A few guards were scared by one sentence, and hurried in to report. After a while, two small yellow doors came and pushed the ox cart in.

Song Jiu followed the officials into the palace and brought them to Guangzheng Hall. Many officials came. Song Jiu didn't understand the rules, but he had eunuchs' guidance. In the middle of the hall were prime ministers of the two palaces, ministers, ministers, governors, and commanders of each military wing. The second was the east and west sides of the hall, also called Duo Hall, officials of the fourth rank and above, officials of the fourth rank, ministers, imperial guards, and guards, etc., and civil and military personnel sat on both sides. This had nothing to do with Song Jiu, that is, he was promoted to three levels, but he still had no position. Then there was the hall wing, which was the hall corridor, where other middle and low-level officials and military generals above the deputy head and above were placed here, including Song Jiu.

Both the main hall and the Duo Hall were seated by big men, so when they arrived in the hall, Song Jiu was not at a low position, and there were many people behind him. The eunuch led him to sit down, Song Jiu looked back and asked, "County Magistrate Lu, why are you still behind me?"

Lu Duan smiled and scolded: "Boy, you are the founding uncle. What should I do if I don't sit behind you? Or what if you line up behind me?"

Song Jiu smiled and Zhao Kuangyin was right. He was promoted too fast and could not be promoted too strongly, and he would be envied by others.

The ministers gradually gathered together, and the ceremonial guards came out and were arranged on both sides of the hall. The guards took out Zhao Kuangyin. Everyone stood up and greeted each other, shouting long live, and their hands were still slapped in the air a few times. This was called a dance worship. It was just that the movements were not neat and the scene was a bit funny.

Song Jiu also followed the dance, grinning and laughing while dancing.

He didn't know the two civil servants next to him, so he rolled his eyes at him. What an occasion? You were actually laughing.

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand inside: "Everyone is flat, sit down."

Give cold food first.

After eating, there are also a series of etiquette activities. Cold food comes, barley porridge, and swallows are pushed.

The ingredients of barley porridge are OK, with almonds inside. Zituyan is also called jujube cake. It is steamed with flour and balls of jujube cake, and is also called Zitui cake. However, this is the food prepared three days ago. The porridge has long been formed into porridge cake, and Zitui cake is cold and hard.

This is the food that the emperor admires, and it must be eaten. I am afraid that Zhao Kuangyin himself was taking the lead in it, and Song Jiu endured it. After a few big bites, it was unpalatable. A civil servant in his thirty years old who was sitting on his head frowned and chewed it in small mouthfuls.

Song Jiu whispered: "It's noon to hoe the wheat, and sweat drips into the soil. Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard to do."

The official ignored him and continued to chew in small mouths, as if he was taking poison.

Song Jiu said again: "If it comes to fruit snacks, I make delicious food. But this is the food that the emperor rewards to his ministers, so you must eat it."

The official continued to chew, and Song Jiu said again: "You are not good, it is really unpalatable. I ate the food I rewarded to my ministers on this occasion for the first time. It is like eating sweet food, and it has endless aftertaste. If your Majesty sees this, how can you think about it?"

Anyway, he finished eating and was in the palace again. No one paid attention, so there was a word that made the civil servant teasing him.

This person was so angry that he put down his chopsticks and stared at Song Jiu with his eyes. Several officials on both sides lowered their heads and smiled.

Song Jiuyi bowed and said, "I am Song Jiu and Song Yi'an, please ask your honor to have a great name."

This civil servant was so angry that he was not Zhao Kuangyi. He could drag Song Jiu down and beat him twenty times, and said in a muffled voice: "Lu Duosun Lu Zirang, the doctor of the Ministry of War."

Song Jiu trembled and thought, "Dimmature, why am I sitting with this declining ghost?" He called for a declining, and Lu Duoxun even called for a declining. Even impeachment was useless. That guy didn't know that this kid was lazy. But Song Jiu was dizzy and said, "It seems that you should be low-key in life, and almost offended this declining ghost, so he asked, "Dr. Lu, you are a master of imperial edicts, why are you sitting under the veranda?"

