Song Gexing

Chapter 235 Thunderbolt

At the end of February in the third year of Xining, the banner of Yingtianfu in Nanjing was unfurled. Emperor Zhao Fang brought several chief officials of the five armies' governor's mansion, a dozen generals and concubines to the place.

After paying homage to the Three Saints Palace, Zhao Fang came to the test site with great interest to watch the practical training of thunderbolts. After a fierce operation, Yao Lin ran over happily.

"How about the government? It's pretty powerful, isn't it? Although it's not as powerful as the Crouching Tiger Cannon, it's simple to make and easy to operate. Can it be used in actual combat?"

Zhao Fang didn't know what this guy was thinking, so he asked with a smile: "Why, are you feeling itchy? You didn't have a share in the last battle, where do you want to go this time?"

"Liao Kingdom!"

Yao Lin blurted out without thinking, ignoring the stunned generals, and continued: "Guardians, think about it, the civil strife in Liao Kingdom is not over yet, we can just take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun! I guarantee to blow him up. Let them not find grandma’s house.”

Wang Xianrong, the governor of the Infantry Governor's Mansion, reminded in a low voice: "Junrui, be careful that walls have ears. If your husbands hear you, you will be in trouble."

"Afraid of Mao! Old Wang, you are so timid, you don't have the majesty of Lu Guogong at all."

He was still not happy about this, but Wang Xianrong was so angry that he wanted to kick him. Gao Zunyu laughed loudly: "Junrui is so stupid and bold, you must have learned it from the official family. You have followed the official family since you were a child, so it is right to imitate him." of."

"What are you talking nonsense about? Junrui is stupid and bold. What does it have to do with the official family?"

Wang Xianrong turned around and said angrily, but his eyes were blinking at him, indicating that what he said was impudent.

But Gao Zunyu prided himself on being an elder. Not only did his niece share the same sibling relationship with the emperor, but his nephew's wife was the emperor's favorite sister, so he didn't care.

He immediately retorted: "Zhong Chang is too careful. No wonder Junrui said that you don't have the prestige of your father back then. The Duke of Lu threatened the Liao Kingdom back then. That was commonplace."

Zhao Fang understood that it was not worth getting angry with this idiot. No matter what he said, he would give Gao Taotao face, so he raised his hand to stop Wang Xianrong from arguing.

Yao Lin turned around and glared: "Don't make fun of your elders. If you want to conquer the Liao Kingdom, have you thought about how much money it will cost. Nowadays, money is being spent everywhere in the northwest and southeast to restore people's livelihood and open up wasteland to feed the people. You can attack with just a hint of lip service." Win!"

Yao Lin was not convinced and said with a groan: "But now is the best opportunity. When they settle down, the price of spending more will be even greater."

Zhao Fang shook his head, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I still don't know this truth, but if you are still eating glutinous rice inside, do you think it is appropriate to expand the territory? In the end, the generals have made great achievements in battle, but What about the people? Do they deserve to suffer this hard life just to make achievements for you?"

Yao Lin was stunned and immediately retorted: "They are the people of the Song Dynasty. Shouldn't they dedicate everything to the Song Dynasty?"

"shit!"

Zhao Fang got angry now. He kicked him and jumped while covering his ass, pointing at him and cursing: "Where did you learn this moral kidnapping? What happened to the Song people? If the Great Song Dynasty can't let the people live happily, Why do you ask them to be patriotic? Mencius said: The emperor treats his ministers like dirt, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. What's more, the grassroots support the monarch. Don’t you understand?”

Yao Lin was scolded and his eyebrows drooped. Hearing the scolding, Yan Jidao, who was in charge of recording in the distance, ran over.

After understanding the reason of the matter, he glared at Yao Lin and said, "You bastard, you have been in a daze since you were a child, get out of here!"

Then he turned to Zhao Fang and said, "The officials don't pay attention to him. It's not worth getting angry for him. This guy has been like this since he was a child, and it's not like the officials don't know about it."

Zhao Fang rolled his eyes speechlessly and said, "Okay, Shuyuan, can I really be angry with him?"

Yao Lin, who was not aware at all, still muttered after hearing what they said: "Obviously I am older than you, but you are talking as if I am the youngest and the least sensible."

Zhao Fang was so angry that he looked at Yan Jidao and said with disgust: "Don't teach your son bad things like this. Shuyuan, go take his son to your home and educate him. Don't let him grow up and still be a stupid young man." ." "Don't be an official! What can Shu Yuan teach me because he's so weak? My son is destined to be a powerful general when he grows up, so don't let him teach you anything but romance."

When Yao Lin heard this, he immediately stopped and started yelling. Now it was Yan Jidao's turn to kick him.

Zhao Fang pretended to be surprised and said: "Hey! Not bad, now I also know the idiom Fenghuaxueyue, there is progress!"

"Of course I... uh... Shuyuan, why are you covering my mouth? Have you washed your hands?"

Yao Lin was beaten up by Yan Jidao and ran away. Wang Xianrong laughed loudly: "Jun Rui's innocent heart will not change. The credit for the success of Thunderbolt this time should be improved!"

Everyone knew that he meant to show his kindness by saying this, but no one blamed him. Although firearms research was the work of the firearms supervisor, Yao Lin, who was in charge of the firearms army, had to cooperate with the experiments again and again, so he was naturally meritorious.

And Yan Jidao, as his instructor, is equally meritorious and deserves a reward. It's just that what he said made people feel wrong.

But it is also understandable. After all, Yao Lin and Yan Jidao are the emperor's loyal confidants. They are both monarchs and ministers, and they are also brothers, but they just cannot get along with each other as brothers.

Why did Zhao Fang give him the most powerful firearms army? It was not because these two brothers would never betray him.

"Ignore this idiot and let's talk about this thunderball."

Zhao Fang looked at Yao Lin's running back, turned around and said to everyone, and everyone immediately became serious and looked at him.

"Shu Yuanke has experimented. How long can the maximum length of the fuse be without affecting the explosion?"

Yan Jidao immediately replied: "This has been tested too many times. It can be up to two and a half feet long. If it grows longer, it will be easily extinguished."

"two and a half feet"

Zhao Fang pondered for a moment and continued to ask: "Where is the time?"

"One point ahead."

The ancients did not have the concept of minutes, but one minute is indeed 1 minute. When it comes to the ancient timing scale, a moment is 5 minutes in later generations, and within a moment it is divided into five equal parts.

This is the scale of the sundial. It was not so fine originally, but as a time traveler, Zhao Fang knew that every quarter was 5 minutes, so he naturally asked the craftsmen to mark it more finely.

Hearing this answer, Zhao Fang secretly sighed that the technology is still not enough. The ancient leads are not supported by the chemistry of the later generations, so it is difficult to meet the requirements.

Trigger explosive devices also require chemical materials. It is also impossible to explode by pulling the fuse. They can only be ignited and thrown.

You said that the triggering device is easy to make, but the bomb needs to be delayed to explode. In an era when technology is not up to standard, delayed explosion is a magical technology and cannot be done at all.

"Why do officials need such long leads? Judging from my actual operation, there is no need at all."

Yan Jidao expressed his incomprehension, and Zhao Fang sighed and said, "I just thought that if we give this thing enough time, if we throw it on a throwing object, would the distance be farther?"

(End of this chapter)