The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"Lu Ling's craftsmanship is superb, I admire it!"

Many iron craftsmen flattered Lu Hai one after another, with smiles on their faces. According to the rules set by the imperial court, as long as they come up with new and practical crafts, they can get a lot of rewards. Pure iron, the entire iron smelting division will be stained.

Lu Hai greatly benefited from these flattery, but he still straightened his face and said seriously: "Don't be too happy, although this kind of fine iron is of high purity, it is easy to break, and it cannot be used in short-handed combat, and it can't be used in short-hand combat. I don't know what kind of weapon Fang Ling said about the cannon, if it is a melee weapon, this fine iron is a waste stone!"

"Immediately send someone to send the refined iron from the cooling pool to the Ordnance Department, let Fang Ling have a try!" Lu Hai said immediately!

"Yes!"

Next, all the [-] jin of refined iron in the cooling pool were salvaged and transported to Xianyang City by bullock carts. After about [-] minutes, the Ordnance Department received [-] jin of high-purity refined iron from the iron smelting department. After Fangzi learned of this, he immediately asked people to fuse the high-purity refined iron.

Since the level of refined iron exceeds [-]%, there is no need for forging to remove impurities. After melting, it is directly poured into the mold that has been prepared. Weili also made molds for various parts of the artillery, so you only need to wait for the molten iron to solidify in the mold, and then polish it a little before assembling.

On July [-]th, the weapons testing ground twenty miles north of Xianyang City!

It was noon at this time, and the scorching sun was shining in the sky, making the ground extremely hot, and even the wind was hot. During this time, the common people were chatting in the shade, or lying in the house to take a nap, but the weapon masters on the weapons testing ground , Test your own weapons hard.

On this day, Fang Zi brought the latest artillery developed by himself to the weapons testing ground, and all the ordnance engineers who participated in the development of the artillery also came here to visit. The artillery that has been upgraded and improved time after time is heavier than the first time !

The cannon was pulled beyond a red line, and the muzzle was aimed at a three-foot-thick stone brick wall three hundred steps away. Fang Zi and Zheng Yue stood behind the cannon, recording the current data of the cannon in detail!

"The cannon code is Zero One!"

"The barrel length: two feet!"

"Barrel caliber: three fingers and two joints! Compared to the combined caliber of three two-jointed fingers, three joints equals one finger"

"The total length of the gun body: two feet and six feet!"

"Mount height: seven feet!"

"The weight of the whole cannon: [-] catties!"

Zheng Yue reported the data of No. [-] artillery. After listening to the data of No. [-] artillery, Fang Zi nodded, and then said to Zheng Yue: "Start the test of No. [-] artillery immediately!"

"Obey!" Zheng Yue replied solemnly!

"The first test of the No. [-] artillery has begun!"

With an order, three armourers came out with tools and fixed the gun mount, and then two more armourers worked together to move out a black round cannonball from a large wooden box. The cannonball was about the size of an adult's head. It weighs a full ten pounds.

Two armorers came to the gun barrel with the shells in their hands, and one of the armorers took out the fire pocket and ignited the fuze of the shells, and then the armorer holding the shells immediately stuffed the shells into the barrel, and immediately Taking twenty steps back, Zheng Yue and Fang Zi also immediately stepped back twenty steps.

The whole city fell silent, and everyone could hear the sound of the fuze burning inside the gun barrel.

One breath...two breaths...three breaths....

"Boom!"

The cannon's tiger's body shook, and it let out a monstrous roar, and the barrel even spewed out a piece of flame. The huge rear thrust also shook up the dust around the cannon. Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a burning sphere draw an arc in the air, falling into the sky. On an open lot around 170 steps away!

PS: "Brothers, the era of giant cannons is coming!"

Chapter 743 Experiment Failed!

"boom"

There was a loud noise, and a fiery wave rushed out of the open space 170 steps away. Accompanied by the earth-shattering loud noise, the billowing gunpowder smoke mixed with dust rose into the sky like an overwhelming sandstorm, accompanied by scarlet flames blooming, It seems that the enchanting and gorgeous flowers of the other shore are competing for beauty!

This booming sound announced the advent of a new era!

Cannon Era!

When the heat wave dissipated, the gunpowder smoke and dust dissipated, and the flames dissipated, leaving only the blackened scorched earth with a radius of twenty paces!

Fang Zi stepped up to the side of the cannon, looked carefully at the state of the cannon, and found that the cannon was intact, only the barrel was a little hot, and the position of the cannon was not shaken back due to the huge rear thrust. Obviously, the latest iron-making department produced High-purity refined iron has met the requirements.

However, Fang Zi was not that happy, and neither were the rest of the armourers. The reason for their displeasure was that the shooting range did not meet the expectations. The original expectation was that the shooting range was 170 steps, but it only reached about [-] steps. Nearly half the range.

"Comprehensively inspect the whole body of No. [-] Cannon!" Fang Zi said seriously.

After the words fell, [-] armourers, including Zheng Yue, stepped forward to check the No. [-] artillery.

"The gun mount is slightly bent, and an iron plate needs to be added!"

