> Zhao Niannu walked out from behind Zhao Zhen and asked, "Zheng Xianggong, why did they escape?" ”

Zheng Lang didn't know the feeling in the girl's heart, that is, she had a headache, how to make Zhao Zhen withdraw this family business. cAihOngWENxUe.cOM Fan Yue'er asked, asked some results, and even occasionally met with that Mrs. Li. Li Wei's people can't be absolutely ugly, they are more elegant, but unlike his father, his life is very luxurious. This is also the origin of the nouveau riche as passed down by later generations.

Zheng Lang was also calculating in his heart, he did not scandalize Li Wei, it was not that he was a noble child, and his identity was special, his father was Zhao Zhen's only uncle. This is Li Wei's shortcoming, but no matter how evil it is, this person is not very bad.

The problem may lie in this luxury, the little guy is deeply liked by Zhao Zhen, and is heavily influenced by Zhao Zhen, and even his simple and unpretentious life style. She heard and witnessed that her father was the emperor, and it was like this, what is your little colt. Coupled with other reasons that he didn't know yet, so the two broke out into conflicts. His mother-in-law is just a flashpoint, it's a big deal to ask his father to transfer his mother-in-law to Li Zhang's house to feed, why bother to divorce?

Of course, just a guess.

Or did he come forward that day and asked Li Wei to correct this style? It's not too difficult, Zheng Lang and Li Yonghe have a good relationship, and when they meet, they will all show their foreheads, because they are evasive, the two of them don't say much, but everything is silent.

But when you think about it, you don't know where to start. If it's just the news from Yue'er, Li Wei is not bad, he is a relative, and there is no big evil, why should he want others to live a simple and unpretentious life? When the trouble starts, Zhao Zhen will think that he is taking off his pants and farting, and he is nosy.

This is Li Wei's intelligence that Yue'er heard.

Another piece of news is not very good, Mrs. Li Yonghe. Speaking of feelings, his wife was not bad to Li Yonghe, Li Yonghe was only a petty official at that time, although his wife was from a vulgar background. But he was very loyal to Li Yonghe, maintained the housework, was organized, and gave birth to two sons for Li Yonghe. Later developed. Li Yonghe therefore did not abandon his wife.

But it was Zhao Zhen's generous reward, Li's wife became more and more arrogant, and at a gathering between women and women, Yue'er met Li's wife. Although it is Zheng Lang's concubine, Zheng Lang's attitude towards several concubines in the family is well known to the world, and Yue'er's background is not very vulgar, at least it is much more noble than the Li family. However, Li's wife looked at Yue'er with disdain. Without saying a word, he left, just like Yue'er with something dirty. About this is a point of intensification of contradictions, and later more and more arrogant, plus I haven't received any good education since I was a child, and in the end, I don't even put the princess in my eyes, and after the noise, I lie in obscenity. Talking nonsense, the little guy was so angry that he ran to the palace in the middle of the night.

Yue'er came back and cried angrily, she was in Zheng's house. Although Cui Xian is relatively strong, she knows how to advance and retreat, and she has the demeanor of a big woman, several mothers are influenced by the eldest lady, amiable, approachable, she herself grew up with a golden key, where can she stand this anger.

What should Zheng Lang do, he can only comfort.

In the end, an idea finally came up, no matter what Li Wei was. With this old mother, Zhao Niannu probably couldn't stay at his house. Unless the other party's background is not so noble, he can stand the anger of this strong mother. If it is noble, Hugh said that the little princess is to change her daughter, and I am afraid that she will not be able to stand it.

But I haven't been able to figure out a way. Zhao Niannu asked, and he also replied: "If you don't escape, where is too dangerous." ”

Zhao Niannu looked around with big eyes, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Zheng Xianggong, ...... you?"

"You're still young, early," Zheng Lang was afraid, your Lao Tzu was standing behind him, and he couldn't ask here, it would make Zhao Zhen think that he had something to do with his daughter.

