Monument Yangmen

Chapter 802 Our ancestors were never weaker than others
Following Tang Gong's pointing, Yang Qi looked over, and saw giant steel beasts lying there coldly.

Still cannon.

It's just that compared to the cannons used before, this cannon looks brand new, smaller and more convenient.

Craftsmen cast not only the wheels for the cannon, but also the bases.

In order to facilitate transportation, they also loaded a car board that could be drawn by oxen and horses under the artillery, and two wooden boxes loaded with ammunition were carried on both sides of the car board.

What surprised Yang Qi the most was the material of the cannon. The new cannon did not have the yellow light of pure copper, but instead had a layer of black iron's unique glint.

Yang Qi pointed at the cannon in astonishment, "What material is this made of?"

Tang Gong explained with a smile: "This is the secret skill handed down from the old Wutou's family, miscellaneous gold craftsmanship. The ancestor of the old Wutou was an official craftsman in the Qin Dynasty, and the bronze swords cast by ordinary craftsmen were never more than three feet. But the old Wutou The bronze swords cast at home can not only reach six feet, but they can also be kept for a thousand years, and after being polished, they are still extremely sharp.

We cast cannons, which consume too much copper, and your majesty wants more cannons.

No matter how much copper we have, it is not enough.

So the old Wutou tried using the miscellaneous gold craftsmanship handed down from his ancestors. "

(This is not fiction, and don’t underestimate our ancestors. If you don’t believe me, you can go to the Shaanxi History Museum to see it. You can get free tickets with your ID card. There is a bronze sword from the Qin Dynasty at the main entrance, which is quite sharp.)
Yang Qi caressed the cold touch of the cannon, his heart was shaken, and he asked: "Is it strong? Will it explode?"

Tang Gong was taken aback for a moment, and said awkwardly: "Yes..."

Yang Qi frowned slowly.

Is it a waste cannon?
"If you don't clean up in time after firing a thousand rounds of iron bullets, the chamber will explode..."

Tang Gong slowly added a helpless expression.

Yang Qi almost spat out a mouthful of old blood in his anger.

Will there be a danger of bombing the chamber after firing a thousand rounds of iron bullets?

Or the pot that was not cleaned in time?
Still depressed?
Can you still make a gun that keeps firing and won't blow up if you don't clean it?
After the slander, Yang Qi catered to Tang Gong's frustrated expression, and said calmly: "It's already very good... How many guns like this are there?"

Tang Gong replied: "Two thousand statues..."

Yang Qi wanted to spurt blood again.

Yang Qi looked at Tang Gong with questioning eyes.

Tang Gong said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, you have stipulated that the copper used for casting cannons can only be cast... the copper originally used to cast [-] cannons has become much more after using mixed gold techniques. These coppers I can’t do anything else, so my subordinates are all used to make cannons.”

When Yang Qi heard the words, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

Are you adhering to the principle of not wasting your feelings, and made two thousand alloy cannons in one go?
At present, the enemy has two thousand alloy cannons.

Yang Qi suddenly felt a little more confident.

The reckless actions of Tang Gong and the others made another contribution, but Yang Qi did not reward them on the spot.

Instead, he reminded with a hint of warmth and anger: "This is not an example..."

"Yes yes yes~"

Tang Gong and the others nodded in agreement.

It's not that Yang Qi is narrow-minded, but that this kind of behavior is not worth encouraging.

This time they produced two thousand cannons in order not to waste them.

Next time, in order not to waste, what if [-] cannons are produced?
If such a scene is really going to happen, shouldn't it be time for Yang Qi to form an artillery army?
An artillery army, Yang Qi can afford it.

But once an army is formed, it means that a large number of artillery will appear in front of the world.

By that time, it will be difficult to keep the artillery technology secret.

Yang Qi didn't want to see the scene of being bombarded with artillery.

"Peng Pai?"

Yang Qi suddenly called out.

Peng Pai withdrew his astonished face, hurried forward and said, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

Yang Qi straightened his back and said arrogantly: "Send someone to ask my uncle, he had to spend a lot of money to buy those one hundred cannons, ask him if he still wants it?"

"This subordinate will send someone to ask."

Yang Qi nodded, and said again: "Secretly send someone to transport [-] new artillery pieces to the southern country, and give them to my second brother."

"promise!"

Under the leadership of Tang Gong, Yang Qi stayed in this huge warehouse for a long time.

Then he left the warehouse contentedly.

After leaving the warehouse, Yang Qi asked Tang Gong, "Has the thing that I told you guys made before come out?"

