Chapter 373: Initial Discussion of Artillery

With Su You Granules' character of returning to the warehouse, it would be foolish to sell cattle and sheep that have just passed the winter. Except for the people who paid for the canal repair, the rest were sent to the Langdutan Military Horse Farm for fattening and breeding.

Sitong Company is not in a hurry at all, because Xiaoyou said that in just two months, these sheep will be able to bring in the first big income without having to kill them.

After coming out of Chang'an, I thought that Gao Shilin was in Shangzhou, southeast of Chang'an, and it was time to go and see him.

Shangzhou City was called Shangluo in ancient times, and the Zhou Dynasty was the ancient kingdom.

According to "Zuo Zhuan", in order to develop its power to the Han River Basin, Qin united with Jin to attack the country.

Chu sent out troops from Shen and Xi to help, and made Zixi the Duke of Shang. The troops of Qin and Jin began to retreat. This is the origin of the word Shang in Shangzhou.

In the 20th year of Qin Xiaogong's reign, Wei Yang was successful in defeating the Wei Dynasty and granted Shang the title of "Shang Jun" in fifteen cities.

The climate here is good. There is a natural barrier of the Qinling Mountains in the northwest, which makes it difficult for cold air to invade. The mountainous terrain opening to the southeast is conducive to the entry of warm and humid air.

However, there are fewer rivers here than mountains, and there are more high mountains than low mountains. Except for the two sides of a Danshui River, which are suitable for planting, the rest of the land, not counting herbs, is mostly suitable for grazing rather than farming.

Due to the large gap in Shangzhou, water resources are extremely rich.

There is only one navigable river, Danshui.

However, this river cannot be underestimated. In the early days of Guangde in the Tang Dynasty, "the river transportation was blocked, and the canal was drawn from Hanmian to Shangshan and reached the capital. At that time, Zheng Road blocked the road in the Zhou Dynasty, and the tribute from the southeast came in, and the Caohan River was transferred to Shangshan."

In the Tang Dynasty, this road was called the "tribute road". It can be seen that at least during the Guangde period of Tang Dynasty, the food supply of the entire Chang'an basically relied on the line from Han River to Shangshan to ensure tribute from the southeast. This was a transportation artery connecting the capital of Tang Dynasty with various places in Wu and Chu. .

From Xiangyang Fucheng, we trace the Han River and pass six hundred miles to Jingzi Pass, another hundred and fifteen miles to Zhulin Pass, and another hundred and ten miles to Longju Village. The whole journey is more than 870 miles.

However, this road is not used today. The reason is very simple: Shaanxi is abandoned and Xiangyang is not short of salt.

Xiangyang has convenient waterways, and now it belongs to the Huaiyan Economic Zone. Without economic demand, no one would use the waterways.

Su You's arrival was met by Gao Shilin. The boy pretended to be a receptionist at the Longwang Temple in the west of the city.

Today's Shangzhou can be called a city of springs. The city is full of clear springs raised in the Qinling Mountains. The Longwangmiao Spring has clear water and good taste. It is a first-class famous spring comparable to Huiquan in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhou'an has now become deeply imprinted with the characteristics of Suyou, which is simple, efficient and exquisite. Therefore, the glass bowl for soaking Emei snow buds has become a standard item for senior officials of Zhou'an.

Gao Shilin is very shaken now. He discovered high-quality iron ore as soon as he arrived in Shangzhou. This kid has now changed his idle attitude and behaves according to the rules. He used Da Su's relationship to get into the cultural circle and swayed in front of Su You in the winter. Folding fan, crazy hint to Su You to read the inscription on the fan.

Su You took the folding fan and turned it on the pine cone charcoal stove.

"Eh? Eh... Mingrun, what are you doing?" Gao Shilin snatched the folding fan back: "This is the fan I asked for from Uncle Ouyang Yong!"

"Isn't the fan just for blowing the wind?" Su You said with an annoyed look on his face: "Okay, brother-in-law Gao Xiaoguo, pretending to be a dandy like a dandy, or pretending to be a loyal official, which one of these is the real you?"

"Your title is too unpleasant!" Gao Shilin put away the fan with great care: "It all depends on the needs of my sister and the official family. If the official family wants me to be a dandy, I will be a dandy. If the official family wants me to be a minister, I will be a dandy." , I will be a loyal minister."

After saying that, he smiled mischievously and said: "Now my brother is like a member of the imperial family. The emperor's brother-in-law stood up to fight with Uncle Cao Taiguo..."

After saying that, he cupped his hands and said, "Mingrun is my lucky star, brother. Have you ever seen steel made from big rocks?"

Su You nodded: "With good luck, ferrosilicon has been produced, and the arrowheads can be produced using the casting process."

