In the later Song Dynasty, it was called the happiest dynasty of scholars. Zhao Bing thought it was not without reason. Not to mention that the officials had generous salaries, they also enjoyed holidays comparable to modern times.

The Northern Song Dynasty followed the ten-day holidays in the Tang Dynasty. Officials rested for three days a month, 36 days a year, and festivals were as many as seven days, including the New Year's Day, Cold Food Festival, Winter Solstice, Tianqing Festival, and Shangyuan Festival. There were seven three-day holidays, including Tiansheng Day, Summer Solstice, Innate Festival, and 21 single-day holidays, including the Beginning of Spring, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Tianqi, Tianzhao, Tianzhao. The New Year holidays were added with the festival holidays, and the legal holidays that the Song people could enjoy were 113 days in total.

As for private holidays for officials such as family leave, marriage leave, bereavement leave, etc., the provisions of the Song Dynasty were roughly the same as those of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the emperor and the empress dowager also had a number of days off, such as the birthdays of the emperor and the empress dowager, such as the birthdays of the emperor and the empress dowager, the taboo for fifteen days, and the small taboo for four days. Overall, the holidays in the Song Dynasty were even better than those of the Tang Dynasty, and it was the dynasty with the most holidays in history.

After the southward transition, the holidays were slightly different in the past. The prescribed holidays were: the New Year, the Cold Food Festival, the Winter Solstice, the Holy Day, the Day Celebration Festival, the Foundation Festival, the Innate Festival, the Sacred Day, the Shangyuan, the Middle Yuan, the Lower Yuan, the Summer Solstice, and the Latest Day, the Tianqi Festival, the Tianzun Festival, the Spring Society, the Autumn Society, the Shangsi, the Chongwu Festival, the First Lunar, the Middle Lunar, the Last Lunar, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Double Ninth Festival, the People's Day, the Zhonghe, the Qixi Festival, the Start of Spring, the Spring Equinar, the Start of Autumn, the Autumn Equinar, the Start of Summer, the Start of Winter, the Start of Winter, the Don't take a day off for a total of 67 days. From the number of days, it can be seen that public holidays are tighter than before.

Except for the rotating people, all the court officials were resting, and official duties were temporarily stopped. Zhao Bing's official documents that needed to be processed were naturally greatly reduced. He thought of taking this opportunity to take the opportunity to further improve the design drawings of the Galen ship and prepare for the final model. However, when he finished processing the official documents and left the study to go to the studio, he saw Chen Shu sitting by the lake, bored and whipping the water with a branch.

"It's so leisurely!" Zhao Bing remembered that these days were Chen Shu's turn, but she was busy with her own affairs every day and even had to solve the problem of eating in the studio or study. When she returned to the bedroom, she was often asleep, and she didn't even have the chance to speak. Thinking that she had neglected her, she quietly leaned over and said.

"Official family, why are you free today?" Chen Shu was startled and turned her face to see it was the emperor, and asked back angrily.

"Oh, there is no time to have free time, there is so much work to do!" Zhao Bing sat down next to him and sighed.

"The official family is busy every day, and I see it, but there are so many things in the court, so how can I finish it in one go?" Chen Shu sucked the branches hard in the water, and shocked the group of small fish that gathered over and said.

"Yes, there are so many things every day, and I don't know when it will be the first one!" Zhao Bing said helplessly when he looked full of sorrow.

"I don't ask the official family for daily companionship, but I should also pay attention to the dragon body. Don't get tired of your body. If you rest for a day or two, the sky will not collapse. But if the official family has a fake body, my sky will collapse!" Chen Shu turned her face and looked at the emperor and sighed.

"Shu'er is right. I feel that I'm often tired recently, so I should take a break." Zhao Bing nodded. In his previous life, he also paid attention to taking a break from his busy schedule and combining work and rest. Now he has been working day and night for nearly a month, and often feels in a bad spirit and lacks concentration. He thinks it is authentic.

"Oh!" The emperor's answer was obviously beyond Chen Shu's expectations. She looked at him in surprise and shouted in disbelief.

"Does Shu'er miss home?" Zhao Bing suddenly asked with a smile.

