The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 127

"The ministers are willing to follow His Majesty to rejuvenate our dynasty."

After listening to my impassioned speech, most of the ministers of the DPRK and China were extremely excited.Being able to be a minister of Zhongxing will naturally be famous forever. For them, isn't this the ideal and pursuit of a lifetime?Even Liao Yingzhong felt her heart surge and sighed endlessly.

Seeing the atmosphere swell, I stood up suddenly from the dragon chair, flipped the corner of my clothes, and said loudly: "For the rise of my Great Song Dynasty, even if there is an abyss ahead, even if it is full of thorns, I will move forward without hesitation!" .”

These few words are like my enthronement declaration, although it is half a year late.

For a moment, I seemed to feel that I had the Sword of the Son of Heaven in my hand, and an invincible aura naturally spread out, covering the entire hall in an instant.I stopped talking and just watched everyone quietly like this.

After a brief silence, there was a burst of noise in the hall.

"For the rise of the Song Dynasty."

The ministers once again echoed in unison.

Although Jia Sidao had no expression on his face, he also felt the aura of an emperor like me. He muttered in his mouth, but he didn't know what he was saying or thinking.

Regardless of the loyalty and treachery of the ancients, after all, they lacked the knowledge of thousands of years, and due to the limitations of the times, they were still much simpler than modern people. My impassioned words resonated with me. Regardless of whether they are true or false, for most of them , especially for veterans of certain ages, they finally saw the birth of a wise king who looked down on the world.

The emperors of the Song Dynasty, especially the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty in Lin'an, were mostly not strong enough. Although the country's wealth reached the peak of feudal society, in the eyes of many people, the Zhao royal family seemed to be mediocre in many ways.Since Emperor Taizu conquered thousands of miles of land with a stick in 960 AD, in the past 300 years, he has been repeatedly invaded by foreign tribes such as the Liao, Jin, and Mongols.People of insight, whether in the court or in the field, are extremely distressed. Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong" can be said to be the best voice for this. ).

On the first day of the fifth lunar month in the first year of Xianchun, many ministers saw hope.

"Retire." Xiao Qi's voice seemed to be very loud today.

On the way to the Gunpowder Department, I asked Shen Mo to go to the Youth Guard and call Shang Wenzhang.

Although Yun Bofei still looked tired, he smiled brightly: "Your Majesty, look at this musket."

I picked up the musket, and first weighed it. It weighed about ten kilograms, with a caliber of about 25-30 mm and a total length of 1.5 meters. One end is fixed, the other constitutes the trigger, which can be rotated, and has a clip holding a slow-burning matchstick soaked in chemical liquid.A powder disc is installed at the rear end of the barrel. Compared with the first batch of one hundred muskets, the butt is also improved, a handguard is added, and a sight is added to the front end of the barrel.

Yun Bofei took the musket and introduced: "Your Majesty, this ignition device was developed by me after referring to the blueprint given to me by the Emperor, and modified it. When firing, pull the trigger, press down on the nose, and the ignited match will be released. It will enter the gunpowder tray to ignite the gunpowder, and then shoot out the projectile. The effective range of this gun can reach 80 meters, and the longest distance can reach 200 meters. Within the effective range, it can shoot through all the armor I am currently facing."

"How fast is the launch?"

"Five to ten shots can be fired in one word (5 minutes)."

This kind of gun can be called a musket with a semi-mechanical ignition device. Although it is far inferior to a flintlock, it is also an arquebus suitable for war. Its advanced semi-mechanical ignition device is at least 200 years ahead of Europe. time.

"Mr. Shen, take a look too."

Shen Yiqiu took the musket from Yun Bofei's hand, looked at it and praised: "It has surpassed the imagination of my subordinates. There is only one question, is the firmness of this gun barrel guaranteed?"

"Yes, can you guarantee it?" I am also concerned about this issue. If the barrel explodes, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Yun Bofei nodded, and said to me: "This subordinate has a solution to the issue of the gun barrel."

