Zhao Xu seemed to have forgotten that he was here to teach his children, and began to count the number of his sons who were not coming, and his daughters were completely watching the excitement

Zhao Xu counted his sons from beginning to end, and it wasn't until Zhou Tong came that Zhao Xu knew that the next class was about to start, and he reluctantly let go of his sons who had been counted down by himself for half an hour

"Old minister Zhou Dong, long live my emperor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Seeing Zhao Xu coming out of the classroom, Zhou Tong hurriedly stepped forward to salute Zhao Xu

"This place is not above the court, how can the boss have so many courtesies, please hurry up, it is I who delayed the boss's teaching time, I apologize to the boss." Zhao Xu helped Zhou Tong and said to him

"Your Majesty has tormented the old minister."

At this time, Zhou Tong had just finished saying this, and Xiaodouzi hurriedly walked over and bowed to Zhao Xu and said: "Your Majesty, someone from the Ordnance Department said that the development of the musket has been successful, and twenty muskets have been made in advance. ”

Yes, you read that right, what Xiaodouzi just said was a musket. The beginning of this matter still dates back to the tenth year of Yuan You, Zhao Xu came to the third year of this era, when the artillery was told by Zhao Xu, although it has been completely transformed into the appearance of the Fran cannon that only appeared in the sixteenth century, but the ignition device at that time still required the gunner to use the fire fold to ignite the fire rope behind the gun for excitation, so Zhao Xu told Gong Zhi Nature and Ling Zhen about the structure of the firing device, replaced the excitation device at the end of the artillery, and ordered them to start studying the musket, In fact, Zhao Xu's own understanding of the musket is not very much, so at that time, Zhao Xu's speech to Gongyi Nature and Ling Zhen was not particularly detailed, so the research of the musket has not been further developed, but the emperor's order has not been canceled, the Ordnance Department has to continue to study the musket, a weapon that has never appeared in history, after 17 years of disdainful efforts, finally today, in the autumn of the 27th year of Yuan You, in October of the 152nd year of the Song Empire, the world's first Suifa musket was officially launched

Listening to Xiaodouzi's words, Zhao Xu immediately said to Zhou Tong, who was standing beside him: "How about it, boss, let's go and see how it goes, if the Ordnance Department succeeds in thoroughly studying this musket this time, I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be new war topics that need to be studied in our Imperial Military Academy and General Staff." ”

"That's the case, but what about the lessons of the princes and princesses, why don't you go over first, and wait for the old minister to teach the princes and princesses, and then the old minister will go to observe this musket." Zhou Tong said with an embarrassed face, but Zhao Xu could clearly see from the eyes of the old man Zhou Tong that he was eager to see the curious light of this musket

So Zhao Xu also found a step for Zhou Tong and said: "Boss, having said that, but according to my meaning, today's change will be changed to go to the martial arts arena to observe the musket, so that the content of your old man's next class is not more attractive to them hahaha." ”

When Comrade Lao Zhou heard Zhao Xu's words, he naturally knew that the emperor would find himself to go down the stairs again, so the old man also got off the donkey easily, responded to Zhao Xu, and said: "Since Your Majesty has said so, if the old minister refuses to resign, it will be a disobedience to the order, since this is the case, the old minister will accept the order." ”

Zhao Xu didn't break Zhou Dong's words about getting off the donkey, and said to Xiaodouzi: "Go, notify the official of the Ordnance Division, just say that I will go over in a while, let them prepare everything in advance, and then you go to inform the Military Department and the General Staff, and let them also go to the Ordnance Division Martial Arts Exercise Ground to observe the musket test." ”

"Yes, slave and maid." After Xiaodouzi received the will, he immediately turned around and walked quickly to convey Zhao Xu's will.

After Xiaodouzi left, Zhao Xu turned around and said to all his children: "Except for Xue Fei and Yu Qiao, you can not go, and the rest of you will go to the Ordnance Division with your father." ”

"The retainers obey." Zhao Xu's sons and daughters bowed to Zhao Xu and said. Why didn't Zhao Xu go to Xue Fei and Yu Qiao? Who is this Xue Fei and Yu Qiao, the answer is revealed, these two are also surnamed Zhao, the tenth princess and the eleventh princess of Zhao Xu, Zhao Xuefei is five years old, Zhao Yuqiao is only four years old, if these two porcelain doll-like little girls go, maybe they will cry when they hear the gunshots, so Zhao Xu simply didn't let these two little girls go

As soon as he said to go, Zhao Xu took the other sixteen children except Zhao Xuefei and Zhao Yuqiao, and went to the martial arts arena of the Ordnance Division

When Zhao Xu came to the ordnance department's martial arts field in a carriage, all the officers of the military department and the operational staff of the general staff had already arrived, and Zhao Xu got off the carriage and did not talk to all the officials present, but walked directly to the side of Gongyu Nature to take a musket he handed over, and tried the gun in public.

