Steel Dynasty - Chapter 271

[Chapter 271 Counterfeiting]

A faint blue smoke floated in the firearms camp, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

The faces of all the civil servants were a little pale, and their bodies were still a little weak at this time. Although the generals were much stronger than the civil servants, they were also trembling.

They had never seen such a terrifying weapon. Not to mention that the shell penetrated three trees, even the thunderous sound was enough to cause confusion among the cavalry.

Luo Quan only learned about the power of the artillery from Luo Xin before, but he didn’t know how powerful it was. Now he finally realized how powerful the artillery was.

“Your Majesty, artillery is so powerful that it is a weapon to kill the enemy. These one hundred are not enough, so I think we should continue to buy artillery from King Qi to scare Xiao Xiao.” Luo Quan said with cupped fists.

Fiji recovered from the shock of the artillery, and also bowed and said: “Your Majesty, General Luo is right, the more weapons, the better.”

Having seen the power of the artillery with his own eyes, Xiao Wenxuan had already made a calculation in his heart. , this is a rare opportunity to improve the military strength of other feudal kings, and he will naturally not miss it.

“What you two beloved ministers said makes sense. After we return, I will order King Qi to continue to provide artillery to Chang’an.” Xiao Wenxuan smiled happily.

The princes who came to watch all had different expressions after seeing the power of the artillery.

Thinking that King Qi’s army was now equipped with a large number of artillery, a haze suddenly arose in their hearts. Such a powerful King of Qi, what should they do if they ascend the throne in the future?

Then they looked at the embarrassed prince, and suddenly felt relieved. The prince should be the most worried now.

The sound of “rumbling…” continued in the firearms camp for a while. Xiao Wenxuan, who had deeply felt the power of artillery, was finally satisfied. At this time, he looked at the shells in the ammunition box and frowned. For just a moment, the ammunition box contained All sixteen shells were fired.

He clearly remembered that the shells of this artillery also required silver, and the price of these shells was not cheap. One shell cost twenty taels of silver, and these sixteen shells were worth more than three hundred taels of silver.

Although the artillery purchased this time is 8,000 taels per cannon, each artillery is equipped with 300 rounds of shells, and this is 6,000 taels, which is almost the same price as the artillery, and this does not include gunpowder.

Thinking that this artillery would cost a huge amount of silver, and seeing that artillery and fire tubes were very similar, he suddenly came up with the idea of imitating artillery.

Xiao Ming said that artillery technology was so amazing, he wanted to see if it was really the case?

If it couldn’t be imitated, it would be fine, which meant that it was indeed difficult to cast the cannon, and the money spent was worth it. But if it was easy to imitate, he would give Xiao Ming a beating.

Because he was able to imitate it, it means that this artillery is not a secret. Xiao Ming is deceiving the emperor and deliberately exaggerating.

After all, when he was in the court, he knew that Xiao Ming was not willing to hand over the artillery technology, and he was worried that the technology would be stolen, so he let the artillery technology stay in Qingzhou.

But in his heart he still wanted to monopolize artillery technology.

All civil and military officials in the dynasty have seen the power of artillery, and Xiao Wenxuan’s goal has been achieved. After learning this news, I am afraid that the vassal kings with different surnames will definitely become restless.

Back in the palace, Xiao Wenxuan immediately asked Feng Deshui to secretly ask Fang Chengyou, the general supervisor of the Equipment Department responsible for the manufacture of fire tubes, to call in.

“Have you seen this artillery before?” Xiao Wenxuan asked Fang Chengyou.

In recent years, only Chang’an’s Equipment Department has been able to produce fire cylinders, and all this is attributed to Fang Chengyou’s grandfather. It was his family that preserved the technology of fire cylinder production from generation to generation.

Because Fang Chengyou’s father was a general prisoner, and he inherited his father’s position, it can be said that the son inherited his father’s position.

“Your Majesty, I have seen it before. It is indeed very powerful, several times more powerful than a fire tube.” Fang Chengyou felt sour in his heart.

The Fang family had always been favored for making fire tubes, but now that the artillery came out, no one cared about his fire tubes, so he was annoyed for a while.

Moreover, when artillery had not yet entered Chang’an, he often belittled artillery on various occasions. Now that he had truly seen it, he felt jealous again.

“Well, in that case, can the Equipment Department imitate the artillery?” Xiao Wenxuan said lightly.

Hearing this, Fang Chengyou was shocked. This was the time for him to regain the face of the Fang family, so he said: “Your Majesty, this fire barrel is very similar to the artillery. I thought it was just different in length and thickness. If the fire barrel is longer and thicker, If you increase the amount of gunpowder, it might be comparable to artillery.”

“Really?” Xiao Wenxuan looked interested and said, “In that case, you can go back and ask the Equipment Department to imitate the artillery. The Firearms Battalion will send you a cannon, you must study it carefully.”

“Yes, Your Majesty,” Fang Chengyou said happily.

After waving his hand, Xiao Wenxuan asked Fang Chengyou to step back.

After leaving the palace, Fang Chengyou walked towards the Equipment Department, when a carriage suddenly stopped beside him.

“Fang Zuojian, the prince has invited you!” An old face appeared in the carriage. This person was Zhan Shizhao Hongyang, the prince of the East Palace.

The residence of the crown prince of Dayu is called the East Palace. In order to ascend the throne as emperor in the future, the East Palace has its own official system, which is basically equivalent to a small court.

This Zhao Hongyang is the prince Zhan Shi of the East Palace. He is responsible for the affairs of the East Palace and is a chamberlain.

Fang Chengyou looked around carefully at this time, and when he saw no one around, he got on the carriage.

The carriage circled the streets of Chang’an for several times, and finally stopped in front of the famous Red Sleeve Tower in Chang’an City.

“Please, the prince and the prince are waiting upstairs to serve as prisoners.” Zhao Hongyang said with a smile.

This was not the first time that Fang Chengyou came here. He climbed up to the second floor with ease and knocked on the door in front of an emperor’s room.

After a while, the door opened in response, and Fang Chengyou saw a pile of white flesh inside. At the same time, a blushing sound of gasping could be heard.

“Fang Chengyou pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!”

On the bed, while the Prince was playing with three naked women, he said lightly: “Excuse me.” “

I have met His Highness the Crown Prince.” Fang Chengyou stood up, and this Then he bowed to Zhao Yuanliang, who was sitting at the table drinking tea.

Zhao Yuanliang seemed to have long been accustomed to the scene of the prince and the girl from Qinglou messing around. He said directly: “Fang Zuojian, please sit down. The craftsmen in Zhao have made the artillery a few days ago. I have to thank Fang Zuojian for this. If it weren’t for you, The detailed production process was provided, but the craftsmen couldn’t make the fire tube even if they tried.”

“Your Highness, you are so polite. It is also an honor for me to do something for King Zhao.” Fang Chengyou glanced at the bed. In the spring, my mouth felt dry for a while.

(End of chapter)