Gao Shilin smiled and said: "The arrowheads of the Song Dynasty were originally cast. It's you, Su Mingrun, who insists on getting a forged steel armor-piercing awl. What's the matter? You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, so you can't bear it, right?"

Su You rolled his eyes: "Have you read Big Stone's research report? Once that thing is made, the performance of cast iron is already close to that of new steel! With this base, a new type of armor-breaking cone can be cast.

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Gao Shilin said "Ah?": "Oh, you told me earlier? I have sent all the memorials of Zhiping Qidao!"

Su You put his hand on his forehead: "Who is the ghostwriter for your memorial?"

Gao Shilin smiled and said: "This man will be here soon, and you have to meet him later. After all, he is still your old boss."

Su You was surprised and said: "Secretary Hongzhang? Why is he here?"

Gao Shilin curled his lips: "I don't know whether to call him lucky or unlucky. Wasn't there a flood in each state last year? The Zhou case was in charge of the canals. A new judge took office. He said that Secretary Hong's name was taboo, and he was punished with a memorial.

Out."

"Ah?" Su You was dumbfounded: "Is this okay?"

Gao Shilin served Su You more tea: "But it's hard to say that it's not a good thing. Following your brother, is it not better than Zhou Xian?"

After a while, Shi Tong and Hong Jiang came over. When Shi Tong saw the two people drinking tea, he shouted: "What's the best place to meet? How can the case arrange for the master to meet in the temple? It's such a cold day in a pavilion that's not around.

There’s a cool breeze blowing in!”

Su You chuckled and said, "You don't understand, Big Shitou. This is not in line with Xiao Guo's brother-in-law's acting!"

After saying that, he stood up and said, "Su You has met the Secretary Zhang. Is the Secretary Zhang okay?"

Hong Jiang quickly supported him: "Oh, I can't do it. When I accepted your gift, it was Mingrun. You had to follow the official rules. Now Lao Hong is under Mingrun."

After speaking, he bowed and saluted: "Hong Jiang, the judge of the Shangzhou Zhou case, met the deputy capital and accepted the decree."

Su You was a bit dumbfounded: "With Brother Hong's merits, he should indeed be promoted to a judge. But in this way..."

Hong Jiang also felt a little bit miraculous: "No matter what, I have finally moved from being a charlatan to a serious official in the capital."

Shi Tong disagreed: "The trick officer is pretty good. Why do you want to be transferred to the capital?"

Su You gave Shi Tong a kick: "If you transfer to the capital, you can continue to rise. You don't even understand this?"

Shi Tong shook his head: "Being an official is not as fun as making steel."

Su You laughed angrily: "You're crazy, aren't you? You feel great about making ball-milled iron, right? I arranged for you to come to Shangzhou to solve the problem of the milling machine's cutter head. Are you done?"

Shi Tong said: "Master, why are you so obsessed with the milling machine tool bit?"

Su You said: "It's nothing. I originally wanted to do it one step at a time, but now...sigh...it's better to do it step by step, and let's just do it step by step."

After speaking, he took out a drawing from the bag: "Look at this."

The drawing shows a strange four-wheeled vehicle with only a frame and no carriage. There is a thick tube placed on the frame.

Su You said: "Among the firearms of the Song Dynasty, are there similar ones?"

Hong Jiang looked at it and said, "Yes, this thing looks like a large musket."

"There are two types of fire guns. One type sprays flames to burn down enemy equipment, and the other type shoots bullets to kill and injure enemies."

Then he took out a piece of paper and said, "It's just like this."

Su You looked at the weird projectile, which looked like an arrow piercing an apple, and couldn't help but feel a little pain in his balls.

Hong Jiang pointed at Su You's drawing: "Well, it's not that I'm questioning Mingrun. This projectile doesn't have an arrow in the front, so the killing effect is not as good as that of a musket, right?"

This matter is easy to explain to the Tutu Temple team, but it is a bit troublesome to explain to Hong Jiang. Moreover, it is a military industry secret and it is not good for it to be spread too widely.

Su You thought for a while and said: "When I was in the case, I checked Da Song's medicine formula, but the ingredients of this thing are too complex, and its main effect is to generate fire and poisonous smoke."

"But when we played firecrackers in Kelongli, we once played a game. After lighting the firecrackers, we covered them with a copper bowl. After the explosion, the copper bowl would fly high."

Gao Shilin nodded and said: "Yes, the medicine-haired puppets in Bianjing City also have this trick. The medicine will drive the puppets to perform various actions, one of which is to throw flower balls into the air."

Su You said: "Well, in short, in order to make the copper bowl fly higher and higher, we took a completely opposite path to the Da Song Zhou Case Workshop."

"The third one is the same, more refined, finer, and purer. The formula does not need to be too complicated. As long as the purity is ensured, just three things: fire salt, charcoal, and sulfur can produce an explosion like a firecracker, but it is much more powerful.
Chapter completed!