After returning from Goryeo.

Guo An began the long history work of three points and one line.

Guo Mansion, Yanwang Palace, major workshops outside the city.

Especially the gunpowder workshop, he went to it every few days.

And Tao Yiping and Yang Ting finally improved the general cannon that Guo An wanted.

Not only has the size and weight of the cannon been reduced by nearly half, but the power of the shells has also doubled.

The most important thing is that the maximum firing range of the general's cannon can reach a distance of three miles.

If the two armies face each other, there is no need to charge at all, just wait until the opposing enemy army sets up the formation and bombards it with the general's artillery again, and the enemy army can be directly defeated!

After seeing the power of the general's cannon after the improvement, Zhu Di was overjoyed.

"Tao Qing and Yang Qing's talents are no less than Tao Wanhu!"

"Your Highness has praised it falsely, Weichen is not as talented as his father (master)!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting hurriedly saluted Zhu Di with an embarrassed face.

Zhu Di laughed, and then looked at Guo An on the side, "Guo Qing, how can Tao Qing and Yang Qing be?" ”

"There is the ability of a great craftsman!"

Guo An nodded heavily and affirmed.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were even more happy.

Guo An said again: "It's just that these two boys have no talent, but they don't know how to display it." If it weren't for Weichen who kept urging the two of them, he wouldn't know when the improvement of the general cannon would be completed! ”

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help but laugh all over their faces.

"Humph!"

Guo An couldn't help it, and glared angrily, "You two are still embarrassed to laugh, the simple improvement of the military cannon has wasted so much time, the steam engine, are you two going to use ten years to develop it?" ”

"Also, if you don't know how to diverge your thinking and think about how to solve it, you will know how to find us!"

"You must know that as a craftsman, you need to have a wild mind and learn to think boldly.

In particular, you can all think about how to create a flying artifact that will carry you to the heavens above the white clouds, the nine heavens to the sea, and even to the moon......"

Zhu Di was stunned as he listened, "Guo Qing, isn't this something that only immortals can do?" ”

"Your Highness, as long as you dare to think and dare to do it, you will definitely be able to do it."

Guo An replied respectfully, "As a master, you have to be able to think." Only by imagining it can we make better objects.

For example......"

As he spoke, Guo An saw a fire system on the side, picked it up and played with it.

"Your Highness, this fire system can only be used to fire gunpowder. However, if an enemy army rushes up, and the soldier has only a bare fire system in his hand, like a burning stick, which can only be used to smash people, will it not be a great defeat? ”

"Tao Yiping, Yang Ting, do you two have a way to improve this fire system? We don't have high requirements, we only require soldiers with fire control, after the enemy rushes up, the soldiers can use this fire system to kill the enemy in close quarters! ”

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting subconsciously glanced at Guo An, then stared at Huotong, frowning and thinking hard.

On the side, Zhu Di also frowned and thought hard, and after a while, he still didn't come up with a good way.

However, without waiting for Zhu Di to speak, Guo An hated iron and steel: "Why are you two so stupid, if you want to use fire to fight the enemy, then transform the fire system into a spear or a long knife." ”

"Transform into a spear or a long knife?"

Zhu Di and Tao Yiping are still confused, how can Huotong transform into a long knife or a spear?

"Stupid!"

Guo An glared at Tao Yiping and Yang Ting again, and said, "You can weld a card slot in front of this fire system."

Then, a one-foot-long steel knife is forged, and the tail of the steel knife can be connected and fixed with the card slot.

On weekdays, the card slot can be used to aim.

However, during the battle, if an enemy army rushes up, directly press the one-foot steel knife on the card slot.

In this way, doesn't the fire system become a long knife and spear? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "Can it still be like this?" ”

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting looked at Guo An with admiration on their faces, "I didn't expect the master to come up with such an ingenious steel knife!" ”

"It's the two of you who are stupid, you can't think of such a simple thing!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were full of smiles.

As for Zhu Di, he listened to it, and felt that something was wrong, and the smile on his face subconsciously converged.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't think of it, they were too stupid, so what was he, the dignified Yan King?

However, Guo An and Tao Yiping didn't pay attention to Zhu Di.

Guo An continued to command the two: "In the past two years, the grenades, incendiary bombs, mines, and military cannons in the gunpowder workshop must be forged with all their might, and we will be of great use." ”

"Yes, Master!"

"Also, the gunpowder workshop is too important, if you notice that something is wrong with the craftsman, or if a stranger sneaks in, kill it, and inform His Royal Highness King Yan."

"Yes, Master!"

"Now that you're a big man, it's time to start a family. If there is a girl you like, just say it, and we will tell you two to go to the matchmaking in person. ”

"Thank you, Master!"

"If not, let's go find it in person, or His Royal Highness King Yan will give you a marriage......"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting: "......"

……

Keep it in the temple.

As the cold winter gets closer and closer, Zhu Di likes to call Guo An more and more and accompany him to watch the map of the Japanese Kingdom.

"Your Highness, I wonder which general you are going to use as the main general in this battle?"

"Huh?"

With Guo An's question, Zhu Di's brows instantly furrowed.

"Guo Qing, what does this mean? Can't we fight for this? ”

Guo An saluted slightly, "Your Highness, this attack on the Japanese Kingdom is bound to be a protracted war.

Although the Wa Kingdom is weak, but now there are many major nobles and lords in the Wa country, even if my army raids all the way to the capital of the Wa State and captures the lord and various princes of the Wa State, the Wa State will not surrender to my Daming.

