After listening to Bo Yu's explanation, Zhu Youzhen looked at Yang Tiansheng's face again, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Although the arsenal is indeed in difficulty, Yang Zhenshou has gone deep into the South Seas for the country, and the surrounding tigers and wolves are serving, so it is impossible not to strengthen the armament."

Seeing this, I first drew 150 heavy arquebuses and 350 light arquebuses from the guns equipped with the Sichuan army, and first distributed them to the Anbuna town guard.

However, don't spread the word about this matter, if other people come to me to make trouble, I can't bear it. ”

After receiving great praise from the emperor, even Yang Tiansheng, who had never thought that he was guarding the land for the Ming Dynasty, did not feel that things were like this now. His face turned red and replied to Chongzhen: "No, how dare the ministers say nonsense, thank Your Majesty for such kindness, the ministers will swear allegiance to Your Majesty, defend the Ming Dynasty, and never let those barbarians invade half of my Ming Dynasty's land..."

Yang Tiansheng swore allegiance to Chongzhen for a while before he secretly expressed his willingness to let the imperial court send officers and soldiers to control the use of cannons. As for ships that can withstand artillery bombardment, he will also try to order them.

Originally, they only wanted to put on the name of the Ming official army, and Yang Tiansheng, who was the king of the land in Nanyang, and other maritime merchants, after seeing the chaos in Southeast Asia and the strength of the Dutch, finally ceded part of the control of their fleet to the imperial court. In exchange for more support from the imperial court, they will gain a foothold in the Nanyang Islands.

After sending Yang Tiansheng away, Zhu Youzhen asked Bi Maokang in a low voice: "Is it true that the number of guns produced cannot be increased?" ”

Bi Maokang hurriedly shook his head and said: "That's not the case, as long as the canal of the forging factory outside the city is repaired next year and the hydraulic forging hammer is properly placed, then the efficiency of gun production can be increased by at least 3 times."

However, the two revolver muskets sent by His Majesty some time ago have given us a lot of inspiration, and the flintlock pistol production mentioned by His Majesty before is considered to be an eyebrow.

Now the main problem is also the spring steel that is used to pull the flint, if the quality of the steel is not good, about 10-20 shots will slacken, then the musket can no longer be used.

We have now tested many formulas of steel, either too hard or not enough staying power, and even sugang has the defect of inconsistent quality.

However, by continuously improving the proportion of carbon content, we have mastered the ratio of spring steel with more than 300 shots. Just give us a little more time and we will be able to find a mild steel suitable for use as a spring steel for flintlock muskets.

The Ordnance Superintendent thought so, since the development of flintlock muskets had already been developed, there was no need to expand the production of the two arquebuses that were now finalized.

After all, compared with the arquebus, the flintlock musket can continue to fight in the wind and rain, and it does not need to light the arquebus from time to time, which can be said to have many advantages.

Therefore, the ordnance superintendent wanted to wait for the development of the flintlock musket to be completed, and directly use the flintlock musket as the standard equipment of the army. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it, then nodded and said, "Since the ordnance supervisor has this idea, then I naturally support it." However, as for the development of flintlock muskets, it is better to be able to get a good grasp of it.

After all, the surrounding area of Daming is not peaceful now, and my officers and soldiers of Daming need to replace it with a deterrent weapon as soon as possible..."

While Chongzhen was deliberating with the representatives of the Maritime Association, the discussion and dispute over the establishment of the two political parties in the capital finally began to turn towards public opinion sympathizing with the two parties.

This is not because the opposition is not strong enough, but today in the capital, the loudest voice is the Daming Times, and it is no longer the speech criticism of the Shilin Qingliu gathering.

Compared with those scholars, Qingliu had to organize first, hold a literary meeting or poetry meeting in someone's garden, and then throw out his views on something in public, so that these invited literati could go back and spread gossip.

The Daming Times, which has been changed to a 2-day issue, can publicize opinions and comments on a certain matter in the shortest possible time.

With the publication of various policies of the imperial court in the Ming Times in the past year, as well as many articles that are relevant to the times, the Daming Times has become the best channel for those middle- and lower-class people and scholars to understand state affairs in the area north of the Yellow River.

Compared with the previous Di Bao, which made people confused, the text in the Daming Times is easy to understand, and it is obviously very popular with those who know a little about the text.

Influenced by this preconceived view, coupled with Qian Qianyi's demolition of Donglin's signboard under the banner of Donglin, it confused a considerable number of scholars.

Originally, the scholars who felt that although the Donglin Party members were clear, but the attitude of holding on to the door was too boring, they obviously appreciated Qian Qianyi's slogan to clean up the Donglin Portal.

Under such circumstances, the number of scholars who joined the New Donglin Party formed by Qian Qianyi increased suddenly.

Some officials and scholars who attacked the two parties were just speculating, and wanted to take advantage of Chongzhen's attitude.

After all, it has always been a taboo for the emperor to form a party, and they want to win Chongzhen's favor by attacking Qian Qianyi and Xu Guangqi to form a party.

However, Chongzhen was slow to speak out and did not criticize the establishment of the two parties, which made everyone a little dilemma.

