I’m The King Chapter 1123: : Carry on the past and usher in the future (13)

The atmosphere in the Yizhen Research Institute is very depressing. After the Maowei incident, the security in the research institute has been upgraded again. Now all researchers are no longer allowed to leave the location of the research institute, and the Zhengshitang has put forward a proposal , A new town will be built outside the Yizhen Research Institute, and the families of all these researchers will be immigrated to this town at one time, so as to prevent things like Mao Wei from happening again forever.

Of course, this matter is still brewing. Tang He, who was hit hard by the Maowei incident, fell ill after returning to Jicheng. Now Niu Ben is in charge of the security of the entire Yizhen Research Institute. work.

But the entire Han Dynasty did not cause much disturbance because of this incident. Except for the Great Council expressing dissatisfaction with the Overwatch Council because of this incident, and asking to reduce the Overwatch Council's expenses, all other ministries and government offices did not make any noise. And the proposal of the Great Council finally disappeared because Princess Ning Xin stepped forward to take responsibility for this incident.

The calmness of the whole man may be largely due to Gao Yuan's speech to all the officials at a court meeting. Gao Yuan said this to Ning Xin, and this time he reiterated it at the court hall. It's just a little more passionate.

The Han army has never won by relying on the sharpness of its weapons, but more by relying on the unparalleled fighting will of the soldiers. Otherwise, the Han army would not be able to make it to where it is today. You know, from the Fufeng Army to the Zhengdong Army Up to the current Han army, Gao Yuan’s troops basically appear as weak every time they appear in front of the world. It was not until this time that they defeated the Qin army in one fell swoop that they finally established their status as the most powerful country in the world.

Another piece of news revealed by Gao Yuan above the court even more excited the people of Han. More important weapons appeared. Just like when ironware first appeared, what the people of Qin stole was just a piece of iron embryo, while the Han Kingdom already had a sharp sword. It is still necessary to polish the iron embryo into a sword. There is a long way to go.

In Qin Chu's view, this may be just a shameful tone of the Han Dynasty after this failure, or it may be that they have gone a step further in the research of gunpowder. The leader of the core group is not the real person who invented gunpowder, but no matter whether they are from Qin or Chu, they all firmly believe that as long as Mao Wei can uncover the layer of paper in front of them for them, then the In the following time, Qin and Chu will not lack skilled craftsmen, and they will certainly be able to make anything that the Han people can make.

But I'm afraid they never imagined that the more powerful weapon Gao Yuan mentioned is not the gunpowder itself, but the use of gunpowder.

Two horses dragged a carriage covered with felt cloth and slowly drove out of a warehouse. When the felt cloth was torn off, it was revealed in front of several officials in the political affairs hall and Wang Wudi from the Ministry of Finance. It is a black iron guy. The thing on the carriage is obviously very heavy. If the wheels of the carriage had not been replaced with tires newly developed by the Han Dynasty, it would have been crushed long ago. Ruts can be seen.

"What is this? An iron pipe?" Wang Wuyi looked at Gao Yuan suspiciously: "Your Majesty, just for this thing, I have been going to the Junfang of Jishi City for several years. One hundred thousand taels of silver."

Gao Yuan made a gesture to signal him to stay calm: "My Minister Wang, after a while, you can see if this thing is worth the hundreds of thousands of taels you allocated."

Ye Zhong walked up to Gao Yuan: "Your Majesty, can we start?"

Gao Yuan nodded, "Let's get started, let everyone who discusses politics open their eyes."

The horses pulling the cart were quickly pulled away, and a dozen soldiers around the cart pulled iron pillars from the top of the cart and embedded them deeply in the ground, making the cart turned into a giant in a blink of an eye. It was not until this time that everyone realized that this cart was also made of iron plates.

A dozen soldiers retreated, but some researchers from the Yizhen Research Institute came out of the warehouse again. Looking at the things they were holding in their hands, Wang Wuyi couldn't help but gasped. Qi, isn't this explosive?

The paper bag containing the explosives was filled into the tube. Seeing a researcher holding something like a medicine pestle and continuously tamping it firmly in the tube, the several councilors involuntarily took a step back. They are all people who have seen the power of explosives, but seeing Gao Yuan standing there calmly, everyone couldn't help but blush.

"This thing should have been verified repeatedly when it was in Jishi City, right?" Gao Yuan tilted his head and asked Ye Zhong beside him.

"Yes, at the beginning, although the weight of each pack of explosives provided by Yizhen Research Institute was the same, but the power of the explosion was different, we lost a lot of cannons, but later on, every pack they provided The power of the explosives tends to be the same, and the error is very small, so that we finally tested the maximum drug resistance and the longest range of the current type of cannon. Speaking of which, there is also the credit of Mao Wei, who studied this Yes." Ye Zhong had a look of regret on his face.

"How is the manufacture of the gun barrel going?"

"This is more difficult. The gun barrels produced so far still need to be polished by hand, but there are still trachomas inside. The craftsmen are still thinking about improving the process, so they can only take it slowly."

