Southern Song Dynasty military god

Chapter 359 Starting from Hongcheng, leveling mines
"Husband, are you crazy? Forget it. I'll give you 2000 taels of silver. Next time, don't touch such a losing bet!"

Not to mention that Wu Anbang and others couldn't believe that Liu Wei would win against Wu Jie, even Gao Yuniang's eyes were straightened after hearing what Liu Wei said, and he couldn't believe that Liu Wei was telling the truth.In Gao Yuniang's view, Liu Wei does have great abilities, especially in terms of military and martial arts. His talent is probably unmatched in this world, but this does not mean that Liu Wei is a genius in all aspects. At least in terms of internal affairs, Liu Wei almost never intervenes.

An important aspect of internal affairs is asset management.

All of Liu Wei's assets have been handed over to Gao Yuniang so far, with Anna assisting.In fact, the assets of the current Liu family have accumulated to a considerable extent.The source of these assets, in addition to a part of the dowry that Gao Yuniang distributed from the Gao family at the beginning, is also the hard-earned accumulation of Liu Wei, including spoils of war, taking over foreign races, fighting in Tubo, and even earning money from several horse farms and other commercial activities. money back.

The sum of all kinds of money can be regarded as an astronomical figure for ordinary families or ordinary forces. However, Gao Yuniang knows Liu Wei's pursuit, and she knows what Liu Wei wants, so in terms of money, , Gao Yuniang couldn't feel satisfied.

The construction of the city wall was not Liu Wei's whim. This matter had been discussed among the three for a long time, but because of the changing current situation, the time for building the city had to be advanced a little bit.For Liu Wei, he just felt that the time was a little earlier, but for Gao Yuniang, he felt heavy pressure.

The sudden increase in pressure was also caused by the repeated doubling of the price of granite, the cornerstone of the city wall.

According to the original budget, the funds prepared by the Liu family and the Gao family should be sufficient to support the construction of the city. Even if there is insufficient spare power in the later period, other methods can be used to make up for it. The gap is not very big.But now, Gao Yuniang began to worry about whether the city could continue to be built.

If Liu Wei is not exaggerating, if he can get 50 taels of silver, no, 30 taels of silver, then Gao Yuniang is really going crazy, let alone building a city. If the business operated by the Liu family is expanded several times, next year, the income will become very considerable.

But the problem is, this thing can't be realized at all!

That's why Gao Yuniang was so anxious, and even said directly that she would give Liu Wei 2000 taels of silver, and asked Liu Wei to settle the bet, so as not to make a joke after 30 days.

"Isn't it? Yuniang, you don't even believe me!" Liu Wei let out an exaggerated scream, looking at Gao Yuniang and said.

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that you've exaggerated this matter, 30 taels of silver, do you think you're juggling? Exchange it in the bank for real gold and silver?"

"Hey, I'm really disappointed, Yu Niang, you don't believe me, that's all, you don't have to give me 2000 taels of silver, but we can also make a bet, if after 30 days, I really take out 30 or even It's 50 taels of silver, what do you say, Yu Niang?" Liu Wei raised his eyebrows habitually, he felt like he was addicted to cheating.

"30, 50? Husband, stop joking. After 30 days, if you can repay the 2000 taels of silver owed to Tang Qing, I will be satisfied."

Gao Yuniang's disdainful eyes really stabbed Liu Wei's heart deeply, causing him to shake his head and lament, and finally stretched out his right hand to Gao Yuniang, spreading his palm, "2000 taels of silver, bring me first." !"

"Oh? You finally figured it out?"

Although Liu Wei was asking for money, Gao Yuniang seemed very happy, because she felt that Liu Wei was finally back to normal, a good thing, 2000 taels of silver, worth the money!Poor Liu Wei has finally understood an iron rule: this man, if he doesn't have money in his purse, he really can't straighten up.

Even if he has tens of thousands of troops under Liu Wei, he really can't come up with 2000 taels of real gold and silver. The money belongs to the bank.

After taking 2000 taels of silver from Gao Yuniang, Liu Wei turned around and went out without saying much.

Contrary to what Gao Yuniang imagined, Liu Wei did not intend to surrender and admit defeat. He took the 2000 taels of silver, but it was for the preliminary preparation work, instead of returning it to Wu Lin. He came here to cheat, and even Wu Lin was still thinking about how to cheat more.

Coming out of the Liu family compound, it feels different again.

Compared with the tranquility in the big courtyard, the Liujiazhuang outside seems to be a huge construction site, and it is also a huge school yard. A large number of craftsmen and soldiers are mixed together, and the voices are loud and lively.

