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Chapter 94 Zhu Ying's Shock (for Subscription, Monthly Pass)

The next day, the sky had not yet broken.

Zhu Ying got up from the bed, and after cleaning up, rode out.

Yesterday afternoon, Zhu Gaochi sent someone over to inform him that he could finally go to the Bingzhan Bureau and the Gunpowder Department today.

Zhu Ying didn't know that the delay for two days was completely manipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see his eldest grandson, how could he run away.

If he really ran away, Jiang Yu, the commander of Jinyiwei, how could he continue to be the commander.

For Daming's firearms, Zhu Ying was very yearning.

The firearms in the early Ming Dynasty were 2200 years ahead of the world. It is a pity that the firearms developed in the early Ming Dynasty were affected by various factors.

Until the end of Ming Dynasty, there was no take-off.

The development of firearms entered a period of prosperity in the Song Dynasty.

Because the Song Dynasty often faced threats from the north and constant wars, the research and production of weapons had to be innovated.Since the quality of the soldiers is not as good as that of the nomads, let's abuse those big bosses technically!
So at the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, departments such as the Military Weapons Supervision and the Eastern and Western Weapons Workshops were set up to manage the development of new firearms.

At the same time, in order to brainstorm, the Song Dynasty also ordered "those who know military interests in the world" to provide advice and suggestions to relevant departments, and those who are adopted will be rewarded.

As a result, talents from all over the world came to the capital to offer advice.

Gunpowder, fireballs, rocket manufacturing methods, and fire thorns all began to develop in the Song Dynasty.

In the third year of Baoyuan, Song Renzong ordered Zeng Gongliang and others to write a book summarizing all the weapons of the Song Dynasty. Jing always wants".

Among them are the earliest biological weapons: poison smoke balls.

Although the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was dominated by cavalry, it attached great importance to the power of firearms, and developed a metal controlled firearm, the copper fire system.

The workmanship of this type of firecrackers looks rough, and the size is also different, but the shape is the same: they all have three parts: the front chamber, the medicine chamber and the tail.

The barrel is slender, and a wooden handle is installed at the end, which means that the firecracker can be used by hand.At the same time, real artillery appeared.

Now in the early Ming Dynasty, let alone.

Speaking of it, the current development of Western firearms was brought over by the Mongol Yuan's raids on the Eurasian continent.

Zhu Ying rode alone towards Yan Wang's mansion.

It was about five o'clock in the morning, and the officials who went to the early court had already assembled in front of Fengtian Gate.

The street is not deserted, but rather lively.

Those small stalls and hawkers have already begun to occupy their positions, ready to operate for a day.

Although it was still dark, many people's houses were lit.

Go to the gate of King Yan's mansion,
Zhu Ying saw that the carriage was ready.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't ride a horse because he was too fat, so he could only ride a carriage.

"Brother Ying."

Zhu Ying had just arrived, and Zhu Gaochi just came out of the gate, and when he saw Zhu Ying, he shouted in surprise.

"Prince, I will take care of you today." Zhu Ying said with a smile, then got off the horse and handed the reins to the servant beside him.

Zhu Ying paid more attention to these details.

Considering Zhu Gaochi's decency, it would be impolite for him to ride a horse.

Obviously Zhu Gaochi's mind is also more sensitive. Seeing Zhu Ying like this, he smiled even more happily.

"Brother Ying, don't worry, I asked carefully, but I can bring Brother Ying in."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, but felt a little emotional in his heart.

His decree was personally sent by the eunuch Liu He, who was in charge of the official seal.

When Liu He gave the decree, he specifically asked Zhu Gaochi to bring another person there.

How could Zhu Gaochi not understand the meaning.

"Thank you, Eldest Prince. Shall we go to the War Bureau first, or the Gunpowder Department?" Zhu Ying asked.

The Bingzhan Bureau is in the inner city of the capital, and the Gunpowder Department is in the outskirts of the capital, and it takes nearly an hour to get there.

"Naturally, go directly to the Gunpowder Department. There's nothing to see in the war bureau." Zhu Gaochi said.

Hearing this, Zhu Ying was relieved.

At present, all firearms are produced in the Gunpowder Department.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two of them headed directly towards the city gate without delay.

The predecessor of Daming Gunpowder Division was Baoyuan Bureau.

In the 21st year of Zhengzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the establishment of Baoyuan Bureau, which was mainly responsible for casting Dazhong Tongbao coins.

Since the main raw materials for casting Dazhong Tongbao coins and firearms were copper at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang put his firearms craftsmen into Baoyuan Bureau, making Baoyuan Bureau a department with the functions of casting coins and producing firearms.

With the surge in demand for firearms in the war, Zhu Yuanzhang once ordered Baoyuan Bureau to stop minting coins and specialize in the production of firearms.

This also led to the lack of copper in Daming, and the development of Daming treasure banknotes.

In the eighth year of Hongwu, large-scale wars gradually decreased, and the demand for firearms also decreased accordingly. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Baoyuan Bureau to resume minting coins.

In the 13th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang separated the personnel responsible for the production of firearms from the Baoyuan Bureau, and merged them with the departments responsible for the production of military equipment such as knives, guns, swords and crossbows, armor, military uniforms, shields, saddles and bridles to form the Military Weapons Bureau.

Since gunpowder is easy to cause explosion, the Gunpowder Division was established separately.

Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, and firearms contributed a lot. Whether it was a water battle or a land battle, firearms played a decisive role, and Zhu Yuanzhang can even be called the emperor of firearms.

