The thundercap musket is the final form of transition from a smoothbore gun to a rear-loading rifle.

While in Guangzhou, Zhao Xing introduced the concept of chemistry that had been systematized in Europe during the time of Confucius.

It must be said that the Song people's intellectual curiosity was strong, and the introduction of chemical concepts, with the help of the popularization of glassware, the Song people were immediately fascinated by this ever-changing material reaction. At the same time, the alchemy and Taoism techniques that Taoists originally used to cheat money were also immediately decrypted and entered the homes of ordinary people, and were mastered by the vast majority of readers. Nowadays, there are few glass test tubes and no alcohol lamps at home, and they are embarrassed to greet people when they go out.

After the introduction of chemistry, the alum oil used by ancient Chinese alchemists was officially named "sulfuric acid"; The strong acid obtained from the saltpeter reaction is named "nitric acid". Later, there was a Guangnan reader who liked alchemy, and occasionally used nitric acid and "red pill" (mixed ore with lead sulfide, which is the red pill, red salt, and red mentioned in the Taoist secret books. The "lead collection" mentioned in the Taoist secret book refers to the flammability and explosiveness of the red pill after nitrification. Jin Yong quoted this Taoist mantra in the "Nine Yin True Scripture", but he did not say that the production of thunder, but that after people eat thunder, if they are lucky and do not die, the internal force can be as flammable and explosive as thunder, full of destructive power, and make the small universe explode...... Well, modern chemical analysis determined that red salt also contains a rich amount of salt)" reaction, and unfortunately an extremely unstable substance was obtained - thunder was born.

The invention of the thunder led to a rapid transition to the semi-breech-loading era of the smoothbore gun: paper-loaded gunpowder and projectiles were all stuffed into the breech, and musket excitation was transformed into striking a copper cap with a thunderbolt, which was called a "thundercap".

This semi-rear-loading fire. Guns happen to be the main guns of the American Civil War.

"This shot is fast every minute. It can shoot more than seven rounds", said the officer who tested the gun: "With this kind of gun, we can completely resist the impact of medium-sized cavalry." ”

"This shot also. No", Zhao Xing sighed with emotion, and consciously guided: "Gunpowder and projectiles are wrapped in paper and stuffed from the front of the chamber, but the thundercap needs to be stuffed from the back of the chamber - it's too troublesome." Is it possible to reduce the two reloading methods to one? For example, the thundercap is extended a little more to wrap around the gunpowder and projectiles, so that all the bullets can be loaded from the breech...... Well, wouldn't it be beautiful to have completely encased gunpowder, projectiles, and firing caps, which are easy to transport and preserve, and can also increase our rate of fire.

This is not enough, I remember the water transport instrument. The elephant platform has a push-up device that pushes a lever up after the water in a kettle has leaked, and pushes it against the machine, so that the machine makes a fixed bell - can we put a simplified version of the push-up device in the gun, which can be manually pushed up after each shot, and a bullet can be pushed up and fed into the chamber...... In this way, the rate of shooting will be faster. ”

The officer who tested the gun squinted his eyes and pondered. After a while, for a long time, he opened his eyes and exclaimed: "Wonderful, Lord Taiwei's idea is really breathtaking, it turns out that we can make the gun like this, it is really endless creation, great!" ”

Zhao Xing said leisurely: "I'm not relying on it. Imaginary – I know where it's going. ”

No one can understand Zhao Xing's words. The officers were still silent in what Zhao Xing had just imagined. They whispered excitedly. This new idea is being hotly discussed. Several officials of the Quang Nam Ordnance Bureau next to him also worked hard. While recording Zhao Xing's thoughts just now. Bian was surprised: "It turns out that it can be like this." It turns out that after the thunder hat is extended. Wrap the warhead. How can you take such a big leap...... The world is wonderful. Create. When will there be an end? ”

Right now. Each city in the Great Song Dynasty already has a bell tower. The grandfather clock has become a daily necessity for ordinary people. Even. The concepts of hours, minutes, and wonderfully are also deeply rooted in the Great Song Dynasty. So the officer just used the concept of "how many bullets per minute" was fired. Now they're talking about it. When will there be an end to creation? The musket continued like this. How many bullets can be fired per minute?

