originally thought that the mine was a product of the era of hot weapons in later generations, but Li Tianyang did not expect that in the Ming Dynasty of this era, there was already a mature mine production process.

The wisdom of the ancients is infinite, when the members of the Jingshi Hongmen Outer Guard sent back a detailed mine production drawings, as well as a few real mines made by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, and put them in front of Li Tianyang, Li Tianyang's eyes were full of surprise.

It can almost be said that there is not much difference from the mines of later generations, which are also buried in shallow soil, camouflaged with fine sand, dead branches and leaves, etc., and can spontaneously ignite gunpowder with the touch of a switch, and then explode to kill and injure the enemy with fragments.

Before Li Tianyang thought that there was no mature chemical system, and before the emergence of detonators, nitroglycerin and other chemicals, it was impossible to carry forward the thermal weapons in this era.

However, the skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty taught Li Tianyang a lesson, and when Li Tianyang and his research and development institute only put the flint fire skills on the arquebus, the craftsmen and masters of the Ming Dynasty had combined flint and machine springs and used them on mines.

Compared with the spring striking skills of the Hongmen Research and Development Institute, the machine springs and flints used on mines by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty are more vulgar, but this does not prevent this mine from being a qualified gunpowder weapon.

Especially when dealing with the Houjin Jurchens of the horse people, the mines buried in the ground can bring great damage to the Jurchen iron horsemen.

The Jurchen war horse, even after strict explosion training, can barely stabilize in the violent explosion, but in the process of galloping, the four legs of the Jurchen war horse can not be wrapped in iron armor, as long as it steps on a mine, it means that the war horse has lost its combat ability.

The Jurchens' iron cavalry was terrifying and their strength was amazing, but when they lost their horses and changed from cavalry to infantry, their strength would also be greatly reduced, and the infantry of the Ming Dynasty would have the possibility of defeating them.

Because of this, on the first day of October this year, the Ming Dynasty promoted Li Tiancheng, a figure who had specialized in the technology of making and using landmines, and opened a battalion of recruits to study how to use landmines.

Previously, Li Tianyang was limited by the lack of his own strength, his deep foundation in the court, and the lack of attention to the armaments of the Ming Dynasty, so that he did not know until now that the Ming Dynasty still had such a sharp weapon at the bottom of the box.

It wasn't until Li Tianyang's ally, Lord Nanjuyi, took up the post of secretary of the Ministry of Industry that Li Tianyang had the channel to start contacting the technical reserves of the Ming Dynasty on ordnance production.

Some people may say that the ordnance making process of the Ming Dynasty at this time has a certain gap with the technology of Western Europeans, but don't forget that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the technical reserves of the Ming Dynasty are still advanced enough, at least more advanced and rich than the Hongmen Research and Development Institute.

Being able to obtain this detailed mine technology from the hands of the Nanju Yibu Tang is also thanks to Li Tianyang's previous donation to support the Nanju Yibu Tang in the local government, and took the initiative to donate money and materials to make a response, and finally returned the favor, and the Nanfang Tang will use the power in his hand to give Li Tianyang a mine technology.

Nan Juyi did not distinguish between public and private, he had long known that Hongmen had a sharp weapon in his hand, which could be thrown into the distance by his arm, killing and injuring the enemy.

Moreover, Nan Juyi also learned that Hongmen has a batch of gunpowder guns that do not need to be operated with ignition materials, and its principle may be similar to his own mines!

Therefore, when Nan Juyi gave this technology out and handed it over to Li Tianyang, it could be regarded as repaying Li Tianyang's favor in the previous matter, and it could also be used to lay the foundation for the next step to get some technology from Hongmen.

Nan Juyi, who has served as the governor of Fujian for several years, knows very well that Hongmen can get to this point, but it is related to the fact that they have been committed to promoting and developing various advanced technologies.

Whether it is the goods sold by Hongmen Qixintang itself, or the weapons used by their own team, there are many of them that are not found in the world, and they are the only one.

In view of this, after becoming the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Nan Juyi naturally wanted to make a contribution to the Ming Dynasty through the channels he mastered.

Compared with the group of bombastic scholars of the Donglin Party, Nan Juyi, who climbed up step by step from the grassroots level, not only has a heart to serve the country, but also has a pragmatic spirit that the Donglin Party people do not have.

His previous proposal to donate may have the meaning of speculating on Emperor Chongzhen, who had just sat on the throne and was troubled by the emptiness of the treasury, but he could not deny Nan Juyi's loyalty to the country.

Otherwise, it would not be the entire Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and he would be the only one to propose such a recital, even if he knew that this recital was likely to offend some people.

Li Tianyang naturally didn't know the intentions of Nan Juyi, the master of the department, at this time, he was clearly mastering the core technology for himself, but because his thinking had not changed, he needed to open the use of his core technology from the side figures.

Mines can be detonated naturally without open flames, so the same principle, the mines that have been used in Hongmen can naturally be detonated by the same means, instead of estimating the distance and speed of each other as before, to use mines.

In particular, after Hongmen has a natural waterproof thing called rubber, it is more practical to completely seal the mine without entering the water, and the use of this mine will have a huge prospect in the future.

Of course, these are just Li Tianyang's divergent thinking, inspired by mine technology and naturally reverie, he soon retracted his distant thinking, and instead handed over this process drawing and the actual mine to his subordinates, so that they can bring it to the Bengang R&D Institute, let them and so on, see if they can add a few more sharp weapons to Hongmen.

At the same time, Li Tianyang was deeply gratified that Nan Juyi's actions at the moment were undoubtedly using practical actions to express his attitude towards Hongmen to Li Tianyang.

Nan Juyi's move was to silently tell Li Tianyang that even though he Nan Juyi had been promoted to one of the core leaders of the imperial court at this time, he still attached great importance to Hongmen, an ally.

Of course, Li Tianyang will not really believe the attitude of a politician like Nan Juyi, but this does not prevent him from continuing to maintain a good relationship with Nan Juyi.

Because Li Tianyang knows very well that if he wants Hongmen to continue to grow and develop, no matter what, Hongmen needs to have a strong ally in the court, even if it is in the usual interactions, Hongmen temporarily succumbs to the bottom and becomes an executor, it is okay.

(End of chapter)