Chapter six hundred and sixty-two artillery blasting
In Liu Mansion's study room, Liu Mingzhi bit his pen and frowned tightly as he read the letter in his hand.
"Exploding the chamber? How could the amount of iron and gunpowder used in the artillery, which I deduced based on the size of the gun and the ratio of gunpowder, explode the chamber?"
Liu Mingzhi, who looked hesitant, lowered his head and began to write on the desk. After half a stick of incense, Liu Mingzhi put down the brush in his hand and started pacing in the study with his hands behind his back.
No matter how you deduce it, it shouldn't explode, but An Gouer's letter said that two of the ten red cannons built exploded, which is already a large proportion.
You must know that the power of artillery is not just things like swords, guns and sticks. Once the chamber of the artillery explodes, the gunner inside the artillery will either die or be disabled.
This is the most optimistic result. If it ignites the nearby artillery shell, let alone kill the enemy, you will be devoured by the artillery fire first.
Liu Mingzhi walked to the door, closed the door bolt, and listened carefully for a while. Then he walked behind the bookshelf, opened a hidden compartment on the floor, took out a stack of rice paper, sat on a chair, and read.
"This is obviously the steel-making method of later generations. The quality of the steel should be qualified. Although I don't know the specific steel-making steps, I should be able to figure it out after the experiments of the craftsmen. Could it be that the temperature of the coal is not enough and the impurities in the steel are not good enough?
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Liu Mingzhi closed his eyes and meditated.
I went through all the knowledge about steelmaking in high school and college in my mind, but I still didn't find anything wrong.
Is there something wrong with the steps? I can't go to the East China Sea to see it in person, so there's nothing I can do about it.
"Could it be?"
Liu Mingzhi suddenly thought of what a master lathe master in the factory said to him during his summer vacation in his previous life!
He hurriedly picked up the rice paper and read it. Liu Mingzhi's eyes lit up and he finally found the location of the symptoms.
There's nothing wrong with the method, there's nothing wrong with the steps, the problem is with some of the additives used in steelmaking.
After figuring out the key, Liu Mingzhi picked up the pen and started writing without hesitation. After a while, he sealed the letter and clapped his hands.
Suzaku, who was in charge of intelligence from the Relevant Division, flew in from the window and looked at Liu Mingzhi sitting on the chair with his charming eyes.
Liu Mingzhi shuddered and came back to his senses and looked at Suzaku speechlessly: "You little sparrow, if you dare to seduce the young master again, I may really punish you one day, believe it or not!"
Zhuque's smart eyes narrowed and looked at Young Master Liu with a faint smile: "Young master, you can come if you want. Do you have any objections?" After speaking, he puffed up his chest and looked at Young Master Liu proudly: "Yes.
Yes, I am not a little sparrow!"
"Yes, yes, I'm afraid of you, so I asked someone to send this letter to An Jianghe of the Bai family in the East China Sea. These hundred thousand taels of silver notes are the settlement expenses for those skilled craftsmen he collected. Tell him that this matter is of great importance. Once someone leaks the secret
,Kill without mercy!”
When Zhuque heard that there was a mission, his charming eyes became cold. He took the letter and the banknote and looked at Young Master Liu respectfully: "Suzaku, please retire!"
After Suzaku left, Liu Mingzhi took a few sips of herbal tea and calmed down.
It's not that he has a weak will, it's just that Suzaku's charm technique is so terrifying. Just one look at you will make your blood boil and make you restless.
Her ability seems to be to arouse people's deepest desires!
"Young Master, a father-in-law came to the palace and said that His Majesty has urgently summoned him to court!"
Liu Mingzhi was startled when he heard Liu Song's voice: "Isn't today the day for Xiu Mu? Why are you summoned to the court in such a hurry?"
"Xiaosong doesn't know either, but my father-in-law said it was an urgent call, so I guess something big must have happened!"
"I know, I'll just go change my clothes! Let the young lady prepare the official robe for me!"
"Yes, Xiaosong is down!"
