Pirate Song

After entering the backyard, it looks like a strange place. The entire backyard looks unremarkable from the outside. Except for a few chimneys, there seems to be nothing worth paying attention to inside. However, after entering, it is not small. There are

Several work sheds and several furnaces are located in the work sheds. At this time, two of them are still smoking. It seems that there is no rest here either.

When Gao Huaiyuan walked into a separate stone room and saw a bright yellow bronze tube placed on a wooden frame, Gao Huaiyuan's heartbeat couldn't help but beat wildly.

He strode to the front of the wooden frame, raised his hand and took down the copper pipe from the wooden frame. He was so excited that his palms started to sweat a little.

After holding the copper pipe in his hands, he took a deep breath and began to carefully observe the appearance of the copper pipe in his hand. He saw that the copper pipe was roughly two feet long, and the entire body was made of bronze.

The production time is relatively short, and after careful polishing by craftsmen, there is no copper-green rust on the outside, but it looks golden.

The copper pipe has a hole at one end and a solid end at the other end. A small hole is drilled into a small raised platform at the tail to lead into the interior. The diameter of the hole is about two centimeters. These features have initially possessed the characteristics of artillery, and because it is relatively small

Because, to be more precise, it should be regarded as a kind of copper firecracker. When enlarged, it becomes an artillery gun.

Speaking of this, we have to start from when Gao Huaiyuan was serving in the army. Ever since he arrived at this era, he has been thinking about how to deal with the swarming Mongol army, and wanted to find another way to solve the problem of dealing with the Mongol army.

question.

But when he thought about it, in addition to relying on the strong city to use a large number of crossbows to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from attacking, he tried to use the infantry of the Song Army to deal with the Mongolian cavalry in the field. No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't come up with any good way.

It’s not that I despise the ability of the Song army, but the Mongolian army has already developed extremely fierce tactics after successive battles. In addition to the extraordinary bravery of the Mongolian soldiers, they have the ability to deal with the slow-moving infantry.

With a very effective attack method, the mobility of the cavalry can be said to be maximized, so that when the infantry with slow mobility encounters the Mongolian army in the wild, they cannot fight or run away.

Thinking about the Mongolian army's tactics makes people despair. Unless you build a large-scale cavalry that can compete with the Mongolian army, otherwise, in a cold weapon duel, there is no chance of winning in a field battle.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Gao Huaiyuan could only think of using the advantage of weapons to solve this problem, so he thought of muskets and artillery. At the moment, all he could think of was to use the sharpness of firearms to deal with the incoming Mongol army.

Got it!

The application of gunpowder in the Song Dynasty, especially after the Southern Song Dynasty, gradually began to mature. As mentioned earlier, both the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom, and even the Mongols noticed the explosive properties of gunpowder and gradually applied this explosiveness to

in war, war

There have also been a large number of explosive firearms such as thunderbolts and thunder cannons, and even the prototype of the barrel weapon "sudden gun". Therefore, all aspects of the birth of artillery can be said to be mature, and only someone needs to take this.

If things are pushed forward, things will fall into place.

As a person of later generations, Gao Huaiyuan's principles of firearms and artillery were naturally hundreds of years ahead of those of his era. Although he did not study mechanics or arms manufacturing, his philosophy was enough to guide craftsmen to create usable

of artillery.

The reason why Gao Huaiyuan thought of this was also inspired by a weapon, which was a kind of spear that appeared in the Song Dynasty between a cold weapon and a hot weapon, which is also the familiar Torrential Pear Blossom Spear. This kind of thing he

I had seen it once when I was in the army, so I knew what the Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Gun was. It turned out that this gun was just attached to an ordinary spear.

Put two bamboo tubes filled with gunpowder. Before going into battle, light the gunpowder in the bamboo tubes, rush towards the enemy, and use the flames sprayed from the bamboo tubes to burn the enemies from a distance, or use the gunpowder mixed with

The arsenic was used to poison the enemy, and after the gunpowder was used up, the spear tip was used to kill the enemy. It can be regarded as a relatively advanced contemporary personal melee weapon.

In this era, it is said that there are many people who use this kind of weapon. The most famous one is Li Quan, the leader of the rebel army in Shandong who raised troops to fight against the Jin Dynasty. Gao Huaiyuan paid great attention to Li Quan because he heard about this man in his previous life.

As I said, he is a very complicated character.

First he raised troops and led the Red Coat Army to fight against the Jin Dynasty. Then he was recruited by the Southern Song Dynasty and defected to the Southern Song Dynasty. Finally, due to various reasons, he switched to the Mongols again. It played a vital role in the relationship between the Song, Jin and Mongolia in Shandong. I don’t know what to do.

Fair value to him.

And Li Quan is said to have good marksmanship, and the pear blossom spear in his hand allows him to dominate the Shandong area so well that he is recognized as "the pear blossom spear has been invincible in the world for twenty years!"

This kind of pear gun can also be said to be the originator of barrel weapons, but it uses the burning and poisonous smoke properties of gunpowder instead of relying on the principle of gunpowder propelling projectiles.

