A series of reform plans made the ministers dizzy, and they could not react for a while. The only thing that was certain was that the entire Song Dynasty was centered on Zhao Kai, but it was precisely because of this that the court officials
The struggle began to fade away slowly. Nowadays, everyone is so busy that no one has time to do this.｀｀
Moreover, the political struggle at this time would make Zhao Kai feel very unhappy, so there were no quarrels in the court, only busyness.
The confrontation between Qin Hui and Li Qi also came to an end. After all, the emperor is still in charge. You fight, but you must follow the emperor's footsteps. The emperor is busy with reforms, and you are arguing here. Only fools can do this.
Come to this conclusion.
However, during the reform of the military system, another piece of good news came. With the efforts of Yu Yunwen and the Wushi brothers, a brand-new firearm was finally developed.
When the news reached the palace, Zhao Kai was reviewing memorials. When he heard the news, he threw away his pen and rushed out without saying a word.
The most secret military camp in the Song Dynasty---Shenji Camp.
Zhao Kai, Li Qi, Qin Hui, Zheng Yi and other central ministers came to Shenji Camp.
"(Wei Chen) I pay my respects to the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Father and son Yu Qi and the Wushi brothers, who had been waiting in front of the door for a long time, saw Zhao Kai coming and hurried forward to greet him and salute.
"No gifts, no gifts quickly."
Zhao Kai personally stepped forward to help Yu Qi up, which was really enviable to others. He smiled at Yu Yunwen and the Wushi brothers and said, "Haha, it's been a long time since we last met. Yunwen, you have grown a lot taller, and you guys
The two brothers have gained a lot of weight recently."
His tone was very gentle, with no airs of a king at all. He learned this from Li Qi. To the civil and military officials, he must show his royal demeanor and intimidate them. But for these craftsmen and common people, there is no need to do these tricks.
No, people are already very scared, and you still pretend to be superior. How can you continue to talk happily? On the contrary, it is better to communicate with them in a gentle way.
The Wushi brothers scratched their heads and giggled. Facing the emperor, they really didn't dare to open their mouths.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Their welfare is no worse than that of the fourth and fifth grade ministers. There is no problem in eating meat for every meal. How can they not get fat?"
Zhao Kai laughed and said: "I think it's still less, let alone the distant ones. You earn countless benefits for me, the Song Dynasty, every year. Even if you get the same salary as the prime minister, you should still deserve it."
"Thank you for your favor, Your Majesty. I'm very content with you guys."
The Wushi brothers hurriedly saluted.
"You cannot be satisfied. You must continue to make progress and invent more firearms for our Song Dynasty." Zhao Kai said very seriously: "As long as you work hard, I will never treat you badly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The whole group of people saluted and thanked him.
Zhao Kai couldn't wait to say: "Where are the new firearms? Take me to have a look."
Yu Qi raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please come this way."
Due to the rapid development of firearms and their increasing power, the training base of Shenji Camp has become larger and larger. Zhao Kai and others came to a large open space inside under the guidance of Yu Qi.
There was no one in the open space at this time. After all, the emperor was here. Of course, the place had to be cleared in advance. There was only a row of large objects in the southernmost part. Since it was currently covered with black cloth, it was not yet known what was underneath.
Zhao Kai swept his eyes and pointed at the black sermons: "Are those new firearms?"
Yu Qi replied: "As far as the emperor is concerned, that is the latest firearm developed."
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Kai hurriedly walked over there, followed closely by Qin Hui and Li Qi.
Arriving in front of the new firearm, Zhao Kai was so excited that he was about to lift the black cloth himself, but Qin Hui was clever and hurriedly stepped forward. The Wushi brothers also hurriedly stepped forward to help.
There was a crash, the black cloth slowly slid down, a black light flashed out, and a huge thing revealed its ferocious face. It was a long and thick iron pipe, about one foot long, with a diameter of about four inches. Below it was
It is a chassis similar to a cart, but compared to ordinary carts, this cart is reinforced with steel, just like a tank.
Big enough! Enough majesty!
"S---!"
Zhao Kai took a deep breath of cold air and was stunned. After a while, he said in a trembling voice: "What is this?"
Sweating! It turns out you didn’t understand, so why did you inhale? I thought you saw the trick, really. Li Qi rolled his eyes and had a new appreciation for Zhao Kai’s acting skills.
I know --- there are enough bad ones.
Yu Yunwen replied: "As far as the emperor is concerned, this is a new type of cannon."
"New cannon?"
Zhao Kai wandered around the new cannon. After a while, he suddenly came to the mouth of the cannon and was about to stick his head over to take a look. Li Qi hurriedly stopped him and said: "Your Majesty, don't look like that. The cannonballs are fired from here.
"
Zhao Kai was stunned at first and said: "There is no launch now, why should we look down upon it?"
In case of a fire, even the gods can't save you. Li Qi said: "Your Majesty, every weapon has its rules. You see, the muzzle is upward, which means it can enter the firing state at any time. Unless you are a professional, you must not
Put your head on the muzzle of the cannon."
Qin Hui also said: "Your Majesty, the dragon body is important."
Zhao Kai glanced at the two of them displeasedly, but reluctantly left, and asked: "Then how does this new cannon kill the enemy?"
Yu Yunwen said: "Returning to the emperor, this new type of cannon was thought up by young people based on the principle of pear blossom arrows in heavy rain. It mainly uses the driving force after ignition of gunpowder to launch the cannonballs to kill the enemy."
Zhao Kai also had only a vague understanding of what he was saying, and waved his hand and said, "Then you can demonstrate it to me quickly."
"yes."
