Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1564 Second Generation Artillery

What choice Pang De Guild will have, Mu Jing does not know.

But Mu Jing believes that a smart person like Mr. Pang De is a person who understands the future situation, and he will not choose the wrong path. If he is really wrong, he can only be given a ride.

There is no way to be merciful in such matters.

This is a life-and-death choice.

Standing in Mujing's position, he was missing someone who could be used as an example. If Mr. Pang De didn't know how to flatter him, he might really attack Pang.

However, among the Ponzis, there is one person, Mu Jing, who still feels a pity.

Pang Tong.

Although Mu Jing pretended not to care very much on the surface, it also showed a kind of tolerance, the bearing of a big country, he would not care about one or two talents, and wanted big talents, not small talents.

But in his heart, Mu Jing still felt very sorry.

Crouching dragon and phoenix chicks, one can secure the world.

These words are a bit exaggerated.

But their talents are indeed real, but compared to Zhuge Liang's final success and fame, Pang Tong may be more likely to have unrealistic fate.

He was the first person to enter Sichuan, but Fenghuangluo on Luofengpo, his early death, made him unable to bring out his talents, which is really a pity.

But no matter what, he is now an enemy. On the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, Zhang Liao felt very difficult to deal with him.

This person is already Daming's enemy.

If you can't surrender.

For the sake of the court, killing them quickly is the only way.

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Time passed very fast.

After the new year, the Ming Dynasty quickly entered an era of development. As the main force of the front line continued to withdraw to the Baidi Mountain Army Town, the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty became very calm.

There was no movement on the frontier either.

Even if the Ming army retreated, the armies of the Han princes would not dare to cross the limit. At this time, no one really wanted to challenge the prestige of the Ming army.

Unless you want to provoke a big war.

But at this time, Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Liu Bei were all busy carve up Hebei, but no one really wanted to provoke the Ming court.

This also allowed the Ming court to recuperate after the establishment of the dynasty.

Ming Dynasty is the new dynasty.

The establishment of a new dynasty often represents the instability of the people's hearts, and it takes time to appease the people's hearts, and it takes time for the people to accept the existence of the new dynasty.

Nowadays, most of the people in cities have accepted this point, but there are still some people in villages, towns and villages who still treat themselves as Han people.

This is no wonder to them.

They work from sunrise to sunset, and unless wars sweep through them, they don't have much interest in the so-called national affairs. Whether the country's surname is Liu or Mu has nothing to do with them, so they naturally don't bother to care about it. .

This requires the Ming court to establish its majesty.

People's hearts are managed step by step, they cannot be achieved overnight, just knowing is not enough, they have to think about the Ming court.

At this time, it became logical for Mujing to establish a propaganda department.

Huang Chengyan also successfully carve up a large part of the Ministry of Rites from Cai Yong's hands, weakening Cai Yong's strength a lot.

So far, Cai Yong's influence on the Ministry of Rites has become very low.

The Department of Education was already out of control, and the Yiji of the Honglu Division was not someone who could be manipulated casually, and there were not many divisions that could be controlled by him.

This is also Mujing's thoughts, after weakening Cai Yong's influence in the Ministry of Rites, he should take down Cai Yong's Minister of Rites, Cai Yong entered the cabinet, that is rootless duckweed.

This gives you better control.

Now Zhaoming Pavilion, if there is no intrigue, it really can't be justified. Mu Jing is holding back his energy every day, either fighting with Hu Zhao or Cai Yong.

The power of the monarch and the power of ministers collided extremely seriously within the full power of Zhaoming Pavilion, but this did not affect the stability of the Ming court.

Whether it's Mu Jing, Hu Zhao, or Cai Yong, they are all people with a bottom line and sense of proportion.

In this atmosphere, February quietly made sense.

On February [-], the dragon looked up.

The breath of winter has gradually passed away, everything in the world has rejuvenated, and the breath of spring has also begun to lead the world.

On this day, Mujing took Ma Chao and Shenwei Ying, rode his horse and went straight to Nanshan.

The martial law in Nanshan is now much stricter than before. After all, something happened in the gunpowder workshop, which attracted the attention of all the workshops in Nanshan.

One of the three counties in Yudu, Nanshan County, was established the latest and the most backward in agriculture, but the economy is not good, but its creativity and creativity are the best in the world.

