The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 129 Talented Ming Empire
Ding Yi was overjoyed, if this step could be improved, the whole process could be several seconds faster.

Now they have granulated gunpowder, which saves the time of stuffing the gunpowder into the gun, at least five or six seconds.

In the past, the soldiers stuffed the medicine in. Too tight is not good, and too loose is not good. Repeatedly poke it a few times, check it many times, and feel it.

Right now, you just need to push it in hard until it doesn't move, and you can pull it out immediately, and the time will increase very quickly.

Judging from the training effect in Lushun in the past few months (because there are still few guns), the gunners trained with live ammunition, such as the 50 people that Ding Yi is currently bringing with him, from taking medicine to loading them, finally It takes only forty seconds to be fast, and about 50 seconds to be slow.

(In actual combat, because of the need to ignite the fire, increase the aim, and sometimes wait for the white smoke in front to dissipate, it takes about 1 minute to shoot once for the time being.)
Take the medicine, pour the fire door, pour the gun, stuff it in, turn it sideways, let the powder connect with the gun powder, take the matchlock, and then you can shoot.

The whole movement is very simple, as long as you practice more, you can increase the speed.

Ding Yi thought for a while, and then said: "I heard that some people in foreign countries use flint. They can make a hammer in the blunderbuss, and then clamp a piece of flint on the jaw of the hammer. There is an anvil next to the fire transmission hole. When shooting, the buckle Pull the trigger, and under the action of the spring, the flint will be hit heavily on the side of the fire door, sparks will come out, and the gunpowder will be ignited to fire. This greatly simplifies the shooting process and improves the firing rate and shooting accuracy.”

"This kind of gun is called a flintlock. It doesn't need a matchlock. If it succeeds, it can save at least ten seconds, and it can be used in rainy days."

Zhao's eyes brightened: "I've heard my father say this too—"

In 1615, Zhao's father went to the capital to participate in the re-examination of the Bingchen Division. It was also in this year that he met Song Yingxing in the capital.

Zhao's father was a study freak. On the way to the capital, he came to Jinan Prefecture in Shandong Province.

There is also a firearms expert here, named Bi Maokang.

Bi Maokang was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli, and went to Shandong in the 42nd year of Wanli (1613) to serve as a patrolling salt censor, which is what we said earlier.

When he was in Shandong, he established Lishan Academy in 1614, which was also the largest academy in Shandong at that time.

When Zhao's father went to the capital, he deliberately passed through Shandong and visited Bi Maokang.

Bi Maokang introduced to him the self-generating firecracker he was developing, which was fired with flint.

But at that time, Bi Maokang did not make a finished product, only the blueprints and ideas. After Zhao's father heard it, he felt that there were more parts than the Lumi blunderbuss, which was a bit troublesome. rate would be too low.

When Bi Maokang thought about it, it seemed to be reasonable. The two did not delve into this issue.

After returning from the capital, Zhao's father specialized in making machine tools, and occasionally talked about it, but never studied it.

"Go in this direction." Ding Yi was overjoyed: "Flintlock guns are the development trend of firearms in the future. If flintlock guns can be developed and well-trained, the shooting time of each gun (with loading and aiming) can be shortened." to within 30 seconds."

That is simply the nightmare of the infantry, coupled with the formation of vehicles, and field artillery, it is also the end of the cavalry.

The fastest flintlock gun in history is the Prussian army. The fastest record in one minute is four rounds, about one round in 1 seconds. This efficiency was in the late Ming Dynasty. It is absolutely invincible. Cannons can be used without using them, and they are equipped with cars. Zhenhaogou will be invincible.

"Understood." Zhou Dahu and Zhao Shi agreed at the same time.

That night, Ding Yi couldn't sleep at night, and couldn't sleep for a long time.

Bi Maokang, Zhao Shizhen, Song Yingxing, and the Ming Empire are full of scientific and technological talents, and their knowledge is unrivaled in the world. If these people can make good use of them, there will be no future gold.

Why do you have such good talents, but you can't use them well?
I, Ding Yi, will use the talents that the Ming Dynasty does not want, and Ding Yi will do the things that the Ming Dynasty does not do well.

