Song Beiyun

This "unconscionable cannon" once resounded in the anti-Japanese battlefield, the liberation battlefield and the Korean battlefield. It belongs to something that can't be soiled anymore, but don't look at it, but if it is used properly, it is definitely a massacre weapon against large-scale cavalry .

Moreover, its technical difficulty can be said to be horribly low, and it really has a god-like effect on dealing with cavalry of this era.After all, Ma Ke around the eleventh century AD had never seen such things as firearms, fire, noise and shock waves, let alone whether they can hurt people, just these three things can scare a cavalry horse to pee .

"I'm a fucking genius!" Song Beiyun slapped himself on the face: "Second Gunner Song Beiyun, get ready!"

Chapter 264: On January 1th, 5

From deciding to do it to making something, Song Beiyun spent almost a week without sleep or food.

During the period, apart from accompanying Miaoyan on the New Year's Eve, the rest of the time was almost spent at the most famous blacksmith in Jinling City.

A heartless cannon does not require accuracy or structural strength. If it does not require structural strength, it means that it does not need seamless steel pipes. Make a circle with thick iron sheets, pour it with molten iron, and wrap the outside with rivets and tung oil vines. After a few laps, the strength of the foundation has completely surpassed the rusted gasoline barrel.

Song Beiyun made this thing on the first day, and the next step is to test its projectile ability and its specific effects under the action of different explosives.

First of all, it is certain that the black powder cannot damage this container, but the power is not to mention the remaining residue is scary, and it needs to be cleaned up after a few times of use.After that, there are thunder mercury and nitrocellulose. These two things have similar effects, but their power is really a bit tricky. The longest range is less than 50 meters. At that time, this 50 meters is enough for others to outflank Qimian.

Then there is the double-base explosive, which works well, but the chemical properties of the double-base explosive are really unstable. Song Beiyun will definitely be able to operate it without any problem, but if it is operated by those big soldiers, the enemy will not see it, and the base camp will be gone.

So under such circumstances, he doesn't even want to try nitroglycerin, picric acid and the like that are equally unstable.

Finally, in desperation, Song Beiyun had no choice but to use his few TNTs, and the effect was great. The only disadvantage was that if the charge was not controlled properly, the barrel would explode directly, and no grass would grow within a radius of ten meters.

Just because of the problem of the amount of charge, Song Beiyun almost used up all the little TNT left, and there is also a strange legend in Jinling City these days, that is, there is a thunderstorm on the ground in the deep mountains. Fight with evil spirits.

After determining the amount of TNT charge, Song Beiyun ordered another twenty such barrels, and then tried his best to start manufacturing TNT, but how much production capacity can one person have? Even if he works overtime, he can only meet Materials needed for experimentation the next day.

After that, he successively tested unscrupulous cannons projecting iron slag, broken iron pieces, broken porcelain pieces, stones and bamboo wood, and then the broken porcelain pieces and bamboo wood were completely rejected. own soldiers, while Bamboo Wood is just plain hilarious.

Of course, the best effect is to throw the explosive package. TNT can project the explosive package to a position as far as about 200 meters. After adding a wooden board to increase the chamber pressure, it can even reach a distance of 350 meters. After the explosive package explodes, it The lethality of the explosion may be mediocre, but the sound and light effects are amazing. He has been five kilometers away from Jinling City, but the city gate guard can still clearly hear the sound of the explosion.

This means that horses are absolutely unable to adapt to such frights. If the model is subsequently improved, the periphery of the explosive package can be wrapped with iron sheets, and the gaps can be filled with broken porcelain and pottery. This can save explosives and cause casualties.

Projectiles such as iron skin and iron slag can actually be used as close-in defense weapons. When the opponent's pawns approach, this kind of heavenly girl scattered flowers that do not need to be aimed is enough to wipe out a large amount of the opponent's vitality in a short time.

In order to test its killing effect, Song Beiyun even stole a set of infantry armor from the armory of the city defense army. Within forty distances of the explosion range, the metal shrapnel can directly penetrate the infantry armor to kill the internal structure, while in the Penetrating wounds can even be formed within a range of 20 meters, and even at a distance of 50 meters, it still has a terrifying killing effect on light armor.

In addition to physical attacks, Song Beiyun also experimented with white phosphorus pine oil incendiary bombs, white phosphorus gas bombs, sulfide gas bombs, and black powder kegs.And decisively discarded all the gas bombs, because when the thing was blown by the wind, it killed [-] enemies and damaged [-].

As for the black powder barrel, the biggest disadvantage is that it is difficult to control its explosion time, and the fuze is prone to problems when projecting, so the overall effect is not as good as TNT.

However, it is not without its merits, that is, the overall cost of black powder is unbelievably cheap, and the storage of relevant materials in the Da Song warehouse alone is enough to manufacture a large amount of black powder.