After thinking about it, Gao Huaiyuan felt that the power he currently had on hand was enough to create artillery, so he drew the artillery graphics some time ago and handed it over to Xue Yan to start trial production here.

The copper tube he is holding in his hand now is the experimental product they trial-produced. Only considering the preliminary trial-production, the size was made smaller, and it looks more like an individual rifle without a handle.

Just a gun.

The weight of this firegun is about twenty kilograms. It is obviously a bit too heavy for one person to hold, and it is also more troublesome to operate. However, if it is smaller, it will not be easy to use bronze to cast it, so it is not big.

To say the least, it's a bit weird.

But Gao Huaiyuan doesn't care about this. After all, this is just a prototype prototype, not something to be used in actual combat. What he needs to solve first is the problem of whether or not, and he also needs to solve the problem of manufacturing process. As long as he can shoot projectiles, and

It is enough to ensure that the barrel does not explode. If these problems are successfully solved, then the serious matter of casting artillery or muskets can be considered.

Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan didn't care too much about the weight and shape of the gun. He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. He also looked at the barrel of the gun carefully and put his fingers deep into the barrel to test whether the inside was smooth.

"Master! This thing was made by a small one. No matter how small it is, it will be difficult to drill holes! In addition, the small one has carefully polished the inside and outside, but I don't know if the young master is satisfied!" At this time, Gao Huaiyuan came from.

A voice came from behind.

Gao Huaiyuan took the copper pipe and turned his head to look around. He saw a middle-aged man with a flattering smile on his face talking to him. He recognized this man's name as Jin Tong, who was also the Jin Army he had brought back from the front of the army.

One of the prisoners of war, this person is from Bianliang. When he was in the Jin Kingdom, he was a coppersmith, specializing in casting some bronze tripods, bells and other bronze objects for temples and Taoist temples. However, he was unlucky and was later forcibly recruited into the army by the Jin Kingdom.

He was killed and was finally captured by himself.

This person has gradually settled down in Wohu Village in the past two years. He has been casting some copper tools for the gunpowder workshop some time ago. His craftsmanship has been tested and is quite good, and his work is also very meticulous. Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan made this piece

The work was entrusted to him. Now Jin Tong is the person in charge of Tongzuo and is managed by Zhou Botong.

"Jin Tong, you did a great job. This is exactly what I want. You don't have to be too anxious about things now. I am very satisfied with being able to create such a thing. How many of these things have you cast so far?

How old are they?" Gao Huaiyuan smiled approvingly at Jin Tong and asked.

When Jin Tong heard what Gao Huaiyuan said, he immediately felt relieved and quickly bowed and replied: "Returning to the young master, I have never cast such a thing before. According to the young master's requirements, this thing must be straight in the center and the four walls must be straight."

It is absolutely uniform, there must be no defects such as pores inside, and the length of the tube is also very long, which is very difficult to cast. Try these small ones today.

I cast a lot of them, but they were all scrapped because they could not meet the requirements of the young master. This copper pipe is the best one I have cast at the moment. In addition, I have also cast two copper pipes that are bigger than this one.

The larger one is being polished in another work shed, the young master can take a look at it later! In another two or three days, it will be polished and handed over to the young master!"

Gao Huaiyuan nodded. He also knew that he was not qualified for this industry. He did not know much about the casting skills. He also knew that it would be impossible to achieve it overnight, so he opened his mouth and said to Jin Tong: "Is this urgent?

Come on, I'm very satisfied that you can do this.

, after all, no one has made such a thing before, and my requirements are relatively high. It is not easy to meet my requirements in one go. You can take your time and gradually explore a complete set of processes to ensure that you can do it again in the future.

If you do, the yield of the finished product should be as high as possible!

I don't know much about casting, but I also know that it's not easy to open a mold. Each pipe requires a set of molds. If you want to do it, you might as well think about it and get some tools. Especially for the inner chamber, you might as well cast it.

Make it a little smaller, and then use a drill rod to expand the hole. This will make the boring hole more even and smooth. It may be better than the manual grinding you do now. As for how to do it, I, an amateur, will not tell you.

It's too confusing, you and the other brothers should think about it!

I’ll take this thing back first, and now let’s go see the other two things that you’re satisfied with! I’m really anxious to see the other two things! Haha! Let’s go!”

Gao Huaiyuan reached out and handed the copper pipe to Li Ruohu. Li Ruohu held it carefully in his arms. They didn't know what new thing Gao Huaiyuan was trying to do, but they all saw that Gao Huaiyuan seemed to attach great importance to the manufacture of this kind of thing.

, and I really liked this straight copper pipe, so I was very careful, for fear of falling to the ground and being broken by Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan followed Jin Tong towards another work shed. After entering, he saw three or four craftsmen polishing two copper pipes with various tools around them. They were working very seriously until Gao Huaiyuan walked in.

Only then did the work shed react, hurriedly put down the tools in their hands and stood up, saluting and greeting Gao Huaiyuan one after another.

Gao Huaiyuan distributed the red envelopes and exchanged greetings with everyone. This made everyone relax, and everyone held the red envelopes with happy faces.

