[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

Gandar finally proved his innocence with his work.

Although the purpose of this design was doubtful at first, after doing comparative experiments, everyone was surprised to find that the shooting accuracy of this kind of firecracker that seemed to cut corners was indeed slightly better than that of Daming's current firecracker.

However, when everyone has short legs, the difference in advantage is probably the difference between hitting the feet with fingers and hitting the knees with fingers. If the difficulty and cost of production are considered, then Daming's firecrackers still have the upper hand.

But the method of ignition is really good, you can refer to it.

The servant of the Ministry of Industry, who was accompanying the emperor's grandson, quickly came to this conclusion. He watched the group of Venetian businessmen leave happily after receiving the reward, turned around respectfully, and presented his views.

"Your Highness, with only this one sample, it is difficult to determine that it has something to do with the accuracy. I think that the difference in smelting technology and raw materials between the two parties cannot be ruled out, so I think that if you want to confirm that the groove mark does have a guide function, I should try it on my gun body, it's just..."

He looked at the emperor's grandson for a moment of hesitation, and when the young man tilted his head slightly to signal him to speak if he had something to say, he said respectfully in a low voice: "Your Highness, forgive me for presumptuousness. As far as the current situation is concerned, even if the chute is useful, its effect is limited. As far as its effect is concerned, the cost of improvement is very high, and I think it is not worth it."

It's not that he's trying to shirk his job, it's just that with Daming's current manufacturing level, it's difficult to make a smooth and smooth barrel, let alone slotting it.

Although the servant is an administrator and does not have much hands-on experience, but who can become a managerial class under Emperor Hongwu and live for more than three years, all of them can become pillars in later generations. Although this servant is not a high official, But at a young age, he actually survived several political turmoil and gained the trust of Emperor Hongwu.

If not, he would not have been sent to assist the grandson. Therefore, after seeing the distribution of the pipe slots in the strong pipe, the minister of the Ministry of Industry immediately calculated the time it would take for a craftsman to make such an effect, and looked at it. After the actual combat comparison, he secretly calculated the gains and losses, but obviously, the result of his calculations was not worth it.

The reason is very simple, "If such patterns are engraved in the strong tube, the construction period will be three times or even five times that of the normal firecrackers. In terms of the current ratio of firecrackers in Ming Dynasty..."

He understands what follows without saying Mubai.

The rigid ratio of firearms in the Ming Dynasty today is ten soldiers and one blunderbuss, but how many soldiers does the Ming Dynasty have?

In the 14th year of Hongwu, the northern side was ambushed by Lan Yu, the southern side was kicked and limped by Muying, and the eastern side was beaten down by Tang He and many coastal defense generals. After the delicate peace period, the guards of the Ming Dynasty were almost all full-staffed. There are more than 240 million registered military registrations.

The military status at this moment is not like that in the mid-Ming Dynasty full of people who pretended to be numbers, but the real middle-aged soldiers, the kind who can pierce the armor as long as Emperor Hongwu raises his arms and calls out.

Of course, these numbers also included foreign captives who had recently joined the Ming Dynasty. As socially unstable elements, even if these people were included in the military system of the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely not be equipped with firearms in a short time.

But even if a fraction of this huge army is removed, the domestic demand for firearms is still huge at 20.

Because of the huge demand for firearms, the central government alone could not meet the demand. Before that, Emperor Hongwu had to authorize some guards to manufacture firearms by themselves.

It is already so difficult to manufacture firearms by today's standards, and if the manufacturing difficulty is increased, let alone increasing the ration, it will be a question of whether the firearms that have been issued today can be filled before they are destroyed.

And if there are patterns engraved on it so that the firecracker can hit it wherever it goes, it's fine, but the current level of correction is not worth it, it's not worth it.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry felt that his thoughts were well-founded, and he was very worthy of his meager salary, but as soon as he finished speaking, he met the speechless expression of the little emperor's grandson.

What, what's wrong, did he say something wrong?

Of course wrong.

Although limited by the environment and rules, Mu Bai does not have a deep understanding of modern firearms, but he has a natural sensitivity to other weapons. No matter how tall and complicated a firearm looks, it is just a weapon. .

All weapons communicate with each other.

Nowadays, the main purpose of the use of Daming’s firecrackers is to provide fire coverage, and strive to eliminate as many enemies as possible before close combat. Under this requirement, as long as the guns do not explode or hit themselves, there is no need for its accuracy. In terms of use It is similar to the overwhelming crossbow arrows when the two armies confront each other.