"Sitting for office is not just about subsidizing officials."

Song Jiu understood, this was very particular. For example, the old guys in the main hall, although they were the governors, sat high and did not have much power in their hands. For example, he was the founding prince, the seventh-rank Xuandelang, and Lu Duosun was a doctor in the Ministry of War. He was only from the sixth-rank, and he was afraid that he could not have the title, so he could only sit on himself. But the real power of the two is incomparable, just like Lu Duan was still sitting in the back row. Can he compare the real power with Lu Duan?

But this declining ghost must not be offended, so he bowed and said, "Song Jiu heard that Lu Zhibiu was involved in the classics and history, and was smart and memorable, and he was quick in writing. He didn't expect to see him today."

Ludoson ignored him and continued to chew.

After the meal, the Nuo ritual was followed, which is the Nuo dance mentioned in the folk. Later generations called ghost plays and ghost faces. However, in the Song Dynasty, it was extremely important to it, especially in the early Song Dynasty. It was inherited by the Kaiyuan ritual, which was the etiquette implemented during Li Longji's early rule, and was particularly particular about Nuo ritual. From the unboxing of Nuo, the caves, the case was released, to the Nuo dance, the elixir of Nuo dance, and then to the search and sweep hall to the hall to the end of the Nuo search, and finally the sealing of the Nuo box, the caves, the case was collected, and each step was strictly paid attention to.

Almost many major rituals cannot be separated from it. The Nuo ceremony held by the royal family is also accompanied by ritual rituals and various special music.

After a long struggle, it was finally over.

Just as everyone was about to get up to worship the new fire ceremony, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly said, "It's said that Song Jiu came in."

Lu Duoxun cursed in his heart again, fortunately this ghost had not offended him just now. He didn't want to offend Song Jiu, and Song Jiu didn't want to offend him.

Song Jiu was taken to the main hall by the eunuch. Zhao Kuangyin said, "Song Jiu, before you enter the palace, do you say that you will present the strongest crossbow in history?"

"Report to your Majesty, that's right."

“How strong is it?”

"Weichen tried it at Hezhou School yesterday. Its range is nearly 600 steps, its maximum effective range is close to 350 steps, and its effective range is 250 steps." The range is how far it can be shot, but it will lose its lethality when it reaches a certain distance. Therefore, there is a maximum effective range, that is, it can produce lethality at this distance, but its power is still very weak, and the effective range can produce killing generally at this distance. At this time, another powerful weapon of the Song Dynasty had not yet come out. Some powerful crossbows, and some powerful crossbows can also reach more than 300 steps, but that is not an effective range. The two are very different. Song Jiu reported the data. Some generals began to whisper.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Please carry it to the yard."

The eunuch brought several imperial guards to the courtyard outside Guangzheng Hall. Zhao Kuangyin and his ministers left the main hall. When they came to the front of it, Han Chongyun said in surprise: "What a big bow."

No need to think about it. No one present could pull it open, but the giant bow was a bit strange. Each of the bow arms had an ear and several holes in the ear. The bow string was even more important. It was twisted together with more than a dozen thick beef tendons, and there was a small iron plate in the middle, and there were also several holes in the iron plate.

Zhao Kuangyin said, "Song Jiu, come and give it a try."

Song Jiu began to assemble with tools, first pushing out an iron frame. Screw the giant bow to the forearm of the iron frame. The iron plate behind the bow string should also be twisted and twisted on the iron plate of the iron frame. There is also an iron plate behind the iron plate, and there is more than a dozen springs between the two iron plates. There is also a movable hook on the left and right of the front iron plate, and two ropes are hooked. The ropes are connected at the back and hooked on the winch. However, the hooks on the winch also have some small arrangements, as well as other arrangements, including various screws.

