Chapter 243: Firing in the martial arts field; turning over cards in the harem
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Chapter 243: Firing in the martial arts field; turning over cards in the harem
The admiring gazes cast by everyone fell on the cannon touched by Zhao Guanjia's hands.
The great eunuch Liang Shi, who was good at flattering, was full of praise for the artillery designed by the Zhao Guan family...
Prince Zhao Huan, King Yun Zhao Kai and King Kang Zhao Gou all expressed their admiration...
Zhao Ji touched the cannon and naturally knew that this cannon was not the original creation of him as a time traveler, but a design drawing he drew based on what he knew about the Ming Dynasty Hongyi cannon and submitted it to a firearms manufacturing workshop for development.
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Hongyi Cannon, also known as Hongyi Cannon.
Its prototype is a long-barrel artillery invented in Europe in the 16th century; it was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty and was quickly copied.
A long-barreled, spindle-shaped front-loading cannon that was invented in Europe in the mid-to-late 16th century and commonly used on battleships. It was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty and was called the Hongyi cannon by the Chinese.
The so-called "red barbarians" refer to the red-haired Dutch and Portuguese.
Officials of the Ming Dynasty often covered these cannons with red cloth, so they called them "red cannons". There is also a theory that the Qing Dynasty avoided the word "barbarians", so they renamed these cannons "red cannons".
At this time, Zhao Ji put his hand on the ear of the Hongyi cannon and looked at it carefully.
Firearms manufacturer Chen Gui saw that Zhao Guan's family couldn't put it down, so he bowed and clasped his fists, smiled and said truthfully:
"This artillery was manufactured by the craftsmen of the firearms manufacturing workshop led by Wei Chen based on the design drawings drawn by His Majesty.
When Wei Chen first received the artillery design drawings given by His Majesty, he still didn't understand why such cylindrical lugs were cast on both sides of the center of gravity of the cannon body?
However, after the previous gunner's test firing experiment, I suddenly realized that His Majesty's thoughts and concerns are far beyond those of ordinary people like us.
This artillery has lugs on both sides. Before firing the artillery, you can use the lugs as a shaft to adjust the shooting angle, and then according to the amount of gunpowder loaded into the artillery, you can change the range!"
Zhao Ji smiled and nodded, pointed at the front sight and rear sight of the artillery, and asked:
"The front sight and rear sight I designed for this artillery gun, how do you think the effect will be during the firing experiment?"
Chen Gui immediately said excitedly: "Your Majesty, with the sight and rear sight of this artillery gun, the gunner can calculate the ballistic trajectory according to the parabolic principle taught in His Majesty's secret decree. The accuracy is greatly improved!"
Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "The artillery I designed has a long barrel, thick wall, thicker tail, and a tail bead with a large caliber. The overall shape is from the muzzle to the tail.
Gradually thickened.
Does Chen Aiqing know why I designed it like this?"
Chen Gui had thought about this problem more than once when he received the design drawings from Zhao Guan's family a few months ago, but he was unable to come up with the correct answer.
Chen Gui shook his head in shame and said, "I am a humble minister. I know the profound meaning of your majesty's design."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed and said, "Chen Aiqing is being too modest. Let me tell you, this type of artillery is designed with a long barrel, thick wall, and large caliber. The overall shape gradually becomes thicker from the muzzle to the tail.
It is most in line with the principle that when gunpowder is burning in the barrel, the chamber pressure changes from high to low."
I hear the stereotypes but I seem to understand them.
Zhao Ji saw that Chen Gui was still confused, so he simply explained it to him and said leisurely:
"I designed it this way so that when the gunpowder burns in the gun barrel, the chamber pressure will increase quickly, so that the projectiles in the gun barrel can be launched powerfully.
In this way, it can not only prevent the chamber from exploding, but also make the projectile launch farther!
After the projectiles are fired, there is no need to have an excessively high chamber pressure in the gun bore. The chamber pressure must be quickly reduced so that the gunpowder and projectiles for the next shot can be filled quickly."
After hearing this, Chen Gui suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is wise, and only after your Majesty's instructions do I understand the truth!"
The prince Zhao Huan who was next to Zhao Ji, the king of Yun, Zhao Huan, and the king of Kang, Zhao Gou, could not understand the conversation between his father and Chen Gui at all.
However, they all felt that their father was really great at designing gunpowder weapons!
With the approval of Zhao Ji, the firearms manufacturer Chen Gui gave the order, and the artillery truck was pulled forward fifty steps away from here, and fired at a thick stone wall that had been built on the hillside for more than 400 steps.
Under the expectant eyes of everyone, the four artillery queens were ordered to drive two oxen and pull the artillery cart forward slowly.
"Creak, creak..." The wheels and axles made of steel on the gun carriage make a beautiful and sweet sound when they rotate.
Zhao Ji looked at the gun carriage moving forward and couldn't help but feel excited.
Although this kind of red barbarian cannon had long been eliminated in the military wars of modern society before he traveled through time,
However, in AD 1121, the third year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, this artillery was six hundred years ahead of the world!
