The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1262
Li Goudan said a little shyly: "Goudan just heard the conversation between you and Lord Li, the emperor, and suddenly had some thoughts in his heart. Goudan has read in the book, and the former military science department would often be able to do it every three to five years. Create even more powerful weapons. But why hasn’t the Shenlong Gun and other things been replaced in the past ten years?”

Zhao Dongting laughed.

The Shenlong blunderbuss, grenades, and sky cannons were all imitated by him based on the weapons of later generations.With craftsmen of this age, how could it be possible to improve it easily?

Even though the Ministry of Military Science and Technology has actually made some improvements to the Shenlong Gun and other things in recent years, it is just better than nothing, and it has not improved the power of the Shenlong Gun and other things in the slightest.The only improvement is that it is more convenient to carry and transport, such as putting wheels on the grenadier.There is really no need to popularize this.

After all, the Shenlong gun is already very convenient to carry.

Then Zhao Dongting patted Li Goudan on the head with a smile, and said: "These weapons are all thought up by me, and they are extremely powerful. How can the Military Science Department easily develop more powerful weapons?"

"What about you, Your Majesty?"

Li Goudan's eyes were full of doubts, "Since you can develop these munitions, can't you develop even more powerful munitions?"

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned, and then sighed softly, "Military fire is used for killing and attacking, and it hurts the peace of the world. Now that the Song Dynasty has enough things such as Shenlong Gun, why develop more powerful weapons?"

Li Goudan scratched his head, and said: "Goudan feels that he is prepared, and the emperor should take precautions. Just like the hot air balloon back then, Goudan has read in the book that when the hot air balloon first appeared, our Imperial Guards in the Song Dynasty were often able to rely on hot air balloons. Balloons are always disadvantageous, allowing the enemy to look down. But then Dali, Xinsong, and Dayuan also had hot air balloons, and our Dasong’s hot air balloons were not so effective.”

Zhao Dongting was stunned again.

Although Li Goudan was young, his words might not have any deep meaning, but he still had to meditate.

In the past, Qin Han took away the manufacturing method of hot air balloons. Who knew that in the future, countries would not be able to imitate the manufacturing methods of grenades, dragon guns, etc.?

Although so many years have passed, all countries have failed to prevent it, but a few years later, decades later, who can say for sure?
If you fall behind, you will be beaten.

And if you don't move forward, it will be difficult to avoid the result of falling behind in the end.

Zhao Dongting's face gradually turned serious.

The craftsmen of this era should not be underestimated. Although they are extremely lacking in thermal weapons, they also have achievements in many aspects that surprised Zhao Dongting.

He dare not underestimate.

Is it really necessary to develop more powerful munitions?

Of course, Zhao Dongting is not unable to do this.

Perhaps he could not imitate the weapons that are quite modern in later generations, let alone imitate information weapons and so on.But it is not impossible to imitate munitions that are more powerful than grenades.

For example, Zhao Dongting can completely imitate the famous red cannon in modern times.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little moved.

Wasn't the red cannon actually developed by the ancients?
And it's a foreigner.

Although countries other than the Central Plains have not yet developed to that point, the Yuan Dynasty and Xixia have already mastered the technology of Thunderbolt.

The basis of Thunderbolt is gunpowder.

With gunpowder, who knew that those craftsmen couldn't tinker with weapons that were even more powerful than grenades?

If at that time foreign countries have such ammunition that surpasses the grenadier, Da Song is still complacent and elated because of the grenadier, so why not be stunned?

Zhao Dongting nodded in silence.

Immediately, he looked up at Li Goudan, and said with a smile: "You reminded me, be prepared... Be prepared... not bad."

But at this moment, he wanted to understand that even if the major imperial guards were not allowed to have more advanced weapons, the imperial court could reserve such weapons in advance for emergencies.

I just don’t know that in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhen Jin and others were ecstatic about grenades, sky cannons, etc., if they knew that Zhao Dongting’s idea of ​​improving arms was raised because of Li Goudan’s few words, I don’t know if he would be an idiot in his heart. what a feeling.

In the next few days, Zhao Dongting seldom stayed in the imperial study, but often went to the yamen of the Military Science Department.