They don't know. The musket was eventually able to reach a staggering record of one million bullets per minute......

Fiddling with this mixed front and rear smoothbore gun. Zhao Xing is also sighing: The Song people were the first to invent the ground musket. But in the millennium since. China's gunpowder technology did not surpass the achievements of the Song people. Or even lag behind. Unexpectedly. Under the guidance of other places. Now the Song people have crossed a thousand years in one step. Musket technology transitioned to the time of the American Civil War.

Think about it further: if there was no invasion of the Jin people, no invasion of the Mongols, and no great integration of the Manchu peoples. What will Chinese civilization look like?

"This musket is not yet satisfactory to me...... Send it back. Let the Quang Nam Ordnance Bureau re-develop it. Tell them. They're just one step away from the perfect gun in my mind: just extend the thunderhat. Holds one fixed charge of gunpowder and one warhead. It's my ideal musket. That's just the way it goes.

Of course, I don't think the reloading device is complicated, it's just a spring-loaded magazine and a bolt, and I ask them to finalize the new musket by the end of this year, and next year, I hope that the production of muskets will reach 50,000 shots. ”

Zhao Xing just extended the era of muskets to the touch bypass, and now, it was the turn of the Song people present to show him the touch bypass, and the test gun officers said in unison: "There are also artillery!" The artillery we just talked about, artillery also has the disadvantage of slow firing speed, with the thundercap, we can also set the artillery to make the shells hit farther and more powerful. ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands and praised: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Tell this to the Nanyang Ordnance Bureau, and ask them to quickly make a new type of artillery, telling them that there is no need to install a reloader on the cannon, because the shells are heavy and have the function of pushing and loading, and it is inevitable that this device will be made very large, but cumbersome.

There is no need for redundant devices on the cannon, and the shells only need to be filled with gunpowder and projectiles. ”

The officer of the Ordnance Bureau hurriedly replied: "The flowering cannonball that the adults talked about, it seems that we are also about to break through recently...... We've studied thousands of slow-burning things and have selected more than a dozen from a variety of materials to test. Or some people say that since the thunder cap has the characteristic of excitation after impact, why not put the thunder cap on the warhead, so that the warhead touches the ground and hits the thunder cap to cause the shell to explode.

At present, in the initial tests, it has been found that the thundercap is not resistant to high temperatures and often explodes in the chamber, and we are investigating ways to make it resistant to high temperatures. If this is successful, the flowering cannonball will also make a breakthrough. ”

"Definitely! I often say, 'A new era has come,' and that's the new time."

In the era when firearms are king, it will surely change the world......" Zhao Xing T7 branch, full of emotion: "Now, we have destroyed the power of the DPRK and China that wants to destroy our country and our nation...... What a wonderful world it is. ”

At this point, Zhao Xing turned his head and instructed Shi Wenguan: "Immediately transfer those degraded officials overseas, and tell the Guangzhou officials that the more remote the place allocated to these people, the better, and I hope they will not be able to return to the mainland for life." ”

Shi Wenguan left in response, Zhao Xing chatted with the officer who tested the gun again, and when he felt that there was no suspense in the design of the new fast robbery, he returned to the Yangzhou mansion without getting enough of it.

Only then did I enter the courtyard, and I heard the autumn man singing in the autumn of Changle Building: "Last night, the rain was sparse and the wind was sudden, and the heavy sleep did not kill the wine." I tried the curtain people, but the begonias were still the same. Did you know? Did you know? It should be green, fat, red and thin.

"Huh", Zhao Xing stopped in surprise.

This word should be. Li Qingzhao's early work "Like a Dream Order", why can Yangzhou Kabuki also sing?

While thinking about it, the inner courtyard walked out. Qin Guan Qin is a great talent, and he is surrounded by his followers and sycophants.

The answer is clear. Finish.

Qin Guan shook the small fan lightly and explained with a smile: "Your daughter-in-law Sifu wrote this poem, I saw that it was good, so I brought it to teach this Yangzhou kabuki, how about it, isn't it very good?!" ”

Mao Peng clasped his ass: "It's not enough. Yes, it's a swan song. Can Lord Taiwei's provocative eye be wrong? ”

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Senior brother, you. . . When you are an official in Yuezhou, how can you come to Yangzhou, and when you are an official, you think you are like this, can you do it? ”

Qin Guan smiled indifferently and shook it. The fan replied: "Yangzhou is prosperous, just in my heart...... I heard that after Hou Meng was transferred, the imperial court was afraid of your existence and did not appoint a new chief official in Yangzhou, I discussed it with Mao Zemin, and we both thought about it quietly, and also wanted to come to Yangzhou to play, this place is very good, and I am ready to live here. ”

Zhao Xing cried bitterly: "Others don't know, can you still not know?" The imperial court is suspicious of us, even Huang Luzhi is helping the imperial court, do I dare to reach out to Yangzhou? ”

Qin Guan shook his fan and asked with a smile: "Haven't you reached out to Yangzhou now?" ”

Zhao Xing was speechless. Qin Guan continued: "I don't care, now you reach out and ask the imperial court for a governor, do you think the imperial court will refuse?" ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "The imperial court will not refuse!" ”

Mao Peng excitedly mixed in: "I'll write the chapter, and the captain can sign it!" ”

Qin Guan shook the folding fan lightly: "Yangzhou is good, I will live here in peace in the future...... Well, the few kabuki you've chosen are good, so I'll train you a little bit. To be honest, it's time for the junior brother to take a break, who became a captain, and there are not a few favorite concubines in the family? ”

The sycophant Mao Peng was conscious, and when he heard his senior brother talking about housework, he hurriedly gave up his hand: "Tai Wei, I'll go to polish the chapter, please settle!" ”

Looking at Mao Peng's back, Zhao Xing said with a smile: "This guy's writing is good, I still think that Wan Qian Yayan has more and more official affairs, and he will find someone else to write official documents, but I didn't expect him to come to Yangzhou." ”

Considering that Zhao Xing did not forcibly attribute Yangzhou to the name of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau after all, and let Qin Guan, a talented man, serve as the official of Yangzhou, which is equivalent to returning Yangzhou to the imperial court in disguise, which made the imperial court itself feel embarrassed, and then promoted Qin Guan to the transfer envoy of Huainan East Road, and promoted Mao Peng to the governor of Yangzhou, in this regard, Yangzhou nominally returned to the imperial court - because after these two people leave office, the successor officials designated by the imperial court can choose by themselves.

In September, Zhao Xing finally finished the construction of the Xuzhou defense group, and he had no reason to stay in Yangzhou, so he thought about returning to Hangzhou. After the news came out, Yangzhou Wuhuakui came to the door, others have not spoken, Yizhang Qing has kept himself clean and self-conscious, has always been a performer and does not sell his body, and is very favored by Zhao Xing, so he spoke first, Ying Ying thanked: "I heard that Lord Taiwei plans to return home, I don't know how Taiwei plans to deal with slaves, the slave family is willing to be slaves and maids, and I hope that Taiwei will accept it!" ”

Taking a breath, without waiting for Zhao Xing to answer, Song Xinxin quickly added: "Xianggong, since the death of everyone Liao, there is a lack of a housewife in Xianggong's family, I heard that several concubines and maids of Lord Taiwei are busy with their own affairs, and Lord Taiwei has been alone in the past few years, and he is also very affectionate to everyone Liao." But after the husband goes home, presumably there will be a feast in the future, although the slave family is stupid, he is confident that he can cope with the trivial things that are ushered in, and I hope that Lord Taiwei will have mercy! ”

Song Xinxin said, Ying Ying bowed. As soon as she spoke, the rest of the Oiran fell to the ground, boasting about her excellence, and swearing to respect her wife and her sisters...... The ancients called this kind of action "self-recommended pillow seat".

Zhao Xinghao waved his big hand, and all agreed: "There are all of them, after I go back, I am planning to spend the day in the wind and snow, so the more beautiful women, the better, a few who are willing to go, call your old bustards, and I will talk to them about the redemption silver." ”

The Oiran who had been prepared for a long time greeted him, and the old bustard stood up.

