"Enough, enough. Thank you, brother emperor." Zhu Youjian gently stuck out his tongue. This emperor brother is really generous. A wave of his hand is ten thousand taels. According to the ratio of silver to RMB, that is more than six hundred. Wan, the history of later generations said that the treasury was empty in the late Ming Dynasty. It seems that history also has a time to deceive people. However, to find Wei Zhongxian for firearms, it would be waived. His firearms were probably all tofu. Daming’s most sophisticated firearms were shipped to Liaodong. Even Liaodong’s firearms can’t deal with Jian slaves. What's the use of finding him? It is better to go directly to the Firearms Bureau.
After bidding farewell to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu You checked out of the imperial city, and Xu Yingyuan, the attendant, had prepared his horse and waited outside the palace gate. The two went directly to the Firearms Bureau on horseback. At this time, Daming’s firearms were already very widespread in the army. In addition to artillery, there were also fire blunderbuss, bird blunders, double-eyed blunderbuss, three-eyed blunderbuss, matchlock guns, etc., but apart from artillery, the threat to slavery was not great. The range is too close, not more than 50 meters, not even the range of Jiannu bows and arrows, and the firing speed is far less than that of bows and arrows. Therefore, firearms cannot be formed independently, and they are only used as auxiliary weapons for cold weapons. Zhu Youjian went to the Firearms Bureau to see if he could make landmines and grenades. With Daming's current technology, the process is not complicated. The key is whether anyone is developing them.
Liu Yifei, the supervisor of the Firearms Bureau, heard that King Xin was coming to visit, and quickly got up and saluted: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness, I don't know His Royal Highness..."
"This king wants to customize a batch of landmines and grenade." Zhu Youjian only smiled at Liu Yifei's enthusiasm. He didn't pay much attention to these false etiquettes. He was more concerned about whether the Firearms Bureau could produce what he wanted. Necessary firearms.
"Land mine? Grenade?" Liu Yifei was stunned. As the head of the Firearms Bureau, this is a new term he has never heard. I don't know where this young lord heard about it. He doesn't believe in such a young Zhu. You Jian has researched firearms. He must have heard of it from somewhere. Maybe he remembered the name incorrectly.
"You find a few excellent craftsmen who deploy gunpowder and make shells. I will tell them personally." As the head of the Firearms Bureau, Liu Yifei knows a little about firearms in general, but he should not be an expert in a certain technology. Once the manufacturing method is reached, he has to relay it to the specialized craftsmen. Once it comes and go, the technology will be deformed. It is better to talk to the craftsmen directly.
"Okay, please wait a moment, my lord, I'll go find the excellent craftsman." Liu Yifei disappeared immediately, he also wanted to see what exactly are landmines and grenade, and what are their uses. If a new firearm does appear, he, the director of the Daming Firearms Bureau, doesn't know, then it might as well find a piece of tofu to kill him.
Zhu Youjian didn't wait long before Liu Yifei led several craftsmen into the hall. They are all wearing coarse cloth, and some of them have multiple patches on them.
In Daming, the status of craftsman is very deficient. Even in the Firearms Bureau, if there is no unique skill, the income is not high, and it is even worse than ordinary self-cultivation farmers, because the mainstream scholars of the Ming Dynasty basically only read the books of sages. No research on technology.
If you don’t understand, you have no right to speak. Daming’s right to speak lies in the Shilin class, so they denounced the technology that the class generally didn’t understand as strange and ingenious. This is also an important reason for the slow development of Daming’s technology.
"This is Lord Xin." Liu Yifei introduced Zhu Youjian to several craftsmen.
"I have seen His Royal Highness Xinwang." The craftsmen knelt in a row on the ground, and they were uneasy. They didn't know what His Royal Highness Xinwang had trouble with.
"Get up! This king comes to the Firearms Bureau, first to visit you, and second to customize a batch of mines and grenades." Zhu Youjian didn't have time to spend here, he directly explained his intentions.
"Land mines and grenades?" These craftsmen were also shocked. They had never heard of land mines and grenades. The shock made them forget the tension when facing the king.
Zhu Youzhen was not surprised. There is no such term in the world now. If they know it, it means that they are the same as themselves, and they came from a certain time in later lives. "The grenade is a metal shell with a wooden handle on the lower end, which you can throw out when you use it." Zhu Youjian drew a simple picture of the grenade on the drawing. "The metal shell is filled with gunpowder, and a draw rope is connected to the outside. The other end of the draw rope is a special friction line, like a fire fold. Pull the rope hard to generate sparks and ignite the gunpowder." Zhu Youjian explained for a long time, these The craftsmen are still at a loss. There is no way. Not everyone can understand advanced weapons, and even if they understand, they may not be able to make them.
"I understand. When pulling the rope, it's like rubbing a firebox and igniting the gunpowder inside." Finally, a middle-aged craftsman realized, "There is a firebox on the rope, and there should be a fire inside the grenade. Zhezi."
