It was such a coincidence that the next day, Dr. Liu checked Yu Lian's pulse and found that she indeed had a happy pulse and was about two months pregnant.
When she heard the news, Yu Ying was both happy and sad. She was happy that her sister Yu Lian was pregnant, but sad that the child was gone due to her own negligence.
Chen Qing comforted her and told her that when she recovered well, he would calculate the time with her and let her have a baby, half a year later at most.
Lu Xiu also comforted her and told her to take care of her health and that he would not punish her. Only then did Yu Ying feel relieved.
Two things happened at home today. Lu Xiu was particularly busy. Chen Qingze called Zhao Qiaoyun and Zhao Yingluo to his study. Starting from today, he will spend three days telling them all the subsequent plot of Journey to the West and asking them to let go.
Go and write, and he won't care about this book.
The subscription volume of "Beijing News" has exceeded 40,000, and is still on the rise. A few days ago, the first episode of "Journey to the West" "The Monkey King in Heaven" has been printed and released, and the response in the market has been unprecedented. Only in Beijing
trillion area, and sold 20,000 copies in three days.
Early on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Chen Qing brought hundreds of soldiers and a dozen generals to the firearms testing site.
There are two testing sites for firearms. One is in the compound of the institute for testing some small firearms. The other is not far away. There is a hill three miles away. The hill splits and there is a canyon two miles deep. The innermost part of the canyon is
An open space the size of two acres.
Since the emergence of firearms decades ago, this place has been a firearms testing ground. It is guarded by soldiers and no one is allowed to enter, even up the mountain. Who knows if you are an enemy spy coming to spy on the Song Army's firearms testing.
Today, the place is heavily guarded. Soldiers are guarding all the paths going up the mountain, and no one is allowed to go up the mountain.
This was an arrangement made two days ago. Chen Qing specially deployed three thousand troops to escort this test.
This experiment was so important that after hearing the answer to the riddle, the generals all expressed their opinions that the allocation for the protective army was too small and at least 10,000 men were needed.
They are all generals who have experienced hundreds of battles. No one understands the importance of this experiment better than them. They tested the iron shell fire mine, and the iron shell fire mine was successfully developed.
"It would have been nice if the iron shell fire thunder had come out earlier, but it won't be of much use to us now."
The speaker was Liu Qiong. When he saw everyone looking at him, he added: "The role of the iron shell fire thunder is mainly to defend and attack the city. It is of no use in field battles. We have fierce fire oil and use the iron shell fire thunder to replace it."
I don’t think it makes much sense to use fierce fire oil.”
Liu Qiong's thoughts can represent many people. In recent years, gunpowder barrels have become a bit useless. In the early days, the poison-quenched iron nails stuffed in the gunpowder barrels were effective against the poorly equipped puppet Qi army, but now their enemy is the Jurchen
The Donghu Army, the Donghu Army, and the Xie Cong Army were all equipped with shields that could withstand the poison-quenched iron nails of gunpowder barrels.
Therefore, in this battle of Hedong, kerosene was basically used to clear the way, and gunpowder barrels were not used much.
The gunpowder barrel has become useless, and how powerful can the iron shell fire thunder be? As long as the fire oil is fired, they don't need firearms.
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "The difference between the wooden shell fire thunder and the iron shell fire thunder is equivalent to the strength test between a three-year-old child and a thirty-year-old man. If you think of the iron shell fire thunder as the strengthening of a wooden gunpowder barrel, then
You are totally wrong, let alone other functions, if we have iron fire thunder, then we will be the king on the water, and an iron fire thunder can blow a ship to pieces."
Liu Qiong still didn't believe it. He smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to seeing his power with my own eyes."
Not long after, everyone rode to the entrance of the valley. More than 20 officials, including Ma Xiaoyuan, the commander of the Ordnance Department, Xie Ying, the deputy commander and director of the Firearms Institute, were waiting at the entrance of the valley.
All the officials came forward to greet the ceremony. Chen Qing waved his hands and said with a smile: "Everyone is very anxious. Don't be delayed by these etiquettes and go in directly?"
