After the autumn tax came up, Zhu Cihong quickly set out to restore the strength of each army of the Ying Long Army, and the Ying Long Army once again restored the establishment of 120,000 people, and only one to two months of training and running-in could restore the strength of Xuzhou before the war.

The Firearms Bureau's research and development of field artillery has also reached a certain level, and it is possible to break through at any time, and the appropriation cannot be stopped.

Fortunately, Chen Xin finally did not disappoint Zhu Cihong, half a month later, the Firearms Bureau came to the news, a major breakthrough in alloy steel, spent a lot of money, after hundreds of experiments, finally refined a field steel that meets the conditions of field artillery, theoretically speaking, this kind of steel made of field artillery, the range and power can be almost the same as the red-coated cannon, but the weight is less than 600 catties, if it is disassembled, it can be transported by horse to follow the army to quickly conquer the Quartet.

This is definitely a great news, Zhu Cihong couldn't wait to see this cannon, and ordered the Firearms Bureau to speed up the production and make sure to get the finished cannon out as soon as possible.

Another ten days later, news came from the Firearms Bureau that the finished cannon had been made.

Zhu Cihong Huo Ran got up, extremely surprised, more than a year, most of the resources of the Firearms Bureau have been used on it, after all, the field artillery that can be perfectly matched with the Ying Long Army has come out, since then, the strength of the Ying Long Army will increase exponentially, and the real attack is invincible!

"Spread my will, immediately organize a test launch, I want to watch it for myself!"

"Yes!" The eunuch immediately went to deliver the decree.

The next day, the weather was crisp, and it was the best weather to test the new artillery, and the location was in an open area three miles west of the city.

Thousands of majestic guards dressed in golden armor escorted Zhu Cihong's chariot to the outside of the city.

Although the Ying Long Army is Zhu Cihong's most elite force, but the palace is located in the center of Nanjing City, unless the enemy breaks through the Nanjing City, otherwise the Imperial City is worry-free, Zhu Cihong believes that the safety of the Imperial City does not need to waste the manpower of the Ying Long Army to guard, so the guard of the Imperial City has always been served by the Imperial Forest Army of the year, but in order to better control this Royal Forest Army, many generals in the Royal Forest Army are drawn from the Ying Long Army, and the loyalty of the Royal Forest Army is no less than that of the Ying Long Army.

"The last general Huang Degong, see the emperor!"

"The last general, Yan Yingyuan, see the emperor!"

"The last general, Zhang Kuishan, see the emperor!"

"The last general, Niu Yongsheng, see the emperor!"

The six commanders of the Yinglong Army, except for the first and second armies in Xuzhou and Wuchang, the other four commanders have arrived.

"Calm down, let's go test with me!"

"It's the emperor!"

Huang Degong and others have long known that the Firearms Bureau has been tailoring a cannon for Ying Longjun under the order of the emperor that can follow Ying Longjun's rapid march and field battles, and now this cannon finally has news, as the commander of Yinglong's army, they are no less excited than Zhu Cihong.

Soon, Zhu Cihong and others came to the test shooting site.

"Chen Xin, the director of the Firearms Bureau, see the emperor!" Chen Xin immediately came to pay homage.

Chen Xin welcomed Zhu Cihong to an earthen platform, and he could see three new-style cannons lined up in an open space more than 200 meters away, and the entire cannon body was silver-black, reflecting a faint cold glow in the sun.

Due to the distance, Zhu Cihong could only see so much, and almost nothing could be seen in terms of details.

"So far away, where can you see clearly!" Zhu Cihong frowned, and walked down the earth platform towards the cannon.

"The emperor is slow, the front is dangerous, the emperor's golden body, don't get close again!" Chen Xin hurriedly blocked the front to stop Zhu Cihong from moving forward, and even Huang Degong and others didn't want Zhu Cihong to get too close to the cannon, so they blocked Zhu Cihong's way.

"Whatever you do, whatever you do!" Zhu Cihong glared and said: "The cannon hasn't fired yet, where is the danger, I just went to see the details of the cannon, and when I really tested the cannon, I will return here." ”

Chen Xin and the others were so blocked that they couldn't speak, indeed, they were too fussed, the cannon hadn't really started to test fire, even if the emperor went closer, there would be no danger, and a few people immediately got out of the way.

Coming to the three cannons, Zhu Cihong stroked the cannon body with his own hands, although the surface was slightly rougher, but he also knew that according to the current technology, it was already very good to be able to reach such a level.

