I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

This is actually a very real problem in the early days of the emergence of thermal weapons. If artillery and muskets had not continued to improve through the efforts of businessmen, scientists, etc., and their power was getting stronger and stronger, this power alone would have It's really useless when the two armies are fighting.

Zhang Nuo thought the same way before, but when he slowly studied the map of Koryo, he felt that there was something wrong.

Originally, he thought that it would be enough to bring back the remains of the soldiers who conquered Goryeo during the Sui Dynasty and the Three Conquests, but after thinking about it again, they were all gone, why not just make some other news?

According to Zhang Nuo's hometown, it's all here!

This statement applies to playing cards, drinking, eating, and certain things about 404, but sometimes I have to admit that this statement is really justified.

Zhang Nuo thought the same way at that time. He had already traveled thousands of miles to Korea, and he brought thousands of younger brothers with him. Wouldn't it be a bit of a loss to bring some ashes back after fighting several battles?

From the perspective of time and material costs, it is undoubtedly a very loss. After all, it is not a trivial matter to lead thousands of troops to Korea, and the resources consumed are not a star.

Moreover, Zhang Nuo thought about it later, anyway, he didn't think about keeping the country of Korea, so why couldn't it just be destroyed?

That's right, Zhang Nuo changed his mind. From the very beginning, he just wanted to get back the ashes and remains of the fallen soldiers, and now he has turned into a war to destroy the country.

Although this goal is a bit big, even in the eyes of many people, it is unbelievable, but in Zhang Nuo's view, as long as it is caught by surprise, there is actually a chance.

And the artillery is the "surprise"!

Although this thing is very primitive and stupid, it is really effective against huge immovable dead objects like the existing city walls.

Then this would be interesting, since he has someone fighting in his hands and has the means to deal with the city wall, why not go in and make a fortune?

You must know that as a peninsula country, it can last for so many years, and it can still have the strength to fight against the Central Plains dynasty after many years of seclusion. This is not an easy thing.

To be able to achieve this level, in addition to being a powerful leader, there is another big problem, and that is resources!

And it's not just a little bit of resources, it's enough resources for a country to retreat and develop for hundreds of years!

That's right, that's it!

Without the support of large sums of resources buried underground, why does a small peninsula country like Goryeo build so many weapons and armor? You must know that resources will not appear for nothing.

Therefore, based on Zhang Nuo's information exchanged from the system, Korea is undoubtedly rich in minerals.

Not to mention the means and power to attack, but at this time there is a reason to attack, and there are still interests, so for Zhang Nuo, the country of Koryo is just a word, you will not die!

That's right, in Zhang Nuo's view, since he has this idea and the ability to take care of the country, why not do it, the benefits contained in it alone are enough for him to do it once.

Not to mention, after the country is wiped out, millions of strong laborers can be transformed into a new force for mining, which means that Zhang Nuo can implement his steam engine plan ahead of schedule.

After all, he can set up the entire Koryo Peninsula as a heavy industrial zone, where raw material collection, smelting, and casting are all placed.

The existence of a large amount of free labor and raw materials can definitely make his plan go up to a new level in an instant.

Moreover, with the resource bank of Goryeo, his artillery and musket update plan can also be put on the agenda, and the entire Datang army will undergo earth-shaking changes by then.

Interesting to think about!

But now, Datang's first artillery has appeared before his eyes.

According to Zhang Nuo's information, it was a craftsman named Jin He who made this cannon. Zhang Nuo had never seen such a person in history, but it was such an inconspicuous person who understood Zhang Nuo's information the fastest. And got the artillery out in the shortest time.

Even without Zhang Nuo's knowledge, they have done several experiments, and the results seem to be pretty good.

When Zhang Nuo heard the news, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. In his opinion, even if Jin He failed to leave his name in the long river of history, with his support at this time, it would definitely be different.

After all, he has the most precious qualities of a scientist or an inventor, boldness and carefulness!

Any great scientist or inventor who left his name in history is undoubtedly courageous, and only courageous people will look for other knowledge on the existing basis.

At the same time, only careful people will discover some new things that others cannot discover in some unimaginable or fleeting details.

And Jin He is such a person. Originally, he was only a craftsman who was good at the casting part of the research institute, but when Zhang Nuo called them together to tackle the artillery project, his special made him stand out.

When everyone else was diving into how to make the barrel stronger, more durable, and cool down, he turned his head to study chemistry, so as to systematically understand what artillery and gunpowder are.

He didn't simply listen to other people's introductions, but started his own research from scratch.

This is indeed not an easy task for a person who has never touched chemistry before.

However, it has to be said that as long as a genius has the opportunity, it will inevitably shine.

There has been no movement in the past one or two months. Jin He, who is regarded by others as a representative of being lazy and not enterprising, has made rapid progress almost in an instant.

Other craftsmen who conduct research based on the information given by Zhang Nuo are either specialized chemists or specialize in casting.

It is precisely because of this that the development of artillery has never been able to get on the right track.

However, the appearance of Jin He changed all of this. As a master in casting and also a generalist who is proficient in basic chemistry, Jin He almost changed everything by himself.