In fact, Zhao Ji, a time traveler who is a master of history, knows that when this kind of red barbarian cannon was first introduced to China from Europe in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, foreigners mainly used copper to make this kind of cannon.
Copper is used as raw material to make this cannon.
Although, it is not easy to explode, nor is it easy to have pores, and it even has a longer lifespan;
However, its cost is too high and its weight is too heavy, which are fatal shortcomings.
The smart craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty thought of using steel to make this cannon to replace the copper cannon. After many experiments, they really succeeded!
In turn, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, China also exported its technology of steel casting artillery to European countries such as Portugal and Spain...
In addition, when the Ming Dynasty manufactured the Hongyi cannon, they also creatively invented the design of the iron-core copper body. In this way, this copper-iron composite metal cannon casting technology can not only reduce costs, but also ensure a very high level of technology.
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At this time, two big oxen pulled the artillery cart and arrived at the designated firing location.
Several soldiers and assistants who had been waiting at the launch site quickly unloaded the truck and took the two oxen aside.
In advance, the artillery had been loaded with about twenty kilograms of ammunition and a large projectile.
The projectile was a spherical solid projectile made of iron.
Of course, in addition to firing solid iron bullets, the Hongyi cannon can also fire a variety of solid bullets such as stone or lead.
At present, the cannon designed by Zhao Ji is the last Hongyi cannon to be fully improved in history. It can not only fire solid bullets, it can also fire explosive bombs and explosive bombs.
However, the newly established firearms manufacturing workshop in the Song Dynasty, which was less than half a year old, has not yet developed explosive bombs and explosive bombs. This time, the Zhao Guan family will be shown how to fire such artillery, and they can only fire solid bullets.
At this point, Zhao Ji can also understand the difficulty of the firearms manufacturing workshop.
At this time, at the launch site, a main gunner with more experience in experiments leaned over and stood behind the rear of the gun, with his chin pressed against the upper barrel of the gun's rear.
His eyes passed through the rear sight and front sight of the artillery, aiming at the target of the bombardment...
While watching, he shouted the angle that needed to be adjusted to adjust the muzzle...
The two gunners on the left and right sides of the gun each held the cylindrical lugs on both sides of the gun body at the center of gravity, and quickly and continuously adjusted the shooting angle...
"good!"
The main gunner shouted, and the two gunners responsible for adjusting the firing angle immediately fixed the gun body and stopped adjusting the firing angle.
At this time, everyone in the rear saw the main gun raising a small red flag.
Zhao Ji knew that this was what he had previously asked Chen Gui, the firearms manufacturer, to let his subordinates be responsible for test-firing the gunners.
Because, if on the battlefield, whether it is the shouting of the enemy or our own hands, and when many artillery fires are needed, the sound must be very loud and noisy. The main gunner's shout alone may not be heard clearly by his companions who are adjusting the shooting angle and ignition.
.Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with the semaphore.
At this time, everyone standing around Zhao Ji, except Zhao Ji himself,
In addition to the firearms manufacturing envoy Chen Gui and deputy envoy Li Ji, Zhao Guanjia had already informed them of the importance of semaphores when firing cannons;
Everyone else is now very curious about what the main gunner responsible for aiming raised the small red flag means.
In fact, Zhao Ji also thought that if I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, fired the cannons in front of everyone, not only would I be a big deal in front of everyone, but I would also be recorded in the annals of history.
However, Zhao Ji, who has traveled through time, also knows that the newly developed Hongyi cannon is not at its best in terms of technology, and there is a risk of exploding the barrel.
Although this risk is less than one ten thousandth, how can I take such a risk?
At this time, the main gunner, who was fifty or sixty steps away from Zhao Guan's house, suddenly lowered the small red flag he held high in his hand. He shouted loudly and said:
"ignition!"
Every gunner responsible for igniting the fire has already been prepared.
He held the torch in his left hand, and the long iron drill with a wooden handle held in his right hand placed it on the flame of the torch and burned it for a while.
The iron drill was from thin to group-shaped, and its front end was burned red by the torch.
When the gunner in charge of igniting saw the main gunner's semaphore and the order to light the gun, he immediately inserted the red-hot iron into the fire door at the rear of the Hongyi cannon.
Because a large amount of gunpowder was loaded into the barrel of this Hongyi cannon, and then powerful iron ball shells were stuffed;
The gunner in charge of ignition inserted the red-hot iron drill into the round hole of the fire door to seal the cannon's fire door, and the front end of the red-hot iron drill quickly ignited the gunpowder in the barrel, and instantly
The resulting powerful explosion pushed the large solid iron ball shell out of the barrel.
There was a "boom" sound.
The people watching from behind saw that as flames and thick smoke came out of the muzzle of the artillery in front, a large iron ball burned red by the high temperature of the explosion in the barrel was shot into the sky at an extremely fast speed.
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The big iron ball drew a perfect parabola in mid-air and hit the target 'city wall' more than 400 steps ahead.
With a "bang" sound, more than half of the thick and huge stone 'city wall' was destroyed by the cannonballs.
The collapsed 'city wall' kicked up layers of dust and flew into the air...
The scene is spectacular!
