Daming Super Daddy

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This made everyone present feel excited and trembling, especially Zhu Di, a battle-tested fighter, who saw the value of the recast artillery at a glance.

Such a range, such power... Compared with the previous artillery, it is not a star and a half stronger.

More importantly, the cannonballs of the previous artillery were really called "bombs". Although the solid big iron bumps could make a big hole, they definitely couldn't bloom in the center.

The current shell is different, it is semi-hollow, not only can punch a hole in the ground, but the shell can even break into pieces with a "boom" the moment it hits the ground. With the shock wave of the explosion, it can still hurt many people!

Let me just ask, when the two armies are at war, this new type of artillery directly spans a distance of hundreds of feet and bursts into bloom among the enemy. For the enemy, it is simply a disaster!

This kind of deterrence is far from being comparable to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Ming elites!

"Hahaha, good, good!" Zhu Di looked tens of feet away, the rocks that had been flying everywhere, his face turned red with excitement.

"Brother Sihuang, what do you think of the newly cast artillery made by the Ministry of Industry?"

Zhu Song had seen the power of cannons a long time ago, and in his previous life, he had seen weapons that were a thousand or ten thousand times more powerful than cannons, so he quickly came to his senses and stepped forward to ask.

"Not bad!" Zhu Di looked satisfied, "I thought Wen Bi was lying to me, but I didn't expect it to be true, and the power of this new type of artillery is unprecedented! Wonderful, wonderful!"

Zhu Di took a few steps forward and gently stroked a cannon. Because the cannon had just been fired, the cannon barrel still had a strong smell of gunpowder and a sense of scorching heat.

"Brother Sihuang, how does this thing compare to the original artillery?" Zhu Song walked slowly to Zhu Di's side and said.

"It's too powerful!" Zhu Di praised unabashedly, "Brother Song, can this artillery be mass-produced?"

Zhu Song shook his head directly and said: "Brother Sihuang, the materials used in the casting and making of cannons need to be hammered hundreds of thousands of times, or even millions of times, before they can be put into use. So this cannon cannot be mass-produced." , and because of some technical reasons, the performance of the steel used to cast cannons is sometimes unstable."

"Can these problems be completely solved?" Zhu Di frowned, and from Zhu Song's words, he heard that it was not easy.

"Brother Four, it must have been nearly 20 days since the blueprint of the artillery was brought back to Tianfu, right?"

Zhu Song did not directly answer Zhu Di's words, but gave an example: "Look, it took more than 20 days... Master Qi, how many new artillery pieces are registered?"

The five cannons in front of me are all of unstable performance. Although the rest are left in the Ministry of Industry, the Department of Clearing Officials in the Arsenal is responsible for the examination and examination of military registration, weapons and martial arts of the whole country. All ordnance manufactured must be registered in the register.

Qi Sihai, Lang Zhong of the arsenal cleanup department, is quite competent.

Hearing Zhu Song's question, Qi Sihai frowned and said: "Returning to the prince, on the 23rd, the Ministry of Industry and the Internal Government Supervision Bureau produced a total of eleven new artillery pieces, of which five were perfect and unstable. Of the five doors, one was scrapped because of a barrel explosion during the test!"

Qi Sihai said like a few treasures.

"Only eleven were built in the [-]th day... that's really too few!" Zhu Di shook his head, then suddenly looked at Zhu Song, and said, "By the way, brother Song, I remember just now that Qi Aiqing said that the new artillery You designed it, isn't it true?"

"Yeah..." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhu Song was taken aback, his mother's words were too loose.

Zhu Di, you are not particular, how can you talk to others?

"It's still true!" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Song strangely, and asked, "Where did you get this blueprint?"

"Hey!"

Hearing this, Zhu Song sighed pretentiously, and said, "Brother Sihuang, I have never told you. In fact, I have seen an immortal some time ago!"

Cough!

Zhu Di spit up and almost choked him to death.

"Boy, are you pretending to be a brother?" Zhu Di said angrily.

