Daming Military Empire

Chapter 474
In the early morning, the rising sun shines on the earth, and there are hundreds of officials in front of the Huangji Hall in the Forbidden City. Another day of morning court is coming to an end. The officials in the square all sighed secretly. It was also physical work, very tiring.

After all the discussions were over, just as the officials were expecting the officials to announce their retirement, Zhu Cijiong, who was sitting on the steps, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "The reason why the Ming Dynasty is as strong as it is today is inseparable from the development of technology. Now The European powers are desperately developing technology, how can Ming be left behind, so I am going to hold a seminar to discuss with you the issue of technological development."

If it was before he succeeded to the throne, few people would understand the technology and the European powers. Of course it is different now. How long?Almost all the officials showed bitter expressions.

My Majesty, I have been standing here for more than an hour. If I stand any longer, I will have cramps in my calves. Please do me a favor, old man, will we discuss it tomorrow?

Zhu Cijiong's habit of playing pranks is really gone. He looked at the painful expressions of all the officials with great interest, and then continued to speak loudly: "The seminar is scheduled to start at six o'clock every day and end at noon. Anyone who is interested can go to the Qianqing Palace to listen. Of course, this is based on the premise of not delaying the work. If anyone delays the official business in order to perform in front of me, I will not forgive you lightly. Alright, let’s retire.”

As soon as he said this, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief. After a long time, they continued to discuss with the morning court!
At the time of the day, in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, there were about thirty people sitting on one hundred seats. In addition to Bi Maokang and their disciples who were required by Zhu Cijiong to come, there were more than a dozen senior officials above the third rank. Are they really okay or do they want to show off in front of the emperor.

With the sound of "the emperor has arrived", the officials who were sitting there talking in a low voice immediately stood up. Zhu Cijiong walked in through the gate, glanced at the number of people present, and couldn't help but joked: "Are so many people okay?"

The ministers who are familiar with Zhu Cijiong know that the emperor sometimes likes to joke around with people close to him, so everyone smiled in cooperation, and then they cupped their hands and said in unison to him: "My minister sees the emperor, long live my emperor Long live."

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Zhu Cijiong continued to smile and said: "Well, here is an announcement. From now on, after entering this door, I will be a teacher, and you are students, so the customary etiquette will be exempted, otherwise I will not be able to attend classes."

Everyone cooperated and said in unison: "Hello, sir."

Zhu Cijiong nodded contentedly and laughed, but halfway through the laugh, he suddenly choked, because he saw his teacher Xu Guangqi standing tremblingly in the middle of the first row, calling him Mr. along with the others!

Zhu Cijiong really has nothing to do with this mentor. He was told to go home to take care of the elderly, but he was reluctant to leave. Zhu Cijiong had to arrange for an imperial doctor to take care of him carefully. After a while, he came over and was still standing there.

Zhu Cijiong quickly stepped forward, helped his teacher to sit down, and said awkwardly: "Men, why are you here?"

Xu Guangqi replied solemnly: "The emperor forgives the crime, but I just want to contribute a little to the development of Ming's technology."

The mentor has said so, what else can Zhu Cijiong say, should he be driven back to rest?

He had no choice but to walk up to the podium, raised his hand and said, "Okay, everyone sit down."

When everyone heard the words, they hesitated for a moment, because the emperor was still standing, but the emperor asked everyone to sit down again, which is inviolable, and finally everyone sat down carefully.

Zhu Cijiong saw that everyone was sitting down, and then continued: "Everyone knows that the European powers have developed the steam engine, that is to say, they can mass-produce muskets and cannons, so how can Ming Dynasty maintain its strength in future battles?" What about the advantages in weapons and equipment?"

This proposition is really a bit big. No one sitting here dared to speak easily. For a while, the whole classroom fell into silence.

Fortunately, Zhu Cijiong already had the answer, and he continued: "In terms of offense, the Ministry of Industry has developed sniper rifles and super cannons, but due to production issues, this is not enough for us to establish an advantage on the battlefield, so , the first thing discussed today is an armored combat vehicle that integrates offense and defense."

After that, he picked up a piece of chalk, turned around and drew a ground dragon on the blackboard.

Things like chalk and blackboard don’t have any technical content, so Daming made them early on, and all colleges also use them to teach. Everyone doesn’t think it’s strange, but it’s really the first time for the emperor to draw for everyone. Excited, I stared at the blackboard intently.

Zhu Cijiong's painting skills in the past few years are not for nothing. A ground-turning dragon can be drawn with form and spirit, as if it is about to open a blackboard and come down to plow the land!
Everyone's admiration, their eyes are full of admiration, even Xu Guangqi is nodding below, almost applauding.

Zhu Cijiong looked back at the expressions of the crowd and coughed in embarrassment. Why did he feel as if he was showing off his painting skills?

Fortunately, everyone came back to their senses when they heard the coughing, and put on an appearance of listening carefully, and then he continued: "Everyone knows that this is the Earth-Turning Dragon, and someone suggested to modify the Earth-Turning Dragon at the beginning. , and installed artillery on it, but I did not implement it immediately. Why? Because the technology at that time was not mature, a steam engine installed on it would take up a lot of space, and the weight would reach thousands of catties. If you add another A cannon, not to mention whether the space is enough, the weight is not allowed, it is estimated that such a chariot is made, it will be laborious to drive, and even the walking speed of a normal person cannot keep up, so what is the use on the battlefield?"

Everyone nodded regretfully after hearing the words, yes, the thing is a good thing, but unfortunately there is a fatal flaw, it is too heavy to run!

However, immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong said with full confidence: "However, it is different now, because we have alloys, and the artillery can be considered to be die-cast from forged alloys, so that there is no need to make such a thick barrel, and the weight is also lower. It will be reduced accordingly; the steam engine can also be considered to use alloy, try to make it as small as possible, and reduce the weight, so that the speed of the chariot can be increased."

For the first lecture, he didn’t want to talk about too difficult things. He even thought about the plan. He did this mainly to let everyone build confidence. If he talked about wired phones from the beginning, most of the people below would probably Lose confidence, because let alone doing that thing, it is hard to imagine it.

Immediately afterwards, he went back and changed the earth-reversing dragon, drawing it to have armor plates on all sides, and only one gun barrel protruding from the front.

At this level, Bi Maokang and the others estimate that they will be able to make it soon, so the people below are full of confidence, and everyone feels that this thing is not difficult.

At this time, everyone's confidence was established, and Zhu Cijiong finally dropped a blockbuster: set up an armored combat vehicle development team, formulate a research and development timetable, and invest 50 taels in advance. If it is completed on time, the project team will reward 100 silver coins. Ten thousand taels!
(End of this chapter)