These were scenes of huge destruction that occurred in the blink of an eye.
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
Prince Zhao Huan, King Yun Zhao Kai, King Kang Zhao Kai, and the eunuch Liang Shicheng and others all exclaimed in surprise when they saw these grand scenes.
Zhao Ji, the traveler, looked calmly at the ruins ahead after the bombardment, with a calm expression on his face.
Zhao Guan's family was so calm and calm that even the firearms manufacturer Chen Gui and his deputy Li Ji were very puzzled.
They both had similar thoughts in mind. Although this powerful artillery was designed by the Zhao Guan family themselves,
However, that is only limited to the fact that Zhao Guanjia drew the design drawing and marked the size of each part and the operating methods for loading and firing!
They were both thinking about the same thing:
Although Zhao Guanjia is the designer of this artillery,
However, it stands to reason that the Zhao Guan family has never seen such a scene of such huge destructive power when artillery fires!
How did the Zhao Guan family stay so calm?
In fact, as a time traveler, Zhao Ji has never seen an artillery launch, not to mention the launch of a Dongfeng Express missile that is hundreds of times more shocking, or even the launch of a rocket that can send a spaceship into the sky.
He had already seen it online.
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At this time, the person who broke the brief shock and speechlessness of everyone watching the artillery launch was the eunuch Liang Shicheng who was accustomed to adapting to the wind and flattering him.
He knelt down to Zhao Guan's house and said:
"I congratulate Your Majesty for designing such a powerful artillery! If this artillery is used to garrison the northwest, how dare the Xixia thieves dare to invade the border again!
Only a true dragon emperor like your majesty can invent artillery that can ensure peace for our Song Dynasty forever. Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji secretly thought: "Liang Shicheng, your situation is too small! I invented so many gunpowder weapons for the Song Dynasty, how can I just deal with Xixia dog thieves?
How can I only use gunpowder weapons to defend the frontier?
The first step is to unify China!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, Liang Shicheng took the lead in flattering, and the three princes immediately knelt down to Zhao Ji one after another, and the gorgeous words of congratulations came one after another...
At this time, Chen Gui, a firearms manufacturer who was a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, was not only the originator of the bamboo musket, but he was also very talented.
He listened to Liang Shicheng, the crown prince and the two princes praising the Zhao Guan family, and his heart was filled with excitement.
If Liang Shicheng's praise for Zhao Guan's family was mixed with some flattery to please the emperor,
So, what Chen Gui wanted to say at this time were all his heartfelt words to Zhao Guan, who was countless times better than him in the invention and design of firearms.
Chen Gui knelt down and worshiped, his hands trembled, his expression was excited, and his voice was high-pitched, and he said:
"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty was wise and powerful, invented artillery, and guarded the borders.
Promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty,
Keep peace forever!
Wei Chen sheds tears of gratitude,
Pay homage to the Holy Lord Mingzhu again!
Long live my emperor!"
Li Ji, deputy chief of firearms manufacturing, as well as personal officials from the Imperial City Department and accompanying representatives from the firearms manufacturing workshop, also knelt down and shouted:
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "I love you so much, so I'll be fine without any courtesy."
At this time, Zhao Ji looked with admiration at the artillery fifty steps ahead that had just successfully fired a cannonball.
As a time traveler, he knows that the Hongyi cannon he brought to the Song Dynasty, which leads the world's firearms development history for hundreds of years,
Even if it is placed more than 400 years later in the sixth year of the Qi Dynasty (i.e. 1626 AD), it is still a big killer on the battlefield!
According to what he knew from reading history: In the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty used this kind of red barbarian cannon to exert great lethality in the battle to defend Ningyuan.
At that time, Houjin Nurhachi personally led tens of thousands of elite bannermen to launch a crazy attack on Ningyuan City.
However, the Ming army guarding Ningyuan City used the fierce fire of the Hongyi cannon to blast the Eight Banners officers and soldiers of Houjin into pieces, with their flesh and blood flying everywhere, and the corpses piled up like mountains!
The Battle of Ningyuan was Nurhachi's first defeat since he started his army.
One year later, in 1627 AD, in the Battle of Ningjin, the Hongyi artillery once again exerted great power, severely damaging the Jin army and giving the Ming army a great victory...
Zhao Ji's thoughts were at this point. He looked at the Hongyi cannon in front of him that was designed by him and produced by the firearms factory, with a slightly worried expression on his face.
Zhao Ji secretly said in his heart: "These weapons designed by me, such as muskets, grenades, powder packets, and artillery, must keep their manufacturing methods confidential."
His concerns are well-founded.
Traveler Zhao Ji knows that during the long-term war between the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty,
Based on the advantages of Hongyi cannon, Ming Dynasty first took advantage;
However, when Hou Jin was able to produce imitation Hongyi cannons and put them into the battlefield, the Hou Jin army completely reversed its disadvantage and took a huge advantage.
In the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1631 AD), during the Battle of Shenyang Zhongwei (Shenyang was called Shenyang Zhongwei in the Ming Dynasty), the Jin army captured Liu Han, the artillery craftsman of the Ming Dynasty.
