Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 195 The ambition of the Kingdom of Sardinia to break away from the Ming Dynasty!

September 24, the second year of Yongwu.

This day is the birthday of Cao Wei's son, Cao Lin.

The next day, Emperor Zhu Xiongying of the Ming Dynasty learned of the news of Zhu Hanming's birth and also came to the Cao Mansion.

Also coming to Cao Mansion with him was Zhu Gaochi.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying arriving, Cao Wei stepped forward to greet him:

"I see your Majesty."

Zhu Xiongying said quickly: "Grand Master, there is no need to be polite. I am here to see my little brother."

Zhu Gaochi also expressed his congratulations to Cao Wei:

"Master Cao is happy to have a son, congratulations."

"Hahahaha, we are all happy together."

Zhu Hanming was sitting on a chair in the lobby, wearing two Yufeng coats. He held Cao Lin in his arms and did not get up.

Cao Wei welcomed the two into the lobby. Zhu Xiongying looked at Cao Lin, his eyes full of joy.

This is Cao Wei's son.

Cao Wei had delayed a life-long event by adopting him, which made Zhu Xiongying worried about him for a long time.

Now seeing Cao Wei marry Zhu Hanming and giving birth to a son, Zhu Xiongying's wish was finally fulfilled.

Cao Lin was not afraid of strangers. She opened her hands and shook her left and right at Zhu Xiongying, shouting.

"Auntie, let me give you a hug."

Taking Cao Lin from Zhu Hanming's hand, Zhu Xiongying shook it slowly and carefully, and the baby laughed happily.

It’s just that the energy of a newborn baby is really limited, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep after a while.

Zhu Xiongying returned Cao Lin to Zhu Hanming.

Immediately, he took out a small and exquisite longevity lock from his sleeve and placed it on Cao Lin's chest.

Cao Wei couldn't help but be moved when he saw this scene. He knew that this longevity lock was prayed for by Empress Ma for the young Zhu Xiongying when she was still alive.

Now that Queen Ma is gone, this longevity lock may be Zhu Xiongying's only thought of Queen Ma. Now Zhu Xiongying actually gave this longevity lock to his son.

How could Cao Wei not be moved by such deep love and righteousness? It's true that he and Zhu Xiongying had a father-son relationship.

"My ability to grow up to this day safely is all due to the blessing of this longevity lock. With this longevity lock, the little one will grow up safely and healthily!"

"Thank you for your majesty's grace," Cao Wei cupped his hands and said.

Ancient times were different from modern times. Even with Cao Wei's various inventions, the medical conditions in the Ming Dynasty were really unflattering.

When children are just born, they are the most vulnerable and most likely to die.

The ancients gave birth to several, or even dozens, children in a lifetime, just for fear that any child would be unlucky and be taken away by God, and there would be other heirs to carry on the bloodline.

Not only the common people are like this, but also among the royal families of the past dynasties, there are many cases where princes and princes died in childhood.

This situation has continued until modern medical technology gradually developed and improved, and the survival rate of newborns has greatly improved.

Objects such as longevity locks give people a beautiful meaning in the harsh living conditions at this time, hoping that the children in the family can grow up safely.

When Empress Ma prayed for the longevity lock for Zhu Xiongying, it must have contained her most sincere wishes. The same was true for Zhu Xiongying at this time. He hoped that Cao Wei and Zhu Hanming's son could grow up safely and healthily. When the time comes, he himself Just one more little brother and one more right-hand man.

Zhu Xiongying knew Cao Wei's education level best, so he knew that when Cao Lin grew up, he would definitely become a minister of the Ming Dynasty!

Seeing Zhu Xiongying take out the longevity lock, Zhu Gaochi asked the attendants outside the door to bring in the congratulatory gifts. There were a lot of various treasures and gold and silver.

Of course Cao Wei accepted this with a smile and let Xiaoyu take it to the back room.

Zhu Gaochi came to Cao Mansion with congratulatory gifts, but met Zhu Xiongying at the gate of Cao Mansion.

Shocked by Zhu Xiongying's regard for the Cao family, he asked his attendants to wait outside.

When Zhu Xiongying came today, he would not be empty-handed. He could not steal Zhu Xiongying's limelight first. He could only wait for Zhu Xiongying to send the longevity lock before he could take out the gift he had prepared.

Although Zhu Gaochi prepared a large number of gifts, Zhu Xiongying only gave a small longevity lock, but that small longevity lock was far better than anything else.

Zhu Xiongying still had a lot of official business to deal with in the palace, so he did not stay in Cao Mansion for a long time. After giving the gifts, he chatted with Cao Wei and Zhu Gaochi for a few words and then took the people back to the palace.

It seems that emperors are like this, most of the time does not belong to themselves.