Hearing this, Tang Gong hurriedly said, "It's done."

"Then go have a look."

"Now?"

"Now!"

Tang Gong looked at the increasingly dark sky, smiled bitterly, and a group of people went up to the top of Yanmen Pass.

Then along the city wall, all the way north, to another pass in Sanguanzhai.

There are also craftsmen in Guanzhai, but most of them have fallen asleep.

When the night watchmen heard about Yang Qi's visit, they beat the gong excitedly to call for him.

Then all the people in the village were awakened.

All the men, women and children in the village went out to salute Yang Qi one after another.

The elder insisted on dragging Yang Qi into his room to talk.

This passionate commotion lasted until midnight.

After the crowd was finally dispersed.

Tang Gongcai found time to take Yang Qi to a workshop built by the mountain.

The workshop is very special, not only built against the mountain, but also built next to a rushing waterfall.

After entering the workshop, Yang Qi heard a rapid buzzing sound.

Looking over, I saw an alloy round rod fixed on a shelf.

A sharp drill bit is spinning rapidly in the round stick.

What surprised Yang Qi the most was that it was not manpower but hydraulic power that drove the drill to drill the hole.

The water wheel, like a windmill, rotates rapidly under the impact of the waterfall.

The water wheel drives the gear, and the gear drives another gear.

This gear drives the gear that presses the drill bit.

Under the huge force of the water wheel, the small gears rotate rapidly.

Two young men, shirtless, stood by the gears, and when one rod became a tube, they replaced it with another.

"Cough cough~"

Tang Gong coughed lightly, and the two men realized that someone was there.

As soon as he turned his head, he heard Tang Gong sternly shouted: "You two little bastards, why don't you come over and see Your Majesty."

Hearing His Majesty, the two men were taken aback.

They hurriedly left the work in hand, rushed to Yang Qi, bowed and saluted: "Cao Min sees Your Majesty..."

"You don't need to be too polite..."

Surrounded by the crowd, Yang Qi arrived in front of the water wheel.

Looking at this drilling machine that can reach the level of electricity without relying on electricity at all, Yang Qi sighed deeply: "It's so ingenious! Everyone knows that foreign fathers are good, but they don't know that our ancestors never lost to others."

Everyone in Tang Gong couldn't understand Yang Qi's words, they all looked at each other, scratching their ears and cheeks.

Yang Qi didn't explain much, he took a drilled pipe, examined it carefully, and then turned around to ask Tang Gong, "Is this also miscellaneous gold craft?"

Tang Gong scratched his head, and said with a dry smile: "The metal next to it can't meet His Majesty's requirements, let alone this water drill, only it can."

Yang Qi touched the smooth and soothing tube without air holes, and finally couldn't help admiring.

"not bad……"

After a pause, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yang Qi said: "When you have nothing to do, you should think about it more, give full play to your skills, and make innovations based on your skills.

In this way, our skills can always be ahead of others.

I am not a pedantic person.

Instead of clinging to existing skills, I prefer to see your innovative skills.

As long as your skills are useful to the country, not only will I not be stingy with rewards, but I will also make you famous all over the world. "

Tang Gong and the others all bowed and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty must follow His Majesty's instructions."

Yang Qi nodded slowly, raised the pipe in Yang's hand, and asked, "How much has this thing drilled?"

Tang Gong said: "The water wheel was built late, we rushed to work day and night, and only drilled [-] pieces."

"Take me to see..."

Yang Qi gave an order, and Tang Gong led the way.

Yang Qi was calculating in his mind.

The appearance of this nearly seamless alloy tube directly made Yang Qi overthrow his plan to make a monocular system.

With this kind of tube, Yang Qi can directly cross the monocular system and enter the stage of matchlock gun.

The principle of the matchlock gun is not difficult.

In the era of the information explosion in the later generations, military fans frequently posted the structure diagram of the matchlock gun for people to watch.

Yang Qi happened to read it and remembered it.

While Yang Qi was thinking, Tang Gong had already brought Yang Qi to a warehouse.

A row of round pipes dragged by cloth is densely packed in the warehouse.

The tube is shining brightly.

Before Yang Qi could ask, Tang Gong explained: "The subordinates and others don't know when His Majesty will use them. They are afraid that they will rust after a long time, so they coated them with oil to prevent rust."

"I have a heart..."

Yang Qi sighed in admiration, not afraid of the oil stains on the round pipes, and began to inspect each pipe carefully.

Yang Qi inspected nearly [-] pipes from beginning to end.

