Steel Dynasty - Chapter 514

[Chapter 514 The dark clouds in Chang’an]

“Your Highness, in this case, I will develop it according to the pattern of a rifled gun.”

In the military workshop, Chen Qi strengthened his determination with the encouragement of Song Changping and Xiao Ming.

“Try it boldly. Artillery is so powerful that guns cannot replace it. Field artillery will become more and more important on the battlefield in the future.” Xiao Ming said to Chen Qi.

During this period, Chen Qi suddenly felt that the status of artillery seemed to have declined, which made him feel a little uncomfortable and felt that his research was of little value.

But now Xiao Ming’s words once again ignited a surge of motivation in his heart.

After specifying the development direction of future artillery for Chen Qi, Xiao Ming asked: “Let’s not talk about this for now, how many field artillery have you produced now? The army is now clamoring for equipment from me every day, and the situation is changing. “I need the army to practice the cooperation between field artillery and infantry from now on.”

“Back to Your Highness, we have produced ninety-six six-pound field guns and forty-two twelve-pound field guns. As for the ships. We have also been producing cannons to meet the needs of the warships that are about to be launched. In addition, there are city defense cannons needed by various states and counties. During this period, we have provided 200 cannons to Yunzhou City and 300 cannons to Dengzhou. , and Yizhou in the south also needs 180 artillery pieces. In addition, they are export-type artillery pieces. “Chen Qi counted all his treasures.

Xiao Ming was slightly satisfied with the output of artillery. One thing he was very confident about was that his current artillery casting technology was definitely more advanced than Europe’s, because Europe still uses wax mold casting technology.

This technology requires continuous manufacturing of molds, but his iron mold cannon casting technology omits this point, allowing the cannon fire to truly achieve assembly line-like production.

For this reason, he believed that his artillery production would not be worse than that of European countries.

“Thirty-six six-pound field guns and twelve twelve-pound field guns were left to the Qingzhou Army, and the remaining field guns were sent to the Youzhou Army.” Xiao Ming pondered for a moment and said.

The Qingzhou Army can be said to be his personal guard, so Xiao Ming naturally has to pay attention to it, while the Youzhou Army faces the barbarians and also needs to be taken care of.

As for the Dengzhou Army, the shore defense artillery is enough to withstand Japanese pirates and attacks from the direction of Goryeo, and there is basically no need to worry about the Yongwang facing Yunzhou.

After all the arms in stock were distributed, Xiao Ming and the two of them talked about production before going back.

Now that the number of his troops has reached its limit, the next focus is to replenish the equipment. After all, except for the Qingzhou Army, the armies of several other states are basically pure cold weapon troops.

These cold weapon troops did not have much advantage in the event of a war. The reason why he came in person today was because of anxiety in his heart.

Although the military workshops are not lazy at all, the equipment still cannot satisfy the armies of various states. The current situation in Great Yu is not very good, and maybe the war is not very far away.

Just when he was worried about the future, his battle report finally arrived in Chang’an.

When General Qingzhou was delivering the memorial from Qingzhou to the palace, he was stopped by the imperial guards.

“This is the secret of His Highness King Qi, why do you want to stop it!” the post general said angrily.

Xiao Wenxuan once promised Xiao Ming that he could send the zhezi directly to the Imperial Study Room instead of going through the layers of review by the Zhongshu Province. Because of this, Yi General was so angry.

The guard general at the palace gate frowned when he heard this. He said: “The emperor issued a decree yesterday and ordered His Highness the Crown Prince to supervise the country immediately. From now on, the documents from the vassal country must pass through the East Palace before they can be handed over to the emperor.”

“The prince supervises the country .”

?” The post general was slightly surprised, but remembering Pang Shoufu’s words before leaving, he took out the paper and said, “In that case, please give the paper to the East Palace.”

Pang Yukun told him to go to Chang’an before leaving .

Be careful to avoid causing trouble, and this memorial is for Empress Zhao and the Crown Prince to see.

The imperial guard general took the fold and nodded.

After sending the note, the post general rode away. At this time, a eunuch, surrounded by a group of small yellow gates, walked towards the palace gate and stopped at the palace gate. The leading eunuch asked softly: “What happened just now?” What’s going on?”

When he saw the person coming, the general of the imperial guard was surprised. This was Wang Xi, the popular minister of the city Chang An, and the popular man next to the queen. He immediately bowed and said: “Go back to Wang Shilang, this is from “

Zhezi from Qingzhou

?” Wang Xi’s eyes narrowed and his triangular eyes immediately became a line.

“Yes.” The guard general presented the memorial with both hands.

Wang Xi took the memorial, tore off the outer envelope directly, and glanced at the contents of the memorial. Wang Xi’s face became a little ugly, and he said, “I will give this memorial to the Queen.”

The forehead of the imperial guard general A layer of cold sweat broke out on his face, he smiled flatteringly, and kept nodding.

Putting the memorial into his sleeve, Wang Xi walked towards the palace with his head raised. Now that the emperor was seriously ill in bed, all matters in the court were handled by the queen. However, without the emperor’s supervision, the prince now indulged in sexual activities every day. , didn’t bother to pay attention to the minister at all.

Watching Wang Xi’s figure disappear inside the palace gate, the guard general breathed a sigh of relief, but he was a little worried. From Wang Xi’s performance, it seemed that he didn’t care about King Qi at all.

And now no one knows the status of King Qi in Dayu.

In the palace, Wang Xi took the memorial and went directly to Queen Zhao’s residence, while Queen Zhao was dressing up.

“Your Majesty, this old slave met Qingzhou’s post general at the palace gate who was delivering a zhezi to the emperor, so he stopped him.” Wang Xi’s expression instantly changed from arrogance to flattery.

“Prince Qi’s book.” Empress Zhao’s body shook slightly, and her emotions were obviously ups and downs. “Show it to me.”

“Yes.”

Wang Xi walked over with a smile and handed over the palace maid who was combing Empress Zhao’s hair. He drove away and combed Queen Zhao’s hair by himself.

After taking the memorial and looking at it, Queen Zhao suddenly laughed and said, “The barbarians attacked Shanhaiguan in time. I’m afraid the barbarians are fake, and the support of soldiers and self-respect is real.”

“No, from the old slave’s point of view, the King of Qi has made it clear that it is true.

He must be punished for threatening the empress and the prince,” Wang Xi said with indignation while combing his hair carefully.

Empress Zhao sighed, “Your Majesty’s illness has made all the princes restless. I think this petition is just a piece of waste paper.”

“Mother, I think this petition has some effect. If you use it The petition tells the world that if these princes have evil intentions, they are disloyal and unjust.” Wang Xi said with a smile.

“It’s just that the prince’s rebellion is unfaithful and unjust. If the prince wants to kill other princes in the future, wouldn’t he be unfaithful and unjust as well.” Queen Zhao frowned.

Wang Xi continued: “Empress, this is not simple. When the time comes to accuse these princes of treason, wouldn’t this violate the surrender certificate? In short, this surrender certificate will do no harm to us. I took this into consideration when I came up with this idea.”

(End of this chapter)