Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Everyone was discussing, the official didn't say a word, the old man looked a little excited, he must have thought that he could seek revenge from the Khitan people, and finally when everyone said something, the official waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "My intention is already Let Zhang Yongde lead [-] troops to town Hebei."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and then hurriedly bowed their hands and obeyed. Zhang Yongde, the person involved, was even a little confused, and the officials looked at him with some disappointment.

Then he said: "That's the end of today's court meeting." Then he went to the harem.

Everyone hurriedly sent the officials away respectfully.

After leaving the main hall, everyone began to discuss what happened just now. Everyone thought that Shi Yanchao would go out of the town of Hebei, but it turned out that it was Zhang Yongde in the end.

At that time no one spoke in front of Zhang Yongde, but now outside the hall, some people whispered, thinking that Zhang Yongde might not be able to stop the Khitans.

Shi Yanchao has a real record, not to mention his bravery in the battle of Huainan, Shi Yanchao defeated the Khitan army invading south in the river before the official succession, so everyone felt that He is better at dealing with Khitan.

Shi Congyun was not as surprised as everyone else. He knew that the officials were going to send him troops. In this case, even he was not at ease. The imperial army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was [-] to [-], and the expansion of the army has not yet been completed. One led [-] forbidden troops, plus soldiers and horses from various states and counties in Hebei.

One led [-] forbidden troops, and more than half of the troops in the entire Great Zhou were in the hands of their father and son.Going out of the town is different from a recruiter assigned temporarily, which is to control the army for a longer period of time.

Seeing that his father was unhappy, Shi Congyun hurried over to comfort him. His father was upset because he couldn't fight Khitan, but he thought it was a good thing for his father.

Officials have their own considerations, and courtiers may not be able to understand it. Everyone complains about Shi Yanchao, which is good for Shi Yanchao.

"Father, we can't fight the Khitans in the north now, even if we win a small battle, it won't change anything.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. If we follow Wang Wenbo’s deployment, when the south is settled and consolidated, and the Central Plains is prosperous, we will lead an army of hundreds of thousands to the north. Then we will have the opportunity to solve the problem once and for all, and take back Yunzhou (Datong) . "

Hearing his comfort, the father could only nod his head helplessly: "You understand these principles better than me, so-and-so only cares about fighting, but your father is not young anymore."

Shi Congyun slapped his head and realized that he was self-righteous. Dad is not brainless, but he can't wait too long. In this war-torn era with an average life expectancy of more than 30 years, living to more than [-] is considered a long life. Powerful people live to that age.

And Dad is already in his 40s, and the ancients can call themselves an old man after [-], so he is very anxious.

"father......."

"Forget it, don't think about those frustrating things. If you can fight for a year, it's a year. In the future, if you have the ability, you can move the graves of X and your mother to Yunzhou." After all, the father is a murderous person. I quickly saw through this matter, and I didn't have any sentimental feelings, so I told him bluntly.

Shi Congyun nodded, "Father, don't worry."

In his opinion, this is not necessarily a bad thing.

Taking Zhao Kuangyin as an example, there were many accidents in his usurpation of the throne, one of which was that Zhao Kuangyin had the highest military exploits in the Huainan War in history, but because he was not a royal relative, the rewards were not as high as Zhang Yongde, Li Chongjin and others.

At that time, public opinion generally complained about him. Soldiers, soldiers, and even some officials felt that Zhao Kuangyin was treated unfairly and did not receive matching rewards for his merits. This was one of the reasons why everyone later supported him for usurping the throne.

Father is in a similar situation now. The soldiers and officials complained about him, thinking that he should go out of town in Hebei, and it would be good for him to win the hearts of the people.

Shi Congyun shook his head as he thought about it, why was he always thinking about Zhao Kuangyin?

He didn't say a few words to his father here, and the generals and officials around him gathered around to speak for him, most of which were comforting words.

No matter how cold-faced the old man is on weekdays, it's not easy to be cold-faced to everyone at this time, and thank everyone one by one.

After that, things were settled in early February. Zhang Yongde worshiped Chengde Army Jiedushi and led 5000 elite imperial troops out of the town of Hebei to take charge of Chengde Army's soldiers and horses. People, set up defenses to the north, and beware of Khitan going south.

As for the Forbidden Army, the old man suggested in February that Murong Yanzhao, who was originally a general of the Long Jie Army under him, should fill the vacancy of Marquis Yuhou, the guard of the Ma Bujun.

This is what Shi Congyun taught him. His father really thinks that Murong Yanzhao can fight, is a strong player and can be reused, but he doesn't know how to benefit his subordinates.

