"This, this is Xian Lei? Why does it look like a copper chamber pot?"
"Um, angel, this is a bombing pot. It is indeed made of bronze... Just fill the pot with gunpowder and you can detonate it to kill the enemy!"
In the main hall of Xingzhou Palace, the Great Golden Angel Xiao Zhonggong was holding a copper pot and looking at it carefully. This copper kettle was brought back from Lingzhou by Cao Mian. It was filled with gunpowder and a wooden tube fuse was stuffed into the mouth of the kettle. It could be exploded by lighting the fire, so it was a bombing kettle.
Xiao Zhonggong still couldn't believe it. He looked at Cao Mian and asked, "Can gunpowder explode a copper kettle? What kind of gunpowder is this?"
The three kingdoms of Song, Jin and Xia can now produce gunpowder, but the correct formula for preparing gunpowder is only known by Zhao Kai. Moreover, it is not easy to purify potassium nitrate and sulfur. Except for a few imperial merchants in Luoyang, no one else can do it well. As for granulated black powder, it is still a black technology. Therefore, the gunpowder in the hands of the Jinxia family and the Jinling court may not necessarily have the power to explode the copper pot.
"Yes!" Cao Mian said, "Xiaoguan saw with his own eyes in Lingzhou the Song Dynasty people filled the copper pot with gunpowder and then detonated it... Although the formula is unknown, there is no doubt that it was gunpowder."
"Xiao Angel," Qian Shun took over the topic at this time and said to Xiao Zhonggong with a solemn expression, "Whether it is the immortal thunder or the fried pot, we can always figure it out. This fried pot sample is not easy to come by, you'd better hurry up Take it back to Yanjing and give it to the craftsmen of Shangguo for detailed study. Maybe they can figure out the formula. If Dajin Shangguo can also make the same fried pot, I am afraid that it will not be able to level the two Zhaos. The Central Plains, Jiangnan, and the land of Bashu?"
Brother Cha also echoed: "Yes, the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers are invincible. If there are more bombing pots, are you afraid that you will not be able to wipe out the two Song Dynasties and conquer the world?"
He paused and then said: "But before we figure out how to make a fried pot, it is best for our country not to fight Zhao Kai... to avoid making the same mistake as our country."
Xiao Zhonggong frowned and nodded lightly, "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense! I will take the explosive pot back to Yanjing now. When I see the emperor, I will definitely urge him to postpone the decisive battle. As for your country..."
Qian Shun and Brother Cha glanced at each other, and Qian Shun gritted his teeth and said: "Zhao Kai relied on the power of thunder to seize the land of the eight states and six military divisions of Dabai Gao Kingdom... This hatred and hatred are irreconcilable. !”
Brother Cha also hummed and said: "Isn't it just a gunpowder copper kettle? I know that the Gao Kingdom can also refine gunpowder to make copper kettles... When our country makes tens of thousands of explosive kettles, we can join hands with the superior country to destroy them. Song! I hope that Shangguo can also make a normal-looking fried pot soon!"
Cao Mian reminded from the side: "Wuzi, when I was in Lingzhou, I heard that Xiao Heda had defected to the Song Dynasty... Xiao Heda had previously been exiled to the Khitan in the Weifu Army area of Heishan. They contacted people and wanted to recruit them to his banner. But Wu Zu refused, and he himself did not have that much financial resources to support these Khitan people, so he failed.
If Xiao Heda really defected to the Song Dynasty, he would definitely be able to recruit the Black Mountain Khitan with the support of Zhao Kai. By then, the road from the Black Mountain Weifu Army Division to the Tiande Army (to which Dajin belonged) would not be easy. "
Xiao Zhonggong nodded, held up the explosive pot like a treasure, and then said to Qian: "Wuzi, I will go back to the post to clean up now, and I will set off back tomorrow. I also ask Wuzu to send cavalry to escort you. "
"Easy to say, easy to say." Qian Shun nodded repeatedly, "The lonely king sent 500 iron kites to escort the angel across the Black Mountain and keep the angel safe."
After Xiao Zhonggong thanked him, he hugged a bomb and left the former Dabai Gao Palace, which had become Prince Pingxi's Palace, to pack up and prepare to run away.
Qian Shun, Cha Ge, and Cao Mian continued to stay in the hall to discuss countermeasures.
Qian Shun watched Xiao Zhonggong leave in a hurry and just shook his head and said: "Zhao Kai could have kept this secret, so why did he take the initiative to reveal it to us? Isn't he afraid that we and Jin Guo will also learn the secret method of making explosive pots?"
Brother Cha snorted and said: "Zhao Kai must be bluffing... I have never heard of this kind of explosive pot before. It must have just been made. Zhao Kai doesn't have many in his hands. Maybe he has already used it." It’s over! He is revealing this secret now just to scare the Jurchens away from launching attacks in Hebei and Hedong, so that he can have time to make more explosive pots!"
"But if the Jurchens get a glimpse of the secret of the explosive pot, how can they produce it in large quantities?" Qian Shun was still puzzled.
"Difficult!" Cao Mian shook his head and said, "What I don't know is that this explosive pot must be made of gunpowder and a bronze pot to show its power. This gunpowder is already difficult to refine, and it is even more difficult to cast bronze pots in large quantities."
Qian Shun was still puzzled, "Now that the Jin people have Yanyun, Hebei, and Jingdong, why can't they still cast some bronze pots?"
Cao Mian explained: "As far as I know, the largest scale of smelting bronze and brass in the Song Dynasty was Qianjian in various places... and Qianjian in Song Dynasty was distributed in Jiangnan, Guangdong and Guangxi, western Beijing, Shaanxi, In Hedong and other places, there is only one Liyang prison in Hebei and only one Liguo prison in Jingdong. And of these two Qian prisons, one is in the hands of Zhao Kai and the other is flooded.
