"Superior, the gunpowder you gave can already be used, when will you have time to take a look?"

Wuyingdian, Zhu Yuanzhang reviewed the folds for a while, dealt with state affairs, stood up and stretched his waist.

There was a crackling sound on his body.

However, after a long time of correction and correction, Zhu Yuanzhang did not feel bored, and still maintained great enthusiasm.

Zhu Yuanzhang enjoyed the process of dealing with the twists and turns.

In this process, although there will be all kinds of troubles, you need to find ways to solve them, and sometimes you are so angry that you want to slap the table.

However, on the whole, Zhu Yuanzhang is very happy about this.

Because when dealing with the recital, he has a solid feeling that the right is in his hands.

This feeling that a word can decide the life and death of a person, and the rise and fall of a place is really wonderful.

At this time, he felt that he was the emperor of the world!

When Hu Weiyong was not dealt with at the beginning and the prime minister and Zhongshu Province were abolished, there was still a feeling that the prime minister and the officials of Zhongshu Province shared power with themselves.

Generally speaking, the chapters must be filtered by the Zhongshu Province first, and then those important ones will be submitted to Zhu Yuanzhang for approval.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's workload here will be much less.

It is equivalent to saying that what he sees is second-hand information, and what piece of music can enter Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes is not something he can control.

Rather, it was decided by the prime minister and the officials there in Zhongshu Province.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang, who had a strong desire to control, feel unhappy in his heart, and always felt that the imperial power was shackled.

Especially Hu Weiyong and others, they secretly sang against him and made him feel unhappy.

For major matters that are really related to the survival of the country, Hu Weiyong and those people don't dare to play with flowers from above, and they play with flowers and jobs are all small things.

Of course, this kind of small thing is only relative to the big things that cannot be contained.

What can be sent to the Chinese book and ask the court to adjudicate, even if it is small, how small can it be?

No matter how small things are, they are often related to the interests of hundreds of people and thousands of households.

It involves the national economy and people's livelihood of a county.

One thing may not seem obvious, but once there are more such things, then for Da Ming, the threat is too great.

It became a big deal that had to be solved!

Therefore, after some thought, Zhu Yuanzhang used Hu Weiyong, a man with super courage, to abolish the prime minister system that had been circulated for thousands of years, so that he could no longer compete with the emperor for power.

In this way, power is indeed centralized, but the workload is intimidating.

However, for Zhu Yuanzhang, this is not a pain, but a kind of enjoyment.

It is through this that the authority of the Son of Heaven is revealed......

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was resting temporarily, there were eunuchs standing in the distance, and he immediately stepped forward and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang to report such a news.

If it hadn't been explained before, after this matter came out, he needed to be told that this eunuch would never come to tell him at this time.

However, according to his understanding of the superior, I am afraid that this is likely to be an arrangement made by the superior on a whim for a while.

said that it was a confession, but in fact, at this time, the superiors were not so urgent about it.

At least after hearing the news, the upper position will not immediately care about this matter, but take a short rest and then deal with the twists and turns.

The matter of gunpowder weapons is really too far worse than the handling of the music here in the upper position.

At the very least, you will not look at the gunpowder weapon until the superior has dealt with the movement.

"Where? Let's take a look!! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was originally stretching his waist, but after hearing the news, he put his arm down before he finished stretching his waist.

Hurriedly looked at the eunuch in front of him and said loudly.

At this moment, there seemed to be a bright light flickering in his eyes.

For this gunpowder, Zhu Yuanzhang has been looking forward to it for a long time.

On the night of August 15, the brilliant fireworks he saw have always been engraved in his heart.

Every time I think about it, I am full of lingering amazement and shock.

Especially later, after listening to Han Cheng talk about the atomic bomb, a weapon that is more terrifying than the mythical immortal magic, Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that he couldn't sleep well when he slept at night.

I've been looking forward to seeing how powerful the gunpowder is that can be made using the method taught by Han Cheng.

What can be heard from Han Cheng's words is that it is far from enough for this thing to reach the level of the atomic bomb that Han Cheng said.

However, on the basis of the current foundation, the power of firearms can be greatly improved.

