahhh

"Afflict me, my eyes, my eyes ......"

"My hands, my fingers, my fingers ......"

Screaming and wailing.

9 were blown up, 8 of their fingers were blown off, and the remaining one was very lucky and burped on the spot.

In addition to their fingers being blown off, their faces were also pierced with blood from various shards, and several unlucky eyeballs were poked on the spot, covering their faces and falling to the ground wailing in pain.

This scene made those officials who thought it was nothing serious, and some who didn't think it was serious, trembled with fright.

However, no matter how fearful it is, it is useless to say that ten shots will be fired, unless you are dead, not one less shot.

The monkey, having received the order, ignored the wails of the officials and dragged them directly from the ground and shoved new guns into their hands.

Looking at the gun in his hand, the outsider, who was lucky not to explode just now, listened to the tragic situation of his colleagues around him, and his legs and stomachs trembled again.

Even in some places, I couldn't hold it, and the warm water flowed down my thighs.

"Get up, grab your guns, and continue to fire them for Lao Tzu."

The monkey who was good to talk just now turned into a terrifying life-urging ghost.

Completely ignoring the wails and begs of the officials for mercy, he dragged them up and demanded that all the living continue to shoot.

"Don't, don't, Your Majesty spares your life, Your Majesty spares your life, the ministers know that they are wrong."

If a person tries fear once, let him experience it a second time, and his heart will be extremely resistant.

After experiencing the first explosion horror, these officials were completely afraid, looking at those guns as if they were looking at a flood of beasts, and they never dared to touch the second time.

In response to these officials' begging for mercy, the old man's expression didn't even move, but he waved his hand indifferently to the monkey and signaled to continue.

"Your Highness, the person you want is here."

Just when the officials, lying on the ground and rolling around, just refused to fire the second shot.

The hundred households of Jinyi Wei, who was called back by Hou Liang to bring people, walked over with dozens of eyes and a somewhat gloomy Jinyi Guard.

"They're all going to peel and fill the grass, right?"

Zhu Gaoyu nodded and asked the dozens of brocade guards with gloomy eyes.

"His Royal Highness the King of Huiyue, this is an ancestral craft, during the period of Emperor Taizu, my father peeled a lot of skins, and the villain learned to watch it from the side since he was a child, and he has also started a few times, and he has enough experience."

Among them, the team leader Baihu knelt on one knee and reported his experience.

"It's a family heirloom, it's good!"

Zhu Gaoyu nodded again and again with satisfaction, and pointed to the Ministry of Industry officials who were frantically kowtowing on the ground and begging for mercy despite the injuries on their faces.

"Go over there and tell them to either keep shooting or let them use knives and skin, the kind that they want to be skinned alive."

"If you choose to peel the skin, tell him by the way, inform the family to choose a larger cemetery, after all, if you choose a small one, the nine clans can't fit it."

Hearing this, Baihu glanced at those officials, grinned, clasped his fists and saluted, and took his subordinates over to work.

These hundred households are also polite.

came to the side of those officials, picked up the member who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "This lord, just now His Royal Highness asked the little one to explain to you, you now have two ways, the first is to continue shooting, and the second is to let the villain peel your skin and fill the grass." ”

"Choose to peel the skin, you have to buy a bigger cemetery, otherwise the Nine Clans won't be able to fit it."

"So listen to the villain's advice, continue to shoot, only you will die, happy nine clansmen!"

Under the dumbfounded expression of the outsider, Baihu happily added another sentence.

"Oh, by the way, look at my memory, by the way, introduce yourself, the villain Zhang San, the Jinyi Wei Prison Peeling Hundred Households, the three generations of ancestors do this business, and the means are absolutely first-class."

"Let's go...... Walk...... Open,,I... I... I shoot, I shoot..."

The monkey next to him looked at it, this is not good.

His Royal Highness is not here to kill these officials, but to let them confess themselves.

"Alas, alas, wait a minute!"

The monkey stopped the shivering man who raised his gun.

Yuan Wailang thought that there was a turnaround, and looked at the monkey excitedly.

The monkey said earnestly: "Wang Yuanwailang, in fact, you still have a way to go, that is, to confess to corruption and point out the mastermind." ”

"As long as you can confess all this, you will not suffer such pain, and a person will end happily."

"Your Majesty, for the sake of your honesty, I may only punish you alone and spare your family."

