Chapter 289: Emperor Jin wants to make trouble
The Emperor of Jin was furious, and the consequences were serious. When the prince and the civil and military officials received the news, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed to the Jinluan Palace.
As soon as the civil and military officials arrived, the Emperor of Jin asked with a gloomy face:
"How long do you want to hide the matter of Zhongzhou City? Do you think that if I don't know, you can act as if it didn't happen? Do you know? Because of the impact of this incident, now our Jin Kingdom is a joke in the eyes of all countries.
People may be holding their stomachs and laughing at us for being stupid! Can you courtiers act as if you don't see it? Can I really trust you?"
In the end, the voice of the Emperor of Jin was almost roaring, and the ministers of civil and military affairs and the crown prince were so frightened that they knelt there and trembled, and they would not say anything other than that the emperor was angry.
Seeing that none of them spoke, the Emperor of Jin became even more angry:
"Let me be angry, how can you let me be angry? I was laughed at by other countries, and I endured it. However, didn't you say that if you handed over Zhongzhou City to them, you would give them a big trouble?
The current Zhongzhou City is the city with the highest tax revenue in the Yan Kingdom, do you know? Moreover, he does not pay the taxes in Zhongzhou City on an annual basis, but on a monthly basis.
According to our spies, the tax revenue of Zhongzhou City will exceed 10 million taels of silver a year, what is this concept? Do you know?
If Zhongzhou City is still ours now, this city alone can support all the expenses of our national troops. Even if the army is expanded several times, it will not be a problem.
But now, we can only watch others spend our money, and we don't have to spend it, and we have to be scolded as stupid every day.
You say, what prestige does our Jin country have in the international community? If this continues, it is estimated that no one will dare to come to our Jin country to seize the city. You tell me, 'What should I do?'
However, the hundred officials would only kneel there and tremble, but there was no one who answered him.
Seeing this, the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom was even more angry, and really wanted to push one or two out to slaughter them and let them see, to see if these bastards would be afraid?
Emperor Jin took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked slowly:
"Prince, it's been more than half a year since the matter of imitating the fire gun was handed over to you, and the money has been spent so much, now, what progress is there?"
Jin Ge's face was bitter, the emperor named him, this time, it was not good to be silent, he replied weakly:
"The style of the firebolt is a replica, exactly the same. But I don't know what's going on, the gun that looks exactly the same explodes as soon as I try it.
But after changing the ones I bought in Yan Kingdom, I can shoot normally, and no matter how I fight, there will be no explosion. To figure out why, I've been unable to sleep for several nights.
It's a pity that the child is stupid, and so far, he still can't understand this question. The child is incompetent, please ask the father to punish him. ”
The Emperor of Jin said angrily: "What's the use of punishing you? Punishing you, will you be able to get the fire gun right? Forget it, if you can't get the fire gun, you should be able to get the bullet, right?"
They still have 5,000 firecrackers in the Jin Kingdom, in fact, they didn't send all 10,000 firecrackers to the battlefield at the beginning.
This thing is so expensive, how could the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom put it all in one army? In fact, in order to study the imitation, he must also leave half of it.
Although there are only 5,000 left, if you can solve the problem of ammunition supply by yourself, then the money to buy this batch of guns is not in vain.
If you can't get bullets, then these 5,000 guns will soon become burning sticks and become worthless.
Looking for Yan Guo to buy bullets? Don't be kidding, let's not say that people are willing to sell it, even if people are willing to sell it, at that price, even if they can afford it, they can't afford it!
The Emperor of Jin looked at the prince of Jin with a look of hope, the gun can't be made, there should be no problem with this small bullet, right?
However, Jin Ge's next words almost didn't make him vomit blood. I only heard Jin Ge say weakly:
"Father, after the research of the child and those craftsmen, he finally imitated a bullet that was exactly the same as that of Yan Kingdom.
But I can't figure it out, it's obviously the same bullet, why can they hit the Yan Kingdom's and our ones can't?"
Jin Ge really studied it with his heart, and in just a few months, he made a bullet barrel that was exactly the same as Yan Guo, and then asked the craftsman to fill the bullet barrel with gunpowder, and then sealed the bullet barrel mouth with a bullet.
Haha, it's so simple! No, it's exactly the same, if you put it together, you really can't tell which one is produced by Yan Guo and which one is made by their Jin Kingdom.
Although the firecrackers have not been able to conquer yet, with bullets, as long as they plan and command properly, there is no problem in using these guns to grab a few cities from Yan Guo.
However, when Jin Ge shoved the bullet into the fire gun to shoot, he realized that the thing he had made would not shoot at all.
Quack, it's hilarious.
This guy hasn't even figured out the principle of bullets, and he doesn't even know that there is a process of priming. I thought that as long as the bullet barrel was filled with gunpowder, the firing pin would be struck as soon as it hit!
The bullet didn't go off, and I didn't know what was wrong. He had to find those craftsmen to continue his research together.
But after research, because they didn't understand the principle, they had been studying for two or three months, but they couldn't figure out that the bullet had to be loaded with a primer on the butt before it could be used.
The Emperor of Jin stared at this son in disbelief, this guy, the smartest of all his sons, he had always been optimistic about him.
However, Jin Ge's performance today made him completely disappointed.
In his opinion, it is understandable that you can't study the fire gun in half a year, after all, that thing is big and has high technology content.
But a small bullet, as big as a finger, how much technical content can it have? And there are samples for you to draw a scoop according to the gourd, so it is really a question of how many bags there are in the head.
As an emperor, as the boss of a country, what he orders to go out will always depend on the result. As for the process, he didn't care at all.
Emperor Jin's face turned cold, and he stared at Jin Ge and said fiercely:
"It's been half a year, and you can't even get bullets out of the firecracker, even if you can't get the bullet. I'll give you another month, and no matter what method you use, I'll make sure that we have enough bullets for our five thousand guns.
I can't bear it anymore, Yan Guo deceived people too much, so I cut the land and pay compensation. This is a shame for me, only their Yan Kingdom has ever given us the land of the Jin Kingdom to pay compensation. ”
Baiguan and Jin Ge were shocked at the same time, and they both vaguely felt that what the emperor said was not quite right! Is this the rhythm of doing things?