Regardless of whether it is because of his sudden intervention that history has changed, since it has already happened, then it can only be dealt with positively. For the current Roche family, it is to speed up the pace of development in order to cope with the changes that will occur in the future.

Therefore, the next day, when the sun was rising, Masara set out again and headed for the castle of Kishigaku. With the expansion of the Luo family's territory, Kishiyue City seems to be a little far away from the center of the territory, and in order to strengthen his control over the territory, Masahiro is already secretly thinking about whether to move the city to the village city.

The sun shines like golden sand on the ground, making the endless rice fields along the road look golden. Masahiro marched all the way, inspecting the rice fields on both sides of the marching avenue along the way. The surrounding people who were working in the fields all came to the roadside and knelt on the ground to worship after seeing the main eagle banner of Masayo. For the sake of safety, Masahiro did not stop to talk to these leaders, but waved to them all the way and continued to move forward.

After half a day's march on the military road, at noon, Masayo's team finally came to the vicinity of Kishigaku Castle.

At this time, the newly renovated Rashi Shrine near Kishigake Castle is bustling with activity, and many people are bringing their families to the shrine to pray for a good harvest this year.

This Roche Shrine is located on Mt. Hidaka next to Kishitake Castle Town, and from the top of the mountain, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the valley formed by the Matsuura River, including Kishitake Castle Castle.

At this time, two young girls were standing next to a mountain rock near the Luo Shrine. The breeze gently lifts the city maid's hat covered in transparent light veil, and looks at the hazy morning light behind the mist on the distant mountains. An unconscious smile crossed the lips of the slightly older girl.

"Sister Ju. It's a lively place today. The younger girl on the side said to the older girl.

The older girl nodded. He said, "Yes, there are so many people today. ”

After saying that, the older girl hung down the light veil of the city girl's hat, wrapped straw shoes around the soles of her feet, dressed in thin clothes, and walked lightly down the mountain.

Seeing that the older girl was leaving, the young girl's eyes moved, and she hurriedly said, "Sister Ju, I heard that someone is planting cotton nearby." I was born and there was a lot of cotton growing there, so why don't we go and see it? ”

The older girl turned around and glanced at the young girl angrily, and then said, "It's not too early, I'm afraid Tang Wanmaru is already looking for me at this time, besides, didn't you say that you only came out here today to have a look?" If my husband knows that I brought you out, I will be blamed. ”

"Gee, what's there to blame for coming out and playing? Besides, if you look at so many guards around us, people can't escape if they want to? As for the danger. Not even more. Staying in the city every day, Da Hei is not there. It's almost suffocating. The young girl said coquettishly. This girl is none other than Nohime, who is under house arrest in Kishigaku Castle. And the eldest daughter is Masayo's wife, Kikuhime.

Since adapting to the life of the Luo family, Nonghime has quickly gained the love of everyone in the city, especially Juhime, who almost treats her as his sister. Today, under the repeated requests of Nohime, and after the tacit approval of the fortunate suke, who is in charge of the security of Kishiyue, Kikuhime took Nohime to play outside the city. Now Nohime is obviously not having fun, but Kikuhime is very restrained, so she is ready to stop conniving at Nohime's nonsense.

"Look, that's the main flag of the Lord of the Kingdom!"

"Ahh The Lord of the Kingdom is back! ”

At this moment, there was a commotion among the surrounding crowds, and many people began to head down the mountain.

Kikuhime and Nohime looked in the direction of the crowd, and saw a team of sharp-hearted fans heading in the direction of Kishigaku Castle along the avenue down the mountain in a very orderly manner. And in the center of the team, under the main flag unique to the Luo family, there was a person sitting on the back of a big black horse in a heroic posture, frequently waving to the welcoming leaders around him.

As if he had a heart, just as Masara looked up, he happened to meet the gaze of Juhime, who had just arrived at the foot of the mountain. Masara smiled slightly, while Kikuhime blushed.