Zhu Cihong estimated that the cannon was about two meters long and had a caliber of about 110 millimeters, which was the same as the caliber of the old-fashioned red-coat cannon, and could fire any kind of shell used in the original old-fashioned red-coat cannon. The gun carriage is figure-eight in front and rear, and is equipped with four large dings, which can be firmly driven into the mud to stabilize the entire gun carriage, and also to prevent the recoil from overturning the entire cannon.

Such a design is naturally extremely rough in Zhu Cihong's eyes, and many deficiencies can be seen by Zhu Cihong at a glance, but he is not in a hurry to improve it, and he is still watching the test shot first to see how the effect is.

"Let's start the test launch!" Zhu Cihong turned around and returned to the original earthen platform.

When everyone returned to the earthen platform more than 200 meters away, Niu Yongsheng automatically stepped forward, took out a command flag from his arms, raised the command flag, fell back high, and signaled the gunners in front of him to start loading and firing.

There is no doubt that these gunners were drawn from the Sixth Army, the predecessor of which was the artillery battalion, but due to the delay in getting the artillery, the artillery battalion was later rebuilt into the Sixth Army due to the needs of the situation, but their skills in handling artillery were not lost.

In a short time, all three new cannons were loaded.

"Fire!" Under the expectation of everyone, Niu Yongsheng once again fell back to the Lingqi.

The cannon's fuse was ignited, accompanied by the sound of a sizzling fuse burning.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Three loud bangs, three new cannons roared at the same time.

Three shells pierced the air, crossed a distance of nearly two thousand meters, and exploded on a hill, and immediately kicked up a large cloud of dust in the place where it was hit, and one of the big trees was hit, and the entire trunk was disconnected, and the powerful power was not stingy compared to the old-fashioned red-coated cannon weighing three or four thousand catties.

Whether it is Chen Xin, Huang Degong and others, their faces are full of excitement, although this new artillery is only about the same as the old red-coated cannon in terms of range and power, but as long as you think of the weight of the new artillery, it is enough to make people's eyes hot. You must know that the old-fashioned red-coated cannon is too heavy and difficult to transport, except for the siege, there are very few opportunities to be able to fight, but just like that, the red-coated cannon is enough to make people feel awe after hearing it. The weight of this new cannon is only about 600 catties, after dismantling, the heaviest barrel is no more than 250 catties, it can be carried on horseback to follow the army in the field, almost equal to the red-coated cannon that can move quickly, once it is really presented in the world, it will deter the world.

The three cannons were fired a total of five times, whether they were solid bullets or flowering bullets, they were tested, but after the second shot, the excitement on Zhu Cihong's face disappeared, and he was replaced by an expressionless face.

After five test firings, Niu Yongsheng once again lowered the command flag, and the gunner stopped loading.

Zhu Cihong took everyone to the three new cannons again, and glanced at the four nails in front and back of the gun carriage that were firmly nailed into the soil, Zhu Cihong revealed a trace of understanding, and sure enough, as he expected, the new cannon was much lighter than the red-coated cannon, and the recoil was also several times in disguise, only five fires, and the four big dings nailed into the soil to stabilize the gun carriage had begun to loosen, according to this situation, it was estimated that at most ten fires, the soil before and after the entire cannon would be loose and cracked, At that time, when the cannon wants to be fired, it will have to be moved to another place to re-nail the big ding to stabilize the gun mount, and a lot of time will be wasted back and forth.

"The emperor is afraid that he already knows that because of the reduction in weight, the recoil of this new cannon is several times greater, otherwise there is no need to need a cannon hoe to stabilize it, but that's it, it can't be fired more than ten times in the same place, if it is a place where the soil is wet, the number of shots will be further reduced, which is a fatal flaw!" Chen Xin sighed.

"Yes, I can see that if we don't overcome this, the power of the new cannon will be greatly reduced!" Zhu Cihong nodded and said, he had expected this from the beginning, as a person from later generations, Zhu Cihong naturally knew how to overcome recoil.

Chen Xin shook his head and continued to sigh, he couldn't overcome it at all, he couldn't think of any way to overcome it at all.

"I have a way, you can find time to experiment!" Zhu Cihong said slowly.

"Your Majesty, you, what are you talking about, do you have a way to restrain the recoil generated by the cannon fire?" Chen Xin's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't believe it, but then he had to believe it, after all, the forging of alloy steel was also mentioned by the emperor back then.

