"Your Majesty would like to take a look?" Zhao Si looked at the First Emperor.

The First Emperor looked at the bronze cannon again, nodded, tidied up his clothes, and got up.

To be honest, the First Emperor was still quite concerned about artillery, after all, Zhao Si had already blown it, but at the beginning, the First Emperor had always thought it was far away.

As soon as the artillery rang out, it eroded for miles.

Even if you have never seen the power of artillery with your own eyes, you can feel the great role of artillery in warfare just from the description.

"Please also move, Your Majesty." Zhao Si bowed down to invite, the First Emperor nodded, rubbed the amber tiger head again, and followed Zhao Si to the open area.

Zhao Si placed the bronze cannon on the ground, and then took out the gunpowder projectile and the lead for loading.

Because he had no practical experience, Zhao Si was busy for a long time before he finished loading, and the First Emperor looked at the bronze cannon on the ground with expectation in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, please stand back a little." Zhao Si opened his mouth and said.

The First Emperor nodded and took a few steps back, the look of anticipation in his eyes even stronger.

"Your Majesty, back a little more." Zhao Si was worried that the properties of gunpowder were unstable, and the experimental data from the main craftsman bureau was not enough, which was not enough to determine that it was completely safe.

As we all know, the First Emperor was a wise man who could listen to what he said.

So Yi Yan took more than a dozen steps back one after another, and opened a distance of more than twenty meters from the bronze cannon, and the look of anticipation in his eyes became even stronger.

Let yourself retreat so much, that must be very powerful, right?

If you can't reach it for a few miles, you have to ......

Zhao Si turned his head to look, the First Emperor was staring intently, and Amber was lying on the ground bored and licking his hair.

Zhao Si took out the fire fold, lit the fuse, and when the fuse was ignited, Zhao Si retreated behind the first emperor.

Although it has been a long time since the crossing, the muscle reflexes for setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year are still there.

With Zhao Si's actions, the eyes of the First Emperor seemed to be shining.

As the fuse burned out, Amber seemed to sense something, stopped licking the fur, and glanced at the bronze cannon.

Rumble!

A roar like thunder exploded, accompanied by smoke and fire.

Amber, who was still lying on the ground licking her hair, instantly jumped on the spot, jumped in front of the First Emperor for the first time, pressed down, made a fighting posture, and stared at the gunsmoke.

Zhao Si didn't expect it to be so loud, his eyes were a little surprised, but he didn't lose his temper.

The First Emperor didn't either, on the contrary, the roaring loud noise made the light in the First Emperor's eyes almost overflow.

Listen up!

This sound!

It's as beautiful as a fairy!

The First Emperor touched Amber in a fighting posture with a little joy, and with a light in his eyes, he couldn't wait to go towards the bronze cannon.

Zhao Si glanced at the projectile.

It's a little longer than the two feet Liu Bi said, huh...... It has to be more than three feet.

……

When the First Emperor came closer, he found an embarrassing problem.

The noise was loud, as if nothing had just happened, but nothing seemed to have happened except for the smoke of gunpowder.

Zhao Si ran away and came to the First Emperor.

"This is the artillery that the Craftsman Bureau has made now...... Well, I shot more than three feet. ”

The First Emperor looked at the fist-sized projectile in front of him and fell into deep thought.

The light in his eyes...... gradually disappeared and dimmed, his eyes fell on Zhao Si, waiting for Zhao Si to give an explanation.

"It's hard to start everything......"

"That's what I call artillery, the thrust from the explosion that makes the shells fire. In the future, it will be nothing more than to fight farther and have more power. ”

Zhao Si kicked a fist-sized solid iron egg on the ground with an embarrassed smile on his face: "The gunpowder is not powerful enough, the thrust generated is insufficient, and the air tightness is probably relatively rough, so so much power will be wasted, in short, there is still a long way to go from the appearance of artillery to be able to really put it into the battlefield, but now there is a model and direction, only need to invest funds, Your Majesty will not be stingy with rewards, and the craftsman bureau will be enthusiastic to study, and the artillery will sound and erode for miles, which is just around the corner!" ”

Zhao Si didn't brag about this, what he lacks now is nothing more than two, one is air tightness, the other is the power of gunpowder, as for the cannon casting process, there is not much difficulty, it is nothing more than to make continuous fine-tuning according to the existing model.

"I used to use trebuchets to throw stones, but trebuchets have limits, and how far can they be thrown no matter how powerful they are? And the trebuchet was too heavy and too inconvenient, so I chose to throw stones in a different way. Zhao Si thought of a more appropriate statement.