The appearance of guns represents the end of an era, but also the beginning of an era, and Yang Qi cannot be careless.

After carefully checking all the pipes.

Yang Qi nodded in satisfaction, "Very good..."

The most taboo thing about gun barrels is stealing and cheating. Any mistake in a gun barrel may eventually lead to the tragic death of one of his own people.

Yang Qi didn't want this kind of tragedy to be caused by negligence.

Yang Qi took out one of the best appearance and quality from the many gun barrels, handed it to Tang Gong, and said earnestly: "The tubes manufactured in the future must only be better than it, not worse than it.

If there is any mistake, I will be implicated. "

Hearing this, Tang Gong subconsciously clenched the barrel of the gun in his hand, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this subordinate will definitely keep an eye on it. If anyone tries to tamper with this, His Majesty will definitely clean it up first." portal."

"That's good……"

Yang Qi nodded slowly, paused, and said: "I didn't expect you to make such a good pipe, so the previous things are not suitable for use. I have some new ideas and need to recompose the picture. Arrange a room for me." Room."

Tang Gong and the others looked at Yang Qi in astonishment.

Yang Qi asked suspiciously: "Is there a problem?"

Tang Gong hesitated for a moment, but he still reminded: "Your Majesty...it's already three o'clock...you have traveled day and night to Yanmen Pass, and you haven't rested until now. Is your body able to take it?"

Yang Qi was stunned, shook his head and smiled wryly, "It's nothing. When reviewing memorials in Yanjing City, sometimes I didn't have time to close my eyes for three days and three nights. I used to manage the land of the four prefectures, and I could be lazy.

Now I am in charge of two countries, two countries that cannot be defeated by Liao.

Everything I say and do affects the livelihoods of millions of people, so I don't allow me to be lazy. "

With great power comes great responsibility.

The greater the responsibility, the more time it takes.

The current state of Yan is not yet impregnable and inviolable.

So Yang Qi didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, let alone now that there were two enemies who were already stalking him, he couldn't slack off.

Yanmen Pass was tightly sealed off, so the artisans inside Yanmen Pass did not know what happened outside.

Yang Qi didn't explain too much to them, so as not to cause panic.

When the sky fell, there was a big head supporting it.

Yang Qi is the biggest one in Yan Kingdom.

Unless he can't stand it anymore, he will never let the flames of war burn on all the people.

"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body..."

Tang Gong bowed deeply, persuading him from the bottom of his heart.

All the craftsmen followed suit.

Yang Qi couldn't resist them, and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, arrange a room for me. I will rest for two hours. After two hours, you can find me in the room."

Tang Gong immediately ordered two men to inform the head craftsman who was in charge of the village to arrange a house for Yang Qi.

Most of the night.

The craftsman abruptly woke up his sleeping wife, son, and daughter-in-law, then greeted Yang Qi and entered the master bedroom of the main house.

Yang Qi refused his offer dumbfounded, chose a wing room and lived in it.

I was intoxicated for an hour.

Yang Qi got up from the bed.

After lighting the candle, he saw Peng Pai sleeping soundly on the table.

Yang Qi took a blanket and covered Peng Pai.

Then he moved his hands and feet and splashed his cheeks with cold water.

After waking up, he went to a table in the wing room and spread out a blank sheet of paper.

Yang Qi doesn't need to search for a precise ruler.

As early as the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang, a traveler who was suspected to be the same as Yang Qi, made a very precise ruler.

Hold a ruler in one hand and a pen in the other.

Yang Qi began to write and draw on paper.

Even if it is a matchlock gun, the precision of the parts is also very high.

Therefore, when Yang Qi was drawing, he dared not be sloppy in the slightest, and tried to make sure that there was no difference.

Yang Qi didn't need to worry that the craftsmen couldn't make perfect matchlock gun accessories.

Ever since he saw the legendary Ghost Craft Ball at Tang Gong's house, he was no longer worried about the craftsmanship of Tang Gong and others.

Yang Qi's painting lasted until the fifth watch.

There was a bright light in the sky, and the rooster was roaring outside the yard with its neck raised.

Woke up everyone who was still asleep.

Peng Pai woke up in a drowsy state, felt the blanket on his body, and was slightly taken aback.

Dazedly seeing the faint candlelight flickering, he was slightly taken aback.

Suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Holding the blanket in his hand, he looked at Yang Qi who was drawing seriously in front of the candlelight, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After being stunned for a while, Yang Qi seemed to feel Peng Pai's gaze, raised his head to look, and said with a calm smile, "Are you awake?"

(End of this chapter)