Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

You must know that the reloading speed of fire guns is much faster than before. The previous fire guns were only suitable for short-range shooting and were not powerful enough.

For this reason, the Shenji Battalion also specially trained the army formation. Once the bullets in the front are exhausted and cannot be replenished in time, the long guns in the back will be replenished immediately, but this is not conducive to long-distance combat.

For long-distance combat, only with the aid of spears or bows and arrows.

But since the change of Tumubao, the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty has been almost at a standstill.

And over the years, Daming has used the previous combat weapons most of the time, which is why Zhu Houzhao asked them to intensify innovation.

"Li Qing's house!"

"The minister is here!"

"I now order you to build 500 new types of firearms and 100 artillery pieces within three days. At that time, the military officials will go to the western suburbs for inspection. You can only let your developed ammunition be in the eyes of the officials. Only by looking at the past can you prove that you have not spent this time in vain!"

"It can also make the ministers feel that I am doing a meaningful thing!"

After hearing this, Li Suide had a serious expression on his face, but he also bowed his hands helplessly: "The minister obeys the order!"

After Li Suide left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Houzhao stood with his hands behind his back, and muttered to himself, "I don't know how General Horror will feel after seeing this kind of firearm?"

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The next day, in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao opened the memorial sent by Qi Jingtong. In the memorial, Qi Jingtong detailed the situation of the battle with the Fran Robot.

Although this time Daming won a complete victory against the Fei Fulang machine, in the naval battle, Qi Jingtong also discovered a fatal problem.

That is, as long as the enemy's warship shells hit their hull, their warships will be smashed.

To put it bluntly, although some woods were strong back then, they had already decayed after years of wind and sun exposure. Although he ordered the craftsmen to paint the outside, it could only be used as a facade. If you use it, I'm afraid...

In the face of artillery fire, the wooden ship's defense is too weak.

In the later stage of the naval battle, the Flange fleet desperately broke through, and seven warships were hit by the Flange battlefield, causing damage to the hulls and requiring improved maintenance.

"Faced with this kind of victory, I am willing to accept the punishment!"

"I have checked the wounded warships. Most of these warships have damaged hulls, and the shells directly hit the wooden hulls. Even those sturdy wooden boards can't be parried by the Fraun machine gun!"

"If there is another naval battle, you need to cover the artillery with a longer range to prevent the opponent's artillery fire from hitting your own warship. In that case, even the most advanced wood will not be able to withstand it!"

Zhu Houzhao put down Qi Jingtong's memorial. Judging from the results of this naval battle, the construction of ironclad warships must also be put on the agenda.

The craftsmen's research and development speed is a bit slow, it is time for them to speed up.

The wooden warships of the past would definitely not be able to withstand artillery fire, not to mention the wooden warships, even the iron-clad warships, may also be sunk.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao said to the eunuch, "Quickly announce the call of the Minister of Works to enter the palace!"

This sea battle ended with the victory of the Daming Navy, and the whole country of the Franji was shocked. The affiliated countries around the Daming Empire saw that Daming was so powerful, destroying the Franji warship was like killing a few wild boars, and they stopped one after another. trade with them.

They were all very close to the Daming Empire. If the Daming Empire knew that they had trade relations with the Franji State, and if they accommodated the Daming Empire, then the taste of the children would not be easy to taste.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao was waiting for the arrival of Li Suide, Minister of Industry. At the same time, he was also considering the future development of the Ming Dynasty.

At present, the maritime powers have risen one after another, and the Franji country is only one of the many powers. The science and technology of the Ming Dynasty has accelerated its development, otherwise, it will be easily surpassed by those maritime powers.

Just when Zhu Houzhao was deep in thought, the eunuch's voice came from outside: "Report to Your Majesty, the Minister of Industry is waiting outside..."

"Announce him in!"

After Li Suide, Minister of Works, came in and saluted, Zhu Houzhao asked someone to bring a chair and asked him to sit down and answer.

"Navy Governor Qi Jingtong has good news. In the Guangdong waters, our Daming Navy has won a great victory, annihilated seven Fran Jiguo battleships, captured six prisoners, and captured nearly 2,000 people in battle uniforms, all of which are detained in the customs prison."

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, the Minister of Works cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the construction of the navy in Daming has achieved initial results, and this small test of the sharp knife has already made the barbarians easily captured."

Zhu Houzhao handed the memorial of Qi Jingtong to Li Suide and said, "Look at the memorial of Qi Jingtong of the General Administration of the Navy!"

"According to the order!"

Li Suide respectfully took the memorial with both hands and opened it carefully.

He read all the memorials from top to bottom, frowning.

"Your Majesty, is it that the artillery of the Franji people is much sharper than mine?"

"What? Unexpectedly?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Qi Jingtong's memorial seems to be dissatisfaction with the results of the naval battle. He probably hopes that the Ming Navy will have advanced warships and artillery."

After Li Suide finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked at him and said with a smile: "Yes, it depends on the hope that I can have advanced naval battleships and artillery. I have an idea, listen to me."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Would it make sense to build a boat out of steel? Would the power of the hull be hindered?"

"Steel battleship?"

Minister of Industry Li Suide almost exclaimed, he never imagined that the emperor who was only fifteen or sixteen years old could come up with such a fantastic idea.

"Report to Your Majesty, how can steel go into the water? If so, wouldn't it sink directly to the bottom of the sea?"

"Will you be silent?"

Zhu Houzhao stood up~www.readwn.com~ and directly poured out the bird's nest porridge, leaving a silver bowl, and then put the silver bowl into the water basin next to it.

There was water in the basin, and the silver bowl floated up.

Minister of Industry Li Suide was stunned on the spot.

"This silver bowl can float on the water, can't the steel warship float?"

He felt extremely shocked. Years of experience were instantly rubbed against the ground by this young man.

After a long time, Li Suide's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he cupped his hands and said, "I understand!"

"Go down! I'll give you three months, I want to see a steel warship that can be launched!"

Minister of Industry Li Suide has understood the principle of the ups and downs of the silver bowl, and immediately cupped his hands full of confidence and said, "This minister will surely live up to His Majesty's high hopes!"

"Well, how is the development of the artillery?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is not much progress yet..."

"You can think about it. After that, I will ask you to find some prisoners of war from Franji. Some of them will make this. You can completely forgive their capital crimes and include them among your craftsmen."

"In addition, you can follow their way of thinking to improve the cannons you seized from the customs, and strive to be better than theirs!"

"You can't be slack in the development of artillery shells, or let other countries surpass us, and we will fall behind again."

"Anyway, your research and development in the recent period is still very good. You can take this map as a reference."

Zhu Houzhao handed the brief construction graphics of later artillery shells to the Minister of Industry. At the same time, he also handed the principle of firearm excitation to the Minister of Industry.

Minister of Industry Li Suide is like a treasure.