In fact, to be honest, before he met Han Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very satisfied with Daming's current firearms.

I think it's amazing enough that firearms can have the power they have now.

It is also for this reason that after learning from Han Cheng that firearms can continue to develop and obtain more powerful and varied firearms, his heart suddenly became expectant.

Today's firearms are so powerful, so what are the more powerful firearms?

How nice it would be to use it to kill the enemy!

As long as he thought about such things a little, Zhu Yuanzhang felt extremely excited.

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for the eunuch to answer, so he took the lead and walked outside, walking with the wind under his feet.

The eunuch Wang Zhong was stunned on the spot, and was completely stunned by Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction.

What's going on?!

This...... Is this still on top?

After hearing about this gunpowder weapon, you don't even approve your beloved song?

After being stunned, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat on his head with his hands, and a deep sense of happiness rose in his heart.

Fortunately!

Fortunately, he didn't make a claim, but reported it to his superiors in a moment!

Otherwise, just looking at the reaction of the superior at this time, I am afraid that I will be punished nine times out of ten!

Thinking so, he hurriedly went out to catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang and guide the way to the superiors......

……

In a school field in the Forbidden City, Zhu Yuanzhang stood here, holding a fire gun, and looked at it carefully.

This firebolt was sent by the staff of the Scepter Bureau.

The Staff Bureau belongs to one of the eight major bureaus in the 24 yamen of the inner court, of course, the 24 yamen of the inner court of the Ming Dynasty are not as complete as possible.

The main responsibility of the Staff Bureau is to create weapons, honor guards, ordinary knives, guns and clubs, needless to say.

In the Scepter Bureau, there is also a special firearms department, which can not only make ordinary firearms such as firearms, but also bronze cannons can be cast.

Moreover, the quality of the cast firearms is still exceptionally good, the leather is durable, and such a thing as a bore rarely happens.

The main reason for this is because the Staff Bureau is closer to Zhu Yuanzhang than Longjiang Bao Shipyard.

Longjiang Bao Shipyard is still outside Nanjing.

This staff bureau is directly in the city of Nanjing.

This alone can be known that the quality of the things produced by the Scepter Bureau is absolutely good.

Of course, in addition to making all kinds of blades and honor guards, making firearms, and casting cannons, this staff bureau also makes scissors, forks for eating, and even needles can be made by yourself.

This is very Zhu Yuanzhang's characteristics, and the main thing is self-sufficiency.

Chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry are also fed in the Forbidden City, and the queen's Kunning, which was originally used as a garden, did not see a single flower, but was planted with a lot of vegetables......

In this case, it makes sense to let the Scepter Bureau build these things.

"This is the gunpowder we gave you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the firearm in his hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and then looked at the person standing next to him and asked.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, this person didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Back to Your Majesty, it is the gunpowder you gave you to fill." ”

"Did you try? Is it powerful? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

When he asked this, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart couldn't help but rise.

Although he knew that this thing would definitely not be too bad, he was still a little nervous, for fear that it would not be useful.

After all, when Han Cheng taught them to make this gunpowder before, he was a little too casual.

And the ingredients are also very outrageous, even adding eggs and sugar to it.

If it weren't for the fact that this thing was made by Han Cheng, and he swore by it like that, he would never have thought that he would be able to add these two things to the gunpowder.

When Zhu Yuanzhang asked this, Zhu Biao on the side, as well as Zhu Li, the king of Jin, who was squatting on the ground and reaching out to touch a cannon, also set their eyes on this person.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Li met Zhu Yuanzhang on the way over.

Zhu Li came to find Zhu Biao, and then went with Zhu Biao to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

Naturally, it was about packing up the water masters.

However, after meeting Zhu Yuanzhang and learning what their father was going to do, they immediately became interested.

Needless to say, Zhu Biao didn't say much, he participated in the whole process of granulated gunpowder, and he had a share of the credit in it.

At the same time, I also heard Han Cheng talk about the power of this gunpowder, and I have been looking forward to this matter in my heart, wanting to see if the power of this gunpowder is as powerful as Han Cheng said.

As for Zhu Li, as a prince guarding the border fortress, he is very keen on firearms.

knows and likes firearms more than Zhu Di.

