"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!"
"You have heard the plan just now. I want to completely integrate North Korea into the territory of the Ming Dynasty!"
Chongzhen walked slowly in Dongnuan Pavilion with his hands behind his back, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "From now on, you will select your absolute confidants to enter North Korea and keep an eye on the North Korean royal family. If necessary, you..."
"I will definitely complete the mission!"
Li Ruolian looked at the emperor's gestures, and his heart trembled. He completely understood the emperor's thoughts.
"Also, I asked you to stop taking action against Pidao before I went on my own expedition. Now that I have returned victorious, you can continue taking action!"
"I understand!"
After Li Ruolian responded, he raised his head and looked at Wang Chengen: "Wang Zhongguan, please go to the door and watch in person, and ask the guards to retreat thirty meters away. No one is allowed to approach!"
After Wang Chengen left, Li Ruolian said softly: "Your Majesty, the Chahar books brought back from Guihua City have been translated and sorted by people from the Hanlin Academy, Imperial College, and Siyi Hall.
According to the current progress, it is estimated that those books will be discovered within two months, and by then..."
"Don't worry, I'll just do it according to the plan!"
"I understand!"
Looking at Li Ruolian leaving, Chongzhen chuckled.
Whether it's North Korea or the Kong family, they either don't do it, or they do it in a flawless and prepared way.
After making these arrangements, Chongzhen turned back to stare at the map.
"Besieging a city or attacking a city has been extremely difficult since ancient times, but for me, it doesn't seem to be too difficult!"
After muttering to himself a few times, he looked at Wang Chengen and said, "My dear companion, it is said that Xu Guangqi will enter the palace immediately!"
Half an hour later, Xu Guangqi arrived in a hurry: "Xu Guangqi, the director of the Chen Firearms Research Institute, is here to see your majesty!"
"Xu Aiqing is exempt from the courtesy!"
Chongzhen put down the memorial and asked softly: "Xu Aiqing, how is your research on Shunyao and Hengyao?"
"Back to Your Majesty, we have tested nearly a hundred ratios and have determined more than ten ratios. We are still debugging. We will be able to circle the formula with the best effect in three months at the latest!"
"Well, we have to hurry up on this!"
After speaking, Chongzhen picked up a piece of paper on the dragon case and handed it over: "Xu Aiqing, I have something here. Take a look and go back to the institute and try to make it!"
"This is?"
Looking at the pattern on the paper, Xu Guangqi frowned.
It looks like some kind of artillery, but the shape is too simple, a straight cylinder, the barrel is too short, and the caliber is too thick!
The caliber of the Hongyi cannon is currently the largest, probably between ten and twenty centimeters, but the one on the paper has reached an astonishing thirty centimeters.
According to their experience, the range of the artillery shell is closely related to the length and caliber of the barrel.
The larger the caliber of the artillery, the heavier the lead bullets, the farther the range, and the greater the power, but this is within a certain range.
The length of the barrel is related to the filling and burning speed of the gunpowder.
But with such a large caliber and such a short barrel, it doesn't fit in with the existing design.
"This thing is a simple version of the Hongyi cannon, but it doesn't fire live ammunition, but thunders. I call it a flying thunder cannon!"
Chongzhen said, picking up a bamboo tube with a small hole on the dragon table, and then poured some fine sand, then placed a wood chip slightly smaller than the mouth of the tube, and then placed small pebbles.
The whole process is extremely clear, similar to the firing process of an artillery piece.
But Xu Guangqi frowned as he watched.
This thing looks simple, but in fact it is extremely... dangerous.
The artillery uses stone bullets or lead bullets, which cannot be melted or ignited by firing gunpowder, but the emperor just said that it is used to fire thunder, and that thing is most afraid of fire.
Maybe it would explode in the barrel before it was launched.
Thinking about the consequences, Xu Guangqi shuddered.
Looking at Xu Guangqi, who was frowning, Chongzhen also shook his head gently. Yes, this flying thunder cannon is the heartless cannon of later generations.
This thing looks simple, but with current technology it is almost useless.
First of all, the range was insufficient. In later wars, it could only shoot about two hundred meters.
The gunpowder of today is simply incomparable to the gunpowder of that time, and the manufacturing methods and iron quality of current gun barrels are even more incomparable to those of later generations.
Secondly, Hongtianlei has a large body, poor aerodynamic shape, and high flight resistance, which will result in poor accuracy. This can be ignored for city sieges, but the rate of fire is very low. It will take three minutes in later generations, but it is estimated to be longer now.
To sum up the above two points, if the Heartless Cannon can reach 200 meters, it is already performing well. If you want to attack in depth, you have to move the Heartless Cannon closer to the city wall. This is the strike range of the archers and the opponent's trebuchet. .
Third, there are a large number of thunderbolts piled up on the position. If they explode, it will be the end of the world.
In addition, the biggest problem is the explosion of the chamber. The Hongyi cannon can explode the chamber, let alone such a cannon with a caliber of thirty centimeters.
Moreover, the Thunderbolt had to be manually ignited, so it was difficult to estimate the landing time. If it exploded in mid-air, it would have no effect. The enemy could cut off the fuse before it exploded on the ground, but it would still have no effect.
Taken together, these reasons are also the main reason why he has not mentioned this simple and heartless cannon.
But in this case, the siege can only be studied by the Firearms Research Institute.
If you really can't research it, then just use a trebuchet. Although it has a lot of flaws, it's better than nothing.
"Xu Aiqing, go back and organize people to study this thunder cannon. I will give you two requirements. First, the range must be at least two hundred meters. Second, the barrel can be fired at least five times. In short, the more the better!"
"I obey the decree!"
"In addition, without affecting the development of firearms such as flintlock guns, to expand the production scale of granulated gunpowder, the daily output must be at least 500 kilograms.
10% of the gunpowder produced is used as reserve, 10% is made into fixed ammunition, 20% is made into palm mines, 20% is made into flintlock mines, 20% is made into the previous sky-blasting mines, and the remaining 20% is made according to the specifications of flying thunder cannons. The size is made into a thunder!
In addition, ordinary gunpowder can make two thousand thunderbolts every month. "
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Wang Chengen: "Big companion, I will accompany Dean Xu to the Ministry of Accounts in a while and ask Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts, to transfer one million taels of silver to the Firearms Research Institute.
All the materials needed by the Firearms Research Institute must be given priority. If they can't handle it, they can go to the cabinet. If the cabinet can't handle it, let me know, and I'll personally supervise it! "
"My slave obeys the order!"
"All fear comes from insufficient firepower. As long as there is enough firepower, no matter how many cities you have, they will be blown into ruins!"
After the two left, Chongzhen muttered to himself.
After returning to the Long Case, he picked up a pen and wrote on the rice paper the clan clan and the Kong family. This is the next focus. If these two points are solved, Ming Dynasty's own illness will be cured by half, and they are all related to the source of Ming Dynasty's future stable development.
The situation has been laid. Tomorrow is April 15th, which is when the vassal kings in various places receive the imperial edict. It depends on what they choose.
