Chapter 483 New shells

Jiang Lang is working hard to repair the situation, and the court is now busy. After the morning court, Emperor Jingtai felt that his head was dizzy. With the accompaniment of Eunuch Qian, he came to the Imperial Garden to take a breath.

Beijing is still very hot now. Even in the morning, when the sun rises, the temperature rises. Sitting in the pavilion in the imperial garden, Emperor Jingtai felt that his ears were still rumbling now, all of the voices of the ministers arguing.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yu Qian asks for a visit!"

A little eunuch ran over, knelt down and reported.

"Yu Aiqing?"

Emperor Jingtai was silent for a moment before saying, "Just say I feel uncomfortable and I'm missing for the time being, let's go another day!"

The little eunuch did not retreat immediately, but continued: "Mr. Yu said that Lord Wang sent someone to deliver a copy and also shipped a batch of things. This batch of things has arrived in Tianjin now. Because there are too many, some are shipped here first."

When he heard that it was Jiang Lang’s memorial, Emperor Jingtai suddenly became energetic even if he was tired and hurriedly said, “Then you should come to see me quickly!”

The little eunuch immediately stood up and sent an order.

After a while, Yu Qian hurried in, and after kowtowing, he handed Jiang Lang's note.

Emperor Jingtai took the letter and looked carefully, then looked overjoyed and said, "Good...good..."

Then he handed the note to Yu Qian and said, "Wang Aiqing is destroying more than 80 Komu Army warships on the sea, and also burning down an island that Komu Army supplies. Now on the sea, there are no large-scale Komu Army, and only some scattered Komu Army troops are attacking merchant ships."

Yu Qian took it over and looked carefully, and a hint of joy appeared on his face, saying, "This Lord Wang is indeed a powerful general of our Ming Dynasty. It is indeed the right choice for him to fight. Now Mu Jun dare not underestimate our Ming Dynasty!"

After saying that, he closed the note, and handed over another note again, saying, "Your Majesty, this is also a note sent by Lord Wang. Please check it out."

Emperor Jingtai couldn't help but wonder: "How could he give two notes at the same time?"

Yu Qian hurriedly said, "The messenger who sent the first letter had an accident on the road and fell off a horse and injured himself, so it took a few days to wait. So the letter arrived here at the same time today, and there were things that Lord Wang brought from Gao Qiang, and he packed a ship."

After saying that, Yu Qian turned his head and shouted, "Come on, bring the things in!"

Soon, two soldiers walked in with a large wooden barrel and placed it next to Yu Qian. Then, as Yu Qian ordered, he twisted his mouth and suddenly a stimulating smell came out.

Emperor Jingtai, who was about to see what happened, quickly covered his nose and said strangely: "What is this? Why is it so unpleasant!"

Yu Qian thought about it and then said, "It seems to be called oil by Lord Wang!"

Then, someone took out some, dripped it on the ground casually, and then took the big wooden barrel away, then picked up the fire stick and got closer. As soon as he approached, the black liquid suddenly burned.

Seeing this, Emperor Jingtai was inevitably a little surprised. It was not until the fire was extinguished that he opened Jianglang's note. After careful look, he put it together. At the same time, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to Yu Qian, saying: "In the note, Wang Aiqing has already said that this is called oil, which is very easy to burn, and is a very advantageous thing in naval battles. So he planned to test it to see if such shells can be made. At the same time, he also said that the shells we use now are insufficient and the killing of the enemy is very limited. In the last naval battle with the Komu Army, it was also because of this reason. Although we had an absolute advantage in quantity, the enemy's previous battleships were used as cover and began to lean on it, and our casualties also appeared at that time. So Wang Aiqing drew two types of shells to see if they could be made."

Yu Qian also saw the design drawing at this time and nodded slightly, then said: "Mr. Wang can always come up with something we can't think of. I think it's possible. In this way, I personally send this to the military battle and let them start the experiment immediately. If it is feasible, they will produce immediately. This time does not wait for anyone. If it is delivered to Mr. Wang the day earlier, we will have fewer casualties in the battle."

"good!"

