Yang Peng looked at the musket in his hand and thought, "First produce a thousand expenses to equip my guards." ”

Ling Zhen asked in surprise: "The power of the musket can't catch up with the new type of Divine Arm Bow, why do you still need to produce it in Weichen?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It's only a matter of time before muskets replace bows and crossbows. Besides, although the power of this musket is still inferior to that of the new Divine Arm Bow, this power is also very amazing! What the Divine Arm Bow can do, it can do at all, and I estimate that the musket should be much more penetrating through armor than the bow and crossbow! And the earth-shattering sound of the musket salvo must have greatly shaken the enemy's morale, and it can also frighten the opponent's horse! These functions are not available in the Divine Arm Bow! I want to equip a musket team of 1,000 people first, to see how powerful the musketeers are, and secondly, to explore the tactics of the musketeers. It's good to always be in front of everything. ”

Yang Peng said these things that Ling Zhen didn't expect, and he couldn't help but admire them very much, and hugged his fists and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise!" ”

Yang Peng returned the musket to Ling Zhen and said, "I think this musket still has a lot of potential for reform. For example, the technology of integrating the ammunition of the Qinglong cannon and the technology of rear reloading can also be transplanted to the musket! As for the technology of integrating ammunition, you can see if you can replace paper shells with copper cartridge shells, and you can think about adding an ammunition compartment under a gun or musket to put a few rounds of ammunition into the magazine to achieve continuous fire. When Yang Peng said this, Ling Zhendai immediately felt enlightened, and immediately hugged his fists excitedly and said: "These methods that Your Majesty said are so good, why didn't Wei Chen think of them?" ”

Yang Peng said secretly: I am a designer, so I naturally want to get it. He immediately patted Ling Zhen on the shoulder and encouraged, "Do a good job, I believe it won't be long before you can create a musket cannon that is more powerful than the Divine Arm Bow!" Ling Zhen swore: "Weichen will live up to His Majesty's trust!" ”

That night, Han Bing, Ye Yu Guanyin and Ye Lu Hanyu walked into the imperial study, and saw Yang Peng standing in front of the huge world map thinking, and couldn't help but smile and walked forward.

"Big brother!" Ya Kannon shouted.

Yang Peng retracted his thoughts, turned around, and saw three beautiful wives in military uniforms standing in front of him, and his mood was greatly relaxed.

Han Bing glanced at the map and asked, "What is the husband thinking about fighting against the Shinra?" ”

Yang Peng nodded, turned to face the map, his eyes fell on Cyprus, and said, "I have a feeling that this raid on Cyprus may not go very smoothly!" ”

Ya Yin Guanyin immediately asked, "Did the eldest brother notice something?" ”

Yang Peng shook his head and said, "It's just a feeling." Then he said to the third girl: "I will personally lead the army to this battle!" ”

The third girl was surprised, and Yelu Hanyu asked, "This battle is not a big battle, why should the eldest brother go in person?" ”

Yang Peng frowned slightly and said, "Isn't it an important battle?" I'm afraid I won't see it! Then he said to the third girl: "I must go to this battle in person." The third daughter saw that her lover had made up her mind, so she stopped persuading.

Ye Yu Guanyin said angrily: "You don't want to go out alone again, this time I will also go on the expedition with my eldest brother!" The other two women also agreed, and they all looked like I wouldn't let me go with me, and I wouldn't play with you. Yang Peng said so badly that he used countless gentle means to appease the three daughters. However, this expedition is not a current thing, at least it will not start until after the beginning of spring next year, and there is still a period of time to accompany your wife and children.

The three girls were teased by Yang Peng, and their faces were red and their hearts rippled, and their flame-rushing eyes almost melted Yang Peng. Yang Peng asked the three girls to lie down on the small table. Can you imagine the sight of three beautiful women in uniform in armor with their buttocks cocked high in front of you?

……

I don't know how much wind and rain it was, but the night finally quieted down. Yang Peng was lying on the bed in the study, the whole person was wrapped around the pink legs and jade arms, and the fragrance of his daughter lingered around his nose.

Yang Peng saw that the three daughters were sleeping deeply, and couldn't help but smile gently. I felt the urge to urinate, so I carefully took out of the entanglement of the pink legs and jade arms of the women, put on my clothes and pants, and went out in a robe.

