Chapter 425 Copper-Iron Alloy Cannon 8 Kong Sheng looked at the emperor's eager and excited face, and smiled: "Your Majesty, what the ministers are out of, naturally they are not hesitant to hand over to the imperial court to supervise, if they can be of some benefit to the country, it is also the minister's wish." ” "The minister regards money, fame and fortune as dung, and has no selfish intentions, and His Majesty should know the loyalty of the minister."
Kong Sheng paused word by word and bowed slowly.
The emperor laughed: "Kong Sheng, you are the minister of my humerus, and you are loyal to me and the court, and I am very relieved.
However, you have artillery and heavy weapons to present for the imperial court, and I will seal them again to reward your merits. ” The emperor had made up his mind at this moment, if Kong Sheng was willing to contribute the artillery casting technology to the imperial family, he would definitely canonize Kong Sheng as a king with a different surname.
This is a real prince, not the kind of prince who canonizes meritorious heroes.
In fact, Kong Sheng's research and development of the important weapon for going abroad is more than enough to make a great contribution, and it is more than enough to be crowned a king.
The corners of Kong Sheng's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart Lao Tzu's words have not been finished yet, why are you in a hurry Kong Sheng said seriously: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister shirks disobedience, it's just that the minister got it by accident this time, there is no experience and molding reference at all, all the casting processes and even the gunpowder formula are a flash of inspiration, and thousands of tests are needed, the minister is really powerless."
Kong Sheng's meaning is that I myself have not really mastered the substantive technology, and the success of artillery casting has an accidental factor.
The emperor's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said in his heart that this little guy didn't want to give me the casting method of this mysterious heavy weapon, and it was simply unreasonable to prevaricate me with this excuse In fact, Kong Sheng didn't lie completely, his words were half-true.
Although a cannon was successfully minted by luck, it does not mean that it can be successfully minted in the future.
The casting process, copper-iron alloy and even the formula of gunpowder need to be further tested and explored, and many technical parameters must be further enriched and improved.
The emperor wants a complete set of craftsmanship at this time, how can he get it Moreover, some things are based on the advanced thinking of him, a traverser, without Kong Sheng's supervision and guidance, just relying on the craftsmen of this era behind closed doors, don't even think about it.
But the emperor couldn't turn his face with Kong Sheng.
One is that Kong Sheng already controls the forbidden army and the Shenlong Guard, and is the confidant minister he currently relies on, and the biggest bargaining chip he relies on to concentrate imperial power; Second, Kong Sheng now has mastered such a magical artillery casting technique, which has irreplaceable and great value for the emperor and the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, on the other hand, if Kong Sheng is not used by the Li Tang royal family, it is a huge threat.
The emperor said patiently and softly: "Kong Sheng, you mean that I am in a bit of a hurry."
"Your Majesty, please give the minister a year to perfect the casting technology, and after a year, the minister should present a complete set of mature artillery casting technology, and at that time, the artillery can be assembled with the Tang army."
A casual smile crossed the corner of Kong Sheng's mouth: "At the same time, I implore Your Majesty to urge the imperial court to secretly set up a firearms manufacturing superintendent, which will be handled by the minister himself, and the required resources will be coordinated by the Ministry of Industry. ” This is Kong Sheng's real purpose.
Since this matter was accidentally discovered by the emperor, there is no need to hide it.
But he would never hand over the casting technology to the Li Tang royal family, and when necessary, he could hand it over to the country and the imperial court, but he could not let the artillery casting technology become the exclusive weapon of the royal family to suppress the people.
Advocate the establishment of a firearms manufacturing superintendent, with oneself as the leader, relying on the strength of the whole country to continue to cast and develop artillery, for their own use.
The Emperor let out a sigh and turned slowly.
No matter what Kong Sheng said, the emperor was actually a little suspicious, feeling that Kong Sheng had reservations and was unwilling to contribute the casting method of this artifact to the imperial family.
