The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 341 Mr. Ye copied Qi Jiguang and would rather die than give it to Zhu Yuanzhang, the real important weapon of the country!

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this big deal that shocked him, he immediately forgot the anger he had just suffered.

That’s what the so-called attention shift is all about.

"Follow!"

Zhu Yuanzhang gave the order, quickly got on his horse and chased after him, and then he caught up with him on horseback.

Mao Xiang and the ten young men in Jin Yiwei who were already in front of Ye Qing and looked very familiar to them escorted the carriage carrying Queen Ma and Shen Waner and followed them all the way.

The group of them faced the setting sun that was already heading west, and headed all the way to the Donghai Mining Development Group, which Zhu Yuanzhang had heard of but had never been to.

They could see the coast of Xiangshan County and Ninghai County on the opposite side, heading north.

Finally, they saw the end of Ningxiang Bay.

The end of Ningxiang Bay is the land border between Ninghai County and Xiangshan County. It is also where the ‘Donghai Mining Development Group’ is located.

In everyone's eyes, this large gate is not the traditional wooden gate of Hu Changfang. It can be said that this so-called gate is the Maju in front of the city gate.

Many things similar to Ma Ju were arranged together, blocking this wide avenue.

Normally, only one opening was made for the entry and exit of one carriage only.

And next to this opening, there is a two-story building!

The first floor is where the guard is on duty, and the second floor is where the guard lives. The words "Donghai Mining Development Group" stand on the roof of this small building.

"Master Ye, you are here."

After Ye Qing nodded, he took the lead to enter, and then asked the guard to let the carriages and horses behind him go.

Finally, the group of them came to the factory avenue of Donghai Mining Development Group!

Zhu Yuanzhang and his party looked at both sides and saw only the seaside side and the far sea side, which were all factories that they had seen in Yanmen County.

But the size of these factories has long exceeded Zhu Yuanzhang and others' understanding.

The factory building on the far sea side is as big as the Yanmen Arsenal factory building. This is already the largest factory building in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

The factory building on the offshore side is actually more than twice the size of this arsenal!

Zhu Yuanzhang accidentally turned his head and looked at the waves hitting the table. He felt that these factories on the offshore side were like giant dragon boats about to be launched into the sea.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately had a guess.

"Master Ye, the factories on your offshore side are all used to build big ships!"

Ye Qing looked at Mr. Guo, who was no longer as startled as before, and felt that he had been following him for a long time and had made a lot of obvious progress.

Ye Qing smiled lightly and said, "Let me first visit the factory on the far side of the sea."

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang and his party, led by Ye Qing, casually headed towards a factory.

Just before they entered the factory, they saw the name of the workshop.

"Navy, riveted cloth face armor, production workshop?"

"Navy, what kind of army is it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a frown.

Ye Qing did not stop and said as he moved forward: "Actually, it is the navy of the Ming Dynasty. I thought the name of the navy was not nice, so I changed its name to the navy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "Change the name of the military branch if you want. Is this naval force the emperor's or your Lord Ye's?"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he looked straight at Ye Qing, waiting for his answer.

If his answer doesn't satisfy him, he will get angry!

This is a matter of principle, and this is something that must never be compromised. Once he gets angry, Ye Qing's head will be at risk!

While Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking this way, Queen Ma and Mao Xiang also looked worried.

They knew that even if Ye Qing replied with cruel words like 'It's my army' and 'I can change it however I want', it was just cruel words.

But these bragging and cruel words must never be said in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

They only hope that Ye Qing can give a reasonable explanation.

Just when they were so hopeful, Ye Qing just said calmly: "I didn't say that all the naval forces of the Ming Dynasty should be renamed 'Navy'."

"I am the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture, and there is only one special administrative government in Ningbo. Naturally, it is within Ningbo. I can take control of the military and political affairs."

"So, it will only be the navy of Ningbo Prefecture, and all of them will be renamed the navy!"

"But only the navy can equip me with these equipment, which are exclusively for the navy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually not very satisfied with this answer.

Logically speaking, he was not even qualified to change the name of the Ningbo Navy to the Navy, but who told him that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the plaque of 'Ningbo Special Administrative Government'?

As the saying goes, you have to walk the road you choose even if you cry.

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought that what he claimed to the outside world was that he took the initiative to establish the Ningbo Special Administrative Government, he once again made a decision to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

"Not to mention, the navy not only sounds better than the navy, but also looks more domineering."

"After all, the sea is open to all rivers!"

