Zhao Heng heard Liu Min say the sentence "The two time bombs buried by Wang Quanbin in the horse herding prison brought immeasurable losses to Ma Zheng in the imperial court", and he didn't understand what the time bomb was; Then he stared at Liu Min and asked, "Aunt Min, what are you talking about a time bomb; Why haven't you heard of it! ”

When Zhao Heng asked, Liu Min knew that he was talking about the words of the future; hurriedly defended: "The time bomb is a heaven-shaking thunder that can explode at any time!" ”

The earth-shattering thunder is a kind of detonating firearm developed in the Song Dynasty, and this Zhao Heng has heard of it.

As one of the four great inventions of the Chinese nation, gunpowder has appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and gunpowder has been gradually used in the military since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty.

On the basis of accumulated research, the people of the Song Dynasty created explosive firearms like grenades in later generations, which were called "earth-shaking thunder".

The Earthquake Thunder is so powerful that when thrown, it will crush rows of enemy troops.

Once the Khitans' "Tielin Army", the "Iron Harriers" of the Western Xia people, the Jurchens' "Tiefutu" and later the Mongols' horse team encounter earth-shaking thunder, then you should die!

Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, the Liao, Western Xia, Jin, and Mongols were very fond of firearms such as the earth-shaking thunder, and the "sky-shaking thunder" had the same power as the "firearm" that was similar to the firearm.

When the Song Dynasty invented firearms, Westerners did not have this concept in their consciousness; However, the hot weapons that were sought after by later generations lost to the cold weapons in the Song and Ming dynasties, which aroused a lot of reverie among people.

The Earthquake Thunderbolt is an explosive device that looks like an ordinary iron ball, but it has a lead on it and gunpowder inside; As soon as the inside of the fuse is touched, the iron will fly everywhere, and the surrounding flames can cause fatal damage.

The firearm of the Heaven-Shaking Thunder uses throwing as the main means, and the length of the lead is the same as the distance it wants to throw.

In 1232 A.D., the Mongols attacked Bianjing, and the Jin defender Chizhan Hexi defended the city with earth-shaking thunder; The Mongol army was repeatedly repulsed.

After the earth-shattering thunder was ignited, the sound roared like thunder, and the sound of popping could be heard within a hundred miles; Even the slightest flame splashes on the armor and melts it instantly.

This was because the smelting technology was not very advanced at that time, and armor made of iron was damaged by fire; Unlike modern steel technology, the fire is helpless.

The Song Dynasty and the earth-shaking thunder are equally famous for the "thunderbolt cannon", both of which are weapons specially produced by the Northern Song Dynasty gunpowder factory.

When the Jin people attacked Bianliang, Prime Minister Li Gang firmly backed himself not to retreat, that is, he used a thunderbolt to drive away the enemy.

The problem was that the number of Thunderbolts and Thunderbolts at that time was limited, and it was difficult to replenish the army after consumption; This is probably one of the important reasons why firearms are lost to cold weapons.

Once the earth-shattering thunder and thunderbolt cannons were put into battle, it would be difficult for the Jurchens and Mongol horse teams to resist.

The Northern Song Dynasty not only had earth-shattering thunder and thunderbolt cannons, but also a kind of "assault gun" similar to firearms.

Although the assault gun is crudely made, it does not look as refined as the AK-47; And it was very flawed, but it was very good at that time; You can make one of these guns, load the bullets, and then detonate the gunpowder with a fuse, and the bullets will fly out on their own to hit the enemy under the impact of the gunpowder.

If the gunpowder is strong enough, the assault gun can kill people at a distance of 150 paces.

It is a pity that such advanced firearms in the Northern Song Dynasty did not protect the existence of the Central Plains regime, and finally let the Mongol horse team trample on the land of China; History went back a thousand years, and later the Westerners' "Eight-Nation Alliance" entered Beijing with firearms made by the Chinese, and the Qing government signed so many humiliating traitorous treaties with the foreigners.

The development of firearms in the Song Dynasty seems to have reached its peak after the development of the Ming Dynasty, and all kinds of firearms continue to emerge; The most important thing is the musket, the artillery.

The artillery is much more powerful than the bird gun in terms of size and caliber, and the harm to the enemy is also great, and the artillery will generally be placed on the city wall; If you put it in the car, you can fight the enemy, and if you put it on the ship, you can fight at sea.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi began to fight with his Eight Banners Army, but when he was fighting the Ming Dynasty, he was injured by a cannon by Yuan Chonghuan stationed at Shanhaiguan and died not long after.

The cannon that killed Nurhachi was a modified general cannon with an iron hoop reinforced on the outside; Although the Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban policy in the late Ming Dynasty, it did not completely close the country; At that time, the redcoat cannons brought back from overseas were Dutch firearms, which was the result of the rapid development of the West on the road to industrialization.

Before the invention of the red-coated cannon, the Chinese people had long been able to make powerful firearms by themselves; It's just that the artillery is made of copper metal, so it is very thin, and it is not up to par in quality.

