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    Chapter 104 Cannons and Cannons The expression on Wang Hua's face was indeed unpredictable, sometimes he was happy and sometimes he was worried.  After a while, he said: "Xiangong Wei, the queen must marry the princess." The implication is that Wei's reputation is very bad, I don't believe it anymore.  "That's it, that's it," Wei Juyuan wasn't angry either. Now Wang Hua was the stronger one, so he had to endure it.  But he already got what he wanted from Wang Hua's expression and tone, so he cupped his hands and said, "Wang Shilang, please come back." "Wei Xianggong, walk slowly." Wang Hua also cupped his hands before turning around and heading towards  Go back.  But at this time, the expression of surprise on his face immediately disappeared and turned into one of ridicule.  Because he already knew what Webster had planned.  The next day, Wei Juyuan came over to have a meal again. The meal was a fake and he got closer to Wang Hua.  Let's have a relationship. How can we have a relationship if we don't have a relationship?  Wang Hua still entertained him very politely.  At this time, a soldier came over and whispered in Wang Hua's ear. Wang Hua showed surprise on his face and said to Wei Juyuan: "There is something good, Mr. Wei, do you want to see it?" "Oh, please, Wang.  "The minister took it out." "I can't take this thing, Mr. Wei, please come with me." Wang Hua took Wei Juyuan out and walked for a while. A group of people pushed dozens of cars with some weird things on them.  Copper and iron pipes.  There are also some smaller iron pipes, shining with a cold metallic luster under the sunlight.  Wei Juyuan is well-informed, but he doesn¡¯t know what they are.  Wang Hua walked over and stroked it affectionately with his hands. ? These are artillery in the true sense of the word.  Cannons appeared very early in Chinese history, but they were not cannons, but cannons, which were trebuchets that fired stones.  This kind of trebuchet reached its peak until Huihui Ren Yisi Ma merged Western trebuchet technology and invented the Huihui Cannon, which is the type of trebuchet currently used by the Blood Camp.  But it was quickly eliminated and replaced by real artillery.  Cannon was changed to cannon at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Because of the emergence of gunpowder, Yang Xingmi's subordinate Zheng Fan attacked Yuzhang and fired flying fire (arson objects mixed with gunpowder fired from a trebuchet). He changed the name from stone to fire, so it became cannon.  .  But the real development of firearms was still in the Song Dynasty. The most tragic thing was that after the Song general Lou Qianjia retreated through Yuecheng, he could not hold on because he ran out of food. He brought out a cannon. When it was ignited, the sound was like thunder, and the city collapsed. Two hundred  Many people died together with the city.  This kind of cannon is a kind of firearm such as bombs and mines.  But in the Northern Song Dynasty, trebuchets were still the main type. The "Martial Classics General" written by Zeng Gongliang listed sixteen types of trebuchets, including the Xixia cyclone cannon, but it still had stone side cannons.  It was not until the late Northern Song Dynasty that various crude firearms gradually appeared, including the Tokyo Defense War in the Northern Song Dynasty, when large-scale firearms began to be used to defend the enemy.  In the second year of Emperor Gaozong¡¯s reign in the Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty invented firearms similar to handguns and grenades. In the second year of Shaoxing, Chen Gui invented a musket, which may be the first real tubular firearm in human history.  In the first year of Kaiqing, the soldiers and civilians of Shouchun Prefecture invented a sudden musket, and the Zihu appeared. This Zihu was also the earliest projectile in China.  Later, based on the sudden fire gun, a giant bamboo tube was used to hold gunpowder, and the gas pressure generated by the combustion of the gunpowder in the tube was used to launch bullets to kill the enemy.  This is the prototype of a real cannon.  Those who used bamboo and wood to make pipes were called the Invincible Bamboo Generals at that time.  After the Yuan and Mongolia invaded the south, they obtained the technology of the Southern Song Dynasty and further developed it, and primitive copper artillery appeared.  It is very similar to the bamboo artillery, except that there are two square hole hollow iron bolts at the rear of the gun, instead of the trunnion, there is a wooden frame launching device.  But there is no sight, and the hit rate is extremely low. In order to dissipate heat and explode the barrel, the barrel is made into a trumpet-shaped opening.  It looks like a large horn.  However, firearm technology continued to develop, and the peasant army uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty began to use firearms in large-scale battles.  Therefore, firearms developed fastest in the Ming Dynasty.  There are hundreds of varieties, such as general cannons, general cannons, cannons, cannons, divine cannons, Folan cannons, prisoner-killing cannons, divine cannons, and flying saucer cannons.  