Bi Maokang thought that His Majesty did not believe him, and quickly said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, there will be no problem."
Seeing Bi Maokang's attitude, Zhu Youxiao knew that it was useless to say anything more. If he said too much, it would easily undermine his subordinates' confidence. So Zhu Youxiao said directly: "No problem, do it. If the results are good, I will not be stingy with rewards."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Bi Maokang said with some excitement.
The instructions were given quickly and preparations were made quickly there.
Zhu Youxiao watched with his own eyes as someone carried boxes of shells over and began to load them quickly. The shells were pushed directly into the barrels.
Zhu Youxiao felt that if he shouted "Italian cannon" at this time, it would be very effective.
But he still said nothing and stood there with his hands behind his back.
With an order, the artillery roared loudly, and the shell flew to a place not far away, making a huge explosion after landing.
Smoke and dust rose up, and soil flew everywhere, directly blowing a big hole in the ground.
After seeing this thing, Zhu Youxiao felt a little emotional. His firearms unit was finally taking shape. It was worth it that he had spent so much money and thought to come up with all kinds of things over the years.
In fact, in this era, the world's technology has begun to develop rapidly. After the Age of Exploration began, all kinds of items were in demand and were also manufactured.
Especially in terms of arms, everyone was colonizing, fighting back and forth, and having a lot of fun, so the demand for firearms was even greater.
It’s just that no country can integrate everything together and then develop it through strong national strength.
Now, this is what Zhu Youxiao is doing.
The Ming Dynasty had a profound industrial foundation. People may say that it had nothing, but in fact, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were really amazing. They could manually turn beads of the same size, which could be used to make bearings.
Although there is no complete industrial system and no various industrial books, these craftsmen are really strong in practical operations. These powerful craftsmen provide the foundation for the research and development of Ming Dynasty.
The more than 7,000 books brought by Ginni Ge contained a wide range of contemporary knowledge. They were able to connect the knowledge currently used by the Ming Dynasty with advanced Western knowledge. In this process, the technology of the Ming Dynasty developed rapidly.
And after that, it was Zhu Youxiao's planning and guidance.
After all, as a later generation, Zhu Youxiao could point the way for many things, such as picric acid explosives, which are simple to make but very difficult to transport and store. The French and British spent a lot of time trying to solve the problem, but it was later solved by the Japanese.
For Zhu Youxiao, this was just an obscure secret. There were many similar cases, such as the glass bubble problem that caused the war. The secret solution was actually stirring.
Just these two words caused an endless war.
If you explain it clearly, it is actually a very simple principle; but if you don’t explain it clearly, this technology will be worth a fortune, even worth a war that will destroy a country.
Zhu Youxiao played this role, and with the huge amount of money, he finally achieved his current results.
Seeing Bi Maokang coming back, Zhu Youxiao said directly: "Very good, reward!"
As for building a production line and then quickly equipping it, Zhu Youxiao gave up on this. The reason was simple: there was no money. Although these things could be produced, there was still no way. At present, there were only simple mechanical lathes, and the manufacturing speed was very slow.
But if a production line is built and a lot of manpower is used, mass production can still be achieved.
There was just one thing Zhu Youxiao couldn't do: it would cost too much money. Given his current financial situation, he couldn't afford to joke around.
So Zhu Youxiao could only reward the craftsmen and let them continue their research.
The next era will naturally start with power, which is the legendary steam engine.
Only with this thing can the Ming Dynasty usher in the next era.
The things in front of him are enough for Daming to digest for a while.
But there is still one thing that Zhu Youxiao wants to ask Bi Maokang.
"How is the progress on the metal fixed bullets?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Bi Maokang and asked directly.
This is what Zhu Youxiao is very concerned about. Once the metal fixed bullet is made, the breech-loading rifle can be put on the agenda. Even the earliest Hanyang rifle was an extremely advanced rifle in this era.
Being able to design with precision and have rifling is a remarkable advancement. No matter how much the current muzzle-loading muskets develop, they still don’t have this advantage, even if they can use rifling and threaded bullets.
Because this would slow down the reloading process and reduce the rate of fire. Only breech-loading rifles can achieve this level of accuracy.
Once this difficulty is overcome, a pistol can be manufactured, which is a revolver.
Come to think of it, I can get one myself when the time comes and wear it on my waist at any time. I've been thinking about this for a long time.
"Not yet." Bi Maokang said hesitantly.
In fact, Bi Maokang has also been paying close attention to this matter, and the Baigong Academy has also been working very hard. However, this kind of thing cannot be produced by just paying attention.
Metal fixed shells work because they are large and easy to handle. But bullets are not. Metal fixed bullets are not going to work, and it will take some time.
Zhu Youxiao said: "It's okay, take your time."
In fact, Zhu Youxiao was very anxious, because even if the metal fixed bullets could be made, it didn’t matter if the breech-loading gun could not be made, because this thing could be assembled on a hand-cranked revolver machine gun.
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