Because the King of Jin, who has always paid attention to demeanor, feels that it is too graceful to carry a knife to the battlefield to fight and cut people.

It's the second brother and the fourth brother, who are full of brain muscles, that they like to do this.

His personable King Jin felt that it was most enjoyable to use things like firearms and artillery to overturn the other party before the enemy arrived.

It's not easy to splash blood on your body, and it's much more chic than carrying a knife into battle.

Zhu Zhang, Zhu Li, and Zhu Di are the three most conspicuous among the Sai kings of the domain, and the third king of the Jin Dynasty is equipped with the most firearms.

At the same time, he is also the best at playing with firearms.

It is also because of this that after learning that there may be gunpowder with a greatly increased power, he did not need Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao to greet him, he himself followed.

was asked by Zhu Yuanzhang like this, and was stared at by their father and son at the same time, and after the subordinate officer of the Staff Bureau swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his face turned red.

It's not because I'm shy, but because I'm excited.

"Great! It's just too big! The power of this new gunpowder is simply amazing! ”

His face turned red and he said excitedly.

His lips trembled.

"With an ordinary firearm, loaded with the kind of gunpowder given by His Majesty, the effective killing distance has reached about eighty steps!!"

"How much?!"

Without waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao to react, Zhu Li, who was squatting there, had already lost his voice and shouted, and stood up from the ground suddenly.

Completely ignoring the dizzy head that was a little dizzy because of the sudden uprightness, he took two steps forward, grabbed the man's arm with his hand, and stared at the man with burning eyes.

As a person who likes to play with firearms, how could he not know how far this ordinary firearm can kill?

The maximum killing distance is about thirty-five steps.

No matter how far it goes, not only will it not be accurate, but it will also be powerful.

As a result, now, this person actually said that after using the gunpowder given by his father, he was able to increase the effective killing distance of ordinary firecrackers to eighty steps?

Eighty steps!

What a concept!

I can't stop flipping it up!

It would be unimaginable if this were applied to the battlefield!

The improvement of combat effectiveness is not a half-star!

Almost instantly, he thought of using this powerful firearm to fight the Tartars.

The Tartars thought that the fire guns on their side were as powerful as before, but they didn't know that they had reached the effective range of their side.

After a round of firecracker attacks, these Tartars will inevitably be stunned!

It's exciting to think about such a scene!

And Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were also excited at this time.

Although it is not as exaggerated as Zhu Li, the excitement in his heart is also visible to the naked eye.

"Eighty steps! That's eighty steps! In some cases, you can even take up to 100 steps! ”

After learning the news from this person, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao glanced at each other, and they all had a sense of unreality as if they were in the clouds.

Although they were basically sure that the power of this gunpowder made under Han Cheng's guidance must be not small, they didn't expect that it could be exaggerated to this point!

Just adding some eggs and sugar can increase the power of gunpowder to such a terrifying level?

"Really? Why don't I believe that? ”

Zhu Li didn't know about Han Cheng's existence, and he hadn't heard anything about the existence of this new type of gunpowder before.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, the two people who know inside information, still feel unbelievable, let alone Zhu Li.

Although he also knew that in this situation, this person would never dare to lie.

But because the power has increased too much at once, he is instinctively skeptical.

"You give me the firecracker, and I'll take a look myself."

Zhu Li said, and picked up a fire gun from the side to prepare for a shot.

If you don't make a shot in person to see the actual effect, even if this person swears by this matter and says it, he will never believe it!

"Your Highness, let's fight the villain, this ...... This new type of gunpowder is so powerful that if it blows up, ......"

The man hurriedly said this, and wanted to reach out and take the fire gun from Zhu Li's hand.

But where is Zhu Li willing: "It's okay, I'll just come by myself, I don't know how much I've played with this kind of firecracker, I'm very familiar with it." ”

This person from the Staff Bureau was about to cry for a while when he heard this.

He really didn't want Zhu Li to use this firearm here.

Although he also knew that in the current situation, the possibility of these good firecrackers blowing up was not too great.

But the power of the new gunpowder is great, and there are still some risks.

So it's better for him to do it himself.

This is not to say that he is bold and not afraid of a fire bolt at all.

