I want to be a grandson

Chapter 581 Find me a step...

"Look, Your Majesty, this is a tiger squatting cannon. Although it is small in size, its power is not weak!"

After finally waiting for Qu Tao to finish the introduction, Zhang Fu couldn't wait to introduce the tiger squatting cannon to Zhu Yunxi.

"The tiger crouching cannon is two feet long from the head to the tail. Seven iron hoops are added to the whole body, two more than the mother cannon.
Your Majesty, don't you think it is a tiger and a tiger, and it is really majestic?So I named him Tiger Crouching Pao..."

"Is this... very majestic?" Zhu Yunxi turned to Qu Tao and asked with a confused expression on his face.

Qu Tao purposely glanced at the small-looking pao, frowned and said, "Your Majesty has learned from you, I didn't see how majestic it is..."

"Uh……"

Zhang Fu was devastated in an instant, and gave Qu Tao a roll of his eyes.

"Let's go on, how did the cannon fire?"

"Report to Your Majesty..."

Zhang Fu tidied up his mood and said, "Before launching, you must use big iron nails to fix the gun body to the ground. If time is tight, you can also use a stone to press the chassis.

Each shot can be loaded with 30 pieces of small lead or pebbles weighing [-] qian, and a large lead bullet or stone bullet weighing [-] taels is used to press the top.
When firing, bullets of all sizes fly out together, the sound is like thunder, and the lethality and radiation range are very large. It is especially suitable for field battles, especially when the opponent's soldiers and horses are relatively dense. This cannon can knock down a piece of it, which is very powerful! "

"Because of the light weight of the tiger crouching gun, two people can lift it up and change the angle at will. It is suitable for combat areas such as mountains, forests, and paddy fields that hinder the transportation of large artillery..."

Listening to his explanation, Zhu Yunxi nodded frequently.

He knows about the tiger crouching cannon. Compared with other cannons, the power of ordinary cannons is not great, but its advantage is that it is easy to carry.

The method of firing can be direct fire, which is mainly curved fire, and of course direct fire can also be used, similar to the mortars of later generations.

Zhu Yunxi has seen the tiger squatting cannon used by Qi Jiguang to fight against the Japanese in the TV series, and it is also the most commonly used firearm in the anti-Japanese army.
This kind of portable artillery has a thin barrel and a short range of about 500 meters, but the barrel makes it more suitable for mountain combat. It is flexible and can be launched at a high elevation angle.

It is precisely because of its convenience and light weight that it can be equipped in large quantities in grassroots troops.

"I've heard all the hype you said, but I haven't seen how powerful it is. Let's fire a few shots and see if what you say is true!"

"Yes! I obey!"

After receiving the order, Zhang Fu excitedly said: "Your Majesty, let's watch the tiger squatting cannon first, the officials are all ready, I will go and fire the cannon!"

As he said that, he was about to walk towards the tiger crouching cannon closest to him, and fumbled twice from his arms to take out a flint and steel.

Suddenly feeling a tight arm, Zhang Fu saw a big hand grabbing him, and asked in puzzlement: "Why are you dragging me? I want to test the cannon for His Majesty, and you want to try the cannon first? Oh, That's why you still rob me..."

Qu Tao rolled his eyes at him, and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He saluted Zhu Yunxi and said, "Your Majesty, the smell of gunpowder here is too loud, and the sound is too loud. Why don't I accompany Your Majesty to the rear? Your Majesty can stay behind and watch."

"What are you doing in the back? Since you are going to test the cannon, you can see clearly only when you are close."

Zhang Fu also said: "That's right, I'm here today to test the cannon. You can see clearly only when you're close. Don't dawdle. Which one do you want to try first?"

No wonder His Majesty always says you are a fool, you are so foolish!

stupid!

Qu Tao cursed a few words in his heart, glared at him and said: "There are more than a dozen cannons here, hundreds of catties of gunpowder, if anything happens, you will be Daming's sinner!"

Zhang Fu was taken aback immediately, looked at Qu Tao, then at Zhu Yunxie in a blink of an eye, and then showed an expression of enlightenment...

He hurriedly added: "Uh, yes, yes, Your Majesty, once the guns are fired, the place will be smoky, and the smell of gunpowder is too strong. If you startle the holy driver, what will happen, uh, please move your majesty!"

Whether it is a mother-child cannon or a tiger-squatting cannon, Qu Tao and Zhang Fu have actually tried it, otherwise how can they verify the success of the production?

They didn't dare to announce the good news to the emperor easily!

Although these cannons have been carefully inspected, there should be no explosions, but who can guarantee that there will be no accidents?

