Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 232

[Chapter 232]

“Why?” Zhao Heng was puzzled.

“The artillery is so powerful that I’m afraid it will accidentally injure the people. I hope the emperor can find an open place.”

“Oh?” Zhao Heng became happy after hearing this.

What the general said proves from the side that this artillery is indeed very powerful.

This time he rejected Beidi’s envoy, feeling uneasy all the time.

Now, he was finally relieved a lot.

Dou Wei and Liang Kai looked at each other with solemn expressions.

“In that case, let’s go to the Royal Forest Garden.” Zhao Heng raised his tone by an octave.

In the afternoon, the Liang family’s fleet arrived at Jinling City.

Upon hearing the news, Zhao Heng boarded Luanyu and headed northeast.

When the two cannons arrived, the artillery generals of King Yan and the Liang family ordered their soldiers to adjust the cannons, and then waited for Zhao Heng’s order.

The sixth prince was beside the cannon early in the morning with a proud expression.

This is an opportunity for him to show his face in front of the emperor and his officials.

“Let’s get started, whoever comes first!” Zhao Heng’s heart was itching for a long time along the way.

Seeing that it was ready, he immediately ordered.

At this time, the sun was shining, there was no cloud in the sky, and the vision was very clear.

“Let’s try King Yan’s cannon first.” Liang Kai’s eyes flicked back and forth between King Yan’s cannon and his own, with an embarrassed look on his face.

Only in appearance, the artillery of the Liang family lost to the artillery of King Yan.

The outer wall of King Yan’s cannon is smooth and flat, just like the mirror surface of a bronze mirror.

However, the outer wall of the Liang family’s artillery has honeycomb-like holes.

The bore of the Liang family’s artillery deviates from the center line by one finger, while the bore of the Yanwang artillery is very standard, just on the central axis.

The most important thing is that even such a cannon is a good product selected by his Liang family from a hundred failed products.

If Zhao Xu was here and witnessed the Liang family’s artillery, he would definitely laugh.

Because he could tell at a glance that the Liang family must have used clay molded cannons.

This clay mold casting cannon has three disadvantages. First, the clay mold has low air permeability and is difficult to dry out. After being baked by charcoal fire, it is often dry on the outside and wet on the inside, and moisture is generated during casting. This is the origin of the honeycomb cavity.

It is also for this reason that mud-cast cannons often have defective products. In the late Ming Dynasty cannon-casting book “Xifa Shenji”, there is even a saying that “if you cast a hundred to one, you will be a national player”.

Second, after the cannon casting is completed, the clay mold needs to be broken to take out the cannon, which is extremely time-consuming and laborious, and it

is difficult to realize the standardization of cannon manufacturing. on the central axis of the body.

The artillery of the Liang family has all three shortcomings.

“Then try King Yan’s first.” Zhao Heng looked at the Liang family’s artillery with disgust.

Just like the saying that people are ugly and beautiful, he didn’t like the Liang family’s cannons at first sight.

The artillery general ordered the soldiers to take out the gunpowder and shells from the two wooden boxes respectively.

First, the gun bore is cleaned with a cleaning rod, and then the gunpowder and the shells are loaded successively.

Finally, he gave the torch to the sixth prince.

“Your Highness, just ignite this fuse.” The artillery general looked blank.

No one in the royal family wanted to come to Jinling, they only recognized King Yan, and they didn’t want to talk to Da Song and others, he was selected, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.

“The artillery is powerful. Your Highness had better cover your ears after ignition,” the general reminded again.

The sixth prince snorted and ignored the general.

He wanted to see how powerful King Yan’s artillery was.

Taking the torch, he lit the fuse.

“Zizi…” The lead wire burned rapidly, and the flame penetrated into the small hole on the cannon.

“Boom…”

At this moment, a burst of fire burst out with a thunderous explosion.

The sudden loud noise made Zhao Fang sit on the ground.

Overwhelmed with fright, he passed out directly.

Standing thirty meters away from the artillery, Zhao Heng and the ministers were also in a panic.

Many ministers were trembling, unable to support their legs, so they could only support each other.

There was also a water stain where the minister was standing, which was urine.

“It’s so shocking!”

Zhao Heng held Liang Cheng’s arm tightly, trying not to expose his trembling legs under the gown.

He yelled to keep his voice from trembling.

Liang Cheng was very unbearable, his legs were half bent due to weakness.

But feeling the strength of Zhao Heng’s hand on his arm, he held on.

He can lose face, but the emperor cannot lose face.

After Dou Wei, Han Zheng and others’ initial panic, their hearts were filled with shock, and it took them a while to recover.