When I came to the study, I saw the moon and stars, the night breeze, the summer cicadas squeaking, and the bamboo forest rustling.

Yang Peng was blown by the night wind, and the whole person woke up. I walked to the toilet next to the study and went to the toilet, ready to go back and continue to rest. Inadvertently saw that Chai Yonghui's bedroom was still lit in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, so he walked over.

The palace maids guarding the palace gate yawned and looked very tired. When they suddenly saw His Majesty coming, they were all shocked and hurriedly saluted.

Yang Peng made a silent gesture and walked into the dormitory. Went down the wooden stairs to Xiao Rui'er's bedroom on the second floor, and saw Chai Yonghui sitting on the edge of Xiao Rui'er's bed looking at something, and Xiao Rui'er was sleeping on her small bed, snoring, looking very cute.

Yang Peng gently walked to Chai Yonghui's side and sat down. Chai Yonghui felt that someone was coming, looked up, and saw that his lover had arrived at some point, and an incomparably beautiful smile bloomed on his beautiful face, and he whispered: "Big brother, why are you here?" ”

Yang Peng glanced at Xiao Rui'er, who was sleeping, and also whispered: "I saw the lights on here, and I knew that you weren't sleeping, so I came over to take a look." ”

Chai Yonghui showed a distressed look and said, "Big brother is still busy so late, it's really hard!" You need to take care of yourself! ”

Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Yonghui had misunderstood, she thought that she was still dealing with official business, although it was hard work, it was indeed hard, but this hard work was not the same as the other one! I couldn't help but laugh. Then he saw the manuscript in Chai Yonghui's hand, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?" Don't rest so late! ”

Chai Yonghui immediately handed the manuscript to Yang Peng, and said with a smile: "This is Rui'er's homework today, I'll take a look at it now, and teach her tomorrow." ”

When Yang Peng heard that Rui'er did the homework, he couldn't help but be very curious, and immediately took it and looked at it. Seeing that this turned out to be a homework on simulated war strategy, he couldn't help but be very surprised, and said to Chai Yonghui: "Rui'er is only so old, why do you do this kind of homework?" And, and it's done very well! Although some places seem a little naïve, but the average general is afraid that he can't do it so well! ”

Chai Yonghui said happily: "Does the eldest brother also think well?" I just think Rui'er is doing a great job! Turning his head to look at Rui'er who was snoring, her beautiful face showed infinite love, and she smiled: "However, I don't think I can praise her too much, I have to tell her what is lacking!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "You are really a good mother!" Then he carefully read Rui'er's homework from beginning to end, nodded and smiled: "Rui'er is really talented in military strategy!" If you don't let her be a general, it's really buried! ”

Chai Yonghui said angrily: "Isn't it still like you? Alas, a girl doesn't like poetry and songs, and hates female red embroidery even more, but she has a soft spot for dancing guns and sticks and marching to war! ”

Yang Peng smiled proudly: "Is this my Yang Peng's daughter?" ”

Chai Yonghui glanced at her lover and said, "I'm just afraid that she doesn't look like a girl, and she won't be able to find her in-laws in the future!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "You're also worried too far!" ”

Chai Yonghui sighed, looked at Rui'er who was asleep, and said a little depressedly: "You know what? Today, the teacher at the school came to sue again, saying that Rui'er took a group of children to fight with others today, and injured two boys who were two years older than her! ”

Yang Peng smiled.

Chai Yonghui glared at his lover and said angrily: "You are still laughing!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand and said, "Don't laugh, don't laugh." By the way, what is Rui'er fighting with people for? Chai Yonghui said: "I heard the teacher say that it was for those boys to bully a little boy who had just entered school." ”

Yang Peng nodded in appreciation: "Good fight!" is worthy of my Yang Peng's daughter! Fights like this should be fought often, often! Chai Yonghui glanced at her lover, sighed, and said worriedly: "I'm really worried about whether Rui'er will be able to find her in-laws when she grows up!" ”

Yang Peng waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry about this, children and grandchildren are blessed with children and grandchildren, and Rui'er will definitely have her own happiness in the future!" Chai Yonghui nodded and glanced at Rui'er. Thinking of something, he turned around and asked, "Big brother, I heard that Big Brother and the cabinet seem to be going to adjust the grand strategy?" ”

