Bianliang Imperial Palace, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.
The letter of state of the Xia envoy has been handed over to Song Shenzong, and the entire court has been quarreled because of the matter of Xia Guo's courtship, and Song Shenzong is also a little undecided at this time, if he really wants his daughter to marry thousands of miles away, Song Shenzong is not reluctant "Two Aiqing, do you think I really want to marry the princess to the Great Xia Kingdom" Song Shenzong said with a sad face.
At this time, the two people standing in front of Song Shenzong were Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi had been hiding in his hometown since he ran back to the Great Song Dynasty from the battlefield, and he wanted to forget about this life like this, but Song Shenzong issued a strict order to arrest Wang Anshi, and then Wang Anshi panicked, so he planned to abscond in fear of crime, but he was arrested before he ran out of his hometown, and then he was escorted back to Beijing.
The rest of the matter will not be introduced much, Wang Anshi was directly demoted to become the head of the household; Facing Song Shenzong's questioning, Wang Anshi said to Song Shenzong: "Your Majesty, this time is the best time to ease relations with the Great Xia Empire, and peace is the best way. ” Wechen agreed.
Sima Guang said: "Your Majesty, now that we are at war with the Liao army, it would be unwise to offend Great Xia at this time, and the Xia Emperor is likely to use this as an excuse to join forces with Liao to attack Song." ” "Since the two Aiqing feel that they should be friendly, then I will discuss with the Queen Mother and the Empress, and we must choose a princess with both ability and integrity," Song Shenzong said; "I've heard that there are a lot of valuable gifts from the Great Xia Empire this time."
Song Xia and the kiss is already a sure thing, as for the real princess or the fake princess and the kiss no longer matters, on the other side of the Dali country agreed more cheerfully, there is no conflict of interest between the two countries, for the weak Dali country, to be able to marry the powerful Daxia Empire, it is equivalent to adding a strong aid to the Dali country.
Li Bingchang and Li Wu's wedding was held in Xingqing Mansion, Li Liangzuo invited envoys from various countries, as well as feudal officials in various parts of the empire, in those few days, the whole Xingqing Mansion was very lively, after the official marriage, Li Liangzuo prepared a luxurious mansion for his two sons in Xingqing Mansion, which can be regarded as an affirmation of the efforts of the two sons during this time, King Qin and King Jin did not stay too long in Xingqing Mansion and returned to the fiefdom with their respective princesses; Xingqing Mansion has also returned to its former calm.
After this period of intense construction, the Firearms Research and Technology Agency was finally established, and Li Liangzuo ordered a large number of craftsmen from all over the country to come, although these craftsmen said that the salaries were high and terrifying, but their personal freedom was restricted to death, and the whole city was heavily guarded, and there were special guards who patrolled continuously for 12 hours a day, and anyone who approached was killed; This place was established by Li Liangzuo as the top military secret of the Great Xia Empire.
"Your Majesty, this is the place where raw materials are produced and processed, and all raw materials are divided into 100 catties after production and processing here, and then sent to the next step," Xiao Zhuozi introduced to Li Liangzuo.
As one of the only people who survived the last explosion, Xiao Zhuozi is also the only person who knows the formula of gunpowder except for Li Liangzuo, and this firearms research and technology department is naturally handed over to Xiao Zhuozi to take care of, and now because the production of gunpowder and its firearms is very small, after all, these craftsmen are not very familiar, and the firearms produced are basically the same as those of the Song army, and it is very difficult to break through the routine for scientific inventions during this period.
"Your Majesty, this is a blacksmith's shop, mainly responsible for forging iron shells."
Xiao Zhuozi continued to introduce Li Liangzuo.
"How much can the earth-shattering thunder produce in a month?"
"Since the craftsmen are not yet skilled, we can now make up to about 500 pieces a month."
"Each person is responsible for a process, so that the craftsman must quickly familiarize himself with the process, and this output is not enough for a battle."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will implement it as soon as possible."
"Yue'er, go get a batch of firearms of all types, and let's go to the open space outside the city to experiment."
"Yes, the retainer is commanded."
Soon Li Yue took more than 100 soldiers to bring a part of all kinds of firearms, including rockets, ten thousand arrows through the heart, monkeys in the sky, earth-shaking thunder, etc., in order to test the lethality of these weapons, Li Liangzuo specially made a group of sheep to serve as a meat shield, although it is a little bloody, but in order to test the power of the new weapon is also worth it.
"Chirp, tweet, tweet" "Boom, boom, boom" With the sound of explosions and rockets flying, after the smoke cleared, Li Liangzuo saw the results of the experiment, Li Liangzuo found that the problem in the middle is very big, first of all, the accuracy of firearms is very poor, and the lethality is small, if you want to improve the accuracy and lethality, in the current situation, there is only one way, that is, to make up for it with quantity; In this way, a new problem has arisen, the cost of firearms is much higher than that of cold weapons, and it is a one-time consumable, and a large amount of equipment is not enough to support it with the current national strength of the Great Xia Kingdom.
"Get the Sky Monkey over and see how powerful it is," Li Liangzuo ordered.
Because there is no bamboo growing in the area where the Great Xia Empire is located, the Channeling Monkey made by the Xia Army is made of paper, and the stacked layers of paper are glued together and rolled into a cylinder, and the entire Channeling Monkey is divided into two layers, that is, two paper tubes are set together, which is stuffed with gunpowder, and there are some iron fragments in the gap between the two paper tubes, or thistle terrestris, so the power of the explosion is much more than that of bamboo.
"Ignition" With Li Liangzuo's order, the sky monkey rose from the shelf, by the impression of air and wind, the sky monkey shot out is not a straight line at all, its accuracy is needless to say, after watching this series of experiments, Li Liangzuo was disappointed in firearms, this era is not the future generations at all, firearms are just beginning; In fact, it is quite good to have such an achievement.
"I will live here these days, I plan to study a new type of firearm, we can't follow the old path of others, tell all craftsmen, as long as they can make powerful and ingenious new firearms, I will be rewarded, official positions, titles, money, and beautiful women are at your disposal."
Li Liangzuo made an order.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Xiao Zhuozi took the holy decree.
Li Liangzuo did not live in the city, but lived in a big tent outside the city, the reason is because the city is too dangerous, and the slightest carelessness may cause a martyrdom or fire, so for Li Liangzuo's safety, everyone unanimously decided to let Li Liangzuo live outside the city.
There is a stack of white paper in front of Li Liangzuo's bookcase, and there is a feather and ground ink next to it, Li Liangzuo's posture is to carry out the work on the map, but it is basically impossible to carry out the work on the map in this case that there is no hard pen, so Li Liangzuo can only use feathers to replace the hard pen, Li Liangzuo's previous life was a metallurgical background, so he is not very proficient in drawing, and he is blind after drawing more than a dozen sheets, and he is busy with the paper balls thrown by Li Liangzuo.
"Your Majesty, it's already deep, you better rest first" Xiao Zhuozi brought a cup of ginseng tea and said to Li Liangzuo.
"I'm not tired, I'll have to draw this thing tonight."
Thanks to the five recommendations of the missing heart eye and the three recommendations of Yu Yan and Lu Mo stop, Tianyu is grateful: