Guangjian said in embarrassment! , "Read one, one by one, the ring really doesn't have a device to tie that grandson", so there is no need for an alchemist

Last time, Du Wenhao thoroughly inspected all the ordnance stations. It is true that there are no existing firearms, and since there are no firearms, there is naturally no need to equip gunpowder.

Du Wenhao asked, "Do you know who the best alchemist is?" ”

The two glanced at each other and said in unison: "Sima Tianshi! ”

"Sima Tianshi?" Du Wenhao felt that this name was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, and asked, "Which Taoist temple is he in?"

The young eunuch replied, "It's not in the Taoist temple anymore, it's in," hehe, he's already returned to heaven

"To heaven?" Du Wenhao listened to this sentence. Immediately remembered. "That dog-headed military advisor of Lord Yong?.

Du Wenhao dared to say this, but the young eunuch didn't dare. He didn't even dare to nod his head indiscriminately, but smiled and said that he was right.

Du Wenhao said: "He is the best alchemist? ”

Yan Jian nodded and said, "Yes, the alchemists in the capital all say so. I heard that he was invited to the mansion by Prince Yong with great effort to help practice the elixir. ”

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "But he has been executed, who else is besides him?" ”

The young eunuch said curiously: "Is Grandpa Guo going to alchemy?" ”

"Well, no, I'm going to configure gunpowder. It's the kind of gunpowder that fireworks. ”

"Oh, then there's no need to find an alchemist, just find a craftsman who makes fireworks."

Du Wenhao patted his head: "That's right! Why am I so stubborn! I don't practice Dan, what do I do with an alchemist. It's time to find a fireworks craftsman! Which fireworks workshop in Beijing has the best craftsmen?

"Hehe, Grandpa Guo, the best fireworks worker again. Naturally, it is the palace workshop

The palace has a special fireworks workshop dedicated to the production of royal flowers, and the craftsmen in it are all top fireworks craftsmen recruited from all over the country. It was really a ten-day bend, but it turned out to be right in front of you.

Du Wenhao asked these craftsmen to wait first, and he hurriedly left the armory and went straight to the royal fireworks workshop.

The dignified Lord Zai's presence in person was really magnificent. Du Wenhao explained his intention, and the owner of the workshop immediately called several of the best fireworks craftsmen.

Du Wenhao picked two "Tell the workshop owner." The two of them are to be transferred to work in the ordnance station. How dare the workshop owner oppose what he decided, and he agreed with a smile. Du Wenhao brought the two fireworks craftsmen back to the arsenal.

Du Wenhao summoned the young superintendent of the Ordnance Institute, the judge of the Bow and Crossbow Academy, the judge of the East and West Workshops, and the previously selected blacksmiths, as well as the two new fireworks craftsmen, to gather in the conference hall for a meeting.

Du Wenhao said solemnly: "Today, I want to set up an institution in the Ordnance Institute, called the Ordnance Research Institute" by the Bow and Crossbow Academy Bureau sentenced Li Hong as the director! This institute specializes in the development of various weapons and equipment. I will set up a courtyard in the ordnance institute for you to develop and work. Fully enclosed. ”

These people are all engaged in the production of weapons, so how can they not know the power of advanced weapons? It's just that few people did this before, but now that Zai Zhi has personally grasped this matter, he can't help but smile on his face.

Du Wenhao continued: "Your future work is to develop weapons, I will give you enough good treatment and honor, the monthly salary is temporarily five times that of the soldier, with the new Ming, I will pay a lot of money, just like Li Hongming's divine arm bow." ”

In the Song Dynasty, the craftsmen belonged to the craftsmen, and the social status of the craftsmen was very low, similar to the slaves, especially the soldiers, and the status of the soldiers was originally very low.

Add to that the status of the craftsman, and it's even lower. They are often beaten and scolded, and their monthly salary is also very low, and now Du Wenhao gives them five times their monthly salary, and they will be rewarded separately. This is simply a pie in the sky, and everyone is excited all of a sudden.

Li Hong bowed down and said, "Grandpa Guo, you give us such a good treatment, we can't do it well." I'm so sorry for you! ”

Du Wenhao smiled and said, "However, your work is highly confidential and cannot be known to outsiders. So you will be restricted in your freedom to a certain extent, I hope you understand that. Your family can move to the armory. I will build a special house for you and a special private foundation for your children. However, your work must be kept strictly secret, and only a few of us know that anyone who wants to leak it out is a capital offense! Do you understand? ”

All the craftsmen nodded frequently and agreed.

Du Wenhao smiled and said, "Okay, now I'll give you the first task, I have designed a gun and a cannon." You help me make it. and perfect. Now I'm going to give you the drawings and explain the design principles, and you'll make them according to my design. ”

Du Wenhao instructed the young eunuch to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then drew a schematic diagram of the front-loading smoothbore frog gun and the rear-loading smoothbore Ji gun, as well as a schematic diagram of the decomposition of each part. A schematic diagram of a rear-loading paper-shell bullet was also drawn.

Du Wenhao once visited the Military Museum. I have seen the structure diagram and the real thing of the rear-loading steamed gun, plus he is a forensic student, and he also has a better understanding of firearms, and he has designed the paper shell bullet of the rear-loading frog gun with reference to the structure of modern firearms.

Next, a schematic and cross-sectional drawing of a cannon was drawn. In order to prevent the bore from exploding, he drew a stone seat to hold the cannon body in place, and let the stonemasons chisel it out.

