King Qian kept the matter of minerals in his heart, turned his head to look at Li Chengmu, and asked about the training situation: "What is the shooting level of these musketeers of yours?" How do you train? ”

Li Chengmu led them to the stands, pointed to the training ground below, and said: "Everyone usually trains physically here, and no matter how good the musket is, the soldiers must have a good physical fitness. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the shooting range on the other side, "The method of musket training is to take 100 steps as the goal, three shots and two hits, ten shots and seven hits are excellent, three shots and one shot, and they are flat, if the three shots don't hit one shot, they will be eliminated!" Of course, if you hit eight, nine or all of them out of ten, you are proficient, and there are very few winners in the whole team. ”

King Qian nodded after hearing this, "Your screening method is good, and if you miss one of the three shots, it means that this person is not suitable to stay in the musket battalion." ”

Li Chengmu smiled, "Father is reasonable. ”

Xia Jing, who had been paying attention to the drills under the stands, heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched, and her son patted Lao Tzu's ass, it was too obvious!

After listening to his son's introduction, King Qian stood on the edge of the stands, and his attention was attracted by the shooting range below.

At the same time, he also found that the distance of 100 steps was really far, "Xiao Wu, how far was the arquebus shooting distance of the imperial court before?" ”

Li Chengmu listened to the question, and was slightly stunned, but still answered honestly: "Fifty steps, the farthest sixty steps." ”

"The gap is nearly half." King Qian was shocked when he heard this, and he looked at Xia Jing beside him: "The princess is very talented!" ”

"I'm less than one-ten-thousandth of the prince, the prince has won the prize!"

King Qian listened a little weakly, what kind of talent he had, he still knew very well in his heart.

He pretended to cough twice: "Ahem, Xiao Wu, take us to other places to have a look." ”

"Okay!" Lee Seung-mu led them down the stands.

King Qian walked all the way, in addition to training physical fitness in the barracks, it was a shooting range, so he asked: "The soldier's riding and archery level is not wasted, right?" You just said that a flintlock pistol can shoot a hundred paces, so what is the range of the bow and arrow? ”

Since he was a child, he has never cared about military affairs, all his previous thoughts were spent on eating, drinking and having fun, although there is an element to confuse Emperor Huiyuan, but he is also really addicted to it, a little unable to extricate himself.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Huiyuan was relieved of him in those years, right?

It is precisely because I have never cared about military affairs that I feel interested in hearing it at this time.

In particular, he was surprised to find that his youngest son, who had been studying the Four Books and Five Classics in the academy, actually knew a lot about the military.

"Back to my father, the range of bows and arrows used by normal soldiers is only about seventy paces, which is far less than the range of flintlock pistols."

In order to prove that what he said was convincing, Li Chengmu asked his guards to get a bow and arrow from the army.

So, the group turned around and went to the shooting range.

Pulling the bow and shooting arrows, Li Chengmu's personal guards personally went on the field, and the target 100 steps away could not be shot, the target of 70 steps barely hit, and the target of 60 steps was deeply embedded.

It can be seen that the range of the bow and arrow is 60 paces away is the effective range, and 70 steps may not be able to penetrate the enemy's armor, how to hurt people?

King Qian was very happy, he felt that this visit to the barracks was worth the trip, such a powerful ordnance, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to sweep thousands of troops.

It's just that there is no place for them for the time being.

King Qian felt a little regretful in his heart.

The imperial court now has arquebuses in the army, but the number is very small, and the quality of the arquebuses is worrying, at least half of the ten shots are very likely to explode, and few people in such a high-risk class are willing to use arquebuses.

Another point, the arquebus was purchased from the hands of the Francophone man, and the price was even higher than the sky, not to mention that the current imperial court did not have the financial resources to buy it, even if there was money to buy it, the arquebus was too cost-effective.

This is also the reason why arquebuses are not popular.

Too chicken!

After seeing the power of the flintlock pistol, and then looking at the arquebus, King Qian was very disgusted, and he was disgusted with rubbish.

"Before, this king has never felt how bad the ordnance of the Yu Dynasty is, since he came to Lingnan and seen the ordnance supervised by the princess, he realized how bad the imperial court staff bureau was before, how corrupt the officials were, and the ordnance was all shoddy, and it couldn't be taken at all."

When Xia Jing heard this, she gently pulled the corners of her mouth, "Such a shoddy ordnance is chased and beaten by foreigners every time, but it is not wronged." ”

As she spoke, she looked at King Qian, "Actually. I've always been curious about how the old Emperor Hui lived for decades, how could he be fooled by those courtiers in just a few words? So much so that he believes whatever they say? ”

"Ahem!"

