Zhao Gou knew the situation of the Artillery Casting Bureau clearly, but he had no interest in interfering at all.

What's wrong with the clay mold casting cannon?

Doesn't it smell?

No matter how heavy the artillery is, it is also artillery, and it is also a great force that cannot be stopped or reached by manpower!

Mu Huogang in the northwest of Bianjing.

The breeze blows softly, and the warm sunlight covers the earth. The blue sky was as clear as a piece of paper, and a few thin white clouds, as if they had been sunburned, floated slowly with the wind.

It's really nice to come out and take a spin on such a comfortable day.

The high grandstand curtain has been erected, and with Zhao Gou taking his wife and children to take a seat, with Empress Xing and Pan, as well as the two little princes in place, the cultural relics below and the ministers all saluted.

Yes, Zhao Gou not only brought his wife and two cheap babies, but also brought a group of civil and military ministers, as well as envoys from all parties in Beijing, such as Goryeo and Japan, such as Srivijaya and Dali. There are also Bile Ge and some grassland tribe leaders in Beijing, and some local officials in the southwest and Lingnan.

The Artillery Casting Bureau has been preparing for more than three years, and more than 100 artillery pieces of various sizes, large and small, have been built, and Zhao Gou's secrecy is extremely high, and many courtiers do not know that the word "cannon" in the three words of the Artillery Casting Bureau is next to the word "fire" newly created by Zhao Gou.

But they all know that there is an institution called the Casting Bureau, and in the annual budget, this institution costs millions of dollars a year, and no one will miss it.

Now Zhao Gou is finally going to put this supreme weapon in front of everyone openly.

Because he wants to create a pilot unit in the navy and army. In the case of his untimely death a few years later, these were the artifacts of the Central Song Dynasty to suppress the world.

The infantry cavalry army is equipped with artillery, and the naval division warships are equipped with gunboats.

It doesn't take much, as long as the effect is put in front of everyone's eyes, then everything is OK.

To put it bluntly, he just wants to shock the world.

"Most of you here know about this Cannon Casting Bureau. In a few years, the imperial court spent four or five million yuan on it, and that was not a squander. I'm going to call the ministers today to see what they've gotten in exchange for these millions. ”

"Go down, start now."

The attendants on the side held a pamphlet and sent it to everyone, even Empress Xing and Pan.

A booklet of normal fold size, with a cyan cover, and four sunspots on it - fire ** solution.

As soon as the word "cannon" next to the word fire appeared, it immediately aroused the curiosity of the vast majority of people present. Of course, there are some people who don't know Chinese characters at all. It's about the tribal leaders on the steppe.

Flipping the first page, there is no frontier, but a table of contents.

In general, there are various classifications of existing artillery.

For example, the Tiger Squat Cannon at the beginning, followed by the Mother and Child Cannon, and then the small mortar cannon......

Just when the gunners of the Artillery Casting Bureau carried a large and small tiger squat cannon into the artillery field, many people on the stage were already addicted to the content of the book.

Tiger squat cannon, weighing 30 catties - 50 catties. Small in size, light in weight, although the range is not far, but suitable for mountain and plain operations, but also convenient for fighting with cavalry, mobile and flexible.

The cannon can be copper and iron, can be crushed stone, loaded with one hundred and ten pieces, pressed with a large son or a big stone, far away from fifty steps, the best effect within thirty or twenty steps, the force is compared with the crossbow, and the hole pierces the heavy armor.

The ministers of the court who were present, whether they were envoys from other countries, were not fools.

These descriptions alone are enough for them to make up for the power of the tiger squat cannon in their brains.

Put dozens or even hundreds of stone iron bullets into the barrel of the cannon, and when they are fired, they will not be thunderous and large and small bullets will fly out together. You can know how huge the lethality and radiation range of these projectiles are with your ass, and they are extremely suitable for field combat, even in the face of a crazy horse army raid, a burst of bombardment can effectively suppress the enemy's crazy offensive.

