Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The weather is getting colder and it's snowing in Tokyo. Snow flakes scurrying in the wind, mixing with the black smoke on the chimney of the Jiafang Earth House, like soot.

Zan Jurun walked into a room with a few people, closed his umbrella and shook the snowflakes on his robe. He immediately frowned and covered his nose with a handkerchief. A choking smell came with a wave of heat!

The house was very noisy, and the noise made the ears "buzzing" and it was very uncomfortable.

Bianshui has frozen, it is the dry season. But the donkey in the basement pulled the huge runner to make a sore sound, driving a whole row of blowers to blow the air against the furnace, and there was a brick and mud blast furnace outside, which was the main source of heat in the house. . There is also the sound of a blacksmith swinging and striking with an iron hammer.

Zan Jurun looked over and saw a few bare-chested blacksmiths, Huang Cancan's muscles were sweaty, and they were swinging a hammer and beating their heads.

Not long after, a big man wearing a thin rag coat came over, while wiping the gray on his face with a sweat towel. An official in front said: "Given Zan for serving in the government, he is Xu Sheng."

The big man also clasped his fists and bent over and said, "The little one pays tribute to Zan's assistant government."

Zan Jurun looked at him up and down, and said, "You can improve the gun barrel?"

The big man named Xu Sheng-︽ replied loudly. Otherwise, he could not hear him. He said, "I don’t know yet. It will be fine if the auxiliary Zan comes two days later! I have to wait for the iron to burn. There is no blast furnace in Beiyuan. , I come over and try."

This Xu Sheng was a blacksmith from Beiyuan Firearms Workshop. He was sent to the Bianshui Workshop. Zan Jurun only heard of what he was doing. The firearms workshop in Beiyuan is a small workshop that specializes in testing new firearms; while the Bianshui Jiajia Workshop has a huge demand for iron materials. It has built a blast furnace for melting iron. Xu Sheng said he wanted a blast furnace, so he came here to test it. .

Zan Jurun attaches great importance to this matter.

The royal family allocated a piece of land in Beiyuan for the military inspector to specialize in making firearms, raising so many people and spending a lot of money every year; but after several years of research and development, they didn’t make a name... , I actually want to drill the whole stone and shoot with a catapult, which is really tasteless.

In the past, whether it was the impurity removal method of saltpetre dissolution and filtration, the faster burning of gunpowder particles, or the bronze guns and mortars, it was Guo Shao's own ideas, and the firearms shop only implemented it.

Towards the end of the year, Zan Jurun is about to summarize the effectiveness of the various yamen of the Military Weapons Supervision this year... When writing about the memorial of Beiyuan Firearms Square, did he write "for nothing, no results"?

This makes Zan Jurun feel very difficult. Fortunately, recently this craftsman brought him some expectations.

"Can you try it?" Zan Juyun asked.

Xu Sheng hesitated and said loudly: "Anyway, the gunpowder must have a big hole and thick body; if the gunpowder runs out of air, it can't be hit far! You have to use forging."

"With the cold stick as the core, wrapped in iron plate?" Zan Juyun said, "hasn't you tried it?"

Xu Sheng said: "Yes, wrought iron is too soft, it will be deformed as soon as it is exploded; slightly harder and brittle, it will crack as soon as it is exploded. However, I have thought about it, there are two things wrong, one is that the iron is not good, and the other is that the gunpowder is not good."

Zan Jurun turned around and said to a bookkeeper who was accompanying him: "You write down what he said."

"Here." The book official quickly took out his pen and ink from his bag to prepare.

Xu Sheng said again: "The gunpowder we used is too strong, it burns too fast, and the iron pipe is easy to burst; but there is little smoke, the projectile can't rush far in the chamber. That gunpowder can explode things, and the lead bomb is not very useful. .I adjusted the ingredients again and added more charcoal.

In addition, the iron for forged blunderbuss is too ripe and soft, but it is brittle if it is slightly hard. I tried many ways, adding limestone can get better...but I used to temper wrought iron while adding limestone powder, and the **** was all beaten in the iron. Now think about it again and add it to the furnace hot metal! "

Zan Juyun asked, "What's the reason for this?"

Xu Sheng looked blank: "I don't know the little one. The little family is a blacksmith for three generations, relying on experience."

He pointed to the hot furnace behind him and said: "After the molten iron was recast into blocks, I repeatedly burned forged and beaten mature iron. Then I used this wrought iron to re-forge the blunt tube."

Zan Jurun said, "If you get it done, you will be rewarded with a hundred pennies!"

Xu Sheng's eyes rounded: "Zan Auxiliary Government has kept his promise!"

Zan Jurun said flatly: "As long as you do it, the official will reward you with his salary!"

But it will take at least a month for this thing to be tested. Zan Jurun can’t wait. It will be next year after more than a month! He would write a memorandum of the collected information, which is better than writing "Nothing is gained for nothing."

...That day, as soon as Guo Shao walked into the study room of the East Hall, he saw that there were many memorials on the imperial case, most of which were persuaded to change the national title. They had been classified into categories, so he threw them aside and refused to approve them. That's it.

The posture must be sufficient. If you take the initiative to change your country's name and become the founding emperor, it will be very ugly; you need to get many people to support yourself and "reluctantly" to do this...Although Guo Shao himself also found the country and proclaimed himself emperor.

And Guo Shao still has some things he didn't think about, so he couldn't be too anxious.

