The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 852 Charles II is Seriously Ill
Zhu Hongyu left the Daming Royal Research Institute very satisfied, and led the team back to the palace.

However, he had just returned to the palace when he received an urgent report from the Daming Royal Arsenal.

The Daming Royal Arsenal's project of metal fixed bullets has made a breakthrough, and along with it, the research and development of metal fixed shells has also made some progress.

Zhu Hongyu had just sat down and drank a cup of tea before setting off to inspect the Royal Arsenal again.

Zhu Hongyu has been looking forward to metal fixed bullets for a long time.

When Zhu Hongyu arrived at the arsenal, the relevant person in charge of the arsenal was already waiting at the door in advance.

"My minister sees Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Everyone bowed down in unison, and then spoke.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and said.

"Be flat!"

After everyone stood up from the ground, Zhu Hongyu asked directly.

"I heard that there has been a major breakthrough in the project of the arsenal. I don't know if it is true or not?"

Dai Zi, the new head of the arsenal, stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed so!"

"The arsenal has successfully overcome the mass production difficulties of metal fixed bullets, and the production of thunder mercury has also made a huge breakthrough."

"By the way, the metal fixed shells also have a clue!"

While talking, Dai Zi led the way, leading Zhu Hongyu towards the arsenal.

Dai Zi is from Zhejiang, and has a very strong interest in arms and weapons since he was a child.

After Zhu Hongyu recovered Daming and became emperor in Nanjing, he chose to become an official of Daming and chose to work in the Daming Imperial Arsenal.

After the old Liutou retired, Dai Zi was promoted by Zhu Hongyu to be the person in charge of the Daming Royal Arsenal, and made extremely outstanding contributions to Daming's weapon production and research and development.

Compared with Kang Mazi who didn't pay much attention to firearms in history, he would be willing to exile a talent like Dai Zi.

However, Zhu Hongyu attached great importance to him, and gave Dai Zi quite generous treatment, and promoted him to be the person in charge of the arsenal along the way.

Even, Zhu Hongyu planned to let him enter the Logistics Department under the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion in the next step to be responsible for logistics work.

Even if he retires in the future, he will be rewarded and knighted.

Although the current Daming still attaches great importance to the title, it is not like in the previous Ming Dynasty, when the title was held tightly and reluctant to be released.

Chongzhen just granted Wu Sangui a Ping Xibo before the fall of the northern capital.

Zhu Hongyu is very generous to the heroes now.

The top generals in the army basically all have titles, the top technical personnel in the research institute, and the cabinet members basically also have titles.

Although most of the ones he let out were Liujue, who were downgraded and hereditary, there were not many hereditary replacements.

But this is mainly because Zhu Hongyu wants to ensure the mobility of the aristocratic class, and don't turn the nobles of Ming Dynasty into waste.

It is also to ensure the scarcity of titles, so that they will not be flooded. After all, everything is worthless if it is too much.

It is even more to use the title of title as bait to hang the courtiers to work for him.

I have given you the title, but it is a descendant inheritance. If you want to ensure the prosperity and wealth of your descendants, you can only continue to contribute to Ming Dynasty.

Not long after, under Dai Zi's leadership, Zhu Hongyu came to the weapons testing ground of the Daming Royal Arsenal.

On the table in the experimental field, there were several guns of different styles, as well as yellow bullets.

Zhu Hongyu stepped forward, picked up a rifle and began to examine it.

Dai Zi was on the side to help him introduce the performance, technical parameters, and usage of the musket.

Zhu Hongyu picked up a bullet, loaded it, and then raised the gun to aim at the target in front of him.

With a snap, he pulled the trigger, and the bullet escaped, heading for the target in front of him.

Then, Zhu Hongyu pulled the bolt to eject the bullet, reloaded and pulled the trigger, repeating the action just now.

After a while, after firing several shots in a row, Zhu Hongyu commented.

"The effective range of 200 meters, the rate of fire of twelve rounds per minute, um, very good!"

"It's just that it's too troublesome to reload every time a shot is fired. The arsenal will try to see if it can design a magazine that uses the magazine to feed the ammunition, so that it can reload several more rounds at once. "

"Further increase the rate of fire!"

Hearing this, Dai Zi fell into deep thought.