But just like crossbows are also divided into crossbows that strive for speed of fire and bed crossbows that fire slowly for the purpose of lethality and deterrence, firearms should also have different configurations to meet their positioning.

There has always been an understanding of firearms in the first family of Ming Dynasty, that is, this kind of hot weapon will replace the status of cold weapon one day.

This cognition comes from their grandfather.

When Emperor Hongwu was young, he met the regular army of the Yuan army at that time. Although he was facing a regular army with full armor and weapons, the red scarf army still won the victory under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang.

But at that time, Emperor Hongwu was not proud of this hard-won victory. Instead, he took aim at the firecrackers confiscated from the Yuan army, and judged that this thing would definitely influence the battle situation in the future, and at the same time demanded that his army Configuration must be done as quickly as possible, or you will be beaten.

You know, the firecrackers at that time were basically disposable weapons, the kind that would be used as firesticks after firing a round. At that time, even many Yuan army generals were quite contemptuous of the firecrackers, thinking that this thing had a lot of noise. The lethality is basically zero.However, Emperor Hongwu relied on his advanced vision and keen sense of smell to invest in it, and thus became the only unit equipped with firearms in the uprising army.

His foresight paid him off enormously.

Chen Youliang led an army of 60 to attack Nanchang City, while Zhu Yuanzhang's army relied on firearms to hold the territory at an absolute disadvantage, and after the Poyang Lake water battle, it relied on the large bowl-mouthed guns on the boat to win more with less Turned around, and finally boarded Dabao.

It can be said that all the decisive battles of Zhu Yuanzhang had the shadow of firearms. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, Ming Dynasty spared no effort to develop firearms. There was an incident of a firecracker being pulled by his wife behind his back.

Ahem, although there are some subtle problems with the method, it must be said that the publicity effect of this move is still very good. After all, in addition to filling up his wife's anger, Emperor Hongwu also told his children at home about his idea.

Like Mubai, Emperor Hongwu believed that firearms, like iron, would become the main force on the battlefield in the future due to differences in manufacturing methods and usage methods.

The grandparents and grandchildren who agree with each other once sat side by side with great interest and imagined a battlefield dominated by firearms. However, although firearms have also changed in the past few years, they are mainly optimized, and there has never been a decisive change.

But now, Mu Bai saw a spark of change.

"Since there are firearms that do not pursue precision, there should be precision firearms with less error, just like the sharpshooter, who can kill people at two hundred, or even three hundred steps or even farther away."

"There are firecrackers that can control the firing time, so if they are placed in series in one place and triggered by machine expansion, can a soldier be able to control ten or even more firecrackers with the same firing frequency? Firearms?"

"There are fire mines that are buried in the ground and burst after being trampled on, can there also be fire mines that are buried under rocks and can break mountains and rocks when triggered?"

Mu Bai's eyes were burning, and he looked at the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was too shocked to show a combination of stare and stare, and said: "You don't want to think that this is a lie, this is impossible, what we are accustomed to now is precisely the indifference of our ancestors. It is possible. And the impossibility of our present is also the habit of people in the future.”

Mu Bai walked down Jintao, stretched out his hand and lightly pressed the hand of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the young man who inherited the excellent genes of the old Zhu family had handsome features, and his eyes were bright and energetic. The Minister of the Ministry of Industry who couldn't help but look up because of his movements caught his eye. Those eyes filled with anticipation felt blood welling up.

And the next words of the emperor's grandson ignited the surging blood: "There are many inventions in this world that create a new era. Since the Han Dynasty, iron has existed for more than a thousand years, and the smelting of iron in these thousand years Started endless wars, but also dug out more than ten times the land, raised a thousand times the people, and led people to farther places. Today, this firearm may be the first "iron", and As the first person to master this weapon, how to use it well is all up to you."

"The way of technology is like sailing a boat on water, Shao Qing, no matter it is a big lake or a small lake, if you don't take a walk or try it, you will never know whether it is a dark tide or a magnanimous way, but I believe that with Qing's talent, I will be able to give Gu the best answer."

The young servant of the Ministry of Industry——Shao ​​Yan's blood boiled immediately upon hearing the words. Is there anything better in this world than a big leader holding his hand and saying, "I believe in you?"Of course, the big leader affirmed his talent!

Shao Yan deeply reflected on his decadence of being content with the status quo, and said that he must change his past mistakes. Although his hands-on ability is not good, his brain is good!He can recite the words of the sage, can this be more complicated than the words of the sage?

He will definitely go back and discuss with the craftsmen a lot of experiments, trying to play with firearms in various ways, whether it is a head shot, a random burst of guns, or opening up the world, in short, he will drag the craftsmen to the end.