I wanted to persist in opposition, but without the support of the emperor, the power of the two parties became stronger and stronger, and these people couldn't help but worry about whether they would be hated by those party members who were united in this way.

So the speculators, who were mingling with the opponents, suddenly began to stop their movements, and began to wait and see.

People like Liu Zongzhou and Yuan Keli naturally oppose Qian Qianyi's formation of the party, but on the one hand, they want to protect Qian Shisheng and others from being involved in the incident of forming a party, and on the other hand, they cannot contact each other to speak out together, so as to avoid letting the other party attack them for forming a party.

Therefore, these Donglin leaders, who have always been clear-looking, have dispersed their forces because of their respective voices.

At this time, no one can see that the formation of a political party by Xu Guangqi and Qian Qianyi is already a matter of course.

As a result, since the proposal to form a party, Xu Guangqi and Qian Qianyi, who were left out in the cold, have once again lined up in front of the current mansion.

Compared with Xu Guangqi, who is often not in the house and does not like to socialize much, Qian Qianyi, who has always been regarded as a celebrity and a leader in the literary world, seems to be closer to him.

Therefore, those who want to join the door wall of the new Donglin Party are more crowded than those who want to join the New Party.

Outside the alley in front of Qian Qianyi's mansion, Wen Tiren, who wanted to visit Qian Qianyi, walked out of the carriage and saw the crowded sedan chairs in the alley, stopped and thought for a long time, and finally returned to his own carriage.

Wen Tiren, who gave up visiting Qian Qianyi, did not go home, but asked the coachman to drive the carriage to Zhou Yanru's house.

Although Wen Tiren is 20 years older than Zhou Yanru, he has always been good friends with this champion of Wanli for 41 years. And Zhou Yanru also obeyed Wen Tiren's opinions, and in the eyes of outsiders, the two were completely confidants and friends.

Hearing Wen Tiren's visit, the 35-year-old and suave Zhou Yanru hurriedly went out and greeted this old friend in person.

"Brother Changqing came just in time, if you don't come, Brother Fool is also trying to discuss with you..."Zhou Yanru hurriedly saluted Wen Tiren, then took his left arm to his study, and said eagerly and affectionately.

Wen Tiren did not take it for granted that Zhou Yanru lowered his posture to greet him, he responded appropriately in a very measured manner, and did not make Zhou Yanru feel unhappy.

In Zhou Yanru's warm and comfortable study, Wen Tiren had just picked up the hot towel sent by his subordinates and wiped his face, and before he could put down the towel, Zhou Yanru had already lowered his voice and asked him: "Brother Changqing, the current situation in the capital is the same as the weather in the capital, it seems that the sun is coming out soon, how do you say we should deal with ourselves?" ”

Wen Tiren gently put the towel on the coffee table on the side, frowned and thought for a while before saying: "Now the situation is indeed about to come to a conclusion, Liu Qidong and Han Xiangyun obviously lost this game."

Qian Muzhai's disciple Qu Jiaxuan is quite prestigious in Shilin, and he is also friendly with Xu Guangqi and other new scholars, and with him in the center, this new Donglin Party can be regarded as digging up half of the Donglin Party.

Qian Muzhai was originally put on the hat of a literary leader by a Jiangnan literati, and he used to say that he was the leader of Donglin, but that was just a compliment, now? It's really a bit like the leader of the party. ”

Zhou Yanru's heart sank slightly, and he couldn't help but retort: "Your Majesty hasn't opened your mouth yet, and it is unknown whether this Qian Qianyi can build the party and become the leader." ”

Wen Tiren glanced at Zhou Yanru and didn't say anything, just picked up the tea cup on the side and took a small sip.

Seeing Wen Tiren's non-response, Zhou Yanru thought about it and said: "If Your Majesty really acquiesces in this matter, with such a student party member as a wing, this Qian Qianyi is one step closer to the position of the first assistant."

Could it be that Brother Changqing really watched him like this, allowing him to block his brother's way forward? ”

Seeing that Zhou Yanru was a little speechless, Wen Tiren smiled and said: "I am already fifty-five this year, and now the official position is just a waiter, and it is quite reluctant to enter the cabinet, and I have never thought of this first assistant position."

However, Brother Jade Rope, you have an outstanding literary name, and now your rank is above Yu, and this position should be in your bag. In addition to writing a few sour essays, how can this Qian Muzhai do a few practical things, how can it be compared with Brother Yusheng, you have always been in charge of the king's affairs?

In Yu's opinion, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, it is also Brother Yuxian that you are much stronger than Qian Muzhai when you enter this Shoufu. ”

Wen Tiren's words suddenly made Zhou Yanru blush a little, to be honest, he did have some ideas about the position of the first assistant. However, he used to feel that with his qualifications and age, he really didn't need to show it too obviously.

But Xu Guangqi and Qian Qianyi formed a party together, which suddenly made him a little psychologically unbalanced. Compared with these openly partisan officials, he is a little weaker as a lonely man.

Whether it is Donglin or the eunuchs, he has seen a lot of methods to exclude dissidents. Therefore, he did not believe that the two would not crack down on dissidents after forming a party. That's why he wanted to ask his old friend for an idea.