Money is insufficient, can only be replaced by silk cloth, I have to say, this is one of the sorrows of the prosperous and prosperous Chinese nation. Even the money is not enough, so it is even more clumsy to want to make artillery and shells.

Although Ben Gongzi earns a lot of money, he can't melt the copper money and use it to make artillery, right?

Now it is the time to trade with foreign merchants, and a mandatory order has been passed, foreign merchants must settle their purchases with copper coins and copper ingots, and finally let last year's copper ingots exceed 500,000 catties, and a cannon plus two bases of ammunition will have to consume 2,000 catties of copper, so 500,000 catties can only meet 250 artillery pieces and two bases of ammunition at most.

This is not counting the loss during manufacturing, and the 500,000 catties can't all be used to make cannons, and many things need to use this kind of metal.

Therefore, now it can only be trial-produced, that is, it is impossible to manufacture it on a large scale, at least until a large copper mine is found, it is impossible to manufacture artillery on a large scale, in my eyes, it is not a trained musketeer, and there are mature tactics, the current flintlock tactics are not mature, so the complete replacement of musketeers is not yet timely.

However, artillery, the king of this weapon, has reached very ripe conditions for entering the arena of war.

Of course, Ben Gongzi had already ordered the expedition fleet in the land of Jiaozhi to start sea trials to the southeast, and strive to find those islands full of mineral deposits as soon as possible. At that point, you can do whatever you want.

The ships used by our expedition fleet are the fastest clippers in the future before the beginning of the era of the great steam engine, and with this thing as an expedition ship, not to mention the islands of South Asia, even the New World can go.

So far, they have discovered a few small islands, but the islands I described are at least the size of ten counties, they have not found them yet, but I believe they will be soon.

In the end, I still persuaded Liu Hongji not to fight this kind of artillery idea, such a large thing, how can you transport it into Luoyang, can it be said that it is transported in a coffin? In Luoyang, there are only those who bury people outside the city, and there is no mention of pulling the coffin into Luoyang City to hold a bonfire party.

Therefore, Liu Hongji finally gave up this tempting idea, but I decided to provide three to five thousand pieces of grenade to Brother Hongji and the gang of people under him at that time. With this thing, if nothing else, the city gate alone can be blown up countless times.

In the next few days, Liu Hongji stayed in the General Staff Department, and informed the staff members in detail about the deployment of the Zheng Army and the personalities and relationships of the important ministers.

These are absolutely necessary, as the saying goes, knowing the enemy and winning all battles. If you want to defeat your opponents, you must first understand. What's more, attacking Wang Shichong is the first step for this son to set foot in the Central Plains, so he naturally has to make a good start, so he must investigate the enemy situation deeply to know the truth.

Now, this son sits on the world's nearly two-thirds of the previous dynasty, and the power is so great, even if the Central Plains heroes join forces, they are not my opponents, and my plan is not only to pacify the Central Plains, but also to pacify the present enemies and future enemies around the land of China.

In a word, it is best to strangle all the dangers I can perceive in the cradle.

Staying on the shore of this blue lake, admiring this beautiful and tranquil beauty, looking at the two girls crawling on the ground not far away, and admiring the Yaoguang girl who was simply tied with a ponytail not far away, instructing Sister Qingxia to practice archery.

Qingxia's swordsmanship is quite good, this is what Yaoguang's sister said herself, but, archery, and this son belong to the same level, I really don't understand what is the use of Qingxia practicing archery again.

Although there are many skills, but the problem is that it is enough to have a mother-in-law who likes to slash and kill all day long, I don't want two mothers-in-law to stand in front of me with a knife in one hand and a tripod in the other, and this son can only the orchid finger and sit on the emperor's throne to pose, such a picture is not only weird but also disgusting.

Midnight and Zigui, the two little girls, don't seem to have a quiet time, especially in midnight, if there is no nurse to stop them, maybe this child will learn to climb trees.

It's too naughty, I used to hear that boys are much more naughty than girls, but now it seems that after seeing my nephew and a few daughters of Liu Hongji's family, I finally understand that it just means that under normal circumstances, boys are more amorous than girls, but in special circumstances, such as the two daughters of my family, I never know what it means to be afraid.

The day before yesterday, midnight climbed from a chair to the dining table, and fell to the ground, scaring the whole family enough, and the little girl only flattened her mouth, rubbed the bulge that had been knocked out of her head, and then continued to crawl.

At that time, the mother who had tears was speechless, and my son couldn't cry or laugh, but Yaoguang hugged Midnight and kissed several times and even said that it was okay, when she was young, she often fell so much, and she still grew so big.

