Playing with the revolver in his hand, Zhu Yijun raised his head and asked Xu Guangqi with a smile, "Have you tried it out?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know much about this. The trial was done by Eunuch Chen."
Xu Guangqi hurriedly let Chen Ju, who was beside him, out. "Master Chen has put in a lot of effort into developing the new gun."
Looking at Chen Ju, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but smile. Xu Guangqi was asking for credit for Chen Ju!
Just the fact that Chen Ju could get Xu Guangqi to ask for credit for him was already amazing.
Zhu Yijun nodded and turned his gaze to Chen Ju, and then he said, "Then tell me!"
Chen Ju quickly said, "Your Majesty, the new gun has been tested by the Armaments Department and can be used."
"Other than the short gun, Lord Xu also made a long gun. But in comparison, the short gun is more useful.
Of course, the long gun is much better than the current gun Daming. "
"However, the cost is more expensive, four times that of the current gun."
"Even if we mass produce it, it will cost two to three times the cost."
At this point, Chen Ju carefully said, "I don't think it's appropriate to mass produce it."
Zhu Yijun nodded. Of course, he knew that this thing was not suitable for mass production.
In fact, the revolver gun was quickly eliminated and replaced by the flintlock gun.
However, the revolver gun had its moments. During the war between France and Germany, it showed its might.
Compared to the current matchlock gun, the revolver gun was more suitable for cavalry.
Although Qi Jiguang had the gun cavalry now, they could only be considered half a firearm cavalry.
The characteristics of the gun determined that it was impossible for the firearm cavalry to be mature. Once the match was extinguished, the cavalry could not light it up.
It was inconvenient to operate the gun on horseback, but the revolver gun did not have this disadvantage.
Using flint to ignite the revolver, it only needed to be loaded and fired. With the revolver, the Flintlock Cavalry officially stepped onto the stage of history.
Zhu Yijun planned to equip Qi Jiguang with some. The trial production would be beneficial for improving the technology and research.
Equipping it to Qi Jiguang would also help them adapt to the new guns.
Although the revolver wasn't as good as the flintlock, it was similar to the flintlock in some ways.
Once he switched to a flintlock in the future, he would be able to save a lot of training time.
"Then let's start with a trial production of 5,000 units!" Zhu Yijun said after some thought.
"Yes, this servant obeys!" Chen Ju quickly said.
Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said, "About the flintlock, you can ask Xu Guangqi to join in!
I believe that with his participation, the progress of the research will be greatly improved. "
Hearing this, Chen Ju blushed with shame. After spending so much money and spending so much time, there was still no progress on the Armament Division. He felt a little embarrassed.
"Yes, this servant obeys!" Chen Ju quickly replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded. In fact, he wasn't too concerned about the progress of the flintlock. He was more concerned about the cannons.
In this era, cannons were still the mainstream, and would be the mainstream for a long time.
"How's the rifling going?" Zhu Yijun looked at Chen Ju and asked in a deep voice.
Since the last time he made the crucible steel, the carving knife was no longer a problem. Then, the rifling of the cannons could be put on the agenda.
Once the rifling of the cannons was done, the rifling of the guns would not be far away.
With the carving knife, drawing the rifling was no longer a difficult task. The hook broaching method could solve this problem.
Not only could this method draw the rifling of the cannons, but it could also draw the rifling of the guns. Zhu Yijun remembered one thing very clearly. This thing could be done with a wooden broaching machine.
In the early days of the American colonists, they cut wood to make the broaching machine, and then to draw the rifling of the guns.
If Zhu Yijun remembered correctly, there were already front-loading rifles in Europe.
However, loading was very laborious. Soldiers often needed to use a hammer to hit the baton to load the bullets into the chamber.
Because of this, the firing speed was reduced to a third of the musket.
Such a low firing speed was intolerable for the military.
Therefore, in the 200 years after the invention of rifling, the rifled rifle was only a supporting role in the military.
But later, someone invented an epoch-making item, the minnie bullet.
The invention of the minnie bullet made the flintlock rifle have a qualitative leap. When Zhu Yijun thought of this, he couldn't help but think of the Qing Dynasty when they fought against the imperial invaders. They were faced with the front-loading rifled rifle.
Compared to the musket, there was only one advantage of the rifled rifle, and that was the ability to shoot accurately.
It could use a three-point line aiming method, unlike the musket, which could only cover fire.
Cavalry faced a rifled rifle that could accurately aim. Was there any need to say the result?
