Lu Chengqi also knew that this black and gunpowder was extremely unstable, and a little spark could cause a violent explosion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Although info is much less powerful than yellow gunpowder, it can be regarded as a big killer in this era. Lu Chengqi is a person who has died once, and he cherishes life even more, so he naturally will not easily wade into danger, and a gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall!

Lu Chengqi pondered for a while and asked, "Tang Qing, tell me what kind of materials you used when you made fireworks." ”

Tang Xun lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the guilty minister has found that if it is mixed with sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal, the fireworks will be even more gorgeous. It's just that I don't know if it's a craftsman, and I misplaced the proportions, and it happened to be a little spark on the ground, which caused the explosion......"

Lu Chengqi suddenly laughed: "Tang Qing, you did the right thing, you did a good job!" ”

Tang Xun was stunned, raised his head, and said in a daze: "Ah, you didn't do anything wrong? ……”

At this time, Xu Jingchun, the intelligence chief, hurriedly walked out of the yamen of the Ministry of Industry and said in Lu Chengqi's ear: "Your Majesty, Weichen has just learned that the explosion left the bones of three craftsmen without bones and fifteen people injured. Fortunately, the pyrotechnics have been moved away from the Ministry of Engineering, otherwise it would have caused a bigger explosion. ”

Lu Chengqi sighed in his heart, the discovery of gunpowder will always cause misfortune, but without gunpowder, there may be more misfortunes. He ordered: "Craftsmen who die in the line of duty shall be paid and paid by the household department to properly arrange the future life of their families." The descendants of craftsmen should be arranged to go to school. The injured craftsman was ordered to be treated by the imperial doctor, and he must not be neglected. ”

Tang Xun listened, and said secretly in his heart: "Although I don't know much about the affairs of the court, I have also heard that the emperor is an absurd and unconscious monarch, why is he so considerate of the people when I see it today?" "Although I have doubts in my heart, I don't dare to show it.

After the inspectors had eliminated the danger in the Ministry of Industry Yamen, Lu Chengqi, under the leadership of Huang Xishi and Tang Xun, entered the Ministry of Industry Yamen, which was in a mess after the explosion.

Lu Chengqi stood outside the ruins and said, "Huang Qing, Tang Qing, do you understand the three things you just said: sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal? ”

Huang Xishi and Tang Xun looked at each other and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know much, only knows that using it to make fireworks can indeed make fireworks fly higher, and if you add some iron powder and aluminum powder, it will become more gorgeous and colorful." It's just that those craftsmen were not properly allocated, which led to the explosion and alarmed His Majesty, and he really deserved death! ”

Lu Chengqi shook his head and said, "You are not guilty, but you have made great contributions to the court and the people!" ”

Huang Xishi was startled, thinking that Lu Chengqi was talking the opposite, and he trembled with fright. However, Tang Xun had never seen the storms of the court, and he was stunned.

Lu Chengqi continued: "Think about it, this level of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal can blow up the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry like this. ”

When Tang Xun heard this, no matter how dull his political sense was, he almost fell to the ground in fright, and muttered: "It's not a pity for a criminal to die!" ”

Lu Chengqi was also frightened by their reaction, and said puzzledly: "This is a good thing, why are you like this?" He is also an extremely smart person, and when he thought about changing his identity, he knew their concerns, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, those four-legged barbarians are not even very good at iron-smelting technology, where can they learn this?" I ordered the Supervision Department to set up a cordon outside the yamen of the Ministry of Industry for the sake of this big secret. ”

After hearing Lu Chengqi's words, Huang Xishi and Tang Xun calmed down a little, and Lu Chengqi continued: "Not only have you not done it, but you have made great contributions. I call it gunpowder, and it's not an exaggeration to say it's the greatest invention in the world! ”

Huang Xishi and Tang Xun couldn't understand the meaning of the words "world" and "invention" in Lu Chengqi's words, but through Lu Chengqi's happy expression and excited words, they understood that their little fate was saved, and they listened carefully to what Lu Chengqi said.