So whether black powder is useful or not, it must be useful. For example, each soldier is assigned a hand cannon, which can play an absolutely unimaginable role in melee combat. People are still 20 meters away. Aww, rush up here, kill one with a bang, the effect is outstanding.

Of course, all these design plans are based on the substitutes before the emergence of seamless steel structures. Song Beiyun doesn't know when he will be able to toss out seamless steel pipes, but before these things, there can be no achievements, right?At least the three-year contract can be passed with this thing.

But the biggest problem now is the production capacity. The production capacity cannot keep up and secrecy is also a big problem. There are some things that they can’t make, just like black powder, although everyone has it, but the black powder that can explode and the one that can only explode There is a fundamental difference between black powder. Even if the enemy does not use it against people, if it is only used for adaptive training, the effect of surprise soldiers will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, secrecy and production capacity have now become Song Beiyun's top priorities.

"You haven't shaved your beard for a few days." Today it was Miaoyan's turn to deliver food to Song Beiyun in the mountains, she put the things in the basket on the small wooden table and sat next to Xiao Song: "I'm turning myself into a savage. "

"I don't have time. I've been alone for the past few days. I'm so busy that I'm about to vomit blood." Xiao Song pointed to the thatched hut behind him: "You don't even look at my living conditions."

"Be careful, don't blow yourself up." Miao Yan stepped forward and patted the heartless gun that smelled of gunpowder: "But I still want to give you a thumbs up, this thing is really useless against cavalry."

"Machine guns are the ultimate kingly way, but guns are much more difficult than cannons. Just a single rifling process is impossible now." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "Not to mention any metal fixed-loading ammunition. I think too highly of this ancient weapon. production levels."

"Take your time, you have been pulling them away for hundreds of years now." Qiao Yan said with a smile: "At least what you spray out is explosives and not solid projectiles."

Song Beiyun picked up his bowl and began to eat in a hurry. Halfway through his meal, he raised his head and glanced at the wonderful words: "Can this three thousand cannon hit 20 cavalry?"

"Who knows, the battlefield is the place where weapons are tested. It's not certain on paper. But I think it's okay." Miao Yan pinched Song Beiyun's face with a smile: "Things that have never been seen will always make people intimidated. Maybe there are people who are not afraid of death, but there are certainly no horses who are not afraid of death."

Well, Miaoyan’s point of view coincides with Song Beiyun’s point of view in this regard. The biggest effect of heartless cannons is the deterrent effect. Three thousand cannons are fired in one round, and even 50 people will be scared out of their wits. What's more, the cavalry tactics of this era are single and lack effective long-range weapons. It is difficult for bows and crossbows to cause much casualties to fixed positions when they are prepared, but chaos and stampede will inevitably occur on the opposite side when the cannon is fired.

"In the case of long-range weapons, positional warfare is a very good choice. Highlands, flats, and even depressions can have different effects." Miao Yan began to draw trenches on the ground with a small stick: "Long-range firepower to attack the opponent's vanguard cavalry In order to attack the opponent's main force in a round-shaped trench, five to six thousand people will fight against 6000, which is not a big problem when the ammunition is sufficient."

Song Beiyun nodded again and again, took a deep breath and leaned against the dead wood behind him: "Now we have to wait for the production capacity to rise, and then we have to find suitable people to practice and see how the heartless cannon's actual combat ability is."

"Well, I don't understand this, you can figure it out. Is it to create an opponent, or to engage in military exercises?"

"The military exercise is useful, of course it is to find an opponent." Song Beiyun scratched his chin: "I have an idea, starting tomorrow, how about we have a competition for Song Beiyun's skillful craftsmen?"

"Oh? Start an industrial draft?"

"Of course, the status of craftsmen is very low, but I need more skilled workers and high-quality skilled workers. There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Let's buy a horse bone with a thousand dollars."

"Aren't you afraid that those scholars will say that you form a party for personal gain?"

"Hey..." Song Beiyun waved his hand: "If I go to win over all the tyrants, maybe some people will say that I get a few craftsmen, and people don't even bother to look at them. The status of craftsmen is scary. Now businessmen It's starting to look up, but craftsmen are getting less and less status."

"Because they don't fight."

Song Beiyun was noncommittal, leaning over there to eat while thinking about how to operate the first draft of the Great Song Industrial Empire.

The Song Beiyun series of rewards that Xiao Song misses is about to start sailing. If it succeeds, technology will definitely be led by the East in the next 1000 years.How gratifying this was, even Song Beiyun couldn't wait.

"Don't get too excited, I'm going to pour cold water on you." Miao Yan hugged her knees and said with a smile: "The artisan class has a low literacy rate and empiricism prevails, which means that they are actually a relatively headstrong group. The era itself does not reuse craftsmen, so their morale is low, you must first find a way to solve this problem, how to make them burn."