The emperor faced Zhongnan Mountain and muttered for a long time.
Kong Sheng was not in a hurry, and stood quietly behind the emperor, waiting for the emperor's final decision.
This is not a trivial matter, and the emperor needs to think through thoroughly what to do in order to be in the best interest of himself and the royal family.
The emperor turned around and said in a deep voice: "Kong Sheng, it is not appropriate to openly set up a firearms manufacturing superintendent, based on my opinion, or secretly, let you personally come forward to test the casting, of course, I will give corresponding support, I will give a secret edict to the Ministry of Works, allocate the necessary ore resources to you, according to what you say, I will give you a year, and after a year, I hope to see you completely hand over the firearms manufacturing superintendent to me." ” "However, the important weapon of the country should not be taken lightly, I will send an internal servant to supervise the firearms manufacturing supervisor, you understand" Kong Sheng smiled slightly: "That's natural, the ministers should obey the order."
Kong Sheng said in his heart that the emperor would definitely not be able to put his mind at ease, and he would send the eunuchs and shadow guards around him to supervise, and at the same time, he also had the intention of probing secrets.
But Kong Sheng didn't care, because all the casting processes were in his mind, and no one could plunder them.
And what he has is the means, to firmly turn artillery casting into the biggest bargaining chip in his personal hands.
With just a few eunuchs and shadow guards, it is tantamount to a fool's dream to steal this kind of high-tech ideas and casting technology that has been many years ahead of this era.
There are many ideas, in fact, it is a layer of window paper, but without hundreds of years of historical precipitation, this kind of window paper can never be pierced.
And once you open it, you will suddenly find that it is so simple The emperor stared at the mighty and invincible general cannon in front of him, his eyes became more and more hot, and he waved his hand and said: "I like this thing very much, come here, bring it into the palace, I want to play with it from time to time."
A few palace guards rushed up, and they pushed up the gun cart and walked out.
The corners of Kong Sheng's mouth twitched, and he secretly sneered in his heart, anyway, it was just an experiment, and the emperor just wanted to get it into the palace as a toy.
However, the emperor's real mind can be imagined, and he wants to develop a casting method from this finished product, but in Kong Sheng's opinion, it is completely whimsical.
He didn't care about such a test cannon.
With the Emperor's strong support in the future, he will soon be able to forge a more powerful cannon again.
Moreover, there were no shells, no specific method of firing, and this cannon was purely an ornament in the palace.
The emperor got into the palace, at most it was a frightening ornament.
Moreover, for people who do not understand and are not familiar with the power of artillery, this is not even a threat.
The so-called ignorant are fearless, everyone does not know what artillery is, who are you going to scare?
The emperor quietly returned to the palace with this cannon.
Of course, the artillery carriage was tightly covered, and no one knew what it was.
After returning to the palace, the emperor pushed the gun carriage into a secret room dedicated to the emperor, and sent people to strictly guard it, and no one was allowed to enter except the emperor.
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The emperor did not break his promise.
The emperor then issued a secret edict to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, secretly ordering the allocation of resources and money required by Kong Sheng, and even the allocation of more than 100 skilled craftsmen selected from the people, turning Kong Sheng's personal firearms workshop into a firearms manufacturing supervisor under the direct control of the emperor.
With an official identity, the support of the state apparatus is undoubtedly a great thing for Kong Sheng's artillery and firearms casting.
Kong Sheng knew that the emperor was most concerned about this matter at the moment, so he simply stopped returning to the city to participate in the court meeting, lived in the manor outside the city for a long time, and continued to lead more than 100 craftsmen to cast cannons and firearms day and night.
With the resources and financial resources, and with the acquiescence of the emperor, he no longer had any scruples and directly expanded the production of casting.
His expected goal was to forge five Mighty Invincible General Cannons and hundreds of individual muskets within a month.
Five artillery pieces are nothing for a large army, but for Kong Sheng personally, they are the capital to save his life. oshow7 t1706231537: