Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 208 "Song Barnyard Notes"

Although the emperor agreed to publish the research results of Qingyuan Academy, he was obviously not fully convinced of the theory.Wang Zhongzheng and others beside him told Li Buqi that the emperor had paid special attention to the situation of military generals recently, and also wrote the names of Di Qing, Zhang Kang, Jingtai, Zhonggu, Zhonger and others that Li Buqi had mentioned in the Chongzheng Hall. on the screen.

Hehe, I didn't expect that this time not only the imperial court would come forward to promote natural science, but also the timid emperor had the intention to change course in advocating literature and restraining martial arts. The harvest is not small.

But there are some things that should be troubled and must continue to be troubled.Because of the hatred of the scholar from Weizhou, he still publicized his theories on the imperial street every three days, and in the restaurants and teahouses, the storytellers continued to pick up the dark history of civil servants.

Before the Italian Renaissance, the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio created the novel "The Decameron", exposing the licentious life of the church and priests.Li Buqi also followed Boccaccio's example and asked the gunmen to compile a book called "Song Barnyard Banknotes" with the black materials they had already collected. What is the person.

With the beginning of exposing how stupid the scholar-bureaucrats are in military affairs, the appearance of "Song Barnyard Banknotes" has no sense of disobedience, and because it contains many descriptions of lewdness, lust and blood, it is very popular among the people. sought after.This kind of story does not need to be of high quality to be printed into a book, as long as it is cheap, so Qingyuan Academy's printing factory quickly sold out after printing with movable type.

The gang from Qingyuan Academy were so daring, they actually flew the kite into the sky when it was raining and thundering.There was still a section of steel wire to be dragged on the kite, so the kite burst into dazzling sparks in the rain curtain as they wished, and then fell down with the fire fluttering.Fortunately, they used silk thread to fly the kite, so no one died.So Qingyuan Academy took advantage of the fact that the imperial court was publicizing their previous research results and posted big-character posters on the street, announcing that it had successfully proved that tall objects were easily struck by lightning.

"Oh! Is this true?" When Li Buqi reported the new achievements of Qingyuan Academy to the emperor, the emperor's eyes widened: "It seems that this experimental method really works. We must promote this method in the future. "

Speaking of this, he thought of Bao Zheng's memorial: "In the memorial, Bao Qing praised the people from Qingyuan Academy who went to Hebei Road and Jingdong Road to assist in the disaster relief. He said that if there were more officials like this in the Song Dynasty, many things would be solved. It's easy. Will they all take the scientific examination this year?"

Li Buqi immediately said: "Originally many people wanted to take part in this subject, but they gave up studying after learning of the flood and resolutely participated in the disaster relief. I don't know when the disaster relief will be over. I'm afraid they I'm going to miss this subject. This class of people who sacrifice themselves for the country will definitely be able to make meritorious service for the country, but I have to take the exam three years later, I feel very sorry."

This sentence went to the heart of the emperor.Zhao Zhen also knows that there are many officials in the Great Song Dynasty—caregivers—but it is difficult to send someone for something. He doesn’t want to go to remote places, dangerous places, and responsible errands. What’s the matter? Just push it on him, the emperor. In fact, the emperor is also very annoyed sometimes.This year, Zhang Deyi, a scholar-bureaucrat with no loyalty at all, came out, which dealt a great blow to the emperor. Zhao Zhen is actually extremely disappointed with the civil servants and has begun to be wary.Now he urgently needs to find some loyal people to serve as officials, so he immediately said: "Don't give up and show me the articles of these people who participated in the disaster relief. If their articles are worthwhile, I will allow them to directly participate in the Ministry of Rites try."

Li Buqi waited for this sentence, and immediately agreed.Then he said: "Your Majesty, I think that I have been in peace for many years in the Song Dynasty, and I have no experience in war. Once there is a war, it will be bad. Therefore, I want to compile ancient and modern battles into a book for the reference of generals. I have just completed "Han-Hungary War "Analysis" volume, please submit it to the royal review. If your Majesty thinks it is useful, please send it to the generals everywhere."

