Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 11 Meticulously prepare the meeting ceremony and sing a big show

Before summoning the craftsmen, Li Cunming went to the back garden first.After the county office became a temporary palace, all the idlers moved out, and the rewards obtained by signing in were stored in the back garden.

Four hundred trebuchets stood tall like a forest, taking up most of the space; six thousand steel wheel mines were packed in dozens of large wooden boxes covered with tarpaulins; tiger crouching guns and ammunition were piled up around the rockery.

On the open space near the pavilion in the courtyard, there were five hot air balloons, which immediately attracted Li Cunming's attention.

These hot air balloons are actually equipped with four foot-operated fans, which rise into the air and can be artificially adjusted in direction.

"I thought it was an ordinary hot air balloon, but I didn't expect that it could be adjusted in direction. It would be very useful!" Li Cunming was overjoyed.

He also thought to himself, these rewards are piled up in a mess, and when the enemy is defeated and settled down, several special warehouses must be built.

"Wang Daban, immediately notify Liu Wenbing and Li Banghua, and ask them to send someone to move these weapons to a suitable place to take care of them..."

Before the words came out, Li Cunming smiled wryly, and then he remembered that Wang Chengen had already gone to Nanjing.

It is also quite troublesome if there are no handy people around you who can use it.Li Cunming could only go to the front yard and ordered a Jin Yiwei to do this matter.

Then I went to the warehouse area of ​​the county seat to summon the craftsmen, and the craftsmen were placed in houses in several alleys near the warehouse.A lot of waste is waiting to be done, the war is approaching, and many departments have not had time to set up resettlement, everything is a bit chaotic.

With only two personal guards, Li Cunming entered several houses one after another, but none of them saw the craftsman.

Finally, I heard the sound of coughing in a yard planted with peach trees, followed the sound and opened the door to enter, and saw a sick man lying on the bed, and a young man was sitting beside the bed.

"Who are you looking for..." The young man subconsciously asked, seeing the person wearing a dragon robe, he exclaimed, "The emperor... the emperor, the little man Qi Dazhuang kowtowed to the emperor!"

The people on the hospital bed also struggled to get up, terrified.

Li Cunming waved his hand and said, "Excuse me! Qi Dazhuang, I'm here to ask you, where are the craftsmen?"

Qi Dazhuang replied: "The city is preparing for war, and there is not enough manpower. Some craftsmen were taken to strengthen the city wall and carry the rolling stones.

After thinking for a while, he added: "Xiaomin's father is Qi Tianming, the ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau. It is not because Xiaomin and his son cheated and cheated and refused to contribute to the preparations. It is really because his father is seriously ill, so I can only take leave to take care of him."

Li Cunming smiled: "You are sincere and filial. I am not here to inquire about crimes. Since your father is the ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau, it would be great. I have some questions to ask."

Poured a bowl of water from the teapot on the table, sat down on the side of the bed generously, handed it to the patient, and said with a smile: "Qi Aiqing, drink some water."

Qi Tianming was so moved that tears filled his eyes, he dared not take the water, rolled out of bed, kowtowed his head and shouted "Long live".

The emperor's kindness is mighty, a mere ambassador of the Military Bureau of the ninth rank is actually called Aiqing by the emperor, and he personally serves tea and water, this is a great blessing!

"The red tape is completely avoided. I really have a lot of questions to ask. Qi Aiqing, do you know about landmines?"

Qi Tianming was supported by a guard and sat on a chair by the table, he didn't dare to look up at the emperor, but when he mentioned landmines, his whole body burst out with energy.

"Landmines are also called blasting cannons. They are made of pig iron. They are empty stomached, filled with a pestle, put into a small bamboo tube, threaded with a fire wire inside, and outside with a long wire pierced with a fire trough. They are buried in the soil by the road that the bandits must pass. Step on the engine, shake it, and the iron The blocks are flying, and the flames are soaring into the sky. As far as I know, the invention and use of landmines can be traced back to the Song Dynasty."