This is the foothold of Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology. After the influence of the Institute of Science and Technology, it is as if a huge industrial park has been formed here.

There are more than a hundred workshops for the military alone, and they are all large workshops.

In addition, there are hundreds of workshops for some items used by the people, Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology, which is a place where craftsmen, scientific and technological researchers, and inventors of the entire Ming Dynasty gather.

Mujing's strong support is also one of the reasons why Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology can expand and develop rapidly. There has never been an emperor who can do research like Mujing.

In addition to military equipment, there are many novelties on the market, such as cement, pocket watches, the brightest ceramics, and glass that has only recently appeared...

They all came out of the Academy of Science and Technology, and then some cooperated with the imperial court, and some cooperated with private businessmen to establish workshops here.

This also creates a special environment for the entire Nanshan County.

Workshops need workers.

Nanshan naturally became a bit mixed up.

Since the incident happened in the gunpowder workshop, Jingwu Division started a large-scale investigation, and found out quite a few people, spies from Youzhou, spies from Jiangdong, spies from Hebei...

The vassals of the Han Dynasty seem to be planning to place spies in Yudu by coincidence.

This is also understandable.

Isn't Mu Jing himself planting dark sons in the princes? It is a cruel thing to fight for hegemony, and he will do everything he can.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy is the best way. As long as you know your opponent's movement and cards, then in this war, you can exchange for an unprecedented victory with the least casualties.

Things like Infernal Affairs are skills passed down from the ancestors. Mu Jing can't neglect this skill, and Cao Cao and the others are also trying to master this skill.

The world under the night has become more and more cruel.

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Mu Jing came here in plain clothes and went straight into one of the army camps.

Apart from the Divine Guard Army, this Yudu is the only army that can be stationed.

Artillery Army.

The predecessor of the Artillery Army was the Hongyi Cannon Battalion.

Artillery is Daming's trump card.

It is also the reliance of Ming Dynasty to rule the world.

Mu Jing did not hesitate to disturb this era, and let hot weapons appear more than 1000 years earlier, in order to save some people from dying and bring peace to the world.

He placed great hopes on many artillery pieces.

The results obtained by the Red Cannon Battalion on the Wancheng battlefield were also impressive.

But that was just an intentional and unintentional trick. What the red-clothed cannon displayed was deterrent power, not lethality.

If the Wei army had been baptized and had no awe in the face of the red cannons, then such a small number of red cannons would be a drop in the bucket when facing hundreds of thousands, or even millions of soldiers and horses.

So Mu Jing ordered that the artillery workshop continue to produce the red cannons.

In fact, the red-clothed cannon is still relatively backward. If it can produce that kind of real cannon, it will really shock the whole world.

But in this era, whether it is the technology and ability of steelmaking, or the technical problems of the artillery itself, it will take time to overcome.

It is already a kind of progress that the initial artillery among the red cannons can appear in this era.

It is not enough that Mujing entered Nanshan today, because the second generation of red cannons came out.

The first generation of red-clothed cannons, to be honest, were not very powerful. If it hadn’t been for a coincidence that shocked the Wei army and directly fooled them, it might not be able to win the battle of Wancheng.

Therefore, Mujing Rang Academy of Science and Technology has been improving the second generation of the red cannon, strengthening some technical problems with the barrel, and improving the range and accuracy.

When the second-generation red cannon came out, Mujing couldn't wait to try it out.

The artillery workshop is much more mysterious and rigorous than the gunpowder workshop. The entire artillery workshop is established in the camp of the artillery army.

Sandwiched between two mountains, even if an army of [-] attacked here, hundreds of red-clothed cannons from the Artillery Army could hold out for ten days and half a month.

This made Mu Jing a little relieved, otherwise he might not be able to rest assured, especially after the gunpowder workshop had problems, he also had some concerns about the artillery workshop.

"His Majesty!"

Ma Su, the director of the Academy of Science and Technology, and Huangfu Jianshou, the general of the Artillery Army, led the generals under their command to greet him.

"I'm here in plain clothes, no need to be polite!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, then looked at Ma Su, and said, "Changkong, you said that the second generation of red-clothed cannons came out, are you kidding me?"