Immediately, they looked at the artillery with eager eyes.

Previously, they were just guesswork.

But now that they saw it with their own eyes, they finally understood why the Yuan family’s 150,000 troops were defeated by King Yan.

It’s just that the thunderous noise will frighten the soldiers on the battlefield.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty, for getting this magic soldier!” Dou Wei stepped forward with difficulty and came to Zhao Xu, lowering her body deeply.

Han Zheng, Liang Kai, Xie Duan and the others reacted and hurriedly followed up to congratulate.

“Hahaha…” The obedience of the ministers made Zhao Heng feel happier than ever, just like when the artillery burst out.

The third prince looked at the sixth prince who was still unconscious on the ground.

Originally, he thought he would be very happy, but now he couldn’t be happy at all.

Indeed, he made the Sixth Prince embarrassing.

But this proves the great power of King Yan’s artillery.

And such a powerful firearm was made by King Yan.

There is no doubt that the artillery will become another important bargaining chip for King Yan.

After all, his father didn’t seem to have the intention of asking King Yan to hand over the method of casting artillery.

And even if his father wanted it, would King Yan give it to him?

After all, the King of Yan has become quite a force of his own right now.

“All lovers are welcome.” At this moment, Zhao Heng’s laughter stopped, and he was completely at ease now.

With such a heavy weapon of the country guarding the frontier, what can he do in Beidi.

Now, he no longer regrets handing King Yan over to Beidi.

Otherwise, if King Yan ruined this cannon-making method in a fit of anger, it would be a huge loss to Da Song.

Dou Wei noticed Zhao Heng’s expression, and his heart sank.

He had never seen Zhao Heng glow with such confidence.

But King Yan, the prince, has artillery, and their powerful clan also has artillery, so King Yan can’t have all the glory.

So he said to Liang Kai: “Liang Shangshu, it’s time to test your Liang family’s cannons.”

“Start testing the cannons.” Liang Kai swallowed and shouted at the Liang family generals.

From the outside, the Liang family artillery has lost.

Now he expects to beat Yanwang Cannon in range.

Zhao Heng also wanted to see the Liang family’s artillery, so he sat down to watch again.

“Boom!” Another cannon shot.

However, the sound of the cannon was obviously not as clear as that of King Yan’s cannon.

When the thick smoke cleared, Zhao Xu cast a sideways glance at all the officials, “My dear friends, follow me to find where this cannonball flew to? Let’s see whose cannon flew farther.”

After finishing speaking, he walked forward , And ordered the forbidden army to ride horses and search in the forest garden.

When the sunset is left with a little red, it disappears into the skyline.

A soldier of the Imperial Army shouted: “Your Majesty, I found it.”

Zhao Heng and the ministers followed the voice and saw a black bullet lying quietly under the root of a tree.

And here is five hundred steps away from the position of the artillery.

“This is the shell of the Liang family’s artillery.” Yang Feng picked up the shell, with the word “Liang” on it.

Then the crowd moved on, and found another shell at a distance of eight hundred paces.

Yang Feng picked it up again and said to Zhao Heng: “Your Majesty, this iron bullet weighs ten catties, which is about two catties heavier than the Liang family’s artillery.”

“What, it weighs two catties!”

“How is this possible.”

“I didn’t expect Yan Wang Huo Pao can hit a ten-jin iron bullet so far, which is about twice as powerful as the Liang family’s, which is really powerful.”

“…” The

ministers talked a lot, and Liang Kai’s face turned red and white after hearing this.

This time, the Liang family was completely humiliated.

Zhao Heng hurriedly took the iron bullet from Yang Feng’s hand, and it was exactly as Yang Feng said.

Now, he was not only excited, but also shocked.

Dou Wei and the others looked pensive. The gap was so big that it was difficult for the Liang family’s artillery to penetrate their eyes.

However, they would still want the Liang family’s method of casting cannons.

After all, talk is better than nothing.

But artillery, they still tend to want King Yan.

“Tie this cannon with a red cloth and bring it back to the palace. If I want to inscribe him with my own handwriting, I will call him General Shenwei!” Zhao Heng laughed loudly.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The guardsmen shouted in unison.

Zhao Heng continued: “There is a banquet in the palace. Tonight, I will have a big banquet for all the ministers.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Liang Kai felt sour.

In this artillery competition, the Liang family lost completely.

that night.

The celebration in the palace is like the Lantern Festival, and the treetops are covered with lanterns.

Until midnight, the banquet was over.

With different thoughts, the officials went back separately.

(end of this chapter)