Gu Chen, on the other hand, wanted Biao'er to prepare now for future wars and set up a Shenji battalion so that all soldiers in the battalion would use firearms to fight.
Create a team that makes people tremble when they hear it.
Well, just like that Arutai, who ran away when he heard Zhu Di coming.
Zhu Biao took Gu Chen to visit the newly established Shenji Camp, and called several Daming firearms enthusiasts on staff for questioning.
"I'll show you the blueprints. How long will it take for you to build them?"
The predecessor of the matchlock gun is the fire gate gun, which is the fire gun of our country, and its successor is the direct prototype of the modern rifle.
He also has many benefits, the first of which is that his range is improved.
At its farthest, it can have a range of one hundred meters.
Then there is the change in the ignition method. It is no longer purely manual ignition as before, but has mechanical auxiliary tools.
The hand originally used to hold the fire was completely freed.
This greatly increased the power, accuracy and operability of the matchlock gun.
Another biggest advantage is that this thing is cheaper than a crossbow.
It is also more powerful than traditional fire guns. Enthusiasts can see these benefits just by looking at the pictures, and they study them day and night.
"It will take about two months to return to His Royal Highness."
Tao Guangyi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, cupped his hands and replied, conservatively estimating the time.
As long as they have complete drawings, they can produce it in less than a month.
But don’t talk too much, otherwise your mind will move easily if you don’t finish it too much.
This Tao Guangyi is the one who is said to have tied forty-seven homemade rockets to a chair in his later years, sat on it, and held two large kites with both hands.
Then he asked his servant to light the fire and launch it, imagining using the thrust of the rocket and the power of the kite to fly up, but unfortunately the rocket exploded.
He hasn't done this yet, but he was already retired at home.
But he was brought back by Lao Zhu and given to an official who was the minister of the Ministry of Industry to study firearms.
This gray-haired old man showed no dissatisfaction or complaint at all.
On the contrary, when I saw the drawings, I burst into laughter and kept saying how wonderful it was.
Gu Chen was also very moved when he saw it. The selfless dedication and scientific research spirit of scientists really make us admire them.
It's a pity, but like himself, he can't escape the exploitation of Lao Zhu's family. However, he is still very happy being exploited. Doing work that interests him is different from doing a job that makes a living.
"Okay, tighten it up a little bit." Zhu Biao waved his hand, signaling for them to continue working, and then smiled and said to Gu Chen, "I looked at the blueprints of this gun carefully."
"This is a real good thing. If it can really be made, our country's national power will be greatly improved. I will reward you well when the time comes."
Although this thing hasn't been built yet, Zhu Biao is already imagining its power.
"Hey, what did your Highness say? This is the duty of a minister."
The boss draws a pie, and the employees can get it just by looking at it. No matter how much they are rewarded, it is just a promotion.
Can I still have a title?
In addition to those who founded the country with the emperor, how many civil servants can be knighted?
There were three of them in the Ming Dynasty, but they were all civil servants who had been through the border.
And how can I, a person with such delicate skin and tender flesh, survive the cold wind in Saibei?
Ask him to command the soldiers, but he is not the material at all.
It's just that I came from modern times and understand some things of later generations, and the knowledge is relatively complicated, so I just make a living.
"However, Your Highness, this gun actually has some shortcomings. It requires a piece of match rope boiled in vinegar, so the soldiers need to carry the rope on their backs to fight."
"If the rope is not enough, the gun may not be usable."
There was a Sir Ralph in the west who was besieged at Devichas.
Since all the match ropes had been used up, he had to order his officers to search for all the ropes from house to house throughout the city.
Then bring them all back, hammer and boil them, and use them as match ropes for emergencies.
This process is also very complicated. If vinegar is not available, the soldiers will even use urine instead. The smell is simply...
"It cannot be used in rainy or windy days, and it is very dangerous to light a match rope. It can easily injure the soldiers, and it cannot sneak attack the enemy at night."
The lit match rope can easily expose its position at night, so it is not suitable for use as a sneak attack weapon, but Zhu Biao is already very satisfied.