"My lord, how dare you have such a heart!" Ma Su said quickly: "In order to improve the first-generation artillery, I personally took the lead, summoned hundreds of researchers in the Academy of Science and Technology, and recruited ten third-rank blacksmiths from the Ministry of Industry, and ten third-rank blacksmiths. Craftsmen, and hundreds of craftsmen, formed a research team of more than 500 people, and began to improve the performance of the red-clothed cannon on the Wancheng battlefield one by one, and now the finished product has been produced, so I will play it!"

"it is good!"

Mu Jing laughed loudly: "Our Ming Dynasty must have such a spirit of research and development. There are many people and strength. As long as capable people unite as one, there is no problem that cannot be overcome!"

He was very satisfied with Ma Su's approach.

With the establishment of the Academy of Science and Technology, Mujing hopes to move the era, and in fact, it is constantly moving the curtain of the entire era, which has already made the trend of the era start a leaping charge.

Ma Su Mo has extraordinary academic ability and is proficient in crafts. He has a little bit of hunting for blacksmiths, carpenters, and various crafts. He is also the only first-grade craftsman today.

He personally took the lead, and gathered so many craftsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, and other craftsmen from the imperial court. If none of them have the ability to break through the siege and break through the current technology, it will be really sad.

"where is it?"

Mu Jing asked.

"In the back mountain!"

"Go and see!" Mu Jing couldn't wait any longer: "I really want to see if the second-generation red-clothed cannon can surprise me even more!"

In a hurry, they came to the great plain of Houshan.

Mu Jing saw that an iron lump had already stood in the sight of countless people. This iron lump was undoubtedly huge, and it was half the size of the previous red cannon.

"Your Majesty, we have already refined this steel for thousands of years. The maximum strength can only reach the current strength. We can barely improve the barrel, but we are not very satisfied yet!"

Ma Su personally explained to Mu Jing, and then said with a wry smile: "But for now, our Ming's steelmaking skills can only go so far!"

"I understand!"

Doesn't Mujing know that some things cannot be done overnight.

"Huangfu!"

"exist!"

"Go and fire a cannon, let me see!" Mu Jing narrowed his eyes, picked up the binoculars, looked at the hills ahead, and said, "I want to see if it can blast the hills ahead!"

"Yes!"

Huangfu Jianshou took the order.

He personally took the generals under his command to operate, and there was a reminder from the craftsman beside him that the cannon moved quickly, and the barrel began to be adjusted.

The loader starts loading, and the aiming hand starts aiming.

Then there is command.

Today's artillery army is no longer fledgling. During the Battle of Wancheng, they have accumulated some experience. After some accumulation, they now have some gunners.

"fire!"

Huangfu Jianshou personally ordered.

"Fire!" several people shouted.

boom!
A loud sound sounded, and a piece of yellow sand was billowing and dusty in front of it.

Mu Jing hurriedly took a look through the binoculars.

"Good guy!"

He was surprised.

He thought that the second-generation red cannon should be improved, but he didn't expect it to be so big. The lethality and distance were much stronger than the first-generation.

"it is good!"

Mu Jing laughed loudly, and said to Ma Su: "Chang Kong, if Daming can rule the world, your merits will be at the top!"

"I dare not take responsibility!"

Ma Su said modestly.

"Is the second-generation red-clothed cannon energy-produced?" Mu Jing asked a very serious question.

"Theoretically yes!" Ma Su replied: "Most of the technology has been conquered, and small problems can be solved. As long as we give us a little more time, we can perfect it!"

"Actually?" Mu Jing asked, the idea was right.

"It's still a matter of steelmaking!"

Ma Su said: "The second-generation red cannon has very high requirements for steel itself. Our steelmaking technology can barely meet it, but the output is too small and the ore is too much wasted!"

Hearing this, Mu Jing pondered for a while: "Wuyin Xu's family is quite effective in steelmaking. You can contact the Xu family and ask for money, whatever you want, and tell them that you need the Xu family's steelmaking. craftsmanship and people!"

"Will they give it?"

Ma Su asked quickly.

The Xu family is indeed a relatively powerful steelmaking family in Daming, but they may not necessarily buy it.

"I will say hello!"

Mu Jing took a deep breath and said, "If you don't give it, you have to give it!"

(End of this chapter)