How do you say that?

King Qian coughed twice uncomfortably and cleared his throat, "Actually, Huiyuan's nephew is quite pitiful, he was suppressed by the princes before he ascended the throne, and he has no power, so naturally he won't have much official business." If there is no official business, there is no opportunity to go out of the capital, and the knowledge is limited. ”

Military, military does not understand, civil administration, civil administration does not understand.

I don't know anything, and it's natural to be fooled when I become an emperor.

It's a shame to say that before he came to Lingnan, he didn't know that government affairs were so complicated, and he had no experience in dealing with them, so he completely relied on his staff to give advice on the side, otherwise he didn't know where to start.

It was Xia Jing who launched a series of policies that allowed them to gain a foothold in Lingnan.

Xia Jing nodded clearly: "The corruption of the officials has reached this point, and it is difficult for the Dayu Dynasty to return!" ”

Emperor Huiyuan was not wronged when he was angry to death, Xia Jing just took pity on the new emperor who was now sitting on the dragon chair.

Now that the phenomenon of troubled times has been born, the supreme dragon chair is not easy to sit on, just like being roasted on a fire, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will be roasted to the ground!

When King Qian heard this, a wry smile appeared on his face, and his heart was even heavier.

It's a pity that he is almost at the age of ear shun, if he is twenty years younger, he will not be able to watch the Dayu Dynasty decline like this.

And the corrupt rule of officials made the officials in the court only know that the party is the same and different, but they do not consider the future of the Dayu Dynasty.

Thinking of this, King Qian suddenly felt a little excited, and the next inspection work was basically a formality and perfunctory.

——

After several days of snowfall, I don't know how many houses collapsed outside Jingzhou, and I don't know how many people were frozen to death on this night.

When the drought ended, I thought that the second half of this year would be smooth and rainy, but I didn't expect that this winter would be a harsh winter.

"A large number of refugees outside Jingzhou have frozen to death, and the number is still being counted, and there are also hundreds of casualties in the city, and the number of people in other counties cannot be counted for the time being."

"There are a lot of houses collapsed by civilians in the city, and the people whose houses have collapsed now have no place to stay, and they urgently need the government to solve the accommodation problem."

"The continuous rain and snow for half a month have led to the increase in the price of food in the city, the price of charcoal and firewood, and the supply is tight."

"Refugees outside the city are waiting to be resettled, and if they don't, the refugees outside the city may be wiped out."

“.”

One by one, they are all chain reactions caused by the snow disaster, and they urgently need to be solved by Jingzhou's assassination history.

Yuan Rujiang looked at the subordinates standing below, and wanted to stroke his forehead with a headache, "Send all the garrisons in the city out to participate in the rescue." ”

"The officials strictly investigate the illegal merchants in the city, and if they find anyone who takes advantage of natural disasters to make ill-gotten gains, they will confiscate my house and confiscate my property, and I will be arrested and put in prison first."

"The lord Bo is responsible for organizing donations and food donations from wealthy families in the city, and helping to resettle refugees outside the city.

When the lord Bo heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, hundreds of thousands of refugees outside the city, let the wealthy businessmen of the major families donate money and materials, but promised to reduce only 10% of the tax, is it too much to look down on people?

Jingzhou is Yuan Rujiang's hall, and the lord Bo did not dare to refute it, so he accepted his fate.

The poor people are worried about living in the face of natural disasters, while the powerful and powerful families stay at home to eat and drink and get bored.

No, the second child of the Yuan family was bored at home, so he wrapped his fox fur and took his concubine to the icy and snowy garden to enjoy the scenery.

"I thought I was the most active among the brothers, but I didn't expect the third brother to enjoy life better than me."

Yuan Rongcheng, who was sitting in the pavilion making tea and enjoying the scenery, heard the voice, turned his head, glanced at the woman behind him, and sneered: "Compared with the second brother, the brother is ashamed of himself." ”

The second child of the Yuan family found a place to sit down, and the slave standing next to him immediately stepped forward to wait.

"Why is the third brother so interested today?"

Yuan Rongcheng looked at the snow scene in the distance, "It's just from the garden to sit for a while, why do you need a reason?" ”

"Haha. What the third brother said is reasonable. ”

The second child of the Yuan family carefully observed his face, and asked unwillingly: "Anyway, you and your fiancée have been separated for so long, don't you miss her on this cold winter day?" ”

Yuan Rongcheng's brows frowned slightly, turned his head and smiled: "It seems that the cold winter day can arouse the loneliness in the second brother's heart the most, but does the second brother miss the second sister-in-law in his heart?" ”

When the second child of the Yuan family heard this, he shook his head unexpectedly: "The situation of the two of us is different, how can we compare?" ”

"Why is it different?" Yuan Rongcheng was humbly taught.

