Chapter Twenty-Three: Arquebus
On the second day, in the Qianqing Palace, Xiang Chi looked at a piece of music in his hand, and after reading it, he nodded with satisfaction, looking at Wei Zhong, who was still the same in front of him, and who would change into the chief eunuch service after entering the palace, and praised: "Okay, very good, although there is a reason for bee spies, but Jinyiwei has developed so fast in just one month, and the layout is so secret, it is amazing, it seems that you have not forgotten my teachings back then."
"This is all thanks to Your Majesty's Holy Might," Wei Zhong hurriedly said.
"Is there anything else going on besides this list?" Xiang Chi asked.
"Your Majesty, the spy hiding in Zhang Xiang's mansion came to report yesterday, and Zhang Xiang seems to have guessed what His Majesty's plan is," Wei Zhong replied.
"Oh!" Xiang Chi stood up and said, "What did you say?"
"Zhang said to Zhang Shilang that Yang Xiang was stupid, and asked Zhang Shilang to be prepared, once something went wrong, he immediately wrote to ask for guilt, and suggested that the Zhongshu Province be reorganized and seek to follow the dragon's merits" Wei Zhong replied in a low voice, as if he had seen everything Zhang Youzhi said to Zhang Fu with his own eyes.
"Haha, okay, Zhang Xiang is the real capable minister, but Jinyiwei is doing better, remember, in the future, you have to try your best to do this, what they say, what they do, even which concubine they sleep with, I have to know" Xiang Chi instructed.
"Yes, Your Majesty"
"As for Yang Yan, let him be chic, and I will also end up relaxed," Xiang Chi said.
"Your Majesty's Divine Wisdom"
"By the way, has Li Jian set off?" Xiang Chi said with concern.
"Your Majesty, Jinyiwei has not yet come to report, mainly because there are too few separate post stations belonging to Jinyiwei, so it is difficult to send the information back in time," Wei Zhong replied.
"This I understand, I have directly ordered the Ministry of Industry, let Feng Fan take the east, west, north and south as the standard, in addition to two hundred post stations, full-time for the Jinyi guard to drive" Xiang Chi Dao, this ancient is not more advanced than the science and technology of the previous life, the fastest means of transportation is horses, and the post road of the post station is the most important main channel for horses, responsible for the transfer of military grain and grass materials, the transmission of military orders and military information, only through the post station, post road, and constantly replace horses and personnel, in order to achieve six hundred miles of expedited, eight hundred miles of expedited, and even a thousand miles a day.
"The slave brings the brocade guard, Your Majesty Xie"
"The monitoring of Li Jian cannot be relaxed in the slightest, once he sets foot on the ground in Yangzhou, he will be completely controlled by me, and he will never be allowed to take a step on the return journey," Xiang Chi said solemnly.
"Yes"
"Okay, then you continue to busy with your business, I have to go to the southern suburbs camp today" Xiang Chi said, originally after the military parade in the northern suburbs, it should have passed, but Baozhou, the border, Youzhou, and even Zhang Youzhi's illness dragged him for half a month, and now it's time to go and see what the so-called Southern Suburbs Holy Guard Army can defeat the Blood Tiger Army.
"Yes"
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In the afternoon of the same day, outside the camp in the southern suburbs, Xiang Chi's Luan drove here, and the layout of the camp in the southern suburbs was similar to that of the camp in the northern suburbs, limited by the fence of the city wall, and there were dense tents and some special houses inside.
After Xiang Chi got out of the car, Xu Ping was already waiting here with many generals in the southern suburbs, among whom Zhang Chong, the thorn of the day, was also there.
"Your Majesty"
"The Last General Meets Your Majesty"
"Okay" Xiang Chi waved his hand and smiled at Xu Ping: "I came here today to see what treasure you are hiding, if you are not satisfied, I can't spare it."
"Your Majesty is relieved, although the minister has not prepared such a big military parade in the northern suburbs, but this alone is enough to level the level," Xu Ping said confidently.
