The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 395 Visiting Smelting City

The Smelting Bureau is now the cutting-edge research department of Datang's advanced technology.

In terms of chemistry, that is, alchemy, those alchemists have even shown their level of prowess.

Alchemy is the earliest chemistry, and Taoist alchemy has a long history.

Li Chengdao ordered the alchemists to study chicken essence, but he didn't expect them to produce it so quickly.

Li Chengdao is still very interested in chicken essence.

After hearing that the chicken essence was finished, he went to the Smelting Bureau in person.

To the southwest of Chang'an City is the now-famous Smelting Bureau.

But it is said to be a smelting bureau, but it is actually a small city.

That's right, it's the city.

With the development and growth of the Metallurgical Bureau over the years, the Metallurgical Bureau built a small city on the outskirts of Chang'an City as the headquarters of the Metallurgical Bureau.

This city is called "Yecheng".

It can be regarded as a craft city affiliated to the Smelting Bureau.

In recent years, spies and spies dispatched more or less by other countries want to sneak into this city and steal various advanced technologies from the Tang Dynasty.

But it is a pity that Yecheng's defense is too tight and there is no possibility of penetration.

In addition, there are white-robed troops stationed around Yecheng, which basically eliminates the possibility of spies sneaking in.

And this Yecheng is Li Chengdao's destination today.

Taking the eunuch Gao Huai with him, Li Chengdao met Wang Hu outside the city and went to Yecheng under the escort of the imperial guards.

Li Chengdao had never been to the headquarters of the Smelting Bureau, so he was surprised when he saw the huge scale of the headquarters.

"That's artillery?"

Sitting on Wang Chu, Li Chengdao saw the cannons neatly arranged on the walls of Yecheng from a distance.

Such a powerful weapon was actually deployed on the city wall!

Outside the Smelting Bureau, Xu Mo had already brought many senior craftsmen from the Smelting Bureau out of the city to greet him from a distance.

Seeing Li Chengdao, they all bowed and saluted.

"See Your Majesty——"

Li Chengdao walked down from Wang Chu and said with a faint smile: "Sit down, I came to the General Office of the Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau on a whim today to check. Didn't it disturb the work of the craftsmen?"

Hearing Li Chengdao's words, Xu Mo quickly said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean? It is an honor for all the craftsmen of our Smelting Bureau to have your Majesty personally come to inspect our Smelting Bureau!"

For everyone in the Smelting Bureau, Li Chengdao's status is extremely high.

Because it was because of Li Chengdao that the current Smelting Bureau was established.

No monarch in history paid as much attention to the development of skills as Li Chengdao, let alone supported it vigorously.

Originally, craftsmanship was regarded as a strange and obscene skill, but now it ranks alongside Confucianism and Legalism as the foundation of the Tang Dynasty!

"That's good."

Li Chengdao nodded.

At this time, he noticed a sign erected nearby with words engraved on it.

The first line is engraved: This is an important place of the Smelting Bureau, and no one without permission is allowed to enter!

The second line is engraved: Anyone who crosses the line will be shot!

These carvings were specially painted with ink and cinnabar, making them look very severe.

It seems this is a warning to ‘uninvited guests. Li Chengdao understood at a glance that the neat artillery and repeating crossbows on the walls of this city were not just for intimidation.

But where is the line?

Li Chengdao looked around and found a piece of wood buried on the ground about a finger above the ground. It was neatly connected in a line, and it was unknown where the two ends led.

What's terrible is that at this moment, his feet, one on each side, are stepping on both sides of the wood.

Li Chengdao couldn't help but take a step back.

Seeing this, Xu Mo quickly explained: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I heard that your Majesty is coming today and I have already ordered the people to evacuate the offices outside the city.

It's windy outside, so Your Majesty might as well accompany his ministers to the city for inspection first. "

As soon as he finished speaking, a rumbling sound was heard from the other side of Yecheng.

Everyone turned around and saw that the city gate was slowly opening.

It is worth mentioning that the city gate of the Smelting Bureau is not a wooden gate that opens left and right, but an iron gate that opens up and down.

Its function is that if an enemy force forces an attack on the city gate, all that is needed inside the city is to cut off the noose and lower the gate. Even if the enemy forces outside the city try their best, they cannot break through the city gate.

This improves defense capabilities to a great extent.

Although it is basically useless, it is impossible for any enemy army to reach Chang'an.

Li Chengdao left most of the guards outside, and only took Gao Huai, Jia Xu, Feng Li and a few other guards to enter Yecheng accompanied by Xu Mo.

When walking into the city gate, Xu Mo reminded Feng Li and others: "Generals, Yecheng is an important industrial place.

In order to prevent someone from sneaking in and stealing technology, there are mechanisms placed everywhere in the city.

Please don't touch things randomly to avoid accidental injuries. "

Feng Li has always been a free-spirited person. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile: "What kind of mechanism is it? How dangerous is it?"

In his opinion, the so-called agencies are just some tricks.

After hearing this, Xu Mo didn't explain too much, and waved his hand and smashed a square brick on the brick wall of the city gate.

Immediately, a well-shaped iron gate fell from the top of the city gate hole, and the sharp point at its lower end penetrated deeply into the ground.

Immediately, countless small arrows as thick as chopstick heads and as long as one finger shot out from the densely packed holes in the brick walls on both sides of the city gate.

In a dense, scalp-numbing sound of tinkling, it was nailed deeply into the masonry on the opposite side.

This scene shocked everyone.

Feng Li was also frightened. He laughed twice and forced a smile: "Haha, it's really a very dangerous mechanism."

As he spoke, he swallowed and couldn't help but look at the brick walls above and on both sides of the city gate a few more times.

Li Chengdao couldn't help laughing when he saw his reaction.

Based on his understanding of Feng Li, this guy was probably thinking about what to do if the mechanism failed.

However, the fortifications in Yecheng are indeed exaggerated.

I'm afraid even if tens of thousands of troops attack the city, they may not be able to win it.

(End of this chapter)