Zhu Cihong nodded, and then said the earliest antirecoil principle in later generations. It is nothing more than the principle of water pressure gas stationing and retreat, relying on water pressure to greatly disperse the recoil force of the cannon when it is fired, and then using the energy stored in the recoil of the cannon to return the gun body to its original position.

"That's all I know, and you can arrange the specific experiments and operations." Zhu Cihong said.

Chen Xin was already speechless in shock when he heard such a subtle mechanical principle, but he had no doubt about the feasibility of what the emperor said, and he couldn't help but admire it.

"The emperor's whimsical ideas are really incredible, and the ministers sigh to themselves."

"If you can really get it, not only can you eliminate the four big nails in front and back of the gun carriage, but you can also further reduce the weight of the cannon, and increase the power and range of the cannon!" After Chen Xin was shocked, he immediately thought of the prospects behind him, and immediately became full of enthusiasm, the old man in his fifties was as if he was more than ten years younger all of a sudden, and he became full of energy!

Not only Chen Xin, Huang Degong and several other commanders of the Ying Long Army were also shocked and opened their mouths wide, and they were also extremely excited, because the cannons that were finally made must be matched with the Ying Long Army, and at that time, wouldn't they really be able to sweep the world with the Ying Long Army, and no one could stop them.

The reaction of Chen Xin and others was already within Zhu Cihong's expectations, and even Zhu Cihong had expected everything encountered by today's new cannons, the principle of this anti-recoil machine, Zhu Cihong could have said it very early, but Zhu Cihong did not, but waited until today to say it.

Why should this be, because Zhu Cihong knows too well the truth of gradual and greedy chewing.

After all, in the past, even the alloy steel that meets the requirements has not been made, and the hair of the new cannon has not yet come out, if there is an antirecoil mechanical principle, wouldn't it distract the resources of the Firearms Bureau and the attention of Chen Xin and others, and it is likely to lead to nothing in the end, so Zhu Cihong did not say it early in the morning.

Now that the time has come, not only the anti-recoil device, but even the smokeless powder and primer that are more powerful than black powder, Zhu Cihong is also ready to explain the principle, and order the people of the Firearms Bureau to start experimenting.

If these three things really came out, Zhu Cihong would have opened the real era of firearms.

Thinking that the real era of firearms was about to open in his own hands, Zhu Cihong was excited, and he didn't plan to hide it, so he went to the Firearms Bureau the next day, convened the technicians of gunpowder production, and personally ordered the establishment of a research and development team specializing in the research and development of smokeless gunpowder and primer.

At the same time, Zhu Cihong also decreed that innovation should be encouraged, and no matter what the invention and improvement is, as long as it proves useful, it will be personally received and rewarded by him.

This has to be exciting, to know that Zhu Cihong is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme person in the world, actually made such a promise, has to be excited, many craftsmen who are obsessed with technology are excited to tears, the emperor's promise, there is no doubt that they recognize their status as technical craftsmen, from then on they are no longer low-status craftsmen, they can raise their heads and tell the world their profession.

In a small town in Jiangxi, a man who was painstakingly writing a book called Tiangong Kaiwu got the news, and his old eyes also shed tears of excitement, and then he worked harder to write, and as soon as the writing was completed in the future, he immediately went to Beijing to dedicate it to the emperor, in order to repay the emperor's recognition of the world's skilled craftsmen today.

This man is Song Yingxing, a giant in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in history, since the establishment of the Firearms Bureau, Zhu Cihong has been looking for him, but unfortunately there has been no news, which has to be said to be a pity.

What Zhu Cihong didn't know was that Song Yingxing had only come to this town to live in seclusion in recent years, and had been writing about the Tiangong Kaiwu behind closed doors, which led to Jinyiwei looking for nearly a year and not finding him, but I believe that as long as the Tiangong Kaiwu is completed, Song Yingxing will inevitably appear.

With Zhu Cihong's suggestion, the Firearms Bureau worked overtime to start the test. At the same time, because several experiments were carried out at the same time, the allocation of the Firearms Bureau was extremely expensive, and the remaining silver taels were gradually consumed.

It seems that there is no silver anymore, Ying Longjun has been training recruits for more than a month, and he can almost completely restore the strength of Xuzhou before the war, in addition, Zheng Sen and Qian Chuyao's wedding is less than ten days away, Zhu Cihong can't wait, about after Zheng Sen and Qian Chuyao get married, he plans to start reforming.

Starting from the rectification of the salt administration, with the salt administration, when the time comes, it will inevitably be bloody.

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