"In principle, this is the case." Zhu Youzhen was relieved, "These two fire folds must be fixed, otherwise, once they are displaced, they will automatically explode." As for the material to ignite, that is the work of the craftsmen, Zhu After all, Youjian is not an expert in manufacturing ammunition, he just used the experience of later generations to point out the direction for these craftsmen.
The principle of a landmine is similar to that of a grenade, except that the rope must be changed to a metal pole, because the mine has to be buried in the ground, and external force is used to step on the metal pole to trigger the detonating device.
Except for the middle-aged craftsman just now, the others still don't seem to understand, looking at their eyes, they all seem quite confused. This confusion quickly turned into jealousy.
Only then did Zhu Youjian remember that Daming artisans were all independently researched and developed, so-called church apprentices, masters starved to death. Craftsmen can only show their importance and increase their income only if they have unique skills. Those craftsmen who master unique skills will generally only pass on the skills to their sons and grandchildren. If they do not have a son, or if their son changes to another job , Will pass on the technology to the apprentice, and generally will pass down all the key skills when he is old and about to retire. If the craftsman who mastered the technology died accidentally and lost the ability to teach, the technology would be lost. This is also one of the reasons for the slow development of Daming technology. "You have to cooperate with each other. The confidentiality is only for outsiders. It is not required within you. The production of landmine grenade cannot be completed by one person, and time is also important. If time is exceeded, no one will buy the landmine grenade. If you can make landmine grenades, I will give a reward of one hundred taels. In the future, I will buy landmine grenades on a large scale."
"One hundred taels?" The artisans widened their eyes and looked at Liu Yifei again, worried that Zhu Youjian's words would not be honored. One hundred taels, that is equivalent to two years' wages for the seven-pin magistrates.
It was the first time that Liu Yifei saw Zhu Youjian. He didn’t know why this young lord made landmine grenades, and he did not hesitate to pay a lot of money, but trusting the king was not something he could offend. Besides, he also wanted to see mine grenades. Magical effect: "Believe the lord, don't you still believe it? It is serious to develop landmine grenade quickly."
"Don't worry about this. The king first pays fifty taels as a deposit. As long as you can produce what I need, the money will not be less for you." Zhu Youjian asked Xu Yingyuan to take out fifty taels. I handed it over to a few craftsmen and saw that they received it tremblingly, and added: "You must strengthen cooperation, hurry up and make the things that the king wants. Don’t be susceptible to each other. I will have a better life in the future. You make things. As long as you have the ability and money, you won’t make less money."
An older craftsman took the banknote and observed it carefully and found that it was indeed a banknote, which made him relieved. During the Ming dynasty, there was no false statement, and the silver slips were not fake. "Master, we will make landmine grenade as soon as possible to live up to the prince's trust."
"Well, this king also believes that you can make landmines and grenades. When the time comes, don't forget to inform this king. In addition, you must keep it secret for the time being. Whoever reveals the secret, not only can't get a piece from this king, this king will also Will be punished severely."
With the emperor’s ten thousand taels of silver, the training of Fenwuying will continue. The craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau have already taken over the production of mine grenades. Once successful, it will be of great help to the study of flintlock guns. The principle of the gun is very similar to the principle of the mine grenade.
After leaving the Firearms Bureau, Zhu Youjian was in a very good mood. The climate in early summer was neither hot nor cold. The soft grass under his feet was more pleasant than the Simmons in a five-star hotel. The slight cool breeze was like a lover's hair, gently rubbing bare. On his chest, the warm sun that has gradually sunk to the west expands the human body's thoughts in an infinite space. Zhu Youjian jumped on his horse and waved at Xu Yingyuan, "Go, go back to the house."
When he came to the barracks again, Zhu Youjian immediately issued a message through the camp: soldiers in the Fenwu camp have a meal every day. With the 10,000 taels of silver allocated by Zhu Youxiao, it will be enough for the soldiers of the Fenwu camp to eat for a while. As long as the military parade is brilliant, they may still get some rewards from the Ministry of War.
The whole battalion soldiers clattered and cheered. Some keen officers and soldiers immediately realized that it had something to do with Wang Xin. Since this rich second-generation Wang Xin became the staff officer of the battalion, the army has undergone great changes: the amount of training has increased, daily exercises, military songs, military skill competitions, and meals can be eaten, and now they can eat every day. meat. Although it was very tiring to train, the food at Fenwuying could be said to be the best in the entire Jingshi Army. Moreover, they felt that Zhu Youjian treats them as brothers, and there is no superior contempt. When you can eat, the respect of others is absolutely your first need. They didn't know Wang Xin's true identity, only that he was the son of a wealthy businessman. Anyway, it's good for you, what about him? Although Zhu Youjian was young, the soldiers served the young battalion staff.