"And mines are developing rapidly, with a wide variety of mines, including dozens of mines such as stone mines, ceramic mines, and pig iron mines."

"According to the different detonation methods, landmines can be divided into several types such as ignited, pulled, stirred, and machine-fired. Among them, the steel wheel ignited landmine made by General Qi Jiguang, the famous general of our dynasty, is the most powerful, with the highest killing accuracy and reliability. .”

Li Cunming couldn't help nodding his head. He used to know more or less about the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, but now he was fascinated by Qi Tianming's explanation like a treasure trove.

It is a pity that the Ming Dynasty possessed such advanced firearm technology, but eventually perished!

What's even more hateful is that the Qing Dynasty occupied the whole country, and the pioneering firearms technology was gradually declining. In less than 300 years, my great China plummeted and was ravaged and trampled by Western powers wantonly.

Concentrating his thoughts, Li Cunming nodded to one of the guards, motioning him to show Qi Tianming the steel wheel fire mine he brought.

"Your Majesty, this is what my minister called the steel wheel fire mine. Tsk, how exquisite and excellent the workmanship is!" Qi Tianming held the mine, his eyes lit up, and praised him full of praise, "It's a pity, now the Military Weapons Bureau It is very difficult to create such a perfect landmine, and every time I think about it, my heart aches."

Li Cunming said: "If I provide you with sufficient support, if you want money, if you want money, if you want things, if all the craftsmen in the city gather together, how many steel wheel fire mines can you make in ten days?"

"Less than a hundred." Qi Tianming said.

"Why so few?"

"Your majesty doesn't know. With the current technology, a skilled craftsman can make a steel wheel fire mine in a month."

Li Cunming frowned. He didn't know the real situation, so he had unrealistic hopes.

Qi Tianming asked cautiously: "Forgive me for speculating on the holy will, but does the emperor want to build mines to defend the city against the enemy?"

"Exactly."

"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. Time is running out, and it is too late to produce steel wheel mines. It is better to make ceramic mines. First, it is easy to obtain materials. I saw that the gunpowder brought from Wang Gong Factory's Gunpowder Bureau is sufficient. Second, the ceramic mines are easy to process. There are enough craftsmen. I can guarantee that within ten days, thousands of craftsmen will work day and night, and at least tens of thousands of ceramic mines will be produced!"

"Really? If so, Qi Aiqing is really my timely rain!"

Li Cunming became excited, and ordered: "Notify Liu Wenbing and Li Banghua, let all the craftsmen withdraw, don't need them to participate in the defense of the city, and do our best to make ceramic mines for me."

After talking in detail, Li Cunming also took advantage of his knowledge and put forward many suggestions for improvement.

Qi Tianming listened to the emperor talking eloquently, and some words made him extremely amazed, and he thought to himself that the current emperor is really a god!

After talking for an afternoon, Li Cunming said with a smile: "I really hate to see Qi Aiqing late. Today's talk, I still can't finish it! It's just that I have other things, so let's leave for now. Qi Aiqing, let go of your hands and feet, we want to do it for Li Guo Carefully prepare a rich meeting gift."

Get up and go out, Qi Dazhuang sees him off.Only then did Li Cunming notice Qi Dazhuang's appearance, he was both surprised and delighted.

I saw that this man was tall and strong, and he lived up to his name.The appearance is dignified, the face is like a jujube, and the red phoenix eyes lie on the silkworm eyebrows.

My God, Guan Gong is reborn!
Li Cunming suddenly had an idea, and had a plan in his mind, he said: "Qi Dazhuang, you follow me, I will take you to see a good thing."

As the emperor came to the garden behind the county government office, Qi Dazhuang saw those hot air balloons and exclaimed, "Isn't this the Kongming Lantern?"

Li Cunming laughed loudly, patted Qi Dazhuang on the shoulder and said: "Yes, it can be understood in this way, it is a large Kongming lantern. Qi Dazhuang, I am going to let you sing a big show!"

(End of this chapter)