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Chapter 580

Li Shimin shook his head helplessly. He still trusted these two cousins.

After all, among the generals in the imperial family, there are only Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong.

There used to be Li Shentong, but he passed away in the fourth year of Zhenguan.

After he ascended the throne, he repeatedly proposed to let Li Xiaogong lead the army, but was rejected by Li Xiaogong.

Now there is only Li Daozong in the clan, and it seems a bit difficult to support.

This time he intended to persuade Li Xiaogong, but Li Xiaogong seemed to have noticed that before he even opened his mouth, he hinted that he would not lead the army.

"Your Majesty, after trying it, I feel that the crossbow still has a lot of flaws." Lin Xuan's voice broke the dull atmosphere.

"Oh? Tell me, what needs to be improved?" Li Shimin said with some surprise.

"Your Majesty, once this crossbow is activated, it needs to shoot fifty arrows. If you are dealing with cavalry, the opponent has already reacted and retreated at the first touch. How should you deal with it when the arrows are fired before attacking?" Lin Lin Xuan said.

"This matter is simple. It only needs the cooperation of various arms and coordinated operations." Li Shimin said.

How could he fail to see this defect of Liannu after leading troops in battle for so long.

It is impossible for any weapon to be without flaws. The so-called military formations in ancient times, in addition to the coordination of arms, also have the coordination of weapons.

Liannu has shortcomings, just use other arms to cooperate.

"Your Majesty is talking about fighting on foot against cavalry, so what about cavalry against cavalry?" Lin Xuan asked back.

"If you have any idea, tell me directly, what's the point?" Li Shimin slapped Lin Xuan on the head, and said angrily.

Lin Xuan rubbed his head in pain, and secretly slandered in his heart: "If you are my father-in-law, you will hit me. If you hit me, I will 'revenge' on your daughter when I go back."

Lin Xuan was not happy with Li Shimin patting him on the head, but Zhang Sun Chong and Cheng Chuliang were a little envious.

Li Shimin's actions showed his closeness to Lin Xuan.

Especially Chang Sun Chong, Li Shimin was his uncle, but he had never been so close to him, so he looked at Lin Xuan with deep jealousy.

"Your Majesty, if we can make some changes on the current basis, and shoot an arrow every time we press the button, wouldn't it be a good solution to this problem?" Lin Xuan said.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he said, "Good idea, draw the blueprint quickly."

Lin Xuan: ...

Why should I know it? Didn’t I know how to draw last time?

"Your Majesty, this minister doesn't know how to do it. The craftsman needs to study it himself." Lin Xuan said.

"If they can research it, why has Zhuge Liannu been lost for so long?" Li Shimin said angrily.

"Your Majesty, craftsmen's status is not high, and there is no benefit in improving them. Why would they do those thankless things?" Lin Xuan said.

Why did so many people study and take the imperial examinations in the Song and Ming Dynasties?
Is it possible that it is all for being an official?

There are so many people, how many pass the exam?

In fact, they believe that the best is to pass the exam, otherwise there are many advantages to be a child student, a scholar or something.

People are not benefited early.

Does research cost money?

Even if the imperial court is willing to pay for it, there is no benefit for them to study it, and they will be held accountable if they fail to do so. Who wants to study it?

Later generations like to say that the ancestors invented gunpowder, but went to make gunpowder.

In the end, someone took a gun and beat him to the house.

Is this really the case?

Gunpowder has already been used in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it is still very simple at this time.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were not only firecrackers but also artillery.

Firearms in the early Ming Dynasty were relatively advanced in the world at that time.

When Zhu Dijing was in trouble, he suffered a lot from firearms. After he ascended the throne, he vigorously developed firearms and specially built the Shenji Camp.

As a result, although the firearms of the late Ming Dynasty had improved compared with those of the early Ming Dynasty, the progress was very small.

The fundamental reason is that the emperors of all dynasties did not pay attention to it.

Throughout history, the peak period of weapon development is the time of war.

Normally, those emperors would not be willing to spend so much money on weapons.

Lin Xuan did not want the tragedy of later generations to repeat itself, but wanted to improve the status of craftsmen and stimulate their enthusiasm for research.

He does not want the Han people to suffer so much, nor does he want his descendants to suffer those hardships.

Li Shimin naturally understood what Lin Xuan said. It was the same as when he was fighting, he would promise some rewards to motivate soldiers.

Under the so-called reward, there must be a brave man.

However, the class of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce has existed for so many years, and it is not something he can break if he says it can be broken.

"What do you think should be done?" Li Shimin asked.

Lin Xuan pondered for a while, and said: "Encourage craftsmen. If craftsmen can improve or invent things that are useful to people's livelihood and military equipment, they will all be rewarded. Those who make major contributions will be awarded knighthood."

He didn't have a whimsical idea of ​​wanting craftsmen to have the same status as scholars or farmers, which is also unrealistic.

Classes formed over thousands of years are not so easy to break.

Shang Yang's reform, Wang Mang's new deal, and Zhang Juzheng's reform, how many of these people ended well?

If the interests of most people are touched, the end is destined to be not much better.

"I'm afraid the Marquis of Jingyang County doesn't know that the imperial court already rewards craftsmen for their improvements and inventions." Chang Sun Chong finally waited for the opportunity and couldn't help but sneer.

Lin Xuan gave Zhang Sun Chong a disdainful look, and said, "Of course I know about that reward, but what's the use of that reward? Is it enough for you to draw a boat last time?"

The imperial court did reward craftsmen for their improvements and inventions, up to ten coins.

But the highest is just a empty promise, most of which are only a few hundred pennies or two.

An invention takes a long time, how can this kind of reward inspire the enthusiasm of those craftsmen?

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chang Sun Chong said angrily.

It's one thing to know something, it's another to say it.

"I'm not talking nonsense. I've always heard that Mr. Zhangsun is a frequent visitor to Huachuan. He spends money like water and doesn't change his face. Could it be that it's all fake?" Lin Xuan said strangely.

"You..." Chang Sun Chong took a peek at Li Shimin's face and found it a bit ugly, he wished he could eat Lin Xuan.

"All right."

Li Shimin waved his hand to interrupt the quarrel between the two, and said, "I will consider what you said, do you have anything else to say about Liannu?"

"Your Majesty, you must be aware of another shortcoming of the Liannu, that is, it takes too much time to load the crossbow, even if you are familiar with it, it will take a long time." Lin Xuan said.

The firecrackers of the Ming Dynasty also took a long time to fill the elixir, and the three-stage shot was invented later.

After the first row is finished shooting, fill the elixir, and shoot the second row, so that the cycle continues to hit the enemy.

But this does not apply to Liannu.

It took Lin Xuan about [-] minutes to install the crossbow arrows just now. There was no way, the arrows were not installed properly, and if they got stuck, they could not be shot.

Of course, this has something to do with Lin Xuan's relative unfamiliarity. Although he said he knew how to install the crossbow, he had never installed it himself, so he was very unfamiliar.

But even so, it doesn't take a few minutes for a person to practice well.

Moreover, there are too many crossbow arrows, and it is very inconvenient to carry.

Li Shimin glared at Lin Xuan, this kid was showing off again.

(End of this chapter)