The next morning.
Cai Jingzhong hurried to Wutong Garden.
"Ninth Prince, what is the matter with calling me?"
Early this morning, Qin Ying asked the guards to find Cai Jingzhong, and emphasized that it was urgent.
Cai Jingzhong didn't even have breakfast, and hurried over.
"Master Cai, come here."
Qin Ying saw Cai Jingzhong and immediately pulled him into the backyard of Wutong Garden.
When they arrived at the backyard, Qin Ying took out a round black object.
"What is this?" Cai Jingzhong looked at the object in Qin Ying's hand curiously.
"Is this your new toy, Your Highness?"
Qin Ying smiled: "Master Cai, this thing is called a bomb, and I named it Thunder."
This is the bomb he made overnight last night.
"What? Thunder?"
A trace of doubt flashed across Cai Jingzhong's old face.
"Take a look." Qin Ying smiled and handed over the Thunder.
Cai Jingzhong took it with both hands. It was cold and slightly heavy. He opened his eyes and looked at it carefully.
Qin Ying had already removed the fuse. He was afraid that Cai Jingzhong would accidentally blow himself up.
After a long time, Cai Jingzhong returned the thunder bomb to Qin Ying and said with a puzzled look: "Please forgive my poor eyesight. What is the use of this object?"
Hearing this, Qin Ying came to a rockery in the backyard with a mysterious look.
Qin Ying pointed at the rockery and smiled: "I said, I can make this rockery turn into ashes without any effort. Do you believe it?"
Hearing Qin Ying's words, Cai Jingzhong was stunned at first, then laughed and shook his head, "Your Highness is joking. This rockery is also made of stone. How can human power turn it into ashes?"
"You don't believe it?" Qin Ying smiled.
Cai Jingzhong shook his head
and said: "I don't believe it."
Qin Ying knew that he didn't believe it. Cai Jingzhong was an ancient man. In his cognition, there was no concept of hot weapons, but Qin Ying came to break his cognition today.
Qin Ying knew that he couldn't make Cai Jingzhong believe it just by talking, so he planned to show it.
"Master Cai, you step back first."
Qin Ying said, and at the same time took out another thunder bomb with a intact fuse.
Cai Jingzhong stepped back ten meters away as he said.
Qin Ying lit the fuse, threw the thunder bomb into the rockery, and then ran over immediately.
Boom!
After a few seconds, a loud noise shook Wutong Garden.
Smoke and fire instantly rose into the sky. At the center of the explosion, the rockery had already been torn into pieces, and the debris was shot around with billowing smoke and dust.
Qin Ying hid behind the stone pillar and was very satisfied with the power.
"This..."
Cai Jingzhong's old face was shocked, his pupils were terrified, and before the smoke had dissipated, he rushed over quickly, looking at the rockery that had just stood there, now it had disappeared without a trace, and only a pit was left in the place, his eyes almost popped out.
"Oh my God, what... what is this?"
Looking at the thunder bomb in Qin Ying's hand again, Cai Jingzhong no longer had any contempt, and exclaimed in great emotion:
"This... thunder bomb, oh my God, such power, it is simply a magic weapon, absolutely beyond human power, seemingly small things, how can it burst out with such power?"
Qin Ying successfully aroused his curiosity.
Before the Cai family was exterminated, Cai Jingzhong was the first foundry master in the Han Dynasty. In the current Han army, many weapons still use Cai Jingzhong's previous designs.
But even if he is knowledgeable, he has never seen such a weapon
.
Looking at Cai Jingzhong who was almost shocked, Qin Ying smiled and said, "This is the effect of gunpowder."
"Gunpowder?"
Hearing this, Cai Jingzhong was confused and said, "Isn't gunpowder used for fireworks?"
Hearing this, Qin Ying sighed helplessly.
The gunpowder technology of this era has not been used in firearms, but is used for entertainment. It is shot into the sky during festivals to entertain everyone.
"Master Cai, the use of gunpowder will be more than that. If used well, it can easily destroy a city!" Qin Ying said seriously.
Cai Jingzhong was shocked again and again: "I didn't expect there is such a use. I really look at the world from a well."
"Your Highness, since this thunder bomb is so powerful, why not order a large number of production and use it in the army? Wouldn't it be easy to defeat the State of Wei?" Cai Jingzhong said excitedly.
