Chapter 52: You and Your Second Uncle Are the Same Person
Wang Xiao sat on the edge of the big bed, holding his sister in his left hand and his sister in his right hand.
"I really didn't expect you to be sisters."
Wang Xiao is talking nonsense with his eyes open. In fact, he knew it on the first day he came to this world, and he had been suppressing the news for his own purposes.
Sun Ruowei's eyes were red, and he was really happy to find his relatives who he thought were no longer in the world.
Hu Shanxiang was also crying, she was crying that if she could recognize Sun Ruowei earlier, then she could beg her sister to give up the position of the princess to herself.
Having lived in the palace for so many years, Hu Shanxiang is very aware of the difference between the princess and the concubine. Don't look at the difference of just one word, but it represents a bending of different destinies.
The most intuitive result is that the son of the princess will be the eldest son in the future, and it may be the crown prince. And the son of the concubine is the prince.
That's just a little bit of it.
Wang Xiao held the hand of the sister flower and kept going down, over the mountains and mountains.
"Don't cry, it's a big day. Let's ride a horse and gallop and share the prosperity of the world. ”
What else can I do, the identity has already been decided. The two sisters have been his people all their lives, and they really have to pose whatever they want.
The wax has not been blown, and the bed curtain has not fallen. Wang Xiao was already impatient to climb the mountains and mountains, and galloped on horseback.
There was no word for a night, and it all fell into the voice.
The next day the sky was clear and cloudless.
Every time I saw Sun Ruowei before, she was neatly dressed and tightly wrapped. It wasn't until the wedding night that Wang Xiao finally saw her hot body that had been trained by practicing martial arts all year round, which simply made Wang Xiao indulge in it without the slightest resistance.
And in the morning, Hu Shanxiang was still sleeping, but Sun Ruowei was already able to get up and serve Wang Xiao and put on clothes.
Wang Xiao raised his hand to hold her face, "Although you are in good physical condition, you should rest well." Wait for me to come back. ”
Once a woman in classical times got married, it was a completely man-centered life. Even a woman like Sun Ruowei is no exception.
Sun Ruowei, who completely opened her body and mind to Wang Xiao last night, compared with her heroic spirit in the past, can make people who are familiar with her think that she has been impersonated.
When Wang Xiao left, Sun Ruowei covered her lower abdomen and staggered to bed, holding her sister who still had tears in the corners of her eyes and fell asleep.
Wang Xiao has made many meritorious achievements during this time. Whether it was arranging for Emperor Jianwen to meet Zhu Di, or earning a large amount of military expenses by selling white sugar, it was an immortal achievement for Zhu Di.
Zhu Di is also a marching man in the royal family. Mistakes must be punished, and merit must be rewarded.
Since Wang Xiao has made meritorious deeds, he will reward them. An army with unclear rewards and punishments has no combat effectiveness and no cohesion.
As for the identity of Sun Ruowei and Hu Shanxiang, this is not a matter at all in Zhu Di's opinion. And Wang Xiao solved these little troubles by himself.
So Zhu Di personally promised that he would choose one of the battalions in the army. It can also be regarded as a big wedding gift for him.
What is this, this is military power!
The power of the crown prince is very large, but it is all concentrated in the civil service system. Even if Yang Shiqi is also in charge of the military department, it is still far from the real military power.
Zhu Di's doing this is also a means of checks and balances. If the crown prince Zhu Gaochi regains military power, then he, the emperor, will really not be able to sleep at night.
Wang Xiao knew very well that Zhu Di was saying that he was giving a reward, but it was actually a test. Let's see if I and the prince are greedy for profit, and go directly to the first-class trump cards like the 3,000 battalions and the 5th military battalion.
But military power, it is rare for Zhu Di to open his mouth, and Wang Xiao said that it is impossible to give up by himself. After all, he knows very well that everything else is false, and only military power is the real capital to save his life.
Zhu Di gave Wang Xiao military power is not messing around, Wang Xiao has followed Zhu Di to the north of the country many times, and he has a lot of prestige in the army. No one will make irresponsible remarks when they get military power, and King Han and King Zhao also have military power in their hands.
Wang Xiao chose the Shenji Battalion.
The Shenji Battalion in the Yongle era was not the powerful pure firearms army that everyone imagined. Although it is equipped with a large number of muskets, its range, power, and reliability are not comparable to those of real muskets.
Of course, there is artillery. It's just that the artillery is very primitive, and its real usefulness is far less powerful than what it shows in the TV series.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Di will rest assured that he will hand over the Shenji Camp to Wang Xiao. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui will relax their vigilance.
But Wang Xiao wouldn't think so.
The combat effectiveness of the army in the early Ming Dynasty was still very strong. Expedition to the north, south to the south, the countries of the South Seas will be extinguished. Compared with the Chongzhen period, it is completely different.
The Shenji Battalion is just not equipped with good equipment, but if they can be replaced with excellent weapons, their combat effectiveness will definitely soar directly.
Wang Xiao wants military power and wants to be on top. That's why he went early in the morning to supervise the production of new firearms.
The technical level of advanced weapons is very high, even if Wang Xiao often reads books, he can remember some of the various information books. But if you really want to make some kind of high-tech, that's.
Fortunately, the front-loading smoothbore gun is not a great level of technology, because with the system, it will often travel through different dynasties, and Wang Xiao has long kept some important information related to it in his heart.