There was no other way but to throw away one's life if one rushed forward.
In fact, Western Europe already had these things. All Zhu Yijun needed to do was to catch up. The assembly of firearms was not prepared by Zhu Yijun for tartars or wild boar skins.
It was prepared by Zhu Yijun for the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch.
The only reason Zhu Yijun needed rifled rifles now was that he wanted to equip the Daming Royal Navy's warships with rifled rifles.
In naval warfare, cannons were king.
The Daming Royal Navy equipped with rifled rifles would definitely be very strong.
When Chen Ju heard Zhu Yijun mention rifling, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the Ordnance Department has already begun to engrave rifling, but the success rate is too low. They are trying further."
"At the same time, the shells are also being improved. Round shells are not suitable for rifled rifles."
Of course, Zhu Yijun knew that round shells were not suitable for rifled rifles. He nodded. Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice, "Very good. Continue to work and make samples as soon as possible!"
After that, Zhu Yijun pointed to Xu Guangqi. "Xu, go and give you some advice."
"Yes, I will!" Chen Ju nodded and hurriedly said.
When the two of them left, Zhu Yijun sighed. Everything had to be done step by step!
In fact, now that the imperial court had money, Zhu Yijun was already thinking of building a large steel mill.
Of course, there was no need to think about the location. It must be in Shijingshan, and the name was the Capital Steel Factory.
In the future, it would be a steel factory. There were high-quality iron mines in Miyun, high-quality coal in Mentougou, Shijingshan, and Fengtai, high-quality limestone in Yanqing and Miyun, and abundant water resources in Yongding River. All of these were destined to be a suitable place to build a steel factory.
Using local materials, saving costs, and convenient transportation. It must be known that this place was also famous in the future. It was called Shougang.
In his previous life, Shougang had experienced a lot of things. Duan Qirui had sent people to build the Shijingshan Refinery of the Longyan Iron Ore Company at the eastern foot of Shijingshan in Beijing (the predecessor of Shougang). After the July 7 Incident in 1937, the Japanese invaders forcibly occupied the Shijingshan Refinery and renamed it the Shijingshan Iron Refinery.
In August 1945, Japan surrendered and the Kuomintang took over. In 1946, it was renamed the Shijingshan Steel Factory.
Shougang had experienced the war of the Northern Warlords, the occupation of the Japanese invaders, and the corruption of the Kuomintang government.
In the past 30 years, the vicissitudes of life reflected the tragic situation of the black metallurgy industry in Beijing in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. It was a history of humiliation for the Chinese nation.
In this life, Zhu Yijun would never let such a thing happen again. He wanted to build a steel factory that belonged to Daming, a steel factory that was destined to be recorded in the history books.
This steel factory would lay a solid foundation for the rise of Daming. It would sound the horn of the rise of Daming, and it would become an existence that would make the world tremble. For this reason, Zhu Yijun named it the Capital Steel Factory.
With the completion of this steel factory, Daming would have a qualitative leap. It should be known that steel was the foundation of industry.
The following days were peaceful. There were no major events in the court, and Zhu Yijun had a rare moment of leisure.
However, there were a few good news. Ceng Shengwu, the governor of Xuan Prefecture, had sent a memorial. The military reform of Xuan Prefecture had been completed.
Compared to Datong, it took less time and was better completed.
Zhang Weixian also sent a memorial to Zhu Yijun, saying that it was completed smoothly.
Zhu Yijun knew that it was time for him to transfer Ceng Shengwu back to the capital. Although there were several military towns west of Xuan University, Guyuan, Gansu, Taiyuan, and Ningxia, Zhu Yijun was not going to carry out military reform in those places for the time being.
Among these places, Taiyuan had to be changed, but it had to wait until Prince Jin completed the ban.
The remaining military towns also had to be changed, but it had to wait until the east was completed.
He transferred Ceng Shengwu back to the capital, let him enter the cabinet, and preside over the military reform. His task in Xuan University could be said to be completed.
Daming's important towns in recent years were Xuan University and Jiliao. Other places were not so important.
It was better not to move for the time being. Zhu Yijun was going to use troops in the grassland in the next few years, so Jiliao must be managed well.
When Ceng Shengwu returned to the capital, the military reform of Jiliao could be put on the agenda.
At that time, the military households that would be cut could also be recruited to the urban construction company and the road repair team.
There were two military towns near the capital, one was Changping Town, and the other was Zhenbao Town. These two military towns also had to be changed.
