Tong Guan also frowned slightly and said: Your Majesty, the lower officials also heard the report that half of the fluid steelmaking methods in China are reported, which is mainly its irrigation process, which is made of iron-carbon alloy with greater flexibility and lower rigidity. The purpose of mud sealing is to reduce the oxidative decarburization in the heating process, and then to reduce the flame intensity, so that all parts of the metal block are evenly heated. The so-called steel filling is named after pouring pig iron juice into wrought iron blocks during the production process, which is the fastest and easiest semi-fluid steelmaking method, which greatly improves the efficiency of steelmaking.

At the same time, it is also possible to apply the bile copper method that is currently widely used in ordnance manufacturing, that is, to soak the iron sheet in bile water (natural copper sulfate), and use the different element activities to replace the copper, and the product is greatly improved.

Tan Zhi also said suddenly at this time: Your Majesty, the lower officials know that the forging method of the Qingtang Qiang people's Qizijia adopts cold forging technology, which makes the surface of the vessel crystal smooth while strengthening the hardness. If this method is introduced, it can be helpful for the tube processing process of muskets. There is also a special metal utensils workshop in the Wensi Institute of the Imperial Court, including plating, silver clay, rotary and other processes are very mature. Simple lathes are already equipped in the rotary process, which are specially designed for the cutting and machining of metals. If this adds up, if we jointly develop the barrel of a musket, it should not be much of a problem.

Cai Mao continued: Your Majesty, you can merge the imperial court workshop into the Ordnance Prison, which is originally to create weapons, weapons, flags, oil clothes, rattan lacquer and other utensils for the use of Anguo. There are 3,741 craftsmen in the Nanfang Military Academy and 4,192 craftsmen in the Beifang Military Academy. The scale is grand, and the division of labor is fine. There are also many types of private workshops. There are forging workshops, copper workshops, paper workshops, dyeing workshops, brocade silk workshops, blanket workshops, cake workshops, lacquer workshops, gold and silver workshops, etc. Didn't Lord Chen just say that there was a lack of craftsmen, so that the problem of craftsmen was compensated. If this is not enough, craftsmen can be mobilized from all over the country to help. At the same time, a large amount of iron can be mobilized from Liguojian and Fanchang in the northeast of Xuzhou, the center of iron smelting, and then copper, lead and carbon and other fuels from Xinzhou, Jiangxi.

The words you say to me suddenly make me feel that unity is strength. I smiled and said: I feel very good about your Aiqing's proposal, so I will implement it according to your Aiqing's performance, and the Ordnance Supervisor will be officially included in the direct jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and Chen Aiqing will communicate with the ministers of the Privy Council in the future. I have only one principle, to develop and select targeted ordnance for the cavalry and even heavy cavalry of the Western Xia and Jin people, and to install sharp weapons for the new army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Everyone responded with excitement, looking at their happy expressions, I also deeply realized that only virtuous monarchs, no natural traitors, as long as the guidance is good, they are still very attentive for the court, and the environment profoundly affects what they do, as the so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, in the era of feudal imperial supremacy, as long as the basic chassis is still there, the emperor does not turn off the engine, and the wheel of history will move in the right direction.

At this time, the old rules were full of smiles and reports: Please ask the emperor to name the new artillery and muskets. After speaking, he knelt on the ground, and the other people also woke up from a dream when they saw this, and they were excited to visit just now, so they forgot about it, and they all knelt down and bowed down one after another: Please ask the emperor to name the new artillery and muskets. At this time, I was a little fluttery, but so, the atmosphere was set to this extent, and I was also very happy to reply: Everyone, in view of the fact that this gun is to protect my territory in the Great Song Dynasty, I will give the name Shenzhou Cannon and Shenzhou Gun to show that this gun is used to protect the land of my Shenzhou. Everyone knelt down and shouted the emperor's sage!

After getting up, the planter arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, before I shot the Liao general Xiao Tzu Rin on the city of Lanzhou with the bed crossbow of my army, which changed the situation of the battlefield, and the old minister thought that the current double bow bed crossbow (shooting iron feather big chisel arrow), three bow bed crossbow, big cicada crossbow (shooting iron feather big chisel arrow), small cicada crossbow (shooting big chisel arrow), bucket crossbow (shooting small chisel arrow), three bow bucket crossbow (shooting bucket arrow), hand shooting crossbow (shooting trampling arrow), second three bow crossbow (shooting trampling arrow) and other crossbow cars, On the basis of the above-mentioned ballista to carry out further improvement and upgrading, in view of the current enemy situation, in order to focus on dealing with the cavalry of the Western Xia and Jin Kingdom, it is recommended to focus on improving and upgrading the three-bow bucket crossbow (shooting bucket arrows), this crossbow is two positive and one reverse iron bucket on the string, dozens of arrows are often in the bucket, where one shot, dozens of people can be hit, the world is called the bucket arrow, the bucket arrow launched by the three-bow bucket crossbow can cause large-scale casualties to the enemy in a short time. Especially in the acceleration stage of the enemy's cavalry charge, if this crossbow is equipped with a large number of weapons and fired, it can cause heavy damage to the enemy, the arrows fired by the ballista are already long-range, strong penetration, plus intensive firing, the enemy's cavalry did not come to our phalanx, it is estimated that more than half will be consumed, and the Jin people are originally a minority, and the number of its soldiers is limited, kill one less person.

