"I am willing to follow Your Majesty to restore our dynasty."
Most of the ministers in the DPRK were extremely excited after listening to my passionate speech. Being able to serve as a minister of ZTE will naturally be remembered for generations. For them, isn't this their lifelong ideal and lifelong pursuit?
?Even Liao Yingzhong felt her heart surge and sighed endlessly.
Seeing the atmosphere swelling, I suddenly stood up from the dragon chair, flipped the corner of my clothes, and said loudly: "For the rise of the Song Dynasty, even if there is an abyss ahead, even if it is covered with thorns, I will move forward without hesitation.
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These few words are like my declaration of taking the throne, even though it is half a year late.
For a moment, I felt as if I had the Emperor's Sword in my hand, and an invincible aura naturally spread out, covering the entire hall in an instant. I said nothing and just looked at everyone quietly.
After a brief silence, a burst of noise erupted in the hall.
"For the rise of the Song Dynasty."
The ministers echoed in unison again.
Although Jia Sidao had no expression on his face, he still sensed my imperial aura and was muttering in his mouth, not knowing what he was saying or thinking.
Regardless of whether the ancients were loyal or treacherous, after all, they lacked thousands of years of experience, and were limited by the times. Compared with modern people, they were still much simpler. My impassioned words resonated with me. Whether true or false, for most of them
, especially for veterans of certain ages, they finally saw the birth of a wise king who looked down upon the world.
Most of the emperors of the Song Dynasty, especially the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty in Lin'an, were not strong enough. Although the country's wealth reached the peak of feudal society, in the eyes of many people, the Zhao royal family seemed mediocre in many aspects. Since 960 AD
Emperor Taizu conquered thousands of miles of mountains and rivers with a stick for nearly three hundred years.
In the past, it was repeatedly invaded by foreign tribes such as Liao, Jin and Mongolia, resulting in the continuous loss of territory, and in the end it could only be settled on one side. People of insight, both in the government and in the opposition, were extremely sad. Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong" can be said to be the best voice for this.
, when will my mountains and rivers be returned to me, and the news of the victory of Chaotian Que will come to comfort Lu Weng (Lu You).
On the first day of the fifth month of the first year of Xianchun, many ministers saw hope.
"Retreat from the court." Xiao Qi's voice seemed to be very loud today.
On the way to the Gunpowder Department, I asked Shen Mo to go to the Youth Guard to call Wen Zhang.
Although Yun Bofei still looked tired, he smiled happily: "Your Majesty, look at this musket."
I picked up the musket and first weighed it. It weighed about ten kilograms, the caliber was about 25-30 mm, and the total length was 1.5 meters. There was a groove on the outside of the butt, and a snake-shaped rod was installed in the groove.
One end is fixed, and the other end forms a trigger, which can be rotated
It rotates, and has a clamp to hold a slow-burning match rope soaked in chemical liquid. A powder disk is installed at the rear end of the barrel. Compared with the first batch of one hundred muskets, the butt has also been improved and added
The handguard was removed and a sight was added to the front of the barrel.
Yun Bofei took the musket and introduced: "Your Majesty, this ignition device was developed after modifications based on the drawings given to me by the Emperor. When firing, pull the trigger, press the nose of the machine down, and the burning match rope will
It will enter the gunpowder tray to ignite the gunpowder, and then shoot out the projectiles. The effective range of this gun can reach 80 meters, and the longest distance can reach 200 meters. Within the effective range, it can shoot through all the armors currently facing us."
"What's the launch speed?"
"One word (five minutes) can be fired five to ten times."
This kind of gun can be called a musket with a semi-mechanical ignition device. Although it is far inferior to a flintlock gun, it is also a matchlock gun suitable for war. Its advanced semi-mechanical ignition device is at least two hundred years ahead of Europe. time.
"Mr. Shen, take a look too."
Shen Yiqiu took the musket from Yun Bofei's hand, looked at it and praised: "It has exceeded my subordinates' imagination. But there is still another question, is the strength of the barrel can be guaranteed?"
"Yes, can it be guaranteed?" I am also concerned about this issue. If the barrel of the gun explodes, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Yun Bofei nodded and said to me: "My subordinates have already solved the problem of this gun barrel."
