Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 291: More than three million contribution points, three epoch-making firearms!

Li Yuanji pondered quietly for a moment, then stopped thinking about it and opened the system to look at it.

Looking at the contribution points he now has, which is just over 200,000, Li Yuanji shook his head. These 200,000 contribution points would definitely be a huge sum of money under normal circumstances.

But now, if he wants to come up with something targeted, that's obviously not enough.

Originally, he thought that as long as he had a military advantage over Li Er's Tang Dynasty, he could gain a large number of contribution points through development and expansion of his fiefdom, and then give back to himself. In this way, he could suppress the Tang Dynasty until his advantage turned into a victory, and finally eliminate the hidden danger of Li Er.

But now that technology has been leaked, he has to make changes. He must make his military strength surpass Li Er again, which is the safest option.

He was extremely furious this time because of the joint efforts of Li Yuan and Li Er. If he were to take the lead again this time, he would first teach Li Er a profound lesson no matter what he said!

Looking at the new tasks and contribution points, Li Yuanji did not hesitate at all.

"Refresh the mission!"

Li Yuanji looked solemn. This time, he had made up his mind that he would refresh the task even if the 200,000 contribution points were used up.

As long as that task comes out, he will instantly have a large amount of contribution points, enough for him to complete the change to new equipment.

As Li Yuanji finished speaking, the fifty contribution points disappeared and a new task immediately appeared: each prefecture must have a population of four million, and completing this task will earn you 800,000 contribution points.

Looking at this new task, without any hesitation, he continued to refresh it. The one hundred contribution points disappeared and the new task appeared again, but it was still not what Li Yuanji wanted.

Li Yuanji immediately began to refresh the task. After two incense sticks, the cost of refreshing the task had exceeded ten thousand. If he refreshed it again, the contribution points required would directly reach 20,000 points.

Li Yuanji felt a little numb. He felt that he was unlucky. Last time, it appeared after just a few refreshes, but this time, he refreshed so many times but still didn't see it.

The tasks that were refreshed were either simple and easy to complete, but with very few contribution points. Even a task with a reward of 300 contribution points was refreshed by him.

Or they are tasks that require a long time to complete, and the rewards for the tasks are also extremely generous. The highest reward is even three million contribution points, and this task requires the economy of each prefecture to reach five million.

He couldn't wait until the economy of each prefecture reached two million now. For this task, he didn't hesitate at all and refreshed it directly.

Li Yuanji took a breath and continued to refresh. He would not give up until he refreshed the task today.

After refreshing again, 20,000 contribution points disappeared, but it was still not what he wanted. After refreshing again, 40,000 contribution points disappeared, which was still not what he wanted.

At this moment, Li Yuanji was under increasing pressure. He had over 200,000 contribution points, but now more than 90,000 of them had been consumed. Looking at the balance, Li Yuanji gritted his teeth and continued to refresh.

I saw a new task slowly appearing on the panel: If you want to develop better, you certainly need a larger fiefdom. Start testing the host's fiefdom now.

The host's fiefdom increases, and the calculation of the increased fiefdom begins: Xizhou Prefecture, Wuzhou Prefecture, Zhenzhou Prefecture, Taizhou Prefecture, Yunzhou Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, Songzhou Prefecture, Dongzhou Prefecture, and Andong Prefecture.

Mission completed, 3.4 million contribution points earned.

New task: Make the water and land routes between the prefectures connected and smooth. Completing this will earn you 2 million contribution points.

At this moment, Li Yuanji had no intention of looking at the new task. His eyes were fixed on the contribution points he had. More than 3.4 million contribution points! Li Yuanji's eyes were wide open.

Li Yuanji's heart was pounding. This was a contribution point that he had never seen before, let alone experienced. It made him unable to recover for a moment.

After a moment, Li Yuanji was filled with excitement. Looking at the contribution points, he just smiled, and his smile was extremely happy.

After a long time, Li Yuanji's mood gradually calmed down, and then he looked at the new task, two million contribution points, to open up the road. Li Yuanji even smiled.

Connecting the prefectures by water or land was originally a difficult task, but he had been building roads and waterways, so although it was difficult, it was not that difficult.

