The rise of the prince

Chapter 393 Demand Drives Technological Progress

On August 25, the weather in Kyoto was calm. After the autumn harvest, the whole country was immersed in joy.

The people in Beijing and all over the world were happy, and the news about the various legendary deeds of King Pingnan, accompanied by the news from the northern merchants, seemed to have stopped.

After-dinner conversations gradually turned into wars in the north, anecdotes from all over the country, and the news of the war in the north gradually spread with the businessmen of the Liao and Jin generations, and it continued to enrich. A few days later, it exploded all over the country.

The Liao Kingdom, which surprised everyone, was defeated!
The Jurchens took advantage of the trend to occupy the Zhongjing Road, surrounded Shangjing, Liao Emperor Yelu Shulie was trapped, 10,000 defeated [-]+ elites and other news came with the wind.

Jing Guo also fell into a delicate atmosphere all at once, with both gloating joy and panic about the Jurchens.

That's Liao!The Liao Kingdom, which only invaded the border last year, was so vulnerable in front of the Jurchens.

Many people talked about it, and couldn't help wondering what kind of person the Jurchens were, whether they had three heads and six arms, or had more eyes than the Han people, so that even the Liao Kingdom was so vulnerable.

Recently, the Jurchen gradually replaced King Pingnan and became the hottest topic among people.
It's just that it's different from King Pingnan's admiration. Whenever Jurchen is mentioned, many people have fear on their faces and fear in their hearts.

The New Wangfu Industrial Zone has broken ground and started construction. It is located near the northeast of the city and is under the charge of Zhu Rong. It starts with the construction of sewers and open channels, diverts water from the big river to store the dam, and then forms a controllable water flow to drive the water wheel.

The new water wheel will use steel for its bearings.

In the area to the east of the palace, hundreds of people started working at the same time. Recently, it has become full of enthusiasm, and the sky is covered with dust, which will not disperse for several days.

And with black powder, although it is not so easy to break rocks, it is more than enough to open mountains, which greatly speeds up the progress of the project.

Cement is not afraid of water, and a newly laid canal can pass through water in two to four to five days, and it is as solid as a rock. With such efficiency, the project is making rapid progress.

And the most difficult sewer system is not a problem, because the cement's adhesiveness makes the sewer stable, and it can be repaired as spacious as you want. At the same time, it is not afraid of water flow, so that there is no need for expensive ceramic pipes.

Zhu Rong was naturally excited, because he had never seen such a thing, which almost changed his perception of architecture. At the same time, he also thought that if these things could be used, almost all the architectural rules would be rewritten.

On the afternoon of August 25, Qifang returned with the first batch of two large ships going south, and also brought back the first batch of [-] sets of new military uniforms for the new army.

Li Xingzhou and Shiyu greeted them at the Wangfu Ferry. The first batch of uniforms for the new army will be put on soon, with the emphasis on simplicity and convenience.

As far as the military is concerned, the most powerful thing is not the weapon, but the change of concept.

When thinking of fighting with a knife, someone has already thought of killing you a hundred steps away; Then the enemy could no longer be seen, and some people thought of a decisive victory hundreds or thousands of kilometers away.

Only by changing the tactical concept one step ahead can we take the absolute advantage, firmly control the battle situation, and make the backward tactics have no chance of winning.

Therefore, every half a month, Li Xingzhou will convene a meeting of cadres above the head of the new army, and constantly emphasize the importance of firepower superiority, replacing the theory of precision with density and speed. In fact, in the absence of rifling, he wants to win with precision is impossible.

It can only be compensated by density. Through continuous and dense firepower, keeping the enemy from approaching and keeping his head up is the primary tactical goal of the new army. All combat training must be implemented based on this concept, and the accuracy is not so high.

In this way, the rate of fire and proficiency are the ultimate goals pursued by everyone.

Inspired by this concept, not only the soldiers made changes, but Zhao Si and other craftsmen also began to work hard in this regard.

The so-called demand drives the development of military science and technology. In order to speed up the rate of fire, following the idea of ​​connecting and fixing the shells and the cork used to launch medicines, Zhao Si and others soon developed a new bullet.

