At this time, the first issue of the Imperial Monthly was placed on the tables of Dolgon in Beijing and Ma Shiying in Nanjing, and Dolgon's eyes looked like spitting fire at this time, which showed that he was angry. The guards and maids in the room were all far away, and they were all afraid of causing unwarranted disasters.

"Someone!" Dorgon shouted angrily.

Before the voice fell, a guard came over tremblingly, at this time he didn't dare to be a little late, after all, at this time Dolgon was angry, if he dared to hesitate, maybe facing him would be a head on the ground.

"The order is to confiscate all the so-called newspapers that have flowed into Beijing and its surroundings, and then burn them all to the king, and find out who brought them to Beijing. And let the Beijing government Yin send people to strictly investigate, and if anyone is found to be holding this so-called newspaper, they will be arrested immediately! The more Dorgon spoke, the more agitated he became, until at last it was like a hysterical cry.

"Yes, yes, yes" The guard lowered his head, his back was already soaking wet at this time, even if he was a man, but in the face of Dolgon, the prince, he was still a low-level minion. "Han dog, it's really hateful, what are you doing so much when you have nothing to do, and now it makes the prince angry, and Lao Tzu almost lost his life. Hmph, I really should kill all these dogs! The guard thought as he walked, and the scene of the Han people being killed began to appear in his head, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

A maid cautiously walked slowly to Dolgon's side, gently placed the body soup in her hand in front of Dolgon, and said softly: "Lord Wang, you want the body soup." Dolgon nodded expressionlessly, and then waved his hand at the maid casually, and the maid suddenly felt relieved, and hurriedly left the study as fast as possible.

At this time, Dolgon was still thinking about the contents of the newspaper, the Imperial Monthly was founded by Liu Xia's order, and now it has just released the first issue, the first issue of the newspaper has been printed in a total of 5,000 copies, as Liu Xia expected, these more than 5,000 newspapers were sold out quickly, although the income is not much, but it is barely enough for the cost. This first issue of the newspaper wrote about the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Liu Xia wrote a close-up anti-Qing article, which caused Dolgon to be so angry, and even put the Qing army's defeat and Liu Xia's capture of two Manchu princes on the front page, and even let people write an article, the name of this article is "The Confession of the Manchu Prince", and the protagonists of the article are Na Azig and Kong Youde.

Also in Nanjing, although Liu Xia did not write bad words about the Southern Ming Dynasty, he pushed the Pingbei Military Group to the altar, which naturally diluted the Southern Ming court. "Liu Xia is really hateful, this is simply not looking at us in Nanjing!"

Qian Qianyi said with a mocking look at Ma Shiying: "How many times have you said this, the old man is tired of listening to it, but you didn't say it." ”

Ma Shiying looked at Qian Qianyi angrily and said: "We are officials in the same dynasty, Nanjing should be our common interests, why are you so mocking this official!" Qian Qianyi stroked his white beard, looked at Ma Shiying with a contemptuous look, and said: "Master Ma, Old Ma Ge, you still know that we are officials in the same dynasty, when you did such a thing, why didn't you think about the old man!" Now I think about it. Hahaha. ”

"You ......"

In the teahouse and wine shop in Nanjing, many talented students and the like held a newspaper in their hands and looked at it with relish. The text of these newspapers was written by Rui Junai with some people with better writing, and they were revised many times, so they were all very well written. Some shows are surprised when they see good passages.

"Luoyang Zheng Guogong is really good, he can block the Qing army in the north, but the Yellow River is one step, and he really should be like General Nayue. Looking at this paragraph, it is really well written, especially the timid expressions of the two Manchu princes are vividly depicted. ”

"Of course, if there was no Zheng Guogong, I am afraid that the Qing army would have attacked Nanjing City a long time ago, and now with Zheng Guogong resisting the Qing army along the Yellow River, we are safe now."

"Safety? What's safe, a few days ago, that big traitor Wu Sangui also sent troops to attack us. ”

Luoyang

At this time, Liu Xia was listening to Li Sanhan's report, and Li Sanhan was dancing with dragons and phoenixes to explain their newly invented cannon to Liu Xia. Said: "General, this time we invented a kind of artillery shell, although the range is not too far, only three miles, but the power is very large, and the size is very small enough to carry, but also suitable for field combat." As soon as the shell hit the ground, it exploded in a radius of nine feet. ”

When Liu Xia heard this, his face showed a surprised expression, and he said, "Is that really the case?" Can you make it now? ”

and Li Sanhan casually, Li Maocheng said: "General, we have done a good job, if the general wants to take a look, his subordinates will immediately give you a test shot." "This Li Maocheng is Li Sanhan's nephew, he is in his thirties at this time, and he used to accompany Li Sanhan in the Ming Dynasty's artillery bureau, and at the same time, this Li Maocheng is still very smart, and he is now the master of knowledge in the entire arsenal, so Liu Xia transferred Li Maocheng to the Academy of Science and Technology as a scientific and technological commander.

Liu Xia nodded and said, "In that case, then General Ben will go over to see if the power of this artillery is really as you said." With that, Liu Xia got up from his seat and walked outside.

"General, please, that artillery is now on the shelling ground of the Armaments Academy on the outskirts of Luoyang City."

"Okay, let's go, let's take a look."

The armament academy is outside Luoyang City, and after a while, Liu Xia and others have already come to the shelling field, only to see that there is a small steel cannon on the shelling field, which makes Liu Xia's eyes light up, you must know that the previous artillery is made of copper, and the reason why iron is not used is because iron is easy to explode. If it is rigid, it is too difficult to produce, so only copper can be used, but copper is very small, and copper has to be used as currency.

"This cannon was made out of just now?"

Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng said in unison: "General Hui, this artillery is indeed made of steel, but now there is not a lot of steel in our arsenal, so if this kind of artillery wants to be produced in large quantities, it needs to be replaced by copper." Liu Xia shook his head and said: "You can't use copper, copper is too bulky, and if you use copper, you can only melt the copper coin, which is too wasteful." After General Ben returned, he asked people to build a special factory for making steel, and in this way, a large amount of steel will be produced. "The role of steel is very important, and even in the 21st century, sometimes the strength of a country is measured by the amount of steel produced. However, what gave Liu Xia a headache was that he didn't know how steel was made, only that he needed a big chimney and a big melting pot. However, the last thing Liu Xia lacks now is people, so many people will always come up with it.

Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng listened, their faces couldn't help but be happy, Li Maocheng said: "General, if we have a lot of steel, then not only can the artillery be produced in large quantities, but the musket can also be better, and there is no need to worry about exploding." And the cost will be reduced a lot! ”

"Good!" Liu Xia said happily: "This year, General Ben will first pay you 5,000 yuan of silver coins for research and development expenses. ”

"Thank you, General!"

"How's the flintlock pistol that General Ben asked you to develop?" Liu Xia asked, now that the arquebus Liu Xia really doesn't want to use it, and now it won't be long before Liu Xia is going to launch a battle against the Shaanxi region again, so the flintlock pistol is imminent.

Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng glanced at each other and said, "General, we have made the whole part of the flintlock pistol, and the flint used to hit the spark has also been installed, but, but there is just a lack of one thing, which will hit the flint on the edge of the fire gate and spark will emerge." ”

Liu Xia suddenly fell into thought after hearing this, and said after a while: "General Ben knows what you are missing, you should be short of springs, and you can have springs." ”

"Spring!" Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng shouted in unison.

Historically, flintlock pistols were used in the 16th century and became popular after 1640. That is to say, the West has already begun to popularize the flintlock pistol, but it has not yet been popularized in China, so Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng have not seen the flintlock pistol.