Chapter 206 – The Ultimate Divine Soldier

Rows and rows of human offenders were harvested straight away.

Within moments, bodies were everywhere.

Soon, a cannon was delivered to the city tower, and in the midst of the crows’ silence, Zhu Di received the cannon.

It was a fine steel beaten cannon with excellent texture, and in order to reduce the weight, the cannon’s butt was made of solid wood.

It’s not that Zhu didn’t use a cannon, but that cannon was a work of art in his hands compared to the one he has in his hands now.

Everywhere, it was polished.

And Zhang Anshi in the side of the introduction: “the previous cannon …… often crude benzene, crude benzene cause is very simple, that is, once upon a time forging the cannon pig iron can not withstand the power of gunpowder, so the cannon must be cannon barrels built thick enough, but a thick, brings a few problems, one of them is bulky, sometimes One is bulky and heavy, sometimes one person can not complete the loading of gunpowder and shooting. The second is that it limits the amount of gunpowder that can be loaded, and the smaller the amount of gunpowder loaded, the less powerful it will be.”

“But now with Qixia’s steel is different, this steel is special forging, can withstand gunpowder explosion in the cannon tube without the risk of blowing up the chamber, so …… the minister’s side of the cannon to make this cannon cannon control as thin as possible, at the same time, the cannon’s cannon tube has become longer, the advantage of becoming longer is that it increases the accuracy. ”

“In addition to this, there is also the amount of gunpowder, in order to ensure stability, the minister side, specially set up a gunpowder bag, so that it is also in order to facilitate the loading of medicine set up, there is also this ……”

As he spoke, Zhang Anshi took out a through iron bar.

He first took out a gunpowder packet, took his mouth and tore it, stuffed the gunpowder from the mouth of the cannon into the cannon, and then took a through iron bar and poked it in, and that gunpowder was stuffed into the bottom of the cannon and compacted.

After doing this, Zhang Anshi then went on to say, “The more solid the gunpowder is pressed, the more powerful it is, and our gunpowder, is no longer the previous gunpowder, the new gunpowder is so powerful that the general iron pipe cannot withstand its power, which is why the minister’s side, the reason for using the Qixia steel.”

Compacting the gunpowder, Zhang Anshi quickly loaded a projectile.

The projectile fit the cannon’s mouth perfectly and went into the bottom of the cannon at once.

Zhang Anshi said, “This Singijeon projectile, the most important thing is standardization, to be seamless with the Singijeon, so this projectile workshop, in addition to the craftsmen, the most important position is the quality inspection, to ensure that each projectile meets the standard, before being sent to the model battalion. Each batch of projectiles is also labeled to ensure that after a problem occurs, the responsible person can be quickly found.”

After all this in one fell swoop.

Zhang Anshi raised the cannon.

This action scared the people around him.

Zhu Di grabbed it and said, “I’ll give it a try.”

He was familiar with it, and at that moment, he had someone fetch the fire folders and ignite the primers, and then, immediately after that, he began to lift the cannon and aim it in the direction of the palace lanterns hanging on the upper part of the city tower.

Moments later, there was a thud.

It is good that Zhu Di vigorously out of the miracle, if it is Zhang Anshi, I am afraid that at this time under this recoil, the hand to tremble.

Zhu’s hands were, however, steady as a rock.

With a flash of fire from the cannon’s muzzle.

The several feet tall palace lamp was directly smashed and clanked down.

Zhu Di’s eyes slammed open, and he said with surprise and joy, “Good, good, good, this divine weapon is also.”

Everything is afraid of comparison, the hands of this cannon, not only accuracy, power, range, and even the degree of portability, are far beyond the same period of the Shen Ji Battalion of the iron bumps.

Zhu said with a flushed face, “With this cannon, I’m afraid the power is no longer below that of the foot archers, and may even be better.”

Zhang Anshi controlled the urge to roll his eyes and said, “Archers? What the hell am I comparing to an archer?

But then again, in fact, the cannons of this era may not really be comparable to bows and arrows.

This was because the bow and arrow had a longer range and was more powerful than the Shenji Battalion’s cannons.