"Of course I thought about it. I haven't seen my parents for half a year since I entered the palace..." Chen Shu's eyes turned red immediately after hearing this, but she also knew that it was not easy for her concubines to go out to visit her relatives, especially the scenes were so numerous. The little emperor disliked these things the most, and the family was also uneasy and she was struggling to get rid of the skin, so it was difficult to go home even if it was close. It was not easy for her parents to go to the palace. After all, there was a difference between the king and the minister, and their identities were different.

"Let's go back today to see what?" Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"The official family means taking me to the province?" Chen Shu said in surprise, but her face turned dim again, "The official family, returning me to the province is not a joke. Don't make me happy."

"I'm telling the truth, but I just want to go back quietly, rather than making a big fuss. Are you willing?" Zhao Bing said softly.

"This... the official family means to secretly leave the palace and go home to visit my parents with me, but I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules!" Chen Shu knew that the emperor wanted to secretly leave the palace again, but she was worried that someone would get caught and cause trouble, so she hesitated.

"The people in the palace may not know me, and few people know me when they leave the palace. There is no need to worry. Besides, no one will come to the palace to discuss matters after these days. Emperor Taizu likes to go to his subordinates' houses in vain, and no one is talking nonsense! And I just found out clearly that the two Chen Shangshu were having a banquet at home today and did not go out. If they missed it, they don't know when they would wait!" Zhao Bing saw that he was already moved and continued to tempt.

"The official family left the palace in a private manner. If you encounter a bad person, don't go." Chen Shu refused when she thought of the emperor's safety.

"I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. How can a few bad guys be the opponent? And I have a powerful weapon to accompany me, ten or eight are enough to deal with it." Zhao Bing patted his chest and said.

"I think it's better to bring a few guards with me. If there is something wrong, there will be a helper!" Chen Shu still couldn't resist the attraction of going home to take a look, so she agreed.

"Okay, let's go to change clothes now!" Zhao Bing said excitedly. After all, he rarely has the chance to leave the palace, let alone go shopping.

A moment later, Zhao Bing changed his clothes and wore a plain long dress. His hair was tied up with a small golden crown. He had a pair of low-waisted soap-colored boots under his feet. He had countless small holes on it, which was not stuffy. Chen Shu had a light yellow long skirt with a slightly powdered face. She simply combed a bun, a wide-edged hat, and a thin gauze covering her face to block the hot sunlight.

Zhao Bing was a little worried. It was the first time he had been to my father-in-law's house, he couldn't go empty-handed! But bringing two packs of snacks, selling some fruits was too shabby. Zheng Yong brought back a lot of good spices, and he piled them in the Lengquantang without moving. He got two packs of pepper to send, which was quite valuable, but he wanted to be happy. His son-in-law was not very qualified, and he didn't know what his father-in-law liked.

Zhao Bing suddenly thought that Zheng Yong also brought back some gems, jade, pearls, agate, etc. The ones that could be delivered to him must be not ordinary, and they are small in size and easy to carry. Unfortunately, he has no idea of ​​the quality of these things. Anyway, he felt that they had sent a lot of two big boxes, so he grabbed each one and found a box to put it in a mess, which was considered a gift to his father-in-law.

Wang De and Tan Fei were also ready to lead the four guards, all dressed up as servants, and they were not conspicuous when walking on the street. They were like a butler leading several servants to accompany the young master and the young grandma shopping. But Zhao Bing knew that with Tan Fei's caution, he would never have brought such four guards with them, and there must be guards in secret to protect them. He and Wang De had a tacit understanding, so he naturally thought of a way to perfunctory others and arranged for the people to lie to the little emperor, and would never make any mistakes.

"Your Majesty, I have wiped it again and loaded the ammunition!" Tan Fei walked forward at this time, holding something in his hands and put it on the way.

"What is this? Could it be the self-defense weapon that the official just mentioned?" Chen Shu could see clearly that the things Tan Fei gave were only half a foot long, shaped like a short musket, but with a big head, it was very ugly.

"My lady, don't be bang, be careful of getting hurt!" Tan Fei saw that the imperial concubine was about to take it, so he quickly turned his body and barely blocked his hand.

"Oh, I will use the musket, so don't make a fuss!" Chen Shu said with some dissatisfaction.

"Tan Fei said it is right. This is called a multi-barrel pistol. It is much different from a long musket. If you touch it randomly, you will get fire and hurt yourself!" Zhao Bing took it over and shook it in front of Chen Shu, then put it into the middle of the gun holster.

