"Hehe, look at you. You haven't seen the world.”The soldier escorting him suddenly couldn't help but speak.
" What?!"
The messenger was stunned.
He was actually being looked down upon.
He lived in Nanjing, and as a messenger, he had traveled far and wide these years. He had been to more than half of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Even a barren place like Qiongzhou was not qualified for him to come here.
But now, he was despised by the people of Qiongzhou.
He even said that he was ignorant.
What was this?
It was probably the opposite.
Moreover, there were not many Red Cannons in the entire Great Ming Dynasty. They were firmly controlled by the Imperial Court. He had seen the Red Cannons show their might on the battlefield from afar.
Ordinary people were not even qualified to see it.
Shouldn't he be surprised that there was such a thing in Qiongzhou?
"Brother, do you have many Red Cannons here?”
he asked hurriedly.
"What Red Cannon? This was used to set off fireworks. Who would put a real cannon outside? Sigh, it's scary to be uncultured!"
"What is it? Are they really fireworks?"
The messenger was dumbfounded.
What was going on?
But then, he panicked.
He was actually brought to the slaughterhouse.
It could be seen that there were many people skinning and killing animals here.
"His Highness said to chop this person up and feed him to the fish!”
"Remember, you have to cut a few more times, or the fish won't be able to eat it.”
"Yes, sir! My lord!"
……
The Imperial Residence.
At this moment, Zhu Yunhao's expression was somewhat solemn.
After sending the messenger away, he asked in a deep voice,"
"How's the recruitment going?”
Although he could see it directly from the backstage, he could only see it in units of ten thousand, which was not accurate.
"Your Highness, according to your request, it's almost done. We can start training at any time.”
"Then hurry up and train. By the way, how's the manufacturing of the flintlock going?”
Zhu Yun asked again.
Some time ago, he found a group of clever craftsmen with no problems in their background and taught them the manufacturing process of flintlocks.
He calculated the time. After this period of experience absorption and practice, he should be able to officially create it.
This was the most important point.
In this era, there were firearms, but they were very crude.
What advantage did his flintlock have?
Let's put it this way.
Like the Great Ming, they would also have simple firearms like handguns and handguns.
Most of them were long iron pipes. They needed to be filled with gunpowder from the gunpowder chamber at the back and the gun barrel at the front. Then, they would take out the tinder to ignite the gunpowder before firing.
It was very troublesome, and its accuracy and power were very limited.
Even so, the status of handguns and spears was higher than cold weapons.
In order to break through the sturdy city walls, there was an enlarged version of the musket, called the cannon.
In order to penetrate the enemy's armor, a batch of smaller and lighter muskets was made.
The flintlock used the sparks produced when the flint collided with the anvil to ignite the gunpowder. It was more time-saving than a handgun, and its structure was more reasonable.
Its power and accuracy had also greatly increased.
If Zhu Yunhao wanted to survive or even enter the game in the future, a flintlock was a must.
"Your Highness, the first batch of 100 flintlocks has been completed. The main reason is that we lack experience and materials, so the progress is a little slow.”Xiao Ding answered truthfully.
"Are the materials insufficient again? What materials are you lacking?"
Zhu Yunhao frowned slightly.
He was not too surprised.
He had heard this sentence countless times in the past three years.
He finally understood how difficult it was to develop.
Not only did he have to solve the technical problems, but he also had to solve the problems of materials, manpower, and so on.
This was all done with money.
Only God knew how poor he was now.
"Your Highness, there isn't enough iron." Xiao Ding said.
" We can't stop the production of flintlocks," Zhu Yunyan said after some thought." Send someone to collect the bronze ware first and smelt them to make flintlocks."”
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The quality of the copper flintlock might be a little worse than that of the iron flintlock, but it was not much different.
This was also because Zhu Yunhao's requirements were too high.
For example, the Ming Dynasty usually used copper to make handguns and spears.
Smelting iron to make firearms was too difficult for the people of this world.
"It seems that we have to pay attention to the mining and smelting of iron ore.”
Zhu Yunyan muttered to himself.
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