Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 734: Put yourself in place

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It's getting colder and colder, and it's snowing in Tokyo. Snow flakes scurrying in the wind, mixing with the black smoke on the chimneys of the Jiafang Earth House, like soot.

Zan Jurun and a few people walked into a room, closed the umbrella and shook the snowflakes on his robe, he immediately frowned and covered his nose with a handkerchief, and a choking smell came with a heat wave!

The house is very noisy, and the noise makes the ears "buzzing", which is very uncomfortable.

Bianshui has frozen, it is the dry season. But the donkey in the basement pulled the huge runner to make a sore sound, driving a whole row of blowers to blow the air against the furnace, and the brick and mud blast furnace was built outside, which is the main source of heat in the house. . There is also the sound of a blacksmith swinging a hammer.

Zan Jurun looked over and saw a few bare-chested blacksmiths, Huang Cancan's muscles were sweaty, and they were swinging a hammer and beating their heads.

Not long after, a big man in a thin rags shirt came over, while wiping the gray on his face with a sweat towel. An official in front said: "Given Zan, he is Xu Sheng."

The big man also clasped his fists and bent over and said: "The little one pays tribute to Zan's assistant government."

Zan Jurun looked at him up and down, and said: "Do you think you can improve the gun barrel?"

The big man named Xu Sheng replied loudly. Otherwise, he could not hear him. He said: "I don't know yet, it will be fine if the assistant government Zan comes two days later! I have to wait for the iron to burn. There is no blast furnace in Beiyuan. Yes, I will come over and try."

This Xu Sheng is a blacksmith from Beiyuan Firearms Workshop. He asked for an order to come to the Bianshui Workshop. Only when Zan Jurun heard about what he was doing. The firearms workshop in Beiyuan is a small workshop that specializes in testing new firearms. The Bianshui Jiajia Workshop has a huge demand for iron materials. It built a blast furnace for melting iron. Xu Sheng said he wanted a blast furnace, so he came here to test it. .

Zan Jurun attaches great importance to this matter.

The royal family set aside a piece of land in Beiyuan for the military inspector to specialize in making firearms. It raises so many people and costs a lot of money each year; but after a few years of research and development, it didn’t make a name... "Flower bomb", it is really tasteless to use a catapult to shoot a whole stone.

In the past, whether it was the impurity removal method of saltpetre dissolution and filtration, the faster burning of gunpowder particles, or the bronze guns and mortars, it was Guo Shao's own ideas, and the firearms shop only implemented it.

Now approaching the end of the year, Zan Jurun is going to summarize the effectiveness of the various yamen of the Military Weapons Supervision this year... When writing the memorial of Beiyuan Firearms Square, did he write "for nothing, no results"?

This makes Zan Jurun very difficult. Fortunately, recently this craftsman brought him some expectations.

"Can it be done?" Zan Juyun asked.

Xu Sheng hesitated and said loudly: "Anyway, the gunpowder must have a big hole and thick body; if the gunpowder runs out of air, it can't be hit far! You have to use forging."

"The cold stick is the core and the iron plate is wrapped?" Zan Jujun said, "Isn't it possible to try it?"

Xu Sheng said: "Yes, wrought iron is too soft, it will be deformed as soon as it is exploded; a little harder and brittle, it will crack as soon as it is exploded. But I have thought about it, there are two things wrong, one is that the iron is not good, and the other is that the gunpowder is not good. ."

Zan Jurun turned around and said to a bookkeeper who was accompanying him: "You write down what he said."

"Here." The book official quickly took out his pen and ink from his bag to prepare.

Xu Sheng said again: "The gunpowder we use is too strong, it burns too fast, and the iron pipe is easy to burst; but there is little smoke, and the projectile can't rush far in the chamber. It's too useful. I adjusted the ingredients again and added more charcoal.

In addition, the iron used for forging gun pipes is too ripe and soft, but slightly hard and brittle. I tried many ways, adding limestone can get better...but I used to temper wrought iron while adding limestone powder, and the **** was all beaten into the iron. Now think about it again and add it to the furnace hot metal! "

Zan Juyun asked: "What's the reason for this?"

Xu Sheng looked blank: "I don't know the little one. The little family is a blacksmith for three generations, relying on experience."

He pointed to the hot furnace behind him and said: "After the molten iron was recast into blocks, I repeatedly burned forged and beaten the mature iron. Then I used this wrought iron to re-forge the blunderbuss."

Zan Jurun said: "If you get it done, I will reward you with a hundred pennies!"

Xu Sheng's eyes rounded: "Zan Fuzheng keeps his promise!"

Zan Jurun categorically said: "As long as you do it, the official will reward you with his salary!"

But it will take at least a month for this thing to be tested. Zan Jurun can’t wait. It will be next year after more than a month! He would write a memorandum of information about the collection, which is better than writing "Nothing is gained for nothing."

...When Guo Shao walked into the study room of the East Hall, he saw that there were many memorials on the imperial case, most of which were persuading the change of the national title, and they had been classified, so he threw it aside and refused to approve it. Reject all at once.

Sufficient posture. If you take the initiative to change your country’s name and become the founding emperor, it will look very ugly; you need to get many people to support yourself and "reluctantly" to do this...Although Guo Shao himself is also very founding proclaim oneself emperor.

Besides, Guo Shao still has some things to think about, so he can't be too rushed.

