Ding Shiqing was older than Emperor Wanli thought, and much quieter than he thought.

Wanli once thought that Han Jin, who had a Chinese character face and a short robe, was Ding Shiqing, and it seemed that being like this person in the emperor's head was in line with his impression of the name Ding Shiqing.

Facts have proved that people with great courage in the world may not necessarily be brave.

To be honest, Ding Shiqing was quite scared. They were all very scared, not just because they were meeting the emperor.

They had long known that the place where the emperor summoned them would be Tsinghua Garden, but because of the name Tsinghua Garden, the people thought it would be a royal garden.

In fact, it is indeed royal now, but it is not very similar to gardens.

When you enter the garden, you have to take a boat from the previous lake. On the lake, you have to take a boat that has no sails and smoke. The steam engine has spread all over the place, especially in Suzhou and Hangzhou. There are many handicraftsmen there, and they are all weavers. They are very familiar with the buzzing sounds of the steam engine hidden in the boat.

Waiting for the boat to dock is really shocking.

The willow embankment blocked the view, and it looked beautiful from a distance. When I got off the boat, I found that the ground was full of trenches that were dug in seven vertical and eight horizontal directions. The cannons that the emperor personally trained by the soldiers were placed randomly on the edge of the trenches. The sound of bird guns fired from afar came from afar. From time to time, the sound of grenades made in the sixth year of Wanli and the explosion of arrows from the Divine Power Machinery.

A series of light patrol guards carrying guns on their shoulders walked along the embankment. When they saw the emperor, they did not kneel down and turned to the left neatly. Then they took a step back and turned to the back two teams in front and back. The front team squatted and raised their guns to be fired, and the back team held the bird gun in a standing posture and slashed in a "click" and prepared to charge. The captain who was leading raised his hand to block the emperor's queue, and then raised his left arm to make a drop, "Command!"

The emperor looked back with a serious face, and his feet were naturally shoulder-width as wide as he was... Don't get me wrong, it had nothing to do with him when he was confused by the horse's back. King Lu, who was almost confused by the horse's back, ran up all the way, and said crisply: "**Tongfeng, the command!"

Although the prince is funny, the captain is professional. Not only did he not laugh but he said very seriously: "The nine provinces are in harmony."

After saying that, the front team stood up and returned to the team, held their heads up and their chests at the top, raised their chins and stuffed them high, and said in unison: "Greetings to Your Majesty!"

"Okay, okay, that's the spirit."

It was the emperor's turn to take action now. Ding Shiqing and others suddenly found that their young emperor was a little silly smiling, his eyes narrowed, and waved to the patrol guards: "Listen to my order, turn right, go forward, and continue patrolling!"

The patrol guard bowed to Wanli again, and then lined up to leave. Wanli then turned to Ding Shiqing and others who were following him, "Look at this equipment. The world Taiping gun was made in the eighth year of Wanli. Isn't that beautiful wooden holder? I have tried it myself. Fighting with people is no different from holding a short gun. Look at the ball of dragon breastplate, which is called the Dragon Pattern Mother Breast Plate, which is made in the ninth year of Wanli."

"Don't underestimate it. This set of breastplate has three layers inside and outside, steel armor, brazed ball dragon, and middle core armor material. I won't tell you the latest confidential design of Xuanfu Martial Arts Hall, which is only three and a half pounds heavier than in the past. If you stick a bird gun until five steps, you can't kill him."

The emperor was purely entertaining himself, and the people behind him were almost uninterested in this thing, and even keeping him indifferent seemed meaningless.

In fact, the core inside this set of mother-child breastplate is nothing magical. A mixed armor piece made of fire cloth and porcelain plate is added between the copper dragon and the steel breastplate.

Washing fire cloth was commonly known as asbestos. In the past, it was only available in the Western Regions. Later, minerals were discovered in Shu. Because of their high temperature resistance, they were usually used in some places where fire resistance was needed. Because the Steam Bureau, Telegraph Bureau, and Military Equipment Bureau all needed further development of materials science, this task was eventually assigned to be completed by the three major military equipment bureaus.

