So, from now on, he gave the Shadow Organization a task, that is, to get a way to make a redcoat cannon at all costs, and if he can't get it, then get a way to make a secret weapon.

The current situation is no longer able to hold the territory by relying only on cold weapons.

And Gao Quan in the south was also taken aback, he thought that he could make saltpeter and already be able to take the lead, but he didn't expect that Wang Xu was more powerful than him, and he invented new things, so that his advantages were all gone.

But he is not in a hurry, because there is Cai Wenzhuo in the north, if Wang Xu really wants to use troops, the first to fight will definitely be Cai Wenzhuo, or Dongjun, and he will definitely not hit Nanjun first, for this, he is still very confident.

Therefore, Cai Wenzhuo, who is in the northern capital at the moment, is the most uneasy, according to Wang Xu's current military strength, it is easy to capture Beijun and Bao'an County.

The appearance of the red-clothed cannon directly put the Ming Kingdom in danger!

When he got the battle situation from Xiping Pass, Cai Wenzhuo immediately ordered that all the city gates in the territory should be added with an additional iron gate to resist the enemy's red-coated cannons.

This policy is very good, in this way, Cai Wenzhuo's North County and Bao'an County's city gates all have three-sided iron gates, which can indeed withstand artillery bombardment, and their bearing capacity is greatly enhanced

January time flies by in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, it is June, which is summer.

In this month, there was still no movement from the snowy people outside Xiping Pass.

"Your Majesty, you better go back to the palace, there are the last general and General Lei here, it must be foolproof."

In the palace, Liao Yun persuaded on the side.

Wang Xu nodded, he really wanted to meet the imperial capital. In the past few days, Zhang Xue and Wen Mengliang have been clamoring to return to the palace, and they are really tired of staying here.

"Okay, then I'll go back to the palace first, and I'll leave it to you here, guard Xiping Pass well, and don't let the enemy take advantage of it."

Wang Xu said.

"Qin Shuang temporarily garrisoned Hexi County. Support the front line at any time. ”

"No." Qin Shuangdao.

Wang Xu said: "Liao Yun, Goudan, Lei Yan, the three of you are stationed in Xiping Pass, if you don't have the certainty of victory, it's best not to go out of the city to attack the enemy, I don't ask you to exterminate the people in the snow region, at least you can't lose the city pass." ”

"If you have any needs, you can report them to the Ministry of War, and I will answer all your needs."

Hearing this, the three of them came out and said in unison: "Obey the order." ”

On the second day, Wang Xu, Zhang Xue, Wen Mengliang, Ye Minyan, Zhang Meng, and the five returned to the imperial capital.

This time it's not alone. Instead, there are a large number of soldiers escorting, as well as the emperor's special honor guard, which can be regarded as a blatant return to the imperial capital.

The reason for this arrangement is also for the safety of everyone, this time the matter of Xipingguan has attracted the attention of all the forces in the world, and it will definitely not be safe along the way, no matter who it is. They all want to dispose of Wang Xu and hurry up.

Yang Mingyue, Gao Quan, especially Cai Wenzhuo, and those big families who have enmity with Wang Xu, if they know that Wang Xu is five people on the road. It will definitely come to attack, and then it will inevitably be another trouble.

And now, the royal car is open, the guard of honor is majestic, and there are county soldiers along the way to protect it, who dares to come to find death?

Don't talk about the bandits and big families. Even Cai Wenzhuo and Gao Quan probably don't have the guts.

After two months, the group finally arrived at the imperial capital, and it was already August.

After returning to the imperial capital, Jia Hui came to the imperial study to report on the harvest of the year. political affairs, etc.

"Your Majesty, this year, we have a bumper harvest, only the land of the imperial capital, we will produce 300,000 deniers of grain, plus Guxi County, there will be 500,000 deniers, which is enough for us for two years."

"Well, that's good." Wang Xu looked at it and put it aside, he didn't seem to be interested in this grain matter.

After a pause, Wang Xu asked, "How is the red-clothed cannon made?" ”

Hearing this, Jia Hui's face bloomed with a smile: "Your Majesty, now that our steel mill has been expanded, we have built a hundred cannons in the past few years, and now many generals are robbing it, and they all propose to the Ministry of War to ask for this weapon, and Huang Quan is annoyed to death." ”

Wang Xu said: "Immediately transfer these 100 cannons to Hexi Wangcheng, I am always not at ease about the war there, tell Qin Shuang, these 100 cannons are not allowed to go out of the city, they are only responsible for garrisoning Hexi Wangcheng, if you lose the city, you will be killed!" ”

"Yes." Speaking of this, Jia Hui's expression was shocked, and he was also very worried, after all, the enemy had five or six hundred thousand iron horsemen, which should not be underestimated.

"Oh yes, from now on, the armory workshop no longer needs to make the original bows and arrows, all of them will be made strong crossbows, and in the future, we will be brave and strong crossbows in our army."

Jia Hui said: "My lord, as early as last year, Wei Chen had already ordered like this, and now more than 3,000 strong crossbows have been made, all of which are placed in the arsenal. ”

"Well, don't distribute it for the time being, and when our King Wen steel knives are all made and can be exchanged for all weapons, then all our soldiers will be replaced."

After reading the recital on the table, Wang Xu got up and stretched his neck, and strode towards Wenyuan Pavilion by himself.

"Daddy."

As soon as Wang Xu walked into the classroom, Wang Xi ran over. Wang Xu picked him up, and now that Wang Xi is six years old, it is really difficult to hold it.

"See Father."

At this time, Wang Zhen, Wang You, and Wang Zhuo came together and saluted respectfully.

Wang Xu nodded.

All three of these children are quite polite. It's still Lin Yanghao's teaching.

The three children are different, Wang Zhen is slightly fat, physically strong, and the tallest of all the children, a little taller than Wang Xidu, although he is only five years old, he is already a little adult, and if he practices martial arts, such a physique is definitely a good material.

However, Wang Xu did not plan to let him practice martial arts, because Wang Zhen and Wang You are the best candidates for the future monarch, and they are also the hope of all the ministers in the court.

And Wang You is much quieter, a talent, quite a king's style, very similar to Wang Xu, and at the same time, like Wen Mengliang, very humble, gentle and elegant, which makes people feel good from the bottom of their hearts.

There is also Wang Zhuo, Wang Zhuo is the same as Wang You, both of them are biased towards the scribe type.

And Lin Yanghao also said that among these people, Wang Zhuo has the best academic performance, and he is also the best to learn, with very good qualifications, and he can understand it at one point.

However, Wang Xu knew that if Wang Zhuo wanted to compete for the throne in the future, there would be great resistance, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree in the first place.

In fact, Wang Xu felt that it didn't matter, were they all his children, and Wang Xu was also very sympathetic to Zhaoyang.

"Sir, what are you teaching today?"

Lin Yanghao said: "Today, the Pope's sons make sentences. ”

Sentence?

Wang Xu was not interested, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you continue to class, I will come back when I have time." (To be continued.) )