After Zhu Qizhen returned from his personal expedition, he only went to the morning court once, and then he disappeared.

All officials have become accustomed to it, especially those Qingliu. At the beginning, they shouted every day, saying that you are the emperor, you have to go to court, and you cannot neglect your affairs...

Later I found out that the boss was not present and it was quite comfortable to do the work.

As for Zhu Qiyu, he is just a senior worker. Since everyone comes to work, don’t make things difficult for anyone.

After a long time, I've gotten used to it.

In the outskirts of the capital, the King Gong Factory of Xishan.

The first batch of flintlock rifles have been tested in actual combat and have shown great power, while also exposing many problems.

Among them, the biggest problem is that the quality of the steel is not up to standard, which leads to the fact that the gun chamber heats up or even explodes after shooting several times in a short period of time.

The quality of particulate gunpowder also needs to be improved, otherwise a large amount of smoke and gunpowder gas will be generated during the launch process, and in severe cases, it may even burn the shooter.

Li Shulin sorted and summarized all the feedback information and led a group of craftsmen to conduct experiments day and night to find solutions.

After Zhu Qizhen inspected the improved muskets of Wang Gong Factory, he did improve to a certain extent in terms of performance.

"Your Majesty, I will show you a little thing."

Li Shulin handed over a wooden box. After Zhu Qizhen opened it, he found that it was a short gun with a pistol-shaped appearance.

"The power and range of this short gun are relatively poor, but it is very convenient to carry. The emperor might as well bring it with him in case of emergency."

Zhu Qizhen picked it up and played with it, then came to the shooting range, loaded ammunition, and fired a bang.

Gunpowder filled the air, and the target in front was pierced through a hole.

"Not bad, very lethal at close range!"

"Prince, please see, this is the ammunition after the transformation of Weichen."

Li Shulin picked up a bullet and molded the granular gunpowder into a cylindrical shape. The outer layer was wrapped with special oil paper. The radius was matched with the barrel of the gun. A steel ball was glued at the front end. When loading, you only need to stuff the bullet in from the muzzle upside down, and then compact it with a strip to fire.

There are two advantages of this kind of bullet. One is the quantitative amount of gunpowder. There is no situation where too much gunpowder is blown up, or too little gunpowder is insufficient, and the power is insufficient.

Secondly, when firing, ignite the flint by hammering. At the moment when the gunpowder explodes, the outer layer of paper will be burned out and the embers will fly out of the chamber with the explosion. Therefore, there is no need to clean the chamber after each firing, so as to effectively increase the rate of fire.

For the borehole flintlock, such a transformation has reached its peak. In addition to the steel, it also needs to be improved, and the others are basically impeccable.

Looking at the pride on Li Shulin's face, Zhu Qizhen knew very well that due to its own structure and principles, all this gun can be done at present is limited improvement and cannot achieve qualitative improvement.

However, if you want to make further changes, you don’t know how to start.

After all, I am not a professional firearm. At most, I can provide ideas for flintlock guns and I know nothing about the complex principles of modern firearms.

I vaguely remember that in the chemistry class, I mentioned some ingredients about smokeless gunpowder, which seemed to be nitric acid.

Li Shulin didn't know what Zhu Qizhen was thinking and continued: "Weichen suggested that we should increase the research on mine triggering mechanisms. As for grenades... it should be temporarily put on hold, because in actual combat, it was found that the power of grenades is too small. If you want to increase the power, you can only increase the amount of gunpowder. In this way, the volume and weight of the grenades will also increase. However, the strength of the soldier's arm is limited. The greater the weight, the closer the throwing distance."

Zhu Qizhen shook his head secretly. It was not a big deal for Li Shulin. Under the current technical conditions, it is easy to enter this misunderstanding.

"Have you ever thought about continuing to improve gunpowder and increasing its power without changing the amount of gunpowder?"

"this……"

Li Shulin looked embarrassed and said, "Weichen and a group of craftsmen have conducted hundreds of experiments. The current ratio and granulation of gunpowder are already the greatest power."

"What I mean is to develop new gunpowder and find a material that can replace black gunpowder."

"New style gunpowder?"

Uncle Li scratched his head. Isn’t gunpowder just black gunpowder? Is there any other category?

Zhu Qizhen didn't know what to do, so he had to say, "I suggest you check the records related to saltpeter and sulfur in ancient books, and there may be new discoveries."

Although Li Shulin didn't understand very much, he had to nod and said yes.

At this time, Li Zhenfeng rushed over.

"Your Majesty, come to me!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "I remember you mentioned that if all the soldiers were equipped with flintlock rifles and ammunition bags, it would be extremely inconvenient to move, wouldn't this be the case?

"yes!"

Li Zhen nodded and said, "When individual soldiers fight, they use flintlock rifles to shoot long-range shots, and knives must be used to fight melee battles. In this way, it is equivalent to the warriors having more equipment on their bodies, which will inevitably affect the agility of the battle. The three thousand battalions are all cavalry, and the situation is better. If they are infantry, the impact will be very obvious."

"Therefore, the Weichen suggested that a detailed special division of the arms was made, for example, the gunman was only equipped with muskets, without knives, rattan players, spear players, and axe players. When fighting, all arms were responsible for their respective duties and cooperated closely."

Zhu Qizhen asked: "In this way, the limitations of individual soldiers will be revealed. Take the musketeers as an example. They do not equip melee weapons. What should they do if they are approached by the enemy?"

Li Zhen scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, you have to make a choice in everything. If you want to maximize the power of a musket, you can only sacrifice other aspects. As long as the musketman's long-range shooting ability is exerted, it is worth it even if his melee combat ability is zero."

Zhu Qizhen was prepared and immediately called Li Zhen and Li Shulin to the study.

Soon, a sketch appeared in front of the two of them.

Li Shulin was still a little confused, but Li Zhen could see the trick at a glance and said excitedly: "This idea is good. If you have a short knife and a musket, you won't worry about the issue of choice!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "The dagger can be worn on the body at ordinary times. If necessary, it can be used to combine it at the muzzle, and it can immediately form combat power."

Uncle Li also understood and kept nodding in praise.

"Super Li!"

"I'm here!"

"Look for a few skilled craftsmen to design a slot at the muzzle that can fit short knives!"

"Please rest assured, this is easy to deal with!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at Li Zhen again and said, "You can use a wooden stick of similar length instead of the gun body, tie a dagger, let the troops train first, and find a matching tactic in the shortest time!"
Chapter completed!