I will never be Renzong

Chapter 113 Candidates for Artillery Research

"Ming Zhong! How long have you been by my side?"

In Yanfu Palace, Zhao Zhen threw some fish food into the candy, which attracted groups of goldfish to compete.

"Go back to the official's house! It has been seven months since the official's exceptionally promoted me to be a housekeeper!"

Zeng Gongliang hurriedly replied respectfully.

"Half a year has passed before I know it, and Qing is a bit inferior to me. I plan to go to the Ministry of War to take charge of the weapon supervision and take charge of the research and development of weapons and equipment, so that Qing's talents can be put to good use!"

The Weapons Supervision Department belongs to the Ministry of War, it is the research and development department of weapons and equipment, and it is also the best place for Zeng Gongliang.

"The minister will not go to the official family's high hopes!"

Zeng Gongliang was only ranked in the second list of Jinshi. He did not expect to be transferred to the Ministry of War to take up an important position less than a year after he was promoted by Zhao Zhen to a householder. Naturally, Zeng Gongliang was grateful.

"Ming Zhong! You come with me! I'll show you something!"

Zhao Zhen said as he threw all the fish food in his hands into the pond, clapped his hands and walked towards Chui Gong Hall.

The Chuigong Hall is the hall where Zhao Zhen stays alone, and no one is allowed to go there except his confidants, and there are special guards 24 hours a day.

"Ming Zhong! You are the first person to come here!"

Zhao Zhen walked into the Chuigong Hall and said to Zeng Gongliang.

"Come! Look at this sketch!"

Zhao Zhen got up and went to the bookshelf to take out a pair of drawings that he had drawn a long time ago and handed it to Zeng Gongliang.

"Officials! This ball with a lead wire should be gunpowder, but it's a long iron pipe and has wheels. I don't know what it is?"

Zeng Gongliang asked puzzledly.

"This is artillery! To be precise, it's a red cannon!"

It took Zhao Zhen more than half a year to draw this sketch, which was entirely based on memory. As for the principles of cannons, he also drew some, but after all, he was not a science student and could not be so accurate.

The Hongyi Cannon, whose prototype is a long-tube, spindle-shaped cannon invented in Europe in the 16th century, was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty and was quickly imitated.All cannons of a similar design are collectively referred to by the Chinese as the Hongyi Cannon, also known as the Hongyi Cannon.

The copper-iron composite Hongyi cannon imitated and improved in the Ming Dynasty was called "one of the best artillery in the world in the seventeenth century" in "The Age of Gunpowder" written by Portuguese East Asian historian Tonio Andrade. one".

If Da Song can build this kind of artillery after 700 years, then he must be able to walk sideways.

"Cannon? Official! Although I have read a lot of books, I am ignorant. I have never seen this thing before, and I have never seen any records about it in any book!"

Zeng Gongliang frowned and replied.

"I drew this when I had nothing to do. The fire ball, the poison smoke ball, and the thorn fire ball. These three gunpowder are the three major killers of my Song Dynasty, so I was thinking, if I can combine these three killers The power of the weapon has become even greater, and if it is fired from this red cannon, it must be a divine weapon!"

Zhao Zhen said with anticipation that what would make him invincible back in ancient times, it would naturally be a hot weapon. If Gatling could be created, let alone destroying the Liao Kingdom, it would be possible to conquer the whole world.

"Official! How far is the range of this red cannon?"

Zeng Gongliang asked.

"It's about four miles away!"

Zhao Zhen thought for a while before replying that one mile in the Song Dynasty was about 530 meters.

"So far? This is much farther than the range of the Catapult and Thunderbolt!"

Zeng Gongliang was stunned for a moment.

"If the official can make this thing, then our army will be even more powerful! Congratulations to the official!"

Zeng Gongliang hurriedly paid his respects.

"Right now it's just talk on paper. As for whether it can be built, it depends on your ability! But don't worry, I have allocated 200 million guns from my internal treasury for the research and development of the red cannon. If it is not enough, I will continue Plus! In addition, the craftsmen of the various ministries of the imperial court are up to Qing to choose, but Qing must do one thing, that is, keep it secret! I don’t know if Qing has the confidence to take on this important task!"

Zhao Zhen looked at Zeng Gongliang and asked.

"Officials! I will live up to the expectations of the officials, and I will make this red cannon!"

Zeng Gongliang paid homage.

"Okay! After this thing is successfully developed, it will be time for Qing Qingshi to make a name for himself!"

Zeng Gongliang went to the post with the blueprints drawn by Zhao Zhen himself and full of enthusiasm, and Zhao Zhen also divided the weapon supervision from the Ministry of War and renamed it the Wuyan Academy. Every person selected into the Military Academy must go through numerous assessments and investigations, in order to avoid the possibility of enemy spies sneaking in.

Zhao Zhen actually has no idea whether the Song Dynasty can make artillery, but if he doesn't try it, he seems to be a little sorry for his status as a time traveler, and he has read a very wonderful back-to-Song novel in his previous life, Da Song Later, not only the electric light was invented, but even trains were built.

At the same time, in Kaifeng, Cao Li came to the house.

Cao Li was enjoying singing and dancing with Zhang Shixun.

Zhang Shixun said: "Mr. Cao, the officials transferred Li Di to be Minister of the Ministry of War. This step seems to be aimed at Mr. Cao! Mr. Cao still needs to deal with it carefully, and we must not take it lightly!"

Cao Li raised his glass and drank it down, his eyes stayed on the enchanting and charming part of the dancing girl, and then he said to Zhang Shixun: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for reminding me, the official transfer of Li Di to the Ministry of War is nothing more than to divide me into Cao Li. But I, Cao Li, am not Ding Wei after all. Furthermore, the army is not so easy to dismantle. Although the officials are determined to reorganize the army now, I am afraid that when it is actually implemented, it will be difficult. Don't you have to ask Cao for help?"

Zhang Shixun looked around, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Cao, don't take it seriously. You must know that the scheming Queen Mother has never fought us, a young official!"

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Zhang, Cao Mou met the queen mother once, and the queen mother expressed dissatisfaction with the official's personal administration. Now that the official's family has just been in charge of the government, but they want to use the army, I'm afraid it will set them on fire! You When the officials were on fire and couldn't take care of themselves, I instigated the soldiers to ask the Queen Mother to listen to the government behind the curtain again. At that time, you and I will have real power in the world. As for the Queen Mother, she is just a blind old woman, and we can do whatever we say."

Cao Li replied.

"I didn't expect the queen mother to be so good at calculating. I didn't expect that she would lose to the officials in the end. Among the few assistant ministers, Lu Zongdao and Wang Zeng are two stubborn donkeys who are not on the same side as us. As for Zhang Zhibai, he always regarded himself as a clean stream. I thought that Wang Qinruo belonged to the queen mother, but I didn't expect that Wang Qinruo would uncharacteristically support the government in charge of the government that day, and since these days, Wang Qinruo has firmly supported all the government's will, so it seems that both Wang Qinruo and Li Di They are from the official family, only Lu Yijian has an unclear attitude, if we can win Lu Yijian over, then the chances of winning will be even greater!"

Zhang Shixun said cautiously.

"To be honest, Cao doesn't know what sweetness the officials have given to Wang Qinruo to let Wang Qinruo support him so much. However, I heard that Wang Qinruo has recently accepted a singer from Sichuan. It must not be long!"

After Cao Li finished speaking, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)