Fu Xuechen felt confident, and couldn't help but smile at Yunzuo: "But have you ever thought about it, Your Highness, just like the blade of a sword, which was originally made of easily damaged copper, has developed into the refined iron it is today, and its power has doubled.

The growth of firearms is the same? From the day it appeared, it was destined to continue to develop, becoming more and more powerful, getting closer and closer to the destructive power of fire, until it eventually replaces swords, bows and arrows? "

Yun Zuo didn't believe it in his heart, but he couldn't help being confused by Fu Xuechen's extremely confident demeanor: "What did you say? Replace swords and bows and arrows? How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible?" Fu Xuechen turned on the deception mode: "Take the nomadic cavalry in the north as an example! They have grown up on horses since they were young, and they use the power of horses to conquer the world. Although our bows and arrows can attack from a distance

, a single arrow

The power is not enough, let alone the few sharpshooters in the army. If the number is small, it is difficult for ordinary sergeants' arrows to hurt people, let alone horses. When the opponent arrives with their horses, the sergeants will have no choice but to be slaughtered.

There's no way two legs can run as fast as four legs, right?"

"There are also swords and spears. They are all melee weapons. You must get close to the enemy before you can start fighting, right? At this time, our own sergeants must also ride horses, otherwise they will not be able to fight the opponent's cavalry.

But if both the enemy and ourselves are fighting on horseback, how many of our troops can match their nomadic riding skills?"

Yoong Zuo frowned, feeling heavy in his heart. He knew that although his father claimed to have unified the Central Plains and used the Great Wall to guard it, he kept the threat from the north out of the Great Wall. But in fact, his father also caught up with him.

It is a good time for several ethnic groups in the north to be in conflict with each other and become disorganized.

If one day a hero emerges from the north, kneads this loose sand together, and then marches his army south to the border, the disaster will be too serious. The infantry will not be able to defeat the cavalry, and the cavalry will not be able to achieve success in an attack. Fu Xuechen's words, but also

It really pokes holes in the military weaknesses of the Darong Empire.

"So! When the day when the fire gun is fully developed, none of this will be a problem!" Fu Xuechen is still talking: "At that time, everyone will have a fire gun, and they can hit people at the top and horses at the bottom, ten times a second.

A few bullets can kill people, but can they completely replace swords, bows and arrows?"

Yoong Zuo unconsciously squinted his eyes: "Are you talking about a fire gun? Not an unknown 'artifact' you just imagined, right?"

Hearing a hint of sarcasm in the Sixth Prince's tone, Fu Xuechen stopped: "How can I be just imagining this? You said that the current muskets are slow to load, so you can find a way to make ammunition bags of the same size in advance.

, when you need to use it, just plug it in, and the loading speed will be faster, right? Or changing the front loading of the projectile to the rear loading can also speed up the loading speed!"

"There is also the problem of the fuse. It is slow and troublesome to ignite the fuse. It cannot be used in rainy and snowy weather. Then there is such a thing as flint? Cut the flint into the size of beans and set up a small mechanism to install it in the fire gun.

Just pull the trigger and you can directly ignite the gunpowder bag in the chamber, right?"

"There is also the problem of projectiles. I feel that round pellet-shaped bullets do not have enough penetrating power. Then make the projectile a pointed one! Then study the ingredients of the gunpowder to find a gunpowder with the same weight but greater power.

, wouldn’t the bullet’s penetrating power increase?”

"As for accuracy, add rifling and front sight! There is also the problem of blasting the barrel, it must be because the quality of the barrel is so poor! Let those craftsmen work hard to create a blast furnace that can burn higher heat, and make higher-quality products.

Just good molten steel will do! And as the quality of steel increases, the diameter of the barrel can be reduced, and the weight can become lighter and easier to carry..."

At this point, Fu Xuechen suddenly realized that he seemed to have talked too much!

Fortunately, at this time, the time for the riding and archery class seemed to have arrived. The other princes and their companions arrived at the martial arts field one after another. Master Na and Master Liu, who had appeared in the last martial arts test, also appeared beside the martial arts field.

Fu Xuechen took the opportunity to stop talking: "In short, there are still many areas for improvement in the firecrackers. I believe that these improvements have been made to the extreme. Then the era of firecrackers replacing swords and bows will come! Okay, both teachers have

Here you go, Your Highness, we should prepare for class!"

Fu Xuechen was secretly happy that he finally succeeded in delaying time through his deception and avoided the pain of wasting his arm strength.

But Yoong Zuo was really dumbfounded by her blabbering. Each of these words sounded like she was bragging, but when she thought about it carefully, they seemed to have strong feasibility. It seemed that she really followed her instructions.

If we improve in this way, one day, fire blunderbuss will become so powerful that it can eventually replace swords, guns, swords and halberds. Putting aside everything else, just using flint to replace the fuse is a wonderful improvement...

With these thoughts in his mind from time to time, Yoong Zuo actually experienced this for the first time. He almost spent the whole afternoon in a state of trance during the riding and shooting class. It was all because of his usually excellent riding and shooting skills that he was able to get through it.

Compared with later generations, the riding and archery martial arts classes scheduled in the afternoon in this era were not very long, starting from 1:30 pm to 1:30 pm, and ended in one hour. According to the time of later generations, that is between 2:00 and 4:00 pm.

Time, school ends quite early.

During the break from school, the younger princes would usually play in the martial arts arena for a while. The older princes, like the fourth prince, would go to the royal library to read a lot of books, and also take the opportunity to ask for advice from the bachelors in the library.

knowledge.

Today, Yoong Zuo was in a daze, not in the mood to play, nor did he return to the prince's residence. Instead, he wandered outside the Qianming Palace without knowing it.

Emperor Yuan'an was currently reviewing memorials in the Qinzheng Hall of Qianming Palace. He heard from Zheng Ze that the Sixth Prince was outside the palace gate, and he did not report that he wanted to see him. He just wandered there, muttering a few words from time to time, and it seemed that

Full of thoughts, he couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately signaled to Zheng Ze: "Send him to come in!"

Even though they are biological father and son, after all, they were far apart before, and there was no chance to cultivate the relationship between father and son. Finally, after the war was over, his father became a high and majestic emperor again. Yoong Zuo felt both alienated and in awe of his father, and he clearly felt in his heart.

There were many questions that could not be answered, and it seemed that only his father in the palace could answer them for him. But when he came unconsciously, he hesitated, and when he suddenly heard the summons, he was so frightened that he almost turned around and ran away.

"My dear father, I bow to you!" Yoong Zuo followed the palace etiquette, held his left knee with his palm, knelt on his right knee, and bowed with his right fist touching the ground.

"Get up!"
Chapter completed!