The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

"Yu Hou, I've already brought the firearms, as well as the production process brochure of the firearms from the Construction Bureau." Zhou Pu opened the door and came in, put a package of things on the table, and asked eagerly: "Yuhou , Are your injuries okay?"

Zhou Pu was asking eagerly, when suddenly he felt something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room.

Yu Hou lay expressionless on the bed. Although Yu Hou had no expression all the time, Zhou Pu felt that he was extra cold this time, while Wei Shiyi was sitting on the side and smiling. In his impression, Wei Shiyi, a young boy, was very cold to Yu Yu. Hou has always been respectful and polite, paying attention to the distance and not getting close to Hou Hou, but it seems to be different today.

Not only that, Zhou Pu shrugged the tip of his nose, as if he could smell a sweet smell in the room.Because of boiling medicine and taking medicine, this room has always had a faint bitter smell of traditional Chinese medicine, but today Zhou Pu actually smelled sweet in it, not to mention, it smells good.

He smiled and said to Wei Shiyi: "Little boy, you made this room smell a bit sweeter, and the bitter smell won't be so strong."

"Really?" Wei Shiyi also smiled at Zhou Pu, and he said, "I think so too, and I think it's too bitter. If there is sweet and sour to neutralize it, maybe Chinese medicine won't be so bitter. .”

Zhou Pu laughed, "Haha, I think so too."

"What do you think?" Zhou Pu was smiling when he suddenly heard Zhou Yun's expressionless words. Knowing his Yuhou's temper, he quickly put away his smile and replied seriously: "Yuhou, I didn't What do you think?"

Haha, Wei Shiyi couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhou Yun's aloof appearance and annoyed expression on the inside.But he knew it was bad, so he said, "We don't think either is good or bad."

Zhou Yun: "..."

At this time, Zhou Yun found out that Wei Shiyi was different. When he first met this young boy, he looked white and tender, and the baby fat had not faded from his face. He was a white and harmless young boy.

But the second time you see him, you will find that besides being harmless, he also has some skills that ordinary people don't seem to know, such as making surgical instruments, disemboweling, and gunpowder.

Zhou Yun felt that the Wei Shiyi was already very different, but he didn't expect that this young boy would dare to tease him this time, and he was very courageous.

His throat moved, and Zhou Yun barely suppressed the urge to be black-faced. He said softly to Zhou Pu, "Where is the thing, did you bring it?"

Zhou Pu quickly replied: "When I returned to Yuhou, I brought them all."

"Yeah." Zhou Yun said, "Put things down, people go out."

"Eh?"

Zhou Pu was a little dazed, he was still planning to stay here, if Wei Shiyi didn't understand something, or if something happened when dismantling things, he could still help, but Zhou Yun actually asked him to go out.When the gun exploded, Zhou Pu didn't dare to let Zhou Yun here alone.

"Yu Hou, I..." Zhou Pu wanted to ask again.

Before Zhou Pu finished speaking, Wei Shiyi followed closely and said, "Zhou Pu, you can go out."

"Wei Suyi?"

Wei Shiyi said: "Don't worry, I will take good care of your Marquis Yu. As long as this thing doesn't detonate, there should be no accidents, don't worry."

While talking, Wei Shiyi pushed Zhou Pu out.

Can Zhou Pu not go out?Must not.

Zhou Yun is thin-skinned right now, and he might explode at any time, not to mention Zhou Pu, even himself, Zhou Yun might want it to go out, but because he has to help solve the bombing issue here, So had to keep him.

Wei Shiyi was well aware of Zhou Yun's mood at this time, so he didn't mention plums and sugar, and sat directly in front of Zhou Yun, pretending that nothing had happened, and asked Zhou Yun solemnly, "Marquis Yu, Can you show me this firearm now?"

Zhou Yunxie squinted at Wei Shiyi, pointed to the table beside him, and said, "Okay, open the cloth bag, the fire and weapon are inside."

His voice was cold, there was no expression on his face, and he looked very cold.

Wei Shiyi was not afraid of Zhou Yun's expression, so he smiled and went to the table to pick up the cloth bag. He opened the cloth bag carefully, and saw a small watermelon-like thing inside, with two strings sticking out from both sides. Wei Shiyi felt that it should be the lead.

In addition to the small watermelon, there is also a booklet next to it, which should be the manufacturing steps and details of this firearm.Wei Shiyi didn't make the small watermelon first, but read the booklet carefully.

The brochure called this thing Thunderbolt, because its power seemed to blow the sky away, so it got such a name. It was taken out this morning, thanks to the huge power of yesterday evening.

