Unexpectedly, Zhu Di shook his head repeatedly.

"Fireguns are naturally good, but their shooting distance is not far, their accuracy is much worse than that of bows and arrows, and their power is not great. They can only scare wild animals and are difficult to kill."

Zhu Yunxuan opened his eyes wide.

Only then did I remember that most of the thermal weapons of this era are not good enough.

However, isn’t this something that can be changed?

Zhu Di continued: "I am also very interested in fire guns. I have ordered craftsmen to make them carefully many times. Fire guns can scare horses and were of great use in the war against the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but they still have many shortcomings."<

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"Your imperial grandfather also attaches great importance to the fire tradition. There is a fire gun making workshop near this hunting ground. If you are interested, you can go there and have a look."

Zhu Yunxuan was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Then let's go now."

He can no longer continue hunting.

With his "superb" archery skills, it's probably not difficult to shoot a beast to the sky.

He couldn't sit still on the horse just by drawing the bow and arrow.

I'm afraid that the beast didn't kill me and I fell to death first.

In this case, it’s better to go and see the Ming Dynasty’s gun workshop.

Both Lao Zhu and Zhu Di attached great importance to fire guns, and the Ming Dynasty set up many production workshops.

"I think this gun should be improved."

After arriving at the workshop, Zhu Yunxuan found the old craftsmen inside, expressed his ideas, and figured out what improvements to make.

The industrial base at this time would not allow Zhu Yunxu to make too many changes.

Therefore, he only thought about one thing, the flintlock gun.

In real history, the later Right Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty also proposed making flintlock guns, which was not many years later than the West.

However, due to various reasons, flintlock guns were not promoted in the Ming Dynasty.

This situation lasted until after the Opium War.

In fact, Zhu Yunxu didn't know much about flintlock guns.

There is no way, in that era, except for a very small number of niche enthusiasts, who will understand this kind of thing in depth.

Often you only know a name, a general understanding of the history, and the most superficial principles.

If he really wanted to make it, he would be blind and unable to start.

What surprised Zhu Yunxuan was that the old craftsman in charge of the workshop was experienced and very powerful.

He just made a few gestures and vaguely talked about some specious principles, but these old craftsmen were able to understand them at a glance.

Then, under his guidance, several craftsmen slowly drew out the drawings of the flintlock gun bit by bit while constantly deliberating.

The principle of the flintlock gun is very simple, but Zhu Yunzhen is also a person who only knows a little bit about it.

Not even half-assed.

Fortunately, with the cooperation of the craftsmen, we were able to gradually clarify our thoughts and finalize its specific principles and how to make it.

Then, Zhu Yunxuan added a aiming baseline to it.

The big open fire muskets of this era did not hide the baseline. Firing and aiming relied on trained intuition.

Naturally, there are many people among them who have superb skills and are extremely accurate.

After all, there is no shortage of masters in acrobatics.

But the vast majority of people are definitely not sure.

Zhu Yunzhen is still very clear about the role of aiming at the baseline.

That's basically the difference between a sharpshooter and shooting with your eyes closed.

After working on it for several hours, it was all done.

"This thing is a little complicated. Let's see how long it will take to make it." Zhu Yunzhen looked at the completed drawings and let out a sigh of relief.

Even he couldn't believe that he could actually draw all the drawings of the flintlock gun.

Although it is certainly not difficult for those who have studied this knowledge.

But he really hasn’t done any research!

It all depends on the craftsmen drawing inferences. Often when he brings up one point, the craftsmen will think of other things.

He only mentioned a general outline and explained the basic principles, and the craftsmen could add specific details.

You can even correct what he said wrongly.

In this way, such a "great project" can be completed step by step.

"Please rest assured, His Majesty the Emperor, we will be able to make the first batch of new fire blunderbuss in as little as ten days or as little as a month."

The foreman was extremely excited and said: "This new type of fire gun proposed by His Royal Highness is much more powerful than the original fire gun."

"Use flint to ignite the fire, ignite the gunpowder, and launch the shot. In this way, the shooting steps can be greatly reduced, and the effectiveness of the fire system can be increased tenfold."

"There is also this targeting baseline, how come we have never thought of it before?"

"This is called a flintlock gun." Zhu Yunxu corrected his mistake in wording and said with a smile: "I usually just think about it when I have nothing to do, wondering if this can be done."

"But I haven't thought about it too clearly. Today, with your help, I can finally implement this idea."

The foreman shook his head repeatedly: "We don't dare to take credit. His Royal Highness is so talented that he can have such fantastic ideas. I have been a craftsman all my life in vain, and I am not as good as His Royal Highness."

He was truly impressed and extremely excited.

Most of these craftsmen are hereditary and have been in the workshop since childhood. Being able to make new things is a great inspiration to them.

What's more, it's an unheard-of, extremely powerful wonder.

And the person who asked them to make it is the current Emperor Sun Highness.

After witnessing the whimsical thoughts of the seven-year-old grandson, I realized that there is heaven outside the world and there are people outside the world.

I thought to myself that I was worthy of being the son of a dragon, but I couldn't compare to ordinary people like them.

Next to them, Zhu Di and Dao Yan's eyes were wide open.

The two of them had been watching from the side just now, watching Zhu Yunxu turn a crudely conceived new firecracker into a "flintlock gun" step by step?

Zhu Di was already very interested in gunpowder guns. Seeing these improvements today, he felt like he had found a treasure.

He grabbed the drawing, looked at it again and again, and asked excitedly: "Zhen'er, how did you come up with this thing? Isn't it too... too amazing?"

The words are trembling, and I have lost my composure.

When I knew that Zhu Yunxuan wrote that "talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years", he did not lose his composure.

When I learned that he proposed the "double-entry accounting method", I didn't lose any composure.

Even when he knew that he was improvising and casually wrote "The green hills are still there, the sunset turns red a few times", he didn't lose his composure.

But when he saw the drawing in front of him, he lost his composure.

Later generations believe that Emperor Yongle's literary and military strategies, domestic and foreign policies were not bad.

But what he is best at and what he likes most is still leading troops to fight and killing enemies on the battlefield.

Otherwise, he would not have led troops to conquer five times after becoming emperor.

For a general, nothing interests him more than powerful weapons.

Zhu Di's hands were trembling slightly, and his breathing became extremely heavy.

He has long lost his previous free and easy appearance.

"I figured it out slowly." Zhu Yunxi stretched his body and said, "Fourth uncle, I'm hungry, let's go eat first."

Before he knew it, the day had almost passed by and he hadn't even eaten lunch.

I have been immersed in thinking about the production of flintlock guns just now, and now that I have stepped away, I feel exhausted both physically and mentally.

Zhu Di did not answer immediately, but looked at him blankly.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yunzhen felt a little uncomfortable when he was stared at by Zhu Di.

Why does it feel like he suddenly changed into a different person?

Zhu Di still didn't answer, but slowly put down the drawing in his hand, bent down and bowed deeply to him.
Chapter completed!