Chongzhen looked at the words on the agreement, but it felt like sharp daggers were piercing his heart.
He, the majestic Ninth Five-Year Plan, the son of God, and the co-lord of the world, now sees the villain running rampant, rebellious and arrogant, and yet he still wants to make peace.
Such humiliation really made him want to vomit blood.
"Is this how you do things? I trust you and respect you, but you betray the country and seek glory, deceive the king and ignore the emperor. The true crime deserves death!"
Gao Qiqian was trembling, his face full of despair.
When Lu Xiangsheng talked to Chongzhen for the first time, he really couldn't accept the emperor's temperament, but stood up very calmly.
"Your Majesty, when I negotiated with the traitor, I received a gift from the traitor of a peerless magic weapon. The reason why the traitor is so rampant is because of these magic weapons. Today, I present it to the emperor, and I sincerely ask your Majesty's discerning judgment to make a decision."
At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but feel happy.
Fortunately, there was a musket presented by Zuo Fu, otherwise the emperor would have given away his huge country due to his own ambition.
The musket was placed in front of Chongzhen. Its stunning shape and flawless craftsmanship immediately attracted his attention, and his anger subsided unconsciously.
"Is this Zuo Ni's firearm?"
Lu Xiangsheng explained it personally and introduced the characteristics of the fire hat grab.
"Your Majesty, the power of this blunderbuss is infinite, far beyond the comparison of my Ming Dynasty. It is difficult to defeat it in a battlefield duel."
Gao Qiqian has more say.
"On the day of the Guangping Battle, Shandong Zuo Niyuan could use this musket to kill our army when he was 300 paces away, but our army's fire musket could only hurt the enemy within 30 paces. Zuo Niyuan could hit us, and we would fight Without them, we will be defeated.”
After hearing this, Chongzhen frowned and became depressed.
"Call Wang Chuan, um... let him bring a few craftsmen over."
Wang Chuan is the general manager of the Inner Court Staff Bureau, and now the Daming Firearms Manufacturing Staff Bureau far surpasses the Ministry of Industry.
After learning that Shandong's firearms were so powerful, Chongzhen couldn't help but worry, and went directly to the Imperial Garden, intending to see it for himself.
In the imperial garden, Wang Chuan arrived with two gray-haired craftsmen.
Chongzhen couldn't wait for a moment and ordered: "Lu Qing, demonstrate this gun."
Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly performed again.
Wang Chuan and the craftsmen were dumbfounded when they saw the vase shattered fifty steps away.
"Slave dog, are you looking carefully? Can you make this cannon and weapon?"
Wang Chuan was sweating coldly, feeling that he was not going to die soon.
"Your Majesty, can I take a closer look?"
Seeing his panicked look, Chongzhen had a premonition that the future was not good.
"This matter is important and you cannot neglect it."
Wang Chuan responded and led two craftsmen to get in front of the flash cap gun.
One of the craftsmen did not look at the gun, but picked up the loaded cartridge casing. After just one glance, I couldn't help but be surprised.
Lu Xiangsheng asked hurriedly: "It's just a small thing, what's wrong with it?"
The old craftsman quickly threw himself down and told the truth.
"Sir, this thing is so ingenious, I really don't know who made it?"
Lu Xiangsheng was quite anxious and asked: "Is it possible for you to do it?"
Wang Chuan and the others did not answer, but their heads shook like rattles.
Neither Chongzhen nor Lu Xiangsheng expected that the musket was not good at all, but a loaded cartridge case stumped the best craftsman in the court.
Chongzhen picked it up personally and looked at it inside and out for a long time, but couldn't see anything interesting about it.
"What's so difficult about this thing?"
When the craftsman saw the emperor for the first time, he was extremely nervous and stammered.
"Long live...Tun...Long live Tzu, this is the first time that ordinary people have seen wrought iron made so light and thin. This kind of craftsmanship has not been seen by ordinary people, even if it has never been heard of."
Chongzhen couldn't help but shake a few times and almost wanted to vomit blood.
