Early in the morning, Wang Chengen reported that John Tang had built an artillery cannon and asked the emperor to inspect the goods.

Since Tang Ruowang got Wang Jian's promise, he chose a place called Horseshoe Ridge in the mountains south of Jinan City to build a firearms bureau, and made firearms for Wang Jian wholeheartedly.

Wang Jian was very happy, he had never seen artillery in his previous life, so he called Shang Concubine, and the important generals of the Iron Cavalry Battalion came to the Horseshoe Ridge Shooting Range.

When Ma Maokang heard Bi Maokang say that it took more than 10,000 taels of silver to build such an iron pimple, and heard him boast about how good this cannon was, she opened her mouth in surprise and asked, "Your Majesty, is this cannon really as powerful as he said?" ”

Before Wang Jian could speak, Zu Dabi, the deputy general of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, said: "Niangniang doesn't know, the power of artillery is really powerful. Nurhachi in the realm of the emperor at the beginning was careless and died under the muzzle, this matter is absolutely true, and it cannot be faked! He remembered the artillery battle in Ningyuan City again, and he still had lingering palpitations, not to mention that the artillery in front of him was even bigger than the Shenwei General Cannon who killed Nurhachi at the beginning.

Seeing that Ma still didn't believe it, John Tang was anxious, this was related to his future missionary career, and there was no room for smearing.

He said proudly: "Your Majesty, this artillery made by the minister is not only larger than the Hongyi cannon in the capital, but also more powerful than the Hongyi cannon, the range of the Hongyi cannon is only two miles, and the range of this cannon is even farther, as much as four miles!" ”

The generals of the Iron Cavalry Battalion are all experts in artillery, and they are all eager to try, and even Wang Jian is excited to see the power of this cannon.

Originally, he was going to let a craftsman who had skillfully practiced artillery test the cannon, but he was rejected by a professor at the academy, on the grounds that it cost more than 10,000 taels of public money to cast a cannon, how could this honor of igniting the first cannon be obtained by an unpopular craftsman?

Under the incessant preaching of the professors of the college, Wang Jian's mind was hot and he decided to set fire to the first cannon himself.

Only Bi Maokang was still sober and persuaded: "Your Majesty, this cannon is very powerful, it's better to be careful." ”

Wang Jian looked at the big guy in front of him, and looking at the shape, Wang Jian roughly guessed its structure and purpose: it is more than three meters long, and the caliber is much larger than the previous Hongyi cannon, nearly 20 centimeters. There are ear lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body, presumably used to adjust the angle of the shell, change the range with the amount of gunpowder, as well as the front sight and illumination, and use the parabolic principle to calculate the trajectory, and the accuracy should be very high.

This cost him more than 10,000 taels, and it was simply a money-eating machine. He had a pain in his flesh, and naturally he didn't listen to Bi Maokang's advice.

Wang Jian said: "It's not up to you to say whether it's powerful or not, I want to try it myself." ”

Bi Maokang had no choice but to ask someone to fill the gunpowder, and then adjusted the trajectory, aiming at a big tree a hundred meters away, everything was ready, and when the matter came, when the fire was really lit, Wang Jian's hand holding the torch couldn't help but tremble a little: "This is too damn scary." "When he was a child, when he saw someone popping popcorn on the side of the road, he would hide far away, not to mention the real guy in front of him, how could he not be afraid? He couldn't help but regret a little and wanted to retreat, but when he saw that the generals and the people of the academy were looking at him with blank eyes, he couldn't ride a tiger for a while.

He swept his eyes and saw a familiar face in the crowd - Zhou Zhiguo in the academy. It turned out that Wang Jian made a big fuss in the academy that day, and the soldiers who were beaten were arrested and put in prison for a night, and later Bi Maokang remembered the love of teachers and students, rescued them, and took them to Horseshoe Ridge to help him make firearms.

Wang Jian said to the crowd of onlookers: "Hey, who is that, that Zhou Zhiguo, come over here." ”

"The emperor actually recognizes me! Could it be that I am only outstanding in learning and have already reached the heavens to listen? As soon as Zhou Zhiguo heard the emperor personally call his name, he felt excited in his heart, feeling that he had reached the peak of his life, and he ran over, and even the other scholars next to him looked at him with envy.

When Zhou Zhiguo came to him, Wang Jian handed him the torch and ordered him to light the fire for himself, while he hid far away. The professors of the academy saw that their most proud disciple ordered this first shot, and the honor went to the academy anyway, so they had no objection.

Zhou Zhiguo didn't know why, and when he saw that the teachers around him who treated him benevolently and benevolently looked at him encouragingly, he didn't think much about it. He has been learning some basic processes of making artillery from craftsmen for the past few days, and he has not seen the power of artillery, so he thinks it is just a firecracker.

