Of course, this improved version of the matchlock gun will not be manufactured on a large scale and used in military warfare.
If it really had to be manufactured, Zhu Youxiao would only produce a small number and then send them to the front line in Liaodong for emergency response.
The improved matchlock guns made this time were actually used to verify the new technology of the Hundred Craftsmen Academy. Judging from the current situation, Xu Guangqi and his team should have succeeded.
Zhu Youxiao gently put down the matchlock gun in his hand, his eyes full of regret.
Zhu Youxiao did not ask to try firing the gun himself. In fact, although he wanted to fire a few shots, this improved matchlock gun was not of the same level as the flintlock gun he wanted.
"Let's make some first, make 5,000 and send them to Xiong Tingbi." Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and said in a light tone.
Although Zhu Youxiao wanted to mass-produce flintlock rifles right away, judging from the current situation of the Academy of Hundred Craftsmen, it was uncertain when the flintlock rifles could be manufactured, so he decided to give Xiong Tingbi some improved matchlock rifles first.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrange it right away." Bi Maokang agreed excitedly.
Zhu Youxiao nodded, then strolled around here for a while, and finally took Empress Zhang back to his own Qianqing Palace.
Seeing Empress Zhang's bright, star-like eyes staring at him quietly, Zhu Youxiao smiled gently and jokingly said, "What are you looking at, Baozhu? Do you think I'm very beautiful?"
After hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, Empress Zhang's face flushed, as if stained with two peach blossoms. She bit her lip and said, "Your Majesty is naturally beautiful."
Zhu Youxiao found that Empress Zhang was particularly beautiful when she was shy, like a pearl with a halo, and there was a hint of scholarly air between her eyebrows.
"Then I will let Baozhu look at it more often in the future. But now, Queen, please tell me what you were looking at just now."
Empress Zhang thought for a moment, her eyes filled with admiration. She smiled and said, "I truly didn't expect Your Majesty to be like this. I've heard rumors about Your Majesty outside the palace before, and I've also heard people talk about you inside the palace, but what I saw today was something I had never imagined or heard of before."
This question aroused Zhu Youxiao's curiosity, so he reached out and took Empress Zhang's jade-like hand, and asked with a smile: "What do people say about me outside?"
"People say that Your Majesty ascended the throne at a young age, but he has his own ideas and will be an accomplished emperor." Empress Zhang thought for a while and said, but she did not dare to look at Zhu Youxiao. She kept her head down, looking a little shy.
Reaching out and gently pulling Empress Zhang into his arms, Zhu Youxiao hugged her slender waist and said with a smile: "Baozhu, what you said is not sincere. Although I have never left the palace, I also know the outside world's opinion of me."
"They will surely say that I ascended the throne at a young age, have not read much, do not understand the ways of the sages, favor evil ways in the vain pursuit of immortality, and favor eunuchs and powerful ministers, disrupting government affairs."
"Am I right?" Zhu Youxiao lowered his head and looked at Empress Zhang. With a self-deprecating smile on his face, he said, "They also asked you to persuade me to take the right path. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world, you, as the Empress, should do more."
After hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, Empress Zhang panicked and quickly reached out to hold Zhu Youxiao's broad hand. She looked up at him, shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, that's not the case. They simply don't understand Your Majesty. Once they understand Your Majesty, they won't say that anymore."
After hearing what Empress Zhang said, Zhu Youxiao laughed immediately, as if he had heard something particularly funny.
"They really don't understand me, but if they did, they wouldn't say anything good about me. Instead, they would become even worse and even call me the most incompetent ruler in history." Zhu Youxiao said as he hugged Empress Zhang.
"Do you know why I say this?" Zhu Youxiao asked, looking down at Empress Zhang in his arms.
Empress Zhang looked at Zhu Youxiao cautiously. She wanted to know what her emperor was really thinking.
But Empress Zhang could not see anything. She shook her head blankly and said, "I really don't know."
"Because no matter what time it is, people in this world always speak for themselves and for their own interests. Only when I act according to their wishes and words will they speak well of me. As long as I do not act according to their wishes and words, no matter whether I do so for the Ming Dynasty or for the people of the world, they will not speak well of me."
Looking at Empress Zhang's expression, Zhu Youxiao hugged her tightly again, and then said: "This is the world, this is the human heart."
"I'm not telling Baozhu this because I want you to do something, but because I want to tell you that since you've entered the palace and become my queen, there are some things you can't avoid. So before you do anything, don't listen to what others say, but see with your own eyes."
After saying this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Empress Zhang and said, "If you have any questions in the future, you can tell me the truth."
"In fact, I don't trust many people. I don't know whether the ministers in this world are loyal or treacherous, nor do I know whether what they say is true or false, so I can't trust them."
"Even if he's telling the truth this time, what about next time? Who can guarantee that what he says next time will be true?"
"So, I need to hear the truth. I want to hear the truth. In this palace, the only one who can speak to me is you, Baozhu. So from now on, you don't have to hide anything in front of me. Just tell me the truth directly."
"If you don't tell me the truth, then I'm afraid I won't hear the truth. As the emperor of this world, everyone says I'm rich, but the hardest thing is to hear the truth."
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