Of course …… all of this presupposes a skilled rifleman to be able to do this.

And it takes a long time to develop a skilled foot archer.

The greatest advantage of the cannon was that soldiers could be recruited in large numbers and spend a few months to get them into combat, something that could not be done with archers.

But now, with this new cannon, the disadvantage of the former cannon has been made up, and this thing is more powerful than the footbowmen.

Zhu Di then began to personally load the gunpowder, following Zhang Anshi’s example, took a through iron bar to compact the gunpowder, and then loaded the projectile, and after completing all these in one go, followed by ignition, this time, he aimed the cannon at Zhang Xingyuan in the distance.

The forbidden guards who were escorting Zhang Xingyuan hurriedly backed away.

Bang ……

With the sound of a cannon.

That Zhang Xingyuan stood in place, the person was numb, before he had time to react, he perceived something, sticking to his head, swishing past, and even his ears could feel a burning trace.

Even as firm as he was, he was already chilled at this point, and his lower body couldn’t help but get wet.

At this point, his teeth were clucking and his two strands were fighting.

Zhu Di said, “This cannon is accurate, haha, interesting. How do the ministers feel about my cannon?”

Yiluoha was the first to say, “Your Majesty is skillful with the bow and horse, so this cannon is naturally not a problem.”

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, said, “This cannon can hit birds, so I named it a bird cannon.”

Birds can be shot ……

Why does that sound weird?

For an unusual person, the understanding of birds is different from the understanding of birds for a roughneck like Zhu.

However, Zhu Di immediately comprehended Zhang Anshi’s deeper meaning.

Once upon a time, I only heard of the bow and arrow to shoot birds, and so on. But I have never heard of the cannon can hit the bird, after all, the accuracy of the cannon is too poor, and the range is far, the bird flying in the air, how to reach?

But now it is different, now this cannon …… is enough to fight birds. Can not shoot, not the problem of the cannon, but the problem of people, and the range has been enough, can not hit the bird?

This name, just with the former cannon directly differentiated, so as to highlight the extraordinary bird cannon.

Zhu Di laughed happily and said, “Good, let’s call it a bird cannon! This bird cannon not only fights birds, but also fights birdmen, killing two birds with one arrow! ”

Saying this, he looked at Zhang Shian with obvious exhilaration in his gaze and said, “Zhang Anshi, with this Singijeon in my Ming, I will have a few more chances of winning when I sweep across the four seas.”

Ning Wang Zhu Quan on the sidelines, looking at the people are numb, can not help but lick his mouth, “How many bird cannons …… can be produced on a daily basis?”

“Now a day can only produce twenty or thirty rods, but later, that is, a hundred rods a day, it does not matter, if it is to expand the scale of some ……,” Zhang Anshi said, “but it is not easy to say.”

Zhu Quan’s eyes lit up, then he looked at Zhu Di and said, “Your Majesty, my brother is about to head to Lu Song, I implore you, Your Majesty, to give me a thousand of these bird cannons, so that when my brother arrives in Lu Song, he will have the courage to do so.”

Zhu Di some shed, if he is willing to agree painfully, certainly nodded, but at this time, smilingly looked at Zhang Anshi: “Zhang Qingjia, you to take the idea.”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he realized that His Majesty was deliberately asking him to reject this brother of His Majesty.

Do brothers have to settle scores?

But I, Zhang Anshi, don’t want to be the villain.

So Zhang Anshi said, “If His Highness the King of Ning needs it, there is no harm in it, in fact, I have already taught people to send samples to Annam, I am only afraid that the Governor of Annam will also ask for it, of course, His Highness the King of Ning is going to Lu Song, which is full of difficulties, so how can you rest assured if you don’t have some bird cannons? His Majesty and His Highness are brothers …… Thousands of cannons …… Qixia side will definitely think of every way to supply before His Highness leaves.”

Zhu Di face slightly unnatural, Zhang Anshi this guy still do not understand me ah, this time, and his nagging so do what? Refuse ah!

Zhu Quan heard, has been happy: “If so, then …… this king can also rest assured.”