It's because, he demonstrated here, the fire gun really exploded, and the worst result was that he died alone.

If it is blown up in the hands of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, then their family will all be on the road neatly, and if one is not careful, even the nine clans will have a great chance of disappearing!

But after Zhu Li heard the amazing news, he was excited, and he just wanted to do it himself.

Where will this man be heeded?

And this person didn't dare to rob or persuade hard, for fear that he would provoke the King of Jin to be angry, and he was about to cry for a while.

"Third child, don't get it, let him come, if it blows up and blows up your face, won't it be disfigured?"

Zhu Biao's voice sounded, persuading.

Originally, Zhu Li wanted to insist, but after hearing Zhu Biao's words, he immediately stopped being persistent.

Compared with his own hands, he cares more about his handsome face.

Immediately, he handed over the firearm in his hand to the people of the Staff Bureau.

The man in the Staff Bureau, who took the fire gun from the hands of the King of Jin, almost burst into tears.

Save! Save!

My own family, this is saved!!

Next, please Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Li stay away from here, don't get too close, so as not to get hurt.

After confirming that a few people had come to a safe range, the person from the Staff Bureau began to test fire.

The fire fold ignites the lead, and the sparks rattle.

A moment later, only an explosion was heard, and in the smoke of gunpowder, the projectile burst out and headed straight for the target set up in front of it.

After firing this shot, the man took another shot from another subordinate of the staff bureau next to him, which had been filled with gunpowder and projectiles.

Once again, he lit the fuse and aimed at the new target in front of him......

In order to make this verification more credible, five shots were fired in a row.

Then, in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, he used the granular gunpowder made by Zhu Yuanzhang to reload it, and then fired five shots.

In this process, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Di are the three of them, all of whom are watching without blinking, for fear of missing any details of this miraculous thing.

Before the smoke cleared, Zhu Li had already asked people to quickly bring those targets over and inspect them carefully.

After some inspection, it can be judged from the traces on the target that after loading this new type of gunpowder, the same firearm can really deal the same damage as when it was thirty-five steps away from eighty paces!

Unbelievable!

It's unbelievable!

Even Zhu Li, a person who didn't believe it before, had to accept this fact at this time.

There really is such a powerful and surprisingly powerful gunpowder!

"Your Majesty, the artillery uses this kind of gunpowder, and the power can also be increased a lot, do you want to take a look?"

This subordinate officer of the Staff Bureau came at a trot all the way and came to ask for instructions.

Zhu Yuanzhang was watching the excitement at this time, how could he shout to stop?

"Look! Of course you have to see! the! ”

In Zhu Yuanzhang's voice, it was difficult to hide his excitement.

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, these people in the Staff Bureau immediately took action.

After a round of gunpowder, there was a sound of the earth shaking the mountain, and in the smoke, a large cannonball shot out!

A graceful arc was drawn in the air, and it fell into the lake hundreds of feet away, splashing a wave!

After the first shot, Zhu Yuanzhang and several people in the stands stood up, stood on tiptoe and looked, their mouths couldn't help but grow.

This...... Or the bronze cannon of the Ming Dynasty?

It's just a change of gunpowder, and it's like taking a strong medicine?

That's too powerful, isn't it?

Amazing!

After firing three shots in a row, this kind of cannon with a thick inner diameter of the barrel began to test fire a cannon with a small caliber.

There is no doubt that the results achieved are equally impressive......

……

"Cow! It's amazing!! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, father and son, came to the lake, looking at the unlucky carp in the lake that was killed by cannonballs and floating on the water, they were all shocked by the power of what Han Cheng called granular gunpowder.

Unexpected!

I really can't think of it!

After adding egg whites and sugar, the power of gunpowder can really be increased so much!!

None of what Han Cheng said was a lie!

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it!

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao glanced at each other, and they both saw the shock, excitement, and incomparable solemnity in each other's eyes.

The most important weapon of the country!

It's really a national weapon!

This thing has to be kept secret!

It can only be kept for the official Ming Dynasty and is listed as the top secret!

"Father, this ...... What's going on with this gunpowder? How powerful it is? This...... Is this gunpowder good to make?

