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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 137: Sangui Treasure

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    Arriving at the warehouse in the south of the city, this was originally a warehouse used by Wu Sangui's army to store ordnance. It was later used by the Qing government as a Yuezhou official warehouse. The large number of firearms left by Wu Sangui were kept intact in the warehouse as items at the bottom of the boxes.  The bottom layer.

    In November of the twelfth year of Kangxi, Pingxi King Wu Sangui rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan and quickly advanced towards Hunan. In the first month of the thirteenth year, he captured Wu Yingqi in Yuezhou.  Yuezhou reaches Wuchang in the north and Changsha in the south. It strangles the Yangtze River and is an important military base.  Kangxi sent Ningnan Jingkou General Duoluo Shuncheng County King Leerjin to lead his troops to Jingzhou (today's Jiangling, Hubei).  When the division arrived at Jingzhou, Yuezhou was lost.  On the 28th, Emperor Kangxi ordered Niyahan's troops to go to Jiangxi and join other troops to attack Changsha from Yuanzhou (now Yichun, Jiangxi) and attack Yuezhou from a pinch because the Wu army's defense in Yuezhou was strong and difficult to advance.  In July, Wu Sangui's general Du Hui and others invaded. The Qing general Shang Shan sent troops to attack and ordered the navy to come to fight. The rebels were defeated at Dongting Lake, and Du Hui was defeated.  In August, Shang Shan died in the army.  The Qing court ordered Belecani to act as General Anyuan Jingkou and prepare to attack Yuezhou.  Chani formulated a strategy: the boat division entered the lake, cut off the enemy's pay route, surrounded Yuezhou City with rafts, erected wooden stakes, lined up artillery, and patrolled with small boats to create a long siege.  In mid-twelfth month, the Wu army came for reinforcements and was strong. Seeing that the land and water were under martial law, they were unable to fly across and were defeated.  The rebels in Yuezhou City were starving day by day.  On the eighteenth day of the first month of the eighteenth year, Wu Yingqi's commander-in-chief Wang Duchong, general Chen Po and others surrendered with their boats.  Wu Yingqi collected the remaining soldiers and rushed to Changsha. The Qing army recovered Yuezhou.  .

    It turns out that in the Battle of Yuezhou, after the Qing army defeated Wu Sangui and regained Yuezhou, Wu Yingqi fled Changsha. These bulky cannons, muskets and other items were all left behind in Yuezhou.  Wu Yingqi didn't want these firearms to be used by the Qing army, but he couldn't destroy them all in a hurry, so he had to bury them on the lowest floor of the treasury and cover them with stones and wood. He hoped that when Yuezhou was conquered again, Wu Yingqi could come out to recover.  use.

    After the Qing army entered the city, Belchani only received the items from the upper-level treasury and sent troops to hunt down Wu Yingqi without delving into anything else.  Later, Wu Yingqi was defeated and committed suicide, so these cannons became a century-old collection.

    After Hong Yun'er, Luo Outline, Tang Zhengcai and others went to the treasury to check, Hong Yun'er ordered people to dig three feet into the ground and finally found these cannons and firearms. In fact, Hong Yun'er didn't know the specific burial place. She just wanted to know where they were buried.  Wu Yingqi retreated hastily, most likely to bury these cannons deep, so she wanted to try her luck by digging around in the place where Wu Sangui's army used it as a warehouse. Unexpectedly, she actually found it.

    The cannons and firearms that were opened were wrapped several times in coarse cloth and oiled paper. They were well protected and there were many types.  There are twenty 3,000-pound General Shenwu iron cannons made by Wu Sangui in imitation of Hongyi cannons. The cannon bodies are cast with front sights, rear sights, and lugs in the middle. Compared with other cannons, they have a larger caliber and thicker tube walls.  And it gradually thickens from the muzzle to the rear of the gun, which can withstand greater bore pressure. It is considered the most powerful artillery in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.  Although more than 170 years have passed, the firearms and cannons of the Qing court have not developed much, and these cannons can be regarded as useful weapons.

