Chapter 258: Cannon Hammer

Li Jingxuan and the others all smiled bitterly, the prince was too lazy to do this.

The officials all stood still, reluctantly.

"The king needs to advise, especially the counselors, like the king's mirror, can look at the king's gains and mistakes, so a wise king is always surrounded by many ministers who can advise. Pei Ju is flattering to Emperor Yang of Sui, and Emperor Wen is loyal, which is also for this reason. However, before admonishing him, he made a clear distinction between right and wrong, and he could not clear his name for the sake of clearing his name, regardless of the interests of the people of the country. Li Wei continued, this sentence was a bit heart-wrenching. The faces of these officials were a little pale, and Li Wei continued: "The way of Huang Lao is to rule quietly and inactively. This sentence comes from the law of man, the law of the earth, the law of the sky, the law of heaven, and the law of nature. This inaction is to follow the natural path of nature, rather than really not doing anything. History said that the Western Han Dynasty Huangba ruled by inaction, and he was the first able official in the Western Han Dynasty to govern the place. When he was the assassin, he encouraged the people to raise livestock, support the widows and the poor, and promote indoctrination. If so, what does a country need its rulers to do? At the time of the waiting, the politics and law were chaotic, so Shang Ying changed the law, and Qin was stronger than the countries. However, the Qin law became violent and eventually lost the world. Han Gaozu only made three chapters of the law and established the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty began for a long time, and the law was relaxed, so Wu Hou Qi law, so with a small Shu, he could cut down the strong Wei. For example, at the beginning of the founding of our dynasty, the people either died in the fierce battles, or fled in the mountains, or fled to the Turkic Southern Zhao to avoid disasters, and the population was less than one. At this time, governing the country was one policy, and now that the population is increasing, governing the country is another. Later, when the population of our dynasty recovered to the peak of the Sui Dynasty, it was another policy to govern the country. Therefore, Lu Shili also said that flowing water is not rotten, and the household hub is not beetle. The good is like water, this sentence is not to make people inactive, water according to the situation, people according to the situation, soldiers according to the situation, the country according to the situation, this is the real highest realm, the real inaction and governance. The foundation of governing the country is to make the country strong and the people rich, how strong the country is, how the people are rich, this is the duty of the courtiers. Go ahead, everybody. ”

With such words, the official had no choice but to leave.

Li Jingxuan frowned and said: "Your Highness, you are full of poetry and books, and you can't use strong reason to win the world and advance the road." ”

"Loneliness is not to take it, several new policies have not been implemented, and there have been many discussions since the capital. Many subjects want to make the court better, but there are also some people who are subordinate to Bo Qingming, which is not terrible. I am afraid that someone with a heart will take advantage of this situation to fan the flames and lead to the failure of the New Deal. Dr. Licis thinks it's shameful, but what is profit is not necessarily money, fame and fortune, utilitarianism, and rights are all the same word. Li Xianggong, think about it, how many people in the world can not be moved by profit? Alone can't do it. Therefore, no matter what he thinks, he will take advantage of whoever he wants, and he will also give him benefits, reduce disputes, and not let the world harass. It is also a journey to do nothing. ”

Li Wei said this, and even Li Jingxuan couldn't say anything.

As he was talking, a small official walked in and said that Li Wei had sent a reward list and it was uncovered by one person. That is, the reward list of the method of bounty opening stones.

This list was posted in many state capitals, and it was also posted for many days, but there has been no movement, or someone has taken it off, and the so-called methods are not practical and have not been reported. In this regard, Li Wei has almost no hope, after all, he has been using those methods to mine stones for thousands of years.

But the report was given to himself, proving that it might have an effect, and Li Wei asked a few more words. It is in Chang'an City that a craftsman among the craftsmen is revealed.