Yang Peng nodded, frowned, and said, "Originally, I didn't plan to launch a full-scale war against the Holy Roman Empire!" After all, the two countries are equal in strength, and rashly launching a full-scale war is afraid that the gains outweigh the losses! However, something has happened recently that forced me to change my previous plan, and I am ready to gather forces to wage an all-out war against the HRE, hoping to defeat them once and for all! Therefore, all the work at present must be quickly transferred to the service of this war! ”

Chai Yonghui said: "Your Majesty's decision will always be wrong, but I don't know how long this big war will last!" ”

Yang Peng said: "I hope it will end soon." If you don't win a quick battle against an opponent like Shinra, the war will inevitably fall into a stalemate, which is not a good thing. Then he smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about these things, just have my husband handle it!" ”

Chai Yonghui glanced at his lover and said angrily: "Can't I share your worries and solve problems?" Yang Peng smiled, nodded, and talked to Chai Yonghui about strategy. Originally, Yang Peng just used this to appease Chai Yonghui, but he didn't want to talk about it, Chai Yonghui actually had some unique opinions, and also raised some questions that Yang Peng and the cabinet did not expect. Unconsciously, Yang Peng couldn't help but seriously discuss with Chai Yonghui.

……

This morning, the pilgrimage meeting. Zhang Xiang reported to Yang Peng: "In accordance with His Majesty's intentions and the resolution of the cabinet, Wechen has ordered the local treasury to transfer a large amount of resources to the ordnance department. ”

Ling Zhen then stood up and clenched his fists and said, "In accordance with His Majesty's order and the resolution of the cabinet, my subordinates have ordered all civilian tasks to be stopped in armory yards across the country, and all production capacity is used to produce ordnance. ”

Yang Peng nodded, and Zhang Ping, the head of the state-owned department, stood up, clenched his fists and said: "All the workshops that can be used to produce ordnance in our state-owned department have also been converted to ordnance production. ”

Yang Peng said to everyone: "The strength of this opponent of the Shenluo far surpasses any of our previous opponents. Therefore, none of us can take him lightly, and once the war starts, we must do everything we can, and we must defeat him in the shortest possible time! Therefore, before the war, we must be well prepared! ”

Tang Shidian stood up, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say!" ”

Yang Peng sighed and said, "Are you going to be anti-war again!" ”

Tang Shidian said: "Your Majesty, Weichen understands Your Majesty's hard work, and also understands the reason why you have to fight. However, Wechen thinks that it is better to be very cautious in the war with the HRE. The HRE is not inferior to our country in terms of territory, economy, military strength, equipment, etc. If the two countries engage in an all-out confrontation, it will be a blessing in disguise. The greatest possibility of this war is a stalemate, so that not only the country will be dragged down by this war, but also the subjects and ordinary people will suffer from this war. This will be a big war without the slightest benefit, please Your Majesty, think of the common people in the world, and don't go to war with the HRE! ”

Ya Yu Guanyin said angrily: "The current situation is not that we have to go to war with the Shinra, but that the Shinra has already opened the posture to start a war with us!" At this time, it is really redundant to discuss war or not to fight! ”

Yang Peng raised his hand and said, "This is just one of the reasons. It's that the HRE doesn't want to start a war with us, and this battle must be fought! It's called competition! What is the competition? The development of agriculture, the development of the economy, the development of civilization, and all other means that can make our country rich and our people happy are competition; But the only way to judge the superiority and make us superior to other nations is war! If we do not experience a war, no matter how it develops, we will not distinguish between the superior and the inferior, and the other side will never yield to us in many disputes that affect the interests of both sides. This, in turn, makes war inevitable. The competition between the two powers, wanting to determine the superior and establish an order without going through a war, is simply a fool's dream. It's like the order of every forest is always determined by the tiger king of that forest. Either be the tiger king who devours flesh and blood to determine the order of the forest, or sit on the deer and sheep chased by the tiger wolf, there are only these two options, there is no third option, this is the way of heaven! ”

"War between us and the HRE is inevitable! Any attempt to avoid it will only put us at a disadvantage! If it is inevitable, why should we start the war on our own initiative? It's always the first to take advantage! ”

Tang Shidian sat back silently. In fact, he still wanted to oppose it, but he couldn't find a reason to oppose it for a while.

