Ling Zhen lay on the dock, his heart swelled with bursts of thoughts, Zhu Biao's words hit the heart of this depressed thunderbolt, only these decades have been trapped in Bianliang, although the concept of loyalty to the country is not stubborn, but the orthodox concept of the Great Song Zhao clan in his heart is still there, after a while, Ling Zhen raised his head and said in a deep voice.

"I wish the defense to rebel?"

Zhu Biao smiled playfully and responded: "Commander Ling has been in Tokyo for a long time, and he is used to seeing drunken gold fans, singing and dancing, but he doesn't know that there are many strongmen and giants in the Great Song Dynasty now, and there are so many people who want to rebel. ”

"Ling Zhen is puzzled, whether others rebelled or not has nothing to do with whether Zhu Defense rebelled or not?" Ling Zhen glanced at Jiao Ting and Ruan Xiaoqi, who were on the side with a wary face, and said stiffly.

Zhu Biao glanced at Ling Zhen, but asked rhetorically: "According to Commander Ling's opinion, which one is in front of the loyal monarch to serve the country and relieve the people from hanging upside down?" Which comes last? ”

"I am loyal to the monarch and serve the country in ......" Ling Zhen said half of the words, but he couldn't say it again, just because Zhu Biao's question was somewhat heartfelt, and anyone who had some values of right and wrong in his heart and understood the corruption and incompetence of the Great Song Dynasty would hesitate.

Zhu Biao saw Ling Zhen's appearance and knew why he hesitated, and then said: "Mencius said: The people are precious, the monarch is light, and the society is secondary; In Zhu Biao's eyes, this world is not the world of his Zhao family, nor the world of Cai Jing and Tong Guanzhi, this world is the world of the people of the world, and the world of tens of thousands of Li people in the Great Song Dynasty; It is because Zhu Biao is loyal to the people of this world, loyal to his own ambitions, loyal to a group of heroic men who follow me, but never loyal to the king. ”

"First Fan Wenzhenggong once said: The worries of the world first, the joy of the world after the world, the son of the Zhao family can't listen to it, and the traitors of the Manchu Dynasty can't listen to it, but I wish Biao can listen to it; Commander Ling asked if he wanted to rebel, and he didn't hide it from Commander Ling, the warships in Shijie Lake were the tip of the iceberg, if Zhu wanted to rebel, the land of Shandong would be full of smoke in an instant, and what if it was really the day when the officials forced the people to rebel, what if they rebelled? ”

Zhu Biao's words made Ling Zhen's heart surge with all kinds of bitterness, and he only looked at Zhu Biao stupidly, sighed in his heart, and said secretly: This person said these words to himself, if he doesn't surrender today, I'm afraid he will have no life to live.

"That's it, Ling Zhen's life was originally picked up by Gongzi, and he will report it to Gongzi in the future." Ling Zhenbai fell to the ground and said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao smiled slightly, helped Ling Zhen up, knowing that he had a knot in his heart, and only patted him on the shoulder.

Ruan Xiaoqi, who was on the side, saw this, pulled Ling Zhen and said, "Brother Ling Zhen doesn't think that my son-in-law is intimidating you to surrender, but you don't know that your son-in-law is saving you." ”

When Ling Zhen heard this, he looked at Ruan Xiaoqi and wondered, "What does Brother Ruan mean by this?" ”

Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile: "It's just that Hu Yanzhuo is not as anxious as the court said above, he has already been defeated once before, not only the three thousand serial horses have been lost, but his main and deputy vanguard Baisheng general Han Tao and Tianmu general Peng Xi have now fallen to Caoliangshan as the leader; Brother Ling Zhen, if it weren't for Gongzi asking Xiao Qi to save you today, what would be the result waiting for you when you were caught in Liangshan? ”

Ruan Xiaoqi's words stunned Ling Zhen on the spot, and said in his heart: If you are really caught by the Liangshan thief, it is nothing more than two results, either kill yourself and become a benevolent, or follow the thief like Han Tao and Peng Xi.

But now Ling Zhen didn't know that in the original trajectory, after he was caught in Liangshan, he was verbally kissed by Song Jiang, and he agreed to join the gang in an instant.

After a long time, Ling Zhen sighed, "It's not that I, Ling Zhen, don't want to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, it's really the chaos of the world, and I can't stand somewhere." ”

Zhu Biao heard this, and knew that he had finally made up his mind now, and turned to say: "Brother Ling Zhen was called the thunderbolt of the sky, the first gunner of the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know if your cannon can really fall where the stone cannon falls, the sky collapses, and the mountains fall and the rocks crack?" ”

When Ling Zhen heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "It's just a rumor in the rivers and lakes, if it really has such power, the little brother will level the Liangshan with two cannons, and the three methods of gunpowder in the world are poisonous, or rely on wolf poison, dry lacquer, bamboo basket, Huang Dan and the like to poison people, or wrap fire oil to burn people, or add iron nails, gravel and the like to hurt people, the little brother uses the third method, which looks amazing, but in fact, the killing is not strong." ”

Hearing Ling Zhen's words, Zhu Biao knew in his heart that as he thought, the level of gunpowder in the Great Song Dynasty was indeed not high.

"Zhu once saw the words of the sages in an ancient book, which said that there is no need to add auxiliary materials to the use of gunpowder, as long as sulfur, flame nitrate, and charcoal are enough! With the right proportion, it can naturally produce the power of opening mountains and cracking rocks, and shaking the earth. By then, the enemy has already been killed, so why bother? Zhu Biao said to Ling Zhen.

When Ling Zhen heard this, his heart was shocked, and he did not suspect that Zhu Biao had deceived himself, and recalled some pictures of himself in the past when he was experimenting in the Artillery Bureau, and he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Is the ancient book that Gongzi talked about still there?" Can you ever say that the formula ratio of sulfur, flame nitrate, and charcoal is three? ”

"I saw that ancient book when I was young, but now I can't find it!" Zhu Biao shook his head and said, "I only vaguely remember that the flame nitrate accounts for about sixty percent, the charcoal is one percent, or two percent, or two percent, or three percent, among which the emphasis is on the flame nitrate, the sulfur is not more, and the charcoal is not too much is the best!" ”

As the saying goes: As soon as the connoisseur speaks, he will know if there is one.

He who speaks has a heart, and he who listens has a heart; Although Ling Zhen usually procured the utensils used in the New Year's ceremony for the royal family, he also immersed himself in the artillery bureau and specialized in gunpowder and artillery for many years.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao continued: "It was recorded in the ancient book Shanghai that the gunpowder was properly proportioned, sealed in a closed iron vessel, and a lead was left on the outside, which was more powerful when it was ignited and exploded. ”

Hearing this, Ling Zhen's breath stagnated, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he said eagerly: "Childe can have ready-made sulfur, flame salt, and charcoal, please give it a try." ”

As soon as Ling Zhen's words came out, Ruan Xiaoqi on the side hurriedly said: "Brother Ling Zhen is not like this, how can this Shijie Lake withstand your thunderstorm, when you return to Gangshan, in the vast Dulong Mountain, Brother Tao Zongwang will find a place with you to let go." ”。

Hearing Ruan Xiaoqi's words, Ling Zhen also came back to his senses, this is a place where crowds gather, a place where warships are parked, but it is not a place to practice artillery, and he apologized to Zhu Biao and Ruan Xiaoqi with an embarrassed face.

Zhu Biao's words, Jiao Ting and Ruan Xiaoqi heard it in a fog, and they only felt that it was quite profound, but for Ling Zhen, it seemed to have opened the door to a new world, and they couldn't help but yearn for it.