Li Wei said: "Take Gu over to take a look." ”

Not only Li Wei, but also other ministers followed. In fact, the requirements of the two canals do not need to be as wide as the Grand Canal, let alone as long as the Grand Canal. But many people think that Li Wei is so ambitious, and he is the mountain rock. If it is easy to mine the rocks, the project will not be very difficult, and if it can't, it will not be any different from the Grand Canal.

When I arrived at Jingzhao County, the county order hurriedly greeted him.

Li Wei asked him to summon the craftsman who unveiled the list, and a craftsman who was nearly fifty years old arrived in a while. He reported that his name was Xiong Jiaoyan, and he was originally a boatman, but because of his skill, he entered the prison as a prisoner. Later, he participated in the improvement of the new trebuchet project, and after seeing the example, he thought that when he was young working on the ship, he saw the power of the mast being blown off by the strong wind, and combined with the inspiration of the new trebuchet, so he came up with a plan.

Li Wei said: "Take Gu to take a look." ”

Brought to a small courtyard in the south of the city, there were two carts in the courtyard, but there were four corners, fixed to the ground with four iron pillars, and the first car had a cross erected on the tree, and on the long arm of the cross at one end was a conical iron hammer, and at the other end there were many ropes, fixed on the flat plate between the two carts. It is also not a flat plate, which should be made using the principle of bow ejection. The bracket is controlled by a rope on the second trolley.

Xiong Jiaoyan said: "Your Highness, this is a kind of thing made by the subjects, because the subjects are poor, so they are roughly copied and not very practical. ”

Explain again, with manpower, pull up the hammer arm and fix it on the bracket. Then use the rope of the second car to open the bracket. Originally, the hammer arm was long, and an iron hammer was added, and the hammer arm was raised high above the ground. Then use the bracket to quickly bounce the human arm up, which will make the hammer arm fall faster and ram the ground with more force. There is also a utility, not with a plane hammer, but with a conical hammer with greater pressure. Of course, now people don't know the principle of pressure and pressure, they only know that by doing this, the forces converge in one point. If the material is sufficient, the arm will be stronger, and the hammer can also be made heavier, and the speed of ramming is not fast, but each hammer is rammed, it may be equivalent to hundreds of huge men lifting a super sledgehammer and hitting the stone. However, some mountain rocks are stubborn rocks, and they are integral, and it is impossible to break them with a hammer, so to prevent the rebound force, fix the car of the vertical arm, so that every time the hammer falls, it is rammed at one point.

Li Wei said: "Bring a bluestone slab." ”

The guards carried a piece of evergreen stone slab of more than 100 catties and placed it under the hammer. Then let the guards quickly use the rope on the second cart to pull the middle bracket away, and the human arm "swished", and it went up, and the hammer arm rammed towards the bluestone slab with lightning speed.

With just one hammer, countless cracks appeared on this bluestone slab. Then let the guards tear off the human arm, ram it again, and hammer it down the second time, and this bluestone slab has become countless cracked stones.

When the ministers saw it, they all smacked their tongues.

Li Wei walked back and forth between the two cars, which was still primitive, not only could he make some improvements as Xiong Jiaoyan said, but he could even install more cow tendons under the bracket, and he could also install some springs, so that the power of the ejection was stronger, but it was a little difficult to open the bracket, but he could install a pulley set on the arm of the second car. Tearing apart the bracket, in fact, this can also be called a primitive pile driver.

Then he whispered to Liu Ren: "Liu Xianggong, you see, if you replace this round hammer with a plane hammer, build a bridge, or build a camp house, how about hitting the piles?" ”

"Wonderful!" Liu Renliang couldn't help but praise.

Li Wei said in a lower voice: "If you use two giant carts and reinforced hammer arms to attack cities and cottages, what is the effect?" ”

Liu Renliang's face immediately changed.

In fact, many civilian technologies can be used for military purposes, and military technologies can also be used for civilian purposes. Li Wei didn't point out, of course, this cannon hammer can't fundamentally solve the mining of stubborn stones, but it will be of many uses, so Li Wei immediately asked people to bring two thousand money silk from the East Palace and immediately reward Xiong Jiaoyan.

