Indeed, what every dynasty fears most is rebellion. That's why before I seized the world, I strictly demanded that the army be trained as a people's army, and long-term indoctrination and strict military discipline made this army the steel army of the Chinese Empire.

Instead of rebels who will always swing their knives at their own people and countries. But even so, people have no immediate worries, but must have long-term concerns. Therefore, this shortcoming of gunpowder weapons just formed another key point for the court to control the army.

Next, the generals of the military expressed to me their strong desire to be able to replace the request for such weapons and equipment as soon as possible.

For their thoughts, Ben Gongzi can only roll his eyes. Ben Gongzi first counted the cost of flintlock pistols and cannons with his fingers, which were far higher than those of a hundred horizontal knives and large crossbows, and even after several improvements, the total cost of a flintlock pistol was equivalent to three horizontal knives.

And the sale of such weapons is absolutely prohibited. Each weapon has a number on it, and the firearms regiment has strict rules for the use and storage of firearms, for fear of being acquired by countries and individuals with ulterior motives.

However, after discussion, it was decided that after the railway from Chang'an to Yan'an County was completed, the steam locomotive would be tested on a trial basis, and if its carrying capacity and speed were far greater than that of the horse-drawn carriage, then the railway from Chang'an to Jiaozhi should be built first, so that all kinds of precious metals from the south could be transported to Chang'an.

In addition, Wei Yunqi made a proposal, hoping to build a gunpowder factory in the southern region, and it is best to build an ordnance factory in the southern region in the future, so as to minimize the consumption of power, so that the army of the Nanyang Islands of the Chinese Empire can obtain the supply of weapons and equipment faster.

I agree, but at least we will have to wait until the railway from Chang'an to Jiaozhi is completed and the supply capacity of Chang'an's major national ordnance factories is met first. In the interim, five years are expected.

In the next five years, the Janissary Firearms Regiment will be upgraded to a special test division, numbering more than 15,700 people. Of these, there will be 8,000 cuirassiers, 3,000 cuirassiers, and an artillery reinforced regiment consisting of a hundred guns and a thousand cuirassiers.

These 1,000 cuirassiers were naturally there to protect the guards of the artillery position, and with them, the 3,000 or 5,000 men could not approach the artillery position at all, and even if there were more enemies, they would be able to delay the time for the artillery to prepare or evacuate safely.

After all, all the artillery was also all on horseback, and the artillery and shells were all horse-pulled, so the mobility was extremely powerful, even stronger than the infantry.

The thought of being able to form an army composed entirely of hot weapons, thinking about it makes people feel like they want to drool, at that time, who else is there in the world to be the enemy, damn it, Lao Tzu is afraid that he will be as lonely as snow when he fights all over Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

"My little ancestor, I'm afraid of you, you said you have such a big belly, and you still follow those two girls to sit on the slide bar?" Ben Gongzi fell on the chair weakly, looking at the Yaoguang girl next to him who was blushing and sweating, and almost fainted on the ground in despair.

"Husband, be quiet, let your mother-in-law hear it in a while, the concubine can't afford to be guilty." Yaoguang hurriedly rushed up, reached out to cover my mouth, and smiled flatteringly. The bright eye waves, in the autumn sun, look so clear.

"Do you know that you can't afford to eat sin?" After pulling Yaoguang's hand away, Ben Gongzi rolled his eyes, looked at her stomach that had already stood up, and said distressedly: "How old are you, I don't know how to pay attention to my body, if something happens, how can you explain to yourself?" ”

The incessant complaints of this son made the Yaoguang girl become depressed, and she squeezed out a flattering smile and whispered: "Okay, husband, the concubine just listens to you, but don't let my mother-in-law and my mother know?" ”

"Little thing, don't allow it next time, the activity can be moved, but it can't be done by the temperament of those two little girls." I straightened my face and pinched the delicate nose of the Yaoguang girl and warned.

"Okay, okay, the concubine knows, I won't let you see it next time, uh, no, no, I actually won't do these dangerous games again." Yaoguang hurriedly raised his hand and swore an oath.

I almost laughed when I saw her serious appearance, but I still held back, saving this woman from being so pampered that she almost kicked her nose in the face.

"Mother, are you asleep?" After chatting with Yaoguang girl for a while, and seeing the food on the table, I walked to the side of my mother who was leaning on a chair and admiring the autumn mood of Bihu Lake outside the window.

"No, what's wrong Shiro?" My mother turned her head and smiled at me.

"Mother, you're a little unhappy during this time." I sat down in a chair next to me and said with concern.

