Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

The closest to Liu Yu is a dark-skinned plump woman, who is his favorite concubine and is always with him.

I don't understand that Liu Wei has learned from his father's extravagant life since he was a child. Few people can understand why this black and fat woman called "Charm Pig" is favored by Liu Wei.

Meizhu is a Persian who traveled across the ocean to Panyu to do business. Her father was a businessman, and she became a concubine only after being favored by Liu Wei.

The other woman closest to him had a black pot ash on her face, a crown made of bird feathers, a brown coir raincoat, and a straw skirt. She was very different.

She is the godmother of the lord of the country, Fan Huzi, the national teacher of the Southern Han Dynasty. Fan Huzi doesn't have a beard, but a witch.

The person who said that the Lord of the Kingdom is the son of the Jade Emperor is also the most powerful person in the entire male kingdom except for the emperor, accompanied by six well-dressed boys and girls.

The other is a young woman in a purple official uniform. She is very energetic and has a bit of purple, but she is really out of place as a prime minister in purple, which is completely unimaginable.

This person is Lu Qiongxian, a servant of the Southern Han Dynasty, who has won the trust of the monarch and holds the power of the court as a woman.

Those present were almost the most powerful people in the Southern Han Dynasty. After a while, Fan Huzi, surrounded by many boys and girls, began to practice divination by drawing symbols, which were all old-fashioned methods.

After pretending to play tricks and dancing for a while, Fan Huzi announced the result "good luck!" "Your Majesty has the blessings of heaven. If the Qin army dares to come, they will definitely return in defeat. The emperor will not let them go."

After hearing this, Liu Yu was overjoyed: "Godmother, you can ask my father again how to deal with those bitter and hateful Qin Jun! Show me a way."

Fan Huzi babbled for a while again, then his eyes turned white, his whole body trembled, and he muttered words, as if he had gone epileptic. Others were puzzled, Liu Yu said: "Don't move, godmother, this is the upper body of the Jade Emperor!"

When the emperor spoke, many civil and military officials, whether they believed it or not, could only look at each other and back away.

After a long time, Fan Huzi finally returned to normal, and then shook his head: "The Jade Emperor said that if the Qin army dared to come to the south, he would send down heaven's punishment, but if the Qin army didn't come, we would not be able to get the blessing of heaven if we took the initiative to attack. Lost."

Liu Yu became a little anxious: "Isn't I the Jade Emperor's son? Why doesn't he even help his son!" Lu Qiongxian's eyes flickered, and he looked at Fan Huzi.

Fan Huzi was very calm, his expression did not change at all, and he still said majesticly: "Your Majesty, the heavens have the virtue of loving life. The Jade Emperor is the emperor of the nine heavens, who controls all things and commands all living beings. People in the north are also the subjects of the emperor of heaven, and they will not treat one more than another.

Therefore, if His Majesty wants to send troops to harm the lives of the people in the north, even if the Emperor of Heaven has infinite divine power, even if His Majesty is his eldest son on earth, he will not get help. "

When Liu Yan heard this, his expression finally softened a little, and he sighed: "Well, it's no wonder that the attack on Qin is not good. It turns out that there is such a saying in the sky."

Lu Qiongxian answered immediately: "It's God's will, it's not your majesty's fault."

"But I remember Qin's hatred, and I will avenge it sooner or later!"

.........

By the Bian River, the autumn air is crisp and the wind is slightly cold.

Shi Congyun was dressed in blue casual clothes. Surrounded by several generals, he watched from a distance a large ship docked on the river bank a hundred paces away from his hut by the river.

Everyone couldn't take their eyes off it, as if the lonely warship docked beside the table under the sky was about to bloom flowers, Emperor Shi also couldn't take his eyes off his eyes, his eyes were as big as copper bells.

A bunch of grandpas crammed into a narrow hut inevitably makes people fantasize about it.

On the riverside, a lonely warship stands tall, only sparse clouds float in the sky, the reeds are withered and yellow in the distance, and the water is rippling.