It is the same reason to buy wood Lixin with the daughter of Shang Ying.

However, Wei Hongji said in a low voice: "Your Highness, although this method is good and can be used to mine soft stones, the stubborn stones in the three gates are still helpless. ”

"Lone will show you one more thing." Li Wei said. The black powder was tested for many days, and even Li Wei took out a sum of money and gave it to Qingxu, with saltpeter and sulfur, just to adjust the ratio, it was about not difficult.

Taken out of the city, in a sparsely populated hamlet.

Qingxu used Li Wei's money to build a simple small courtyard here, and he didn't think so, but Li Wei warned him again and again, which made him a little flustered, and his attitude became cautious.

Seeing that the crown prince and many important ministers were coming, Qingxu saluted, but when Li Wei asked, Qingxu shook his head and said, "Your Highness, look." ”

Saying that, he took it to the courtyard, and put a pile of gunpowder powder on the ground, and also used Li Wei's method to use flammable oil paper to dip gunpowder powder powder into a fuse, and ignited the fuse, making a "repeated" sound, and the fuse burned to the gunpowder pile, and then the fire was together, and there was a burst of smoke, and then there was nothing. There was no explosion power that the prince needed.

Li Wei laughed and said, "It's Lonely's negligence that didn't make it clear." ”

No wonder there was no movement for such a day, so he asked Qingxu and the guards to get a new stack of oiled paper, and then used oiled paper to wrap the gunpowder tightly. Leave a long fuse behind for Qingxu to ignite.

More than two dozen ministers were still watching curiously, and suddenly there was a loud noise, the proportions were not very correct, and the power was not great, but there were too many gunpowder packs, and the sound was very loud. All the people present had their ears buzzing, and it took a while for them to return to normal.

Li Jingxuan said: "This is the real firecracker." ”

Isn't? The beeping sound of the bamboo is to drive away evil spirits, and the louder the sound, the better, but no matter how loud it is, there is no such sound. But it was not only used to make fireworks, Li Wei looked at the ground full of paper shreds, and it was obviously not very effective. So he thought about it for a while and said, "The ratio can also be adjusted, in addition, it is better to wet it, knead it into granules and dry it, it is more powerful." ”

"Whoa."

"Also, you need to be careful."

"Yes," he replied without hesitation. After tinkering for so many days, they all began to despise it, and it wasn't until the sound just now that Qingxu was scared into a cold sweat.

Li Wei then said, "Let's go back." ”

Walking on the road, Li Wei said again: "Facheng, the power of this thing is dozens of times, or even hundreds of times, better than just now. What would be the effect if it was placed on a new trebuchet and ignited and thrown into the enemy camp? ”

Liu Renliang and others' faces changed again, in fact, it has nothing to do with water conservancy, just by virtue of these two things, they will also be developed.

Li Wei also said: "The country is like people, you are like people's brains, driving the country to operate, and the people are like hands and feet, but we must not neglect the role of hands and feet." ”

The status of the craftsman is too low, so Li Wei has this statement, but he does not dare to say more about the ideological concepts formed over the past few hundred years, and he vaguely says this analogy. However, Wei Hongji was the first to come to his senses, and said: "If the power is hundreds of times that just now, you can chisel the stone eye, put this thing down, blast the stone, and easily mine the hard stone......

The brain is quite flexible, and immediately thinks of the effect of black powder. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Li Wei again, and thought in his heart that the prince was standing on the Renmen Peninsula and said that he would not only mine the Renmen New River, but also dig a new canal on the Ghost Gate Shenmen Island to dredge the river. Or maybe the prince heard about it from somewhere, why didn't he hear anything about it himself?

The news spread quickly, and the news of the reward bear spread quickly, and the explosions of the small farm outside the city from time to time reminded the people that Xinqu was not just talking on paper. This has also had a big impact......

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