My Daming New Empire

As a firearms expert, Liu Sheng quickly thought of the key issues here. "Your Highness, if you hold your breath too tightly, it will easily get stuck. If you don't hold your breath tightly, the bullet is too heavy, so the range will not be far. So even if a bullet is the direction of research, at least it is difficult to achieve it now."

Of course Zhu Zhanji knew this. When the power of gunpowder was only so great, in order to increase the range, he had to design the barrel to exceed 1.2 meters or even 1.5 meters.

Switching to a bullet, the weight is actually a small problem, because the bullet still has inertia and impact force. It is not that the heavier the bullet, the shorter the range. Various tests need to be carried out in this.

The key that affects the range the most is the force of the breath. If the breath is not tight, the range is close. If the breath is too tight, the diameter of the bullet is too thick, which will not only wear the barrel, but also easily jam.

Since the machining accuracy has not reached the corresponding level, there is really no need to rush this matter.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Although the power of the firecrackers is not small now, the possible close-to-hand combat still cannot be ignored. Now the firecracker team is only equipped with daggers in order to reduce the burden. If encountering melee combat, it is very It is a disadvantage. Therefore, I think that a bayonet should be installed under the barrel. In this way, when encountering an enemy, the bayonet installed on the head of the gun and the length of the barrel will not be afraid of the opponent's knife and gun attack. But be careful not to affect the cleaning rod installation."

This is not a big problem, Liu Sheng agreed casually. "Yes, the minister takes orders."

Every time a musket is fired, a gunpowder residue will be left in the barrel, which must be cleaned.The function of the cleaning rod cannot be canceled for at least several decades.

It really wants to be like the copper-cased bullets of later generations, not to mention the cap, smokeless powder, and processing ability.Just the consumption of resources and the demand for copper are beyond the reach of the current Daming.

Moreover, now that there is a flintlock gun, it has already stood at the forefront of the world.Needlessly consuming more resources is actually not good for development.

Hearing that Liu Sheng readily agreed, from his answer, Zhu Zhanji also confirmed his intention to seek refuge.He smiled and said: "I know that you take all the gun barrels produced today as your own, and I have no intention of liquidating with you. As long as you don't hinder my Habayashi Wei's change of equipment, the other gun barrels are originally based on your Shenjiying. First."

Liu Sheng was overjoyed and said: "I will definitely send another [-] new guns to Habayashi Wei, and I will never delay Habayashi Wei's change of clothes."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "No, it's three thousand new guns, and it must be this kind of double-barreled flintlock gun."

There are 6000 people in the two guards of Habayashi, but it is impossible for all of them to be gunmen.According to the distribution of personnel, of the 6000 people, half of them are gunners, and then there are supply battalions, shield troops, gunners, and there are still some reserve teams.

So for a team of 6000 people, [-] new guns are completely enough.

Liu Sheng showed a bit of embarrassment, but he still didn't discount it and agreed. "I will urge the craftsmen not to stop working during the New Year. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we will provide Habayashi with [-] new double-barreled flintlock guns."

Although [-] gun barrels can be produced every day, there will still be at least [-] to [-]% defective products during the quenching process.

Today's smelting technology is not enough, and the steel purity of the gun barrel is not high. No one can solve this problem.

Wanting to increase the smelting temperature to the level of melting molten steel will be the biggest threshold of the industrial revolution, and it will not be really solved until the nineteenth century in later generations.

Therefore, the qualified gun barrels obtained every day are only two to three hundred. Zhu Zhanji needs three thousand guns, and six thousand gun barrels, which requires about a month's production.

Seeing Liu Sheng's careful flattery, Zhu Zhanji also gave him some hope and said, "Gu understands what you mean, but Marquis Anyuan, as the most trusted general of the emperor's grandfather, is now in charge of the most important Shenji camp and Firearms camp in Ming Dynasty." Therefore, it is not good for Gu to comment on the matter of Marquis Anyuan, but in the next few years, Da Ming will not lose the opportunity to make contributions in the Shenji Camp, and I hope Marquis Anyuan can seize it."

Although what he said was only a well-known thing, but saying it at this time meant that Zhu Zhanji had remembered Liu Sheng and recognized him.

Liu Sheng was overjoyed and said: "I will never disappoint Your Highness's expectations."

Liu Sheng was happy, and Zhu Zhanji was even happier.

Liu Sheng is not just an ordinary general or Lord Hou, after he was appointed by Zhu Di to form Daming's Firearms Battalion, he became the one with the most special status.