Gao Huaiyuan quickly turned his attention to the two copper pipes on the stand, and he suddenly became more excited. Compared with the fire blunderbuss just now, these two copper pipes had basically appeared.

The prototype of a mature artillery piece had emerged, and it was very close to the shape of the ancient cannon he had envisioned.

The entire copper cannon has a conical shape, gradually getting thicker from the muzzle to the tail, until the tail reaches the thickest part. The gun body is also cast with lugs according to his requirements so that it can be mounted on the gun mount for use in the future.

They are all still made of bronze. The outer diameter of one of the front ends is about three inches, and the inner diameter is about one inch and a little more.

One is larger, with an outer diameter of five inches at the front and an inner diameter of about two inches. It is already a medium-caliber artillery. It is also about four feet long and looks a bit short and thick. It is a bit like the large bowl of fire cannons in the early Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

The style is somewhat similar to that of modern artillery. It looks a bit different, but it can really be called a kind of artillery.

Gao Huaiyuan leaned down and used the light to carefully read the two artillery pieces in front of him. From the casting point of view, the casting process of these two artillery pieces was quite good. At least there were no flaws such as sand holes or bubbles on the whole body.

After polishing, it looks even more rounded and somewhat domineering.

Observing the inner chamber through the light of the lantern passed by him, Gao Huaiyuan saw that the inner chamber had been polished smooth and no longer had the roughness left by casting. However, there was no way to check whether the inner chamber wall was straight or not.

, it was so dark inside that nothing could be seen.

"I wonder what the young master does by casting such a thing?" Zhou Botong watched Gao Huaiyuan carefully examine the round bronze pipes in front of him. He couldn't help his curiosity and asked Gao Huaiyuan.

came out.

"We can't say it yet! Haha! I will let you know when I'm ready later!" Gao Huaiyuan said with a mysterious look on his face.

Seeing Gao Huaiyuan's mysterious face and refusing to tell the reason, everyone's appetite was dropped. In fact, when Gao Huaiyuan issued the drawings and ordered them to cast this kind of thing, everyone was full of suspicion and didn't know.

What is this thing used for? Because this thing is neither

It's like a bronze bell, let alone a sacrificial vessel. The quality requirements were so strict when it was cast, which made these people confused Monk Zhang Er. Now Zhou Botong finally asked, but Gao Huaiyuan still

Refusing to say anything, these people became even more curious.

"Okay! Very good! Jin Tong, you don't need to polish the outer walls of these things too smooth. You can save some effort. As long as there are no blisters, pores and other defects throughout the body, the key is that there should be no hidden damage, because it will be

Under considerable pressure, the focus is on the inner wall, trying to figure it out

There should be no flaws on the inside, and it must be polished smooth. I think these two things are basically ready. I will help you load the car and take them back to Zhuangzi later. Thank you for your hard work. Let’s have a good rest during the Chinese New Year. It’s delicious.

It’s been a good few days, but everyone will be even busier after the Chinese New Year!

In addition, I want to tell you people some good news, that is, I have sent people to go north and sneak into the Kingdom of Jin to find ways to find your family members. I promised you this before, and it is time to fulfill my promise. Once found,

As for your family members, the people I have arranged will find a way to transfer them to Daye County. There will be news within three months at the fastest and half a year at the slowest. I hope everyone is waiting for the good news!

But in times of war, many things are hard to talk about, and you all know it well. If your relatives cannot be found, please don’t blame me, I will definitely do my best to do this!"

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, the northerners among this group of craftsmen immediately showed joy. They originally had no hope, thinking that Gao Huaiyuan would fulfill his promise and go to the Golden Realm to find their families. After all, now the two countries

Still in a state of confrontation, it is not easy to do this, Gao Huaiyuan

If they don't do it, everyone has nothing to say, and the quality of their life here is quite good now. Although they miss their relatives, no one wants to return to the Kingdom of Jin.

If an official on the ground is caught, he will definitely be punished as a spy or a deserter.

What they didn't expect was that Gao Huaiyuan would actually send people to look for their relatives in the Golden Realm at such a time. The price to be paid would be very high. Naturally, they knew this, so they immediately shouted

He immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Gao Huaiyuan with tears in his eyes to express his gratitude.

Gao Huaiyuan quickly helped these people up one by one and said to them: "You don't have to thank me. Anyone who enters my Wohu Village, I will treat you as my own relatives, and your relatives are my relatives, Gao."

, one family does not talk about two families, you are treating me like this, Gao, and Gao will never break his promise and treat everyone badly, so no matter how much it costs, Gao will fulfill his contract and fulfill my promise! Please don’t thank me again.

What happened to Gao!"

Gao Huaiyuan's words couldn't help but make everyone burst into tears again. In today's world, most of the rich people are immoral, but Gao Huaiyuan strictly abides by his promise. Treating these servants like this, how can he not make them feel grateful, so everyone once again

Tearfully thank Gao Huaiyuan.

After letting Gao Huaiyuan comfort him for a while, everyone gradually calmed down. Gao Huaiyuan was not in a hurry to go back to Wohu Village immediately. He stayed in Tiezuo at night and took out some good wine.

The craftsmen had a great time drinking until late at night before leaving.dd