There was no knighthood when enthroned to the throne. Now it is time to consider the founding of the country... and the current system of military power is suitable for frequent large-scale war situations, but it is not conducive to ensuring the safety of imperial power. This is an unquestionable fact.

In history, the reason why Zhao Kuangyin released his military power through a cup of wine was because he saw the risks involved. Guo Shao would like to draw a cup of wine to release his military power? He denied this approach, because his military philosophy was completely different from that of Zhao Kuangyin... and according to that method, the court now does not have that much money to "redee" the military power of the generals.

Guo Shao decided to wait.

At this moment, a memorial of the military inspector entered Guo Shao's eyes. Most of his other memorials were sent to the ministers of the political affairs hall and the Privy Council for discretion, but he was very interested in the memorials of the military inspector... Ancient scholar-officials did not pay much attention to technology, but Guo Shao's concept was different after all.

Zan Jurun's own memorial notes, in which the ink mentions an attempt by a craftsman named Xu Sheng to improve the fire gun.

Guo Shao watched it very enthusiastically, and only thought it made sense...Impressions Fire|The gun doesn't seem to be of Huang Cancan's copper cast, it is really an iron pipe! It’s just that I tried to use iron pipes many times before, and I didn’t succeed, and I came up with that seemingly nondescript fire|gun.

As for the principle of adding lime powder to iron material?

Guo Shao wondered for a long time but didn't understand it. He picked up a pen and scribbled some chemical equations on paper. Unfortunately, his chemistry knowledge was limited to middle school, and he had forgotten most of it! If he majored in metallurgy, he might be able to figure it out now, but unfortunately not. Guo Shao is also half a pot of water, and a lot of things are not well understood.

Fortunately, he had worked as a blacksmith before for a living, and he knew a little about the craftsmanship at this time.

He couldn't understand the artisan's process principle, guessing is it because the iron ore contains too much sulfur or what impurities affect the strength of the metal, and the added additives can remove the impurities?

In any case, we must encourage craftsmen who can innovate! When Guo Shao mentioned the pen, he remembered that Zan Jurun was in this study.

Guo Shao raised his head and said, "Zan's auxiliary government."

Zan Jurun hurriedly got up and walked over and bowed: "The minister is here."

Guo Shao returned the memorial to him: "If this Xu Sheng can really be made into an iron gun, tell him that he will be rewarded! Tokyo chooses a mansion, Kaifeng government allocates a piece of official land, and then gives a thousand dollars."

Zan Ju Run noodles was surprised, after all, it was just a small craftsman.

However, Guo Shao has always been generous to what he cares about, and he indulges for a moment and then said: "The military inspector finds a vacancy and gives him official status."

Zan Jurun couldn't help saying: "This person is a craftsman, I'm afraid he doesn't know a few big characters."

Guo Shaodao: "This matter is of great significance. If Xu Sheng can make a contribution, even a craftsman can afford a great reward. I want him to be a demonstration, not just a good writer."

Zan Jurun had to worship: "Your Majesty is wise."

After a while, Guo Shao accidentally found another very interesting memorial on the royal case: written by Fan Zhi.

Actually persuade Guo Shao to found the country and proclaim emperor! Because there were too many people persuading this matter, the memorials were divided into categories, and Guo Shao almost didn’t notice...Fortunately, Fan Zhi’s memorials were placed at the top, so it was easy to see. Probably several cabinet ministers paid attention to it. Fan Zhi's memorial, deliberately.

In my heart, Guo Shao personally dislikes Fan Zhi!

He stood up, paced outside the screen, and all four cabinet officials stood up. Guo Shao turned his head to look at them and asked, "Everyone thinks, how about reinstating Fan Zhiguan?"

Several people looked at each other, and Zuo You clasped their fists and said: "Before the Northern Expedition, Fan Gong strongly opposed, saying without shame that His Majesty could not win. Now, His Majesty has victorious and returned to the court, but he is very tolerant of Fan Gong. It is the heart of Donghai."

In fact, Fan Zhi rebelled against Guo Shao at the beginning, he opposed Fu Jinzhan's ruling power and made a lot of trouble. But Zuo You didn't mention it.

Moreover, Zuo You advocated the restoration of the quality of the official position, the reason is not what he said... the most important reason is not easy to explain!

Fan Zhi’s identity is very special ~www.readwn.com~ He was an old minister in the period of the first emperor, and he has never been regarded as a confidant by Guo Shao. At this moment, many former courtiers will hold a wait-and-see attitude in their hearts... After all, there is one courtier in the emperor! If Fan Zhi, a person with a beard and beard, is okay, would the former ministers still worry about their position and interests?

Since they are all officials, and they are not aliens into the Central Plains. As long as his own interests can be protected, Guo Shao put himself in the position: assuming he is such an official, he must still be an official, and he does not want to oppose the emperor’s founding of the country and proclaiming himself emperor.

As for what Zuo You said is not important, his attitude is the most important. It is estimated that Zuo You and others have also seen this.

Sure enough, Huang Binglian and the other three also said one after another: "Your Majesty is generous, and the world is united. The minister thought that the talent of Prime Minister Fan Gong would be forgiven by His Majesty."

Guo Shao was also very straightforward. Hearing that the four people had the same attitude as him, he immediately turned around and said: "Come here, go to Fanfu to deliver the decree, and ask him to be on duty in the political affairs hall tomorrow. Whatever he did before, do now. "

The **** on duty is Cao Tai, and his voice is a little weak: "The slave and servant follow the order."

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