Empress Ma also smiled and nodded when she heard the truth that Zhu Yuanzhang was actually giving in.

But then, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again.

Because he thought about Ye Qing's last words, Ye Qing's meaning was very obvious, that is, if the other naval forces of the Ming Dynasty were not renamed as the navy, they would not be worthy of being equipped with his equipment.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang already had plans to give in again and change the name of the navy across the country to the navy.

But the emperor has the pride of the emperor!

If his equipment does not satisfy Zhu Yuanzhang, he will not give in easily.

With this idea in mind, Zhu Yuanzhang followed Ye Qing to visit the so-called 'Donghai Mining Development Group'.

Here he saw a 'riveted cloth face armor' that was far more technologically advanced than the Imperial Arms Bureau.

The riveted cloth armor equipped by the Ming Dynasty's Southern Army is a double-layered cloth with iron sheets sandwiched inside and fixed with rivets.

This design is mainly for both protection and warmth, because the main battlefields of the Southern Army are in the northeast and along the rivers and coasts.

The armor of the Northern Army was more protective, but it was too thick and was not conducive to marching in mountains and hills.

In long-term practice, Ming Dynasty has developed the habit of using different equipment for the northern and southern armies!

It is an indisputable fact that the Northern Army equipment manufactured by Yanmen Arsenal is far superior to that of the Imperial Arms Bureau.

And the Yanmen Arsenal itself has essentially become the best in the Ming Dynasty, the Northern Army weapons and armor supply factory!

Zhu Yuanzhang and others had thought about Ye Qing also building a "Southern Army Arsenal" for the Ming Dynasty.

But I never expected that this southern military arsenal would actually exist in the form of the 'Donghai Mining Development Group'.

The riveted cloth face armor produced here not only far surpassed the Imperial Arms Bureau in terms of warmth and defense, but also far surpassed the Imperial Arms Bureau in terms of comfort.

Just now, Zhu Yuanzhang and others personally saw a pig equipped with a riveted cloth mask being beaten by so many fire blunderbuss.

After the armor was removed, only the internal nail plates were dented and there were only some marks on the pig's body.

Everyone watching this scene can imagine that if a person wearing this armor was hit by so many fire guns, he would definitely be bruised and bruised, but there would be no fatal injuries.

Ye Qing looked at Mr. Guo, who had a shocked look on his face, and deliberately joked: "If you think the pig experiment can't prove anything, why don't you put it on and experiment?"

"Don't worry, although I don't know martial arts, I am good at shooting firecrackers!" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately felt confident in his nostrils.

He just felt that this Ye Qing was completely hopeless.

The saying that if you don't have a fight for three days, you will go to the house to build a tile, and the saying that if you give him a little color, he will open a dyeing workshop, it couldn't be better applied to this person.

Ye Qing met Mr. Guo and almost couldn't afford to lose. He smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "We've known each other for so long, but you still can't take a joke."

"You don't know how to tease, you're not funny!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Qing walked alone to the workshop next door.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this handsome back and really wanted to hit the back of his head with the sole of his shoe.

"This man has already said all the good things he has to say, what else can we say?"

Empress Ma quickly held his hand and whispered, "Think about this armor that is better than ours, think about these technologies that are better than ours."

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Under Empress Ma's advice, Zhu Yuanzhang once again recorded the "crime of disrespect" for Ye Qing and followed in his footsteps.

The technology of swords and arrows is the same as that of Yanmen Arsenal, using hydraulic forging equipment to achieve the desulfurization effect.

They knew that the final core technology was Ye Qing's use of water power and his mastery of metal forging, which was far superior to that of the imperial court.

Only with better material performance can the performance of swords, arrows, guns and cannons be better!

After they saw the muskets and cannons, they came to the last workshop!

When Zhu Yuanzhang and others saw the products of this workshop, their eyes widened immediately, because it was a cannon that was larger than a musket but smaller than a cannon.

"Master Ye, you are here."

"We are about to conduct an experiment on the [Adjustable Elevation Tiger Crouching Cannon]. Would you like to go and take a look?"

"Who are these?"

In front of Ye Qing and others, the person who came to greet him was the chief engineer of the [Adjustable Elevation Tiger Crouching Cannon] production workshop.

Ye Qing smiled lightly and said: "Mr. Chen, I would like to introduce you to Mr. Guo. He is the person who pays your wages and is the investor of our Donghai Mining Development Group."

Immediately afterwards, he introduced the person in charge transferred from the Ningbo Firearms Bureau to Mr. Guo.

