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"This is Du Yu Hou Xiao Renxia? I don't know what the role of summoning the villain is? Ling Zhen heard Han Tao and Peng Xi introduce that it was the newly appointed pacification envoy of Jingnan Road, and he was the former secretary of the palace, he could only ask Xiao Tang politely, but his expression was obviously a little impatient.

Xiao Tang couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said: "This official is ordered by the official family to pacify the states of Jingnan Road, and when encountering a strongman who endangers one side, he must clear his cottage, capture the thieves, and demolish the lair. After hearing for a long time that the gunners bombarded the sky and Lei Ling Zhenshan made good artillery tools, this official wanted to send you to walk with me, and I could take the thief's nest. ”

Ling Zhen listened, his unwilling expression was even more written on his face, Ling Zhen turned his head and looked at the artillery bureau patterns spread all over the table, and said in his heart that in the past, when the forbidden army of the Beijing Division was ordered to go on the expedition, he never ordered me to go along, and I was also happy to study weapons in my spare time, but how did you know my name, and you didn't ask me to be sent by you? How can I refuse the official order?

Ling Zhen and Yang Zhi's reactions to Xiao Tang's order were really diametrically opposed, Yang Zhi saw that he had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, he not only geared up, but also made every effort to seize this opportunity, and was also very grateful to Xiao Tang for his promotion. But this Ling Zhen is good, this is obviously an opportunity for him to accumulate military merits and be promoted to his official position, but this Ling Zhen is unwilling in every way, and he thinks that Xiao Tang has ignored his enthusiasm for technical research and delayed the precious time for research and creation......

It is no wonder that after this Ling Zhen in the Water Margin was caught by the heroes of Liangshan, he was just worried about the safety of his family in Jingshi, and when Song Jiang promised to take his family up the mountain, this Ling Zhen agreed to return to Liangshan. Anyway, he is keen on making artillery tools, and he is not allowed to reuse them in the Jingshi Ordnance Prison, where is it not research?

Xiao Tang originally came to visit him Ling Zhen, seeing Ling Zhen's attitude, he didn't want to use a military order to forcibly order him to accompany him, and having Ling Zhen's ability to make artillery help was certainly like a tiger's wings, but it was not necessary for him. And Xiao Tang doesn't feel bad about this kind of "natural stay" who is keen on technical researchers and not sophisticated, on the contrary, he respects them more, since you don't want to seize this opportunity, why should I force it?

Xiao Tang was about to say goodbye to Ling Zhen, who had written the word "eviction" on his face, when he suddenly glanced at a drawing on Ling Zhen's table, and saw that the cannon was supported by a huge cupola pillar and a trebuchet with the tip of the cannon placed at the head of the column. He smiled and asked Ling Zhen, "Gunner Ling is now researching the improvement of this whirlwind cannon?" ”

Ling Zhen's eyes lit up and he said, "That's right, Lord Xiao is actually a knowledgeable person?" ”

Xiao Tang stepped forward, pointed to the end of the whirlwind cannon on the pattern, and said: "If you load a heavy object at one end of it, and pull down the end of the stone bullet with a winch pulley, cut the rope after placing the stone bullet, and throw the stone bullet by taking advantage of the falling weight of the weight, wouldn't its power and range be greater?" ”

"Huh!?" Ling Zhen's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "What the Lord said is exactly what I want!" It's not a secret, the villain also thought so!! ”

Xiao Tang was more interested in the history of cold weapon warfare in later generations, and also consulted a lot of information about artillery tools in the Song and Yuan dynasties, at this time the so-called artillery tools were stone throwing machines used to throw stone bullets (at this time, it was also called Da Zhen, or the cannon next to the stone characters), not the kind of artillery used to hold the gun bolt at the end of the cannon, and the gun chamber was used as the kind of artillery that fired the cannonball. However, in the Song Dynasty, the shells used in artillery tools have appeared in the fire thistle, thunderball and other weapons used to bombard the enemy, burn and injure the enemy, and frighten the enemy's soldiers and horses. For example, Ling Zhen's nickname Thunder Thunder is also derived from a gunpowder weapon called "Thunder Thunder" that has been invented in the Northern Song Dynasty.

