Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 49
"Your Highness, be careful, this thing is too dangerous!"

In the racecourse of the Forbidden City, Li Jinglong carefully handed a firecracker to the emperor grandson.

It took him a lot of effort to bring this thing into the palace. If his old man Li Wenzhong found out, he would definitely break his leg.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the firecracker and frowned.

This is clearly a thick iron pipe, hollowed out in the middle, thin in the front and thick in the back, with no rifling or sight in the barrel.The casting is not very fine, rather rough.Without any polish, the barrel is black.

However, the weight is solid, and it can be used as a hammer when it is too late to reload on the battlefield.Swing it all at once, and the opponent's tendons will be broken immediately.

"Bring it!" Zhu Xiongying stretched out his hand.

Li Jinglong was puzzled, "What does Your Highness want?"

"Gunpowder, bullets!" Zhu Xiongying said.

"I dare not bring those things into the palace even if I die!" Li Jinglong was startled and said hastily.

"You look at your future?" Zhu Xiongying said displeased, "It's so rare that I ask you to do something, you can do it!"

Hearing the emperor's grandson's words, he was a little dissatisfied, and Li Jinglong was both wronged and frightened.The grievance is that he got the firecracker from the family guards at home. What is terrified is that the first time the emperor asked him to do something, he messed it up.

But he really didn't dare to bring gunpowder and bullets!Let alone whether he can be brought in, on the first day he was selected to be next to the emperor's grandson, he let his old man Li Wenzhong give him a good punch first.

People in the old life taught children, and they didn't talk so much, they just started fighting before talking.

After beating him, he was strictly warned not to rely on your cleverness to do something you shouldn't do around the emperor's grandson.When entering the palace to accompany the grandson, you must always keep in mind your duty as a courtier, and you must not do what you should not do.Otherwise, breaking his legs would be light.

"Why not." Li Jinglong thought about it, "Your Highness, I really don't talk much, and I dare not bring such a powerful thing in. Otherwise, if you and Mr. Mao let me know, he will definitely have a solution!"

Zhu Xiongying thought about it, "Well, go do some errands and invite the lonely uncle over!"

"Yes!" Li Jinglong agreed and left quickly.

In the martial arts arena, not only the two of them were alone, but Fu Rang took other honorable children to rest beside him.

Zhu Xiongying whispered softly, "Fu Rang, don't rest, let everyone practice!"

"Assemble!" Fu Rang yelled, and dozens of honorable children stood up in an instant, forming a small square formation.

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The founding father, Chang Mao, is in charge of the army in front of the imperial palace and is responsible for guarding the entire imperial city.

In the afternoon of that day, Zhu Xiongying was taken to the pro-military arena.In fact, he dared to bring the grandson of the emperor with the approval of the prince.Although Zhu Biao hopes that his son can study hard, he doesn't want him to become a nerd who only knows how to read.

"Does Your Highness want to see the firecracker?" Chang Mao said with a smile, "I just let you see it!"

As soon as the voice fell, dozens of soldiers holding firecrackers lined up in three rows on the other side of the martial arts arena.

The one at the front is holding a gunpowder, and the two behind are loading projectile gunpowder.

"Get ready!" The officer raised his hands at the top of his voice, "Let go!"

boom!boom!boom!
The violent explosion was accompanied by white smoke, and the momentum was terrifying.

Zhu Xiongying, who was twenty steps away from the firecrackers, could clearly see the soldiers holding the firecrackers. Because of the recoil, they almost couldn't even hold the firecrackers steadily.The burly body was visibly shaking violently.

The firecracker is not so much the prototype of the musket, it is better to say that it is a small artillery at the moment. Its caliber and charge are far superior to the later muskets.

boom!boom!boom!
It was another round that shook people's eardrums, and under the white smoke, it was impossible to see anything clearly.

"Stop, don't let it go!" Zhu Xiongying said, ignoring the obstacles around him and walking to the target.