The most important thing is the two million contribution points. Li Yuanji has no intention of refreshing the task at all, and now he doesn't have the contribution points to refresh it.

Now holding more than 3 million and 400,000 contribution points in his hands, Li Yuanji began to think about what to exchange next to completely break the situation.

Li Yuanji opened the system, kept looking at it, and kept thinking in his mind, and finally picked out three types of firearms.

This time, all Li Yuanji selected were firearms. He did not choose any one regarding development. His focus now was to build up military equipment again and allow his army to have the most advanced firearms.

After completing the selection, Li Yuanji exchanged them immediately and then went to the Firearms Bureau.

When he arrived at the Firearms Bureau, Li Yuanji comforted Liu San seeing his haggard appearance.

"Don't think too much about this matter. Just do your own thing. The control over the Firearms Bureau will be strengthened in the future. Please make sure to pass on this message."

Li Yuanji was very pleased with Liu San. He was not bewitched and made a firm choice. At least he did not make a mistake in choosing the best firearms expert.

As for strengthening the control over the Firearms Bureau, this is Li Yuanji's next priority. Even though those people have been cleared out, he still dare not take it lightly.

Upon hearing this, Liu San immediately agreed.

"Your Majesty, I know that after those thieves left, I selected some of the students to join the Firearms Bureau. The people I recruited are all from Lingnan. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji nodded with relief. By using the original people from Lingnan, at least he wouldn't have to worry about problems arising so easily.

"You can handle these things as you see fit. You don't have to hire people from Lingnan. As long as someone has the potential and the skills, you can use them regardless of region.

I will take care of the safety issues, so you don't have to worry about it."

After saying that, Li Yuanji immediately took out a set of drawings and process technology principles.

“You must pay attention to what I am going to tell you next, and keep it extremely confidential when making it.

This is a flintlock rifle, a type of firearm. There are complete procedures and images on how to make it. All you have to do is follow them and make it as quickly as possible.

After it is manufactured, start testing immediately, and inform this king immediately after the test is passed."

The flintlock was the first firearm chosen by Li Yuanji, and it directly skipped the development of the matchlock.

He had already explained the structural principle of the matchlock gun to the Firearms Bureau, and the Firearms Bureau was also vigorously conducting experiments and manufacturing. However, now that he had a large number of contribution points, Li Yuanji thought very simply: since he was going to do it, he would try his best to widen the gap. This gap made it impossible for Li Er to catch up with him even if he obtained the firearms technology.

The maximum range of a flintlock is close to three hundred meters, and the actual effective range is about one hundred meters. However, this is the distance of a smoothbore flintlock, and the effective range of a rifled flintlock is even longer.

His current drawings are the mature design drawings of rifled flintlock rifles and the manufacturing process principles.

He couldn't exchange for more advanced ones with his current contribution points, and even if he did, it might not be possible to produce them. But the current technology was more than enough to produce this flintlock rifle.

With the flintlock rifle, even if Li Er had a musket, even if Li Er spent a year or two to make the matchlock rifle, he would still be suppressed by the flintlock rifle.

The improvement in range of the flintlock rifle over the matchlock rifle can be said to be relatively small, but that also depends on what kind of matchlock rifle it is. If it is a bird-shaped gun or the Rumi gun from the Jiajing period, the improvement in range is indeed not that great.

But even if Li Er has mastered the matchlock gun now, he will not be able to manufacture matchlock guns like the bird gun and the Rumi gun at the moment. Without such range, the range of the flintlock gun will be overwhelming.

The matchlock has many shortcomings. It is greatly affected by the weather. Rain, snow, and strong winds can cause the matchlock to malfunction. Moreover, its accuracy and preparation time, that is, the time to change bullets, are not as good as those of the flintlock.

Liu San opened the drawings and technological principles of the matchlock gun and was instantly attracted. This was another type of firearm technology he had never seen before. Liu San was filled with excitement for a moment.

After a moment, he looked at Li Yuanji excitedly.

"Your Majesty, this flintlock rifle now has complete shooting drawings and principles. I can guarantee that within one month, within one month, I will manufacture the flintlock rifle!"

