In the lobby of the Commander's Mansion, Zhe Keqiu looked up and down at the huge iron fire thunder and praised it. He was a veteran who had experienced many battles and was very familiar with various firearms of the Song Dynasty. He knew very well what the iron fire thunder meant.
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If he can imitate successfully, Luoyang will be safe. At this time, a middle-aged man hurriedly came over. This man was Wang Fuyuan, the firearms supervisor of Luoyang Ordnance Supervision. He led a group of firearms craftsmen to make Luoyang's double-layer gunpowder barrel.
The effect is better than the gunpowder barrels made in Bianliang. It is mainly due to its high power and the poisonous nails can shoot farther. This has something to do with the materials they use to make the barrels. They use beech, ash or jujube.
Wood.
"For a humble job, please see the commander-in-chief!"
"Steward Wang, come and take a look at this!"
Zhe Keqiu pointed at Tie Huolei on the table and said with a smile, "What do you think this is?"
Wang Fu looked around and said in surprise: "Isn't this the iron fire thunder that the commander mentioned yesterday?"
"Exactly this!"
Wang Fuyuan was suddenly surprised and delighted. He stepped forward and hugged it excitedly. Iron fire thunder is the holy object of all firearms makers and their ultimate dream, but no one knows how to make it?
"How did the commander get it?"
Zhe Keqiu stroked his beard proudly and said: "They wanted to blow up the city gate at night, but I ambushed them. The iron fire thunder rolled into the moat, and I fished it up."
When Wang Fuyuan heard that he had fallen into the moat, he was shocked. He quickly stepped forward to take a closer look, and his face gradually became ugly.
Zhe Keqiu saw that his expression was wrong and asked hurriedly: "Is there something wrong?"
Wang Fuyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Firearms are most afraid of water, and Iron Fire Thunder is no exception!"
He pointed to the circular groove around the match rope and said: "This should be stuck with something like a wooden shell. It is stuck very tightly. If you seal it with a circle of wax around it, you won't be afraid of falling into the river. Now the shell is waterproof
It’s gone, the match rope has turned into paper pulp, and if I guessed correctly, the iron fire thunder has been filled with water, and the gunpowder has also dissolved.”
"Can it be copied?" Zhe Keqiu is concerned about this issue.
Wang Fuyuan shook his head, "I don't know, I have to saw it open and see what's inside."
Zhe Keqiu shouted, "Saw it open immediately!"
He also wanted to see the situation inside with his own eyes. It was like opening a blind box. Every general present wanted to see it and no one wanted to leave.
Two soldiers found a pair of large steel saws and started sawing hard, only to see rustling iron slag falling.
A general covered his mouth and laughed in a low voice: "Even the hoe made by the country blacksmith is ten times stronger than it. The Western Army is really advanced!"
Wang Fuyuan slapped his forehead suddenly. He understood that the iron fire thunder must be made of the poorest quality crude iron so that gunpowder can explode. If it uses fine iron, how could it possibly explode?
"Mr. Wang, what's wrong?" Zhe Keqiu looked at him strangely and asked.
Wang Fuyuan resisted the discovery and laughed casually: "Nothing, I guess this is their biggest iron fire thunder!"
Zhe Keqiu smiled and said: "That's for sure. This thing weighs more than a hundred kilograms. Of course, the biggest one should be used to blow up the city gate."
At this time, the saw was halfway through, and the water inside began to gush out from the cracks. It was full of yellow muddy water, and it dripped all over the table.
Wang Fuyuan sighed in his heart, it's over, all the gunpowder has been dissolved in the water, I don't know the other party's gunpowder formula, copying it is a waste!
The iron fire thunder was sawed into two pieces, and the surrounding generals sighed. Only half a jar of muddy water was left inside, and only some undissolved slag of gunpowder remained.
Zhe Keqiu also knew that it would be difficult to imitate it. He laughed dryly and said to Wang Fuyuan: "Mr. Wang, please do your best!"
Wang Fuyuan gave a bitter smile, "Let's give it a try! Let's try it with the gunpowder we have now."
Wang Fuyuan and two of his men carried the two halves of the tin cans back to the firearms camp.
After the war started, Luoyang City imposed a nighttime curfew and people were not allowed to go out, but they could go out during the day. But even if they were allowed to go out, the streets were still deserted, not a single pedestrian could be seen, and all the shops were closed. If you really want to buy something, you have to go out.
Knock the store open hard and enter the store for transactions.
