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Chapter 78

Hu Guang thought so, and then issued a decree: "The Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the eunuch in charge of the Bureau of Military Warfare."

There is not enough training in the Beijing camp, and most of them are old and weak. It is too late to say anything now, so we can only put it aside for the time being.

After a while, Nan Juyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Shiduo, the eunuch in charge of the Bingzhan Bureau, arrived at the top floor immediately.

Hu Guang looked at them with a serious face and said, "You should have seen the Jianlu siege just now, right? Do you know why I summoned you?"

He did not use the address "Qing et al" to express his displeasure.After Nan Juyi and Liu Shiduo glanced at each other, Nan Juyi bowed and said back: "There are too many firearms that explode, and the city defense equipment is insufficient. I am guilty!"

In total, two cannons were blasted and more than 30 blunderbusses were blasted. This is just a section of the city wall for defense.If all the Jianlu came to attack and the city defense line expanded, it is estimated that more firearms would explode.

No matter it is Nan Juyi or Liu Shiduo, they can't deny the things that are obvious to all, and they also know that there must be an explanation for this matter. When they heard the emperor's question, they confessed their guilt first.

Hu Guang saw that his attitude was good, so he softened his tone a little and said, "Nan Qing just took over as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, if I punish you for this, it would be unfair. But Qing also saw that Jianlu was brutal and eyeing the capital The supervision of the construction of city defense equipment must be stepped up, and it is not too much to rush the work day and night. But at the same time, we must also pay attention to the quality, and if there are any mistakes, I will never forgive them lightly!"

According to Emperor Chongzhen's memory, he knew that Li Fengxiang was the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Because of poor ordnance, he was dismissed before he crossed over. At the same time, he also killed three doctors who were in charge of specific affairs.

There are actually two other reasons why Hu Guang did not punish Nan Juyi.One is from the memory of Emperor Chongzhen that this Nan Juyi served as the governor of Fujian around the third year of Tianqi. He resolutely fought back against the Dutch invasion, launched the Battle of Penghu, and drove the Dutch away.

Another reason is that no matter whether it is artillery or bird guns, those soldiers who are not trained enough, panic before the battle, and have too much gunpowder will also cause the bomb to explode.

When these thoughts flashed through Hu Guang's mind, he suddenly froze, "Your sister, why did you forget this.He didn't wait for Nan Juyi's response, and immediately added: "For the newly-made artillery and bird guns, the craftsmen measure the reasonable gunpowder, and then use paper to fix them..."

He explained one of the most basic common sense of later generations, that is, the method of fixed-loading ammunition, and then immediately looked at Man Gui and said, "Man Qing, you have to speed up the inspection of the existing ordnance. If the quality is not up to standard, return it to the furnace. Let the soldiers also prepare fixed-load ammunition, and Nanqing will supply whatever is needed!"

"Ding, achievement value +1, from Minister Nan Juyi of the Ministry of Industry!"

"Ding, achievement value +1, from Liu Shiduo, the eunuch of the Military Bureau!"

Hearing the system prompt, Hu Guang couldn't help but secretly sighed. Man Gui didn't contribute, so he must have been squeezed dry by himself.Since then, there has been one less person who has contributed value!

"Your Majesty is wise!" Nan Juyi and Liu Shiduo bowed and praised in unison.

"The last general obeys!" Man Gui's answer is always different from others. After he finished speaking, he even looked at Nan Juyi and Liu Shiduo, and asked loudly: "When making custom-loaded bombs, do you still The craftsmen need to be checked, and the use of gunpowder must not be confused!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Guang asked curiously, "Man Qing, why confuse the use of gunpowder?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, gunpowder is divided into multiple uses according to the ratio, such as launching and exploding..." Speaking of these, Man Gui can be regarded as a professional, talking eloquently.

In fact, at the end of Wanli, after the defeat of Saerhu, the court summed up the lessons.One of them was put forward by Ying Zhen, the official of the household department at that time, calling for the reform of martial arts and improving the rationality of the content of the examination.

In the original martial arts exam, only the theory of tactics and the evaluation of bow and horse martial arts were set up.This time, the reform added the examination content of "camp, mines, gunpowder, chariots, etc."

Although Man Gui was not born in martial arts, but he was promoted from the bottom of the army by accumulating meritorious service, it is naturally impossible not to know these contents.

Hu Guang, on the other hand, heard it for the first time, it was very fresh, and he listened very attentively.

Seeing it from the side, Nan Juyi could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.I was really frightened by the emperor just now, and I casually said the method of fixed-loading ammunition, almost thinking that the emperor is so heroic and a genius born in the world.

Thinking about it, the emperor was just a vassal who grew up in the deep palace before, even if he moved out of the palace, he never left Xinwang's mansion.It's amazing how much knowledge a young man with little experience can have, and the idea of ​​fixed-load ammunition suddenly popped up just now.

Looking at the behavior of the emperor at this time, it is considered normal.Thinking about it, Nan Juyi secretly smiled: saying that the Son of Heaven is extremely intelligent, wise and mighty, that's just polite talk.

But even though he thought so, he couldn't restrain the commotion in his heart. When Man Gui finished speaking, he directly added: "Your Majesty, all gunpowder is mainly saltpeter and sulfur, supplemented by plant ash. Nitrate is yin, and sulfur When nature reaches yang, yin and yang meet in a gapless space. When it comes out, the characters are moved, the soul is scattered and frightened, and the soul is crushed. All nitrates are direct, and those who hit directly are nitrate nine and sulfur one. Sulfur is horizontal , the critical strikers are nitrate seven and sulfur three..."

Man Gui mainly talked about its use, while he explained it from the specific ingredients.Fortunately, Hu Guang had the memory of Emperor Chongzhen, so he could understand what he said. He said that the explosive power of saltpeter in the vertical direction was great, so the gunpowder used for shooting was nitrate nine sulfur one; The ingredient is nitrate heptasulfur three...

Hearing this, Hu Guang suddenly thought of the weakness of the artillery that he had discovered before, thinking about finding a good way to defend, a term suddenly appeared in his mind.

He immediately interrupted Nan Juyi's slightly ostentatious words: "Yes, I have an idea. In the subsequent battle of defending the city, don't waste gunpowder when firing iron bullets such as Hongyi Cannon and General Cannon. Only when there are large-scale siege machines that move slowly or do not move outside the city, cannons be fired to destroy them..."

Hearing the emperor speak, Nan Juyi had to shut up.But when he heard what Hu Guang said clearly, he was surprised and wanted to advise the emperor from a professional point of view.

At this moment, I heard Hu Guang continue to say: "Match most of the gunpowder into explosives, and then make large explosives, use iron shells, or porcelain shells, and ask them to be filled with things that can hurt the enemy. Nails, crushed stones, etc. can be used for large damage. Well, you can also fill the outer layer with tung oil and other flammable materials. Just such a thing, ignite the fuse and throw it into the siege pile below the city to explode, or How about throwing a trebuchet into the pile of Jianlu far away to kill and injure Jianlu?"

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