If it's really easy to do, then our Daming will make a lot of money in the future! ”

Zhu Li looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said eagerly.

"It really works! If you use it well, we will benefit immensely!

Moreover, this new gunpowder is not complicated to make and can be mass-produced at all! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said excitedly.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Li was so happy that he almost jumped up from the ground!

What he feared most was that this powerful gunpowder could not be produced on a large scale.

If it could not be mass-produced, this gunpowder would still be amazing, but its significance would not be as far-reaching.

"Great! That's great! God bless me!

With this kind of gunpowder, it will be smoother to fight Tartar in the future! ”

Zhu Li clapped his hands happily.

For someone like him, who loves firearms and likes to use them in combat, there is no better news than this!

"Father, who made this new gunpowder?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It is a master of my Ming Dynasty, a few days ago, he gave his father a solution. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't blush in front of him.

Originally, he wanted to say that it was someone from the Staff Bureau, and he made it by chance, but this statement did not match the previous statement of the Staff Bureau, and the more he explained, the more he couldn't explain it.

Therefore, it was still pushed to the strange people of the people.

"First of all, a folk master cured his mother's illness, and a folk master presented this powerful gunpowder formula.

This is really a master in the folk!! ”

Zhu Li said excitedly.

"Father, you must not owe this master! Be sure to reward him well! ”

He reminded Zhu Yuanzhang loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Do you still need to say this?" It's a must! ”

Xin said: "I will give the most precious daughter to Han Cheng's kid, isn't this thank you good enough?" ”

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt uncomfortable.

However, looking at the amazing power of the gunpowder in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt that it was not impossible to marry his daughter to Han Cheng.

This is indeed a capable one, and it is very useful to his own Ming.

It's just that when I thought of my poor daughter, because of her mother, Han Cheng's kid used disgraceful means to forcibly set a marriage contract.

At this time, not only did he not want to help his daughter get out of the sea of suffering, but he also wanted to settle the matter, and a lot of guilt rose in his heart.

If Yourong knew his mind as a father, wouldn't he be sad to death? ?

As soon as he remembered his daughter's appearance that she was obviously very reluctant in her heart, but for the sake of family and country affairs, she pretended to laugh and expressed her willingness to marry Han Cheng's kid, Zhu Yuanzhang felt like a knife again......

……

"What's wrong? Where is the thunder? ”

In the palace of King Qin, looking at Zhu Zhang, who was asleep, was awakened by the roar.

After wiping a handful of saliva, he asked suspiciously.

Then, a few more muffled thunderous voices sounded, and Zhu Fan realized that something was wrong.

"It's not thunder! It's the sound of cannons! Who amplified the cannon in the capital? ”

After a moment, Zhu Fan became even more suspicious.

Because judging by the direction from which the sound came, he could hear that the cannon sound came from the Forbidden City!

"Where...... Which turtle grandson is so bold! Actually in, firing cannons in the Forbidden City? I don't want to live anymore, huh?!

This is, is the Purple Mountain on the shelf, a cannon, a bombardment, into the Forbidden City?! ”

Zhu Fan scolded, regardless of the pain in his body, he rolled over and got up, and was about to run to the palace when he got out of bed.

"Second brother, what are you doing?!"

Princess Ning Guo asked anxiously.

"Go, go and protect my mother!! Chop, chop off the head of the mutineer! ”

Zhu Fan shouted.

"Second brother, stop! It's not what you think! The person who magnifies the cannon in the palace is only afraid that it is the father! ”

Zhu Yourong's brain was spinning relatively fast, and he knew more news.

Later, I learned that on the night of August 15, my father came to Shouning Palace to meet Han Gongzi because of the fireworks.

It was not that the fireworks lit by Han Gongzi were too beautiful and suppressed his limelight, but from the fireworks set off by Han Gongzi, he smelled the more powerful gunpowder.

Now, there is such a big movement in the palace, I am afraid that it is very likely that my father is looking at the power of the new gunpowder!

Hearing Zhu Yourong's words, Zhu Fan stopped, and after being stunned for a while, he finally held back a sentence: "It turned out to be my father, this turtle grandson, rebelled!" ”

(End of chapter)