The first half of the gun is similar to the musket used in Germany and France in the sixteenth century, and the second half of the musket such as the butt of the musket is similar to the 38 cover during the Anti-Japanese War

Looking at the musket in his hand, from Zhao Xu's perspective from the 21st century, the forging technology of the entire musket can be said to be clear at a glance, the clip on the striking iron is sandwiched with flint, and by tapping the trigger of the musket, the spring in the trigger pulls the striking iron, and with the rapid knocking of the iron, the flint rubs against the buckle spring fiercely, producing sparks, igniting the gunpowder in the gunpowder pool, and at the same time pulling the buckle reed, and finally playing the role of excitation of the projectile in the chamber. It's just that the musket in Zhao Xu's hand is slightly different from the sixteenth-century Suifa musket in another timeline, with a gunpowder filling cover similar to the mortar invented by the Ordnance Division on the front of the side of the Suifier, and a small iron tube similar to a bullet is stuffed into the barrel, and the small iron pipe is also gunpowder and projectiles that are loaded and compressed in advance, so that the **** speed of the musket can be greatly improved, which can greatly enhance the decisive role of the musket on the battlefield.

All the ministers watched Zhao Xu skillfully load the musket with ammunition, pull the striking iron, and aim the gun, only to see Zhao Xu gently pull the trigger, and then there was a "bang" A burst of white smoke from the musket's trigger then rose from the gunpowder burning, and then the target target 150 meters away shattered, and those ministers naturally offered their most sincere sycophants to Zhao Xu, which was really rolling

After a shot, Zhao Xu handed the musket in his hand to the soldiers beside him, walked back to his seat and said to Gong Yu and Ling Zhen: "Judging from the current state of the musket, the overall effect is not bad, but the production of the gun is a little rougher, so you Ordnance Division still need to hurry up and improve this point." ”

"The ministers obey."

"Let the musketeers line up, and let me and the ministers see the power of the gun." Zhao Xu said to the public and Ling Zhen

With the command of the officials of the Ordnance Department, eighteen musketeers were arranged in three teams before and after the lying position, kneeling and standing in accordance with the formation method told by Zhao Xu back then. But the musket, a weapon product of the times, still has its fatal shortcomings, that is, after each ****, it is necessary to refill and compress the small iron tube with gunpowder and projectiles, and the air tightness of the musket barrel is relatively poor, and due to the relatively backward barrel forging process, the first generation of muskets still has a high explosion rate. But at the moment of the explosion, the violent shaking of the spear-wielding soldier also instantly affected the stability of the entire gun formation, if it is against the enemy, because of the explosion, and cause a chain reaction of dominoes, I am afraid, the entire gun formation will no longer be able to re-array in a short period of time, so as to form an efficient kill of the enemy, and even more, if the opposing cavalry seizes the opportunity to launch a rapid attack on the Song Empire's musketeer camp, I am afraid that the musketeers on their side will be divided and eliminated by the enemy in a short time

After Zhao Xu told Gong Cheng and Ling Zhen all the fatal problems of this musket, he left the Ordnance Department with the people from the military department and the general staff and went to the general staff

Zhao Xu left the Ordnance Department and went to the General Staff Headquarters without saying a word, and he didn't let the officials of the Ordnance Department and other ministries and departments follow, just took the people from the Military Department and the General Staff, not that he couldn't trust others, but even if others followed him to the General Staff, I am afraid they wouldn't have any good ideas, as for Comrade Chu Luli, as the secretary of the ministry, people are very busy

When he arrived at the hall of the General Staff, Zhao Xu walked straight to the main seat and sat down, his eyes swept over all the ministers one by one like electricity, seeing that their eyes were already full of a kind of light called passion, and the eyes of most of the generals revealed a green light that could not be concealed, it was a greedy look similar to a wolf, because when they saw this musket salvo, they seemed to have seen the flag of the Great Song Empire fluttering in all corners of the world, after ten years of silence, I am afraid that the clarion call of war will be sounded again (to be continued. )