Because of Bai Yutian's words, some ministers in the court looked at Gu Taizhong with complicated eyes, and lowered their heads secretly, as if they were deep in thought.
Except for the ministers who were firmly on Gu Taizhong's side, more people were weighing it carefully in their hearts.
Next, the ministers did not report, and Bai Yutian did not bother to talk more, and quickly left the hall.
After leaving the court, Bai Yutian came to Tiangongyuan again. At this moment, the construction of Tiangongyuan was booming, and even had an momentum that surpassed that of the Ministry of Industry.
Because of Bai Yutian's personal order, most of the resources were invested in the Tiangong Institute, which also led to the rapid development of the Tiangong Institute. In addition to the muskets developed in secret, many armor weapons were also invested in the production.
In fact, the speed at which Tiangongyuan produces armor and weapons is not slower than that of the previous Ministry of Industry.
When Bai Yutian came to Tiangongyuan, Shen Yumiao appeared from the shadows and came to Bai Yutian's side.
Shen Yusheng placed Shen Yumiao next to Bai Yutian, originally to protect Bai Yutian. However, Bai Yutian temporarily arranged Shen Yumiao to protect Tiangongyuan for the sake of the safety of Tiangongyuan.
"Yu Miao, how is the development of the musket?" Bai Yutian asked Shen Yumiao.
"Your Majesty, it's a coincidence that my brother-in-law has just made the prototype of the musket today and is preparing to test its power!" Shen Yumiao cupped her fists and chuckled.
To be honest, she was very curious about this kind of weapon that she had never seen or heard of before, and really wanted to see its power.
"Oh!" Bai Yutian was a little surprised, and quickly walked into the Tiangong Institute and found Shen Yuxing.
Shen Yuxing is a good-looking person, relatively handsome, but he spends all day studying in his room and often looks unkempt. After a few days, he becomes a bit sloppy.
Soon, the simple musket developed by Shen Yuxing appeared in front of Bai Yutian.
This musket looks like a long iron pipe, about two feet long. At Bai Yutian's request, it was tied to the bottom of a long gun.
Although muskets are powerful, they require constant loading of bullets, are slow to fire, and have a mediocre range. Combined with long guns, they can play a very powerful role even in battles with enemies.
Bai Yutian was overjoyed and quickly ordered Shen Yuxing to start the experiment.
Shen Yuxing nodded and began to fill the gun barrel with gunpowder. At the same time, someone placed a pair of armor fifty steps away as a target.
Seeing Shen Yuxing starting to experiment, Bai Yutian and others also stepped back for a while, watching Shen Yuxing's performance with peace of mind.
Shen Yuxing squinted his eyes, his face showing uncontrollable excitement, but there was still a trace of nervousness in his heart.
Shen Yuxing suppressed the nervousness in his heart and held the musket with both hands.
This musket is different from Bai Yutian's earliest musket in his previous life. Under Bai Yutian's theoretical guidance and Shen Yuxing's own mechanical knowledge, a trigger that was only available in modern times was added, so there is no need to ignite the gun.
"Boom." Shen Yuxing pulled the trigger, and the musket suddenly made a huge roar. A black mist shot out from the musket and shot towards the armor.
The black mist swirled and quickly rushed towards the armor without any pause. The black mist directly burned a large hole in the armor, leaving traces of burning all around the hole.
Hard armor cannot stop gunpowder from penetrating.
Next, Shen Yuxing placed the armor a hundred steps away and fired again. Although it was not as powerful as before, it also caused huge damage to the armor.
Seeing the seriousness of the damage to the armor, it is not difficult to imagine that if a person was standing there and suffered such an attack, he would definitely not survive.
"Okay." Bai Yutian clapped and praised. As for the other people, they were stunned by the power of the musket.
This kind of weapon is very powerful and has a long attack range. If they are put into the battlefield in large numbers, they have nothing to fear from Shanu.
"Your Majesty." Shen Yuxing walked towards Bai Yutian and said respectfully.
"Yes, Yuxing, you really gave me a big surprise." Bai Yutian said excitedly.
Originally, with the current technological level of Dazhou, it was impossible to create a lethal musket.
In Chinese history, muskets were first loaded with gunpowder in one or two bamboo tubes and tied under the spear head. When fighting the enemy, they could first fire flames to burn the enemy soldiers, and then use the spear head to assassinate them.
However, Bai Yutian discovered the advanced level of machine creation in Hidden Sword Villa, and had a new idea in his mind about the development of this world.
Coupled with his modern high-tech mind and Shen Yuxing's powerful machine skills, he created a musket that transcended the times.
Bai Yutian initially conservatively estimated that the musket could cause damage within fifty steps, but he did not expect that the musket created by Shen Yuxing could even cause damage to enemies a hundred steps away.
This was completely beyond Bai Yutian's expectations and made Bai Yutian very excited.
Bai Yutian will be rewarded for his merits, and he rewarded Shen Yuxing generously on the spot, and even promised many benefits and gave him a lot of power.
However, Shen Yuxing was not interested in these at all. His next idea was to improve the muskets and develop artillery at the same time.
Compared with muskets, artillery is the truly decisive weapon, capable of causing large-scale damage.
At present, the biggest disadvantage of muskets is that they are too bulky, difficult to carry, and even difficult to use on the battlefield for a long time.
Bai Yutian nodded and ordered Shen Yuxing to speed up and develop the artillery as soon as possible.
As long as he has artillery, Bai Yutian will have 100% confidence in repelling Shan Nu.
Bai Yutian was very concerned about the power and hit rate of muskets and artillery. In Chinese history, muskets were mostly used to frighten the enemy. They used gunpowder explosions to emit fire and smoke to drive away the enemies. They did not play a decisive role.
This caused China's weapons to fall behind for a time.
In addition to firearms, weapons such as crossbows and arrows are also Bai Yutian's top priority.
Unfortunately, there are currently too few scientific and technological talents around Bai Yutian. The Ministry of Industry is corrupt and lazy, and development is stagnant. It has also lost a lot of talents over the years.
The weapons manufactured by the Ministry of Industry were completely stuck in the same place without any development. This was one of the reasons why General Zhou lost the war.
However, Bai Yutian was helpless now. He looked in the distance in the direction of Xuzhou, where Jing Zhao and others were struggling to resist Shan Nu.
Because of the previous defeat of Liangzhou, Jingzhao lost many soldiers, which caused it to be at a disadvantage in the subsequent wars and unable to reverse the situation.
Back in the palace, Bai Yutian received another letter from Jing Zhao himself. After reading the letter, Bai Yutian became furious and slapped the wooden table with both hands, his face full of anger.
There were only a few simple words in the letter: Xuzhou was defeated, Bai Xin surrendered to the enemy, my grandson was captured, and I shall fight to the death.
Jing Zhao was already planning to fight to the death. Someone around him betrayed and surrendered to Shan Nu, and his only grandson was captured by Shan Nu. Jing Zhao was already heartbroken.