"Nothing is perfect. It only needs to be more powerful than the previous fire guns and beat the enemy to the point where they cry for father and mother."
Traditional fire guns also have the risk of exploding their barrels, but so what?
Gunpowder is so powerful, is it possible that it can still be used without it?
Gu Chen smiled, yes, Lao Zhu and Biao'er were not from the Qing Dynasty.
Obviously gunpowder is more effective, but they just say that we can't forget our roots.
So the development of firearms began to be abandoned.
As a result, when the foreigners came over with guns, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty still used cold weapons to fight with them.
He didn't know whether he was frightened by Nurhachi's death or was afraid that the Han people would master firearms and overthrow the Manchu rule. He guessed it was both, right?
After all, for a world where one family belongs to the same family, what can be better than the stability of imperial power?
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is right."
Gu Chen and Zhu Biao came out of the research room and looked at the empty room.
"When Marquis Xiping comes back from Yunnan, this place will be lively."
Tang He went to Wukai Mountain to quell the chaos, and he would probably be able to return victoriously after the New Year.
What Lao Zhu and Biao'er meant was that when Tang He came back, they would go to Yunnan to help Mu Ying watch, and then let Mu Ying and Xu Yungong be soldiers from the Shenji Battalion.
Zhu Xiaosi's Shenji Camp is famous for its three-stage strike effect, and Liu Sheng, who practices Shenji Camp, was taught by Mu Ying's subordinates.
Therefore, no one is more suitable to train as a soldier of the Shenji Battalion than Mu Ying.
Gu Chen originally thought that his bastard would probably not be able to stay in the Duke of Wei's residence for three days, but unexpectedly, six or ten days passed without any news.
"This little bastard, he can't hold on, can he?"
How could such a young child endure Xu Da's devilish training?
"Second brother is a little bastard, so what are you, husband?" Su Wanying chewed the sour fruit and said with a smile, "Big bastard?"
It is actually a good thing for children to have perseverance, but it is used in ways that parents don’t like.
Thinking of this, she comforted herself under her husband's angry expression.
"Don't worry, there are still three months, not even one month now. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, the Duke of Wei will let us pick him up?"
Just a kid who can write a few words, go to the toilet five times, and shout that he doesn't feel good here or that he doesn't feel good there. How do you expect him to persevere under the hands of Duke Wei?
Disaster!
Hearing this, Gu Chen felt a little relieved and started thinking about the Shenji Camp again.
He remembered that Li Yuanchun, the young prince of Annan, was also a talented person in firearms research.
After he was captured by the Ming army, he helped Zhu Xiaosi improve Ming's firearms to a higher level.
Well, when Biao'er ascends the throne, Annan must not give up.
Moreover, Annan's port is only good for Ming Dynasty.
But this is not a big problem. Since Zhu Xiaosi can conquer Annan, when Biao'er becomes emperor, he will have so many capable generals under his command.
Will it be impossible to defeat Annan?
On October 20, the eighteenth year of Hongwu's reign, the ten-man team that went to Shimane County, Japan, came back, and only six people came back.
Lao Zhu was not in a hurry to ask Yinshan, but first he was concerned about where the remaining four were.
The leader Ji Yun was even more touched when he saw that the emperor cared about them so much.
"There is a rebellion in Japan, and two brothers accidentally suffered a terrible disaster."
"died!"
"Two more brothers were captured and sent to the army. The other party was outnumbered and armed with knives, so it was difficult to rescue them, so only the minister and a few others came back."
These Jin Yiwei are all versatile and speak Japanese very fluently.
So it's not surprising that he was treated as a local and taken into custody.
"Thank you for your hard work." Lao Zhu, who died in a foreign country in the Ming Dynasty, expressed regret: "I will give the families of those four people a hundred thousand yuan of pension."
As for the family members who were captured and sent to the army, they must be treated well. If they meet on the battlefield in the future, wouldn't they be friendly forces?
Well, I hope they do better in Japan, and it is best to become a general leading troops as soon as possible, but that is not what Lao Zhu cares about most.
"So, have you found out what we asked you to investigate?"