At this time, Ling Zhen saw that Xiao Tang was a relative and friend who had not seen him for a long time, and Xiao Tang confirmed with Ling Zhen one by one the information he had in his impression that the Mongols relied on when they continued to launch wars of aggression to expand their territory, and was surprised to find that this thunderbolt had a preliminary idea and understanding of the production and principle of the return cannon.

Originally, the inventors of the Hui Hui cannon were Ah Lao Wading, a native of Mufali in the Western Regions, and Yisi Mayin, a native of Xulie in the Western Regions, two experts who were good at making cannons. The development of the catapult has developed from a manpower machine and a torque machine to the pinnacle of a counterweight heavy catapult. The single-tip, double-tip, tiger squat and other stone-throwing vehicles used in the Song Dynasty had to use dozens of people to pull ropes and fire stone projectiles or shells weighing about 20 catties, and the range was only 80 steps, while the heavy trebuchets had to fix the gun carriage, which was not only very cumbersome, but could send nearly 100 catties of stone bullets at most, and the range was only 50 steps. And the shells that could be fired by the return cannon weighed 150 catties, and the firing range could even reach nearly 400 meters!

This kind of progress in military technology requires the accumulation of knowledge accumulated by countless generations, although Ling Zhen, an expert in cannon making, has vaguely figured out some ways, but he lacks the support of the ordnance supervisor to boldly experiment with his own ideas, so he has never pierced the last layer of window paper. Although Xiao Tang has learned the evolution and changes of various weapons in the history of Chinese warfare, after all, it is only a paper understanding, and he only knows its general concept, which is not as good as Ling Zhen, an artillery expert with rich practical experience.

Now that Xiao Tang and Ling Zhen have chatted together, they both have a sense of breaking through the clouds and seeing the sun, and they talked about it in detail. How to tie heavy objects to the ends of the cannons, how to install iron hook rods on the gun carriages, and how to use the principle of leverage to maximize the power of the cannon when radiating cannonballs...... and all the details have some eyebrows.

Xiao Tang and Ling Zhen chatted more and more into the alley, and before they knew it, most of the hour had passed, and they put Yang Zhi, Xuanzan, Han Tao, and Peng Xi aside, either staring at each other, or watching Ling Zhenxing excited, and couldn't wait to hold Xiao Tang's hand and talk for a long time, refusing to let him go.

"Lord Xiao has seen the scriptures and is knowledgeable. Straight to the villain's mouth suddenly, Daigo empowerment! Ling Zhen had completely regarded Xiao Tang as a like-minded friend at this time, he changed his previous attitude, his face was happy and convinced, and he said to Xiao Tang respectfully.

Xiao Tang hurriedly helped Ling Zhen up and said, "Rest and be polite, I also benefited a lot from having a long talk with Deputy Envoy Ling. In fact, when Xiao Tang was hand-confirming the manufacture of new firearms and artillery tools with experts in the current era, he was also thinking about the feasibility of the research and development of other powerful military firearms in this era.

However, Xiao Tang also hid his back moves, and he couldn't tell Ling Zhen all about it at the moment, because if the rebel forces that Xiao Tang planned to cultivate in the green forest would meet with the officers and soldiers one day, and if Ling Zhen, the deputy envoy gunner of the armor under the jurisdiction of the ordnance superintendent, really got the attention of the imperial court, it would inevitably make his henchmen and brothers suffer from it. Of course, if he could ask this Ling Zhen to help him achieve great things, Xiao Tang would also call this thunderbolt to maximize his talents......

Ling Zhen was held up by Xiao Tang, and said: "Lord Meng Xiao instructs, and the villain has a sense of guilt." Adults have a place to send, and villains dare not obey! ”

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Note: Regarding the deeds of Yang Zhi's distant brother Yang Wen mentioned in the previous chapter, as well as the life stories and character backgrounds of Wang Huan, Xu Jing, Zhang Kai, Mei Zhan, etc., this book mainly describes their respective characters in the Song and Ming dynasties such as "The Drunkard's Conversation" and "Qingping Shantang Script", as well as the character archetypes in miscellaneous operas.