After a spring rain at night, under the mountain of General Jinling, the morning breeze was blowing.

Walls of ramparts stretch from the bottom of the hill to the top, while a brand-new camp stands on the hill not far away, with red flags dancing in the wind on either side.

"This was originally the Wumu King anti-gold camp, when the prince of Yue was set up here to set up an ambush, after the defeat of the golden dog, a battle to recover Jiankang, so the world is called the general mountain, in addition to the abandoned barrier to the mountain, is the ancestral hall of the prince of Yue." Su Liuyi stood beside Ye Yingwu, looking at the green mountains washed by the spring rain on both sides and the fluttering red flags.

Ye Yingwu pressed the sword in his hand and looked up solemnly, the green mountains were silent in the gloomy sky, and the soldiers who came and went were also lightly up and down, as if there was a loyal soul lingering in the air for a long time, which made people feel awe from the heart.

"Your Highness, please come forward." Guo Shoujing stood at the intersection and said softly.

Nodding, Ye Yingwu and Su Liuyi climbed the stairs, and Xiao Yangzi led the guards to follow.

"The camp here is mainly for the guards guarding the capital, and in the deepest part of the mountain, there are firearms workshops that have been carried from Xingzhou Tongshan one after another, and when the mountains are surrounded and guarded by a large army, it should be the safest and most hidden place in the world." Su Liuyi said softly.

From here up the mountain, you can clearly see the fortress piled up on the mountain not far away, which has been covered with moss, but the deep ravines and the barriers that stand tall seem to still tell everyone who comes about the great war that broke out here, depicting the figures of men who charge with banners high and unyielding, there are still green mountains, and there are countless loyal souls.

Standing silently for a long time, Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and patted the side of the mountain wall: "Let's go." ”

Turning the narrow mountain road, it is a wide open space, I have to say that the place they chose is still very good, the camps on both sides lock the only way out, and along the mountain road you can see patrolling soldiers everywhere, obviously the defense here is the top priority.

Rows of scarecrows occupy one side of the clearing, while on the other side are brick houses, in which all the gunpowder is kept to prevent rain and dampness from being difficult to use.

Outside the house, a grass shed was lined up, and Chen Yuanliang was already waiting there, holding a firearm that was not very long. In fact, Su Liuyi also saw this legendary "fire gun" for the first time, so compared to Ye Yingwu's expectations, the curiosity on his face at this time was difficult to hide.

After all, judging from the flying thunder cannon made by His Royal Highness King Ming, the power of this fire gun should be also not small.

Chen Yuanliang just wanted to say something, but Ye Yingwu strode forward, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the firearm in his hand, and picked it up in the somewhat surprised eyes of the crowd. And Guo Shoujing on the side was the first to react: "Your Highness, this test launch is still from the ministers, Your Highness's daughter can't be in danger." ”

"Your Highness!" Su Liuyi and Chen Yuanliang were both startled and hurriedly surrendered their hands, while Xiao Yangzi didn't help but feel sweat on his head.

If you want to accompany Ye Yingwu to the battlefield to kill, there is nothing to be afraid of, after all, more than 500 cavalry are tightly embraced, Xiao Yangzi can pat his chest to ensure that the last time Ye Yingwu was shot in Suizhou, the accident of being shot by an arrow is absolutely impossible, but now if Ye Yingwu personally tests it, whether this firearm is good or bad, and whether it will take people's lives, this is not something that Xiao Yangzi can decide.

Ye Yingwu looked at the firearm in his hand, I have to say that Chen Yuanliang and Guo Shoujing still have basic skills, this firearm is similar to what he remembers, and compared to the original firecracker, this firearm is longer, not so much a firearm in his small hand, but a musket, but only the barrel in the front, not the wooden butt in the back.

With a light smile, Ye Yingwu didn't look at Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang, and said with a straight smile: "I believe in the two of you, and I also believe in the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Guo and Chen were silent for a moment, their hands trembling slightly, and the few craftsmen who followed them also showed excitement and anticipation on their faces at this time. After all, for these craftsmen who have never been welcomed, His Royal Highness King Ming personally came to proofread not to mention, but also personally test-fired, this is their absolute trust, in this era full of prejudice and contempt for craftsmen, this is definitely a trust like a mountain.

Exhaling lightly, Ye Yingwu looked at Su Liuyi and Xiao Yangzi on the other side, the two of them wanted to say something, but when they saw the firm expression on Ye Yingwu's face, they were finally silent.

His Royal Highness has already decided, then he will definitely do it, this is clear to all those who know Ye Yingwu's temperament, even at this time, it is in vain to pull out the entire Yushitai to advise. However, I have to say that if it were not for His Highness's insistence at a critical time, I am afraid that there would be no current Ming Dynasty.

Ye Yingwu was a little clumsy in filling gunpowder, but this had already made Guo Shoujing and them dumbfounded, after all, as developers, they knew how to operate, but Ye Yingwu was the first time he had seen the real thing, although the action was very rusty, but it was not bad at all.

"Your Highness, let's let the end come." Xiao Yangzi still couldn't help but say softly.

