"What about my sister?" Xue Zhen heard his father mention his sister, and suddenly felt a little more energetic.

Sister Xue Baoqin, but the pearl of the second room of the Xue family and even the entire Xue family.

Although Baochai is already quite an outstanding beauty, Baoqin's color surpasses Baochai at a young age.

In addition, since he was a child, Baoqin has followed Second Uncle Xue to the south and north to take care of business. Therefore, being well-informed is not comparable to ordinary boudoir women, and she is talented, so it is inevitable that she will be arrogant.

Although because of filial piety, Xue Baoqin did not object to the marriage set by his father, but it is impossible to say how willing he is.

So Xue Zhen wanted to know how his father planned to arrange his sister.

"Your sister has been spoiled by me since she was a child, and it is inevitable that she will be arrogant. If the Mei family withdraws from the marriage, I'm afraid she is still very willing. I only have such a daughter, and I don't want to wronged her.

Before your uncle died, he proposed that Baochai enter the palace and let Qin'er marry Jia Lian.

Although Baochai did not enter the palace later, he entered Jia's house. But if your sister is willing, you will give her to Jia Lian on the grounds of my will. ”

Xue Zhen stood up suddenly: "Master, what are you talking about." My daughter of the Xue family, how can I be so cheap. Sisters serve a husband, which doesn't make outsiders laugh. ”

"Ahem", Second Uncle Xue coughed twice, cleared his throat and continued: "So you have to observe and observe the situation of the Jia family, see how Jia Lian treats his wife and concubine, and also see how Qin'er feels about Jia Lian."

Qin'er has a delicate temperament, as long as she can have a good time. If she is interested in Jia Lian, then there is no need to stop her. If you don't have the intention, forget it.

I've been paying attention to Jia Lian's situation in the past two years, and I think it's a good one at the moment. But it also depends on the meaning of Qin'er. ”

After hearing this, Xue Zhen had to nod, but he was a little more curious about Jia Lian, whom he had never met.

In the imperial study room of Zichen Palace, Emperor Longzheng read it twice with a letter in his hand.

Standing up, he paced slowly on the floor tiles of the study and thought about it.

Although his situation is much better now than when he first ascended the throne, the country's major affairs are still in the hands of Jiuhua Palace.

Although Yizhong seemed to have a lot of momentum, Emperor Longzheng knew that he was just a fool.

Originally, the identity of the Holy Ancestor's descendants and grandchildren was already very sensitive, and if they hid their forms, they might still be able to preserve them.

Who would have thought that the father and son would actually jump out and want to compete for the position. It's like an old birthday star eating arsenic, and he thinks his life is long.

Coupled with the fact that most of the people who supported them were Qingliu, Emperor Longzheng didn't feel that there was anything that could threaten him.

Before Jiuhua Palace died, he would definitely clean up Yizhong, which Emperor Longzheng was full of confidence in. The father would never allow his nephew to threaten his son's throne.

But his good brother Yoshihei is different. Although Yiping is not a very outstanding talent, the support behind him shocked Emperor Longzheng.

Especially his own queen mother, thinking of the Empress Dowager Tian in Jiuhua Palace, Emperor Longzheng gritted his teeth fiercely.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, Emperor Longzheng still said: "Come on." ”

A small yellow door came out of the shadows: "The slave is here." ”

"Zhao Honglu Temple, Jia Lian's imperial study."

Jia Lian was about to leave Honglu Temple and go home, when he received an order from the palace.

"Minister Jia Lian detains my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Sit down." Emperor Longzheng put on a posture of a long talk and gave Jia Lian a seat.

Emperor Longzheng picked up the fold on the imperial case and said to Jia Lian: "Jia Lian, tell me what you think about the content of this fold. ”

Jia Lian looked at it, and it turned out to be the fold he had taken two days ago. The name is "Please introduce Xiyi technology and make it easier to fold firearms in the army." ”

That's exactly what Jia Lian has been thinking about since he met Magorny. Although Emperor Da Zheng and Emperor Longzheng will not be as blind and arrogant as Qianlong in their previous lives. However, there was no fundamental progress in the level of industrial development of Dazheng and the Qianlong period in the previous life.

Jia Lian felt that since he had crossed over once, he had to do something for this calamitous nation.

"That's a long story. Emperor, this has to start from when I went down to Yangzhou and visited the Yunjia of Yangzhou Sea Merchant. ”

It turned out that at the beginning of Jia Lian's crossing, in order to find out the year and month he was in, he once visited the famous sea merchant Yunjia in the southeast when he went to Yangzhou under the holy order.

The Yun family was originally an ordinary silk merchant in Yangzhou, and his family background was only solid. In the seventeenth year of the Holy Ancestor Jingning, Yun Shou, the head of the Yun family at that time, seized the opportunity of the comprehensive turn of the country and the dynasty, the great prosperity of cultural governance, and the development of maritime trade, invested all his worth, and established the first civilian sea fleet in Dazheng.

In the following ten years, the Yunjia fleet became larger and larger, sailing throughout East Asia, and even reaching Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

"Through the conversation between the minister and the Yun family master, the minister has a preliminary understanding of overseas.

The Spanish, English and Dutch led the Western Yi, relying on their strong ships and guns and superior firearms, have swept the whole world.

The area of those small Yi countries is no more than one of my big Zheng provinces, and the population is even so much that of the two capitals combined. But why is it possible to defeat an enemy several times or even a dozen times.

It is because their way of fighting and the weapons they use are far stronger than their opponents who use knives, guns and clubs. ”

"Oh, the artillery is just that, it's really powerful in sieges. It's just that the firebolt is really that powerful? I've also seen the fire drills of Jingwei and Jingying Shenji Battalion. That's it. And the firebolt is time-consuming to fire, slower than a hand crossbow. It's still expensive, and it's going to be over when it rains and snows. I felt that the combat power of the 5,000 firecrackers was not comparable to the group charge of the 5,000 elite cavalry.

It's really like you said, equip Jingwei and Jingying with firearms on a large scale. Is it really possible to increase the combat effectiveness of the army? Emperor Longzheng was already attracted by Jia Lian's words, and began to consider the problem along Jia Lian's train of thought.

"That's because our army is still relatively backward in terms of firearms. The most advanced firearm used by our army now is the breech flintlock gun used by the East China Sea Fleet Marine Corps, which is still the primary version of the flintlock gun, which is small in number but extremely powerful. If the emperor doesn't believe it, just send someone to summon a team of people to come and try it.

The firecrackers used by Xiyi have all been replaced with breech flintlock guns, and the rate of fire is faster than ours. ”

Emperor Long Zheng rubbed his sore forehead, and waved his hand with some difficulty: "You wait, say one by one, what is breech, what is flint, and what is the rate of fire?" ”

After asking just now, Emperor Long Zheng thought for a while and said, "Well, I can probably understand this rate of fire, which means the speed at which the fire weapon is launched, right?" ”

Jia Lian naturally nodded.

"And what does this breech flint mean?"

Jia Lian paused, he didn't expect to give Emperor Longzheng a popular science. Thankfully, though, he understands this.

"Back to the emperor, most of my Da Zheng's firecrackers need the help of the fire rope to launch, so it takes a long time to launch once, and because the fire rope needs to burn to produce propulsion, it is inconvenient to use in rainy and snowy weather.

Flintlock pistols use flint strikes to ignite gunpowder and complete the firing. Fixed an issue where it could not be used in rain or snow. ”

Jia Lian took a breath, took a sip of tea, and continued: "As for the breech breech, it is the difference in the way the medicine is filled. Breech charge, which is more convenient than breech and faster to reload. ”