Chapter 136: What the barbarians fear most in China are firearms
Zhao Shizhen was greatly surprised when he heard what Ji Xiang said: "It turns out that it was introduced by Zhang Tianshi. Your Excellency, please come in quickly. I'm a humble official, and I'm neglecting you."
"It doesn't matter."
He invited Ji Xiang in, and the bearded man from the country also stepped aside. Zhao Shizhen quickly introduced: "This is Duosima, the envoy of the Lumu Kingdom. He is a friend of mine and lives in Shuntian."
Fanbang's bearded man also saluted Ji Xiang and said that he was supposed to go to see Emperor Wanli, but there have been too many things in Shuntian recently. Not only foreign envoys like him, but also officials from his own country are also subject to certain travel restrictions, so there is no such thing for the time being.
The only way to see Emperor Wanli was to stay at home with Zhao Shizhen and study firearms.
The country of Rumu is Türkiye.
Ji Xiang explained the purpose of his visit to Zhao Shizhen, saying that he wanted to take a look at Zhao Shizhen's firearm research results. Zhao Shizhen originally wanted to say that firearms are prohibited for people outside the War Bureau, but when he saw that Ji Xiang was covered in
Arms, this sentence was not spoken out loud.
"Don't worry, I'm here to help you, not to steal your achievements."
"That's not what I meant when I was dismissed from the official position. Your Excellency has wrongfully accused me of being dismissed as an official."
Zhao Shizhen wiped his sweat and invited Ji Xiang into the room. There were many dangerous items in the room, and upon entering, Ji Xiang saw a "gun" placed on the wooden work table.
Judging from the appearance, it is completely out of the category of firecrackers, and the barrel of the gun is very slender.
"This is called the Rumi gun. It weighs eight pounds and is seven feet long. The firing mechanism is in the bed. It falls off when pinched and the fire will start again. There is a steel knife at the end of the bed. If the enemy approaches, it can be used as a slaying sword."
Zhao Shizhen narrated Ji Xiang's story and told Ji Xiang that among the blunderbuss, Lumi's blunderbuss was the farthest and most poisonous.
"Arquebus!"
When Ji Xiang saw this musket, he really couldn't put it down. Compared with the pile of Huomen series weapons equipped on him, the matchlock only had one Five Thunder God Machine, and the Five Thunder God Machine was not as advanced as this real matchlock gun.
Zhao Shizhen told Ji Xiang that he was writing a memorial, suggesting that Emperor Wanli make this kind of bird gun. At the same time, he showed Ji Xiang a manuscript of the "Artifact Manual" written by him. It was not yet complete, but many things had been recorded in it.
Firearm types, including the oldest "Gatling" - Thunderbolt.
It's just that these things are still in the fantasy stage and have not been manufactured.
As soon as these manuscripts entered Ji Xiang's hands, Ji Xiang immediately felt a strong desire. Under the influence of these desires, the firearms he wore actually reacted.
This made Ji Xiang a little surprised. According to what Lei Xuan said to Liu Mengyin, except for books about gods and ghosts, ordinary books, even if they have wishes, are not powerful, and normal books generally have no wishes.
existence.
The formation of this situation is still unclear, but this unbound manuscript written by Zhao Shizhen actually contains such a strong wish?
Moreover, this book has not been widely circulated at all. There is no blessing from the wishes of all people, and there is no help from Western methods. How did the wishes in this book come from?
Maybe there are exceptions to everything?
Ji Xiang caught this part of the wish, led it out, and then drove directly on the familiar road, eating first as a courtesy.
If the thought enters the body, it will be immediately eaten by the blank divine card.
As for the explanation results, they came out very quickly.
[The Wish of a Sacred Weapon: Guns and guns are the best weapon to prepare, but their use is inexplicable, and their weapons are indescribable! Guns and cannons have the power to destroy strong points and contain sharp edges, and are used to contain conflicts. Since ancient times, the so-called five soldiers are all I worshiped him from afar, because I admired his weapon, so he respected him for being different!】
[The yin and yang universe conjures up magical objects. Gunpowder is a masterpiece of alchemy. Firearms can kill living beings and destroy nations. They can subjugate demons and kill ghosts. They are the most yang, strong, powerful and powerful divine weapons. The firearms written in this manuscript are the same as all the firearms used in the Ming Dynasty. When the book is completed, all the wishes of those who used firearms in the Ming Dynasty (the wishes of all people) will bless this book.]