One day, I want this Huaxia China to stand on top of the world, and to be the leader in technology and culture. This, this is the mission of me, Ding Yi, who came to this world.

By the heavens, I will not let anyone or anything stop my pace and determination to sweep the world.
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Ding Yi left Yueqing on the [-]th, and bought a lot of goods mainly in Yueqing and its surrounding areas.

On the [-]th, I went to Wenzhou Prefecture, went shopping again, and searched for craftsmen in Wenzhou.

Zhou Dahu had an acquaintance in Wenzhou Prefecture, and through his introduction, he found more than a dozen craftsman families.

On the [-]th, Ding Yi divided the fleet into two, treating them as treasured machine tools. The craftsmen, Zhao Dashan took Xu Dahao back first, and some iron materials purchased in Yueqing and Wenzhou were returned on the same boat. steel.

This boat is his treasure, and he repeatedly told Zhao Dashan to bring it back safely.

Then, their remaining three ships continued south.

When going out to sea that day, the wind suddenly became southeast, and the speed of the boat accelerated a lot.

On September [-], after many days of sea voyage, Ding Yi finally entered Fuzhou, Fuqing Bay.

At this time, the Fuzhou sea was completely under the rule of Zheng Zhilong, the guerrilla general of the Five Tigers. Even Ding Yi's ship had to pay for the flag after arriving in Fuzhou.

Zheng Zhilong had just established a rule at this time that ships from the north of the Ming Dynasty would be handed over according to the size of the ship if they did not go abroad to go to the southeast sea.

Foreign merchant ships and merchant ships going abroad, regardless of size, each ship is 1000 taels.

A few years later, after defeating Holland and Liu Xiang, it was raised to 3000 taels per ship.

Even so, the merchants flocked to it and ran there one after another, because if the ship was big, the profit would be at least 6 times that of the flag silver, that is, they could earn [-] taels.

Ding Yi's three ships did not go abroad. According to the size, they had to pay two thousand flags and silver, and took three flags.

Wei Jiye and other popular people yelled like stealing money.

But it also made them deeply feel the huge profits at sea in this era.

Fuzhou Lane (between Hekou Lane and Hai Lane) on the side of Fuqing Bay is one of the most important ports in Fujian.

Every day there is a cloud of ships here, and ships from overseas countries and all over the Ming Dynasty come here. Everyone must carry the order flag of the Zheng family. If there is no order flag, they will be attacked by pirates.

Ruan Wenyan and Ding Yi looked at the densely packed boats on the riverside at the pier, and they had to line up to get the flags. They couldn't believe it: "How much money do you make this day?"

It is said in history that Zheng Zhilong’s annual profit at its peak was 2000 million taels of silver, which was equivalent to the financial income of the Ming emperor for several years. is entirely possible.

He couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "This is the huge profits of shipping. Look at those big lucky boats, whether they go to Japan and Fuguang, or Fuguang to Nanyang, the profit is at least [-] times that of one trip."

"Zhou An and Wang Qiji are already rich people. They have worked hard for more than ten years, and with a few small salt merchants, we only copied more than 30 taels."

"There are two ships going back and forth in Nanyang for a maximum of one or two months, and one trip can earn 6 to [-] taels."

The eyeballs of everyone's eyes lit up, and it was impossible to start building ships at Lushunkou immediately.

"However, the risk is quite high. Without the protection of the Zheng family, it is common to be sunk by pirates, and the loss will be heavy."

Salt is cheaper than shipping by sea. Although the money is less, it is more secure. Everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages.

Ruan Wenyan said softly: "Now I know why my lord hoards so much wood."

"The construction of sea-going ships does not happen overnight. If possible, I would rather not build ships myself." Ding Yi sighed, the century-old navy is not fake, it is so easy.

He hoarded wood just as a preparation, whether he could build a ship in the future was uncertain.

In his opinion, a person like Zheng Zhilong is considered a talent of the Ming Empire. If he is used well, he can also withstand the Jin army. Unfortunately, Zheng Zhilong's fate has been very bad in history, and no one can use him in a good place. .

(End of this chapter)