In fact, Guo Xinxing's intuition that day was very accurate, and the hip-hop dance and martial arts performance program that was the finale was added temporarily, and the performer was Lin Feng himself.

During this period of time, Lin Feng didn't go to court in the morning, he trained with the elite of the forbidden army during the day, and returned to the house at night to write hard, and then asked Shu Ya and Wu Qiao to write it for Yu. That night, Lin Feng originally went to the supermarket to inspect the operation of the night, and on impulse, he released his desire to dance. The mask was made by Lin Feng with a thin wooden board temporarily, and no one on the scene knew that he was the dancer who was the most embarrassed.

On July 14, the eighth year of Baoda, Lin Feng finally went to the morning court. After a brief court meeting, he was quietly called to the imperial study. This was already expected by Lin Feng, he has not shown up in the past few days, and there are many major events such as the talent ceremony and reform measures, but I am afraid that if he does not go to court again, Li Jing should send someone to the training ground to call him.

In the imperial study, there are still only two people, Li Jing and Li Jingsui, the king of Qi.

Seeing Lin Feng, Li Jing smiled and ordered him to excuse himself, and handed Lin Feng a piece of music on the desk.

Lin Feng took a quick look, the recital was jointly played by Jiang Wenwei and You Jianyan, two servants of the Ministry of Rites, and the text was about the overall idea of the ceremony. However, according to Lin Feng's point of view, this plan is a tiger-headed, upside-down plan, the launching ceremony of the talent ceremony is very grand, Li Jing wants to worship the sky, the ancestors, and the sage, and the whole cumbersome ceremony will take at least half a day, and the back of the talent is set up very decently, and the first three questions of the ten questions of the recruitment are accepted on the spot, and the person who agrees with it is selected for face-to-face questioning; The other seven questions will be tested and compared by the examiners of each department one by one, and the most suitable one will be selected.

After reading it, Lin Feng was noncommittal, gently put the chapter on the imperial book case, reached into his arms, took out a thick stack of papers, and respectfully handed it to Li Jing.

Li Jing took a look, and there was only one line of beautiful big characters on the first sheet: "Datang Academy of Sciences Idea", and immediately raised his interest, quickly flipped through it, and casually handed it to Li Jingsui, who looked forward to it.

Li Jing looked at Lin Feng with his eyes and motioned for him to sit down and speak slowly.

Lin Feng sat down in an orderly manner and said softly: "Your Majesty, King Qi, in Wechen's view, the talent is just the beginning, how to use these talents is the most critical, Wechen suggests that from now on, start preparing for the Datang Academy of Sciences, as the main placement place for the selected talents this time." ”

Li Jingsui gently put down the paper in his hand and saw Lin Feng as well.

As far as the overall structure of the Datang Academy of Sciences is concerned, Wechen suggested that the Academy of Sciences should have three research departments, namely the War Research Department, the Economic Research Department and the Scientific Research Department.

The War Research Department has three project divisions, namely the Ordnance Division, the Operations Division, and the Military Intelligence Division.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Wechen first talked about this weapons division, if our army wants to sweep the world, if it is advantageous, it can get twice the result with half the effort. Weichen wants to use one person as a metaphor for the entire army, so the main purpose of the Weapons Division is how to make a person fight fast, far, accurate, and fierce, and how to let a person hear and see far. In line with these purposes, Wechen suggested that the Weapons Division should mainly study these directions: gunpowder, telescopes, guns, and bows and crossbows. ”

The bow and crossbow fell to the surprise of the two listeners, but the other three made the two of them a little dumbfounded.

Lin Feng hurriedly explained: "Wei Chen once heard the monk say in the past that with saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal in the right proportion, you can make a violent explosion of the big killing weapon, the sound boom is like thunder, the power is huge, at that time, it will definitely make the enemy fearful, even if it is a cavalry, there is no need to be afraid!" ”

What Lin Feng said was gunpowder. As early as before the Han Dynasty, saltpeter and sulfur, the main components of gunpowder, were known as gold and stone medicines, but gunpowder has always been a "pearl secret investment", discovered by alchemists, and has only been used for alchemy.

The "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica", which was written between the Qin and Han dynasties, once recorded: "Eliminate stones, taste bitter, cold, and accumulate heat in the five internal organs of the Lord...... Refining it like anointing. "Stone flow yellow, sour taste, warm ,...... It can turn gold, silver, copper, iron, and strange things. "Eliminated stone is saltpeter, stone flow yellow is sulfur; The book "Zhenyuan Miaodao Essentials", which was written after the Middle Tang Dynasty, recorded: "There are those who burn sulfur, realgar saltpeter and honey, and burn hands, noodles and embers of the house." "At this time, it was discovered that the two items could be ignited when they were mixed together.