"Bo Fei, tell everyone."
"Your Majesty, in order to create a barrel with a smooth and straight inner wall that won't explode, two problems need to be solved. One is the quality of the fine iron, and the other is the craft of drilling the gun. This fine iron, Wei Chen briefly learned from the Emperor's physical skills. It has already been figured out that the carbon content in pig iron needs to be reduced, which is what the emperor calls steel. After discussing with the weapons supervisor and many craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, I have found a way to smelt steel, and the drilling technology , with the help of Mr. Shen and Brother Quan, Chen has also made a simple gun bed. In this way, there will be basically no problem in manufacturing the barrel."
"Well, good, let's go and try the gun." I suppressed my excitement and said.
"Your Majesty, how about letting me test the gun?" Wen Zhang said happily.
I looked at Yun Bofei: "Yun Aiqing, is that okay?"
"Of course, General Wenzhang, I'll teach you."
Chief Superintendent Chen Dongping took us to a blank space near Luoshi Mountain in the Gunpowder Department.
On the left side of Yun Bofei hangs a small trapezoidal iron-rimmed pot for holding the propellant, and on the right side hangs a leather box for holding the projectiles. There is a small white bottle inside, which is used to hold the propellant. Each bottle contains the amount of the propellant, which can avoid Soldiers loaded too much or too little propellant due to nervousness on the battlefield.
"First pour the primer into the primer pot and close the lid of the primer pot." Yun Bofei explained while demonstrating, "Then unscrew the vial containing the propellant, pour the propellant from the muzzle, and then pour the propellant into the pot." Load the projectile into the muzzle, then pull out the purge bar from under the barrel, tamp the projectile and propellant, light the match, fix the match on the match rope clip, close one eye, open one, take aim, aim at the target, and pull the trigger. "
In order to let everyone see the process clearly, Yun Bofei moved extremely slowly and explained in detail.
"Complicated, really complicated." I thought to myself.
Under Yun Bofei's guidance, Wen Zhang completed the launch preparations and said: "My minister Wen Zhang is ready, please give the emperor's order."
"Okay, Wen Zhang, prepare and release."
Following my order, Wen Zhang pulled the trigger. He only heard a "bang" sound, and a puff of smoke came out from the armored target 80 meters away. Yuan Ji, Wen Zhang and others, who had excellent eyesight, had already seen it. A hole is exposed at the lower left end of the armor.
"Hit." Wen Zhang shouted loudly.
I was not as excited as Wen Zhang, but I said to Yuan Ji: "Sir, if we are at close range, can you avoid it?"
Yuan Ji thought for a while and said: "I can avoid it from three to five meters away, and Lan Yu can avoid it from seven to eight meters away."
"Haha, not many people are as skilled as you these days."
"Your Majesty, it's just that the preparation time for this musket is too long. It seems..."
"Sir, the matchlock gun is mainly used on the battlefield. If it is a contest between martial arts people, it is of little use. However, it will be difficult to say if more advanced firearms will be released in the future."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
I know that martial arts masters like Yuan Ji disdain muskets, so I didn’t tell Wen Zhang immediately, and said to Wen Zhang, “Wen Zhang, if hundreds of muskets are fired at the same time, what will be the effect?”
"I, I dare not imagine that kind of scene."
Yuan Ji also thought at this time, it was easy to hide from a gunman, but if dozens of muskets fired at the same time, would he be able to escape unscathed?
"Haha." I laughed. "Suppose a hundred Mongolian cavalry are charging towards you. If you give the order and fire, a lot of these enemies will fall."
"Yes, but the preparation time of this musket is too long. When the second and third shots are fired, the enemy may rush in front of you."
"Well, this is a major drawback of the matchlock gun. We can reduce the risk caused by this drawback from two aspects. One is to adopt a three-stage shooting method, and the other is to cooperate with each other. Of course, this cannot be fundamentally solved.
This eliminates the complexity and slowness of the shooting process.”
Wen Zhang asked curiously: "Your Majesty, I forgive my ignorance, what is three-stage shooting, and how should the troops be deployed?"