Regarding Dongchang, a new organization, the reactions of various departments in the DPRK and China were basically the same.
When they were alone, they were quite polite on the surface, but there was still a lot of resistance in their hearts. The opposition voices of these captains were not very loud, but the most opposed ones were the eunuchs in the East Factory.
Because Dongchang has too many eunuchs who are distributed in various important departments of the imperial court. Especially when there are slightly bigger things, Dongchang sometimes dispatches several eunuchs to observe the handling of affairs by various departments.
the whole process.
As a result, various departments always feel that they can't let go when handling affairs, and some unsatisfactory things will inevitably occur. Once this happens, it is also called a good opportunity for the eunuchs to make meritorious deeds.
The eunuchs will report the mistakes of various departments one by one.
As a result, the chief officials of various departments are in a very difficult position.
If he reports it exactly as it is, his governance will be flawed. If things go on like this, the emperor's opinion of him will become bigger and bigger, so that eventually his position will be replaced by others.
And if you don't want these eunuchs to report their mistakes to their superiors, you can only bribe them briefly.
And when it comes to bribery, there is too much knowledge.
First of all, you have to understand whether this person is the kind of person who is single-minded about doing things for the court. If he is really such an inexperienced eunuch, then he can only admit that he is unlucky and wait for the emperor to deal with him.
If you are the kind of person who is relatively accommodating, you have to find ways to accommodate others.
Eunuchs have no descendants, and most of them are not interested in money. Instead, they like some rare treasures or weird gadgets.
Xiao Chen's reputation was already well-known throughout the imperial court. Even there was a rumor that the emperor began to distance himself from him because of the incident with King Han.
However, that is a rumor after all.
But this time, Dongchang was allowed to use firearms by the emperor for the first time. This was something that had never happened before among the imperial guards in the capital. The person who handed over the firearms matters was still his own captain.
This is equivalent to saying that the emperor did not alienate his captain at all, but on the contrary, gave him greater rights.
As the Minister of the Ministry of War who is most likely to succeed Hong Tianren and become the Minister of the Ministry of War, he knows the essence of being an official. Building a good relationship with the people around the emperor will definitely not harm your career.
This was also the reason why he came in person today to hand over firearms to Xiao Chen in the warehouse.
"Your Excellency, these firearms have been improved quite well. I have counted the number just now. The use of firearms requires a relatively long training process before they can be truly handed over to the captain for use. I took these firearms back.
Let the captain of the East Factory familiarize yourself with the structure of the firearm and the principles of use." Looking at the brand-new handgun in the three-wooden box, the smile on Xiao Chen's face never broke.
"Master Ziyi, please wait a moment. I have prepared some small gifts for you." After the Minister of War finished speaking, he turned around and nodded gently towards the leader of the guard.
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Minister." Xiao Chen also said politely.
The guard leader turned around and entered another warehouse. Without much effort, he came over with a small wooden box in his arms and placed it respectfully on the table.
Xiao Chen understood that inside this wooden box must be the mysterious gift that the Minister of War told him before.
The waiter reached out and slowly opened the small wooden box, reached in with his right hand, and took out a miniature handgun that was only eight inches long.
"This is?" Xiao Chen couldn't help but ask.
This smaller version of the handgun looks very similar to the improved version of the handgun just now, but it is very different.
It seems that there is something extra in front of the handle, and there is also an iron spiral-shaped thing next to the iron pipe.
"This is the latest handgun produced by the Ministry of War. The only difference between it and other fireguns is that it does not require a fire break and can be fired at any time." The servant smiled and handed the small handgun to Xiao.
Dusty hands.
Taking the small gun, Xiao Chen held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, but he couldn't see anything mysterious about it. As for firearms, this was Xiao Chen's first close contact with firearms today.
To be honest, without the other party's demonstration, he really can't tell the difference between good and bad.
"This thing is a new thing. I really don't understand it. Please explain it to me, Sir." Xiao Chen smiled and handed the gun back to the other party.
Taking the handgun, the servant laughed: "This new handgun is not the same as the improved handgun in terms of power. If you want to penetrate an inch-thick board, the distance between it and the board must be at most
More than three feet."
"Only three feet? The killing range of that gun just now was a full twenty feet." Hearing the other party's words, Duan Tianming shouted uncontrollably.
Xiao Chen glared at Duan Tianming, then looked back at the waiter: "My lord, please continue."
"Yes." The waiter nodded, "As I said just now, the biggest advantage of this gun is that it can be fired at any time without a match rope. I will practice it now, please take a look."
As he said that, the waiter walked forward and stopped when he was about three feet away from the wall. He raised his left hand, pulled back the beak-like thing on the gun, then raised the gun and took aim.
On the wooden board in the distance, my right hand clicked on a device in front of the handle.
There was a loud "bang", the same effect as the leader demonstrated before, and a stream of blue smoke came out from the front of the gun.
Everyone hurriedly ran towards the human-shaped wooden board beside the wall.
On the wooden board, a round hole the size of a finger appeared on the chest of the human figure.
"How do you ignite gunpowder without a match rope?" Xiao Chen stood next to the servant, very curious about the miniature handgun he held.
The waiter pointed at the spiral device on the gun: "This is called the spring, and the beak-like thing connected to it is called the hammer. And the thing that controls these things, that is, the thing in front of the handle, is called the trigger.
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The waiter said with a smile.
"Isn't this too convenient? We in the Ming Dynasty have never had this kind of firearm." Xiao Chen looked at the other party and admired him sincerely.
"I am in the Ministry of War. I am mainly responsible for the production and research of firearms. This is my latest invention." The minister laughed.
Pointing to the beak-like thing that the other party called a hammer, Xiao Chen couldn't suppress his surprise: "Just knock it like this and the firearm can be fired?"
"Your Excellency, you don't know. Under the hammer, there is a flint that can produce sparks when struck. Otherwise, without fire, the gunpowder cannot be ignited, and the firearm cannot be used. If you hold it in your hand, it will