There is an alley in Jirenfang in the south of Luoyang City called Xueshi Alley. There are not many people living in it, only four or five households. At the end is a quite large courtyard. In the morning, a man in a green shirt hurriedly walked over
, he tapped the door knocker three times in a rhythmic manner, the door opened a crack, and he ducked in.
This man in green shirt is Zhang Lu, the intelligence leader of Luoyang. This courtyard covering an area of three and a half acres is their hiding place. They spent 500 yuan to buy it. More than 20 intelligence officers live here.
The main reason why I chose this place is that the terrain in this area is very complex and there are alleys like spider webs. It is easy to escape after being discovered.
However, now Zhe Keqiu has not stopped interrogating the Song Army intelligence spies. The reason is that the car rental illusion set up by Shopkeeper He made Zhe Keqiu think that the Song Army intelligence spies were no longer in Luoyang City.
Zhang Lu came to the backstage and asked someone to find Yu Shouzhong.
Not long after, Yu Shouzhong walked quickly, walked into the hall and asked: "Is there anything important?"
Zhang Lu nodded and motioned for Yu Shouzhong to sit down. He said slowly: "Just now I went to shopkeeper He to inquire about the situation. He told me one thing. His brother-in-law had a drink with some friends last night. One of them said that he was signing for the army.
I got an Iron Fire Thunder from the Song Army, which weighs more than a hundred kilograms. I wonder if it is an Iron Rhinoceros?"
Yu Shouzhong was also surprised. The iron fire thunder was the top secret of the Western Army. It was easy for the signed army to get one as a reward. If it were copied, the consequences would be unimaginable. He had personally seen the Song army use iron fire thunder to blow up the city in Datong City.
All the gate towers collapsed."
Yu Shouzhong said anxiously: "This iron fire thunder cannot fall into the hands of the enemy. We must destroy it!"
Zhang Lu pondered for a while and said: "I am actually considering two things. One is to destroy Tie Huorei, and the other is to kill their pigeon letter to prevent him from spreading the secrets of Tie Huorei's production. This is not good.
Do it!”
Yu Shouzhong thought for a moment and said, "It seems difficult, but it's actually not impossible."
"How to say?"
"The carrier pigeons and carrier eagles are both on the Eagle Tower. Just go up to the Eagle Tower at night and kill them all."
"Is it so easy?" Zhang Lu said with a smile.
"The Eagle Pagoda is in Dingzen Temple. It shouldn't be difficult to let a brother pretend to be a monk to sneak in, find out the situation, and then coordinate the inside and outside. I think the key is that the situation in front of him is too complicated. Zhe Keqiu has never thought of the Eagle Pagoda. He
Maybe they are more concerned about the safety of the grain and grass warehouse."
Zhang Lu said happily: "What you said makes sense. Let's divide our troops into two groups. I will find a way to destroy the Iron Fire Thunder, and you will deal with the Eagle Tower."
"How does the commander plan to destroy the Iron Fire Thunder?"
Zhang Lu smiled slightly and said: "The wool comes from the sheep. Who should I look for when information comes from?"
"You mean, the friend we drank with?"
Zhang Lu nodded, "It can only be this person!"
With the help of Shopkeeper He, Zhang Lu quickly found out that the leaker was a craftsman from the weapons supervisor. He saw with his own eyes the iron fire thunder shell that was cut in half, leaving only the shell.
There was no gunpowder. It was said that water had entered it and the gunpowder had turned into soup.
In the evening, shopkeeper He hurried back from outside, handed a piece of paper to Zhang Lu, and said with a smile: "Twenty dollars buy an address. This may be the most expensive address."
Zhang Lu opened the note and saw that it read, 'Wang Fuyuan, the Chief of Ordnance Supervision and Firearms, his home address is at the end of Baicha Lane, Zhengpingfang.'
Shopkeeper He smiled and said: "I also sent some free news. There are five members of Wang Fuyuan's family, his old mother, his wife, and his two sons. The eldest son is fourteen years old and the second son is eleven years old. They are all currently studying."
Shopkeeper He paused and added: "Also, this Wang Fuyuan's father is Wang Yan, the most famous swordsmith in the Bianliang Ordnance Supervision Bureau in Tokyo. The swords he forged are all collected by the imperial palace and relatives of the emperor."
"The father made swords, but the son made firearms. Is this inheritance interesting?"
"No! No! Wang Fuyuan is the number one swordsmith in Luoyang Arms Supervision. Zhe Keqiu promoted him to the position of Chief Firearms. He has more than a hundred people under him."
Zhang Lu nodded, "I understand, I will visit him tonight!"