It is not just that people who only like to act recklessly as emperors who feel happy.

Liu Mingqi now feels that it is actually beneficial to be an emperor himself.

For example, if he is using explosives, cannons and flintlocks now, he can do it more legitimately.

Today, while I was resting, the boy came to the cannon factory again.

The most important thing about the cannons today is not the various shells made after gunpowder is matched, but the cannon body.

In the primary stage, the cannon body is prone to poor casting molds and too many steel impurities, which are not cast well enough, so that the cannon body bursts after being used soon, commonly known as "fried chamber".

So even though the cannon factory has made five cannons of various sizes, plus eleven different shells, Liu Mingqi still asked them to continue to experiment and enhance the strength of the cannon body.

"Boom boom boom..."

Standing dozens of meters away, Liu Mingqi listened to the rumbling sound of cannons and watched the thick smoke pass by, various shells constantly hitting the piles of stones, wooden boards, and small hills... A kind of self-confidence arises naturally.

How many troops can resist such cannons fired?

Although the accuracy is insufficient and the power of the shells is not enough, how many people can advance in this era?

This is not an era of queuing up in Europe to kill. The explosive gunpowder can directly destroy a person's courage.

In history, an army that could reach 10% of the casualties without collapse was called elite forces.

An army that reaches 20% of the casualties and does not collapse can be called the pillar of the country.

30% of the army that was injured and killed without collapse... After 5,000 years of ancient and modern times, you can't find ten.

Don't think it's funny.

In all wars, the biggest casualties were not caused by real swords and guns, but by the pursuit after the defeat.

Horror is contagious.

Especially on the battlefield where people die in minutes.

Words like avalanche are specially designed for the battlefield.

Don’t say anything about ancient times, but modern times.

The famous cosmic rod, didn’t the entire army quickly turn in before 10% of the casualties?

"General, please believe me, Bangzi and their retreat speed are a thousand times that of their attack!"

"Okay, I authorize you to see the baton fleeing, you can deal with it according to the enemy."

Compared with them, the army with a death rate of 500% but still holding its position, I really don’t know how much we should treat the rest of the group. The total number of casualties was five times that of the original unit, but the position was still in hand in the end.

All right.

If you don’t talk nonsense, anyway, now, if you dare to write about this war, you have to face the fate of eunuchs, and there will be no more scholars.

Come back to your eyes.

The troops equipped with cannons, as long as they are equipped with sufficient protection, they are already invincible on the land battlefield.

If the infantry and artillery coordination had not been trained, and if the time was not yet ripe, Liu Mingqi really wanted to let the army set off next year and destroy Shi Wei from the Northeast first.

Standing next to Liu Mingqi, there were also a group of imperial guards, several prime ministers, ministers, and Gyeong Wenqing, the governor of Gyeonggi.

They were even more stunned than Liu Mingqi.

Liu Mingqi took the emperor to see it before, but that type of scale is not as large as it is now, and the frequency of launching shells is not as skillful and fast as it is now.

Now that Liu Mingqi is the emperor, she can naturally open up her firepower and shock such a group of big shots.

Don't say it, it really shocked them.

The oldest Nangong Ji was a little unstable, and Cao Yi, who was so happy and angry, was also trembling slightly.

His slight tremor was different from the generals, and he was simply afraid of being shocked.

Five generals from the Imperial Guards came today.

All of them were lit up with their eyes, and the divine light flashed in their eyes. It was obvious that they were imagining the situation when they led such artillery troops to attack.

When the cannons were bombarded, the smoke gradually dissipated, and Liu Mingqi took them all to the attack area.

I saw big pits, broken wooden boards on such a few kilometers of land, and hills that were blown away...

With the strong smell of gunpowder smoke, just think about it for a moment and you will know what kind of fierce attacks you would suffer if someone here was.

"Your Majesty, when will we be able to equip such a cannon team?" asked Wanyan Yi, the general of the Hu Ben Guard, with a smile.

Liu Mingqi said: "You have to think clearly that if you want to equip cannons, your mobility will inevitably be greatly affected. The Hu Ben Guard is proud of rushing like the wind, which will be greatly reduced."

"What's the difficulty?" Wanyan Yi disagreed. "The cannons are used when two armies confront each other, but the cavalry is used when raiding and chasing... You can't escape the enemy, you still let the cannons destroy them, right? So it's just adding a new army to us. I know how to use it!"

Liu Mingqi was surprised at his answer.

Unexpectedly, Wanyan Yi, who is already fifty years old, can still have such a trendy tactical arrangement.

Actually, this is also very true.

Have you ever seen Westerners still have dragon cavalry even after being equipped with musketeers and cannons?

During the Battle of Baliqiao in the late Qing Dynasty, they used the Dragoon!

"good!"

Liu Mingqi did not refuse, "When the large number of cannons began to be produced, I will train a group of artillery soldiers and then equip them to the hands of you field troops."

"Where is time?" Wanyan Yi asked.

"It's within two years at the latest." Liu Mingqi estimated.

The first batch of four-masted sailboats must be equipped with reinforced reinforced, and bombarded the Japanese island with guns to experiment and familiarize themselves.

This batch of at least requires hundreds of cannons of different sizes.