They replied in unison: "How dare you accept Zhao Xianggong's money!" ”

Zhao Xing is not satisfied with the fierce man who even dares to threaten the imperial court, but he ransomed the Oiran in his building, which is a great advertising news for the *** building, there are ten Oiran in the top ten famous buildings in Yangzhou, and the Taiwei only values the five they belong to, doesn't this mean that they are more above the other *** buildings? What's more, the existing Oiran is 19 years old, and it won't be popular for a few years. They were planning to take the opportunity to launch newcomers, but with Zhao Xing's momentum, they were taking advantage of their wishes.

It's just that their words are humble after all, limited to the rules of the industry, and they still have to receive the ransom silver, but they don't dare to open their mouths. Zhao Xing also knew that he was not good at not paying a single money, so he shouted in a stern whisper: "One hundred thousand yuan, which can match their identity." ”

"Complement each other, complement each other", the old bustards were overjoyed.

Zhao Xing is raising prices, with Zhao Xing's precedent, the later redemption of the Oiran will inevitably have to push the back wave to push the front wave, it will only be higher, and he dare not lower it.

"Write it, write it, the text is written by Lord Mao Peng, the governor of Zhizhou, and later you will take the text to my house to get the money......" Zhao Xing added with a big grin.

The bustards grinned and wanted to cry.

Zhao Xing's behavior is called "playing white strips" in modern times. He made an empty promise of 100,000 yuan, but he didn't pay any cash, and asked them to go to their home in Hangzhou to cash in. But who doesn't know that Zhao Xing waved his hand and gave 20,000 yuan to the imperial court?!

If you want to say that he didn't pay in cash, he will also accept checks. But he asked people to go to his own house and get it, and he didn't say anything about it

Traveled thousands of miles to Hangzhou...... Whose tigress is willing to pay for her husband's purchase T?

The old bustard went downstairs with a sad face, leaving behind five oirans, and looked at Zhao Xing's face and asked cautiously: "Xianggong, I bought and sold the land in Nanyang the day before yesterday, and I have gained something...... In addition, the entanglement left by our former benefactors is also worth 100,000 yuan, so it is not as good as us......"

"You know what?" Zhao Xing rebuked unceremoniously: "Bidding 100,000 yuan is right to call your identity, but the bustard wants to use my name for publicity, is my name free?" I don't charge them for the cheap ones, and they dare to ask me for money! Go, go back and pack your luggage, the old bustard dares to say a word, tell them what I said, let them come to me! ”

Qiu Ri replied flatteringly: "That's it, the Tai Lieutenant shouted the order, the lord of the Nanyang Domain, the text signed by the Tai Lieutenant, how can it be worth 100,000 yuan, mother, don't beg for a bargain and sell it!" I'll go back later, Captain, who do you need to sleep tonight? ”

Among the oiran, Autumn is the youngest, she is the oiran of the year, according to the rules of the Qinglou, at most, she did the business of picking up customers last year. Therefore, her ransom value should be the highest, and Zhao Xing did the most to her by doing this, so she moved the fastest, and at sunset, she had already packed her luggage and held a farewell banquet with her sisters, and she couldn't wait to return immediately.

According to the rules of the brothel, the ransom woman was to be carried out of the brothel before dawn the next day, and that night was the time for the sisters to hold a farewell ceremony and the ransom woman to say goodbye to her lover. The joy of being carried out of the door, preferably at the moment of going out, the sun of a new day happens to rise, which will mean a good omen for a new life. returned on the day of autumn, and didn't even let Zhao Xing pick it up, which was the first trick in the Song Dynasty to break the rules.

Got the news at the time. couldn't sit still, she immediately came forward to find Qin Guan, who was playing in the courtyard, and sent herself back to Zhao Xing's ship with Qin Guan's guard of honor, and regarded her as being welcomed back by Zhao Xing......

Yizhang Qingya. The news of running away spread, and the woman who hooked the bar either laughed at Autumn Eagerness, or admired Yizhang Qing's eagerness, or disdained the eagerness of the two. The rest of the ladies insisted on staying in Vasher to complete the etiquette.

