Liaodong, Shenyang (Shenyang).
In Chongzheng Hall, Duoduo was reporting to Fulin: "Your Majesty, the bird gun minister that Prince Zheng sent back from the front line has been arranged for craftsmen to trial-make."
"What's the result?" Fulin asked expectantly.
When Fulin saw this kind of bird gun for the first time, he was almost dumbfounded.
It can be fired without a fuse, it is simply an alien thing.
If it can be produced in large quantities, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army will be taken to a higher level.
"The craftsmen said... although the structure of this gun is not complicated, it is extremely difficult to imitate." Duoduo replied.
"What's the matter?" Fulin was a little surprised. "Can't you find a suitable flint?"
"No!" Duoduo shook his head. "There are plenty of stones in the mountains. If you look carefully, you can always find some suitable flint. The key is the shrapnel fixed to the flint. This thing looks simple but is actually very difficult. The craftsmen tried many times, but the shrapnel was either too soft or too hard. If it was too soft, it would have no elasticity, and if it was too hard, it would break easily!"
"In addition, the barrel of this bird gun is also very complicated to make. To make a suitable barrel, it would take two craftsmen several days or even ten days!"
"Isn't this too slow?" Fulin sighed.
At this rate, even if the Ming army's bird gun could be imitated, it would take at least half a month to make one.
It would take about three to five years to produce the 5,000 bird guns that Jirgalang needed.
The number of craftsmen is limited, and if you ask them to make bird guns, you cannot ask them to make cannons.
Bird guns and cannons are like fish and bear's paw, you can't have both.
If he had to choose one, he would rather choose the more lethal artillery.
"That is to say...the court is unable to meet Prince Zheng's demands?" Fulin continued to ask.
"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case based on the current situation, but..." Duoduo hesitated to speak.
"But what?" Fulin couldn't help asking.
"Prince Rui said he has a way to solve this problem." Duoduo said mysteriously.
"Dorgon?" Fulin's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard the name.
He hated the name, and he hated the man even more.
However, for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, Fulin suppressed his hatred and asked, "What can Dorgon do? How can he make something that even the imperial court can't make?"
"I only asked Prince Rui in a letter, and he replied that there was a way but he didn't say what it was." Duoduo lowered his head and replied, "If Your Majesty wants to know the truth, please ask Prince Rui in person."
"I'll ask!" Fulin said unhappily.
The king and his minister discussed military and political affairs for a while. Just when Duoduo was about to leave, hurried footsteps were heard outside the hall.
Then an Eight Banners soldier ran into Chongzheng Hall with a newspaper in his right hand, "Six hundred miles of urgent news, Jinzhou newspaper!"
Fulin stood up and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"
The Eight Banners soldier knelt on one knee, raised the document above his head with both hands and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Zheng's troops were defeated in Jinzhou!"
"What?" Fulin was shocked. "Prince Zheng wrote yesterday saying that he was in a stalemate with the Ming army. How come he was defeated all of a sudden?"
Duoduo also widened his eyes in disbelief.
In order to resist the Ming army, Jirgalang recruited many soldiers from the Zhengbai and Xiangbai Banners when he sent troops to Jinzhou.
These people would write to Tudor every day, telling him everything that happened on the front line.
Although Jirgalang was defeated in Nanshan, Jinzhou still had the natural barrier of Xiaoling River to defend.
In his perception.
Although Jirgalang's tactics were not perfect, there were no major flaws to be found.
As long as we don't take the initiative to attack, we can rely on Xiaoling River to hold out against the Ming army for a while.
Why did we suddenly lose?
The eunuch beside Fulin took the report from the Eight Banners soldier and quickly came to Fulin.
Fulin's face became even uglier after reading it.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" Duoduo asked anxiously.
"Look for yourself!" Fulin asked the eunuch to pass the newspaper to Duoduo.
"Prince Zheng led his troops to fight against the Ming army on the bank of Xiaoling River. Suddenly, a rebellion broke out in Jinzhou City, and the rebels killed the wounded soldiers..." Duoduo read as he watched.
After reading the last line, Duoduo fell silent.
Fulin also fell silent.
Duoduo thought that since Jirgalang was defeated, he should take this opportunity to convict him and drive him out of the center of power.
At that time, Fulin would have no one else to use and would have no choice but to reuse him.
He, Duoduo, will become a powerful official second only to the emperor and above everyone else!
No.
If he wanted, he could even replace Fulin and become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
Fulin was also thinking about this problem.
When Hauge was defeated in Ningyuan, he stripped him of his position and imprisoned him.
After Jirgalang was defeated in Jinzhou, should he treat Jirgalang the same way he treated Hauge?
If Jirgalang is not convicted.
This would break the rules of clear rewards and punishments within the Eight Banners.
It's hard to convince people.
If Jirgalang is convicted, subsequent troubles will follow.
After deposing Jirgalang, the only people he could use were Duoduo and Mandahai.
It’s not that others can’t use it, but they are not qualified enough.
After all, they are the only two who hold the title of prince and are also the leaders of the Eight Banners.
But Man Dahai was too young and could not compete head-on with Duoduo.
Given enough time, Duoduo could easily sideline Man Dahai and even himself, the Qing emperor...
What to do?
When Fulin looked at Duoduo quietly, he found that Duoduo was also looking at him.
The king and his minister looked at each other, then looked away from each other.
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