What Taiyi City can now provide to the Tang Dynasty's military is to truly define the level of hot weapons. In the past few years, it has broken through the muskets of the Song Dynasty and the matchlock guns of the Yuan Dynasty. After painstaking research, he finally overcame the most difficult difficulty of overcoming the fire gun, and forged a true gun that reached the standard of a fire gun. It was extremely lethal and did not need to free one hand. Firearms fired by ignition.
Whether it is a fire blunderbuss or a bird blunderbuss, in the true sense, a match rope is needed as a vital fuse to ignite the gunpowder and then make the projectiles in the barrel fly out.
This made Li Hong very dissatisfied with this kind of shooting weapon that was not as convenient as a crossbow. Finally, after several years of research, the Tang people finally developed the suifa gun pioneered by Europeans.
This kind of weapon was recorded in the "Military Illustrations" of the late Ming Dynasty. However, after it was introduced to China at that time, it was called "self-generated fire gun", or it was given a more colloquial name, "self-generated fire gun". fire.
And history is like a joke. When Li Hong found out that the name of the man who made a tap fire that did not require ignition in Taiyi City was Ma Han, he couldn't help but feel in a trance.
Because he vaguely remembered that the person who made this kind of tap fire was a French clockmaker who was also a locksmith and gunsmith. His name translated as Alfred Thayer Mahan.
This forced Li Hong to ask Ken Kuan to bring Ma Han to the East Palace yesterday to take a closer look to see if this Mahan of the Tang Dynasty was like the French craftsman, with blue eyes, a high nose, and yellow hair.
But fortunately, Ma Han of the Tang Dynasty was completely a Tang Dynasty, and his appearance and characteristics were even more like that of the Han people than the royal family.
Ma Han followed Bai Chun, respectfully holding a large wooden box in his hand, and stopped at the door of Zichen Palace, waiting for the call of His Royal Highness.
After taking the heavy wooden box and sending away Mahan and Hardworking, Li Zhi and Wu Mei also walked out of the hall. Behind them, they could vaguely hear the laughter of Li Ye and other children.
"Is this what you call the weapon of the country? The foundation of the future strength of our Tang Dynasty?" Li Zhi looked at the wooden box and naturally knew that the tap fire in Li Hong's mouth was probably contained in this wooden box.
And in his mind, the scene in which Li Hong and the courtiers competed with bows and crossbows in the Daming Palace could not help but emerge.
"Yes, this is the treasure of our Datang. As long as we can maintain this advantage and do not slack off our original horse-riding martial arts, I believe that our Datang will have enough ability to defeat any powerful country. "Li Hong is not stupid. No matter how powerful the firearm is, if it cannot meet a powerful country, the powerful firearm will be useless.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was able to lead in firearms technology, but was eventually killed by the horse-drawn bow and arrow people. Although the reasons were complicated, firearms became scrap metal. Is it also a reason to abandon hot weapons and use cold weapons
"I still know how to be modest and prudent. I thought that if you, Li Hong, had this thing, you would have ruined all the martial arts left by your ancestors." Wu Mei glanced at the wooden box and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Li Hong is now able to not overemphasize weapons, but emphasize people, which is enough to show that after this guy ascends the throne, he will not simply rely on Taiyi City's tricks. Those things are not on the table, but they have a huge effect. It seems that they also know the importance of some traditions to govern the country and maintain peace.
Li Zhi, Wu Mei, Li Hong and Bai Chun, surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs, slowly walked down the steps of Zichen Palace. Li Hong, holding a wooden box in his hand, looked left and right. The Jinwu Guards walked slowly by, and the secret sentries holding powerful crossbows on the Drum Tower guarded the safety of the palace.
After waving his hand to summon the commander of the Jinwu Guard, Li Hong ordered him to immediately prepare a pair of the thickest armor in the Tang Dynasty. Then he squatted on the ground, opened the wooden box, and took out a dark "thing".
"This...is the weapon of the country you call? How to kill the enemy?" Li Zhi looked at the glowing tubular object, then looked at the wood in Li Hong's hand, and murmured.
"Did you see it? It's good nanmu." Li Hong ignored Father Long's question and showed the butt of the gun to Li Zhixian.
"Phoebe, what's the use of the best nanmu? Can it still kill the enemy?" Li Zhi put his hands in his sleeves and was used to Li Hong's evasive answer.
What's more, he will inherit the throne in a few days, so it would be a bit inappropriate to reprimand His Highness the Crown Prince. He should give him some face when he should, so as not to embarrass himself after he abdicates.
"Is it possible that the handle of the knife can still kill the enemy?" Li Hong was dissatisfied with Father Long's blow, so he asked back and began to tinker with the tap fire in his hand.
When the commander of the Jinwu Guard took a pair of the thickest armor in the Tang Dynasty and put it firmly on a wooden dummy, and placed it about a hundred steps away from Hong and others, Pei Wanying and Yiyang were at the entrance of Zichen Hall. The princess, Princess Gao'an, Quan Yi and others, including Princess Lian Ling and others, were all standing at the door, looking attentively at the emperor and queen, the prince and... Bai Chun and the four of them didn't know what they were talking about in the square. .
