Dad, this seems to be the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 213 Magic Weapon
"Military merit?"

Zhao Guangyi's eyes widened.

You must know that his achievements in Huainan water conservancy are enough for him in terms of culture and governance. Everyone in the court understands that when the Huainan water conservancy is completed, it will be the day when he is officially crowned king.

It was also because of the Huainan Water Conservancy that he chose to punish Sun Chunming with a small punishment, and he was still willing to see him, otherwise he would have turned his back on him for being so ungrateful before he changed.

However, no matter how great the contribution to the construction of water conservancy is, it is still a meritorious service after all, and it still cannot change the fact that Zhao Guangyi has never fought in a war and has no merit in the military. I don't understand, how aggrieved he is when he sprays it!
It can be said that he is crazy about military exploits!

"Military merit? It is impossible for my elder brother to agree with me to go to the battlefield. Even if he fought in the Northern Han Dynasty, he would not be able to lead the army himself. Besides, with my current status, if I lead the army, it is useless if I don't lead the way. What kind of military merits can you give me?"

Sun Chunming said confidently: "Who stipulated that if you don't go to the battlefield, you don't have military merits?"

Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed, grabbed Sun Chunming's hand and said, "Is there really such a plan? Tell me quickly!"

Sun Chunming said with a smile: "I remember it at first, but I have been hungry for a whole day, I haven't eaten anything, and my mind is a bit empty. What am I trying to say?"

Zhao Guangyi scolded with a smile: "Why, you still have reason, don't you remember my grudge?" He said: "Ma'am, Ma'am? Go to the back kitchen and steam a few more crabs for Brother Chun to eat. cook."

After a while, Mrs. Fu came out personally carrying a tray of crabs. Without moving away, she simply sat on the edge.

This was naturally a joke made by Sun Chunming. Zhao Guangyi did not let Fu retreat. Although the rift between the two had been planted, Sun Chunming also knew that Zhao Guangyi could no longer trust him as much as before, but the two They all tacitly chose to pretend as much as possible, trying to pretend that everything was the same.

When Sun Chunming finished eating two large crabs weighing half a kilogram in one go, and drank half a bottle of rice wine with satisfaction, and finally had a delicious meal, Zhao Guangyi said with a smile: "Are you full? Have you remembered?"

Sun Chunming said with a smile: "I am going to report to the Second Great King. The next official has a firecracker factory in Langzhou. Does the Second Great King know?"

"I know, what's the matter?"

"Xiaguan has made a lot of money over the years, but the Second King also knows that most of this money has been spent on the improvement of gunpowder and glaze. At present, the improvement of glaze has not seen a shadow, but the improvement of gunpowder has. We already have some clues. Hundreds of people have been killed in Langzhou in half a year because of their research on this new type of gunpowder, but fortunately, thanks to the Song Dynasty, this thing was finally developed."

"Oh? Well, you Sun Chunming, are you talking about a coincidence? Could it be that your new gunpowder was only developed today?"

Sun Chunming smiled wryly and said, "Second Great Wang Mingjian, the new type of gunpowder was indeed not researched today. To be precise, it has not been researched until today. First, the output has not been able to keep up. It only produces more than a dozen catties a day. Second, the safety issue is still unresolved. People will be killed from time to time during the production process. Although it is getting less and less, it is still unavoidable. Alas, I paid [-] yuan for killing a worker. In the past few months, it has only been human life The money will be lost tens of thousands, and the plan is to wait until the technology is truly mature before taking it out."

"Oh? Then what do you mean by taking it out now? Besides, what does it have to do with the military achievements you mentioned?"

"Second king, the new gunpowder of Xiaguan is completely different from the ordinary gunpowder before. In fact, it is not as easy to use as ordinary gunpowder on the battlefield, and the current quantity is very small. It is impossible to equip the army. It won't take much. It will be gone, and there is still a long way to go before it can be applied in the actual field. At present, the main application direction of this thing is on the road of mountain repair.”

"Creating mountains and building roads...cutting Shu?"

"Yes, when I return to the Second King, I am attacking Shu. The Jiangge is so majestic and Cui Wei has never been attacked from the front in history. No matter how we attack, the natural danger of Jianmen is a hurdle that our Song army cannot overcome. With this danger , the Song Dynasty wants to enter Shu, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky, but similarly, as long as the Jianmen Pass is broken, the fertile fields of Sichuan Mansion will be full of things, and this thing may help the army to break the Jianmen Gate!"

Zhao Guangyi was very interested when he heard this. Even if he didn't know much about military affairs, he knew that the difficulty in conquering Shu was closing the sword gate. Whoever could break through the sword gate would be the most successful. Hearing this, he said eagerly: "Tell me in detail."

"Please come with me to see the power of the new gunpowder. You will know the power of the new gunpowder at first sight."

"Where?"

"Get out of the city, it's a bit late today, why don't we go tomorrow?"

"No, just today, right now, let's go and make arrangements."

Seeing that Zhao Guangyi was so anxious, Sun Chunming had no choice but to let him go. An hour later, Sun Chunming and Zhao Guangyi appeared on a barren mountain more than ten miles outside Kaifeng City with only a small number of followers.

At night, although it is autumn, there are still many mosquitoes in the wilderness. Zhao Guangyi also felt extremely unhappy about this, and said impatiently: "What do you want me to see?"

"Okay, Second King, let me introduce you."

As he said that, Sun Chunming introduced a middle-aged man who looked quite rustic and said: "Second King, this is a manager of our Langzhou factory, and this new type of gunpowder is carried on him. Let's step back, it's dangerous. .”

Zhao Guangyi said disdainfully: "Do you think I didn't fire off the cannon? How dangerous can it be?"

Sun Chunming smiled wryly and said: "Second king, it's really dangerous, you should retreat quickly, this new gunpowder technology is immature, even he himself can't guarantee that he will survive after tonight, the reason why he is allowed to try , because he signed a life-and-death contract with me, you should retreat, I can't afford to get hurt."

Seeing that Sun Chunming said it so solemnly, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help being a little nervous. After thinking about it, he didn't want to be a hero, and followed Sun Chunming away from the craftsman.

However, the craftsman did not take out the new gunpowder, but took out a hammer and chisel, and chiseled on the mountain.

"What is he doing? Didn't he say he was going to demonstrate a new type of gunpowder?"

"The second king will be here in a moment."

After waiting for a while, I saw the craftsman trembling, carefully taking out a huge package from his body as if on a pilgrimage, and opening it carefully, there was actually... still a package inside.

When I opened it again, it was a package again.

Just beat it, beat it, beat it for a quarter of an hour, and finally took out a small box from the big package that was half the size of a person, and it was not much bigger than a human head.

"No, I'm sick, right? It's packed in a box with more than 40 layers of packages."

Sun Chunming had no choice but to smile wryly at this. Who made this technology immature?

Opening the box, Zhao Guangyi found that there was only a metal pipe about two feet long inside, and he couldn't help but frowned slightly.

If Sun Yue was here and saw this thing, he would turn around and run as far as he could, then it was clearly a detonator! !It is still an extremely unstable kind, because with Da Song's technology, it is impossible to produce nitroglycerin with sufficient purity.

In other words, that thing is a time bomb that no one knows when it will explode.

(End of this chapter)