However, the cannon was still far below Li Ji's expectations, because the shells were solid.

Solid shells, that is, their lethality is extremely limited.

In the Ming Dynasty, and even the Manchu Qing Dynasty, artillery was basically based on solid projectiles. Even in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the solid bullet was one of the reasons why the Beiyang Naval Division was defeated 0/5 in the case of absolute superiority.

It's not that there are no flowering bombs, but the first is that the flowering bomb process is immature, and it is easy to explode if it is not done well. Then the production is quite cumbersome, the process requirements are high, the elastic skin is too thin and there is a danger of exploding, and if it is too thick, it will be blown in half and the power is limited.

If the projectile is one millimeter away, the power is greatly reduced. Either the shell can't fly out and explode, or the air leak affects the accuracy and firing range. If Datang wants to make a projectile with an error of no more than one millimeter, it is difficult!

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of flowering bombs were used, and according to some cultural relics unearthed, a certain number of flowering bombs were equipped at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that when it came to the Qing Dynasty with big braids, he closed off the country and was arrogant. The Manchu Qing Dynasty gradually lost the flowering shell technology, even at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the number of flowering shells in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle was limited, so that it was difficult for solid shells to hit Japanese ships to cause great lethality. This point is recorded on the Japanese side, the sound of the Qing army's artillery is huge, and most of the shells fired are solid.

Except for the Manchu pigtails that blew up the lungs, in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the ammunition carried by the Beiyang Navy Division was only half of the base, (Ding Ruchang had urged in every possible way, but there was no choice) and the rest was replaced by a trainer bullet with three charges.

Pity me for being a big country, and use the coach's bullet to play against it, which is ridiculous. Li Ji once thought that if he traveled to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and overthrew the Manchu Dynasty, he would first drown the old sow in Cixi.

The topic was far away, and when Li Ji heard that the cannon had been built, he came to the weapons prison in a hurry.

"Solid?" Li Ji asked as he pulled out a round iron projectile.

Li Baoguo stepped forward and saluted, "Well, Your Majesty, please take a look." The gunpowder workshop developed day and night, and the guns were constantly blown up. Later, we thought, why not make the projectile solid and push it with gunpowder, so that the problem of exploding the chamber is solved. ”

"Well, that makes sense. However, I wanted to be able to build artillery that would explode on the ground, which would be good for defending the city, but not good for the battlefield. ”

Who knew that Li Baoguo shook his head: "Your Majesty, we can use shotguns."

"Huh?" Li Ji was taken aback, why didn't he expect it a long time ago.

Shotgun, shotgun is a high-power type of field artillery, composed of several liters of lead and iron pellets, can form a barrage when shooting, and the lethality is great, but the shotgun has a fatal weakness, the range is too close, but it is more than enough to deal with the feudal town in this era.

"Well, I'm very relieved. Ordered the weapons supervisor to rush to work day and night to prepare for the forbidden army. ”

Li Ji is selfish, and only the forbidden army in his hands has a firearms battalion. Gunpowder was also only supplied to the forbidden army, such as the local Ge Congzhou Gejia army, the Zhaoyi army of Ding Hui, and the silver spear army, none of which had firearms.

Only Pan Da's Shence army was equipped with a certain number of firearms, which was to protect the copper mines in Huangling Mountain, which was the economic lifeblood of the imperial court.

Imperial power is supreme, and the throne of the dragon chair is too tempting. Once you sit on it, you can take the whole world in your hands.

Loyal and good generals, that's because the temptation is not enough. Only by holding the power in the palm of your hand can you have peace of mind.

Artillery, even if it is solid, is enough to break the enemy's heart. The ordnance supervisor rushed to produce it day and night, and one artillery cannon after another was built.

A few days later, news came from Wei Bo that the tooth soldiers had rebelled and Luo Shaowei had been killed.

Li Ji was also taken aback when he heard the news: "Luo Shaowei was killed? Who is the new envoy of the festival? ”

Fan Yao said on the side: "Your Majesty, it is Zhu Youwen."

Li Ji frowned: "That's reasonable, I'm wondering who has such a great ability." It turned out to be this guy, Yique couldn't kill this guy in the first battle, he ran backwards to Wei Bojun's martial arts. ”

"Your Majesty, Wei Bojun is preparing to write a letter, asking Your Majesty to allow Zhu Youwen to be the envoy of Wei Bojie, I don't know how Your Majesty should decide on this matter?" Fan Yao had already gotten the news in advance.

Even if the court does not allow it, these vassal kings will not take the court into account if they support their own troops and stand on their own. What they want is nothing more than an acknowledgment from the Son of Heaven.

If it is usual, if there is any canonization of the feudal town, the court will approve it. It's different now, although these feudal towns still can't interfere, but Li Ji has the capital to refuse.

