When the soldiers rushed up the hill and planted flags symbolizing the smooth defeat and destruction of the opponent all over the mountain, the exercise was over.

This exercise can be said to be a great success, in addition to allowing Emperor Hongzhi to see the huge power of the Franc cannon, but also by the way to review the neat and mighty military appearance of the Ming army!

Even if the number of people participating in this actual combat exercise is a little small, it basically meets Shen Xi's expectations.

Zhu Youzhu and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs haven't seen it too clearly......

How did it end like this?

Zhang Mao, as a big man in charge of the military power of the Ming Dynasty, was full of horror at this time, and quickly grabbed Ma Wensheng's hand and asked, "Ma Shangshu, how many cannons are listed in front?" ”

Ma Wensheng said: "Grandpa, isn't it clear at a glance, there is only one door." ”

Zhang Mao wanted to say, how can this cannon be fired continuously? But everything was done under his nose just now, and there was no room for adulteration.

This can only be explained by the fact that the artillery power of the Franco-Robot is indeed not to be underestimated.

Ma Wensheng asked: "Your Majesty, please show me." ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhi was still stunned and looked at the mountain in the distance, obviously not recovering from the exclamation just now, and when his expression returned to normal, he asked curiously: "What if there are barbarian soldiers on the mountain?" ”

Ma Wensheng said: "It will be completely wiped out like a straw man." ”

Zhu Youzhu was not very sure, and looked at Xie Qian, who was offering him a picture, and asked, "Xie Aiqing, is this really the case?" ”

After Xie Qian returned, he had already thoroughly studied Shen Xi's recital, and at this time he was already well aware of the comparison between the advantages and disadvantages of the Franc machine artillery and the Ming Dynasty artillery, and in the face of Emperor Hongzhi's questions, he no longer needed to rely on clever words to get through the test as he had in the court before.

"Back to Your Majesty, the advantage of the Franc cannon is that it is lightweight, and it can be fired at a high place for more than a mile, although it has no ability to attack the city, but if it encounters Di Yi's iron cavalry, a cannon can be fired, which is enough to cover a radius of ten steps, if dozens of cannons are fired at once, it will cover a range of hundreds of steps, which is enough to make Di Yi have no return."

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are most afraid of the heavy iron cavalry of the grassland, which is the magic weapon of the Meng Yuan Dynasty when he swept through Europe, if he cooperates with the cavalry archers and light cavalry, the simple infantry encounters that there is no way at all, which is why the Ming Dynasty did not dare to meet the fire sieve rate of 50,000 cavalry when it went south, there are more than 4,000 heavy iron cavalry under the command of the fire sieve, the bow and arrow can not be penetrated, the spear can not pierce, since it can not break the turtle shell of others, it is better to hide in the city obediently.

When Zhu Youzhu heard that this Franc cannon could actually suppress the heavily armed iron horseman, he was overjoyed and praised: "Good, this cannon is good!" ”

It's a simple sentence, but it's the most sincere admiration.

Hearing the emperor say "good", Ma Wensheng breathed a sigh of relief, even the emperor felt good, and there were drawings from the university scholar Xie Qian, so it should be no problem to go back to mass production.

Zhu Youzhu asked, "Ma Shangshu, the person who operated the artillery in front...... Who is it? Why do I look familiar? ”

Ma Wensheng replied with a smile: "Back to Your Majesty, the person who commanded the artillery was Shen Xi, the right commander of the Zhan Mansion. ”

Hearing that it was Shen Xi, Zhu Youzhu was stunned at first, and then frowned slightly.

Why is it Shen Xi again?

He translated the Book of Heaven, refuted the Tatar envoys, beat the Francophiles and prostrated his ministers, taught the prince to read, compiled the "Ming Huidian", and still had him to treat the prince and the queen, and now he is the one who even fires the cannon......

Is the Ming Dynasty unable to do anything without him, and Shen Xi?

Originally, Zhu Youzhu wanted to reward the person who presided over the fire, but after thinking about it carefully, Shen Xi had been promoted twice in the past year, and if he was promoted again, he would attract criticism, so he could only put the reward aside for the time being.

"Spread the message, the person who plays the cannon today will be promoted to the second rank, and the soldier will be added to the first rank." Zhu Youzhu deliberately did not say anything about the reward for Shen Xi.

Ma Wensheng remembered to fight for Shen Xi and asked, "Then Shen Yude ......?"

