"Really?"

This time, everyone was moved,

The earth-shaking thunder was originally the killer weapon of the Great Song Dynasty, Liaoxia had the earth-shaking thunder, and the advantages of the Great Song Dynasty would gradually disappear, and now the Great Song Dynasty had more power, and the thunder with white sugar would regain the upper hand.

Fan Zheng nodded solemnly and said, "Not bad!" Now the Ordnance Superintendent has developed a new type of sky-shaking thunder, and has asked the official family and the three ministers to verify it in person. ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Xu and the three prime ministers glanced at each other, and immediately nodded excitedly.

The Great Song Dynasty can have today's situation, the earth-shaking thunder is indispensable, the two Pingxia City made the Western Xia suffer heavy losses, and the powerful Liao State did not dare to venture into the Great Song Dynasty, and now the Ordnance Supervisor has developed a more powerful earth-shaking thunder, and the Great Song Dynasty naturally can't wait to see it.

Inside the Armory Prison!

Hearing that the official family and the prime minister of the dynasty once again personally inspected the earth-shaking thunder, the master craftsman did not dare to slack off, and led everyone to the test site.

"This is the new type of Sky-Shaking Thunder!" Zhao Xu frowned.

He found that the earth-shattering thunder in front of him was no different from the last time he saw it.

Fan Zheng replied: "Don't worry, the power of the earth-shaking thunder is not in the appearance, but in the gunpowder formula. ”

At that moment, Fan Zhengfan was stretching out his hand, and Mo Yue personally secretly assembled two identical earth-shattering thunders on the spot from the traditional gunpowder formula and the new gunpowder formula, and placed them in the test field.

With Fan Zheng's order.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

With two loud bangs, the entire test site was filled with gunsmoke.

"Lord Qi Fan, the lethality of the old-style sky-shattering thunder is fifteen steps, and the lethality of the new-style sky-shaking thunder is full of thirty steps!" Mo Yue personally stepped forward to inspect and came back to report solemnly.

"It's ............ power." Zhao Xu's heart sank, and the new style grenade with frosting had been significantly improved in terms of sound and power.

Fan Zhengzheng said: "In the two battles of Pingxia City, the Xia army often used the hard cold forging armor of the Iron Harrier to enter the city, causing huge casualties to our army, and the power of the new type of earth-shaking thunder is enough to break the cold forging armor of the Iron Harrier. ”

"Good!" Zhao Xu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and exhale.

"In addition, the Ordnance Supervisor also created a small Heaven-Shaking Thunder, which is the size of a hand-held thunderbolt, but its lethality is not much different from the old-fashioned Heaven-Shaking Thunder, and a wooden handle is added to it, and the thrower can throw it sixty paces away."

At that moment, Fan Zheng picked up a long earth-shattering thunder, which was the wooden-handled grenade of the later generations.

Due to the limited power of black powder, only a large amount of earth-shattering thunder can exert great power, and now the power of gunpowder with white sugar has increased greatly, which has made the famous wooden-handled grenade appear in later generations.

At that moment, Fan Zheng personally lit the grenade fuse and threw it vigorously at the test site in front of him, and with a boom, the earth-shattering thunder sounded at the test site sixty steps away.

"Lethality is within fifteen steps!" Mo Yue probed and came back to report.

"The wooden handle shook the sky and thundered!"

Seeing this, Lu Dafang praised him.

The traditional Heaven-Shaking Thunder is too cumbersome and can only be defended nearby, but this kind of wood-handled Heaven-Shaking Thunder Fan Zheng can throw sixty steps with a doctor, and if it is a trained warrior, it will definitely be able to throw it farther.

For a long time, the Song army defended with earth-shattering thunder, and could only wait until the enemy army attacked the city before counterattacking.

Now with the handle, the Heaven-Shaking Thunder can throw up to sixty steps, coupled with the advantage of the city wall, as well as its explosion range, the defensive range is enough to cover more than a hundred steps, which makes the Song army's defensive ability improve dramatically.

"I'm waiting for the usual frosting to be so useful!" Zhao Xu said in surprise.

He could never have imagined that the formula of gunpowder with icing sugar would have such a huge power.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Ordinary frosting naturally does not have such a strong effect, and what is added to the gunpowder is the most valuable white sugar. ”

"Sugar!"

When the three prime ministers heard this, they all frowned, the sugar was extremely white, crystal clear, it was only the dignitaries who could afford it, Fan Zheng actually used it on gunpowder, and this new type of earth-shaking thunder seems to be easy to use, but the cost is too high!

Zhang Dian couldn't help but have a headache, the Great Song Dynasty was already in short financial supply, and today's financial operation is all dependent on the turnover of five million yuan of national debt, and the cost of the earth-shattering thunder has increased greatly, which will inevitably make the Great Song Dynasty's finances worse.

"So Fan proposed that the soldiers should set up a sugarcane farm and refine the sugar by themselves, so that the cost could be reduced to the greatest extent for military needs." Fan Zhengzheng color road.

Zhao Xu's heart was suddenly moved, he turned to look at Fan Zheng and the three prime ministers, and asked, "What do you Aiqing think!" ”

Lu Dafang thought about the amazing power of the new type of sky-shaking thunder, as well as the high price of sugar, and finally nodded.

Zhang Dian and Su Song also nodded helplessly, they were coveting the new type of earth-shaking thunder, but they could not afford the expensive price of sugar, and it was imperative to use the soldiers to form a sugarcane farm.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Fan Zheng's method is already the best method.

"In addition, the minister has one more thing to ask for!" Fan Zheng continued.

Zhao Xu was in a good mood and said: "Fan Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The minister implores that the new gunpowder formula be listed as top secret, only five of us know!" Don't leak it! ”

Lu Dafang frowned and said: "Do you suspect that the courtiers and Liaoxia colluded, this is absolutely impossible, we and other scholars are loyal to the country, and it is impossible to betray the Song Dynasty." ”

Zhang Dian also looked at Fan Zheng with unkind eyes, didn't Fan Zheng suspect Zeng Bu in this move.

Fan Zheng smiled bitterly: "Fan naturally does not doubt the loyalty of the courtiers, but Fan does not believe in the courtiers' knowledge, my great Song scholars love to write books and say, Zeng Xianggong compiled the "Wujing General Essentials", almost the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter how much is recorded, Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Pen Talk" is the gunpowder formula, the top craftsmanship of the craftsman is introduced one by one, and now these two books are circulating in the folk book society, Liaoxia and other nomadic tribes, the reason why they have been able to compete with the Great Song Dynasty for so long is not because of mastering the advanced technology of the Han people. Let's ask all dynasties, which dynasty has my Great Song Dynasty difficult. ”

The prime ministers' faces suddenly darkened, because what Fan Zheng said was not unreasonable, the Great Song Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, and the reason why the Great Song Dynasty did not have the upper hand in foreign warfare was that in addition to the lack of horses, the advantage of weapons was also the top priority.

"What Fan Taicheng said is very true, now that my Great Song Dynasty has finally gained an advantage in gunpowder, I must not miss the opportunity again." Su Song said solemnly.

Zhao Xu thought deeply and said: "What Fan Taicheng said is very true, the new gunpowder formula is related to the fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, and those who dare to leak it are the three clans!" In the name of the doctor, 30,000 soldiers were allocated to form a sugarcane farm, and the sugar needed by the ordnance supervisor would be purchased in the name of the doctor. ”

The ministers couldn't help but be stunned, this is probably the first time that the Great Song Dynasty attaches so much importance to a secret technique!

"The official is wise!"

Fan Zheng said solemnly.

(End of chapter)