"What else can you decide, this traitor is rebelling, and now he dares to lick his face and ask me to be banned? If he dares to write a book, he will reject it immediately, and I am worried that I can't find a reason. If Wei Bojun dares to go to the book, I will send troops to pacify him! ”

Li Ji is full of confidence, this is just an opportunity to cut the domain. Wang Jian died by himself, and now he jumps out of Zhu Youwen. The imperial court happened to march into Weibo under the banner of avenging Luo Shaowei, so even if the other feudal towns knew, it would be difficult to say anything.

The imperial court still has the same attitude, and the reason why Wang Jian does not cut the domain is because Wang Jian rebelled. Fighting Wei Bojun is not to cut the domain, but to avenge Luo Shaowei for Wei Bojiedu.

Xichuan, Chengdu Prefecture.

Linghu Yunlong had already led his troops to Luoyang City, and Xiao Nuoyan temporarily stayed in Chengdu Mansion to assist Spiewending in handling the affairs of Chengdu Mansion.

Sure enough, when Chengdu Prefecture divided the fields, it was obstructed by major families.

At this time, Chengdu Mansion was headed by Wang Anxuan, the patriarch of the Wang family, with the Li family, the Zhang family, the Liu family, the Chen family, the Yang family, the Zhou family, the Huang family and several other big families gathered together, their purpose was to express their dissatisfaction with the imperial court's proposal to divide the land to the farmers.

"Lord Pi, General Xiao, it's not that we refuse to agree to divide the field. In fact, my Wang clan has the same root and the same clan, and it is a family. These fields are not owned by my Wang Anxuan alone, but by the whole clan. Every autumn harvest, our tribe will distribute grain to the tribesmen. Now that the imperial court has ordered us to distribute the land to all households, this man has a selfish heart, and he is afraid that it will hurt the unity of the people. ”

The land in Wang Anxuan's hands is 10,000 hectares, all of which belong to his name. To put it bluntly, the people of the Wang clan are just his tenants.

The patriarchs of other ethnic groups also complained one after another, and they were all similar to what Wang Anxuan said. That is, do not look at this land in my name alone, but it is owned by the whole clan. When we collect food, we will give it to our people in order to preserve the unity of the tribe.

If the land is given to individuals, then these people will not be so faithful to the whole family.

This is indeed a difficult problem, the strength of the major families is huge, and the Chengdu Mansion will be shaken three times if they stomp their feet. If they unite against the imperial court, it will be really difficult to clean up.

Xiao Nuoyan smiled: "Patriarch Wang, we are not embarrassed by you. It's really a rule of the imperial court, not to mention you, even those princes in Luoyang City, the extra land must be handed over. Otherwise, it is a protest, and this is a prison sentence. ”

"General Xiao, everything is special. The Son of Heaven didn't know that we were sharing land with our clansmen here, and asked General Xiao to write to inform the imperial court to explain the situation here, and ask the Son of Heaven to give us permission to share the land with our whole clan, instead of dividing individuals. The person who said this was Li Qingshan, the patriarch of the second largest family in Chengdu Prefecture.

Xiao Nuoyan smiled: "I understand what you mean, but it is said that the patriarchs only give seventy percent of the annual harvest to the clansmen, and thirty percent to themselves." This does not include the taxes paid by the clansmen, so what is the reason for this? ”

These great patriarchs held most of the land of the whole clan, and they had thousands of acres of fertile land, and they did not have to pay taxes, and they were all very rich. They tried in vain to keep the old system and confront the imperial court.

"This, General Xiao, I have to say a few words." Zhou Ziyang, the patriarch of the Zhou clan, stood up and bowed to the Quartet: "Elders, General Xiao, it is true that we account for thirty percent of the income of the clansmen. But this annual clan sacrifices, festivals, township protection, repair of ancestral shrines, etc., that is not the money from us, we account for thirty percent, not much. ”

"That's it, it's only thirty percent, and we have so little to worry about in the clan." Everyone nodded their heads, and they felt that they had a good reason.

"Humph!" The newly appointed Chengdu Governor Assassin Spi Wending said angrily: "As far as this official knows, you occupy the land of the clansmen and take 30% of the income. It is much more ruthless than the imperial court's taxes, and there is no need to pay taxes in these three percent. Which of the patriarchs is not a rich country, most of the large and small shops in Chengdu Mansion are under your name! ”

Pi Wending has a hot temper and doesn't like to beat around the bush, so he tore off all the hypocritical masks of officialdom. As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed.

Zhou Ziyang also stood up, since he tore his face, he couldn't care about it so much, and said angrily: "Lord Pi, the land is indeed in our name." But our land is shared by the whole family, since Taizu Taizong, and now the court wants to take back our land, is it too deceitful! ”

"Now that I am under the rule of the Son of Heaven, there have been changes in all dynasties. Now the imperial court is such a system, the excess land must be taken out and distributed to the people, if there is disobedience, it is resistance! Pi Wending slapped the table.

