Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty was inherited until the Tianqi Dynasty. Perhaps the field of firearms was influenced by Confucianism and was in a slow progress stage, but this does not mean that the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were really far behind the world!

What really pushed China's firearms field far out of the forefront of the world was the influence of the Tatars who aspired to dominate China. In order to realize the political appeal of using less to defeat more, they began to restrict the development of firearms on a large scale and promoted the so-called mounted archery.

Even in the later period of the Qing rule, Western barbarians invaded China with the help of strong ships and cannons. The Qing Dynasty obtained firearms produced during the Ming Dynasty, which could still be fired, but both in terms of power and range, they were far away. It lags behind the firearms held by Western barbarians, let alone accuracy...

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, the Ming Dynasty has no shortage of talents to develop firearms. Take the matchlock gun and the flintlock gun as an example. The only difference is the layer of window paper. Even if the Ming Dynasty advances according to the original trajectory, the Ming Dynasty develops the flintlock gun. , and this person is Bi Maokang, and the fire gun he developed is called a self-generated fire gun!

What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to pierce this layer of window paper in advance, gather the outstanding talents of the Ming Dynasty, and let them develop all kinds of firearms as quickly and as much as possible on the right path, explore and summarize advanced Technology, and then continue to improve the performance of firearms, including artillery!

"Jiao Qing, if I want you to forge percussion flintlock guns, how many can you produce in a month?"

After thinking about this clearly, Zhu Youxiao reached out and asked Jiao Xu.

"I want to rectify the capital camp and send troops to Liao in the future to suppress the rebel rebellion and return us to a bright future. Therefore, we need a large number of new firearms. This is not only limited to muskets, but also requires artillery."

If you want to have a truly strong army, it is not enough to eliminate weak soldiers and pay close attention to training. The firearms and ordnance under your command must be sophisticated enough.

If the soldiers at the bottom dare to fight, but all they have is a pile of fire sticks, they will probably become easy targets for the enemy if they go to the battlefield.

Jiao Xu pondered for a moment, then bowed to the emperor and said: "Given that there are enough craftsmen in the military war bureau, and all kinds of iron and wood materials required for forging are sufficient, if the rifling of the gun tube is still needed, the monthly output can be hundreds of guns. It’s the limit.”

"what?!"

There was no smile on Zhu Youxiao's face, and he stared straight at Jiao Xu. He never expected that Jiao Xu actually said that the Bingzhan Bureau forged percussion flintlock guns, with a monthly output of only a hundred guns!

Even though the technique of carving rifling is difficult, the output shouldn't be this low.

With a monthly output of 100 rods, if we want to put these into the Beijing camp in batches, we have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse!

"Aren't the Qing family joking?"

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, then stared at Jiao Xu and said.

"I don't dare to joke about this matter."

Jiao Xu hurriedly said: "Right now, in the War Bureau, there are only about thirty gunsmiths who can skillfully forge gun tubes. They can forge a gun tube every ten days, and on the premise of not scrapping it, we can produce a hundred guns per month." It’s the limit.”

"As for the remaining hundreds of gunsmiths, most of them are hired by the War Bureau. You can ask them to help, but if they forge gun tubes, I'm afraid many of them will be scrapped."

"If the iron material supplied is not good, even if the barrel is forged, the percussion flintlock gun produced will not be able to match the range or power of the one I made."

When Wei Zhongxian heard what Jiao Xu said, his head lowered lower and lower, and he could not hide the fear between his eyebrows.

"Wei Banban."

In this situation, Zhu Youxiao's cold voice sounded.

"The servant is here."

Wei Zhongxian was busy bowing and saying goodbye.

"I remember that there were no fewer than thousands of gunsmiths under the Bureau of War, right?"

Zhu Youxiao said with cold eyes: "Why are these all left now? Don't you have nothing to say to me?"

"Your Majesty, although this servant is in charge of the East Police Factory, she doesn't know much about the war situation."

Facing the emperor's questioning, Wei Zhongxian fell to his knees on the ground, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Although the Chief of Ceremonies has the responsibility to supervise the military warfare bureau, most of the time he does not condemn people to the military warfare bureau..."

Another place that sucks!