Zhang Mao saw a little sign and interrupted Ma Wensheng's words: "The old minister first thanked His Majesty for the reward on behalf of the soldiers of the three armies here. ”

Xie Qian touched Ma Wensheng slightly beside him and made a look.

Just do it in moderation, we don't need us to fight for the credit of Shen Xi's kid, he has been promoted fast enough now, and if he is promoted again, this kid will have to his tail!

Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, who had also watched the whole process of this artillery exercise, was a little upset at this time, and the limelight was all stolen by Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian, and he stood next to him like a wooden man. After looking left and right, he took the initiative to step forward and ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, it's time to return to the palace." ”

In order to avoid disturbing the people, Zhu Youzhi didn't want to leave the palace, but when he walked outside, he saw such an exciting thing again, and he didn't want to leave at this time.

It's comfortable in the palace, but many troubles can't be solved.

Ma Wensheng glared at Zhang Heling!

You guy, isn't it good to be your promising relative? Why are you hindering me from proposing to the Emperor the matter of increasing the salary and improving the armament?

But after thinking about it again, the most important thing in this drill is to make Emperor Hongzhi understand the benefits of improving armaments, and the specific matters can be brought to the court.

Zhu Youzhu took a few steps forward, walked to the guardrail of the high platform, looked at the mountains in the distance, seemed to be greedy for the mountain scenery, and ignored Zhang Heling at all.

Xie Qian's eyes rolled, he took a step forward, stood behind Emperor Hongzhi, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you want to stop watching them fire a few cannons?" ”

Zhu Youji's face immediately showed a satisfied smile, turned his head, and asked, "Okay...... Ma Shangshu, I don't know if this artillery can withstand continuous firing? ”

Ma Wensheng really didn't know the situation, he had to ask Shen Xi about this matter, but since Emperor Hongzhi was interested, he had to say "yes" even if he was stubborn, anyway, the emperor didn't say how many cannons he would fire, so the artillery wouldn't be so coincidental that it would explode with one shot at this time, right?

When Ma Wensheng went over to tell Shen Xi, Shen Xi looked very embarrassed.

Firing twelve cannons in a row has already reached the limit of the Franc cannon, and now the barrel has not cooled down, and if it is released again, the risk of exploding the bore will be greatly increased.

"Three guns." Shen Xi Road.

"No, at least six shots!" Speaking of this, Ma Wensheng looked helpless, and could only look at Shen Xi with earnest eyes.

Shen Xi knew that this might be what Emperor Hongzhi meant, and thought for a while and said, "The five cannons, if they blow up, it will not only ruin Your Majesty's fun......"

Ma Wensheng smiled, bargaining with others was not his style, but he felt quite interesting in the face of Shen Xi's serious fight with him.

"Okay, let's just five shots."

After Ma Wensheng finished speaking, he went back to report to Emperor Hongzhi.

Shen Xi was muttering in his heart...... I haven't seen twelve shells fired in a row here, how much does the emperor like this kind of lively scene?

Jun You's ministers had to obey, and when the cannon was fired again this time, Shen Xi didn't dare to stand too close to the artillery, he was really going to explode, and it was important to save his life first.

……

……

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Five cannons in a row, so that Emperor Hongzhi finally enjoyed it.

When Luan drove away, Shen Xi didn't have the eyes to salute the emperor, and he was on the front line from beginning to end today, so there was no need to be too deliberate.

It wasn't until Luan Jia and the team of the hundred officials left that someone came to convey the emperor's reward.

The lord was promoted to two ranks, and the official was promoted to one level, but he didn't have Shen Xi's share, because he was not a military position.

Shen Xi didn't care too much, the most important thing was to be able to cope with the errand.

However, Zhang Lao Wu and the others came over and said, "Lord Shen, what should we do?" ”

After the cannon was fired, all the people in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, who had never touched the Franc machine gun from beginning to end, were all added to the rank and knighthood, but Zhang Lao Wusan was not an officer and soldier who ate the emperor's grain, and the most meritorious ones seemed to be forgotten like this.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Maybe even the emperor doesn't know that the person who can use such advanced artillery is not the army officer he trusts, but the 'temporary worker' I found." ”

"You go back first, it's been hard these days, take a good rest, I'll go to the military department to help you ask."

Shen Xixin said that he had to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to fight for Zhang Laowu and others, and asked the emperor what his opinion was, and when he turned around, he remembered that he couldn't say nothing at all, so he took out a tael of scattered silver and copper plates from his arms, "A little money, take it to eat wine and drink tea." ”

"My lord, I can't ask for anything from you." Zhang Lao Wu hurriedly refused.