Waving his hand, Ye Yingwu said lightly: "Isn't it just a fire gun." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he had already lit the fuse on the firecracker.

Including Su Liuyi and Guo Shoujing, everyone subconsciously held their breath, although this firearm had not been launched before, but it was still an experimental product, it was not stable, and there could be an accident at any time, not to mention that it was used in front of His Royal Highness King Ming, even if there was a 1 thousandth chance of an accident, everyone would still be nervous in their hearts, because they knew the consequences of Ye Yingwu's injury, and they knew that Ye Yingwu trusted them heavily.

"Bang!" There was a muffled sound, like the sound of a sudden musket being released, and the straw man not far in front seemed to be torn apart by the power of the desolate world, and half of his head was gone. I have to say that Ye Yingwu's personal marksmanship is still relatively reliable.

"Color!" Su Liuyi was the first to scream, while Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang were even more tearful and hugged each other tightly, and the craftsmen behind them ripped off their hats and threw them into the sky, laughing.

Ye Yingwu only felt a shock in the palm of his hand, the straw man in front of him had already cut off half of his head, it was absolutely impossible to say that he was not intimidated, after all, Ye Yingwu had not even used the assault rifle himself before, so it was also a reckless move to control the firearm in person today, but she finally succeeded anyway.

In an instant, Ye Yingwu found that Xiao Yangzi and Su Liuyi's eyes became hot, obviously they also saw the power of the fire gun, and the killing embryo sharpened by the blood and fire on these two battlefields could understand the importance of this fire gun.

Now don't look at the Ming army's various departments are more or less equipped with flying thunder artillery, but in fact, as a large firearm, flying thunder artillery is more inconvenient in transportation, the battle of Xiangyang and the battle of Huainan, Ye Yingwu is also thanks to the flying thunder cannon in the area controlled by the Song army can be transported by the naval division, but once all the way to the north, it is actually into the area controlled by the Mongolian Tatars, and even into the grassland in the future, when the rather cumbersome flying thunder cannon is already difficult to keep up with the lightly armed brigade.

Therefore, the Ming army did not stop the production of this large-scale firearm at the same time, but also needed a more lighter, at the same time the range far exceeded the firearm of thistle terrestris to complement each other, especially the town navy and Huaidu, the cowardly Xue army in Huaibei two battles, has understood that the Mongolian Tartars are trying to figure out the means to deal with the flying thunder artillery, these two times if it is not for the town navy all sides of the command to rush to the front, with human lives to fill, I am afraid that the Mongolian Tartars have broken the myth of the flying thunder cannon is undefeated.

Su Liuyi still remembers these battles vividly, in fact, the Mongolian Tatars' method of dealing with the flying thunder cannon is simple and effective, that is, through the surrounding favorable terrain, the speed of their own cavalry is brought into full play, and as far as possible to disperse the assault, before the town navy reacts, directly rush to the dead corner of the flying thunder cannon, making it difficult for the flying thunder cannon to get much damage, and at the same time, through the coordination of infantry and cavalry, as much as possible to expand the scope of engagement, so that the flying thunder cannon is a mouse trap.

And now if you have a firecracker, you can lock the possibility of a Mongolian cavalry assault at close range, and completely cut down the first weapon of Mongolia's conquest of the world in the flames of firearms.

"How much does this firebolt produce per day?" Ye Yingwu was silent for a moment and then asked in a low voice.

The joy on his face converged, and Guo Shoujing said helplessly: "Up to five can be produced every day, which means that only one hundred and fifty can be produced in a month." ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned, and his voice was low: "One hundred and fifty is really too little." ”

Chen Yuanliang explained with a bitter face on the side: "Your Highness, there are only five people here who have the ability to make this firecracker, and it is already very good to make five in one day." ”

Stretching out his hand and knocking on the table, Ye Yingwu looked around and was a little incredulous: "There are dozens of craftsmen here, why can only five people make them?" ”

"The production of our flying thunder cannon cannot be interrupted, in addition to the refining of gunpowder, as well as the manufacture of simple firearms such as thistle terrestris and earth-shaking thunder, so there are thousands of craftsmen in the entire workshop, including 200 people who specialize in firearms casting, but only five of the 200 people can do it, and the other 50 people are selected as their helpers, and it is not so simple to let them do it together."

Ye Yingwu nodded, in fact, even if he inherited the mantle and economic strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it was already good to be able to have such results, after all, it was still ancient times, and all science and technology were in the embryonic state. Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang couldn't complain about this matter, but they forgot to tell them the advanced production skills of later generations.

