Facing the mysterious emperor, Shen Lie insisted that he had never seen a Western fire gun, and even showed a hint of nervousness.
Shen Lie asked with an expectant look: "But I don't know... is this Western fire gun powerful?"
His acting skills, which have been single for more than 20 years, have exploded, and every move he makes is a drama.
really!
Seeing that he was a little nervous, Zhu Yijun's fat face showed a warm smile and said mysteriously: "You will know it when you see it."
The two Dongchang men carefully lifted the big box out of the dilapidated warehouse, placed it in front of the emperor, and used a crowbar to pry open the nails on it.
Shen Lie instinctively became nervous, stretched his neck to look into the box, clenched his fists, and swallowed dryly.
Seeing him like this, Zhu Yijun hurriedly spoke to comfort him: "Don't panic, don't be afraid... This gun has no powder and won't go off."
Shen Lie nodded and hurriedly pretended to be calm.
As the two men pried open the iron nails on the box, several brand-new muskets and a gunpowder kettle were neatly placed inside.
Shen Lie stretched his neck and looked again, and saw that it was really an ammunition box.
But I saw a few muskets stored in the box. They looked very well made. The elegant jujube wood butts were painted with a layer of red paint, and the long barrels exuded a mysterious metallic luster.
Then a man grabbed a gun, carefully wiped off the tung oil on the gun with his sleeve, and then handed it over.
Zhu Yijun grabbed it and weighed the blunderbuss in his hand, a frightening light flashed in his embarrassing eyes.
As the young emperor played with the foreign gun, he praised: "Good thing!"
Shen Lie also watched intently, looking at the style of the gun, the rear sight, the front sight, and the beak-shaped gun.
An idea flashed in my mind, and two words popped out.
Gunshot!
That is to say, the first generation of Western matchlock guns introduced to the Ming Dynasty should have been captured by the Ming army from the Portuguese on the southern border during the Jiajing period.
As soon as the Ming army captured the most advanced matchlock gun at the time, they were shocked, because this sharp Western musket was several generations ahead of the fire gate guns that the Ming army heavily equipped!
So the Ming court, feeling the crisis, ordered a large number of imitations of this type of musket.
From the late Jiajing period, after several improvements to the Ming Dynasty's military strategy, it was used in conjunction with chariot formations, making it a powerful weapon for the Ming army to dominate the world!
It seems that these blunderbuss are new models improved by the Ming Dynasty's military campaigns.
Sure enough, Zhu Yijun made a few gestures with the bird gun in his hand, and then said with some satisfaction: "This Western fire gun is a good thing, but it is also very difficult to make."
Follow the emperor's eloquent talk.
Shen Lie nodded hurriedly, willing to be a qualified listener.
Zhu Yijun was very happy, holding this brand new fire gun, and said: "Every hammer gun is made of a cold iron bone, wrapped in red iron. Collision. After the collision, use a square steel cone to pass through it to make the aurora pure, and then the medicine will be released without any obstruction."
Shen Lie showed a look of surprise and said softly: "Oh..."
This refers to the production process of the Ming Dynasty's imitated bird blunderbuss. It sounds like it is purely handmade and hammered purely by human power. Naturally, it is extremely difficult.
Seeing that the emperor became more and more excited as he talked, he said happily: "Since the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, in one year, our Ming Dynasty has made 10,000 bird-bill muskets. Now, our Ming Army Shenji Camp, and the elite of the Liao Army Among them, there are 2,700 people in each camp, equipped with more than 1,000 muskets, accounting for about 40%..."
It seems that he really knows the personnel and equipment of the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Army very well.
But Shen Lie was frightened!
At this moment, Shen Lie wanted to cover his ears and quickly reminded: "The emperor really does not need to talk to the common people about these important military and national affairs."
Zhu Yijun shut his mouth. Perhaps he felt that he should not share these military secrets with Shen Lie.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Sweat broke out on Shen Lie's forehead again. Seeing how the emperor confided in him, he couldn't help but think of the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang.
Starting from Emperor Yongle, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were somewhat straightforward in temperament, or they had a clear distinction between love and hate, and the same was true for this young master Wanli.
When he hates someone, he gnashes his teeth in hatred, but when he truly appreciates someone, he treats that person with all his heart and soul.
Sure enough, a dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and the mouse's son can dig holes.
The emperors of the old Zhu family were more or less tainted with the reckless habits of their ancestors, and they all had a somewhat idiotic temper.
Holding a brand-new gun in his hand, Zhu Yijun was already a little excited, and he said excitedly: "Here, load the gun."
This low shout made several of the surrounding guard leaders turn pale with fright, and several Dongchang stall owners hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
"Your Majesty, you can't do this!"
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
Seeing the young emperor's eagerness to try, Shen Lie was also startled. He didn't know if this musket imitated by the Ming Dynasty War Bureau was reliable.
If the quality is not up to par, it will explode...
Is that okay?
But Zhu Yijun's temper got worse. Regardless of everyone's obstruction, he ducked down and took out the gunpowder pot and a few blunderbuss from the ammunition box.
The guards were petrified, but they didn't dare to stop him. Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of several Dongchang stalls, and they quickly looked at Shen Lie with pleading eyes.
A stall driver walked over quickly and said in a low voice: "Master Shen, please stop me."
Shen Lie was probably the only one who could speak at this time.
Under the begging of several guard leaders, Shen Lie had no choice but to step forward and persuade him tactfully: "Your Majesty... this is a deep palace!"
Don't you want to test the gun in Xiyuan? This place is only separated from the Forbidden City by a wall, and it is not far from the Liubu Yamen.
If this gun goes off, let alone the adults in the Sixth Department, it will scare the nobles in the palace.
Zhu Yijun thought about it and seemed to think it made sense, so he said calmly: "What you said makes sense, let's go further."
As he spoke, he took the musket and the gunpowder pot and walked towards the outskirts of Xiyuan, which was a little further away. Everyone was helpless and had to follow closely in panic.
After a while, the group arrived at the end of the North Sea.
Zhu Yijun felt that it was almost done, so he asked someone to set up a target fifty steps away, and then asked a hundred households in the Shenji Camp who were proficient in firearms to load the muskets.
The hundreds of households in the Shenji Camp did not dare to resist the order. They just had to bite the bullet and take the fire blunderbuss, gunpowder pot, blunderbuss, pipes and other items and start loading.
In silence.
Shen Lie felt his scalp numb and hurriedly chased after him, then asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, have you ever used a firecracker before?"
Zhu Yijun's expression did not change and he said carelessly: "I...have never used it before. Because of this, I want to personally try how powerful this Western fire gun is!"
Upon hearing this.
Shen Lie is dumbfounded. Seeing what you said is so clear and logical, you know the performance and even the manufacturing method of this gun by heart. After working on it for a long time, you turned out to be a novice.
Seeing the slightly embarrassed look on the emperor's fat face, Shen Lie's heart started to beat fast and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, think twice."
Shen Lie still wanted to dissuade him.
However, Zhu Yijun's face darkened and he said displeasedly: "There is no need to persuade me. As the king of a country, I can't even take charge of such a small matter?"
Shen Lie quickly closed his mouth, feeling that something was going to happen.