Zhu Youxiao felt angry in his heart and clenched his fists tightly. Every year, the Bingzhan Bureau received a large amount of money and grain from internal funds to support the large craftsmen under its jurisdiction and complete various set tasks. However, according to what Jiao Xu said, the facts were different. Not so.

Regarding what Wei Zhongxian said, Zhu Youxiao certainly knew the tricks in it. What he adhered to was that you are good, I am good, everyone is good, and don't go too far.

However, Wei Zhongxian never expected that the group of powerful eunuchs in the Bingzhan Bureau would go so far. If he had known that this was the case, he should have sent people to investigate strictly from the beginning.

But it's too late to say that now.

There is no regret medicine in this world.

"Someone is coming!!"

While Wei Zhongxian was feeling uneasy, Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and shouted: "Go and tell Fang Zhenghua to come see me!!"

"promise!"

After hearing this, the eunuchs waiting outside the palace hurriedly appeared outside the palace gate. After bowing and saluting in front of the emperor, they hurried towards the imperial horse supervisor.

The emperor was angry.

At that time, Jiao Xu, who was standing in the palace, could clearly feel the emperor's anger. It was probably just like this, but it made Jiao Xu's heart tangled.

Originally, Jiao Xu wanted to leave the war. After all, he went to Beijing first to discuss matters involving firearms with Tang Ruowang and other Western missionaries.

It was just that he had run out of money and money, so he chose to enter the Bing Zhan Bureau. After getting used to the darkness of the Bing Zhan Bureau, Jiao Xu was heartbroken and wanted to leave the Bing Zhan Bureau, but it happened to be here. At that time, Jiao Xu was attracted by a drawing from the palace.

Should he leave or not?

This became what Jiao Xu struggled with the most.

Time passed by minute by second, and Fang Zhenghua, who had received the decree, hurried from the Imperial Horse Prison to the Imperial Palace. His intuition told Fang Zhenghua that something big must have happened.

In the past two days, Fang Zhenghua was so busy recovering the stolen money and inspecting the properties of the criminals that he never touched the ground. The number of personnel in the West Police Factory also increased a lot.

"Slave~"

"Founderization!"

Fang Zhenghua, who rushed to the front of the imperial court, was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao before he could salute and bow, "You immediately lead a team of troops and send them to the war station for a strict investigation!! No matter who is involved, as long as their hands and feet are unclean, Yes, arrest them all and clean up the war situation for me!!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Fang Zhenghua immediately bowed and bowed, but he was very excited in his heart. It was a big case. Fortunately, the recovery of the Royal Horse Prison had been almost implemented. Otherwise, if he went to investigate the military situation, he might not be able to mobilize much. manpower.

"Jiao Qing, I have sent you an errand."

While Fang Zhenghua was excited, Zhu Youxiao looked at Jiao Xu and said: "During the strict inspection at the Xiji Bureau, you will lead a team of people to ensure the safety of the gunpowder depots under the jurisdiction of the Military War Bureau. There must be no If there are any mistakes, as for other matters, I will clarify them after the military situation is cleared up."

"The minister obeys the order."

Jiao Xu hurriedly lowered his head and responded.

"Founderization."

Seeing Jiao Xu leading the errand, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said to Zhenghua: "Select a group of reliable people and send them to Jiao Qing's command to await dispatch. If there is any leakage or explosion in the gunpowder warehouses under the jurisdiction of the Military War Bureau, it will disturb the people." If the capital is safe, then they will all die!!"

"The slaves obey the order."

Fang Zhenghua hurriedly expressed his attitude.

He thought that once the percussion flintlock gun was developed and he met firearms experts like Jiao Xu, mass production would be put on the right track, but Zhu Youxiao never expected that the war situation would be so bad.

But is it only the departments under the inner court that are rotten?

It was precisely after experiencing this incident that Zhu Youxiao made up his mind that he had to implement something as soon as possible. He could not wait any longer, otherwise it would not do any good to Ming Dynasty if he delayed it.

"According to my decree, I will convene the Royal Gate to listen to the government tomorrow." Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said in a cold tone, but this shocked Wei Zhongxian.

This is so good, why did the emperor suddenly convene the Imperial Gate to listen to the government? This has not been convened a long time ago. Is there something important to explain?