After finishing speaking, Zhu Hongyu put down the gun, then picked up a bullet and looked at it carefully.

The yellow shell exudes an attractive luster, and the bullet is pointed as a whole. It can be seen that the bullet body and the shell are obviously two parts...

It is worth mentioning that since Daming won Luzon, Daming is not short of copper now.

Therefore, the shell material of this bullet is all copper.

In fact, every shot is money!

Apart from this rifle, there are also cavalry lances and pistols, etc. Zhu Hongyu tried them one by one.

The effect is very good!

Although there is a risk of jamming, the probability is not high.

The main reason why it got stuck was because of the processing technology, and Zhu Hongyu had nothing to do about it.

In addition to coming up with a proposal to lubricate the bullet with grease, it is ordered to find a way to improve the machining accuracy...

And it is worth mentioning that after obtaining the metal fixed bullets, Daming's revolving machine gun technology has also been further improved.

The rate of fire is faster and the power is stronger. If you use special bullets, it already has the taste of a heavy machine gun.

Zhu Hongyu also proposed that the machine gun does not necessarily have to be re-barrelled, and it is also possible not to re-barrel, which puts forward a new goal for the arsenal.

Later, he inspected the production and experimentation of metal fixed shells.

Looking at the production of metal fixed shells, Zhu Hongyu said.

"From now on, we can no longer use the weight of shells as the standard for artillery production in Ming Dynasty, but the diameter of shells should be used as the standard instead."

Seeing the cannons in the testing ground firing blaringly, shells pouring towards the predetermined site, Zhu Hongyu also showed satisfaction.

The development and mass production of trigger fuzes made it possible for Daming to mass-produce explosive bombs.

And more importantly, with the invention and application of new types of gunpowder, the power of Daming's flowering bullets is now far from the same.

Flower bombs also have the ability to attack fortifications and destroy fortifications.

When Daming destroyed the fortifications, he didn't have to use solid bullets to smash them.

After that, Zhu Hongyu went to inspect the production and development of armored vehicles.

Since the last military parade, when the armored vehicle showed its face, it has never appeared again.

The reason is very simple, the performance is not good, and it is embarrassing to appear.

It's better to hide it first as a deterrent!

However, with the development of steam engine technology and the advancement of weapon technology, armored vehicles also have real use value.

What appeared in front of Zhu Hongyu now was an armored car painted in red, which was stupid, black and thick.

"It weighs 3.3 tons and carries three people. The normal cruising speed is [-] kilometers per hour. If it moves forward at full speed, it can run up to [-] kilometers per hour."

"In terms of prepared weapons, there is a 270mm caliber field gun and a Guangfu [-]-type rotary machine gun. The rate of fire of the artillery can reach two rounds per minute, and the rapid fire of the rotary machine gun can reach [-] rounds per minute. "

"The ammunition is [-] rounds of shells and [-] rounds of bullets!"

This ammunition is not too small, because it is impossible for armored vehicle artillery and machine guns to fire continuously, there must be intermittent.

"The off-road ability can guarantee that there is no problem in climbing slopes below [-] degrees."

"Although the speed of the vehicle is still a bit slow, the steam engine can guarantee that there will be no problems in running for a long time, so you don't have to worry about lying down, and it has a preliminary combat capability."

Dai Zi introduced from the side, his face full of pride.

Because he has always been responsible for the follow-up of the armored vehicle project.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Judging from the current data, except for the slower speed, this armored vehicle already has preliminary combat capabilities.

At least you don't have to worry about going up to the battlefield and letting others slaughter you!
In front of Zhu Hongyu, the demonstration of this armored vehicle began.

Fire on the move, machine gun fire, track crushing...

Zhu Hongyu applauded with satisfaction, and then ordered Dai Zi to prepare the production plan.

The first batch of [-] vehicles will be produced first, and will be used to equip the Imperial Guard Corps while exploring the tactics of using armored vehicles.

Now due to the technological explosion in Ming Dynasty, the update and iteration speed of weapons is very fast.

Many weapons have been obtained, but there is no suitable method of use, or strategy and tactics.

In many cases, the Ming army bullied people with advanced weapons, but they failed to find out the real method of using weapons.

……

Time is like water in a bamboo basket, always passing by.