Tong Guan also reacted at this time, and then continued: Your Majesty, the three-bow bucket crossbow is indeed a sharp weapon, because of the signing of the Tanyuan Alliance with the Liao State, and our army has the initiative on the battlefield of Western Xia, so the imperial court has also ignored the development and upgrading of these sharp weapons, plus the size is relatively large, and the transportation is more troublesome, so there has been no large-scale application. Now in the northeast, without the shelter of the Yanshan Mountain Range, if the Jin people go all the way to the south, they are all flat rivers, and they just happen to adapt to the three-bow bucket crossbow to play its role. In addition, as Lord Chen said before, if part of the wooden frame is transformed into an iron frame, wheels are installed at the bottom, and handrails are installed on the shelf, it will be much lighter and can also be used on the battlefield on a large scale. It is mobile and flexible, with great lethality, and just enough to deal with the cavalry of the Jin State.

I nodded after listening to it, and agreed with their statement, in fact, the Great Song Dynasty's developed metallurgy and superb technological level did make a lot of sophisticated ordnance, but for the laxity of martial arts, plus there has been no major war for hundreds of years, and the occasional peasant rebellion, the forbidden army of the Beijing division and the elite Northwest Army can basically be dealt with, after all, for the peasant army, the forbidden army is poor, it will still be stronger. Therefore, up to the imperial court, down to the common people have completely ignored the matter of strengthening armaments and ordnance, it can also be said that the consciousness is very indifferent, thinking that the war is very far away from us, and it does not belong to the Great Song Dynasty at all, and in addition, if you encounter an enemy, you will give money to buy peace, the Liao State is like this, and the small Xixia Kingdom is also like this, even if the Great Song Dynasty has a great military advantage, it would rather not fight and spend money to buy peace. Of course, the consideration of the imperial court is that a mere hundreds of thousands of coins are a drop in the bucket for a country with an annual financial income of hundreds of millions, and once the war starts, the people will suffer and the country will suffer, in fact, from another aspect, it is also understandable, after all, the conditions at that time were different, whether it was the Liao State or the Western Xia, how to fight, and there was no possibility of annexing or eliminating the Great Song Dynasty.

But now it is different, a barbarian Jurchen tribe has risen in the north, they have come from the primitive era, and the huge Great Liao State has been wiped out, because they have tasted the benefits of war, a lot of money, livestock, population and other benefits, so their invasion will not stop, and the temporary tranquility is just to brew a greater storm. At this time, the Jin people were mobilizing and preparing for the whole country, and the Great Song Dynasty was still singing and dancing, and it was still the same old way to deal with the enemy, give money, give money, and give money again. But now the enemy has changed, the nature has changed, and the times have changed.

Seeing that I adopted the opinion of the seed master, Zhi Yanzhi was also thoughtful, and then he also saluted and reported: Emperor Qi, there is still a sharp weapon in the imperial court, that is, the divine arm crossbow, this crossbow is equipped with a mechanism, but it can be fired by one person, and can penetrate the heavy armor, which is characterized by a long range, aiming at the target, high hit rate, can fire several or even dozens of arrows at the same time, strong combat power, etc., but the person who needs to open the bow must have a certain arm strength and physical fitness, which is limited by a certain degree of popularity, If this crossbow can be improved, it will certainly form a three-dimensional long-range, medium-range, and short-range strike force together with the Shenzhou cannon, Shenzhou gun, and three-bow bucket crossbow, so that our army can form an impermeable protective net, thus changing the previous situation in which our infantry was unilaterally hunted by the enemy's cavalry on the battlefield. After speaking, he looked at the stereotype.

After listening to Zhi Yanqing, I also looked at the old rules, only to see that the old rules pondered for a moment and replied: Lord Zhe, about the improvement of the divine arm crossbow, let the officials go back and study it carefully, and then report in detail. Previously, Xia Guan wanted to improve the individual combat crossbow and the stepping crossbow, which also had a very long range and strong penetration against the enemy's heavy armor. At that time, after the officials improved the two kinds of crossbows, let the adults take them back to the barracks, and let the soldiers test the fire to see what the specific effect is, I don't know if this is possible?

Zhi Yanzhi and the others all felt that the old idea was good, so they nodded their heads in approval. I was relieved to see that they were able to interact with each other and communicate, so I said to everyone: Very good, all ordnance must be used on the battlefield as the first priority, plus the operability of the soldiers, the manufacturing, transportation, and storage processes are also very important, and they must be considered comprehensively. In the future, you will communicate more, how is the combat effectiveness of my new army, nearly half of the ordnance decision, especially the application and development of firearms, I hope that you Aiqing will cause more importance, this is a leapfrog development from the era of cold weapons to the era of hot weapons, we must break through this bottleneck by all means, and Chen Aiqing, for the development of ordnance, I will ensure that Chen Aiqing has a sufficient budget, Chen Aiqing does not have to worry about money, the research and development of new ordnance requires a lot of investment, as long as I still have one or two gold, It will never make the craftsmen of the Ordnance Prison hungry.

When all the ministers saw that I had made such a determination, they all bowed down and said: "The emperor is sage! I finally concluded: You must remember that the soldiers are still workers, and the weapons are also weapons, and the tools are good and the work is good, and the soldiers are good and strong. As for the matter of ordnance and the new army, I will ask you generals, and you Aiqing will go back and discuss and start the implementation. Everyone immediately knelt down and said: The emperor is serious, the lower officials dare not accept it, the lower officials and others must do their best to do it, please rest assured! I smiled and nodded to them, "Very good, just kneel down!" Everyone saluted again and shouted long live, and then slowly withdrew from the Zichen Hall facing me.