Chapter 72 Give them all!
After making a plan in his mind, Zhu Zaijing's eyes became firm.
Zhu Zaijing shouted: "Come in."
After Meng Chong, who was guarding the door, heard Zhu Zaijing's call, he quickly entered the study and bent down to face Zhu Zaijing bowed, "Your Majesty."
Zhu Zaijing said: "I just thought of a big thing. Our Shunyi Industrial Park will be opened and put into production soon. In such an important place, I, the king, unexpectedly Ignore the security work. Go to Xiyuan to find Huang Jin and ask him to help you move around and see if you can arrange for people from the 500 Firearms Battalion to be on duty at Shunyi Industrial Park.”
Meng Chong was shocked when he heard Zhu Zaijing's words, "Does the prince really want people from the firearms camp?"
Zhu Zaijing raised his eyes and glanced at Meng Chong, "What's wrong? People from the firearms camp?" "Is it necessary?"
Meng Chong quickly shook his head and said: "I have to, but the firearms camp is a little too weak."
Meng Chong said that the people in the firearms camp are weak, but in fact. This is not an exaggeration.
This is because although firearms are now as powerful as magic weapons, they are subject to too many influences from the weather and other aspects. Instead of having a guard like a firearm camp that looks glamorous and impractical, It's better to order three thousand battalions of forbidden troops.
These imperial troops are not only equipped with firearms, but also have horses, and are also better at hand-to-hand combat. Once some unsighted thieves want to harass Shunyi Industrial Park, the response speed of the Three Thousand Battalion Forbidden Army will be even faster.
That’s why Meng Chong said whether the firearms camp would be too weak.
Zhu Zaijing said: "We need the Firearms Camp. The three thousand battalions of forbidden troops are too eye-catching. They really want to be sent to our industrial park. I estimate that before these people reach the Shunyi Industrial Park, I will Ginseng. Although the Firearms Camp is a little weaker, at least it is not that eye-catching, and it just meets our needs for protection."
Meng Chong replied with an oh, "What the prince said, this slave. Go find Eunuch Huang to coordinate this matter."
Zhu Zaijing waved his hand and said: "Go quickly, remember to ask for more craftsmen who can repair firearms, otherwise five hundred people will come with fire sticks. If you are a freeloader in the Firearms Camp, won’t this king suffer a loss?”
Meng Chong hummed twice and quickly went to Xiyuan.
Looking at Meng Chong's leaving figure, Zhu Zaijing couldn't help but sigh, "I hope Huang Jin can give some help and really make the people in the firearms camp work better."
Firearms were originally the dominant weapon of the Ming Dynasty, but the development in the past two hundred years has been unsatisfactory, and there has never been any truly powerful firearms research and development.
So today's firearms and campfires are almost still the old style from more than 200 years ago. Although some improvements have been made, they still cannot conceal their beautiful but useless nature.
Therefore, the imperial court has also slowly stopped the research and development of firearms, and turned to research on artillery and other heavy firearms that are more beneficial to defending the city.
However, the research and development of this type of firearms is also unsatisfactory.
Mainly because of the problem with the talent system of the Ming Dynasty, very capable people were unwilling to do such despicable craftsmanship, so the Ming Dynasty never had any fresh blood injected into the research and development of firearms.
Because of their low status and the court's strict control over firearms, the craftsmen who have been craftsmen for generations do not have a normal learning environment.
So it is also wishful thinking to expect these craftsmen, who are becoming more and more skilled from generation to generation, to shoulder the development of Daming firearms.
Therefore, the current progress of Daming firearms mainly relies on imitation, which imitates bird guns from overseas. This kind of firearm is also a matchlock, which consists of a barrel, a gunpowder tank, a gun, a front sight, a gun handle, etc. . When used, the pre-burned match rope and the trigger of the bolt are used to drive the match rope to ignite the compacted gunpowder in the gunpowder pool, and the lead bullets in the barrel are ejected with the help of the explosive force of the gunpowder gas, killing and injuring enemy troops. The range is approximately between 100-200 meters.
And this kind of bird gun was only obtained in the 27th year of Jiajing reign when the Ming army recovered Shuangyu (now in the southeastern sea of Yin County, Zhejiang Province) occupied by the Japanese and Portuguese. Or, the imitation started immediately.
At the same time, because of the emergence of these advanced muskets and the continuous Japanese disasters along the southeast coast, some knowledgeable people with lofty ideals at that time actively devoted themselves to the research and development of firearms. This phenomenon also led to The flourishing development of Daming firearms.
It is a pity that this phenomenon of cultural people participating in the research and development of firearms did not last long and ended in the Ming Dynasty, so the progress of Chinese firearms was once again interrupted.
It can be said that the current firearms camp is at a new moment of development.
And at this time, although the imperial court still attached great importance to firearms, it still didn't care too much about the old and weak soldiers in the firearms camp.
So at this time, Zhu Zaijing wanted to follow Huang Jin's route and recruit 500 firearms battalions and add a few craftsmen. It should not be a big problem.
Meng Chong rushed to Xiyuan and found Huang Jin who was having nothing to do.
When Meng Chong told Huang Jin about Zhu Zaijing’s idea, Huang Jin also hummed and said to Meng Chong: “You go back and tell Prince Yu, and our family will help him run it. , but firearms are still forbidden after all, and we are not guaranteed to have them, but we can still get some to scare birds."
Meng Chong bowed to Huang Jin, "Thank you, ancestor. ”
Huang Jin waved his hand and said: "Go back quickly, don't keep Prince Yu waiting. Our family is also looking forward to the opening of the industrial park in Shunyi."
Meng Chong thanked him again quickly, and finally said nothing. Bian Dian went back.
After Meng Chong left, Huang Jin also immediately got up and went to the Longevity Palace where Emperor Jiajing was meditating, and reported the matter to Emperor Jiajing.
"Emperor, Prince Yu wants five hundred firearms battalion soldiers to serve as guards for the Shunyi Industrial Park."
After hearing Huang Jin's words, Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes slightly and pondered. After a moment, "Firearms camp?"
"What is the use of these old and weak soldiers in the Firearms Battalion? Go to the Royal Horse Guards and pick five hundred young and strong guards for San'er. His Shunyi Industrial Park is indeed extremely important. I can't let anything go wrong there, otherwise, my money will be lost Isn’t it a loss?”
Huang Jin said: “What about the firearms? I guess Prince Yu was just playing with them, so he wanted to play with them.”
Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment and said, "Firearms will also be given, but the latest imitation bird guns will not be given. Those old guys in the firearms camp will be enough for the three children to play with for a while."
Huang Jin He smiled and said: "The emperor really cares for Prince Yu."
Emperor Jiajing also smiled when he heard this, "How can I not love my child?" Then Emperor Jiajing sighed again: "It's a pity. I can’t meet him, and I can’t enjoy the blessing of having children and grandchildren like ordinary people.”
Huang Jin immediately expressed relief: "The emperor is a real dragon, and the prince is a hidden dragon. They are both immortals. When the emperor succeeds in his cultivation, he will naturally be able to break the taboo and meet the prince."
Jiajing The emperor sighed: "Maybe."
(End of this chapter)