"There is no abnormal change in the gun barrel, but the heat is severe and needs to be cooled, and continuous shelling cannot be carried out!"

"The first explosion of the shell left residue in the barrel, which needs to be cleaned, otherwise it will reduce the life of the barrel and the range of the gun!"

The ordnance engineers explained the problems and solutions they found while checking. Zheng Yue was in charge of recording. After everything was checked, Fang Zi ordered solemnly: "Start the second No. [-] artillery test. Stretch one finger up!"

The gun barrel can be extended upwards, a total of four fingers can be extended. In the original expectation, the range of the flat shot is 350 steps, the gun barrel can be extended upwards with a range of [-] steps for one finger, [-] steps for the second finger, [-] steps for the third finger, and [-] steps for the fourth finger. Seven hundred steps!

It can be proved by experiments that the maximum range of flat shooting is 170 steps!

"As ordered!"

After the order was issued, the armourer turned the gear and extended the barrel by one finger. After the barrel was extended, everyone began to wait for the barrel to cool down. The barrel cannot be cooled directly with cold water, otherwise it is easy to break. You need to wait for the barrel to cool down. Confidence cools.

After waiting for about an incense stick, the gun barrel cooled down, and the second No. [-] artillery test began!

"Boom!"

"boom"

Another earth-shattering loud noise announced the end of the second No. [-] artillery test!

The results of the second No. [-] artillery test are as follows:

The gun mount twisted to [-]%!

The barrel is hot again!

One finger extends the actual shooting range of two hundred steps!

After an incense stick of time, the third No. [-] artillery test began!

The results of the third No. [-] artillery test are as follows:

The gun mount twisted to [-]%!

The barrel of the barrel is seriously heated and slightly twisted!

The actual shooting range of the two-finger extended shelling is 240 steps!

Another incense stick of time passed, and Fang Zi started the fourth No. [-] artillery test!

The results of the fourth Zero One artillery test are as follows:

The gun mount twisted to [-]%!

The gun mount fixing plate is seriously loose!

The gun barrel is very hot and slightly twisted!

The actual shooting range of the three-finger extended bombardment is [-] steps, hitting the [-]-foot-thick wall target at [-] steps, and instantly blowing up the [-]-foot-thick wall!

Another incense stick of time passed, and the fifth No. [-] artillery test began!

The gun carriage broke!

The fixing plate broke, and the gun body was backed up three steps by the back thrust generated when the gun was fired!

The barrel of the gun is seriously heated and twisted severely!

The actual shooting range of four-finger extended shelling is 370 steps!

After five rounds of shelling tests, the No. [-] artillery was completely scrapped and could no longer be used!

This test result was completely unacceptable to Fang Zi and even the twenty ordnance engineers involved in the development of the artillery.

The expectation is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

"The No. [-] cannon test failed!" Fang Zi announced the test result with a blank face!

"Ugh"

Everyone sighed softly, all feeling lost and disappointed.

"The No. [-] cannon's limit is five bombardments. The reason is probably that the back thrust and heat generated by the artillery are too high. The barrel of the gun carriage has limited bearing capacity. It is necessary to install a heat-absorbing device and strengthen the gun carriage to fix it!"

"The No. 170 cannon has a recent range of 370 steps and a maximum range of [-] steps. The reason why the range is not up to standard is probably that the thrust of the shells is insufficient. The shells need to be improved again to increase the thrust of the shells; the No. [-] cannon is within [-] steps, and the hit deviation is within [-] steps. Between about ten steps, between two hundred and three hundred steps, the hit deviation is about forty steps, and for more than three hundred steps, the hit deviation is about fifty steps!"

"Because only five shellings were performed, the accuracy of the hit deviation is not particularly accurate, it is only a rough estimate, this can only be used as a reference, more shelling experiments are needed to get an accurate hit accuracy, but in a word, the accuracy of the No. [-] artillery Not ideal, the barrel and shells need to be improved!"

Fang Zi blurted out the overall performance of the No. [-] Cannon with a serious expression, and Zheng Yue who was on the side was carefully recording with a brush and a book, and wrote down everything Fang Zi said in the record book.

"Huh!" Fang Zi took a deep breath, looked around at the armorers in front of him, and saw that the armorers were a little bit disappointed, so he said to everyone earnestly: "Everyone, a super powerful weapon like artillery is by no means It can be successfully developed overnight!"

"If the test can be successful once, the artillery has already been used on the battlefield, and it is not our turn to develop it. As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. This sentence is most suitable for our ordnance department. Which weapon Isn't your success based on tens of millions of failures?"

"We must learn lessons, discard the dross and take the essence, and constantly improve and upgrade. I believe that one day, the Ordnance Department will develop a real steel giant. This steel giant will roar at the enemies of our Great Qin. Crush all enemies, and the day is not too far away!"

"Let's encourage each other!" Fang Zi bent down to salute everyone with a solemn expression!

"mutual encouragement!!"

Everyone bent down impassionedly and shouted in unison!

In the following time, [-] armourers headed by Fang Zi began to improve the artillery day and night.