"Can such a small thing be more powerful than a musket?" Chen Shu frowned and snorted coldly.

"What do you think? If you can't compare to the musket, you can still penetrate the iron armor within thirty steps and hurt people. You can fire continuously to fight against the crowd." Zhao Bing gestured, lifted up his clothes and pinned the holster on his belt, and then put it down to smooth it down. If you don't check it carefully, it will be difficult to find it.

"What's so great about it? I don't care about it!" Chen Shu rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, and then walked out first.

Zhao Bing Xiaoxiao followed up. Although Chen Shu was not interested, everyone who knew wanted to get a fight. He knew that in battle, in theory, if he wanted to defeat an enemy that was several times more than his, the amount of damage in unit time must be more than several times that of the opponent. Therefore, the key to winning and losing by continuously fired weapons, but the current technology is still difficult to achieve.

Zhao Bing actually wanted to improve the musket and increase the rate of fire. But the current problem is not on the gun, but on the bullet. If you want to achieve a rapid design, you need a good combination of bullets and fuses, which requires a trigger drug with higher sensitivity to create touch fuzes, but this has also become a bottleneck that he cannot overcome in a short period of time.

In this way, Zhao Bing could only find a different approach and achieve continuous firing through machinery. The big-headed pistol he made can actually be called the pioneer of mechanical continuous firing weapons and the prototype of the revolver. It is called a flintlock multi-barrel pistol. The firing principle is basically the same as a flintlock musket. However, while the shooting is completed, the other barrel will then rotate to the firing position to complete multiple firings until the pre-loaded bullets of each barrel are fired.

However, although this pistol existed in history, due to technical and technical problems, its reliability and cost were insufficient, so it was not widely used. At that time, people often carried multiple flintlock guns at the same time to ensure the continuity of firepower. Pirates active in modern times often carried multiple flintlock guns with them, which is for this reason.

Zhao Bing improved the ignition rate through improving the process, so that he could achieve relatively stable shooting. However, some natural shortcomings are still insurmountable. For example, after the shooting is completed, it takes a long time to reload before continuing to shoot. There are multiple barrels that are difficult to achieve precise aiming in front of them; in addition, due to the small amount of charge, the shooting range and power are greatly reduced.

But Zhao Bing thought that despite all the shortcomings, he still had positive significance. The multi-tube form can achieve continuous shooting in a short period of time, kill or injure the enemy that poses the greatest threat to him, and win the lead. Secondly, in close combat, it can make up for the lack of firepower, and close combat, almost face-to-face fighting, and there is no need for precise aiming. As long as the probability aims, you can hit the target.

Zhao Bing thought the greatest significance was to make up for the lack of combat effectiveness of his own cavalry. Although the Song army has established several cavalry brigades one after another, Zhao Bing did not dare to let them fight at will. Most of the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry were composed of nomadic peoples. They were born qualified cavalry, and their horse-driving combat skills were far better than those of cavalry trained by acquired training.

Therefore, Zhao Bing used cavalry several times as a cover for both wings, and the offensive battle was also a pursuit battle that started after repeated setbacks and heavy casualties. There was no real battle against the enemy. He was just worried about losing in melee battles. And with multiple guns, it was different. Before the melee battle began, he could use a pistol to continuously kill the enemy, clearly posing a threat to the greatest opponent.

However, after the pistol was developed, it was still in the trial production stage, and the output was very low. At present, only the guard battalion was equipped with a batch of trials. It quickly won everyone's favorites, especially when performing the task of secret guards, the musket gun was long and difficult to hide, and it could only be charged once. The pistol was easy to hide and could be fired continuously, and those shortcomings became tolerant...

After leaving the inner palace, several people turned north. The guards along the way saw the emperor and his group's dress and knew what was going on without asking. So they just pretended that they didn't see it and let them go out of the palace. There was no shorter steps outside the north gate to be the Imperial Street, and not far east was the residential area of ​​the princes and nobles in the past, and now they became the residence of the senior officials in the court in Beijing.

The Chen brothers are now high-ranking officials and royal relatives, so they will naturally have a place for them. Zhao Bing only knows the approximate location, but does not know the specific location. Fortunately, Tan Fei's house is also nearby and he is very familiar with it. Thinking that these court officials knew the emperor, they also looked for some secluded streets and alleys, while looking around vigilantly.
Chapter completed!