Chapter 300: Chapter 74: The Roar of the Cannons (I)
"Song of the Great Wind" was written by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the original text was "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying." Weijia Hai returned to his hometown. Ande warriors are guarding the Quartet! ”
At that time, Liu Bang dominated the world, so when he returned to his hometown, he was full of pride, and the domineering spirit in the poem was fully revealed, in modern terms, it was full of strong pretense and forced style.
And Zhang Zongchang is one of the leaders of the modern Feng warlords, and he didn't know why he became interested in "Song of the Great Wind", so he simply imitated Liu Bang and wrote a song "I also write a Song of the Great Wind".
The full poem is as follows:
The cannon bombarded his mother, and Weijia returned to his hometown. Several heroes are Zhang Zongchang, and the giant whale swallows Fusang.
Looking at the text is like looking at people, which shows what kind of wonder this Zhang Zongchang is.
Gao Ming didn't respect Zhang Zongchang's poems, he just saw the big ** paper he painted, and he was in a good mood, but he didn't expect to be heard by others.
Listening to the laughter coming from the door, he suddenly showed a helpless face.
"Wan'er, don't hide, I heard your voice, come in."
"Yes!"
As Gao Ming's words fell, Su Wan'er walked in with her mouth covered, her eyes narrowed into a slit, and her shoulders trembled.
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately sighed.
"Alas, isn't it just a poem, you can laugh if you want to, why are you so happy?"
"Poof......
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Su Wan'er seemed to think of something, and she couldn't help laughing.
"Hee-hee...... The concubine was rude, and the concubine just thought about it...... I can't help but want to laugh when I think of Lang Jun's sentence 'cannon opens', hehehe......"
“……”
Damn, Zhang Zongchang's black pot Lao Tzu is back?
Thinking of this, Gao Ming's expression suddenly became melancholy.
As if seeing the change in Gao Ming's expression, Su Wan'er tried to hold back her smile again, and then comforted Gao Ming.
"Actually...... In fact, Lang Jun's poem is also ...... It's also unique, but I don't know what the name of Lang Jun's poem is? ”
"It's called "I also write a big wind song".
"Poof......
Seeing Gao Ming say this name expressionlessly, Su Wan'er couldn't help laughing again, but after laughing, she immediately held back again, and then bowed her head and blessed Gao Ming.
"Lang Jun must be hungry too, so the concubine will let people prepare dinner, and the concubine will retire first!"
After speaking, without waiting for Gao Ming's response, Su Wan'er ran out with her mouth covered, and after a while, a burst of laughter like silver bells came in from outside and reached Gao Ming's ears.
Listening to Su Wan'er's laughter, Gao Ming suddenly opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.
When it was time to eat, Gao Ming found that the palace maids in the East Palace looked at him with strange expressions, especially the squire, and after seeing him, they simply laughed out loud.
Poof, your sister? Does Lao Tzu look like Bean? Make people want to laugh when they look at it?
However, Gao Ming also knew that it must have been his poem that worked, so he could only sigh helplessly.
"Alas, I hope this poem will not be immortalized, otherwise Lao Tzu's reputation will be completely ruined."
As the founder of the Tang Dynasty couplet, and has good articles such as "Ai Lian Said" and "Burrow Ming", Gao Ming still has a bit of status in the Tang Dynasty literary circle, and he doesn't want to be ruined by Zhang Zongchang's poems.
But unfortunately, many times, the development of things is often not subject to human will, so by the next day, the entire harem knew Gao Ming's "earth-shattering" "I also wrote a big wind song".
And it is said that when Li Shimin heard these two poems, he squirted out the tea in front of the civil and military officials......
In short, Gao Ming became famous again, and the cannon also followed into the sight of the civil and military officials, and everyone was very curious about what this cannon was, and it could make the prince of the current dynasty tamper with the poems of Han Gaozu.
Li Shimin simply took advantage of this opportunity to allocate 10,000 yuan from the inner treasury, and asked the ordnance supervisor to cooperate with Gao Ming to make cannons.
At this time, Su Gan Chengji also found more than a hundred blacksmiths, and Gao Ming simply took them to the ordnance superintendent, and then took the drawings to tell them how to make the cannon.
The structure of the breech gun is not complicated in the first place, to put it bluntly, it is a "big iron pipe" from thick to thin, plus Gao Ming has already drawn detailed drawings, and as soon as it is explained, the blacksmiths will understand.
In order to ensure accuracy, Gao Ming also made a vernier caliper, and the length, caliber, barrel thickness, and position of the cannon lug were clearly specified.
Although the blacksmiths didn't know what the use of Gao Ming wanted to build this "big iron pipe", they knew that Gao Ming was the prince, and they had to do what the prince asked them to do!
With Gao Ming's order, the cannon began to be manufactured, and a hot scene suddenly appeared in the ordnance prison, which is rarely seen in peacetime.
Seeing everyone's hard work, Gao Ming returned to the palace satisfied, and then found Liu Bing.
"Liu Bing, you go and get me two things, which are saltpeter and sulfur, you can do this matter yourself, pay attention to secrecy, and don't let others know."
Gao Ming asked Liu Bing to find saltpeter and sulfur not to do anything else, but to use it to configure black powder, after all, black powder is the propellant of the cannon, without which the cannon can't sound.
There are three kinds of things needed to make black powder, namely saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, charcoal is easy to find, and it is available in the East Palace, but saltpeter and sulfur are not easy to find, so Gao Ming will let Liu Bing find it.
Liu Bing didn't know what Gao Ming wanted these two things to do, but since it was something that Gao Ming asked for, he naturally didn't ask more, so he nodded immediately.
"Okay, leave this matter to the old slave, Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry!"
"Well, go ahead, remember to get as many as you can."
"The old slave understands!"
After Liu Bing finished speaking, he left, his efficiency was very high, and in less than half a day, he brought Gao Ming several large boxes of saltpeter and sulfur.
Seeing that the thing had arrived, Gao Ming did not delay and immediately began to act.
"Shishu, you take someone to grind saltpeter and sulfur into powder for me, the finer the better, Shijian, you go find some good charcoal, and grind it into powder, the finer the better. But you must pay attention to fire prevention, not only open flames, even if it is a spark, you are not allowed to approach, you know? ”
"Yes!"
Under Gao Ming's order, the squire and the sword immediately went into action, and hundreds of female wrestlers in the East Palace also came in handy, and a group of people began to grind saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal into powder according to Gao Ming's request.
The palace maid's work was very meticulous, and she quickly made a powder that met Gao Ming's requirements, and after getting these raw materials, Gao Ming took a small scale and began to weigh it carefully.
Gao Ming knows the formula, so he is also familiar with it.
"One nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal...... First come a pound of nitrate powder, then two taels of sulfur powder, and finally add three taels of charcoal powder, and then stir it well, um...... It's almost, I just don't know how it works......"
Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately raised his eyebrows.
"Why don't I get a cannon fight first?"