He continued to stay in the Ordnance Supervision, and Yao Sui, the commander of the Ordnance Supervision, took him around the Ordnance Supervision.
At the beginning, Luo Youdu was very dissatisfied with the development speed of the arms supervision and firearms department.
However, this dissatisfaction comes from my own lust, and I always feel that as a time traveler, I can promote the progress of the world.
Relying on the immature knowledge in his memory, he created various firecrackers and cannons, brought the cold weapon era into hot weapons, and then reduced the dimensionality to strike.
But sitting in that seat, Luo Youdu realized that this idea was too taken for granted and too naive.
Don't say it's just a half-tone. I only know the shape of a firecracker and a cannon, but I don't know the inside. Even if you know the inside, you may not be able to make it.
The development of science and technology is comprehensive, not a one-footed advance.
Most of the firearms in the Song Dynasty were made of bamboo.
Was it because the Song Dynasty didn't know the advantages of iron and bronze?
Obviously not.
It's because the production capacity of iron and copper is insufficient, the smelting technology is not in place, and the infrastructure is insufficient. Even if there are complete drawings, it is not easy to produce them.
The simplest and most straightforward example is an iron pot.
Stir-fried vegetables were popularized in the Song Dynasty, but there was no stir-fried vegetables before the Song Dynasty?
This is obviously nonsense.
The "Qi Min Yao Shu" of the Northern Wei Dynasty records the recipe, the method of frying chicken, using an iron pot.
But why didn’t the iron pot become more popular? The Tang Dynasty could forge sharp weapons like the Tang Dao, but it couldn’t make an iron pot?
Obviously not.
The main reason is that the iron ore production capacity is insufficient to use the scant iron for dispensable iron pots.
Only if the basic production capacity keeps up with the pace and there is excess copper and iron, can rapid progress be made on this basis.
If you can't even be self-sufficient in basic production capacity, how can you use it to research guns?
Upon discovering this, Luo Youdu's enthusiasm for hot weapons suddenly cooled down.
With foreign invaders on the side, the already limited production capacity is wasted on hot weapons. It is better to push cold weapons to their peak first.
First use cold weapons to defeat all surrounding enemies, and then stockpile supplies to impact the development of hot weapons.
Maybe ten or twenty years from now, when someone who is short-sighted wants to provoke China again, what they will face will not be spears and crossbows.
Now we invest a sum of money every year just to cultivate talents and lay a foundation.
But just when he didn't have much hope, various first-generation firearms appeared one by one, bringing Luo Youdu a lot of surprises.
Luo Youdu encouraged Yao Sui a few words and gave some opinions to the weapons supervisor based on the mess in his mind.
Yao Sui looked delighted and motioned to the people behind him to write it down.
With these years of experience, Yao Sui has discovered that he is a very magical king. Many of his unbelievable words are obviously very evil and inconsistent with common sense. In the end, they are all right like the truth and edict.
Their research on black powder, and Luo Youdu's seemingly imaginative words, actually got to that point in their research, and in retrospect it was like the finishing touch.
Just like the flamethrower, Luo Youdu said at the beginning that if the flamethrower wants to be used for a long time, it must give up the iron pipe. The iron pipe is not as good as the copper pipe in terms of heat dissipation and high temperature resistance.
To maximize the power of a flamethrower, you must give it enough spray pressure, rather than a continuous and smooth output.
In the end, it was proved that everything Luo Youdu said was correct.
Yao Sui no longer had any doubts, and blindly followed the direction Luo Youdu said, and in the end he produced many firearms.
Luo Youdu shook out something more and left the weapons monitor with satisfaction.
Today's firearms are still a little far away from actual combat. At the current rate of development, their application in actual combat will not be a problem during the decisive battle with the Khitans.
After receiving the news from Wei Renpu and Jia Jue, Luo Youdu felt better and set foot in the harem again after many days.
The first place to go was of course Renming Hall. Fu Qing'er was taking care of her baby in the hall, while Luo Kangrui was writing at his desk.
Seeing Luo Youdu's arrival, Fu Qing'er's eyes flashed with distress. He handed the princess in his arms to Feng Zhu, stepped forward and said, "Is the matter resolved?"
He certainly knew that Luo Youdu had been sleeping in Wende Hall these days, handling official duties.
Luo Youdu didn't want his wife to worry, so he smiled and said: "We have a good start, and then it depends on whether God will open his eyes."
"Father!"
Luo Kangrui called out obediently.
Luo Youdu happily touched his head and said, "What else should I write?"
Luo Kangrui said: "Write "About to Enter the Wine" silently again."
Luo Youdu was surprised and said happily: "Yes, your father memorized "Wanglu Mountain Waterfall" when he was your age, but he would be drunk if he couldn't recite it, let alone rewrite it from memory."