Unexpectedly, these patriarchs were all angry, and they didn't eat this set at all, Pi Wending slapped the table, and Zhou Ziyang was not easy to mess with, he stiffened his neck and shouted: "That's the case, I, Zhou, will give an explanation here!" If you want me to give the land to the poor devils, unless you kill me!" ”

Several other patriarchs were also not fuel-efficient lamps, and they stood up one after another to accuse:

"That is, even if we lose our heads, we don't take the land."

"Yes, if you want to take the land from my hands and give it to those poor ghosts, that's a fantasy!"

The crowd was excited, Pi Wending's face turned green with anger, and he stood up suddenly: "Okay, since Patriarch Zhou would rather give up his life, come here!" Drag him out and put him in jail! ”

Immediately rushed in a few officers and soldiers armed with big knives, and then several patriarchs were stunned, this new assassin is going to play for real.

At this time, Xiao Nuoyan was silent on the side, and he did not say anything to stop Pi Wending.

Zhou Ziyang is really a master who sacrifices his life and wealth, he sneered: "What a big official!" I might as well tell you, we're not scared either. Don't say it's your court, even if it's Wang Jian, the king of Shu, he doesn't dare to do anything to us! You want to turn Chengdu Mansion upside down with a little thorn history? Haha, what kind of imperial court enters Sichuan, I don't think it's as good as Wang Jian! ”

Zhou Ziyang was wrong, and the fault was that he was too crazy. The court is not as good as Wang Jian, this is a great rebellion and a big crime of killing the head.

Li Qingshan, who was close to him, pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Old Zhou, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Zhou Ziyang flicked his sleeves: "What, what I said is wrong!" He Wang Jian didn't dare to take back the land, why did the court take back our land as soon as it came! If you want me to say, the court is unfair, but it is not as good as the king of Shu! ”

Pi Wen's seven orifices were smoking, and he pointed at Zhou Ziyang angrily: "You have spoken out of your mouth to be a big rebel, and you actually speak for the anti-thief and slander the court!" Drag him out and cut him! ”

Now everyone panicked and cut off their heads. Zhou Ziyang trembled at this time, and finally knew that his misfortune came from his mouth, only to see two soldiers rushing up and taking himself down without saying a word.

The faces of the other patriarchs changed drastically, and they all followed suit.

"My lord is angry, this week the patriarch is open-mouthed, and this is not the intention."

"Exactly, Wang Shi entered Sichuan, and several of our old guys greeted each other with cattle and sheep and wine, how dare we say that it is slandering the court."

Zhou Ziyang saw that everyone was speaking for him, and he felt that he was stiff again: "Master Pi, if you kill me." The people of Chengdu don't want to buy a piece of silk! ”

His Zhou clan monopolized the cloth business in Chengdu Mansion, and if they hoarded Juqi, Chengdu Mansion was really afraid that there would be a cloth famine.

Xiao Nuoyan, who had not spoken, also stood up and said coldly: "Didn't you hear, Master Pi said that he pulled it out and cut it!"

Two soldiers hurriedly escorted Zhou Ziyang and took him out of the house.

"This, this ......"

Several patriarchs panicked, they thought that Xiao Nuoyan would come out and say a good word, but they didn't expect him to be tougher than Pi Wending.

After a while, in the courtyard "Ah! A soldier walked in: "My lord, general, this person has corrected the law on the spot."

The patriarchs looked at each other with horror on their faces. In the huge mansion, no one dared to say a word.

Pi Wending looked at everyone coldly: "It is imperative for the court to divide the land, those who dare to disobey will be exiled from their homes!" Do you have any comments? ”

You cut off the head of the patriarch of the Zhou clan and asked us for our opinions. Wang Anxuan arched his hand, stood up and said coldly: "Since the imperial court is so decisive, we will obey it." However, my Wang's pharmacy will be closed from today, so this Lord Pi can't take care of it. ”

"That is, my Li's Tea House is also closed today, if the people of Chengdu Mansion want to eat tea, they should go elsewhere to buy it!"

"And my Zhang's jade."

"I'm Liu's Grain Village."

Wang Anxuan arched his hand: "Two adults, if the court divides the land, you can come to my house at any time to get the land deed." Let's say goodbye! ”

Several patriarchs got up one after another, and shook their sleeves away angrily. Their major families monopolized the commerce of Chengdu Mansion in order to blackmail the imperial court. At that time, Emperor Taizong implemented the Juntian system, but this Chengdu Mansion was difficult to implement, because these big families controlled the commerce of Chengdu Prefecture.

However, even if it is difficult, the division of land must be carried out. Only in this way will the people be able to own their own land and their enthusiasm for production will increase.

PS: Thanks for the tip of the casual bear. Today's update is a bit late, sorry.