Zhao Kuangyi said again: "Tsing Yi's mother is a woman in her thirties, although she is beautiful, she has finally reached the time of decay, so the Bi family is becoming more and more harsh on her. For this reason, a woman, or for some money, brother Huang, I don't believe that his family dared to come to the capital under the pressure of a dignified governor. ”

He has presided over the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion for many years, including the case, and he can see the suspicion of the matter at a glance. The reason why he didn't let people go was to extort more money.

But how much money can it be, a thousand to the top, but when it comes to the capital, is it still small? Worth!

There are people behind this who are playing ghosts, not necessarily Song Jiu's enemies, but also some enemies of Ma Zhizhou or others, taking the opportunity to expand the situation.

He also said: "Brother Huang, although Song Jiu is lazy, he is not sloppy in doing things, unlike other envoys, this line of food and sleeping is the same as the Hunan line, that is true." But looking at it this way, it is very dangerous, far more dangerous than Hunan. That night, Song Jiu dealt with it, and he had the demeanor of a minister. ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded.

Lu Yuqing presented Song Jiu with a fast horse, Zhao Kuangyin was very worried at that time, not joking, he was a brother in battle, the soldiers of the same battalion were not brothers, but there were many people who were better than brothers, so Song Jiu killed all the people. Can the other people in the battalion not be in a hurry?

was very worried about Song Jiu's accident, and even complained that Song Jiu was a little reckless, but later received information and handled it well, especially borrowing two hundred Sichuan horses from Kang Yanze.

"Song Jiu went down, some soldiers on the front line were lawless and brutal, and Song Jiu propagandized all the way that the king's order would not be granted. This is pinned on the emperor's brother and resentment on the soldiers. But this one comes. There will be a lot of people who are unhappy. Tsing Yi was put on trial at the Imperial Observatory, I'm worried. ”

"Second brother. I'm afraid that Tsing Yi is a real spy, and that Han Xizai can't be despised either. ”

"Whether it is a spy or not, we don't know the specific situation, it is better to wait for Song Jiu to come back, ask about the meeting on the day one by one, and then make a judgment. But Tsing Yi was later detained in Kaifeng Mansion without trial, and then gave the family surnamed Bi a hundred yuan to ransom Lu's mother first. I'll send someone to find out. If so, immediately cut it off. No, another decision will be made. It's a big deal not to let Tsing Yi learn, so what's the consequences? ”

"That's a good idea, second brother, why do you want to come forward?"

"Brother Huang, this is not Guo Xie and Wei Qing, a Tsing Yi is insignificant. Song Jiu didn't want to go down, or I intimidated and scammed. I coaxed him down. It can be regarded as competent, but in fact, his age, qualifications and prestige are insufficient, otherwise he will be replaced by an ordinary minister with his merits. He has long been moved to a high position. Although the imperial court has repeatedly rewarded him, it is a little too small compared to his merits. Especially the Bashu group. It was a walk in the Daoshan oil pot, but this Daoshan oil pot can't be seen or touched. If he takes the risk of doing things for the court in front. There are people in the rear who are framed, which is not necessarily unfair. That's why I'm here to talk about it. ”

"Good. It's up to you. ”

Zhao Kuangyi walked out, but he was thinking in his heart, isn't it that the eldest brother really thinks that Song Jiu is his own person, then Song Jiu is not good. Suddenly, there was a slight resentment in his heart, Song Jiu was dissatisfied with this balance, and he was also dissatisfied. Either use people, or don't use people, and directly let yourself and Zhao Pu go down. Or doubt, simply kill it, which will make everyone uncomfortable.

This is a mental process, so Zhao Kuangyi later killed one after another, and didn't play any balancing skills......

……

Song Jiu was looking at the stone cannon in the barracks, that is, the trebuchet, when suddenly a voice came from behind him: "Boy, you have come to Liangchuan again." ”

Song Jiu turned around and saw Ding Deyu coming over with a general and a eunuch, the eunuch didn't know, he would be able to know, and introduced the deputy envoy Wang Ban, but he also knew the identity of Lu Dao, and arched his hand and said: "I've seen General Ding, General Wang and Zhang Duzhi." ”

A few people simply returned the salute, and Ding Deyu said again: "Boy, can you run." ”

Song Jiu frowned and said, "General Ding, where do I want to run, it was His Majesty's edict, and I had to obey." ”

"Well, it's a good job, before the people arrived in Yizhou, they killed all the people under Lao Wang, Lao Pan said that you are very good, that is, some women are benevolent, I believe that this time Lao Pan will be happy, then there is a family drama."

Song Jiu couldn't cry or laugh, what was it, and said, "General Wang doesn't know, the situation was urgent that night, and I had to do it." ”

"What don't you know, you let Lao Wang eat Coptis dumb this time, and there are words of suffering."

"General Ding, you better let me go back safely." With this big mouth, Song Jiu wanted to plug his mouth with a rag.

"Don't be afraid, Lao Wang is too ruthless, and I can't stand it."

"General Ding, let's get down to business, this has nothing to do with me, I'm just going down to take a look, and I'll go back soon."

"Lao Wang said that you have a way to break the Guankou Village?"

"When did I say it, but the people of Liangchuan are very bitter, let's end the war as soon as possible, this damn war!"

"Is there a way?"

"Come and see," Song Jiu said, pointing to the stone cannon.

Trebuchets were used early in China, there were during the Warring States period, a shelf, a piece of wood as a lever, the short end hung a heavy object, the long end had a stone sleeve, the stone sleeve was put on the stone during the battle, many people pulled up the short end of the heavy object with a rope, and then suddenly put down the rope, or cut the rope with a knife, the weight fell, the other end of the stone sleeve quickly pried up, and the stone on the stone sleeve bounced up and flew into the distance. The principle is like a seesaw, and it is also a simple lever principle. With the development of war machines, trebuchets also appeared with wheels that could be pushed, and even multi-pins, up to thirteen pins, requiring five hundred people to cast.

This speed is still not very fast, and the target is not accurate.

The second is gunpowder, the fuze of gunpowder is an ordinary fuse, not a detonator, some are fast, some are slow, at least it cannot be allowed to explode when cast, so the fuses are very long. The fuse could not be controlled, which caused a result, and even when it was dropped on the target, the fuse still had a long section that was not burned, and the enemy poured a little water on it, and it was gone, but it became the enemy's weapon to defend the city.

There is an effect, but it is not significant.

In fact, in history, the Song Dynasty used a stone cannon when attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was equipped with an incendiary bomb that could burn, which was burning, not an explosion, and when Li Gang defended the city of Tokyo, the projectile could explode, so it was called a thunderbolt cannon.

However, because the gunpowder formula is not standard, and the sealing is not paid attention to, the power is not very large, the sound is loud, and the lethality is small.

Song Jiu has always been uninterested in black powder weapons for two reasons. The first is power, the Song Dynasty later had a lot of black powder weapons, even if the formula was not accurate, in the Ming Dynasty, the black powder formula gradually became accurate, and even a large number of weapons appeared, such as the unification, such as the cannon, that is the real cannon. The last of all.

Its power still cannot replace cold weapons, and it is better to focus on weapons than on systems. The Mongols began with no weapons and slaughtered in all directions. The Song Dynasty did not have an accurate black powder formula weapon, but the weapon was not weak, and later there were sharp weapons such as the Divine Arm Bow, but it was still weak in the Song Dynasty.

Unless Song Jiu can make the technology of the Song Dynasty at least more than 800 years ahead of Europe and more than 900 years in China in gunpowder weapons, that is, the emergence of various yellow gunpowder weapons, then it can replace the combat effectiveness of excellent soldiers with cold weapons.

It's not realistic.

Secondly, he has little historical knowledge to draw on, and China's black powder weapons have not yet played a truly lethal role, and it seems that the most famous thing is that Hong Xiuquan's coffin of gunpowder knocked down the city wall of Nanjing.

It played a role, but it did not play a decisive role.

The black powder in the West was passed down from China, and it is possible that the recipe is not very accurate, or for other reasons, it is not as powerful as the crossbow and longbow. By the time the recipe was accurate, yellow powder appeared directly, and it had become the era of hot weapons. It seems to have played a role, but the techniques involved are too complicated, including the breech of the musket, the chamber of the cannon, and other complex techniques, which Song Jiu can't gnaw.

In the final analysis, it is still a study of physical chemistry.

After teaching it himself, and the imperial court also acquiesced in setting up his own academy, then in a few decades, a large number of students who are proficient in preliminary physics and chemistry will come out of the school, and most of them will be officials, and under the leadership of these people, it is possible that there will be great changes in one or two hundred years, two or three hundred years.

Not now.

Song Jiu talked about the disadvantages of trebuchets, and said, "General Ding, I opened a playground in the capital Hezhou. ”

"I've heard that."

"There are some techniques in there that will improve the trebuchet."

"That's good."

"I haven't researched it yet, so I transferred to Bashu." Song Jiu sighed. His words were not false, the historical return cannon is said to be able to throw a thousand pounds of projectiles, its mystery is very simple, not to use human rope to pull the rope, but to use a winch to lift a larger weight, its counterweight can often reach four to ten tons, and then cut the rope, that is far more powerful than the current trebuchet.

Song Jiu didn't know how to return to the gun, but his mechanical principle was to know the way of the road, and the original intention was to make some equipment for people to play with. It wasn't until the army that it was discovered that these techniques could also be used to improve trebuchets.

Ding Deyu didn't know the importance of Lu Dao, and he said, "That's good." ”

Isn't it just good......

If he knew the truth, he might laugh, but not in this way.

Song Jiu looked at Ding Deyu, if Lao Ding didn't come, he would be very safe, he didn't believe that he was a lieutenant envoy, the people below didn't know the sky, and Wang Quanbin didn't know what to do? He is now returning to the capital, what can Wang Quanbin do with him?

But Lao Ding is here, it is an opportunity. Not for himself, but for the thousands of Bashu people.

The great goodness had nothing to do with him, but what happened in Bashu made him unbearable. Pulled Ding Deyu aside and whispered: "Shi Shouxin, Han Chongyun, and these tiger generals are all believing in Buddhism now because they are too heavy to kill, do you believe General Ding?" ”

"Why do I believe that?"

"But it's always good for people to accumulate some yin virtue."

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"I asked General Ding to accumulate a big Yin Virtue, is General Ding willing?" (To be continued......)