Chapter 373: Preliminary Discussion of Artillery

With the character of Su oil granules returning to the warehouse, selling cattle and sheep that have just passed through the winter is stupid, except for the people who pay for the canal repair, the rest are all sent to the Langdutan Military Horse Farm for fattening and breeding.

Sitong Trading was not in a hurry at all, because Xiaoyou said that as long as it was two months later, this batch of sheep would bring the first big income without killing.

When I came out of Chang'an, I thought that Gao Shilin was in Shangzhou, southeast of Chang'an, and it was time to meet him.

Shangzhou City, known as Shangluo in ancient times, Zhou is the ancient country.

According to the Zuo Chuan, in order to develop its power into the Han River valley, the Qin state united with the Jin to attack the state of Yan.

Chu dispatched Shen and Xizhi to aid Yan, and made Zixi the Shang Duke, and the Qin and Jin soldiers retreated. This is the origin of the word Shangzhou.

In the twentieth year of Qin Xiaogong, Wei Ying broke Wei Yougong, and sealed the Shang in the fifteenth yi, called "Shang Jun".

The climate here is good, there is a natural barrier of the Qinling Mountains in the northwest, the cold air is not easy to invade, and the mountain terrain that opens to the southeast is conducive to the entry of warm and humid airflow.

However, there are fewer river roads than mountains, and there are more high mountains than low mountains. Except for one Danshui bank, which is suitable for planting, the rest of the territory, herbs are not counted, and most of them are suitable for pasture rather than farming.

Because of the large drop in Shangzhou, the water resources are abundant and abnormal.

There is only one navigable river.

However, this river can not be underestimated, at the beginning of Tang Guangde, "the river is not passable, Cao Wan from Han to Shangshan, to the Beijing Division." "At that time, Zhou Zheng Lusai, the southeast tribute was given, the Cao Han River, and the Shang Mountain."

The Tang Dynasty called this road "Tribute Road", which shows that at least during the Tang Guangde period, the food supply of the entire Chang'an basically relied on the line from Hanshui to Shangshan to ensure the southeast tribute, which was a transportation artery connecting Tang Jingcheng and Wu Chu.

From Xiangyang Fucheng to the Han River, through 600 miles to Jingzi Pass. Another hundred and fifteen miles of bamboo forest pass. Another hundred and ten miles of Longju Village, the whole journey is more than 870 miles.

However, this road is not being used now, for the simple reason that Shaanxi is abandoned, and Xiangyang is not short of salt.

Xiangyang has convenient waterways, and now it belongs to the Huaiyan Economic Zone, and there is no economic demand, so no one will go to the waterway.

The arrival of Su You made Gao Shilin greet him, and this baby pretended to be a fake and received Tanhualang in the Longwang Temple in the west of the city.

Today's Shangzhou, can be called the spring city, the city is full of clear springs raised by the Qinling Mountains, the spring water of the Longwang Temple is clear and delicious, it is a first-class famous spring comparable to the Huiquan in the south of the Yangtze River.

The case has now been printed with deep Suyou characteristics, concise, efficient and exquisite, so the glass lid bowl soaked in Emei snow buds has become the standard for high-ranking officials in the case.

Gao Shilin is now very shaking, just arrived in Shangzhou and found high-quality iron ore, this baby has now changed the appearance of hanging children, behaves in a proper manner, and uses the relationship of Dasu to blend into the cultural circle, shaking the folding fan in front of Su You in the winter, madly hinting that Su You looks at the inscription on the fan.

Su You took the folding fan over, and then fanned it against the pine cone charcoal stove.

"Huh? Eh...... Mingrun, what are you doing? Gao Shilin snatched the folding fan back: "This is the fan that I asked for from Uncle Ouyang Yong!" ”

"Isn't a fan just for fanning?" Su You's face was not angry: "It's okay, brother-in-law Gao Xiaoguo, pretending to be a gentleman like a gentleman, pretending to be a godminister like a godminister, which one is the real you?" ”

"That's a terrible name!" Gao Shilin put away the fan with great care: "It all depends on the needs of my sister and the official family, if the official family wants me to be a gentleman, I will be a gentleman, and if the official family wants me to be a godminister, I will be a godminister." ”

After speaking, the thief smiled sheepishly: "Now my brother is like a person in Xunqi, and the emperor's brother-in-law stands up to fight with Uncle Cao Taiguo......

