The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 374 Chapter 373 New Weapons
"Why?" Sima Yi asked immediately after listening to Zhang Yan's words, "I am the number one scholar in this discipline. According to the regulations of the Great Han, I should be an official. Why do you want me to enter the Taixue?"

Both Gao Tanglong and Fu Gan looked at Sima Yi with surprised eyes, never expecting that Sima Yi would blatantly contradict the present King Yan.The two hurriedly knelt on the ground, and Gao Tanglong even pulled Sima Yi with his hand, motioning him to kneel down together, and said to Zhang Yan: "King Yan, calm down, Sima Yi is young and ignorant, and openly contradicted King Yan, please forgive me." For the sake of Sima Yi being the No. [-] scholar, the King of Yan will forgive him this time!"

"I am not wrong! Forgive me for what? If I am not allowed to be an official just because I am young, then Yan Wang is too contemptuous of people. In history, Gan Luo was ten years old. Sima Yi is 17 years old this year. Seven years older than Gan Luo, if he can be prime minister, why can't I be an official?" Sima Yi said.

"Sima Yi! You are bold! How dare you directly contradict His Royal Highness King Yan, you...you don't want to live anymore?" After all, Gao Tanglong is a little older and more tactful in dealing with people. It seems that he is accusing Sima Yi, but he is actually doing it for Sima Yi's good At the same time, he immediately put aside his battle with Sima Yi.

Zhang Yan's face was gloomy, and when he saw Sima Yi standing there neither humble nor overbearing, and argued hard with reason, he suddenly burst out laughing.

When Sima Yi heard Zhang Yan's laughter, he felt a little creepy, and it made him extremely uncomfortable. If there was a knife hidden in this laughter, his Sima Yi's life would be over today.

However, things were beyond everyone's expectations. After Zhang Yan stopped laughing, he said to Sima Yi: "I don't want you to get involved in the officialdom too early. It's for your own good. Since you want to be an official, Then this king will fulfill you. From now on, this king will appoint you as the head of Cangting Pavilion, and you will take office immediately, there must be no mistakes!"

The number one scholar as the head of the pavilion?
This is a unique thing in history. Sima Yi, who is outstanding in talent, finally won the champion of this palace examination after many rounds of selection, but in the end, he won the official of just a small pavilion chief.If this gets out, I'm afraid it will be laughed at by people all over the world!
Sima Yi's face was unusually calm, and his deep eyes were fixed on Zhang Yan. Without the slightest hesitation, he cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, King Yan, for giving me an official position. I will definitely be a good official! I will go to Cangting immediately." Go to the post and say goodbye first!"

After speaking, Sima Yi turned around and left without looking back.

Zhang Yan looked at the back of Sima Yi going away, but he felt something special in his heart.

During the palace examination, Zhang Yan was always on the scene, but no one noticed him, because he dressed up as a tiger warrior and mixed in the examination room, and he could see every move of the examinee clearly.

Moreover, Zhang Yan had also investigated the candidate list before, and when he learned that there was a person named Sima Yi among them, Zhang Yan arranged for Xu Sheng to investigate Sima Yi secretly.According to Sima Yi's usual experience in dealing with people, Zhang Yan made a conclusion for Sima Yi. The young Sima Yi is a good material, but his character is too ostentatious.

Moreover, Zhang Yan is very clear about Sima Yi's history. In his view, Sima Yi is a double-edged sword that can hurt others as well as himself.

At this stage, Zhang Yan has a lot of talents under his tent, and there is not much need for talents like Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Sima Yi, Xu Shu, etc. for the time being.It's not suitable for these great people to get involved in the officialdom too early, so as not to disrupt Zhang Yan's entire layout.That's why Zhang Yan asked Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others to research and develop weapons.

As for Sima Yi, Zhang Yan originally planned to hide him in the snow, but now it seems that Sima Yi's personality is too strong, so he can only try to polish it. The smoother the polish, the more worry-free it is to use.

That's why Zhang Yan suppressed Sima Yi, and only gave Sima Yi a mere post of pavilion chief.

As for Gao Tanglong and Fu Gan, Zhang Yan treated them equally and appointed them respectively as county magistrates and went to Yongzhou to take office.

The remaining more than 200 bachelors were either appointed as county magistrates or county officials. In short, they were all sent to the grassroots, filling the serious shortage of county officials.

Sima Yi was the number one scholar, but he was only a pavilion chief. After the news got out, it immediately caused a sensation.

But then, Zhang Yan issued an imperial decree, saying that Sima Yi had cheated, revoked Sima Yi's title of No. 4 Scholar, and punished him not to participate in the next two palace examinations.Moreover, the title of No. [-] Scholar was transferred to Gao Tanglong, Tanhua Fu Qian became the second place, and the No.[-] in the palace examination was postponed to become Tanhua.

Zhang Yan even sent Jin Yiwei to secretly monitor Sima Yi. From then on, under Zhang Yan's influence, Sima Yi began to hide in the snow for 18 years.

Sima Yi left Pengcheng with a trace of resentment, and went to Cangting to take up the post with a piece of paperwork for his appointment. At the same time, his heart was full of hatred for Zhang Yan.

