Seeing that Kabias only slapped him and fell to the ground and couldn't move, Bailiyan sneered:

"Damn, it's so weak, I thought it was because I used my hand too much. Come! ”

Jiang Jie stepped forward and said:

"The subordinates are here."

"Carry this guy in for me, whoever dares to obstruct it will be killed."

"No!"

Jiang Jie and everyone rushed up, captured Kabias, with Mooney in charge, Kabias soldiers and horses did not dare to move, so that the coalition army could enter the city smoothly.

Looking at Posong City from the outside of the city, I just feel that the city wall is majestic and tall, and when I am in the city, people seem to become infinitely small. The large-scale building complexes are lined up one after another, and the magnificent municipal buildings are magnificent, which can be called architectural classics.

Although there are no modern high-rise buildings, there is no shortage of exquisite architectural masterpieces of this era, even if Bailiyan is a human being, he can't help but be bewitched by his amazing momentum, like a devout disciple under the holy temple.

At first glance, the three-foot pillar stone dome of the Municipal Palace is hard to believe that with the current technology, such a magnificent building can be built.

Seeing Bailiyan's surprised face, Mooney said proudly:

"There are no such magnificent buildings in the Central Plains, right?"

"We all spend our money where it should be, and we won't be bored enough to build such a palace. And you can see for yourself, this is just a municipal political office in a province outside the Guan, and it is comparable to the palace of the king of the Central Plains, if it is in the Central Plains, it is really a big crime committed by trespassing. ”

Mooney wanted to be complacent, but when Bai Liyan said this, the prepared draft was useless.

"In my opinion, it is because you can't build such a magnificent temple, so it's just a mystery."

"I think Your Excellency must be mistaken, such a stone temple is just your city political office, and it can't be completed without three or five years, without consuming tens of thousands of people's power and animal power. There are three or five years. With the same people's strength, the Central Plains can build several Central Plains palaces, which can provide tens of thousands of people with food, clothing, housing and transportation. ”

"Your building is made of wood, of course it's easy."

Mooney was unconvinced, and he was offended by a deep-seated sense of superiority. Bai Liyan didn't care, completely filtered his dissatisfaction and said:

"Well, well, you will never be able to look down on us, just as we will never be able to look down on you. I don't need to look at the municipal buildings, take me to your academy first, I want to know how you imitate the Earthquake Fire. ”

"That's our top-secret weapon, you can't look at it."

"Come on, as far as your broken copper and iron are concerned, General Ben still can't look down on them. If you don't lead the way, I'm not welcome! ”

"You! Okay, count yourself ruthless. ”

"Then lead the way."

Before entering the city, Bailiyan had already inquired that the main imitation work of the earth-shaking fire was in the Posong City Academy, and there were also sporadic samples in the capital of Guannei, but they were mainly concentrated in Posong City.

The academy is an educational institution for the Jinxuedi people to train craftsmen, officials, nobles, translators and other groups, covering the age of six years and above, the objects are nobles, artisans, and collateral families close to the nobility, and a very small number of lucky commoners. Such as honorary soldiers, children of military attachés, etc.

Compared with the Central Plains, the Jin Xuedi people have invested heavily in the development of craftsmen, and the status of craftsmen in the country is very high, and the treatment is even higher than that of middle-level military attachés.

Under the influence of the siege, the academy was heavily guarded as if facing a great enemy, and the people of Jin Xuedi walked faster than the Central Plains in terms of education, and there were men and women who were educated, and there were not a few women. Of course, most of them are still the children of the nobility.

Bailiyan knew that the sky-shattering fire imitated by Jin Xuedi came from the Central Plains, and it was a little unexpected when she saw it, it was an iron cannon, and Jin Xuedi only imitated a copper cannon.

"It turns out that you only imitated the Bronze Earthquake Fire, no wonder the range is so close."

Mooney took over and said:

"The iron you use is neither pig iron nor wrought iron, and we can't imitate it, so we can only choose to imitate it with copper."

"It's not that you can't imitate it, it's that you can't make the molten iron not solidify in advance when such a large casting is cast, and at the same time you don't have a larger iron furnace to smelt the molten iron, and finally the iron is the problem."

Mooney was taken aback when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked:

"How do you know?"

"Of course I do, but you don't need to know why. I think that these Central Plains Earthquake Flames should shoot farther and at least double the range of the copper Earthquake Flames you imitated. ”

"Yes, and the black fire powder we use is far less powerful than the black fire powder we have captured. And the black fire powder you use seems to be more powerful, isn't there any difference? ”

"No comment, don't try to extract any secrets from me."

Bai Liyan carefully observed this batch of artillery, the cannon body has the words "Changsun Guo Ordnance Division", Sheng Yuannian supervised the construction, etc., the shape of the artillery has already had cannon ears and frames, it is simply from the old society to the new era overnight, but the shoulder-mounted firearms are still confusing.

This shoulder-mounted firearm is still cast in iron, and the pipe wall is still thicker, thinner than that cast in bronze by the Jinxuedi people, and the diameter is smaller, but it is still more than 20 millimeters. I really can't think of any reason for Changsun Guo to cast the firearm in the style of an RPG launcher, which is very inconvenient for man-machine operation.

