Poor family mother and son

Kyoto, outside the workshop.

"boom!"

"what!"

"my eyes!"

With an explosion, in the open space outside the workshop, orange flames shot up into the sky in an instant, and then disappeared in an instant. In a pungent black smoke, several craftsmen fell to the ground and howled.

The mild ones had blood all over their faces, and their eyeballs drooped outside their cheekbones; the severe ones were scorched all over and had stopped breathing.

"What's going on?" In the imperial study, the emperor asked in shock, "How many people died?"

Eunuch Li frowned and looked sad: "One died, three were seriously injured, and one's life and death were unpredictable. Both arms were gone."

As soon as the emperor patted the imperial case, he shouted angrily: "Where is Zheng Chunqiu? Let him get out!"

Eunuch Li: "At the time of the explosion, Mr. Zheng was also at the scene. Fortunately, he was far away and there was no trauma, but he seemed to be deaf, and... also went crazy. He could only howl and run desperately..."

Emperor: "Crazy? You can pretend!"

Eunuch Li murmured: "It's not really crazy. The imperial doctor has seen it. Mr. Zheng was stimulated. Just take a dose of tranquilizing medicine, but the hearing needs to recover for a while."

The emperor was furious: "What a god! Give him a few needles and bring them to me right away!"

No wonder the emperor was angry.

The emperor had seen Xu Nianping's blueprint, and so had Eunuch Li, and they agreed that it was firecrackers made of different materials, and the difficulty was not too great.

The manufacturing workshops of the Ministry of Industry are researching and making fireworks and firecrackers every year, and it is a special project with special funds. It should be said that they are already very professional technical jobs.

There were no accidents in the development of new fireworks. How can a "big firecracker" still kill people, and still cause one death and three injuries?
"I heard that it exploded in the barrel of the gun," Li Gongkmang felt puzzled: "I don't know the specifics."

However, seeing that the veins on the emperor's forehead were bulging, Eunuch Li still helped the Ministry of Industry and said something: "Xiao Xuzi said that this 'heartless cannon' will blow at both ends, the enemy at one end and yourself at the other end. "

"Then how can Chu Qing be fine?!" The emperor's veins calmed down a little, but he was still irritable.

Right now, we are waiting for King Voss to send someone to negotiate peace. Before that, the emperor needs to mass-produce "unconscionable cannons" as a deterrent.

Even, the emperor wanted the Ministry of Industry to produce a batch of "big fireworks", that is, to shoot flower petals with cannons.

Think about it, if the emperor is satisfied with the outcome of the peace talks, he would fire a row of cannons and shoot flower petals all over the sky. How angry would the Voss be?

If he was not satisfied with the result of the peace talks, the emperor would "boom" and put a row of gunpowder bags, scaring the people of Voss to the point of peeing.
They still have to obediently agree to the emperor's request?

The emperor was so excited that he came up with this idea that he didn't sleep well for several days!

But now, counting the days, the mission for the peace talks should be on the way, and the Ministry of Industry actually reported that the bomb exploded and people died? !
Zheng Chunqiu felt so bitter!
He was crying and howling, and crazy, just trying to play a pitiful role to avoid the emperor's wrath, and at least wait for the emperor to come to see him when he is not so angry, but why is it so difficult!
The imperial doctor pricked himself with a bunch of needles, Waiguan, Hegu, Taiyi, Lianquan, Quchi... no matter the neck, arms, or even the belly.

And that technique... hurts!
The emperor was in a hurry, so the imperial physician was not so particular about his movements, he still had to act crazy and irritable, and needed to move around, good guy, after a few injections, he almost sent Zheng Chunqiu away!

But what can be done?The eunuch who didn't listen to the message said that the emperor's face was extremely bad.

While Zheng Chunqiu continued to play the frightened madness, he quickly thought of countermeasures in his heart.

But the more anxious you are, the harder it is to concentrate, and all you think about is——

Why didn't Xu Nianping bring those things back? !

Why can't Xu Nianping go to preach the imperial decree at this time, and why can't he go again after a while?
Why didn't Chu Qing take the initiative to hand it in? !
Why didn't Chu Qing draw the blueprints himself? !
Why... why did she resign!
Having said that, Zheng Chunqiu really has to bear the main responsibility for this accident.

The fireworks craftsman in the workshop has long suggested that in the blueprint of "Unconscionable Cannon", the square plate behind the barrel should have a mechanism, and it will not be the foundation integrated with the barrel.

But Zheng Chunqiu insisted that it was due to the lack of clear materials, poor craftsmanship, and inability to make cannon barrels, which led to such a result.

The reason is that the carload of fireworks and firecrackers he bought were all brought into Kyoto from various places, which are different from those in the workshop. There are many types, but they all have the base installed in the barrel.

No matter where the second kicker is made, it is made of clay as the base and the two ends are blocked. The clay is harder than the paper tube, so the iron plate of the base of their gun barrel must be welded thicker, thicker than the barrel body.

Alas, there is no one left to make the barrel of the cannon into a bucket.

The craftsmen repeatedly explained that this is not possible, but who is Zheng Chunqiu?Senior official, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, a member of the third rank!
A humble craftsman is also humble to make suggestions. How can a third-rank official listen to it?Did these artisans read books?What knowledge can a person who can't even write his own name know?
Zheng Chunqiu disassembled all kinds of fireworks and firecrackers one by one, and came to such a conclusion after a precise analysis of his brain, how can it compare to the knowledge of the craftsmen?

So, a solid barrel with a solid bottom was made, filled with gunpowder, buried the lead wire, pressed the porcelain firmly, and then extended the lead wire from the lid opening, one two three, ignited, "bang!"

Ugh!
Another kick, and there was a sound!
At the beginning, Chu knew that if he had enough iron and enough time, he might have thought about this kind of solid mortar, how far this thing can shoot!
However, even if you do it, you have to put an iron lump in it as a shell, right?You can't also put the iron cover on the muzzle, right?

Being able to launch the cover is considered to be harmful, so what's the matter if you block it?Is it really used to listen to the sound?Is it really a firecracker?
However, the biggest advantage of officials is that it is easy to "snap the pot".

When he was carried to see the emperor, Zheng Chunqiu dumped the accident to Chu Qing in the form of "crazy and shameless": "Ah! How could the chest explode!
God!My artisans, save my artisans!

God damn Chu Qing, why didn't he hand over the errand clearly! "

"What's the name of the ghost!" The emperor yelled angrily, "You still have the face to scream like a ghost!"

The emperor, who was full of anger, was already extremely irritable, but Zheng Chunqiu, who was lying on the stretcher with a disheveled face, yelled like this and waved his hands wildly, which made the emperor even more angry.

It was too late for Eunuch Li to slap his mouth, and he jumped up to him in two steps, "Papa!" Zheng Chunqiu slapped Zheng Chunqiu with two big mouths with his forehand and backhand!

It doesn't matter if you are really crazy or fake, shut your mouth first!

Eunuch Li's face trembled twice, not because of Zheng Chunqiu's face, but because of the emperor's hand: "The emperor calms down, you calm down, it's not worth it, you hurt your hand again!"