London, England!
The bedroom of Charles II.

The sky outside the window was gloomy, and the fine raindrops kept falling, making the air moist.

Charles II reclined on the soft velvet pillow, his cheeks thin and sickly.

"Doctor, please tell me the truth about how my body is doing now."

Today, Charles II is seriously ill and cannot be a director. He has a hunch that his time may be running out.

Just yesterday, while he was attending church, he suddenly suffered a stroke. Although it was only a mild stroke, the situation was also very critical.

A group of doctors rushed to treat him, but they only restored his consciousness, but his body became weaker and weaker.

These so-called healing methods include bloodletting, vomiting, laxatives, feeding mummy powder soaked water, scalding the blood bubbles on his head, then squeezing the blood bubbles, and then rubbing the wound on his head with pigeon feces...

After some tossing, Charles II felt that his time was running out.

The doctor was preparing mummy powder. Seeing the king's question, he could only laugh and say.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, under our superb medical treatment, you will be fine!"

Charles II...

Why doesn't he believe it!

Suddenly, Charles II coughed violently, and then spoke in a slightly slurred speech.

"Isn't there a Chinese...people's hospital in London, go and ask Chinese doctors to treat me..."

Compared with these obviously unreliable British doctors, Charles II obviously believed more in the famous Chinese doctors who had saved many people and saved many lives even though they appeared in the UK not long ago.

The doctor's face was ugly for a while, and he felt betrayed, but he still said.

"Respect Your Majesty, I will obey your orders!"

……

After the restoration of Ming Dynasty, the influence of Ming Dynasty has expanded to the whole world over the years.

There is also an embassy of Ming Dynasty in London.

After the embassy appeared in the city of London, businessmen and people from the Ming Dynasty also began to come to the city of London to do business and work.

Then there are Chinese restaurants, Chinese medical centers and other supporting facilities.

Although merchants from Ming Dynasty also participated in other industries, restaurants and medical clinics were definitely the two most popular industries among them.

Britain is the birthplace of the famous dark cuisine, and the people of Ming Dynasty who have been used to various delicacies since childhood are not used to the dark cuisine of England.

In this way, it is conceivable how popular the restaurant run by Daming's own people will be and how popular the business will be.

And the medical clinic is also because of this. British medical care in this era can only be said to understand everything.

After all, even the king can be tossed to death by doctors, let alone other people.

In Daming, those imperial doctors were as conservative as they wanted to be when facing the emperor's condition. They would rather let the emperor be dragged to death by the illness than dare to prescribe strong medicine to save his life.

I'm afraid that if something goes wrong with the medicine, he will be implicated.

But it was different in England, those doctors were as bold as they wanted. Facing the king, they really dared to torture people to death.

Therefore, in today's London, doctors from Daming are a real high-income occupation, and they are very popular.

After all, eating can be tolerated, but life cannot be delayed!
Huang Ming is over 50 this year. He is wearing a Taoist robe and a goatee. He looks like a fairy and has a good bearing.

He is from Foshan, Guangdong. He learned some medical skills from a wandering Taoist priest when he was a child.

At the very least, on weekdays, I can help people watch something that gives me a headache, and I can eat and drink without worrying about it.

But that's it.

Although he has some reputation in the town, his medical skills are really not top-notch.

But when he couldn't stand the temptation of not having 20 silver dollars, and followed his boss to Europa, Huang Ming suddenly realized that he had become a miracle doctor.

Originally, his social status was not particularly high, but after rescuing a few noble patients who were only infected with cold and were judged to be fatal by British doctors, he became a guest of the British nobles.

Even many British nobles took the initiative to invite him to be a guest at home.

The purpose is also very clear, to establish a good relationship with the doctor, and to ask the doctor to save his life if he gets sick in the future.

Anyway, in the eyes of these British nobles, Huang Ming, an oriental doctor who looked like a fairy, must be much more reliable than their local quack doctors.

Then, Huang Ming became famous.

He became a famous doctor in the whole city of London.

Even King Charles II of England has heard his name.

……

Waking up early in the morning, Huang Ming got up and played Wu Qinxi first. After breakfast, he started to see the doctor.

The fees of medical clinics are very expensive, and generally those who can afford it are the nobles, or at least the emerging bourgeoisie.