Stretching out his hand and pointing to the stream not far away that was specially drawn for fire prevention, Ye Yingwu Zhengse said: "You see that the water of this stream can flow smoothly, because each section of the river can dutifully lead the stream to flow in the direction where it should flow, if the casting of this entire fire gun is the same as every section of the river in the stream, there is no need for everyone to learn how the whole process needs to be, only need them to know how one of the steps should be, and then only complete this one step, I wonder if you think this will speed up the production of firecrackers? ”

His eyes lit up, Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang subconsciously glanced at each other, Guo Shoujing's hand trembled a little and picked up the firearm and slowly rubbed it: "Yes, yes!" His Royal Highness is really a true dragon emperor and an immortal master, if this is the case, he can make fifty people master the various joints of the entire fire hammer casting in one to two days, and he can produce at least forty to fifty pieces a day, which is 1,500 pieces a month! ”

Ye Yingwu smiled and nodded: "If you have this idea, it also comes from this flowing water, so it is better to call it the method of 'flowing water'." ”

Solemnly arching his hand at Ye Yingwu, Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang's faces were full of excitement that could not be concealed, and those craftsmen were even more joyful, obviously discussing what kind of impact this casting production method they had never thought about before would have on them and on the entire craftsman profession.

The method of assembly line production, Ye Yingwu had never thought of it before, and secondly, the process of producing flying thunder guns was relatively simple and easy to understand, and there was not much difference whether the assembly line was used or not.

Leaving Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang to arrange many matters, Ye Yingwu and Su Liuyi left the shooting range and walked towards the mountain, the wind-blown sleeves, Su Liuyi couldn't help but ask softly: "Your Highness, where should this firearm be equipped first?" ”

After being silent for a moment, Ye Yingwu looked at Qingshan Rudai, and said as if he had made up his mind: "Fifty of the hundred battles are left, and then Tianwu, Shence, Shenwei, Zhenhai and their subordinate sailors are each equipped with fifty teams, how to distribute them is decided by the commanders, and the rest are all handed over to the Xuanwu Army." ”

"Xuanwu Army?" Su Liuyi was stunned, although his voice was low, but he already had a fighting spirit, "The envoy is planning to let Li Shuzhang solve the back road first." ”

While striding on the winding mountaineering road, Ye Yingwu said softly: "Dali is a knife on our soft underbelly after all. It's really unlucky, it seems that you need to guard against someone stabbing in the back wherever you go, before it was to guard against Jia Rudao, and now you have to guard against the Mongolian Tartars in Dali, and none of them were able to let go. ”

Su Liuyi couldn't help but smile: "Dali's Mongolian Tatars can't be kept anymore, but I'm afraid it's not enough to just attack Dali, after all, the Mongolian Tatars are very familiar with the relationship between Tibet and Tibet, and through Chengdu Mansion, the Mongolian Tatars can still go south to Dali to support." ”

Coughing lightly, Ye Yingwu looked at Su Liuyi and bowed his head approvingly: "Ren Zhong, you can see the whole overall situation clearly." If we make a move, we naturally can't let Li Shuzhang and the old general Ma Yan sing on stage, which is too boring, Luzhou Gaoda and Hezhou Zhang Jue must have been waiting to make a contribution since they took refuge in a certain place. ”

"However, although the Sichuan and Shu army has a large number, it has to face the deterrence of the Mongol Tatars in Chengdu Mansion and Tongchuan Mansion, which is inevitably a bit difficult to support." Su Liuyi looked worriedly at the green mountains in front of him and the strong barrier that seemed to have a permanent sound of killing.

Stretching out his hand and gently patting Su Liuyi's shoulder, Ye Yingwu smiled and said, "Who said that they should be attacked on both sides?" If a certain divine army is used to contain Liu Quan, Ren Zhong, do you say that Liu Cheng still has the courage to act rashly? At that time, there is only one Chengdu Mansion left, and there is a flying thunder cannon as a help, and I believe that with Gao and Zhang, two generals who have been fighting in Sichuan and Shu for so many years, they will have the ability to take Chengdu Mansion. ”

"Move the army?" Su Liu Yi muttered, "But only the Tianwu Army is left to take care of ······."

"And the town navy." Ye Yingwu reminded in a deep voice, "Although the Zhenhai Navy has suffered heavy losses in Huaibei, after all, it can still take out tens of thousands of people, if a certain person is transferred from the Divine Guard Army, it must be enough to deter Heluo and Chenzhou." Of course, the Zhenjiang Mansion Water Division and the Lianghuai Water Division can't sit and watch a good show, and Jiaozhou will be handed over to Zhang Shun and Xia Song. ”

was about to ascend to the top, but Su Liuyi shook his head: "It's really a move to the whole body." ”

"That's true." Ye Yingwu did not hesitate, the whole person was already standing on the top of the mountain in the next moment, the green mountain seat, like the stars arching the moon, and here through the mist, you can see the Jinling that seems to be still sleeping, and you can see the surging river.

"There is movement everywhere, and then it will depend on whether the Mongolian Tartars can see through it." Ye Yingwu crossed his waist, without the slightest appearance of His Royal Highness King Ming, no different from a tired mountaineer, but the pleasure of conquering the mountains and standing on the top and looking at the four directions was still difficult to hide.

Su Liuyi and Xiao Yangzi climbed up in turn, standing behind Ye Yingwu, in their eyes, it was not so much that they saw splendid mountains and rivers, but that they were the kings of the world looking at his rivers and mountains.

With his arms outstretched, the wind was blowing, and Ye Yingwu laughed and said: "Even if Kublai Khan sees through it, what can he do to me, what can he do to me, what can he do to me!" (To be continued.) )