Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

After talking about the military strategy, He Fugui, who had long been familiar with the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately stepped into the role: "Next year's finances, there will be no problem in expanding the army and restoring Shaanxi. But how to use the 8 million on behalf of the army, please ask the Secretary to make arrangements in advance. Arrangement and coordination.”

At first glance, it’s all jargon, and the merchants are very careful about their calculations.

Wu Xiang immediately stood up and said: "I have assumed the post of Mongolian Governor. Now the more than five million Mongolian subjects of the Ming Dynasty under my jurisdiction, as well as tens of millions of cattle, sheep, horses and livestock, as well as tanned furs, are in urgent need of a large amount of salt. Please give priority to the regent. Expansion of salt production in Yanchi.”

The real salt giants are the Mongols. Not only do people need to eat salt, but their livestock also need a lot of salt. Otherwise, there will be loops and cattle and sheep will die in droves.

The greater demand for salt is to knead leather. Tanned leather can be bought at a good price.

In order to increase the salt trade, Wu Xiang spoke very artistically. He first determined that the more than five million people in the grassland were the people of the Ming Dynasty, so they should not be subject to the economic blockade restrictions imposed by the imperial court on the Manchus and Mongols.

Therefore, this person who was born as a civil servant was much better at managing civil affairs than Zu Dashou, who was born in a family of military generals.

As for how much extra money he made by secretly smuggling and selling Mobei Mongolia, that's another story.

Lu Mou didn't care about these details. He nodded directly and ordered the cabinet to issue an official document to Yuncheng, Shanxi: "Let them immediately use the commission money to dredge the waterways of Salt Lake Lake and increase the storage capacity; order the cleaning of the salt lake garbage to level the drying ground and increase the output of salt. Order this winter's agricultural slack to build the city of Yanchi The plan and calculation of the direct route from Taiyuan to the Mongolian territory of the Ming Dynasty will be implemented immediately by the officials of the River Governor’s Yamen.”

Things must be done vigorously and resolutely, and all ministries must implement them immediately.

Regarding the expansion of the army and the recruitment of soldiers, because of the new military service law and more attractive benefits, the source of soldiers is not a problem, and the Ministry of War is free to do this.

Lu Mou rushed to the Ministry of Industry without stopping. He needed to meet with Bi Liangzuo, the newly recommended minister of the Ministry of Industry, to personally check whether he was qualified.

The war is about to begin, and the Ministry of Industry must not hold itself back.

Bi Maokang is forty-four this year. He is in the prime of life and is in the prime of life.

As soon as they met, Bi Liangzuo gave Lu Mou a big surprise.

When the two talked about the improvement of ordnance, Bi Liangzuo mysteriously took out a wooden box and invited Lu Mou to the school grounds to see his new invention.

When the two came to the teaching ground with a group of entourage, and when Bi Liangzuo opened the box, Lu Mou couldn't help but recited a poem: "Palace Jade Liquid Wine--" and then his eyes were waiting for Bi Liangzuo. Help with the secret code.

As a result, Bi Liangzuo replied: "I am not good at drinking."

At that time, Lu Mou choked and almost fell down.

I feel fortunate as well as regretful.

Because when Bi Liangzuo took out his mysterious object, Lu Mou was shocked, because what he took out was a breech-loading rifle that was infinitely close to that of later generations, not a flintlock gun.

This made Lu Mou directly feel that Bi Liangzuo was from a later generation.

The reason why Lu Mou felt lucky was that in this era, in this period, it was actually enough to have him as a time-travel monster. If there was another ambitious time-traveler, in order to strangle the time-traveler's inherent ambition to become an emperor, he had to Taking advantage of his power, he struck first to gain the upper hand and burned him with fire. This competitor is destroyed.

Fortunately, he didn't get the code.