The Later Jin Dynasty coerced Liu Han, the artillery craftsman of the Ming Dynasty, into rebelling and surrendering.
From then on, after the rebellion, the Ming Dynasty artillery craftsman Liu Han told the craftsmen of the Later Jin Dynasty the methods he had mastered in manufacturing Hongyi cannons, including the method of using complex annealing and quenching procedures to treat different parts of the artillery.
Later Jin Dynasty established a firearms battalion, and Liu Han was responsible for the technical guidance of manufacturing artillery.
Soon after, Hou Jin succeeded in imitating the Ming Dynasty's Hongyi cannon.
Because the word "Yi" was taboo for the Manchus, the Red Yi Cannon was renamed "Red Cannon".
After the death of Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, who succeeded to the throne, also set up a new battalion in the Eight Banners Army, called the "Heavy Army" (actually an army using red cannons).
Huang Taiji gave "Red Cannon" the title of "God's Blessing and Supporting General"!
From then on, Hou Jin began to use artillery on a large scale in wars...
In the ninth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1636 AD), Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor in the Chongzheng Hall of Shengjing. The country name of Dajin (known as Houjin in history) was stopped and the country name was changed to "Daqing" and Yuan Chongde.
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (i.e. 1639 AD), the Qing army already had 60 self-made red cannons. They exerted great combat power in the Battle of Songjin, and even defeated the two cities of Tashan and Xingshan held by the Ming army...
In December of the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1645), the Qing army attacked Tongguan during the war of entry.
After the previous defeat at Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng led his army to withdraw from the capital, abandoned Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and other places, and returned to Shaanxi.
At that time, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army still had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and occupied the natural barrier of Tongguan, the gateway to Guanzhong known as "one man can guard the pass, but ten thousand men cannot open it".
Li Zicheng's Dashun Army used the danger of Tongguan to block the Qing army.
Dorgon sent Azig to lead the Qing army to attack the Dashun army. Since the main force and the red cannons had not arrived on the battlefield, they had to set up camp and hold on without fighting.
In the first month of the following year, the Qing army's red artillery arrived, severely damaging Li Zicheng's Dashun army, blasting open the dangerous Tongguan Pass, and marching into the gateway to Guanzhong...
The Qing army was so beaten that Li Zicheng could only lead his remaining troops to retreat continuously.
It is said that Li Zicheng later fled to Hu and Bei Tongshan County and was killed (another theory is that he became a monk)...
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Another army led by Duoduo that Dorgon had previously sent went south to attack the "Hongguang Regime" of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Along the way, it was overwhelming.
However, when it launched an all-out attack on Yangzhou, which was defended by Shi Kefa, it was blocked for several days.
On April 18, 1645 AD, Li Chengdong, the former general of the Dashun Army who surrendered to the Qing army, led the Qing army to surround Yangzhou City...
Shi Kefa, who retreated to Yangzhou City, hurriedly called all the towns for help, but no one came.
The small court of Nanming turned a deaf ear...
There are few soldiers and major generals in Yangzhou city.
The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty invaded the country.
Shi Kefa led the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend Yangzhou by virtue of its high walls, and sternly refused the Qing army's surrender...
The Qing army failed to capture Yangzhou City in seven days.
At dawn on April 24, the Qing army brought red cannon from Sizhou and began to bombard Yangzhou City.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The deafening sound of artillery made the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou panic.
Shi Kefa's blood was sparse and he didn't respond when he was in urgent need...
At night on April 24, the Qing army used red cannons to blast open the high-walled Yangzhou City.
When Shi Kefa saw the city of Yangzhou destroyed, he drew his sword and wanted to commit suicide for his country, but was stopped by his generals.
The remnants of the Ming army under Shi Kefa's command in the city started street battles with the Qing army and stubbornly resisted the Qing army...
On April 25, the Qing army's iron cavalry rushed into the city, and the supervisor Shi Kefa was captured.
The Qing army used coercion and inducement to force Shi Kefa to surrender.
Shi Kefa, however, refused to surrender and died heroically!
After the Qing army occupied Yangzhou, because it was summer, Shi Kefa's body quickly decomposed among the corpses of many soldiers and civilians in the city, making it difficult to identify.
A year later, Shi Kefa's adopted son Shi Dewei used a robe and wat to summon his soul, and buried him in Meihua Ridge outside Tianning Gate of Yangzhou City.
Some commentators praised Shi Kefa’s national integrity and his determination to fight to the death:
Thousands of plum blossoms are filled with the blood and tears of lonely ministers;
A handful of loess still retains the clothes and crown of the victorious country.
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Zhao Ji, who was thinking about this, made up his mind:
In this parallel world that I traveled to, the Song Dynasty would never let its loyal ministers shed heroic blood and tears like Shi Kefa of the Ming Dynasty;
In my Great Songjiang, there will never be anything similar to using twelve gold medals to recruit the loyal hero Yue Fei and killing him in Fengbo Pavilion on "unfounded" charges.
At this time, Zhao Ji, who was in a complicated mood, was looking at the Hongyi cannon in front of him that he, the time traveler, had brought to the Song Dynasty in advance, and thought to himself:
"Shi Kefa is one of the national heroes I admire.