Yang Peng asked the crowd, "Do any of you have one?" They looked at each other and shook their heads. Ya Yan Guanyin said loudly: "Big brother's decision is extremely wise, we have no opinion!" ”

Yang Peng smiled at Ya Yu Guanyin and said to everyone: "Since everyone has no opinion, then don't discuss this matter anymore, just implement it according to the plan!" And they all agreed together. Tang Shidian hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, at this year's annual meeting, Weichen will put forward a motion against it. Yang Peng nodded and said, "This is your power." But until then, we should act in accordance with the temporary resolution. Then he glanced at everyone and said, "If everyone is fine, let's break up." Everyone stood up one after another, bowed to Yang Peng, and Yuguan withdrew from the main hall.

Soon after, Yan Ji, dressed in military uniform, came in and hugged her fists; "Husband summons, I don't know what to command?"

Yang Peng walked up to Yan Ji and asked, "How many people does Hua Xu have in the Western Catholic world?" Including those on the territory of Byzantium. ”

Yan Ji said: "There are seven or eight people in total, divided into three parts, each commanded by three assistant leaders. One in the reconquest of Constantinople by the Byzantine Empire, one in Rome, and the other in the capital of the HRE. ”

Yang Peng asked, "Did they report anything strange and strange that you think is ridiculous?" ”

Yan Ji showed a blank look and shook her head; "No, why did the husband ask that?"

Yang Peng didn't know how to explain to her, so he ordered: "I need you to send as many people as possible to the Catholic world. The focus should be on finding out strange rumors such as the passage to heaven, and don't leave out the information of other gods and monsters, and any news must be sent back at any time. Yan Ji clenched her fists in agreement, and then asked curiously, "Why is the husband interested in these things?" Yang Peng frowned and said, "I don't know how to explain to you for a while." In short, this matter is also a major event related to the future of our Ming Dynasty, you must not slack off! Yan Ji promised and retreated.

Yang Peng thought about it and immediately left the palace and went to the armory.

When Ling Zhen heard that His Majesty was coming, he hurriedly went out to greet him.

Yang Peng asked Ling Zhen to take him to a quiet room and retreated. Yang Peng asked Ling Zhen to take a pen and paper and draw a graphic of a modern rifle on the paper. Ling Zhenyi saw the figure and asked with some uncertainty: "Your Majesty, this, is this a musket?" But, it's ......."

Yang Peng smiled and said, "This is a musket, but it is more suitable to be a rifle, a firearm used by infantry!" ”

Yang Peng asked, "Can you make this kind of rifle?" ”

Ling Zhen thought for a moment and hugged his fists; "Your Majesty, there are several difficulties in this, there are steel materials, gunpowder properties, and I can't think of a solution for a while. ……”

Yang Peng said: "You do it as much as you can. Even if you can't fully meet the performance metrics I mentioned, don't worry, do your best to make me a sample! "Yes!"

Yang Peng advised: "Lao Ling, this matter is very important, and even related to the future and fate of our Ming Dynasty, I hope you can make this kind of firearm against all odds!" "Seeing that His Majesty said so deeply, Ling Zhen couldn't help but get nervous, and hugged his fists;" Wechen will go all out to live up to His Majesty's trust! ”

Yang Peng patted him on the shoulder, and continued to draw patterns, all of which were weapons such as grenade canisters, as well as mechanical devices such as steam engines. After drawing a pattern, he explained it to Ling Zhen in detail. The two of them were busy until the third watch in the middle of the night. After Yang Peng left, Ling Zhen immediately gathered his subordinates and set up a special research team to start public relations research on the weapons that Yang Peng mentioned.

For a long time, although Yang Peng has been introduced to the weapon research and development work of the ordnance field from time to time, he is not eager, firstly, Yang Peng feels that it is not necessary, even with the existing weapons, it is enough to compete with any enemy, and secondly, he is worried that his excessive interference in the technological development of this era will usher in bad results. But that's no longer the case.

After that, Yang Peng ran to the armory field almost every three days. The residents living near the armory often heard strange noises coming from the armory, so all kinds of magical and even terrifying rumors gradually spread among the people. But it doesn't have much effect, it's just an after-dinner conversation for those who have nothing to do.

