The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 758 Sending an Envoy (seeking a monthly ticket)
With his status as a great Confucian, Zhu Zhiyu is very popular throughout East Asia.

Even Annan and Myanmar's rebels would usually not embarrass a great Confucian in the world!
Because, in this era, Confucianism is the prominent school of the entire East!

Tokugawa Jiagang sent Zhu Zhiyu to the pier, and Zhu Zhiyu was about to board the boat, but he still held Zhu Zhiyu's hand, reluctantly saying goodbye.

"Sir, if you leave here, I will lose a great sage in Japan!"

Zhu Zhiyu said with a smile on his face.

"If the general dares to be interested in Confucianism, maybe he can send an envoy to follow the example of the old Tang Dynasty and go to Daming to study!"

"If you think about it, the emperor will definitely not refuse!"

"That would be a good talk!"

Hearing the words, Tokugawa Ietsuna showed deep thought and emotion on his face.

Maybe it really works...

Tomorrow's Korean War back then, only Toyotomi Hideyoshi offended Daming.

There is no conflict between their Tokugawa family and Daming!
Even after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Toyotomi family's rule was overthrown by their Tokugawa family.

Perhaps it is really a good choice to send Ming envoys to Daming.

Today's Japan, after tomorrow's Korean War attempt to challenge Ming's absolute hegemony in East Asia failed.

The kind of contempt for Daming that arose because of the former Japanese pirates harassing the coast of Daming and Daming had no choice but to disappear.

Japan once again clearly realized that the Kingdom of Heaven is still the Kingdom of Heaven!

Daming had nothing to do with the Japanese pirates, and it was only because Daming's main energy at that time was to deal with Mongolia in the north, and he was unable to look south.

Didn't you see that the Japanese pirates were wiped out after Daming was freed up?

But when the Japanese pirates first broke out, Daming dispatched a frontier cavalry from the north to the south, and the Japanese pirates would have been kicked out of shit long ago!

Didn’t you see how Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s so-called elite soldiers fought in the Warring States Period were taught by Ming’s frontier cavalry in North Korea?

Then, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness and the Tokugawa family seized power in Japan, out of fear of the Great Ming Dynasty, they began to implement the national policy of closing the country.

Only businessmen from Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands are allowed to come to Japan for trade.

But now, after the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, since the Ming Dynasty took over the entire Southeast Asia, even the Dutch's trade share in Japan has been greatly seized by the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the current target of Japan's foreign trade is Daming.

In this way, Japan's admiration and admiration for Daming has been further intensified!
Now, when Zhu Zhiyu said that Japan could send Ming envoys to study in Ming Dynasty, Tokugawa Iezuna was really moved.

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man wearing a traditional Japanese suit, wearing a samurai sword and wearing a samurai sword walked down from the merchant ship docked at the pier.

It was Tagawa Nanazaemon!

Tagawa Qizaemon came to Zhu Zhiyu's side and said with cupped hands.

"At Shimodagawa Shichizaemon, I met His Excellency the General and Mr. Shunsui!"

Although Tagawa Qizaemon is very powerful, he respects the truly learned people.

He has also admired Zhu Zhiyu and Zhu Shunshui for a long time.

Tokugawa Ietsuna was thinking about dispatching an envoy, so he just nodded slightly to Tagawa Shichizaemon in return.

It was Zhu Zhiyu who spoke.

"Mr. Tagawa is polite!"

"I want to borrow the boat from the Tian Chuan family when I return to my home country. It's really bothering me."

Seeing this, Tagawa Shichizaemon said cheerfully.

"Why did you say that, sir?"

"Mr. Shunshui's boat is an honor for my Tianchuan family!"

"Not to mention that I still want to ask my husband for advice!"

At this moment, Tokugawa Ietsuna seemed to have made up his mind, and said to Zhu Zhiyu.

"The matter of sending the envoy that Mr. said, after thinking about it, the general thinks it is feasible!"

"I don't know if I can bother you to stay in Japan for another New Year's Eve!"

"After the next year, sir, I can go to Daming with the envoy sent by the Tokugawa shogunate, and I can be a companion on the way!"

"During this period of time, I can listen to my master's teachings all over Japan!"

When Zhu Zhiyu heard this, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

He really didn't want to wait any longer to go home!

But when he saw the sincerity and sincerity on Tokugawa Ietsuna's face, he really couldn't say no to it.