Zhao Niannu pursed his mouth and wanted to speak, but when he saw his father's eyes cast over, he didn't dare to make a sound. …,

Zhao Zhen didn't expect it, and looked into the distance, several people in the distance were desperately fleeing, just fleeing for about two hundred steps, there was a bang, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, coming behind him, Shi Heng shouted: "Volt." ”

It looked hilarious, but no one laughed.

The loud bang made everyone's ears buzz, and then large shards of stone flew up, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust. Although it was nearly a mile away, there were some stone chips flying over, and there was no need to order, some soldiers raised their shields, wanting to protect Zhao Zhen and the big guys.

The smoke and dust dissipated for a long time, Zhao Zhen patted the helmet dust on the dragon robe, and led the ministers to this pit, now it is not a pit, but a huge pit several meters deep, looking at this stone pit, Zhao Zhen opened his mouth. As you can see just now, only two dozen liters of liquid can produce such a great power. It's amazing.

After walking for a while, he turned his head and said to Zheng Lang: "This is the power of Gewu?" ”

"Far more than that, so the master said that he should learn from things."

"What a physicology." Zhao Zhen walked back and forth, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zheng Lang asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want to open a subject in Taixue to teach Gewuxue, and let the minister's students teach it at ordinary times, and the minister can also take the time to teach." ”

The book I wrote was put aside, I kept arguing, I didn't know how to pass it on, and I put it in Taixue, and those doctors didn't understand it very well, so it was put aside for several years. But the direction at the beginning, facing the military, the power is too fierce, this force is fine in the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, and it is not necessarily a good thing to put it in other monarch dynasties, and it may make the king jealous, but it is self-defeating. Zhao Zhen didn't have any thoughts in his heart, it was unlikely, and sure enough, after listening to Zheng Lang, he immediately said, "Accurate." ”

"Your Majesty, please watch again." There is also a show to be performed later, so that the soldiers prepare some scarecrows and put on armor outside. Shi Heng sent someone to bring a wooden box again, and when they saw the box, everyone subconsciously took a few steps back, and they had to stay away from it.

Zheng Lang looked at the forbidden soldiers and said, "Which of you has good arm strength and accurate throwing, please come out of the ranks." ”

None of them said anything, and they were scared just now.

Zheng Lang said again: "It's okay, let you go to the top of the mountain later, it will be very safe." ”

Only then came out a dozen bold people.

Drag these scarecrows in armor to the bottom of the cliff, and let Shi Heng bring a dozen soldiers to the top of the mountain, which is not high, only thirty-four meters, but fortunately, there is a steep cliff on the south side, which is just right for throwing. At the top of the mountain, Shi Heng carefully re-reconciled it again in proportion.

But instead of a large stone trough, it was a small sealed bottle filled with only a little nitroglycerin. Not too much, too much will cause an accident.

Shaking the red flag down the mountain, Zheng Lang once again asked everyone to retreat nearly two hundred steps, this time there was no danger just now. You must retreat out of the safe zone. Shi Heng then asked the soldiers to throw the small bottle at the scarecrows. This has another precondition, there is no fire, but there is an impact force, and it must also be hit with metal. to explode.

The vial smashed into the armor, the porcelain bottle shattered, and the nitroglycerin exploded violently again. One by one, the armor flew into the sky like papier-mâché, rising several meters before it smashed heavily into the ground. The big guy was dumbfounded.

The rumbling explosion subsided, and Zhao Zhen said, "Can it be used to defend the city?" ”

Zheng Lang sighed and said, "It's not easy. At least not yet, it can't be used as a weapon. Too unstable and prone to accidents. It is only a product of the test. However, as long as the research and development continues, it will eventually be able to exert its power on the battlefield. ”

But in my heart, I muttered that it was not to defend the city, but to attack it. If large-scale firearms and yellow powder appeared, the walls would gradually lose their effectiveness. Not necessarily bad, if thermal weapons can appear, the nomadic cavalry will also lose its advantage. …,

It's a dream. In my own generation, it is too difficult to achieve, and I just open a window. If it goes through a period of benign reform. To extend the life of the Northern Song Dynasty, science attaches great importance to it, then thermal weapons will inevitably appear within a hundred years.