Liu Mingzhi put the rice paper back to its original place, closed the door, tied a hair on the door lock, and walked towards the room!
When Liu Mingzhi arrived at the room, Qi Yun happened to take out the silver-green robe and walked out of the screen: "Husband, what's going on? Today is not the day for Xiu Mu. Why are we summoned to court in a hurry again?"
Liu Mingzhi tied the fish bag around his waist: "Who knows, maybe something big will happen again. You can play whatever you want at home, but my husband has gone to court!"
"I know, please be careful on the road!"
"Do not worry!"
Follow the eunuch Liu Mingzhi who sent the message and rush towards the palace urgently!
On the way, Liu Mingzhi and many officials who came over smiled and greeted each other. More than 100,000 taels of silver were not wasted. All the officials who received Mr. Liu's apology gift all said hello to Liu Mingzhi!
Liu Mingzhi got off his horse and handed the young eunuch the reins and walked toward the palace.
"Your Majesty is here!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
“Free entry!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
All the civil and military officials asked each other in low voices in confusion, wondering what was going on.
Only Song Yu, the Minister of War, Li Yang, the Prince of Duan, Tong Sansi, the Right Prime Minister, and a few military generals headed by Duke Wu were kneeling down indifferently, as if they had already understood it in their hearts!
The emperor looked a little unhappy and glanced at the civil and military officials: "Song Aiqing, please read Jiangnan's memorial!"
"I obey the decree!"
"My brother Li Yugang, the Governor of Jiangnan, wrote that the White Lotus Sect has revived and harassed the caravans leaving the city in Hangzhou, Jiangzhou, Yongzhou, and Shaozhou on March 16th. Although no lives were hurt, merchants from the four states looted goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Empty. On March 25th, the gates of Yangzhou city in Raozhou were boarded by White Lotus cultists. Thousands of soldiers were killed and injured. Now people in all states in the south of the Yangtze River are in panic. My brother secretly investigated, looted the caravans, and attacked the city and killed Bailian soldiers.
The believers are not a group of people. I roughly estimate that there are no less than 20,000 people in the White Lotus sect now, and I don’t know where to get a large number of weapons and armor. Please send troops to suppress the bandits!"
The emperor looked at all the civil and military officials of the dynasty with cold eyes: "My dear friends, you have seen it, this is the ability of the White Lotus Sect to confuse people's hearts. In the twenty-sixth year, the Protector of the Country had just wiped out tens of thousands of White Lotus rebels. Now,
They actually gathered another 20,000 people. If they start a rebellion, the soldiers will be in turmoil!"
Song Yu frowned: "Your Majesty, what I am most worried about is the weapons on the memorial. It is said that all of them are standard equipment replaced by the soldiers of the Sixth Guards. I am in charge of the world's military equipment. After receiving the memorial, I went to the treasury of the Ministry of War.
, not a single piece of armor has been lost. In this case, how these bandits obtained the standard weapons and equipment needs to be tested!"
After Song Yu finished speaking, he took a few glances towards the Military Preparation Department, the supervisors and generals, and the meaning was self-evident.
The emperor's expression was also a little cold: "Send me the memorial and the single eye for checking the treasury!"
"I obey the decree!"
"Mr. Zhou is busy!"
The emperor carefully looked at the memorial and the individual seals stamped by officials at all levels of the Ministry of War. Indeed, not a single piece of military equipment was lost.
Li Zheng absolutely trusts Song Yu on this point. The loss of military equipment cannot be faked. Otherwise, let alone Song Yu, who is the Minister of War, even the prince would not dare to be careless about such a matter that is related to the country's foundation!
The emperor put down the memorial in his hand and looked at the few crimson officials serving in the west with a cold tone: "The general will be the supervisor, the military preparation department, and the general Liu Cheng will immediately ask the officials at all levels to see if they have lost their weapons. Twenty thousand people will be killed with weapons."
That’s enough for the clan!”
"I obey the order and go to investigate immediately!"