After speaking, he arched his hand and said: "Mingrun is my brother, my lucky star, have you seen the steel made out of the big stone?" ”

Su You nodded: "Luckily, ferrosilicon is out, and Ya Yan can be produced by casting process." ”

Gao Shilin said with a smile: "The arrowhead of the Great Song Dynasty was originally cast, and it was you Su Mingrun who had to make a forged steel armor-piercing cone, what's the matter?" If you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, you can't bear it, right? ”

Su You rolled his eyes: "Have you read the research report of the big stone?" That thing came out, and the performance of cast iron was close to that of the new steel! With this foundation, the new armor-piercing cone can be cast! ”

Gao Shilin: "Huh? "Oh, you said it earlier?" I've sent all the pieces of the sword to the level! ”

Su You put his hand on his head: "Who is ghostwriting this piece of music for you?" ”

Gao Shilin said with a smile: "This person will come in a while, and you will have to meet later, speaking of which, it is still your old boss." ”

Su You was surprised: "Secretary Hongzhang? How did he get here? ”

Gao Shilin pouted: "I don't know whether to say that he is lucky or unlucky." Wasn't this a flood in the states last year? The case was in charge of the canal, and the new judge took office, saying that Secretary Hong's name was taboo, and a piece of music was issued. ”

"Huh?" Su You was stupid: "Is this okay?" ”

Gao Shilin refilled Su You's tea: "But it's hard to say that it's not a good thing, following my brother is not better than the case?" ”

After a while, Shi Tong and Hong Jiang came over, and Shi Tong shouted when he saw the two people drinking tea: "Where is it not good to meet?" How did the judgment arrange for the master to meet in the temple? On such a cold day, a cool breeze blows in the pavilion that is not leaning on in all directions! ”

Su You smiled and said: "You don't understand the big stone, this doesn't cooperate with the brother-in-law of the small country to act!" ”

After speaking, he stood up: "Su You has seen the secretary of the palm, don't the secretary come to harm?" ”

Hong Jiang hurriedly held on: "Ouch, I can't help it, when I received your gift, it was Mingrun, you have to follow the rules of officialdom, and now Lao Hong can be under Mingrun." ”

After speaking, he bowed and saluted: "Hong Jiang, the judge of the Shangzhou case, has seen the deputy capital Chengzhi. ”

Su You was a little ridiculous: "With the credit of Brother Hong, he should indeed be promoted to a judge." But in this way......"

Hong Jiang also felt a little magical: "No matter what, I finally transferred out of the trick official and entered the serious Beijing official sequence." ”

Shi Tong disagreed: "The trick officer is very good." What do you do as a transfer officer? ”

Su You gave Shi Tong a kick: "If you turn to Beijing, you can continue to rise, you don't even understand this?" ”

Shi Tong shook his head: "Being an official is not as fun as steelmaking." ”

Su You laughed angrily: "It's floating, isn't it?" Refining ball grinding iron feels amazing, doesn't it? The arrangement for you to come to Shangzhou is to solve the problem of the milling machine cutter head, is it done? ”

Shi Tong said: "Master, what are you so entangled in the milling machine cutter head? ”

Su You said: "It's nothing, I originally wanted to do it in one step, but now...... Alas...... It's better to take it step by step, and the copper is the copper. ”

After speaking, he took out a drawing from his bag: "Look at this." ”

The drawing shows a strange four-wheeled vehicle, with only a frame, no compartment, and a thick barrel on the frame.

Su You said: "Among the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty, there are similar ones, right? ”

Hong Jiang looked at it: "Yes, this thing is like a large assault gun." ”

"There are two kinds of assault muskets, one is a jet of flame, which mainly burns enemy equipment, and the other can fire a hole to kill and injure the enemy."

Then he took a piece of paper: "That's it." ”

Su You looked at the strange projectile in Guli, as if it had pierced an apple arrow, and couldn't help but feel a little painful.

Hong Jiang pointed to Su You's drawings: "Uh, it's not that I question Mingrun, this projectile has no arrows in front of it, and the killing effect is not as good as the assault gun, right?" ”

It is easy to explain this matter to the Land Temple Group, but it is a bit troublesome to explain to Hong Jiang, and it is a military secret, and it is not good to spread it too widely.

Su You thought for a while and said, "When I was in the case, I checked the medicine letter formula of the Great Song Dynasty, but the ingredients of this thing are too complicated, and the effect is mainly used to cause fire and produce poisonous smoke. ”

"But when we were playing firecrackers in Kolong, we used to play a game where we lit the firecrackers and covered them with a copper bowl, and after the explosion, the copper bowl would fly high."

Gao Shilin nodded and said, "That's right, the medicine puppet in Bianjing City also has this trick, and the medicine will be able to drive the puppet to make various actions, one of which is to throw the flower ball into the air." ”

Su You said: "Well, in short, in order to make the copper bowl fly higher and higher, we took a completely opposite path to the Great Song Xuan Case Workshop. ”

"The old three, more refined, finer, purer, the formula does not need to be too complicated, as long as the purity is ensured, the three things of fire, charcoal, and sulfur can produce an explosion like a firecracker, but the power is much greater."