Jingtaidi also immediately said, "Then you go there yourself and pass on my oral orders at the same time. No matter what, you must find a way to get it for me. Those who have made meritorious rewards will be rewarded!"

Yu Qian nodded and agreed, and after thanking him, he hurried to the military battle.

Because of the production of muskets, there are now many skilled workers in the entire military battle. After Yu Qian handed over Jiang Lang's design to the eunuch in charge, he also conveyed the oral order of Emperor Jingtai. The eunuch in charge immediately knew that the matter was urgent and immediately arranged people to start researching it. Because Jiang Lang had already drawn it, the main thing that the military battle has to do now is to control the burning time of the gunpowder fuse in the shell, and the shell was corrected from the original solid bullet to the loading of the medicine, and the weight of the shell was suddenly reduced a lot, so the range also increased.

At this time, there was no computer or relevant theories as the basis, so the only way to obtain the shells during some flight time was to test it. So they first designed and built hollow shells according to the drawings, and then loaded them with soil of the same weight as gunpowder to calculate the flight time of the shells. Of course, another main point is that the fuse can be ignited when the cannon is fired, and at the same time it can prevent moisture during transportation, ensuring that each shell can explode smoothly.

The emperor's imperial edict was just a little bit, even if he held his head, he had to do it. So these days, the soldiers worked overtime overnight to study and test the production. A few days later, the first batch of five hollow explosive shells and five explosives and oil incendiary bombs were finally made, and then reported to Emperor Jingtai and Yu Qian overnight. Therefore, Emperor Jingtai immediately made a decision and wanted to come in person the next day to check the experiment.

The next day, the weather was clear, and the low point of the test was in the test site behind the military battle. Emperor Jingtai, who had gone to the morning court, drove over with a group of ministers.

After getting off the dragon chariot, Emperor Jingtai walked directly to the cannons and saw a box behind the cannons. Each box contained two black shells. What was different from the previous shells was that they were drawn with a red pen on them, so they asked, "What is this for!"

The eunuch in charge immediately said: "Your Majesty, the shell designed by Lord Wang is ignited by gunpowder in the cannon. There was a fuse hitting the cannon. And when loading the cannon, the fuse must be inward, so that the cannon cannon fire and ignite the fuse of the cannon. So we marked it on it, but the soldier didn't know about it in the past."

Emperor Jingtai nodded slightly and said, "No, then okay, send someone to start the test shooting. Stay away from others. This is specifically mentioned in Lord Wang's comment."

"Yes, the emperor!"

The eunuch in charge said immediately, and with a wave of his hand, soldiers immediately began to load ammunition, and the leads left outside the cannon were also very long.

Emperor Jingtai also withdrew very far at this time.

After the loading was completed, the soldier ignited the fuse and left in a hurry, keeping a certain distance.

"Ziz!"

Blue blue smoke came out of the lead, and then disappeared at the tail of the cannon. Then, a loud bang was heard, and the entire cannon body shook. Then, in the distance, when an explosion sounded again on the hillside of the shooting range, a fireball suddenly rose, and then a ball of black smoke.

After the fire was opened, the soldiers immediately prepared a second round, and soon all five shells filled with gunpowder were fired.

He didn't care about his emperor's body, Jing Taidi hurried to the low point where the shells landed. When he suffocated, he saw that five large pits had been blown out at the place where the shells landed. There were still burning traces around the pit. After using it, he gently touched it, and there was still a warm feeling when he got it.

"Your Majesty, look!"

Yu Qian's voice came at this time.

Emperor Jingtai turned his head and saw that Yu Qian was standing more than twenty feet away from him. He walked over. He saw Yu Qian pointing at a stone. He looked down and saw that there was a deep mark on the stone. A piece of broken iron was inserted on it. He shook it with his hand, but it didn't move at all.

"It's really amazing!"

Emperor Jingtai couldn't help but sigh that in the past, the land-equipped artillery fired shotguns by infantry, and the range was very close. Now, the power of the artillery has greatly increased.

After returning to the test fire point, the artillery also fired a fire bomb. When the shell exploded, the gunpowder ignited the splash of oil. So when the shell exploded, there was a fire in the sky, and after it landed, there was a blazing fire.
Chapter completed!