The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 163: Gunpowder Research Institute

After the performance of swords and guns, the next thing is the big guy pushed by more than 100 people-the battering ram.

"Quack, this city hammer is really huge and magnificent!"

Guo Nuan praised excitedly, and Li Meng also nodded with a smile on his face.

At this moment, a long wooden hammer with a length of more than 30 meters and a diameter of two meters was slowly rolled out from the school grounds. The chariot was slowly driven by the soldiers.

In order to move this big guy that weighs tens of tons out of the warehouse of the Military Weapons Supervision, the school yard, which is one mile away from Xiyuan, really took a lot of manpower. For this reason, the Military Weapons Supervision dispatched more than 100 people the night before yesterday. The handyman has been busy all night.

A 20-meter-long, five-meter-high adobe brick wall has already been set up at the east end of the school yard. This small project took a lot of time to complete.

The battering ram was slowly pushed at a distance of more than 100 meters from the adobe wall. With the push of more than 100 soldiers, the speed of the sledgehammer began to accelerate. Although the heavy and huge hammer head did not have a fang-like sharp edge , but Guo Nuan and the others did not doubt the huge impact of the big guy.

"boom!"

The battering ram finally rushed to the earthen fortress, and slammed headlong into it. There was a bang, dust splashed everywhere, and a cloud of smoke and dust was stirred up. The small earth mountain collapsed in an instant.

"That's right, that's right, this guy is a big 'blunt weapon' to guarantee victory!" Guo Nuan clapped his palms, and all the small officials of the Military Weapons Supervision saw the leader clapping their hands, and they all echoed and said yes.

Xie San, the little official of the knife and pen, was fortunate to stand on the high platform. He was separated from Guo Nuan by Wang Yan. He smiled charmingly and hurriedly said:

"My lord, there is still a [-]-long siege hammer chariot in the warehouse. It was built in the fourth year of Emperor Xuanzong. Due to the short rehearsal time and large size, the boys didn't pull it out. The power of that chariot is even more awesome. ah!"

"It's more awesome? Not bad, not bad, I'll pull that big guy out sometime when I have time!"

Guo Nuan smiled dumbly. I didn't expect this little official to be quite cunning. He also used the modern word "Niucha" that he often said in his mouth. It's a pity that the little cleverness used it for close-up. Guo Nuan secretly sighed that this kid is flattering Yes, but I don't have much real skills in official business.

The battering ram made a perfect curtain call. After you sing, I will appear on the stage, and five catapults the size of tractors will also appear on the stage majesticly.

The ammunition used for throwing stones is also divided into specifications, there are thirty catties, fifty catties, eighty catties, one stone, and even 180 catties. The emperor who reviewed the memorials in the imperial study room in the eastern part of the palace got into trouble.So this time the stone was ejected with a stone weighing about [-] catties.

Fortunately, there is a half-acre sand pool for soldiers to train on one side of the vast and flat school field, and the target of the stone throwing this time is sand.

No nonsense, Guo Nuan waved his hand.A dozen or so catapult engineers immediately activated their catapults.A large spoon-like elastic device scoops up a large stone and bends to charge.

"Bang bang bang!"

The five large catapults were like anti-aircraft guns, throwing five large stones into the sky as if they had made an appointment. Under the dazzling sunlight, the audience at the point of view raised their heads and put their hands on their foreheads and squinted.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp!" The boulders whizzed and rolled, and they flew away in the blue sky without a trace of white clouds, making graceful semicircular parabolas and crash-landing rapidly, like meteorites from outside the sky.

After a while, five large stones fell precisely on the sandy lake more than 100 meters away. The stones hit the ground hard when they fell.The sand around the landing area was immediately splashed, and five large and solid bunkers were formed immediately.

"Well, this throwing stone is pretty good!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a ladder climbing competition. For this purpose, Guo Nuan set up tempting rewards out of his own pocket. The top three fastest soldiers in each group will receive a surprise gift package from Guo Nuan.

For the surprise gift package of the military supervisory supervisor, it aroused the interest of many guards under Li Meng's command who have the skill of climbing ladders. No, more than 200 people participated in the ladder climbing competition.

Seeing that everyone was gearing up, Guo Nuan didn't delay. Soon, more than 200 people were divided into seven groups and took turns to compete. Thirty wooden ladders with two wheels at the head end and wheels were set up.

This ladder car is similar to a modern fire lift car. Its main ladder is folded, and it uses ropes to pull the pulleys up and down.

Thirty ladders soared into the sky on wooden carts, and each ladder rose to a height of more than [-] meters. Guo Nuan smacked his mouth. The height of these tall ladders is extremely thrilling. , if it fell from tens of meters above, it is estimated that human flesh would not be able to withstand the beating of the hard marble floor tiles on the school grounds, and it would die.

This is a test of the psychological quality of the soldiers climbing the ladder. The timid guys dare not try it lightly. Of course, if you don't have diamonds, don't take the porcelain work. Those who have the guts and no skills can't mess around, otherwise they will fall badly.

Accompanied by the enthusiastic atmosphere of cheering and cheering by everyone, the competition began, and the first group of more than [-] people competed first.Each soldier is wearing tights, wearing flying cloud shoes, and carrying bright red embroidery on his back.

Teng Teng, everyone is a good climber, and soon everyone rushed up to climb the high place bravely. A short and thin ordinary young soldier won the first prize with his agile monkey-like skills. The first hydrangea lantern was hung high on the ladder the end.

Soon, the remaining six groups of contestants also finished the competition smoothly.At the end of the competition, a total of 21 people in the top three of each group were greeted with a handshake by Guo Nuan, the leader of the military supervisor, and Li Meng, the captain of the Imperial Guard. An exquisite chain mail suit.

The half-day military inspection exercise is over, and Guo Nuan is quite satisfied with this activity.Wang Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. He was glad that his preparations these days were not in vain. If he messed up, he knew that his immediate boss, Comrade Xiao Guo, would find an excuse to fire him.

Be careful sailing for thousands of years, Wang Yan feels that life is not easy at the moment, he accepts Guo Nuan's praise for his work with a smile, and touches the bean-sized beads of sweat on his forehead.He felt that the new official was oppressing him, and this period of time was not easy, and there were fewer opportunities to falsify accounts and take bribes.For Wang Yan, who spends extravagantly every day, it is a difficult situation.

"Hey, Master Yuan said that the grasshopper after autumn will not live long, so let you jump around for a while first."

Wang Yanshu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he took a sneak look at the leisurely and comfortable Guo Nuan. Wang Yan muttered, and a fox-like smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if there was some shady conspiracy. . . .

After this drill, Guo Nuan came up with a plan to set up a gunpowder workshop in the Military Weapons Supervision.The Tang Dynasty had a full range of cold weapons, but if the combat power is raised to a higher level, gunpowder will inevitably be brought to the battlefield to usher in a new era.

It is estimated that it is not too difficult to open a gunpowder workshop. First of all, the chemical workshop opened by myself has been in steady production for almost a year. In addition, the new school has cultivated a group of chemical technicians, and has accumulated a certain level of technology in the development of gunpowder.

He thought of Abu.After a few days, we will discuss this matter. If Abra can be brought into the Military Weapons Supervision and a Gunpowder and Weapons Research Institute will be established in the Military Weapons Supervision Office, it will undoubtedly greatly weaken the power of Wang Yan and his group of old officials, and at the same time enrich Guo Nuan. One party's leadership team should avoid the situation that Guo Nuan, the new chief supervisor, would fight alone.

Thinking of this, Guo Nuan clapped his hands in his heart, feeling excited.

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