"Oops, Big Black, you're finally back." At this moment, Nonghime next to him screamed happily, and then pulled his legs and planned to squeeze into the crowd.

"Princess, stay safe!" At this time, Mori Kecheng, who was one of the guards of Ju Ji and Nonghime, really couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly stopped him.

At this time, Baili Hei under Masahiro also seemed to see Nohime, and immediately snorted happily at Nohime.

"Alright, you pervert, go over." Masato knocked on Baili Hei's head angrily. This guy is indeed a lustful guy.,Usually a few of Masaara's little surnames are responsible for feeding it.,As a result, it's always a tantrum.,But when Masa-ra's righteous daughter Mei Ji or Nonghime comes out.,It will obediently obey.。 This kind of performance of Baili Hei suddenly almost killed Nabeshima and others who had been beaten by it a few feet.

So, with the help of the guards, Masara broke through the crowd and slowly walked towards where Kikuhime was standing.

"Good news, my lord!" Just as Masara jumped off his horse and was about to walk in front of Kikuhime, a ghost head suddenly appeared in front of Masaji. The person who came was Ander, who had rushed to hear the news, and behind him stood Prussia, who was in charge of casting large cylinders for the Roche family.

"Say, what good news." Masashi smiled at Ju Ji a little apologetically, and then said to Andel with a straight face, "You know, this time I didn't even recruit the Iron Cannon Team to go to Feihou, I just hope you can concentrate on polishing the big cylinder for me as soon as possible." I hope what you said today is really good news. ”

"Dear lord, there will definitely be no more problems this time, and I am willing to guarantee this month's salary." Andel immediately saluted.

"Oh? Looks like you're confident! Masara said with a smile. Andre's wife just gave birth to her second child at the beginning of this year, so as a father of two children, he is still very stressed, and he attaches more importance to Yulu. Now this guy who regards gold as his life is willing to vouch for it, and it seems that this time he is confident that he can meet the requirements of Zhengliang.

"Get up, and since you have so much faith, take me to see it. If it still doesn't satisfy me. This time it's not as simple as deducting money. Masato said.

"See what? Can I go too? At this time, Nonghime, who had already teased a hundred miles of black, came over. I just heard the conversation between the two of them. Immediately asked curiously.

As soon as he saw Nohime, Masarashi couldn't help but think of the information he received yesterday about the Saito family and the Oda family. With the current situation, in fact, there is no need for Nonghime to continue to stay in the Luo family. Thinking of this, Masahiro quipped:

"Hmm. This is the family's secret. If you must follow along, then I will cancel my plan to send you back to Mino. ”

After listening to Masayo's words, Nonghime was stunned for a moment, and then immediately smiled at Masato and said, "Respected Lord of the Kingdom, even if I don't go to see it." Are you really going to send me back to Mino? After finishing speaking, he didn't forget to look at Masahiro mischievously.

In fact, he was really right, and Masato really couldn't send Nonghime back. Because at this time, Nonghime had already known a lot of the secrets of the Luo family through her ears and eyes and side knocks, and if she was allowed to return to Minong like this, many secrets of the Luo family would be leaked out because of this.

"Hey, you can't blame me! If you want to blame it, you are too curious! Zhengliang thought to himself.

"Come on, today we're going to see a new firework." Thinking of this, Masara did not directly reply to Nonghime's provocative rhetorical question, but ignored the shyness of Juji on the side. Directly took her little hand and walked forward.

Andel and Prussia behind him hurriedly ran to the front to lead the way, while the rest of the soldiers hurriedly arranged protection around them. This includes Mori Kosei, who returned from the Nogaoyama New Barracks to visit Nohime.

Led by the two of them, the group came to a valley basin near Kishigaku City. The surrounding valleys are all home to the Luo family's weapons workshop, so almost every entrance is guarded by peasants, and idlers are not allowed to enter.

Once you arrive at your destination. Masarashi saw a row of workshops built in the middle of the valley.

