Chapter 424: Copper-Iron Alloy Cannon (7)

The emperor's face was shocked, and he slowly looked back at Kong Sheng, his eyes becoming extremely eager and urgent. At this time, the emperor no longer had the heart to ask Kong Sheng how he could come up with such a mysterious thing, and he ******** to control this thing in his own hands to avoid endangering the foundation of the Li Tang Dynasty's rule.

Kong Sheng's expression remained unchanged.

The emperor was silent for a moment, and then said, "Kong Sheng, you are in the mountains, just tinkering with such a gadget?" ”

Kong Sheng shook his head, and suddenly said loudly: "Wu Xianwu, push the artillery cart here, please look at it." ”

Kong Sheng knew that it was difficult to really hide from the emperor, and this thing would come in handy sooner or later in the future, and sooner or later it would be exposed. The key thing is that if this thing wants to be minted on a large scale, resources are a huge problem, if there is no support from the emperor, with Kong Sheng's personal strength, at most it will be to cast two or three exclusive things.

The gun cart was pushed, and the emperor fell into a long stagnant gaze. He didn't know what Kong Sheng had come up with, but judging from the actual power of the small musket just now, he was afraid that the cold giant object in front of him would be a deadly and infinitely powerful weapon.

"What is this thing called?" The Emperor asked word by word, tentatively wiping a cold cannon barrel.

Kong Sheng smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, this thing was also cast on a whim, but it is only an experimental product. The minister named it the Mighty Invincible General Cannon. Kong Sheng stepped forward and stroked the barrel: "This thing is made of copper and iron smelting alloy, loaded with gunpowder, and fired cannonballs, which can be used to attack targets more than a hundred zhang away, and the power is quite acceptable." ”

The emperor's eyes froze: "How does the power compare to the musket just now?" ”

Kong Sheng was silent for a moment before he said: "It can't be compared, the power of the cannon is at least ten million times the power of the musket." ”

The Emperor gasped, and his gaze at Kong Sheng became shocked and frightened when he looked at him again.

"Kong Sheng, this is what you call a gadget? I heard that there was an earth-shattering noise in Zhongnan Mountain, could it be caused by this thing? The Emperor's voice trembled faintly.

He couldn't imagine that this kind of artillery was so powerful, if it was used to attack the enemy, it would naturally be called an artifact, but if it was used to bombard his own imperial city and palace, he was afraid that it would be easy to bombard himself and all the eunuchs and palace maids of the first palace into cannon fodder.

What is Kong Sheng's intention in tinkering with this kind of thing? What is he going to do?!

The emperor was in a cold sweat.

The emperor could not help but be afraid. As a subordinate, Kong Sheng secretly made such earth-shattering artillery and firearms, which is suspected of rebellion!!

"Exactly. Your Majesty, the minister went into the mountain today to test and fire artillery, and by luck succeeded, and accidentally made a disturbance and disturbed Your Majesty, which is really a crime that deserves death. Kong Sheng politely said twice, and then pretended to ask for a crime: "The minister inadvertently made artillery, and he was about to enter the palace to report the holy gift, and he didn't want His Majesty to come." ”

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart, you are indeed guilty and deserve death, you have nothing to do with this kind of thing, what is your intention? However, the emperor immediately realized the great value of artillery and muskets in strengthening his rule and improving the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, and immediately became excited.

"I know that your conduct is unparalleled. I am also convinced that you did not intend to make weapons privately, but in any case, since the cannon has been built and is so powerful, you can no longer hide it...... Kong Sheng, do you understand what I mean? ”

The emperor looked at Kong Sheng eagerly.

Kong Sheng naturally knew what the emperor was thinking and what he wanted to do, but he couldn't do what the emperor wanted. Once the artillery technology is in the hands of the emperor, there will be nothing to do with Kong Sheng. For the time being, Kong Sheng is absolutely unwilling to hand over the hole cards that he has painstakingly developed to rely on to survive in this era. But obviously, he knew better than anyone else that if he did not give the emperor a satisfactory answer, the emperor would definitely not give up.

Kong Sheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this thing is just a plaything of the minister's whim, for the time being, the technology is not mature, and it is not too realistic to want to cast in large quantities." Moreover, a successful test launch does not mean anything, and this artillery will have to go through a long test to determine its stability. Otherwise, once the chamber is blown up, innocent people will be injured. Moreover, if the launch performance is unstable, it is very easy to become a burden that drags down the march......"

"What's more, it's expensive to cast. The barrel of the cannon had to be machined and cast in copper, and all the wealth of the ministers was exhausted, and they could barely scrape together the materials for this cannon......"

Kong Sheng's words are actually the truth. But when it came to the emperor's ears, it became some kind of pretext. The emperor said in his heart: This little guy has made such an artifact, how dare he still want to hide it? You built artillery under my nose, you want me to sleep in the palace!

The emperor turned his head to look at Kong Sheng, and his eyes were eager: "Kong Sheng, this thing can be called the important weapon of the country and the artifact of the Tang Dynasty. You hand over the casting method to me, and I will arrange for the Ministry of Industry to gather the strength of the whole country to cast a large number of them, and he will succeed day by day, and I will be rewarded. ”

The emperor meant to spend money to be afraid of something, to cast artillery with the power of the whole country, and he didn't care about how much money he had. As long as this kind of artillery can be cast on a large scale, and the casting right of the artillery is firmly in the hands of the emperor himself, the Tang army is invincible in the world, the Tang Dynasty once again becomes the state of all nations, and his own emperor becomes the Khan of Heaven again, which is just around the corner.

A clear picture of splendor almost emerged before the emperor's eyes.

The emperor was dressed in armor and his head was high, and where his spear was pointed, countless cannons and firearms roared, turning the opposing enemy formation into ashes. And the Datang Iron Cavalry relied on this artifact to dominate the world, and everywhere they went, they all looked forward to the wind and surrendered.

With the important weapon of this country, what are you afraid of An Qingxu Shi Siming, and what are you worried about when you meet each other? The Hui people dared to say a word, and sent an army of 100,000 armed with artillery to sweep over, and in an instant, the Hui people were about to destroy the country and the nation.

At that time, wouldn't he, the emperor of the world, be the real Khan of the sky, and he could really plant the military flag of the Tang Dynasty in every corner of the world and flutter in the wind!

The Tang military flag refers to the mourning of the wilderness; Everywhere the Tang Emperor's edict went, there were voices of long live from the mountains.

The emperor's face was flushed, and his expression was excited.

At this time, he ******** the power of artillery and the various benefits of artillery as an important weapon of the country to the Li Tang Dynasty, as for Kong Sheng to create artillery like this, he didn't bother to pay attention to it and didn't want to delve into it.

Anyway, in the eyes of the emperor, Kong Sheng was a genius from heaven. Heaven descended to assist him in achieving a hegemony and supreme industry, in this case, Kong Sheng made any mysterious things, the emperor would subconsciously think that it was a matter of course.

Zhuge Kongming of the Three Kingdoms uses soldiers like a god, is proficient in the art of war and tactics, knows all kinds of strange and easy techniques, and has unpredictable talents. And Kong Sheng is obviously also a figure of Zhuge and his ilk. (To be continued.) )