"What's not to be happy about? It's just a little bit of a miss. The mother shook her head and sighed lightly. It's really a little uncomfortable to suddenly have such a person missing. ”

"Mother, if you miss him, let him come over, and let him bring the Wu family to see you." I was distressed. My mother's body is much better now than before, but this sentimental nature cannot be reversed.

"Let's go a few days, it's not appropriate to let the fifth child and her daughter-in-law run around, alas...... I don't know how the two of them are now, are they pregnant with a child, by the way, Shiro, if it is a male baby, what do you say it should be called? ”

Facing his mother's expectant eyes, Ben Gongzi wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. "Mother, you're thinking too far, aren't you?" How long have you been married now? Besides, even if you are pregnant with a child, you don't know if it's a man or a woman, and my mother has already begun to think about naming the little one, and I'm dizzy.

"Not in a hurry? Your two elder brothers are not angry, now, our eldest grandson's family, but just you and your younger brother, and now" Mother looked at my two mothers-in-law and lowered her voice a little. "You are two daughters, and neither of them has an heir, can my mother not be in a hurry?"

I have been talking for a long time, but I don't know how to express my admiration for my mother, how old are we, the problem is that in the eyes of my mother, I have become a father-in-law like Brother Hongji.

"Mother, as the saying goes, sharpening a knife doesn't mean chopping firewood, isn't it? Facts have proven that your two daughters-in-law are not unable to give birth, and they have only been together for a few years...... Li Yuanfang's kid has only been two for so many years, is it not a mother? ”

"Your Hongji brothers are more than a dozen, why don't you compare?" My mother glared at me quite sharply, and the object of her comparison was simply not a figure of the national father-in-law level that ordinary people could match.

The eldest girl is more than sixteen years old, and the concubine she just married before is only in her early fifteens.

"Mother, you have to think about it, do you really want the child to be a father-in-law for life like Brother Hongji?" Ben Gongzi smashed his mouth and said with a smile.

The mother's eyes were dizzy, and when she thought of the scene with her seventeen or eighteen granddaughters in front of her, she shook her head resolutely. "That's not good, no matter what, someone has to inherit the family business, you're the emperor, you can't have no heirs, right?"

"Mother, seriously, our family will definitely have it." This son made a promise to his mother with the most affirmative and firm voice and expression.

"Alas, my mother is just waiting to see if there is a day when I see my grandson." The mother sighed with a sad face. I know that at least most of them are pretending, and the most important thing is to hope that I, as a son, will work hard to get a big fat boy as soon as possible, so that she can satisfy her wish to be a grandmother.

The most important thing is that my son can have a crown prince, so that she feels that she can give an account to my father under the nine springs.

A few days later, Ben Gongzi took a large number of Wenchen generals to visit the Valhalla after the second renovation and transformation, located in the north of Chang'an City, the Valhalla in the south of Longshouyuan, when it was still a few miles away from the Valhalla, you could see a building complex stretching from the foot of Longshouyuan to the top of the mountain.

The area occupied is almost half of the dragon head plain. This piece of land is specially allocated to the heroes and martyrs of China, as well as the royal mausoleum and the future cemetery of the outstanding court officials. So #Pan is naturally very large, plus there is no human population in this area of Longshouyuan, but there are some wastelands.

Naturally, he either paid for it directly or replaced it with land, and took down the entire Dragon Shouyuan. After several years of renovation and construction, a large-scale complex has been formed. Along the way, I also saw a lot of people coming and going along this wide cement straight road to Valhalla.

Among them, there are many literati, or soldiers who are on vacation, are going to Valhalla, or to remember, or to mourn. Those literati glanced at us and continued to walk them.

As for the soldiers, when they saw our group, all the soldiers who recognized the familiar generals in the ranks hurriedly stood and saluted, and we also returned the salute and rode by.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, we finally came to the main entrance, which was five feet high with its footings, and in front of the main gate was a square three miles long and wide. Approaching the gate, there is a towering flagstand, and in the middle of the flagstand is naturally a flagpole, on which a blood-red flag of the Chinese Empire is fluttering in the wind.

And there are a lot of people gathered near the flag stand, pointing at the flag. The main reason is that this flag is different from the flags of the past Chinese dynasties. Chinese characters are no longer written, but patterns are used to represent the four classes of the Chinese Empire: Shinong, Industry and Commerce.

In short, the first national flag was hung here, and behind the national flag, there was a huge group sculpture, and in the foreground, a heroic man in armor stood on horseback, holding a sword in his arm, pointing straight ahead, stabbing into the distance.