"Just take me to see that big tube!" After taking a look at the situation in the workshop, Masato ordered directly.

Ander's riding boots slammed together on his heels, and led Masarashi to a warehouse made of wood. The door to the storehouse was guarded by two ashigaru, and the door was tied with three large wooden strips. After Masara and the others arrived, the two ashigaru lifted the bolt and pushed the door open.

After entering, the warehouse was empty, except for a central object wrapped in cloth and slightly bulging.

At this time, Prussia, who had not spoken until now, hurriedly walked up to the cloth-covered object and said, "Your Excellency, this is a cannon recast by your subordinates, please take a look at it." ”

Masara nodded, walked to the object with a solemn expression, bent down and stretched out his hand to slowly uncover the cloth, only to see a copper round pipe, with a circle of iron hoops wrapped around the outside, lying quietly on the ground.

Compared with the cannons of later generations, the barrel of the cannon in front of me is really a bit short, and it is estimated that the firing range will not be far there. However, with the current technique, it is not bad to be able to reach such a level. Masarashi didn't expect it to be a killing weapon on the battlefield, but at least it could be used to siege cities.

After carefully observing the statue for a while, Masarashi turned to Ander and Prussia and said, "Okay, I still have to see the actual effect, so let's show me first." Stay safe! At the end of the day, Zhengliang couldn't help but remind.

In fact, it has been more than two years since Indre and Prussia began casting large cylinders for the Roche family. During this time, the two of them cast a total of three large cylinders. The first cylinder exploded during the test of the gun, directly killing two craftsmen. Although the second large cylinder has not exploded after improvement, the firing range is only more than ten meters, and the accuracy is super poor. Now this is the third big barrel that is about to test the cannon, and the political conscience can't help but feel a little apprehensive.

With the same worried expression as Zhengliang, there were also Ander and Prussia, they knew that the results of the cannon casting test during this period of time were going to be tested today, plus they had disappointed many of Zhengliang's expectations and consumed a lot of Luo family resources, so they also felt a little ashamed in their hearts.

So with such a mood, they ordered two ashigaru to carry the cannon out of the warehouse.

At this time, the playground specially used to test the cannon was already crowded with many people, some of them were Kikuhime and Nohime and others who came with Masaara, and they were curiously looking at the behemoths placed on the playground. The other part is more than a dozen craftsmen involved in the casting of the cylinder. Most of these craftsmen are shirtless. Dark complexion. After a long period of smoking, the faces are a little boring. Because these people learned that Zhengliang was going to test the cannon today, they all stood aside in a nervous mood, and they also wanted to see the results of their hard work.

"Meet the Lord."

When these craftsmen saw Masahiro enter, they hurriedly bowed down together. Zhengliang ordered them to stand up without much politeness, and said, "Everyone has worked hard. ”

While Masarashi was talking to the craftsmen, Ander was already directing a few ashigaru to start piling sandbags on the playground, and Ander was setting up a gun mount. The Europeans at this time were attacking the city. Basically, the barrel is held on a sandbag as a gun mount.

The history of cannons is that when they first appeared, cannons were still used as siege tools, not in field battles. In history, the two emperors have created the era of the use of cannons. One was the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, and the second was King Gustav II of Sweden. The former captured Constantinople in 1453 with artillery, and the latter ushered in the era of field artillery.

Andel patiently commanded Ashigaru on the side, increasing and decreasing the elevation angle of the barrel, and from time to time he raised his thumb to correct, looking very professional. After determining the elevation angle of the barrel. Ashikaru then carefully filled the barrel with solid pellets and a proportionate amount of gunpowder.

After equipping. Andel himself stood next to the cannon with a torch in his hand, and after making a cross in the sky, he lit the rope on the cannon. As soon as Anderfang lit the firestring, several ashigaru hurried to the side, retreating far away in fear.

The first time the same scene was the cannon, but the cannon finally exploded, and the two craftsmen standing on the side were directly killed. This time, however, the arquebuses sounded, and only Ander and Prussia stood motionless beside the cannons.

