Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

Liu Lanze guessed half right, it was not Zhou Xingzhi and Ye Ningxuan who wanted to make changes in Shuntian Mansion, but Zhong Qingyi and Ye Ningxuan.

Ever since she learned that Ye Ningxuan had started to represent Zhou Xingzhi in court, Zhong Qingyi had been going to Ye Ningxuan's side almost every day, pouring out all the things she knew, frantically persuading the other party to build infrastructure, build factories, set up schools and so on.

These things seemed very novel to Ye Ningxuan, and they easily aroused her interest. Every time she discussed with Zhong Qingyi, it would take an hour or two.

"By the way, where has your majesty been these past few days? I haven't seen your majesty much." After discussing the road construction and the business district, Zhong Qingyi reacted belatedly.

"Your Majesty, she seems to have gone to tinker with the newly established firearms battalion, saying that she wants to study new types of weapons." Ye Ningxuan breathed a sigh of relief. These ideas of Zhong Qingyi are very good. If they can be carried out smoothly, they will be successful in the present age. The benefits are in the future.

"A new type of weapon?" Zhong Qingyi's eyes lit up when he heard it, "Your Majesty is going to study guns, have you gone to throwing bombs?"

Ye Ningxuan nodded, "It should be similar, and it will be more convenient to carry and use than artillery."

"Sister Ning Xuan, please remember to ask His Majesty to be safe. It is best not to do any experiments yourself." Zhong Qingyi reminded, as for hot weapons, Zhong Qingyi only remembered some simple formulas, which were of no great use.

"Is it dangerous to experiment?" Ye Ningxuan keenly noticed the change in Zhong Qingyi's tone.

"Maybe, I don't know the specifics. But your Majesty must know it well, and there will be no danger." Zhong Qingyi hurriedly patched it up. She just thought of the ancient fire. The probability of the gun blowing up is relatively high.

Ye Ningxuan nodded suspiciously. Zhou Xingzhi's credibility with her was not high. After all, she had promised everything she said before Yu Jia's personal expedition, but as soon as she left her sight, she completely let go.

At this time, Zhou Xingzhi didn't know that Zhong Qingyi had unintentionally tricked her, and was still discussing the specific production drawings with the craftsmen, and finally decided to make a matchlock gun.

The gun body is more than one meter long, and soldiers are used to carrying guns, so it is no problem to switch to a matchlock gun now.

The matchlock gun originally designed by the craftsman had an effective range of about 100 meters. After Zhou Xingzhi improved it, the range became 200 meters, and the power was correspondingly increased a lot.

"Your Majesty Shengming, in this way, both the accuracy and the loading speed have been greatly improved!" The craftsman looked at the produced sample excitedly, "Your Majesty, I want to try the power of this fire gun with my own hands."

"Okay, you can try it." Zhou Xingzhi checked it briefly, and after finding nothing wrong, he handed it over to the craftsman.

"According to the current scale, how many guns can be produced in a month?" After seeing the craftsmen excitedly experimenting with the effect, Zhou Xingzhi's eyes fell on another person in the room.

"Returning to Your Majesty, if the raw materials are sufficient, we can produce [-] guns a month according to the normal production scale." The manager of the firearms department replied.

"Then expand the scale further. I want the firearms factory to produce at least [-] pieces per month." Zhou Xingzhi calculated the current number of troops in his mind.In addition to his own guards and border garrisons, Zhou Xingzhi also wanted the local army to also be equipped with some fire systems.

Calculated in this way, [-] is the basic requirement, and if subsequent replacements and armaments are added, then [-] is not too much.

"Remember, the cost can go up, but the quality of the firearms produced must be guaranteed." Zhou Xingzhi said and paused, "The person in charge of the last inspection procedure will engrave the name on the body of the gun after the inspection. If something goes wrong, I will investigate to the end."

"Yes, I will arrange it immediately." The steward took the order, "Your Majesty, if the person in charge of the inspection can write their names, why not add the craftsman's number, so that they can work more seriously."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, "Yes, it's good to write a serial number, so it's convenient for storage and statistics."

After working in the firearms station until late in the evening, Zhou Xingzhi ate something casually to fill his stomach, and then led the guards to ride back on horseback in the last light.

The place where the Firearms Battalion was set up was a little far from the imperial palace, and it took nearly half an hour to get there even if they were on a fast horse.

"See Your Majesty." The guard at the gate of the palace immediately bowed to salute when he saw Zhou Xingzhi coming.

"Excuse me." Zhou Xingzhi didn't get off his horse, but rode into the palace, and rode to the palace where Ye Ningxuan was.

Handing the reins to the guard on one side, Zhou Xingzhi tidied up his clothes before stepping in through the gate.

"I'm back." Ye Ningxuan sat at the stone table in the yard, holding a book in her hand, leaning on the three lamps on the table to read the contents of the book.

"Reading at night is not good for your eyes." Zhou Xingzhi walked over and took the book from Ye Ningxuan's hand.

"Then what do you want to see?" Ye Ningxuan didn't resist, she looked up at Zhou Xingzhi.

"Of course it's best to look at me." Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile, and couldn't help but bowed his head and kissed Ye Ningxuan, "Is anyone giving you trouble today?"

Ye Ningxuan shook her head, "They are all holding back their attacks tomorrow. If there is no accident, some new laws will be officially promulgated tomorrow. Do you want to participate?"

"No, after they get used to you appearing in the morning court, I will take turns with you." Zhou Xingzhi held Ye Ningxuan's hand and pulled her up with some strength, "I have to go to the firearms station in a few days , I need Ning Xuan to watch over the big and small affairs of the court."

"Aren't you afraid of raising my ambition like this?" Ye Ningxuan and Zhou Xingzhi leaned on their shoulders and walked step by step to the place where the bath was.

After hearing this question, Zhou Xingzhi seriously considered the time for three breaths, "If you become the emperor, will I be able to eat soft meals for the rest of my life?"

"Impossible!" Ye Ningxuan immediately retorted, "With the memorial in the morning, I only have time to relax every day when I eat, and you will come back when you are done!"

The smile on Zhou Xingzhi's face widened, "Okay, Ning Xuan, you worked hard today, I'll help you relax tonight~"

The author has something to say: Rubbing your hands together wants time, but I feel like I can finish it with one jump _(:з」∠)_