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In the final analysis, scientific and technological research is a combination of financial resources and intelligence, and Chen Yuan has always guaranteed Zeng Gongliang's source of funds, which makes Zeng Gongliang not only have material guarantees, but also use funds to invite those who are more skilled or better at a certain aspect to enter his treasury. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Coupled with the continuous practice of the battlefield, a lot of equipment was something that Renzong had never seen before.

Renzong picked up a large thick bamboo tube and looked at it carefully: "What is this?" ”

Chen Yuan said smartly: "Back to the emperor, this is a flamethrower." ”

Liu Ping, who was on the side, hurriedly pointed to the pile of bamboo tubes next to him and said, "Lord Chen, the flamethrower is there, this was sent by Master Zeng yesterday, called a sand gun." ”

Chen Yuan was stunned: "Sand gun? ”

Renzong looked up and down at the bamboo tube: "Can this bamboo be more powerful than a spear made of iron?" ”

Liu Ping clenched his fists: "Please long live the last general to demonstrate it for you." ”

Renzong gave him the bamboo tube, Liu Ping took it in his hand, and came to a dirt wall and stood more than ten steps away. The back was loaded with gunpowder, and the front was put with iron sand, ignited with a lead, and hit it out at once, the sound was really loud, and Renzong trembled with fright. After the explosion, Renzong walked in front of the earthen wall and took a look, only to see countless iron sand embedded in the earthen wall, and he was very surprised by the breadth of the area!

Chen Yuan also understood that this must be the ancestor of the musket in the later period, in fact, the development of Chinese muskets was very fast, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were already muskets loaded in the back hall. Even in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, repeating rifles were invented, hundreds of years before those in Europe. Unfortunately, except for the Ming Dynasty, which paid more attention to firearms, the Song Dynasty was basically developed by the people at this time. The Qing Dynasty didn't talk about it, Qingfeng was illiterate.

Although Renzong had never been on the battlefield, he was obviously literate. After seeing the traces of the iron sand left in the earthen wall, he smiled: "Haha, if this is taken to the battlefield, wouldn't it be able to hit a piece of it if those Liao cavalry rushed over and gave him a blow?" ”

Liu Ping looked at Chen Yuan and did not speak. In fact, in Liu Ping's eyes, this thing, like the flamethrower, is basically an auxiliary weapon, because its range is too short and the loading is too troublesome. In its current form, it is simply not possible to fight on the battlefield on this thing.

Chen Yuan shook his head slightly at Liu Ping, signaling Liu Ping not to interrupt Renzong's positive surname. Chen Yuan did not think about bringing war into the era of firearms immediately, unless he was an arms dealer in his previous life, he could make guns, and he also had a certain knowledge of physics and machinery, and he could make steam engines and generators, and directly bring the industrial level of the Great Song Dynasty into the machine age.

In his last life, his education was high school, and he has almost forgotten all the knowledge.

Renzong's face was full of smiles, his interest had already risen, and he immediately said, "Is there any better weapon?" ”

Bows, crossbows, flamethrowers, and stone cannons were all shown to Renzong. Especially the stone cannon, the body of the cannon has been improved by Zeng Gongliang, and the way of firing has also been changed. In the past, it was pulled by manpower, but now it has a twisting force, which looks somewhat similar to the return cannon that Chen Yuan had seen on the drawings in the library before.

Now it can launch an iron thunder weighing more than 30 catties. Although there is no accuracy, if hundreds of doors are placed together, the effect should be absolutely good!

Renzong's excitement was always on his face, and the episode that Bai Yutang had brought just now had been forgotten by him. After all the armaments were seen, Renzong said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I really think that I can go to fight the Liao State, you are ready, once the time comes, I will work with you to create a great cause!" ”

Of course, these generals will not think like the court doctors did, and immediately clenched their fists one by one: "The last general is willing to serve long live, and he will never give up!" ”

Renzong originally wanted to have a meal in the barracks and experience some military life, but later dismissed this idea, because he was afraid that those officials would make irresponsible remarks and say that he should not be with these martial artists.

Sometimes it is really troublesome to speak officials, but Renzong needs speech officials, because he is still a good emperor, and he needs speech officials to remind himself and restrain himself.

He didn't want the officials to bother him every day, so he tried not to leave an excuse for those people. After Renzong left the barracks with Yang Yi's guards, Chen Yuan stepped forward and asked, "Long live, where are you going next?" ”

Renzong was in a very good mood, such a good mood is not available every day, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go anywhere, let's see what good places to go in the city recently." ”

Chen Yuan responded, and the group returned to Bianjing City in civilian clothes. Renzong wandered aimlessly on the street, except for Yang Yi and Chen Yuan following him, the other guards were scattered around like ordinary passers-by.

The Qing Emperor's tour made the ministers nervous because they didn't regard this place as their home. The emperor of the Song Dynasty is different, in Bianjing, it is equivalent to being in Renzong's own home, there is no need to call for hugs, if there is something to shout, there are all his own people nearby.

Looking at the vendors hawking on the side of the road, and the passers-by in a hurry, the carriages of the powerful people speeding past him, and some coolies rushing to pick up the work, Renzong's eyes crossed everyone's faces, trying to catch something.

There were also some beggars who looked at Renzong's gorgeous costumes and stretched out their palms to beg for money, but this time Renzong didn't dare to give them anymore, so he dodged away.