Song Beiyun nodded and said, "Well, it's a bit difficult."

"But you do it first. Some things can't be solved by just sitting here and patting your ass. You can pass the stage of starting from scratch, and then you can go from being good to being good."

Comrade Xiao Song didn't speak for a long time, but he was secretly thinking about how to start this set of operations, and it's probably not just the working class that really needs to be changed...

Chapter 265, January 1th, 8nd Year Qingcheng Gate Columns, Promises

Song Beiyun probably knows why such things as power ministers appear. Power ministers never appear suddenly, but become bigger and stronger step by step. Usually, most people who can become power ministers are not eye-catching at the beginning, and may even be a person. A small character who can be rubbed by others.

But this little character used his advantages in various aspects to continuously expand his sphere of influence. After others reacted, this little thing has become a giant monster like a mountain.

It's like Song Beiyun is sitting under the city gate and setting up a stall, with a poster hanging beside it, clearly saying that he wants to recruit craftsmen.

Under the city gate, people were greeted and sent off, and countless people saw Song Beiyun, but no matter whether they were scholars or court officials, everyone took this fellow as a joke.

Why solve a few puzzles and then hire a high salary, hire a craftsman, what can a craftsman do, and talk about hiring a lot of money, this is purely an idiot.

And just like those scholars looked down upon him, although Jinling City has a lot of craftsmen, no one came up to apply for the job.And Song Beiyun was not in a hurry, he just sat there without saying a word, no matter who came to ask questions, he just pointed at the poster coldly.

Illiterate people naturally have no chance, and scholars obviously look down on these dusty craftsmen and will not explain to them.

After sitting in the cold wind for a day, even the commander of the city defense department came to persuade Song Beiyun, but he was still unmoved.

Until night fell, he ordered his subordinates to close the stall and go home to rest.And the next day he came again early in the morning, with the same posture and that poster.

Of course, the end result is that there is still no one, but Song Beiyun seems to have become the laughing stock of the scholars in the city. He has become the biggest laughing stock when these people gather. Crazy.

But in the early morning of the third day, when Song Beiyun was sitting there again and started recruiting, a 25-year-old man walked up with a wooden box on his back, and asked with some pride: "Are you telling the truth in this letter? Can you get fifty coins for solving such puzzles?"

"You understand." Song Beiyun threw his seal on the table: "Can I still lie to you?"

The man stepped forward, picked up a few things on the table and looked at them carefully for a while: "Just take this off?"

Song Beiyun nodded.

The man chuckled, looked at Mr. Song like a fool, took out a chisel and a file from the wooden box behind him, and started tinkling.

And Song Beiyun's problem is a very simple turning problem. It is a screw with hairy threads. Force the nut to come off.

The man stood there, fumbling the screw little by little, and digging it out with a chisel from time to time. After a while, he took the nut off the top.

Song Beiyun took the screw and looked at it for a while, and found that he did not destroy the original shape of the screw, but only filed the hairy part into an oval shape, and the deformed part was also corrected, and the nut can be easily turned from the top. down.

If you look carefully, he even repaired the silk pattern inside the nut. The craftsmanship can be said to be advanced in this era.

"sure."

"It's nothing more than a trick of the Mohists." The man chuckled, and then stretched out his hand to Song Beiyun: "Money."

Song Beiyun didn't talk nonsense to him, and directly counted fifty sticks from the box and patted them on his hands. The man left happily without even mentioning the recruitment.

But because of the first person to eat crabs, many people immediately ran up and started to try to solve the puzzles. Those puzzles, there are woodworkers, turners, and fitters, although they are all super-level questions , but they are all within the acceptable range.

More and more people took fifty pennies away, and the questions left behind became more and more difficult. However, Song Beiyun's reputation as a fool became even more famous, and many scholars came to see him.

After coming and going, the originally quiet two-day booth suddenly became lively. More and more people wanted to come and try it, but Song Beiyun didn't care at all, and gave money if he could untie it, which was very refreshing.Not only that, but also draw pictures on the spot for others to supplement, such as calculating the height of the city gate, such as when Zhang San and Li Si will meet each other, for example, when there are two waterways in Tianzhong, one is drained and the other is filled with water, when can it be emptied, such as Xiaohong chases the cow, the cow runs first for a quarter of an hour and so on.

Get money when you solve the problem, it's very simple.Usually, those who got the money would leave, but it didn't matter, Song Beiyun never stopped him, he just sat there and continued to fiddle with the small objects in his hands, creating new topics.

This kind of behavior of giving money was a big joke, and those scholars can be said to have burst out laughing, and the news finally spread to the inner circle.

"He he he he..." Zhao Xing stuttered when he heard Si Mingsi's report, "What is he doing?"

