Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 112 Great firearms, the pinnacle of ancient times!
Although the ambassador and deputy envoy of the Military Weapons Bureau are low-level officials of the ninth rank, they have also heard all kinds of wonderful rumors about the princess, and know that the princess will have the final say on Sichuan and Sichuan for a long time to come.

The Military Weapons Bureau originally belonged to the Chief Secretary, but now it is placed under the Princess's Supervisory Government Military Industry Department. Isn't it just that the local Military Weapons Bureau has become the Central Military Weapons Bureau?
Then they are equivalent to becoming officials of the princess' direct line.

They thought they would be punished, but now they not only get the chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, but also become the direct line of the princess, isn't it just a blessing in disguise?

Just when the ambassador and deputy envoy were secretly happy, Aimee Zhu looked at them again with a smile and said, "Don't forget, you promised to recruit at least [-] craftsmen for the Armament Bureau within three days.

Three days later, I will come to inspect again. The number of craftsmen in the Armament Bureau can only be more than this number, not less.Can it be done? "

The ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau wanted to say no.

After all, craftsmen could be recruited to serve in the name of the imperial court before, and at most he needed to personally subsidize a small amount of money and food, and maybe 1000 people could be recruited with kindness and power.

But now, according to the government decree just promulgated by Aunt Zhu, the craftsman registration is abolished, and the government is not allowed to recruit craftsmen to serve, and they can only hire them at market prices...
Thinking of this, the ambassador's heart moved, and he thought to himself: The princess asked us to work with this military industry department to designate the salaries of the craftsmen of the military department. Maybe it is precisely because of the salary that we want to attract craftsmen.

It is indeed better to lure them with profit than to force them.

The princess is amazing.

After realizing it, the ambassador no longer hesitated, and immediately replied: "I must do it in a humble position!"

On the other hand, Hao Guangming saw all the tricks that Aimee Zhu did when she first arrived at the Military Weapons Bureau.

According to most of the time-traveling novel routines he read in later generations, Aimee Zhu should personally announce the high salary to the craftsmen on the spot after understanding the plight of the craftsmen, as a token of kindness.

But the truth is, some things just can't be decided by head, especially when you're the leader, a monarch.

Otherwise, if you want to be quick today and set an unreasonable salary for the craftsmen, you will either bear the bitter fruit yourself, or change the order overnight.

No matter how you deal with it, it's not good.

That's why Hao Guangming suggested that Auntie Zhu let Li Zuo, the ambassador and deputy envoy of the Weapons Bureau understand their thoughts on salary from the craftsmen, and then make a decision based on the actual situation.

Aunt Zhu said again: "Also, immediately double the money and food owed to the craftsmen today, and then select the [-] craftsmen who have completed the tasks assigned by the government the most in the past two months.

The top ten will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, No.11 to No.30 will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and No.30 to the hundredth will be rewarded with one tael of silver.

Let the craftsmen know that under Bengong's rule, anyone who has worked hard for Daming, Bengong will not treat him badly.Understand? "

The ambassador's eyes flickered slightly, and he replied: "The humble staff understands, and the craftsmen must understand."

He understands that "under Ben Gong's rule" and the latter "Ben Gong" are the key points in what Aimee said.

So he had to let the craftsmen understand that it was because of the princess that they were going to live a good life.

Aimee Zhu was actually just repeating Hao Guangming's words, not knowing that the ambassador had realized so many layers of meaning from her words.

Even Hao Guangming just wanted to quickly establish the reputation of Aimee Zhu and the New Arms Bureau among the craftsmen by immediately repaying back wages and rewarding those who worked too hard. The purpose was not as complicated as the ambassador thought.

Auntie Zhu looked around, seeing the kung fu for a while, after the craftsmen smiled wryly to vent their emotions, they gradually stabilized, and said, "Okay, let the craftsmen go back to their respective stations to work, and you can show me around."

"Yes."

Later, Zhu Wei took Long Wenguang and three other officials from the Chief Secretary to visit the Military Weapons Bureau.

The ambassador and deputy envoy of the Military Weapons Bureau accompanied and guided the whole process, and introduced and explained the various factories, workshops, and production items of the Military Weapons Bureau, as well as various military equipment.

In the late Ming Dynasty, not only the local armies relied on the local military bureaus to supply weapons and equipment, but even the central government recruited from the local areas and distributed them to the various armies.

Therefore, although some local military bureaus have many disadvantages, they are quite large in scale and the system is considered perfect.

Hao Guangming learned from Zhu Yuxi's visit that the Chengdu Armament Bureau has four factories for armor, knives and bows, firearms, and gunpowder.

Each factory also has various workshops and institutes specializing in the production of certain weapons and equipment.

When Auntie Zhu visited the Armor Factory and the Knife and Bow Factory, Hao Guangming just looked at them in surprise and was not surprised by anything.