Suddenly, the ship really blossomed in their eyes. With a loud noise, orange-red flame flowers bloomed instantly, blue smoke rose, many ripples shook the river surface, and the ground trembled under their feet.

A sharp whistle cut through the air, and soon there was a muffled sound on the distant hillside, and earth and rocks splashed.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, Shi Congyun immediately came out of the hut, followed by many generals, and walked towards the big ship.

But only halfway there, a head poked out from the deck of the huge riverside ship and shook his head, Shi Congyun's heart felt cold for a while.

Soon, the ladder rope was put down on the boat, and a soldier slid down swiftly and landed in the shallows of the river. He didn't care if his trousers were half wet, and immediately ran towards him: "The official house is cracked, it's still cracked."

Shi Congyun nodded with disappointment on his face.

For nearly half a month, they have been studying an important technology, that is how to move the cannons to the deck, so that the Qin army's warships can be turned into gunboats.

This is not an easy thing to do, not to mention the problem that a cannon can be hundreds of catties, and it will be fixed after it is on the deck.

Then there are two biggest problems, the impact of the recoil on the wooden deck and the difficulty of filling.

These guns are all front-loading guns. If the muzzle sticks out of the deck, it will be troublesome to load and clean up.

Shi Congyun asked the Confidentiality Department to postpone this matter and solve the reinforcement problem first.

The huge recoil of the artillery can destroy the wooden deck after firing several times in a row. Then they thought of thickening the wooden deck, but it still didn't work.

I also thought that the bottom of the gun barrel was designed to use copper to reduce the recoil buffer, so I used the method of wrapping the deck with copper skin to try to alleviate the impact of the recoil, but this time it failed again.

This plan is not just a technical improvement, but also has huge strategic significance.

Regarding the dispute between Guizhou and Panyu in the middle of the court, Shi Congyun thought of his own solution. They thought about it from the perspective of fighting, but he found another way, thinking of technological crushing.

What he thought was that if he put hundreds of cannons on the battleship and went to Guilin to block the naval camps of the Southern Han Dynasty, wouldn't all the problems be solved?

What's more, most of the rivers and waterways are calm and calm, not as rough as the sea, which is more conducive to the display of artillery.

In the end, he didn't expect to pour cold water on him when he did it. This matter was not as easy as he thought...

Shi Congyun looked at the sun in the distance, and said a little disappointed: "Come here first today, you all go back to rest, think of a way, I will come tomorrow."

Chapter 395, The Dream Gunboat

The fine raindrops hit the uneven blue stone slabs of the steps outside the main hall little by little, and Shi Congyun was lying on Xiao Huanghua's tender thighs with his face down.

"Does Alang have any troubles?" Xiao Huanghua asked with a smile.

Shi Congyun said in a muffled voice: "A lot, the broken wood has no legs, I thought that as long as I worked hard, there would be results, but I didn't expect that after a long time of hard work, I wanted to scold people!"

"Then sir, please scold me, as long as you are happy." Xiao Huanghua said immediately.

"No, I can't bear to scold you," Shi Congyun said, then turned over, thinking about how to get the cannon on board.

"Ironclad ships are not realistic, and I don't have that ability, but how can ordinary ships withstand the recoil of artillery fire? I remember that they did exist before..." Shi Congyun thought over this question over and over in his mind.

The little yellow flower remained silent.

He thought about it for a long time, but still had no idea, at this moment, a palace maid came in to report: "The official family, Concubine De said that the medicinal meal has been prepared, please invite the official family to eat."

Shi Congyun nodded. After eating too much fish and meat, he found that he really liked the light and delicious medicinal food made by the stamens.

He got up and asked Xiao Huanghua to help him change into a loose robe. When he went out, the eunuch had already prepared the sedan chair, and after getting on the sedan chair, he headed towards Fei's palace.

......

Arriving in the palace, the first thing I saw was Fei Shi wearing a light green silk skirt, and she came out to greet her, but her protruding figure was obviously not covered by the light green plain color. Help her up.