He didn't understand Shi Congyun, that's why the officials violated everyone's opinions and forced Zhang Yongde to replace Shi Yanchao to go to Hebei.

Sure enough, the officials over there were feeling guilty towards him, and public opinion also felt that Shi Yanchao should have left the town of Hebei but hadn't. At this time, the officials wanted to compensate him, so they agreed to Shi Yanchao's recommendation and promoted Murong Yanzhao to be Marquis of Yu, the capital of the guard Ma Bujun.

This is politics. Politics requires mutual compromise and temptation. Even the emperor can't do whatever he wants. Shi Yanchao doesn't understand, but Shi Congyun is very cunning.

Murong Yanzhao was very grateful and came to thank him several times in person. His father was outspoken and told him that it was his son who taught him after a long time. Murong Yanzhao went to Shi's mansion to thank him again.

Shi Congyun himself did not make any big moves. He was busy forming the new three and four sides of the Crane Control Army. Most of the senior generals were selected by him through letters and inquiries from the officials, and only the bottom-level officers made their own arrangements.

The only people he recommended were two, both of whom were his old subordinates.

There are two elders, one is that both of them have fought many battles with him, and the other is that both of them are older.

One was originally a military academy under him, Li Hanchao, a 50-year-old veteran of the Konghe Zuoxiang Military Academy.

Followed him to fight all the big and small wars in Huainan, such as Zhengyang, Zijinshan, Chuzhou, etc., and made great contributions.

Shi Congyun also found that he was really capable of fighting, and he was a very capable fighter based on his experience in war.

The other one is Wang Quanbin, a 49-year-old veteran. This qualification is even older. He also fought with him in the Kingdom of Shu. At that time, he was used by Xiang Xun; After that, he directly listened to his subordinates and changed to the capital Yuhou on the right side of the cavalry.

He is a veteran who has experienced many battles, and he is very good at fighting. When he fought against Zijin Mountain, he was the first to enter the mountain from the north as a striker.

Most importantly, Shi Congyun remembered that the commander-in-chief who destroyed Shu was called Wang Quanbin, but he was not sure whether the two people had the same name, because Wang Quanbin's status was relatively low at that time, and he was far away from the commander-in-chief who destroyed Shu. That distance is too big...

So he recommended Li Hanchao and Wang Quanbin as the commanders of the newly formed third and fourth chambers of the Crane Control Army. As for whether the officials would agree, he didn't know.

After more than a month of recruiting, the main backbone of the third and fourth chambers of Konghe has almost expanded, and the next step is to continue to expand the personnel.

Shi Congyun's life was also rarely settled down, with a routine. He got up in the morning and went to the camp outside the city, and had dinner with the soldiers in the camp at noon to brag.

Go to the gunpowder factory in the north of the city around two or three in the afternoon to see Feng Jisheng's progress, go home in the afternoon, have dinner with the three wives, and then accompany them to play cards or do some elegant activities such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Yes, when it gets dark, a beautiful woman will be randomly selected to sleep with her.

Such a regular life is really rare for him. This is the fifth year since he came to this world. Shi Congyun all sighed that it would be great if there was a peaceful and prosperous life. He can live a lifetime in such a comfortable life. He would rather die. On the bellies of the three wives, if future generations want to laugh, let them laugh and criticize casually.

But then he thought that if it was a peaceful and prosperous age, he would not have such a life. His power and wealth were all obtained from wars, and he was very conflicted for a while.

It is said that Ruanrou Township and Hero Tomb are true, but he doesn't want to be a hero, and he doesn't have such a high level of ideological awareness, so he is often forced to do nothing.

He wished that time could stop in February and live so comfortably forever, but he also clearly understood that it was impossible.

The Southern Tang, Western Shu, Southern Han, Nanping, Wuping, Wuyue in the south, and the Northern Han and Khitan in the north, there were many things that forced him to get up from the gentle village instead of waiting to die comfortably there.

On February 25, Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, sent his prime minister, Feng Yansi, to the north to present 10 liang of silver, 50 pieces of silk, 20 guan of money, [-] jin of tea, and [-] shi of rice and wheat to the Zhou Dynasty.

On the 200th, Li Jing sent Xu Liaojin, the prefect appointed by him, to buy 50 million yuan for the banquet, and sent [-] actresses to celebrate Sejong's birthday with Xu Liao, because March is the official's birthday.

During this period, Zhou Xian's cousin from the same family was specially sent to visit Shi Congyun's mansion, offering 1 taels of gold, [-] bolts of fine silk, and [-] pieces of fine porcelain.