Zhu Yuanzhang also attaches great importance to firearms, and the craftsmen who make firearms all have extremely high treatment.

The Gunpowder Division is located in an extremely remote area with few people.

Walking to the Gunpowder Department, dozens of cavalry immediately came to investigate.

The leader at the head came down to check Zhu Gaochi's edict before bowing and retreating.

After a few miles, we arrived at the gate of the Gunpowder Department.

There are already eunuchs waiting ahead, obviously they have already got the news.

"Your Highness, please follow me to this way."

Zhu Gaochi got out of the carriage, and the leading eunuch immediately greeted him, bowed to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Ying, and said.

Zhu Ying has an extraordinary temperament. Although the eunuch doesn't know him, it is definitely not an ordinary person who can come to the Gunpowder Department.

The degree of strictness here is at the same level as Xiaolingwei.

Except for the emperor himself, when other people came, not only the decree, but also the transmission in the palace.

After passing the gate and walking for a few miles, I heard the sound of knocking.

"I don't know where Your Highness wants to start." The eunuch of the Gunpowder Department asked respectfully.

Zhu Gaochi turned his gaze to Zhu Ying, motioning Zhu Ying to reply.

Zhu Ying said: "We are not familiar with the Gunpowder Department, so please ask my father-in-law to introduce it."

The eunuch heard the words and began to tell.

The Gunpowder Division covers a very large area, with hundreds of acres of land.

Among them, the production of gunpowder and firearms is all separate.

The factory buildings in the Gunpowder Division are obviously very different from those of later generations. They are all separate houses with a long distance between them.

Unlike conventional houses, it is not entirely made of wood, but uses glutinous rice lime mortar like a city wall, obviously to prevent accidents.

With the eunuch's introduction and in-depth viewing.

Zhu Ying was shocked.

The firearms manufacturing capability in the early Ming Dynasty was completely beyond his imagination.

This place gave him the feeling that it was like a scientific research institution for later generations.

Not only is the management orderly, the rules and regulations are extremely perfect, but there are also various types of firearms, similar to the existence of a research and development center.

Zhu Ying wanted to catch the craftsman's mind, but it was in vain.

The Gunpowder Department sounds like a yamen, but in fact it is completely equivalent to a small town.

All the craftsmen's food and clothing expenses are all here, and they are not allowed to go out.

Including family members, also live here.

There is also an exclusive educational institution here, similar to a school, which allows the offspring of artisans to read and write.

Among them, what shocked Zhu Ying the most was Zhu Yuanzhang's strict requirements for firearms.

Every craftsman has his own exclusive mark, and this mark is recorded in the Gunpowder Department.

That is to say, every firearm produced here was made by that craftsman, and all of them can be found out.

If there is a misfire or explosion on the battlefield, you can find the mark and directly trace it to a certain craftsman.

If it is light, it will be punished, if it is serious, it will be sentenced to death, and if it is a major mistake, the family will be destroyed.

Good guy, hearing what the eunuch said, Zhu Ying suddenly understood, no wonder they saw those craftsmen, all of them were focused and did not slack off in the slightest.

It turned out that the fundamental reason was this.

Only after a real tour of the gunpowder department can one understand.

In the early Ming and Ming Dynasties, in the [-]th century, what did it mean to have such excellent firearms?

This is a real dimensionality reduction blow.

Moreover, this is not a start-up. As early as the 13th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order: "One hundred households in every army, ten guns, twenty knives, thirty bows and arrows, and forty guns."

In other words, even in the most basic standing army, there are ten fire commanders out of a hundred people, and the minimum number of firearms has reached ten percent.

For some special elite troops, the proportion of firearms may have reached 30.00% to [-]%.

In the production of firearms, Zhu Ying is even more amazed.

Among them, the cluster rocket is called a swarm of firearms. From the magic arrows fired in three bursts to the tigers running in a hundred bursts, with a range of 300 meters, it is similar to the machine guns of later generations.

And such firearms have already been used on a large scale by the current Ming army.

With only five thousand horses in Zhu Ying's hand, against Daming's regular army, it really can't be turned upside down at all.

Zhu Ying found out sadly that even if Annan succeeded in founding the country.

To reach the scale of the Gunpowder Department today, limited by the population and resources, it will take at least ten years of hard work, and it may be more than that.

Daming Huoqi has been ahead of the world for 200 years, and only by seeing it with your own eyes can you understand its significance.

At present, Daming is relatively active in terms of firearms, whether it is technical level, innovative concepts, tactical thinking and practice, etc.

In the film and television of later generations, the Ming Dynasty army only had swords and spears to kill, which is completely deceitful.

The diversification of the development of Ming firearms is the ancestor of many hot weapons in later generations.

Ship-to-ship missiles (Huolongchushui), rocket launchers (improved Franji European cannons), semi-automatic rifles (ten-eye guns), repeating pistols (kidnapper guns), and ancient mines and mines, as well as Molotov cocktails (thousands of enemies).

What's even more powerful is that it combines the close combat of cold weapons and the long-range launch of hot weapons, and has become the standard equipment of Ming Dynasty's elite troops.

After leaving the Gunpowder Department, Zhu Ying's mind was still buzzing.

Even Zhu Gaochi was shocked and speechless. He had little contact with the military, and he never knew that his own firearms were so powerful.

After returning to the capital, Zhu Ying was relieved.

Suddenly, his thoughts on Annan's founding of the country became less positive.

(End of this chapter)