My Daming New Empire

However, Liu Jiang was originally the commander-in-chief of the frontier army, a figure who was marginalized in the military class of the Ming Dynasty, but he became the commander-in-chief of all the naval forces of the Ming Dynasty.

Although there is another Zhu Zhanji in power above him, there is only one person in the whole country as the commander of the navy, and he has more power than the left and right governors of the five armies' governor's mansion.

And Zhang Fu is now suppressing bandits in Jiaozhi. According to the trend of the court, his entrustment of Jiaozhi in the future is almost determined.

In addition to them, there is also Zheng He, an eunuch who was asked by Zhu Zhanji to serve as the director of the navy to monitor the entire navy.

Even Huang Fu's 25-year-old son, because of Zhu Zhanji's favor, has become a middle-level general in the army.

Not to mention Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing, who did a lot of evil, were supposed to be treated as waste, but now they have gained a new life.

So at this time, it is not unusual for Liu Sheng to start to approach Zhu Zhanji.

It's just that he specified that he had lost the opportunity, so he deliberately did the opposite, and used this almost adventurous way to get Zhu Zhanji's attention and challenge Zhu Di's bottom line.

If Zhu Zhanji is angry, he will just steal chickens and make money. If Zhu Di is jealous, he may have to lie down for a few years.

But as long as he succeeds, he will be promoted, and the future of his Liu family will be guaranteed.

After understanding these links, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand and said, "Let's all step back and let Marquis Anyuan come in."

A navy officer knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Highness, it's not that the humble official deliberately made things difficult, but Marquis Anyuan didn't want to open the box, so the humble official didn't dare to let it go because of his duty."

Zhu Zhanji looked at the big box carried by the four guards, and said with a smile: "You have done your duty, what is the crime? Huang Shoubei, give this general a credit and reward ten taels of silver. An Yuan Hou, it's time to uncover the mystery!"

Only then did Liu Sheng chuckle and waved his hands. A group of personal guards came behind him, and the four personal guards who were carrying the boxes also put down the big boxes.

Liu Sheng opened the big box himself, took out a spear and said, "It's not because I concealed it on purpose, but because this matter is so important, we have to be careful."

As soon as the spear was taken out, Zhu Zhanji noticed something different, and with a heart move, he walked out of the hall.

The long guns of this era are still very simple in style. In fact, a barrel is fixed with iron bars on the butt.The front of the gun barrel is thin, and the back is thick. Finally, the back is plugged with iron pillars, and then wrapped with iron sheets.

Except for a rainproof plate inlaid with iron sheet, there is no mark on the entire barrel. It is not so much a barrel as it is a small cannon.

Since the gun barrel can be drilled with a machine tool and polished with a sand stick.Then the strength is increased by quenching, so that the thickness of the front and back of the barrel is the same.

Although Zhu Zhanji had someone leave a front sight on the barrel, but the current muskets are still mainly shotguns, so the front sight is not very useful.

Anyway, in the current confrontation, the enemy is standing in a large area, and you will not miss if you shoot casually.Although shotguns often do not directly kill people, they can make the opponent lose their combat effectiveness and be slaughtered.

The gun that Liu Sheng took out was also made of a new type of barrel, but it was not a single barrel, but a double barrel.In addition, at the rear of the barrel, there are two beak-like hammers.

Because of the double-barreled musket, there are actually two hammers. This style of musket is infinitely close to the shotgun of later generations.

Zhu Zhanji walked towards him quickly and asked, "But the ignition of the hammer has been solved?"

Liu Sheng knelt down on one knee, raised his spear with both hands, and said, "The minister fulfilled his mission, and replaced the match with flint, and made a musket that meets His Highness's requirements."

Of course, this matter cannot be attributed to Liu Sheng, but he dared to say this, of course it was developed by his subordinates.

Zhu Zhanji has only been in contact with this area for a short time. Although the entire Ministry of Industry and internal supervisors are supporting him, the most cutting-edge musket craftsmen in Ming Dynasty are actually under Liu Sheng's banner.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he can create a new type of musket.

