Although he was still a little worried that Chu Ze would be too busy, in the end Zhu Biao still agreed to prepare for Chu Ze to teach a group of alchemists independently.
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 in the following time, everything seemed to be on the right track.
Chu Ze runs between his home and the palace every day.
There were more and more things happening, and he was getting busier and busier.
Since the matter of the vassal 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 during the period, he directly arranged generals such as Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Lan Yu, etc. to serve as Zhu Di's opponents and teachers.
Occasionally, when Zhu Di took a break from his busy schedule to visit Chu Ze, he always felt that this guy's eyes were swollen.
After a busy day, I returned home feeling a little tired.
Before Chu Ze had time to take a good rest, a porter quickly ran in holding a red invitation.
"Sir, this is the invitation sent from Xiangguo Hu's house just now. I would like to ask you to take a look at it."
"Hu Xiangguo?"
When Chu Ze heard that it was Hu Weiyong who sent him an invitation.
He frowned slightly, stretched out his hand and took the invitation.
Chu Ze revealed that it had been more than half a month since he traveled through time, and during this period, he had only had two contacts with Hu Weiyong.
The other party actually took the initiative to send him an invitation.
This is a bit interesting, isn't it?
"You actually sent me an invitation to marry a concubine? Or is this a test?"
After Chu Ze read the contents of the invitation, he frowned slightly and threw the things directly on the table.
Although Chu Ze is now extremely low-key in the three-acre land of Yingtian Mansion.
He is simply busy with his own affairs every day, but he is low-key, but he is by no means unknown.
The fact that he is Lan Yu's prospective son-in-law has now spread.
And after he raised the issue of the vassal king's external seal in the court, many people noticed him.
It is obvious to all how active King Yan Zhu Di has been recently.
The generals of the empire's national treasure became his teachers and opponents one after another. Outside Yingtianfu City, the shouts of killing shook the sky almost every day.
And these were almost all caused by Chu Ze.
It was precisely because of this that although Chu Ze was a little surprised when he received Hu Weiyong's invitation, he did not feel too surprised.
“It’s also sad to be at the end of your rope but not knowing it.”
After secretly shaking his head, Chu Ze stopped taking the matter too seriously.
After resting for a moment, he got up and went directly to the front yard.
His front yard had been completely transformed a few days ago.
The huge front courtyard was bulldozed and filled in, turning it directly into a spacious small square.
On the square, a work area was arranged almost like his testing ground.
After arranging two guards to take action, Chu Ze put on his apron and started to stir around in the work area.
"Hu Chuze! I'm here again... Hey, are you cooking? Why are you cooking by yourself? What delicious food have you made?"
While Chu Ze was busy taking care of 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 Chu Ze, who was holding a large spatula and wearing an apron, stirring in a pot.
Apron, spatula.
Just looking at this configuration made Zhu Di think of cooking.
So, he moved forward with some curiosity.
I want to see what delicious things Chu Ze has cooked.
"Are you hungry? That's just right. There is some good food over there. You can try it first."
When Chu Ze saw Zhu Di walking in the door, he smiled and threw the spatula in his hand aside.
Then he pointed to a shelf nearby.
On top of that, there is soap drying in the shade and waiting to solidify.
That's right, what Chu Ze is making is soap.
"Uh, forget it, I won't eat it."
When he saw the sinister look on Chu Ze's face, Zhu Di's heart suddenly thumped.
This guy is fooling me! He definitely deceived me.
"How could you be so interested in cooking by yourself? And with your iron pot, the last time I cooked something, I still remember it was a big pot of grass ashes."
"What are you doing all day long? What good thing did you do this time? Tell me quickly."
After seeing Chu Ze take off his apron and come to the shelf, Zhu Di also reached out and poked at the yellowish things on the shelf.
"There have been more and more accidents at the testing site in the past few days, and I also have some strange smells on my body. I tried many ways but couldn't wash it off, so I tried to get some soap and let the maid use it. Wash your clothes with this stuff and see if it can remove the smell."
"By the way, you'll bring some back later. It's a good thing to wash your intimate clothes and take care of your hygiene."
After Chu Ze finished speaking, he cut the soap that had gradually solidified in the mold into roughly proportional sizes with a knife.
Then he picked up a piece and put it in his hand and kneaded it for a few times. After he felt that it felt good, he dipped his hand in water and started kneading it.
"Hey, this thing is used to wash hands and clothes! You kid actually wants to trick me into using it to eat."
After Zhu Di saw Chu Ze's usage, he also tried it.
"How's the result of your recent training? Looking at you, you probably got a lot of beatings today!"
After washing his hands, Chu Ze took Zhu Di directly 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 how to lead and train troops. But after my father found out about this from somewhere, he immediately dismissed our Ming dynasty in one breath. All the generals with high rankings have been summoned."
"Good guy, I practiced physical fitness and martial arts when I got up in the morning. Then I was beaten all morning. I started practicing sand table deduction at noon, and I was tortured all day long. When the weather got cool in the afternoon, I started practicing military formations. I changed prisoners or other people all afternoon. Annihilate all of me."
"Sometimes I spend the night outside the city, and I have to be attacked by their troops. You don't know, I have been captured three or four times a day on average these days. The beatings make me tired!"
Zhu Di felt his head hurt when he mentioned his training.
After Chu Ze heard what Zhu Di said, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Are you still complaining about this? Do you know that there are many people who are crying and begging for treatment and there is probably no chance. Xu Da from the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, plus Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng and others personally provide guidance, and are trained by such fierce generals as Lan Yu."
"It would be great if you could become a master!"