This surprised the adults and craftsmen of the Ministry of Military Science and Technology, and looked forward to it.

The emperor has not studied arms like this for a long time.

Could it be that the emperor has some fantastic idea?
Shenlong guns, grenades and other items have shocked them into heaven.They really wanted to see what new things the emperor could come up with.

At that time, I'm afraid that power will be even more surprising, right?
After Li Xiushu learned that Zhao Dongting asked the Ministry of Military Industry to rush to produce arms and lease them to Xixia, in fact, the purpose of this trip to Changsha has also been achieved.

Although it was rent, she was satisfied and did not blame Zhao Dongting at all.

Of course, this may have something to do with Zhao Dongting's diligent "conquest" of her in the hall that night.

She is really satisfied with everything about Zhao Dongting.

Let Xixia bow down to the Song Dynasty, she is also sincere.She dare not say anything about the future monarch, but she really intends to rely on Da Song for the rest of her life.

In this way, there is not much difference between renting and selling in her opinion.

With the arms rented to them by Song Dynasty, they are enough to destroy the four major army divisions.

As for if there is another rebellion in Xixia territory in the future, wouldn't it be enough to rent arms from Song Dynasty again?
Although the price of renting arms is not light, it is still much cheaper than buying arms.

But Li Xiushu didn't intend to leave Changsha just like that.

Hearing that some experts in Chaofu reminded her several times that it was time to go back to China, she only said that it was inconvenient to travel due to the freezing weather.

Those masters didn't dare to persuade them any more.

After all, they can withstand the cold, but the empress does not have their cultivation.

Before you know it, the New Year's Eve is here.

The cold snap didn't dissipate.

Although the temperature did not drop again, the cold continued.

Many coal mines sprang up all over the Song Dynasty. After Zhao Dongting invented honeycomb coal, it finally prevented many people from freezing to death in various places.

But in the Yuan Dynasty and other countries in the north of the Song Dynasty, they were worried.

This coldness has already invaded the north for some time.

Moreover, it is even worse than the South.

This is a normal situation, because the winter in the north is much colder than that in the south.

Xixia is still fine, but Li Xiushu took precautions and passed the method of making briquettes back to China.It should be fine to get through this cold snap.

However, Turandot, who was also in the Changsha Palace, and the ambassador to Song Dynasty did not have such foresight.

The sudden cold made the territory of the Yuan Dynasty completely devoid of the lively atmosphere of the approaching New Year.

When the cold snap just arrived, the temperature plummeted a lot. Within a few days, some people were frozen to death in the territory of the Yuan Dynasty.

The joy that Zhenjin and others had successfully imitated due to the successful imitation of grenades and the like was washed away long ago.

During these days, the ministers of Zhenjin Xuanji discussed it countless times, but they did not discuss how to overcome the natural disaster.

In the face of such cold weather and natural disasters, what the people need is food and charcoal.

But how can charcoal be supplied to the people of the whole country?
Now the price of charcoal in the central capital of the Yuan Dynasty has been rising for a long time.

Fortunately, a few days after the cold snap to the north, Zhen Jin and others also learned about the appearance of a novelty such as "honeycomb coal" in Song Dynasty.

Hearing that the people of the Song Dynasty used this kind of thing to keep warm in the cold winter, Zhenjin hurriedly sent people to find out how to make briquettes.

But it will take a lot of time to go back and forth.

When the Yuan Dynasty finally got the manufacturing method of honeycomb coal, and when coal mines were mined in various places, many people among the people froze to death. In the places bordering the Song Dynasty, such as Nanjing Lianglu and Shanxi Road, etc., through some channels A lot of briquettes were purchased from the territory of the Song Dynasty, and they survived the initial cold snap.

As far as the price is concerned, it's hard to say.

The people in the Great Song Dynasty were not friendly to the Yuan Dynasty at all. With such an opportunity, they had to slaughter those Yuan Dynasty businessmen.

These are not detailed.

On the day of the New Year's Eve, Zhao Dongting entertained all the ministers in court in accordance with the custom at noon.At night, he accompanied the girls in the bedroom.

Concubine Yang Shu, Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing and others were also there.

It seemed quite lively in the palace courtyard.

(End of this chapter)