"That is to say, it is not yet possible to mass-produce Luo!"

"Well, I can make two to three doors every month! This thing can't be careless, or the people who use it will die!" Ye Zhong said. A little."

Gao Yuan looked at the black cannon that was more than ten feet away from him, nodded, and led everyone to turn around and retreat. One year was saved little by little, and then I threw it behind my head and handed it over to Ye Zhong. The stability is really not sure, and Gao Yuan doesn't want to have any accidents. , with a bang, he confessed all the king of the Han Dynasty and his group of important ministers here.

After retreating several tens of feet, a group of soldiers of the Young Guards Corps in front of them held up tall iron shields and blocked the group of people heavily. Then Ye Zhong turned around and faced the man who operated the cannon. The researcher nodded: "It's time to start."

Backing to Gao Yuan's side, Ye Zhong said to Gao Yuan and a group of discussants, "Your Majesty, everyone, this time our attack target is the Tucheng one mile away, can everyone see it clearly?"

Everyone raised their eyes and saw a mile away, a watchtower built of earth stood there.

"Is it accurate?" Gao Yuan couldn't help asking.

"It shouldn't be a problem. Those who operate the cannons have fired countless cannons in the past six months. They are already very proficient at this point." Ye Zhong said.

Jiang Jiaquan, Wang Wudi and the others all opened their eyes wide and watched the dark guy. When an operator kept shaking a handle next to him, his body gradually lifted up. Behind him, another operator gave a thumbs up, gestured at the target in front of him continuously, and kept reporting some numbers, and the muzzle slowly moved up, down, left, and right. Finally, it was completely still there.

"Ignition!" The person who gestured with his thumb before shouted loudly.

The fuse hanging on the ground was ignited, and the sound of hissing and burning was clearly heard in everyone's ears. Seeing several operators next to the cannon squatting on the ground almost at the same time, covering their ears, Gao Yuan also Smiling, he raised his hands and plugged his ears. Ye Zhong on one side had experienced such things many times, and he was already used to it. When he stretched out his hands, there were already two **** of cotton in his hands. He glanced at Gao Yuan, and put his hands The cotton bouquet passed over again.

Gao Yuan took it with a smile, "You should be more prepared."

"Forget it!" Ye Chong smiled, glanced at Wang Wuyi, and quickly glanced away.

Seeing Ye Zhong's expression, Gao Yuan laughed secretly. It's not that he forgot, it's because he wanted to punish Wang Wudi, who made Wang Wudi look like an iron rooster every time he allocated funds? The politicians just suffered the disaster of the fish.

Gao Yuan lightly touched Jiang Jiaquan who was beside him, and gave a slight signal. Jiang Jiaquan was startled when he saw Gao Yuan and Ye Zhong's appearance, but immediately reacted, and tightly blocked his ears with both hands , the others were not so vigilant, especially Wang Wudi, who put his hands on the shield of the young guards in front of him, and stared at the smoking cannon with his eyes wide open. Is something worth ten thousand taels of silver really worth the price!

There was a loud bang, and Wang Wuyi was so shaken by the loud noise that he sat down on the ground, with buzzing in his ears, and apart from Gao Yuan, Jiang Jiaquan, Ye Zhong, the others were almost At the same time, they were shocked and took several steps back, all of them turned pale.

The dense smoke dissipated, and a mile away, the standing earth watchtower no longer existed. Several gunners who operated jumped up from the ground and cheered. After all, this time I was performing in front of the king and all the ministers, I don’t know how nervous I was, if I screwed up, it’s not for fun. Fortunately, I got it right.

Gao Yuan glanced at the young guards standing in front of him. It was the first time for these soldiers to see such a scene, but what made him feel relieved was that although these soldiers were pale and trembling, But the entire formation was still in disarray, one shield after another collided with each other due to the trembling of the body, making a crisp sound.

Ye Chong smiled and walked over, helped up Wang Wudi who was lying on the ground, "Minister Wang, is your hundreds of thousands of taels worth it?"

Wang Wudi was stunned for a while, looked at the earth building that had disappeared in front of him, and then looked at Ye Zhong, who was as if nothing had happened, and suddenly said angrily: "Ye Zhong, are you plotting against me?"

Ye Zhong laughed, and was about to cover up the past with clever words, when Wang Wudi laughed again suddenly, stretched out his fingers and touched his ears a few times, "However, if these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver came out of this thing , that's worth it, if you build this thing in the future, I will give you as much as you want!"

"Why did you become generous all of a sudden." Ye Zhong stared at him with wide eyes, puzzled.

Wang Wudi stretched out his hand and pointed at Ye Zhong: "If this thing can be equipped with the army on a large scale, how many fewer soldiers will die? For every one less dead, how much compensation will we lose? ?Do you want me to settle this account for you?"

Sure enough, money is still inseparable. Anyway, in the eyes of the Minister of Finance, as long as you can use less money, that is good.

"Soon, soon, at most two or three years, our army can be equipped with this cannon." (to be continued)