Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 523: Cooking Xiaoxian

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The current situation made Guo Shaoxin unconcealed disappointment. The power of firearms is not as strong as imagined, but rather tasteless...The performance is not even as good as half of the bow|crossbow, and it is far more troublesome than the shuttle gun. , It is not very useful. …The vertex novel,

People pay great attention to practicality. If they decide to do anything else, they will definitely be used as a gimmick of novel weapons to scare people. But Guo Shao doesn't think so: firearms are definitely not as good as cold weapons at the beginning, but the future direction belongs to hot|hot weapons. There is no doubt about this.

Guo Shao has personally seen the great advantages of gunpowder weapons against swords and arrows (until the opium | powers also used black | gunpowder weapons). Those who have verified the results with their own eyes, if they do not go in the right direction, This is unreasonable in itself... Knowing that the gun|cannon is powerful, but deliberately avoiding it, not touching it or trying it, Guo Shao feels that there is no need to do that.

Furthermore, even if firearms are not of great use now, Guo Shao has the entire country's resources in his hands, and there is no shortage of research and development consumption. The disappointment was fleeting, and Guo Shao corrected his mentality in an instant and planned to continue.

He asked Zan Jurun, the military supervisor, to rearrange the experiment and see the effects of metal tubes of various materials with his own eyes. A group of people came to the school grounds, the craftsmen erected their targets, filled the gunpowder into the firecrackers, and then fixed them on the ground with a wooden frame to face the front.

The firecrackers are all semi-finished products. There is only a metal tube. After the gunpowder and pellets are filled, a long lead is drawn out from the front. The lead is paper-coated gunpowder, which is similar to the lead of a firecracker.

After a while, the craftsman ignited the "firecracker fuse" and ran away, the firecrackers on the wooden frame "bang", and gun smoke rose. Just looking at the scene, it really looks like a fire|gun fired. After some tests, everyone checked the damage of the gun tube and the bullet holes on the target. The situation is not much different from what Zan Jurun described... Guo Shao fully confirmed that the power of this thing is indeed not great.

......Guo Shao took Zan Jurun and others to a room next to him and sat down. There were also many tools in this room, among which was the kind of drill that Guo Shao had seen using the twisting force of twine. child.

Guo Shao asked someone to put paper and ink, and when he picked up the pen, he asked casually: "Even the bronze firecrackers are cheaper to make than the crossbow?"

"Of course." Zan Jurun said, "Although the court lacks copper, a single bronze gun is not worth much copper. Casting, drilling and grinding are far less than the manpower consumed by crossbow arrows... Moreover, the right to mine is In the hands of the government, even if copper is expensive, it consumes less manpower and does little harm to national power and people's livelihood; making bronze guns is much less burdensome to the court than making crossbows."

After listening, Guo Shao nodded his approval and said in his heart: People who have functions as the center have more knowledge and brains than ordinary people. When Zan Jurun said one thing, he knew that he would consider the explanation from a larger level.

Guo Shao raised the pen not to record, but to draw a form. After a long time, he put the pen on the inkstone, took the paper in his hand and took a breath, and handed it to Zan Jurun, saying: "In the future, I will report on various affairs of the military equipment supervisor. Imitate this form to make it clearer. It is not easy to miss every attempt."

"Here." Zan Jurun hurriedly took it with both hands, watching carefully.

"What is the size and material of each thing, and then write the process and production process in another box, as well as the description after the experiment. First classify and sort, and then write a few summary text." Guo Shaodao, "Also There are standards for length and weight, and the dimensions used in the world are not accurate. Zan Gong thought of a way to set the basic standards. In the future, the military equipment supervisor will produce various ordnance sizes according to the official standards."

Zan Jurun hurriedly clasped his fists in response: "The minister followed the decree."

Guo Shao said again: "The craftsmen we are looking for are well paid. They may be more attentive to work at the beginning. It is difficult to say whether this place will become a place for people to live with. You have to decide. Some rules, clear rewards and punishments, and generous rewards to those craftsmen who have worked hard to figure out the results... Let everyone have a head start."

...Guo Shao stayed here for a while, then ordered the development of artillery and the throwing of explosives by the way.

For things related to the use of gunpowder, firearms workshops can ask for funds to try. However, the key directions that Guo Shao specified were guns, artillery, and throwing objects...Only these three things were the most practical, and the conclusion still came from insight.

When the later generations of black|gunpowder weapons developed to the extreme, especially the Western world came from behind, after years of melee and inspection, fire|gunners, artillery, and grenadiers were the most useful arms. And other things that look fancy and peculiar, I am afraid that they are actually useless... For example, the rocket, which seems to be dozens of shots, but because the trajectory of the ball is completely uncontrollable, it is basically not lethal.

However, Guo Shao did not intend to curb people's attempts, and he did not refuse to make something useful. Anyway, see the effect on the school field.

...The desire to rely on firearms to solve military problems fell through, so Guo Shao didn't stay in the firearms workshop for too long and left here soon. However, the emperor's personal presence here also shows that Guo Shao attaches importance to this matter.

