The dusk was sinking, and the temperature had become cold. The long window of Lin Jue's room was filled with dancing candlelight. On the desk under the window, Lin Jue pursed his lips and examined the stack of papers spread out on the desk one by one. There were drawings on those papers.
The strange drawings one after another were drawings of things in memory that Lin Jue had taken some time to draw. They were all killing weapons from his life on earth.
In fact, Lin Jue had this idea in his last life and wanted to put it into practice. But in his last life, he was too cautious and always worried that it would cause a disaster, so he kept it in his mind. Some of the drawings he occasionally drew were also
They were all burned in a hurry without leaving any trace. But in this life, Lin Jue decided from the beginning to find a way to get a few. And now, he was about to take the biggest risk in this life, and he had to be prepared.
This is why he asked Liang Wang Guo Bing to provide him with skilled craftsmen.
It is very difficult to manufacture these things in this era, and most of them are even impossible to implement at all, but there are a few things that Lin Jue thinks are still feasible. Among them is the kind of musket that Lin Jue drew on several pages.
During the Great Zhou Dynasty, the use of gunpowder was already very common. Fireworks and firecrackers would be set off at major festivals and celebrations. There were also workshops specializing in making fireworks and firecrackers in Hangzhou. However, as firearms, the purity of these gunpowder was not enough, so the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty
There is no large-scale equipment of firearms in China. There is a kind of firearm called a musket. Some people once requested to promote it in the army. However, the actual effect of use is unsatisfactory. The range is not far, the power is not enough, and it is not even as good as the crossbow and bow and arrow. In the army
After trying it out, he was ridiculed as "the power cannot penetrate Lu Jianye". It was eventually reduced to garbage gathering dust in the warehouse. Therefore, the firearms in the Zhou Dynasty did not attract enough attention.
However, in Lin Jue's view, the power of firearms is obviously much more powerful than cold weapons. This is common knowledge that everyone in this life on earth knows. As a person who has seen the power of hot weapons, Lin Jue certainly knows that
Holding a musket that can fire will give you a great guarantee of safety. Especially if you are a weak body with no strength, if you are possessed by a burly man with strong martial arts, you will have less worries.
The power of gunpowder is related to many factors, but after Lin Jue personally peeled off the locally produced fireworks, he found that the problem here was that the purity of the gunpowder was not enough. Charcoal, sulfur, potassium nitrate, is the basic formula of gunpowder, but the gunpowder here contains a lot of mud.
It contains sand and other impurities, so that the combustion is not fierce enough and the power is not enough. If he wants to abandon this commonly used black gunpowder and create a powerful explosive like TNT that will be replaced by later generations, this is obviously beyond Lin Jue's ability, so he can only
Make a fuss about pure gunpowder and formula. In addition, the smelting technology of the Great Zhou Dynasty is already very powerful, and it is not a problem to cast a barrel that will not explode.
Of course, Lin Jue knew only a little about these things. He needed to use Guo Bing's skilled craftsmen to solve the problem. There were also a few other things that Lin Jue planned to take with him and hand them over to the craftsmen to quickly build and complete them in a short time so that he could take them with him.
On the body.
At the first update, someone from the palace came to invite Lin Jue to come over. Lin Jue knew that it was the deputy commander of the palace guards and the deputy commander of the navy who had rushed back from the scene of the robbery to plead guilty. According to the results agreed with Guo Bing this morning,
Lin Jue needs to inquire in detail about the details of the robbery scene, and at the same time, they will also bring back first-hand information about the bandits.
Riding Lin Boyong's special carriage, Lin Jue rushed to the palace of Prince Liang. The steward led Lin Jue hurriedly to the middle hall of the second entrance of the palace, where the lights were bright and five or six people were already sitting there waiting.
Lin Jue immediately saw Lin Ke and Lin Run standing there with their heads downcast. As the heads of the Lin family responsible for the water transport, the two young masters naturally came back with everyone after the incident to apologize. The water transport fleet was also temporarily unable to berth.
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Seeing Lin Jue arriving, Lin Ke and Lin Run looked surprised. They knew that the prince was waiting for someone, but they didn't know that it was Lin Jue who was waiting. Lin Jue also had a headache. He never wanted to let Lin Ke
Seeing himself here, Lin Jue didn't want to arouse more people's thoughts. This was a matter of confidentiality.
After meeting Prince Liang, Guo Bing obviously did not introduce Lin Jue's identity emphatically. Except for Prince Liang's father and son and the Lin brothers, everyone in the audience thought that Lin Jue was just a record-keeping master in the palace.
"Okay, you can tell us how things happened. You must tell them in detail without omissions or concealment. Who comes first? Deputy Ambassador Ma, why don't you tell me first? You are from the Imperial City Department, and I want to listen to you first.
Say." Prince Liang said coldly.
A burly man with a dark complexion and wearing exquisite armor stepped forward and said, "Ma Bin, who has humbled his position, feels extremely guilty. This mission went terribly wrong. His crime of being humble is unforgivable."
Guo Bing said: "Now is not the time to talk about this. The top priority now is to understand the situation and find a countermeasure. Deputy Ambassador Ma, you were sent from the capital by the Holy One to take charge of escorting birthday gifts. Naturally, you are duty-bound, but now you are not
When discussing crime, tell me what the situation was like."