Luo Kangrui gritted his teeth and said: "That's not the same. My father and Grandpa Hu were trapped in life when they were young, and the current situation was turbulent, so it was naturally not easy to study. The child was blessed by his father, and how could it be compared with the guidance of a famous teacher like Mr. Dou? The child's body As the son of his father, how can he be compared to Kou Pingzhong when he is the king of Qin?"
His eyes were full of fighting spirit, and then he ignored Luo Youdu and went to write "Will Enter the Wine" silently.
Luo Youdu looked at Fu Qing'er in surprise.
Fu Qing'er chuckled and said: "It's the right thing to find some boards for Chou Chou. Chou Chou has a partner, and he is obviously much happier these days. He often talks about interesting things about school, and asks His Majesty every day when he will come, tell you Talk about interesting things in the school, how he defeated Gao Jixun and Li Yunzheng with the cross-step dribbling breakthrough taught by you."
Gao Jixun and Li Yunzheng are the sons of Gao Qiong and Li Qianpu respectively.
Luo Youdu certainly wanted to leave the best to his son.
His ideal state is to create a small civil and military circle with three people, Li Jilong, Cao Wei, and Kou Zhun as the core.
It's just that Li Jilong is still in Liangzhou and Cao Wei hasn't been born yet.
There is only one Kou Zhun in Bianjing.
Luo Youdu had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and chose Gao Jixun and Li Yunzheng as Chou Chou's playmates.
But his decision to settle for the next best thing was a carefully chosen one.
The name Gao Jixun is so vulgar that Luo Youdu can't remember how many "Jixuns" he has met.
But this man's father, Gao Qiong, was the military general in history who kidnapped Song Zhenzong and sent him to the front line. Gao Jixun was known as a divine general, wielded great power over Western Shu, and repeatedly defeated Khitan. He was a rare second-generation famous general.
The same goes for Li Yunzheng, who was quite capable in fighting against the Khitan Xixia.
Luo Youdu said happily: "This kid hasn't learned the essence. Cross-stepping and dribbling, how can he be as powerful as back-to-back dribbling."
Fu Qing'er smiled and said: "Especially that Kou Zhun. Chou Chou said he didn't like him the first day he met him. But he said he didn't like him, but he was competing with him. He didn't want to lose at all. Give it to him. He doesn't need our supervision when he comes back every day. He just takes the book and studies by himself. Summon him into the palace at some time and reward him well."
Luo Kangrui said dissatisfied: "Wait until I beat him, then recruit him."
Luo Youdu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Do you think it is more important to win against Kou Zhun, or to let him be used by you?"
Luo Kangrui was stunned, clasped his hands, and shouted: "Yes, he is so powerful, but in the end he can't be used by children? How can you compare with him?"
He beamed with joy and said, "Father, I understand."
He said to Fu Qing'er: "Mom, please invite him here when you have time. Kou Pingzhong is really powerful. My husband praised him for his extraordinary intelligence. He is about the same age as a child, but he has already begun to study and understand "Spring and Autumn". In the future He must be a great person."
Luo Youdu touched Aiko's head and said: "Yes, no one is perfect, everyone has their own strengths. You don't need to know everything, as long as you know how to turn the other person's wisdom and ability into your own. Of course..."
When he said this, he changed his tone and said cautiously: "You must have the ability to control this power that does not belong to you."
Luo Kangrui seemed to understand, but nodded vigorously and said: "My child has taken note of it."
Luo Kangrui first silently wrote "Will Enter the Wine", and then took Luo Youdu to talk about the interesting things that happened these days.
Sure enough, children need to be accompanied. Before, Luo Kangrui was well-behaved and sensible, but he lacked a bit of the innocence and liveliness that a child should have.
Now that I have playmates, life has a lot more fun.
That night Luo Youdu stayed at Renming Hall.
The next day, Wei Renpu presented a new river control plan.
This brand-new plan included Luo Youdu's proposal of beaming water to flush sand, taking into account the effect of black gunpowder on breaking up mountains and gravel, and re-planned a road.
Luo Youdu specially called Dou Yi, Song Qi, and Zhao Pu to discuss the matter.
Dou Yi already understood Luo Youdu's idea of worrying about the world's worries first and rejoicing after the world's happiness, so he took the lead in promoting this matter.
On that day, the behemoth Luo Yu court began to operate.
People on both sides of the Yellow River were conscripted, and within five days, 300,000 laborers rushed to the designated location and started digging canals to divert the Yellow River in a section-by-section construction method.
The Ministry of Industry also began to manufacture black powder on a large scale and shipped cans one by one to the front lines.
The spring plowing had just passed, and the people had not had a good rest, so they were drafted, and there were some complaints.
However, Luo Youdu specially organized a river management political department to publicize and explain the reasons for opening the canal.