Then the army's turn is to be equipped.

According to their size, at least one imperial guard must be equipped with hundreds of cannons, so that it can have the power of the cluster.

"Two years?"

Wanyan Yi was still a little dissatisfied.

Tang Hui next to him nodded directly: "It's good that this is the case. Our troops were too severely injured in the past two years and it still needs time to train. After all, the enemies on the grassland are not that easy to fight. You must not be proud and content just because we have new weapons."

Tang Hui's qualifications are older than Wanyan Yi, and he is mature and steady, and is admired by everyone.

After he said this, Wanyan Yi stopped nagging.

...

The generals were very happy to have new weapons in the list, but the civil servants were not so calm.

The new Minister of Revenue Luo Nanjing asked: "You dare to ask Your Majesty, how valuable is this cannon and how expensive is a shell?"

"According to the caliber, the price will naturally be different." Liu Mingqi still has experience with this. After all, he wanted to sell cannons to the court before: "For example, a small cannon with a diameter of ten centimeters over there is a cheaper price, about one thousand taels per porch. The one with a diameter of fifteen centimeters is five thousand taels per porch, and the largest cannon with a diameter of twenty centimeters is ten thousand taels per porch.

The manufacturing of shells is simpler. They are complementary products in groups and gunpowder. The price is not very expensive. The small one is ten or five hundred taels, and the large one is ten or one thousand taels."

Luo Nanjing was a former student who settled the accounts. He frowned after he calculated a little, "Your Majesty, isn't this a bit expensive? I think the materials used in this cannon body are not made of stainless steel as you said! The smallest one is only weighing hundreds of kilograms, so how can you use a thousand taels of silver?"

"I didn't cheat you about this." Liu Mingqi explained: "Although it is not stainless steel, it is much better than ordinary iron in craftsmanship. Whether it is hardness or quenching, it is all high-quality iron. If you don't believe it, you will know by taking this kind of iron-made knife and comparing it with an ordinary iron knife."

"Where is the shell?"

Luo Nanjing was not blinded by the illusion: "It's right that cannons are a one-time transaction, but shells cost more! If you fight like today, at least thousands of shells were shot out, which counts as tens of thousands of taels of silver... On the real battlefield, more shells will definitely be fired than this. That wouldn't it cost more than ten or two hundred thousand taels of silver in one battle? In the long run, how can you get so much money to buy shells?"

"So you have to find money seriously." Liu Mingqi nodded and said, "War is always a good deal for money. What does the soldiers eat, wear, and use? What does it cost? The same is true for shells nowadays. Good things are not cheap, Shangshu Luo!"

"Well, I agree with your majesty." Liu Renhuai next to him said to Liu Mingqi, "It is understandable that the shells cost money. Just like the wooden grenade we consume, every wooden grenade thrown out is silver! The wooden grenade is expensive, one is ten taels of silver."

As soon as Liu Renhuai finished speaking, Ge Songdao on the other side said: "Your Majesty, now the shells have just been made, and I can understand that if you want to make money... But this wooden grenade has been made for three years. The scale of the workshop has been expanding and the production volume is constantly increasing. Should the purchase price for the court be reduced a little?"

Ten taels of silver and a wooden grenade were used up in the battle of defense of Jiangnan, Jinzhou City and Ningyuan City.

The soldiers in front of them were frantically throwing wooden grenades to kill the enemy, but the silver from the Ministry of Revenue was also flowing out like flowing water.

Also last year, let alone Liu Mingqi and his team fought from the northwest grassland to the Tubo Plateau, and from the Tubo Plateau to the Western Regions, I won’t talk about the wooden grenades that have been consumed along the way.

The key is that the major checkpoints and fortresses in the frontier are like crazy asking to transfer the wooden handle grenades and pass.

This order alone exceeded 20 million taels of silver.

If it weren't for the fact that the land sold in Pengzhou Prefecture had more than 100 million taels of silver, I would have long said I could not support it.

Ge Songdao mentioned this matter to Emperor Jinghe last year, but Emperor Jinghe was unwilling to let his nephew suffer losses, so he ran aside.

Now that Liu Mingqi has become the emperor, Ge Songdao of course has to propose it and let him consider the finances of the court.

Ge Songdao's words resonated with everyone present.

"Your Majesty, this wooden grenade is really too expensive!" Zhong Chang said, "The world is your world. There is no reason why you have made a lot of money in this regard, but you have lost the national treasury, right?"

"Didn't you mentioned three years ago when you were teaching us that the more you produce a commodity, the more skilled it will continue to drop?" Luo Nanjing said: "It's time to lower the price. Your Majesty, how about a silver or two?"

Liu Mingqi was angry: "Shangshu Luo, are you killing a pig? One tael of silver is not enough for the cost!"

"Then how much did you say?" Luo Nanjing was not afraid of Liu Mingqi, "Is it worth two taels of silver?"

Liu Mingqi smiled angrily, "Okay, don't talk to me here. When I go back, discuss with them before talking... Don't stare at me. If I speak randomly, it's golden words and the price won't change!"

Hearing this, Luo Nanjing quickly shut up.

He spoke very much, of course he didn't like Liu Mingqi's terribleness.
Chapter completed!