I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 220 Subversive

Zhu Houxuan made this suggestion to Zhu Houzhao today, firstly to increase the financial transparency of the new army and not give anyone the opportunity to get their hands on the new army's military pay.

The second reason was to draw a clear line between himself and Jiang Bin, even though Jiang Bin was trying to please him.

Zhu Houxuan was very clear about this. He was personally responsible for the logistics and equipment of the new army. If he became friends with the main general of the new army, it would be a way to his death.

He didn't know whether Jiang Bin was aware of this or not, but he was determined to become enemies with Jiang Bin.

No matter how good his relationship with Zhu Houzhao is now, he always remembers that Zhu Houzhao is the emperor. He must always give the emperor a sense of security and not let the emperor feel any danger. When the emperor feels in danger, a bloody storm will be set off.

For him at this stage, the red line still exists, and he still cannot touch anything within the red line.
Zhu Houzhao also followed him out of the military tent and saw Jiang Bin leading his imperial horse and waiting for him to mount.

Zhu Houzhao stepped on the stirrup and climbed onto the horse skillfully. He suddenly said, "Bin'er, from now on, the military pay will be distributed by the Ming Royal Bank. You just need to focus on training the troops."

After saying that, he stared closely at Jiang Bin's expression.

Jiang Bin was stunned by this sudden news, and then he understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
He always understood that a big part of the reason why he was so favored by Zhu Houzhao was because he had actually been on the battlefield and knew about military affairs, which was the foundation of his life, so he also firmly grasped any military-related matters around Zhu Houzhao.

This is the case with the new army. He has naturally regarded the new army as the capital for his future achievements.

But now the right to pay salaries to this army has been separated out. In his opinion, this is a complete provocation to him, so his face instantly turned a little ugly.

He quickly figured out what was going on. The new army had been discussed for two months and had been trained for a month, but Zhu Houzhao had not mentioned it. As soon as Zhu Houxun arrived, Zhu Houzhao brought it up. Why? The answer was extremely obvious!
Moreover, the Ming Royal Bank was also controlled by Zhu Houxuan.
Jiang Bin subconsciously glanced at Zhu Houxuan who was not far away, and a hint of coldness flashed across his face.
I have never interfered in the area you are responsible for, but now you have started to interfere in the area I am responsible for. This is simply unbearable! Jiang Bin thought to himself.

However, he thought of Zhu Houzhao's trust in Zhu Houxun and felt that it was not appropriate to break up with him. Moreover, in the current situation, Zhu Houzhao had taken the initiative to talk to him about this matter. He could not find a reason to refuse, and it would not be good to refuse.

Zhu Houzhao saw all the changes in Jiang Bin's expression, and he suddenly found it very interesting and felt relieved.
"Your uncle is doing this for your own good," Zhu Houzhao continued. He saw a flash of anger in Jiang Bin's eyes, and he felt more at ease.

"I know you won't touch the military pay, but your subordinates are not as conscious as you. It would be bad if you were implicated by them. It's better to hand this matter over. Out of sight, out of mind," Zhu Houzhao took the initiative to comfort him.

It has to be said that Zhu Houzhao's political skills were becoming more and more sophisticated. He directly pointed out the contradictions of the problem and did not forget to appease and win over Jiang Bin, leaving him speechless.

"I will follow the orders of my father, the Emperor." Jiang Bin said, bowing.

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, and the group soon arrived at a wasteland outside the military camp.

Zhu Houxuan's carriage carrying weapons was already waiting there. The first to appear was the plate armor.

"This is the Type 14 plate armor, with plate armor protecting the chest and abdomen, and cloth armor protecting the limbs. In order to protect against Mongolian bows and arrows, the brim of the iron helmet has been lengthened and widened. In addition, there is an iron mask to protect the face. The cost of a complete set is silver coins." Zhu Houxuan personally introduced.

The group of people stared at the dozen or so sets of plate armor laid out in a row with amazement in their eyes.

"This set of plate armor is lighter than the traditional blue armor, and has much stronger protective capabilities. Our tests show that it can easily block light arrows shot from Mongolian bows, and can block heavy arrows shot from more than thirty meters. It is easy to wear and does not affect movement after wearing it. In close combat, it has good protective effects against both sharp and blunt weapons," Zhu Houxuan continued to introduce.

Zhu Houzhao was very curious about these new armors. He tried them on himself and was very satisfied with them.

Finally, they tested the new armor with a Mongolian bow, and the results were even better than what Zhu Houxuan had said.

"It is inexpensive, has excellent performance, and looks good. It is really a good set of armor!" Zhu Houzhao exclaimed.

This set of armor is very beautiful. It was specially designed by Zhu Houxun. The cloth surface of the armor is all red. It does not look as bulky as ordinary cloth armor. Some places have been slimmed down, so it looks very good.

The second one to appear is the new sword. There is nothing much to say about the new sword except its shape and material. In fact, the strength and toughness of the new sword are much better than the 镔铁刀 that Zhu Houxuan sold at a high price, because the 镔铁刀 is a mixture of several steel materials, and the stress is more complicated, while the new sword uses a single alloy steel.
Everyone present reacted indifferently to the new knife because they had seen this thing too many times.

The third one to appear is the bird gun.

"This is the Type 1.4 bird gun, which is about 7 meters long and weighs about 14.88 kilograms. The gunpowder usage is 11.16 grams, the bullet weight is 150 grams, and the range is about meters (for the sake of being more intuitive, we use modern units of measurement here)." Zhu Houxuan introduced.

The 1.4-meter-long bird gun still seems a bit short compared to his height of more than meters, but for most people, this musket, which is obviously for one person, is a bit scary.
"Bird gun? What a strange name?" Zhu Houzhao asked curiously while looking at the bird gun in his hand.

"Because this gun is very accurate and can shoot down flying birds, it is called a bird gun."

"Can you shoot down flying birds?"

Everyone present started talking about it, as this was beyond their understanding of firearms.
But after a demonstration, everyone realized that this was a revolutionary weapon.
Because the barrel of the early Ming Dynasty fire gun was short, resulting in a low initial velocity, and the ignition method made it impossible to aim, so the early Ming Dynasty fire gun had no concept of aiming, it was just roughly aimed in the direction, but the appearance of the bird gun directly overturned the Ming Dynasty people's understanding of light firearms.
In real history, the Ming Dynasty learned the manufacturing method of bird guns during the Jiajing period.

It immediately caused a major change in military equipment and soon became one of the main light firearms equipped by the Ming army. The Ming Hui Dian records that 1 bird-beak guns were manufactured in the th year of Jiajing.

According to Qi Jiguang's "Records of Military Training", the infantry battalion of Qi's army had 2699 people, equipped with 1080 bird guns, accounting for about 40%.

In terms of the use and understanding of firearms, the Ming army was not behind the times at all.
(End of this chapter)