The Yangzhou you were guarding was bombarded by the red cannons of the Qing army and the city was broken. You died at the hands of the Manchus;
I will use the Hongyi cannon that I brought to the Song Dynasty in advance to avenge your blood hatred and bombard more Jurchen troops!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji felt that it was even more important to keep the newly developed gunpowder weapons confidential.
In fact, he had made preparations before leaving the palace.
Zhao Ji said loudly:
"Everyone present today, whether they are the princes and princes, or the civil servants, military generals, and eunuch guards, all of you must not tell anyone that we, the Song Dynasty, have been able to produce firearms.
Even if I personally visit the martial arts field outside the firearms manufacturing workshop today, it must not be spread out!
Anyone who disobeys the order shall be severely punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor and the crime of leaking state secrets!"
After hearing what Zhao Guanjia said, everyone present immediately vowed to keep it secret and never reveal anything about today...
When Zhao Ji heard the assurances from everyone present, he smiled slightly and said:
"It's empty talk. You have to sign a confidentiality agreement. If you violate the confidentiality agreement, I will strictly hold you accountable!"
Zhao Ji waved to the eunuch beside him and said:
"Take out several confidentiality agreements and red ink pads that I have drawn up earlier. Take them below and have everyone sign them."
When everyone present heard this, they thought that Zhao Guan's family was too well prepared today, right?
This is a method that has been prepared long ago to prevent the leakage of today’s events!
Several eunuchs, holding more than 20 confidentiality agreements with the same content that Zhao Guan's family had drafted in the palace this morning, came to everyone and asked them to sign and sign one by one...
Everyone present knew how to sign official documents, contracts or confessions to express their approval.
They marked off the confidentiality agreement drawn up by Zhao Guan's family personally, and put a red handprint on it. If they leaked today's information, it would be the crime of deceiving the emperor and the crime of leaking state secrets. Both crimes should be punished together. The punishment is severe!
From the prince Zhao Huan to the guards and eunuchs, they all reminded themselves repeatedly in their hearts that the emperor was inspecting firearms today and that the firearms manufacturing workshop could produce such powerful firearms. Even if he was killed, he could not compete with anyone else.
People say it!
Zhao Ji saw that the firearms manufacturer Chen Gui and his deputy Li Ji had both signed the "Confidentiality Agreement". He waved and called them forward.
He smiled slightly and said: "While everyone was signing the "Confidentiality Agreement" one after another, I will give you and other firearms manufacturers a chance to draw a cannon that is more powerful than the previously designed cannon.
However, the corresponding casting technology is also more complicated than before.
It's best if you can make it, and it doesn't matter if you can't make it."
Chen Gui and Li Ji were so shocked that they were dumbfounded after hearing what Zhao Guanjia said.
They never expected that the Zhao Guan family would be able to figure out how to upgrade such a powerful artillery newly developed by the Song Dynasty in just a moment to increase its power.
While Chen Gui and Li Ji were shocked, they did not forget to kneel down and kowtow to express their gratitude...
Zhao Ji asked the eunuch Liang Shicheng to grind it. He picked up the imperial pen and drew the Armstrong cannon, which he knew was more powerful than the Hongyi cannon, on the rice paper in an extremely realistic manner...
Zhao Ji sighed in his heart, as a time traveler, I inherited the top artistic talent of the original owner Song Hui in calligraphy and painting, which is really useful.
The original owner, Song Huizong, liked to paint figures, landscapes, birds, and cats...
As a time traveler, I have inherited his talent for calligraphy and painting, but I have to draw corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, world maps for navigation, and designs for various powerful gunpowder weapons for the Song Dynasty...
Comparing the two, I, as a time traveler, am still more capable!
In a short time, Zhao Ji finished drawing the Armstrong cannon and marked the dimensions and technical parameters of each part.
Zhao Ji personally handed this picture to the firearms manufacturer Chen Gui.
Chen Gui, who was kneeling to receive the reception, was holding the upgraded artillery design drawing drawn by Zhao Guanjia. He stared at the drawing without blinking for a while and asked in surprise:
"Your Majesty, why is this type of artillery designed to be so compact?!
I am stupid, but I dare to ask Your Majesty, if it is so small and compact, can its destructive power after being fired be guaranteed?",
Zhao Ji smiled slightly, nodded and said: "It's so small and convenient for field battles!
Its lethality,
On the contrary, it is more lethal and has a longer range than the front-loading smoothbore artillery produced by your firearms factory!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chen Gui was puzzled because he had personally witnessed the various firearms and weapons designed and invented by the Zhao Guan family before he passed by. They were really powerful. He had no reason for it.
If you can refute it, you can win the Zhao Guan family.
Zhao Ji saw Chen Gui's confusion and said with a smile: "The newly designed artillery is indeed more lethal than the front-loading smoothbore artillery I designed three or four months ago.
, its range is also longer.
Chen Aiqing, do you know why?"
Chen Gui shook his head in confusion.
