Chapter 136 Chao Wendao
Johnson Tang didn't want to go to the Military Weapon Bureau, which seemed to be within Zhu Cixuan's expectations: "Mr. Tang, I know that you don't want to make more murderous weapons to avoid the loss of life, right?"
John Tang nodded: "Your Highness, the lower official is a believer of God. The omnipotent God does not allow believers to kill. The fifth of the Ten Precepts of the Ten Precepts. The lower official of the Red Barbarian Cannon still has sins after the red barbarian cannon is made. The lower official prays day and night that the red barbarian cannon kills and hurts people's lives. Although it is not my hand, it finally arose because of me."
"You are wrong, Lord Tang, you are extremely wrong. The red barbarian cannons are to resist foreign humiliation. You think that if I, Daming, did not have this weapon, and Jiannu entered the Central Plains, many creatures would be miserable. I don't know what the doctrine you believe in, but if you think about it carefully, it is always right to save all people from water and fire. I want to transfer you to the Military Weapon Bureau, just to make magical weapons and weapons to prevent foreign humiliation and protect the safety of my Daming people."
Joshua Chan was stunned. The red cannon was indeed powerful. He made an important contribution to the Ming Dynasty's resistance to foreign humiliation, but Joshua Chan was always a little guilty. He was a religious person and couldn't help but be confused. He heard Zhu Cilang say this, and he immediately felt relieved.
Any kind of decent believer has the purpose of saving the world and saving people. In this way, the God he believes in not only will he not think that he is a sin, but rather a sublimated good deed.
Seeing that Joshua Tom was moved, Zhu Cixuan continued, "As long as you enter the Military Weapon Bureau, I will allow you to preach in my Ming Dynasty. As long as your doctrine is to encourage the people to be good, the court will allow it, how about it."
The process of Catholicism entering our country was tortuous and volatile. In the Yuan Dynasty, Catholicism was once introduced to our country, but it was interrupted. After the Ming Dynasty, Catholicism was introduced to China again. Missions from the Jesuits, Franciscans and Domingo Society came to China one after another to preach, among which the Jesuits sent by Portugal were the most powerful. Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit sect, used the dissemination of scientific knowledge as a medium, and used the integration of Catholic doctrines and Confucian ethical concepts as a missionary policy, actively engaged in the Chinese intellectual class, laying the foundation for the widespread dissemination of Catholicism in China.
Zhu Cilang showed his attitude to Johnson Chan. As long as you assist me in making weapons in the Ming Dynasty, I will allow you to preach and preach.
For the believer of Joshua Tsang, Zhu Ciyang's words were a great joy. This is the crown prince. If he ascends the throne in the future, he will be the emperor. If the emperor can support his mission, his mission will be completed.
At that moment, Joshua Chan was overjoyed and no longer cared about anything else: "Okay, the official is willing to go to the Military Weapon Bureau to assist the court in developing weapons."
Zhu Cilang smiled slightly: "That's right. As long as you do your business with peace of mind, I will naturally not treat you badly."
The knowledge that Tang Johnson learned was quite rich. He studied Western science and technology culture in the 16th century quite profoundly. During his speech, Zhu Cixuan found that Tang Johnson really helped him a lot. For example, in the production of red cannons.
Although Zhu Cixuan knew more advanced cannons and howitzers, these smokeless guns were definitely not built with the technology he had mastered at present. Even if it was a red cannon, Zhu Cixuan only knew the principle. He was actually confused about how to make the specific cannons.
Johnson Chan knew very well about this, including the forging of the cannon chamber, the selection of iron tools, and the complicated production process. Johnson Chan told Zhu Cixuan one by one.
Then Zhu Cilang discovered that the cast iron technology was still not good at making red cannons. First, cast iron used forging technology. First, burn the steel bars red, and then wrap them on the log. The diameter of the log is the diameter of the gun. Repeatedly add steel bars to wrap them up, and gradually make them into steel barrels. The prototype of the cannon came out. Then, the steel bars were added to wrap them so that the chamber wall was thick enough and then cut off, and then quenched and tempered. Finally, the Wangshan and the door were made, which was equivalent to the sights first, and then the gun was tested.
The gun as a whole gradually becomes thinner from the tail of the gun toward the muzzle. The advantage of this is that it conforms to the principle of the gun barrel pressure from high to low when the gunpowder is burning. The cumbersome annealing and quenching treatment process treats different parts of the gun, so the casting process is very expensive and time-consuming.
After hearing Tang Ruowang's words, Zhu Cilang nodded: "The craftsmanship of this red cannon is pretty good, but this lead-made projectile needs to be improved. When I was in Yizhou, I accidentally made a flowering bullet. Lord Tang can get a glimpse of the truth."
At this moment, Zhu Cilang briefly explained the principle of the flowering bullet to Jokovic, which made Jokovic shocked and shocked.
This prince is so awesome!
How did he think that he could actually improve the solid shell into a flowering shell that exploded when it landed. At this time, Tang Ruowang admired Zhu Cilang and was overwhelmed.
At this time, Western technology has made great progress. Johnson Chan already understood some simple physicochemical theoretical knowledge. Zhu Cilang just needed to talk to him about the production process, and Johnson Chan felt enlightened.
Zhu Cilang was very depressed before, extremely depressed. Although he knew how to make flower bullets, he even taught Xia Dechao step by step. However, if Xia Dechao made it himself alone, he would not be able to do it even if he killed his head.
Although he had a lot of theoretical knowledge, Zhu Cixuan could not find someone to communicate with. Whenever he talked about these mechanical knowledge with others, the other party was often confused, as if he was listening to a heavenly book.
Only this Tang Ruowang can understand what Zhu Cilang means. Although sometimes the words of the young prince are indeed obscure and difficult to understand. A certain sentence of Zhu Cilang will also touch the blind spots of Tang Ruowang's knowledge, but as long as Zhu Cilang explains more, Tang Ruowang will basically understand.
The two of them had a great conversation, but it was late at night before they knew it. Sun Wangcai urged him several times, and Zhu Cilang ignored him. Finally, he was angry and kicked him out: "Get out, you are not allowed to come in without the orders of my palace. Go outside to guard me! And you, Meng Fanchao, you go out too."
It's so late, something will happen if you don't go back to the palace. But Zhu Cilang became addicted to chatting, and Tang Ruowang felt even more like he met a soulmate. When he heard the excitement, Tang Ruowang couldn't help but take off his hat with red face, touched his hair, and was excited like chicken blood.
It turns out that there is such a vast world in this technology. Some of the things that the Prince of the Crown Prince said to him have created a new field of science.
This is like an ordinary scientist who met Einstein whom he had admired for a long time. The more he heard it, he couldn't help but get up and kneel down at Zhu Cilang: "Your Highness is as vast as the sea of knowledge, and the lower-ranking officials are like the eyes of the sky today. You people in the Central Plains have a saying that you can die in the morning and die in the evening. Your Highness, please accept the lower-ranking officials!" After that, Tang Ruowang kowtowed heavily to Zhu Cilang.
Chapter completed!