In particular, the manufacturing process is still immature and has not been tested on the battlefield, so no one dares to guarantee it!

It's fine if you really want to kill a few gunners. Anyway, in order to develop new guns, some accidents are inevitable, and you just need to pay enough compensation afterwards.

But Zhu Yunxi is different, this is the emperor of Ming Dynasty!
Not to mention being killed by the bombing, even if there is a little injury, those civilian and military generals can peel off their skins!

But Zhu Yunxi didn't appreciate it, and said displeasedly: "I came to test the cannon, and you let me retreat, how can there be such a reason! What are you afraid of! My men of Ming Dynasty are all warriors in the killing field.
Come, give me a torch, I want to test the gun myself! "

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible..."

Finally, amidst the earnest prayers of Qu Tao and Zhang Fu, Zhu Yunxi gave up with a look of dissatisfaction.

Flicking his sleeves, he walked back full of displeasure!

Qu Tao is worthy of being his confidant, he really thinks of himself all the time, this is a loyal minister!
Praising Qu Tao in his heart, Zhu Yunxi scolded Zhang Fu again!
This idiot knows how to show off, and he doesn't even look at how close I am to the artillery!
You idiot don't understand the reason why the son of a daughter doesn't sit in the hall?
What's more, we are the emperor of Ming Dynasty, how can we do dangerous things?

We can't say back down by ourselves, but you can't think of finding a way for me to step down?
Elm head!There is no cure!
Zhu Yunxi walked to a position about ten feet away from the artillery and stopped.

This distance is just right, the soldiers should know that they are guilty if they are too far away!

Save face, always maintain it!

"Your Majesty won't be really angry, right?" Seeing the emperor's dark face, Zhang Fu asked with a guilty conscience.

"Just apologize later, it's better than losing your head! Come on, Your Majesty is still watching!"

"Mother-child cannon, shoot!"

Qu Tao gave an order, and the gunner immediately lit the matchlock.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Bang bang, bang bang, bang..."

A series of cannon shots rang out.

First, the sub-cannon fires continuously. When a sub-cannon is emptied, the gunner immediately pulls it out of the mother cannon, and then fills in the second sub-cannon.

So back and forth, again and again.

And for those sub-cannons that were emptied, soldiers were skillfully reloading ammunition, filling them with gunpowder and lead bullets.

Because several sub-cannons are used in turn, they are filled in an orderly manner and can be fired continuously.

"Tiger Crouching Cannon! Shoot!"

"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang..."

Although the Tiger Crouching Cannon can not shoot continuously like the sub-cannon, but because of its small size, it can reload ammunition faster than those heavy artillery.
Therefore, in terms of rate of fire, it is also superior to other artillery.

Since the tiger squatting gun is filled with a relatively large ammunition, the rest are small ammunition, and the intensive method is adopted.

So as soon as the bombardment went down, a dozen or so straw figures in front fell down, and although there were seven or eight straw figures that did not fall, they were also bombarded to pieces, crumbling...

It can be seen from this that on the battlefield, when encountering a dense formation of the enemy, a lot of lives can be harvested with one shot!
"Mother and child cannon, tiger crouching cannon, defending against the enemy at the same time, let it go!"

With the sound of a burst of cannons, the straw man who had just been rearranged in front was blasted to pieces again.
This is true whether it is far or near.

Zhu Yunxi watched their rehearsal and nodded involuntarily.

The mother and child cannons hit enemies at medium and long distances, while the tiger squatting cannons hit enemies at close range. If you add the cannons that the imperial court already has, then the enemies at three distances, long, medium, and close, will all be hit by big open firearms. under!

Although it is not like the [-]% artillery coverage and no dead angle fire coverage of later generations, it is quite powerful in this era!

Especially when the enemy reaches the middle and short range, they will usher in the extremely fast rate of fire of the sub-cannon, and the close-range coverage attack of the tiger squatting cannon...

It can be imagined that many of your soldiers and horses were killed and injured before you ran to them. This will affect the morale of the army!
"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with these two guns?"

When Qu Tao and Zhang Fu came back from practice, they were a little nervous and asked with expectant expressions.

Zhu Yunxi nodded, and the unhappy expression on his face eased a lot, "Yes, the shooting speed of the mother and child cannon is indeed fast enough, and the small lead and stones in the tiger squat cannon can also effectively hit the enemy.

