Song Dynasty's Ignorant Prince

The match quickly burned to the bottom, and then disappeared from their eyes, only to see some black smoke.

But then there was a huge quake, and even after a distance of 100 meters, he still felt his ears rumbling, and after a while it slowly got better. Looking back at Li Gang and the others, Zhao Ji found that Li Gang was covering his ears with his hands, his face was a little pale, and Zheng Juzhong was even more unbearable, hiding behind Zhou Yue, only Zong Ze was calm.

Seeing the faint smile on His Majesty's mouth, Li Gang and Zheng Juzhong both had a fever on their faces, Zheng Juzhong coughed and stood up, "Well, the sound of this red-clothed cannon is really earth-shattering, I just don't know how powerful it is. like? 99

A few people followed the muzzle and saw an iron ball fly out at such a fast speed that they were instantly invisible.

"Your Majesty, why don't we go over and see where the shells landed?" Zhou Yue was proud at this time, but he didn't show it, he was afraid of being hated by Li Gang.

Just now, several officials of the court were embarrassed, and Zhou Yue did not dare to show pride and led the way in front.

The carriage has been prepared outside, and the driver is taking out the cloth strips inside the horse's ears to prevent the horse from being frightened.

"Your Majesty!" Zhou Yue wanted to help Zhao Ji into the car.

But Zhao Ji waved his hand, "Hold the horse!"

Soon someone brought a steed, and Zhao Ji turned on the horse with a dashing and light posture.

"Okay!" Veteran Zong Ze shouted and got on the horse himself.

Li Gang and Zong Ze were civil officials, with poor equestrian skills and not too young, so they could only get on the train honestly.

A group of escorts followed Zhao Ji and the others. In fact, soldiers in front of them had already found the shells. I saw a large pit on the ground, surrounded by broken stones, where the shell first landed, and then the shell rolled forward, until the shell was found dozens of meters away.

"Report to Your Majesty, from the red-clothed cannon to here, there are ten miles and several dozen meters more"!" Zhou Yue smiled, "This is a weapon of the country, it is the blessing of my Song Dynasty, and the blessing of Your Majesty! "

Li Gang and the others were also very shocked. They didn't expect to be able to reach such a long distance, and this is a solid iron egg. Not to mention hitting people, even if it hits the city wall, it will probably break a large piece! Look at the underground You know the way the stone breaks.

"The weapon of the country, the weapon of the country!" Zheng Juzhong murmured, his face filled with a smile, "If my Song Dynasty had thousands of red-clothed cannons, what would be the scene?"

Thinking of ten thousand cannons firing in unison, the shock is probably earth-shattering...

Zhou Yue, who was next to him, showed a wry smile and said a little nervously, "Master Prime Minister, the power of this red-clothed cannon is not small, but the cost is even more astonishing. A red-clothed cannon weighs more than four thousand catties, and a thousand red-clothed cannons are four One million catties of steel, but our annual steel output in the Song Dynasty is only about five million catties...

After saying this, it is clear that the output of steel is seriously insufficient. Because not only red-clothed cannons, but also knives, guns, armor, and various agricultural daily necessities must be made, the consumption gap of steel is very large.

Zhao Ji looked at the cannonball and felt a little disappointed, "Although such a cannonball can be shot far away and is very powerful, the killing area is too small! It would be great if it could explode!"

"Exploding? Your Majesty is saying, put explosives in the cannonball?" Yuan Duomi's eyes lit up, he thought of something, and then shook his head, "But how can it be detonated, and it won't explode in the cannon? 99

This problem cannot be solved by Zhao Ji. After all, he is not a professional, he just knows the general situation, and he knows that the shells are not using black powder, but chemical powder. He only knows that nitric acid and sulfuric acid will produce nitroglycerin, which is smokeless fire medicine.

But even if he knew how to make it, it was difficult to make it, mainly because there was nothing in the Song Dynasty at this time, and it was very dangerous. Zhao Ji didn't want to have any accident on his own.

"Okay, let's not talk about the explosion, you can use stone bombs and mixed bombs to make them collapse when they land, so that the killing area will be expanded." Zhao Ji reminded, "Anyway, you have to use your brains! "

"As ordered, Your Majesty!" Zhou Yue and Yuan Duomi responded quickly, and felt that they themselves were quite useless, and it was His Majesty who came up with this red-clothed cannon.

"Everything here must be kept strictly confidential, and you must not tell anyone!" Zhao Ji emphasized the awareness of confidentiality, but he could not be learned by the enemy, otherwise it would be bad if he used it against himself.

Li Gang and the others also nodded their heads. His Majesty brought them here, which itself showed an absolute trust, and the stakes were very important, and they all knew the importance.

"With such sharp weapons, do you Aiqing think we can resist the Jurchen cavalry?" Zhao Ji asked.

Li Gang and the others didn't answer immediately, they were all guessing the possibility of winning.

Zong Ze sighed, ". `Your Majesty, these red-clothed cannons are powerful, but after all, they are too heavy and not conducive to transportation, and as His Majesty said, their lethality to personnel is not too great. Unless there are too many powerful cannons. to be able to show...

Several other people also nodded, not being carried away by a red-clothed cannon.

Zhao Ji comforted in his heart, it seems that these ministers are all smart people who can serve the Song Dynasty!

"Yeah," Zhao Ji nodded, "tools are tools after all, and they have to rely on people to operate them. The Jurchen swords are not as sharp as ours, and the armor is not as strong as ours, but they beat the Liao country to shit, and we are in front of the Liao country. The loss is heavy, and there are many human factors in it!

We Song people lack a kind of wildness, and now we have to make up for it with the power of tools. Although the red cannon cannot play a decisive role, it will also give us a lot of help.

(Wang Qian's) Zhou Yue, you still have to work harder, make as many red-clothed cannons as possible, and also develop more different types of cannons, preferably to reduce the size so that one person can carry them around. At that time, thousands of cannons will be fired here, and no matter how many enemies come, it will be useless!""

Zhou Yue and the others should be together.

After returning to the palace, Zhao Ji summoned Zhou Yue alone and asked about Menghuo.

"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, we have extracted the intensely burning flame oil, and made a flamethrower, which can be used on the battlefield after testing..." Zhou Yue was surprised, why His Majesty seemed to understand everything Of course, I don't dare to say it at all.

In front of Li Gang and the others, Zhao Ji didn't say much. In fact, in his opinion, weapons can completely determine the outcome of a war, and he can know by seeing the battle between the government and the Western powers.