As soon as Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Gaochi left, Yan Zhenzhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, came, and with him was Wei Guogong Xu Yungong.

"Master Cao, congratulations..."

For a whole month after this day, Cao Wei hardly went out and stayed at home with Zhu Hanming and his son Cao Lin every day.

Firstly, it was the novelty of becoming a father for the first time, and secondly, Zhu Hanming was weak after giving birth and needed someone to take care of him during the confinement period. Cao Wei did not trust others and had to do everything by himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Concubine Han were very enthusiastic, as if they regarded Cao Mansion as their own home, and they came to see their grandson almost every day.

During this period, Zhu Di from Dongyi Province sent a congratulatory message. However, the distance between the two places was long and it was not convenient to come back at the moment. Zhu Di said that he would leave early next time to attend Cao Lin's Hundred Days Banquet.

It wasn't until Zhu Hanming finished his confinement that Cao Wei began to return to the manufacturing bureau.

That morning,

Cao Wei had breakfast, said something to Zhu Hanming, and then left Cao's mansion and headed west.

When Cao Wei came to the manufacturing bureau, all the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau that Cao Wei met, every one of them, put down what they were doing and said congratulations after seeing him, and the entire manufacturing bureau became beaming with joy.

Cao Wei walked with a happy face and arrived at the inner courtyard added by the Manufacturing Bureau. When he walked into the room, he saw the almost completed new Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes on the table.

Cao Wei came closer, picked it up, looked at it carefully, and stretched the paper. The toughness was already very good, and the surface was very smooth, with only some anti-counterfeiting features missing.

Being able to create such treasure money in such a short time shows that Qian Yi is very concerned about this matter.

At this time, Song Ping and Zhao Heng came over and also congratulated Cao Wei.

The two of them bared their big teeth and raised their hands to Cao Wei, "Congratulations, sir, on the birth of your son, but we are of low status and cannot come to congratulate you."

Cao Wei waved his hand:

"You have been following me for so long, so you don't have to stick to this. Wait for the youngest son to wait for a hundred days, call Wang Hu and the others, and you can also go and have fun."

Song Ping and Zhao Heng looked at each other and smiled and said, "Your Majesty has your order, and we dare not disobey it." Then Cao Wei asked them to go about their work. Now the manufacturing bureau is under the imperial court and has many branches. Cao Wei After becoming the hands-off shopkeepers, the burden fell on Song Ping and Zhao Heng, and the two of them had more and more affairs.

Half an hour later, Qian Yi came down from the court and came to the manufacturing bureau. When he saw Cao Wei, he was stunned and quickly handed over.

"I have met the Grand Master, congratulations..."

Cao Wei's ears tingled when he heard it, and he waved his hand, "Okay, okay."

Then he picked up the new-style treasure banknote, "Now the only thing left about the treasure banknote is anti-counterfeiting, right?"

Qian Yi nodded, "Yes, the anti-counterfeiting method that your Excellency told Xiaguan before, the color-changing ink requires special equipment to be overheated and pressed. Xiaguan has already asked people to start production."

It is not difficult to prepare the color-changing ink. With the basic directions and methods given by Cao Wei, Qian Yi found a large number of painters and successfully produced it in two months.

"Go, have a look."

Qian Yi took the lead and walked towards a nearby factory.

In the factory, there are more than a dozen skilled craftsmen who are busy assembling and debugging a printing machine.

To print color-changing ink and independent numbers on the new banknotes after overheating, the distance accuracy between the printers is extremely high!

These craftsmen have been debugging this printing machine for more than ten days, but it still cannot meet the requirements.

Cao Wei watched for a while and then left the factory.

Such delicate work cannot be done in a hurry. We can only wait for the craftsmen to adjust it slowly.

Seeing that the treasure note was about to be completed, Cao Wei began to think about what to do next.

After releasing the technology of repeating muskets, should Ming Dynasty’s muskets be updated?

Are there any problems with manual rifles?

Today's Ming Dynasty's repeating muskets are not the continuous firing method of automatic rifles, but the shooting principle of revolvers.

The shooting principle of the revolver is different. Even if Cao Wei carved rifling on the original basis of the Daming Fire Gun and increased the length of the barrel, the shooting distance and power of this gun cannot be compared with a real rifle.

For example, at this time, the Ming Dynasty's repeating musket had a range of less than a hundred meters, while any kind of rifle had a range of more than two to three hundred meters, and even further to about 1000 meters!

The difference is simply heaven and earth!

Not only is there a big difference in effective range, but the power between the two is also hugely different!

From the simplest point of view, bullet firing requires sufficient power, which is the impact of the gunpowder explosion.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's repeating muskets have a short range because of insufficient power. The power of the rifle is stronger, the effective range is longer, and the power is greater!