By the way, in order to prevent the craftsmen from fooling him, he started to learn how to forge iron today, and strive to make guns at thirty-six and five-sixth, and will definitely live up to His Highness's trust

Mu Bai personally escorted the servant of the Ministry of Industry, who was burning with the fire of faith behind his back, to the cabin, and then watched the slender and beautiful young man, who was wiping tears while walking, step off the official ship and walk towards a new starting point in his life. After pondering for a moment, Turning his head to look at Mu Chun, who had been staying aside for a long time, but the sense of existence suddenly dropped to nothing just now, and asked his friend in a low voice: "I seem to have heard him say that he wants to learn blacksmithing?"

Mu Chun nodded silently, then looked at this young acquaintance, rubbed his chin, and murmured, "Can this small body lift a hammer?"

Is this the point?Isn't the point that the other party was sent to assist him in completing the printing of books, and now that people are focused on making firearms, what about printing books?

...Yes!

Mu Bai suddenly realized this, and immediately widened his eyes. Oops, he fooled the labor force away!what to do?

Call people back to work first?No, Gan Erda's time here is limited, it is impossible to stay forever, and Daming can't do anything to trap people here to help develop firearms, so they have to use the fastest speed to get people here while they are still there. Knowledge is drawn from the other side.

Time is money, and this is far more important than choosing a bookseller.

If it doesn't work, I can only ask my grandpa for someone else, but it takes more than half a month from Fujian to Yingtian Mansion, and it seems that he can only take care of him during this period...

But the problem is that Mubai also wants to watch the development of firearms =w=

Facing the shining expectant eyes of the emperor's grandson, Mu Chun, who was about to go to Yunnan to proclaim the decree, sighed softly, "I will write a letter and let Ah Sheng come over."

Mu Chun is Mu Ying's eldest son, but his mother Feng died when Mu Chun was young, so Mu Ying married his stepwife Geng to take care of his son.

The Geng family gave birth to two sons for Mu Ying, named Sheng and Ang. Since Mu Ying was away in the army for a long time, the two younger brothers of the Mu family can be regarded as Mu Chun's efforts to bring them up.

Even though they are both elder brothers, Mu Chun's education methods are much rougher than Mu Bai's. Therefore, as a younger brother, Mu Sheng is serious and rigid like a little old man, completely incomparable with the lively and lovely Mu Xiaowen.

But now, Mu Sheng is accompanying his father Mu Ying, and it's not too far from here by water.

Mu Sheng likes to study and is rigorous in his work, so he can be regarded as a professional counterpart if he comes to help, and the most important thing is that Mu Sheng has no official position, so he can act more freely.

Mu Bai gave his reliable friend a big thumbs-up, and then took advantage of the letter to send it. The old-fashioned Mu Sheng didn't arrive, and Shao Yan, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, was sweating profusely, and the friend left again. , His Royal Highness Huang Changsun waved his hand, and lifted the ceiling of Fujian Publishing House in a chic manner.

His Highness sent a piece of pleading paper to Fujian Chief Envoy, suing a list of booksellers for illegally embezzling the handwriting of his grandfather and uncle, but the key point is that no money has been paid.

Hehe, unexpectedly, several inscriptions and titles in "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were written by his grandfather and uncle!

When these publishers did the stereotypes, they directly followed the gourd painting and sketched it. Isn't it a problem when it is printed now?

Stealing the imperial pen is a very serious problem!

As for the remaining booksellers... Mu Bai handed in another pleading paper. Although these people did not steal his grandfather's and uncle's handwriting for stereotyping, do you dare to change the current handwriting?Don't you think his grandfather's handwriting is not good-looking?Oh, this problem is more serious.

By the way, Mu Bai handed in another pleading paper, and sued him for his uncle who had finished reading "Three Kingdoms" and had no place to vent his passion, so he wrote the Tongren Wen himself but was pirated, and happily sent a letter to the suffering master At the uncle's place, he said that he would not thank his nephew, because the nephew is doing justice for the sky.

Although Ming Dynasty didn’t have copyright law to curb your piracy, we have royal copyright law!

The author has something to say: A certain uncle who published a small book for self-entertainment, but his pseudonym was removed: Zhu Xiongying!I thank you all! !

Bookseller: Please!Publish the copyright law, we would rather be sanctioned by the copyright law than do this!The former loses money, but the latter is terrible. Fishing and law enforcement are too despicable!

Without younger brother, father, grandfather, good friend, husband, and courtiers around me, Xiaobai let himself go: =w=

Yes, the "Three Kingdoms" released by Daming Yingtianfu has such a face.