Chapter 388 The invention of Simoden

Simodian is actually today's Pu'er City.

There is still a long distance to go from Guangnan Province to Simodian.

Fortunately, nothing happened along the way. In addition, Zhao Kuo and Mu Sheng passed the time by reminiscing about old times, so it was not boring.

And in the process, Mu Qiu also got to know Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin better. Although they were not deeply emotional, at least they had a tacit understanding.

Especially when he was passing through a certain county town for a rest, Zhu Ming had an in-depth exchange with the three women.

Only then did the three girls understand that one person alone could not stop Zhu Chu's monster-like physical strength. Even the second girl Tang and Xu finally understood that even the two of them could not satisfy his ambition, even if the three of them went together. , they were the ones who lost in the end.

So the three women "shared the same hatred" and fought fiercely with him every time, so that they could barely satisfy Zhu Zhen.

Capable men are always highly sought after by women, which makes the three women's relationship quickly increase, and they soon become like sisters.

And because Mu Qiu is the oldest, already eighteen years old, he is called sister by the two girls.

Mu Qiu originally wanted to shirk it, but since they were already a family, he finally had to accept it and was more willing to open his heart to accept his two sisters.

It was an explosive whose power was increased by sugar. Although it could not match the power of the so-called TNT, it was still extraordinary.

This is the military factory secretly built by Long Qu and Wu Yong, where the previous explosive packs were made.

"I heard that you have built the Hongyi cannon?" Zhu Zhen said with bright eyes.

Long Qu and Wu Yong, the magistrates of Simodian County, rushed to greet him.

Not only do the people on the street have spontaneous smiles on their faces, but it can also be seen from the clothes of the people that the living conditions are now different from the past. Not only can the people have full stomachs, but they can also wear decent clothes. New clothes won't have many patches on them, or even be half-clothed.

It turns out that Mu Qiu's cultivation level was quite high back then, and he had been cultivating hard this year. Now, with Zhu Chu's help, he finally made a breakthrough. It can be said that he has accumulated a lot of experience.

"Everyone, please get up. I have something to do with your magistrate and garrison. Everyone else should go and do whatever they are supposed to do," Zhu Ming said with a smile on his face.

But looking back now, Simoden has taken on a completely new look.

Now that Zhao Kuo and Mu Sheng were replaced, Zhu Zhen was even more relieved, because these troops were Zhu Zhen's true confidants, and they were his personal guards who had followed him from the beginning. These were his three guards. What comes out.

On the first day of August in the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu and his party finally arrived at Simodian.

The King of Yunnan is worthy of his name.

It was a vehicle made of metal that could be pulled by manpower or horse power. It was easy to move and would not have to be placed on the city wall for defense because the barrel was too bulky.

At the same time, Zhu Zhen gained 12.21 million resources this time, and Guangxi's one million population increased its tax resources by a full one million.

The only thing lacking is that there are more women than men in Simodian. Even if Zhu Chu spared a full 200,000 men who surrendered, those 200,000 men belonged to various prefectures and counties because they had followed Silun in the rebellion. , many were killed by Zhu Zhen.

"See His Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose."

Long Qu and Wu Yong were also unambiguous. They turned around and went to one of the rooms, and then pushed out a turret.

But when Zhu Chu came here, not only was he not resented, but he was sincerely welcomed by the people.

"Hurry up and let me see this," Zhu Zhen urged.

People all over the city greeted Zhu Zhen with shouts and tsunamis.

Don't underestimate the power of the explosive packs. If they were controlled by the Tatars in the grassland outside the pass, they could find a stage of the Great Wall where there was no Ming army to guard them, and then use the explosive packs to blow up the wall.

Zhu Ming shook his head and said, "This is not the place to talk."

When the current ability is enough to defeat others, there is no rush to use the biggest trump card.

Outside the military factory, Zhu Zhen had asked 20,000 soldiers brought by Zhao Kuo and Mu Sheng to guard the gate, not afraid of being discovered the secret here.

"Your Highness," Wu Yong came forward excitedly.

Then Long Qu led the way through the streets and alleys. Instead of going to the county government office, he came to a remote corner of the city.

This gave Zhu Zhen control of 166.99 million resources.

The people then dispersed.

Looking at the vehicle under the barrel, Xu Miaojin couldn't help but think of something, and blurted out: "Isn't this a modified bicycle?"

But if you really encounter a situation where nothing can be done, suddenly taking out a tank is enough to crush everything.