Today's firearms are not like when they were just starting out. The breakthrough from zero to one is the most difficult. Now that the foundation is there, and Li Yuanji has provided such precise drawings, Liu San is very confident.

Looking at Liu San who looked confident, Li Yuanji also smiled.

"Haha, good, not bad, it's good to have this confidence."

"But don't worry, there are other things besides this."

Then Li Yuanji took out another wooden box and placed it in front of Liu San.

"This is the design drawing and process principle of the latest artillery. Take it and study it carefully. You must develop it as soon as possible."

What Li Yuanji took out this time was the red cannon.

This red cannon is also the most mature red cannon, with a copper body and iron armor. Its maximum range is over three thousand meters and its effective range is two thousand meters. The range can be changed by adding gunpowder to achieve the purpose of assisting the attack.

The red cannon produced by the system uses mature technologies in all aspects. As a heavy artillery, the only thing that makes Li Yuanji sigh is its weight, which is really heavy.

However, the caliber is really large. At least in this era, it is definitely a large-caliber, high-destructive heavy artillery with a caliber of 120 mm.

One shell weighs more than 20 kilograms, and the maximum weight can reach 30 kilograms.

Just thinking about a shell like this falling into the enemy's camp made Li Yuanji feel hot in his heart.

Especially the range of this red cannon, Li Yuanji really loves it. Such a violent big guy is his favorite.

If there was no system support, Li Yuanji couldn't even imagine how long it would take to make this red cannon, relying solely on him to direct the Firearms Bureau.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Red Cannon evolved into hundreds of models, which took a huge amount of manpower and a lot of time to gradually change into shape, and even led the world at one point.

Later, Ming Dynasty firearms were even exported, especially the copper-core iron cannon technology, which was not mastered by the colonial powers of the time, such as Spain and Portugal.

Li Yuanji felt heartbroken when thinking about this. During the Ming Dynasty, in the field of firearms, although foreign countries had sometimes taken the lead, the Ming Dynasty adjusted very quickly and was soon able to overtake again. Moreover, it continued to develop other new firearms based on the original ones.

This means that Ming Dynasty's firearms, as a whole, still remain at the forefront of the world.

But in the Qing Dynasty, the development of firearms stagnated. The firearms of the Qing Dynasty were still the same as those of the Ming Dynasty, and some of them were even lost.

Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it. Now that he was here, at least in the area of ​​firearms, he dared to say that no one could get ahead of him.

As for these two firearms, especially the red cannon, if it were the previous Li Er, the Li Er who did not master the smelting technology, even if he was given the design drawings of the red cannon, Li Er would not be able to make it.

Although Li Er now has his advanced smelting technology, Li Yuanji can guarantee that without these drawings, Li Er will never be able to make them until his death.

After Liu San opened the design drawings and manufacturing principles of the red cannon, he took a deep breath, especially the caliber, lethality, and range. Liu San felt dazed after reading it.

He thought that the original cannon he made was the best and it would be difficult to surpass it. However, this time the red cannon overturned his cognition again.

Whether it was these, or the structure of the gun body, or the combination of copper and iron, they all gave him a refreshing feeling.

Comparing this time with the artillery he had made before, he suddenly found that the previous artillery was really not inferior at all.

Liu San immediately looked at Li Yuanji with passion.

"Your Majesty, it will take some time to manufacture this new type of artillery, but I promise that within two months, it will be successfully manufactured!"

Liu San was very confident. Now he had all the drawings and manufacturing process principles. He just had to follow the steps, but he just had to familiarize himself with them. If he couldn't do it, he would really be ashamed to face Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji nodded, then took out another wooden box.

"Okay, I believe you.

I have another firearm for you. Here are the blueprints of the rocket and the manufacturing process principles.

Get familiar with it after you take it. The three types of firearms I'm giving you now are the absolute focus of the Firearms Bureau and must be manufactured as soon as possible!"

What Li Yuanji took out this time was a rocket, but this rocket was different from the rocket we know, and it was a two-stage rocket. It can be said to be the ancestor of modern two-stage rockets.

This rocket is a new type of firearm equipped by the Ming Dynasty navy during the Ming Dynasty: a two-stage propulsion rocket with a fire dragon emerging from the water.

(End of this chapter)