"Go, go in and tell me, are you ready for what I asked you to do?"

"Hmm..." she whispered, her voice was inaudible.

......

On the dining table, there are all kinds of dishes carefully prepared by Huarui, but for Emperor Shi, eating now is more about meaning, and the taste alone is hard to impress him.

The so-called beauty and delicious food, he, Emperor Shi, didn't eat well.

Fei's also understood that the weather was not hot, even a bit cold, and his face was still red after eating.

"Your Majesty has so many things to do every day, the body needs a lot of conditioning, and you can't indulge your lust too much..." Hua Rui used chopsticks to hold a piece of yam for him, and said in a low voice.

Shi Congyun chuckled: "Don't be afraid, I'm young, so I can handle it."

After talking coquettishly for a while, Shi Congyun felt comfortable all over. What could be more decompressive than talking about love.

The flower stamen told him a lot of things about health care, the principles of many medicinal foods, her white and slender fingertips, and the faint scent of medicine, which made Shi Congyun couldn't help but want to lick it, "So many things, Who taught you this."

Shi Congyun was curious.

"When I was in Sichuan, I learned a lot by myself, and the imperial doctor Han also taught me a lot after that." Huarui replied while serving him porridge with a faint medicinal fragrance.

Shi Congyun took a sip, and then said: "Is the Imperial Physician Han you're talking about Han Baozheng's elder brother? I remember Han Baozheng told me when he sent troops to Hedong last time that his brother was a famous doctor in Sichuan, or was he a famous doctor in Sichuan?" National Imperial Academy, what is your name Han Bao?"

"Han Baosheng." Huarui said.

Shi Congyun nodded: "Remember, I also let him work in the Imperial Medical Office. I didn't know he had such abilities before. Speaking of which, his younger brother Han Baozheng is indeed the pillar of the country. In the last Battle of Hedong, Meng Xuanzhe and Han Baozheng Baozheng is very brave.

It's not that there are no talented people in Shu, it's just that there is no wise king. "

Huarui didn't answer, after all, Meng Chang was really kind to her.

Next, she talked about the theories of health preservation: "Your Majesty, in cultivating students, it is more important to block than to loose. Conditioning and dredging is a means. The main thing is to smooth the mind. On weekdays......"

Listening, Shi Congyun suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "It's better to block than to block!"

Stand up while talking.

"Official?" Huarui looked at him puzzled, Shi Congyun suddenly turned around and kissed her on the forehead.

"You are such a treasure, you woke me up with one sentence!" He said happily.

Hua Rui was still a little confused, Shi Congyun didn't explain to her, had a quick meal, and then didn't have time to do some happy things, just gave Hua Rui a promise to come back at night, and then left immediately.

.......

Afterwards, Shi Congyun didn't stop, and immediately asked someone to prepare a sedan chair, and sent him to the official office of the Secret Department in the south of the imperial city.

He was very excited along the way, Huarui's unintentional words reminded him - blocking is worse than sparse!

They have all fallen into a misunderstanding before. They have been thinking about how to use the hardness of the hull to bear the huge recoil force of the artillery, but they have never thought of another way to release this huge force directly, and it is not a tough confrontation. .

The more he thought about it, the more likely it was.

.......

The news of Shengjia's visit quickly spread to the Confidentiality Department. After Shi Congyun arrived, he didn't talk nonsense with them. He just called Feng Jisheng and other core craftsmen to send charcoal and draw drawings on the special ground.

"We have always thought about using the hull to withstand the recoil of the artillery, but we never thought that one cannon is fine. What if there are more than a dozen or dozens of cannons on a ship? Even the iron hull can't bear it." live."

As soon as Emperor Shi's words came out, the Confidential Secretary's Office was quiet for a while. Indeed, according to the current method, even if one cannon can be stabilized with difficulty, how about a dozen or even dozens of cannons on board? Got it!

"That's why I say that blocking is worse than sparse! If you can't control such a strong recoil, then don't force it to the top, but directly offset it with a heavy gun barrel."

