Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 229 No good news

"Your Majesty Song Yingxing (Song Shihui) (Song Shiyi) wishes to greet my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The three fathers and sons of the Song family were very stressed when facing the current emperor, especially knowing that the current emperor's martial arts skills were directly comparable to those of the two emperors Taizu and Chengzu.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the three father and son of the Song family with a little emotion. This was the first time they met. It can be seen that Song Yingxing is old and gray-haired; his two sons are also middle-aged.

After letting them get back on their feet, Emperor Chongzhen was not serious, but asked in a gentle tone: "How did you do what I told you to do?"

He arranged the tasks of steam engine and rifling for them. He did not say that there must be a result, but it did not prevent him from asking.

When the three fathers and sons of the Song family heard the emperor's summons, they knew that the emperor would most likely ask them about the matter at hand, so they responded immediately, but it was obviously not very good.

No, Song Shihui knelt down and apologized: "I am incompetent. All parts of the steam engine have been reworked many times, and only about half of them are completed."

Song Shiyi also knelt down and apologized: "Weichen carved the rifling in the barrel, but the barrel of the fire gun is still trying."

Song Yingxing was really frightened when he saw his two sons kneeling there to plead guilty.

If you are not a serious Jinshi, you have no confidence. If the things assigned by the emperor cannot be completed well, then there will be even less confidence.

But who knows, Emperor Chongzhen did not get angry, and even smiled slightly and said: "Once these two things are done, they will bring great changes to the Ming Dynasty. Speaking of which, I am also the leader of the team that is trying to pull out the seedlings. If Under normal circumstances, these two things have not yet appeared!”

Of course, this is a bit biased. At least the most primitive rifling actually already exists. It’s just that people in this era don’t know it yet.

Why did Qi Jiguang stipulate in the military assessment that bows and arrows should reach a distance of eighty steps, while blunderbuss required a distance of one hundred steps?

Just because the blunderbuss shoots farther, and the reason for this is related to the construction of the blunderbuss. During this building process, rifling was inadvertently added.

Because the blunderbuss is actually made by rolling up iron sheets, putting a thin iron rod inside, and then hammering them into shape. This inadvertently left the original rifling inside the blunderbuss, allowing the fired projectiles to fly more stably.

At this time, hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, the three fathers and sons of the Song family were a little surprised. These words of the emperor reveal a very important meaning: they should not have appeared originally, but the emperor wanted these two to appear in advance?

This further proves that Emperor Taizu has given advice to the emperor, which is absolute. After getting this idea, the three father and son of the Song family became even more awed.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know this, so he let them level up first, and then said to Song Shiyi, who was in charge of the rifling: "Do you know why I asked you to engrave the rifling, and why I asked you to engrave the rifling, and also asked for a spiral rifling?"

Song Shiyi didn't know. He even talked to his father and brother, but he couldn't come to a conclusion, so he could only answer truthfully.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he expected it, and gave him a popular science guide: "This is actually related to ballistics, which is called ballistics, which is a science related to the trajectory of projectiles fired from muskets and the trajectory of projectiles fired from cannons. This knowledge is very profound, I can tell you a conclusion first..."

The three fathers and sons of the Song family were all shocked when they heard this. Did they really never think that Danwan had a lot of knowledge before?

Therefore, in shock, they immediately pricked up their ears and listened attentively.

"...The air we can't see has resistance. You can try running with a large flat shield, or a shield with the same weight as my shield that has an incline, and you can also adjust the inclination of the incline. If it is different, you can feel the resistance of the air. If you change it to water, it will be more obvious. Therefore, if the projectile in the army has a pointed side, it will shoot farther under the same conditions. In addition, if the projectile is spiral The shape will rotate further, and the trajectory will be flatter."

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he looked at Song Shihui and said: "This is why I want you to draw the rifling. From now on, all the fire blunderbuss used by the imperial army will be carved with spiral rifling, so that we can shoot accurately before the enemy shoots at us." Kill them! The same goes for artillery! Now, you should understand the great impact this will have on the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, right?"

The three fathers and sons of the Song family were very shocked when they heard this. They had never thought of this conclusion before. Now that the emperor said that they could try it, they immediately had the urge to try it.