Just Zhang Anshi but then said, “But …… this bird cannon is the craftsmen produced, the cost is not small, the price Well, why don’t I give your highness a fair price it, a rod of thirty two how?”

Thirty taels ……

When Zhu Quan heard it, he actually did not care about it and said, “One thousand rods, thirty thousand taels …… are naturally good, this is a trivial matter.”

Zhang Anshi then continued, “In addition to this, equipped with gunpowder, and projectiles …… I counted …… almost also need 20,000 taels of silver.”

Zhu Quan is at least a vassal king, this silver is still there, if there are 1,000 people composed of bird cannons, the strength of the Ning Wangwei greatly increased, can greatly reduce future losses in Luzon.

After all, Zhu Quan had been a king in the border towns, and naturally knew that once he arrived in Luzon, the Ning Wangwei and his dependents that he had brought with him would be his lifeblood, his backbone, and the foundation of his future in Luzon. Every life is extremely valuable.

“This is good to say.” Zhu Quan was very generous: “Take a thousand rods first, and we will discuss the others …… in the long run.”

Zhang Anshi smiled with an open brow.

Qi Guo Gong Qiu Fu in the side listening to the envy, then also can not help but come up to say: “Your Majesty, this Shen Ji camp, is not also ……”

Zhu Di heartache, he did not know how the cost of this bird cannon, but always felt that this baby to give people, as if digging his heart and liver in general.

Just at this time, it is not convenient to say, so he said, “It’s a bird, so let’s watch the fun first.”

Below the citadel, the sound of the cannons continued.

The corpses were piled up like a mountain.

Zhang Xingyuan finally saw his relatives being escorted out, he struggled desperately, his mouth yelling and growling, tears falling down.

“Zhang Anshi, you shall not die ……”

His face was hideous, and he first broke his mouth, but then …… began to pray, “Spare them, spare them.”

In fact, he had known that it was useless, but in his mouth he still murmured, “I …… I have something to say …… have a great treasure in heaven …… I know that ……”

Zhu just sneered.

Bang Bang Bang ……

That Zhang Xingyuan’s brother and several sons, fell straight down, and the projectile hit the man’s body, producing huge wounds, with blue smoke still coming out of the wounds.

People’s sadness and joy, and not connected, no matter how Zhang Xingyuan how to howl, but other people, but also just cold eyes.

And everything in front of him seemed to have instantly shattered Zhang Xingyuan’s psychological defense, his legs went limp, but because he was tied up, the person was unable to go limp, and that twisted and angry face instantly became stagnant.

His pupils were dilated, disoriented, and he stared helplessly into the void, as if the world had become extremely strange.

It was a kill that ended extremely quickly.

Everyone’s shock was over before it had passed.

Model Battalion withdrawn.

Countless eunuchs drilled out and began to carry the corpses and wash away the blood.

Outside the noon gate, blood filled the sky, no matter how many buckets of water to scrub, visible to the naked eye, although the bright red disappeared, can be soaked into the brick cracks of the blood still does not dissipate.

Zhu Di swing back to the martial arts building, called Zhang Anshi to come, at this time only the monarch and the minister, Zhu Di still playing with the bird cannon in his hands, the side of the joyful: “Interesting, interesting, interesting. Hey ……”

Sighed, Zhu Di said, “Just such a good thing, give that Zhu Quan do what? Although this guy did not plot against the government, but also is not a good bird, such a treasure, first to tighten their own.”

Zhang Anshi said smilingly, “Your Majesty, I am thinking about something ……”

Zhu Di raised his head, sizing up Zhang Anshi, and said, “Go ahead.”

Zhang Anshi said, “With such a bird cannon, His Highness the King of Ning will be much more at ease when he arrives in Luzon. The local natives, who probably haven’t even skillfully played with iron weapons yet, will not be able to kill in all directions when they arrive there? Of course, His Majesty does not want King Ning to be unable to get into a good position in Luzon, right?”