The materials are divided into iron cannons, copper cannons, wooden cannons and bamboo cannons.  Its functions include walled offensive and defensive artillery, field artillery, water ship artillery, etc.  "If the Qing army had not entered the customs and the Ming Dynasty officials had ruled the Taiyuan, it is possible that China's hot weapons would have continued to be far ahead of other countries in the world in the future.  After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Nurhachi suffered a lot from artillery, and he still valued artillery very much.  However, due to the seclusion and the revolution since the late Qianlong period, technology has once again stalled.  This pause finally ushered in a century of humiliation.  In fact, the technical requirements for artillery are lower than the requirements for the rifle Wang Hua imagined.  However, it is undoubtedly very difficult for today¡¯s technicians to ask primary school students to do college math problems.  The first thing is?? Gun barrels are divided into forged and forged. Forged is the best, that is, artificially made. The iron and copper have been refined for hundreds of times. The metal structure is fine, high strength, and tough. There is no risk of exploding the barrel. It can also be used to fire large guns with small cannons.  It is elastic and very convenient to carry.  Of course, the cost of this kind of Hundred Refining is also higher.  However, more powerful artillery still must use casting technology.  Wang Hua taught the later iron mold cannon casting method. This method is also the most advanced casting method under current conditions, shortening the casting time and saving costs.  But even the forging and casting techniques are still very advanced for today¡¯s Tang Dynasty craftsmen.  The next step is to look at the chamber. If there is any leakage, it is a waste product.  It must be extremely smooth. With such a long barrel, the current primitive method is not very easy to observe.  This is what has stumped Oceania Technology for a long time.  ?????????????????????This is easier to do, just use an extremely cumbersome method to grind the mouth flat.  The next step is the lathe chamber. Wang Hua drew a simple diagram of the lathe machine, that is, a wheel is attached to the lathe tool, tied with a cross iron bar, and a lathe rod is installed outside the wheel.  But the picture is a picture, the real thing is the real thing, and it takes a long time.  This makes the barrel smoother.  Finally, there is the fire door. The location of the fire door is extremely important.  Once again, the mechanic spent a long time figuring it out.  But it¡¯s not over yet. The proportions of the size and length of the gun body must be appropriate.  It is impossible for Wang Hua to know this ratio. This requires repeated trials.  The position of the gun lug should also be installed appropriately. If the lug is tilted forward, the gun head will be tilted back when the gun is fired. If the lug is tilted rearward, the gun head will be tilted down.  The guide door must be placed correctly. The guide door is straight and large, allowing the fire to vent, and the anger will be delayed.  If you lean forward, you will sit back. If the leading door is small, the fire energy will be insufficient.  The gun barrel must be thick and smooth to receive the charge, so a raw iron charge chamber is cast, and the guide door is penetrated with wrought iron into the bottom of the chamber. It is then wrapped in hemp, rolled in mud, sun-dried, applied with mortar, applied with white mud, and bound with wooden rectangular boards.  , round and calibrate, burn with fire, rub black smoke on the outside, and finally use a mud strip to hold it up to keep the center of the gun in the center. Install mud templates layer by layer, cover the joints with mud, and then tie up the iron hoops.  Burn it red with fire, then it is finished.  Sections and hoops are still being added to the periphery of the gun barrel. These sections must be added reasonably. Although in order to be strong and not explode the barrel, the location and amount of addition must be debugged.  Then there is the material, which must be the best copper and iron. For example, in ancient China, Fujian iron was ranked first, followed by Jin iron, and iron from other regions was not used.  Of course, in practice, this is not the case.  However, the rich iron in Oceania is of very good quality, and the copper in Luzon is also of high quality.  The material is not a big problem.  Then there are the artillery shells, including rattle shells, refined shells, also called mandarin duck shells. These are the most advanced projectiles in current technology and have the greatest damage. Drilling shells when building strongholds, chiseling shells when attacking cities, as well as split shells and broad shells.  , shotgun bombs, Gongsun bombs, honeycomb bombs, etc.  There are also various shapes, including long round, ring-shaped, hat-shaped, scissor-shaped, leaf-shaped, etc.  Then there is the gunpowder. The nitrate must be pure nitrate. It is refined by adding gray water to a water pot at a ratio of one hundred to one.  