People in Dasong: starting from the sign-in

Chapter 83 Transforming weapons, asking the emperor for mining areas (for collection)

Chapter 83 Transforming weapons, asking the emperor for mining areas (for collection)

Xiao Qi spent two days writing and drawing in his residence, and for this reason he asked Emperor Zhao Shen for leave.

He said that he would prepare for the expansion of the territory of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, and immediately report to the emperor after going to the palace.

Zhao Shen was very happy when he heard that, and immediately agreed, and urged those craftsmen who repaired the Zhenbei Hou Mansion for Xiao Qi to speed up the construction and build the Hou Mansion for Xiao Qi as soon as possible.

It's good that Xiao Qi has a better environment, but it's still too noisy in the barracks.

Those ministers haven't seen Xiao Qi go to court for the past two days, although they feel that Emperor Zhao Shen is too spoiled for this guy, but without this two hundred and five who don't know when they will make trouble, they are much more relaxed every morning.

It's just that on the first day, someone asked why the two hundred and five disappeared, and then no one cared about his affairs anymore, and no one took the initiative to mention it to Emperor Zhao Shen, let alone that he was absent from work and did not go to court. up.

These people hoped that the emperor would quickly forget about this disaster, so that they would not see him in court for the rest of their lives.

Xiao Qi locked himself in the room for the past two days. Apart from eating and drinking, he has been trying hard to recall the south of the Yangtze River and the territory under the jurisdiction of the Southern Song Dynasty that he knew in his previous life. mineral.

The other is to use the lever principle of previous life to improve the current trebuchet.

Xiao Qi came up with the idea of ​​improving the trebuchet in a flash.

A few days ago, Xiao Qi was worried that the casting of artillery was not easy, and it would take a long time to carry out experiments, and he was pressed for time, so he accidentally thought of improving the trebuchet.

Since the artillery can't be made immediately, it is also a good way to make explosives similar to cannonballs and throw them out with an improved trebuchet.

Moreover, the current trebuchet has developed very well, the technology has matured, and there are many craftsmen who can make it.

What's more important is that the trebuchets built in the past, in order to pursue the maximum lethality, the thicker and stronger they are, the bigger and heavier stones can be projected.

Such a huge catapult, although it is an ordnance that makes the enemy fearful, but because of its huge size, it must be disassembled every time it is transported, and then assembled and used at the destination.

What's even more outrageous is that because this thing is inconvenient to transport, disassembling and assembling is labor-intensive and time-consuming, it can only be used to defend the city. Once it is used outside the city, it is basically useless if it encounters cavalry or is killed by someone. .

And after defeat, that thing becomes the enemy's trophy.

So the current army generals love and hate trebuchets.

What I love is that if this thing is used well, it will be a big killer no matter in siege or battle.

What I hate is that the transportation of this thing is too laborious. Even if it is shipped to the destination, it is very time-consuming to assemble.

Only when they have an absolute advantage, they dare to use this thing on the plain.

Even if you have the advantage, but the advantage is not very obvious, the enemy sees that you have this thing, they just need to rush over desperately, even if the catapult is not easy to transport and cannot be snatched away, as long as they set fire to it, you There is no such big killer available!

So Xiao Qi felt that before he built artillery, it would be very good to build some medium-sized catapults, because there is no need to throw heavy boulders, and the medium-sized catapults he built can completely throw explosives weighing more than ten kilograms hundreds of meters away .

As for explosives, it is easy to handle. This is the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are many large and small ceramic workshops. It is enough to spend money to let them make clay pots with smaller firing openings.

At that time, put some gunpowder and iron nails in those pottery pots. When using them, you only need to use wooden seals to seal the pots tightly. Leave a small hole in the middle of the wooden seals and insert a stick of medicine. As for the length, you need to experiment. up.

In order to make the clay pot explode smoothly, Xiao Qi also designed the pot body like a pineapple skin according to the appearance of the grenade in the previous life.

After finishing his work, Xiao Qi had a good sleep and still did not go to morning court the next day.

He sent someone to wait at the entrance of the palace, and they would inform him as soon as the morning was over.

After receiving the news that the court was gone, Xiao Qi immediately went to the palace with a map and a few blueprints he had drawn.

According to the usual practice, Zhao Shen would go to his cheap father Zhao Gou every morning after the court, and the two of them would chat about the affairs of the court or other matters.

Upon learning that Xiao Qi asked for a meeting, Zhao Shen immediately ordered someone to take Xiao Qi to where the two of them were.

After meeting and bowing, Xiao Qi took out a few pieces of paper without any hesitation and started talking to the father and son about the purpose of each picture.