Otherwise, not to mention the consultation fee, I am afraid that the medicine alone will not be able to afford it.

Almost all the medicinal materials used in this Chinese medical center in London were transported by sea from the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

The price of medicinal materials can be imagined when transported across more than half of the earth.

Of course, in order to gain fame, it is also to expand Daming's influence in the UK.

Huang Ming doesn't just treat the rich and powerful, he spends two days every ten days to give free medical consultations to the poor.

Even the medicinal materials are free!
As for how to recover the cost...

Well, after all, Huang Ming is not prepared to recover the cost from the poor at all, and those British dignitaries are his harvest targets.

How much money can the poor have? If it takes too much money to treat a disease, the poor may just give up and die.

But those rich and powerful are different, those people don't care about money for their lives.

As time passed, more and more people heard of his reputation, and more and more people praised his kindness.

Today is the time for Huang Ming to give free clinics to the poor.

He asked the apprentices to set up a table outside the medical hall, and put up an umbrella to keep out the rain, and then began to sit in the clinic.

Although it was raining today, the poor people who came to see a doctor still lined up so far that they couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Huang Ming called the patients in line to take shelter from the rain, but no one listened, and he couldn't help it.

After Huang Ming sat down, a middle-aged woman walked up with a child in her arms.

The apprentice on the side also served as an interpreter, helping Huang Ming communicate with the patient.

The middle-aged woman held the child and looked only seven or eight years old, but her face was pale and bloodless, and her lips were turning blue.

Huang Ming asked about the child's specific condition, and then began to feel the pulse...

After a while, Huang Ming knew what disease the child was suffering from, and quickly prescribed the medicine, and then ordered someone to fetch the medicine.

The middle-aged woman who came to see a doctor with her baby thanked Huang Ming a thousand times before leaving.

"Thank God for giving us such a gracious sir!"

After listening to the apprentice's translation, Huang Ming continued to speak with a kind smile on his face.

"Haha, sorry, old man, I don't believe in God!"

"Old man, I only believe in the sages who created medicine, and the master who taught me to save the world and save the sick. If God really manifests, why is it me, not God, who saves your child?"

As long as he seizes the opportunity, Huang Ming can't help but promote his own ideas, and promote the oriental culture with the core of man's victory over nature.

After the middle-aged woman heard this, she subconsciously wanted to refute that Huang Ming couldn't be disrespectful to God.

But when she saw the package of herbs in her hand and her dying child, she held back her rebuttal.

Perhaps Mr. Huang Ming is disrespectful to God, but he is a very compassionate and kind doctor, a really good person, isn't he?
Do you want to reprimand rudely, such a good person who just saved his child's life?
Besides, what Mr. Huang Ming said is right, if God really manifests, why doesn't he come to save his own child?
Is it because your beliefs are not pious enough?
The middle-aged woman thoughtfully thanked Huang Ming again, took the medicinal materials, and left with the child in her arms.

Huang Ming nodded slightly, and then said.

"Next person!"

Looking at the expressions of gratitude on the faces of those patients when they left, Huang Ming now has a sense of accomplishment and spiritual enjoyment.

It is this sense of accomplishment and spiritual enjoyment that makes him enjoy the free clinic.

When it was noon, Huang Ming was going to eat.

Just at this moment, a four-wheeled carriage drove up from the end of the street.

The carriage is drawn by two snow-white Arabian horses, and the symbols of the British royal family are painted with gold powder on the carriage.

Where the carriage passed, water splashed all over the ground, and they ran all the way to Huang Ming's medical center.

A gentleman with a staff of civilization came down from the carriage and ordered his guards to disperse the crowd who were queuing up for the free clinic, and then he came to Huang Ming.

With a slight bow, he spoke very politely.

"Mr. Huang, sorry to disturb you!"

"But His Majesty the King is seriously ill, and I must trouble you to come with us."

Hearing this, Huang Ming couldn't help frowning and said.

"I'm in the free clinic, can you wait for my side to finish?"

Facing this British man, Huang Ming was not afraid, because he had Daming backing him.

The man who got out of the car shook his head and said.

"His Majesty's condition is very urgent, please trouble Mr. Huang to come with us."

"Please, Mr. Huang, don't force us to use force!"

(End of this chapter)