Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 269 Kangxi engages in Western affairs

Thousands of miles away from the battlefield in Hunan, the grassland outside the Great Wall, the grass is fat and the horse is strong, and Kangxi, who rides the horse slowly, looks extremely happy. It seems that the big defeat in Hunan did not even affect his hunting mood.

"I'm here, thousands of miles away, wandering around with nothing to do, sitting and watching the winds and clouds rise in the southern country."

He sang in a low voice, then reined in the horse's head, and nodded to the guard next to him.

The rumbling and muffled sound came like a tidal wave, and a motley cloud rushed towards it from far to near like a cloud.

After a while, the mottled tide was approaching in front of the horse. If you look carefully, there are all kinds of beasts, including deer, fox, and rabbits. There are tens of thousands of them.

A group of guards, tens of feet ahead, lined up, beating gongs and drums, and abruptly turned the tide of beasts away from Kangxi's horse's head.

Depend on!No wonder when Kangxi was 66 years old, he dared to say proudly: "I have captured 153 tigers, 12 bears, 25 leopards, 20 lynxes, 14 elks, 96 wolves, and 133 wild boars with shotguns since I was a child. Hundreds of deer were captured by sentry, and the number of animals captured by random shooting in the other paddocks is too great to remember. I shot 318 rabbits in one day, and even ordinary people can’t match the number in one day.”

It turned out that hunting was like this, how could he kill [-] rabbits a day by himself!
"emperor……"

A guard knelt down by the side of the horse, holding up a stubby weapon with both hands. The barrel of the gun was dark and thick, and the butt was thick and extended.

This is the No. 11 automatic fire gun used by Emperor Kangxi. It is a flintlock gun specially used for Kangxi hunting. It has a caliber of 1355mm, a total length of 903mm, and a barrel length of [-]mm. On a specially shaped buttstock.

This gun is a wheel-type flintlock gun. When firing, first use the key to fully string the wheel, and then pull the trigger. The wheel rotates rapidly, rubbing against the flint to make a fire, igniting the gunpowder, and then igniting the gunpowder in the gun chamber. Shoot the projectile out.

It is the finest flintlock gun with the best performance in the early Qing Dynasty.

The Rabbit Terminator Kangxi reached out to take it, squinted his eyes, snapped his fingers, and with a bang, the gun flames scattered, the smoke rose, and a large amount of scarlet was splashed in the herd of animals in the distance. Big clouds of dust and smoke.

"46 deer, [-] foxes, [-] rabbits..."

"Okay, count carefully and record them in the file."

In the big bright yellow tent, sitting and listening to the continuous roar from all sides, Kangxi waved away the eunuchs who came to report the results of the battle, and looked around solemnly at the princes and ministers in the tent.

"I'm not worried about the matter in Hunan at all, but you guys are clamoring secretly, saying that I'm afraid of that bright monster, and what I've seen now has settled your mind?"

The gunfire was so dense that these princes and ministers were a little restless. Hearing Kangxi's words, they all nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

Kangxi's tour outside the Great Wall this time is called Qiushou, and it is actually a drill. The drill is not Manchurian riding and shooting, but actual firearms combat.

It seems that in the battle of Yizhang, the Qing Dynasty was really hurt, and Kangxi had to start a comprehensive adjustment of equipment.

"To conquer the world, there are two most important things. One is people's hearts, and the other is weapons. The demons are in chaos, and the people's hearts will not go beyond Guangdong, Hunan, Southwest and other places. Now there are more chaos, nothing to be afraid of. Is it a weapon..."

Kangxi waved his hand, and the eunuchs handed over the guards' flintlock guns and grenades on his desk to everyone for viewing. The two armies were at war, and it was not difficult to get the equipment of ordinary infantrymen of the Guards. This is Le Erjin Cong Yizhang brought back from the battlefield.

"Le Erjin submitted the battle report of the battle of Yizhang, which mentioned two main points, besides the artillery, the Ming Yao relies heavily on the automatic musket and the shocking thunder, combined from far and near, it is very invincible!"

Afterwards, Kangxi shook his head: "This thunderbolt is a bit difficult to deal with, but there are no less than dozens of automatic firearms in our palace. Although they are not as exquisite as this firearm, their power may not be inferior to it."

This is true. As a family friend of the French royal family and a pen pal of Louis XIV, it is normal to have a flintlock, but whether it can be mass-produced is the key.

"I used to think that although the automatic firearms are strong, they are no match for ten Qing Dynasty shotguns! I didn't expect thousands of automatic firearms to be so powerful. From today onwards, the Ministry of Industry will go all out to produce automatic firearms. I don't believe it. , the Qing Dynasty formed a hundred thousand self-propelled musketeers, but they still couldn’t beat the mere Ming Yao!”

Everyone was shocked, and the military system was really going to be changed.

However, Kangxi changed the subject and talked about the second experience summarized by Le Erjin. He raised a two-foot-long pointed iron rod with a buckle and said: "Ming Yao's self-fired guns still have With such a short blade, once it enters hand-to-hand combat, it will turn firecrackers into spears. My imperial army has always divided soldiers from long and short, from far and near, but Ming Yao is from far and near. Although our army is large in number, no more than [-]% of them can fight hand-to-hand with them at the same time. How can I win?"

With a clang, he threw the spear on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "I am determined to set up a firearms battalion editor's office! I am discussing with you today to sort out the details of the editor's office!"

Everyone was shocked. The green battalion new army trained before was only [-], but now the green battalion is going to be completely reformed!
This is a big deal!

However, after Kangxi looked around at everyone, he added restrictions to this policy: "The army involved in the compilation and training of the Yamen includes the capital, Xi'an, Jingzhou, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Shaanxi, Gansu, and the five banner camps and green camps. The governors of other provinces are not allowed to Change the military system, offenders will be severely punished!"

Everyone nodded. This is necessary. The army in these places has nearly 40 people. With such a sharp weapon as the automatic musket, even if only half of it is dispatched, it is enough to eliminate the Ming Yao.

If the green battalion all over the world were to acquire such firearms and tactics, they might drive away the wolves in front, and the tigers would jump out in the back.

Ha Zhan, Minister of the Ministry of War, was still a little worried. He always felt that the time was not on the Qing side, "Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty reformed new weapons and practiced new tactics. It will not be possible in March or May. Right now, people in the south are fluctuating, and it is time to continue to march forward. Otherwise, the South will not be safe!"

Kangxi's tone was stern: "This is the battle of the Qing Dynasty! If you are not sure, you must not act rashly!"

"In addition, contact the Dutch and Franji people and let them do their best to help the Qing Dynasty manufacture automatic muskets!" Kangxi said firmly!

"Whoo!"

This is the Kangxi version of the Westernization Movement. Zhao Liangdong is no longer in the Qing Dynasty, but the spirit of mastering the skills of the barbarians and making the Ming is in place!
In other words, Hu Sangui's fake "Dutch" fleet has "fleeed" to the north, and Kangxi personally received Julio and the "Dutch" people.

After all, they are the closest international friends of Daqing, and Daqing relies on them everywhere!
Among other things, the Qing Dynasty was drooling with regard to the fleet of Western Galenic sailing ships!

In order to stabilize them, Kangxi still found a piece of land for Julio's fleet. Originally, Julio proposed to be stationed in Tianjin, but Kangxi refused. How can foreign fleets be stationed in an important place in the capital!
In the end, Weihaiwei in Shandong was assigned to the "Dutch" fleet!
When Zhu Kezang heard the news, he was dumbfounded: Isn't this the territory of the Beiyang Fleet!

(End of this chapter)