Zhao Ji laughed and said: "Because, the artillery I newly designed is a 'breech-loading rifled gun'! The casting technology is more difficult and requires more precision in the production of parts.
Therefore, I previously believed that the firearms manufacturing workshop headed by Chen Aiqing was newly established, and it was already rare to be able to produce front-loading smoothbore artillery!
Therefore, I gave Chen Aiqing the design drawing of this 'breech-loaded rifled gun' only at this time.
It’s what I said before:
This kind of upgraded artillery is the best you can make, and it doesn’t matter if you can’t make it.”
Chen Gui said excitedly: "I obey the order..."
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Just now, the time traveler Zhao Ji dared to say that, and he has a basis for it.
According to what he knew from reading world military history: a protracted "Crimean War" broke out in Europe from 1853 to 1856.
It was a war between the Tsarist Empire, the British Empire, and the French Empire to compete for rights in Asia Minor.
Its battlefields are mainly on the Crimean Peninsula along the Black Sea. The Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, the French Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia successively declared war on the Russian Empire...
The Crimean War played a role in promoting the further development of artillery, firearms, and even mine weapons in all participating countries.
The reason is very simple. If the enemy develops a new weapon and we fail to develop it, we will suffer a big loss in a certain battle, forcing us to speed up the development and production of more advanced weapons and invest in the war.
In the second year after the Crimean War broke out, that is, in 1854 AD, the traditional wrought iron front-loading smoothbore guns equipped by the British army were already inadequate in this modern war. There was an urgent need to upgrade the existing artillery.
Design improvements.
At the end of 1854, the Armstrong Company began the research and development of a new field gun, boldly adopting a breech-loading rifled gun design.
And innovatively adopted the winding process, which is different from the previous integral cast iron cannon, and uses a wrought iron outer jacket to wrap the steel inner barrel...
This design greatly increases the strength and toughness of the gun body, and can reduce the weight of the gun body while bearing the same bore pressure.
In mid-1855, the Armstrong Company's first artillery was finally successfully produced. This artillery had a caliber of 1.75 inches (45 mm) and a warhead weighing 5 pounds (the original design was 3 pounds).
Its tail latch is very unique. It adopts a vertical air-locking structure and is tightened with bolts called "Armstrong screws".
An Armstrong cannon can be easily lifted by only 2 to 3 soldiers.
The range of the Armstrong artillery is also much longer than that of front-loading smoothbore artillery such as the Redcoat Cannon.
At a distance of 1,500 yards (1,371 meters), the Armstrong gun has a very high hit rate.
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Traveler Zhao Ji knows: The first application of Armstrong artillery in China was during the Second Opium War.
The British and French forces relied on the Armstrong artillery to face the Qing army on the Tanggu Fort using old-fashioned front-loading smoothbore guns...
In the Battle of Tanggu Fort, 12 British Armstrong cannons fired at the Tanggu Fort from a distance of 900 meters, and their shells could accurately hit the cannons on the Qing army's fort.
On the contrary, the Qing army still uses the front-mounted smooth-bore red cannon that was introduced and modified in the Ming Dynasty. Since its range is far less than that of the Armstrong cannon, the Qing army's artillery army was in a hurry but could not hit the invading enemy...
Later, Senggelinqin's 35,000 Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry were defeated by the Armstrong field artillery of the British and French forces at Bali Bridge, and they were all wiped out...
Zhao Jichang thought, if the Song Dynasty could mass-produce Armstrong cannons, then why not worry about destroying the arrogant Jin army?
Dominating the world is not a problem.
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At this time, everyone in the martial arts field had signed and pledged the confidentiality agreement drafted by Zhao Guan's family.
Several eunuchs presented the confidentiality agreements. After Zhao Guanjia glanced at them, he emphasized again loudly to everyone:
"You have signed a confidentiality agreement. Anyone who disobeys the order will be severely punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor and the crime of leaking state secrets!"
After everyone present heard what Zhao Guanjia said, they immediately kowtowed and vowed:
"Follow the holy edict carefully and never spread it to outsiders."
"We will never dare to reveal anything about today's events..."
After Zhao Ji heard everyone present promising not to leak secrets, he nodded with confidence.
In fact, Zhao Ji knew very well that even if someone leaked the secret and let the Jin Kingdom, Liao Kingdom and Xixia know that the newly established firearms manufacturing workshop in the Song Dynasty was producing powerful and highly destructive gunpowder weapons,
So as long as the stereotypes of firearms manufacturing do not treason and surrender to the enemy, for the time being, no craftsman in the firearms manufacturing workshop can master the entire manufacturing process of a certain firearm weapon.
This is how Zhao Ji, a time traveler, carried the assembly line workflow of later generations of factories.
The inventor of the bamboo musket, Chen Gui, was famous in history as a bandit suppressor and a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty who resisted the Jin Dynasty. There was no need to worry about him treason and surrendering to the enemy.