"Hehe, I'm not complaining! I just didn't expect that I would be so weak. But over this period of time, I have also grown a lot. Now at least, I can fight back occasionally."
"My father-in-law praises me for being extremely talented in war!"
After Zhu Di heard Chu Ze's words, he quickly refuted.
He's not complaining, he's feeling pain and happiness.
Under the crazy abuse by 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 is still tortured miserably every day, his growth rate is also extremely terrifying.
"By the way, let's not talk about me for now. How are you doing? Are there any new research results recently? For example, some powerful weapons, or something else. Give me some advice. Let’s see.”
"I see that the day of the expedition is getting closer and closer. You promised at that time to prepare a batch of powerful weapons for me to kill everyone in the world. We can't just say this and let it go unfulfilled!"
Compared with his own training results, Zhu Di was actually more concerned about Chu Ze's research results.
After this guy came up with a grenade and granulated gunpowder, the lethality of the firearm was greatly increased.
Even when Xu Da and the others taught him combat experience, they had already incorporated grenades into the combat organization.
The light cavalry is equipped with grenades. It does not come into contact with frontal cavalry attacks, but is specifically responsible for flank harassment and surprise attacks on infantry.
They have tried using targets. If the light cavalry is paired with short-range fast horses, these light cavalry who specialize in grenades can completely beat the infantry square and heavy cavalry like fools.
After the grenade is thrown on the ground, the exploding shrapnel spreads from bottom to top, killing in all directions.
Although the heavy cavalry horses also have armor to block, their legs and belly are defensive blind spots.
After the grenade was thrown on the ground and exploded, it didn't explode people, it only exploded horses.
The method is simply dirty and effective.
After seeing the effect of grenades, Zhu Di was full of expectations for Chu Ze's research results.
"The research results are a bit disappointing. The key is that carving rifling on the gun is a bit difficult, but I can give this to you first."
Chu Ze seemed to have guessed that Zhu Di would come to him. As soon as Zhu Di mentioned that the research was successful, he took out several small iron balls with tail fins from a cowhide bag on his waist.
"What is this?"
"This is ammunition that I poured out by myself and was stamped directly using hot stamping technology. I made a base mold and a steel gland, heated the small iron balls to soften them, and placed them directly in the mold. Hammer it with a heavy object and it will be shaped in one go.”
"This is a temporary substitute I prepared for you. If I haven't got a primer before you set off, then you can use this thing first."
"This bullet is thin at the front and thick at the back, and has a spiral tail fin on the tail."
"When filling, there is a cork on the base, which can increase the closure in the gun pond. After the bullet is fired, the spiral tail can promote the rotation of the bullet. This stabilizes the flight trajectory of the bullet."
"The sharp shape can also reduce air resistance, allowing the bullet to 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, firing a bullet like this can hit farther and be more accurate, right?"
"It's almost the same. I gave it a try. Although the production is much more difficult, if the manpower is replaced by hydraulic stamping, the output should not be reduced much."
"Of course, the key is that it takes a lot of steel to make the mold."
"For now, there is no other way. Compared with rifling a gun, changing the shape of the bullet will be much easier to deal with based on my ability."
Almost all barrels of modern firearms are rifled.
But Chu Ze is just an ordinary person, he doesn't even know how to carve rifling.
Not to mention thinking about rifling a gun in this day and age.
So when he first considered researching integrated ammunition, he directly chose a shotgun that did not require rifling.
This thing only fires shotguns, relying on the killing range to ignore accuracy.
All in all, he also knew that there were seed bullets called Mini bullets, which could be used as a replacement in the integrated ammunition.
However, I know that I know that I can’t do it!
"Have you ever tried this thing? It looks weird, a bit like a little goldfish."
"I tried it, and the accuracy has improved a lot. And because after being fired, the bullet rotates due to the tail fin, and the warhead is deflected to a sharp point, the lethality and flight distance have increased a lot."
“Overall, it’s pretty good.”
After hearing what Chu Ze said, Zhu Di was overjoyed and collected the things Chu Ze threw to him.
Then he said happily.
"As long as it can increase the power, it's a good thing. How many of these have you made? Is there any more in the palace? How about I ask someone to bring a batch outside the city to try it tomorrow?"
Although he didn't understand the meaning of most of what Chu Ze said, Zhu Di didn't care about it.
As long as it makes it easier for him to kill enemies on the battlefield, it's definitely a good thing.
"There aren't many things. I remember that there is a big river not far outside Yingtianfu City, right? If that doesn't work, build a production line by the river. Then we can produce a batch first, and you can just use it as you watch."
"However, this set of things will probably cost a lot of money... What do you say?"
"Huh? Do you want me to pay for it myself?"
"Otherwise you want me to pay? Do you think I'm rich?"
Zhu Di, who was originally full of joy, actually had to pay for it himself when he heard that he was going to get this bullet.
Zhu Di's whole face suddenly collapsed.
What a joke.
Although he is a vassal king, he has annual rice allocated by the court every year.
But these things are not enough to support him to build a production line.
The key point is that after the production line is built, bullets must be produced and a continuous supply of iron must be produced.
Where did he get so much money?
"Chu Ze, how about you ask your elder brother to apply for a loan first? I will go to the territory to make money by then, how about I make up for it?"
"Haha, your eldest brother is starting to get a little bit overwhelmed with the research I'm doing here. In my experimental field, dozens of furnaces are burning money every day."
"The later preparation of teaching materials, recruitment and training of alchemists are all money."
"There will be money to open a school later."
"I'm embarrassed to say this anyway."
(End of chapter)