From this day on, I finally understood that my daughter is not an ordinary person, at least she is definitely a person with her mother. They all belong to very strong and tough women.

Then, I began to worry, how can such a girl find her in-laws? Headache!

Of course, I would never have done that kind of arranged marriage, but at this time, I had such an idea, perhaps, it is better to find a suitable in-law for my daughter than to take risks on her own, right? Not every man is a gentleman like her father and me.

It seems that there are only two daughters, if I give birth to a bunch of daughters like Liu Hongji, wouldn't this son, an excellent traverser, be shouted in unison by countless young heroes or hooligans Long live my father-in-law? Depend on!

looked left and right, fortunately, no one was squatting behind my ass to enjoy the scenery, even Li Yuanfang was squatting with his father Li Yan, one of them smiling a cigar at the foot of the big tree. I couldn't help but gladly wipe the cold sweat on my forehead, alas, it seems that I am really an idle person, and it is easy to scare myself when I am idle.

I was thinking about whether I should do something serious, but I heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and when I looked back, Tang Jian, the foreign minister, was rushing towards me as if there was a group of vicious dogs behind his buttocks.

However, the expression was very excited and joyful, as if he saw the flower in his heart, Chang'e in his dream, and his eyes were so **** and evil. Very strange pace and expression are almost so unusual, I can see that this son quickly stood up, his steps were not bad, and he sank into the dantian with a breath of true anger. This girl dared to pounce on Lao Tzu, and my son decided to make him know how precious the chrysanthemums under His Majesty the Emperor of the Dao Dao were, and no one in the world could peep at them.

"Your Majesty, great joy!" When he was about six or seven steps away from me, Tang Jian seemed to sense the deep murderous aura of his son, and hurriedly took a step, and then exclaimed with a look of surprise.

"Big joy? You say I'm happy? I scratched my head and squinted at the object.

"Of course, ah, no, what the minister said is that the court is happy, and the country is happy." Tang Jian grinned and quickly explained.

"What the hell is that?" I sat back in the recliner and gestured to the chair next to me for the dude to sit down. At this time, a waitress had already brought tea to wait.

"Your Majesty, the Western Turkic Khanate has arrived." Tang Jian hurriedly said after pouring a cup of tea in one go.

"What? Could it be that they don't have the territory of the Eastern Turks, and they want to send us some more gifts, so that we can't fight with the Eastern Turks? I rolled my eyes and said angrily.

"How can that, they just finished pinching, both sides have their own injuries, and they haven't eased their breath yet, how can they pinch each other again." Tang Jian smiled, put the teacup on the table, and said with a straight face.

"Could it be that the Khan of Tongye Hu is crazy? Do you want to send money to me? "Ben Gongzi is very curious.

"No, Your Majesty, the Western Turkic Emperor Yehu Khan sent an envoy to propose to the court." Tang Jian rolled his eyes very unsightly and then whispered.

"Propose?" Ben Gongzi's eyes couldn't help but widen. "He proposed to the court?" This guy can't be sick, right? How old is my daughter, proposing?

Tang Jian nodded, and began to flicker in front of me endlessly: "Yes, I hope to marry the princess of my Huaxia Empire, so as to repair the relationship with my Huaxia and jointly deal with the ...... of the Eastern Turkic Khanate."

I stared at this thing with a black line on my face, and for a long time, I pointed to the two girls who were crawling under a curved willow, provoking my mother to keep complaining, and squinted at Tang Jian. "Are you sure you want me to take this girl who can't even speak to marry the Western Turkic Khanate, who is almost in her early fifties?" Please, sister, please, mother, Lao Tzu's precious daughter, you bad old man is embarrassed to marry cheeky!

Seeing my two lovely daughters, Tang Jian grinned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. Seeing Ben Gongzi glaring at him with a murderous face, he quickly shook his head quickly. "Your Majesty's words are wrong, how can the minister do this? If so...... Well, such a woman married the old man of Tongye Hu, and behaved like this, when people and gods were angry. ”

Nonsense, it's not just the anger of people and gods, it's simply the anger of people and animals, and the dogs of Chang'an should raise their middle fingers towards the west to show that the animal world also looks down on this kind of scum.

"However, Your Majesty, now, the Eastern Turks are powerful, and since the reign of the Najieli Khan, the attitude towards my China is not good, our trade in the Guanbei region, except for the wine and horse trade, other trade exchanges, almost all of them have been cut off, which shows the evil of his perception of my China."

"I know very well that Jieli is not a good person, the important thing is that he has the heart to peek into my Central Plains." I nodded, sat up straight, and said with a gloomy expression.