"Gunpowder!"

Baiguan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a sense of humiliation being teased by Fan Zheng.

Gunpowder is not uncommon in the Great Song Dynasty, and even the military makes gunpowder into weapons, but the power of gunpowder has become a joke in the Great Song Dynasty.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "The gunpowder doctor is also involved, which can cure sores and ringworms, kill insects, dispel moisture, plague, etc., and the power of gunpowder weapons is insufficient, that is because the usage of your guns is wrong." ”

"Wrong usage?"

The ministers were in an uproar.

A trace of contempt flashed in Meng Yuan's eyes and said, "Then according to what Fan Taicheng said, how should gunpowder be used." ”

Fan Zheng sneered: "There is only one power of gunpowder from beginning to end, and that is explosion!" And the military used it to glow and smoke, which is like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. ”

"Explosion?"

Baiguan frowned, if it weren't for Fan Zheng's meritorious contribution to the fortress and the Divine Arm Crossbow just now, they didn't want to listen to Fan Zheng's nonsense at all.

And what's the use of an explosion, it's like a firecracker, and it's not powerful at all.

Fan Zhengzheng said: "As you all know, a thumb-thick firecracker, the sound resounded hundreds of steps, an arm-thick firecracker is enough to hurt people, it can be seen that the more gunpowder, the denser, the greater its power, if it is a few catties of gunpowder, dozens of catties of gunpowder, or even hundreds of catties of gunpowder, the doctor has treated a survivor of a civil artillery workshop explosion, his house was destroyed, several people died, and more than ten people were injured. ”

Zhang Dian nodded and agreed: "There are indeed rumors of gunpowder workshop wrecks among the people. ”

"What does this have to do with defending Pingxia City." Taiwei Meng Yuan frowned.

Fan Zheng took a deep breath and said, "Since you adults know that Fan is a doctor, you should understand that a doctor knows how to save people, and even more so how to kill!" When I saw the tragic situation of the survivors of the gunpowder explosion, Fan knew that gunpowder was a peerless murder weapon. ”

"A peerless murder weapon? Fan Taicheng is too exaggerated! He didn't believe at all.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "All weapons in the world are made of steel, if you want to multiply the power of gunpowder, you must fuse gunpowder and iron, and iron and fire are intertwined, so that gunpowder can become a peerless murder weapon." ”

"Gunpowder and iron?" The ministers frowned.

"An arm-thick firecracker explosion is enough to hurt someone, what if we replace the bamboo tube with an iron one?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

"The gunpowder of firecrackers with thick arms is limited, what if the amount of gunpowder is turned into five, ten, or even dozens of catties and packed into an iron cylinder?"

"If we shrink the mouth of the iron cylinder to look like an iron can, once it explodes, the iron shell will explode like a bamboo cylinder, piercing the iron armor."

"We can even deliberately cast the iron shell into a checkered shape, so that the iron shell will shatter more completely and be more lethal, like a thunderstorm."

"Even if a weak scholar only needs to ignite the fuse and detonate the iron gunpowder, even the Western Xia Iron Harrier will not escape this fate."

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Fan Zheng put out the ideas of the earth-shattering thunder in the late Song Dynasty.

Taiwei Meng Yuan's face suddenly became solemn, because he had been exposed to gunpowder weapons before, and knew that what Fan Zheng said was not impossible.

"Is gunpowder really that powerful?" Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng, who was full of energy, and asked in disbelief.

"The official will know if you try it!" Fan Zheng said confidently.

How could the forbidden army camp be without gunpowder, at that moment, Meng Yuan gave an order, and soon, a large amount of black gunpowder had been sent to Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng stepped forward, carefully inspected the black powder, and couldn't help nodding again and again, the black powder of the Great Song Dynasty was close to the perfect ratio formula, which was enough for military use.

"Fan Taicheng, wait a minute, the iron cans you need, the craftsmen in the army are smelting, and it won't take long to deliver." Meng Yuandao.

