Chapter 44 The Power of Firearms in the Ming Kingdom
"Take us to see the power quickly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Kuroda's expression changed, and he said eagerly.
"The firearm is outside the city, and the test target has been set up, just waiting for the lord to go."
So a group of people, including the retainers of the castle, the brothers Mibu Kyojiro, Moriharu Otani, Ryasa Konishi, Enryakuji Samune, Takashiro Yamamoto, Genyoi Maeda, Masayuki Hanafu, Yoshitane Harada, Yoshimi Irita, Konita Kotori, Shinnao Kosai, Nagami Saito, Koichiro Kinoshita, Hiratsuka Yuhiro, Nobuyoshi Umino, Morisato Mizuguchi, Nobumasa Kontomi and others all arrived and came to an open woodland outside the castle. At this time, in order to keep it secret, within a radius of a few miles, the Ashigaru and Tongxin people of the Kuroda family have been put under martial law.
A Ming country ashigaru came to Kuroda with a shiny metal rod in his hand.
"This is the Ming State firearm?" Kuroda looked at the fire pipe and said strangely.
"Lord, exactly"
"Let's start the demo!"
"Please stand back to avoid accidents," Ling Wei said, translated by Koji Vocational High School.
Kuroda and the others retreated dozens of steps back, and one of the two Ming Ashigaru (these two were soldiers of the Ming Kingdom Divine Machine Battalion) filled the gunpowder and ignited the line of fire, and the other concentrated on aiming at a target a hundred steps away.
After a loud "boom", accompanied by the light of fire and gunpowder smoke, the opposite target fell directly to the ground. Everyone in the Kuroda family was shocked by the sight in front of them and the power of the firecracker, and a few people even covered their ears and stood there with their mouths wide open, looking extremely unbearable. Among the crowd, only the small temple who had experienced military training in his previous life was not surprised.
"Is this a heavenly punishment?" "It's terrifying" "The family has such a sharp weapon" "Scared me to death" "The Kuroda family will be irrepressible" Everyone talked to each other in surprise, even the outermost Ashigaru people were also shocked, some of them had seen the iron cannon, but it seemed that the range was not so far, and it didn't seem to be so powerful. The range of the Ming Fire Gun is definitely farther, but if it is said that it is more powerful, it is a solid lead bullet, and the power is really not too bad.
The brothers Kyojiro Mibu glanced at each other, "Brother will encounter iron cannons on the battlefield in the future, and we must not charge indiscriminately, if this kind of weapon is equipped in large quantities, we may all have to retreat!" ā
"Brother, I know, such a powerful weapon will not be installed in a large area, brother rest assured." Kyoshiro Mibu said with a smile.
"This is the Ming State firearm, very good, Li Sanbao, can this firearm be mass-produced?" After being surprised, Kuroda asked immediately.
"With the previous experience in the production of crossbows, we will first develop the unified production of various components, and then we can produce them in large quantities." Li Sanbao replied.
"Okay, if you need any money and food, just look for Konishi Longzuo, the Kuroda family will do whatever it takes." Kuroda said excitedly.
"Hey," Ronzo Konishi replied with Li Sanbao.
"Two adults......" Kuroda didn't know the names of the two people.
"Ling Wei and Xie Guangzhao," Koji Zhigao reminded Kuroda in his ear.
"That's right, the Kuroda family hired Lord Ling and Lord Xie as their own family, and the workshop was lightly classified, and it was placed under the hands of Lord Li Sanbao, and fifty stone was given a year, and after other firearms were manufactured in the future, they were rewarded separately." Kuroda immediately decided to recruit the two.
"Kuroda-sama has agreed to accept the two of you, and it's still the samurai class of the Wa Kingdom, so I'm not grateful." Li Sanbao reminded Ling Wei and Xie Guangzhao.
"Yosa Kuroda-sama." Ling Wei and Xie Guangzhao bowed to Kuroda with their fists.
"By the way, will the two adults make other Ming firearms?" The little temple asked in pure Ming Mandarin.
"The firearm is the standard weapon of the Mingguo Shenji Battalion, and it is the simple firearm that we are the best at making, as long as we give the two of us time and give enough support, we can also make a crutch gun, which can fire three bullets in a row; The Three-Eyed Gun and the Hundred Tigers are both multi-shot firearms, but the production of the Hundred Tigers is extremely complicated, and it is recommended that they need to be researched and manufactured later; There are several kinds of mines such as stone mines, ceramic mines, pig iron mines, as well as underwater mines, underwater dragon king cannons and mixed river dragons; There is also a flying firearm, the Divine Fire Crow, which can attack enemies from a distance and explode in the middle of them, but it is also extremely complex to manufacture; There is also a Kamui General cannon, which is so powerful that it can attack targets from miles away, and has built-in gunpowder that can easily blow up the wooden walls seen along the road. Ling Wei didn't hide his secrets, but said everything he would do.
Machine guns, cannons, self-propelled guns, Koji Zhigao can't be calm for a while, if this is all built, wouldn't it be possible to occupy Europe.
"You try your best to develop and manufacture, first make a firearm equipped with a hundred people, and other firearms can be developed later, just like my father said, if you want someone to find Lord Li Sanbao, ask for money and food to find Lord Konishi Ronzo, the Kuroda family will fully support you, please two." Xiaoji Zhigao said solemnly.
Ling Wei and Xie Guangzhao bowed gratefully, from the bottom of their hearts, they had never received such trust and courtesy in the Ming Kingdom, they were able to get everything they couldn't get before, and they also became a privileged class from a craftsman, and the two felt that the result of this escape was not too bad, if they could ask for two or three wives here and have a few children to pass on the lineage, it would be better.
In March 1562, the fifth year of Eiroku, a letter was sent from Kakogawa Castle in Gako-gun, Bessho's domain. After Kuroda read the letter, he quickly summoned the three people of Goshojo Castle, Koji Castle Koji Castle Takahisa, and Takino Castle Matsui Shigetaka to Kuroda Castle.
"Brother, I don't know if there is any urgency to invite me to come?" As soon as Kodera Takahisa sat down, he said to Kuroda Vocational Takashi.
"See for yourselves!" Kuroda handed a letter to the three of them to read.
It turned out to be Mrs. Iwa's biological father, Akashi Masakaze, who offended the castle lord Tadashi Yasayasu and was imprisoned by Tadashi Yasayasu, Akashi Masafu's sister-in-law, Mrs. Iwa's younger brother Akashi Yasumasa sent a letter over, hoping that the Kuroda family could see Mrs. Iwa's face and rescue Akashi Masafu. Before the three arrived, Mrs. Iwa had already begged Kuroda to do so, but Kuroda didn't agree right away, but wanted to hear what the three of them had to say.
"This person is bad, knowing that Akashi Zhengfeng is his brother's father-in-law, but he still dares to put the boss in prison, which is really hateful." Matsui Shigetaka said.
"I think we have to figure out what happened first, and there must be a reason why Tadaan dared to do this. The family is now in full swing, and he is a small bad house, and he should not deliberately provoke the family. You must know that the other family has just resisted the attack of Miyoshi Shixiu, and has suffered heavy losses, so they will never take the initiative to provoke. Kodera Takahisa said with a frown.