The emperor said: "Okay, what you write is always eye-catching, I must take a good look at it."

Then Li Buqi resigned from the Chongzheng Hall, leaving the remaining son in touch with the emperor and his son.Back home at night, Li Buqi took two scholars to the courtyard where the remaining son lived.After taking his seat, Li Buqi introduced to the remaining son: "This is Mr. Zhu, and this is Mr. Yao. It's hot and the school is on holiday. You can't go to play with your classmates every day during this time. These two gentlemen They are both teachers in my house, and they will guide you to understand the world. The two gentlemen are both knowledgeable about the past and the present, and will tell you about the past every day, and analyze the pros and cons of it for you. You must study hard."

Leftover nodded in agreement, and saluted the two gentlemen again.Then Li Buqi said: "Tomorrow the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-built railway by the Armed Forces Supervision, come with me to see the excitement."

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In the early morning of the next day, drums and music were played on the canal wharf dedicated to the Military Weapons Supervision, and there was a sea of ​​people, which attracted many officials from other yamen to watch the excitement.According to the ribbon-cutting process of later generations, Li Buqi first spoke a lot of exciting nonsense, and then asked someone to pull an iron-wheeled cart to the starting point of the railway, and then began to load iron blocks unloaded from a ship onto the cart.A small official next to him kept reporting: "One thousand kilograms!" "One thousand five hundred kilograms!" "Two thousand kilograms!"

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd: "The light iron is loaded with four thousand catties! Can this car still stand?" "Didn't you see that this car uses iron wheels? Even the axles are made of iron, so it must be able to withstand it." Got it." "If it is on ordinary ground, the four thousand catties plus the weight of the car body will probably press the wheels into the ground. No wonder the railroad tracks are laid."

Lu Kuo asked Li Buqi for instructions: "Should we just leave it at that?"

Li Buqi nodded, so Lu Kuo ordered to drive.Immediately the onlookers exclaimed: "Two mules? It was pulled with only two mules!"

A coachman waved his whip and drove two mules to drag the iron cart.Except that the mule was obviously struggling when the iron cart was moving from stationary to moving, it was easy to walk at other times.And if this kind of weight is pulled on ordinary roads, at least a few cows can be pulled, and it is definitely not so fast.

Several master craftsmen from Chunzejian were also very excited: "Officer, as the official said, this rail is indeed much easier to use than wooden rails."

Li Buqi chuckled: "Without your experience in using wooden rails in Chunze Supervisor, the rails would not have been built. This credit cannot be lost. I will ask His Majesty for your credit. In the future, the mine This kind of track is needed in factories, mills, money supervisors and granaries. You are very useful.”

Where there is a place to use, there are benefits!The eyes of several craftsmen were sparkling with excitement.

Li Buqi also instructed: "The treatment of this sleeper needs to be studied further, otherwise it will be a waste of time and money to replace it in a few years."

A craftsman immediately replied: "Please don't worry, the officials. According to the officials, we have tried soaking the wood with the coal tar produced when burning coke. Insects, no mold. I don’t think it’s a problem to use it for 20 years. It’s just that how to soak the wood needs to be studied carefully. Coke is used to make steel now. There’s a lot of coal tar. The whimsy is used in making sleepers."

Li Buqi automatically ignored the flattering part, and encouraged the craftsmen: "Everything is as long as there is a heart. As long as you do it with your heart, you will be the originator of this railway technology in the future. I plan to erect a monument in this place and find someone to write an article to engrave it." To commemorate the success of the first railway in the Song Dynasty. You are all the heroes of this first railway, and your names will be engraved on it for future generations to admire."

The craftsmen have never received this kind of treatment, so thank you again and again.

At this time, someone ran out of the workshop to report that the iron cart had arrived at the door of the workshop, and there was no abnormality in the whole process.Li Buqi gave an order, and once again drummed and played to celebrate the commissioning of the first railway in the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)