Reincarnation Guest of All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms

Chapter 69 Zhao Shizhen

After Zuo Houde looked at Han Yuan and the others, he went inside again.

Zuo Houde came to the inside of Baigongfang after passing through a series of checkpoints.

It can be said that there is a hole in the sky inside, with all kinds of machines piled up. Zuo Houde found a middle-aged man with big eyebrows and big eyes, who was concocting some kind of machine.

Seeing Zuo Houde, the man rushed over, clasped his hands and saluted: "I've seen the lord!"

Zuo Houde laughed, helped the man up, and said with a gentle face: "Shizhen! Thank you for your hard work!"

This man's name is Zhao Shizhen, who is also a Mohist.A few years ago, Han Yuan realized that he was really not good at firearms research, so he took pains to recruit this person, and Zuo Houde handed over the firearms research to him.

Zhao Shizhen is simply a genius in weapons, especially good at firearms. Under his organization, Zuo Houde's firearms have made extraordinary progress over the years.

In less than a month, Zhao Shizhen researched the "improvised bomb" with some suggestions from Zuo Houde. After that, he intensively researched it, and then greatly improved its power, safety and stability.

Of course, Zhao Shizhen also developed sea mines and landmines according to Zuo Houde's request, which can be adapted to various battles afterwards!

After that, for a year or two, Zhao Shizhen focused on muskets. Although he has not yet developed a suitable musket that can adapt to the battlefield instead of bows and arrows, Zhao Shizhen has also greatly improved the performance of ordinary muskets.

At the same time, Zhao Shizhen also invented the Thunderbolt, the multi-barreled matchlock gun, which absorbed the advantages of the bird gun and the three-eyed gun. There were five gun barrels on the gun body, and after each shot, it turned 72 degrees to fire the other tube, and the five tubes all fired. After finishing, the front end of the gun body can launch a fireball to burn the enemy soldiers.The gun barrel is equipped with a round plate as a shield, and the ax supporting the gun body during shooting can also be used for defense after shooting.

Of course, this kind of musket has reached Zuo Houde's requirements in terms of range, but the cost is too high. Zuo Houde can't popularize this kind of weapon, so he can only organize a small musketeer team of 3000 people.

"Don't dare to say hard work! If it weren't for the support of the lord, the minister would be useless!"

Zuo Houde looked at Zhao Shizhen and nodded in satisfaction. Over the years, he spent a lot on researching firearms, that is to say, Zuo Houde knew that firearms would be the mainstream in the future, so he persisted.

Next, Zhao Shizhen began to introduce his latest research.

"Look, my lord, this is the tiger crouching cannon developed by my lord at the request of my lord!" He said, pointing to a cannon in front of him.

Zuo Houde looked at the cannon in front of him with some joy. This thing is a siege weapon, so he immediately asked, "How is the range? How powerful is it?"

Zhao Shizhen looked confident, and said proudly: "My lord, the tiger squatting cannon can reach a range of [-] steps. Of course, in order to ensure accuracy, it is best to use [-] steps! As for the power, it can break through a three-foot city wall."

Zuo Houde looked at the cannon in front of him. Of course Zuo Houde, who was born in the army, knew what this distance meant. This distance meant that if he wanted to attack the city, the enemies in the city would not have the strength to fight back.

Three-foot city walls are not many, but they are enough. Even most cities are only a few feet thick. Even a military town like Dingcheng is only seventeen feet long.

"Three hundred steps is enough, not to mention five hundred steps!" Zuo Houde also felt a burst of pride in his heart.

Zhao Shizhen looked at Zuo Houde, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Master, although this is a weapon of war, the cost of this cannon and shells is not low!"

Zuo Houde waved his hand: "This can be put aside, how many cannons can be produced in a day!"

Zhao Shizhen pondered for a while and said: "Master, our Baigong Workshop can only produce at most five cannons and three hundred shells a day!"

Zuo Houde frowned, this is too little, and the next battle will be tough, Zuo Houde still wants to popularize this cannon in the army, so he said: "Expand the scale as much as possible, I fully support it, I guess How many can there be?"

Zhao Shizhen said: "My lord, if we want to expand the scale and recruit more people, I am sure that the output will be quadrupled within one month!"

Zuo Houde thought about it, and felt that it was enough, twenty gates a day, can spread to the whole army in half a year, and it's about time!

Zuo Houde thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay! That's enough! At the same time, we still need to speed up the production of shells."

Zhao Shizhen nodded, agreeing.

Zuo Houde looked at Lin Dong beside him again and said: "Next, select two thousand smart and capable men from your subordinates to train as gunners. This time, I want you to set up a tiger artillery battalion, and at the same time, let this cannon be popularized in the army. !"

Lin Dongshi nodded immediately, and looked at the cannon in front of him excitedly. Although Zuo Houde still controlled the leakage of these firearms these years, he still applied grenades, landmines, and sea mines to the army on a small scale. Senior generals like Lin Dongshi have experienced the power of these firearms.

Not to mention military weapons like the Tiger Crouching Cannon, as long as those who know the army understand the range and power of the Tiger Crouching Cannon, they will immediately understand how powerful this cannon is in military affairs.

……

at night
The general's tent in the barracks.

Zuo Houde recruited senior generals in the army, and a group of high-ranking officers in the army looked at Zuo Houde together, wanting to hear what orders their lord has!For a while, the atmosphere seemed a little serious.

Zuo Houde looked around the crowd, with a smile on his face: "Okay, everyone, there is no need to be so serious. Today I will tell you a news and arrange some things at the same time!"

Seeing Zuo Houde's smile, the rest of the people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, their faces were obviously relaxed, but they still didn't speak casually, after all, this was a military camp.

Zuo Houde looked at the crowd and said slowly: "I have received information that there are military mobilizations on the frontiers of Daming and Dayan. According to my estimation, there will be another big battle between the two sides at most half a year!"

Hearing Zuo Houde's words, everyone was obviously a little excited. Just like last time, the battle between Daming and Dayan meant that their side had an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Zuo Houde also showed a trace of excitement on his face: "This time it may be different from the last time. The spies in Youzhou also sent information. A battle to destroy the country!"

Hearing what Zuo Houde said, everyone was obviously taken aback, and they didn't expect that this time it would be such a big battle.

Zuo Houde looked at the crowd and said lightly, "When Hong Zaixing fights the whole country, Hanzhou and Qingzhou will inevitably be empty. This is our opportunity. In the next six months, I will use the 40 volunteers from the previous farming All are summoned to join the army, when the time comes, it will be determined by a battle!"

The generals were also extremely excited when they heard Zuo Houde's plan, and clasped their fists at the same time: "Promise!"

Zuo Houde then said again: "Recently, Baigongfang has developed a military weapon. I have arranged for Dongshi to be in charge. Within half a year, I will strive to popularize it in the army."

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)