The underground stone chamber was bright because of the luminous beads, allowing Ying Zhao to see the surroundings clearly.

When he looked up again, he saw more than just a dense number of tiny stone holes in the stone walls. I saw that above the dome, there were also stone holes full of hidden weapons.

As long as an enemy is trapped here, it is impossible to defend against it.

Once the mechanism is activated, the enemy will never escape the fate of death or injury.

In just ten months, the craftsmen of the Nine Shadows Kingdom have already armed this island, which has also opened the eyes of Ying Zhao.

Most of the skilled craftsmen in the Nine Shadows Kingdom come from the high-level apprentices trained by Yanshi Lai Yueqi, from the black market ghost craftsmen who resell weapons and hidden weapons, and some disciples of the Mo family in the past. They are all masters of building mechanisms and hidden weapons.

With the help of these ghosts, the Nine Shadows Kingdom can make every border fortification full of claws and fangs, and become a man-eating beast.

"Marshal, please come here. General Li led the Ying Zhao and walked towards the secret passage north of the stone chamber, and said as he went, "I'll take you to see the shore artillery battery first." ”。

Ying Zhao hummed and followed.

After the entrance of the dark passage, there is another zigzag secret passage, through the hard rock, buried deep in the ground, all the way winding forward.

Ying Zhao followed General Li and strode towards the depths of the dark passage.

He came today to inspect the progress of the defense and engineering work here, and General Li, who had already received the communication, naturally knew the purpose of Yingzhao's trip.

He was not polite to Yingzhao, and naturally he did not engage in surface engineering, and there was no reception banquet or wine and meat entertainment, so he directly brought Yingzhao to his destination.

This is the Nine Shadows Country, there are not no officials who are messing around, and there are a few who are sloppy and patting horses, but more ghost officials and ghost officials are doing practical things, and they will not neglect their duties and slack off.

Therefore, it has only been more than ten years, and the Nine Shadows Kingdom has developed from a small ghost country to a big country today.

Walking all the way forward, Yingzhao saw a lot. There are stone chambers lined with tunnels, some are rest rooms and barracks for soldiers, and some are storage for supplies and water.

There are also some stone chambers, as seen by Ying Zhao before, extending in all directions, open stone chambers, connecting the dark passages on all sides.

It is also full of mechanisms controlled by the control room, which can launch an attack at any time to stop the invading enemy according to the idea of the garrison here.

Even in the dark passage, the Nine Shadows Kingdom has also buried mechanisms.

In the past, when it was not started, it was safe, but once it was activated, it must be blood splashing, and even no one in the dark tunnel could survive.

Since these islands are the springboard for the future of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, they are naturally not only indestructible, but they have also done everything in detail, taking into account the enemy's counterattack and counterattack, so as to design any of the defensive facilities and fortifications.

Ying Zhao watched while walking, and was very satisfied. The fortifications here are strong, and they are comparable to Yuque City and Shuoyue Island.

Some of the tunnels are even spacious enough to run cars in them, shuttling back and forth to transport supplies and quickly reach any point on the island.

With such barriers and springboards, the tens of thousands of miles of sea in the northern part of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will be impregnable.

This made Yingzhao not only very happy and satisfied, but also saw a bright future.

That is the future of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and in the face of the invasion of the Northern Yin Dynasty, it can take the initiative to attack, and it is no longer the future of passive defense.

has been following Xiao Shizhu for a long time, and Yingzhao has not seen a miracle.

Every time it can be an eye-opener for Yingzhao.

"Thinking about it, I followed my eldest brother out of the capital and went all the way south to build a country here, which is the right choice. Ying Zhao thought silently and continued to move forward.

This secret passage is deep and long, and it has been extending in all directions under the island, and it has not come to the end after walking for a long time.

But after walking for more than a dozen feet, Ying Zhao suddenly stopped and turned his head to look aside.

At this time, the place he looked at was a huge stone door that was closed.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this stone gate is huge. It is two zhang tall and nearly one zhang wide. It's not as good as the palace gate of Yuque City, but it's much worse.

In the middle of the thick door, the seal is engraved with eight huge characters composed of ghost inscriptions in the underworld: "Military land, idlers are not allowed to enter." ”。

General Li saw Yingzhao looking at this place curiously, so he said: "Dashuai, this is an absolute forbidden area, even if you are Dashuai, you are ......."

General Li's words were neither humble nor arrogant, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Na Yingzhao.

Ying Zhao nodded and said, "This is the artillery." ”。

Although it was not specified in his Ying Zhao, General Li knew that what he was asking was the Shadow Ghost Cannon.

So he nodded and returned: "Yes, Dashuai." ”。

Hearing this, Ying Zhao withdrew his curious gaze from staring at Shimen, and motioned for General Li to continue to lead the way and walk forward.

Ying Zhao knew that he did not have the qualifications and authority to see the firing site of this ghost cannon now. As for the place where this Shadow Ghost Cannon is located and produced, it is natural that an envoy from the Ordnance Supervision will come back to inspect it. Something that shouldn't be worried about him, naturally he won't be curious.