"I am with your second sister-in-law, the old husband and wife, you and the third girl of the palace are unmarried couples, it is when you have a good impression of each other, you should be eager to stick together every day."

As he spoke, the second eldest of the Yuan family stared at him closely, and suddenly said, "It shouldn't be, could it be that your feelings for the third girl in the palace are adulterated, or are you acting on the spot?" ”

As soon as he said this, Yuan Rongcheng was taken aback, "Second brother, I respect you as an elder brother, don't say anything bald, why can't you change your unobtrusive problem?" If you let the palace know what you said today, you will be breaking my marriage! ”

The second child of the Yuan family didn't expect his reaction to be so big, and touched his nose in a sneer, "If you don't say it, you won't say it, I heard that a large area of people froze to death outside the city, didn't you go to the yamen to help your father share his worries?" ”

Yuan Rongcheng was relieved when he saw that his brother knew how to restrain himself, "The yamen has raised so many officials, how can I be used." Besides, I have no experience in government affairs, and if the resettlement of refugees is a matter of human life, if someone freezes to death because of my negligence, my sin is serious. ”

So if you don't have that diamond, you won't do that porcelain job.

A cold wind blew, and the second child of the Yuan family tightened the fox fur on his body, and his body couldn't help but get closer to the stove.

"It's too cold this day, we wear a lot of robes to keep warm, and we feel that the cold can't stand it, not to mention the refugees outside the city, I really don't know how they have lasted so long without freezing to death?"

Yuan Rongcheng exhaled, "Life is sometimes fragile, sometimes it is full of resilience, everyone has their own destiny, God destined you to live to what hour is what hour, one more moment is too much, one less moment is too little, Lord Yama only needs the right hour for the ghost!" ”

"Is there anything you said?" The second child of the Yuan family stroked his arm, not wanting to continue the topic, so he took the initiative to change the topic.

He said something else: "I don't know what this disaster will turn into in the end this year, and it won't delay you from marrying the third girl in the palace next year, right?" ”

Yuan Rongcheng didn't bother to take care of him, so he picked up the teacup and took a sip, this question was very idiotic.

The second child of the Yuan family didn't seem to feel his attitude, and said to himself: "Speaking of which, the people have really not had a few good days in recent years, counting all kinds of things in the past few years, I think the emperor of Dayu may have committed Tai Sui, otherwise how could it be a disaster year after year?" ”

Yuan Rongcheng was helpless, and within a quarter of an hour of being able to speak normally, his second brother began to make a mistake again.

The second child of the Yuan family did not realize it at all, and continued: "You see, the three-year rare drought lasted for almost the entire Dayu Dynasty, the grain in the field was lost, the domestic rebels were in trouble, the border Beidi and Xirong were attacking, and natural and man-made disasters occurred one after another, which made it impossible not to think about it. ”

There is also a new emperor on the throne, he heard that he is a diligent emperor, but unfortunately he is a person who does things in the wrong way, so he is destined to be unable to reverse the situation in the world and become a tragic figure in history.

In the post-secular called cannonball!

Hearing what he said, Yuan Rongcheng's brows almost killed the mosquito, "The second brother is talented, he can explain these words, which is destined to be extraordinary for the second brother, otherwise, the second brother will go to his father to repeat what he just said, and see what he thinks about it?" ”

"I won't stain my father's ears with this little bit of knowledge." The second child of the Yuan family is not stupid, this kind of thing is something that cannot be put on the table in the eyes of his father.

——

As soon as the donation order came out, the people in the city who had a little wealth or power were furious.

I believe that it is needless to say how valuable food and materials are in the year of famine, everyone knows that it is the last hope to save lives.

"Bad things come one after another, why doesn't there be a time to stop? Now how scarce is the supply and food, is the person who gave this order sick in the brain? ”

"Now that the whole north is covered in snow, people are dying every day, and more people want to flee to the south, and then we are under great pressure!"

"This is a hint from the heavens, a bad omen!"

"Speaking of the situation in the past few years, I can see that the current emperor of the Yu Dynasty is the lonely star, otherwise how can the Yu Dynasty stop?"

"Be cautious, be cautious, the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan is not something that we ordinary people can discuss, let's talk about the donation this time, and discuss a countermeasure."

The wealthy businessmen of Jingzhou City, the powerful century-old families, took the decree of the assassination history as a fart.

The wealthy businessmen of the family whose strength could not compete with the Thorn Mansion could only grit their teeth and be reluctant, and symbolically donated a little, so as not to be truthful.

(End of chapter)