Zhu Zhanji picked up the firearm. Because of the material of the steel, the wall thickness of the current firearm is thicker, which also makes it slightly heavier than the double-barreled shotgun of later generations.

However, the overall weight is still acceptable to manpower, and it doesn't feel very tired to hold it with both hands for a short time.

Zhu Zhanji said a little excitedly: "Go, go to the shooting range to try the gun."

He couldn't help being excited, this was an epoch-making weapon.With this weapon, the armies of other countries in the world will all become chickens and dogs.

Today's Britain and France are still in the Hundred Years' War, what do their soldiers use?It is the famous English longbow and spear.

And France is similar to them, all of them are still in the embryonic period of hot weapons.

The development of firearms in Europe did not really begin to be applied until the Thirty Years War, at least ten years later.As for the flintlock, they were much later, and at the very beginning, they were not easy to use.

If the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can all be armed with this kind of musket and sweep the limits of the entire world, it will only be in terms of distance and time.

The battle site of the Navy Headquarters was originally the barracks of the government army's avant-garde, and a part of their original site was designated.

As for the training ground of the government army's avant-garde, although it has become much smaller, there is absolutely no shortage of places to set up a shooting range.

Although it's not yet the turn of the government army's vanguards to change their muskets, they can't wait to learn from Habayashi Wei and set up a shooting range.

Holding old-fashioned muskets, they can't wait to arrange for soldiers to start live-fire training.

The leaders of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Secretary of General Administration, and the Jinyiwei have become accustomed to the sound of gunfire in the recent period.

Along the way, Zhu Zhanji was observing the musket in his hand. The design of the butt was still very old. There was no ergonomic principle, and it was entirely for firmness and convenience for shooting.

If it is an untrained person, there may be some hands-on experience.But Zhu Zhanji has played with various guns in his previous life, and he often plays with guns in this life, so there is no strangeness at all.

Inserting the lead wire into the small hole in the rear, he tore open the two ammunition pouches himself and poured the gunpowder into them.The gunpowder was compacted with a cleaning rod with a wooden block at the front, and then the pellets were installed.

Finally, use the tissue paper packed with gunpowder to stuff it in from the mouth of the gun barrel and compact it.This completes the loading procedure.

Because of the implementation of fixed ammunition loading, although the procedure is indispensable, it does not take too much time.Moreover, this double-barrel design is equivalent to doubling the strength of the troops.

In the first round, two targets were placed at a distance of about thirty steps, 50 meters.

Zhu Zhanji raised the gun in his hand, let everyone get out of the way in front, and tried it in his hand first.

Because it is a double-barreled design and two hammers, two triggers are also designed, one in front and one in back.Although there are some flaws in the workmanship, it does not affect the shooting.

Zhu Zhanji took a little aim and fired two shots in a row.Two puffs of white smoke rose, blocking his vision.

But he was not in a hurry, and naturally someone would report the results to him.

The little eunuch Liu Wan quickly ran over, looked at the target and shouted: "Congratulations, Your Highness, both shots hit the target."

Li Liang yelled: "You need to talk too much, Your Highness, Prince Longsun, how could you not hit the target! Hurry up and carry the target over to see the depth of the projectile."

Because it is a shotgun, there are five craters on each target. The soft lead bullet encounters resistance and naturally becomes larger, forming five craters that are larger than the original bullet, but the depth is not enough.

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Zhu Zhanji handed the musket to Liu Sheng and said, "Marquis Anyuan, although this musket is already very good, there are still two areas that need to be improved."

Liu Sheng came today to shock Zhu Zhanji, and wanted Zhu Zhanji to recognize him based on his knowledge of muskets, but unexpectedly, he was not satisfied.

But at this time, of course, he would not refute Zhu Zhanji's opinion, and said humbly: "Please give instructions, Your Highness!"

"Since today's gun barrels can be of the same thickness, it is time to develop a single bullet. Today's five bullets will fall apart after being fired, and it is difficult to pose a fatal threat to an enemy."