Naturally, the more resources, the better. Didn’t you see that in the Guangxi incident, Zhu Zhen spent a full five million to save everyone? If he didn’t accumulate all the time, but just wasted it when he had nothing to do, how could he save it? If you have the opportunity to save people, cure their illnesses, win people's hearts and become famous all over the world.

Long Qu whispered: "Your Highness, follow me."

At the same time, under Zhu Chu's nourishment, Mu Qiu quickly broke through to the second level of cultivation.

"Yes," Long Qu and Wu Yong looked at each other with proud expressions on their faces.

Xu Miaojin was right. When Zhu Chu made the bicycle, in addition to trying to please Xu Miaojin and creating a new type of product to help the Shen family make money, the main purpose was to provide technical conditions.

I saw that it was a huge cannon barrel with a thick wall. The diameter of the black hole muzzle was very large, far exceeding the caliber of all current fire and earth cannons.

And under the barrel, it also comes with a movable vehicle.

Simodian was just a very ordinary county town two years ago. It was even called by Zhu Zhen as a remote and remote place where unruly people come from.

The loud voice shocked both Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin.

Even though they had seen many of Zhu Chu's methods and abilities, and even though they knew that Zhu Chu was the king of Yunnan, they still did not expect that Zhu Chu had such a huge reputation in Yunnan.

What's more, Zhu Ming has been holding on to resources as his biggest trump card, and is preparing to prepare for emergencies.

Wu Yong quickly silenced himself.

Although there were horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts in ancient times, they were basically made of wood.

Moreover, there are parts such as gears and conveyor belts on the bicycle. The vehicles used to carry Hongyi cannons today draw on the technology of these parts. Therefore, movable forts can be made of pure metal without worrying about the cannon's recoil being too great and shattering the fort. .

The turret can even adjust the direction of the muzzle, from a flush horizontal line to a ninety-degree muzzle parabola.

Of course, you can't point down to the ground, otherwise you will be blown away with one shot.

This is not the earthen cannon that Chen Zuyi used on Xiaoliuqiu Island before. This is the Hongyi cannon. Not to mention that it can blow up thousands of troops with one cannon, it can also blow up more than a dozen people.

"Come and try its power," Zhu Zhen quickly asked Long Qu and the others to pull the cannon outside.

As I said before, this place is close to a city gate, and outside it is the experimental base of Long Qu and Wu Yong. The nearby area has been contracted, and ordinary people will not approach it easily.

So it is convenient for two people to conduct experiments.

Anyway, Zhu Chu provided the ideas and design drawings, and then let Long Qu and Wu Yong secretly toss around here. As long as they can produce results, it is their contribution.

For example, Zhu Zhen had asked them to prepare the Hongyi cannon.

It's a pity that the Krupp cannon has not yet been developed, which is the real battlefield weapon.

But it's better than nothing, just in time to show off its power in the upcoming war.

So Zhu Chu led everyone and followed Long Qu and Wu Yong to the outside of the city.

I saw two people skillfully setting up the fort.

Although it is equipped with a movable turret, it has steel wheels made of metal.

But there are three brackets below that can be supported on the ground. The inverted triangle is the most stable support, so that the whole cannon will not fly out after firing a cannon.

After doing this, Wu Yong also asked his soldiers to work together to deliver a box.

Some people may have forgotten Wu Yong's origin. In fact, he was one of the first four commanders to follow Wang Fu's troops and Zhu Chu from the capital to Yunnan.

At that time, there were two major commanders under Wang Fu, namely Li Gui and Zhang Shou.

The other four conductors are Wu Yong, Wang Da, Li Hao and Zhang San.

Needless to say, Li Gui, after Wu Yong was sent here, Zhu Chu promoted Li Si to the new commanding officer, the Li Si who was among the guards beside Zhu Chu.

Because Wang Fu, Li Gui and Li Si were taken away at that time, the others stayed in Yunnan, so I won’t mention them for the time being.

Therefore, Wu Yong and his men are also Zhu Chu's confidants.

Nonsense, how can you rest assured if you don't let your own people do such an important thing? Moreover, when Simodian had just surrendered, Zhu Zhen didn't believe in Long Qu that much.

Of course, Zhu Zhen must trust Long Qu now.

Wu Yong asked someone to open the box, and three round, black iron balls were revealed inside.

"what is this?"

Everyone else was curious.

