What was the status of gunpowder in the Song Kingdom?

Under Zhao Xu's repeated orders, under Tang Ning's strong request, and under the close surveillance of Wu Desi. The recipe for gunpowder was not even written down on a piece of paper, and it was always a secret passed down by the master craftsmen in the workshop and the person in charge of the prison department.

The workers in charge of making gunpowder were also divided into different groups at the suggestion of Downing, and under strict supervision, they usually did not even see each other.

But Zhao Ren has gunpowder, and it is very powerful.

What is this concept? The formula for gunpowder, which was regarded as a state secret, went into the hands of a mercenary bandit, and it is not known whether he gave the formula to the Tanguts or the Liao.

One of the most important reasons why the Song army was able to win frequently in the battles between Shaanxi and Western Xia and at a very small cost was the use of gunpowder and incendiary bombs.

If the Tanguts had mastered the manufacture of gunpowder and used it in battle, then this would have been a very heavy blow to the Song army.

Liu Ling used to be very puzzled by the kind of morbid request, but now he began to understand Tang Ning.

It's dangerous, this kind of thing...... This is the only thing that can never flow into the hands of outsiders......

"Damn, it's a ......" Liu Ling couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "Don't let Lao Tzu catch who leaked the formula, otherwise Lao Tzu will definitely pull his whole family out and kill him together!" ”

Gunpowder works well in large-scale battles. This was especially true on the part of the imperial court, which had not expected this situation at all.

After three gunpowder explosions, the soldiers could no longer hold on. One by one, they began to throw away their armor and run away.

The people of the Danyang Dart Bureau struggled to support themselves, but there were also many deserters among them. As a result, the imperial court soon fell into a disadvantage, and Liu Ling personally came on the field with a spear, and he was quickly defeated.

A pack of gunpowder exploded near him, but fortunately, a small soldier blocked most of the impact for him, otherwise now Liu Ling would have to be like that little soldier, his five organs were displaced, and he vomited blood.

Sun He and Wu Sheng ran wildly with Liu Ling in a coma on their backs, and they were fighting like this, so naturally they couldn't continue fighting. So everyone in the Danyang Dart Bureau began to retreat, watching the thieves behind their buttocks cheering, but they couldn't do anything.

"Take this ...... Report to the official family...... "The first thing Liu Ling said after waking up was this: "The person who leaked the formula must be arrested...... Bringing them to justice......"

"Brother Sun has finished writing the secret music and sent it to Kaifeng on a fast horse. If nothing else, we will be able to arrive in Kaifeng in two days......"

"Then I'll rest assured......" Liu Ling let out a long breath, and then closed his eyes.

Wu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to probe his nose. Luckily, I just fainted.

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"So you're coming back for this?" Tang Ning suppressed the anger he was about to explode and asked in a deep voice.

Sun He nodded and said with a wry smile: "I just entered the palace to see the official family, and the official family didn't say much, only asked if you know."

I replied that I hadn't informed you yet, and you probably didn't know. So the official family asked me to tell you, and the official family didn't tell you what happened after that. ”

"!" Tang Ning scolded: "Lao Tzu said early in the morning that the confidentiality work must be done well. What the hell is Zeng Fan's old bastard doing? He likes to spread military secrets to the world, even if he likes to play this play?

It's not a fucking thing! Lao Tzu will call the door now to ask for an explanation! ”

"It's not a thing!" Suddenly, an immature voice came, learning Tang Ning's tone and said.

Tang Ning turned his head to see that it was Tang Yu peeking by the door.

Hurriedly said: "Don't learn from Dad, that's swearing, you can't say that." ”

"Oh." Tang Yu responded, and then looked at Tang Ning silently.