Therefore, Weichen thinks that the most appropriate method is for our army to capture several large cities of the Wa Kingdom.

Then, based on those few cities, he steadily conquered the Wa Kingdom.

It's just that I, Yanshanwei, only have 10,000 soldiers, even if I even include 50,000 soldiers in Goryeo, it is only 60,000.

I'm afraid it will be difficult to conquer the entire kingdom......"

Zhu Di said: "In this way, this king should be the main general!" ”

Guo An asked, "Your Highness, if you are the main general, what about Beiping Mansion?" ”

"It's a long way to go to the Wa Kingdom, and it is not an overnight thing to attack the Wa Kingdom. What if His Majesty has something important to summon you to the court? Or, if the Northern Yuan Mongols invade our Ming frontier, Your Majesty will order you to command the army to the north......"

"That's it!"

Zhu Di sighed slightly, "This battle, let's not go!" ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An's expression eased slightly.

"However, Tang Yun can't leave Beiping Mansion at will, and we are afraid that some thousands of households will disobey Chen Shou, Chen Zhi, and Zhang Xing."

Zhu Di looked at Guo An and said lightly: "Therefore, we want to use Guo Qing as the main general in this battle!" ”

"Weichen is the main general?"

Guo An was shocked, "Never!" Your Royal Highness, Weichen is only a civil official, he does not understand military and politics, and he has no force, how can he be the main general? ”

Zhu Di had an expression of great belief in Guo An, "Guo Qing only needs to know that in this battle, my army is for the sake of crusading against the Japanese State!" ”

"Your Highness, Wechen ......"

Guo An also wanted to push.

Zhu Di said again: "Guo Qing, whether it is Chen Shou, Chen Zhi, or Zhang Xing, they are a tiger general in the war, but if they want to govern the Japanese country, we are worried that they will slaughter the entire Japanese country." ”

Guo An's eyes widened, "Your Highness, in the entire Yan Wang's Mansion, even Weichen hates the Wa Kingdom the most, aren't you worried?"

If Weichen is the main general, will he take the lead in giving the order to slaughter the entire Wa Kingdom? ”

Zhu Di smiled faintly and shook his head slowly, "This king is not worried. ”

Guo An's eyes were fierce, "Your Highness, Weichen really has a plan to slaughter all the Japanese people." ”

Zhu Di still looked confident, "Guo Qing has been the head of our Yanwang Mansion for several years, and we can see that Guo Qing is a kind-hearted person, and Guo Qing will not kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

Guo An: "......"

Zhu Di continued: "We remember, Guo Qing seems to have told us that there are more than 5 million Japanese people in the Japanese Kingdom...... And my army is only 60,000 men.

If we wantonly slaughter and provoke the rejection of all the nobles of the Japanese country, our army will inevitably be like a light boat, directly submerged by the Japanese army.

Even with enough bombs, our army will be defeated......"

"It's easy to attack the Japanese country, but it's hard to govern. Although our army is mainly for the Silver Mountain, the mining of the Silver Mountain cannot be completed overnight.

We must not only make the Japanese magnates afraid of our Ming army, but also let some Japanese nobles support our army, just like Goryeo......"

Guo An instantly understood what Zhu Di meant, he wanted to make the Wa Kingdom become another Goryeo and use it for him.

However, the Wa Kingdom will not be Goryeo, Zhu Di thinks a little better......

Guo An hurriedly shook his head, "Your Highness, Goryeo has long been sinicized by my Ming Dynasty, and the Wa Kingdom is barbarian and despicable......"

"In this case, then defeat them!"

Zhu Di said coldly, "The country of Wa is so far away from my Ming Dynasty, we will give enough materials to the gunpowder workshop and enough gunpowder bombs for Guo Qing."

If the Wa Kingdom does not let our Ming mine silver with peace of mind, Guo Qing does not need to be merciful, and all the Wa people can be killed! ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, Weichen understands!"

Guo An did not refuse.

He originally wanted to go with the army to conquer the Japanese country, since Zhu Di wanted him to be the main general, then he would be the main general.

Anyway, if you go to the Wa Kingdom, you won't be charged, but the Ming version of gunpowder warfare!

……

Half a month later.

1,000 Yanshanwei and 1,000 Mongol soldiers went to Goryeo with the fleet.

Basically, every time the fleet traveled between Goryeo and Bukpyeong, some Yansanwei and officials would be exchanged.

Therefore, although there were more soldiers this time, it did not attract the attention of those who cared.

Another month later.

The fleet came again, and there were noticeably more ships.

The goods transported from Yanwangfu to the fleet are also much more.

It was just loaded on the ship, and it took three days.

At the same time, there were strong winds on some seas, and even some state capitals in the south were hit by strong winds, and the news of heavy losses also came to Beiping Mansion.

At this point, this time Zhu Di sent a thousand Yanshan guards to guard with the ship.

Another month.

The weather began to get colder gradually.

Guo An and Chen Shou, Zhu Liang, Qiu Fu, Tan Tong, Wang You and other generals gathered in Yanwangfu.

"This expedition to the Wa Kingdom, Guo Qing is the main general, Chen Shou is the deputy general, Zhu Liang, Qiu Fu, Tan Tong, Wang You, Wu Li make up the ...... You must obey Guo Qing's order, and there must be no disobedience! ”

"The last general obeys!"

Chen Shou, Zhu Liang and others hurriedly responded with respectful faces.

For Guo An, they really don't resist from the bottom of their hearts.

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, and then said again: "The fleet has arrived at the dock. Three days later, you're waiting to go! ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

……

(End of chapter)