Knowing that what the father and son want to know most is what can win a battle, Xiao Qi first told him about the catapult and the function of the clay pot.

The next step is to ask the emperor to release restrictions on gunpowder for his Changsheng camp, find craftsmen to build catapults, and customize clay pots as shown in the picture.

In the end, what Xiao Qi took out was a map showing the outline of the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It is very simple, and only three places are marked, one is the location of Dexing, Jiangxi, which is Poyang County, Raozhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was later a famous copper mining area.

There is also Xiangtan, Hunan, which is a famous iron mining area. Fortunately, the place name is already Xiangtan County at this time.

The third place is a bit far away, and the roads are not good. It is Bijie City in Guizhou, which is now Pingman County in the Southern Song Dynasty.This is a famous coal producing area in the south, and the coal seam is very shallow and easy to excavate.

But the difficulty is that it is a mountainous area, the roads are difficult, and the transportation is very inconvenient.

Xiao Qi made the trebuchet and the clay pot for filling the explosives, which already made Zhao Shen, father and son, stunned.

Zhao Gou and Zhao Shen were even more stunned to see that Xiao Qi had directly found out the locations of the three mines.

After Xiao Qi explained his old mentor, who had traveled to many known and unknown countries and knew countless mine locations, they finally understood how Xiao Qi knew these things.

Not only the Song Dynasty, but China as a whole is a country that lacks silver mines. In many periods, when the exchange rate between silver and gold was high, it even reached the high price of three taels of silver for one tael of gold.

Zhao Gou asked Xiao Qi where there were silver mines, and Xiao Qi told the old guy that not only the Southern Song Dynasty, but all the surrounding countries had few silver mines, but the island country called Dongying in the northeast of the sea had a lot of silver.

Xiao Qi chatted with the father and son for several hours, and after talking about his plan, he said goodbye and went back to the station.

He knew that it was impossible for the father and son to agree to this matter immediately, and he had to give them time to discuss.

Who knew that unexpectedly, not long after he returned to the station, he was thinking about whether there was any oversight.

"Ding, this official signing-in branch task six: Going to Beijing to persuade the emperor to expand the territory according to the host's idea has been completed."

"Ding, the host has completed the mission and rewarded the host with blueprints for ocean-going warships and one nautical chart. The rewards have been issued."

"The host has completed the official sign-in branch task six, and the sign-in level has been upgraded to the official sign-in level seven."

"Ding! The host triggers the official sign-in task side task eight: Persuading the emperor to establish the Southern Song Dynasty Ocean Fleet."

"Host: Xiao Qi."

"Sign in level: Officially sign in to level seven."

"Sign in: No sign in this time. (After completing the sign in task, you will get a random reward from the system.)"

"This check-in task: to persuade the emperor to establish the Southern Song Dynasty Ocean Fleet. (Are you signed in?)

"Sign in upgrade experience: 7/8"

Xiao Qi was pleasantly surprised that the father and son agreed so quickly!

But when I saw the new mission, I was depressed: "I said, I haven't gained a firm foothold in the land of the Southern Song Dynasty yet. Why do you want me to develop the navy? Isn't this too anxious?"

Xiao Qi asked the system several times, but the system just pretended to be dead and ignored him.

Xiao Qi had no choice but to bite the bullet and say silently: "Sign in."

"Ding, the host has signed in this time, and the task of signing in: "Convince the emperor to establish the Southern Song Dynasty Ocean Fleet. (After completing the sign-in task, you will get a random reward from the system)”

The hatred in Xiao Qi's heart!I asked you a question, you pretended to be dead, I just accepted the task, you immediately spoke up, poke!

Now that he has accepted the task, Xiao Qi has to find a way to complete the task.

After thinking about it for a whole day at home, Xiao Qi couldn't think of any good excuses, and in the end this guy was cruel: Never mind!It is said that because Song Dynasty will become stronger in the future, they will go to Dongying to get money, and let Zhao Shenna and his son agree to build a navy first!

He thought about how to fool Zhao Shen and Zhao Gou when he saw Zhao Shen and Zhao Gou for another day.

The next day Xiao Qi went to the palace to meet Zhao Shen and his son after the early morning.

I made a lot of nonsense, saying that I heard the emperor talk about the silver, and felt that the lack of silver in the Song Dynasty was not a problem. I ran to my master and asked for a method of building a large ship. I hope the two sages can approve him to build a ship. Support a powerful Great Song Navy.

　Ask for votes, fellow bigwigs.

(End of this chapter)