Xiao He did not mention Lu Yi's name on the recital, it was not that Xiao He was greedy for merit, it was that although Lu Yi was a prisoner, he was too young, Xiao He thought that the young Lu Yi was not suitable for too much limelight now, so he subconsciously did not mention it.

Because Xiao He did not mention the relationship between Lu Yi, Lu Zhe did not know that Xiao He was inspired by Lu Yi to have a variety of thoughts before he did a special understanding, and he would naturally be happy for the emperor who had become broad-minded in the ruling team.

Will Lu Zhe investigate why Xiao He had such thoughts afterwards? Maybe, maybe not, probably won't account for the majority, after all, as an emperor, it is not a simple matter to investigate the courtiers at every turn, if the courtiers under investigation think about it, they don't know what will happen.

"The Japanese Islands are fighting, and the Liuqiu side is also fighting." Yan Bi raised his concerns: "Are the students suitable in the past? ”

The war on the Wajima Islands has been going on all along, but it is better to say that it is a war than to say that the slave hunting industry is in full swing.

The Empire's exploration teams continued to discover precious metal minerals in the Japanese Islands, and some slaves were transported in China, and the Nanyang side has also been transporting slaves to the Japanese Islands, but the real main force of mining is the natives caught on the Japanese Islands.

According to incomplete statistics, the empire has invested in the mining of the Japanese islands of 700,000 slaves, in the early stage because of limited conditions and lack of experience, perhaps there is also a relationship of not cherishing the lives of slaves, the consumption of slaves is very large, only less than half a year to lose nearly 120,000, after the ruling government sent an official letter to the Governor's Office of the Japanese Islands, solemnly stating that if the consumption of slaves can not be reduced, will reconsider the human investment in the Japanese Islands.

In fact, not many people care about the life or death of slaves, most of them think that they can be arrested after they die, but the ruling government has made statistics, and new lands are constantly being discovered around the empire, and the army is also arresting the natives above. The problem is that both the capture of slaves and the transportation of slaves require input. In the early stage of investing in everything, the ruling government has been shouting about the fiscal deficit, always thinking about achieving a balance of payments, so that even if it really doesn't care how many slaves die, it can always be saved, right?

There will still be the consumption of slaves behind the Japanese Islands, but because of the warning of the ruling government, even if it is a show, it should be done, and it is indeed considered that with the discovery of more and more precious metal mines, the consumption of slaves should really be "saved" a little. is the real concern for the loss of slaves.

"How did you open a mine in the past when you watched the Japanese Islands?" Yan Bi was really a little confused, and said in confusion: "There doesn't seem to be anything to look good about except this, right?" ”

Lu Zhe scolded with a smile: "You, you deliberately amused, right?" Hearing the sound of the horn in his ears, he turned his eyes to the front and said: "The Wehrmacht on the Japanese Islands has not stopped the action of catching slaves and natives, and it is a good thing to let the teenagers understand the cruelty of the world in advance." ”

Look, what is the military~state~lord~righteousness? The ruling class of the country has always taken foreign development for granted, and then has done everything possible to increase the aggressiveness of the people. And cultivating the aggressiveness of a group really doesn't seem to be more appropriate than laying the foundation from an early age.

After speaking, Lu Zhe clamped the horse's belly between his legs and shouted, "Drive!" He sat down and galloped on his four hooves.

The emperor moved. The surrounding guards and soldiers also moved, and after a while, only Yan Bi and related retainers were left in place.

"Family master, why don't you go with the emperor?"

"Huh."

“……”

Does Yan Bi need to stay by the emperor's side all the time to show his favor? He never needed to show his status in the emperor's heart in this way, and he understood that doing so would not only make those nobles or civil and military officials envious, extreme, and suspicious. You can't get any benefits, not only will it not be good, but it will also make the emperor have an opinion in his heart, after all, Lu Zhe, the emperor, is not easy to fool.

Hunting is really hunting. To put it bluntly, since ancient times, the ruler invited his ministers to hunt for simple relaxation or entertainment, but mainly for military drills, or an act of emphasizing the importance of martial arts. The "martial arts" here are not fighting techniques, but good martial arts in the behavior of the state, which is to attach importance to the armed forces of the state.