[The wish of the artifact born from the wishes of all people will bless three kinds of power. 】
[Da Zai Qian Huo: When using firearms, recite "Commander Zhu Rong, General Taiyi Yu; Thunder roars to the whales, and lightning sweeps away the wolf!", you can use the wish of the artifact to bless it, attract the wishes of all people, and increase the power of the firearm. times, and Yin-like objects cannot be defended!]
[The Fear of Five Weapons: When firearms fight against cold weapons and the opponent has no firearms, the power of your own firearms will be increased to three times.]
[The last shot comes first: thunder and wind lift, the last shot comes first, the clutch is turned to the back, and it is unpredictable! When the ammunition of the firearm is exhausted, there is no need for ammunition. Incense, vitality, five thunder talismans, etc. are consumed as ammunition, so you can continue to fight!]
[After the completion of this book, the power of all firearms used by the Ming court will be generally improved.]
Is this an intensifying type of wish?
Ji Xiang was amazed. He didn't expect that such a situation existed. The Ming Dynasty valued firearms, so it gathered a lot of wishes about firearms. Will it bless the person who wrote the book on firearms?
So, this book is actually something that all people want to read? It turns out that it changes in the same way as the Book of Gods and Ghosts.
"Well, what's the noise?"
Zhao Shizhen noticed that there seemed to be some slight creaking sounds, but he could not find the source for a while. He looked at the beams strangely and muttered that the house was about to collapse.
He looked around, while Ji Xiang inspected the structure of the gun, while Duosima explained it. After all, this gun was brought from their country as a tribute to the Ming Emperor.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were many strange weapons. The firearms technology tree of the Ming Dynasty was also very confusing. I clicked twice on the east side and three times on the west side, but I didn't get to the end.
There are also flintlock-type devices, but the Ming Dynasty focused this technology on mines...
The multi-barreled artillery extinguisher cannon, the Shenhuo iron surround similar to the original rocket launcher, and the "Hunjianglong" series of mines that are friction-fired with flint fire sickles.
There is also the most bizarre Taiping Cart. This thing is made of solid wood and has a crescent-shaped cabinet. The bottom is open and stones are suspended. Two wheels are installed on the left and right sides of the cabinet. Five holes are opened in the front and five large gun tubes are installed... .The nature of this thing is that of a wooden tank...
There are all kinds of black technologies in a mess, but there are too many and not enough. Ordinary firearms basically stop at the Fire Gate series. Those that can light the Match Rope series are already considered advanced. This is the situation of firearms in the Ming Dynasty.
Ji Xiang put down the Rumi gun in his hand, then took some paper and made some "tiny suggestions" for Zhao Shizhen.
In Ji Xiang's writing, the principle and structure of the flintlock musket was simply written down.
Zhao Shizhen looked at it and shook his head repeatedly: "This doesn't work, Shangguan, your gun with an iron pellet in the back is just a small Franco machine gun. This doesn't work, it can't be used, it can't lock the air, and it will leak."
The Ming Dynasty had already experimented with this kind of breech-loaded firearm, but due to air leakage, it was unable to make progress, and it still stayed at the level of a Franco machine gun.
But he looked at it again and found that Ji Xiang was still writing. Apart from the picture of the breech, there was also a firearm that he was familiar with but a little unfamiliar with. He stared at it, and finally after a while, Ji Xiang wrote
The finished picture was handed over to Zhao Shizhen, who fell into deep thought.
Dosima was also watching. He tugged on his beard, a little surprised.
The breech loading is not air tight at this time, so the Franco machine is not as good as the Lumi gun, but... of course there is a pre-improved fire gun on the side of this picture. Compared with the wonderful rear gun before
Chambered firearms, the prototype firearm before modification, the two young firearms experts were amazed when they saw it.
"Perhaps, it can be done! This blueprint is very valuable!"
After Ji Xiang put down his pen, he exhaled and said:
"The thing that the barbarians fear the most from China is firearms!"