The coast was filled with gunsmoke, people were busy cooling their artillery with clean water, and in the distance, more than 20 imperial warships were sunk in the sand, and thousands of officers and soldiers of the naval division were floating on the sea.

Seeing the remaining warships disappear into the sea in a hurry, Yang Shiqi said with palpitations: "I didn't expect that thousands of craftsmen who have never been on the battlefield can compete with the imperial army, that artillery is so powerful that a few hits can sink a warship, so in the long run, everyone will use firearms, what is the use of sergeants?" ”

Zhou Peng said with a smile: "The role of soldiers is irreplaceable, women and children can kill people with sharp blades in their hands?" However, with muskets no less than crossbows, the people at the border also had better means of self-protection, and they dared to fight against small groups of pirates or strongmen. ”

Yang Shiqi shook his head and said, "It seems that the musket has to be strictly guarded, in case it falls into the hands of the homeless or the enemy, wouldn't it be aiding the abuse?" It should only be used by the forbidden army in Beijing, and even the border army cannot have it. ”

Zhou Peng frowned and said, "Why do you have this idea?" Childe said that the Westerners had also invented firearms, and the surrounding countries were vying to learn from them, just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, called the Renaissance of the West, which made civilization develop at a very fast speed, and every ten years is equivalent to the current century. And with the conservatism of adults, firearms are not allowed to be popularized, even if they have sharp weapons but rest on their laurels, the common people may not be able to own firearms, but even ordinary soldiers are not allowed to be reasonable? You must know that the sea and land are interconnected, and the Mongols will bring in firearms sooner or later. ”

Yang Shiqi suddenly said: "I see, that's what I lost my words before, since you can get a sharp weapon without going through the barbarians of Middle Earth, how to deal with it, what is the best way for the childe to deal with this?" ”

Zhou Peng sighed: "Childe's talent is beyond our reach, Gongzi said that the change of dynasty is not something that can be redeemed by manpower, what we have to do now is to make the country prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment." If we can keep up with the development of Western civilization, then there will be no tragedy of being ruled by foreign races around China in the future. ”

Yang Shiqi said movingly: "Please teach me, sir?" ”

Zhou Peng smiled: "Gongzi said that the appearance of firearms will completely change the way of warfare, my China has a vast territory and the largest population base and the most prosperous economy and people's livelihood, just ask tens of millions of Han people armed with muskets, even if Genghis Khan led a million Mongolian cavalry south?" Firearms warfare is fought with comprehensive national strength, and there will never be a foreign army that can be invincible in the world. ”

Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice: "Tens of millions of Han people, what should we do if they rebel?" ”

Zhou Peng turned his head to look at Yang Shiqi, who had a stern expression, and sneered: "There is a way in the imperial court. Will the people of the world rebel? There is no way in the imperial court, which is nothing more than a reproduction of the endings of the previous dynasties. Lord Yang's ancestors have eaten the Yulu of the Great Song Dynasty, and his father has been an official of the previous dynasty, and now you are a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the descendants are nothing more than an official of another dynasty. ”

Yang Shiqi was taken aback, pointed at Zhou Peng and said angrily: "Dare to say such rebellious words, what kind of sage book are you reading?" ”

Zhou Peng's expression remained unchanged, and he said coldly: "I think that after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Japanese State ridiculed that there was no more China under the cliff mountain. How sad is it? Goryeo Cochin and other countries have since left Germany! I, Zhou Peng, am a Han Chinese, and I only know that following my son will not let other races trample on the rivers and mountains, and I am loyal to the Han family, not a certain family and a certain surname. Could it be that in the eyes of you, Yang Shiqi, the life and death of the people of Li are not as good as the emperor sitting on the dragon court? ”

Yang Shiqi suddenly changed color and said: "Could it be that the son wants to rebel?" ”

Zhou Peng said disdainfully: "Pedantic!" Isn't it the same to change the family name and surname? ”

Yang Shiqi paused and said, "Then what do you want?" ”

Zhou Peng said slowly: "This is to ask Lord Yang yourself, whether you are loyal to the monarch or loyal to the country." ”

"Zhongjun? Loyalty? Yang Shiqi muttered to himself in confusion, for a scholar who was born in traditional feudal Confucian etiquette in this era. How difficult is it to understand the truth that everyone in the future understands?

At this moment, Mu Hui led a warship with more than a dozen artillery pieces to follow the defeated sailor fleet of the imperial court, and gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Tzu swears that he must let the craftsmen develop faster galleons. To create the invincible fleet that Xu Hao said, it is impossible to block the waterway. Grandma's! Seeing the 50,000 Liaodong Army crossing the sea to Shandong, it was really fucking breathless. ”

After scolding, Mu Hui looked back, and saw Ma He kneeling on the deck pouting and chanting prayers, and when he stood up after finishing his work, he asked angrily: "Three treasures, what Allah do you kneel down all day long, it's really boring!" ”

Ma He said with a smile: "I am praying to Allah to bless the safety of the king and the fleet." ”

Mu Hui said: "I don't understand why you have to go to sea with me, you have obviously made a lot of military achievements, and you are the highest-ranking eunuch in the inner servant, what good is it for you to stay away from the prince?" ”

Ma He explained with a yearning expression: "My family has believed in Allah for generations, and I must go to Mecca once in my life to make a pilgrimage, so that I can become a highly respected Haji, that is, a pilgrim of the pilgrims. ”

Mu Hui kindly reminded: "Nowadays, pirates and pirates are rampant, you have to be careful, it is too dangerous to not have enough manpower to protect them." ”

"Thank you for the general's words, the Three Treasures will be taken to heart." Ma He looked determined, staring at the blue sea and the white seagulls hovering in the sky.

