"boom!"
There was a loud noise, and the hill outside Bozhou City instantly turned into ashes and rubble.
That is to say, the shouts of hundreds of thousands of people outside the city and outside the city are shaking, covering up the movement here. If this situation happened on weekdays, there would be dozens of different myths and stories.
Liu Bang's heart was beating wildly. He hadn't felt this way for a long time except in bed. He didn't care that there were a lot of grass and wood chips on his head and clothes, he just stared blankly. Looking ahead, he even forgot to blink.
Not only him, but also Xin Ciying, Pharmacist Guo, and the old eunuch Huang Yanjie next to him all had the same expression. Compared with these people, Liu Bang was already much calmer. Pharmacist Guo opened his mouth wide, and Huang Yanjie stared. Xin Ciying was the most exaggerated and even shed tears.
When the man with a gray face trotted over, he kept bowing to the emperor and said:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
crime?
What a crime!
Liu Bang stared at this kid. He followed Wang Gui, but he was not sent by Yue Fei, but a subordinate of Han Shizhong. He claimed that his surname was Li, and his single name was Bao.
When he first met this man, Liu Bang thought that Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were dissatisfied with his slow advance, so he sent someone here. Although he felt a little unhappy at being looked down upon, he thought about Wang Gui and Wang Gui. Li Qiong was a fellow villager. He didn't know what this man was capable of or what his relationship was with Bozhou, so he patiently had a few words with him.
After all, all the generals in the Song Dynasty had a good relationship with him, except Han Shizhong... The last time I checked the military expenditures of various armies, this guy was the one who had the most money except Zhang Jun. Although the money in the private wine warehouse was used by him It was confiscated, but no one knows whether he will continue to be greedy.
A little corruption is actually okay. Liu Ji is not a stingy person. As long as he has the ability, it is not impossible to go a little too far. Han Shizhong is of course a capable person, so like Zhang Taiwei, his corruption is only slightly ignored. The zone passed.
But after bringing them together again, both Liu Bang and Han Shizhong knew that the relationship between the two was not close. For such an easy-going person in the Zhao Guan family, except for Wu Lin, who could not see each other, he was the closest to the emperor. Far... Among the armies of the Northern Expedition, Wu Lin relied on Bashu, and all the expenses he needed were determined by himself. Yue Fei was the main force, and he had an old relationship with Zhao Ding. No one from Zhongshu Province to the three divisions dared to neglect.
Not to mention Liu Qi, the money and food saved by Yingzhou was enough for tens of thousands of this guy to fight to Youzhou, and Lieutenant Zhang has been following the emperor... The one who received the most cold reception turned out to be Han Shizhong, the then leader. From the Minister of the Dragon, now that he has sent someone here, it is not without some sense of flattery.
Just please please, this is not a sin, but the person he sent really gave Liu Bang a big surprise.
It made him more excited and excited than taking ten Ayu.
"Is this the gunpowder you mentioned for setting off fireworks? It's so powerful, it's ten thousand times more powerful than the fireworks."
"With this thing, is there any city in the world that cannot be broken? Based on this alone, you should be made a prince and become a saint."
"I don't know if there is an unmarried girl in your family, but you can introduce her to me and we can form an in-law relationship."
"How old is your son? Has he gone to school? If there is a shortage of a husband, as long as you ask, I will personally find one for him."
"Your father and mother..."
The emperor said a lot, from Li Bao's wealth to his clothing, food, housing, and transportation, from his parents and wife to his relatives in his five clothes, everything Liu Bang could think of was promised benefits.
The last person to receive this preferential treatment was Yue Fei.
And from an inconspicuous soldier who was regarded as a messenger, he was about to be named a prince in the blink of an eye... This man, who was only in his early twenties, completed the journey that Zhang Taiwei and Han Shizhong had walked in their entire lives in one day. It was even faster than Yue Fei, who had already become the governor of a town at the age of thirty or forty.
But neither Xin Ciying nor Huang Yanjie felt there was anything wrong. This person really deserved what he took out. Even if the reward was larger, it would be fine.
Li Bao had never seen such a scene before. Although his face was dark now, he still showed his big white teeth and said:
"Thank you for the great love of the officials, but this thing was not created by Weichen. I just improved it a little, and I can't bear the huge credit."
"Three years ago, I originally went to Puzhou to find fellow villagers to fight against the Jin. However, I was betrayed by the Khitan bastard who was the governor of Puzhou, so I went south to join Marshal Yue, thinking of killing the golden dog with him."
Liu Bang was very patient at this time, looking like he wanted to listen, and listened quietly to what he said.
He is really not an impatient person, but in many cases, many people are not worthy of his gentle side. Just like this, if Captain Zhang sees it, he may go to learn how to tinker with gunpowder. .
"Marshal Yue knew that I had some connections in Shandong, so he gave me the title of commander of the loyal army and horses on Hebei Road, and asked me to contact the anti-Jin rebels in Shandong... The year before last, the golden dog went south, and I hid until Marshal Han took the title. Haizhou, I just have a chance to show up."
"This thunder and thunder cannon were originally improved on the basis of fireball and caltrop fireball... The reason why the officials were surprised may be because the craftsmen of the gunpowder workshop were kidnapped to the Kingdom of Jin, and there were more people in the south. Few people delve into these things, so I just let you take advantage of this loophole to make meritorious deeds."
He spoke very modestly. Although he was young, he was always cheerful and could not help but influence a few people. Pharmacist Guo on the side spoke to him:
"Since Emperor Taizu, we have used firearms for a long time. I also used them in the north back then, but the power is not as powerful as it is today. This thing is expensive and not easy to store. It will become hot when it gets wet. No, gold is very expensive."
"But if it has such an effect, no matter how expensive it is, it's still worth it!"
Liu Bang rolled his eyes at him, saying that there was nothing the old guy couldn't get along with. Just as he was about to tease him, he heard Xin Ciying wipe his tears and say:
"Emperor Shenzong once set up an arms supervisor to oversee the arms manufacturing in the Song Dynasty. At that time, it employed as many as 40,000 workers. There were ten major workshops under it, with gunpowder workshops and firearms workshops as the main ones. I remember that the weapons supervisor recorded the same date. Seven thousand powder arrows for crossbows, ten thousand powder arrows for bows, three thousand caltrop cannons, and twenty thousand leather cannons.”
"After the city of Kaifeng was destroyed, all the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervision were taken captive and went north. The law makers either escaped alive or kept their names anonymous. When Zhongding was guarding Kaifeng, he wrote a letter on how to use gunpowder to defeat the enemy..."
At this point, the old man stopped talking. If he continues to talk, he will bring out scandals about the emperor. Just stop there.
Liu Bang didn't pay much attention and just asked Li Bao:
"If you do it, how long will it take to make the thing just now?"
Li Bao bowed again and said: "I dare not be arrogant, but it is not a problem to make five or six thunder cannons a day... If there are enough people and all the materials are available, according to what the old gentleman said, one or two thousand cannons can be made in a day." It’s not a problem either.”
Liu Bang pulled him and led him to the gate of Gunxue Road. He shouted to the people who were digging:
"We'll talk about other things later. We have plenty of time. Can this stone gate be blown open?"
Li Bao patted the stone door: "Add more, and two more doors will be fine."
Looking at his firm eyes, Liu Bang wished he could sworn sworn friends with this man right now.
(End of chapter)