Because Chinese cold weapons had reached their peak in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Although there were many types of cold weapons in the Ming Dynasty, due to the emergence of firearms, all kinds of cold weapons tended to be more practical and economical. On the contrary, they were not as good as the exquisite craftsmanship of Tang and Song cold weapons. Can be amazing.

However, when Auntie Zhu visited the firearms factory and gunpowder factory, Hao Guangming, a later generation, was eye-opened and shocked.

To sum up, Hao Guangming thinks that the development of firearms and gunpowder can be divided into three time nodes.

Both ancient, modern and modern.

After "visiting" the Chengdu Arms Bureau and listening to the introduction of the ambassador, Hao Guangming can say that the firearms and gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty have reached the peak of ancient times!

Firearms in the Ming Dynasty can be divided into two main categories, namely cannons and blunderbusses.

The guns include the Hongyi cannon and the Franco cannon, which were imported from overseas by the Ming Dynasty but could be imitated or even made better.

Hongyi cannons generally use solid iron bullets with a range of one to three or four miles.

The Fran machine gun is a rear-loading gun, which can use open-ended ammunition, live ammunition, and shot ammunition, and has a front sight and a rear sight. It can not only shoot close to the front, cover a 60-meter-wide front, but also shoot live ammunition for more than one mile. Far.

In addition, there are tiger squatting guns similar to modern mortars, and various single-shot rockets, burst rockets, cluster rockets, and Shenhuo flying crows similar to bazookas.

As for the second largest category, guns, there are even more types.

There are mainly single fire blunderbusses, three-eye blunderbusses and four-eye blunderbusses for continuous firing, continuous-fire blunderbusses for automatic bursts, kidnapper blunderbusses that can hold "bullets (sub-blunders)", and Thunderbolt blunderbusses with as many as 180 shooting tubes. , and a five-thor machine with multiple barrels that can be rotated and shoots up to [-] meters into the prototype of a machine gun!
In addition, there are bird guns that are very close to modern arquebus guns, and among bird guns, there has been developed a Lumi gun with a long range, high power, and an aimable design similar to a sniper rifle!

As for flintlock guns and pistols, they were also imitated, but they were only circulated among a few literati or generals who loved firearms, and they were not used by the army.

For example, Auntie Zhu has a pistol that was brought from the palace to Hao Guangming.

In addition to these two types of firearms, the Ming Dynasty also had land mines and sea mines.

There are dozens of mines such as stone mines, ceramic mines, and pig iron mines.

Sea mines also include underwater mines, underwater dragon king guns (the effect is somewhat similar to torpedoes), mixed river dragons, etc.

As for combustion, oil was used in military affairs during the Tang and Song dynasties, and in the Ming Dynasty, a large-scale explosive and incendiary weapon "ten thousand enemies" was invented.

After its explosion, the fragments can instantly kill the surrounding enemies, and it can also throw out the internal fire oil, resulting in a large continuous burning area.

Finally, the development and application of black powder in the Ming Dynasty was actually at the peak of ancient times.

For example, the use of gunpowder has been divided into three categories: ignition powder, propellant, and propellant (solid propellant).

And according to the needs of various guns, blunderbuss and other weapons, dozens of available gunpowder formulas have been developed.

As for the granulation of gunpowder, it has already been done.

It’s just that not all gunpowder in the military needs to be granulated, some need to be made into powder, and others need to be made into a solid block.

After Hao Guangming learned about the firearms and gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't help thinking of certain thoughts that flashed by when he first learned that Li Zicheng's army was besieging the capital.

For example, use alcohol to make incendiary bombs, or buy smaller gas bottles to bring to Aimee Zhu.

Will the alcohol used to make Molotov cocktails be the same as kerosene (petroleum) soon?

As for the gas bottle, how much more powerful is it than a weapon like the Ming Dynasty's Ten Thousand Enemies?
Not to mention that there are also a wide variety of two types of firearms, cannon and blunderbuss.

Some people may say that Li Zicheng's attack on Beijing and Zhang Xianzhong's attack on Chengdu were wars in which the use of firearms was not high.

But these are also two large-scale wars involving hundreds of thousands of people.

Even if Auntie Zhu shipped hundreds of Molotov cocktails and dozens of gas tanks, would it definitely change the outcome of the war?
If in a battle with hundreds or thousands of people, when there is no powerful weapon, Aimee Zhu may be able to change the outcome of the battle by transporting a few gas tanks.

Once the war involves tens of thousands of people and involves a large city, it is not something that can be solved with a small amount of explosives.

If you really want to use the things of later generations to affect the war, it is not as good as some items that were originally non-military, such as using drones for reconnaissance, using paragliders for sneak attacks, and using large searchlights to intimidate the enemy, and so on.

Of course, for Aimee Zhu, what she should really do is what she is doing now and what she will do in the future.

Such as rectifying the military bureau to stimulate the production enthusiasm of craftsmen; rectifying the various armies so that the soldiers have the heart to fight and dare to die; rectifying the various government offices so that the officials and officials work together;

Only when people's problems are fully understood can the effectiveness of weapons be brought into play.

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