In the palace, the smell of smoked pig's trotters wafted throughout the courtyard. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Xiao Ming sat on the main seat, and Qian Dafu sat under him, and there was a low table in front of each of them, which was the special table for eating in the Great Yu Kingdom, and they usually sat on the ground when eating.

Seeing the rich dishes on the table, Qian Dafu's eyes suddenly lit up, he had really suffered enough in the past few months.

However, before the two of them could move their chopsticks, suddenly the servants came to report, saying that Niu Ben, Lu Fei and others had arrived, and Pang Yukun and Chen Wenlong were also among them.

"Your Highness? Did you call them over? Qian Dafu said strangely.

Xiao Ming said helplessly: "How is it possible? I'm sure they've heard of your return, and they'll find an excuse to come over for dinner. ”

Because Xiao Ming rarely holds banquets every now and then like other princes, Niu Ben's Lu Fei and the others are really looking for all excuses to come to him to eat.

It has the taste of a big eater.

"Hahaha, I see, but this is also lively, the old slave has been out for three months, and I am afraid that it will be a few months to go, and I am afraid that it will be rusty after a long time." Qian Dafu said.

Xiao Ming nodded to the servant and motioned for him to let Niu Ben and the others in.

It's rare for so many people to get together on weekdays, so it's a small meeting, and eating and drinking together often can deepen each other's feelings.

"Steward Qian, you're really thin again." As soon as Pang Yukun came in, he bowed to Qian Dafu.

Qian Dafu also stood up and greeted Pang Yukun and others one by one.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei exchanged pleasantries, and their eyes looked at the dishes on the table, and their eyes were shining.

"Sit down, you won't stop if you don't eat this king poor." Xiao Ming sighed and asked Aster to prepare a few more tables and the kitchen to prepare a few more dishes.

"Your Highness, this is not right, today in the Bowen Academy, I have been thinking about what you said, and now my head is still hurting, why do you have to reward me?" Luo Xin said with a smile.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei naturally knew about Luo Xin's trip to Bowen College.

Lu Fei laughed when he heard this, "Your Highness, Luo Xin came back and said that this land is round, and said that you said it, which is ridiculous to me." ”

When Niu Ben and the others heard this, they immediately burst into laughter, only Chen Qi's expression remained unchanged, because Xiao Ming had already told him about it.

Lu Fei was smiling, and when he saw Xiao Ming staring at him, he immediately closed his mouth and swallowed and foamed.

Xiao Ming was helpless for a while, it seems that he has now become a joke in everyone's eyes, if this is spread to Chang'an, I don't know how many people will laugh at it.

He said, "Let it be preached among you, and no stranger shall say it for the time being, lest it cause trouble to the king." ”

Everyone nodded, in their opinion, if this matter was spread, it would indeed affect Xiao Ming's reputation.

The group sat down, did not mention the matter, and asked about Qian Dafu's situation these days, and after learning that the saltpeter and lead ore were found, Chen Qi said excitedly: "Your Highness, you can produce lead bullets now." ”

Chen Qi's voice attracted the attention of Niu Ben and others.

Luo Xin asked, "Buckshot, what is this?" ”

Chen Qi explained: "Your Highness said that this buckshot is poisonous, and if you hit a person, you will be poisoned if you don't die. ”

Xiao Ming nodded, because lead is relatively soft, it tends to release all the kinetic energy after hitting the human body.

At this time, the warhead hitting the human body will undergo serious deformation and even rupture, resulting in a horn-shaped cavity in the human tissue, and the wound area is hundreds of times that of the iron projectile.

Secondly, lead bullets can also cause damage by instantly causing huge pressure on the body's blood circulatory system, and the ability to cause damage is unimaginable.

And the pain of the injured is not only this, if the fragments of the projectile are not all taken out of the wound, the lead will cause lead poisoning to the human body, even if the fragments are relatively few, taken out, the projectile will bring some clothing fragments or something into the wound after being shot into the human body, causing infection.

At this time, even Hua Tuo was alive and couldn't save him. And the process of dying can be very painful.

In addition, according to the data, 90 percent of people who are directly hit in the head by a lead shot at a distance of 100 meters will die, 20 percent of those who hit their limbs will die, and the rest can only be amputated.

And a hit near the heart is basically 100% fatal, so in modern lead bullets, whether destructive, lethal or out of humanitarian considerations, is a very disgusting and threatening thing, almost on a par with the notorious bacteriological weapons.

In the past, the British used a lot of lead bullet in the Crimean War and the Afghan battlefield, which still leaves a shadow in the hearts of the locals. Therefore, the Hague International Convention explicitly prohibits the use of lead bullets.

"Poisonous?" Luo Xin's face was a little strange, "Your Highness, is it really?" ”

Xiao Ming nodded, lead is poisonous This is something that modern people know, and this time he found the lead mine, his purpose was to produce lead cannonballs as the third type of bullets after grape bullets.

Moreover, this lead bullet will be specially used to hit the barbarian generals, not to mention a direct hit, as long as it is concentrated by the fragments of the lead bullet, it is basically not far from death.

At the same time, this lead bullet is also the bullet that the Qingzhou Army will use after being equipped with firearms, because the use of lead bullet is much cheaper than the use of steel balls.

But the main purpose is to deal with the barbarians, but he has been looking at the rich land in Youzhou, if he really drives the barbarians away, not only can he see the barbarians blocked from the pass by virtue of Shanhaiguan, but also have more land and population, which is the main thing.

Niu Ben said at this time: "The barbarians will do everything to deal with us, and they can't be merciful to the enemy, Your Highness, Steward Qian, you have really made a great contribution." ”

"That's right, in the battle of Cangzhou, the number of slave soldiers who died was more than ten times that of the barbarians, and these are all people living in the hometown of Youzhou." Lu Fei said.

King Pang Yukun wanted to oppose this cruel cannonball, after all, what he accepted was the idea of Confucian benevolence, but Niu Ben and other generals in the army shared the same hatred, and he didn't say it in the end.

Because he felt that what Niu Ben and others said might be right.

"Don't mention this, today is to reward the rich money, come on, eat together." Xiao Ming noticed Pang Yukun's expression.

At this time, Pang Yukun did not object, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

In today's school, he gradually felt the influence of Confucianism's deep-rooted feudal ideology on himself, and he admitted that sons, fathers, kings, and ministers were very beneficial to their own rule.

However, the pedantic side is also hindering the progress of civilization, and it is recorded in the science and technology library that the study of folk astronomy was even banned during the Ming Dynasty, which is the Confucian idea of strengthening centralization.

(To be continued.) )