Chapter 149: Guo Blacksmith builds cannons, Pei Man kills maids. Visitors!

Lao Yang began to review himself: since he traveled back to the Song Dynasty, he first struggled on the brink of life and death, then enjoyed his fortune in Lin'an City, and then built a base to build Jincheng. He has never seriously considered the creation and invention in recent years. In fact, even if it is to build glass and repair steel mills, it is still possible to develop some small and practical technologies. However, the livelihood issue has never bothered Lao Yang, so this issue has not been really mentioned on the agenda.

But the issue of making cannons raised by Guo Blacksmith made Lao Yang see a glimmer of hope in his turmoil: If Jincheng could be equipped with an elite soldier from the age of hot weapons, it would be like using cheaters to fight all over the world! Not to mention sweeping Yanyun and attacking Huanglong, as long as Lao Yang can live for more than ten years, it would not be difficult to unify the seven continents! Imagine that a row of cannons lined up in line, and the Shangjing city was crushed like flour under the fire. What is the Jurchen elite cavalry? What is the Mongolian iron cavalry? It is not the life of being cannon fodder! In addition to the North and South Poles, it is too cold. First, take over the European barbarians, and then build a few sugarcane gardens in the Americas. If you have nothing to do, go to the Caribbean for winter. Africa is just a big park and keep it as not to be busy with development. However, the oil in the Middle East must be dug out and oil lamps first!

yy Half a day later, Yang Zaixing enthusiastically devoted himself to the manufacturing of artillery. However, Lao Guo had no place to ask Yang Zaixing for guidance. It seemed that the development of the artillery had already been familiar with it. When the artillery was built and the drums and drums were used to invite Yang Zaixing to visit, Lao Yang was stunned: Where is the cannon? Where is the big cylinder? Where is the iron wheel? What is the line in front of him, there were actually a row of huge iron duck eggs about a foot in diameter!

"Old, old, old Guo!" Yang Zaixing was so disappointed that he couldn't speak smoothly. His fingers trembled at these iron duck eggs: "Is this a cannon?" Lao Guo thought that Yang Zaixing was very grateful for the products in front of him because they were made too well. He bowed humbly: "That's right. If my grandfather had not worked in Kaifeng's "Guangbei City Siege" and still existed at home, the old man would not be able to make it. With this weapon, Jincheng would be as solid as a god!"

Yang Zaixing felt lost, knowing that there was no so-called tube-shaped firearm in later generations at this time. Although this thing is called "cannon", it is just a larger firecracker. It is still possible to scare the cavalry and horse troop or shock the squadron. It is unimaginable if it is said that it is necessary to kill the enemy on a large scale. However, Lao Guo is so confident and spends a lot of effort, it is not easy to get rid of his excitement. He is now trying out the cannon. However, Lao Guo has been prepared for three miles around the test site.

The inside drove away the crowd and did not allow peeking, so he set up a catapult cart and placed the "cannon" on the stone land. At the order of Lao Guo, three apprentices ignited the lead exposed on the iron duck egg. The catapult was activated, and the iron duck egg flew straight out three hundred steps away and fell into a pit. There was only a sound of explosion. The sound shook the fields. Yang Zaixing instinctively lowered his head and protected his face with both hands. When the sound disappeared, when he looked up, he saw thick smoke rising from the pit and never dissipated for a long time.

Old Yang was on the whim and wanted to see what happened, but was pulled by the blacksmith Guo: "Master Yang, don't worry. This smoke is poisonous, and it's not too late to see it after it's dissipated." Yang Zaixing sweated violently: "Is this y actually a chemical weapon?" He asked casually: "What medicine is in this cannon?" Guo Blacksmith replied respectfully: "As the young man as stated in the "Wu Jing Zongyao": Jinzhou sulfur, yellow nests, flame salt, maru, dry paint, arsenic yellow, and other substances vary by pound. Do you want to look at the prescription?"

Yang Zaixing pulled out the black thread on his forehead. This prescription is simply a Chinese medicine prescription. No wonder the ancients called it "gunpowder". It turned out to be such a method of making it. But when he heard "Jinzhou sulfur", he suddenly became interested: "Mr. Guo, is this Jinzhou a place where sulfur is produced?" Jinzhou Prefecture is not far from here. If you can buy a large amount of sulfur, you can use it to produce gunpowder in the future.

Guo Blacksmith replied: "Sulphur produced in Jinzhou and flames produced in Jiezhou are all near Zezhou Prefecture. The old man had already ordered his disciples to purchase them with the business. Now each has more than 10,000 kilograms in the warehouse. If the adults have any needs, just give it."

Yang Zaixing was slightly satisfied: If the power of this "cannon" can be increased, and more black gunpowder can be thrown out like throwing stones, although it is far from comparable to that of later generations, it is always possible to treat it as an explosive pack? In the absence of cavalry, a large amount of infantry can probably be used to restrain the cavalry. Then he ordered: "Mr. Guo, don't cherish the money. If you have any needs, just go to Mr. Zhang. The more sulfur and flame nitride, the better. The more flame nitride is, it is not too much. It is not too much for 100,000 kilograms. The warehouse must be built a little bit apart and should not be close to one place. If you encounter Huilu, you will lose less."