There is a big difference between technical talents and liberal arts management talents. They don't just believe what others say, and they try to do it.

Song Shiyi was a little excited, but also a little embarrassed, and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty's knowledge is beyond the reach of Wei Chen. It's just that Wei Chen has a doubt. From what Wei Chen is doing now, it takes a long time to carve the rifling. If you want all the officials and soldiers of the imperial court to be equipped, Making rifled firearms would probably require tens of thousands of craftsmen to be mobilized, and it would take a long time.”

That kind of scale was really hard for him to imagine. Of course, if the emperor wants it, he can do it.

Emperor Chongzhen laughed after hearing this, and then said: "Qing, the rifling is done manually now, which is naturally time-consuming and labor-intensive. But what if something else is used, for example, a steam engine!"

Having said this, he turned to look at Song Shihui and said: "After the steam engine is built, only one person will be responsible for burning the fire, and it will continuously provide constant power. This will replace manpower to carve the rifling. The efficiency will be improved, and it will be unimaginable for Qing and others." of."

If the steam engine were allowed to appear naturally, it would probably never appear in China's atmosphere of an era that emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce.

Of course, this is a bit absolute, but if the possibility of it happening is very low and the time is very late, it is a high probability.

Moreover, for the steam engine to appear at this time, there are actually many aspects involved.

For example, steel smelting technology: The key components of steam engines require the use of high-strength steel materials. However, the steel smelting technology during the Ming Dynasty was relatively backward and could not produce high-strength steel materials.

Another example is machining technology: Each component of a steam engine requires precision machining, but the machining technology during the Ming Dynasty was relatively backward and could not meet the requirements of steam engines.

As for the thermodynamics knowledge required for steam engines: The principle of steam engines involves thermodynamics knowledge and energy supply, but it is not a problem. Emperor Chongzhen is here.

However, it would be even more difficult if the steam engine was not developed with the will of the country. Because even if a steam engine was developed at this time, it would definitely be very expensive. Who would use it? Maybe no one would use it at all, labor would be cheaper, and there wouldn’t be enough demand to use a steam engine!

But if Emperor Chongzhen takes the lead in this, then there will be no problem. With a decree, the top skilled craftsmen in various industries can be mobilized, and huge sums of money can be spent to do every aspect, including steelmaking, building lathes and other tools for mechanical processing, etc. It takes people and money. Under these conditions, basically anything from the first industrial revolution could be invented.

The steam engine that is developed does not need to be as good as the thermal efficiency of later generations in the [-]th century. It does not matter if it is expensive. If it is used in military industry, it can save huge costs.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was present. He explained the principles in detail, the knowledge involved, what kind of tools should be used, and how to do it. These things were explained one by one, which made the three fathers and sons of the Song family who were in trouble very emotional: How could such a thing happen? How can a big difficult thing be very easy when it comes to the emperor? To be honest, the three fathers and sons took the top three places in many industries in the industry competition. They think that in terms of miscellaneous studies, they must be the leaders of the Ming Dynasty!

But now, they finally know that compared with the current emperor, their knowledge of miscellaneous knowledge can only be compared with that of a high mountain!

The most important thing is that the emperor knows what the principles of this miscellany are, what it can be used for, and what huge changes it will cause.

As for them, in fact, they are at best a summary of some miscellaneous studies that existed in the Ming Dynasty. It did not delve into the reasons, what would result from it, how far it could be improved, etc.

In comparison, in front of the emperor, the three fathers and sons of the Song family were as well-behaved as the kindergarten students of later generations. Their admiration for the current emperor was like the endless water of the Yellow River!

Facing the three fathers and sons of the Song family, Emperor Chongzhen rarely had the interest to talk about a lot of basic knowledge for later generations. If you can understand something, you feel comfortable speaking; if you don't understand it, no one will bother to talk at length.

Unknowingly, Emperor Chongzhen actually talked with the three father and son of the Song family until the evening.

Seeing that it was getting late, Emperor Chongzhen finally stopped talking and said to the three of them: "I'm waiting for a decree from you. You can go to various yamen to mobilize the manpower you want and mobilize the skilled craftsmen. I have only one request. Just do as I said and complete it as soon as possible!"