Therefore, if the Jin people want to cast hundreds or thousands of copper pots, there is no problem, but if they want to cast tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of copper pots, it may be difficult to do so. "
"Hundreds, millions?" Qian Shun was startled by this number, "How is it possible?"
Cao Mian said: "How is it impossible? The people of the Song Dynasty cast millions of copper coins a year before the Xuanhe disaster! There are always a thousand copper coins, how many pieces does a copper pot have to be divided into? In terms of the difficulty of casting, it cannot be compared with a copper pot. Compared with a thousand copper coins, it is just a little troublesome to weld together the separately cast copper pieces, but it is not difficult for the craftsmen of the Qianjian of the Song Dynasty. This copper welding, tin soldering, and lead soldering have been passed down for thousands of years. Years of craftsmanship is not difficult, just troublesome...it requires enough craftsmen to work together."
The bombing kettle is not a bronze cannon, and the requirements for sturdiness are not high - so casting a copper kettle does not require molding at one time. It can be cast in several or even dozens of pieces, and then welded piece by piece. Moreover, the welding technology can be copper soldering, tin soldering, or lead soldering. It does not need to be beautiful, as long as it does not leak.
Therefore, there is not much technical difficulty in casting a frying pan...the only difficulty is how to scale it up!
The Song Dynasty had the largest government-run copper casting industry in the world - millions of copper coins, that is, billions of copper coins were produced every year!
If one-tenth of this production capacity is converted to the production of fried pots, that would be hundreds of thousands of fried pots a year! Party members, regardless of gender, age or child, can spread one by one. Are they afraid they won’t be killed by the explosion?
If it still can’t be blown to death, hundreds of thousands more frying pots will be produced the next year...hundreds of thousands a year! After ten or eight years of bombing, the party members are still not extinct?
As for the gunpowder filled in the frying pot...the production capacity of the Song Dynasty must also be the first in the world!
The Chinese began to mine fire salt during the Warring States Period. By the Song Dynasty, they could use fire salt to produce "ice cream". Who else in the world can compare?
As long as the problem of purifying potassium nitrate is solved and the gunpowder is put into the copper kettle, all problems will be solved!
Of course, the appearance of this explosive pot also meant new dangers for Zhao Kai.
Because... the main copper coin producing area in the Song Dynasty was not on his territory, but on Zhao Huan's territory.
The main Qianjian prisons that produced copper coins in the Song Dynasty were: Huizhou Fuminjian, Muzhou Shenquanjian, Ezhou Baoquanjian, Shuzhou Tonganjian, Hengzhou Xiningjian, Jiangning Shengzhoujian, Xingguojunfuminjian, Xijingfujian Financial Supervisor, Weizhou Liyang Supervisor, Shaanxi Yongxing Military Supervisor, Shaanxi Huazhou Supervisor, Shaanxi Shaanxi Fu Supervisor, Jiangzhou Yuanqu Supervisor, Wuzhou Yuanfeng Supervisor, Xuzhou Liguo Supervisor.
Not to mention that Li Guojian has been flooded, among the remaining fourteen Qianjian, Zhao Kai has six and Zhao Huan has eight. Moreover, one of Zhao Kai's six money prisons, Liyang Prison, was looted by the Jin soldiers and has not recovered yet. There are only five prisons that can really produce...and the production capacity of these five prisons is not large, and cannot compare with the big money prisons in Southeast and Guangdong and Guangxi.
In addition, the gunpowder production capacity in Southeast and Guangdong and Guangxi is not small. Although there is no fire saltpeter ore on these sites, potassium nitrate can be produced from dung, urine, and plant ash. The saltmaking craftsmen of the Song Dynasty already knew this method.
Moreover, feces and urine in the cities of the Song Dynasty were piled in special places to be sold for money (sold to farmers as fertilizer). Those places where manure was piled produced soil nitrate all the time... so as long as With the correct formula, gunpowder would not be a problem for Zhao Huan's court at all. It is just that the purity of the fire salt is just a little less.
But as long as you put a little more in the frying pot, you can still unleash the power of the frying pot!
Therefore, Zhao Kai cannot expect to be able to destroy the world with just one explosive pot. He must continue to work hard and strive to fire out the bronze cannon as soon as possible.
That is the real killer!
But what happened next was far beyond his expectation. Because without him taking the initiative to click on this golden finger, someone would already come to him with the blueprint of the cannon.
There were three people who came to Zhao Kai with the cannon blueprints, namely Yue Fei, Huang Wubing and Wu Meiniang!
The idea for the cannon came from Yue Fei and Huang Wubing, and the drawings were drawn by Wu Meiniang - the Wu family was a family of calligraphers and painters, and Wu Meiniang had also worked hard at painting since she was a child, and could draw iron lines.
The cannon now spread out in front of Zhao Kai was drawn using the technique of wire drawing!
As for this design, it's actually not that difficult. It's just to lengthen a "hot pot cannon", reduce its caliber, and then mount it on a two-wheeled cart.
Of course, the name of this artillery is not called a cannon, but it is called "Casserole Cannon" by Yue Fei - because Yue Fei wanted to use it to shoot shotgun. When he hit Lingzhou Diba City last time, the 25-pound shotgun What a deep impression on him!
This weapon is so powerful, it would be great if it could be more convenient to use and transport. So together with Huang Wubing and Wu Meiniang, he had a bronze cannon designed to shoot shotguns. And isn't shotgun similar to iron sand? So it’s a “casserole”!