In Cangzhou City, Xu Hao frowned and stood on the street, looking at the Hui craftsmen who were breaking ground, a very large mosque was to be built here, the imperial court approved and allocated a thousand taels of silver, and it is said that there is a mosque in preparation.

Xu Hao hated the Green Religion but treated the Hui people equally, and Hebei was one of the main gathering places of the Hui people, and there was nothing to guard against in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

I have to say that the Hui people are famous for holding together with the outside world, and there is no need to intensify the national contradictions, Xu Hao said to the Hui officials: "The drawings are all changed to the wooden structure of the traditional Chinese style, don't repair the dome of the Middle East, too ostentatious and heterogeneous, in case of war and chaos, you have to burn it to the light." ”

The official didn't dare to offend Xu Hao, who was holding a heavy army, and said with a smile: "What the adults said is reasonable, this will change the drawings." ”

Speaking of which, there are many Hui officials who are officials in the DPRK, and the highest rank is the senior member of the Ministry of Rites and the imperial history, and the Mongolian Jurchen military attache is even more grasped, and there are many Korean officials.

Anyway, Xu Hao's words made the Halal Peking University Mosque and Botou Mosque under construction continue for thousands of years.

Historically, both temples were burned, and the wise Hui people changed to the traditional style. It is said that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Emperor Chongzhen wanted to repair the Jinluan Palace, and transported a large amount of timber from the south to Cangzhou through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Li Zicheng's peasant army captured the city of Beijing, and this batch of timber was used by Hui officials to repair the mosque.

Cangzhou is the only way for the canal, which runs through the whole territory and creates a prosperous market and places of interest. It is also a well-known hometown of martial arts, and the folk customs are very fierce, and Xu Hao is interested in watching the local customs along the shore.

Xu Hao did not immediately return to Beiping with Zhu Gaochi, and stayed after handing over the military power to Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu was helpless about this, and Zhu Di didn't say anything after learning about it.

Cangzhou seems to be buried under the ground with objective reserves of oil, Xu Hao has been pondering the road problem recently, wooden wheels are too inconvenient, the south ships and the north drives, if you can build a criss-crossing similar modern highway in the north and Liaodong, is it beneficial to the country?

Speaking of as early as the Han Dynasty has been discovered and began to use oil, at first called fertilizer, the Song Dynasty Shen Kuo in the "Mengxi Pen Talk" for the first time called this natural mineral oil, but also tried to use crude oil combustion to produce soot to make ink, "black light such as lacquer, pine ink is not as good as also!" ”

During the Yuan Dynasty, Yanchang County built an oil well, as a treatment for camels, horses, and cattle scabies, since the Ming Dynasty, the county was extended to 400 catties per year, so the battle of Beiping was used by Xu Hao as a defense of the city.

"It's a pity that I didn't study chemical engineering back then!"

Xu Hao, walking on the embankment, let out a long sigh and tried to recall the distribution of natural asphalt, which seems to be mainly in the northwest region, Qinghai and Sichuan.

Xu Hao also doesn't know what the advantages and disadvantages of asphalt pavement are, but asphalt is a good thing to prevent moisture, water and corrosion, and it may be suitable for building dams or applying it to ships.

Tired of walking and getting into the carriage, under the protection of fifty guards, he bumped all the way towards his residence, Xu Hao habitually thought about rubber wheels, but unfortunately the rubber trees were far away in South America.

Just when he was lingering in Cangzhou, the Yan army that began to storm Jinan was overwhelmed for a long time, and Zhu Di did not want to use artillery to cause excessive casualties, so he ordered to build a dam to cut off the river to irrigate the city, which really made the soldiers and civilians in the city panic.

There was a strategist Wang Du who offered advice, and the government made Tie Xuan calm and calm, so that the soldiers defending the city cried bitterly that Jinan was in a hurry, and there was no day to die!

Removing all the equipment defending the city, Tie Xuan showed that he had no intention of defending, and sent a thousand people out of the city to surrender.

The squire, as the representative, knelt on the ground and shouted: "The traitorous ministers are disloyal, so that the king will be exposed to frost and dew, and he will worry about the society." Who is not the son of Emperor Gao? Who was not a subject of Emperor Gao? It's ridiculous again! Only the people of the East China Sea, who do not practice military revolution, and hear that the army is pressing, will be said to gather and annihilate, which is the meaning of losing the king of the world and Zi Yuanyuan. Please retreat ten miles from the king, ride into the city alone, and wait for the ministers to meet with pot pulp. ”

Zhu Di was very happy to hear this, and the next day he rode a horse to the city gate, in order to show his sincerity, in addition to the guards holding umbrella covers, he only brought more than ten knights wearing bright armor.

After crossing the bridge until the city was down, the city gate slowly opened, and there was an overwhelming cheer of Chitose inside, Zhu Di couldn't help but be very proud, and the soldiers took Jinan City, the capital of Shandong, without bloodshed, and won the imperial court million army in a row, compared to Xu Hao's record is really not worth mentioning.

At this moment, Xu Wen's heart on the head of the city jumped, and he tightly held the flintlock pistol in his hand that was decorated as a flag, hesitating whether to shoot King Yan to death. Or kill Xu Huizu, the enemy who killed his father not far away?

Looking at the hundreds of thousands of Yan troops with flags waving in the distance and their morale like a rainbow, Xu Wen gritted his teeth and grabbed the trigger towards Xu Huizu first.

Bang! The unsuspecting Xu Huizu immediately fell on his back. (To be continued......)