I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 131 Seed
Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan looked at each other, and they were shocked. They could blow up a place five or six miles away. Such artillery is really terrifying!
This is only a handful of five gates. If there are dozens or hundreds of gates, there is no need to be afraid of the Tartar cavalry, who will directly hit them with explosive bullets.

Qi Sansheng, Marquis of Xianning, He Jiuyi, Duke of Guangguo, Mu Tianbo, Duke of Qianguo, Wei Yong, Wang Qilong, Gong Xun, Wu Chengjue, Wang Zijin and other general soldiers were also very surprised.

Almost at the same time, they thought that if there were enough artillery pieces like this, if they spread out and pushed all the way, wouldn't they be able to block gods and kill gods, and Buddhas would block and kill Buddhas? No army can stop the ravages of this kind of artillery fire.

Zheng Chenggong, king of Yanping, was the most shocked. He knew the importance of long-range and powerful artillery in naval battles. If these cannons were installed on his warships, even the red-haired ghost who dominates the sea will have to kneel!

With the deafening sound of cannons roaring incessantly, Zheng Chenggong had already begun to silently calculate in his heart, his navy, eh!Now it should be called the Daming Navy, how many such cannons are needed!
Among so many high-ranking generals present, only Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others of Long Xiangwei were calm, because they had already seen the power of these artillery.

The reason why Zhu Cixuan invited these generals with heavy troops today to watch the drill of the new artillery is also a kind of deterrence to these proud soldiers.

The cannon continued to roar, almost without stopping, plowing the shooting range abruptly, blasting out craters of different depths.

Not long after the artillery drill, as the flag was waved, Jiubai held a Mauser 98K rifle in his hand and a hundred Longxiangwei holding an M79 40mm grenade launcher, and started a coordinated operation with the artillery.

The artillery projected shells one by one to the front of the riflemen from the rear, and the riflemen lined up neatly and densely in three rows, advancing layer by layer.

The first row of soldiers stopped to reload after firing five rounds. The second row of soldiers jumped over the first row of soldiers and began to fire. When the five bullets in their magazines were empty, the third row of soldiers went to the front again. , start shooting, and so on.

The "bang bang bang" gunshots never stopped, and there were 100 grenade launchers holding M79-style 40mm grenade launchers in the middle, shooting grenade after grenade, tearing apart all enemies who dared to approach.

Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan, Zheng Chenggong and other high-ranking generals of the Ming Dynasty stood condescendingly on the earth hill, and they had a panoramic view of everything. Although there were only more than 1000 soldiers participating in the drill, they were still amazed and eye-opening.

This exercise took more than an hour, and until the end, the crowd still felt that they were not satisfied.

Zhu Cixuan led a group of people down from the hill, chatting while walking, these senior generals and soldiers were shocked, they gathered together in twos and threes, discussing in low voices.

Have a simple meal in the cafeteria of the base. In the afternoon, everyone came to Longjiang Shipyard.

There were only seven ponds, and in each pond, a large warship was being built in an intense and orderly manner.

Zhu Cixuan turned to look at Wang Chengyuan beside him, and said, "Mr. Wang, tell me about the situation of the shipyard."

Wang Chengyuan pursed his lips, thought for a moment and said: "Your Highness, the shipyard has more than [-] boatmen at present, and it has fully recovered to the previous scale. It can produce a three-masted gunboat, a large-scale blessing boat, and a large-scale chasing boat in a month. One, three medium-sized boats."

Zhu Cixuan was confused when he heard it, and he didn't know whether the scale was big or small, so he pointed to the boats built in the pond in the distance and asked, "Which one is the three-masted gunboat?"

"Your Highness, look, it's that one." Wang Chengyuan pointed to a large ship more than [-] meters long that was under construction.

"En!" Zhu Cixuan nodded, "Tell me about this kind of ship."

"Your Highness, this kind of three-deceitful gunboat is imitated from the red-haired man's sea ship. It is twenty feet long and four feet five feet wide. There are many transverse bulkheads in the hull, which divide the entire cabin into 28 compartments according to their functions. cabin.

Head up and tail up, sailing fast, not afraid of wind and waves.There are 3 masts, the main mast is 4 feet high, the cabin is 5 stories, and the deck is as high as a city. It can accommodate 300 people and is equipped with 38 new artillery pieces.

There is one door at the bow and one at the stern, and 18 doors on each side of the ship. It is the largest warship built by our shipyard so far. "

When Zhu Cixuan heard it, it was twenty feet long and four feet five feet wide, which is about 62 meters long and 14 meters wide, which is not too small. Equipped with a new type of artillery that has a range and power that exceeds that of the red-haired man, it can be used at sea in the future. Compete with the red-haired warship known as the sea coachman.

One ship per month, 12 ships per year, 72 ships per year including large blessing boats and chasing boats, plus some small warships, you can form a sea fleet.

