"Mines, what are mines?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at Zhang Jingyi with a stunned expression.

"Otherwise, you can ask someone to fetch it and let me see it!"

Zhang Jingyi's face turned green with fright: "No, no, this thing...... It's dangerous, and something is going to happen. ”

Mines are actually a by-product of yellow powder.

The power of yellow powder is too great, and these things, if they are placed in a huge iron lump sealed in them, are powerless.

Zhang Jingyi actually didn't do experiments himself, but according to the characteristics of yellow powder, he made some mines, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to let people demonstrate them in the Forbidden City or the West Garden. It was too big, and if it exploded, it would be dead and dead.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse felt strange: "How to start a fire underwater?" ”

"This ...... Do you remember the kite experiment you did? ”

"Kite experiments?"

"Electricity." Zhang Jing said: "Arrange the copper wire, guide the current into the completely sealed mine, detonate the gunpowder, this thunder and lightning...... Isn't it just fire? ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was taken aback: "You still want to lead thunder from the sky?" ”

"In fact, you don't need to draw lightning from the sky, you can also make electricity." Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to have read the latest issue of 100,000 whys." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was speechless for a moment.

In fact, the electricity that Zhang Jing said in his mouth is just a fuse, and it doesn't need too much current, it's just a primitive battery.

And the original battery, in fact, is a very simple thing, people who know a little bit of the principle can toss it.

The use of wires to ignite a fire has great advantages, on the one hand, it ensures the sealing of the inside of the mine; The second aspect is to ensure that the fire can be ignited underwater.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse held his chin and said with suspicion: "Is this okay?" I've never heard of something that can explode without igniting a fire! How powerful? It was a huge ship, and if it was ordinary gunpowder, it might not be able to move them in the slightest. This time, I will let go and lose my face, if I go on a business trip......"

Zhang Jingyi swore solemnly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, if the Dutch people provoke Your Majesty, it will be a shame for the minister, and the minister must be ashamed." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was slightly relieved.

However, the officials are obviously not at ease.

But the emperor is getting more and more out of control.

The next day, the Emperor of the Apocalypse set off and arrived in Tianjin.

This Tianjin Wei has gradually begun to prosper because of sea trade.

In the Dagukou area, there are even new wharves here for ships to dock.

It's just that...... It's been a different place these days.

In the bay, huge sailing ships are docked.

The huge hull was dark, and although the sails had been lowered, the huge masts were still shocking.

Especially in the hull of the ship, there are countless gun ports, densely packed.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse directly put the line here, and the tens of thousands of horses that followed, except for the warrior camp, were the teaching team.

Obviously, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was no longer at ease with Jingying.

That Wei Marang came here, saw the ship, and was even more energetic.

It was as if he had a backer all of a sudden.

So, he went to see the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and then sent a pair of exquisite monoculars, and said: "This is a telescope, with this thing, Your Majesty can see the situation on the sea at a glance from here." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse played with this and couldn't help but say, "The Buddha Robot also offered this thing, and it is rumored that the price is very expensive, right?" ”

"Yes." Wei Marang said with a smile: "This is carefully polished by the craftsmen of the Wa Kingdom, and it is better than the telescope of the Franc machine." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse only casually handed the telescope into Wei Zhongxian's hand, and said, "I am here, but I have seen your ship, but I don't know, what other tricks do you have?" ”

"We can organize a military parade, I wonder if His Majesty is interested."

"Military parade?"

"It is to let our soldiers go ashore, and at the same time drill for His Majesty to see, in addition, our ships will also fire cannons at sea, in the words of this Ming Dynasty, it is called to help the momentum."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at him with a smile, of course he knew what he meant, but said calmly: "Yes, if you want to show me, how can I miss it?" ”

After a pause, he added, "Tomorrow at noon, let your group of soldiers go ashore, no more than two hundred."

When Wei Marang saw that his goal had been achieved, he was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

With that, he walked out of the tent in high spirits, and then returned to his camp.

At this time, several Dutch people had been waiting anxiously here for a long time.

The first one was a director of the Bank of the Netherlands, named William!

William said with concern: "Did Emperor Ming agree?" ”

"Agreed." Weimarang smirked, "It's time for them to see how good we are in the Netherlands." ”

Wei Marang looked excited, he felt it was necessary for him to let the Ming Emperor know the power of the gunboats and the soldiers of the Dutch East India Company.

Only in this way can the Ming Emperor know that the Dutch have the strength to easily take Tianjin Wei, and only in this way can the Ming Dynasty be forced to sign an alliance under the city.