And Masayo, who was in the distance, also plugged the ears of Kikuhime and Nonghime at this time. Although the two didn't know why Lu Dao Zhengliang did this, since it was Zhengliang's request, they accepted it. Then he watched curiously at Andrew's actions in the distance. After seeing that after Ander lit the rope, he stood directly to the side and held the torch high in his hand, as if he was praying.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a roaring cannon, and the entire valley seemed to be shaken, and Ju Ji and Nonghime were even more frightened and hid directly in Masayo's arms. The rest of the valley squatted down by ear.

Zheng's conscience was also shocked, the power of this artillery is really much more powerful than the so-called arquebus, and the power of one shot is so fast, no wonder there is the title of the king of land warfare. Let's not talk about the actual killing power, this sound alone is estimated to scare the enemy half to death.

"Ha Luha, it's a success, it's a success!" On the playground at this time, Ander and Prussia hugged each other like children, cheering and celebrating.

Compared with the madness of these two people, the dozen or so craftsmen were much more subtle, and they were only in tears.

"Finally it worked!" A smile also appeared on Masahiro's face. In order to wait for the appearance of this big tube, Zhengliang has been waiting for more than two years.

Masara walked to the side of the cannon, which was still hot and hot at the moment. To be precise, this should be a mortar. Different from field artillery, field artillery kills and injures infantry, because of the low elevation angle, it mostly uses the method of ricocheting projectile launch, chain ejection, and a dozen is a column. The principle of the mortar gun is similar to that of the mortar, which is a gun with a high elevation angle, but a short barrel and a large caliber. This was mainly due to the fact that the metal casting process was not exquisite, and it was difficult to cast long-barreled guns.

"Ander, Prussia!" Zhengliang shouted.

Hearing Masaliang's call, Ander and the two hurriedly stopped their crazy actions and hurriedly came to Masaliang.

"My lordship, we succeeded."

"Well, I know what to do," said Masarashi with a smile, "you and Prussia have done a good job this time, and each of you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold, and the rest of the craftsmen will be rewarded with fifty taels of gold each, and the ordinary helpers will be rewarded with five buckets of rice each." ”

"Xie Lu, thank you, lord!" When everyone heard this, they immediately thanked him.

"How long will it take for you to cast such a big cylinder?" Masarashi continued to ask.

This time it was Prussia who replied, and after thinking about it, he said: "Half a year, you can build two doors at the same time in half a year, but it is a great luck that one of the two can be qualified." ”

"Okay, even if you have one for half a year, plus this cannon, you must build me two more siege guns within a year."

"Yes, Your Majesty will swear to complete it." Ander and Prussia spoke excitedly.

Masara looked at Prussia's expression, but he couldn't help but think in his heart, when his siege cannon appeared under the fortress of the wealthy families in Kyushu, what kind of expressions did these wealthy families have?

Just when Zhengliang was thinking about the scene when the big cylinder officially appeared on the battlefield, Sen Kecheng, who had visited the whole test launch of the big cylinder, was turbulent in his heart at this time.

If such a weapon is used on the battlefield, it is really too scary, originally the Luo family is now in Kyushu in full swing, if you master such a weapon again, it will be like a tiger with wings. Then that day, the young lord's wish to tell him about the world of martial arts really did not seem to be out of reach!

Of course, there was still one thing in his mind that he couldn't understand, that is, why the young lord had allowed him to participate in this almost top-secret test.

Of course, what he didn't know was that in the eyes of Masahiro, the appearance of the big tube was no secret. As Zhu Qinfeng's Nanban ships traveled around the Warring States, in addition to selling the muskets in his hands to the daimyo along the way, the guns on his ships have also been known to the world.

In addition, Zhengliang did intend to show the strength of the Luo family in front of Sen Kecheng, so that he slowly had the idea of joining the Luo family. At least for now, this is working. (To be continued......)