Although Ge Xuan was released from Taiyi Palace, Liu Xiang still wanted to use him.
It is useless to coax children of this kind of aristocratic family who have had a smooth life since childhood and have never suffered any setbacks. They are used to hearing flattery and will not care at all. If they want to be used smoothly, they must suppress their arrogance.
That's why there were rewards for granting land, granting money, and supporting Ge Xuangai Taoist Temple.
The focus of this order is not the ten acres of land, the ten kilograms of gold, and the twenty pieces of brocade, but the Taoist temple. The emperor said that he will fund you to build a Taoist temple, so you must build it, and you must build it in the place where the reward was given, otherwise it will be bullying.
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The purpose is of course to keep people in Chang'an.
Let him stay in the south of the city for a while, let him dry out, whether it is alchemy or Taoism, whatever. Ge Xuan has a clear goal in going to the capital. He wants to gain the emperor's favor and give the family something to rely on. In order to suppress the aristocratic family,
Survive the overall situation and continue to multiply and grow.
He needs power and the emperor's appreciation.
But he will gradually realize that neither alchemy nor Taoism can achieve his goal. He can only follow the path Liu Xiang pointed out to him, enter the general prison, and become a technical official.
It would be such a waste for such a good chemist to make some elixir.
As for using elixirs and Taoism to make friends with high-ranking officials, he has thought too much. Officials with a little political sense can see that His Majesty is carving this person out. Who dares to reach out randomly? Don't you want a future?
Slowly temper your temper, treat him the same as Yang Xiu, let Jin Yiwei keep an eye on him first, and then talk about it in a few years.
Putting this matter behind him, Liu Xiang turned his mind back to the most important thing today, taking four important ministers to visit the big treasure.
The baby is three models, three materials, and nine small artillery pieces.
The models of artillery refer to the styles of the Ming Dynasty, including the squatting tiger cannon, the small French cannon, and the small Hongyi cannon.
It took more than two hundred craftsmen four days to turn Liu Xiang's simple drawings into real objects. The specific effect needs to be tried to know.
"Try the Tiger Crouching Cannon first."
The Tiger Crouching Cannon was invented and improved by Qi Jiguang. It is a mortar type with a large caliber, thin barrel, light weight, and shoots shotguns. It has a maximum range of five to six hundred meters. It is good at bombarding dense enemy formations and killing personnel.
You can also equip cannons when attacking fortresses, but the effect will be worse.
Liu Xiang used a gun with a length of three feet, a caliber of two and a half inches, and fired one hundred and a half two-weight pebbles. Because they were made using three methods: cast copper, cast iron, and wrought iron, the weights of the three cannons were different.
Basically around forty pounds.
Today's cannon test is to decide which manufacturing technology will be used to develop large artillery in the future.
The engineer responsible for manufacturing the artillery ordered the sergeants of Qimen to move out three 70-centimeter-long gun barrels, fix the front ends with two iron legs, and then drive large iron nails into the ground to maintain stability. The rear ends of the barrels were also fixed with iron blocks.
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Three small cannons are fixed and completed thirty meters apart.
The engineer, who still had no idea what this copper-iron vat was for, reported with a bit of confusion, confusion, and expectation: "According to His Majesty's wishes, the installation of the Tiger Crouch has been completed."
Liu Xiang looked at the three small cannons. The iron hoops used to fix the barrels and the fire gates inserted into the fuses all met his requirements. He reached out and touched the barrels. The inner walls were smooth.
Yes, Not Bad.
He nodded to Zhao Dingding, and the knight accompanying him brought in the gunpowder and cannons that had been prepared in advance. He personally loaded half a kilogram of gunpowder, inserted the fuse from the fire door, and then loaded a hundred bullets wrapped in linen with a total weight of
Three kilograms of pebbles were packed into the barrel of the cannon.
He turned to look at Zhao Jing and asked, "Have you learned it?"
"Your Majesty, I learned it." Zhao Jing answered simply. How could he not learn such a simple operation?
"You can fill the other two doors."
"okay!"