The matter of the imperial examination has finally come to an end.At this time, news also came from Puyang. After several months of hard research, Zhuge Liang, Ma Jun, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Wang Lun and others finally developed several new weapons. look.

After Zhang Yan got the news, he immediately asked Ayoubu to lead his white dragon out. He only brought Ayoubu and Xu Sheng with him, and temporarily handed over the government affairs to Chen Qun and Zhang Zhao. Dealing with it, with extreme excitement, he rushed to Puyang non-stop.

From Pengcheng to Puyang, it usually takes three or four days to walk, but Zhang Yan and others arrived in Puyang after walking only two days.

After Zhang Yan rode his horse to Puyang City, he went directly to the Tiangong Bureau. Zhuge Liang was overjoyed when he heard that Zhang Yan was coming, and hurriedly brought all the staff of the Tiangong Bureau out to greet him.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Yan asked, "Where are the newly made weapons?"

Zhuge Liang made a gesture to the officials under him, and the officials immediately brought all the newly made weapons over and placed them in front of Zhang Yan one by one.

According to Zhang Yan's request, the Liannu can fire ten arrows in succession, one at a time. It is small and exquisite, easy to carry, and easy to use by individual soldiers.

As for firecrackers and cannons, Zhuge Liang and others mostly crossed the river by feeling the stones. Although Zhang Yan explained to them the principle of making these weapons, after all, Zhuge Liang and others were exposed to these things for the first time, but in the actual research and development process However, it cost them a lot of brain cells.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others are all extremely smart people. In addition, Ma Jun and Wang Lun, two highly skilled craftsmen, and the [-] top craftsmen in various fields in the entire Tiangong Bureau, it took several days. After several months, the firecrackers and artillery were finally developed.

They also tried several times and felt that the effect was not bad, so they dared to show it to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan glanced at the three weapons placed in front of him, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "Go, let's try it on the school field!"

Zhuge Liang and the others were also full of confidence in the new weapons, and sent someone to bring the weapons to the school grounds, and they followed Zhang Yan to the school grounds.

After burning incense, the sergeants on the school field set up archery targets in the distance according to Zhang Yan's arrangement, and Zhang Yan first took up the crossbow to test shoot.

Zhang Yan picked up the crossbow, feeling heavy in his hand, the crossbow machine was completely covered with iron sheet, and the structure inside could not be seen, but he couldn't hold it with one hand, he had to use two hands to hold it.

The front end of the crossbow is heavy, and the rear part of the machine is lighter, giving people a top-heavy feeling.

But there was no way to do this, because there was a long box at the front of the crossbow machine. Zhang Yan only took a look and knew that the box should contain crossbow bolts.

Zhang Yan held the crossbow with both hands, and tried to shoot several arrows in a row. Although the rate of fire was not as fast as modern pistols, it was much easier than reloading the crossbow repeatedly. If a soldier had such a continuous crossbow, 1000 people can shoot [-] arrows, truly reaching the state of firing all arrows.

The crossbow arrows flew out, and they all hit the bullseye of the target. The soldiers at the side saw it, and they all cheered together, saying that His Royal Highness King Yan shot!
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yan stood a little further away. He was at fifty paces just now, but this time he was at eighty paces. He shot down the bull's-eye, but he didn't have much strength. It was already at the end of the crossbow. Several arrows couldn't hit the bull's-eye, and fell directly to the ground.

Zhuge Liang hurried over and said, "His Royal Highness, the best range of the Liannu is at fifty paces. Only at around fifty paces can the Liannu's power be truly displayed."

Zhang Yan handed the Liannu in his hand to Zhuge Liang, and said, "Try changing the firecracker!"

Zhuge Liang ordered someone to bring the blunderbuss. Zhang Yan held the blunderbuss and looked at it carefully. He felt that the blunderbuss were far from modern guns.

This kind of firecracker has only one long barrel, and the gunpowder needs to be filled from the head of the barrel. There is no trigger or butt at the tail, and there is only one fuse. After the fuse is ignited, the gunpowder in the barrel will explode. In response, after violent expansion, an impact air wave is formed, and then the round projectile in the barrel is fired.

Such a crude firecracker is not considered a firecracker at all, it can only be regarded as a launching tool.

Zhang Yan didn't like it very much, but he still carried out the experiment. As a result, there was a little problem in the experiment. The fuse ignited, but the gunpowder in the barrel did not ignite, and the projectile in the barrel could not be fired, and it was directly stuck in the gun. into the barrel.

Moreover, such firecrackers can only be used on sunny days, and if it rains, they cannot be used at all.

Zhang Yan frowned, looked at the cannon again, and felt that the cannon was more fake than a fake one!The principle is the same as that of the firecracker, except that the tube is thicker.

Zhang Yan sneered, threw the firecracker on the ground, and said to Zhuge Liang unhappy: "The Liannu is the Liannu I want. The key is that the range is too short. As for the firecracker and the cannon, I don't think so." The things you want, are you going to use these things to fool me?"

(End of this chapter)