My Daming New Empire

Zhu Di didn't feel guilty, just a little embarrassed.Fortunately, his strength was still there, and he almost dropped the gun just now.

This time, he clenched the handle of the gun tightly and aimed at the sheep's head again.Then a shot was fired and the goat fell.

Knowing that this was the credit of his nephew Zhu Zhanji, Zhang Chang immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have won another magic weapon."

Zhu Di was overjoyed, and ordered: "Go and bring a few more sheep, and I will shoot a few more shots."

At this time, he came to the side of the unlucky guard.It was impossible for him to apologize. Before he could open his mouth, the imperial physician had already said: "Your Majesty, the bullet is so powerful that it passed through the thigh and then shot into the ground. It really is a magic weapon!"

Zhu Di nodded, feeling extremely happy. "Treat me with all my heart, and I will reward you with twenty silver coins."

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The power of the new musket exceeded everyone's expectations. When they heard that Zhu Zhanji had now developed a super musket with a range of more than 800 meters, an effective killing range of more than 400 meters, and even a mile, everyone was excited.

A musket with a range of more than 100 meters is almost invincible, and a musket with such a long range is absolutely invincible.

Just like now, because the enemy's city wall is strong, the trebuchet hidden behind the city wall has become a sharp weapon for the enemy's defense.

But if there is such a single bullet, the shot is accurate, and the one who hits it will be killed, then the enemy will not dare to go up the city wall at all.

Without the watchman, the enemy's trebuchets are useless.

If there were a thousand such muskets this time, they wouldn't have been entangled with the enemy here for more than half a month.

As the admiral of the Jingwei, Zhang Chang was in charge of the coordination of the Chinese army.These days, he has been supervising the battle, and couldn't help asking: "Baoding, since you have such a sharp weapon, did you bring a batch this time?"

Meng Ying looked at Zhu Di and shook her head silently.

Zhu Di read Zhu Zhanji's letter, of course he knew why.Because of the stalemate in the war, he now feels that Zhu Zhanji is being too careful.

But looking back, it's not unnecessary.It can directly kill people at a distance of several hundred meters. If this kind of gun is popularized in the army, it will be difficult to prevent future security.

However, Zhu Di does not think this is a big problem.The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not the Qing Dynasty. They were foreigners in the Qing Dynasty and stole the country of the Han people, so they have been trembling with fear.

Not only did he live in seclusion on weekdays, but he also had strict safety precautions when going out, and even muskets were finally banned by the court.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty believed that they were the ones whose destiny belonged, and they had no worries about the army, which was mostly Han Chinese.

Although Zhu Di had some concerns, and was also afraid that this kind of spear would hurt his life, he thought that as long as he strengthened his precautions, he didn't have to give up eating because of choking.

Zhu Zhanji acted carefully, and asked his attitude first, so that he was still very useful.

Hearing Zhang Chang's question, he smiled and said, "It's not so easy to make a new gun. This time, with new explosives, the city of Herat will no longer be a problem!"

After killing more than a dozen sheep in a row, Zhu Di understood the power of this gun.Tao Kan picked up the bullet casings every time, and the others didn't understand the working principle of this gun at all.

This also made other generals very curious about this new musket, but at this time, Zhu Di tied the leather belt around his waist and hung the pistol on it.In the future, except for taking a shower, he probably won't let anyone have a chance to touch the gun.

That night, Zhu Di read all kinds of information from Daming. He was not very interested in the affairs of Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, and Zhu Zhanji did a good job.

On the contrary, those new things that played a huge role in Zhu Zhanji's hands made him more interested, and he often thought about it carefully and considered the meaning behind it.

Many of Zhu Zhanji's actions seemed a bit unexpected and deviant at the beginning, but it turned out afterwards that many actions were in line with Daming's interests and were foresighted.

Take the large-scale promotion of cotton planting in the Western Regions as an example. At the beginning, many ministers opposed it.

But now relying on cotton planting, all the countries and ethnic groups in the northwest have been drawn into the camp of Ming Dynasty.