Shi Congyun really didn't expect that the Southern Tang Dynasty was still so rich, and Li Jing, the protagonist, seemed to be frightened by his soldiers approaching the city, and he would spare no effort to please Da Zhou.

He only wanted [-] million yuan at the beginning because he thought about it for the people in Jiangnan. Huainan has been fought for two years, and the people in Jiangnan have paid war taxes for two years. After that, the war reparations will definitely be passed on to ordinary people.

What he was thinking at the time was that the fourteen prefectures in Jiangbei had already been taken, and the soldiers would have enough rewards. After all, it was the people in Jiangnan who were hurt by the lion's mouth.

As a result, he realized that he was thinking too much, he was too naive, if he didn't exploit, others would.

In order to please the officials, what Li Jing gave to the officials to celebrate their birthdays was almost ten times the war indemnity he asked for at the beginning!For the sake of peace and the continuation of his royal family, Li Jing really sacrificed all his money!He probably wanted to send too much, and he was too embarrassed to beat him if he sent it to Da Zhou......

This is no longer a matter of stupidity.

1 taels of gold is too much, of course such a large amount of wealth was not given by Zhou Xian's cousin, but by the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zhou Xian was very happy to see his relatives, and asked her cousin a lot about family matters, and asked her parents, brother and younger sister if they were well.

After Shi Congyun collected the gold, he turned around and went to the palace. He wanted to hand over all the gold to the treasury and receive gifts from his own people.

But accepting huge sums of money from foreign countries is a political issue. It may be a case of foreign treason, which can be used to confiscate the family and exterminate the family. Shi Congyun is very clear-headed and cunning, and he wants gold more, so he immediately went to the government. .

1 taels of gold is worth at least [-] million yuan!

When he arrived at the official's house, he immediately explained the situation and persuaded the official to put 1 taels of gold into the treasury. At present, Dazhou is short of money, and he will send troops in the future, and he will bear the notoriety of accepting foreign bribes.

The officials were very moved when they heard this, and praised him repeatedly as Da Zhou Zhongliang. Not only did they not ask for his gold and let him keep it for himself, but they also praised him...

Chapter 186, Li Chuyun's Advice

The clothes are wet with apricot blossom rain, and the face is not cold with willow wind.

In the spring, there was a light rain on the girders, and the water in Bian began to rise. Not only the Crane Army, but also the Yulang Army were expanding the army. Busy training also started there.

Fortunately, many people were prisoners of the Southern Tang Dynasty and joined the Zhou army, and not all of them started training as recruits, so the training of the Yulang army was much easier.

There are more and more fleets and soldiers coming and going on the Bian River. People passing by can see it, and everyone feels that there will be a big move next.

At the end of February, Feng Jisheng had prepared the first batch of gunpowder in three different proportions according to Shi Congyun's request. Shi Congyun excitedly wanted to go to the river to test the power, but it was delayed because of the continuous light rain.

This is also a weakness of the early gunpowder, which is restricted by the weather.

But Shi Congyun is very optimistic about the prospect of gunpowder, because the world is in chaos at this time, and there will be wars to be fought in the future. As long as there are wars, the progress of military technology will far exceed that in peacetime.

Everything has two sides.

War is not only the destroyer of human civilization, but also the biggest driving force for technological progress.

Because war is a "place of death and life", if you lose, you will lose everything. Therefore, under the pressure of a huge war, the more urgent people want to win, they will ignore the investment and stimulate their potential to develop anything that helps to win. .

The most obvious is the Southern Song Dynasty. By the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, the popularity of firearms had developed to a point beyond the understanding of ordinary people.At that time, the Mongol Empire stretched from the Sea of ​​Japan in the east to Vienna (now the capital of Austria) in the west. After suffering a lot of defeats and dying a profuse sweat, the Southern Song Dynasty was finally destroyed, in which gunpowder played a big role.

If you can't fight normally and are forced to a dead end, then you start to think of ways, and the power of gunpowder is also reflected.

According to Li Zengbo, Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, in Baoyou’s five-year investigation report on the weapons storage in Jingjiang (now Guilin, Guangxi), there are more than 1000 iron cannons in Jinghuai, and Jiangling Mansion can manufacture 2000 to [-] iron cannons every month.

According to the "Jingding Jiankang Chronicles", Jiankang Mansion (now south of Jiangning County, Jiangsu Province) can "create and repair 750 pieces of fire attack equipment" in two and three months.

It is this huge base of gunpowder weapons that enabled the Southern Song Dynasty to resist the Mongolian Empire, which was much stronger than itself, for more than 40 years.

However, the firearms of this period as a whole are in a state of combination of cold and heat.