This kind of situation is naturally good in Liu Wei's view, but he is not in the mood to wander around the lively scene. He went straight to a relatively hidden area of ​​Liujiazhuang. Before he reached the gate, he was guarded by soldiers. stopped.

For the two guards who intercepted him, Liu Wei was not angry. There is really nothing to be angry about this kind of thing. They are loyal to their duties, so is it wrong?
It's just that Liu Wei was a little surprised because the two guards didn't know him yet.Fortunately, after he reported his identity and name, a centurion came in a blink of an eye, but he knew Liu Wei, and hurriedly greeted Liu Wei.

When the centurion wanted to punish the two guards, Liu Wei hurriedly stopped them, and said that the two guards did a good job and should be trained.

This place is heavily guarded, let alone ordinary people who come here, I am afraid that they have never even heard of it.Even some middle-level generals in Liu's army don't know what this place is for.

In fact, this is Liu Wei's ordnance research institute.

From the very beginning, Liu Wei paid great attention to collecting and cultivating talents, because he believed that with the passage of time, the era of cold weapons would eventually come to an end, and whoever was at the forefront of the era of hot weapons would win the final victory.

Today, hot weapons have begun to appear on the Asian battlefield, and the firearms that have been put into practical use and have had a major impact are cannons.

Although the cannons of this era can only fire solid copper shells, the effect is only unsatisfactory, but whether this kind of thing is placed on the top of the city or used to attack the city, it will cause heavy psychological pressure on the enemy. The solid copper shot fired from the barrel can penetrate and disperse the people on the ballistic trajectory within the range, and that kind of strong visual effect can severely damage the morale of the enemy.

And another use of this kind of cannon is to bombard the walls and gates of the city during the siege battle!
Cannons can do what bows and arrows and cars can't do!

Theoretically speaking, according to the power of cannons in this era, thousands of shellings may be required to knock down the walls of a city. However, according to today's casting level, the barrel of a cannon can be fired continuously for twenty Once it is fired, it is close to being scrapped. If it is cyclically cooled and fired, it can last for about [-] shots at most.

Although it is difficult to blow down the city wall, that kind of effect can completely collapse the confidence of the defending party, thus giving the attacking party a chance to fight.This is the significance of the use of cannons by the Southern Song Dynasty.

But for Liu Wei, he is not satisfied with the power of this kind of cannon at all. He doesn't need the cannon to exist as a deterrent force, what he needs is to actually transform it into lethality!

From a conventional point of view, there are two ways to solve this problem. One is to increase the number of uses of the barrel so that it can truly meet the needs of actual combat, and the other is to increase the power of the shell, that is, to use solid copper shot Become a cannonball that can explode, in the true sense.

Theoretically speaking, the effect of a two-pronged approach is the best, but in fact, it is not an easy task to improve the quality of the gun barrel. This issue involves the level of metallurgical casting technology, and it is not something that can be achieved without hesitation. matter.

As for the improvement of shells, the technology mastered by Liu Wei can be completed, but only the improvement of shells can not be improved to a great extent in the short term.

Therefore, Liu Wei's order to this ordnance research institution is to find another way.

When you really enter the institute, you will find that the security forces inside are even stricter.In fact, the guards who can enter the interior are all former Gaojiazhuang soldiers, and they are elites selected from among them. These people have all received some training from Liu Wei, Gao Chong, and even Wang Chongyang back then, and their strength is outstanding , Naturally, they all know Liu Wei.

But even so, they would not leave their posts without authorization, at most they saluted Liu Wei to show respect.

Soon, a craftsman in charge of affairs came to lead Liu Wei into the most core area, the Firearms Research Institute.

"My lord, it's really time for you to come. After three months of careful research, I finally turned the blueprint you brought over into a real thing. After preliminary experiments, it proves that your idea is completely correct. , out of ten, at least four or five can reach the target!"

"Four or five?"

The one who talked to Liu Wei was a craftsman appointed by Liu Wei to be in charge of the Firearms Research Institute. This person was also dug by Liu Wei from the craftsman camp. But thinking that the country is easy to change and the nature is difficult to change, so he doesn't care about it, but what he just said, the success rate is only [-] to [-]%, and Liu Wei is not very satisfied with such a result.

"Is there any real thing, take it out, let's go to the testing ground behind and try it out!"

"Yes, my lord, there are still seven real objects, all of which were made recently, should I bring them together?"

"Take it together, let's go!"

Liu Wei decided to try it himself before he knew where the problem was.

A moment later, in a remote mountain in Liujiazhuang, there was a thunder on the ground!
(End of this chapter)