He returned to the Imperial Study Room of Jinxiang Palace, and Zuo You and others had already submitted the arranged memorials. Guo Shao didn't look at it right away, but first thought about what he was going to do... to defeat the Northern Han Dynasty.

But preparations are far from complete. First, he had to wait for his dispatch to the Privy Council of the Northern Han Dynasty for detailed work and get back more detailed information before deploying troops and tactics. What Sun Tzu said, knowing oneself, knowing the enemy, and winning every battle; if it is a battle that is completely uncertain, the best choice is to fight or not fight.

Guo Shao started to deal with the memorials. They were all sorted out by Zuo You and Huang Binglian, which seemed to be very fast. When the military is the top priority, government affairs are already secondary. This method allows Guo Shao Improved the efficiency of administration...but it was not a good way. He had discovered the shortcomings before, and it was difficult to get the advice and ideas of the minister and the magi. So Guo Shao still reads the original text written in classical Chinese from time to time. He probably understands all of them, but it's a little harder.

He participated in the "Jingyan" twice a while ago, when a talented and famous scholar taught the emperor. Guo Shao didn't feel very good. The great Confucians focused on the thoughts of lecturing scriptures and classics, and their ideas Guo Shao didn't agree with. So after going twice, he stopped going.

What Guo Shao needs is an enlightenment teacher of ancient Chinese. In fact, the kind of private school teachers in the village are enough to teach him ancient Chinese knowledge systematically. But he didn't dare to invite that kind of person to teach the emperor, he might be laughed at by Shilin. So Zuo You took on this task.

After dealing with the main business, Guo Shao called Zuo You to the back room and asked him to teach himself basic courses, as well as copying and practicing homework every day. The two spend a long time alone in that small room almost every day. What they don't know is that they are always discussing some conspiracy... Guo Shao doesn't want to be watched by a group of officials outside.

Guo Shao learns very seriously. He sits at the table like a good student and concentrates on reading the Analects without punctuation in a manner similar to those of children. Because Guo Shao realized the importance of literacy and hyphenation in classical Chinese in this environment, otherwise he would not even be able to understand the memorial and what country he would govern... He remembered the Emperor Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty, his hobby is carpenter, and he did not want to deal with it himself. Government affairs: Now Guo Shao understands the Emperor Carpenter a little bit, because he is illiterate, and how uncomfortable it is to deal with government affairs as an illiterate. Guo Shao, a "half-illiterate", feels the same way.

I finished reading the content of the day. Zuo You spoke to Guo Shao for a while.

Zuo You picked up a memorial and said: "This article was written by a local official. He meant to say to your majesty that officials over fifty years old are forbidden to be the highest bureaucrat of a place."

Guo Shao asked: "What is Mr. Zuo's attitude?"

Zuo You said: "This person is a bit cynical, and his speech is bold, but it is not unreasonable. What future is there for an older official who has been in the officialdom for many years? There is no hope for promotion, and he must only care about two things. Greed of money. Once these people have the power to live and kill, accumulate wealth, arrogance and prostitution | leisure is the most important thing. As for their political achievements, people's livelihood, and government officials, what are their benefits?"

Zuo You spoke eloquently: "The minister thought that it was not just these people’s corpses. There were more officials who were hopeless to get promoted. The same would be the case... The reason is that for many years, military generals can be promoted by military merits, but civilian officials only Relying on Shangfeng’s appreciation, this kind of method of seeking talents cannot benefit most officials. It is too difficult for people who have no background or reputation to make a difference."

Guo Shao nodded and said that Zuo You was born as a low-level official, and he probably knew the situation well.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment, and said: "However, to solve this situation, it is necessary to reform the system. It is not a day’s work, nor is it a matter of current importance. At present, the first thing that the court is opening up is the situation and structure, and it must advance the defense of the territory. After arriving at the Great Wall, you can cook small fresh food and clean up the interior.

At present, we should not act rashly and affect the interests of too many people, otherwise it will cause storms. Although the current administration of officials is not very good, it is a situation formed by a hundred years of melee. The new monarch is very calm after he became the throne. This is a good thing; we cannot easily move them before we are not sure. "

Zuo You just listened and thought it was good.

Guo Shao reviewed the layout of the Imperial Study Room and said: "I need an insightful and wise staff. It's time to establish a cabinet as an auxiliary. The rooms in this place are not easy to use. Open. Mr. Zuo asked someone to take the construction plan of the Jinxiang Temple, help me choose a place, and rearrange a center for handling state affairs."

Guo Shao immediately picked up a pen to write his own vision. A room outside to be used as a place for issuing imperial decree and passing messages; then a place for cabinet officials to work and rest, which can assist the emperor and provide suggestions at any time; a room for the emperor’s office; a room for him to think alone, stickers , The place where the military planes are stored...There must also be a place where the ministers are individually summoned for secret meetings, and where important ministers are usually gathered for discussion.

While discussing with Zuo You, he wrote it down, preparing to build a central core that would become the brain-like institution of the entire court.