"But now the artillery has just begun, and the trebuchet has reached its peak, it is inappropriate to use the trebuchet to compare the power of the current artillery, and although the power of the artillery is not good, and the power of gunpowder is slightly insufficient, but Your Majesty also heard it, and the sound of the artillery, with the smoke of fire and gunpowder and loud noise, is extraordinary, and it can have a miraculous effect on the battlefield.

No matter how clever the war horse is, it is also the instinct of the animal to seek advantage and avoid harm, and the cavalry team without special training will be chaotic in an instant when it encounters gunpowder that can emit a loud fire. Zhao Si said seriously.

The First Emperor nodded, and that was true.

Not to mention the livestock, according to this momentum, even soldiers who have not undergone special training may encounter gunpowder and will be in chaos.

casually spread it, deliberately stir up rumors and public opinion, what Lei Gong helps......

Your morale is up

Enemy morale is decimated.

There's no way, in ancient times, I really ate this set.

Strictly speaking, the gunpowder produced by the craftsman bureau at this stage has played a great role in helping the war.

If you use it well, it may not be a magic weapon to win.

"What is the amount of gunpowder in the craftsman's bureau?" The First Emperor nodded and asked.

"Then Your Majesty can ask the wrong person, the Craftsman Bureau is a scientific research department, all mining is only for research needs, and is not responsible for mining and production, this is the work of the Shaofu, and the Craftsman Bureau is not so manpower, if Your Majesty wants to put gunpowder into the army for large-scale production, you can send the Qing Qian Gong to entrust the general Shaofu, sulfur, saltpeter, and other key minerals to the nationalization, as for the production of gunpowder and ore mining and purification, etc., I can send out the instructor from the Craftsman Bureau to guide the work of the Shaofu." Zhao Si opened his mouth and said.

The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Si in a little surprise.

Zhao Si is a rare person who is not greedy for power, and he can obviously take this opportunity to let the Craftsman Bureau rightfully own the right to prepare gunpowder and the right to manage related minerals, and then he can rightfully expand the manpower......

But it's not surprising to think about Zhao Si's personality.

"I forgot about your lazy nature...... "The First Emperor smiled.

"Then Your Majesty is wrong to blame the ministers." Zhao Si shook his head when he heard this.

"If Your Majesty wants me to be in charge of the general Shaofu, I will naturally be willing, but the Craftsman Bureau is only responsible for scientific research and does not interfere in the affairs of the court is the tone I set from the beginning, not only the Craftsman Bureau, but also the Wugu Garden, and even in the future, I plan to merge these institutions into one place, specializing in scientific research, in order to bring forth the new, and sending instructors to guide in the past is already the bottom line that I can tolerate." Zhao Si began his own quibble.

"The craftsman bureau only needs to guard its own one-third of an acre, what is this one-third of an acre?

It is to be pragmatic and avoid hypocrisy, and bring forth the new.

Those who can bring forth the old and bring forth the new to drive the social progress of Daqin, regardless of each faction, the craftsman bureau is open to welcome, but there is only one condition, if you enter the craftsman bureau, you can only retire in the craftsman bureau, and you cannot use it for other purposes.

The craftsman bureau itself has no real power, and it is impossible to get out if you enter, so that many speculators can avoid using the craftsman bureau as a springboard to enter the court.

And the absence of real power also means that there is no threat.

It is not their turn to fall into the court, so it is necessary to avoid the overlap of rights between the Craftsman Bureau and the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries.

The black ice platform is a knife, and it must fight for power.

But the craftsman bureau is not.

At the time of Shang Jun, the chief of the world was not only a title, but also the chief of the world's people, but what is the length of the world's people? How many official positions did the chief have conflicts with? Therefore, Shang Jun will reorganize the Great Qin official system, there are too many overlapping powers, too many conflicts, once there is a profit, the three parties fight, once they encounter trouble, the three parties pass the buck, how is this the way to govern the country?

Therefore, since the Shang monarch changed the law, the functions and powers have become clearer, and a large number of official positions have been abolished, and the official system of Daqin has been clarified.

The same is true of the Craftsman's Bureau, which today has encroached on the gunpowder preparation fortifications that should belong to the Shaofu, and what will it encroach on tomorrow?

Is it possible that every time an invention is made, it has to be started anew, and it will be discarded as a small mansion and not used?

At present, in addition to gunpowder and firearms, the craftsman bureau is also engaged in iron and steel smelting, and at present, iron smelting can be used for agricultural purposes, and over time, iron tools will replace bronze tools as swords and soldiers. After all, there are fewer and fewer copper mines, and there are far more iron mines than copper mines.