Only Zhu Zhen showed a thoughtful expression and blurted out: "Is this a cannonball?"

"Yes, Your Highness," Wu Yong came over to explain: "These three shells are solid shells, explosive shells, and explosive shells."

Solid bullets, as the name suggests, are made of solid iron balls. According to Wu Yong, the power of solid bullets lies in penetration. If they are aimed at a city wall or gate, it is even possible to penetrate them with one shot.

If thousands of artillery fire were fired, no city would be able to withstand a salvo.

Not to mention ten thousand cannon shells, just ten cannons firing together are enough to rid a city wall full of holes.

"And the effective distance of the artillery range is three miles, and the furthest can be five miles. Even if one cannon cannot break the city wall, you can still use another one," Long Qu showed an evil expression.

Zhu Zhen also laughed. Wherever the cannon hit, all the chickens and dogs would be wiped out.

"This is an explosive bomb. According to His Highness's wishes, we filled the explosives and tamped them in, and prepared sulfur and saltpeter separately. After being launched, once it hits a hard object, the explosives inside will be quickly ignited, which can lift dozens of people in an instant. Flying into the sky. Although we have not done experiments with humans, we have done experiments with cows sent by Mr. Shen Rong before. At most ten cows were blown up, and then we ate the beef," Wu Yong said as he licked the corner of his mouth. , I don’t know if I’m missing the taste of beef, or if I’m imagining one day blowing up my enemies.

Zhu Ming said in a funny and angry tone: "When I asked Shen Rong to send a group of cattle to various places to be used as cattle for farming, how could you guys just blow them up for me?"

However, he did not blame Wu Yong and Long Qu, but said: "Well done."

Let alone ten cows, if you can defeat the enemy with powerful weapons on the battlefield to prevent your own soldiers from being injured or even killed, what if it is a hundred or ten thousand cows? They are far less valuable than a human life in Zhu Chu's heart.

So despite the Ming Dynasty's law prohibiting the easy killing of cattle, Zhu Zhen didn't care.

A population can add one resource to him every natural month, but what can a cow do?

Not to mention for experiments, even if a cow is killed when a person is about to starve to death, Zhu Zhen has to ask, is he full? If you don't have enough to eat, you can kill them again.

Human life is greater than heaven.

"Finally, this is the explosive bomb. Your Highness, guess why it is called the explosive bomb?" Wu Yong was so excited that he actually joked with Zhu Zhen?

Even Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin looked at Wu Yong in surprise. Has he always been so brave?

As a result, others didn't take it seriously and took it as normal.

Not to mention that Wu Yong was once a commanding officer, all the veterans who followed Zhu Chun knew that His Highness loved the people and soldiers like his own son, and even the most ordinary soldiers dared to joke with him.

Of course, you can’t go too far and you have to be conscious.

Zhu Ming glanced at Wu Yong in a funny way and said, "Did you put something like iron sheets in here?"

Wu Yong and Long Qu were both stunned by Zhu Zhen.

"As expected of your Highness, you are right. We thought that since we can use explosives to make blasting bombs, why not put in a lot of iron pieces and launch them after the explosion, enough to beat the people around into sieves," Wu Yong said honestly. Scratch your head and tell the reason for this explosive bomb.

But others took a breath of cold air, are you honest? Sows can even climb trees.

Good guy, how terrible must be the lethality of countless pieces of iron fired with gunpowder powerful enough to blow up ten cows?

"Then why not put in many small-sized artillery shells? Make cluster bombs, no, alphabet bombs." Zhu Chu came up with a more terrifying idea: "I don't know if you have ever played with fireworks. Put in big fireworks." Countless small fireworks were lit and lifted into the sky, just like a goddess scattering flowers."

After all, China is the ancestor of playing with gunpowder, and there was a brilliant fireworks culture in ancient times.

Wu Yong and Long Qu just thought about it for a moment, then their eyes lit up and they praised: "His Highness's idea is simply amazing."

The others had black lines, and even felt a chill as they looked at the three of them, thinking to themselves, fortunately they were not enemies, otherwise it would be no less than a journey to hell.

"Okay, you guys fire a few shots first to show me the results," Zhu Chu ordered.

No matter what, let's see how it works.

"Yes."

Long Qu and Wu Yong began to prepare.

It is a pity that even the Hongyi cannon still uses the ancient method of firing. It is still necessary to fill the barrel with tamped gunpowder, then leave a lead on the barrel, and then insert the cannonball.