Tang Ning rubbed his temples, squeezed out a smiling face, walked over and squatted beside Tang Yu and said, "Shouldn't you be with Sister Li Zi now?" Why did you come here? Was it disobedient and was driven away by Sister Lizi? ”

Tang Yu shook his head, and said in a tone without ups and downs: "A-Niang asked me to come over to see what you are doing, if it's okay, she wants to talk to you about things." ”

Tang Ning patted his daughter's head and said, "Then you go back and tell Ah Niang, just say that Daddy has something to do now, and he will go out in a while, and he will talk about anything when he comes back in the evening." ”

"Got it." Tang Yu nodded, and then left.

Tang Ning glanced at Sun He, and when he saw that he had almost eaten, he said, "Let's go, let's go to Zeng Fanzeng's house and ask Master Zeng what is going on." ”

"That's not good...... Sun He said with some hesitation: "After all, there is no evidence now that Lord Zeng leaked it......"

"There is no more than one hand in the world who knows the formula for gunpowder. Even the officials themselves are ignorant of this. Except for me, the rest are in prison.

He once was the person in charge of the prison, and he couldn't even control the mouths of his subordinates, what else could he expect him to do? ”

Tang Ning crackled, and put a coat on his body from Lin Wei's hand.

It's getting dark, and it's getting late. Just now, Lin Wei heard that Tang Ning was going out, and he was worried about catching a cold at night, so he hurriedly went to get a coat to put on Tang Ning.

Sun He saw that Tang Ning said this, and knew that Tang Ning must be ten thousand dissatisfied with the leakage of gunpowder. So I had to nod, wash my hands from the copper basin handed over by the next person, and get up

He followed behind Downing.

The three of them went out, did not take a carriage, but rode directly on horseback, all the way to the mansion of Zeng Bu, who would be the chief eunuch.

Because of his Lao Tzu, his family still has a bit of status, and he is not particularly short of money or anything. Therefore, this guy also lived in the inner city, and the three of them arrived at Zeng's mansion after a while.

When he came to the door, he banged on the door, and when the porter heard the movement, he felt that the visitor was not good. He opened the door a crack and said who was coming, and was on guard cautiously.

As a result, Tang Ning was not in such a good mood, and kicked directly on the door, shaking the doorman and taking a few steps back.

At Tang Ning's signal, Lin Wei pulled out his knife and cut the latch open through the crack in the door.

"Help! Someone! Seeing that Tang Ning was so unreasonable, the porter was very panicked. thought that the enemy was looking for revenge, so he opened his voice and yelled.

Zeng Fan's two neighbors, one is a squire of the military department, and the other is a doctor of the right counselor. There weren't many people in the two people's homes, but when they heard their neighbors shouting for help, they quickly sent people out, and they also set up a ladder on the wall to watch the excitement.

Zeng's nursing home also rushed out with a hula, but none of them were Lin Wei's opponents.

More than a dozen people came out, and Lin Wei knocked everyone to the ground with a few crackles. Tang Ning looked at the porter who was about to pee his pants with a dark face and said, "Where is your family Zeng?" ”

"It should be ...... now Should...... It should be ...... in the backyard," the porter stammered in reply, and Tang Ning picked him up and snorted coldly: "Lead the way!" ”

The guards of the military department and the counselor also rushed in, Lin Wei and Sun He shot together, and after a while, there was another person lying at the door.

The squire of the military department and the counselor doctor were about to slip away, but they were stopped by Tang Ning.

"You two come along, too!"

"Uh...... It's none of my business, is it? The two of us should not get involved......"

"Hehe, it's none of your business? When the party throws gunpowder into the two of you's faces, I hope you two can still say that. ”

"What?!" The soldier who was the first to react, his face suddenly turned pale. Cold sweat trickled down, and he asked tremblingly, "What did you say?" The party has gunpowder?! ”

When the counselor heard this, he also began to tremble.

"I don't know yet...... Alas, I didn't bother to explain it slowly to the two of you. If you want to know, just follow along. I'm going to confront Eunuch Zeng in a while, in case I can't control my emotions, you two might as well pull me by the side. ”

"Dare to ask Your Excellency's name?"

"Downing."

"Oh, it turned out to be General Tang, no wonder he was so angry."

“……”