    In addition to the Hongyi cannon, there are also fifty 500-jin cannons in the style of the Franco machine, all made of copper. There are two types: one is called "Meteor Bo" with a square belly; the other is "Sheng"  Font size artillery, the abdomen is cylindrical.  There are dozens of other Franchise guns, weird-looking tiger crouching cannons, etc., and there are thousands of matchlock guns, shotguns, three-eyed blunderbuss and other firearms.

    What's even more rare is that there are many artillery shells and mines placed next to the cannon. Although the red powder inside has deteriorated and cannot be used, the firearms craftsmen of the Taiping Army discovered that some of the shells were different. After taking them apart, they found that they were made of bamboo tubes.  Wrapped with red powder, these shells turned out to be Wu Sangui's imitation of the Ming Dynasty's explosive shells.

    After reading it, Hong Yun'er sighed softly and said: "When Zuo Zongtang of later generations went to Xinjiang, he discovered the blooming bullets used by the Ming Dynasty more than two hundred years ago in a tower left by the Ming Dynasty in Shaanxi and sighed, which made him sigh.  If anyone pays attention to this, how come the island people have been roaming the sea for decades, and they can only use this pride to ask for help."

    Xiao Yungui on the side was stunned and asked: "Did Lao Zuo say that?"

    Hong Yun'er said with a flat mouth: "It is said in "The Complete Works of Zuo Zongtang. Letters 2" in the Prime Minister's International Affairs Yamen that it is obvious that the cannons and artillery from the West are blooming in China. Now there are still flowers in the Fengxiang Mansion Gate Tower.  There are more than 200 spores. There are ocean cannons in the west city of Pingliang Prefecture. They are engraved with the characters Wanli and Zongzhihu. The rest are eroded, but the sharp weapons have been in China for more than 300 years. If someone paid attention to this at that time, how could they reach the island?  Our clan has been traveling across the sea for decades, and with this pride, I can¡¯t even ask for help.¡±

    Xiao Yungui said oh, turned around and asked a few craftsmen, then turned to Hong Yun'er and shook his head: "There is no doubt that these are blooming bullets, but the craftsmen said that these blooming bullets should not be very powerful. I think this is also the case.  They are all filled with black powder, and are only four or five inches long, that is, only about 11 centimeters, and weigh less than two kilograms. If the cannonball was solid, it would weigh more than five kilograms. Based on this calculation, the cannonball can only hold less than one kilogram of red powder.  It can't explode much shrapnel with explosives, and it may even explode in half, which is not as good as the British's explosive shells."

      Hong Yun'er snorted and said, "I'm not very good at this. According to you, only by increasing the power of gunpowder can the power of this blooming bullet be made greater?"

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "Of course, if the caliber is inconvenient, the more powerful the gunpowder inside will be, the natural explosion effect will be better, and the more lethal it will be. One kilogram of black powder and one kilogram of tnt, who do you think it is?  Powerful?"

    Hong Yun'er snorted and said, "It would be great if there were experts in firearms research. These craftsmen in the army are still a bit rudimentary."

    Xiao Yungui touched his chin and said: "Among our old brothers from Guixi Silver Mine, the one who is familiar with gunpowder is already better than the two of us. You can't force it, but if you know what other powerful firearms masters there are in this era,  , don¡¯t bother to recommend it, I can send someone to ask for it.¡±

    Hong Yun'er frowned and said: "I only know that Ding Gongchen, who wrote "Illustrated Theory of Playing Cannon", also known as Junzhen, courtesy name Shuyuan, Hao Xingnan, was a native of Fujian and lived in Chendai Township on the seaside of ** County.  Douchun. The founder, Saidianchi Zhansiding, was an Arab aristocrat. He entered the Yuan Dynasty and was appointed Pingzhang, the governor of Yunnan Province. Ding Gongchen was the eighteenth generation grandson of Zhansiding. According to historical records, he  Last year, I was supposed to be invited by Sai Shanga to go to Guangxi to build artillery for the Qing army to deal with the Taiping Army. Now Sai Shanga has been dismissed from his post by the Qing court and is being questioned, and I don¡¯t know his situation."