Zhao Jing, who had actually operated gunpowder weapons and exploded the city gate, loaded them one by one with great interest, and soon the propellants and cannons of the other two doors were loaded.
"Your Majesty, what kind of object is this?" Cui Yi was very confused. What was he doing with the strange-shaped bucket, and filled it with black Momo and stones wrapped in cloth?
No one else understood what the emperor wanted to do.
Just looking at the various targets and wooden stakes placed in the distance, I guessed in my mind that they should be weapons, but they didn't look very good without sharp edges.
"You'll know in a minute." Liu Xiang was a little shy. He didn't know the actual effect, so he didn't dare to say it all.
He led everyone behind the low wall twenty meters away and ordered in a loud voice: "Everyone spread out and stay away. No one is allowed in the shooting range in front. Pull the big animals away and plug their ears."
The order was quickly carried out. Zhao Jing selected three accompanying knights who had blown up the city gate with him and asked them to be responsible for igniting the fuse. The fuse was deliberately lengthened to two feet. After igniting, it was enough to run back behind the cannon.
Low wall for shelter.
Looking at the burning gunpowder fuse, Liu Xiang felt a little nervous. The gunpowder was made from purified nitrate and sulfur. It was several times more powerful than the gunpowder he had made before. He didn't know whether it would explode or not.
I don't know if the propellant is loaded enough to fire the cannon.
"Tao! Tao! Tao!" Three cannons rang out, the fire exploded, white smoke rose, and dust flew into the air.
Done!
He breathed a sigh of relief. The cannon body did not collapse and the cannon came out of the chamber smoothly. The first step of the experiment was successful.
The main reason is that in his previous life, he never systematically read Ji Xiao's new book, nor did he really learn how to make guns. He only read some fragmentary information about thermal weapons, so he could only provide ideas, and the rest relied on the craftsmen of the Han Dynasty.
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I really have no confidence in my heart.
I'm really lucky to be able to succeed the first time.
"I am indeed daddy's favorite cub!" He couldn't help but smile.
This low exclamation was naturally inaudible to the others whose ears were buzzing due to the shock.
The explosion of half a kilogram of medicine was only equivalent to an oversized firecracker, but they were not mentally prepared and did not cover their ears. They were all stunned, as if they were stunned.
Everyone was in shock, their heads were buzzing, their legs were still a little weak, and the timid ones were already feeling the urge to urinate.
Of course, these emotions do not include the accompanying knights. They have experienced two scenes of one hundred and fifty kilograms of old-fashioned gunpowder exploding, which is earth-shattering. This time it was just a sound, no big deal.
The most excited person was Zhao Jing, because this time His Majesty took him to prepare the gunpowder. He didn't understand the principle. He only knew that His Majesty passed on the method of controlling thunder to him. It was a step-by-step instruction. It was from a direct disciple.
As for his treatment, his silly smile has not stopped in the past few days.
"Hehehehe." He participated in the preparation of gunpowder and loaded it with his own hands. He has learned the method of controlling thunder, and he is very proud of it!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, can this iron bucket make thunder?" Xun Yu could no longer maintain his calm image. This matter was beyond his knowledge.
"It's not thunder, but weapons. It is the future of the Han army, and it is also the reason why I built Taiyi Palace and recruited alchemists." Liu Xiang smiled and asked: "Is Wen Ruo still worried that I will be addicted to alchemy?"
Several important ministers still don't understand that His Majesty is not refining elixirs to seek immortality at all.
Which emperor's alchemy can refine this thing?
Hurry up and practice more!
It sounds like thunder, and it will definitely break the courage of the enemy. It is indeed a good treasure!
Xun Yu calmed down, bowed his hands, and praised loudly: "Your Majesty is mighty!"
"Your Majesty is mighty!" Everyone who came back to their senses also saluted and praised.
Liu Xiang held up his hands, gesturing for everyone to avoid courtesy, looked at Xun Yu and Cui Yi, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is just a little guy, the good treasure is still behind."
After speaking, he loudly ordered: "Check the shooting range, clean the gun barrel, and continue to test the gun!"