"Bofei, tell everyone."

"Your Majesty, in order to create a barrel with a smooth and straight inner wall that will not explode, two problems need to be solved. One is the quality of the refined iron, and the other is the craftsmanship of the drill. This refined iron, I have learned from the emperor's brief description of the material technique. I have already figured out that it is necessary to reduce the carbon content in pig iron, which is what the emperor called steel. After discussing with many craftsmen from the Ministry of Weapons and the Ministry of Industry, I have found a way to smelt steel, and the drilling technology Now, with the help of Mr. Shen and brother Quan, I have already made a simple gun bed. In this way, there is basically no problem in the manufacture of the gun barrel."

"Well, very good, let's go and test the gun." I suppressed my excitement.

"Your Majesty, how about letting me test the gun?" Wen Zhang said happily.

I looked at Yun Bofei: "Yun Aiqing, is it okay?"

"Of course, General Wenzhang, I'll teach you."

The headmaster Chen Dongping took us to an empty site near Luoshi Mountain in the Gunpowder Department.

On the left side of Yun Bofei is a trapezoidal pot with iron edges for priming medicine, and on the right side is a leather box for projectiles. There is a small white bottle inside, which is used for propellant medicine. Each bottle holds the amount of one shot, so as to avoid Soldiers loaded more or less propellant due to nervousness on the battlefield.

"First pour the priming powder into the priming pot, and close the pot lid." Yun Bofei explained while demonstrating, "Then unscrew the small bottle containing the propellant, pour the propellant from the muzzle, and then put the Load the projectile into the muzzle, then pull out the cleaning rod from the barrel, tamp the projectile and propellant, ignite the matchlock, fix the matchlock on the matchlock clip, close one eye, open the other, aim at the target, and pull the trigger. "

In order to let everyone see the process clearly, Yun Bofei moved extremely slowly and spoke in detail.

"It's complicated, it's really complicated." I thought to myself.

Under Yun Bofei's guidance, Wen Zhang completed the launch preparations and said: "Chen Wen Zhang is ready, please give the order from the emperor."

"Okay, Wenzhang, get ready, let go."

Following my order, Wen Zhang pulled the trigger, only to hear a "bang", and a puff of smoke rose from the armored target 80 meters away. A hole was exposed at the lower left end of the armor.

"Hit." Wen Zhang shouted loudly.

I was not as excited as Wenzhang, but I said to Yuan Ji: "Sir, if you are at close range, can you avoid it?"

Yuan Ji thought for a while and said, "From three to five meters away, the minister can dodge, and from seven to eight meters away, Lan Yu can dodge."

"Hehe, there aren't many people as skilled as you these days."

"Your Majesty, it's just that the preparation time for this musket is too long, it seems..."

"Sir, matchlock guns are mainly used on the battlefield. If it's a martial arts contest, it's still not very useful. However, it's hard to say if more advanced firearms will come out in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I know that a master of martial arts like Yuan Ji is dismissive of muskets, so he didn't say anything about it right away, and said to Wen Zhang, "Wen Zhang, if hundreds of muskets are fired at the same time, what will be the effect?"

"Chen, I don't dare to imagine such a scene."

Yuan Ji also thought at this time, facing a gunman who is easy to hide, if dozens of muskets fire at the same time, will he still be able to retreat unscathed?

"Haha." I laughed, "Supposing a hundred Mongolian cavalry charged towards you, and you gave the order to open fire, many of these enemies would have fallen too."

"Yes, but the preparation time for this musket is too long. When the second and third shots are fired, the enemy may rush in front of us."

"Well, this is a major disadvantage of matchlock guns. We can reduce the risk of this disadvantage from two aspects. One is to adopt a three-stage shooting method, and the other is to cooperate with each other. Of course, this cannot fundamentally It eliminates the complex and slow shooting process.”

Wen Zhang asked curiously: "Your Majesty, excuse me for your ignorance, what is three-stage shooting, and how should the arms be configured?"