Tang Ruowang said: "The most powerful thing about this kind of flintlock gun is that it is not afraid of rain and fog, and it can be loaded faster. A matchlock gun like the Rumi Gun can only fire two rounds per minute, but a flintlock gun can fire four rounds!"
Flintlock muskets appeared in Europe as early as fifty years ago and have been widely equipped by European countries.
However, the tactics of flintlocks have not developed much. Tactics such as shoulder-to-shoulder dense formations or even hollow square formations have not yet appeared at all. Europe only regarded flintlocks as a substitute for matchlocks.
Tang Ruowang naturally knew about the flintlock gun, but he had reservations about the Ming Dynasty.
This is because Tang Ruowang found that Confucianism had been deeply rooted in the Ming Dynasty, and it was difficult for Christianity to find a market.
As for now, maybe Chongzhen changed the world line, or maybe it was because the new Qing court made Tang Ruowang see the possibility of vigorously promoting Christianity, so Tang Ruowang donated all his flintlocks to Dorgon.
"Great!" Dorgon said with great joy, "Tang Ruowang, from today on you will make firearms specifically for me. Just ask me for as many people and money as you want, and I will satisfy you."
"Your Majesty the Imperial Father and the Regent, I have only one request." Tang Ruowang said.
"As long as you agree to my request, I will go all out to make firearms for you and the Qing Governor."
"Say," Dorgon said with enthusiasm, "As long as it is something our Qing Dynasty has, as long as it is something I can do, I will approve it without any reservations."
Tang Ruowang said solemnly: "I hope that the emperor and the regent will allow me and my disciples to preach freely in the Qing Dynasty without any restrictions on me and my disciples. Is that okay?"
"That's it?" Dorgon was a little surprised. This was too simple.
"Yes, this is the only request I have." Tang Ruowang said, "I hope the Emperor and the Regent will grant me permission."
After all, Tang Ruowang is a missionary just like Bu Mige, and the idea of preaching and preaching has been integrated into their bones. This is actually the same principle as the three immortals respected by Confucian disciples.
Moreover, Tang Ruowang was convinced that as long as Dorgon allowed them to preach freely, Christianity would defeat the barbaric and backward Lamaism of the Qing court in a short time and become the state religion of the Qing court.
In this way, he can become a cardinal of the Eastern Diocese.
"Okay!" Dorgon agreed to Tang Ruowang without any hesitation.
In the era of Nurhaci, Hou Jin believed in Shamanism. In the Huang Taiji era, Lamaism was designated as the state religion after the Qing Dynasty was established, so the Jurchens had no obsession with religion.
If Tang Ruowang could really bring advanced firearms to the Qing court,
Dorgon didn't mind converting from Lamaism to Christianity at all.
Tang Ruowang was overjoyed.
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In Nanjing, Imperial College.
Chongzhen has already read the catalog of textbooks compiled by Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing.
Although I am very dissatisfied with the textbooks on physics, chemistry and mathematics, I can only use them like this for the time being until I find a better substitute.
It's impossible to find someone else to write it.
There was no one in the Ming Dynasty who understood natural science better than these two.
At that moment, Chongzhen said: "That's it. You should quickly find more people to compile complete versions of textbooks for each subject according to the catalog, and then find a printing house to print them quickly. Let's print five thousand copies first."
"I'm waiting for the order." Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing bowed to each other and were about to leave.
"Wait, there is one more thing." Chongzhen took out the sketch of the steam engine that took almost half a month to draw, and waved to Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing to come forward and watch.
"Look, what kind of artifact is this?"
Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing carefully read through the drawings.
Fang Yizhi said: "Your Majesty, this seems to be the design drawing of a machine?"
"You're right." Chongzhen said with a smile, "This machine is called a steam engine. It only needs to add water to burn charcoal, and it can move an iron ship weighing hundreds of thousands or even millions of kilograms."
"What? Just add water and burn charcoal to make it move?"
"Can it move an iron ship weighing millions of kilograms?"
Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing looked at each other in disbelief.
But Chongzhen had the aura of enlightenment from Meishan, but he couldn't believe it.
"You don't believe it? I wouldn't believe it either." Chongzhen smiled and said, "But when you make it according to the drawings, you will know that I did not lie to you."
Fang Yizhi asked: "What does your Majesty mean by asking me to build this machine?"
"Yes." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Anyway, the catalog of teaching materials for the Imperial College has been compiled. You don't have to worry about the affairs of the Imperial College anymore. From now on, you will only be responsible for building this machine. I will equip it for you."
The best craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, and no matter what conditions you put forward, I will comply with them."
"This..." Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing looked at each other and said.
"But Your Majesty, what should I do about the entrance examination to the Imperial College?"
Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing are also the deputy examiners of this exam.
Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "I asked you to be the deputy chief examiner of the Imperial College Entrance Examination. The original purpose was to let you draft examination questions for candidates in various subjects. Now we only take the first test of Cheng Wen, so there will be nothing for you."