As the deputy envoy of the firearms manufacturing workshop, Li Ji assisted Chen Gui in his work, and even he was not fully exposed to the entire manufacturing process of new gunpowder weapons.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and told Chen Gui about firearms manufacturing. Deputy envoy Li Ji praised:
"The ability of Chen Aiqing and Li Aiqing is obvious to all. In just a few months, the firearms manufacturer was able to produce such powerful gunpowder weapons based on the firearms design drawings I drew. I am very pleased.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, I will raise the official rank of my two beloved ministers by one level, and each will be rewarded with five pieces of silk and one thousand guan."
Chen Gui and Li Ji were very moved and immediately kowtowed and thanked...
Zhao Ji announced again: "Today the firearms manufacturing workshop is sent to the field for a drill. All soldiers who test fire weapons will be rewarded. Each person will be rewarded with a hundred guan."
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After the above-mentioned sealing ceremony, Zhao Ji led the three princes, protected by hundreds of our imperial city officials, left the firearm test firing range and drove back to the palace...
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Zhao Ji returned to the main hall in the front yard of the palace and called the fifth prince Su Wang Zhao Shu, who was in charge of the affairs of the imperial city, to him alone.
Zhao Shu is eighteen years old this year. He has taken over the supervision of the Imperial City Department from King Yun Zhao Kai since October last year.
After Zhao Ji asked Zhao Shu about the recent situation in the imperial city, he asked straight to the point:
"Shu'er, do you know that I am leaving the palace today?"
Zhao Shu respectfully replied: "My son, I will temporarily take charge of the Imperial City Secretary. In accordance with the decree of my father, Senior Official Liang went to transfer the Imperial City Secretary's relatives to escort him out of the palace. I know this."
Zhao Ji added: "I also brought Huan'er, Kai'er, and Gou'er with me on the tour. Are you envious of me, Shu'er?"
Zhao Shu hesitated, not knowing how to answer his father's question.
Zhao Ji laughed loudly and said: "I have seen your thoughts, Shu'er.
Of course you are envious.
However, Shu'er, you have to know that being dignified in front of others may not last long!
As the saying goes, "If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. If it is higher than others, everyone will reject it."
Therefore, I hope Shu'er will be a good Prince of Taiping!
Shu'er must supervise the Imperial City Division for me.
The Imperial City Division led by Shu'er is the shadow protecting my safety!"
Zhao Shu didn't quite understand what his father meant by the shadow.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and briefly explained his meaning to him.
Su Wang Zhao Shu felt very honored that his father could summon him in person and value him so much. He vowed:
"My son, I will definitely supervise the Imperial City Division and protect my father at all times..."
Zhao Ji was also very satisfied that the original owner Song Huizong left him this obedient and cheap son.
You must know that the ending of Su Wang Zhao Shu in history was very tragic; because he replaced Zhao Gou, the first Kang king to go to the Jin camp, he became the first Song Dynasty prince to be kidnapped by the Jin army.
At dinner time, Zhao Ji asked the fifth prince, Prince Su Zhao Shu, to accompany him for dinner...
Zhao Shu was extremely moved...
After dinner, King Su Zhaoshu resigned...
Zhao Jiyin saw the successful test firing of various firearms today, so he was happy and drank a few more glasses of wine.
He was slightly tipsy, and after reviewing more than ten volumes of memorials, it was getting dark and it was time to go to bed.
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Zhao Ji drove back to the harem. In order to relax his mind and body, he wanted to have some entertainment and interaction with the harem concubines...
He then said to his eunuch:
"Tonight, I won't be looking for Li Taizhen and Chunlan.
Get ready, I'm going to 'turn the tables'."
"Old slave, I obey the order." The old eunuch who served in the chamber asked again:
"I dare to ask the officials, will they turn over the cards tonight? Should they be turned over openly? Or covertly?"
Zhao Ji said without hesitation: "Secretly turn it over!"
"Old slave obeys the order..."
Zhao Ji thinks it's more interesting to turn over secret cards. After all, normal sign turning is done openly.
In fact, the origin of turning cards in the harem is very early. According to legend, it existed as early as the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the person in charge of this matter was called the inner minister.
"Zhou Li·Tian Guan·Nei Xiaochen": "Nei Xiaochen... the secret affairs and orders of the king."
In the Han Dynasty, the person in charge of similar matters in the Han Dynasty was called Ye Yanling. It was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that eunuchs began to take charge of this matter.
The normal sign-turning process is for the eunuch to bring a sign with the names of the concubines written on it. Each sign represents a concubine. The emperor can see the name information.
When the emperor fell in love with the concubine, he turned over the sign corresponding to the concubine, and the eunuch immediately went to the palace where the concubine was to inform preparations...
The emperors of the Qing Dynasty basically used the method of "turning over the brand" to decide who would sleep with them tonight. Which brand of concubine was turned over by the emperor, first the concubine would take a bath, and then she would be naked and naked.
Wrapped in a quilt, the eunuch carried him to the emperor's dragon bed...
At the same time, a red lantern should be hung at the entrance of the emperor's palace.
This was done by the Qing emperor to prevent assassination.
Zhao Ji did not take such extreme measures. After all, if my concubine was carried by the eunuch without wearing anything, I would be unhappy!
If the concubine who was caught happened to be inconvenient to sleep with for a few days, in the Han Dynasty, they would prepare a gold ring for themselves in advance and wear it on their hand. When the emperor saw it, he would understand and also
I won't let this concubine sleep with me.