Daming's artillery, firecrackers, and the best craftsmen are almost all controlled by Liu Sheng.

With his help, Daming's firearms promotion plan can be accelerated by at least [-]%.

And with this help, his power in the barracks increased by another three points.If Zhu Gaochi develops like this for a few more years, even if Zhu Gaochi is dissatisfied with his son and wants Yi Chu, he will not be able to move him at all.

Today is Chenghui Liu Ronghui's birthday. Zhu Zhanji had promised her yesterday that he would celebrate her birthday today.

So before noon, I set off from the Navy Headquarters to return to the palace.

As soon as they walked out of the Navy Headquarters, two young men in their 20s saw Zhu Zhanji on a horse and knelt down on the side of the road. "Grassman Ji Yun, Ji Yu, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Grandson."

When Ji Gang left, Zhu Zhanji also met these two people at Ji's house and knew that they were Ji Gang's nephews.

However, as a great-grandson, Zhu Zhanji would not directly talk to young people like them who have no official position or lords. Instead, he turned to the little eunuch Liang Chong who was kneeling beside them and asked, "What happened?"

Liang Chong replied with a half-smile: "Your Highness, it's not that the servants don't want to take care of this matter, it's really hard to take care of it."

Zhu Zhanji was in a hurry to go home, he had no time to play charades, and said, "Report truthfully."

Liang Chong held up a wedding invitation with both hands, and said, "Yangwu Marquis Xue Lu returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and today he asked the widowed mother of the two to marry him, and he wanted to take the mother of the two as his concubine!"

Zhu Zhanji froze for a moment, looked at Ji Yun and Ji Yun, who were both in their 20s, and said in a daze, "Are you sure they are not sisters, but widowed mothers?"

"It is indeed the mother of the two. I don't know where Yang Wuhou got the birth date of the two widowed mother. It is clearly written on it."

Zhu Zhanji also wanted to laugh a little bit, so he held it back.Li Liang and his group didn't hold back, and several of them couldn't help laughing.

Hearing everyone's laughter, the two couldn't help crying. "Your Highness, please call the shots!"

People in this era are not like later generations. They are still in good health at the age of six or seventy, and they eat well.

Men who are over fifty are generally older than those who are sixty in later generations.The shelf life of women is shorter, because of long-term malnutrition, heavy physical work, and raising children, they age very quickly. After forty, they can basically call themselves old women.

Both of them are in their twenties, and their mother will never be younger than 40 years old, so it is uncertain whether they can eat with a mouthful of teeth.

This Xue Lu is really messing around. In order to humiliate Ji Gang, he actually asked Ji Gang's sister-in-law to be his concubine...

Zhu Zhanji covered the corners of his raised lips with his hands, and said, "I know about this, you two should go back."

The two stopped crying and looked at Zhu Zhanji with some confusion.Li Liang couldn't help reminding: "Your Highness has already agreed to this matter, do you want His Highness to accompany you to find Yang Wuhou in person?"

Zhu Zhanji suppressed his smile and said, "Go to Yangwuhou Mansion and ask him to meet me at the Intelligence Department at Donghua Gate in the afternoon. What a nonsense!"

After Zhu Zhanji led the guards away from the two who were still wondering, he couldn't help laughing out anymore.

It's like two people scolding each other, and one of them pulls out his 80-year-old mother and says, "This is my mother, do you really want to fuck?"

The other person didn't dislike him at all, as if he really wanted to do it.

Some things, you can only say that you can't do it, just like you scold your mother.

There are some things that you can only do but not say, such as killing people.

Or the unspeakable things you did with your wife, if you really say it yourself, you would be a fool.

However, Zhu Zhanji's laughter soon stopped.He suddenly thought, could this Xue Lu be like Liu Sheng, the ulterior motive is not in drinking?

He has already discovered that since he came back from Dongpu, the civil servants have respected him a lot, and the generals and nobles have become even closer to him.

It will be 14 years of Yongle soon, which is 1416. Zhu Zhanji, who was born in 1398, is already 19 years old in this era.

He is an adult, a 19-year-old grandson who is in charge of the world's navy.In addition, the emperor looked at him differently, and even the power that many princes would not let go, he handed over to the grandson.

This also made me a fragrant bun, no matter who it is, as long as there is a chance, I want to praise his stinky feet.

After entering the palace, he didn't go back to Xingqing Palace first, but went straight to Jinshen Palace where Zhu Di is now.

At this time, Zhu Di has already dealt with his official duties and is ready to go to rest.Seeing Zhu Zhanji looking for him, he asked, "What happened?"