Soon, the Wuzhi brothers revealed the remaining four new cannons. Several gunners immediately stepped forward to fill the propellant and cannonballs, but they saw that the cannonballs were made of lead and iron, with leads inserted into them.
After the cannon shells were filled, Yu Qi said: "Your Majesty, since this new cannon is so powerful and it is the latest development, it cannot be foolproof, so please move away and watch it from a distance."
Zhao Kai, Li Qi and others followed the instructions and went to watch under a wooden shed ten feet away behind. Not only that, the Wushi brothers and Yu Yunwen also retreated far away, which shows how unstable this new cannon is.
After everything was ready, the gunners started to ignite the fire. They first lit the fuse of the shell, and then the fuse of the propellant. After lighting, they immediately turned around, took a few steps, and jumped into the pit prepared in advance.
Zhao Kai was surprised and asked, "What are they doing?"
No need to ask, of course you are running for your life! Li Qi said: "This new cannon is not very stable yet, so be prepared for safety."
"turn out to be---."
Before Zhao Kai could nod his head, he heard several loud bangs, and saw a burst of fire coming from each muzzle. Between the flashes, a black ball shadow flew out.
Not to mention anything else, the sound alone startled Zhao Kai. He thought the shell exploded directly inside the barrel.
Zhao Kai, who had not yet come to his senses, heard a loud explosion in the distance again. When he raised his eyes and looked up, there was smoke in the distance. The scale of the smoke was definitely not comparable to that of a bed crossbow.
Zhao Kai, Qin Hui and others were all dumbfounded.
Yu Yunwen and others breathed a sigh of relief, because the current industry has not kept up, so this new cannon cannot be guaranteed to be foolproof, so it is lucky that no accident occurred.
Immediately, several people ran forward to check whether any shells had exploded. After confirming that there were no shells left, they waved the green flag.
After quite a while, Li Qi saw Zhao Kai. Qin Hui still kept the same expression. His mouth was open and his eyes were open. He was very cute. He almost didn't laugh out loud. He shouted softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Zhao Kai was startled for a moment, woke up from the shock, and walked forward quickly without saying a word.
Li Qi and Qin Hui followed closely behind.
After a while, Zhao Kai came to the place where the shells exploded. Five huge pits made him widen his eyes. He took another deep breath of air and went in. His eyes were full of excitement. For Li Qi, this was really...
It was not eye-catching, but for country people like Zhao Kai, this power was really impressive. He looked back for a while and said: "This--this is at least four to five hundred steps away."
Yu Yunwen said: "Reporting to the Emperor, it is still in the testing stage, and we are still studying this firing principle. If we go all out, we can definitely shoot a distance of 1,500 steps, and the range will not be shorter than the Fangzi Crossbow.
, but the effective range is probably only four to five hundred steps away."
"Fifteen hundred steps?"
Zhao Kai was surprised at first, and then asked: "What is the effective range?"
Li Qi explained: "Your Majesty, the effective range is the distance at which accurate aiming can be achieved."
"I see."
Zhao Kai nodded slightly.
Yu Yunwen continued: "Not only that, the little people are afraid of accidents, so they control the power to a relatively small level. When they actually go to the battlefield, the power will definitely be increased by more than five times than it is now, and fire can also be added.
Tribulus, when it explodes, will emit a lot of iron flakes, causing mass destruction."
Five times.
What concept is this.
Zhao Kai felt that his brain was a little exhausted, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He burst into laughter and was so excited that he couldn't express it in words. He shouted the word "good" three times in a row.
Wu Youhua bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is all due to Yunwen. He was the first to come up with the idea of using gunpowder to propel cannonballs."
Yu Yunwen handed over his hands and humbly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, Brother Wu is serious. In fact, it was Master who first proposed this idea. Also, if Brother Wu and Brother Wu were not there to help me, I would have given the boy a lot of help.
Even this kid can't build this new type of cannon."
"oh?"
Zhao Kai looked at Li Qi with a hint of surprise.
"Your Majesty, this really has nothing to do with Wei Chen. Wei Chen just said it casually."
Li Qi smiled and shook his head, and then said to Yu Yunwen and others: "You three don't want me to give in. This is the credit of all of you." After that, he muttered again: "I don't want any reward, that's all.
IQ tells me how to feel at ease."
Zhao Kai rolled his eyes at Li Qi. This guy only mocked me for being stingy, but it doesn't matter. He was in a good mood today and said hehe: "Li Qi is right. This is your credit. I am very satisfied with this new cannon.
Reward, I will reward you greatly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Everyone was saluting again, and Wu Youcai said again: "For your information, Your Majesty, Yunwen also enhanced the musket based on the principle of the artillery. The previous musket only sprayed fire, but now the musket can also fire a lot of fire while spraying fire."
The pebbles kill the enemy."
"Really?" Zhao Kai said with joy on his face, "Okay, okay, if thousands of muskets fire in volley, the power can be imagined."
Qin Hui suddenly said: "Deputy Supervisor Yu, I wonder what the name of this new cannon is?"
Yu Qi was stunned and looked at his son. Yu Yunwen hurriedly said: "I haven't given him a name yet when I return to Shaozai."
Qin Hui said again: "Why don't your emperor give this new cannon a name?"
Wow! Xiao Qin, your flattery skills have improved a lot! Li Qi shook his head secretly. In terms of his ability to find opportunities, he is really no match for Xiao Qin.
Zhao Kaizheng had this intention, and couldn't help but look at Qin Hui approvingly, pondered for a moment, and said: "Since this new cannon was born during the Zhenxing period, let's just call it the Zhenxing cannon."
Qin Hui immediately said: "This name is really good, full of momentum, and very meaningful. I hope this cannon can be the first shot in the revitalization of the Song Dynasty." (To be continued...)