"I have thought about it." Chen Gui's answer made Emperor Zhao feel ashamed as always. "But it is not advisable..."
"Because of the explosion?" Zhao Guanjia, who felt ashamed of himself, almost blurted out.
"That's exactly what I meant." Chen Gui was slightly startled, and after he had obviously digested the meaning of the two words "explosion", he responded. "For example, the reason why the firearms I use are clamped with iron wire is because when I first used bamboo tubes, eight out of ten would explode after being ignited, which is what the government calls "explosion". At that time, I thought of using iron pipes instead. But when I really used iron pipes, thin and thin iron pipes still exploded frequently due to the strong power of gunpowder. Thick iron pipes made the gunpowder lose its potency, and thick iron pipes were too heavy..."
Zhao Jiu nodded repeatedly. This was not unexpected, because this was a very obvious obstacle in the development of tubular firearms, namely the forging technology problem of high-quality gun barrels.
Chen Gui saw that the emperor seemed unwilling to accept the situation, so he could not help but put his hands together and give some advice: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Gunpowder is of course a good thing and it is very useful in defending the city, but it is best used to start fires or assist bows and crossbows. It is actually useless to use it to make muskets... My muskets are only used to intimidate the ignorant bandits on the opposite side, not to kill them. After I defeated the bandits, I only kept a musket team of 60 people out of the 20,000 people in De'an Prefecture, using a total of 20 bamboo muskets... The so-called iron pipes are not short of this little iron, but after the Jingkang Incident, the craftsmen were dispersed. With these people, we should try our best to make armor plates and swords and guns, so that we can make the best use of them."
This is the professional dissuasion from the pinnacle of the times. Authoritative personal testimony says that there is no way out if you are a musket man, so you should change your major as soon as possible.
Zhao Jiu certainly knew what the right path was. But the problem was that Chen Gui, a treasure boy, had already used his creativity to the extreme, and the two taels of water in Zhao's stomach were of no use at all... As for the current smelting level, which was a stumbling block, he knew nothing about it and it was impossible for him to personally start technical research in a short period of time.
The more important point is that what Chen Gui said is very right. There is no time to do this right now. From the perspective of war and efficiency, it would be most appropriate for the craftsman to carefully make a few sets of armor.
In a word, you have to listen to the words of authority, and the sooner you change your major, the sooner you will be reborn.
With this thought in mind, Emperor Zhao naturally agreed immediately, then dropped the matter and took Nanyang's recognized 'Emperor's new love in May' Chen Shangshu to watch the gunpowder experiment... Compared to the smelting, steel pipes and other things that made him confused just thinking about it, the optimization of the black gunpowder formula was definitely a technological innovation with no technical content.
Try to remove as many impurities as possible, adjust the ratio as much as possible, then wrap them tightly in coarse cloth one by one, and then stuff them into the pile of soil to give it a try!
However, just as the muffled thunder in the field outside the gunpowder shop had just ended and the smoke was still filling the air, Yang Yizhong, who had disappeared for a moment, suddenly appeared and led two young editors of the Privy Council to the emperor. The two young men who were assisting the emperor in military affairs, one named Wanqi Xie and the other named Hu Hongxiu, were both "selected" by the emperor.
"Xin what sect?" Maybe his ears were a little deafened by the previous shock, Zhao Guanjia couldn't help being a little dazed when he turned around to listen to the report.
"Xin Qizong." The young and promising Wanqi Xie, with a righteous face, bowed to the red-robed official and raised his voice. "Good instructor, you know, this man ranks second among the Xin brothers, second only to Da Xin Defense..."
"It's Er Xin." Zhao Jiu suddenly realized, and then clasped his hands and sneered. "He came to Nanyang from Yangzhou (now the eastern part of Hanzhong), and brought five or six thousand Western Army? Did he escape from Guanxi after traveling thousands of miles?"
"Yes." Wanqi Xie hurriedly replied. "Privy Council Minister Yuwen is in charge of the Guanxi affairs and has sent me to ask the emperor how to deal with it."
Zhao Jiu was silent for a moment, but found that he had no way to punish this person... because, if calculated based on the time, when this person retreated from Guanxi, he should not have received the order from Emperor Zhao not to retreat; and if calculated based on the direction, an absurd fact is that this person fled from Guanzhong through Hanzhong to Nanyang, and fled for thousands of miles, but he was still "in front of" Emperor Zhao instead of behind him the whole time.
So, no matter what, this person cannot be considered a deserter, and there is no law to punish him.
"Incorporate them into the Imperial Camp." After much thought, Emperor Zhao could only do this. "Then send an order to Xingyuan Prefecture (now the core area of Hanzhong) to lock up Sanguan Pass, and not allow the generals in Guanzhong to go to Sichuan and Shu without permission, and not allow them to come to the imperial camp without military orders."
“Yes…” Wanqi Xie bowed but still did not leave.
"Anything else?" Zhao Jiu continued to ask with a smile.
Wanqi Xie hesitated for a moment, then took a half step back and gave the opportunity to his classmate Hu Hongxiu.
Hu Hongxiu also hurriedly bowed and reported: "If I were to report back to the emperor, there is also Wang Xie, the governor of Hedong. He also fled to Hanzhong through Dasan Pass when Wanyan Loushi attacked Guanzhong... In fact, as far as I know, the two Xin commanders came here because they were bullied by this man and could not gain a foothold in Hanzhong. As for Wang Xie, although he has not come to Nanyang, he has sent a memorial to the Privy Council, saying that he asked the emperor to tour Sichuan and establish a secondary capital in Chengdu Prefecture or Xingyuan Prefecture."
Emperor Zhao was silent for a moment, then he spoke: "Why didn't he invite me to Zunyi?"
Hu Hongxiu was speechless.
"Forget his Hedong governor..." Zhao Jiu was furious, but he knew what it meant to be out of reach, so he could only look at him with hatred. "Then send him to Fengxiang Prefecture and quickly go back to sort out Guanzhong!"
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