I didn't entrust the title of hero to the throne in the past, and now it is time to consider the founding of the country...Moreover, the current imperial power system is suitable for frequent large-scale war situations, but it is not conducive to ensuring the safety of imperial power. This is an unquestionable fact.

In history, the reason why Zhao Kuangyin released his military power through a cup of wine was because he saw the risks involved. Guo Shao would like to draw a cup of wine to release his military power? He denied this approach, because his military philosophy was completely different from that of Zhao Kuangyin... and according to that method, the court now really does not have that much money to "redempt" the military power of the generals.

Guo Shao decided to wait.

At this moment, a memorial of the military supervisor entered Guo Shao's eyes. Most of his other memorials were sent to the ministers of the political affairs hall and the Privy Council for discretion, but he was very interested in the memorials of the military inspector... Ancient scholar-officials did not pay much attention to technology, but Guo Shao's concept was different after all.

Zan Jurun's own memorial memorial, in which the ink mentions an attempt by a craftsman named Xu Sheng to improve the fire gun.

Guo Shao watched it very enthusiastically, and only thought it made sense...In my impression, the fire_gun didn't seem to be of Huang Cancan's copper cast, it was really an iron pipe! It's just that I tried to use the iron pipe many times before, but I didn't succeed, and I came up with that look of nondescript fire_gun.

As for the principle of adding lime powder to iron material?

Guo Shao wondered for a long time but didn't understand it. He picked up a pen and doodled some chemical equations on paper. Unfortunately, his chemistry knowledge was limited to middle school, and he had forgotten most of it! If he majored in metallurgy, he might be able to figure it out now, but it's not a pity. Guo Shao is also half a pot of water, and a lot of things are not well understood.

Fortunately, he used to work as a blacksmith for a living, so he knew a little about the craftsmanship at this time.

He can't understand the artisan's process principle. I guess it is because there is too much sulfur in the iron ore or any impurities that affect the strength of the metal, and the added additives can remove the impurities?

In any case, we must encourage craftsmen who can innovate! When Guo Shao mentioned the pen, he remembered that Zan Jurun was in this study.

Guo Shao raised his head and said: "Zan's assistant government."

Zan Jurun hurriedly got up and walked over and bowed: "The minister is here."

Guo Shao returned the memorial to him: "If this Xu Sheng can really be made into an iron gun, tell him that he will get a great reward! Tokyo chooses a mansion, Kaifeng government allocates a piece of official land, and then gives him a thousand dollars. ."

Zan Ju Run noodles was surprised, after all, he was just a small craftsman.

However, Guo Shao has always been generous to what he cares about, and he indulges for a moment and then said: "The military inspector finds a vacancy and gives him official status."

Zan Jurun couldn't help but said: "This man is a craftsman, I'm afraid he doesn't know a few big characters."

Guo Shaodao: "This matter is of great significance. If Xu Sheng can do a good job, even a craftsman can afford a great reward. I want him to be a demonstration, not just a good writer."

Zan Jurun had to worship: "Your Majesty is wise."

After a while, Guo Shao accidentally found another very interesting memorial on the royal case: written by Fan Zhi.

It actually persuades Guo Shao to found the country and proclaim the emperor! Because there were too many people persuading this matter, the memorials were divided into categories, and Guo Shao almost didn’t notice...Fortunately, Fan Zhi’s memorial was placed on the top, so it was easy to see, probably because several cabinet ministers paid attention. Fan Zhi's memorial, deliberately.

To my heart, Guo Shao personally dislikes Fan Zhi!

He stood up, paced outside the screen, and all four cabinet officials stood up. Guo Shao turned his head to look at them and asked: "Do you think, how about reinstating Fan Zhiguan?"

Several people looked at each other, and Zuo You clasped their fists and said: "Before the Northern Expedition, Fan Gong strongly opposed him, arguing that his Majesty could not win. Now, his Majesty has been victorious, but he is very tolerant of Fan Gong. It is the heart of Donghai.

In fact, Fan Zhi rebelled against Guo Shao at first, opposing Fu Jinzhan's reign, and doing a lot of trouble. It's just that Zuo You didn't mention it.

Furthermore, Zuo You advocated the restoration of the quality official position, the reason is not what he said...The most important reason is not easy to put forward!

Fan Zhi's identity is very special. He was an old minister in the period of the first emperor, and he has never been regarded as a confidant by Guo Shao. At this moment, many former courtiers will take a wait-and-see attitude in their hearts... If Fan Zhi, a person with a beard and beard against the dragon, is okay, did the former ministers still worry about their position and interests?

Since they are all officials, and they are not foreign races in the Central Plains. As long as his own interests can be protected, Guo Shao put himself in the position: assuming he is such an official, he must still be an official, and he does not want to oppose the emperor’s founding of the country and proclaiming the emperor.

As for what Zuo You said is not important, his attitude is the most important. It is estimated that Zuo You and others have also seen this.

Sure enough, Huang Binglian and the other three also said one after another: "Your Majesty is generous, and the world is in your heart. The minister thought that the talent of Prime Minister Fan Gong could be forgiven by His Majesty."

Guo Shao is also very straightforward in handling things. Hearing the same attitude of the four people, he immediately turned around and said: "Come here, go to Fan Mansion to deliver the decree, and ask him to be on duty in the political affairs hall tomorrow. What did you do before? Just do it."

The **** on duty is Cao Tai, and his voice is a little weak: "Slaves follow the order."