It took Song Jiu a long time to assemble it, then turned his head and said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Your Majesty, please issue an edict to clear all the palace maids and eunuchs in the small hall ahead, so as not to be injured in it by accident."

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and the eunuch went down to pass the message.

Song Jiu said again: "Please give me some sets of armor."

Zhao Kuangyin tried to save trouble and asked several guards to take off their armor. Song Jiu placed them 250 steps away and pulled out arrows from the box. They were also specially made in the Steel Supervisor, all of which were giant arrows. Half a person was long, and the arrow was like a small cucumber.

As the two guards pulled out three of them and placed them on the bowstring, Song Jiu began to twist the winch tightly. The thick rope gradually pulled the front iron plate backward as the winch was twisted. The iron plate was connected to the bow arm with screws. As the front iron plate was compressed, the bow arm of the giant bow began to bend. The bow arm and the spring made a harsh creaking sound at the same time.

Song Zhang slowly shook the handle and adjusted the angle of the bow arm. This also needs to be calculated, and with the number of uses, the quality of manufacturing, the strength of steel, and the angles are different. If you want to implement the standard, it is almost impossible in the Song Dynasty, so you can only let the soldiers explore it themselves.

Gradually, the bow was full, and there was no need to try it. Looking at the giant bow, I also knew that its range would be amazing.

Song Jiu adjusted the distance again, opened the machine on the hook behind with his hand, and the rope quickly bounced back, and the bowstring also bounced back immediately. Not only the elasticity of the bowstring, but also the elasticity of the spring. The two forces were combined together, and the naked eye could not see clearly. With a sound of whistling, three giant arrows flew out like lightning. It was far away, and the distance was a little difficult to adjust. Only one arrow shot into the armor, but it did not hit it, but passed through. After piercing the armor into a big hole, it still flew outwards until it fell after fifty or sixty steps. The other two arrows could not be seen at all. Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly went to find them. Several guards pulled out the Park Sword and blocked Song Jiu. It was too cruel. The emperor was in front and had to protect it, so that Song Jiu could not shoot again.

A group of ministers also ran over and found two arrows. One was embedded in a big tree more than 300 steps away. The other passed through more than 400 steps and was embedded in the wall of the small hall more than 400 steps away. At such a long distance, it still plunged deep into the wall.

Many generals sucked in air.

Everyone walked back and visited it.

Song Jiu said: "Your Majesty, it has many shortcomings, at least three people are operating. First of all, it is quite bulky, including a crossbow frame, weighing more than 400 kilograms. Third, it requires strict quality, and many parts must be made of steel and iron, without toughness and elasticity. Either craftsmen cut corners or greedy for ink, it drags down the army because of its bulk. However, it also has some advantages, and its size can be adjusted. If it is defending the city, it can also be made with stronger giant crossbows. If it is a field battle, it can also be miniaturized. And it is a product initially tested by Weichen, and its technology can be further improved."

"Enough." Zhao Kuangyin murmured.

He was thinking about something. If he attacked Shouchun City, the original giant crossbow on the top of Nantang City was not the original giant crossbow, but replaced by this kind of giant crossbow. Even if Zhang Qiong blocked it, it would be impossible. Then he would be able to wear two out at one time.

Even more profound meanings were thought of.

When the Song army fought with the Khitan, bows and arrows were still the main weapon, but sometimes it may not work. The first bow and arrow range was short, and it was said to be a hundred steps, but it was better for ordinary soldiers to reach seventy or eighty steps. The Khitan cavalry was fast, and the real bow and arrow was just the power of an arrow.

It is this power of arrows that some soldiers cannot produce lethality because of their nervousness and bows that have not been fully pulled, and some soldiers cannot produce lethality even if they have not concealed the truth. They can truly produce lethality, less than one ten or even less than one twenty.

This giant crossbow is even slower, but it has a long range. If a soldier is proficient in operating, he can have two arrows within three hundred steps. And the nature is different. This is a three giant arrow. With it, it will be no less than the Modao of the Tang Dynasty.
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