That is to make the bullet from a circular shape to a cone shape, and use oil-soaked thin paper to make a cylindrical shape and fix the propellant behind the bullet. In this way, when filling, it is not necessary to load the gunpowder first and then the projectile, but to shoot the gunpowder once. Reloading greatly increases the shooting speed.

Zhao Si came to him to report the incident in person, and told him firmly that he found that the elongated projectile was more powerful than the round one.

Li Xingzhou listened to him, and then read the report he wrote several pages to explain the advantages of elongated projectiles over round projectiles, such as higher accuracy and greater power. According to his observations, the speed is also faster, four hundred steps The range is about half a breath faster. Detailed records.

Can't help jumping up and patting Zhao Si on the shoulder: "You are a fucking genius!"

Then he was rewarded with 1000 taels.Zhao Si was very happy to be appreciated and treated so favorably by the prince. He used to be just a small carpenter, but because he met King Pingnan, he suddenly became proud and like a fish in water. He can do what he wants to do, and think about things that he didn't dare to think about before.

Li Xingzhou was even more ecstatic. The invention of the elongated bullet was a revolution in the history of firearms. The reason why Zhao Si felt that the elongated bullet was more powerful was because the diameter of the elongated bullet was much smaller than that of a spherical bullet when the weight was the same. many.

And its head can also be made pointed shape, reduces the air resistance when flying, can greatly reduce the caliber of the gun, lighten the weight of the gun, and improve the firmness of the gun.

Secondly, the contact area between the elongated projectile and the barrel is much larger than that of the spherical projectile, which can be better embedded in the barrel, increase air tightness, and improve accuracy and power.

This is why Zhao Si measured that the bullet is faster, because the airtightness is good, the energy loss is less, the kinetic energy of the bullet increases, the speed and range, and the accuracy naturally increase.

It can also be used with rifling in the future.

Li Xingzhou also thought about making elongated projectiles before, but he is not a craftsman and lacks experience. He only has some theories, and he is confused when it comes to specific operations. It can also realize specific manufacturing.

Although Zhao Si's elongated bullet has many advantages, such as increasing the firing speed, power, and accuracy of the range, it also has disadvantages. Zhao Si also wrote these two points clearly.

One is that the paper residue sometimes blocks the barrel of the gun, and the other is that sometimes the sparks of flint sometimes cannot burn the thin paper to ignite the gunpowder, which makes the firing fail.

But these two shortcomings cannot cover up its advantages and prevent the use of new ammunition. At the same time, because the gunpowder does not need to be refilled with gunpowder, the gunpowder pool is reduced accordingly, and the assembly line workshop for the production of bullets in the Wangfu also needs to be improved.

Regardless, it's a big step forward.

There were no major events in the court these days. Most of the recent court meetings were about the war in the north. After hearing the report on the war in the north, many people felt that the Jin Kingdom and the Jurchen would fight for several years, because it was a national war.

Li Xingzhou smelled something different from it.

Because according to the battle reports from the north, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Wugu, was just like Wanyan Aguda at the beginning. After breaking the city, he did not burn, kill and loot, but appeased the people, reduced taxes and labor, and cleared the prisons.
The scariest thing is coming!

Liao Kingdom is a multi-ethnic country, including Han people, Khitan people, Jurchens, Mongols, Koreans, Xixia people, etc. The people don't care who is the emperor, they only care about who treats them well.

This is also one of the important reasons why Wanyan Agu swept thousands of people and tens of thousands of people and swept Daliao with millions of armors. Gods blocked and killed gods, and Buddhas blocked and killed Buddhas.

Nowadays, once the emperor of the Jin Kingdom treats the people well, he will win the hearts of the people, and many people who have had enough of the oppression of the Liao Dynasty royal family will fall to him one after another.This is the most terrifying thing
I'm not afraid that he can fight, but I'm afraid that he knows how to win the hearts of the people!
As far as being able to fight, Xiang Yu was invincible with his troops at the beginning, and he won countless battles in his life, but the result became worse and worse, and finally died at the hands of Liu Bang, who was able to win the hearts of the people.Those who can fight are not terrible, but those who can fight and have brains.

(End of this chapter)