Now the Northern Song Dynasty has begun to use gunpowder, and many firearms have been manufactured with gunpowder. They are named according to the shape or effect of the firearm, such as: Thunderbolt Cannon, Shocking Thunder, etc.

The power of firearms depends on the formula of gunpowder, and secondly depends on the firing equipment.The development of firearms in the Northern Song Dynasty was indeed not low, but because the formula of the gunpowder was not very strong, the firearms produced were not so effective.

The specific power of firearms in the Northern Song Dynasty has never been seen by Wei Shiyi. In order to improve the national power of the Northern Song Dynasty, the formula he gave is the best black gunpowder formula discovered by modern people. In fact, there are more powerful formulas in modern times, but those Ordinary people cannot find the formula, nor can they find it, and even if they find it, there is no way to make it.

First, there is no laboratory, and second, there are no professionals. Therefore, he can only write a more suitable gunpowder formula.

As a man, Wei Shiyi also has a passionate side. He also knew about military affairs before, so he memorized the recipe.At this time, the study of firearms in the Northern Song Dynasty was still in the exploratory stage, and the gunpowder formula he gave was also the result of thousands of years of exploration and practice.

The combination ratio of black powder is 10% of sulfur, 15% of charcoal, and 75% of saltpeter.

Wei Shiyi looked at the manufacturing process of Thunderbolt in the brochure, and what was recorded on it was almost the same as what he provided.In other words, there is no problem with the manufacturing process, so what does Zhou Yun want him to see?

Moreover, he is not a professional, and he doesn't know how to make firearms exactly. Zhou Yun showed him that he couldn't think of any effective solutions.Compared with finding him, the existing researchers in the Northern Song Dynasty should have more solutions.

Wei Shiyi couldn't figure it out, so he turned his head to look at Zhou Yun.As a result, he turned his head to look and found that Zhou Yun was about to sit up again. He quickly walked over holding Hong Tianlei carefully with the booklet in his arms, and shouted eagerly, "Zhou Yun, get down!"

Zhou Yun: "..."

Zhou Yun froze for a moment, then lay down on the bed again, and said, "You want me to explain clearly to you, but if I don't sit up, how can I explain clearly to you."

"This is easy to solve." Wei Shiyi went to the side cabinet and took a blanket out and put it in front of the bed, and then sat down cross-legged. Now, Wei Shiyi's head was as high as Zhou Yun's head, "Okay Now, you can tell me exactly what happened to you and how you were bombed so badly."

Wei Shiyi couldn't figure it out, Zhou Yun, as an official in charge of the Forbidden Army, should have a relatively high combat effectiveness, why he was the only one who was bombed while no one else was bombed.

He carefully put Hong Tianlei aside, opened his eyes and waited seriously for Zhou Yun's answer.

Zhou Yun glanced at Wei Shiyi, and said, "Yesterday evening, several officials from the Construction Bureau and I went to the mountain to experiment with the newly manufactured firearms. At that time, we ignited the fuze with fire and then hid. To the side, but after the fuze was burned, the thunderbolt did not explode, so I approached to see why, but what I didn't expect was that before I walked in, the thunderbolt suddenly exploded. And it was so powerful that it knocked me out."

After Wei Shiyi finished listening, he became somewhat clear.

The firearms researched at this time in the Northern Song Dynasty are not very powerful because of the gunpowder. The bombs that look fierce are actually as powerful as earth mines. They may not even stun people at a distance of one or two meters. .Therefore, many people are not as afraid of firearms as they think.

But the gunpowder formula that Wei Shiyi took out is relatively perfect, and the effect of the bombs made is naturally different.So before Zhou Yun got close to the bomb, he was hit by the Hongtianlei bomb.

The scene of yesterday evening was also recorded in this booklet. It was said that Zhou Yun was at least five or six meters away from the place where the bomb was located. The stones also splashed, and Zhou Yun should have been hit by those stones.

After Zhou Yun woke up, he knew the effect of Thunderbolt. First, he felt very good, because their firearms are so powerful that they can severely hit the enemy when they are used on the battlefield in the future. But at the same time, he also needs to understand why At that time, the Thunderbolt did not explode immediately.

"So, what problem can you see?" Zhou Yun asked.

Wei Shiyi squeezed his chin and said: "Actually, I can't see the specific problem even if you ask me, because I didn't participate in the manufacturing process of this bomb. I just provided the formula of gunpowder to make the firearm more powerful. Big. If you really want to find out what's wrong with the Thunderbolt, you should look at the place where the Thunderbolt was made."

After Wei Shiyi finished speaking, Zhou Yun was silent for two seconds, stared quietly at Wei Shiyi for a while, and said, "So you don't know either."

