My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 44 The difference between certificated and uncertified!
Under the gaze of everyone, the long box was opened.

A piece of wood is inlaid with pipes, and objects with beautiful patterns are carved on it, appearing in front of everyone.

"The men want to discuss things. Our mothers will come here first and wait. By the way, see if Zhanji has come back from school!"

Knowing that the contents in the box were not simple, Empress Xu stood up and told the others to leave first, leaving space for the masters to discuss individually.

Naturally, the daughters-in-law did not dare to refuse, so they bowed to the old man and followed Queen Xu to the side hall next to him.

After the women and the children left, the masters surrounded the long box and looked at it carefully.

"What is this, it doesn't look like a firearm?"

Zhu Gaoxu, who was the first to come up to him, was about to grab it.

"Crack!" The old man raised his hand and patted it, Zhu Gaoxu withdrew his hand with a dry smile.

At this time, there was no tense atmosphere at all, and the atmosphere was peaceful again.

This is the royal family, with countless masks on their faces.

No matter what you think in your heart, if the person above is in a happy mood, you have to be happy.The person above is not happy, even if you go out and pick up a big gold brick, you still have to show a sad expression.

"Fourth, this is something you asked people to study, let's talk about it!"

Reaching out to take out the contents of the box and playing with it for a long time, the old man who didn't figure out the slightest clue threw the gun to Zhu Gaoyu.

"All right!"

Zhu Gaoyu responded, raised the gun skillfully, and made a shooting motion.

"The scientific name of this gun is a self-generating musket. As the name suggests, there is no need to ignite the fuse with a torch, and you only need to pull the trigger to fire."

While Zhu Gaoyu was explaining, he pulled away the hammer and pulled it.

There was only a "click", and a piece of stone fixed in front of the hammer hit the iron felt, grinding out sparks visible to the naked eye.

The old man's eyes lit up, he reached for the rifle, and made a few false shots, already having a rough guess in his mind.

"The spark ignites the gunpowder in the powder pool, and then passes through the fire door to ignite the gunpowder in the barrel. The burning of the gunpowder triggers a reaction to push the projectile out, killing enemies in the distance."

While correcting the old man's posture, Zhu Gaoyu explained the principle of the self-propelled musket.

"How lethal is it?"

Knowing the magical function of this gun, the old man was delighted, and at the same time asked the question he was most concerned about.

"According to calculations, [-] paces can break iron armor, [-] paces can't stop leather armor, and [-] paces can still hurt the enemy. The only shortcoming is poor accuracy. Only God knows where the projectile will fly after [-] paces."

"Cut, that's it... It's far from a bow and arrow. It's completely useless. I thought you've been tossing around for so long, and the old man is still nervous. It's something shocking."

After listening to Zhu Gaoyu's gun data, Zhu Gaoxu, who has been fighting on the battlefield all year round, showed a look of contempt.

Fifteen paces away, you might miss your head, which is far from a bow and arrow.

At a distance of fifteen paces, he could hit the target with his eyes closed.

Zhu Gaosui also had the same expression.

For them who are good at bows and arrows, the data of guns in Zhu Gaoyu's mouth is really nothing.

Zhu Gaoyu chuckled and did not refute, but instead asked: "Second brother, you are a veteran in the battlefield, how long does it take to train an excellent archer?"

Without hesitation, Zhu Gaoxu replied directly: "A person with good talent can see merit in one year, and a mediocre person can go to the battlefield in two years."

Zhu Gaoyu nodded and asked again: "How many times can that archer draw the bow in a row?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

The fourth child is also good at using bows and arrows, so why would he ask himself a question he knows.

Although he was puzzled, seeing that the old man didn't say a word, he just looked at the two quietly, and replied bluntly: "If you hold a light bow for more than [-] times, you will have to rest. If you have no talent to hold a heavy bow, you will be exhausted after more than ten times!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded again, took the rifle in the hands of the old man with both hands, and said to Zhu Gaoxu while fiddling with it: "Second brother, if I tell you, this weapon only needs 2~3 days of user training before it can be used on the battlefield. As long as there is no problem with the gun and the supply of ammunition is sufficient, you can continue to kill the enemy continuously, would you believe it?"

"how is this possible?"

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui exclaimed at the same time, only the old man had a look of calmness in his eyes.

The miraculous Shenji camp that was praised by later generations has actually not yet shown its majesty in the current time period.

In the eyes of generals who have never seen the might of the Shenji Camp, apart from the artillery that is available, the firearms soldiers of the Shenji Camp are completely cheering on the battlefield.

It wasn't until the 12th year of Yongle, the old man's second Northern Expedition, the ferocious performance of the Shenji Camp, that his reputation was officially established.

Yu Qian guarded Beiping City, and spread the name of firearms all over the world.

"Why is it impossible?"

Zhu Gaoyu handed the gun to the elder brother Zhu Pangpang who was also curious beside him, and said slowly to the four of them:

"For the army, there are only three things to pay attention to in weapons."

"First, it is simple and easy to make."

"Second, learn quickly."

"Third, the battle lasts."

"Not all soldiers are talented people."

"The time it took for them to put down their agricultural tools, pick up their weapons and rush to the battlefield is really too short, and there is not so much time for them to train."

"Once a soldier cannot quickly master the weapon he uses, the weapon in his hand will not only fail to kill the enemy, but will become his burden and even help the enemy."

Pointing to the rifle in the hand of the boss Zhu Pangpang, Zhu Gaoyu said to the old man: "This weapon seems to be a little weaker, but it is easy to learn and easy to use."

"My Ming Dynasty has a population of tens of thousands. Once the war comes, with this simple and easy-to-learn weapon, we can recruit tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops capable of fighting at any time."

"Even if they don't have much combat experience, but they have lethal weapons, they can cooperate with some elite soldiers and officers to defend cities one by one."

"In this way, we can mobilize sufficient combat-experienced troops to win one victory after another for our Ming Dynasty."

The old man clenched his fists slightly, thinking that he could fight millions of troops at any time, his heart was very hot.

Compared with cold weapons, firearms are really simple.

It does not require soldiers to practice chopping and stabbing every day, they just need to hold it up to the enemy and pull the trigger.

This simple weapon greatly saves the time of army training.

It is precisely because he understands the advantages of firearms that the old man pays special attention to Shenjiying.

In his vision, in the future, the cold weapons of the Ming army will gradually be eliminated, and the firearms troops will occupy the dominant position.

He even has an intuition in his heart that in the future, firearms may affect the situation of the entire world.

Looking at the thoughtful old man holding a musket, Zhu Gaoyu's eyes flashed with helplessness.

In fact, he didn't want to reveal this advanced weapon to the public, so he couldn't do without it.

Not to mention the suspicion of the old man.

Without the authorization of the old man, he dare not build it privately.

In addition, the fine iron for making the barrel, and the most important craftsman, all need to be obtained from the old man.

If there is no authorization from the old man for all this, it would be no problem for him to build a few muskets in private and play by himself.

But if Zhu Gaoyu wants to manufacture on a large scale and equip it for his army, that's out of the question.

Alas, this is the difference between certified and uncertified.

But it's not that he didn't leave something behind. For example, the rifle barrel and the evolution of ammunition in the future, he didn't plan to mention a word.

Don't underestimate that this is just a small change.

For the firearms troops, a paper package of fixed ammunition can improve the combat capability of the troops by several percent, not to mention various combat coordination.

(End of this chapter)