It cost more than 20 taels of silver to build an arena.But even with just one competition, they have already paid back their capital. After the entire Cuju competition, the internal supervisor has made a profit of over one million taels.

More importantly, with the platform of the arena, the royal family and the common people have a platform for direct contact.For the common people of Ming Dynasty today, they can see members of the royal family for a few silver coins, and the royal family is no longer an illusory symbol, all of which are conducive to the rule of the Zhu family.

There was also the Xiamaqiao Research Institute that was not seen by anyone at the beginning, not to mention others, even Zhu Di thought it was Zhu Zhanji's nonsense at first.

It's just because this is Zhu Zhanji's personal hobby, and this hobby doesn't waste people's money, so no one objects.

But now, anyone can see the role of these research institutes in promoting Daming's economy.

The steam train developed today, as long as there are tracks, can pull thousands of people at a time and go anywhere at a speed of thousands of miles a day.

As long as the roads are built, there will be no remote areas in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the army can move directly to any area that rebels.

Seeing this information, Zhu Di wished to end the war quickly and go back to take a good look at the changes in Daming.

Leaving out his son and choosing his grandson to supervise the country, he was a little worried at first, but now it has become his proud handwriting.

The next day, he readily issued the imperial decree to Meng Ying as the chief officer of the Western Expedition Navy.Since this grandson wants to cultivate his own direct descendant, and this will not affect his authority, he will naturally support it.

However, he did not let Meng Ying leave. The navy had to cooperate with the army's actions. It was best to wait for him to capture the city of Herat before deciding on the next move.

After arranging these entertainments, the army is still besieging the city of Herat, maintaining pressure on the enemy.

But Zhu Di's attention was no longer on the battlefield, but was attracted by a few Taoist priests sent by Zhu Zhanji.

The power of the new explosives is ten times that of today's gunpowder. Although he had this concept, he still couldn't believe it without seeing it with his own eyes.

But the Taoist priests headed by Qiuming Taoist priests did not dare to let Zhu Di get too close. They brought phenol, nitric acid, sulfuric acid and other raw materials from Daming this time, and they wanted to make picric acid explosives and nitrocellulose explosives.

The ratio of this kind of explosives was already very dangerous. If something happened to Zhu Di, they would be in big trouble.

But the more this happened, the more curious Zhu Di became.

Regardless of the long-distance fatigue, the Qiuming Taoist priests spent a day and a night to prepare [-] catties of explosives and put them into [-] clay pots.

And that night, the besieging army bombed the city of Herat at night. A large number of soldiers armed with muskets fired indiscriminately at the west wall to cover the soldiers who were digging holes under the west wall.

The city wall is difficult to dig, but digging a hole beside the city wall is not a difficult task.

In just a quarter of an hour, before the enemy reacted, two hundred soldiers dug out twenty small holes.

The explosives were loaded in, and each hole has been accurately tested, with a distance of five meters, allowing twenty kilograms of explosives to play the most effective role.

Afterwards, the twenty mercury fulminate detonators connected by a matchlock were all installed, and then covered with soil for a while, leaving a big pit for ignition, and the soldiers of Ming Dynasty withdrew.

Shaharu didn't understand why the Daming people were so nervous, they even attacked for a while after nightfall, which had never happened before.

Although it seemed that the Ming people had retreated without taking any advantage, he was still a little uneasy in his heart. If something went wrong, he must be a demon.

That night, he strengthened the patrol at the top of the city to prevent the Daming people from attacking at night, but the Daming camp became quiet.

The soldiers of Daming got a good night's sleep, and the next day just when it was light, the chefs who hadn't slept all night brought out hot porridge and barbecue.

Each soldier was given a large piece of roast mutton, which was enough for them to eat two or three meals. After eating and drinking, they put the rest of the mutton into the food bag they carried with them.

It's just that this arrangement, although the task has not been received yet, everyone understands it.

This is the first and last meal of the day. The stalemate in the war will be broken today, and they will have a hard fight.