Looking at His Majesty who was looking at him expectantly, Sun Yuanhua was very happy. What an honor to be able to fight with His Majesty.

"Okay! Hit the shot! ”

Saying that, Sun Yuanhua ordered someone to fill the medicine and load the ammunition.

Bang!

Cannonballs were fired from the muzzles, and trees in the distance fell in response.

Judging from the momentum alone, this cannon is much smaller than the Hongyi cannon.

"If it's on the car, how many people can pull it?"

"A flat road can barely be pulled by a person, and if the road is rough, you don't know it. It should be horse-pulled. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, thought for a while, and then asked:

"Did you name the cannon?"

"It hasn't been named yet, please give it a name to Your Majesty!"

"Then, let's call it an Italian cannon!"

"Italy... It means good luck! Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Huh? Can this all be explained? You're a fucking genius!

Zhu Youzhen coughed dryly and continued to ask:

"How much silver does it cost to build such an Italian cannon?"

"Your Majesty, the total cost of an Italian cannon is about one thousand two hundred taels."

"One thousand two hundred taels, made! Build a hundred doors first. ”

"Yes! Commandment! "His research results have been affirmed by His Majesty, and Sun Yuanhua is overjoyed." Zhan Yi, shoot a few shots with the Italian cannon pulled by the horse, let Your Majesty see! ”

"Okay!" The young man, known as Zhanyi, said yes and brought back a horse.

"What is this?" Zhu Youzhen noticed this fresh face and asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, this is Lord Xu's nephew, Chen Yujie. He also has a lot of research on artillery, so I asked him to help him build artillery. ”

As if to show the mobility of the Italian cannon, Chen Yujie rode the horse and flew up with the cannon.

After turning around, Chen Yujie turned over and dismounted. Adjust the angle of the Italian gun, reload and load, and operate skillfully and smoothly. After refilling, the lead is ignited.

Just listen to the thud.

Didn't blow up.

But the horse was shocked.

The frightened horse ran away with the cannon, but as soon as he ran far, the axle of the mounted cannon broke, and the Italian cannon rolled off the car. Everyone present was shocked by this sudden change, and even Zhu Youzhen didn't react, and watched in a daze as the broken car crashed towards him. Wang Chengen instinctively stood in front of Zhu Youzhen, but the startled horse seemed to be unstoppable.

At the last moment, a figure jumped out from behind Zhu Youzhen, ran towards the startled horse quickly, and when he got closer, he grabbed the reins, fixed his feet on the ground, and was dragged by the horse for four or five meters, plowing two deep pits on the ground. With a long neigh, the horse stopped.

Only then did everyone at the scene react, and they all knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Especially Chen Yujie and Sun Yuanhua, they were already frightened. Frightened, he fell to his knees and couldn't even speak.

"Sun Yuanhua, what do you want to do!?"

Only then did Zhu Youzhen react and looked at Sun Yuanhua with a black line.

That's what you call mobility? Just a cannon was fired, the car was scrapped, and the horse was shocked.

I wanted to get angry, but when I saw Sun Yuanhua who was dirty, Zhu Youzhen's heart softened.

The progress of science and technology is always inseparable from such pioneers who have the courage to explore, but you must have a long memory and cannot become a pioneer.

"Get up, I'm all right."

The crowd trembled and got up from the ground.

"That's not going to work! If every time a shot is fired, the horses will be alarmed, and without the enemy attacking, their horses will break up the formation. How can the battle be fought? And your car, which was shattered in one shot, can it run long distances? ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true." Sun Yuanhua saw that Zhu Youzhen had no intention of blaming, and cautiously agreed.

"You try to plug the horse's ears when you try to fire the cannon. Isn't it afraid? If the blockage is not tight, he will train, find someone to drag the horse, and fire at his side every day. Aren't you used to being surprised? ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true."

Sun Yuanhua's eyes lit up, worthy of His Majesty, and he saw the crux of the problem at a glance.

"What's your name?"

"Long live, the little one is called Shen Lian."

Well?

Zhu Youzhen went back, he was afraid that he would have to cross if he stayed. Because of his words, the horse was tortured by the non-horse next.