He couldn't do it himself. He had said everything that needed to be said and given them the greatest power. He only wanted one result.

The three fathers and sons of the Song family were all excited and immediately and confidently accepted the order to express their gratitude. The three of them also swore in their hearts that they would live up to the holy hope!

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As for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, since the navy was sent to the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties have been looking forward to it. When the disciples of the Eight Banners gathered in teahouses and restaurants, they would discuss the possible gains of the navy.

For them, there are more than a thousand warships, and the Dongjiang Navy of the Ming Dynasty does not even have half of them, so there will definitely be no problem in fighting.

After destroying the Dongjiang Navy, the Manqing Navy rampaged across the sea and even reached the south of the Yangtze River to rob Jiangnan, the richest place in the Ming Dynasty. They were really looking forward to it.

Even Dorgon, who is very busy, has this kind of expectation. After a while, I will think about it in my mind, how is the Navy?

On this day, a report came from the grassland, saying that one of the three tribes in Mobei had plundered the Mongolian tribes in the east, and asked the Qing Dynasty to send troops to seek justice.

The reason is actually not complicated. Even the natural disasters in the past few years have made it impossible for the tribes on the grassland to survive, so they have no choice but to rob other tribes.

If it were in the original history, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already entered the customs at this time, but after Dorgon received the report, he also organized a large army to conquer the grassland, but ended up getting lost and returning. However, the Mobei Tribes, forced by the prestige of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, finally took the initiative to surrender again.

At this time, Dorgon received this report from the grassland, but he was not as decisive as in the original history. Because at this time, he was working hard to save food and grass to prepare for war with the Ming Dynasty, his biggest enemy!

However, the hard-line Duduo expressed his position: "They dare to ignore the power of the Qing Dynasty, and they must fight against it. Once the navy is snatched back, the Ming Dynasty will not be at peace. We can also use the stolen materials to send troops to the grassland to teach them a lesson!"

The expansion of Manchu Qing power began with the integration of grassland tribes, among which the Horqin tribe was their biggest ally. For this reason, intermarriage with each other is very important.

From a certain perspective, what Dodo said makes sense.

After weighing the situation, Dorgon felt that it was necessary to crack down on the disloyal tribes, otherwise the tribes might not be willing to obey the orders of the Qing Dynasty. Not to mention asking them to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, there would be problems even with the tribute of furs.

But who would have thought that before he could say anything, the man in yellow mantle came into the palace to report that Prince Jierhalang was back.

When Dorgon and others heard this, they were immediately disappointed. Because Jierhalang went to Lushun to take charge of naval matters.

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to the news of Jierhalang. While waiting, Dorgon suddenly had a question: At this point in time, he had just finished defeating the Dongjiang Navy and hadn't gone down to the south of the Yangtze River to plunder, right?

Not being able to grab supplies was a bit disappointing, but killing the annoying Dongjiang Navy first was at least a great victory for the Ming Dynasty, which could be widely publicized and inspire people.

As a result, what he never expected was that Jierhalang appeared in the hall with a stern expression. He knew at a glance that there was no good news.

No, when Duduo saw it, he couldn't help but ask: "What's going on? Could it be that with more than double or nearly twice the number of troops, we still can't defeat those traitors?"

To him, the Dongjiang Army of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were traitors.

Jierhalang ignored him. Even though he was covered with dust, he did not even tidy up his clothes. He looked directly at Dorgon and said solemnly: "The North Korean navy returned with a great defeat and lost about half of its warships!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in Chongzheng Hall was surprised and disappointed at the same time.

Dorgon's face darkened, and he immediately asked: "What's going on? Didn't you say you were very sure before the war? And you said the navy just had too many ships?"

Duduo also said angrily: "Those Korean dogs are so unbeatable? It's true that dogs can't change their habit of eating shit and have become soldiers of our Qing Dynasty. They are just like cowards!"

Jierhalang didn't wait for others to speak, and immediately shook his head and said: "It is not the fault of the Korean Navy's war, but the Dongjiang Navy's reinforcements. Zheng Zhilong's navy was actually dispatched by the Ming Dynasty court to go north!"

When Duduo heard this, he was a little puzzled and said: "What Zheng Zhilong? Where did this thing come from?"

(End of this chapter)