back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 523
A group of people hurriedly walked out from Xuande Gate and headed straight to the north of the city.After more than half a year, the light rail in Chang'an City has almost laid the northern half of Chang'an City.There are no large-scale excavating machines these days, everything depends on manpower.Under the premise of not destroying Qingshiban Street as much as possible, it is a kind of art work, which is not capable of ordinary people.What makes people wonder is that these craftsmen are still not valued by others with such handicrafts.Lu Chengqi couldn't understand why these craftsmen were inferior to literati, and they were so belittled!
There is another thing that makes Lu Chengqi very upset. Ever since the excavation of the railway tracks, Chen Xun, the supervisor of Qintian Supervisor, has been complaining to Lu Chengqi, saying that the feng shui of Chang'an City will be broken after such a dig.This is also Lu Chengqi, who grew up in Lingnan and saw a lot of Feng Shui masters, so he didn't blame Chen Xun.If Lu Chengqi was not from Lingnan in his previous life and knew that Feng Shui is a very mysterious science, maybe Chen Xun would be demoted.

It is for this reason that Lu Chengqi handed over the design of the route to Chen Xun without overthrowing Chi Dao's idea.Chinese Feng Shui is really amazing.Chen Xun led a group of Qin Tianjian, walked around with the compass, and actually picked out the unreasonable part of the original route.

After Lu Chengqi sent officials from the Ministry of Industry to search again, he had no choice but to adopt Chen Xun's plan.There is no way, the truth exists, and it is useless if you do not admit it.When Lu Chengqi got into the galloping carriage in the north of the city, he kept thinking about this question: Is Feng Shui really just a superstition?

In fact, for this answer, in his previous life, some people were complaining about Feng Shui.Feng Shui is the knowledge of environment selection by the ancient Chinese, also known as Shanshui, Gemyu, Qingwu, etc.Emphasis is placed on the shape of mountains and rivers in Longsha Cave Water and the half-empty and half-real situation surrounded by air habits, and even the invisible, shapeless, and tasteless philosophical cognitive system that produces a concentrated air.Due to the difference in cognition, there is no standardized answer, so the quacks are full of them, and they push this method of harmony and coordination between the heaven and the earth and nature to be mysterious and mysterious, so as to confuse the world.Fengshui is the art of choosing good luck and avoiding bad luck. The ancient people chose the topography, landform, and orientation of their residences, and there is amazing consistency.As far as the origin is concerned, in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there were inscriptions, divination, etc. to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and in the pre-Qin period, there was also a lineage of the Yin-Yang family among the schools of thought.The Yin Yang family evolved slowly, and later formed Feng Shui Gemyu.Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng in the previous dynasty, and Chen Tuan in this dynasty are all outstanding among them.In particular, the thousand-year-old Tuibei map vividly shows the mystery of Feng Shui.

It is true that Feng Shui is extremely mysterious, but if everything is good and bad, how can it be successful?Feng Shui is the quintessence of the country, so it should be inherited and developed. Lu Chengqi will not suppress it like the later generations.After all, many things don't exist if you don't understand them.As long as you are always in awe, you can treat Feng Shui as usual.

While thinking about it, the public carriage has already stopped at the station.After getting off the carriage, Lu Chengqi finally put this matter behind him.Because at this moment, he couldn't wait to see the mother-in-law cannon.

If men like guns, then cannons are every man's favorite, because every man likes powerful weapons.If you have never been an artilleryman, you will never understand the fierceness of full-scale artillery fire.Of course, Lu Chengqi has never been an artilleryman, his impression of artillery is what later generations saw on the Internet and on TV.It's just that those are all guns fired with smokeless gunpowder, not guns fired with black and gunpowder.

After entering the Military Weapons Supervisory Board with the badge, Lu Chengqi couldn't wait to ask: "Tang Qing, where are these mother-child cannons?"

At this moment, both Gao Hao and the imperial guards were left outside the military prison.Fortunately, the spring is beautiful at this moment, but it is not too difficult to bear.Beside Lu Chengqi, besides Tang Xun, were those apprentice craftsmen who were working.With the growing demand for hot weapons, the Military Weapons Supervision has transferred the cold weapon workshops back to the Military Weapons Supervision in Chang'an City.This arms inspector is used to produce hot weapons.However, there are more and more craftsmen apprentices for iron smelting and assembly. Lu Chengqi sent a forbidden army to protect the military supervisor as early as years ago.It can be said that this Military Weapons Supervision is the place where the censors are the strictest except for the Dashun Palace.

Tang Xun quickly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the mother and child cannons have been transported to the test range."

Lu Chengqi still remembered where the test range was, so he walked towards the test range without Tang Xun leading the way.

"Tang Qing, how many cannons were made in total?"

Lu Chengqi felt a little uneasy. This cannon was entrusted with the great mission of changing the fate of the Han people, so he couldn't help being cautious.The Han people are indeed one of the smartest races. Lu Chengqi just gave some pointers and added a "spiritual likeness" sketch. Shen Kuo, Su Song and Tang Xun actually brought the outstanding students of the Royal University to make the cannon out.Lu Chengqi originally estimated that the most conservative thing would take three to five years, but it only took two years to complete it.Although the performance of the first artillery is not very good, it can only be used to defend the city.But this is already a qualitative leap. In this era, besides artillery, what weapon can hit ten miles away?
Before arriving at the test range, the faint sound of thunder could be heard.Lu Chengqi asked in surprise, "Are you still shooting?"

Tang Xun quickly explained: "No, Your Majesty, this is the sound of a grenade."

Lu Chengqi thought about it for a while, and the previous cannon, although the reloading speed was very slow, was much louder than this one.According to common sense, the power of the sub-mother cannon should be weaker than that of the Hongyi cannon, but the sound is not so low.A truly experienced veteran can judge the caliber of the shell from the sound of the cannon.It's a pity that Lu Chengqi was not from a military background. He only knew a scrap of artillery knowledge, which was already the limit.

Outside the test range, there are also forbidden soldiers guarding it.This is because some accidents happened a few days ago.When experimenting with the grenade, one of the apprentices turned the direction backwards.Fortunately, the charge of the grenade was very small, so it did not cause too many casualties.Despite this, the ordnance inspector still showed up with the wounded.In view of this, Su Song ordered the addition of guards outside the test range to prevent unauthorized entry and avoid accidental injury.

The forbidden army reported through semaphore, and only after confirming that there was no danger did they dare to put Lu Chengqi and Tang Xun into the test range.

As soon as he entered, Lu Chengqi's eyes were attracted by a black cannon.This is a powerful artillery, consisting of a mother cannon and a sub-cannon.The mother gun has a slender barrel and a small caliber. The gun body is equipped with front sights and rear sights, which can aim and shoot at long-distance targets.There are lugs on both sides of the gun body, the gun body can be placed on the bracket, and the shooting angle can be adjusted by pitching.The rear part of the gun is relatively thick, with a long slot for loading sub-cannons.To match it, this artillery also has a wooden cannon carriage on which the cannon body is placed.The straight muzzle is facing the distance through the sandbag.

There was fire in Lu Chengqi's eyes: "Is this the mother-in-law cannon?"

(End of this chapter)