Time passed slowly, nine days in a flash!

On July 25th, the [-]th year of Shengqin, at the quarter of Xu time!

Imperial Palace, Fengtian Palace!

The Fengtian Hall is brightly lit, just like daytime. There are a large number of banquet tables on both sides of the hall. On each banquet table, there are chicken, duck, fish, and fine wine, like a gluttonous feast.

PS: "Please book in full!"

Chapter 744 Canonization!

On the black carved dragon throne on the high platform of the main hall, the Great Qin Emperor Ying Chang and the Great Qin Empress Yang Xia were sitting in front of each other, and under the high platform on the left and right sides, military officials were sitting at their own banquet tables.

Pei Ji walked in from the outside of the hall, walked to the center of the hall, and bowed to Ying Chang with a solemn expression to make a salute, and reported: "Your Majesty, all who are entrusted with martial arts will enter the hall!"

"Okay, let's start!" Ying Chang smiled lightly.

Hearing this, the military officials in the hall couldn't help becoming nervous, looking forward to what reward they could get.

Pei Ji bowed and walked up to the high platform, stood beside Ying Chang, took an imperial decree from a court lady, then spread out the imperial decree with both hands, and shouted loudly to the content of the imperial decree: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict says: Qin In the first battle of Yan, Tan Wu, the prefect of Dongzhou, dispatched the state's food and grass to help the frontline army in time, added first-class merit, rewarded 1 taels of silver, and was promoted to the fourth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Rites, that's all!"

Tan Wu, the prefect of Dongzhou who came from Dongzhou to be enshrined, got up from his seat excitedly, walked to the center of the main hall, bowed down and shouted: "Chen Tan Wu comprehends the decree and thanks Your Majesty Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live! Long live!"

Officials outside Xianyang City are called foreign officials. The dream of every foreign official is to become a Beijing official, and Tan Wu is no exception, because becoming a Beijing official means truly entering the ruling class of the Great Qin Empire.

"According to my decree, the prefect of Dongzhou will be transferred to the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Huaimeng, the prefect of Guzhou, will be transferred to be the prefect of Dongzhou, and the prefect of Guzhou will be Ganzhi, the prefect of Beijun!" Ying Chang decreed without anger and prestige!

The positions inside and outside the imperial court are like a radish and a pit, and when one person is promoted, a group of people will be promoted.

"The minister waits to obey the order!" Wu Baiguan sat on the seat and raised his hand to compose and salute.

Pei Ji put together the imperial decree and handed it to a court lady, who then walked down the high platform and handed it to Tan Wu. After Tan Wu received the imperial decree, he kowtowed to Ying Chang again, then got up from the ground, and walked back with the imperial decree in his arms. From my own position, seeing his happy face, I want to kiss the imperial decree a few times.

"Shangyang Hou receives the order!" Pei Ji shouted!

Dressed in the court uniform of Bai Zebuzi, Du Changjing, Marquis of Shangyang, walked out of the banquet table with anticipation, came to the center of the hall, knelt down on one knee and saluted Ying Chang, "Minister Du Changjing accepts the order!"

Pei Ji spread out the imperial decree with both hands, and read solemnly to the content of the imperial decree: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial decree said: In the first battle between Qin and Yan, Shangyanghou commanded well, added meritorious service, rewarded ten thousand taels of gold, one thousand pieces of silk, Three pieces of gold and silver artifacts, here you go!"

After Pei Ji finished speaking, Du Changjing's eyes flashed with disappointment.

Alas, it's a bounty again!

What Du Changjing wants most is a title. He is already a second-class marquis. If he takes one step forward, he will be a first-class marquis. If he takes another step forward, he will be a king. But Du Changjing also knows that the further you go, the harder it is to get promoted!

"Chen Duchangjing took the decree to thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Du Changjing also bent the other knee, knelt down on both knees, and kowtowed to thank the emperor for his mighty grace.

"Aiqing, there is still a long way to go in the future, so don't rush!" Ying Chang said softly with a gentle face.

Du Changjing instantly understood what Ying Chang meant, which meant that there would be many battles to be fought in the future, and when the military exploits accumulated to a certain level, he would naturally be promoted to the rank, so don't worry now.

"I understand!" Du Changjing kowtowed again, then slowly got up from the ground, received the imperial decree from a court lady, and then retreated to his banquet table, quietly watching the next person be awarded.

"General Zhenbei accepts the order!" Pei Ji shouted again!

Sitting below the Changjing, the Great General of Zhenbei Zhao Hua took a deep breath, walked to the center of the hall with a nervous mood, knelt down on one knee and saluted with a solemn expression: "Minister Zhao Hua accepts the order!"

"Fengtian Chengyun, the emperor, said: In the first battle between Qin and Yan, the Great General Zhenbei broke through the Qingkou Pass with zero casualties, and captured more than [-] prisoners of war. For a second-rank mighty general, a reward of one thousand taels, please respect me!" Pei Ji read out the contents of the imperial decree entrusting Zhao Hua.

"My Great Qin gave birth to another general of the second rank!

"Yes, congratulations!"