Chapter 452

Jin He's success made Zhang Nuo very happy. On the one hand, the cannon was finally produced, and on the other hand, he found a scientific research genius for himself. In other words, this is what made Zhang Nuo really happy.

He is very clear that he is just a salted fish, and his knowledge is indeed far beyond this age.

However, in terms of knowledge, even though he has been constantly learning, in fact he is not much better than the current people.

That's right, as a scumbag who never went to college and returned all his knowledge to the teacher after graduating from high school, if he didn't rely on the system's plug-in to recall those knowledge, he would really be a scumbag than a scumbag It's scum.

But now the knowledge he learns is more concentrated on management and military affairs. After all, his identity is more of a manager and commander.

So even if he can come up with all kinds of knowledge that is 1000 years ahead of the world, someone must study and pass it on and turn it into a real thing at the same time.

And Jin He was such a surprise that he found out.

After discovering Jin He's excellence, Zhang Nuo devoted more time, energy and books to cultivate Jin He without hesitation.

After all, apart from his enviable talent for scientific research, Jin He also has the advantage of being young. As a young man under the age of 30, obviously, as long as he doesn't die halfway, he can still work for Zhang Nuo, a black-hearted boss, for many years.

This is a good deal for Zhang Nuo.

Having said that, the black cannon in red in front of me really looks good no matter how you look at it!

Although the red cannon is the most primitive cannon, Zhang Nuo didn't want his cannon to be like those original products with fixed angles and no adjustments.

Therefore, during the development, Zhang Nuo added a mechanism for manually adjusting the angle of the gun door, the height machine.

God knows what a headache this is for Jin He.

In fact, the high and low machine is very simple, nothing more than lifting and lowering the barrel through gear transmission.

However, the precise gear not only has requirements for shaping, but also has extremely strict requirements for materials, otherwise it will not be able to support the repeated lifting and lowering of the heavy barrel.

But this thing is necessary. Jin He, who has thoroughly understood the concept of this thing he developed, very much agrees with Zhang Nuo's requirements for high and low aircraft. Adjust the angle to launch.

This is undoubtedly very important for a war weapon!

It was because Jin He knew this that he finally racked his brains to get this thing out.

It is also because of Zhang Nuo's request that the red cannon in front of me does not have the ugly appearance of the wooden frame and black iron cylinder in the Ming Dynasty at all. Instead, it looks more threatening with a black barrel and a pile of The human mechanical structure is assembled.

Of course, don't expect any steel or even alloy wheels in this day and age, only wooden spokes are used as the moving vehicle of the red cannon.

But when Li Shimin brought his eldest grandson Wuji and Du Ruhui to this ugly Cannon that Zhang Nuo despised, he immediately showed a salivating expression like seeing a beautiful woman.

Although I only know the function of this thing roughly, but this does not hinder the innate pursuit of force and weapons of several big men.

Therefore, even at the first sight, Li Shimin and others felt that this thing named by Zhang Nuo as the red cannon was really majestic!

Zhang Nuo looked at the small eyes of everyone with a smile, and explained directly,

"Old Li, you have to understand that this cannon in red is a supreme weapon for siege. I prepared it for this trip to Korea. I called you here this time to let you experience the power of this thing!"

"In the future, Datang's army will have one more artifact!"

Li Shimin nodded happily. As the monarch of Datang, he naturally wished that the army of Datang would be as strong as possible!

Zhang Nuo didn't talk much with Li Shimin and the others, everyone was busy, so it's better to have something practical, for example, looking at the effect of the red-clothed cannon is a more suitable option.

As a heavy weapon in the military in the future, no matter whether it is research, production or testing, it will undoubtedly need to be kept secret.

Therefore, Zhang Nuo rode his horse and followed the carriage carrying the cannons to the small valley outside the city.

Li Shimin and others also rode horses and followed enthusiastically. They will serve as witnesses to see with their own eyes the power of this heavy weapon that Zhang Nuo said was heavenly. After all, seeing is worth seeing.

Zhang Nuo was bouncing up and down with the horse's running. The riding skills instilled in the system before combined with the continuous training on weekdays made him a top rider now.

If it weren't for the cold weather and the suffering of riding a horse, I'm afraid he would have been tossing around on a horse long ago.

Today, the gunner who operated the No. [-] Cannon of the Tang Dynasty during the test was undoubtedly Jin He himself. As the No. [-] researcher of weapon manufacturing under Zhang Nuo, no one except him knew how to operate this thing.

The target of today's experiment is a small hill a few hundred meters away, and the surrounding area has already been put under martial law by the soldiers called by Zhang Nuo and Li Shimin. Everything is for today's experiment.

Seeing that His Majesty and several important ministers were present, Jin He was undoubtedly even more excited. When he put the medicine bag into the barrel, he almost shook his hand and failed to put it in.

Zhang Nuo kicked him angrily before he could react.