    Xiao Yungui snorted and said, "What's so great about this guy?"

    Hong Yun'er smiled and said: "In the eleventh year of Daoguang's reign, I went abroad to make a living. I went as far as the Arabian Peninsula and learned a lot of Western technology. I was the first to systematically examine the use and structure of Western firearms and researched and manufactured Chinese firearms. First in China  He made models of steam engines, locomotives and ships. He wrote China's first book on steam engines, locomotives and ships. Do you think he is awesome?"

    Xiao Yungui opened his mouth wide, and said after a while: "Even if this kind of person can't be used by me, I can't let him build cannons with the Qing army! I will send someone to find out about him, and I will kidnap him if he is found."

    It took three days for the Taiping Army to unload the buried cannons and firearms. Although the shells, mines, and gunpowder were unloaded at the same time, their inner structure provided a good reference for the Taiping Army's craftsmen.  Yungui ordered the craftsmen in the army to start developing their own landmines and explosive bombs according to the pattern.

    After the scene was cleaned up, Xiao Yungui was so greedy that he asked the Taiping soldiers to search the scene carefully for fear of missing something. It was Xiao Yungui's greedy character that made him rich.  Several careful Taiping soldiers discovered that there seemed to be a mezzanine beneath the burial site. After digging down, they discovered an underground stone chamber. They opened the stone door of the stone chamber. After the foul smell dissipated, Xiao Yungui sent his confidant Tang Erniu to lead him.  A few brave soldiers lit torches and went down.

    When they arrived at the stone room, they saw more than ten iron boxes inside. Tang Erniu and a few soldiers stepped forward and cut open the rusty iron lock on the box. When they opened it, they were shocked by the sight in front of them. There were ten boxes.  It was filled with gold, silver and jewelry!

    When Xiao Yungui, who was outside the entrance of the stone chamber, heard the news, he immediately looked at the people around him. Fortunately, only Hong Yun'er and his personal guards were present. Luo Gangyou, Tang Zhengcai and others were busy bringing cannons and other firearms.  Move away, have left this place.

    Xiao Yungui felt that his lips were dry for a moment, and his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He hurriedly ordered Li Zuoche, who had just returned from injury, to summon all the swordsmen in the West Palace to guard this place. No one was allowed to get close, and he followed  He and Hong Yun'er went down to the stone room to take a look.

    I saw that the stone room was only ten feet square. All ten large boxes were opened. One large box was full of jade and pearls. Another box was opened, but it was agate and jade. Each one was worth tens of thousands.  treasure.  Hong Yun'er's pretty face turned red, and her face changed color involuntarily. She was surprised and happy, and even her breathing began to become rapid.  Xiao Yungui forced himself to calm down and reached under the box, only to see that the lower half of the box was filled with gold bricks or silver ingots. All ten boxes were like this.

    Hong Yun'er grabbed Xiao Yungui's arm and trembled incoherently: "Is this, is this King Solomon's treasure? Or have we traveled to Treasure Island? Or is it a gift given to us by Heavenly Father God?"

    Xiao Yungui slapped Hong Yun'er on the forehead, laughed and cursed in a low voice: "Calm down, this is the treasure that Wu Sangui didn't have time to take away. It belongs to us now. Don't act like a country bumpkin and make people laugh."

    Hong Yun'er took a deep breath, pinched Xiao Yungui's waist hard, and said with a flat mouth: "If you are calm, why are your hands shaking?"

    In fact, it would be difficult for anyone to calm down after seeing such a huge treasure. Xiao Yungui also took a deep breath and slowly whispered in Hong Yun'er's ear: "Yun'er, with this Sangui treasure, we  It¡¯s developed and you can do a lot of things.¡±

    Hong Yun'er also said in a daze: "Yes, money can make all the difference, we can do many things."??¡­¡±
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