Needless to say.

Wen Yanbo suddenly said: "Can you use it to dig the Sanmen Canal?" ”

Sanmenxia was very hard in the Tang Dynasty, a Sanmenxia became a nightmare in the Guanzhong, and the status of the Guanzhong in the Song Dynasty declined, and Sanmenxia was like a man-eating tiger, stopping on the Yellow River. But one other person in Zhongshu Province didn't think of it, but Wen Yanbo thought of it, which also shows a problem.

Zheng Lang swept the faces of several bigwigs in Zhongshu with deep meaning, and replied, "If the technology is mature." Hugh said that it was Sanmenxia, that is, to push Danshui back from Hanshui to Guanzhong, and it was not a fantasy. It can even move mountains and reclaim the sea. But now, no, the production cost is too high, and it is used to chisel through the entire Sanmenxia. It is necessary to dig out a new canal on Shenmen Island, Guimen Island, and the Guimen Peninsula, and the Renmen Peninsula to divert the river so that the river is no longer turbulent, especially the pillar, which is smooth on the top, cannot chisel the explosive eye, and is not easy to operate, the cost is high, the technology is not mature, and it will not succeed. We can only wait for later. ”

Wen Yanbo's face was slightly disappointed.

Zheng Lang said again: "It's not just three canals, but also one canal. ”

"What?"

"Lingqu. Once the Lingqu is expanded, the entire Lingnan and Jiangnan will be connected into a line, and its significance will be far greater than that of the Sanmen Canal. Zheng Lang said. Now I don't pay attention to Lingnan at all, and if I want to develop Lingnan, I must support the big guys in the DPRK and China, so Zheng Lang instilled it again and again to awaken everyone's awareness of paying attention.

Zhao Zhen listened to the conversation between the two, and suddenly said: "Back in the city, Zhuqing will discuss matters in the Chongzheng Palace." ”

What I saw today had too much impact on him, not only the bigwigs of the two governments, but also the ministers to go back and discuss together. And it is located in the Chongzheng Palace, which shows the degree of prudence in his heart.

On the jade chariot, a cold sweat suddenly broke out in his heart, fortunately, fortunately, Zheng Lang was loyal to the Song Dynasty and managed to escape from the Khitan. Otherwise, let the Khitans buy it, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Thinking of this, he said again: "Zheng Qing, let your student also enter the hall to discuss matters." ”

"Whoa."

A group of people returned to Jingshi in a mighty way.

Sitting down, Zhao Zhi looked at Shi Heng at the end and said, "Shi Qing, you sit on your husband's side." ”

Shi Heng looked at Zheng Lang nervously, this can't sit, who is Zheng Lang below? Pang Ji, Gao Rune, that one person can trample himself to death. Zheng Lang motioned to the eunuch, moved a stool, and moved it behind Zheng Lang, which was not a regular seat, and had nothing to do with the main or secondary. Only then did Shi Heng sit down.

Zhao Zhen didn't sit down, walked around, and suddenly asked, "Zheng Qing, when will it be able to promote practicality?" ”

"I don't know, but Gewuxue wants to be promoted, and now I am mostly guiding, and Shi Heng is the main hand to operate, and there are too few people."

"You can set up a prison."

"Your Majesty, no, please let the ministers play one thing."

"Come on."

"Before the minister's work, please ask Your Majesty to observe something."

"What?"

Zheng Lang made a move and summoned a small bureaucrat in Xifu, whispered a few words in his ear, and the little official went out. After a while, under his leadership, let the soldiers bring a few armors, standard Song Dynasty step armor. It was very heavy, and the weight of a piece of armor was more than forty catties later.

The forbidden soldiers put the armor in the main hall and retreated, Zheng Lang said: "This is some armor selected by the minister, you see, there is a problem with the thickness." ”

Summons a few generals and lets them see. And let them weigh the weight, a few generals nodded and said, "No problem." ”

Zheng Lang beckoned to another eunuch and asked him to come over and take a big knife from the forbidden soldiers outside. He said to the eunuch, "Please cut down hard." ”…,

The eunuch didn't know what Zheng Lang meant, so he obeyed the order and slashed the armor. The big knife went down, and the eunuch didn't have much strength, but like cutting tofu, the armor was cut through. The monarchs and ministers changed color together.