At that time, will the production of ironware also be under the control of the craftsman's bureau? Is the tax on the iron ore under that day also collected by the craftsman's bureau? ”

Zhao Si seriously explained his thoughts to the First Emperor.

Why is it so emphasized that the Craftsman Bureau should not participate in politics?

It's not that researchers can't do practical things.

But relatively pure scientific researchers can't fight those old foxes.

Even if there are researchers with excellent political skills. There are many political concerns, so how to devote ourselves to scientific research and development and creation?

Zhao Si has to do his best to ensure the cleanliness and purity of this department, which is related to the future of Great Qin.

At the very least, in his lifetime, Zhao Si has to guard the three-acre land of the craftsman's bureau.

The First Emperor listened to Zhao Si's tirade with an expressionless face and groaned slightly, and a little approval flashed in his eyes.

The current Zhao Si is really not what it used to be.

Zhao Si has been growing, and the most important thing is that he has been growing under the nose of the First Emperor, and it is also the result of the First Emperor's deliberate cultivation.

What Zhao Si can say is reasonable, thoughtful, and has a feeling that my family has a child who has just grown up.

At this moment, the First Emperor even rose a little relieved.

At the very least, the current Zhao Si has gradually revealed the responsibilities and concerns of a qualified leader.

Except, a little lazy.

The corners of the First Emperor's mouth rose slightly, revealing a look of sudden realization.

"Oh? I can't imagine that a little craftsman has such concerns......"

"In this case, if you don't bother the two masters, you will be the master again."

Zhao Si became anxious after hearing this, and the look of righteous words faded, and turned into a look of death.

"Your Majesty, I have already raised the Yulin Army and the Animal Garden of the Wugu Garden Craftsman Bureau of the Aviation and Trade Military Mansion, and the affairs on my body are really busy, I don't even have the time to go home for dinner, the sky is not bright when I get up, and the night is ......already dark when I go back."

Zhao Si noticed the ridicule in the eyes of the First Emperor, and simply chose to play with the First Emperor.

Of course, he knew that the First Emperor was having a bad taste.

Just kidding, that's going to be Shaofu, one of the nine Qings, how can it be so childish to change people?

However, if the First Emperor can joke with himself about the general as a Shaofu, I am afraid it is also the only treatment of Great Qin.

The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Si's dead face and shook his head with a smile.

This kid has become more and more undisguised since he has become more and more acquainted with him.

The First Emperor was already 100% sure that this kid was absolutely loyal and reverent to himself, and there was no so-called traditional sense of loyalty and reverence.

It is hard to imagine that a courtier could behave like this in front of him.

But what the First Emperor didn't realize was that he didn't stop it in the process, and even deliberately connived at it.

The few things he left left behind were the king's personal attributes, and all of them fell on Zhao Si.

Only then did the First Emperor feel more like a living person than the embodiment of the will of Great Qin.

"Alright...... Tell me about the little things you did besides fooling me with artillery. The First Emperor waved his hand to stop Zhao Si's increasingly exaggerated acting skills.

Zhao Si cried miserably there, joking that the First Emperor could not know the details of Zhao Si's work?

Zou Feng is in charge of the Aviation and Trade Military Government, Tian Xin is in charge of Wugu Garden, Liu Pi is in charge of the Craftsman Bureau, and Zhao Si of Yulin Army is just a name......

Zhao Si, this kid, just walks around every day to inspect his work.

"Is that so, does Your Majesty remember the assassination of Bolangsha?"

The First Emperor nodded when he heard this: "The assassin was caught?" ”

"I didn't catch it, but Shun Teng found Canghai Jun, the mastermind behind the support for Zhang Liang at the beginning, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang accidentally cracked another thing when they were arrested, Canghai Jun colluded with filthy people, intending to cause chaos on the border of Daqin." Zhao Si opened his mouth and said.

"What are you going to do?" The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si.

"The minister came here this time for this matter, the reason why Canghai Jun colluded with filthy people to cause chaos is not a whim, the minister is estimated to be related to the relocation of the king's mausoleum, so it seems that the world is probably not Canghai Jun alone, but if you want to investigate the matter, it is nothing more than a combination of inside and outside.

In the end, it was the Ronghu in the northwest, the barbarians in the south, and the Yi people in the east.

There is Meng Tian in the northwest, and Mao Dun is not a young man, at most he will only make a wait-and-see posture, the northwest of Daqin will not give birth to any trouble, and there are 600,000 border soldiers in the south, and South Vietnam can't jump out, the only thing that doesn't have much defense is the hinterland and Dongyi, and the minister wants to compile the naval garrison under the aviation and trade military government to calm the Dongyi. ”

The First Emperor nodded thoughtfully, lost in thought.

(End of chapter)