Seeing a lot of people sitting in a wine shop, Renzong immediately said, "How about we go in and have two drinks too?" ”

Chen Yuan hesitated: "Long live, such a wine shop is only a place where those coolies come, should we find a better teahouse to rest?" ”

Renzong shook his head: "No need, let's do it here, I also want to see how those coolies live." ”

Chen Yuan nodded immediately.

Chen Yuan, the owner of this wine shop, knows that there are few people in Bianjing who open shops to do business, and Chen Yuan doesn't know them.

As soon as he walked in, the shopkeeper greeted him: "Oh, Master Horse, why did you come to the shop today?" You're here to say it first, look at my place. ”

The shopkeeper spread his hands as he spoke, looking very helpless, Chen Yuan smiled: "Just find a table, I just passed by here and met this acquaintance, come in and rest for a while and talk about something." ”

The shopkeeper answered, and busily took the modified rag and wiped it twice on a table, Chen Yuan asked Renzong to sit down first, and then handed the shopkeeper a bag of money: "Okay, you have nothing to do, let the guys serve a few side dishes, what should you be busy with." ”

The shopkeeper was not polite, and when he took the money bag and touched it, he knew that it was enough for the best wine and food on the table in his small shop, and he greeted the room at the moment.

After returning to the counter, I opened the money bag and opened it, and there was a note inside, with four words written on it: "Yuelai Inn." ”

The shopkeeper didn't understand what this meant, thought for a while, and then looked at Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan gave him a look, and the shopkeeper immediately understood.

This liquor shop is a place where coolies like to come, the wine is not very good, but it is very cheap, and you can warm up your body by taking two sips in this winter. Also, here you can exchange information with other coolies, such as the bag bearer knows which house needs to be repaired, and tells the person who has a roof to be repaired. The builder of the wall knew which family had to take care of people to do manual work, so he told the bag bearer. There is no intermediary fee, everyone helps each other, and they can get by.

There were many people sitting at the table who did not order any food or drink, just waiting to hear the information they needed from the mouths of others, and did not chase them away, and from time to time they added some tea.

For those coolies, this period of time is really difficult, because of the arrival of those disaster victims, the price of labor in Bianjing has fallen a lot, coupled with the rise in food prices, in the past, working for a morning can ensure that the family can eat and drink, but now it has to be a day, if you are unlucky, you will have to starve.

There was a table of strong men sitting next to Renzong, and those strong men didn't care about anything at all, loudly insulting the way of the world, insulting the current food prices, insulting the homeless people outside, and insulting some of the top officials of the imperial court.

They didn't scold the emperor, even if they couldn't read, but they were told by adults since they were young that the emperor couldn't scold.

Renzong's brows furrowed when he heard this, he also knew that there were many problems now, but he really didn't expect that his court and policies would be like this in the eyes of these people.

The words of these coolies are only heard, and these people's policies and news about the court are all from hearsay. People living at the bottom have some suppressed tension in their hearts, and in order to vent this tension, they usually like to verbally destroy those big people to add some fun to their ordinary lives.

So, just listen to it.

These people complain fiercely, in fact, they are the most tolerant people in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they still have a bite to eat and can ensure that their wives and children are alive, they will honestly continue to accept the exploitation of those big people who have lost their conscience.

Renzong listened to it for a long time, except that at first he was angry with some adults in the court because of the remarks of these people, and finally he was indifferent when he heard it.

For example, some people said that Ouyang Xiu had a fight with Fan Zhongyan in the court, and those coolies were still excited to ask the result, which made Renzong also understand that he couldn't collect any information he wanted to know here, and Ouyang Xiu would never fight with Fan Zhongyan in the court in his life.

But he didn't want to go yet, because he was also curious about this nonsense, and wanted to know how far these people could do something that didn't have anything at all.

At this time, the hall suddenly fell silent, everyone's eyes looked at the door, Renzong also turned his head, and at the moment of turning his head, Renzong saw a woman holding a pipa in her arms and walking into the door with a lotus step.

The woman was dressed in coarse cloth, but she could not hide the bewitching of her figure, and her face was like the most beautiful flower blooming in the sun, so that all the coolies stopped what they were doing, and their eyes were a little dull.

The woman spoke, and her voice was a little timid and sad: "Uncles, do you want to listen to the music?" ”

No one spoke, and the woman asked again, and at the same time raised her eyes to look around, and finally landed on Renzong's table.

A coolie came back to his senses and laughed very embarrassedly: "Girl, you have come to the wrong place, which of these people we do here has the fate to listen to music?" ”

The woman's head bowed: "The little woman is a member of the Daimyo Mansion, and her life is really unsettled." Uncles are good, just give two rewards. ”

A coolie sighed: "Hey, this world! ”

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Renzong, and immediately slapped the table: "Hey, I said that official, I think you look like you are rich, can't you please listen to a song?" also help to foil this little lady. ”

The coolies around him suddenly coaxed, and they all asked Renzong to pay for it, and there were people who said anything, and some people made the law agitated.

Renzong was stunned for a moment, he had never encountered such a direct request, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, girl, you can play and sing a song casually." ”

As he spoke, he waved at Chen Yuanyi: "Give money." ”

There are very few people like Renzong who give money first and then listen to music, and most people are the kind of people who listen to music and feel that it is good, and then reward. But Renzong obviously didn't understand this, he just had an idea in his heart to help this woman, I don't know why, he felt that this woman gave him the feeling of "I see pity".

(To be continued)