If these two are combined with heavy artillery, it will be a big advantage on the battlefield! "

After hearing His Majesty's words, the two of them also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as His Majesty is satisfied!
Zhu Yunxie ordered again: "In the tiger crouching cannon, besides lead, you can also try other things, such as sharp iron bullets,

Didn't my Daming produce a lot of iron? As long as the effect is much better than stones, it doesn't matter to use some! "

"Yes, I obey! Go down and let the craftsmen make some to try their power!"

Zhu Yunxie ordered: "Wang Zhong, ask the Military Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to formulate the process and specifications for casting these two types of cannons, and then manufacture a batch of mother-child cannons and tiger squat cannons. The old rule is that each cannon must be engraved with the name of the craftsman. !"

"Yes, slaves obey."

Looking at the dozens of cannons in front of him, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help being very happy, and then turned to Qu Tao and Zhang Fu and said, "You guys have made great contributions to the development of cannons. Zhang Fu, you have been promoted to be the commander of the standard guard!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!"

Zhang Fu was overjoyed immediately!

You must know that the Banner Guard is one of the imperial guards, and he is always by His Majesty's side!

In the 18th year of Hongwu, it was relocated by Qianhu, the banner bearer. He was in charge of driving the golden drum and the flag flag.

Commanding is an official position of the fourth rank!My father has been an official for many years, but now he is only a third rank!

I'm going to catch up with my father soon, let's see how he beats me again in the future!

In fact, Zhang Fu forgot, no matter how promising his son is, he can still be a father!

Seeing his happy face, Zhu Yunxi obviously didn't know what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but shook his head.

Zhang Fu's destruction of Xiaoliuqiu is really in line with his own wishes, but he is not good at rewarding and promoting him on the bright side, otherwise the generals will follow suit...

I don't know how many small countries are going to be destroyed!
Can the three tribes of Mongolia, Uzbek, and small Western countries not be destroyed?

One must know that Chen Zuyi was able to run amok across the West with only five thousand untrained mobs, burning, killing, looting, and forcing other countries to pay tribute.
What's more, it's Daming's soldiers and horses?It is enough to lead thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!
It's really not an exaggeration, Daming fully has this strength now!
"Qu Tao, you should be the commander. It's time for you to be promoted." Zhu Yunxi said.

"Yes, I thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Seeing that it was almost dinner time, Qu Tao asked if he was going back to the palace now,

Zhu Yunxi looked at the vast land and the sprouts emerging from the ground, enjoying the first warm wind in spring, feeling very comfortable,

"I won't go back. I'll order the soldiers to bury pots and make meals here. You don't need to deliberately prepare them for me. I also want to taste the meals in the army."

"Yes, I obey the order." Qu Tao hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the order.

After eating and drinking in the wild, Zhu Yunxi got up and drove back to the palace.

In the evening, after Zhang Fu, who was a little anxious, was on duty, he hurried to get his official fourth-rank commander's uniform.

The people below knew that he was a celebrity in front of the emperor, so they didn't dare to neglect him, so they quickly took out their official uniforms and gave them to him.
He also said apologetically, "Commander Zhang, try on this official uniform to see if it fits. I just received the news of your promotion today.
It's really too late to tailor a set for you. If this set is not suitable, how about sending it to your house another day? "

Zhang Fu waved his hand, and said very magnanimously: "It's okay, don't worry about it, let's just do it like this!"

The reason for this is that since the other party dared to take out this set of official uniforms, it meant that the size was similar, otherwise he would not have dared to take it out.

But the biggest reason is because Zhang Fu really can't wait to make new ones!
His father, Zhang Yu, was about to leave, so he had to show off in front of his father no matter what!

The father honors the son...

When Zhang Fu came home wearing this official uniform, his mother Wang who was busy in the yard stared at him for a long time, "You...you are, Fuer..."

"..." Zhang Fu let out a sigh of relief.

Finally, Wang finally found out that this was his son, but there was no surprise as Zhang Fu had expected.
Instead, he looked a little panicked, "Son, you, whose official uniform are you wearing? Oh, you can't wear official uniforms indiscriminately. How come you don't even understand this! Take it off!"

At this time Zhang Yu also came out of the room, and his face turned dark immediately, "Son, are you itchy again? You dare to wear any clothes indiscriminately. It would be a crime if others see it! Take it off for me quickly!" Already!"

"..."

The joy in Zhang Fu's heart completely turned into frustration at this moment...

How happy and festive it is that I have finally been promoted to an official position,
I wanted to give my family a surprise, but the surprise turned into a fright!My "hero" became a "bastard" instead...

Where is the reasoning here!
Even the words are the same, my parents are really a good match...

"You son of a bitch! You can't take it off! You've been turned upside down! Find a fight!"

(End of this chapter)