The outsider, who was trembling and holding a gun, was silent for a moment when he heard the monkey's words, and he didn't even look elsewhere, but took aim at the target with his gun.

"Please also ask the two brothers to go farther, don't hurt the two."

Hearing this, the monkey and Baihu glanced at each other, got up and walked to the side.

And the other officials, some silently raised their guns, and some still knelt on the ground, kowtowing frantically to the old man and begging for mercy.

The old man, who was a little impatient, waved his hand at Zhang San, who was peeling the skin.

Zhang San clenched his fists and took his subordinates directly, dragged out the few officials who were unwilling to shoot, tied them to the shelf, and began the execution.

Screams and wails were accompanied by the sound of gunshots, and from time to time there was a sound of explosions.

The onlookers were relieved and frightened.

They didn't expect that there would be such a cruel punishment in the world.

Looking at the officials who were being peeled and wailing in pain, some timid people directly closed their eyes and did not dare to watch, for fear that they would see too much and have nightmares at night.

One row, two rows......

There are more than 60 officials from the Ministry of Industry who have been sent here.

The officers in the first row didn't know if it was hard bones, or if there was something unspeakable, and none of them confessed.

And as the second-row officers were pressed forward, as soon as the guns were issued to them, one of them could not bear the double oppression of mental and physical force, and knelt directly on the ground and shouted that he wanted to confess.

The expressionless old man waved his hand at the Jinyi guard, and several Jinyi guards stepped forward and took him away directly.

With the first line of defense breached, the others could no longer withstand the pressure and chose to confess.

Half an hour later, a brocade-clothed guard handed a large stack of confessions to the old man.

The old man took it and looked at it casually a few times, and the expression on his face was so cold that he could scrape off the frost.

"Take it all."

When he saw the list of statistics, the old man angrily threw his confession directly on the ground, glanced coldly at the accompanying Ministry of Industry officials, and got up angrily and walked out.

When passing by Zhu Gaoyu's side, he hesitated for a moment and said, "The craftsman camp has been handed over to you, how to arrange it?" You can do it yourself, and my only requirement is to ensure the quality of the guns. ”

"I don't worry about the weapons that I handed in, so I'll check them all and remove them all if there is a problem."

"Erchen takes orders!"

The old man went away and left in anger.

1/3 of the accompanying officials of the Ministry of Industry were directly detained by Jinyiwei, and the officials who were not arrested did not dare to guarantee that they would be absolutely safe.

Because no one knows if those who were brought to the Jinyi Guard Prison will say some names again, and whether there will be him in this name.

The materials that were taken away were also personally escorted back by Hou Liang.

Lu Fei personally checked it and confirmed that none of the information was missing.

At the same time, he was also a little curious.

These materials are very new, and even the seals of some craftsman camps have not been answered, and he is a little puzzled, didn't he say that he wanted to register in the Yongle Grand Ceremony, how could he not even move.

Hou Liang gave an explanation for this.

The registered officials couldn't read it, and they didn't know how to remember it.

As the editors in charge of the Yongle Canon, they are considered to be the most learned people in the Ming Dynasty.

If outsiders know that they can't even read what a group of craftsmen write, then won't their faces be embarrassed.

Therefore, those officials who edited the Yongle Canon simply threw aside these incomprehensible materials and wrote them themselves.

After a burst of excitement, the artisan camp was deserted again.

Looking at the blood still on the ground and the Ministry of Works officials who disappeared throughout the camp, the workers felt as if they were dreaming.

One moment they were complaining in the dark, and the next moment it was a sunny day.

The surprise came so suddenly that they couldn't get used to it for a while.

"Everyone!"

Zhu Gaoyu walked up to the high platform and said to the workers who came over: "For what happened during this time, this king is here to apologize. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Gaoyu bowed to everyone.

"Your Highness, don't be like this, it's all the trouble caused by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and we know in our hearts that this matter has nothing to do with Your Highness."

"Yes, Your Highness, it's all the fault of these corrupt officials, and it has nothing to do with you."

Zhu Gaoyu nodded with emotion, "Superfluous nonsense, this king won't say it, this king is here to promise that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future." ”

"In addition, I will double your wages some time ago, and those who are injured will receive a subsidy of ten taels of silver each."

"For those who unfortunately died, their wives and children and parents were supported by artisans until the old man died and the children reached adulthood."

"Good..."

Hearing this arrangement, the workers applauded excitedly.