Wei Shiyi: "???"

Zhou Yun turned over, turned his body sideways, and made a movement that neither pressed his back nor his chest. The cold Danfeng stared at Wei Shiyi's eyes in front of him, and said, "You gave me the formula at that time, I thought you knew a little about firearms, and you should also know why Hong Tianlei didn't explode, so it turns out that you don't know anything either."

Wei Suyi: "!!!"

He is not omnipotent, how could he know everything.

"You!" Wei Shiyi almost didn't stand up to say this, but he held back, and then joked, "You didn't give you plums before taking revenge on me, did you?"

Zhou Yun raised his eyebrows, glanced coldly at Wei Shiyi, and said, "Do you think I'm such a stingy person?"

I thought it was not before, but not now, Wei Shiyi thought to himself.

But the matter of the bomb is indeed not trivial, he said: "I really can't give a specific reason, but I have two guesses, one is that there is something wrong with the fuze, and the other is that there is something wrong with the raw materials you made, such as some damp or not Pure or something like that, but for what it is, I should be looking for it at the Construction Supervision Bureau.”

"You still know something." Zhou Yun said, he suddenly leaned on the bed and approached Wei Shiyi's face, and said firmly, "Then follow me to the Construction Supervision Bureau."

"Hey, just look, what are you doing so close?" Wei Shiyi took a step back uncomfortably, the distance between the two of them was so close that they could almost smell each other's breath.

Zhou Yun lowered his eyelids, and said slowly and calmly: "If you don't get closer, how can I see what you're thinking clearly, did you just think I was stingy?"

"..." Wei Shiyi was at a loss for words.

"Then what, is it okay for me to go to the Construction Supervision Bureau? You can still cover up my charge of making gunpowder outside, but in the Supervision Bureau, can you still cover it up?" Wei Shiyi changed the subject with a laugh.

Zhou Yun was not in the mood to continue looking at Wei Shiyi, so he stepped back, lay down on the bed again, and said, "Yes." Then he pointed to the roof and said, "Zhou Pu, come in."

As soon as his words fell, Wei Shiyi heard something hit the ceiling, and then there was a sudden sound of footsteps on the roof, and then the sound of an object landing outside the door, and then Zhou Pu walked in quickly from outside.

What did Zhou Yun hit the ceiling just now?How could Zhou Pu hear Zhou Yun's small voice clearly?

"Marquis Yu." Zhou Pu saluted Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun moved his fingers and said, "Show Wei Shiyi the laws of the Song Dynasty. This is the latest law issued."

Laws of the Song Dynasty?

Wei Shiyi's mind was full of doubts, before he could figure it out, Zhou Pu handed him a notebook.

There was a long paragraph written on it, and he didn't bother to read it carefully, but the general meaning was: the emperor stipulated that as long as they were working for the court, they could develop firearms. Not only that, but if they researched new Firearms, not only will not be punished, but will be rewarded.

Song Dynasty is researching firearms, and naturally needs more and newer firearms, so as to strengthen the national power.

Therefore, although the five soldiers were banned in the Song Dynasty, it was for ordinary people. If they worked for the court, they would not be punished for researching firearms, but would be rewarded instead. There was even a secret gunpowder workshop in Bianliang.Otherwise, if you die as soon as you study firearms, how can there be so many firearms? Those people are not impatient to live.

Wei Shiyi was not very surprised by the existence of such laws and regulations. What surprised him was the name of the emperor of this dynasty: Shenzong.

Shenzong...is the emperor who once said that the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were completely different from the later negotiations with An Yi, but because of premature aging, his ambition to soar to the clouds failed.Some people later commented that if he had lived for a few more decades, perhaps the Northern Song Dynasty would not have died.

But isn't Shenzong a posthumous title?Posthumous titles refer to the emperors, queens, princes and ministers in ancient history who had relatively high social status. After their death, the imperial court will give them a title with evaluative significance based on their actions during their lifetime. But Shenzong is not dead. ...

Wei Shiyi was holding the book, a little confused.Thinking of something, he slowly raised his head and asked Zhou Yun, "Did you throw something on it just now?"

Zhou Yun nodded, his fingers fluttered, and a plum appeared in his hand.

"How did you hit the plum on the top, so accurately? How did Zhou Yun get to the top of the building?" How can ordinary people do this quietly?

Zhou Yun said as it should: "Use your internal energy."

Internal strength?Isn't that something that exists in fiction?

Wei Shiyi blinked again, he suddenly discovered a fact that shocked him, he thought he had encountered ancient times, but in fact he should have traveled to a parallel world...