Pure sulfur is extracted by adding 10:2:1 sulfur to butter and sesame oil and stir-frying in a pan.  This also has strict regulations on the temperature of the fire under the furnace. It must be a coal fire, and the temperature cannot be high or low.  Then there is the charcoal powder, which must be made of light wood as the raw material, preferably Ma Qianqie stem, and then Yingchun Wuliu, if not, then it is fir.  Peel and remove the knots, otherwise there will be too much smoke in the skin and the knots will easily explode.  The last thing is the proportion of loading. How much ammunition is loaded in each artillery also needs to be carefully measured.  In addition, although Wang Hua did not give the modern artillery, it was a relatively mature variety of artillery in the early Qing Dynasty, which required higher technology. Several years have passed since then.  Several types have been researched recently. Although they are immature, considering the current situation in the blood camp, they were immediately shipped quietly along with various data. It happened that Wang Hua was under Chang'an City and was transported ashore from the Wei River.  There are not many types, including two giant cannons weighing more than 2,000 kilograms. This model comes from the Mighty Invincible General Cannon.  Four medium-sized cannons similar to General Shenwei, weighing nearly 400 kilograms, three cannons with short barrels and thick barrels, imitating the medium-sized cannons of General Weiyuan, and two nine-section 100% cannons weighing more than 800 kilograms.  Next came a dozen more advanced small cannons, all of which were artificially forged, including seven 30-kilogram double-deck cannons, which were more advanced than the double-deck cannons in loading, firing, and firing.  In fact, the latter is still a mother-child cannon, but it is not an enhanced version of the mother-child cannon.  Don't look at these two types of artillery. They are only more than five feet long and weigh no more than 30 kilograms. A strong man carried them away, but they are very lethal. "The child is in the mother's womb, and the mother sends the child out, from the sky."  And down, the pieces shattered into pieces, unstoppable."  Of course, regardless of flexibility, cost, and practicality, the first type of artillery is the most powerful, with a length of two and a half meters, each loading of gunpowder can reach two kilograms, and the shell weighs three or four kilograms.  Looking at these 25 artillery pieces, seven large, eight small, and boxes of shells, Wang Hua had mixed feelings in his heart.  In recent years, more than 9 million yuan has been invested in the research and development of firearms. More than 200 craftsmen have been invested. There are more than 600 related craftsmen. The people involved are almost as common as ordinary people.There were almost more than 2,000 people, and it took a dozen people to die and more than 20 people to be injured. It took several years to finally see the first batch of real thermal weapons.  "If it were exchanged for gold, these twenty-five cannons would also be wrapped.  But it cannot be said that technology is priceless.  Wei Juyuan looked at Wang Hua's strange expression and asked: "Wang Shilang, what are you talking about?" "Wei Xianggong, in the past few years, some people in the court pressed me for explosives technology. In fact, they valued the technology of firecrackers and fireworks.  Profit. But that's just a plaything. I said that explosives can be used not only for civilian purposes, but also for military purposes. " Wei Juyuan nodded. Explosives played a big role in Wang Hua's months-long battle, but they are not as big as these.  What is the connection between copper pipes and iron pipes?  Wang Hua added: "These artillery pieces really play the role of explosives." "Can you give it a try?" Wei Juyuan asked worriedly.  Originally, the blood camp was already very powerful, and new weapons were released. What should we do? The real tail is too big to lose.  "Mr. Wei, don't worry, I'll let you take a look tomorrow night. Let's go back and drink." Why until tomorrow night?  Thinking of Wang Hua's time, Wei Juyuan was not in the mood. He immediately returned to Chang'an and wrote to the court again. Instead of rushing for 800 miles and there was no time, he found some of the best horses in the Chang'an Palace and sent them to the palace.  People immediately sent a message to Chang'an.  But he was overly worried. When Li Xian received the first letter from Wei Juyuan, he immediately summoned the ministers to discuss it again.  Wang Hua's other conditions were acceptable. Even if Zong Chuke was killed, no one objected. In fact, many ministers wanted Wang Hua to force Li Xian to kill Zong Chuke. They thought Wang Hua's demands were too low. It would be best to join forces with Xue Sijian and  Zong Jinqing and other ministers killed him together.  But there is really no way to agree to four to ten million.  The three states are also unable to give it.  