The early military application of gunpowder was in the 10th century. In the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" written by the officials in the early Northern Song Dynasty, it was recorded that the gunpowder formulas such as tribulus terrestris fire and poison smoke were the first in the history of the world to be named gunpowder and directly applied to actual combat. Of course, gunpowder at this time, because of its low nitrate content and a large number of other components, can only be ignited quickly, used for arson, smoke or poison, and it is still a low-grade gunpowder, which is only the prototype of modern gunpowder. In the following four centuries, due to frequent wars, the performance of gunpowder was continuously improved, and gunpowder technology was continuously improved, and gunpowder weapons were developed.

For Lin Feng, gunpowder, a big killer, has gone through a long historical process from understanding the properties of nitrate and sulfur, to discovering the phenomenon of fire, and finally to mature military application.

Li Jingsui stood up and asked with gusting hands, "Is this really feasible?" "Due to the deliberate obstruction and stumbling of the northern dynasty and the barbarians in the north, horses have always been a strategic material that the Southern Tang Dynasty lacked, so the development of cavalry in the Southern Tang Dynasty has been relatively slow, which is a major weakness in army construction. As the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, Li Jingsui naturally hopes to have a trick to defeat the enemy.

Absolutely! The cavalry lost its vital role on the battlefield and gradually withdrew from the stage of history because of the invention and popularization of hot weapons! Lin Feng smiled and said, "There is no problem, I believe that Weichen will be able to drum it out soon!" ”

Li Jingsui was overjoyed, and immediately urged Lin Feng to say, "Please continue to talk about the best!" ”

"As for the telescope, Wei Chen understands that by grinding the purest crystal into a specific shape and combining them together, we can pull things in the distance in front of us, and we can detect the enemy in advance at any time!" Lin Feng said with a smile. The telescope is actually very simple, a convex lens and a concave lens, but for this era when crystals are still rare, the price is a bit expensive.

Li Jingsui couldn't help but take a sharp turn twice in the imperial study, and after realizing that he was a little out of shape, he immediately turned back, stood in front of Lin Feng, and urged him to continue talking.

"The bow and crossbow don't need to be talked about by Wei Chen, our goal is how to make it shoot crossbow arrows faster, can load more crossbow arrows, kill more area, and wind it is more labor-saving. As for the guns, this will have to wait until our explosives and steelmaking skills have improved greatly, and the guns can be held by one person to shoot the concentrated explosives out of the gun, killing the enemy from afar; The cannon will be operated by several people, and the bomb will be launched into a distance, exploding in the enemy group, and the damage will be greater. Lin Feng smiled and continued to flicker, guns are just a future development direction, according to the current technology, high-strength steel, die-casting technology, bullet making, ignition device, there are too many problems to be solved!

"What about the Operations Division?" Li Jing asked, although he didn't react much just now, his flushed face already showed the excitement in his heart.

"Weapons are dead, but people are alive, no matter how good the weapons are, they are useless if they are not used well." Lin Feng said bluntly, in history, the Song Dynasty had advanced science and technology and advanced weapons, so it was not beaten all over the ground by the barbarians around him?

Therefore, Wechen considered the establishment of an operational division, and its main research directions were temporarily set in two directions: one is to study the battlefield examples since ancient times, and find the most suitable combat methods and combat formations for the current combat theory; Second, it is necessary to study the best way to use all weapons, especially the latest weapons, and the best results of their use. All of the above research results must stand up to the test of battle. Lin Feng accentuated his tone and said.

"When the two armies fight, military intelligence is important. If you want to know yourself and your opponent and not be defeated in a hundred battles, Weichen believes that you can't do without the Military Intelligence Department. Weichen of the Military Intelligence Department suggested that two directions have been tentatively set for the present time: First, we should conduct an analysis of the situation between countries and provide reasonable, correct, and scientific decision-making suggestions for China's foreign exchanges. In the past, the example of Ban Dingyuan's anger in the Western Regions shows that the strength and effect of diplomacy are actually not weaker than that of military affairs; The second is to reconnoiter the military situation of the other side, recruit a large number of people who are suitable for work and who are good at reconnaissance, and find out the enemy's situation in advance. ”

Reconnoitring the enemy's situation has been a regular practice since ancient times, but Lin Feng's proposal to build a permanent institution has never been done before, which suddenly made the two superiors fall into deep thought.