AWB Chapter 238
Chapter 238
Chapter 238
Inspired by the need to build a wagon with additional shock absorption and additional rubber tires for transporting fragile goods.
Xiao Qi ordered the foundry bureau to build a large number of carriages equipped with shock-absorbing springs and rubber tires for the Changsheng Camp.
Of course, these carriages were built by Xiao Qi to transport dangerous goods such as gunpowder, cast iron bombs, and grenades. Using such a carriage to transport these things would greatly reduce the danger.
The ministers in the court are now very jealous of those comfortable four-wheeled carriages.
Although they all travel in sedan chairs, they still travel in two-wheeled carriages with sheds when traveling long distances.
Now seeing that the Great Song Foundry Bureau can make such a good four-wheeled carriage, everyone wants to get a ride.
It's not that no one thought that these four-wheeled carriages would definitely be a cash cow in the future, and they planned to take a share of the pie.
But they also knew that the Great Song Foundry Bureau was founded by Xiao Qi alone. Although these ministers have been connected behind the scenes for a long time, no one dared to stroke the beard of Zhenbei King.
However, these guys often played in the court, asking the emperor to come forward and get them some four-wheeled carriages for nothing.
In the eyes of these officials, as long as it is something from the Song Dynasty, they, the scholar-bureaucrats, should be able to enjoy it.
Before Zhao Shen discussed with Xiao Qi to get some carriages for the officials of the DPRK and China as the welfare of the literati, he heard that Xiao Qi had started to equip the Changsheng Camp with a large number of high-end carriages.
A carriage worth 5000 taels of silver was actually used to pull baggage for those thieves!
This made those officials very angry. We originally thought that only officials of the second rank and above could ride in the carriage, but you actually gave those thieves military use.
So what kind of carriage should we, the scholar-bureaucrats below the second rank, ride to show our identity?
Now these ministers were completely angry, and these guys who were burning with anger began to collectively petition Zhao Shen, asking the emperor to write a letter to reprimand Xiao Qi, he did not take the scholars of the world seriously.
We don’t even have the lowest level of carriages yet, but you have already used the highest level of carriages to pull luggage. This is simply not paying attention to us literati, no, it is a waste of my money and grain!
Zhao Shen also didn't understand why Xiao Qi did this, so he had to order King Zhenbei to come to the main hall to explain to everyone why he wanted to get the best carriages to the barracks to pull goods.
Originally, these days he was busy producing four-wheeled carriages, mining stones, stones, and digging river sand, which made Xiao Qi very busy. This has just solved his labor problem that has been worrying him for a long time.
Zhao Shen sent someone to ask him to go to the court, saying that the ministers wanted to ask why they had to build such a good carriage for the army and waste the money and grain of the Song Dynasty.
Xiao Qi was very angry when he heard that the ministers were clamoring for trouble, but after thinking about it, it is really necessary to explain this, since he always forcefully suppressed those who only know how to talk.
So he ordered the testing ground of the Foundry Bureau to continue to prepare according to the scale when Zhao Gou and Zhao Shen went to inspect last time, and he would lead the ministers to watch their drills later.
It is possible that the emperor will also go, so that the Changsheng Battalion in charge of security will strengthen its security.
After the soldiers who sent the order left quickly, Xiao Qi also rode to the palace on his black charcoal head.
When he reached the main hall, Zhao Shen asked the ministers about their doubts, and hoped that Xiao Qi would give them an explanation.
Xiao Qi bowed to Zhao Shen: "Father, this matter is just mentioned here, and your lords will not understand, why don't you invite your lords to go to the testing ground of the Foundry Bureau, and then I will explain the reason to them?"
Zhao Shen was taken aback when he heard this, and said to himself: This son-in-law of mine wants to get rid of all these guys and tie them to those wooden stakes to test the guns, right?
Just when I was about to say no, the ministers below suddenly came out with a bunch of people, and they all said they were willing to go and meet King Zhenbei.
It turned out that Xiao Qi had already issued a strict order to the experimental site of the Foundry Bureau, no one was allowed to go within a radius of [-] li, and no one was allowed to go. Without an imperial decree, even first-rank officials would be chased away by the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion if they entered within [-] li.
These people have long been itching in their hearts and wanted to take a look. Now that Xiao Qi is willing to take them on a tour, how can they be unhappy? After going there, it will be enough to blow smoke from the ancestral graves!
Zhao Shen looked at these gang of desperate guys, eager to try and speechless, you guys are really not afraid of death!