Occasionally, there was a "pop" sound like fried beans, when someone pulled the trigger and fired, but the sound of the shot was quickly drowned out by the sound of horses' hooves, and from time to time someone would shout something.

At present, there are not many troops equipped with firearms in the empire, and both the forbidden army and the Wehrmacht have a small number of troops equipped with a batch, but they are mainly small-caliber artillery, and the troops equipped with flintlock muskets are very few, and a small number of regiments are equipped with one or two thousand troops, and only the escort team of the mission regiment is equipped with a school of five thousand people.

There were not many workshops producing firearms in the empire, and most of them were concentrated on the edge of the Yangtze River valley not far from Nanling. The reason for concentrating on the Yangtze River is quite simple, the empire's use of water power is becoming more and more mature, and many machines are powered by water power.

Because of the extensive use of hydraulic equipment, not only are firearms workshops concentrated in the Yangtze River basin, but in fact many factories are located along the Yangtze River, so that local officials are already worried about the safety of water defense on both sides of the Yangtze River.

The development of any weapon requires a process, which may be fast or slow, but after all, the process is inseparable from a familiar procedure, and if you want to be familiar with a new weapon, you must promote it, but if you want to say a more realistic thing, the empire currently manufactures firearms mainly artillery, and it is not very urgent to flintlock pistols.

The theoretical maximum range of the first generation of flintlock pistols produced by the empire was about 200 meters, but in practice the distance between 50 meters and 100 meters was guaranteed. A well-trained flintlock can fire once in about twenty seconds, but it takes a long time to be well-trained, and the slow rate of fire is also the reason why most people in the military do not approve of it, so they are not so willing to equip it with a flintlock pistol.

An archer can shoot an arrow in about six seconds, but even the best arm strength of an archer can't shoot an arrow in an infinite loop, both because of strength and because of a strained arm.

Flintlock muskezeers don't shoot as fast as archers, and flintlock pistols don't have as long as strong bows, but the only advantage of using a flintlock pistol is that it can continue to shoot for a long time as long as there is gunpowder, projectiles, and guns that don't break.

Long before the advent of firearms, the Qin army was already using wave-type bursts. After the advent of firearms, in fact, even if there was no Lu Zhe to emphasize band shooting, because it is not long away from the pre-Qin era in ancient times. Many officers of the Qin Army also served in the army, and it is estimated that some people will also talk about the benefits of band shooting.

"Smack!"

Without warning, a bloody flower appeared from the skull of an elk that had been bowing its head and fell to the ground without even having a chance to make a wailing sound.

"Your Majesty is good marksmanship!" Sima Xin's face was full of admiration, he was indeed not patting on the back, it was Lu Zhe who had already hit the target's head four times in a row.

Of course, Lu Zhe didn't need to clean the chamber and put on gunpowder and so on, and there were guards next to him who would do this very well. He took a riding rifle again, patted the barrel of the gun, and said: "This thing is still a flintlock pistol, even if it is a mountain of hope, you can't get close to aim, you can only rely on feeling, you can play for a while longer." When you are familiar with the feel, you can also play quite accurately. ”

It is estimated that if the flintlock pistol has an aiming lookout, there are really not many people who dare to aim at it, after all, this thing relies on flint strikes to ignite the gunpowder shooting, and there is nothing to get up to the smoke that is covered on the face, but if it is splashed on the face by the gunpowder dregs, it will definitely become a twisted face, and even the eyes should be blind.

The current flintlock pistol can't be aimed, it can only be controlled by feeling, and whether it can hit the target is purely a matter of luck, Lu Zhe hit the target's head with four consecutive shots in fact and really didn't rely on aiming, one is that he usually shoots when he is free. The second is because the luck is really good.

"The firearms soldiers have already had actual combat in the Western Regions, and the results are quite brilliant when you check the battle report." Sima Xin was also playing with the riding gun in his hand, and he said with a smile: "The five thousand firearms soldiers suffered more than 200 casualties themselves, and nearly 10,000 grassland troops were annihilated. That's also Han Xin's command. ”

The escort of the Imperial Legation was a school of firearms, but the artillery accounted for 1,500 people, and that time Han Xin commanded the firearms to engage the enemy, which was the first application of firearms in military history.