Although the momentum of the firecrackers was terrifying, it was a pity that the accuracy was too poor. After two rounds of shooting, half of the ten targets in front were still safe and sound.

"What else do you want to see, Your Highness?" Chang Mao smiled dotingly, "Why don't I ask someone to pull some cannons over for you?"

"Gu heard that firecrackers are highly respected in the army, but now it seems that this is accurate." Zhu Xiongying frowned, "It's not very satisfactory, isn't it?"

"The accurate head almost can't stand the crowd!" Chang Mao laughed, "Firing hundreds of firecrackers together, if you can't kill the enemy, you will scare them to death!" Then he said, "Besides, what you just watched was direct fire. That's not the way to fight!"

"The projectiles used are also different. When going into battle, no one uses such solid iron lump projectiles. They are all lead sand and iron flakes that are like sand. They are stuffed into the firecrackers. When the enemy comes over, they will hit a large piece. What a hero. I can't stand it!"

"It's like a shotgun!" Zhu Xiongying seemed to understand, thinking.

"But this thing is still not as easy to use as a bow and arrow long gun!" Chang Mao said again, "If you charge too much, the chamber will explode, and if you don't charge enough, you can't hit it far. After a few rounds, it will become hot, and no one can hold it. Minister Once when we were fighting with the army, the soldiers in front fired the firecrackers while urinating. As a result, the firecrackers were soaked and couldn’t fire at all.”

The explosion of the chamber was due to the casting process and poor control of the amount of charge. One was due to the training of the soldiers, and the other was that there was no fixed charge.

Zhu Xiongying listened silently, and said, "Uncle, can you find some craftsmen who are good at making firearms for Gu?"

"What do you see them doing?" Chang Mao asked with a smile.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it inherited a lot of dross from the previous Mongolian and Yuan dynasties.Among them, artisan households are one of them. Once they are artisan households, they will be artisan households for generations to come, and their status is extremely low.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying's insistence, Chang Mao thought about it, and continued to speak, "In the camp today, there are really a few craftsmen on duty who are repairing ordnance and armor for the brothers. I will have someone call you here!"

Not long after, a few timid figures were called over. These people looked like laborers, with thick joints and calluses on their hands.

"Little man, kowtow to the grandson of the emperor Qiantui, Qiantui, Qiantui!"

Zhu Xiongying sat on a chair and said with a smile, "Get up, get up!" As he spoke, he looked at the craftsmen who were kneeling on the ground, as if they were prostrate, and asked, "Among you, who is the leader?"

Among the craftsmen, a man in his 40s tremblingly said, "Xu San, the villain, is the foreman of these craftsmen!"

"You know how to make firearms?"

"When the villain's ancestor was in the Yuan Dynasty, he made muzzle guns in the manufacturing bureau!" Xu San replied, "It's the fourth generation of the villain!"

"Get up and answer!" Zhu Xiongying said.

"The villain dare not!"

Before he finished speaking, his neck tightened, and he was pulled up by Chang Mao's big hand, "Get up as soon as your Highness tells you, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Come here!" Zhu Xiongying waved to him, then drew out the waist knife of the guard beside him, and began to draw on the ground.

"Look!" Zhu Xiongying said while drawing on the ground, "I have an idea in my heart, this firecracker doesn't have to be so thick. The barrel can be longer and thinner. Wood can be wrapped under the barrel so that it doesn't need to be so thick. Isn’t it hot? There is a butt on the back, which can be placed on the shoulder, and then the muzzle of the gun is aimed at the three points and one line here to make a front sight.”

The bystanders were overwhelmed with mist when they heard it, but the craftsmen's eyes widened and their faces were full of astonishment.

The development of science and technology requires down-to-earth accumulation, but it also requires whimsy and inspiration.

They have all been veteran craftsmen of firearms all their lives, so they can naturally see the various benefits that the emperor said.

(End of this chapter)