My son-in-law got angry, and Daddy Cheap and I were trembling together, you fucking dare to move forward.
Half of it was worried that Xiao Qi would get murderous and kill these bastards there, Zhao Shen planned to go with him himself, maybe he could stop him at that time.
Another half of the reason is that after Zhao Shen saw those things last time, he was more confident in his future in Song Dynasty, and wanted to watch them again.
Zhao Shen ordered the forbidden army to prepare quickly, and he wanted to go and have a look together.
It didn't matter that he was preparing for it. He summoned the imperial army and manipulated the carriage, which alerted Zhao Gou. He sent someone to ask, and it turned out that he was going to the testing ground again, and this time he brought all the civil and military officials with him.
The old guy couldn't sit still for a while, just like Zhao Shen, after seeing those new firearms last time, Zhao Gou was also excited, he was much more excited than Zhao Shen.
After all, he, Zhao Gou, was chased by the golden man while calling for his grandfather to spare his life while running thousands of miles!
After he came back, he didn't know how many times he had a dream. In the dream, he led the Changsheng battalion to march in person, and the golden troops he fought were the same as he was before, and the one who called his grandfather to run was a joy.
Zhao Gou also ordered people to prepare the carriage that Xiao Qi sent to him later, and he wanted to go with him to see it again.
Zhao Gou and Zhao Shen's four-wheeled carriage was rebuilt by Xiao Qi later, with wider wheels and thicker rubber tires, more shock-absorbing springs, thicker and more comfortable spring cushions and rubber cushions .
A group of people quickly left Lin'an City and went straight to the remote test site outside the city, because the test site is far away from Lin'an City, in order to save time, these ministers who can ride horses ride horses, and those who can't ride horses also sit on them two-wheeled carriage.
They had no choice but to see the emperor's four-wheeled carriage these days. Zhao Gou and Zhao Shen got this new toy, but they often wandered around Lin'an City.
That speed was really fast. If they were still sitting in sedan chairs, they would probably be thrown by the emperor's carriage before they left the city.
Xiao Qi also wanted to punish these bastards who had nothing to do to make trouble for him, and he didn't deliberately slow down the speed of the horse, leading his five hundred pro-army and the emperor's one thousand forbidden army, and running to guard the second emperor's carriage was a joy .
This made the ministers suffer, and their riding skills were not very good. They gritted their teeth and followed the second emperor's carriage. Some ministers were even frightened by the faster and faster speed of the horses. Holding the saddle and almost crying.
The ministers who were riding in the two-wheeled carriage were even jolted by the carriage, almost vomited their gall.
But none of them dared to ask the emperor to walk slowly. If they were in the court, they would dare to criticize Zhao Shen, but now his precious son-in-law is here!
Who doesn’t know that the King of Zhenbei kills without blinking an eye!
At this time, if he said the wrong sentence, King Zhenbei would not be happy. Looking at the hundreds of murderous soldiers around him, he would definitely end up with a narrow escape.
Fortunately, after Zhao Shen enjoyed the stability and speed of his new carriage for dozens of miles, he remembered what he was worried about, and called Xiao Qi to his car window to talk, and the imperial guards who were driving hurriedly slowed down a little. .
Because those ministers in the back were all left behind sparsely and far away, besides his own imperial army, they were Xiao Qi's relatives, Zhao Shen didn't hide it, and directly told Xiao Qi not to kill these guys.
Although these guys like to spray saliva on their faces in the court hall, they are all worthless, but these people are still needed to govern the Song Dynasty, and they are all killed, so many ministries of the Song Dynasty have no one to make decisions up.
Xiao Qi hurriedly asked Zhao Shen to rest assured, saying that he really wanted to let these ministers see why they used the best carts to pull luggage.
Zhao Shen asked why, and he also wanted to know why such extravagant carriages were provided to the army.
Xiao Qi introduced to Zhao Shen in detail how difficult it was to transport those explosives, cast iron bombs and grenades, and also talked about a few incidents where the carriage pulling the explosives exploded because of the bumpy road.
When Zhao Shen heard that the carriages transporting explosives exploded, people and horses within a radius of three feet were all blown to pieces, and he immediately understood why Xiao Qi gave these best carriages to the barracks.
Taking advantage of Zhao Shen's sighs, Xiao Qi reminded Zhao Shen that although the few ministers who came with him last time signed a non-disclosure agreement, there are too many people who came this time, and most of them did not sign the non-disclosure agreement.