When everyone still half-understood, Shi Congyun had already drawn his blueprints and solutions, "Install all the cannons with wheels so that they can slide backwards, and hang them on the wall with iron cables and pulleys.

When the gun is fired, the strong recoil force will push the heavy gun body back. When the recoil force is almost consumed by the weight of the gun body, the iron chain will hold it. "

As he spoke, he dragged the blueprint on the table with his hands to simulate the retreat of the artillery, and stopped immediately when he reached a certain place, "At this time, the artillery also retreated into the cabin, so that the soldiers could reload from the front of the barrel.

After the filling is complete, pull the gun body to the firing hole with a pulley. "

After Shi Congyun finished speaking, he looked at the crowd. Unlike other ministers in the court, the craftsmen of the Confidentiality Department did not immediately take pictures of Emperor Shi's horses. Instead, they all gathered together to look at the simple drawings and began to study the feasibility.

After studying for a long time, Feng Jisheng and others nodded slowly: "This method is feasible!"

The other craftsmen also praised after studying it, but only Feng Jisheng, an old official in the officialdom, reacted and said: "The official's mind is really exquisite!"

Shi Congyun laughed it off and didn't bother to argue with him anymore. After all, this is the environment of the confidential department, and he doesn't want to change it, and he likes it very much.

Soon the craftsman over there has already drawn a detailed picture according to the emperor's sketch. After all, his level is limited and he can't be perfect.

There were also people who gathered around to put forward suggestions for improvement, and they didn't care about Emperor Shi's face. Of course, Shi Congyun didn't interfere with them, but let them play freely.

In the end, only Feng Jisheng gave an order to the confidential envoy: "Within half a month, I will see a sample gun test-fired by the Bian River, and I will go to observe it in person, and you will decide what the final result will be.

My ultimate goal is only one, each Qiyun battleship can mount ten guns on the left and right sides, and move my Shenhuo army to the rivers, lakes and seas, galloping along the water network. "

As he said that, he patted Feng Jisheng's shoulder heavily: "That will be an important confidence for me to unify the south, and we must not make any mistakes."

Feng Jisheng felt the seriousness of the emperor, knelt down on one knee and cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best!"

Shi Congyun nodded. If their gunboats can enter Dongting Lake along the Yangtze River and then go down the Xiangjiang River, many problems will be solved better, and it will save him a lot of time. By then, decades of great achievements may be true. It doesn't have to be that long....

Chapter 396, New Gunboat

Unknowingly, it is mid-October, and the weather in Daliang is getting colder and colder.

During this period, Shi Congyun once again met with the envoy of the Liao Kingdom. During the meeting, the two countries discussed the peace treaty, mainly the officials of Honglu Temple were responsible for the handover and negotiation, and generally revolved around the guidance of the previous emperor.

In the end, after three days of negotiations, the two sides finally finalized the final treaty.

The two countries signed a covenant, and then Xiao Ji, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, and Fan Zhi, the prime minister of the Qin Kingdom, went up to the stage to burn incense.

In the end, both parties agreed:

30. Not to attack each other for [-] years, both sides will reduce the garrisons near Guanbei, and open up trade in goods other than strategic materials such as salt, iron, and cowhide.

[-]. The Liao State paid [-] cattle and sheep to the Qin State, and sent Xiao Chuo, the noble daughter of the eldest princess of the Yan State, to Daliang to marry the emperor.

[-]. The two countries are brothers and covenants, and there is no subject relationship. The emperor of the Qin Dynasty is the emperor, and the emperor of the Liao Kingdom is also the emperor.

Liao has no objections to the first two, and the third is the bottom line of Liao.

The two sides debated for three days, and the main difference lies in the third clause.

The Zhengshitang asked the Liao Kingdom to bow its head and become a vassal state, just like Wuyue and Jiangnan, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom could not call himself the emperor, only the ruler of the country, and the Liao Kingdom needed to use the Qin Dynasty to record the year.