How did he know that although the bullet casings cast by the New Army could not be compared with the metal bullet casings of later generations, the differences were: first, in the material, and second, in the inability to make them more round.
As for the lightness and thinness of the materials, they are almost the same as those of later generations.
This is forged by large machinery and is far beyond the capabilities of human power.
But the craftsmen still have a way.
"Long live Lord, although we can't make it as sophisticated as this, if it's used to hold medicine, it doesn't matter if it's rough."
These words made Lu Xiangsheng very happy.
"Yes, yes, it's just a medicine-filled thing that can be used. Let's see if this gun can also be cast."
However, the craftsmen were all dumbfounded after seeing it.
"Sir, I can handle this small pot of medicine. But this blunderbuss is really powerless!"
Wang Chuan knew where the difficulty lay.
"Your Majesty, I don't know how to carve the rifling in this blunderbuss barrel? I have been in charge of the Staff Bureau for several years and have never seen such heavenly craftsmanship. And this projectile, if it is made like this, it will be consumed and corrupted. …”
"This medicine is wrong!"
Before Chongzhen could think about it, the craftsman who was still holding the bullet casing roared loudly, attracting everyone's attention.
It turned out that he had poured out the gunpowder from the cartridge case and placed it on the palm of his hand. And his expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
Wang Chuan and another craftsman came over and looked at it with the same jaw-dropping eyes.
Lu Xiangsheng was going crazy.
He originally thought he had gotten the New Army's musket, and he could study it more after getting it back. Not to mention imitation, at least we can know ourselves and our enemies.
Who would have thought that with just such a musket, there would be problems that the court could not solve.
“What’s wrong with this medicine?”
Without saying a word, the craftsman picked up some foam and threw it into his mouth.
This scene made Chongzhen and others tremble with fear.
"Long live my lord, my lord, this medicine has different ingredients from the medicine we use, and its appearance is also very different."
It was only when Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng got closer that they saw the difference.
Although the gunpowder in the hands of the craftsman is also black, it does not look like a face. Instead, they are very small, but uniform particles.
As for the different ingredients mentioned by the craftsmen, they couldn't tell.
The craftsman was very excited and asked for instructions: "Long live the Lord, the common people want to demonstrate it."
Chongzhen also became curious and nodded in agreement.
The craftsman poured out another pinch of gunpowder from his pocket, the same amount.
He placed two piles of gunpowder on the stone platform and lit the fire.
First came the gunpowder he brought with him.
When gunpowder meets an open flame, it burns quickly. Amidst the constant buzzing sound, thick yellowish smoke steamed up.
This violent burning lasted for about ten breaths before the gunpowder gradually extinguished.
Just when Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng were scratching their heads, the craftsman added Huozhezi into granulated gunpowder.
Bang...
The burning sensation that was obviously different suddenly exploded into a huge puff of white smoke, which quickly dissipated in the air. The flames that flashed out were also dazzling silvery white.
Almost in the blink of an eye, all the granulated gunpowder burned out. The stone platform is very clean and there are not many residues.
This very obvious difference made Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng know that there must be a lot of knowledge in it.
The craftsman was indeed experienced, and he immediately pointed out the difference.
He pointed at the granulated gunpowder and came one by one.
"The projectiles in the gunpowder rely entirely on gunpowder to hurt people. The stronger the gunpowder, the farther the projectiles can hit, and the more they can penetrate armor. This kind of gunpowder is far more powerful than the ones made by our Staff Bureau. If they are all equipped with this kind of gunpowder, it will not be a problem to injure the enemy at fifty paces."
Chongzhen completely understood
"According to what you said, there is nothing you can do about these firearms?"
Wang Chuan was so frightened that he immediately fell to his knees.
"This slave is incompetent and has failed His Majesty."
Chongzhen was already disheartened and waved his hand, asking Wang Chuan to go down with the two craftsmen.
Although I don't know why Chongzhen didn't rain down the wrath of thunder, I was lucky enough to escape.