"Officials...don't bother with him. If he doesn't cause trouble, he is already protected by the ancestors." Old Wang sighed beside him and said, "I want to come because this guy is just idle at home and looking for some fun."

"Hey... I really owe you." Zhao Xing shook his head and said, "Let him go, let him go, Wang Banban, follow me to the street for a while at night."

"The old slave is going to prepare."

Of course, Zhao Xing was not the only one who knew about this situation. Zhao Xiang also knew about it. He was having a long chat with some old friends at home, and one of them mentioned what Song Beiyun was doing these days.

"Let Xiaohong chase the cow, and let the paddy field fill in the water while releasing water. It's a joke in the world, hahahahahaha..."

"I don't know what it means, I'm afraid this kid is in a daze."

Hearing these discussions, even a serious person like Zhao Xiang couldn't help laughing out loud: "Say he's pretending to be crazy, but what he's selling is real money. Say he's playing tricks, but it's all incomprehensible The stuff of the mind also doesn’t know what to do.”

In this way, Song Beiyun became a fool overnight and spread throughout Jinling City. No one really wanted to take care of him, for fear of being contaminated with this guy's evil spirit. Even Zhao Xing would sneer at it.

But there was only one person who was so anxious that he yelled at home, and his name was Yan Shu...

"This shit!" Yan Shu took a deep breath: "If it wasn't for the cold weather I have had these few days, would those people still be able to earn that money?"

Yan Shu's wife comforted her by the side: "Officer, take care of yourself first...don't think about these things."

"No, I'm going to check it out! If the money doesn't fall into my pocket, I feel bad in every possible way."

"Officer..."

Seeing Yan Shu running out with his sick body, Miss Zhao just shook her head and sighed softly, while the maid next to her just smiled and said, "Go with the master, the master has said more than once these days that he is bored."

"This official is really unpredictable."

And when Yan Shu came to Song Beiyun's booth with red eyes, he rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'm going to give you money today!"

"Don't panic." Song Beiyun raised his eyes to look at him, and said with a sneer, "I'll give you a question, and you solve it. This box of money is all yours."

"your turn!"

Yan Shu loves money and shows, Song Beiyun doesn't know this, but of course he can't let this guy win money, so he asked his subordinates to fetch three bowls and put them on the table, pointing to the bowls and said: "There are three bowls facing up on the table. bowls, you have to turn over two of them each time, and you buckle all three bowls for me."

"Huh? I made you look down on people! Today I will let you experience it." Yan Shujian was so simple that he was eager to try it immediately: "Get out of the way, I'm making money."

Song Beiyun asked him to go to one side to search, and Xiao Song continued to entertain those craftsmen. Today is the third day, and there was not a single person who signed up the day before yesterday, but on the fourth day, more than ten people have registered their names. It is accepted.And judging from the posture, there may be more than [-] people recorded today, which seems to have exceeded Song Beiyun's expectation, and a few thousand is not in vain.

He was busy until sunset, while Yan Shu was still tossing the three bowls beside him. Seeing his sweaty face, Song Beiyun smiled softly: "What, the wind and cold are gone, right?"

"Don't talk! It's almost over." Yan Shu was extremely focused: "I still don't believe it!"

Song Beiyun was not in a hurry, he sat there with his legs crossed and waited for this guy to toss about there, but until it was completely dark and the city defense forces began to change their defenses, Yan Shu still couldn't solve the puzzle.

"Hey."

Song Beiyun yelled, but in return Yan Shu looked like a hungry wolf: "Why!"

"What why?"

"Why can't..." Yan Shu was a little frustrated: "I have tried thousands of times, but there is always a bowl that I can't turn over."

"Of course." Song Beiyun got up and snapped his fingers to order someone to close the stall: "It can't be turned over at all, don't say it ten thousand times, you can't do it if you spend your whole life here."

Yan Shu's expression immediately froze, and after a moment of silence, he rushed towards Song Beiyun with bared teeth and claws: "Song Zhigou! I will fight you!!!"

The end result was that he was pressed on the table and slammed on the table, and he admitted defeat frankly...

"If you're really smart, you should know from the moment you open your mouth that there's no way you can turn it upside down." Song Beiyun looked at Yan Shu as if looking at garbage: "Smelly shit."

Yan Shu's face was flushed, and he stood there faltering for a while: "I thought..."

"You think the questions I asked have answers, don't you?" Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "In this world, not everything has answers. Let's go, eat something."

"You are the host."

"I know, I know, you're getting more and more picky." Song Beiyun sighed, "You're clearly rich."

"That can't be done. Now I have a family and become the head of the family. Some money can be spent if you don't want to spend it. Anyway, you have money, so just eat what you have."

Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "Those three bowls..."

"Ah!!!" Yan Shu covered his ears, "Don't mention it again!"