After the successful test, Xu Guangqi immediately reported the news to Xiao Ruxun in excitement.
Xiao Ruxun was overjoyed. He immediately went to the Ministry of Military Industry's testing ground to personally witness the firing of the wooden support solid shell.
After Xiao Ruxun arrived, Xu Guangqi personally arranged the test firing. Five shells were fired consecutively. Compared to the solid shell without the wooden support, the distance was further, the position was more accurate, and the target was more accurate. It was a very good innovation.
Xiao Ruxun knew that the development of this shell was basically a success. He nodded to express his praise. Xu Guangqi was very happy.
"To be able to do something for the soldiers has always been this humble subject's greatest wish. Today, this subject is very happy to be able to do this. However, Your Majesty, the wooden support is easy to get, and the solid shell with the wooden support is also easy to make, but this subject still has no idea how to make the shell with the wooden fuse and the wooden support."
Xiao Ruxun said: "There is no need to be anxious about this. If we want to make the shell that can be fired from the Red Barbarian Cannon, we must make the fuse well and strengthen the shell's hardness. Otherwise, once the barrel explodes, the four gunners will end up like this."
"This subject, this subject knows his mistake."
Xu Guangqi knelt down and asked for forgiveness.
Xiao Ruxun helped Xu Guangqi up.
"I have already given the order to compensate their families. Fortunately, they are not the only children in their families. I have given them money and tax-free land, and they have all accepted it. This can only be regarded as a tragedy. However, you should also take this as a warning. This kind of thing can only be done by prisoners of war and death row criminals. I have already made this rule in Myanmar, but you did not listen to it."
Xu Guangqi did not speak. He was probably distressed.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore. You still have to pay more attention to this wooden fuse."
Xiao Ruxun shook his head.
"Of course I will pay attention. This subject knows this. However, Your Majesty, if this gunpowder wants to burn slowly, what should be done? In order for the gunpowder to burn quickly and fully, it must be made into granules. If it burns slowly, don't tell me it will turn into powder? "
"That's not enough. It's just a little slower, but it's probably still too late. What we want is for it to explode on the ground, not for it to explode in the air, and not for it to explode in the barrel of a cannon. It's useless to study whether the gunpowder is granules or powder. You need to improve the gunpowder formula.
Charcoal, saltpeter, sulfur, you think of a way. If you can't produce saltpeter and sulfur, try using charcoal made from other wood or try changing the ratio. We have to find the one that burns slower, enough for us to fire the cannonball and detonate it on the ground. By the way, how's the modification of the new General Weiyuan Cannon going? "
Xiao Ruxun continued to ask.
Xu Guangqi said, "According to Your Majesty's request, we have slightly lengthened the body of the General Weiyuan Cannon and thickened the inner walls. The shape has changed greatly, but we still haven't found a suitable explosive, and the fuse can't be completed in a short time."
"I know. You can arrange things step by step. As long as you do your best, I won't be too harsh on you. You just need to remember one thing. No invention can be considered a success if you can make one. Only when you can make thousands of them and equip them with the army can it be considered a success."
Xu Guangqi bowed deeply. "Your subject will remember Your Majesty's words."
"Alright, just remember it. Arrange for more wooden stocks to be made. I'll go back first."
Xiao Ruxun turned and left the testing ground of the Ministry of Military Works.
Xu Guangqi watched Xiao Ruxun leave.
To be honest, at this time last year, he still hadn't accepted the fact that the Daming Dynasty no longer existed.
But over the past year, he had completely accepted this fact. He had no choice but to accept it. The rule of the Daqin Dynasty was becoming more and more stable, and the Daming Dynasty was indeed not coming back.
Moreover, to be honest, the Daqin Dynasty was more in line with the ideal country in his heart.
He didn't see corruption, he didn't see squires running amok, he didn't see an Emperor who didn't go to court and had an extremely stiff relationship with his subjects, and he didn't see an Imperial Court that never had a day of peace due to intense party struggles.