There was no shortage of craftsmen in the forbidden army, let alone simply smelting thin-skinned iron cans. ”

"Every three steps, I'm going to set up a dummy in armor."

Fan Zheng nodded, and took advantage of this time to command the forbidden army to rearrange the training ground of the Divine Arm Crossbow just now.

Meng Yuan waved his hand, and the forbidden army moved quickly.

Wait until a test ground full of dummies is set up, and the tin cans are delivered.

Looking at the iron can in front of him that had just been smelted and had an uneven appearance, it was obviously the most hurried work of the craftsman, but Fan Zheng did not dislike it, because this ugly iron can had perfectly met his requirements.

Fan Zheng solemnly took the iron can, filled the iron can with the black powder prepared in advance, matched it with a lead, and finally solemnly sealed it, and a simple but powerful earth bomb was made.

Fan Zheng stepped forward, placed the earth bomb in the center of the test site full of dummies, connected the long lead, and was about to ignite it, when he suddenly saw a group of monarchs and ministers who were looking forward to it.

"Please also ask the officials and adults to retreat a hundred steps away!" Fan Zheng hurriedly persuaded.

"Hundred steps!"

Everyone was stunned, disappreciating in their hearts, thinking that Fan Zheng was just a bluff.

However, Fan Zheng insisted again and again, and the monarchs and ministers retreated a hundred steps away.

Fan Zheng turned around at this time, took out the fire fold, lit the long fuse, and ran backwards frantically.

"Get down! Cover your ears and open your mouth! Fan Zheng rushed to Zhao Xu and the others, and roared to signal everyone to do the same.

However, Zhang Dian and other ministers did not think so, they had already taken a hundred steps back, but they did not believe that gunpowder could still hurt them.

Seeing this, Fan Zheng only had time to pull Zhao Xu to bend down, and a loud noise came from his ears.

"Boom!"

The deafening sound resounded throughout the forbidden army camp, and all the ministers only felt a thunder ring in their ears, and their ears roared, and many old and weak ministers were even more frightened, and they couldn't help but stumble to the ground.

And the ministers who remained standing did not laugh, but looked sluggish, even if they were a hundred paces away, they still felt a strong threat.

The sharp-eyed minister had already seen the scene of the testing ground, and the dummy in armor had already staggered, and it was clear that he had been badly injured.

"Official, please take a look." Fan Zheng looked at the shocked expressions of the ministers and couldn't help but be satisfied.

Zhao Xu's face was solemn, and he led the ministers to the test site again, and couldn't help but gasp, all the dummies within twenty steps were seriously injured, all the dummies within ten steps fell, and the armor of the dummies within five steps was directly penetrated by the explosion fragments.

"This weapon is beyond human resistance!" Taiwei Meng Yuan exclaimed.

"You can imagine that if Pingxia City has the danger of a fortress, the benefits of the divine arm crossbow, and the power of gunpowder, who can break it." Fan Zheng said proudly.

The ministers nodded involuntarily, and their attitude towards gunpowder changed from the original disdain, to today's shock, and then to ecstasy, and the appearance of powerful gunpowder weapons leveled the gap between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia.

No! For the first time, the Great Song Dynasty, which controlled the gunpowder, overshadowed Liaoxia in force.

"What's the name of this weapon?" Zhao Xu's face couldn't hide his surprise.

"The power of this weapon is amazing, the sound is like thunder, if it is called heaven-shaking thunder." Fan Zheng moved out the name of the earth-shattering thunder of the later generations.

"There's this artifact! My Great Song Dynasty is not afraid of Western Xia! Zhang Dan said ecstatically.

The other ministers also nodded with affection, imagine if the Western Xia attacked Pingxia City on a large scale, the Great Song Dynasty soldiers gathered on the edges and corners, the crossbows of the gods were as dense as raindrops, and one by one the earth-shattering thunder fell from the sky, who in the world could break it.

(End of chapter)