Zhu Gaoyu pressed his hand, waited for the scene to calm down, and continued: "I originally wanted everyone to rest for a few days, but the situation is not waiting for us, and the imperial court urgently needs these weapons and ammunition. ”

"Here, please work hard, listen to the arrangements of the engineers, re-select and classify weapons, and re-match materials."

"The king assures you that you will be rewarded with a meal of meat a day within a month, and that everyone's wages will be doubled."

When the workers in the audience heard this, they applauded loudly again excitedly.

There were even people who shouted excitedly, His Royal Highness is benevolent and righteous, and other words.

When the workers, led by the engineers, returned to their respective workshops and began to inspect the manufactured guns and ammunition, or re-mix the materials.

Zhu Gaoyu took Lu Fei and returned to the office of the craftsman battalion, which is also the office of those officials of the Ministry of Industry.

waved away the officers and soldiers who were cleaning, leaving only Lu Fei and Wu Shan, who had been following, in the house.

"Uncle San'in, you go and guard the door, and don't let anyone approach."

As soon as Wu Shan heard this, he knew that His Royal Highness had something important to say, so he nodded to Lu Fei and stood at the door in person.

"Your Highness, what do you command?"

Although Lu Fei has a somewhat eccentric personality, he is not an idiot.

He understood that Zhu Gaoyu left him alone, and there must be something important to explain to him alone.

Zhu Gaoyu asked him to sit down first, and personally poured Lu Fei a cup of tea.

"I want you to take people to Qiongzhou and build a battalion of artisans there that belongs only to me."

Zhu Gaoyu said what he thought.

"What about the artisan camp over here?"

Lu Fei was a little puzzled in his heart, His Royal Highness the craftsman here had put a lot of effort into it, how could His Highness bear to give up.

If he leaves with all the engineers, who will be in charge of the R&D here?

"In the future, this will only be used as a production battalion, that is, here, only muskets and artillery will be produced, and there will be no more research and development problems."

"And I believe that the current workers have mastered the manufacture of muskets and artillery, and it doesn't matter much if you are not here."

"What's more."

Zhu Gaoyu knocked on the table, looked at Lu Fei's eyes and said softly: "This is not my territory, my main energy in the future will be overseas, once I leave, no one dares to guarantee that today's incident will not happen again." ”

"So I need one, my artisan battalion."

"Do you see what I mean?"

Lu Fei's eyes widened slowly, and he understood the meaning of Zhu Gaoyu's words.

His Royal Highness has some distrust of the court and even His Majesty.

But think about it, the craftsman camp is built next to the imperial city, if something happens in the future, the imperial court will be able to control it at once, and His Royal Highness's loss can be said to be very large.

But moving to Qiongzhou is different.

Qiongzhou is the territory of His Royal Highness, and no one cares how they want to research and produce, and they are not afraid of being seized.

In addition, he also understood another hidden meaning in Zhu Gaoyu's words.

That is, this artisan battalion in Jinling in the future, if there is no accident, the weapons will not be updated.

Even if the imperial court mastered it, it only mastered the first generation of firearms.

Zhu Gaoyu studied his previous life and formulated a plan for the craftsman battalion to produce a generation, prepare a generation, and study a generation.

The current artisan battalion, while producing the 1st generation of rifled guns, has already done a good job of studying the 2nd generation rifled guns.

As the chief engineer in charge of this matter, Lu Fei clearly knew that the power of the rifled gun was not comparable to that of the smoothbore gun.

And rifled guns are also only transitional weapons, and in the research programs of His Highness and them, the guns of the whole army that really became popular were the 3rd generation breech-loading guns.

Lu Fei and others have estimated that as long as there is rapid progress in stimulating drugs and steelmaking, it will take no more than 10 years, and the rear-loading firing gun can officially enter the service of the troops under Zhu Gaoyu's name.

Think about it.

At that time, Zhu Gaoyu's subordinates were equipped with the kind of breech guns that were fast to load, powerful, and had a long range.

On the court side, the most old-fashioned smoothbore flintlock pistol was used.

In the event of a conflict and contradiction between the two parties, Zhu Gaoyu, who has a new weapon, can definitely press the court to the ground and rub it wildly.

Thinking about all this, Lu Fei nodded solemnly.

"Okay, I will organize people to go to Qiongzhou as soon as possible and establish a new artisan battalion."

(End of chapter)