Chapter 423 Copper-Iron Alloy Cannon 6 The artillery test firing was a great success, but it only caused a landslide, which eventually caused the collapse of this half of the cliff in the deep valley of Zhongnan Mountain, which was somewhat unexpected by Kong Sheng.
On the way back, he faintly felt that something was wrong.
There is such a big movement in the mountains, it must have alarmed Chang'an City, and there must be a suitable explanation for the outside world, otherwise at least the emperor will not be able to explain it.
In fact, the artillery has been successfully developed and can be used as an important weapon of the country.
But Kong Sheng did not want to make the artillery public for the time being.
In fact, once it is made public, it will become the private property of the Li Tang royal family, and it will become the biggest weapon for the Li Tang royal family to consolidate its imperial power.
Moreover, the cost of this kind of artillery is not low, it is not easy to cast, and if you want to put it into large-scale casting production, it also needs a process.
In other words, for the time being, it is not realistic to equip the Tang army, since this is the case, he does not want his chips and the foundation of his life to become the forbidden side of the royal family.
Kong Sheng will definitely hand over artillery technology to the state in the future, but it must not be the Li Tang royal family.
The emperor can be changed, but the country will never change.
Kong Sheng ordered someone to secretly pull the gun carriage and quietly return to the manor at the foot of the mountain, but before he could let people push the gun carriage into the secret room, the emperor actually went out of the palace and arrived outside the manor with dozens of shadow guards.
Wu Xian rushed into the inner courtyard with a complicated face, and said hurriedly: "General, Your Majesty has arrived."
Kong Sheng's face changed, and he knew that his test shot in Zhongnan Mountain still shook Chang'an City after all, causing the emperor to be alert.
With the means of the shadow guards around the emperor, it should not be difficult for the emperor to find out the general situation.
The emperor came so quickly, which still surprised Kong Sheng.
And not only the artillery, I am afraid that the shadow guard will intervene, and all his secret plans in the manor outside the city for such a period of time will be known to the emperor.
Of course, the emperor could only be suspicious, but he didn't know what Kong Sheng was doing.
Wu Xian set his eyes on the artillery, which meant to ask if he should hide the gun carriage quickly.
Kong Sheng shook his head, it was already late at this time, the shadow guards were everywhere, since the emperor had come to the manor, it could only mean that the artillery and gun carriages were no longer a secret to the emperor now.
Of course, it is only a façade.
The real core secrets, such as artillery casting technology and some advanced technological weapon concepts, can only be known to the emperor Kong Sheng groaned slightly, and waved his hand: "Don't be impatient, go out with the official to meet you."
The gate of Chang'an Hou Manor opened, and Kong Sheng led more than 100 guards to roar out and bow down at the bottom of the steps: "Minister Kong Sheng, long live my emperor, I don't know that Your Majesty has arrived, and I will be late to greet you, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me."
The emperor's expression was slightly gloomy, and he stared at Kong Sheng, the corners of his mouth trembling and silent.
The Shadow Guard's return made the Emperor a little surprised.
Yingwei said that Chang'an waited for Kong Sheng to take people into the mountain early this morning, with a cart of mysterious objects, and the earth-shattering thing in the mountain was that Kong Sheng made a whole cliff broke and collapsed, and the landslide was halfway, which was beyond the power of manpower.
Yingwei also said that according to the investigation, Kong Sheng has been secretly doing something in the manor outside the city since he entered Chang'an, and this manor is on duty by the forbidden army and is listed as a forbidden place, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach half a step.
Although this is the private property of Chang'an Hou, it was suddenly opened up as a forbidden land, which still aroused the emperor's vigilance.
This made the sensitive emperor immediately unable to hold back, and led people out of the palace to the manor, trying to question Kong Sheng face to face.
"Kong Sheng, this is your manor outside the city, I heard that you have been operating here for a long time, and I don't know what is going on" The emperor took a deep breath, and did not say half a nonsense, and asked directly.
Kong Sheng smiled, and his expression remained unchanged: "Your Majesty also knows that the minister does not like to drink, feast, sing, dance, and the city is noisy. ” The Emperor sighed: "Tell me what kind of gadgets you are doing" "Your Majesty, please come into the manor."
Kong Sheng solemnly let the emperor and his entourage enter the door, and then took the emperor to visit his manor.
Because the manor had been transformed into a firearms workshop by him, there were piles of miscellaneous items such as instruments, raw materials, molds, and casting stoves everywhere, and as for the craftsmen and others, they had long been avoided.
Li Heng's face was gloomy, he looked around, and was silent.
Kong Sheng knew what the emperor was looking for, and a hint of indifferent sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Since this matter was accidentally discovered by the emperor, there is actually nothing to keep secret, anyway, the emperor will know sooner or later.
He waved his hand and motioned for Wu Xian to take out a strange-looking powder gun from the workshop's finished warehouse.
Or rather, a primary firearm with a handle.
This kind of firearm used by individual soldiers is just a certain derivative and experimental product in the research and development process of Kongsheng's artillery, the purpose of which is to test the quality and corresponding power of gunpowder, obtain certain technical parameters, and lay the foundation for casting artillery.
The manufacture of such a musket is not complicated, and the principle of firing is much simpler.
Of course, what seemed simple to Kong Sheng was still a very mysterious and rare object with a rather complex structure and principle in the current era, especially for the emperor.
The emperor stared at the strange thing in front of him that was a foot long and swarthy, and frowned: "Kong Sheng, what is this?"
"Your Majesty, this is a gadget that Kong Sheng made out in his spare time, and I named it the Thunderbolt God Musket."
Kong Sheng smiled and handed it to the emperor, the emperor originally wanted to take it and take a closer look, but after all, he still had some kind of jealousy of the unknown, he shook his head, did not take it, but let Kong Sheng hold it in his hand and observe it carefully.
Kong Sheng smiled secretly in his heart, knowing the emperor's cautious personality, he didn't care, he held it in his hand generously, and let the emperor look at it.
"What is the use of muskets?"
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the Emperor asked after a long time of contemplation.
Kong Sheng smiled, pointed to a human-shaped straw target more than ten meters away, waved his hand, and motioned for the soldiers to take the fire fold.
With a gun in one hand, he aimed at a target not far away, and lit the fuse of the gunpowder gun with a fire fold.
The fuse snorted, and soon the gunpowder bullet whistled out, and with a bang, the target was instantly turned into ashes.
The emperor's face changed suddenly.
He stared at the target that had turned to ashes in the distance, and the corners of his mouth trembled.
He is the emperor, and his mind is not pure, so he naturally draws inferences from one case to another, and understands what kind of huge changes will happen if this so-called gadget in Kong Sheng's hand is equipped in the army.
This will directly make the combat effectiveness of the Tang army skyrocket.
It may not be strange for one person to fire powder guns, but tens of millions of people fire muskets together, and the other party's ground formation may instantly turn into a sea of fire, what a spectacular and tragic scene it should be And in the same way, on the other hand, if this kind of thing falls into the people, it will pose a great threat to the rule of the imperial court over the emperor.
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