"Your brother, how dare you lie to Brother Four!"

Zhu Song put on a very serious expression and said: "Brother Sihuang, more than a year ago, my brother was assassinated in Jiaxing Mansion and fell into a coma for a few days. During the coma, a man came in my dream Old Immortal, the old Immortal just reached out and touched my younger brother's forehead, and after waking up, something will pop up in my younger brother's mind from time to time."

Zhu Di still said with a look of disbelief: "According to what you mean, the blueprint of this new type of artillery popped into your mind inexplicably?"

Zhu Song nodded naturally, and said: "That's right, not only artillery, but actually grenades, landmines, and the skill of casting the new Xiuchun knife were all passed down to me by the old god."

"..." Zhu Di grinned, shook his head and said, "Forget it, since you said that there are immortals helping you, then I will believe you. But I have something to entrust to you here."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Song raised his eyebrows and said, "As long as the subject can complete it, I will definitely try my best to complete it."

"You also know the importance of this new type of artillery to our court."

Zhu Di said: "Before, I somewhat ignored the importance of artillery. After all, the previous artillery was too heavy and maneuverable, so I just used these artillery as a guard of honor to show the majesty of the court and myself."

When talking about this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up: "It's different now! These new artillery can be placed on sea ships. Does that mean that after some research and improvement, these artillery can also enhance mobility? "

Zhu Song nodded and said, "Theoretically, it is possible!"

Bullshit, of course it is feasible, like shoulder-fired rocket launchers, detachable mortars... these small attack artillery, aren't they powerful in mobility?

"Well!"

Zhu Di nodded, and said: "I plan to recruit ministers and workers from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Internal Government Supervision Bureau to form a secrecy department called the 'Firearms Battalion'. This firearms camp is dedicated to the design, research, and manufacture of firearms." department!"

"Firearms battalion?"

Zhu Song knew that after Zhu Di saw the power of the new artillery, he would definitely notice the importance of gunpowder, but he didn't expect that he really wanted to build such a field dedicated to the study of firearms.

He said: "Brother Four Emperors, what does your building a firearms camp have to do with your younger brother?"

"Of course it has something to do with it!" Zhu Di said with a smile, "Because, brother wants you to be the chief officer of the Firearms Battalion!"

(To be continued.)

Chapter 266 The Wisdom of the Xu Sisters

"Huh?" Zhu Song opened his mouth wide in surprise, and said, "No, don't let me do it!"

"Huh? Don't you still look down on the Firearms Camp?" Zhu Di raised his eyebrows.

"I didn't say that." Zhu Song waved his hands again and again: "Brother Sihuang, you see, I am now the head of the Procuratorate, and I am also the commander of the water transportation. I want to hand over the firearms battalion to my younger brother, but I won’t do it, even if I’m beaten to death!”

Hearing Zhu Song's explanation, Zhu Di couldn't laugh or cry at once. Everyone thought that the official position was not high enough, the power was not strong enough, and the salary was not enough. It was a good thing for this kid to push the official position out.

"What's the matter, if I can't beat you to death, what are you going to do?" Zhu Di said lightly, "This matter is settled like this. In the future, you will be the chief officer of the firearms battalion, and I will transfer 1000 people from Jinyiwei to you. Commander, as for the location of the Firearms Battalion, you decide on your own, once you’ve made the decision, send me a memorial, and if I agree, that’s it!"

"I..." Zhu Song opened his mouth to argue.

"That's it!" Zhu Di didn't care whether Zhu Song wanted to do it or not, and made a decision directly.

Zhu Song's face suddenly collapsed: "I'm chacha..."

……

It was already Youshi when he came out from the Ministry of War's Arsenal of Officials Clearance Department, Zhu Song rejected Zhu Di's 'gracious' invitation, and returned to the Palace of the King of Han full of depression.

Dinner has not been served in the palace yet. After all, Zhu Song, the person in charge who hurried back from Huai'an mansion, is not there, so the other people in the mansion have no atmosphere when eating dinner, right?