After the painting, Du Wenhao asked the craftsmen to go through the drawings and explain the principle of firearms and cannons. Then he asked him if he could make such a gun.

Both the Ripple gun and the cannon were relatively simple in structure. Naturally, these skilled blacksmiths could not be helped. However, Du Wenhao was powered by gunpowder. The idea of a projectile was very novel, muttering about its feasibility, but did not dare to say it. After asking about the purpose of use and a few things that I didn't understand, they all nodded together.

Du Wenhao said: "How many days does it take? ”

Several blacksmiths looked at each other and said to an old blacksmith, "How much does the general want to make?" ”

"Four guns were made first, two each for the front and two for the rear. Let's build a cannon first

"The gun is about three days, and the cannon is a little hard, about ten days."

Du Wenhao nodded: "Okay, don't do anything else these days, concentrate on making this gun, and notify me after it is made."

Everyone agreed.

Du Wenhao returned to Sanya, and his subordinates reported the battle report, which was the first battle report after the soldiers returned to Xixia.

The war report corroborated the claims of the Western Xia spies. It describes the implementation of the step-by-step battalion tactics, deploys thousands of battle villages on the front line of the 200-mile front line of the Huanqing Jinglu Division, and concentrates 50,000 troops in the rear, divided into two layers, the first layer is the fast-moving cavalry team, and the back is three assembly points. When the enemy attacks from any place, the smoke rises from the battlewall, and the army will immediately meet it.

The Western Xia army was inferior in numbers, and did not dare to meet the Song army, so they used roundabout tactics and wanted to break through from places where there were no battle stoppers on both sides of the battle line, but these places were within the farthest range of the Xia cavalry that could break through. All of them have been cleared. After the Xia army broke through, they could not find the looted villages and border people, and the troops could not be stationed and occupied, so they could only retreat.

In front of the steady advance of the Song army's battle wall. The Western Xia army ran out of methods, and failed to repel the advance of the Song army step by step, and could not think of a good way to deal with it, so it had to retreat one after another.

At the end of the battle report, it was mentioned that the Xia army was small in number. And it is more scattered, and the fighters are rare, and it is hoped that they can be approved to concentrate the cavalry advantage. Break through and outflank and fight one or two battles of annihilation.

Du Wenhao immediately ordered that no surprise attacks should be allowed, and that the strategy of steady progress must be strictly implemented step by step. If anyone violates the order, regardless of whether they have made meritorious service or not, they will all be executed!

Despite the death order, Du Wenhao still thought in his heart, it was obvious that now the Western Xia people were deliberately showing weakness and leading the Song army to leave the battle village by surprise, so as to concentrate superior forces to eat the assault Song army. He must not be fooled, so he sent another imperial envoy to supervise the war.

After he was done, he transferred the border map to check the location of our army's battle village and the degree of advancement. So far, I'm very satisfied. Take the map into the palace and find the Empress Dowager. reported the war report and the military situation.

Gao Taojiu heard that he had advanced a mile forward. Repelled more than a dozen attacks by the Western Xia army, and under the powerful bow and crossbow fire of the battle wall, the Western Xia army suffered hundreds of casualties. When he looked at the map that Du Wenhao had brought, he was very happy and asked to resolutely continue to implement the established operational policy.

Three days passed quickly.

On the morning of the third day, the young superintendent of the ordnance station came to report that the gun had been made.

Du Wenhao and Wang Runxue are studying the art of war. After the report, Wang Runxue heard that Du Wenhao knew the new weapon, and he also wanted to go with him to see the excitement. Du Wenhao agreed, took Wang Runxue and the escort team, and hurried to the test site of the Ordnance Institute.

On a table, there are three ripple guns, and on the surface, the level of craftsmanship is still very good. After all, these were the top craftsmen of the Song Dynasty.

Next to it were prepared gunpowder and paper shells. Next to the table was a wooden frame for testing guns and fixing them, and fifty paces ahead was a humanoid target. A few steps behind him, according to Du Wenhao's request, a half-person-high bunker was surrounded with sandbags.

Du Wenhao first picked up the rear-loading frog gun and looked at it, checked the closure of the rear-loading bolt and the trigger safety, then loaded a paper shell bullet into the bolt, then fixed the gun on the shooting frame, tied the trigger with a thin rope, and then pulled it to take the shot. He pulled the rope and retreated behind the stacked sandbags. Tell everyone to crouch behind the sandbags and pull softly. Hearing a soft click, the expected gunshot did not sound, and Du Wenhao pulled again. There was another soft click, but there was still no gunshot.

I pulled it a few times in a row, but I still couldn't hit it.

Du Wenhao threw away the rope in frustration and stood up. I walked over to the gun, took out the paper shell bullet first, and pulled the trigger a few times empty. There was no Mars in sight, and it was clear that there was a problem with the ripple impact.

He attached the second rear-loading gun to the shooting rack, loaded the ammunition, tied the rope, and told everyone to hide behind the sandbag bunker.

Du Wenhao pulled the rope. Hearing a loud bang, Du Wenhao happily waved his fist: "It's done."

Got up and ran out of cover to the gun. The smile on Du Wenhao's face quickly disappeared. I saw that there was not a single hole in the humanoid target in front of the muzzle, and there was a big hole in the bolt at the rear of the billet gun on the gun carriage. Blown up!