Shen Xi said: "If you take it, this is what you deserve, I don't think Your Majesty intends to treat you badly, but I didn't expect that you are not from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies......"

Shen Xi left the silver and went out of the school with Zhang Lao Wu and the others, and Zhu Shan drove the carriage outside and waited there.

returned to the capital together, but Shen Xi had to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War first. After the report, a director came out and told Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu that they were seeing in the palace at this time.

Shen Xi had no choice but to wait at the gate of the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

It wasn't until dusk that the official sedan chair stopped outside the yamen of the military department, and Ma Wensheng got down from the sedan chair and was a little surprised when he saw Shen Xi.

When he walked inside, Shen Xi explained his intention, and Ma Wensheng smiled: "It's old and negligent." ”

Sitting down in the Shang study, Ma Wensheng asked someone to bring Shen Xi a cup of hot tea, and then asked Zhang Laowu and others about the situation.

When he learned that Zhang Lao Wu had made contributions in the Battle of Quanzhou and personally led people to kill the thief ship, Ma Wensheng's heart moved, and then he was relieved when he heard that he had to stay in the capital because of Zhang Lian's relationship.

"So...... Let them go to the military department to take up their posts, and then arrange for them to go to the Jingwei Command Department to be responsible for training soldiers. Ma Wensheng said with a smile, "Your Majesty has agreed to imitate twenty Franc cannons in the early stage, and then send the captured artillery from Quanzhou to the capital." ”

Only twenty doors were imitated at a time, and the emperor was really good enough to pick the door.

Shen Xi said: "The students thought it was inappropriate to send them to the capital from Quanzhou...... The artillery of the Francophone man, heavy and heavy, was sent from Quanzhou to the capital for a long time, and the cost was huge, so it was better to leave it to the local guard post to enrich the coastal defense, and the capital was cast separately. ”

Ma Wensheng was stunned, he didn't find anything wrong when Emperor Hongzhi proposed it before, but after being reminded by Shen Xi, he suddenly woke up to the fact that in order to save that little material and wages, he actually let people transport five or six hundred catties of artillery from Quanzhou to the capital, which was inevitably suspected of working the people and losing money.

Ma Wensheng nodded and said, "You go back first, and the old man will tell His Majesty." As for the imitation artillery, the craftsmen may have something unclear, and the old man will ask them to go to the house to ask ......"

Shen Xi thought to himself, shouldn't he go to Xie Qianxie, a scholar who offered the picture?

What a smart person is Ma Wensheng? Xie Qian is article is true, but if he also has research on casting artillery, it is a bit nonsense. After observing in the past few days, Ma Wensheng has basically been able to conclude that the person who actually contributed the picture is Shen Xi, but it is just the hand of thanking Qian.

Therefore, Ma Wensheng didn't want to bother a busy person like Xie Qian, so he simply sent an errand to Shen Xi.

Shen Xi wanted to say, in fact, I am also very busy here, and there are two envoys from the foreign domain waiting for me to greet me, so I don't have time to train craftsmen. Besides, I am also a layman in smelting steel, so I can provide some ideas, and the specific matters of casting cannons need to be explored and studied by craftsmen themselves.

There was a previous incident of the Ministry of Industry prevaricating the cannon casting, Ma Wensheng was not very at ease with the people in the Ministry of Industry, but felt that Shen Xi, a young man, was very trustworthy, and asked Shen Xi to teach craftsmen, in fact, he asked him to supervise the cannon making. But he obviously forgot that Shen Xi was a Hanlin official and could not often go to both sides of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War.

Shen Xi didn't wake up Ma Wensheng, and said respectfully: "The student remembers." "Although I agreed, I was thinking in my heart that if I didn't come to ask for advice, I didn't want to take the initiative to go to the Ministry of Industry.

Helping Zhang Laowu and others win military positions, Shen Xi went to the inn and said to Zhang Laowu, and Zhang Laowu kowtowed to Shen Xi immediately after the surprise.

Zhang Laowu is not small, there is a widow and wife at home, and if he wants to live in the capital in the future, he must have a serious livelihood to do, after all, he followed Song Xiaocheng to the chariot and horse gang to fight and kill and grab the territory, so that he couldn't pull his face, he used to be an errand boy, but now he is following a group of social gangsters as "thieves", which makes him feel faceless.

But now it's different, and being a soldier in the future is more promising than being an errand...... Who called this Ming Dynasty, the person who can fire the Franc cannon is the only one now?

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