"Bang!"

Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen and others, Fang Zhenghua held a rifled flintlock rifle, and through the musket, he aimed at a wooden rake 50 meters away, and pulled the trigger.

The smoke of gunpowder appeared at the muzzle, and the wooden rake 50 meters away was damaged in response, which made Emperor Chongzhen smile on his face when he saw it.

Whether it is the stable range or the accuracy of the musket, Fangzhenghua's rifle flintlock rifle has crushed the first generation of flintlock rifles, not to mention the Lumi guns and bird guns.

"continue."

Emperor Chongzhen reached out and said, "Test shooting of a 100-meter wooden rake."

Fang Zhenghua dared not hesitate. Under Bi Maokang's guidance, he began to retreat, clean the pharmacy room, load the bottom concave bullet, and then endured the excitement and repeated the actions just now.

"Bang!"

"continue!"

During the next period, under the will of Emperor Chongzhen, Fangzhenghua repeatedly retreated the chamber, cleaned, loaded, and shot, from a 100-meter wooden rake, to a 150-meter wooden rake, to a 200-meter wooden rake, to a 250-meter wooden rake.

The rake was carried out accordingly, and as the frequency increased, Fang Zhenghua felt worried.

With such frequent shooting tests, once the flintlock rifle with a borehole explodes, he will inevitably be injured, but the emperor's will makes him dare not violate it.

However, what surprised Fang Zhenghua was that the flintlock rifle he held did not explode, and even shocked Fang Zhenghua as the range increased.

Compared with the previous Lumi gun, bird gun, and the first generation flintlock gun, its effective range can reach an astonishing 200 meters. The high accuracy not only shocked Fang Zhenghua, but also

Wang Chengen and Liu Wenbing all felt incredible.

You should know that the effective range of the Lumi gun, bird gun and other combroach guns is only less than 50 meters. Once the range gap is used on the battlefield, it is simply unimaginable.

"Good gun!"

Emperor Chongzhen swayed his sleeves and walked forward quickly, saying to Bi Maokang and others: "If such an exquisite musket can be equipped with a large number of troops, the advantages it has formed on the battlefield will be unimaginable.

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The excited Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu and others, heard what the emperor said, but they all curled their smiles and their expressions became hesitant.

"Your Majesty, although the rifled flintlock rifle was developed, it would take a long time to have high production efficiency like the first generation flintlock rifle."

Bi Maokang stepped forward and bowed, "Whether it is the portrayal of rifle, the production of special steel, or the manufacturing of concave bullets, it all comes with extremely high costs.

According to the budget of the Wubei Institute, the cost of producing a 1-roof flintlock rifle can be equivalent to 5 first-generation flintlock rifles, and the requirements for cannon smiths are extremely high. According to the current production level, it is not enough to produce in large quantities.

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The military industry raised by Xishan alone produces 200 rifled flintlock rifles per month. If you want to achieve real large-scale mass production, you must improve the upstream and downstream industries, which requires a lot of money to be invested..."

As he spoke, Bi Maokang shut up, and Jiao Xu, Song Yingxing and others all showed a solemn expression.

This is just starting out.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a good mood, sighed softly when he heard what Bi Maokang said, and felt that the primitive industrialization of the Ming Dynasty still had a long way to go.

If you want to mass-produce the flintlock rifle, you must improve the upstream and downstream industries, which will infuse a lot of money, which is the new sunk cost.

This sunk cost may be 1 million taels of silver, maybe 2 million taels of silver, maybe more...

"The Martial Arts Institute has issued a detailed plan, which industries need to be improved, how to cultivate technical talents, how to promote new industrial products, etc., and submit them to Yuqian as soon as possible."

Emperor Chongzhen calmed down and reached out to Bi Maokang and others and said: "If we can promote the improvement of many industries through mass production of flintlock rifles, even if we allocate more money, I will tighten my belt.

At the same time, the technical blockade of the rifled flintlock rifle and the bottom concave bullet must be taken absolutely and must not leak.

In addition, the military industry planned to be built in Xishan will be prepared to innovate in a planned manner from now on, strip the production line of the first generation of flintlock rifles and transfer it to Tianjin, Liaoqian and other places."

"I will obey the order."

Bi Maokang and the others immediately bowed.

For Emperor Chongzhen, since the rifled flintlock rifle was successfully developed, the production of the first generation of flintlock rifle became less important.

The scale of arms transactions with Li Zicheng can be increased accordingly, and the dumping targets should be increased in the future, such as North Korea, Japan, and Europe, to increase the scale of arms transactions and use the money earned to fill the Armed Forces Institute.

This gold-swalking beast.

Even Emperor Chongzhen couldn't wait to see Jianlu obtain the skills of the first generation of flintlock rifles, so as to introduce the eight banners of Jianlu led by Huang Taiji into the arms race.

Mastering the new generation of firearm technology has made Emperor Chongzhen more confident and he can gain a stronger advantage in subsequent planning and deployment.

The continuous increase in productivity will inevitably be accompanied by the increase in the scale of the industry. Only by forming a truly virtuous cycle can the healthy development of the corresponding industries be ensured.

After the inspection of the rifled flintlock rifle, under the introduction of Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing, Emperor Chongzhen successively inspected several light artillery, medium artillery and heavy artillery tests, and also observed the shelling of new flowering bullets. The only one appeared

What was unexpected was the hot air balloon.

"The development and improvement of hot air balloons must continue."

Looking at the death row prisoner who was killed by the fall, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "It is normal for death and injury to occur in this field. The talents from the Military Preparatory Hospital must not be tested in person, but can only be replaced by death row prisoners.

When will the Military Preparatory Institute develop a hot air balloon with strong stability and high sustainability? It will inevitably bring new changes to the future war pattern."

"I will obey the order."

Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu, Tang Ruowang and others, who were a little depressed, bowed and said.

On the Martial Arts Institute, there are corresponding development teams and are involved in many fields, which also makes the Martial Arts Institute spending an extremely large amount of food and wages in the past.

However, after Emperor Chongzhen inspected the current research results one by one, he was very satisfied. The progress of the Ming Dynasty in the field of scientific research began to accumulate strength in the true sense.

"The Martial Arts Academy is the frontline of the Ming Dynasty. You must guard it for me."

Looking at Song Yingxing and the others, Emperor Chongzhen reached out and said, "Don't be afraid of spending money. I will give you any more, but what should be kept confidential, what should be cultivated, what should be developed, what should be developed, what should be developed, the areas you are studying are the Ming Dynasty.

The key to the rise of revival.”

Emperor Chongzhen was not proficient in technology in many fields such as firearms and artillery.

However, Emperor Chongzhen understood one truth: if the Ming Dynasty wanted to go through primitive industrialization, a group of people must be ahead and study various unknown fields at this stage.

Only when they achieve corresponding results can the bearing foundation of the original industrialization of the Ming Dynasty be consolidated and firmly.

Just like the current situation in Beizhili and other places, the rectification and renovation of water conservancy projects carried out can be carried out continuously, which is closely related to the successful development of various types of cement. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty can
Chapter completed!