Zhu Yicheng tried several guns one by one and expressed satisfaction, and then went to see the new artillery that was about to be equipped with the army.

Although these artillery are basically the same structure as those used in current use, they are much better in material applications than before. The artillery is lighter, stronger, and also shoots farther and more accurately.

Especially based on the previous three types of artillery, the formerly-known tiger squat cannon of the Academy of Sciences re-fired the new tiger squat cannon for the prototype.

Each of these cannons has reduced the weight from the initial fifty kilograms to twenty-five kilograms. Even if this weight is almost one-third lighter than the thirty-six kilograms described in the "Wu Bei Zhi", it can be carried by strong infantry or directly carried by cavalry, which is lighter than the Furang machine cannon.

At the same time, the shape of the tiger squat cannon that Zhu Yicheng saw was very similar to that of later mortars. Many components can be easily disassembled and assembled. In addition, the standardization of military production makes all components common, which also facilitates the requirement of reassembly during transportation and war due to damage.

In fact, with the continuous improvement of the Ming military industry, all kinds of military ordnance production in the Ming Dynasty had this requirement. From this point of view, the Ming military industry is almost the same as that in terms of infrastructure and requirements as later generations, and what they lack is only technology.

After looking around at the shooting range with great enthusiasm, Zhu Yicheng returned to the resting place located at the shooting range.

"How has the research I asked the Academy of Sciences to set up before?" After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Yicheng asked Huang Luzhuang.

Huang Luzhuang knew that Zhu Yicheng would definitely ask him this question, so he immediately reported it.

The research Zhu Yicheng refers to is mainly about chemistry, which is an important part of natural science and one of the foundations of modern science.

With the advancement of science and technology, the role of chemistry is becoming increasingly important. Whether it is military, industrial, or ordinary needs, chemical products can be said to be everywhere.

When chemistry develops to a certain level, the changes it brings are huge, and this era is also an era when natural sciences such as chemistry, physics, and mathematics flourish.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about the importance of military chemistry, the first thing is explosives.

Now, whether in the East or the West, firearms use black gunpowder. Black gunpowder has created the birth of firearms, and has caused the hot weapons of firearms to gradually replace traditional cold weapons, thus changing the form of war.

However, the limitations of black gunpowder are inevitable. When hot weapons develop to a certain level, black gunpowder cannot be satisfied. Therefore, it is inevitable to replace black gunpowder and use better gunpowder (dynamite).

Zhu Yicheng is not a scientist. He doesn’t know much about chemistry. At best, it’s just the knowledge from junior high school. Moreover, after so many years, those cramming things have been returned to the teacher long ago, and there are only some concepts in his mind.

However, even this did not prevent Zhu Yicheng from pointing out the direction to Huang Luzhuang. Zhu Yicheng still knew about the development of the technology tree in later generations. This was enough to allow the Ming Dynasty to move on the right path before Western countries.

In recent years, Zhu Yicheng has recruited talents and set up laboratories through the Academy of Sciences and other institutions. The purpose is to establish a foundation of modern science as soon as possible and promote scientific development. Huang Luzhuang, as the director of the Academy of Sciences, is also very clear about Zhu Yicheng's attention in this regard. The chemical institution of the Academy of Sciences is now established under this situation.

It took Huangluzhuang's report for nearly an hour. Zhu Yicheng listened carefully and asked questions from time to time.

After listening to Huang Luzhuang's report, Zhu Yicheng was both relieved and moved. He was pleased that the chemical institution led by Huang Luzhuang was set up smoothly than he expected. Now nearly 100 people have been selected from the Academy of Sciences to enter this institution to start various research.

I feel that there are still too few talents in this era. Among these hundred people, only one-half of the true Ming people (Han people) account for only one-half, and most of these half were cultivated one after another after the establishment of the Academy of Sciences, and the other half were found from the people, and many of them were actually Taoist priests in this small half.

However, this is not surprising. Chemistry was originally called alchemy in the West, but also had a similar name in the East, or "alchemy".

In ancient times, Taoist priests synthesized through primary chemistry, among which black gunpowder was the synthetic product, and there were also mercury, sulfuric acid and other items. Compared with ordinary people, Taoist priests were more familiar with this and had a certain practical ability to do it.

Except for these people, nearly half of the rest are naturalized people from Ming, which is the Western scientists recruited by Zhu Yicheng from overseas in recent years.

Due to the previous war in Europe that lasted for more than ten years due to the Spanish throne war, the situation in European countries was not optimistic after the war.

Let alone some small countries now, even France, which once dominated Europe, was short of money due to post-war debt pressure, which led to the compression of royal expenses. From this point of view, European countries have had a hard time, let alone ordinary people.

In addition, the influence of the church in Western countries is still very great. Under the contradiction between science and theology, Western scientists do not have the lofty status of later generations, except for a very small number of people. In addition, the kings and governments of Western countries do not recognize and even despise scientists, and most of these scientists (scholars) live in poverty.

Many public intellectuals in later generations praised the West's stinky feet in the process of discussing the development of science, boasting about the Western scientific soil and respect for knowledge. However, they just forgot that modern science had forgotten how Lavoisier, the father of chemistry, was cut off, and even more so that the so-called judges who were revolutionaries said in court with a proud attitude that "the Republic does not need scientists."

Compared with Europe, the current Ming Dynasty was extremely open, with clear administration and strong national strength. Moreover, since the unification of Qin Shihuang, China has been a unified country in many periods, and religion has had little influence in China.

When the Ming Dynasty faced the entire world different from the ignorance of the Qing Dynasty, the development speed of the Ming Dynasty was amazing. Furthermore, there were few Han people who had the concept of "racial discrimination" similar to the Western world. The sea was full of tolerance, which was always the basis for the Han people to integrate other nations.

Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty began to recruit talents from Western countries with a purpose, some talents soon came to the East and were attracted by this rich and beautiful country.

This is how these Western scholars came in the chemical organization of the Academy of Sciences. Their arrival also brought about the achievements of modern Western scientific research, causing the minds of the East and the West to create different sparks at this moment.
Chapter completed!