The smelting technology of the Song Dynasty was more developed than before, but it was not steel, but mostly iron. So after the molten iron comes down. It also has to go through a process, calcination in a charcoal furnace, under the action of a blower and high temperature, the charcoal becomes carbon oxide, so that the iron oxide in the iron is reduced, oxygen is released, and a series of other chemical processes, and then immersed in cold water. Impurities are excluded on the surface of the iron, and the iron is purer after being vigorously beaten by the hammer. So this is how the ancient hundred steels were produced.

Molten iron down. It is impossible to make armor and beat it a hundred times, but it is often necessary to beat it several times to remove impurities, and then the armor is forged. The principle was indescribable to the ancients, but after thousands of years of exploration, there is a complete set of practical techniques.

If the armor is well-made, even a strong man cannot cut through it with a knife, which is a good protection for the safety of the soldiers. It is impossible to have that much good armor, but it can at least withstand a few slashes with a normal sword. Like this armor in the temple. So why spend a lot of money on armor? How much does a piece of armor cost? Only forty strokes. What's the point of using this money, it's better to let the soldiers wear cotton clothes, and they can block it, and it is not as heavy as armor. The cost is only a few hundred texts!

But it won't be that serious, these armors are the best ones that Zheng Lang has repeatedly selected.

The reason for this is that some craftsmen colluded with officials. In order to save costs, so that he could save money and put it in his own pocket, he created armor without tempering. From the outside, the thickness is there, the weight is there, the armor is complete, and there are a lot of them, but in fact they are made of a large amount of impurity iron, so the knife cuts it up hard, just like cutting tofu.

But in any case, if you go to the battlefield, that soldier will wear such armor, it will be very sad. It's better not to wear it, like Wang Ji, take off the soldier's armor, and kill the enemy with flexible skills, at least there is no weight to drag himself down, and his life safety can be partially guaranteed.

Pang Ji lowered his head and remained silent.

This seems to be a characteristic of Zheng Lang, magnifying the bad things of the Song Dynasty one by one and showing them to the emperor. The Song Dynasty has not yet been corrupted to this point, but it doesn't know whether Zheng Lang is doing it right or not. At least compared to Ouyang Xiu and others, Zheng Lang is very rational.

Zhao Zhen walked down and looked at these armors, he didn't understand the scientific principles, but the production process of the armor, he could understand that when the eunuch slashed down, he knew what the problem was. He shook his hand and said, "I'm disappointed that these armors appeared as a prisoner, that man's hand?" ”

Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, think about the storehouse." ”

Zhao Zhen wilted.

Zheng Lang said: "Therefore, the ministers have a play, at the beginning of the establishment of our dynasty, the manufacture of weapons had weapons workshops, bow and crossbow courtyards, and all kinds of affairs and seasons, although there were no explicit regulations, but most of them were in charge of the Ministry of Salt, and the Ministry of Salt and Iron was in charge of the Ministry of Salt and Iron, and the Ministry of Salt and Iron was in charge of the three divisions. ”

Zhang Fangping's face became a bitter melon, and he wanted to say, Zheng Xingzhi, this is not the case.

Zheng Lang glanced at him, the fact has little to do with the three divisions, this is exactly what Zheng Lang wants to say today, and said: "But the attribution has not really been clearly determined, and it was not until the first emperor that it was faintly formed." At the beginning of the Shaanxi War, because of the need for a large number of weapons, His Majesty successively asked Yang Kai, Yao Zhongsun, Li Yong, and Cao Congchai to prepare the Ordnance Division, and Lin Wei, Fang Kai, and Cen Shousu were in charge of the same organization, which was a temporary institution. Taizu attaches great importance to weapons, many times to see in person, so the fine, in Yangzhou Ping Li re-entered the rebellion, set up a governance office, make bows and crossbows, the production is exquisite, and then far less, more than seventy or eighty years, and the glue paint minister still does not take off when he hears it. ”