After all, Tokugawa Ietsuna is the lord of a country, since he is so earnest to keep him, how can he refuse?

In the end, Zhu Zhiyu still spoke.

"The general's kindness, I really can't refuse!"

"I hope the general organizes a mission as soon as possible. This old man misses his homeland so much!"

Seeing this, Tokugawa Ietsuna knew that Zhu Zhiyu had agreed, so he spoke.

"In that case, thank you sir!"

Zhu Zhiyu nodded, then turned to face Tagawa Nanachiemon, and said in a tone full of apology.

"Mr. Tagawa, this time I have to stay in Japan for a while longer!"

"I'm really sorry for bothering Mr. Tagawa to wait in Edo for nothing!"

Seeing this, Tagawa Shichizaemon waved his hand indifferently and said.

"It's okay!"

"If the husband feels guilty, why don't the eldest son stay by his side, follow him around, serve day and night, and learn knowledge!"

Tagawa Qizaemon wanted his son to learn from Zhu Zhiyu, a great Confucian in the world, as his teacher.

It's also good to prepare for my son to go to Daming to become an official in the future!
In today's Japan, there is no such thing as the so-called imperial examination to become an official, and the solidification of class is not much worse than that of the Western whites at the same time.

Although the Tagawa family has a certain status, no one would dare to provoke them in Japan with the prestige of the Zheng family.

However, there is indeed no room for the Tagawa family to rise in Japan!

Unless the Tagawa clan can overthrow the Tokugawa clan, or even the emperor, they will have the possibility to go further.

But then again.

Although the Tagawa family has no room for advancement in Japan, it is absolutely possible to go to Daming to make a breakthrough.

With the help of the Zheng family's power in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, the Tian Chuan family can completely transform from a powerful family in Japan to a powerful family in Ming Dynasty.

Tagawa Shichizaemon knew that the future of the Tagawa clan was not in Japan, but in Ming Dynasty!

The first step for the Tian Chuan family to integrate into the Ming Dynasty was to find a famous Confucian teacher for their son.

At present, there is no more suitable candidate than Zhu Zhiyu!

When Zhu Zhiyu heard this, he didn't refuse, but just spoke.

"Okay, let Mr. Tianchuan stay with the old man to study!"

Zhu Zhiyu, the goalkeeper of Tagawa Shichizaemon, agreed and spoke.

"Mr. Lao is here!"

"When I turn around, I will order someone to send Shu Xiu to Mister!"

Zhu Zhiyu nodded slightly and said.

"Good talk, good talk!"

"..."

Tagawa Nanazawaemon left his son beside Zhu Shunshui, then boarded the ship, pulled the anchor and sailed towards Daming.

……

In the second year of Guangfu, December [-]th!
In the last few days of the New Year's Eve, Zhu Hongyu came to the Daming Royal Arsenal for inspection.

The heads of various departments of the arsenal personally came to the gate of the royal arsenal to greet Sheng Jia.

"Your Majesty, my ministers, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Bow down and worship, the movement is done in one go.

Zhu Hongyu got off his horse, stretched out his hand to support the front leaders, and then spoke.

"Be flat!"

After finishing speaking, he strode towards the interior of the Royal Arsenal.

Several responsible persons followed closely, waiting for the emperor's inquiry.

Zhu Hongyu asked while striding forward.

"Tell me about the development process of the breech-loading rifle project!"

The main purpose of Zhu Hongyu's visit to Daming Imperial Arsenal today is to inspect the development process of the breech-loading rifle project.

He doesn't need to do other things, but he definitely wants to take a look at the breech-loading rifle.

Liang Jin'an, the person in charge of the breech-loading rifle project, walked in front, leading the way to the testing ground of the Royal Arsenal.

Not long after, a group of people walked to the testing ground.

In the testing ground, several researchers clasped their fists to salute Zhu Hongyu one after another.

"We see Your Majesty!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and then spoke.

"Not bad, hard work!"

While speaking, Zhu Hongyu strode to a table.

There are a bunch of gun parts and an assembled gun on the table.

Zhu Hongyu reached out to pick up the gun on the table, and then began to caress and size it carefully.

The back-spin bolt, the long firing pin, the complex trigger structure, the front sight at the muzzle, the rifling in the chamber...

In Zhu Hongyu's view, this rifle is no different from the rifles of the World War I and World War II except that it uses paper-cased fixed ammunition instead of metal fixed ammunition.