Everyone knew how Xiao Ruxun had obtained the throne and how many people he had killed over the past year as Emperor.
He had killed everyone in the imperial court, inside and out, and replaced them all with his own people. The old officials of the former Ming Dynasty were almost wiped out. Only a group of high-ranking officials were left. He was probably trying to buy time for the new officials to grow.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the new Emperor was boldly and decisively wiping out everything from the former Ming Dynasty, vigorously eliminating dissidents, and even the eunuchs and palace maids in the Palace were not spared. He was also carrying out land reforms and killing people like flies.
But the rule of the Daqin Dynasty was becoming more stable day by day.
In the beginning, Xu Guangqi also thought that Xiao Ruxun was crazy and had lost his mind. He actually dared to act against the deep-rooted local gentry and local tyrants, and he even incited the peasants to start a riot, directly uprooting them until nothing was left.
All normal people felt that this was suicidal, but there was a group of abnormal people who helped Xiao Ruxun do this. They massacred the local gentry and local tyrants who were fighting for power with the central government, and the local area became incomparably stable.
The people didn't fall into chaos and didn't rebel. Instead, they became more vigorous.
A year after the establishment of the Daqin Dynasty, the agricultural taxes of the provinces in Jiangnan could support a war of more than a hundred thousand people, and the mobilization of the local people was quite gratifying. This made many officials with a deep background in history think of the tyrannical Qin recorded in the history books.
So this was how the tyrannical Qin swept through the four seas?
Xu Guangqi was poor, and his family didn't have much land. During the land reform, his family was given a large piece of land, and he became a vested interest. Moreover, when the new Emperor reorganized the departments, he was appointed as a minister. Other than a period of experience in Myanmar, it was almost like he had reached the sky in one step.
He understood what it meant to not stick to one pattern and subdue talent, but the new Emperor was a little too vigorous and decisive.
The people who thought that the new Emperor was about to collapse were dumbfounded. Seeing that the rule was becoming more stable day by day, they always felt that something was wrong.
Since the Qin Dynasty, there hadn't been real imperial power in the countryside, and the land of China seemed to be quite used to this. After a period of bloodshed, the local areas were stabilized, and production and order began to be restored. It began to become prosperous.
The maritime trade in the southeast was flourishing, and the ships of the Daqin Dynasty continued to advance to Korea, Japan, and the vassal states in Southeast Asia.
The commercial tax income couldn't be described as a gold rush. The commercial tax income of the provinces and cities along the coast became an important financial income for the new Daqin Dynasty. The proportion of agricultural taxes was greatly squeezed, and there was a trend of development towards the Song Dynasty.
The Daqin Army was becoming more and more capable, with better equipment and stricter training. Its combat effectiveness was significantly higher than during the Northern Expedition.
The first war after the establishment of the country, the Battle of Liaodong, was a complete victory, and fully demonstrated the power of the Daqin Dynasty to the vassal states.
The second war, the Battle of Bozhou, only 15 days after the war began, they defeated Yang Yinglong, who had 100,000 troops. The chieftains in the southwest all knelt at the feet of the Daqin Army, trembling, and didn't dare to act rashly.
At the same time that martial arts were flourishing, the new Emperor was also promoting the rule of culture. He wanted to do something unprecedented. He wanted to establish official schools in the provinces along the coast, called schools, and claimed that he wanted to establish schools in every village, so that every child could read and write.
Adults could also go to the schools at night to learn how to read and write, not for anything else, but to be able to directly read the imperial edicts, and not be easily deceived by others, so that they could judge right and wrong for themselves.
The Emperor also gathered many people to improve the method of literacy. It was said that he wanted to use some kind of pinyin recognition method, and use strange characters to transcribe Chinese characters. He said that it was to make it faster and more convenient for children to learn how to read and write, lay a good foundation, and then go to higher level schools to learn new knowledge.
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