Old Jin He patted his butt blushing, picked up the medicine bag that had just dropped on the ground, stuffed it honestly into the cannon barrel, and then picked up the long rod plug on the side and poked it a few times to confirm that the medicine bag was gone. After putting it in place, he turned around and picked up a black cast iron shell and stuffed it in.

As the most primitive artillery, this shell is naturally not the kind of shell case and warhead that can be separated in later generations, not to mention armor-piercing shells, incendiary shells, anti-aircraft shells, sub-caliber shells, armor-piercing shells, armor-breaking shells, rockets, and concrete-destroying shells , Smoke bombs, everything is for nothing.

Today's cannonball is just a solid big iron lump. Its only function is to hit the target at the fastest speed under the thrust of the gunpowder explosion.

Jin He, who was ready, looked at Zhang Nuo, and Zhang Nuo took a few steps back very cleverly, and pulled Lao Li and others who were standing stupidly back by the way.

Although this thing has been tested several times, Zhang Nuo is always afraid that this thing will blow up accidentally, after all, the level of casting these days is really not that good.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Jin He even covered Zhang Nuo's ears very wisely, and with a slight smile, he took out the fire pocket from the bamboo tube and blew it, then put the end with sparks on the fuse .

Chapter 453

Although Li Shimin and others had already had a concept of artillery before, they still hadn't seen the real thing after all, so when they really saw a cannon making a deafening sound in front of them, then the small hill that was the target in the distance was directly shot When a big hole was smashed, everyone was dumbfounded!

Although Zhang Nuo had told them over and over again that this thing was used to attack the city, they had also seen the scene of gunpowder exploding.

Still, they were a little bit overwhelmed when the artillery was actually fired in front of them.

This thing is too heaven-defying!

Li Shimin looked at the big crater on the small hill in the distance that could be clearly seen from such a distance, and his mouth couldn't close.

"This... this... this... this... brother, this..."

Li Shimin was so excited that he pointed at the mountain in the distance and pointed at the red cannon in front of him, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

But fortunately, when Zhang Nuo was in elementary school, there was a question type in the Chinese test paper called talking with pictures.

Therefore, he probably could figure out what Li Shimin was thinking, and replied directly,

"You are right, this is the power of artillery, and this is the simplest and most primitive artillery of the first generation. We will have all kinds of more powerful artillery in the future!"

"Artifact, this is the Zhenguo artifact!"

Before Li Shimin had time to say anything, Du Ruhui's face flushed with excitement, but he expressed his evaluation firmly.

However, not only did he think so, Changsun Wuji also nodded excitedly. At the same time, Changsun Wuji also discovered a problem that no one else thought of. This thing is made of cast iron.

As the largest iron merchant in the entire Tang Dynasty, Changsun Wuji not only discovered the military value of this thing, but also discovered the commercial value contained in it.

Judging from the current situation, the power of this cannon is undoubtedly astonishing, then Datang will inevitably manufacture it on a large scale, so as the largest iron merchant in Datang, he can earn a lot of money just by supplying the imperial court .

Although he could earn some money by supplying goods to the imperial court before, the Tang Dynasty only needed so many weapons, and no matter how much money he made with a knife, he only needed so much iron.

But now this cannon is different. A cannon like this is probably worth hundreds of knives in terms of the steel it consumes.

Moreover, Changsun Wuji, who has a sharp vision, has discovered before that the barrel of this cannon, the shelf below, and those weird things are not made of ordinary pig iron, but are much higher in price and quality of stainless steel.

Then the value here is even greater. As long as such cannons are equipped in large quantities, it will be a long-lasting business. Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji found Zhang Nuo at the first time, and asked with a smile,

"Master Xiao Zhang, this red cannon is just as Master Du said, it can be regarded as an artifact of the kingdom, but it is the simplest according to what Master Zhang said just now? Then what will it be like in the future?"

Zhang Nuo is quite satisfied with Changsun Wuji's question. I didn't expect Changsun, the old fox, to be quite discerning. I know that I look forward to a more powerful version.

Unlike Lao Li and the others, who seemed to be shocked when they saw the iron lump, they never thought that this was actually just a temporary version.

From Zhang Nuo's point of view, a cannon without explosive shells is scum, and only a cannon that can fire explosive shells and blow up a large area is called a real artillery.

At that time, Zhang Nuo will be able to let the world see what real artilleryism is, and what is the lack of firepower phobia.

So Zhang Nuo was particularly pleasing to Zhang Sun Wuji, who was thinking about the next generation of artillery just after seeing the artillery in front of him.

"Brother Changsun, you are right. The artillery in front of you is actually only used to fight against Korea. Its power is far from enough. Wait for a year or so, and you will see it later. That's when the artillery really astounds!"

Changsun Wuji was completely excited, what the fuck, this power is just a trivial matter?

Will it be the real artillery in the future?Will you be shocked then?How powerful is that?

But the power is great, how can the court purchase if the power is not strong, how can it persuade others if the power is not strong?

And only the frighteningly powerful cannons will make all the troops of Datang replace them, and when he thinks that Datang will replace them with a large number of cannons, Changsun Wuji's eyes are about to glow green at this moment, and he said directly ,