"Han Xin?" Lu Zhe smiled and said, "He let the artillery bombard first." If it weren't for the coordination of the cavalry troops, the Hu people would have run away long ago, and it would have been their turn to get the flintlock musketeers to come forward and shoot in a wave-like manner. ”

Fact. The truth is that the first brigade of firearms soldiers faced most of the Hu people on horseback, and those Hu people were bombarded by a burst of solid bullets and did not kill many people, but they were frightened by the sound of artillery fire and the scene of projectiles flying, and they tried to rush in a wave, but they rushed to the flintlock infantry formation that had long been lined up, and there was no doubt that the charging Hu people became corpses in the continuous sound of fried beans. Died a wave, and died before the contact battle occurred, the Hu people were not stupid, of course they wanted to retreat, and the back was actually a duel between the cavalry, and the flintlock pikemen were just moving to the direction where the Hu people would flee during the period and waiting for the rabbit.

"Hehe......" Sima Xin was embarrassed for a while, he just wanted to elevate Han Xin, but he didn't expect the emperor to point out the coordination of the cavalry troops so bluntly, and added: "The cavalry is also under the command of Han Xin." ”

"It's really inappropriate to let the firearms soldiers fight the cavalry, the two sides are very different in mobility, that is, Han Xin is stupid and dares to use the cavalry in the first battle, if the commander of the Hu people is stronger......" Lu Zhe said that he laughed dumbly, the Hu people encountered the firearms unit for the first time, and they were frightened by the artillery, maybe Han Xin also took these factors into account. He shook his head and said, "Firearms are not so suitable for fighting cavalry, and dealing with infantry on foot is the most suitable battlefield for firearms soldiers at present. ”

It has been until modern times, firearms have developed to the point that there is no need to clear and replenish gunpowder for every shot, and the theoretical rate of fire can be fired in four or five seconds.

"Our main enemy at present is the steppe Hu people, unless the firearms are developed to the stage of semi-automatic weapons, or they will still not be equipped with flintlock musketeers in large quantities." Lü Zhe stated a fact about the future development of the empire: "Building cavalry troops, building more cavalry units, using cavalry to deal with cavalry, and using cavalry to deal with infantry, this is the best military development path at present." ”

Lu Zhe didn't know that he would install a large number of firearms on the army in about seven years, and although the threat of the Hu people on the grassland had been largely lifted by that time, the reason for the large number of firearms on the army was not because of this. In fact, the reason why Lu Zhe installed a large number of firearms at that time was relatively simple, that is, out of closer control of military logistics.

Sima Xin didn't know what to say, he didn't know firearms, and he had no concept of how to command firearms troops. There was a time when he learned that the emperor attached great importance to the study of firearms, and indeed installed firearms on some experimental troops, and thought that the imperial army was about to usher in a new revolution. At that time, there were many people who were as worried as him, and they were basically confused about how to command a new type of troops to fight, and only a small number of troops were equipped with flintlock pistols in the back, and the rest of the troops were at most a new type of artillery, so they could be regarded as greatly relieved.

Lu Zhe seemed to see what he was thinking from Sima Xin's face, and said earnestly: "Soldiers don't need to know about firearms for the time being, but the sooner the generals are familiar with it, the better." ”

As long as the empire reached a certain stage of status, they received a gift from the emperor in the middle of the year, which of course was some firearms, and a short manual.

Simple-minded people may only think that the emperor is rewarding a novelty, but who can mix up with a certain status will be simple-minded? The people who received the emperor's gifts, they basically understood the emperor's hints, and also knew that firearms would replace the current military equipment in the future and become standardized equipment.

Lu Zhe didn't hunt at all, he just said hello, naturally someone would be busy setting up temporary tents. Waiting for the tent to be erected, he beckoned Sima Xin to go with him, at first the two of them were chatting, and then the number of people became more and more large, and those people were the ones who stopped after seeing that the emperor was no longer hunting.

"There's a lot to do in our generation." Lu Zhe smiled at the people who were listening carefully, pointed to the northeast, and said: "For example, if the Hu people in the northwest such as the Xiongnu are solved, it is time to take this neighbor who wants to pick up a bargain." (To be continued.) )