William nodded and said, "This is how the Indians were compromised, and in my opinion, the Ming Dynasty is another India." ”

Wei Marang then called a servant and ordered: "Let them board the ship, bring my handwritten letter, and tell them that tomorrow send a group of soldiers ashore, two hundred men will do, and besides, tomorrow at noon, artillery drills will be carried out, and the target is ......."

Wei Marang paused, his eyes flashed, and said, "Southeast." ”

When William heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback: "Your Excellency, in this direction, aren't you worried about ......?"

Wei Malang's face was expressionless, showing a look of wisdom beads in his hand: "Don't let them see how powerful, these people don't know how powerful." ”

William listened and regained his confidence.

The next day dawned.

A team of people quietly arrived at the dock, and then, Li Dingguo took a long breath, and then he began to undress.

Immediately afterwards, the swarthy balls, which were the size of a basket, were thrown into the water first, and in order to make the balls have a certain buoyancy, a wooden shelf was made.

The thirteen people led by Li Dingguo peeled them clean, and then began to enter the water.

At this time, it was dawn, the sky was dark and dreary, and the bay at night was pitch black, and only the gunboats anchored not far away could be seen emitting a faint light.

Li Dingguo and the others then launched a small boat first, and the big iron balls were hung on the boat, and the eleven people began to paddle towards the big ship anchored in the bay.

More than a dozen people paddled for more than half an hour before arriving at the predetermined position.

By this time, they were very close to the gunboat.

Looking at the big ship from here, Li Dingguo suddenly felt indescribably small.

"This Dutch ...... It's not like a barbarian, such a ship...... Tsk......"

"Okay, let's be less verbose, let's get into the water."

So Li Dingguo took the lead, he first tied a rope to his body, and his companions pulled the other end of the rope, and then Li Dingguo went into the water, dragged the huge iron ball, and began to sink to the bottom of the sea.

The Dutch on the big ship were unaware of this.

In fact, in this era, don't say it's night, even if it's daytime, I'm afraid that no one may find out.

Fortunately, the sea water has buoyancy, otherwise, this iron ball with a hundred catties is impossible to drag, and in the sea, Li Dingguo dragged hard, he held his breath, and there were a few sheepskin sticks hanging around him, he couldn't stand it, so he took out the bulging sheepskin bag and aimed it at his mouth, and took a few breaths fiercely.

It's just that...... Even so, it was still difficult.

When he dragged the lump to the bottom of the boat, he quickly found the location of the anchor rope.

This big ship is moored, and the iron anchor needs to be lowered, so there is a huge cable that reaches into the bottom of the sea, and the ship is pointed and smooth, so there is no place to fix it.

But the anchor rope is different, it is close to the big ship, and it only needs to wrap the anchor rope around the large iron ball wrapped in the net rope and start fixing.

In the end, Li Dingguo began to wiring, and finally, he finally got out of the sea.

The crowd began to pull him onto the boat, and several other people who had gone into the water and arranged the big iron balls also boarded the ship.

Immediately afterward, everyone cautiously began to set up the ship and leave, while carefully laying copper wires in the water.

Dawn passes.

A mist rose from the sea.

Immediately afterward, on top of the gunboat, small boats finally came down, and a group of Dutch soldiers began to land.

Here, a high platform has been erected.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was on the highest platform, with his ministers, looking out from here.

Of course, for the sake of safety, this high platform was far from the sea, and Zhang Jingyi would never allow the emperor to be under the cannon on the opposite side.

On the beach, groups of Dutch soldiers began to assemble.

These men were neatly dressed, each carrying muskets, with swords hanging from their waists, and they were all in good spirits.

The faces of the hundred officials were already blue.

What a shame.

Emperor Daming is here to watch these Dutch people show off their might.

So much so that Sun Chengzong felt strange when he looked at Zhang Jingyi's gaze.

Zhang Jingyi's actions at this time were quite like Wang Zhen, the eunuch who fooled Ming Yingzong.

Weimarang was already happy.

Standing on the side of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he was introducing the customs and customs of the Netherlands, as well as the general situation of the Dutch army: "We have 100,000 people in an army like this, and the real power is not the Dutch army, but our ships, we are in Europe, known as the coachman of the sea, and the sea ships registered in the name of the Netherlands, there are as many as one ship, Your Majesty, we are Dutch people, and the business atmosphere is strong, we have a proverb: the reason why the Netherlands is still the Netherlands is because our ancestors took care of their own business. ”

"You see, we have dozens of gunboats like that at sea, and there is no fleet in the world that can defeat us."