Before you know it, the Spring Festival is approaching. This morning, Yang Peng led Rui'er to the armory field. Yang Peng was originally going to come by himself, but he happened to bump into Rui'er who was about to go out to play, but this little naughty little naughty insisted on his father to come with him, so Yang Peng had to bring Rui'er over.

Rui'er had never been to the armory, and as soon as she entered the armory, she was immediately attracted by the various weapons and armor around her and many strange weapons that she had never seen before. If it weren't for being pulled by his father's palm, this naughty little guy would not know where to go.

Ling Zhen hurriedly came to greet Yang Peng, and when he saw Rui'er, his face couldn't help but show surprise, and then he bowed; "Greetings to Your Majesty, greetings to the Princess!"

Rui'er exclaimed excitedly; "Uncle Ling, you have a lot of weapons and armor here! There are so many things that I don't even recognize! ”

Ling Zhen smiled, not knowing how to answer.

Yang Peng asked Ling Zhendao: "How is the situation, is there a breakthrough?" ”

Ling Zhen said immediately; "Your Majesty, please come with your ministers." Immediately led Yang Peng and his party to a small warehouse with high security. Ling Zhen took out a swarthy spear and came to Yang Peng, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the latest one we have made. Yang Peng took it, weighed it, and asked Ling Zhen, "Have you tried it?" How powerful? How reliable is it? ”

Ling Zhen said: "Finally, it lives up to Your Majesty's trust, although the power of this gun is not as powerful as the kind of Chengdu described by Your Majesty before, it has already surpassed the Divine Arm Bow." In addition, five rounds are used to feed the ammunition, and the kind of automatic loading method mentioned by His Majesty is incompetent and cannot be realized, so the manual loading method is adopted, and the rate of fire has exceeded that of the bow and arrow. ”

Yang Peng was overjoyed, looked at the rifle in his hand and nodded: "Very good, very good!" Then he asked; How reliable is it? ”

Ling Zhen said: "The reliability is still very good. Although duds appear from time to time, they can be discarded by simply pulling the bolt and pushing them onto new ones. Your Majesty, although the power of this rifle is not as powerful as Your Majesty's previous description, it is already very powerful, and the minister thinks that if our army is equipped with such a sharp weapon, it only needs a small number of troops to sweep the world! ”

Yang Peng really had another idea in his heart, he didn't plan to let the army use this kind of firearm right away.

Yang Peng said: "This weapon is the top secret of the empire, and it must not be leaked except for those of you who participated in the research and production. "Yes."

Yang Peng thought for a while and said: "This kind of firearm is only produced in the Bianliang Ordnance Yard, and the production personnel in the production area must also take strict confidentiality measures. "Yes."

Yang Peng asked, "How much does this rifle cost?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this kind of rifle is a bit troublesome in the production of the barrel, so the cost is too high, one of these rifles is probably equivalent to the cost of two new divine arm bows."

Yang Peng nodded and said, "This cost is within a completely acceptable range." Your Bianliang Ordnance Yard must go all out to produce. As for the money and materials, you don't have to think about it. ”

Ling Zhen promised, and then asked; "Your Majesty, the Bianliang Ordnance Yard is fully engaged in the production of this rifle, isn't it producing artillery?"

Yang Peng said: "The task of producing artillery will be handed over to other ordnance yards, you only need to produce this kind of rifle." "Yes."

Xiao Rui'er picked up her feet and wiped the strange black thing in her father's hand, and asked curiously; "Dad, what is this?"

Yang Peng said with a smile: "This is called a rifle, and it is a very powerful weapon. ”

Xiao Rui'er heard that it was a very powerful weapon, and her eyes were large, and she pulled the corner of her father's clothes and begged: "Dad, dad, can you give me one?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Not now, in the future, my father can give you one." ”

Xiao Rui'er was overjoyed, and said up and down: "Dad, this is what you said, don't regret it!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "No regrets." Xiao Rui'er stretched out a fat finger and said innocently: "Let's pull the hook and hang ourselves." Yang Peng smiled and stretched out his finger to hook Rui'er's finger, Rui'er immediately hooked her father's finger and shook it while saying loudly: "The hook is not allowed to change for a hundred years!" Everyone burst out laughing.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.