"I will accept the order." Fang Yizhi didn't think anything of it, but Song Yingxing couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Song Yingxing had even prepared more than a dozen Cheng Wen exam questions, but now the Holy Master said that he had nothing to do with the Cheng Wen exam. He actually wanted to be the room master for these Imperial Examination invigilators.
After sending away Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing, Chongzhen finally had some time to spare.
After working like clockwork for several months, Chongzhen finally wanted to relax his body.
At that moment, Chongzhen called Gao Qiqian in and asked, "Gao Banban, where is General Li Shen now?"
A smile immediately appeared on Gao Qiqian's face and he whispered: "Long live my lord, General Li Shen has recruited more than 5,000 female soldiers and is training at Xiaoling Guard."
"What are you talking about, more than five thousand female soldiers?"
Chongzhen was shocked. Didn't he agree to recruit only one battalion of female soldiers?
There are only 2,200 soldiers in one battalion, and there are already two battalions of more than 5,000 soldiers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Qiqian said: "General Li Shen originally planned to recruit more than two thousand female soldiers, but I don't know what happened. After hearing that women can join the army, he quickly
All the women from the countryside came to apply, and some of them were really pitiful, so General Li Shen kept them all, and then the number gradually increased to more than 5,000 people."
"Let's just say it's more than five thousand." Chongzhen didn't bother to care.
After all, there are more bachelors in Xuzhou and Guide, so five thousand female soldiers may not be enough.
At that moment, Chongzhen ordered Gao Qiqian again: "Gao Banban, go and summon General Li Shen to come. Forget it, let her go to the end of Wuyi Alley to discuss important matters."
We really have something important to discuss.
A big deal worth hundreds of millions.
"Old slave accepts the order." He raised his head and leaned forward.
At this moment, a loud noise suddenly sounded outside Yilun Hall.
"Fly, fly!" Some scholars could be vaguely heard shouting.
"What's going on?" Chongzhen led a few guards to the outside of Yilun Hall. At a glance, he saw dozens of scholars gathering in the courtyard in front of Yilun Hall, pointing at the sky above their heads.
Chongzhen subconsciously raised his head and saw a huge shadow.
To be more precise, it was a huge hot air balloon flying over the Imperial College.
Because of the low height, several Qinwang scholars inside the hanging basket were clearly visible, and one of them was Zheng Sen.
Zheng Sen also saw Chongzhen at this time, and immediately bowed to Chongzhen in the hanging basket. After getting up, he proudly pointed to the bellows behind him.
That is really a common bellows found in a blacksmith's workshop.
The only difference may be that the wood is thinner and the bellows is lighter.
But the structure is definitely the same. I saw a soldier controlling the bellows. Every time he pushes the bellows, the hot air balloon will move forward a little. Oh my god, it is actually a jet propulsion!
Seeing this, Chongzhen almost laughed out loud.
I thought to myself that this guy Zheng Sen is really a genius.
Could it be said that because the world line has changed, Zheng Sen's growth line has also changed?
If he continues to grow like this, Zheng Sen is likely to become the first weapons expert in the Ming Dynasty.
However, if nothing else happens, this guy will soon be taught the cruel reality that jet hot air balloons do not exist!
While Chongzhen was thinking, a strong wind blew by.
Okay, now the fun was great, the hot air balloon immediately floated uncontrollably towards Guanyin Mountain.
On the hanging basket, no matter how hard the soldier controlling the bellows tried, he could not stop the direction of the hot air balloon. Seeing this, Zheng Sen's face suddenly fell.
However, Zheng Sen's interruption reminded Chongzhen of another throwing weapon.
In the last battle of Yunlong Mountain, quicklime, gold juice, and fishing nets played an important role.
The next time he fights Jiannu, Chongzhen is not willing to do this, especially the golden juice. The smell is too sour and refreshing. Anyway, Chongzhen doesn't want to try it again.
Quicklime and fishing nets are also greatly restricted.
Therefore, it is necessary to develop an excellent throwing weapon.
It is a grenade with a long wooden handle made of cast iron or ceramics. In addition to containing gunpowder, broken glass or broken porcelain, it can even contain a small amount of chili powder.
It's just that grenades filled with chili powder can only be used to defend the city.
Because if it is used in field battles, if the wind direction on the battlefield changes temporarily, it will smoke you.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen sighed again. It seemed that he also had a hard life.
After firing the flintlock, light the steam engine. After firing the steam engine, light the grenades.
However, the black powder grenades only play a supporting role, which is to create some chaos for the enemy before charging, so don't have too high expectations for the actual killing effect.
Unless you can make a grenade with dozens of kilograms of explosives.
But how do you throw such a heavy grenade?
For such a grenade, why not just get a rocket?
In fact, the Ming army did have similar firearms, such as the Divine Fire Flying Crow.