Sun Yingyuan in order to verify what he said.

Guns were fired during the day, at night, and even when the horses were grazing.

At first the horse was scared, but then it was so indifferent that it was fired behind it, and it was time to eat grass and grass, and drink water. really did it safely, and was not shocked.

And the problem of the gun carriage was also solved the next day.

Zhu You's inspector sent him a one-ton load-bearing solid wheel, and this time the horse pulled the cannon and took off completely!

June 7.

Zhu Youzhen received a report from Shaanxi Governor Lu Xiangsheng.

Request for support.

Lu Xiangsheng has had a very bad time recently, and since he took office a year ago, he can be said to have worked hard and slept at night. I want to govern Shaanxi well.

Corrupt officials have been killed, and gentry have been investigated.

All the food from the raid was distributed to the victims, so as to be self-sufficient as much as possible and not cause trouble to the imperial court.

But he finally couldn't hold it anymore. After all, not everyone who does business is rich and unkind, not everyone who is an official is corrupt, and everyone can't kill anyone.

After the summer harvest, he ordered the official fields of the state capitals to be planted with corn seeds sent by Zhu Youzhen, totaling more than 600,000 mu. However, the common people grow everything in their private fields, most of which are mainly sorghum, and only a few grow corn and sweet potatoes.

Last year's drought still showed no signs of improvement, especially in Yan'an, Qingyang, Pingliang, Yulinwei and Ningxia Sanwei were the most serious. There is even a tendency to spread gradually. Lu Xiangsheng realized that he could not wait any longer, and that he must build water conservancy and make preparations for long-term drought relief.

In desperation, he turned his attention to Zhu Youzhen, who was far away in the capital, for help.

Support water conservancy personnel and support food.

After seeing Lu Xiangsheng's recital, Zhu You's inspector called Zhou Kangeng, the official of Dushui Qing, and he was more good at managing the river.

"Zhou Qing, at the moment of the drought in Shaanxi, does Qing have a good plan?"

Zhou Kangen pondered for a while, and then understood His Majesty's intention of calling him here.

"Your Majesty, tackling drought is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditures. Drought-tolerant plants are planted to stabilize water and soil, ditches and canals are dug to divert water, and reservoirs are built to store clean water. During the period, it can be supplemented by various cost-saving measures. It's easier said than done. The construction of water conservancy is a major matter related to people's livelihood, but it also costs people and money. At present, there are a lot of displaced people in Shaanxi, and I am afraid that it will be ...... to rashly increase the conscription."

"I'm afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid it will provoke public anger."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, he could expect this situation.

"So, what if it's a cash-for-work?"

"Cash-for-work? Yes, but the cost is not small..."

"This year, the Huangzhuang has a bumper harvest, and the internal funds are relatively sufficient. I can draw three million deniers of wheat and one million taels of silver. Handed over to Qing for scheduling, can Qing have the confidence to handle this matter well? ”

"Minister, willing to give it a try."

Zhou Kangen was very excited when he heard this, he knew very well that the cost of building water conservancy, and the food of tens of thousands of people was an astronomical amount. At present, Shaanxi has everything, and there is no shortage of hungry people. The food is solved, and everything is no longer a problem.

"Good! Na Qing will recruit people in Beijing tomorrow and transport grain into Shaanxi. I sent 5,000 soldiers from the Beijing battalion to escort them along the way. ”

"Minister, Commander!"

After Zhou Kangeng left, Zhu Youzhen settled the account again.

Before, there were nearly 30 million taels of silver in his hand, and these days, more than 2.7 million taels of side pay have been paid. Bi Ziyan wanted to leave 1 million taels, and allocated 100,000 taels to Bi Maokang for making firearms, 200,000 taels for Sun Yuanhua for making artillery, 100,000 taels for the research institute, 100,000 taels for the machinery factory, and 200,000 taels for Sun Yuanhua. The military academy invested 500,000 taels in advance, and the Yongwei battalion paid tens of thousands of taels per month. This week, Kan Geng has to take another million taels.

That's not counting the various expenses up and down the palace.

This seems like a lot of money, why is it so unspent?

No way!

Gotta do something.