"This kind of gunpowder is so useful. Why can't we Central Plains people beat the grassland people? It's because they are a people on horseback, and they grew up on horseback from an early age. One cavalry, stronger than ten infantrymen. Those grassland people, although the population is not large, but all the people are soldiers, and it is really difficult for our Central Plains people to fight. The previous dynasty was able to maintain the military movement because they were also from the grassland and never forgot their roots. During the Han Dynasty, although the country poured its strength and defeated the Xiongnu, it was also greatly damaged, and the materials left by Wenjing were consumed, and the country's fortunes took a sharp turn. ”

Huang Xishi and Tang Xun also understood this truth, and they all sighed in unison. At this time, Lu Chengqi's voice changed: "But now, with gunpowder, this gap will no longer exist!" ”

Huang Xishi couldn't help asking, "Why is Your Majesty so determined?" ”

Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "Can you not be sure, I have more than a thousand years of knowledge than you!" ”

But he said slowly: "We can put gunpowder in an iron can, add a lighting fire rope to the outside, and we can kill and wound a lot of enemies!" It's just a simple way to use it, and next, we can also forge cannons! ”

Huang Xishi and Tang Xun said at the same time: "Cast cannon? ”

"That's right! Take the four treasures of the study. ”

Lu Cheng used a brush to draw the prototype of the original artillery on rice paper. In his previous life, he had seen the rear-loading smoothbore cannon called the Franc cannon by the Ming Dynasty in the museum, and he had also seen the Hongyi cannon, which was a front-loading heavy smoothbore cannon. He drew both kinds of artillery and cannonballs, but his painting was not very good, and he painted it speciously.

Tang Xun asked suspiciously, "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

Lu Chengqi said: "This is artillery, I call it the god of war!" ”

Huang Xishi asked puzzledly: "This cannon has no blade, how can it kill the enemy?" ”

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "This is the cannon body, put the cannonball in, that is, put the gunpowder in it, ignite it and shoot it out with the barrel, and you can kill the enemy!" ”

Tang Xun pondered for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows that there is a weapon that is very similar!" He hurriedly ran out, and after a while, he brought a weapon with a dragon head and iron pipe, and Lu Chengqi asked suspiciously: "This is?" ”

Tang Xun said: "This is a continuous launch rocket, Your Majesty, please see, this is a rocket, a continuous launch rocket can launch three rockets together, and it can shoot three hundred steps away." ”

Lu Chengqi understood the principle of the rocket, which is to use the thrust of the rocket, plus the elastic force of the bowstring, to use the hybrid weapon. Although the appearance is somewhat similar to the artillery, the principle is far from it. The original front-loading smoothbore gun is to stuff black and gunpowder with a stick head from the muzzle to the bottom of the cannon, and then stuff a solid cannonball cast of pig iron from the muzzle until the cannonball and gunpowder are in close contact, from the fuse on the fire door, the fuse and gunpowder contact, ignite the fuse when firing, detonate the gunpowder, and the cannonball flies out under the impetus of high-pressure gunpowder gas. Solid shells will hit farther because of their weight, while grape shells and chain shells will be closer. After all, this is black and gunpowder, and it is normal that it is not as good as yellow powder. Lu Chengqi estimated that according to the records of the Hongyi cannon in history, solid bullets can hit a few miles away, which is a weapon with great deterrent power. It would be nice if the Furlong cannon could shoot a solid bullet out of two miles.

Lu Chengqi told Tang Xun in detail the size of the cannon and firearm, the quality of the iron must be stainless steel, and the barrel must have no gaps and no bubbles, and encouraged him to build the cannon as soon as possible, and the craftsmen were at his disposal.

At the same time, Lu Chengqi asked Xu Jingchun to recruit skilled craftsmen from the people, and promised a high salary, because his ambition is not only to have artillery, but also to have muskets is Lu Chengqi's purpose!

Cavalry was the most powerful in the cold weapon period. Don't believe what the history books say, a few thousand cavalry can scatter tens of thousands of infantry. Try it, thousands of cavalry charge at you together, and the weight acceleration can even break up with 100,000 infantry. Cavalry is a tank in the cold weapon period, which is why the combat effectiveness of the steppe people is far more powerful than that of the Central Plains, and the Central Plains people, who are mainly infantry, must be on the defensive strategically. And the steppe people, who were mainly cavalry, were naturally the attackers.

However, after the advent of black and gunpowder, the appearance of artillery, and the appearance of muskets with a long range, cavalry gradually withdrew from the stage of history and was replaced by the emergence of tanks. At that time, it will be the scientific and technological victory of the Central Plains nation, and the steppe cavalry will gradually withdraw from the stage of history! Starting Point Chinese www.qidian.com welcome book friends to come and read, the latest, fastest and most popular serialized works are all original at Starting Point!