What's more, I don't understand that His Highness the Crown Prince is holding a strange thing in his hand, and from time to time he is saying something carefully to the emperor and empress who are attentive.
When the people at the entrance of Zichen Palace were surprised by the strange behavior of the four people in the square, Li Zhi, Wu Mei, and Bai Chun suddenly began to slowly move farther and farther away from Li Hong.
Under the astonished gazes of everyone, His Highness the Prince slowly raised the tap fire in his hand. Before everyone could understand, they only heard a loud bang, like thunder, from Li Hong's hand. There was a noise from the front of the tube.
"I'll go! The backlash and the sound are too loud, ah... what did you say? What? Say it louder." Li Hong put down the smoky tap fire in his hand and rubbed it After rubbing his ears that were still buzzing, he looked at the armored dummy in the distance.
The commander of the Jinwu Guards on the side, who had volunteered just now, planned to use his body to wear the strongest armor and serve as the experimental subject for His Highness the Crown Prince. In his opinion, as long as he was protected properly at a distance of a hundred steps, even a powerful The crossbow may not be able to completely penetrate the thick armor, let alone the murderous weapon in the hands of His Royal Highness.
Now when he heard the loud noise just now, especially when he saw the heavy and thick armor that was torn to pieces, he swallowed his saliva with a pale face, and looked at the tap fire in Li Hong's hand with fear in his eyes, like It was like seeing a ghost, and I was sweating profusely.
Li Hong rubbed his ears and motioned to the commander of the Jinwu Guard to bring the heavy armor over. Then he turned around and saw Father Long, Mother Long and Bai Chun, still far away from him, each looking at them with strange and fearful eyes. Holding yourself... the tap fire in your hand.
"How many of these things are there? Put them all into the palace immediately. Not even one of them is allowed to escape. They must be strictly guarded." Wu Mei reacted the fastest, but even so, one of Bai Chun's little hands was already caught by her. He lost his color and could not recover for a long time.
"What? Say it louder." Li Hong walked towards his father and mother with a tap in hand.
"Don't come here. Throw that thing in your hand away before you come near me. I'm telling you, my father is serious." Li Zhi pointed at the tap fire Li Hong was carrying and warned with a very solemn expression.
"Are you serious? Can you be louder?" Li Hong continued to move forward with the tap fire in hand, while his father and mother backed away, as if there was something dirty on Li Hong. I'm afraid of being contaminated if I get close.
In the end, Bai Chun, with quick eyes and quick hands, hurriedly met Li Hong, put her cherry lips against Li Hong's ear and shouted a few words loudly. Only then did someone wake up. He had just carried a running fire to his father and mother. Walking is such a dangerous thing.
If it had been Li Zhe or Li Dan, the Jinwu Guard's secret sentry hidden in the dark would have shot them to death with the powerful crossbow in their hands.
Now that I am about to ascend the throne, even the Jinwu Guards who guard the Daming Palace began to unconsciously think that they are the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty after returning to Chang'an, so they are guarding Father Long and Long. When Mom is safe, she can't help but include herself in her protection.
He handed the tap fire to the commander of the Jinwu Guards with trembling hands. The battle-hardened commander of the Jinwu Guards, a warrior who no longer blinked when facing the enemy's sword on the battlefield, took the tap fire. , but his whole body was like sieving chaff, and his whole body was shaking non-stop.
"Is this thing hot to touch? Put it back in the box." Li Hong looked at the commander of the Jinwu Guards who looked like he was holding a red-hot iron, glared and scolded.
After Wu Mei and Li Zhi watched the tap fire being put into the wooden box, they slowly approached Li Hong, and together they looked at the fire that the late Emperor was so proud of in the Tang Dynasty. The armor on the chest of the heavy armor was already in tatters, and a large black hole appeared miserably in front of several people.
"It's too scary. With such power, even if you wear two thick armors, you won't be able to block such a murderous weapon." Wu Mei also shook her head, even at this moment, her heart was still pounding. It was beating violently and could never calm down.
And Li Zhi shook his head around the armor with the big hole exposed and said thoughtfully: "The voice just now sounds familiar. By the way, the fireworks you asked the Shenji Camp to set off in previous years are not related to this... this tap fire. What’s the difference?”
"Well, it's amazing, my father. Yes, this is developed from the fireworks. Think about it, as long as we have this and install it on the battleships of our Datang Navy, what effect do you think our Datang Navy will have?" What would be the result of attacking Japan? What's more... if the barrel of the gun were thicker and the whole body was dozens of times larger, even Japan's iron walls would not be able to withstand the bombardment of this thing, right? "
"No, they must all be supervised immediately. If these murder weapons are obtained by others, the consequences will be disastrous." Wu Mei suddenly raised her head, looked at Li Hong and said seriously.
(End of chapter)