Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

When a military meeting was convened, Sun Chuanting ordered people to capture He Renlong, read out the emperor's secret decree, announced He Renlong's ten crimes on the spot, and then pushed him out to kill him at the gate, causing all the generals to change their expressions.

Gao Jie was promoted to Shaanxi Commander-in-Chief and took over the military power. He came to appease and stabilize the morale of the army, which made Sun Chuanting secretly relieved and also greatly increased his confidence.

In the previous life, the generals of the three armies did not coordinate with each other during the battle. They were afraid of fighting and avoided fighting. They only focused on preserving their strength. As a result, the entire army was defeated. Sun Chuanting died in the battle, and the last remaining wealth of the Ming Dynasty was ruined.

In this life, Zhu Youjian gave Sun Chuanting the privilege of responding to ordinary situations and making decisions on the spot, and also increased his power. Whoever dares to violate the law, avoid war, and kill friendly troops, no matter how big his official position is, he will not know who he is. Can you escape this disaster?

After Zhu Youjian delegated power to Sun Chuanting, he left him to work in Shaanxi and Henan. He was so busy that he almost didn't touch the ground to solve the Jiaofang Division matter. He stayed in the gun factory all day long to supervise the production of muskets.

After watching the old blacksmith create a finished musket from beginning to end, Zhu Youjian finally understood that the reason for the low output of muskets was due to his family background.

There is a saying that if you pass it on from male to female, from within to outside, you will starve the master to death if you teach your disciples. When the master teaches his disciples, he often leaves something to be desired, which eventually leads to the loss of many unique skills.

The same goes for these old blacksmiths who know how to make firearms. Even if they have some apprentices, they all make muskets by themselves. The apprentices are just starting out. No matter how capable a person is, how many muskets can he make in a month?

In order to solve this bad habit passed down through the ages, Zhu Youjian also tried his best to create a production assembly line and emphasize the spirit of teamwork. Then he promised a lot of money and taught an apprentice to be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. Then each master led the apprentice to be responsible for one line. The master still received a bonus of one tael of silver for the musket produced on the production line.

In this way, the production efficiency of the muskets will increase, and the master will get more bonuses. Are you afraid that you won't be tempted?

As soon as the new production regulations came out, the old blacksmiths were as excited as chicken blood, and they devoted themselves to teaching their apprentices. Some were responsible for steelmaking, some were responsible for blacksmithing, and some were responsible for drilling machines. The master was only the final check and the one who tested the muskets. As long as the qualifications are met, it's leisurely and you can get a lot of bonuses. It's hard not to laugh.

After the reform, basically one or two masters lead their apprentices to work together and are responsible for a production line. A dozen masters are six or seven production lines. The efficiency has increased several times and the production capacity has greatly increased. In one month, at least 100,000 pieces can be produced. Five to six hundred fine muskets.

Everyone was so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. The happiest one was Zhu Youjian, because there was not much time left for him. He didn't want to hang himself on the southeastern branch of Meishan, so he had to race against time to train powerful musketeers.

After finishing the production line, he didn't even have time to take a break, so he turned his attention to the scientific research institute, and he was really busy.

There are nearly thirty old blacksmiths who know how to make guns, and half of them are too old to wield a sledgehammer. Zhu Youjian has other plans for them, which is to gather them together and give them research directions and new ideas, and even rough ideas. The drawings were drawn, and they were asked to work together to study the breech and fire the gun.

Although there is a fixed paper cartridge case, loading the ammunition in the front chamber and then lighting the fuse with a match rope is extremely slow. The breech-loading gun solves these problems. The key is to solve the problem of flint ignition.

For today's technology, pointed bullets, copper bullet cases, etc. are all relatively high-end stuff. There is not much time and money to study them for the time being, so they can only wait until he has established a stable position before studying them.

The truth is only within the range of cannons. Zhu Youjian is a military fan, so he naturally knows the power of cannons. How could he not create a cannon with a long range and powerful power?

Artillery had already been invented in the Song Dynasty, and the ancient cannons of the Ming Dynasty were already quite advanced. Artillery was salvaged from Portuguese shipwrecks and imitated into Hongyi cannons. Flowering artillery shells were even produced based on Zhentianlei, but they were not powerful enough and were still used in large quantities. Use traditional iron pellet solid bullets.

In order to facilitate transportation and solve logistical pressure, Zhu Youjian plans to unify the calibers of Hongyi cannons. For the time being, he will only produce cannons of two calibers, referred to as small cannons and large cannons, as well as the cannon shells.

However, the explosive power of the flowering shells is a bit shabby and needs to be re-researched. Zhu Youjian gave some suggestions, such as improving the purity of the nitrate as much as possible, enhancing the explosive power of black powder, and putting solid iron beads in the shells, etc., which can increase the lethality. .

Due to the range, rate of fire, round lead bullets, etc., the firepower of the muskets is not strong enough, so a dense volley of guns must be used to highlight the effect. There are no powerful weapons like continuous-fire machine guns and submachine guns, and they can only be assisted by grenades. .

The Ming Dynasty has equipped and used gunpowder weapons such as Lafa mines, sea mines, divine fire crows, rockets, swarm of bees, and thunder thunders on a large scale. Thunder thunders are the Ming Dynasty version of hand grenades, but they are too big and heavy and cannot be thrown far. , and the method used is not very correct, or in other words, the power and effect of the Sky Thunder are not highlighted.

Zhu Youjian directly drew a hand-held bullet with a wooden handle. The warhead was made of thin iron and contained gunpowder and small solid iron beads. The fuse passed through the center of the wooden handle. In order to prevent it from becoming damaged due to moisture, the fuse was wrapped in moisture-proof oil paper. Wrap it around the handle, and just tear off the oil paper during war.

Due to technical, practical, cost and other reasons, the production of weapons such as Lafa mines, sea mines, divine fire crows, rockets, swarm of bees, and various cannons of various calibers were all cut off by Zhu Youjian. His Royal Arsenal, Even the entire Ming Dynasty's firearms manufacturing bureau only produced three weapons: muskets, artillery with two unified calibers, and wooden-handled grenades.

In this way, it not only greatly reduces costs and saves military expenses, but also greatly solves the logistics and transportation pressure.

Of course, he also knew in his heart that although the imperial edict had been issued, the local governors and warlords were too self-respecting to listen to the announcement but not listen to the instructions. They acted in both ways. It was hard to say whether it was truly implemented and executed. Anyway, he first focused on his own royal arsenal. , let’s talk about increasing our strength crazily.

Zhu Youjian also knew that the mounts of the Ming Dynasty's Hongyi cannons used iron wheels or even wooden wheels. General carriages basically use wooden wheels, which are not only bulky but also easily damaged. They often need repair and replacement, which also greatly increases the cost. relieved logistical pressure.

However, due to the backward technology and the fact that he is not an omnipotent God and knows everything, advanced things like rubber tires can only be studied slowly in the future. There are more important things waiting for him to do.

He had to free up some space and set up various scientific research institutes, so that people from the Gunpowder Bureau could study more advanced gunpowder to replace black powder, and find some masons to study the Ming Dynasty version of cement, etc., while he himself would pound the sand and make some glass first. Then invent the military telescope.

Your Majesty, Commander Tiandai of the Jinyi Guards is asking for an audience. Wang Chengen came over and reported in a low voice.