However, it was a coincidence that it was invented and put in the breastplate. Jingdezhen sent ceramic sample bricks of various thicknesses and firing techniques. The surveyor smashed them with bird guns, but he did not pass through a piece of ceramic tiles wrapped in a fire cloth. The lead balls smashed the ceramic tiles, but did not penetrate the outer fabric, which was amazing.

The most surprising thing is that a lot of old researchers didn't recognize what this thing was. I just sent a letter to Jingdezhen to figure it out. I searched for some of them to experiment and verify that it was easily penetrated by bird guns from all distances alone, but it can indeed play a good protective role when worn with ceramics. It only takes two parts of the thick ceramic and the same thick asbestos cloth to block the bird gun from twenty-six steps outside the shooting.

Within twenty-six steps, wearing this alone will still be damaged by the impact force but not fatal - when Emperor Wanli saw this when he saw this in his experimental report, he rewarded the Xuanfu Military Weapon Bureau with 100 taels of silver without saying a word.

Needless to say, this must be someone who was injured in a test.

If you put on the breastplate and then put on this, even if you approach it for three steps, you can only leave a large dent on the breastplate and you will not be able to touch the body at all.

Similarly, it has good defense capabilities for bows and arrows, but it is not as good as firearms. Researchers in the Experimental Martial Arts Hall believe that the arrows are sharp enough to cut off asbestos silk, while the round lead balls cannot be cut off all, and they come up with the theory of power transmission to tell the emperor that they are about to try their children and mother armor.

When the lead ball is hit to a relatively soft copper ball dragon decoration, it will first deform and remove part of the force. After penetration, it will continue to hit the asbestos cloth. Some of the asbestos threads will be broken, but the other part will be wrapped in a lead bullet to crush the ceramic plate. The force will increase through the crack range, just like the same force swinging the hammer and stabbing the spear. The spear penetrates the soil and the hammer cannot be smashed into the soil. In the end, the steel breastplate will offset all the strength.

However, this kind of armor has not been circulated in various troops. Only the 2,000 Imperial Army equipment in Wanli Tsinghua Park, and the three major military weapons bureaus are still experimenting with designing more mature materials and shapes.

For example, the Guangzhou Prefecture Lecture Hall assigned Jingdezhen last year to fire an integrated ceramic plate with an outer layer of asbestos cloth, and after the experiment, it has placed a large number of orders this year.

This year, the Beijing Shipbuilding Ship brought back the Beiyang Military Weapons Bureau to try to make the shell of the Dragon and the Child Armor into a cushion. It believes that after it is broken, the bullet holes are melted with copper liquid and re-plug a bulletproof daughter board to defend again, which can reduce the repair cost.

At the same time, the Beiyang Military Weapons Bureau is also starting to redesign the helmet and neck, adding the application of this new material to the forehead and throat.

"Tell you that they are all trained by me personally. Don't think that they have never fought a war, they are not inferior to the soldiers trained by Chen Mu and Qi Jiguang."

The people looked at each other, what could they say?

Ding Shiqing wanted to speak but stopped. He wanted to ask the emperor why he had to compete with his generals for military training.

Perhaps because of his straight head, Han Jin kept giggling in strong restraint. After Ding Shiqing glared at him several times, he said in a very low voice: "Teacher, the emperor is like us, and he is going to rebel!"

"I thought you would tie up a few corrupt officials, but why did you help me in the end except this stupid governor? I saw that the list was full of gentry without officials and positions? I was very dissatisfied."

After entering the main hall of the front yard of Tsinghua Park, the emperor waved his hand to the few people seriously and said, "But it doesn't matter. The people from the Ministry of Justice have not arrived yet. I am not in a hurry. In addition to this matter, there are more important issues to ask you to come - you say, I want to hear the voices of the people in the world, just like you this time, if I knew it early, you don't have to seize the telegram room."

"I know that there is a reason for you, but this is always bad. When I get up, I don't want to blame you."

As soon as the emperor spoke, Ding Shiqing bowed and gave a big gift. As soon as he bowed, all the people behind him followed him, which made Wanli not dare to speak. He hurriedly called everyone to sit down, and then sighed and said, "I want to set up a decree so that the people in every place can tell me directly when they encounter difficulties."
Chapter completed!