On the second day, Zhao Xing sent a chariot and horse to take it away. The remaining three current Oiran, as soon as these three people landed in the state, the warship immediately anchored. In the blink of an eye, it was reduced to the wide center of the river. Autumn looked like a moisturized flower, stood at the bow of the boat and stretched his waist, staggered all the way to the side of the boat with a green foot, and moaned: "Ah Ye, the slave family has never been on such a big ship." I never go to bed at sunset, get up at sunrise, such a day is really happy. ”

Autumn opened her arms and cheered: "From now on, the sky is high and the earth is wide, and no one asks me to be like this, I must be like that, so comfortable!" ”

The other three female dancers also came out and they. Standing on the deck and breathing in the free air, one of the ladies exclaimed in surprise: "What a majesty! Although the flower boat that the slave family rides on a daily basis is eye-catching, there has never been such a treatment of 'going to the center of the river, and a hundred boats avoiding'...... It's like a tiger walking in the woods, it's wonderful! ”

The other lady was sour. Mocking: "When the Taiwei was in Yangzhou, he hugged me and hugged him, but he always spent the night alone, and never left anyone to spend the night happily, I thought that the Taiwei was the reincarnation of Yanagishita Hui, but I didn't expect to eat you two just after leaving Yangzhou." Hehe, you two shouted earth-shattering in the captain's cabin last night, look at your two vague steps, you must be rubbed by the captain.

The slave family had already expected this kind of scene, Taiwei was such a majestic man, walking clouds and rain like thunder and lightning, funny you two, and didn't look at his body, how does it taste to eat alone? Is Xiaoman's waist ever intact now? ”

The rest of the female singer was older, about in her early twenties, and she played a round in a sophisticated manner: "Sister, don't make trouble, there are many rules in big families, and Hugh is annoying Taiwei...... However, this sister said it well, at this moment I am standing in the bow of the boat, quite a bit of 'the dragon walks in the sea, the tiger walks in the forest' feeling. ”

At this moment, not only were the ships on the river avoiding and giving way to the waterway, but even the sailors and officers passing on the deck bowed their heads to these girls. Although the ladies were once Oiran and were accustomed to the pursuit of youth, the gaze they felt before was inevitably a little lustful, and the reverence from the heart like this now has never been enjoyed in their lifetimes.

The five women were enjoying this respect, Zhao Xing walked up to the deck accompanied by Yuan Yeping, and the ladies were about to come forward to greet them, Zhao Xing waved his hand to stop them, he leaned over and talked to the captain for a while, after a series of orders were given, Zhao Xing approached several girls, smiled and asked, "It's okay...... There are rules on the ship, and when the captain is talking to people and giving orders, the king of heaven is not allowed to come forward. Now the bow is going to work, and we go to the aft deck. ”

The female dancers smiled and twisted their waists to the stern of the boat, and before they could speak, Zhao Xing asked first: "Do you know why I took you away?" ”

Autumn was quick to speak, and replied with lightning speed: "The captain cherishes the slave family and is reluctant to separate." ”

Yizhang Qing was silent.

Or the older one of the female actors bit his lip and replied, "But is it because of Captain Tong?" ”

Zhao Xing stretched out his thumb and praised: "That's right! Tong Guan will never let his complaints spread out, leave you in Yangzhou, and he will definitely find a way to silence him. Tong Taiwei is rich, and he sells officials and gets a lot of private houses; He has the right to be a temperance envoy and a captain, and others will cover it up for him if something happens; He still has people, and there are many obedient soldiers under his command, if you pretend to be a benefactor and ask you out, and then bring back a dead body, you bustard will not dare to speak out.

”

The other girls stopped biting, and the older lady lowered her head and pondered for a moment, and then immediately asked, "I'll go home with the Taiwei, and Taiwei Tong will definitely target the Taiwei in the future, right?" The captain told him clearly, but he didn't want the little woman to set the captain on fire...... I don't know how the captain plans to settle us, but the little woman hopes that the captain will have mercy and leave me to wait for a breather! ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the women suddenly realized, and then, they looked left and right together—the boat was in the middle of the river.

At this point, except for Yizhangqing and Autumn, who were quite calm, the other three girls were so soft that they were on the ground, trembling.

At this moment, another soldier came to report: "Captain, there are two small boats chasing all the way, and their intentions are unknown." Seeing that there was an attempt to get on the side, the captain had ordered the artillery to prepare, whether to fire the cannon or not, please ask the captain to show me. ”