He hadn't taken two steps before he had no worries, and his curiosity and interest in the stone gate had vanished.

General Li walked for a long time with Yingzhao, came, and finally walked out of the dark passage and came to the end of the dark passage.

It is a large stone chamber with no way out, and the only iron door is closed and cut off from the outside world.

On the rock wall in front of the dark room, there are several long cannon holes, which are embedded in the rock wall.

It is no more than five feet long and more than two feet wide, just enough for the barrel of the Nine Shadows Kingdom's artillery, and there is still room to turn left and right when it sticks out from the middle.

Outside the cannon hole, countless dark blue strange vines hung from it. The vines that were too dense temporarily blocked the cannon hole.

The sea breeze blows, and the vines sway gently in the wind.

From the outside, it is difficult to detect the cannon holes here. But just through the vines outside the five cannon holes lined up in these places, Ying Zhao could still hear the sound of waves crashing on the shore and hitting the rock wall or reef not far away.

"This is one of the main batteries facing the north. General Li, who brought Ying Zhao here, looked around the stone chamber and said to Ying Zhao: "This stone chamber can set up five sky-shaking cannons, and it can shell the opposite shore at any time. ”。

Ying Zhao listened to his words and walked around the wide stone room.

Indeed, there are already five of the Nine Shadows Kingdom's latest sky-shaking cannons here. The gun body is thin in front and thick in the back, and the bottom is like a covered hat, and it can be opened.

This is the design of the Nine Shadows Army Weapons Supervisor for field warfare, and it is also one of the main artillery pieces that the Nine Shadows Army will be equipped with in the future.

This new type of Sky Shaking Cannon Nine Ghost Iron is made of Ghost Iron, which should be cooled and can be fired for a long time without the barrel of the cannon being hot and hot.

The caliber of the muzzle is nearly one foot, and the barrel of the gun is more than one zhang.

The improved Sky Shatter Cannon can use the 10,000-bladed armor shattering projectile with high penetration and wide area damage. It can easily hit the mountain cracking rock bomb that pierces the fortifications, and it can also poison the fire wave special for the Vulcan cannon***, and the flowering submunition that can scatter countless warheads.

With a rate of fire of three to five miles in one breath and a long-range range of forty miles, the shells can fall on the enemy's head in the blink of an eye.

It has a 30-degree angle of fire, and it can be curved to shoot straight shots.

And the gun body can store three shells at a time, and three shells can be fired in a row.

A single cannon covers a firing area, which can reach a maximum of nearly 100 miles, and the explosion range of each shell can also reach nearly half a mile. Coupled with a total of four wheels on both sides, a sturdy medium-sized beast soul can easily pull a giant cannon of hundreds of catties and quickly maneuver around.

The strong mobility and power of the new Sky Quake Cannon made it a great display in the recent battle for the defense of Shuoyue Island. The limelight is no less than the Falling Star Cannon that has just been developed and launched by the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Xiao Shizhu knew that the magic of gods and ghosts should not only pay attention to qualifications, but also that cultivation should be extremely slow to achieve a certain effect, so it was prescient to start working hard to develop firearms and new weapons.

Divine and ghost arts can be cultivated slowly, but firearms should be developed as soon as possible and constantly updated, which is Xiao Shizhu's policy of strengthening the army, and it is still the case.

It is precisely because of these artillery and firecrackers that are constantly rebuilt, and the power and range are getting bigger and bigger, that the Nine Shadows Kingdom can compete with the Northern Yin Dynasty, where almost every soldier is equipped with magical skills and magical powers.

Otherwise, the Nine Shadows Kingdom would have been finished long ago, where would he still be able to survive to this day?

And the stone chamber where Ying Zhao was at this time, although there were only five sky-shaking cannons, once the war started, he could turn the land within three hundred miles on the southern coast of the Six Heavenly Continents of the Beiyin Dynasty, which was thirty miles away, into a sea of scorched fires all over the place within a quarter of an hour.

If there were still enemy troops in those lands, it would be a terrible situation in the sea of fire.

"How many main batteries are hidden in the mountains like this?" said Ying Zhao, who turned around and returned to General Li's side, and asked slowly.

As a high-ranking official of the Nine Shadows Country, Ying Zhao knows that the defense of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will never be single and uncovered, nor will it play any personal heroism alone, even the forts are each other's horns, supporting and covering each other.

"The north and south positions are the main islands, and the main force is the main force, and there are fifteen such batteries, and there are countless other small batteries, all of which are small batteries with one or two guns. After silently counting in his heart, General Li replied: "There are fewer on the east and west flanks, and there are only twelve such batteries, mainly to place the enemy's main naval fleet when attacking, so as to deal heavy damage to the hostile naval division." ”。

"Yes, with this arrangement, it has caught up with the firepower of Xiaoyu Mountain City where I am stationed. But I'm still going to inspect them all, and I'm tired of General Lee. Ying Zhao nodded with satisfaction, and asked again: "Has the ordnance supervision in this place been built?"