In the Tang Dynasty, concubines would write notes to the emperor. After the emperor saw it, he would naturally understand the meaning, so he would not force it...
Zhao Ji, the time-traveler, does not need to be so troublesome. He gives orders to the harem. If the concubines encounter the above situation, they can directly report it to him through the female history (i.e. female official) in the palace.
At this time, twelve eunuchs and eunuchs filed into the Yanfu Palace where Zhao Ji was located.
Each of them was carrying a ebony tray, and on each tray were twenty upside-down golden nanmu plaques.
"Your Majesty, please turn over the sign."
Zhao Ji stepped forward and flipped up a sign. He didn't even bother to read the name on it and handed it to the old eunuch, the chamberlain.
In fact, Zhao Ji does not turn over the brands every day, but about ten times a month.
In the remaining twenty days, it is up to him to decide to summon the concubine...
And the reason why he carried out sign-turning in the harem was to give the concubines in the harem something to look forward to.
Although this kind of expectation is similar to a lottery,
However, after all, it would not cause Zhao Jiji, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, to indulge in the gentle countryside of one or two favored concubines every day.
The old eunuch in the chamber took the sign from Zhao Guan's family, and according to the rules previously established by Zhao Guan's family, he had to do a roll call on the spot to prevent cheating.
He shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has found the name of Mrs. Li, Jinggong of China!"
After hearing this, Zhao Ji frowned slightly and said to himself: "Mrs. Li of Jinggong of Hua Kingdom, isn't she Li Chunyan?"
He met Li Chunyan, Mrs. Jinggong of Hua Kingdom in the palace.
Zhao Ji's impression of Li Chunyan was that this little girl was not only very young and beautiful, but also very charming...
However, Zhao Ji had a slight grudge against Li Chunyan, a person whose name was recorded in history books.
Travelers know that after the Jingkang Incident in history, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army rewarded the Lady Li from Jinggong of the Hua Kingdom in the Imperial Palace of the Song Dynasty to Zhang Bangchang, the emperor of the Chu Dynasty established by the Jin Kingdom.
Mrs. Li of Hua Kingdom Jinggong asked Zhang Bangchang for a title...
Zhang Bangchang liked her very much and even made her his queen...
After Zhang Bangchang was still under Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Bangchang died for his crime, and Emperor Gaozong sentenced Li Chunyan to death with a cane...
Zhao Ji thought about this, and he felt that after he traveled through time and came to this world, he had killed the future pseudo-Chu Emperor Zhang Bangchang;
As for Li Chunyan, a member of the female class, during the Jingkang Incident, was she helpless?
I can only know her character after meeting her for a while.
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When the old eunuch in the chamberlain saw Zhao Guan's unhappy expression, he asked in a low voice:
"Should I send someone to inform Mrs. Jinggong of Hua Kingdom so that I can prepare early to welcome the Holy Emperor?"
When he saw that Zhao Guanjia was thoughtful and silent, he immediately changed his words:
"How about I respectfully ask Your Majesty to turn over the sign again?"
Zhao Ji's expression changed and he said angrily: "How can I break the rules I established in the palace?!"
The old eunuch who served in the chamber was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed, blaming himself again and again...
Zhao Ji said, "Pass on my holy edict and tell Mrs. Jinggong of Hua State, Li Chunyan, to prepare to welcome me!"
"Old slave obeys the order!"
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Half an hour later, Zhao Ji arrived at the palace of Mrs. Jinggong of Hua Kingdom.
Although this palace is not too big, it is decorated with bright lights;
Although the furnishings are simple, they reveal elegance and nobility.
The phoenix couch is covered with a brocade quilt, which is embroidered with dragons and phoenixes, all of which are lifelike; a pair of jade pillows are placed on the head of the couch.
On the sandalwood desk in the center of the palace, there is a fragrant incense burner, surrounded by fruit snacks and teapots.
"I, my concubine, bow before you, Your Majesty!" A woman's charming voice reached Zhao Ji's ears.
Zhao Ji saw the woman in red kneeling at his feet, who was Li Chunyan, Mrs. Jinggong of the State of Hua.
He stretched out his hand, raised Li Chunyan's pointed chin, and looked at it carefully through the bright candlelight around him.
I saw that this little girl was only eighteen or nineteen years old, with fair skin and beauty, curved eyebrows and cherry lips, long eyelashes trembling slightly, and two watery eyes looking at Zhao Guan's house.
Zhao Ji felt that Li Chunyan looked like a charming fox!
"Alas!" Zhao Ji sighed and thought to himself: "Now that I'm here, let's make peace with it!"
He then said: "I'm free of charge."
Li Chunyan thanked her for obeying the order.
Although, she stood up,
However, she did not dare to stand upright in front of the Emperor of Song Dynasty.
Li Chunyan had no choice but to lean forward slightly, and the waves hung on her chest, rippling endlessly...
"Your Majesty...it's getting late..." She opened her red lips slightly, exhaled like blue, and reminded softly with a shy look on her face.
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