Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 591 Black Technology (2)

"boom!"

Under the watchful eyes of Emperor Chongzhen and his party, Fang Zhenghua held a rifled flintlock gun, aimed at the wooden rake 50 meters away through the musket's own front sight, and pulled the trigger.

Gunpowder smoke appeared at the mouth of the gun, and the wooden rake 50 meters away was damaged. This made Emperor Chongzhen smile slightly after seeing it.

Whether it is the stable range or the accuracy of the musket, the rifled flintlock held by Fang Zhenghua can crush the first-generation flintlock, not to mention the matchlock guns such as the Lumi blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss.

"continue."

Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and said, "Test shooting a 100-meter wooden rake."

Fang Zhenghua didn't dare to hesitate, and under the guidance of Bi Maokang, he began to unload, clean the chamber, and reload the bottomed ammunition, and then endured the excitement and repeated the actions just now.

"boom!"

"continue!"

During the next period of time, under the order of Emperor Chongzhen, Fang Zhenghua repeatedly unloaded, cleaned, loaded, and shot, from 100-meter wooden rake to 150-meter wooden rake, to 200-meter wooden rake, to 250-meter wooden rake. Rake, conduct corresponding shooting tests, and as the frequency increases, Fang Zhenghua is worried.

Such frequent shooting tests, once the rifled flintlock gun he held exploded, he would be injured, but the emperor's will made him dare not violate it.

But what surprised Fang Zhenghua was that the rifled flintlock gun he held did not explode, and even as the range increased, Fang Zhenghua was shocked.

Fang Zhenghua's rifled flintlock gun, compared with the previous Lumi blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss, and first-generation flintlock guns, has an astonishing effective range of 200 meters. Its high accuracy not only shocked Fang Zhenghua, but also shocked Fang Zhenghua. People like Wang Chengen and Liu Wenbing felt incredible.

You must know that matchlock guns such as Lumi blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss have an effective range of less than 50 meters. This gap in range and the crushing advantage formed by it is unimaginable once it is used on the battlefield.

"Good gun!"

Emperor Chongzhen flicked his robe sleeves, walked forward quickly, and said to Bi Maokang and the others: "If such excellent muskets can be deployed in large quantities in the army, the advantages they will form on the battlefield will be unimaginable. .”

Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, and Jiao Xu, who were originally excited, stopped their smiles after hearing what the emperor said, and their expressions became hesitant.

"Your Majesty, even though the rifled flintlock gun has been developed, it will take a long time before it can achieve higher production efficiency like the first generation flintlock gun."

Bi Maokang stepped forward and bowed: "Whether it is the depiction of rifling, the production of special steel, or the manufacture of dimpled bullets, they all involve extremely high costs.

According to the budget of the Armed Forces Institute, the cost of producing one rifled flintlock gun can be equal to five first-generation flintlock guns, and the requirements for gunsmiths are extremely high. According to the current production level, it is not enough for mass production. .

Only the military industry in Xishan can produce 200 rifled flintlock guns per month. If we want to achieve real mass production, we must upgrade the upstream and downstream industries, which requires a lot of money..."

As he spoke, Bi Maokang closed his mouth, while Jiao Xu, Song Yingxing and the others all showed serious expressions.

This is just the beginning.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a good mood, sighed softly when he heard what Bi Maokang said, and he felt emotional in his heart. The original industrialization of Ming Dynasty still had a long way to go.

If you want to mass-produce rifled flintlock guns, you must upgrade the upstream and downstream industries, which in turn will cost a lot of money, which is the new sunk cost.

This sunk cost may be 100 million taels, maybe 200 million taels, or more...

"The Armed Forces Institute has come up with a detailed plan, which industries need to be improved, how to cultivate technical talents, how to promote new products in the industry, etc., and submit it to the imperial court as soon as possible."

Emperor Chongzhen calmed down, stretched out his hand and said to Bi Maokang and the others: "If the mass production of rifled flintlock guns can promote the improvement of many industries, no matter how much money is allocated, I will tighten my belt.

At the same time, absolute attention must be paid to the technical blockade of rifled flintlock guns and dimpled bullets, and there must be no leaks.

In addition, the military industry that Xishan is preparing to build is planning to carry out planned innovations from now on, stripping off the production line of the first generation of flintlock guns, and transferring them to Tianjin, Liaoqian and other places. "

"The ministers obey the order."

Bi Maokang and the others bowed immediately.

For Emperor Chongzhen, since the rifled flintlock gun was successfully developed, the production of the first generation flintlock gun became less important.

The scale of the arms trade with Li Zicheng can be increased accordingly. In the future, we will increase the dumping targets, such as North Korea, such as Japan, such as the European countries, so as to increase the scale of the arms trade, and use the money earned to fill up the Armed Forces Institute This gold swallowing beast.

Even Emperor Chongzhen couldn't wait, and wanted to watch Jianlu acquire the technology of the first generation of flintlock guns, so as to introduce the Jianlu Eight Banners led by Huang Taiji into the arms race.

Mastering a new generation of firearm technology made Emperor Chongzhen more confident and able to occupy a stronger advantage in subsequent planning and deployment.

The continuous improvement of productivity is bound to be accompanied by the increase of industrial scale. Only by forming a truly virtuous circle can the healthy development of corresponding industries be ensured.

After checking and checking the rifled flintlock guns, under the introduction of Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing, Emperor Chongzhen successively checked and checked the tests of several light artillery, medium artillery, and heavy artillery, and also observed the shelling of a new type of flowering shell. Surprisingly, a hot air balloon.

"The development and improvement of hot air balloons must continue."

Looking at the death row prisoner who was thrown to death, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said: "It is normal for the field to have casualties, and the talents of the Armed Forces Institute must not test it themselves, and can only use the death row prisoner instead.

When the Armed Forces Academy can develop a hot air balloon with strong stability and high durability, it will inevitably bring about brand-new changes to the future war pattern. "

"The ministers obey the order."

Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu, Tang Ruowang and others, who looked a little downcast, bowed their hands one after another.

On the side of the Armed Forces Institute, there are corresponding research and development teams, and they are involved in many fields, which also makes the military equipment institute spend a huge amount of food and salaries in the past.

However, with regard to the current research results, Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied after inspecting them one by one. Daming's progress in the field of scientific research has begun to accumulate strength in a real sense.

"The Armed Forces Institute is the front line of Ming Dynasty, you must guard it for me."

Looking at Song Yingxing and the others, Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and said, "Don't be afraid of spending money, I will give you as much money as you need, but what should be kept secret, what should be cultivated, what should be developed, and the fields you have studied are the Ming Dynasty. The key to the rise of the revival."

Emperor Chongzhen was not proficient in technology in many fields such as firearms and artillery.

However, Emperor Chongzhen understood a truth. If Ming wanted to pursue primitive industrialization, a group of people must go ahead and delve into various fields that are currently unknown.

Only when they achieve corresponding results, can the carrying foundation of the original industrialization of the Ming Dynasty be solidified correspondingly.

Just like at the present stage in Beizhili and other places, the road rectification and water conservancy projects carried out can be carried out continuously, which is inseparable from the successful development of various types of cement. The emperor of Ming Dynasty can I don't understand, but people in Daming can't understand, this is the key.

(End of this chapter)