"Ready—"

The shouts of the gunners on the gun field made everyone raise their heads, and the people on the high platform could clearly see that in front of a small tiger squatting cannon, pigs and sheep in iron armor were scattered in the open space twenty to fifty paces away.

"Boom ......"

After the sound of cannon fire at about the same time, puffs of white smoke rose from the field, as if in the natural smoke. And the pigs and sheep in the field are already screaming heartbreakingly.

The smoke of gunfire completely cleared.

The scene on the gun field was completely leaked into a pair of eyes.

I saw that a large number of pigs and sheep had fallen to the ground, or some of them had not lost their breath, but they were also crying in place, and many pigs and sheep were fleeing in panic.

At this moment, everyone on the stage held their breath. It was Zhao Goudu, because he was afraid of waking up others. It's like Queen Xing and Pan's on the side, and then they are quietly observing those two cheap sons.

The sudden explosion of cannon is still very loud in the ears.

Especially for the two six-year-old children, who were suddenly frightened, the reaction of the two children must be the truest performance.

"Ahh

The corners of Zhao Gou's mouth showed a touch of satisfaction.

Then the attention was attracted by the congratulatory voices of the ministers.

"The ministers are exempt. Send for all the pigs and sheep to be brought in, and I will see them with my own eyes. ”

Zhao Gou: This is obviously to let everyone present see it with their own eyes.

Only in this way can the shock be put to the fullest extent.

The ministers and others naturally knew this, and the people from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies were already smiling at the envoys and the leaders of the Northern Governor's Palace.

The dead pig and sheep carcasses were sent to the stage.

All the people below came to watch.

A fine iron armor can't fool people, and you can tell what the texture of that thing is when you touch it.

After taking off the armor, the blood holes on the pigs and sheep were even more tamped with the comment of "strength is better than crossbows, piercing heavy armor".

As for disemboweling pigs and sheep, so that a cadre of people can see with their own eyes the internal organs that have been beaten into minced meat, it is even more deterrent.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty. My royal family has this artifact, and it is really blessed by God. At this point, the ancestral foundation should be as safe as Mount Tai. ”

Empress Xing congratulated Zhao Gou for the first time.

Pan and his two cheap sons also hurriedly followed after they woke up.

The tiger squat cannon at the front is so powerful, so isn't the cannon at the back going to the sky? The Great Song Dynasty is really invincible in the world.

"The power of artillery is beyond the reach of flesh and blood. With this sharp weapon in my hand, I am in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the Weide is in the quilt, and the Quartet is in service. However, the solidity of the country is not in danger, and Wu Qi's words are reasonable. ”

"Although the imperial court is strong, it must not sustain the people."

"Water can carry a boat, or it can capsize a boat. This is remembered by the king. There are no people, only one is happy, one is the fish and meat of the world, this is not the son of the Zhao family. ”

"You must know that in today's world, there are the Great Song Dynasty in the east, Tianzhu in the south, Seljuk and other heavenly kingdoms in the west, and the monotheistic kingdoms led by Byzantium in the west, just like the pre-Qin Warring States period."

"We must magnify our eyes from the Central Plains to the real world, and don't only stare at the Central Plains."

"Since my Great Song Dynasty has dominated the East, I should look at the world. In the past, Li Tang went west, and the sky came from the east, nothing more than that. In the past, the Great Qin swept Liuhe, and the same was true. ”

"The affairs of the world are governed by officials and taxes. If you can take it from outside, you don't have to squeeze the children of Shenzhou, the taxes will be relaxed, the people will flourish, and the hearts of the people in the court will be cohesive. ”

"This is also virtue, the real great virtue."

"You must remember that the virtue of a king is not a moral article of the people, it is not a submissive foreign servant, and it is not a gift of coins year after year."

"The virtue of a king is to gather the strength of all countries to supplement the needs of China, and it is the inner saint and the outer king!"