Zhu Cixuan was quite satisfied with this progress, but he didn't know whether the output of artillery could keep up with the speed of warships, so he asked Song Shiyuan of the Firearms Department of the Ministry of Industry, "Mr. Song, what is the output of new artillery now? Can it meet the needs of warships?" .”

Song Shiyuan bowed his hands and saluted: "Your Highness, currently we can produce 90 pieces of artillery a month."

"That is to say, there is still a gap." Zhu Cixuan said.

"Yes, Your Highness, in order to keep up with the progress of the warships, the Firearms Department needs to increase its manpower and funds."

Zhu Cixuan laughed as soon as he heard it. Now he has made a fortune by casting and issuing new copper coins and silver dollars. Not only has the system balance increased to 100 million gold coins, but there are more than six million taels of silver in the treasury.

Immediately made a decision and said: "Okay, tomorrow I will send someone to allocate 100 million silver dollars to the Firearms Division and Longjiang Shipyard each, and the Firearms Division will recruit more manpower to speed up the production of artillery.

While maintaining production, the shipyard will see if it can scale up the three-masted gunboat to build a giant warship that is thirty feet long, seven feet wide, and equipped with more artillery.

As for the number of masts, see if five or six are suitable. Of course, four or seven are also acceptable.

You can experiment with this, see how many masts are the best, don't be afraid to spend money, if you have no money, find the prince, and the prince will find a way to solve it for you. "

Song Yingxing and Wang Chengyuan said yes again and again.

After visiting the Longjiang Shipyard, Zhu Cixuan called everyone together: "Today, everyone must have seen that our muskets and cannons have surpassed the red-haired man and the Francois, and we are not good at dealing with Tartars." Next.

I believe that soon, our army will go north to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars, drive the Tartars out of Shanhaiguan, and regain the land of our Daming just around the corner. "

When Zhu Cixuan said this, the eyes of the generals became brighter. It has always been their long-cherished wish to regain the land and drive away the Tartars.

Especially Li Dingguo said: "Your Highness, are you really going to cross the river to the north to have a decisive battle with the Tartars?" The other generals also looked at Zhu Cixuan with burning eyes.

Zhu Cixuan smiled and said: "Of course, after I get married, I will ask for an order to cross the river to the north to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars and drive them out of my Ming Dynasty."

"Great, really great." These generals were all full of energy, inexplicably excited.

Zhu Cixuan said again: "Don't worry everyone, there will be many wars in the future, but have you ever thought about why I, a great Ming, fell to the point where I was about to perish a while ago? All deeply felt.”

Bai Wenxuan muttered, "It's not that there is nothing to eat. We are in chaos, so the Tartars took advantage of it and took advantage of it."

Zhu Cixuan nodded and said: "King Gongchang is too right, our people have no food to eat, so they had to rebel in order not to starve to death.

Although they will die if they rebel, but if they don't rebel, they will starve to death immediately. Why don't you rebel?Natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused such a situation, so how can we avoid such things from happening again after we drive out the Tartars?Have you thought about it?
Also, the red-haired people and Franji people are only a tiny place, and they are not as big as us. They are thousands of miles away, but they can reach us by sea boat, occupy a vast and fertile land, and have food and drink. There is endless food, why should they have endless food, but our people are going hungry? "

All the generals present looked at Zhu Cixuan blankly, not knowing why he asked such a question, nor how to answer it.

Zhu Cixuan sighed in his heart. The generals of the Ming army in this period were still too narrow-minded. People can occupy large tracts of fertile land, eat and drink endlessly, and earn a lot of wealth. These Ming army generals have not thought of expanding outward.

So he continued: "After we defeated the Tartars and recovered the rivers and mountains, we wanted our people to stop starving and freezing. In addition to planting more high-yielding corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, we reduced the payment of land taxes, land rents, and land taxes. In addition, we need more fertile land to grow more food."

Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo's eyes flickered, as if they had realized something.

I only heard Zhu Cixuan go on to say: "The red-haired people and the Frangji people rely on their boats with strong guns and sharp firearms. With one to two thousand people or hundreds of people, a few boats can occupy a large amount of fertile land and harvest a lot of food. what we can't."

When we defeat the Tartars and restore the rivers and mountains, we must dare to send troops to fight the red-haired people and the Frangji people at sea, and drive them out of Nanyang. The land there can harvest two or even three crops of rice a year.

If we own these lands, will our people still go hungry?No, we not only want to occupy it, but we also want to build a city there, gather the men there to build a city, and build a big city.

We also want to send a large number of soldiers to station there and move our people there, so that our people will not go hungry, and everyone here will have the opportunity to lead the army, have the opportunity to be king, and There is a chance to get a large amount of land rewards, expand the territory, and glorify the ancestors. "

The generals below all had their eyes bright and their blood boiling.

Zhu Cixuan just wants to bury the seeds of expanding the territory in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)