"It's almost finished, and it's hidden deep in the belly of the mountain. This time, General Li didn't need to count, and said without thinking about it: "Moreover, the skilled craftsmen of the ordnance supervisor have been stationed in it." I also sent craftsmen in the army to help them, and they could produce shells and guns at any time. ”。

"Okay, let's go to the Ordnance Superintendent now. Ying Zhao then said.

With the weapons superintendent, plus a large amount of stored ammunition, food and water, even if the Jiuyou Army here is surrounded by the enemy on all sides and surrounded by iron barrels, it can continue to fight, at least for a month.

But General Li didn't move, but just suggested: "The marshal has come all the way, why don't I receive you and drink a cup of tea first, rest your feet, quench your thirst, and then we will go to see the local ordnance supervisor." ”。

It was also General Li who saw the chapped corners of Yingzhao's lips and suggested it out of kindness.

"Fetch tea, I'll drink it as I go. Ying Zhao didn't refuse, just gave General Li a solution, and took the lead in walking outside the stone room......

After nightfall, the inner courtyard of the Yuque Palace was quiet.

The ghostly fog began to disperse, and everything was hazy and quiet.

Xiao Shizhu, who had been busy for a day, bathed and changed clothes, took off his robe, changed into bed clothes, and sat on the rocking chair by the pool in the main building of Juexiangyuan, closing his eyes slightly, and nourishing his mind.

Today he was more tired than ever, not because of the busyness of state affairs, but because he took time to play with the children in the afternoon.

Xiao Fuling, a female doll, is already very noisy. And the half-sized tea and Fulei, which are not fuel-efficient lamps.

It's rare for the children to be with their father, and they have fun. But Xiao Shizhu was exhausted by a few of them.

After recuperating for a long time, this can be regarded as recovering a little vitality.

Xiao Shizhu, who opened his eyes again, sighed, and picked up the notebook presented by the minister on the small desk at hand.

It was the only notebook on the small case, and it was Qing Lan who gave Xiao Shizhu to put on the small case. It is also Xiao Shizhu, the only one who has not seen it today.

Qinglan on the side put down the hot soup in her hand, bowed and retreated.

It was late at night, there was nothing important, and Qinglan couldn't trespass into the main building of Juexiangyuan.

And he should also rest, tomorrow morning, he will go to court with Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother.

The ministers entered the palace to discuss matters, and he Qinglan went to announce it.

Tonight's Qinglan, you have to rest.

Xiao Shizhu didn't care where Qinglan went, nor did he take a sip of hot soup, and continued to look at the notebook in his hand.

This is the recital of the table on the long piano, and it is written with detailed reception matters, that is, the details of receiving the Qingqiu Fox King, who is about to arrive in the capital of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

What day, when, and what to do. Including the residence arrangement of the Qingqiu Fox King, the escort arrangement and so on.

In the script, Changqin planned to arrange the Qingqiu Fox King outside the Yuque Palace of the Nine Hidden Kingdom, at the foot of the South Mountain of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms in the annex of the Honglu Temple of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms.

It is not far from the lively Fangli, but the environment is beautiful and quiet, which is easy to rest.

Next to it are mostly the offices of the diplomats of the Nine Shadows Country, all of whom are ghost officials who can see people and talk about people, and are loyal to the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

There is nothing wrong with such an arrangement.

It can not only allow the ghosts of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom to have a good rest, but also prevent them from seeing the needles and secretly wooing the ghost officials of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

The most important thing is that there are no residential houses in the surrounding area, and most of them are heavily guarded ghost yamen and offices. Even if the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom was Sima Zhao's heart, he would not dare to intrude into these places that had nothing to do with the envoy.

Xiao Shizhu was very satisfied. also thought that Changqin was afraid that he had already copied this recital according to his order and quietly gave it to Hu Lan.

This is exactly what Changqin wants to leak out, but it doesn't matter, otherwise Changqin will not be able to fool Qingqiu Fox Country in the future.

Xiao Shizhu thought and looked down at the other contents.

Those are all arranged in the form of reception, and there is nothing less in the first few days of eating, drinking, and playing. And every day, there is a big banquet arrangement, it seems that Xiao Shizhu is going to soak in the wine vat with the Qingqiu Fox King every day, and he will rest when he is drunk.

However, this is also the meaning of Xiao Shizhu.

He just wants to leave the image of a faint monarch for the Qingqiu Fox King.

In this way, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom will dare to attack the Nine Shadows Country after the rainy season.

The Nine Shadows Kingdom took the opportunity to counterattack and directly take Qingqiu Mountain.

However, Changqin did not always arrange eating, drinking and having fun, and looking back, Changqin also arranged talks.

These talks are all plans of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to aid the construction of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.

None of this matters, first, even if the plan is signed, the Nine Shadows Kingdom will delay sending people to help the construction plan. Second, this is just a ploy to buy time for the king of Yama.

On those days of the talks, King Yama would lead his army north. On this day at the end of the rainy season, a drastic effort was made to clean up the hostile forces in the area north of Dushuo Mountain.

That is the real purpose of arranging the talks.