This move did not exist in the past. People along the river have suffered from the Yellow River for many years. After hearing the explanation, they put away their complaints and worked hard.
Black powder was put into use for the first time and achieved excellent results.
In the past, huge rocks that required manpower to be excavated bit by bit can be easily exploded using the appropriate black powder.
In the process of using gunpowder, the weapons inspectors could not control the amount at first, and injured more than a dozen civilians who did not know the seriousness and were watching the excitement.
But with each explosion, they became more and more skilled in controlling the quantity, and their understanding of black powder also improved.
As his proficiency deepened, the weapons supervisor unexpectedly became enlightened and invented the thunderbolt and the rocket, two firearms that were very useful in actual combat.
Hongtianlei was inspired by flying rocks that injured people.
Rocket, on the other hand, knows enough about black powder.
There were rockets before, but those kind of rockets had explosives tied to the arrows. The explosives were ignited and then shot by archers, causing explosive damage.
Today's rockets purely use the kinetic energy generated by flame jets to launch arrows containing bombs, just like the rocket firecrackers played in childhood.
Luo Youdu, who was sitting in the capital, couldn't help but laugh and cry when he saw the firearms delivered by the weapons inspector. He had never expected such an effect.
Mid-August of the first year of Yongjing's reign.
The northern foothills of Guangwu Mountain.
"boom!"
With a loud noise of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, thick black smoke rose into the sky.
Countless gravels scattered in all directions, accompanied by bursts of shouts.
Wei Renpu stood on a high place and sighed: "Even though I have seen thousands of explosions, I still can't help but be shocked. Without such a magical thing, how could the canal opening process be so fast?"
Guo He, who was standing behind Wei Renpu, was also filled with emotions.
The method he proposed to regulate the river was based on his father's ten years of investigative experience. He himself spent a lot of time and energy running back and forth to research the plan, and he was confident that it was the best choice.
But the emergence of black powder allowed them to blast a road through the mountain stream to serve as a river, avoiding key villages, towns and fields.
This was something he couldn't imagine...
But the fact was happening before his eyes, and there was no room for doubt.
Guo He echoed: "This is the power of science and technology that your Majesty has repeatedly explained."
Wei Renpu nodded and said: "It's because we are ignorant. Fortunately, His Majesty is wise and sticks to his own opinions. We are lucky to meet such a holy Lord in our life."
Luo Youdu specially coined the term science and technology, classified many things in the Ministry of Industry as science and technology, and encouraged the development of science and technology.
If someone changes technology, Luo Youdu will even edit the book himself to reward him.
Even if the literati wrote excellent articles or the generals won the battle, they could not get such treatment.
Naturally some people feel uncomfortable.
Wei Renpu also believed that the scholar-peasants, industry and commerce were placed behind the scholars-peasants, and Luo Youdu was a little biased in attaching so much importance to strange skills and tricks.
We can see the power of black powder and the popularity of iron tools...
Drilling canals requires a lot of tools.
Luo Youdu ordered the Ordnance Supervisor to suspend the forging of weapons, and requisitioned blacksmiths to use all the iron reserves to make tools such as hoes, picks, and shovels.
Iron ore from Shanxi and Jiaodong is continuously transported to the Central Plains.
Wei Renpu still holds the title of prime minister. As prime minister of the Zhou and Yu dynasties, he had some knowledge of some data.
Wei Renpu of the Shanxi mine did not know about it, but Wei Renpu knew about the iron output of the Jiaodong mine.
When he was the prime minister in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was responsible for this aspect of work.
According to statistics, the iron output of Jiaodong mines in this half-year is greater than the national iron output in a year.
Although the territory of the Later Zhou Dynasty was not as large as that of Luo and Yu, it still included most of the Central Plains.
The country's output in one year is less than half a year's output in Jiaodong's current mines.
This shows how much impact the improvement of mining technology has brought.
Wei Renpu has realized the changes brought about by technology. If Luo Youdu had not been promoting the development of science and technology, it would not have been possible to dig the Guangwu Mountain Stream in three or four years, let alone half a year.
Guo He also said: "Your Majesty, you are a true god and man."
The two chatted about Luo Youdu for a while, and the topic returned to the project.
Guo He asked: "I heard that other sections of the road are also progressing smoothly?"
Wei Renpu nodded and said: "His Majesty has given us tremendous support, giving people to people and tools to tools. Even if there are small difficulties, they have been overcome with the collective efforts of everyone. If everything goes well, the project will be completed early next year."
He looked at the people carrying gravel in the mountain stream and said: "You have been studying the method of water flushing recently. In two to three months, the dry season of the Yellow River will come. Our action team must get together. In addition to dredging, we must also choose
A place for Huang He to lose weight."
He was in a good mood and even joked.
Just then!
Suddenly there was a bright light between heaven and earth!