Emperor Chongzhen has reached an obsession with the improvement of productivity. Whether it is to solve the internal troubles of the Ming Dynasty or to eliminate external troubles of the Ming Dynasty, only by promoting the rise of productivity can we ensure the time it has been seized and the maximum results can be achieved.

It is precisely based on this premise that most of Emperor Chongzhen's main energy was concentrated on the deployment he planned, but instead of controlling the court, only ensuring that the factions check and balance each other and restrain each other, so that their eyes and ears would not be blinded.

After all, the current situation is hard to come by.

West Mountain.

"Since the Martial Arts Institute developed the first generation of flintlock rifles, I have been waiting patiently for a longer range and higher accuracy and higher rifled flintlock rifles."

Emperor Chongzhen held a musket and said with a love affair: "For this reason, no matter how much development quota is applied to the treasury, I have no hesitation at all.

You guys, you really didn’t disappoint me. The food and wages allocated in the past were worth it. Now I have finally waited for this moment."

Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu and other ministers from the Wubei Academy all smiled and held their hands tightly. The excitement that appeared between their eyebrows could not be concealed.

That's right.

From the end of the second year of Chongzhen, the special establishment of the Military Preparatory Institute, to this moment, the silver that Emperor Chongzhen spent was calculated in one million taels.

As the most concentrated scientific research talents in the Ming Dynasty, the military institute finally ushered in a blowout moment in its early stage after a long period of precipitation.

"The smooth development of the rifled flintlock rifle is inseparable from the investigation of firearms from the Shanxi battlefield and the Liaodong battlefield." Bi Maokang was excited and stepped forward and bowed.

"The Military Academy has summarized many useful values ​​through a large number of data comparisons and experimental investigations, which provides favorable support for the improvement of the steel required for the gun barrel.

The military industry led by the Military Arts Bureau and the Military War Bureau implements semi-mechanical and semi-hand water flow operations, and drives the smelting industry under the Gyeonggi government with strong production needs, and also provides benefits for mass production of special steel.

Assure."

"yes."

Emperor Chongzhen, holding a rifled flintlock rifle, faced Bi Maokang's gaze and said with emotion: "The successful development of a certain type of firearm and cannon must represent the improvement of many fields behind it. Only by laying such a foundation, that is to do

Only when the corresponding development is developed can the smooth appearance of the developed products be ensured.

If there was no development of the military industry, how could the emerging lathe field have such changes? If the Military Academy failed to improve the lathe field and developed a rotary knife lathe in segments, I wanted to use the minimum loss and cooperate with multiple people

Next, it is unrealistic to carve the rifle in the gun barrel."

There is no shortcut to the improvement of the field of science and technology. We must take one step at a time and move forward step by step. Every step must be taken to ensure that we can make a gradual breakthrough in each stage.

If you want to boost growth in the field of science and technology, the ultimate price is that you lack stamina, which in turn will induce corresponding hidden dangers and contradictions.

As a time traveler, Emperor Chongzhen had a vision to transcend the era, so he knew better than anyone else what the layers of barriers in the field of firearms were.

For example, between a flintlock gun and a flintlock gun, the technical barrier is whether the musket itself can flintlock. It seems like a very simple step, but to achieve this breakthrough, you must have a lot of manpower, financial resources and material resources to test and calibrate again and again.

Then find the most suitable material and the most suitable structure to ensure the performance of the flintlock rifle and crush the flintlock rifle far away.

If you can climb to this level, the number of troops equipped with flintlock rifles can greatly increase the shooting frequency, form a shooting barrier in an organized manner, and then defeat powerful enemies on the battlefield.

Only by having the ability to mass production, truly clarify the production process of flintlock rifles, and standardize the flow-through production process, can we have the foundation for the development of flintlock rifles from flintlock rifles to rifled flintlock rifles.

After all, if you want to carve rifle on the gun barrel, you need more advanced special steel, skilled production technology, matching auxiliary tools for carving rifle, etc.

This breakthrough in every step of technological barriers will inevitably require a lot of money, a lot of labor, and a lot of consumables to settle again and again.

This is the sunken cost of technology rising.

"It is all His Majesty's wise guidance that the Martial Arts Academy has made today's breakthrough."

Song Yingxing endured the tremor of his body and bowed and said, "If there was no accumulation of sunken costs that had been smashed for a long time, it would be impossible to solve the problem in other fields, just the field of firearms, and I would never solve it.

Flintlock, to the change of the breech flintlock.

The high-cost development of the bottom concave bullet solved the problem of slow loading of the flintlock rifle and solved the inherent deficiency of insufficient airtightness of the firearm itself.

This has pointed out a smooth road for the subsequent development of the Martial Arts Institute of Technology with stronger quality and higher standards."

After hearing what Song Yingxing said, Bi Maokang, Jiao Xu and other ministers of the Wubei Academy were excited and looked at each other.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen set out to visit the Wubei Academy and came to inspect the Wubei Academy. All the development fields designated by the Wubei Academy have achieved corresponding results.

Wang Chengen, Fang Zhenghua, Liu Wenbing and other eunuchs and relatives, who were accompanying him, were so excited and excited when they saw Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu and others, and they all showed doubts.

"Come on the bottom concave bullet, I want to try the power of the rifled flintlock rifle."

"Your Majesty cannot."

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen holding a musket in one hand and reaching out to ask for a concave bullet, Song Yingxing and the others came forward to persuade him, while Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua all came forward to persuade him.

It's really troublesome.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen sighed in his heart. Even if the firearm field was improved, his special identity made the people around him unwilling to take risks.

"Fang Zhenghua, come and try the power of this gun for me."

"Sister obeys the order."

Emperor Chongzhen raised the rifled flintlock rifle and said to Fang Zhenghua, which made Fang Zhenghua come forward and respond, and then respectfully took the musket handed over by the emperor.

Bi Maokang walked forward at this time and gave guidance to Fang Zhenghua. Jiao Xu took a few concave bullets and handed them to Fang Zhenghua. According to Bi Maokang's knowledge, Fang Zhenghua then started to operate.

Compared with the cumbersome flintlock rifle, the cumbersome flintlock rifle loading steps are simplified by more than a little.

Fang Zhenghua is proficient in firearms. She endured her inner suspicion. After loading the musket, she walked forward quickly under the gaze of everyone. At this time, Song Yingxing commanded several people from the Military Preparatory Hospital, at 50 meters.

, 100 meters, 150 meters, 200 meters, etc., wooden rakes are erected to provide regular shooting.

With the addition of missionaries such as Johnson Chan, new measurement units such as Arabic numerals, rice, and centimeters have been popularized in the Military Preparation Institute and implemented in the military industry raised by Xishan. This promotes unified standards for research and production.
Chapter completed!