"It is theoretically feasible." Qin Ying said: "But there are also defects, such as the high cost, so it cannot be manufactured on a large scale at present. I want to use it on the Iron Pagoda first." The cost is high, and the current treasury cannot support it. Moreover, the Iron Pagoda is his own unit, so of course it must be equipped first. At this point, Qin Ying paused and said solemnly: "However, this new weapon must be kept secret for the time being and cannot be leaked." Cai Jingzhong nodded heavily. He was not a fool. After seeing the power of firearms, how could he not know what this weapon meant on the battlefield. Once leaked, the other six empires would come to snatch it like crazy. Next. Qin Ying took out the production drawings he had drawn last night, which were so precise that every part was drawn vividly and every size was accurate. "Master Cai, the ratio of gunpowder must be strict and accurate, otherwise it is easy to go wrong." Qin Ying pointed to the drawings and began to explain to Cai Jingzhong in detail. Cai Jingzhong nodded repeatedly, with a look of surprise on his face. After seeing the structural drawings of the thunder bomb, he seemed to have opened the door to a new world.
Qin Ying did not tell Cai Jingzhong that he had made a revolver. There were two main reasons why he chose Cai Jingzhong to make a bomb.
Revolvers could not be mass-produced in this era. Qin Ying was able to make them because he was a time traveler and was proficient in the structure of firearms.
But even so, it took him five full days to make a qualified firearm.
It would be even more difficult for the ancients to do it.
Moreover, the most important point.
The cost is expensive.
A pistol costs three hundred taels of silver.
The total income of a family of three in the Han Dynasty for the whole year is only fifty taels of silver.
In other words, a family of three would have to go without food and drink for six years to get a pistol.
Such a high cost means that it is impossible to manufacture in large quantities, and a small amount of weapons is not enough for a war with thousands of troops.
The cost of bombs is relatively cheap, only 20 taels of silver per bomb, and the structure is much simpler. It only needs to be sealed to ignite the gunpowder. If you want to increase the power, you can also put steel balls or nails inside.
In fact, there is another key factor.
Qin Ying wants to use the pistol as a secret weapon. The assassination like the last time must never happen again, and no one can threaten his life again.
Discussing firearms with Cai Jingzhong from morning to night, Qin Ying wanted to leave several times, but Cai Jingzhong was addicted to the research and insisted on pulling Qin Ying to explain.
Helplessly, Qin Ying had to say that he wanted to go to Tingchao Pavilion, which made Cai Jingzhong let go.
Walking out of Wutong Garden.
The moon was hanging in the sky.
Qin Ying couldn't help but sigh that if this person was addicted to doing something, it would be terrible, and he even forgot the time.
While thinking, he went to Tingchao Pavilion.
He had to go to see Liu Yunxian every day, which had become a habit.
Soon, Qin Ying came to Liu Yunxian's room.
After saying a lot of sweet words, Liu Yunxian blushed and asked, "Your Highness, will you stay overnight tonight?"
"Silly, you're not ready yet."
Qin Ying rubbed her little face and said dotingly.
Hearing Qin Ying's words, Liu Yunxian's pretty face became even redder, and she said shyly: "What are you thinking? I'm not giving it to you personally..."
"Oh, it's Chun'er who will serve you!"
Staring at Qin Ying's eyes, Liu Yunxian said seriously: "As your Highness's wife, I can't sleep with you due to physical reasons. I feel ashamed of your Highness. Originally, Chun'er could have replaced you, but you only asked for it once. Don't you like Chun'er?"
Hearing this, Qin Ying once again felt Liu Yunxian's considerate tenderness.
She really considered everything for Qin Ying.
It is said that in ancient times, women regarded their fathers as heaven at home and their husbands as heaven after marriage. Qin Ying really felt it.
With such a wife, what else can a husband ask for?
"Okay, I'll stay tonight."
Liu Yunxian's pretty face lit up, and she suddenly shouted to the inner room: "Chun'er, help His Highness take a bath."
As soon as she finished speaking.
Chun'er, dressed in a light gauze, walked out gracefully, with a delicate and rosy face and a faint charm. Qin Ying almost burst into flames at the sight of her.