"Okay, then I'd like to take a look," Xiang Chi became more and more expectant.
"Your Majesty, please" Xu Ping stretched out his hand and said.
Xiang Chi nodded, and the group began to move along the barracks, and after walking for about half an hour, Xiang Chi came to the bottom of a small hill, and said with a little surprise: "This seems to be about to leave the barracks!" ”
"Your Majesty, the uphill slope is here," Xu Ping said with a smile.
Boom!
At this time, there was a sudden soft sound, and it rose from the ground, startling Ji Chen and Zheng Sanbao, who were defending Xiang Chi.
"What's the matter" I saw that Ji Chen immediately pulled out his sword and blocked it in front of Xiang Chi.
"Ji Chen, don't be nervous" Seeing this scene, Xu Ping hurriedly said.
And Xiang Chi was shocked when he heard this, this voice was too familiar to him, isn't this the sound of a pistol? Hurriedly pushed away Ji Chen, who was blocking in front of him, and after a few quick steps, he rushed up the small hill, only to see a vast flat land emerge, at this time, in the north of the flat land, a row of soldiers held a weapon that looked like an arquebus in the previous life, aiming at the target a few hundred meters away.
"This, this is" Xiang Chi said in disbelief after seeing it.
"Your Majesty, this is the minister's holy guard, and the light thing that just made the noise, called the arquebus, this thing can breathe fire snakes, after loading the projectile, it can shoot a distance of three hundred steps, the speed is extremely fast, the power is very great, far from the bow and arrow can be compared, but the only pity is that the speed of the gun is too slow, half a cup of tea can only fire 10 rounds, and if you are not proficient in control, it is easy to explode, and you also need infantry and archers to cooperate, but even so, the minister has tried, within 100 steps, the musket can easily penetrate the armor, Although the Blood Tiger Army is powerful, its speed is too slow, as long as the Holy Guard is given time, it can definitely win by surprise," Xu Ping proudly introduced.
Xiang Chi looked at the arquebus, and suddenly said angrily: "You bastard"
"Ah" Xu Ping was stunned.
"Such an important thing, you only reported it now, tell me quickly, who developed it at this time?" Xiang Chi asked anxiously, isn't this the original form of the gun in the previous life?
This world, unlike the previous life, there were similar muskets in the Song and Ming dynasties in the previous life, but this world seems to have changed, although there is gunpowder, but there has never been a record of guns, originally he thought it was impossible, but he didn't expect to be seen today, its appearance, its use, its development, will greatly change the war.
"Your Majesty, the person who made it is named Jiao Mao, but it seems that something happened at home, so after he taught some soldiers, he made dozens of arquebuses, and he has already left" Xu Ping said unexpectedly, although he knew about arquebuses, it was estimated that His Majesty would be interested, but he didn't expect it to come to this extent.
"Bastard, it's all your kid hiding his secrets, get him back immediately" Xiang Chi said angrily.
"Yes, but Your Majesty, the arquebusier has also studied it carefully, although it is good, but there are many shortcomings, or to put it bluntly, at present, in the general battle, its power, safety, and speed are not as good as the crossbow, if the cavalry charges head-on, it is even more unstoppable" Xu Ping said in particular.
"Xu Ping, there are some things, there are indeed big shortcomings, and even a bit of a chicken rib, but you have to learn to see its potential, I can say for sure, this thing will change the world, change the war, where is this person" Xiang Chi asked eagerly.
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At this time, in the distant Qingzhou, near the sea, I saw a man with messy hair who couldn't see clearly was squatting on the beach and fiddling with a small golden round pipe.
Not far away, four people who looked like fishermen sat together, looking at him curiously.
"What is he doing again?"
"I don't know, this guy always has some inexplicable thoughts"
"I really don't understand, just like this, he can be ranked third among the ten people on the heavenly list, I heard that the contemporary ghost talent protected by Brother Guo is only the fourth, not in the top three"
"These are not things we can know, there is only one task given to us by the master, that is, what he needs, we will give it, we can die, but he can't even have his hair"
"Yes"