The pile of parts on the table are the components of this rifle, and now they are just disassembled for display.

Zhu Hongyu put down the rifle in his hand, turned to Liang Jin'an and said.

"Get ready for live ammunition training!"

Hearing this, Liang Jin'an cupped his fists and said.

"Here!"

Under the arrangement of Liang Jin'an, an experimenter picked up the musket and began to prepare for the live ammunition shooting test.

Pull the bolt, put the paper-shelled acorn-shaped buckshot into the bomb bay, then close the trigger, aim, and pull the trigger in one go.

With the pull of the trigger, under the action of the spring, the long firing pin pierced the tail of the paper case fixed bullet, and then ignited the primer.

The primer ignites the gunpowder, and the next moment, a puff of white smoke rises from the muzzle of the gun!
The lead bullet was shot out from the muzzle of the gun with a very stable trajectory, and shot towards a wooden target [-] meters away.

With a snap, the buckshot hit the wooden target, and sawdust flew everywhere!
The test personnel acted quickly, pulled the bolt after rotating, opened the bolt mechanism, took out the remaining paper shell in the magazine, and then reloaded and fired.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
On the entire testing ground, only gunshots were left.

After 1 minute of live ammunition shooting, the target announcer in the distance came striding forward and spoke in front of Zhu Hongyu.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, a total of ten shots have been shot, and all of them have hit the target!"

"The total number of shooting rings is 85 rings!"

Hearing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded in satisfaction.

From the current point of view, the accuracy of this rifle is still good, coupled with its super high rate of fire, the performance can be described as quite impressive.

However, whether a weapon can be installed or not, although the performance is important, the more important thing is actually the cost.

That is cost-effective!
"How much does this rifle cost? What is the unit price of the bullets?"

Zhu Hongyu was playing with a long firing pin part in his hand, and asked.

Liang Jin'an on the side spoke.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this musket has a complex structure and requires high processing precision. Its cost is three times that of the rifled guns currently in service in the Ming Army, with an average price of 60 silver dollars."

"If it is put into large-scale production, it may be able to reduce the price!"

"What's more, the unit price of the bullets is not cheap. On average, one silver dollar can produce two custom-loaded paper shell bullets."

Hearing this, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but gasped.

This price gave him a headache!
The size of the current Ming army is about 50, and each person has a gun, which is 3000 million silver dollars.

Not to mention there are bullets!

In fact, it is not an exaggeration for the rifle to have this price. Zhu Hongyu gritted his teeth and said that it would be no problem to change the Ming army level by level.

Take your time, if you complete the overall change in ten years, it will only cost 300 million silver dollars per year.

Although there are many, the court is not unacceptable!
However, the problem with ammunition is that it is really expensive!
It sounds like one silver dollar and two bullets is not an exaggeration, but what you need to know is that the consumption of bullets is very large.

If you want the army to go to the battlefield without being caught blind, daily live ammunition training is indispensable!
Not to mention too much, there must be such a chance for live ammunition training once a month, right?
For a live ammunition training session, it is not too much for each person to fire ten rounds of ammunition, right?
The cost of bullets alone is five silver dollars per person a month.

One year is 60 silver dollars!

After a year of training, bullets cost more than guns.

If all 50 people change their costumes, the bullet money will be 3000 million for that year!
Who the hell can bear this?

Zhu Hongyu frowned, then asked.

"The cost of the bullet is a bit high, what's the reason?"

Liang Jinan said.

"Report to Your Majesty, the reason for the high cost of bullets lies in the production of primers."

"Because the production technology of primer is immature and the output is limited, so..."

Hearing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.

"Then, in the next time, we need to focus more on technological breakthroughs in primer production!"

"Come out with a satisfactory result as soon as possible!"

After pondering for a while, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"The performance of this rifle is still good, but at present, there is no need for mass production."

"Produce [-] pieces first, and use them to equip the first regiment under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Guards, so that the first regiment can explore new tactics according to the performance of new weapons while familiarizing themselves with the new equipment..."

At present, although the performance of the new breech-loading rifle is very good.

But Zhu Hongyu will not immediately equip it with the army.

One is because of cost issues, the cost of breech-loading rifles and the price of bullets are too expensive.

The court's finances can't bear it!

The second is because it is unnecessary!

Now the weapons and equipment of the Ming army are enough to form an absolute generation gap with any country or any army in the world.

(End of this chapter)