Probably because of the limitations of thinking, or the limitations of gunpowder power and casting technology, most of the time people think of using the impact of gunpowder explosion, light, heat and sound to kill the enemy, rather than thinking about transforming the energy of the explosion Kill enemies for kinetic energy.

The Song Dynasty also had gunpowder kinetic energy weapons, the musket, which is the earliest musket in the world. It can be said to be the ancestor of the musket, but its power is not ideal.

Why not ideal, airtightness may be one of the reasons...

However, Shi Congyun also saw a big problem from the gunpowder formula Feng Jisheng wrote down for him.

He took the formula paper sent by Feng Jisheng, read it while reading it, while Zhao Shijian was in charge of copying it, and wanted to put it back into his "file".

"The Gunpowder Law:

14 taels of sulfur, seven taels of nest yellow, two and a half catties of flame nitrate, one tael of ashes, one tael of dried lacquer, one tael of arsenic, one tael of wheat flour, one tael of bamboo ruthen, one tael of yellow dan, one tael of furnace ash, and one tael of cinnabar Two, half liang of Yuanshui, half liang of yellow wax, one part of clear oil, half liang of tung oil, 14 liang of turpentine, one part of thick oil..."

As he said, Zhao Shijian recorded it seriously.

There are some things he knows and some things he doesn't know.

After reading it, I couldn't help complaining. It's no wonder that the gunpowder in this period will be less powerful and the production capacity will not increase.

Some he can understand, such as turpentine and tung oil.

After all, the flame nitrate and sulfur at this time are mined from nature, they are not pure, and it is difficult to fully burn with impurities, so flammable materials such as turpentine and tung oil are used to promote their full combustion.

And Zhuru is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Do you want to study medicine...

And what are the ashes, soliciting business for the Taoist temple?

Do you add some arsenic to blow up and poison the enemy?

Yuanshui is the favorite mercury of Taoists, and cinnabar is also the favorite of Taoists for alchemy, but adding this thing to gunpowder is completely metaphysical, which makes people puzzled and unreasonable.

In this way, it is a trivial matter that many impurities affect the power of gunpowder. The key is that the ingredients are complicated and the process is complicated, which means that mass production is difficult!

At this time, there was no scientific thinking, so Taoist priests and high-ranking officials of the Ministry of War probably felt that the more complex, mysterious, and exotic the formula, the better.

Rareness is the most precious thing, and it also gives people a sense of grandeur. Mysterious Yuanshui, ashes in the incense burner, cinnabar, and some traditional Chinese medicine, it is very compelling...

But from Shi Congyun's point of view, it is meaningless if things for war cannot be mass-produced!

This formula, let alone the power, is simply a nightmare in the production room.

Over there, Zhao Shijian finished transcribing the ink, and clamped it to the window with wooden clips to dry the ink.

After that, I will pack it up for him and put it in the cabinet at the back of the house. Every time he has a sudden thought or remembers something, he will write it down like this and save it later. He is afraid that he will forget it when he gets excited.

Shi Congyun looked at this complicated formula and shook his head. Specifically, he still planned to wait until after the experiment to read the follow-up.

What he asked to keep was flame nitrate, sulfur and charcoal powder, and other messy things, but he didn't dare to take it for granted, and waited until the time to see it.

After a while, the handwriting was dry. Zhao Shijian touched it with his hand and found that the ink was not lost. Then he carefully put the paper in the cabinet behind him and covered it with a thick flat stone slab.

Only then did he turn around and ask him, "Do you even understand Taoist gunpowder?"

"That is, there is nothing in the world that I don't understand." Shi Congyun was proud.

Zhao Shijian didn't refute him this time, but sat down in front of him, and said with some concern: "I don't understand that either, but I always feel that you can't be addicted to seeking immortality. Who can tell whether such ethereal things are a blessing or a curse? Woolen cloth."

Shi Congyun was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly, stretched out his hand and pulled the little girl to his lap: "You don't think I want to cultivate immortality, what are you thinking about.

There is such a beautiful daughter-in-law in the family, and there is endless money to spend, even if I ask my father to cultivate immortals, what we do is not less happier than immortals. "

A few words made Zhao Shijian's face flushed, he lightly squeezed the soft flesh around his waist, and then asked: "Then why do you learn these things, maybe you want to use them in war."

Shi Congyun nodded, "This thing is very useful, but they like to engage in metaphysics, so these things are messy and need to be rearranged and experimented."

Zhao Shijian sat quietly on his lap and listened to him.

"The officials are going to let me fight Nanping and Wuping. The battle may not be as difficult as Huainan, but I am still nervous. No one can say for sure about wars." Shi Congyun said with emotion.