According to the technology provided by Wang Xiao, the general supervisor will soon start to build a new type of musket for the Shenji Battalion.
To be honest, the musket used by the Shenji Battalion before was actually not much stronger than the assault rifle used by the Song army. The greater use on the battlefield is the sound and light effects, and scaring people is their main effect.
And the flint musket that Wang Xiao took out was the famous flintlock pistol.
The flintlock pistol was not very skilled, and it was not at all difficult to make flint and firing devices with the mastery of the masters who had been in prison for decades.
The real difficulty lies in the barrel.
The barrels of muskets before and even after were mostly wrapped in layers of iron sheets. Not to mention the accuracy, the reliability is poor, and the durability is even lower.
Wang Xiao's solution is to use the most primitive hydraulic lathe, using the power of water to come out of the barrel one by one.
Although the scrap rate is extremely high, the barrel that comes out of the car is not at the same level as the barrel wrapped in iron sheets.
In addition, there are a few simple tricks that are very simple, such as measuring the size and weight of lead bullets, and putting gunpowder in a bamboo tube with cardboard quantitative packaging, etc.
These techniques are actually very simple, let alone technical. The difference is whether anyone can think of it.
As for artillery or something, Wang Xiao didn't spend too much energy paying attention to it. Because the opponent is too weak, he can't use any strong cannon firepower at all.
After taking over the Shenji Battalion, Wang Xiao first carried out a cleansing of its interior. The generals of all other factions were transferred, and then through the observation of daily training and the report of the Jinyi Guard, they were promoted from the bottom to the top layer by layer.
not only gave these newcomers enough trust and face, but also spent a lot of money to buy people's hearts.
As for where the money came from, it was Zhu Di who gave him one-tenth of the huge amount of money from Wang Xiao's auction of the white sugar franchise as the starting capital for taking charge of the military power.
Zhu Di understands very well what a balancing act is, and cultivating Wang Xiao's strength in the army is also to fight against the increasingly powerful Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui.
Wang Xiao was busy in the military camp and the general prison during the day, and returned to the prince's mansion at night to accompany Sun Ruowei and Hu Shanxiang, filling their bodies and minds to the full.
Since the two sisters were left in the room together on the wedding day, Wang Xiao did not let them sleep separately again.
That is, Wang Xiao's physical fitness is good enough, otherwise it is not easy to fill the body and mind of the sisters for a long time.
Every time Wang Xiao enters a different world, it is not a soul that passes through to occupy someone else's body. Instead, he went directly to the place and replaced the identity of others. So his body is his own, and he is not putting a hat on himself.
A few months later, Wang Xiao met with Mahamu, the leader of Warat, in a secret place.
Wang Xiao had the intention of directly slaughtering this hero, but in the end he vetoed it.
There is no Mahamu on the grassland, and there are still first, and there are others who will come out if there is no more. There is no point in simply killing him.
And if Mahamu is let go, many things that can no longer be expressed can be gradually pushed forward.
Not only is Zhu Gaoxu eager to take the throne, but Wang Xiao also doesn't want to wait too long. And Mahamu is the common choice of the two careerists.
Wang Xiao, like Zhu Gaoxu, firmly believes that he can clean up the mess and solve Mahamu afterwards.
Although he was ready to let him go, Wang Xiao did not have the slightest mercy.
When Mahamu was dragged up, he was covered in bruises and bruises. In this secret prison of Jinyiwei, in addition to not dying, Wang Xiao did not let people entertain him.
"Why does Taisun have time to see me today?"
Mahamu, who was kneeling on the ground, grinned, pulling the wound on his face, looking very hideous.
"Come and drink a pot of wine, my throat is smoking these days without drinking."
Mahamu was in good spirits and laughed and begged for wine.
Wang Xiao smiled and waved his hand, and the brocade guard on the side quickly brought the jar of wine from outside.
"Happy!"
Ma Hamu poured a small half of the wine in one go, wiped the corners of his mouth and looked at Wang Xiao, "Let me go then?" ”
Wang Xiao waved his hand, and the brocade guards left the room one after another, leaving only the two of them.
"You're smart, you're a tough opponent." Wang Xiao took the wine jar and shook it in his hand, "I originally wanted to completely eliminate the disaster." But then I thought about it, you're a fart. ”
Wang Xiao's tone changed abruptly: "No matter how difficult you are, you are just a barbarian on the grassland, and trying to kill you is just a small matter of turning the palm of your hand." If you want to catch you, you will be arrested, if you want to kill you, if you want to kill you, if you want to let you go. Nothing. ”
When Wang Xiao spoke before, Ma Hamu's face also changed with Wang Xiao's words, and in the end, he tried to jump up in anger, "I'll kill you!" ”
Wang Xiao kicked Mahamu to the ground as soon as he kicked it, and he couldn't get up for half a day.
Don't look at Mahamu's age, but his personal strength is not weak at all. It's just that he has been locked up here for a long time and has been re-educated by Jinyiwei every day, where did he have the strength to play with Wang Xiao.
"Don't act in front of me, I'm an Oscar. This trick of deliberately pretending to be angry is useless to me, even if I scold your ancestors for eighteen generations, you won't really frown. ”
Ma Hamu straightened up and sat on the ground, tilting his head to look at Wang Xiao. After a moment, he grinned and showed bloody yellow teeth.
"You are the same person as your second uncle."