Chen Gong saluted and said: "It turns out to be Boss Guo, disrespectful and disrespectful!"

"Then just lead the way!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and others suddenly became curious when they saw the cannon being picked up and walked away.

I'm curious about how powerful this cannon is, which is bigger than a blunderbuss and smaller than a cannon.

If the power is good, then this kind of gun can completely make up for the shortcomings of the cannon's poor maneuverability.

Before reaching the testing site, Zhu Yuanzhang and others began to ask curious questions.

Although Ye Qing was a little impatient, it wasn't that he was unwilling to explain, but that he really didn't know how to explain.

To be honest, he himself felt a bit shameless!

Because in this regard, he copied the ideas of Qi Jiguang, the famous general of later generations!

The Tiger Crouching Cannon was a weapon invented by Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general during the Jiajing period. It was not only powerful, but also easy to carry, greatly enhancing the mobility of weapons like the cannon!

In a sense, the Tiger Crouching Cannon is the ancestor of the mortar!

And he, Ye Qing, just applied the mortar's elevation adjustment mechanism to the Tiger Crouching Cannon, thus creating this intermediary product that spanned the ages.

There is no way. The current overall industrial level cannot produce a firing pin primer-type artillery shell. The only way to do this is to 'combine ancient and modern'!

But even so, it was hundreds of years ahead of the current era.

Ye Qing believed that his adjustable-elevation tiger crouching cannon would be able to achieve miraculous results in the beach landing battles against the Japanese, as well as in the street and urban battles on the island!

On the testing ground,

In everyone's eyes, a squatting tiger gun with adjustable elevation angle just stood there, really like a tiger squatting there.

"Fire!"

Following Chen Gong's order, a fiery red meteor rushed out from the muzzle, drew a magnificent parabola in the sky, and then fell to the ground and blossomed.

Although the power of the cannonballs is not as good as that of a real cannon, it is still more than half.

Immediately afterwards, they experimented with adjusting the range by adjusting the elevation angle, and they were all very successful.

Finally, they conducted an experiment of maneuvering while holding the gun.

As long as he is not that thin and weak, even an ordinary man can carry him away.

If you have a strong person, you can just hold it and run away, and you can also climb hills while holding it.

"it is good!"

"This gun is so good!"

"This is a cannon tailor-made for the mountainous south, for landing on beaches, and for attacking high with low!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, he immediately praised it loudly.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Ye Qing and made a habitual condition: "If you dedicate this skill to His Majesty, you can be promoted again."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Empress Ma and others also looked at Ye Qing, their eyes full of expectation.

They were all expecting Ye Qing to give a satisfactory answer!

In everyone's eyes, Ye Qing looked at Mr. Guo in front of him, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then walked to another workshop alone.

At the same time, he just said in a leisurely tone: "I said that only the navy can have these equipment."

"If Your Majesty wants it in the future, you can ask the Confederate Army to buy it, and I can give you the cost price, just like the Northern Army placing an order with Yanmen Arsenal."

"But again, I only sell these equipment to the Ming Navy, not the Ming Navy!"

"As for technology!"

"His Majesty still failed my test. Even if I take him to the cemetery, I will never give it to him!"

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After Ye Qing said these words, he stopped staying.

In fact, in order to help the Northern Dynasty of Japan to fight against the Southern Dynasty and the Southern Dynasty of Japan to fight against the Northern Dynasty in the future, he not only built this adjustable-elevation tiger crouching cannon, but also built the 'Langzhen'.

In a few days, he will also let the soldiers practice the 'Mandarin Duck Formation'.

It can be said that Qi Jiguang's things have basically been improved by combining ancient and modern styles.

He copied a lot of Qi Jiguang's ideas and felt a little embarrassed.

But when I thought about it again, I thought it was nothing.

Qi Jiguang's innovative spirit remains unchanged. When the time comes, he will only create better weapons.

Maybe, he could directly build a real mortar based on the 'Adjustable Tiger Crouching Cannon'.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing went directly to the large workshop near the sea.

For Ye Qing, this large workshop near the sea is the place where the most important tool for building a country is.

The Yuan Dynasty also thought about conquering the Japanese country, but lost to Fenglang!

And the important weapons of the country made in his large workshop can ensure that the Ming Dynasty's navy will not be easily defeated by the wind and waves!

And at this moment,

Zhu Yuanzhang did not follow closely.

Just because of what Ye Qing said just now, he has stepped on Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line! .

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