Changping Town was in Changping of Beijing. It governed the Great Wall from the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou to the Daolai River in the northwest.
Zhenbao Town was in Baoding. It governed the Great Wall from Zijing Pass in the north, Fangma Pass, Longquan Pass, Niangzi Pass, and Guanguan Pass in the south.
These two towns also had to be changed. Together with Jizhou and Liaodong, the west could only be put aside for now. After all, it was beyond their reach. If trouble was caused, it would be difficult to clean up. Except for Taiyuan, Zhu Yijun was not going to change the northwest for the time being.
If Ceng Shengwu was to come back, someone had to make room for him.
With Ceng Shengwu's qualifications, entering the cabinet was inevitable. The key was to arrange a position for him in the Six Ministries.
He could also be a minister, but there was no suitable position for him for the time being.
On the other hand, there were quite a few assistant minister positions, and one would be available for him soon.
Zhu Yijun was talking about the Department of Law Enforcement. After a period of investigation, the Department of Law Enforcement had made rapid progress. They had basically gathered most of the evidence and were just short of arresting people.
Department of Law Enforcement.
Wang Jiaping looked at the documents handed to him by Qi Fei and sighed helplessly.
Although Wang Jiaping knew that this day would come when he received the case, he did not expect it to be so soon.
Looking at the evidence placed in front of him, Wang Jiaping raised his head and glanced at Qi Fei, who was calm and collected.
Assistant Minister Zhao Deqian of the Ministry of Personnel. Wang Jiaping really wanted to grab him by the neck and ask him, "What are you thinking?"
How could a dignified assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel do such a thing? If it was just one or two people, it could be a false accusation or a misunderstanding. However, there were more than a dozen people, and there would be no lack of witnesses.
The antique shop, Wenxin House, had also been investigated. Now, the three ongoing transactions of official positions had all been found out.
From Wang Jiaping's point of view, it was not that Zhao Deqian was careless, but that he was too unscrupulous.
Of course, it must have something to do with him as his subordinate. He had really put in a lot of effort.
"I'll go to the palace to ask for an edict!"
After a long while, Wang Jiaping helplessly sighed and slowly said, "Get your men ready. Once I receive the decree, I'll immediately make my move to arrest them."
Although it was the case of Zhao Deqian, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he was not the only one involved in it.
Needless to say, a lot of officials in the Department of Literary Selection would definitely be punished. In addition, there would definitely be a lot of people involved in the buying of official positions. These people would all be punished, which would be troublesome.
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
Qi Fei was not worried at all. After listening to Wang Jiaping's words, he said respectfully, "I'll go and arrange people now."
Forbidden City, Wenhua Hall.
Looking at the testimony sent by Wang Jiaping, Zhu Yijun's face darkened and he said angrily, "How dare you! Big Mouse, this is Big Mouse. Arrest them, arrest them all."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll do it now!" Wang Jiaping answered, then bowed and left.
When Wang Jiaping left, the anger on Zhu Yijun's face slowly faded.
In fact, he had long known about this matter, but it was his attitude to be angry. This couldn't be wrong.
However, since the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhao Deqian, was investigated, Zhu Yijun estimated that the old minister of the Ministry of Personnel would not be able to continue his position.
This matter was too big. There was such a big mistake in the Ministry of Personnel, and Wang Guoguang was naturally responsible.
In addition, Wang Guoguang was really old, so it was not incomprehensible for him to resign now.
However, Zhu Yijun still couldn't bear to let Zhao Deqian's matter be accompanied by his boss's resignation.
But soon, this unbearable feeling was thrown to the back of Zhu Yijun's mind. This was something that couldn't be helped.
"Send a decree to the cabinet. Let them draft a candidate for Xuan Da Governor." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and said.
Now that Xuan Da Governor had done what he needed to do, there was no need to deliberately arrange someone for the position of Xuan Da Governor. There were enough people to maintain the position.
Of course, it was impossible to make trouble.
However, Zhu Yijun believed that with his arrangements in Xuan Da Governor, it wouldn't be easy to make trouble.
Not only was Zhang Weixian there, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Daming Bank also had people there. Zhang Cheng, the old eunuch, hadn't come back yet.
Speaking of Zhang Cheng, it was time for him to come back.
"Send a decree to Zhang Cheng. Let him make arrangements for Xuan Da Governor and return to the capital!" Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said to Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing quickly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty. Old Slave will let the Ministry of Rites draft the decree."
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