Ma Bin is the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department. He thought he had gotten a good job this time. It was not a difficult task to come to Hangzhou to accompany the ship to escort birthday gifts to the capital. Once he succeeded, it was a great achievement. However, he did not expect that such a simple job would actually happen.
You can imagine the depression in his heart after everything went wrong. He was very smart and did not dare to let out the news. He knew that now he could only atone for his sins by working with the prince and others to find a way to get the birthday gift back.
"Your Majesty, it's strange to say that the journey was originally peaceful, but as soon as we anchored at Baoying Lake Bay, hundreds of water bandits appeared that night. The Ning Haijun outside was actually unable to stop them, so they rushed in and boarded the boat to set fire to it. Next
The official and the deputy commander of the guards of your house, He Chao, led their men to immediately alert to prevent thieves from boarding the ship. Originally, many grain ships were surrounding the ship carrying birthday gifts. I don’t know who ordered the grain ships to disperse, thus exposing our ship.
Outside, hundreds of water bandits boarded the ship. We fought desperately and dozens of brothers died. In the end, we had no choice but to jump off the ship and escape for our lives. My lord, I know that you should not abandon the ship and should defend the ship with your life. This is a humble duty.
There is no atonement for death. However, the navy did not protect it well before, and some people ignored birthday gifts in order to protect the food ship. Is this also the chief culprit? The lower officials came back to Hangzhou to report this to the prince. They may die for despising their positions, but they cannot be innocent.
Just as damnable."
Ma Bin said angrily and loudly, while glaring at several people standing beside him. Among them were Yue Songlin, the deputy commander of the Ning Navy who was responsible for protecting water transportation, and the ugly-looking Lin brothers.
"Deputy Ambassador Ma, what do you mean by that? At that time, our navy's ships were patrolling the perimeter non-stop. Dozens of speedboats rushed out of the reed swamps, swarming around like mice.
, our ship is too big to catch up, what can we do? What do you mean by this, we let them in to hijack the gifts? My husband-in-law cannot bear this. We did our best to do our part, and later
We also successfully killed more than 20 bandits. But the ship carrying birthday gifts was hijacked. How can it be our responsibility? As long as you don't be so chaotic and maintain your formation, or you can prevent the bandits from getting on the ship, it won't be a problem.
The situation is so bad.”
"What? You just pushed it away. Do you mean that you have no responsibility? Fortunately, you are still the leader of the protection, and now the situation is like this, and you still deny it? It's really ridiculous." Ma Bin shouted angrily.
"I didn't say that we have no responsibility. I, Yue Songlin, would rather be punished, but I have to make it clear who is responsible. We don't shirk the blame at all for our fault. Some people want to blame us, but we don't.
No." Yue Songlin shouted coldly.
The two began to blame each other in front of Guo Bing, which made Guo Bing very angry. Finally, he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Do you still have this king in your eyes? When something happened, I want to get rid of everything now."
.I tell you, if you don’t get your birthday gift back, no one will be able to get away with it, and everyone will lose their head.”
Once Guo Bing got angry, these two people didn't dare to speak any more. Prince Liang was not someone to be trifled with. If he offended Prince Liang, even if they were killed immediately, the court would not blame Prince Liang. Although he was only a Taibao
His position is a false one, but his words carry weight. He is the holy brother's brother.
Lin Ke and Lin Run remained silent on the sidelines. In fact, the common point mentioned in their argument was that the grain ship ignored the birthday ship in order to protect itself. Lin Jue obviously heard this, and he
He winked at Liang Wang and pointed at Lin Ke.
King Liang immediately understood, turned to Lin Ke, and asked in a deep voice.
"Lin Ke!"
Lin Ke was so frightened that he trembled. He stepped forward with empty steps, knelt down and kowtowed: "The guilty people are here."
Although Lin Run didn't name him, he quickly stepped forward and knelt aside.
"Did you order the grain ships to disperse and expose the big ships carrying birthday gifts?" King Liang asked coldly.
Lin Ke said in a trembling voice: "The guilty people deserve to die. The guilty people were confused for a moment. At that time, the fleet caught fire and the place was cramped. The fire was spreading, and the guilty people were afraid that the entire water transport fleet would not be saved, so they ordered them to evacuate.
The guilty people's original intention was to protect the entire fleet, but they did not expect to cause such a catastrophe. The villain deserves to die for his crime, and I beg the prince to punish him. He must bear the blame for his death."
Lin Ke's attitude was quite correct. He did not deny the consequences of his order and admitted it frankly. This made people think that his motives were pure. Before, everyone had doubts about the purpose of his order, but now
When I think about it, there is actually nothing wrong with what he did.
"You must be blamed for your death. I will cut you alive, so what can I do? Your ten thousand lives will not be worth those two birthday gifts. Your Lin family will be ransacked and exterminated because of this matter, do you know? Idiot
, are all idiots. More than 2,000 soldiers and horses were protected, and a manpower of 4,000 to 5,000 people, including boatmen, was overwhelmed by a few hundred bandits. You have caused such a big disaster. You are really a bunch of idiots! Who can tell me,
What should we do about this? Huh?" Guo Bing banged the table and cursed angrily. No one in the audience dared to speak. They all looked like mourning for their heirs, weeping and bowing their heads in silence.