This is a problem, the technology of the Song Dynasty is developing, and it is developing rapidly, but the weapons at the time of the founding of the country are more sophisticated than later, which has to make people think deeply. Zheng Lang continued: "When Taizu, the workshop was divided into north and south, and the bow and crossbow courtyard was not placed, and the first emperor also placed the bow and crossbow to build the arrow courtyard, and set up a wide preparation for siege of the city, the arsenal, the horse cutting knife bureau, and the complete command, in addition to the capital's works, but also set up in the states, His Majesty also upgraded some of the state capital's masterpieces to the capital. Divide again and again, the original intention is good, can be refined, easy to manage, and technology is improved. However, the more they divided, the weaker the control of the case became, and most of them were courts, almost on an equal footing with the Ministry of Salt and Iron, and they didn't listen to the transfer of the case at all. Management seems to be convenient, but it is actually chaotic and unclear, and the officials below will inevitably fish in troubled waters when they see these situations. When the ministers commanded the army to fight on the front line, there were many unqualified bows and arrows, crossbows, armor, and weapons, resulting in accidental casualties among the soldiers. Therefore, the minister wanted to advise him to combine these weapons into one and set up a new superintendent, called Military Equipment, to be in charge of the production and research and development of weapons throughout the country, including the new gunpowder that the minister tested. It is more conducive to mobilization and reduces the possibility of greedy ink. ”…,

In fact, the various departments were divided again and again, and the layers of power overlapped, which was a unique product of the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, the phenomenon of powerful ministers like Wang Mang and Yang Jian replacing the state was impossible, but it caused many drawbacks. This does not belong to the category of redundant officials and redundant soldiers, but to the category of redundant government. Zheng Lang's approach is to correct unnecessary overlapping overheads, and to bring them together one by one to reduce the spread of redundant politics.

The benefits involved are not big, but it will cause some trouble, Zheng Lang endured it for a long time, and then took the opportunity to say it today, and said: "In addition, the minister recommended Zeng Gongliang to be a military instrument, and as for the minister's students, let him follow Zeng Gongliang to do some things, or take the time to go to Taixue to teach, or research and development, or guide craftsmen." ”

Zeng Gongliang finally understood what Zheng Lang said that day, this is good, he can put Zheng Lang, a student, by his side, and he can ask about this knowledge of Gewuxue. After the sulfuric acid, Zeng Gongliang apparently developed a strong interest in this new knowledge.

So he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to take up this position. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at the ministers in the palace, these ministers were also thinking, they were not very noble positions, and they saw with their own eyes that these weapons were too powerful, and they should be controlled by the imperial court, rather than being placed in Zheng Lang's house, and many ministers said: "This is a good policy." ”

"Since all the ministers have approved it, I will allow this to be played. Zeng Qing, Grass Edict. Zhao Zhen said. But today he was very interested, and he broke up with his ministers, perhaps he was thinking about the scene of throwing out small bottles one by one when he was fighting with the enemies of Western Xia and other enemies.

When the ministers dispersed, Zheng Lang called Zeng Gongliang and said: "If you want to develop it, you must set up a work in a remote place outside the city, these things are too dangerous." ”

"Xingzhi, rest assured, I know." Zeng Gongliang replied. There is no need for Zheng Lang to say, you have to be careful, these are all sharp weapons that kill people without blinking.

Zheng Lang said again: "There is also me, a student, who likes to study Gewu and does not know much about world affairs, so please take care of Brother Le Zheng more." ”

"It's okay," Zeng laughed. I don't understand what it has to do with world affairs, Zheng Lang is a good student, but he is a baby.

Zheng Lang walked out of the palace, the space was blue, the sun was dazzling, the weather was very hot, but Zheng Lang was very relieved in his heart, this seed finally began to break out of the mud and began to grow. Then I went to the suburbs again, where there was still one thing to arrange. Secret Service Battalion! It's not about Gewu, it's about the south. (To be continued) RQ