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"We must use those death row inmates,"
"To avoid casualties at that time."
After capturing Tokyo,
There were originally many heinous criminals who were to be executed.
However, Zhao Yuan was worried about executing too many people at once.
It will make everyone in the city feel insecure.
Therefore, only the seven traitors of the Northern Song Dynasty were publicly executed.
Later, Zhao Yuan established the Gun and Cannon Bureau.
So they ordered the death row inmates to be kept.
For death row inmates,
He could live a few more days.
They've already shown leniency outside the algorithm.
It wouldn't be unreasonable to let them conduct some experiments.
Tang Long nodded and said, "We did everything according to King Liang's instructions."
"A cannon I made a few days ago suddenly exploded."
"The condemned prisoner who set the cannon was blown to pieces,"
"It's terrifying to even think about."
The people around also looked shaken.
The scene of the explosion was obviously horrific.
Zhao Yuan asked curiously, "Do you know why?"
Tang Longdao said, "It should be because the cannon barrel is not thick enough."
"Later, the cannon barrel was thickened,"
"There was no more barrel explosion,"
"But the cannon is also much heavier."
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "That's easy."
"Just add two wheels, how far can it shoot?"
Ling Zhen shook his head and said, "It can shoot for more than a mile."
"But it's inaccurate,"
"The trajectory of a cannonball is not as easy to calculate as that of a trebuchet,"
"Each shell seems to travel an irregular curve when it is fired."
"How many days does it take to make a cannon?"
Zhao Yuan thought about how he was about to rush to the Northwest for the great battle.
Suddenly, a thought struck me.
If there are hundreds of thousands of people on the other side,
No need for accuracy anymore.
As long as we get through.
It's bound to hit someone.
Tang Longdao said, "The cannon used for the experiment had its barrel temporarily thickened."
"It's just a trial,"
"I'm afraid it won't be needed many times."
"To build cannons, we also need to create molds,"
"If we had a mold,"
"It's easy to cast."
"However, it will take some time to make the mold,"
"Including the casting of the cannon, the first cannon will probably not be ready for at least a month."
Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "It seems we won't need it on the Western Xia battlefield."
Ling Zhen said, "It's true that we were stupid."
"The principle of artillery is similar to that of rockets."
"After the gunpowder was lit,"
"It will spray things out."
"If we had thought of this sooner, artillery would have been invented long ago."
That day, when I heard Zhao Yuan mention cannons...
Ling Zhen then thought it was feasible.
The Northern Song Dynasty possessed a considerable number of jet-powered firearms.
However, they are not very practical in actual combat.
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Take your time."
"No rush, as long as we have gunpowder,"
“I can use other methods to get him into the enemy lines.”
"After you've finished,"
"We need to conduct more experiments,"
"At least the artillery should be able to fire hundreds of times to be considered qualified."
Tang Long nodded and said, "Since the King of Liang is not in a hurry,"
"We'll conduct more experiments,"
"Understand all the problems with the artillery before casting it."
"Yes, money and manpower,"
“They can allocate them at will; I told them that.”
Zhao Yuan nodded to Tang Long and the others behind him.
As a gesture of encouragement, he was about to turn and leave.
Suddenly a word came to mind, and she turned around and said,
"Rifling, adding rifling would make it more accurate."
Tang Longqi asked, "What is rifling?"
Chapter 1812 Dictionary
Zhao Yuan said irresponsibly,
"It's just some raised lines on the gun barrel,"
"I can't remember,"
"You should conduct more experiments,"
"You should know by now."
"Of course, this also applies to muskets."
Tang Long frowned and said, "We need to make this rifling."
"The process then becomes more complicated."
"However, it's not unsolvable,"
I'll try it later.
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Try it slowly."
"Tokyo doesn't have enough death row inmates,"
“We can transfer death row inmates from other states.”
Zhao Yuan has been busy compiling the Great Liang Dictionary lately.
It's basically just adding a pinyin spelling to all the characters.
The meanings of the characters are directly copied from Sima Guang's "Classified Chapters".
This dictionary was compiled just over fifty years ago.
It contains more than 30,000 words.
It can be said that almost every character is included.
In fact, phonetic notation for Chinese characters has existed for a very long time.
It started with the direct pronunciation method.
That is, using homophones to annotate the pronunciation.
For example, “根” is the same as “跟”.
However, the drawbacks of this phonetic method are also obvious.
Therefore, the method of fanqie (反切) was later developed.
Use two characters to annotate the pronunciation of a character.
For example, “冬，都宗切”.
It uses the initial consonant of "du", the final vowel of "zong", and the tone to annotate the pronunciation of "dong".
The fanqie method was already quite similar to the later pinyin system.
However, some characters are prone to errors when using the fanqie method.
Zhao Yuan's task was to use pinyin instead of fanqie (a method of indicating pronunciation) to annotate the pronunciation of all Chinese characters.
Then let everyone in the world make a sound.
This work is nearing completion.
The remaining task is to arrange the characters in alphabetical order according to their pinyin.
This is a lot of work.
Zhao Yuan needs many assistants to accomplish this.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew in through the window.
The books on the desk were flipped over with a "whoosh".
The eunuch serving nearby hurriedly pressed the book down.
Zhao Yuan walked to the window.
Only then did they realize that the sky was already covered with dark clouds.
A heavy rain is about to come.
A bolt of lightning flashed,
Then a deafening clap of thunder rang out.
Then the rain poured down.
Lu Junyi and the others probably got caught in the rain as well.
They crossed the Yellow River yesterday.