Bi Liangzuo did not expect that just now, the regent, who was polite to him as a corporal, would let him touch the nose of Lord Yama. He was still there proudly introducing his invention. "I have studied firearms with my father for many years and have gained a lot of experience. Inspired by the prince's custom of loading gunpowder back then, the prince once told my father that there is a kind of bullet that fires from the rear. I just lamented that there was no gunpowder. , after a year of research and development by my father and son, the prince’s vision was finally realized.”

Did I say this? Just flattering. Well, all credit goes to the boss, that’s what I said.

Biliangzo took out a bullet.

This is a real paper bomb, yes, it is a paper bomb.

A cartridge case rolled out of cardboard, with a lead pin fixed on the front.

Pilianzo pulled the bolt, pressed the bullet into the magazine of the rifle, then pushed the bolt to close, raised the gun, aimed at the target of two hundred strides (250 meters), pulled the trigger, and there was a crisp sound, A big hole was left in the target.

Then pull the bolt, use a small hook to pull out the spent cartridge case, press a paper bullet, and pull the trigger. Completed in one go, "My musket requires only two breaths for one shot. According to the prince's new time calculation, theoretically, it can fire thirty times in one minute."

"It's an artifact. It's an artifact. How did you do it?"

Bi Liangzuo picked up a paper bullet and showed it to Lu Mou: "The method is very simple. That is, I added a layer of flint and gunpowder to the bottom of the paper bullet. Then use a firing pin. It is actually more accurate. It is said that it is a frosted steel needle that pierces the bottom of the paper bullet and allows it to rub against the flint to generate sparks and ignite the gunpowder.”

I have a pig brain. I only thought about the copper bullet case with radium and mercury primer. Why did I forget about the needle gun between the flintlock gun and the bullet rifle? It's because that kind of transitional gun appears and disappears for too short a time. As a time-traveling stick, I lost a great opportunity to pretend to be X.

With this method of firing, Lu Mou immediately thought of a real pull grenade and immediately pulled out a piece of paper: "The original small explosive pack was too inconvenient. Now, I ask you to make this new type of grenade according to my drawings. , here, like this, like this.”

Bi Liangzuo and his colleagues from the Ministry of Industry gathered together. After careful study, they proposed improvements and improvements on the spot, and the perfect war weapon grenade was launched.

"Okay, this is really the best example of war giving birth to technology. For this reason, I officially named this rifle the Daming Lu-style rifle. This grenade is the Lu-style grenade. You ask me why I use this weird name ? That's the details, don't care about the details. For this, I will reward everyone who participated in the development of this rifle. You will officially start to take charge of the Ministry of Industry."

Pilianzo knelt down to thank him.

"At the same time, I also announced that the manufacturing office in the palace will be relocated and the Daming Academy of Sciences will be established to specialize in military and civilian research and development. Bi Liangzuo will be in charge of the academy concurrently. You also need to discover all talents in scientific research and invention, and all those who have For those who have practical inventions, I will report them to the Supervisory State, and in addition to heavy rewards for inventions, they will be rewarded with the same background as Jinshi."

The scientific researchers from the Ministry of Industry all cheered.

A heavy reward is nothing, but a person born with the same Jinshi status completely got rid of the craftsmen's prejudice of being humble and made them great.

"Can this rifle be produced?"

Bi Liangzuo nodded affirmatively: "Our steelmaking plant has doubled its production capacity, and the gun manufacturing technology is more mature. As long as we add a few more workshops, there will be no problem in producing 50,000 guns a year. Hand grenades, 500,000 a year."

"No, my comrade, how can we only produce so many a year? I demand that at least one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, or even more Daming Lu-style steel guns be produced a year. This kind of gun will become a nightmare for the cavalry. Hundreds Ten thousand grenades, that will be the basis for conquering the world.”

"But, funds——"

"You submit a budget and I will approve it for you. No matter how much you spend on R&D and manufacturing, I will be satisfied with it. I am impatient to destroy the Qing Dynasty and conquer the world." (End of Chapter)