The Red Cannon, on the other hand, has a thick and thick barrel, and the barrel becomes very long as it is strengthened, making it easier to defeat the opponent; So in terms of technology, quality, and the design of artillery, the Westerners gradually took the lead.

The range of the redcoat cannon was ten miles, which was absolutely frightening in ancient times; Therefore, from the perspective of attack alone, hot weapons are many times stronger than cold weapons.

After the rise of industrialization in the West, the mass production of steel led to the continuous improvement and development of firearms such as redcoat cannons. The Song Dynasty did not have refined steel, and the manufacture of firearms could only be tailor-made, and in the end it was lost.

Liu Min compared the time bomb with the earth-shattering thunder, and Zhao Heng seemed to understand; Liu Min continued the previous words and said: "Wei Baimao and Ma One-eyed, the two Laoshizi, organized private armed forces to confront Qin Feng in the Horse Husbandry Prison, and secretly stole and sold military horses!" ”

"This guy is too bold! Stealing and selling military horses! Zhao Heng stood up from his seat and said indignantly: "The military horses of the Great Song Dynasty are treasures, and those who dare to resell will be killed!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Heng was excited, Liu Min tugged at the placket of his clothes and pulled him to sit down and said, "Don't be excited, don't be excited, listen to Minzi tell you slowly!" ”

Liu Min cleared his throat as he spoke, raised his voice and said: "Wei Baimao and Ma One-eyed, as the deputy supervisor of the horse herding supervisor, organized an armed force of their own in the Qingshichuan Horse Farm, colluding with foreign underworld forces to steal and sell military horses unscrupulously; It is initially estimated that more than 1,000 military horses were sold by these guys to the Tubo, Huanghu, and Dangxiang people, and they obtained more than 20,000 taels of dirty silver! ”

"These guys are going to have to cut them with a thousand cuts!" Zhao Heng stirred up again.

Liu Minwan smiled and said: "It seems that the prince is sincere in worrying about the country and the people!" However, Wei Baimao's gang of thieves only sold a horse for 20 taels of silver, and the Tubo and Huanghu people sold it from Wei Baimao for 20 taels of silver, and sold 40 taels of silver to the Song court; The officials of the Imperial Court Mazheng Temple still think it is very cost-effective! It's like pounding your own eye sockets with your own fists......"

Zhao Heng listened to Liu Min talk about the troubles of the Qingshichuan Horse Husband, and the blood of his youth was surging; I can't wait to put on my wings and fly to Qingshichuan to rectify Ma Zheng.

Liu Minneng could see his excitement from Zhao Heng's emotions, laughed a few times and continued: "The big thief Wei Baimao is the nominal husband of Sister Jing, but this guy has never had sex with Sister Jing!" ”

"So Sister Jing is a widow!" Zhao Heng said with a little pity, and sighed: "There are really a lot of affectionate men in the world!" ”

Liu Min heard Zhao Heng say this, hehehehe laughed a few times and said: "Wei Baimao doesn't touch Sister Jing, let Gongzijian take advantage of the loophole!" ”

"Gongzijian has taken advantage of the loophole!" Zhao Heng asked a little curiously.

"Gongzijian and Wei Baimao are in the same group, but Wei Baimao often owns the silver he gets from selling horses; Gongzijian started Sister Jing's idea! Liu Min said impassionedly, raised his arm and said: "All the silver that Wei Baimao got from selling horses was handed over to Yang Cuihua, Yao is her!" ”

Liu Min pointed his finger at Yang Cuihua and said, "Yang Cuihua was originally Wei Baimao's person, but now he is the wife of Zhang Jing's little brother!" ”

Zhao Heng's eyes widened, and he looked at Yang Cuihua and Zhang Jing smiled: "The relationship is so complicated, it's like the Three Kingdoms!" ”

Liu Min grinned and said, "What did you lose your wife and soldiers?" Wei Baimao is, this guy was killed by the slave family in the horse herding prison; Yang Cuihua followed Zhang Jing, and the Tibetan silver he obtained from selling horses was given by Yang Cuihua to part of the Qingshichuan Horse Husbandry, and part of it was brought to Bianjing to buy a house! ”

Zhao Heng's neck couldn't help but slap his palm, and Liu Min picked up the previous topic and said: "Gongzijian wanted to use Sister Jing to get him silver to make a mess with him, and then this guy instigated Sister Jing to extort silver in front of Yang Cuihua!" ”。

Yang Cuihua stood up from her seat and poured a deep blessing to Zhao Heng and said: "Lord Qi, Sister Liu Min is telling the truth, Sister Jing threatens the slave family to ask for silver every time; The slave family will give her some in order to settle the matter! ”

"But all the money given by Yang Cuihua was taken away by Gongzijian!" Jing Huijing picked up the conversation and said: "The slave family has not received a penny, so they can only make a living by planting vegetables to supply the herdsmen of the horse herding supervisor......