The Ming Armament Bureau was under the control of the Ministry of Works!
Zhu Zhanji's carriage attracted the attention of the officials from the Ministry of Works. It was a carriage specially used by the royal family. If an ordinary person used it, they would lose their head.
[Congratulations to the host: Discovered the Armament Bureau. Do you wish to sign in?]
"Sign in!"
Congratulations, you have received flintlock x100!
The flintlock was in his hands!
Zhu Zhanji took one out to take a look. The gun was a smooth-bore type with a caliber of 18mm. It weighed 10 pounds and was about 1.3 meters long.
Unlike the matchlock, the flintlock in Zhu Zhanji's hand produced sparks by hitting the flint with an anvil, which then ignited the gunpowder to shoot the target.
Compared to the matchlock which could only be used for a day's battle with dozens of meters long matchlock, the flintlock which only required a few pieces of polished flint had obvious advantages. Additionally, compared to the matchlock, the flintlock didn't need to worry about being unable to fire due to the flameout rope in humid weather or exposing its target due to the light and unique smell of the burning matchlock at night.
Sun Ruowei bent down and jumped out of the carriage. She saw Zhu Zhanji standing in front of him playing with the flintlock gun and asked curiously,""Is this the Fire Element?"
Zhu Zhanji was quite satisfied with the gun and smiled.""From now on, it will be called a flintlock!"
More than ten green-robed officials rushed out and bowed.""Greetings, Grand Sun!"
Zhu Zhanji smiled and said,"My lords, please excuse me!"”
"Thank you, Grand Sun!" The expressions on the officials 'faces were like blooming chrysanthemums.
Zhu Zhanji glanced at the officials and asked,""Which one of you knows firearms?"
Everyone turned to look at the thick-robed man who was squeezed at the back and consciously made way for him.
"Greetings, Grand Sun!" The man in the coarse robe went forward and knelt.”
"No need for formalities, bring this great grandson in to take a look!”Zhu Zhanji saw that these officials were in a difficult position and immediately raised the flag to act like a tiger's skin.""Imperial Grandfather is also very concerned about what your Armament Bureau has produced.”
Upon hearing that the Emperor was paying attention, the officials from the Ministry of Works did not dare to be negligent!
Zhao Shizhen mustered all his strength and planned to perform well. He first led his grandson to visit the nearest gunpowder workshop and introduced,"Grand Sun, this is the place where gunpowder is made!”
Zhu Zhanji pinched some gunpowder and smelled it. It was still the most primitive black gunpowder. After taking a few steps, he saw barrels of kerosene in another workshop and asked,"What kind of firearms are they making?"
Sun Ruowei also sniffed curiously and felt that she couldn't breathe. She pinched her nose to fan the smell away.
Zhao Shizhen hurriedly explained," Reporting to Taisun, they are producing quaking thunders. They put gunpowder and kerosene into iron shells, supplemented with iron nails and poison. When they are defending the city, they will be launched by catapults. They can cause heavy damage to the enemy.”
Zhu Zhanji thought of grenades and said,""Can you throw it with your hands?"
Zhao Shizhen shook his head and said," That won't do. Each quaking thunder weighs at least 80 pounds. How can an ordinary soldier throw it? Besides, if they don't stand on the city wall, they'll blow up their own people!" If it was too small, it would have no power and would not be able to kill the enemy!”
Zhu Zhanji shook his head. The power of gunpowder was too weak.
Zhu Zhanji didn't ask any more questions. He toured the entire Armament Bureau and was amazed by Ming's ability to invent and create. There were single-eyed, double-eyed, three-eyed, and five-eyed ones. They were all made of copper. Compared to the West, it felt like they were going astray and lagging behind by a lot. The cannons were mostly small-caliber, and there was no legendary Hongyi Cannon.
After Zhao Shizhen finished his introduction, Zhu Zhanji took out his flintlock gun and handed it over.
"Can you mass produce such guns?”
Zhao Shizhen observed carefully. The more he looked, the more serious his expression became. Especially after he realized that there was no matchlock, he was stunned by the firing method for a long time.
"Can you imitate it? Say something!”Zhu Zhanji had to interrupt. He didn't have time to waste here.
"Grand Sun, pardon me for asking, but did you get this fire element from the red-haired man?" Zhao Shizhen asked hesitantly.”
Sun Ruowei was still waiting to see her sister and snorted,"Tai Sun is asking if you can replicate it. Why are you asking so many questions?”
Zhao Shizhen hurriedly apologized and offered the flintlock with both hands."Great-grandson, it is not difficult to replicate this item, but the manufacturing cost is too high, and it takes a lot of effort. There are more than 3700 people in our Armament Bureau, but only 873 people are good at creating fire elements.”
Only 13 out of 3700?
Is my face worth 13 people?
How impudent!
Zhu Zhanji took out the gold medal and said,"I order your Armament Bureau to transfer at least 1000 people to make this gun. And you have to use the assembly line model…Each person is only responsible for producing one part. A few people will work together to produce a gun. Hmph! If more than two of the 10 guns were unusable, the entire gun's production staff would be punished!”
Zhao Shizhen could only nod. This was the first time he had seen a gold medal in his life.
Outside!
"3700 people is too little," Zhu Zhanji said."If the Armament Bureau wants to recruit more people, they need at least 10000 people!”
"Grand Sun, I can't make such a big decision!" Zhao Shizhen said honestly.”
Zhu Zhanji nodded his head. Officials were all shrewd people. They would report it to the Imperial Grandfather immediately. He might as well go and convince the Imperial Grandfather.
On the way back to the palace, Zhu Zhanji's mind was filled with thoughts on how to improve the Ming Dynasty's firearms level and make advanced firearms and cannons. When he became the emperor, he would also abuse the Westerners and establish a few colonies in Europe.
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