Xiao Qi asked Zhao Shen to arrive at the place in a while, and warn these guys first, anyone who leaks secrets will be regarded as treason, and those who do not sign a non-disclosure agreement after returning will all have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Zhao Shen also suddenly realized that he hadn't thought of this thing himself, and he must warn these guys in a while, no one is allowed to spread it, and his wife and children are not allowed to tell it when he returns home, and anyone who dares to leak it will have his head chopped off.
Xiao Qi escorted the Second Emperor to the test site, drank tea and waited for half an hour before the ministers who were dragged behind arrived one after another.
After everyone arrived, Zhao Shen told the group of ministers according to what he had discussed with Xiao Qi before, that no one is allowed to speak out about what he saw here today, and whoever leaked the news will be punished as treason and will be killed without pardon !
Finally, he said that everyone must sign a strict confidentiality agreement when returning to the main hall after watching.
These ministers were originally turned away by the iron, but they were all dumbfounded after hearing Zhao Shen's words, thinking that this old emperor is crazy?
You actually threatened all our ministers, because the carriage ran too fast, did you regain your confidence after the saliva on your face was dried?
However, looking at the hundreds of soldiers of King Zhenbei nearby, and the brightly armored soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion in the distance, these ministers know that they really have the confidence.
Whoever dares to spit on the emperor's face here will never see the sun of tomorrow.
These ministers had no choice but to agree to sign a confidentiality agreement after reading it.
But soon they understood why the emperor said that whoever leaked it would have his head chopped off. What kind of fairy firearm is this? It's too sharp. It's simply invincible!
Many ministers saw these things, ran to Zhao Shen, and took the initiative to swear and swear that they would not reveal this secret.And strongly urge the emperor to change what he said before, whoever leaks and chops off his head, to Zhu Jiuzu.
Xiao Qi took a look, okay!This group of literati really didn't recognize their relatives, including themselves, asking the emperor to issue such an imperial edict is cruel enough!
After demonstrating all these things, Xiao Qi told the ministers about the dangers of transporting these things, saying that these things are most likely to explode when bumped.
Even if these things are transported in these best carriages, it will still cause self-explosion, but it will be less than before.
The ministers were silent after hearing this. They didn't dare to think about what a miserable scene it would be when something so powerful pulled a full cart and blew itself up.
Some ministers took the initiative to come over and apologize to Xiao Qi, bluntly saying that their heart of a villain outweighs the heart of a gentleman.
Xiao Qi hurriedly returned the gift, saying that because this thing is a secret of Song Dynasty, Xiao Qi couldn't explain it to everyone, so everyone misunderstood it. Now that everyone knows the truth, they won't misunderstand themselves in the future.
After returning to the palace, these ministers all consciously signed the non-disclosure agreement. In the end, under the strong suggestion of many ministers, the non-disclosure agreement changed the beheading of whoever leaked the news to the family who leaked the news.
Now Xiao Qi doesn't care at all whether these people will reveal the news of these things, because once his steam engine is successfully developed, then forging steel and weapon manufacturing will have a leap forward.
At that time, even if someone got the news about the current artillery and trebuchet, when they can build these things.
On my side, maybe these things have been eliminated long ago, and they have become artillery in the true sense of the combination of artillery and trebuchet.
After these ministers have signed the confidentiality agreement and returned to their respective residences.
Xiao Qi told Zhao Gou and Zhao Shen that he planned to build very good cement roads throughout the Song Dynasty in the future.
Zhao Gou and Zhao Shen also heard about cement from Xiao Qi for the first time.
Xiao Qi told Erhuang that he had just learned cement from his tutor, and he was still looking for raw materials to produce this cement in Song Dynasty, and said that there are many raw materials for this thing, and it is easy to find.
Zhao Gou turned into a curious baby, and asked a lot about cement and river sand, whether the roads built are really very strong, and no matter how heavy the carriage is, it will not be rutted in rainy days.
Xiao Qi thought to himself: How much can the current horse-drawn carts pull? As long as those concrete roads are built, with the load of these horse-drawn carts now, these cement roads will not be worn out after 50 to [-] years of use.
However, he is not sure whether the cement formula he will reward himself is the best. If the formula given to him is mediocre, then the cement road may not be able to last for 50 years.
Xiao Qi had no choice but to go back to Zhao Gou, saying that once the concrete road was paved, there should be no problem in using it for 30 years.
Zhao Gou and Zhao Shen were overjoyed!
This is a good thing to invest for a lifetime. Although the initial investment will be large, but now Da Song is so poor that he can save money. Besides, Xiao Qi has already solved the problem of labor.
(End of this chapter)