He lit the cannon twist, and then stood by stupidly. He heard a loud "bang", and the loud sound shook the valley, and a puff of smoke erupted from behind the butt of the cannon barrel, and smoked his face like black coal, choking him out of breath. A black fireball flew out of the black muzzle of the cannon, hitting the tree in the distance with unmistakable accuracy, and the tree with the thickness of an adult's waist broke into two sections in response, and then the flames flew and burned.

It turned out that in order to show the power of the artillery, the craftsmen increased the amount of gunpowder, and the power was naturally greater.

Zhou Zhiguo was immediately frightened and collapsed on the ground, feeling that his lower body was warm and humid. He muttered, "I just lit a firecracker..."

Seeing Zhou Zhiguo's tragic situation, Wang Jian couldn't help but secretly rejoice: "Fortunately, I didn't order it myself." ”

He was very satisfied, clapped his hands and said, "Haha, it's really amazing." I want to reward you heavily! ”

It was also the first time she had seen the power of artillery, and she rode on her white horse and ran towards the big tree. She stood at the stump and observed for a long time, then came back and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine also wants to try it, to see if it is powerful or the concubine's wolf becomes powerful!" ”

Including the generals of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, they were all shocked when they heard this, they were all veterans of a hundred battles, and many of them had participated in the Battle of Ningyuan, so they naturally knew that the power of artillery was extraordinary. This cannon can smash a tree waist-wide to pieces, and if it hits a person, it will not be crushed. They didn't expect their coach to be so violent, and they wanted to test him with flesh and blood!

Bi Maokang hurriedly said: "Niangniang, you can't help it, the power of this artillery is huge, be careful to hurt your daughter's body." ”

Ma said disdainfully: "Your firearm is powerful, but this palace is not him Nurhachi, no matter how powerful the firearm is, you can't hurt this palace!" ”

Wang Jian saw that her face was firm, not like a joke, so she said heroically: "Haha, since my beloved concubine wants to try, it doesn't hurt to try." Come on, fill the gunpowder, this time I will light the fire myself. ”

The craftsmen were afraid of hurting the mother, so they consciously reduced the amount of gunpowder a lot.

When she came to the original tree, she could not resist the advice of everyone, and she reluctantly took ten steps back.

After the cannon was debugged, Wang Jian looked at the concubine in the distance, this time his hand did not tremble, because he had absolute trust in the concubine, since she said that she could resist it, Wang Jian would trust her unconditionally, which was also a tacit understanding between the two.

He lit the fire twist, watching it burn into the barrel little by little, suddenly there was a loud "bang", he was also worried about the comfort of the concubine, he felt that this time the power was even more fierce than just now, and it was even greater, and the strong recoil made the ground under Wang Jian's feet shake.

Ma Yumei looked at the black fireball that was speeding over, and she didn't dare to be careless, she used the Heavenly Wolf Transformation Mental Technique to the extreme, and her body was protected by the Holy White Dragon Qi. But this outgoing dragon qi could not stop the advance of the fireball, seeing that the iron ball was flying closer and closer, only five steps away from herself, she snorted: "Transform the soul!" I saw that the holy white dragon qi around her suddenly conjured up a snow-white silver fox, the white fox raised a tail high, the face was hideous, and the bloody mouth seemed to devour everything, and when the fireball reached Ma Yumei's body, it opened its mouth and bit the flying fireball accurately! In an instant, the white fox's bloody mouth was full of fire, and the "squeak" sound produced by the friction between the fireball and the dragon qi seemed to be the roar of the white fox. Even if Ma Mi tried her best, she couldn't withstand the power of the fireball, and the illusioned white fox also rippled with the collapse of the dragon qi, and finally disappeared. And the fireball also showed its true face, turning into a black iron ball, and still flew towards Ma Yuanmei.

Then I only heard a "boom", and the iron ball hit the Xuanyuan mirror on Ma Yuan's chest, and the mirror light fluctuated, absorbing all the energy, and the iron ball lost all its power and fell, smashing a pit on the ground. And Ma Mi was also smashed by this shock wave, and she took several steps back to stabilize her figure.

Everyone present, including the generals of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, was impressed by Ma Mi's strong force. Especially Zu Dabi, he fought Nurhachi several times, and he recognized at a glance that Ma Miao's true qi was transformed into real dragon qi, but Nurhachi was a Xuanwu at the beginning, and Ma Mi was a white fox. He couldn't help but exclaim: "My mother, that's the emperor's soul!" That's right, Lao Tzu recognizes that only the true Son of Heaven can conjure up a divine beast! ”

The generals of the Iron Cavalry Battalion also looked incredible, they only knew that their lord would be the master of the realm of the royal road, but they didn't expect to see the legendary emperor soul today, I don't know who knelt first, and then everyone knelt down together, worshipping this rare wonder of dragon qi transformation.

"The Divine Concubine is mighty!"

"Mighty!"

Tsunami-like cheers rang out one after another.

And the scholars of the academy were also fanatical, and they knew that this kind of passion that burst out from the limits of their bodies was even more exciting to them, and the little pleasure of reading was nothing compared to this fanatical passion.