Chapter 124: Analysis
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“Fire tubes? What are those?”
Pang Yukun looked puzzled. As a civil official, he had little knowledge of military weapons, so he asked.
Fire tubes were the local term for cannons in the Great Yu Empire. The earliest cannons came in various shapes, with tube-like designs being the most common, hence the name “fire tubes.”
In Xiao Ming’s previous world, fire tubes were also known as fire lances.
Back then, the use of fire lances began in the Song Dynasty and matured during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. By the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was heavily equipped with firearms.
However, even with firearms more advanced than those of the Qing army, the Ming Dynasty still met its downfall.
Therefore, Xiao Ming did not believe in the supremacy of weapons, as it was the people who wielded them that determined the outcome of wars.
Over the past few months, Xiao Ming had deeply realized that the core of governance was to unite the people of his fiefdom around him. Only when his commands were followed by all could he achieve true stability.
Of course, under this premise, equipping the army with more advanced weapons would make it invincible.
“As for fire tubes, Chief Secretary Pang will soon find out what they are,” Xiao Ming said, exchanging a glance with Zhan Xingchang before smiling.
Then he added, “But the name ‘fire tube’ is too crude. Let’s call them cannons instead.”