Bai Liyan believes that the materials of the artillery captured by the unknown civilization must be more mature and advanced than the artillery cast by Changsun Guo, with a longer range and thinner pipe walls. But if this shoulder-mounted firearm is still a man-armed musket modeled after an unknown civilization, it is a bit of an international joke.

With the technology of Changsun Guo, only a single firearm can be cast, and the wall of the pipe is bound to be much thicker than the wall of the barrel after machining, and at the same time, it is impossible to imitate the flintlock ignition structure, and it is understandable to use the fire door ignition to solve the ignition, after all, the flintlock impact drug requires basic mechanical cognition and manufacturing foundation.

But even the early muskets of the earth have already appeared with a butt structure, and the shoulder-mounted RPG-style breech-loading musket with a handle has definitely not been seen, and it is definitely not suitable for human use, because the efficiency is too low.

Of course, in the early days, arquebuses were heavy and were mostly fired from brackets, which was not convenient to use. The individual firearms imitated by Changsun Guo are all cast, heavy in weight, large in size, and shoulder-mounted with a grip, which is somewhat to solve the inconvenience of hand-held firing.

In addition, it should be in line with the principle of "taking the doctrine is good", and grape shells and chain balls were also found among the cannonballs captured by the Jinxuedi people.

Streptoball bombs are mostly seen at sea to ship masts and hulls, grapeshots before the appearance of shotguns, grapeshots are not ideal for individual soldiers. In this regard, Bailiyan asked Mooney:

"Commander Mooney, why did you prepare such a projectile with chains when you bombarded our army with a large mouth of earth-shattering fire in Manibasa?"

"Nope." Mooney said dryly.

"Why is that?"

"Because I can't be sure, I don't know the specifics, I have to ask the master of the academy. Actually, when you were in Qianyue Mountain, I saw you use this kind of projectile with an iron chain to tie two iron pellets, which is specially used to deal with our war fangs, so it is not very good to use it to fight people and siege cities. ”

"Oh, I see......"

Bai Liyan felt that there was some truth, the mammoth's body size was huge, and a single projectile was a point kill, and if you wanted to hit, you had to increase the projectile density. The chain ball bullet is a line and surface kill, the projectile at both ends is smaller, the launch distance is longer, and the hit rate is better against large animals such as mammoths, and it is also a crooked way to hit the right.

Seeing Bai Liyan thoughtful, Mooney asked tentatively:

"What, what did you think of?"

"The age of the sword is about to fall, doesn't Captain Mooney think?" Bai Liyan patted the iron cannon and said.

"The Heaven-Shaking Fire is powerful, but it is not without weaknesses, and the sword will still be the weapon that dominates the battlefield. What you have, we will have sooner or later. ”

"Oh, maybe. Let's go, and look elsewhere. ”

Bai Liyan originally thought that Mooney, as the most strategic commander of Jin Xuedi, should be able to see the military revolution that firearms were about to bring, but he did not, perhaps misled by the poor practicability of primitive firearms and the constraints of technical bottlenecks. Its cognition is firmly bound to the existing technical level at the moment, and not everyone has such advanced ideas and cognitions as he Bailiyan.

The college is roughly divided into three parts, one is more like a scientific research unit, as Bai Liyan saw, dedicated to theoretical research and teaching and education.

The second was the arsenal, where apprentices and apprentices were trained and sent to the craftsmen's workshops far from the academy headquarters to engage in production labor, and gunpowder was moved outside the city. The third category is the school building where the students take classes.

I have to admit that the education of Jin Xuedi people basically has a relatively complete education system, but the content taught is still limited. Except for ironware, the technology is generally inferior to the Central Plains. In addition to traditional reading and literacy, and basic agricultural knowledge, more time is spent instilling aristocratic thoughts, religious theories, and how to govern the manor, and even some clergy and Bailiyan theories.

Looking at the innocent children playing without trouble, Bailiyan couldn't help but feel pity.

Before dark, the coalition forces occupied the south gate, and the various troops entering the city camped in the central square and the surrounding streets. Gudapa had been locked up in a dark dungeon for more than a month, and he was no longer human.

"You two probably haven't tasted my Central Plains cuisine yet."

"I know this, you boil the white water, blanch the meat and dip it in white salt, it's called a hot pot, right?" Mooney said, seemingly in the palm of his hand.

"Oh, Commander Mooney must have learned about it from the coalition forces, but your Excellency must not know that this hot pot was created by this general."

"It seems that I am lonely and unheard, I heard that the stainless iron steel that appeared in the Central Plains many years ago was also made by you, right?"

"Exactly, I want the coalition to win, in addition to the earth-shattering fire, stainless steel is indispensable. However, there is still one thing that Ben Jiang has not understood, and I don't know if he can solve Ben Jiang's doubts. ”

"Say it, as long as you can say it." Mooney was wary, not thinking that anything good would happen to Bailiyan.

"That's right, in the hundreds of years since your state was at war with our Central Plains, as far as you know, there has never been any trade. And my Central Plains has repeatedly hoped to turn war with Guibang into jade silk and open a port for trade, why does Guibang have to meet each other in arms, is it not bad to communicate with each other? No, don't tell the general, the moon god has already given you the land in the north, and it is natural for you to raise an army. ”