To put it bluntly, it is still the firing principle of a fire gun. The gas pressure generated by the burning of gunpowder is used to push the shell, but the gunpowder cannot explode, otherwise it will explode the chamber. That is no joke.

Gunpowder is gunpowder, dynamite is dynamite, gunpowder is used to burn, and dynamite is used to explode.

Wanting to make gunpowder into explosives, Zhu Zhen asked Wu Yong and Long Qu to conduct countless experiments. It was not just about adding sugar. Sugar was only used as one of the power-promoting functions, and there were other ingredients.

Therefore, the explosive is put into the blasting bomb, and the gunpowder is used as a propeller. This must be distinguished carefully. Otherwise, if the enemy is not blown away, it will be blown away by the exploding barrel first, which will become a joke. .

After Long Qu and Wu Yong were fully prepared, they aimed the muzzle at a mountain in the distance, and then lit the fuse.

The first cannonball was a solid bullet. There was only a muffled sound, a flash of fire at the muzzle, followed by a black cannonball that quickly flew out.

Under the huge propulsion force, the shell arrived in front of the mountain in a blink of an eye, and then smashed in with a 'bang', even penetrated the mountain, and continued to hit the mountain behind.

Fortunately, there is a mountain in front of us, so we don't have to worry about unnecessary impact and losses.

There was a loud noise from the mountain, and then everything calmed down.

Except for Zhu Zhen who was mentally prepared, everyone else was frightened by the power of this cannon.

Even Zhao Kuo and Mu Sheng saw this cannon for the first time, and it was also the first time they came to the arsenal here in Simodian.

Tang Xin suddenly felt something in her heart. She recalled the experience when Chen Zuyi penetrated the upper hull of the ship with a cannon, and couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, if we set up a defense line along the coast, no Japanese pirates will dare to invade the border again."

Zhu Zhen smiled, silly bitches, we all have cannons, why are we afraid of Japanese pirates? We can just kill them and it will be over.

But he didn't say that. Instead, he turned around and said, "Call me something nice, otherwise I won't agree."

Tang Xin bit her lip and looked at Zhu Ming resentfully. There were so many people here, but they were actually making fun of herself.

Zhu Ming dug his ears and said, "I didn't hear it."

Even though Tang Xin was so angry, she didn't even scream.

But for the sake of the people along the coast, Tang Xin still whispered: "Brother?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ming shook his head and said, "Call Mr. Xianggong."

"Zhu Shiba, don't go too far, they are also your people," Tang Xin had a big temper, and he was just like dynamite.

Zhu Ming had no choice but to give it up and said: "You, you, the range of the cannon is used to measure the land area. If others dare to come and rob our people, we will defeat their country."

Bring down the country?

Tang Xin's eyes lit up, and she suddenly remembered that Zhu Zhen had boasted about Haikou before and wanted to destroy the Japanese country.

It seems that he is not boasting, but has already had absolute confidence.

If we build a big ship and install this kind of artillery on the ship, will there be any enemies on the sea?

Tang Xin also began to feel excited, wishing he could go to the sea immediately and destroy the damn Japanese country.

Is she also an angry young person who co-wrote it?

Then, Long Qu and Wu Yong successively tested explosive bombs and explosive bombs, and their power should not be underestimated.

Especially the blooming bullets, the iron pieces shot out are like blooming, and the surrounding trees are riddled with holes. What kind of lethality would it be if it hit a person?

"Besides cannons, what else is there?" Zhu Zhen asked suddenly, as if he was still not satisfied?

Wu Yong and Long Qu looked at each other, then looked expectantly and said in unison: "Your Highness Qizou, we are fortunate to have fulfilled our mission and finally understood the principle of the bullet you gave us. We have successfully reproduced the bullet technology. "

Zhu Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up.

As long as you master the primer bullet technology, you can directly leapfrog the matchlock gun and even the flintlock gun, and then enter the era of hammer-type firearms.

Even striker-fired firearm technology.

Zhu Zhen even said out of the blue: "If I give you a machine gun, and you just have to draw the gourd, can you reproduce it based on the existing prototype?"

Unexpectedly, Long Qu and Wu Yong looked at each other and said, "Actually, we are just about to tell His Highness that we have invented a gun and would like to ask you to check it out."

Oh?

Zhu Zhen was really surprised. Could it be that these two are precious talents? No, it should be said that they are geniuses.

(End of this chapter)

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