Guo Blacksmith frowned and sighed: "Sir, I don't know that these things are all under the rule of the thief. If the business is not a wider business, even tens of thousands of pounds are difficult to buy. Not to mention 100,000 pounds, it will take more than 30,000 pounds to buy them for more than 30,000 pounds. I'm afraid it's difficult to deal with it." While speaking, Yang Zaixing was brought to the edge of the pit. A few iron pieces in the pit were broken. From the inside, it should be a cast iron shell. It was vaguely the "cannon" that was just an iron duck egg. A complex and unpleasant smell came out of the pit, which made the people around the pit feel uncomfortable. It seems that the power of this "chemical weapon" cannot be underestimated, but what disappointed Yang Zaixing was that he did not see cracked iron pieces on the wall of the pit. According to the weapon killing method of later generations, the ones that can really kill the troops should be those after the broken subway pieces!

This is not a difficult problem to solve. After all, you can cut the pattern on the iron duck egg to break the iron duck egg into a smaller size. However, such a complex charging formula has more functions, but the blasting power is much smaller. To explode the fragments on the iron shell and injure people, the formula must be modified relatively greatly, at least close to the power of the black gunpowder used in later generations. A more toxic move is to fill in the duck egg with some iron beads. After the explosion, the power is amazing, no less than dozens of iron guns fired at the same time.

As for making real cannons and shells, Yang Zaixing looked at the iron on the crack of the broken iron duck egg and sighed quietly: "I have never learned how to make steel in later generations, otherwise I would have let Lao Guo refine such things!" At this moment, I didn't expect Lao Guo to invent the plane tanks of later generations soon. I directly told the Blacksmith Guo about his improved ground shell plan and asked him to lead his disciples to further improve it. In addition, I vigorously collect and buy as much as possible, and try not to attract the attention of the golden people.

Another thing that made Yang Zaixing headache was the catapult: the catapult that could throw artillery three hundred steps away was not as large as the city defense. It was as high as two meters high and required three people to operate it. There were also several large stones pressed on the wooden frame below for fixing. In this way, with enough artillery (iron duck egg), defending the city is indeed a powerful weapon, but if you want to move and attack, it is a dream! The opponent on the plain battlefield will never give you two hours to assemble such a complex mechanism and then attack them calmly. Maybe your wooden frame has not yet been erected, the opponent has already started attacking.

The distance of the other 300 steps is very far, more than one hundred steps away from the maximum effective range of the archery ground. However, compared with a purely trencher, if the stone is smaller, the effective range is even larger than this. If it is compared with a bed crossbow, it is farther away. However, the cost of the bed crossbow is much higher than that of a stone.

"Mr. Guo, this 'cannon' is still too big. Can it be smaller and throw it farther? If it can be much smaller than this one. For example, for example, the head of this guy is smaller." Yang Zaixing pointed to the head of a young man who was giggling aside. The boy was so scared that he dared not open his mouth and hid behind his senior brothers.

Guo Blacksmith was shocked by Yang Zaixing's series of constructions. Seeing that he had completely subverted his concept of making cannons, he couldn't help but protest: "Sir, the more medicines this thing are, the louder it is. If it is smaller, what's the use? According to the "Wu Jing Zongyao", there are several kilograms of medicine in a cannon. Can it be filled if it is smaller?"

Yang Zaixing was completely overthrew: Lao Guo had a reference to the book, but he was just talking nonsense! He was too lazy to say anything at the moment, so he took Lao Guo back to the government office. He carefully drew the picture on the test site in the study: it was almost a slightly larger grenade, covered with thorns on the cloth. Lao Guo recognized this thing in a flash: "Is it a fire thorns drawn by thorns? It was found more than a hundred years ago, as it was recorded in "The General Yao of Wu Jing". Adults are really knowledgeable and memorable! The little old man admires it!" Yang Zaixing almost breathed a sigh of relief!

Lao Yang also gave Lao Guo a task: to test the new gunpowder formula, using only the "main medicine" of flame nitr, sulfur, and carbon powder. The ratio is about one pound of nitr, two liang of sulfur, and three liang of carbon powder. The specific formula can be adjusted. As long as it is powerful, it is good. But Lao Yang repeatedly reminded: These three things should be carefully ground as fine as possible while soaking in water. Then mix evenly, and finally dry-filled. You must also be careful when filling the medicine, and do not let iron beads splash out of the earth and sparks to detonate, otherwise the consequences will be worrying. After hearing this, Lao Guo was skeptical, but he followed the recipe honestly, just following Yang Zaixing's instructions, and he must not tell others about this recipe.

