After leaving the Firearms Bureau, Zhang Zhijie also felt a little funny when he saw Yang Yiqing's reluctant eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Yang, these two thousand arquebuses will go out of Beijing with Lord Yang!" If, if nothing happens, then Ben 。。。。。。 ”

Yang Yiqing said with a smile: "Thank you Admiral Zhang today, it's really disturbing, sorry, sorry." ”

Zhang Zhijie said goodbye to Yang Yiqing with a smile, and went to the palace instead of going back to the house directly. Since Emperor Zhengde called him away, he had to give Emperor Zhengde an explanation.

Entering the palace all the way, Zhang Zhijie's mood was actually a little heavy, and Yang Yiqing's words aroused Zhang Zhijie's mind again! Border troubles have always been a major problem plaguing the Han people! In the confrontation between the farming people and the herding peoples, although the Han people created a splendid civilization, they were on the defensive for most of the long time.

Emperor Taizu overthrew the Great Yuan and completely drove Mongolia out of the Central Plains, and Emperor Taizong made several northern expeditions and swept across the desert, but all of this was overturned by the changes in Tumubao. Since then, the strength of the Ming Dynasty has been declining, and the military strength has been weakened, so it can only stick to the north and suffer from the Tatar invasion of the border.

The Ming Dynasty was no longer able to march north, so it could only passively defend and let the nomads on the grassland flourish, until the Later Jin rose and entered the Central Plains, opening a hundred years of darkness in the Central Plains.

It's really heavy to think about, even now Zhang Zhijie is helpless in the face of the situation in the north! The current national strength of the Ming Dynasty is only struggling to support the military expenses of the border army, and it is even more unable to raise the army to the north!

Besides, once he was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and now the government and the opposition are talking about the change of tiger color, who dares to rashly propose a northern expedition, and it is strange not to be sprayed to death! Even Zhang Zhijie didn't dare to put it forward rashly, and Zhang Zhijie didn't think that he was sure of pacifying the north.

After all, it is the lack of national strength! But fortunately, everything is better now, and Daming has embarked on a different path! The imperial court has opened the sea, and the national strength is thriving. Now Zhang Zhijie also holds the Ordnance Bureau in his hand, and when the treasury is abundant, after the flintlock pistol is equipped, the whole army can follow the example of Emperor Taizong and sweep the north.

When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhengde really stopped hiding, and when he saw Zhang Zhijie coming, Emperor Zhengde didn't have an embarrassed expression at all, and said with a smile: "Hey, you're back?" What's wrong? Yang Yiqing didn't beat you up? ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "The emperor is joking, Lord Yang is a well-educated person, how can he do it?" ”

Emperor Zhengde smiled: "Really? When I left the Qianqing Palace, Yang Yiqing was blushing and his neck was thick, he was waiting for you in front of the Qianqing Palace, looking like he was going to roll up his sleeves and beat people! ”

Zhang Zhijie smiled: "How come? When the minister and Lord Yang separated, Lord Yang kept holding the minister's hand and thanked him constantly, too warm and polite, and the minister was a little embarrassed! ”

Emperor Zhengde was a little suspicious, after Yang Yiqing entered Beijing, he began to scold Zhang Zhijie, went to the cabinet to complain, and came to complain to himself, how could he be enthusiastic about Zhang Zhijie?

Emperor Zhengde wondered, "How many firecrackers did you give him?" Ten thousand? In his mind, it could only be Zhang Zhijie who gave Yang Yiqing more firearms, so Yang Yiqing would turn his anger into joy.

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "How can the minister have 10,000 firearms?!" So he gave him two thousand guns! ”

Emperor Zhengde stood up and touched his chin, wondering, "Then how could Yang Yiqing turn his anger into joy and be so enthusiastic about you?" Yang Yiqing is a tough donkey, difficult to entangle! ”

Zhang Zhijie smiled and said: "That's not an ordinary firebolt, that's two thousand arquebuses!" Conquered Lord Yang in one fell swoop! ”

Emperor Zhengde has also seen the power of the arquebus, and now he suddenly realized that what Zhang Zhijie gave Yang Yiqing was actually an arquebus!

Emperor Zhengde smiled: "It turns out that you gave him an arquebus, and I thought you would leave the arquebus to the Shenji Battalion!" What do you think? Yang Yiqing is very satisfied? ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "There are many wars in the border army, so the minister wants to give priority to the border army in this batch of arquebuses!" Your Majesty, haven't you seen it, Lord Yang was a little reluctant at first, but after trying the arquebus, his eyes were straight, and those eyes were really, hot! ”

This matter passed like this, Yang Yiqing was very satisfied with the two thousand arquebuses, and he no longer complained everywhere, and after the debriefing, he took these arquebuses out of Beijing.

With Yang Yiqing's affirmation, Zhang Zhijie also paid more and more attention to arquebuses, and not long after Yang Yiqing left, Zhang Zhijie brought a hundred arquebuses from the Firearms Bureau to the Shenji Battalion.

There is no way, now Zhang Zhijie strictly controls the quality, and it is not easy to make arquebuses, and the speed of making arquebuses by the Firearms Bureau is not much faster. A hundred arquebuses is just a drop in the bucket for the Shenji Battalion.

Of course, Zhang Zhijie didn't want to equip the Shenji Battalion, but just wanted the brothers of the Shenji Battalion to touch it and try it, and practice their hands to see this new type of firecracker.

Zhang Zhijie's original intention was good, let the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion familiarize themselves with the arquebus first, and they would be able to get started immediately when they were loaded.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are experts in playing with fireworks, so they naturally discovered the benefits of arquebuses at once, which are much better than the existing firecrackers. So the soldiers who have tried the arquebus can't put down the arquebus, touching the arquebus is like touching the girl in the green building like a flower and jade, and then touching the fire gun in their hands, hey, just like touching the yellow-faced woman at home.

The arquebus conquered the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion at once, and they were very greedy for this new type of musket. They are all soldiers who followed Zhang Zhijie from birth to death, and they were not afraid of Zhang Zhijie, so they came to the door with their faces licked.

Nothing else, guns, arquebuses! Zhang Zhijie is still very happy that the arquebus can be recognized by the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and these rabbit cubs are still very knowledgeable!

But I don't have a gun! Zhang Zhijie said very simply and neatly, it is not easy to make the Ordnance Bureau now, the first batch has been passed to the fleet going to sea, and the second batch has been given to the border army.

Although there was some dissatisfaction, after all, it was not easy for the border army, and there were also some soldiers who followed the border army first, and these soldiers were also considerate of the Admiral, and these soldiers went back in frustration.

However, they are still looking forward to it in their hearts, the Ordnance Bureau is in charge of the Admiral, and this arquebus is made by the Admiral, so the Admiral can't treat them badly.

After all, they are all descendants of the Admiral, and they have fought with the Admiral in the south and the north, so it is impossible for the Admiral not to take care of his brothers. The first arquebuses were given to the fleet, and they could understand that the Admiral attached great importance to the fleet. The second batch of arquebuses was given to the border army, and they can also understand who made Yang Yiqing jump up and down in Beijing!

(End of chapter)