Later rifles were divided into manual rifles, automatic rifles, and assault rifles.

Although Cao Wei would like to directly manufacture automatic rifles and assault rifles, the requirements and conditions for manufacturing these two rifles are higher than those for manual rifles.

Cao Wei felt that the meal still had to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road still had to be taken step by step. First, build the manual rifle.

A manual rifle, as its name suggests, almost a series of shooting actions must be completed manually.

Most of the rifles in hand are loaded with fixed magazines, usually five to seven rounds.

Among them, there is a "Ying 77" manual rifle that is not about martial arts, but it can load ten rounds at a time, and it has a detachable magazine, and its rate of fire is much faster than that of ordinary rifles.

"Ying 77" is just the nickname of this gun because it uses 7.7mm bullets. Its original name is Lee-Enfield manual rifle.

A musket can hold three to five rounds of ammunition, which may not sound like much, but it is very important on the battlefield!

It is precisely because of this that Cao Wei decided that the next manual rifle to be manufactured would be the "Ying 77". No, it should be called the "Ming 77".

After making up his mind, Cao Wei began to prepare. The first step was still the familiar formula, calculations, and design drawings...

the other side,

Zhu Xiongying sent two thousand craftsmen to the Kingdom of Sardinia. After more than two months of journey, these two thousand craftsmen finally arrived in mid-November.

Lan Yu, who was stationed in the Kingdom of Sardinia, was confused when he saw that the reinforcements were not soldiers, but a group of craftsmen holding various tools in their hands.

Fortunately, Zhu Xiongying also left him a letter, and Lan Yu understood it after reading it.

Like normal people, Lan Yu also felt that Zhu Xiongying's actions were a bit lacking in consideration.

Sending Ming craftsmen to make repeating muskets, isn't this equivalent to revealing the manufacturing method of repeating muskets to the Kingdom of Sardinia?

However, Zhu Xiongying was Lan Yu's nephew, and Lan Yu had enough trust and loyalty to him. After receiving the order, he went to the old king of Sardinia, Modreli, to discuss the matter without saying a word.

The Kingdom of Sardinia wanted to fund the establishment of a firearms manufacturing site. Craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty made muskets and then sold them to the Kingdom of Sardinia to enhance its military strength.

When Old Modrelli heard the news, his face turned red with excitement. He immediately summoned all the ministers. After finalizing the plan, he personally selected a place and allocated enough money to start building fortifications. .

In Modrelli's view, what Ming Dynasty sent this time was not two thousand craftsmen, but pie falling from the sky!

As long as these two thousand craftsmen are in the Kingdom of Sardinia, he will be able to learn the manufacturing technology of repeating muskets sooner or later!

By then, even without the assistance of the Ming Dynasty, the Kingdom of Sardinia will be the most powerful country in Europe!

Under Modrelli's repeated orders, tens of thousands of workers worked overtime, and the manufacturing bureau in the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia was built in just one month.

Then Ming craftsmen settled in, started from scratch, and began to produce repeating muskets step by step.

……

Time passes little by little.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the beginning of the third year of Yongwu.

As Ming craftsmen were busy every day, the Kingdom of Sardinia's own army also had a large number of repeating muskets.

In the external war, the Kingdom of Sardinia has indeed contributed more efforts. With the blessing of repeating muskets, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sardinia are extremely brave! He also won many battles one after another! Lan Yu led the army and became a soy sauce character on the battlefield.

The successive victories and increasingly powerful military power gave the Kingdom of Sardinia an illusion.

They don't need Daming anymore!

Even... they want to get rid of Daming's control!

When Prince Maud of Sardinia signed a treaty with the Ming Dynasty, it was because Sardinia was in a desperate situation on the verge of annihilation, so he agreed to give benefits to the Ming Dynasty.

But with the repeating musket, the Kingdom of Sardinia began to have ambitions! They were unwilling to make wedding clothes for Daming like this.

The Ming Dynasty had repeating muskets, and the Kingdom of Sardinia now also has repeating muskets. Why should we still be afraid of the Ming Dynasty?

Right now,

In the royal palace of the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the old King of Sardinia, Modrelli, and the young prince of Sardinia, Maud, had already dismissed their servants, and they were muttering in a low voice.

"...If they really break up with Ming, they still have powerful thunder cannons in their hands!" Little Mod still had lingering fears about Ming's power.

Old Modreli smiled sadly,

"So what? Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty can still send millions of troops to Europe? Their country doesn't want them anymore?"

"Besides, now that we also have repeating muskets, we may not be unable to fight against the Ming Dynasty!"

"We are not breaking up with them directly, but we want to re-sign a more "fair" contract..."

(End of this chapter)