So they discussed it and sent two people again. The first was the new Huangmen Minister Zhang Jiazhen, and the second was Su Jue who served as the Minister of Hubu the winter before last. Since Wang Hua thought that he was a good minister, he served as Wang Hua for several days.  His boss sent him over to persuade Wang Hua.  Zhang Jiazhen was in his forties, so there was no big problem. Su Jue was also in his seventies, and he was a Confucian scholar with a thin body. Li Xian was a little anxious, so he took out the imperial carriage from his palace and asked him to have sex with Zhang Jiazhen.  On the carriage, four horses were pulling, and they rushed to Chang'an day and night.  Came to the gate of Chang'an City, met with Wei Juyuan, and explained the situation.  Of course, the role of artillery is still underestimated. In the past few months, there have been many new things, but the final decisive factor is manpower.  Even the ground rats, which the Turks hated, dug tunnels with manpower.  So no one paid attention, but these tens of thousands of troops gave three people a headache.  It was almost evening now. The three of them put aside their own prejudices and immediately arrived in front of Wang Hua's camp.  Wang Hua welcomed them in very politely. Food and wine were being prepared in that room, and the smell of various spices entered the noses of the three people from time to time.  But now he didn't care about eating, Zhang Jiazhen said straight to the point: "Wang Shilang, just accept it when you see it." In any case, this time the court came up with a big deal, and even though he was the manager, he could save more than a dozen states for him.  Civil and military affairs have become a veritable king of the northwest.  "Shilang Zhang, congratulations on your promotion." Wang Hua did not answer, but sent a congratulation in advance.  Zhang Jiazhen didn¡¯t answer.  If Wang Hua hadn't talked to Zhang and mentioned that he was a future prime minister, he wouldn't have been promoted to Huangmen Shilang.  But now I don¡¯t know if you are a friend or an enemy, I can¡¯t say. I want to thank you for your kind words for my promotion.  Wang Huacai said: "This is my limit. I am bitten by a snake in one year and frightened by snakes in ten years. I am scared." "No, now His Majesty also regrets it extremely, and has decided to change his past and become a wise king."  Speaking of this, Zhang Jiazhen glanced at Wei Juyuan.  Wei Juyuan twirled his beard and closed his eyes to rest.  Since these two people came, he directly shirked the responsibility.  This errand was thankless. If it weren't for the Wei family and the queen, he wouldn't have come to Chang'an.  If you don't do it well, you will be in trouble; if you do it well, you will get scolded.  So just don't speak.  Wang Hua took out another account book and said, "Shilang Zhang, look how much I spent." Part of it was dedicated to Li Xian for food last year and was given to the people of Luoyang. Wang Hua did not include it.  There are also rewards and pensions for various soldiers and prisoners of war, and the purchase of weapons and supplies.  There are more than 15 million yuan in total, and the notes are very clear.  It does not include the cost of relief for the people and future pensions for the families of martyrs.  If these expenses are added together, 20 million yuan is far from enough.  But Zhang Jiazhen knew that this was Ming?, the truth is not so much.  There were several victories, and the trophies captured alone were an astonishing number.  Of course, because Dafeichuan must be managed, these trophies cannot make up for his losses.  But these costs must be cut at least in half.  Zhang Jiazhen looked at Su Jue. Su Jue understood and took out a ledger from his arms.  He handed it to Wang Hua and said: "You were still at the Ministry of Revenue on New Year's Day last year, and you know the income and expenditure of the imperial court. This is the big account of the income and expenditure in the past year and a half." The economic situation of the Tang Dynasty is now better than that of the Tang Dynasty in history.  A little, but not what people think.  The Song Dynasty had the best economy, not the Tang Dynasty. The population of the Song Dynasty was less than twice that of the Tang Dynasty, but its income was eight times that of the Tang Dynasty.  This is considered to be the Tang Dynasty. The population of the late Ming Dynasty was similar to that of the Song Dynasty, but it was only one-tenth of the Song Dynasty.  It was three times that of the Qianlong period and only half of the population of the Qianlong period.  The highest taxation period in the Tang Dynasty was when the Two Taxes Law was launched, with a total of 30 million yuan. In the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi's reform brought a total of 160 million yuan.  The maximum annual income in currency was 12 million min in the 14th year of Emperor Dali of the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, it was 80 million min in the second year of Kaixi of Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty.  The highest number of silks was 740,000 pieces, and in the Song Dynasty, the number was nearly 25 million pieces, and they were finer and thinner high-quality silks.  The highest mintage of the Tang Dynasty was thirty-two guan, while that of the Song Dynasty was more than 5 million guan. At the same time, the gold and silver circulating in the market were dozens of times more than that of the Tang Dynasty.  The past two years have been slightly better, and the national tax revenue is only 30 million yuan, which is already the peak of the Tang Dynasty.  But the more money you earn, the more you use it. The country needs money, officials need to use money, soldiers need to use money, they need to use money for anything, local things also need money, and several princesses spend money more than the other.  It's amazing. In addition, the army was mobilized around this year, which once again cost a huge amount of money. In fact, agreeing to half of Wang Hua's conditions was the maximum limit for the court.  If it weren¡¯t for the continuous flow of commercial taxes from the sea to the capital, the imperial court would not be able to agree to this figure.  Wang Hua flipped through the ledger, pointed mockingly at the expenses of the princesses, and said, "You can really spend money." Su Jue closed the ledger and said, "This time they want to spend money, but they can't. No,  But they can¡¯t continue to pay even the soldiers¡¯ pension.¡± Su Jue even suspected that if Wang Hua increased the salary, even the official¡¯s salary would be a problem.  Wang Hua shook his head and said: "No, as a gentleman, a horse is hard to catch. If the court has no money, use grain as a mortgage." Zhang Jiazhen couldn't help but said, "Shilang Wang, what do you want with so much grain? There is also cotton cloth.  Okay, what do you want so much of this vegetable oil for?" "The preparations for release over there are eight million shi of grain, plus the grain prepared by the court, which is more than 10 million, how many people can there be in the eight states, more than one million?  , counting two million, plus refined grain for livestock, ten million stone is enough.  Besides, there is still a large amount of autumn grain in the Eight Prefectures, which can be harvested after autumn. If the crops are now converted from grazing to farming, the situation will be better next year.  So Zhang Jiazhen was very angry.  What¡¯s even more irritating is that now people are very economical on cooking oil. With some oil lamps in each household, the average person can only get four to five liters of oil a year. According to the current population in Wang Hua¡¯s jurisdiction, five million liters is enough.  Besides, there are also oils, but these oils cannot be stored like grains.  Is it possible to dump them all in a year, or use them as weapons to burn the enemy?  Even if you burn people, you won't be able to burn so many people.  Of course, due to the lack of oil, and the use of boiling oil to pour on people when defending the city, the Ministry of Revenue once calculated that if Wang Hua was short of oil, he would not be short of 3 million liters, which was the most.  Five million liters have been released again and again, and they will definitely not be used up.  When it comes to this, relationships are relationships. This time Wang Hua opened his mouth too much. Zhang Jiazhen said again displeasedly: "Also, your jurisdiction now reaches nineteen states. The population may be a little less, but in terms of area, ten  The Later Qin State during the Six Kingdoms era was not as large as your jurisdiction, so what else could you do? You keep saying that you are for the people of the world, and the people of the eight states are the people of the world, but the people of the world are the people of the world. You want the people of the eight states to have happiness.  "Have you ever thought about what the people of the world would do if all the money and materials from the imperial court were stolen from you?" "Shilang Zhang, what you said is really weird. How many people in the world can't do anything with just such a little thing?"  How much is this material? If one person only has half a penny, what will happen to the people all over the world? What should I do if it is not the people of the world, but some high-ranking officials in the court who drink the blood of the people?  To do this, political power comes out of the barrel of a gun." Political power comes out of the barrel of a gun?  Everyone was stunned for a moment. Wang Hua ignored them, stood up and said, "Since the two imperial envoys disagree, I have no choice but to attack the city." Zhang Jiazhen wanted to pull, but this time he couldn't hold it anymore, so two soldiers held him back.  Zhang Jiazhen yelled angrily from behind.  Wang Hua looked at him and said, "Don't scold me. Come and take a look."nbsp; With that said, he ordered people to drag out the twenty-odd artillery pieces.  Zhang Jiazhen was also surprised, so she shut up and watched what Wang Hua did.  Wang Hua ordered his men to drag the twenty-some artillery pieces to the moat of Chang'an City and aim them at the city head.  Then he asked dozens of artillerymen who came together to fill the shells, and he shouted: "Let go." []
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