When Wei Xu saw Jiang Qing say this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud; While laughing, he stared at Jiang Qing and said, "Lord Jiang is really a person with a strong personality, and there is only a trace of distance left in the long march; You don't have that little patience! ”

Jiang Qing was dumbfounded by Wei Xu's words, and raised his hands and put them down; Standing very embarrassed and not knowing what to say.

pressed this side and did not show it for the time being, only said that Hongyun was informed by Zhang Jing: that Wei Xu and Changzhou went to inform, and Liu Min was in danger; originally planned to let Sister Qiao and Sister Qiao go to Jinming Lake to report to Liu Min; But when I think about Sister Qiao and Sister Qiao, I am worried that the two of them will not be able to complete the task; So they let the sisters continue to stay at the opening site of the carriage and horse sliding pole shop, and Hongyun rented a fast horse nearby and rushed to Jinming Lake in the west of the city.

Jinming Lake is another scenic spot in Bianjing, although it has strange characteristics outside the city.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Jinming Lake was the exercise ground of the naval army, and the surface of Jinming Lake was 100 acres; There is a lonely mountain in the center of the lake, there is a red wall more than three meters high on the peak, and the pavilions and pavilions in the red wall echo with the eight eaves city tower at the south entrance to the lake.

The lake is surrounded by tall reeds, and a 20-meter-wide stretch of white sand stretches thoughtfully from the surface of the lake to the path.

Visitors walk barefoot into the gravel, and the roughness and novelty of the sand make people linger.

What's more intimate is that there are several lying wide couches that allow people to enjoy the good atmosphere of the lakeside, and in the south of the hotel, a large area of lotus leaves spreads out on the water surface like a picture.

Due to the wide and clear surface of the lake, dozens of naval warships of various sizes are deducing tactics on the lake.

Liu Min's carriage and horse sliding poles traveled ten carriages and 50 sliding poles to carry the first batch of free test tourists to Jinming Lake, and then returned to Xiwazi on an empty trip to start charging to carry a new round of tourists; Visitors who come on a free ride can enjoy the surroundings of the lake.

Zhao Tingmei, Li Xin, and Zhao Heng, accompanied by Liu Min, naturally had alternative hospitality, and moved a few rattan chairs to sit on the shore of the lake to watch the naval exercise.

The neat arrangement and formation deduction of the navy dazzled Zhao Heng; It was from this time that Zhao Heng fell in love with the water army.

Zhao Heng, who liked the water army, became Song Zhenzong after ascending the throne, and he was in power for 25 years; Under the assistance of Liu Min, the "rule of Xianping" was implemented, which made the national power of the Northern Song Dynasty develop to the extreme.

Song Zhenzong paid special attention to the development of the navy, and vigorously advocated the invention and creation of science and technology and applied them to social production and military equipment.

As a result, the shipbuilding technology and military equipment of the Northern Song Dynasty Navy have made great progress, and the invention of shipbuilding patterns, various new firearms and large iron anchors has also come into being.

At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were frequent wars, and Song Zhenzong was greatly inspired to watch the naval army deduction in Jinming Lake; It is hoped that the navy will come up with new weapons and better ship types as soon as possible.

So, Tang Fu, the captain of the Shenwei Water Army, and Xiang Juan, a shipbuilder; He visited the shipyards and bases along the coast of the country to collect and summarize all kinds of naval firearms and new ship models.

At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, some shipyards of the Navy were able to build sea ships according to ship samples, which were also called ship types; Xiang Juan collected these sea ship schemas—the atlases compiled by naval shipwrights from all walks of life across the country—and then screened them to eliminate a number of unreasonable ship types; In order to achieve the purpose of finalizing the unified specifications of the naval ship type.

Due to the reason of "adapting measures to local conditions" in the early Song Dynasty, the types of ships in various places were not uniform and diverse.

Therefore, a lot of work has been done to draw and compile the schema and check the ship diagram.

Xiang Juan also drew two new warships according to the design of civilian ship types: the miscellaneous boat and the fish boat, which were indeed strong and fast after several launches and sea trials.

Song Zhenzong later issued Zhao Zhao to supplement the establishment of these two new warships into the navy and sea ships to equip the navy.

After the plan review and determination, the bow of the boat is small, the tail is wide and the bottom is pointed, the tail is wide and the water can be divided, and the head is narrow and the bottom is pointed, which can increase the speed of the boat.

Xiang Juan also drew on the map the hull of the ship, which had shooting holes on all sides of the cabin, so that he could stretch out his weapon to attack the enemy when approaching the enemy ship.

The roof of the cabin is covered with a stiff plank, and the stern has a front and auxiliary rudder to control the course.

This 5 kiko (about 15.36 meters) long, 50-person boat, is one of the earliest recorded examples of fishing boats.

Xiang Juan and Tang Fu went to the Qinglong Town Navy Shipbuilding Base of "Relying on the Sea and Pillow River, and Bringing Pu to the Lake"; Supervise the construction of the squid boat and the miscellaneous boat according to the schema.

Qinglong Town is located in Qingpu, Shanghai, in the later generations, and was named after Sun Quan's construction of the Qinglong ship in 219 AD; Qinglong Town Water Army Shipyard is quite famous in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Xiang Juan went there to listen to the opinions of the boatmen, and supervised the construction of miscellaneous boats and fish boats according to the schema; During this time, he discovered many problems with the fish boat map.

When the craftsman actually built the ship, he found that some of the projects could not meet the standard of the ship's drawing; Xiang Juan asked the craftsman to report his opinions, so that he could improve the data of the ship diagram and improve the technical annotation of the ship diagram.

Xiang Juan also added drawings and data text in the process of drawing review according to the actual inspection; This allows the shipwright to become familiar with the construction process and technical characteristics of the new ship type in a relatively short time.

When surveying the quality, Xiang Juan paid attention to the supervision of the overall strength, stability and rate of the hull.

The review of the drawings is generally based on the steps of first the overall and then the partial, the qualitative and then the quantitative; It is carried out in the form of "matching seats" for various ships.

This method of determining the final technical standard of the schema of sea vessels was very applicable and reliable at that time, not only enriching the types of ships, but also standardizing the types of ships.

Xiang Juan also considered different ship types for coastal navigation and ocean navigation as needed; Categorize to determine the final ship sample.

According to the ship drawings compiled and reviewed by Xiang Juan, the shipwrights of the Northern Song Dynasty built naval warships with different functions and uses; In Europe, simple ship drawings only appeared in the 16th century, three or four hundred years behind China.

Xiang Juan also built several important ship models and designed several new ship models.

Some of the sea warships with strong practicality and good effect are depicted or imitated according to the entity.

Xiang Juan invited several experts in the capital to review the schema of the sea ships and determine the ship types of all naval warships, which was supported and favored by Song Zhenzong.

In August 1000, in the third year of Xianping of Song Zhenzong, Xiang Xuan, a shipbuilder, and Tang Fu, the captain of the Shenwei Naval Army, went on a pilgrimage to meet the emperor.

Xiang Wanjin presented a naval battle ship (including a ship model and several types of naval models), and Tang Fu presented firearms, including rockets, fireballs, and thistles, to the imperial court.

Xiang Juan and Tang Fu received a monetary reward and a promotion from Song Zhenzong.

Xiang Juan was promoted to the position of capital water supervisor, subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, in charge of the national water transportation and shipbuilding and ship quality survey.

Xiang Juan's diagram of the sea ship is depicted with a diagram of the ship's weapons. In addition to the shooting rod, stone throwing machine, crossbow arrows in the arrow window hole, and raw cowhide felt for fire prevention, there are also some firearms equipped on sea ships in the early Northern Song Dynasty.

For example, rockets, fireballs, and thistles, whenever Xiang Juan encountered firearms problems when he visited coastal shipyards and naval forces across the country, he mainly consulted Tang Fu, the commander of the Shenwei Naval Army, who was proficient in all kinds of firearms and equipment on the ship.

Tang Fu told Xiang Juan that to inspect firearms and equipment, he first went to the local (state) ordnance supervisor to inspect their smelting technology, product molds, and production quality, and then went to the shipyard and ship to inspect the technical maturity of rockets, fireballs, and thistles.

In terms of quality management, we must do a good job of moisture-proof work, and we must also do a good job of confidentiality, so that the public does not know the detailed situation of firearms; In case it was exposed to the enemies of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Specific to the spot check of rocket quality, Tang Fu told Xiang Juan to check the design specifications, power and material standards; Whether it is uniformly produced and whether the quality is reliably guaranteed.

The requirements for the rocket are very strict, the bow body must be 3.2 feet, the chord length is 2.5 feet, in order to ensure that the rocket range is more than 300 steps.

The flammable materials in the burlap bag tied to the arrowhead were replaced with gunpowder, and whether the fire rope had enough burning length; There is a sufficient time lag before the arrows burn.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the fire crossbow arrows had a huge power, and the enemy ships were unstoppable, and most of them were removed from the rods and the arrowheads were still embedded in the ship's planks.

"Rockets" have been used in the Three Kingdoms, but the shafts of the arrows are tied with flammable materials such as grease; It burns poorly and has weak firepower, which can be easily extinguished by the enemy.

Even if the Northern Song Dynasty replaced with gunpowder, the rockets still lit the arquebus and fired one at a time; And most of them are set on fire for military purposes, of course, this is the era of cold weapons.

To check the quality of the fireball, Tang Fu reminded Xiang Juan to check the shell of the fireball; Whether it is coated with flammable moisture-proof substances such as asphalt, pine resin and yellow wax of sufficient thickness, whether the internal gunpowder is of reliable quality, and whether there is a sufficient amount of flammable paper and dry cloth as a sphere...... This ensures that after igniting it, it can be thrown onto the enemy ship with a stone thrower or with bare hands, and the orb will generate flames and damage the enemy ship.

Tang Fu also told Xiang Juan: The fire tribulus terrestris is precisely an improved weapon of the fireball, and the core of the fire tribulus terrestris is not only gunpowder, but also contains "iron thistle".

Tribulus terrestris is a scrap iron with high carbon content, soft texture and many impurities eliminated by the ordnance superintendent arrows, with spikes on it.

If you throw it out with a fire on a medicine line, it will not only burn; The thistles inside will also be blown open.

However, due to the low ratio of nitrate and sulfur, the killing area is limited, so it is also for military purposes.

Due to the high scrap rate, the quality supervision of tribulus terrestris is very strict; Tang Fu checked whether the fire rope (i.e. the fuse) was installed firmly, whether the dry cloth and paper that wrapped the core were leaking due to moisture, and whether the core powder and tribulus terrestris were mixed evenly.

Tang Fu also inspected some small assault ships, such as Mengchong, on which were placed fierce fire tank firearms used to burn enemy ships; Fierce fire oil is oil.

The Fierce Fire Oil Tank is fueled by oil and is contained in a copper cabinet with four launch tubes.

When firing, the "fire tower" is lit, and then the handle is pulled, and the oil is spewed out through the fire tube through the fire tower, which can burn the enemy ship at close range.

When Tang Fu inspected the firearms such as fierce fire tanks, rockets, fireballs and thistles, he had to put forward requirements for the environment in which the cabins were stored: such as ventilation, arson measures, dehumidification or cooling treatment, safety and fixation of storage boxes, daily closure and confidentiality vigilance, etc.

Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du compiled the "General Essentials of the Martial Classics", which was the first official military book in China; The military system, communication and reconnaissance, city attack and defense, fire attack and water warfare, and weapons and equipment of the Northern Song Dynasty were introduced in detail. In particular, the battalion formation, weapons and equipment are equipped with detailed illustrations.

In terms of the navy's firearms and ship diagrams, Ding Du drew a lot of references to the military achievements of Tang Fu and Xiang Juan; It depicts the series of main battle firearms rockets, fireballs, thistles and six types of ship diagrams.

Ding Du took into account the problem of military leakage, in addition to the necessary depiction of the appearance of the ship type and the textual introduction of the combat characteristics; The details of the ship's drawings and construction techniques have been omitted accordingly.

In 1084, the Northern Song Dynasty transferred 100,000 rockets and 2,000 firearms from Bianjing to other places at a time.

Liu Min and Zhao Heng were watching the naval army deduce the formation with great interest, and went to see Hongyun coming to him......