"Is it really that powerful?"

Yingzhu didn't believe it and muttered quietly.

"Don't believe me? Let's see. ”

Xu Jing pulled Yingzhu and the others back into the distance, and only after a distance of more than ten zhang did Xu Jing open his mouth and give orders: "Ignite!" ”

With Xu Jing snorting, the soldiers standing on either side of the cannon stuffed the huge cannonballs into the cannon and lit the fuse.

"Boom!"

As a tongue of fire erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, the shell burst out of the cannon and flew off into the distance.

After crossing most of the forest, the cannonball fell into the forest at an arcing angle.

"Bang! Boom! Boom! ”

The huge cannonball made a loud noise in the forest.

In three successive sounds, the place where the cannonball landed tore apart the trees in a radius of more than 20 feet.

A large forest collapsed and disappeared before everyone's eyes.

"This! It's horrible! ”

After a long time, Yingzhu spoke again, her eyes full of shock and disbelief as she pointed to the cannonball in the distance.

I can't believe that there really is such a terrible weapon in this world.

"How long does it take to produce a hundred guns for mass production?"

Xu Jing was very satisfied with the lethality of the artillery, and looked at the eunuch in charge of gunpowder on one side and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, if you want to produce it on a large scale, you can produce three cars in three days. I'm afraid that there will be more than a month for 100 vehicles. ”

The eunuch bowed his head and replied carefully.

"January? It's enough, you can slow it down a bit, but you can't do it shoddyly, first of all, make sure you don't blow it up. ”

"The lives of my soldiers are the most important thing."

Xu Jing nodded and groaned.

"No! The ministers must ensure that there will be no mistakes in this thing. ”

The eunuch slowly lowered his head, and Xu Jingbi replied respectfully.

Xu Jing just nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

"By the way, Your Majesty has one more thing to inform you."

After bowing his head for a long time, the eunuch seemed to think of something, and looked up at Xu Jing again.

"What?"

Xu Jing nodded and motioned for him to speak.

"Now the amount of copper and iron in my treasury is not too much.......

"I'm afraid that it is only enough to develop 100 artillery pieces, and as for the shells, it can only be developed with less than 300 pieces."

The eunuch bowed his head and informed Xu Jing of the current situation of Daqian.

"What's going on? I clearly remember that I have asked you to dispatch copper and iron ore from all over the world to Beijing as soon as possible, why has it not been done to this day? ”

Xu Jing looked sideways at Gonggong Cao.

However, he asked Gonggong Cao to arrange this matter as early as nearly a month ago when the bomb was developed.

But now, a month has passed, and the copper and iron in the treasury of Daqian are still so scarce.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is not that the ministers are unwilling, but that most of the copper and iron mines are distributed in the land of Annan and Danzhou. The Li family and the governor of Danzhou don't seem to pay attention to what the old slave said. ”

"So ......."

Gonggong Cao explained hesitantly, and looked up from time to time to observe Xu Jing's face.

lest my own explanation not allow Jing to be in mind.

"In this way, this matter is not your responsibility, but the deliberate delay in Annan and Danzhou?"

Xu Jing asked with a cold face.

"That's right! The old slave was unwilling, but it was the two governors who deliberately avoided the matter. ”

"The minister sent thirteen letters to you one after another, all of them were like mud sinking into the sea, and there was no reply."

Gonggong Cao nodded again and again, and hurriedly explained to himself.

"Yes, that's good! This group of dog officials really can't wait for this palace? ”

Xu Jing's eyes were full of anger, and he couldn't wait to tear those group of dog officials apart alive.

This Li family has become the governor of Danzhou, and they are all big warlords who have taken root in various places.

Even Xu Jing didn't have the strength to stretch out his hand so far away from the center of the Great Qian.

"Let's continue to develop it for the time being. As for the copper and iron ore, this palace thinks of another way. ”

After Xu Jing eased his emotions, he whispered to the eunuch on the side.

"No!"

The eunuch trembled and didn't dare to raise his head, for fear that Xu Jing would let Xu Jing spread his anger on his head when Xu Jing was most annoyed.

"Your Majesty, do you want to send an envoy to meet these two? Thinking of coming here, the two of them showed their goodwill everywhere when they were self-reliant. ”

"Come to think of it, if Your Majesty personally sends envoys to discuss, these two governors will probably not disobey Your Majesty."

Gonggong Cao followed closely behind Xu Jing and asked in a low voice.

"How likely do you think these two will be the truth?"

"These two people don't tear their faces with me, it's nothing more than a big whip that can't deal with these two people."

"Even if you don't wait to join the capital regime, the emperor is far away, and you can be regarded as a first-class and first-class wealthy family in the land of the two states, and no one dares to do anything to you."

Xu Jing sneered and refuted what Gonggong Cao said.

Gonggong Cao nodded and didn't dare to speak nonsense anymore, because he knew very well that what Xu Jing said was true.

"For the time being, arrange for You Xian to lead the Crow Army to garrison here."

"Remember, no one is to be allowed to approach this place, and the news of the artillery must be kept under control."

Xu Jing shook his head and put down the mess for the time being, reminding Gonggong Cao.

"No, the minion understands."

Gonggong Cao replied with a slight nod.

"Let's go, it's been four or five days since I left the capital, it's time to go back."

Xu Jing nodded slightly and motioned to drive back to the East Palace.

With Xu Jing's order, in the afternoon of the same day, the team of Nahao Hao Tang Tang returned to the capital again, causing many people to gather.

That night, a eunuch in the East Palace carefully hid a letter in a stone cave on the side of the palace gate.

Soon, a forbidden soldier took the secret letter from the cave and stuffed it into his armor.

That letter was passed through the hands of many people, and finally sent to Xiao Daoling's case.

Xiao Daoling's reputation among the cadres is not very good.

But the people he has supported in the past few decades have sprung up like mushrooms after autumn.

Whether it is in the palace, the forbidden army, or the brocade guard, there is Xiao Daoling's secret son.

These people will be activated when Xiao Daoling needs them, like an invisible net that penetrates the entire Daqian, and all important places are pervasive.

"Interesting, it seems that this emperor really has some whimsy."

"But is it really that powerful that an artifact is?"

Xiao Daoling looked at what was written in the secret letter, his eyes flashing.

There is fear and insecurity in your eyes, but also fanaticism and hatred.

"This thing can't be built by it at will. If scattered from the army of Daqian, all over the country. I'm afraid that Tianshan and Mobei will be completely outcasts! ”

Sitting on the chair, Xiao Daoling sat up again after being silent for a long time, and there were seven or eight more points of ruthlessness in his eyes.

"Come in!"

After thinking of countermeasures, Xiao Daoling called the servant with a low shout.

"Send this to a woodcutter by the Qianli River."

Xiao Daoling handed a letter to the servant and spoke.