Yang Zaixing devoted himself to researching firearms, but Wanyan Dan was "breathing fire" over there! Since the birth of the concubine Zhang, the small Wanyan Daoji was less than four months old, but it was already the national high-profile of the Jin Dynasty. Wanyan Dan often considered the changes of Zhao Gou, thinking that he had finally had children and was always stronger than Zhao Gou. However, Ji'an's death also made Wanyan Dan dare not take it lightly, and always wanted to have another one more safe. However, after the concubine gave birth, she ascended the sky and enjoyed the honor and favor in the palace, but the queen Pei Man was greatly promoted.

Jealousy and hatred! So he joined forces with the royal family in the court to prevent Wanyan Tan from further enthroning the title of Concubine Zhang. The reason was that "Han women should not be enthroned"! Concubine Zhang's mother was the maid of Empress Wei in the past. She gave birth to this woman after being accused by Olibu. She was born with her mother's surname, Zhang. Pei Manshi actually refused to enthrone her on this ground. Wushu was deeply accomplicated. Wanyan Tan was very angry, but he did not dare to attack Wushu in the court, so he could only complain to Wanyan Liang in private.

Wanyan Liang grew up with Wanyan Dan since childhood, and he had no scruples in his words. He raised his glass of wine and drank it all: "Your Majesty, this old thief in the royal family is not worthy of his attention. If it is handed over to a certain family, hehe." While saying that, he reached out to make a cutting move on his neck. Wanyan Dan was shocked, and the blue veins on his forehead burst into pieces, clenched his fists, and smashed the wine in his hand heavily on the case, but then slowly let go: "Shen Shi Youming Jian, I am afraid that he will be uneasy when going to Beijing. Forget it, I will add some rewards to see if it can change my mind!" After saying that, he swallowed all the wine in it.

After being drunk that night, Wanyan Liang was led out by the attendant. However, Wanyan Dan lay high in the hall and refused to enter the bedroom. The attendant Daxingguo tried hard to help him, but was pushed away by Wanyan Danxin. Daxingguo did not dare to say anything, and signaled the underground palace maid to go forward to serve. When Wanyan Dan was half drunk, he saw the palace maid coming to help him in the hazy candlelight, and grabbed him, and murmured: "Concubine Xian, my concubine, after giving birth to a dragon, has not favored Concubine Xian for a long time. Don't leave. Stay with me tonight!" When Daxingguo heard this, he was so shocked that he led the crowd to withdraw. The palace maid dared not struggle. He was pulled to the couch by Wanyan Dan, and then served until dawn.

The next day, Wanyan Tan woke up and saw that he had been drinking too much last night, and the palace maid beside him was full of red flowers, which proved that he had been ridiculous last night and mistakenly recognized the palace maid as Zhang. But in the morning, there was a government official who had no time to care about these trivial matters. He pulled the brocade quilt to cover the palace maid and went to court. After noon, he went back to the harem for meals, but heard a sad scream from the side hall. Wanyan Tan frowned and asked Daxing National Highway: "Why is the palace so noisy?" Daxing Guo was speechless and said inexplicably. Wanyan Tan pushed open the gate of the side hall impatiently, but the palace maid who was serving fell naked to the ground and moaned. Pei Man sat on the couch with the maids, commanding the guards to beat them with sheep whips, and saw that he had only half his life.

"Queen! Why is this!" Wanyan Tan asked in a deep voice with a grave suppressed his anger.

"Your Majesty" Pei Man stood up from the couch indifferently: "This bitch doesn't know that he is humble and dares to accompany Your Majesty. I am the lord of the harem. How can I allow him to cause trouble in the chaos of the palace? Your Majesty no longer has to care about this matter, I will deal with it."

Wanyan Tan said in a trembling voice: "What if the dragon son was planted last night? Will the queen still put it to death?"

Pei Man looked sideways at the palace maid who had fainted: "The birth of such a bitch should not be orthodox, and it is not hindered from my great Jin Dynasty. Why should your Majesty worry about it?"

Wanyan Tan was so angry that he was trembling, but he couldn't do it and left angrily. Pei Man saw endless hatred in his eyes from the moment Wanyan Tan was about to leave. After Wanyan Tan left, he screamed in the side hall, and finally grabbed the knife from the waist of the guard and chopped it on the neck of the palace maid one by one. Blood splattered everywhere, and everyone was shocked to avoid it. Since then, Wanyan Tan never refused to go to Pei Man's palace again. Except for the place of the virtuous concubine, he would get drunk every day, or call Wanyan Liang to drink with him, and let the Pei Man and the royal family be extremely anxious and ignore it.

On November 15, 13th year of Shaoxing, at this time of chaos in the palace, Shangjing City ushered in the biggest wind and snow since the beginning of winter. The cold wind roared, the snow was gone in the streets and alleys, and there were few pedestrians. The Jincheng Business Branch Shangjing Branch had already collected business. Everyone was hot pot in the indoor hot pit to keep the cold. They drank a few cups of roasted knives, and the room was noisy, and they didn't realize the cold outside.

Suddenly, a guy stopped the cup of chopsticks: "Boss, it seems that there is someone outside the door!"
Chapter completed!