"Prince, generals, please follow me!" Ma Xiaoyuan, the commander-in-chief, shouted loudly and led everyone towards the valley.
"Thank you, manager, how were the defects resolved?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.
Xie Ying looked ashamed and said: "The snail structure the king mentioned last time was too difficult. We failed many times without success."
"is it hard?"
Chen Qing was a little confused. "The small snail casting does not need to be cast as a whole. It can be made into two halves, and the seams can be patched with molten iron. Then it is placed on the mold. After the mold cools, it will melt into the iron shell."
, I think it’s relatively simple!”
Xie Ying was stunned for a moment. They all thought that the snail structure was to be cast integrally with the iron shell. However, it turned out that it couldn't be made. It turned out that it had to be made separately.
"We thought this plan was complicated at first, but we can make it up later."
"What solution have you come up with now?"
"To inform the prince, we will make a pipe on the mold. After casting, there will be a pipe inside the iron shell. Directly insert the fuse into the pipe. Insert the gunpowder to the bottom, and then make a pipe on top.
Block the opening with a wooden plug with a hole."
"This method is not bad!" Chen Qing imagined the appearance of the pipe.
"This is actually the tip given to us by the county king. We only need to buy a little time to explode before the fire erupts. The pipe played this role and bought us a little time, so we succeeded."
Chen Qing said happily: "Will it work? The key is to master the principle. I believe there will be a better way. Let's see the explosion effect!"
The Firearms Institute has painstakingly renovated the test site. The viewing position is halfway up the mountain, about a hundred steps away from the ground. Dozens of small stools have been placed. Everyone sat down one after another. They all have good eyesight. The following situation
See clearly.
According to Xie Ying's introduction, two tests will be conducted today, one is the iron hedgehog test, and the other is the iron dog test. It is called a test, but it is actually a report. They have already tested it several times internally, and there is a cover-up explosion in the valley.
The sound effect, so the sound cannot be transmitted to Jingzhao City.
"What is an iron hedgehog? What is an iron dog?" Gao Ding asked in confusion.
Xie Ying introduced with a smile: "This is our internal saying. A five-kilogram gunpowder barrel is called a hedgehog, a thirty-kilogram gunpowder barrel is called a wild dog, a one-hundred-kilogram box fire mine is called a black pig, and a five-hundred-kilogram box fire mine is called a black pig.
rhino."
All the generals clapped and laughed: "This is a good name, simple and easy to remember. The army will also use this code name in the future."
At this time, the trumpet sound came from below and it was about to begin. Everyone became quiet and looked towards the open space below.
I saw a craftsman running towards a wooden house holding an iron lump the size of a pumpkin. After a moment, the craftsman ran out of the wooden house, ran more than twenty steps, hid behind a large stone that had been placed and covered it tightly.
ear.
No need to be reminded by Xie Ying, Chen Qing and all the generals covered their ears.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise, fire burst out, wood pieces flew, and black smoke rose into the sky. Looking at the wooden house, only half of it was left, and the roof and walls were blown away.
"Awesome!" Everyone imagined a ship being blown up.
Chen Qing stroked his beard and nodded, "It was successful the first time, not bad!"
Immediately afterwards, several craftsmen carried a piece of black winter melon and ran towards a section of the city wall in the northeast corner. Everyone was stunned. This should be a thirty-pound wild dog, but it looked very much like a winter melon.
No one was interested in blowing up wooden houses, but blowing up city walls attracted everyone's attention.
The city wall is three feet long and two feet high. It is made of large green bricks and filled with sand in the middle. It is exactly the same as the real city wall, as if a section was cut out and placed here.
A hole was dug in the city wall, and two craftsmen inserted the iron fire thunder into it and lit the match.
The two of them ran quickly and hid behind a large stone shelter thirty steps away.
For a moment, there was only a muffled sound of 'Boom!', and the city wall collapsed. Everyone stood up and applauded enthusiastically with excitement.
Even Liu Qiong was convinced. Thirty pounds had the same effect as five hundred pounds. It was amazing.