“On the other hand, they did open up by this, but at the same time, their reliance on the bird cannon deepened! This thing, the bird cannon, has extremely high logistical requirements, a large amount of gunpowder loss, as well as a large number of projectiles, which are in great demand. In this way, they need a constant supply from my Daming, and in this way, their dependence on Daming deepens. ”

“And once the supply is cut off, then their advantage in Luzon may also be reduced, after all,…… their advantage is the new type of firearms, but the disadvantage is manpower, in terms of the art of war, the time, place, and people, are not on them. Only by maintaining the clan relationship with His Majesty, firmly tied to my Daming, can they maintain their presence in Luzon.”

“On top of that, in order to get more bird cannons, as well as ammunition, they would have to get silver any way they could! Where will the silver come from? In addition to mining locally, on the other hand, I’m afraid they’ll have to load a steady stream of Luzon materials onto ships and send them to my Daming to exchange for silver, and then use the silver, to purchase more weapons.”

“In this way, on the surface, it seems that His Majesty has given them more power as vassals, as if the King of Zhou had restrained all the vassals in the world, giving them land, population, army, and criminal law, but in reality …… they can no longer get away from the court, and since then, they can be dead hearted, and will be the vassal screen of my Daming forever! The first time I’ve seen this, I’ve seen it in the past! ”

“So in my opinion, between the son of heaven and the vassals, is a relationship of interdependence, relying on the so-called laws and orders, patriarchal law and bloodline, is unable to make them forever submissive, must be in the economic, completely harnessed them, so that even if they are thousands of miles away, the imperial court on their control of the whip can not be reached, but also by no means worry, they breed dissent.”

Zhu Di heard, the heart thumped, gazed at Zhang Anshi said: “This is not unreasonable, but I …… want to turn off, you this guy, the belly of the flowery intestines is quite a lot.”

Zhang Anshi laughed dryly, “This is to learn from His Majesty.”

Zhu Di scolded, “Nonsense, I am much more forthright.”

Zhang Anshi immediately changed the topic, “Your Majesty, in addition to this, with these firearms, as long as the King of Ning arrives in Luzon, he is bound to be able to quickly gain a firm foothold and may …… soon open up the situation. With him as an example, your majesty’s other brothers, won’t they be motivated? This matter of transferring clans, can also be pushed into the boat with the water, and then the clan kings are not only happy to do so, but I am afraid that they will also smile with their eyes. ”

“As for the Qixia side, the merchant bank takes this opportunity to earn a large sum of silver from the trade of firearms, and with more silver, more firearms can be produced, and at the same time, more bird cannons and artillery can be researched, Your Majesty…….You see, the advancement of iron and steel brings about the advancement of firearms as well, and the firearms advancement, in turn, can bring about other advancements. All of this, interlocking! ”

“But what does all this depend on? Still have to rely on silver, with silver, can recruit more craftsmen, skilled craftsmen get together, there will always be someone to stand out, improve the process, improve the method of manufacturing! The world is all about profit; the world is all about profit, that the readers because of the official, and do the article, so much so that they daily search their intestines, think hard, want to seek, but is the merit.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued, “So, this is a hundred benefits and no harm, to another level, help people, is the essence of happiness, your majesty …… court should give up the obsession, replace a new thinking, no longer beware of the clan, but should be their full support, which shows your majesty tolerant, with the This not only shows that you are tolerant and different from the small-minded Jianwen, but also shows that you value the kinship of your blood …….”

Zhu Di heard it and was already as clear as a mirror.

He sighed and said, “Hey …… think of the year, Ning Wang and I have the thickest relationship, now I and Ning Wang are older, he still has a grand ambition, I certainly want to support. Good, according to this, give him the bird cannons, give him gunpowder, he sheds silver, how much do you want, first tight supply his Ning Wangwei.”

Zhang Anshi said, “If Emperor Taizu Gao knew that his children and grandchildren were brotherly and friendly, I do not know ……”

Zhu Di directly glared at him, pulling a long face: “Don’t mention Taizu High Emperor, you bastard, fool others on it, even has become a deity Taizu High Emperor also cheat. Side by side to go ……”

Zhang Anshi was a little embarrassed, but he quickly grinned and said, “Your Majesty is a frank …… person Forget it, I will leave.”

Seeing Zhu Di stood up and made a gesture of waving his fist, Zhang Anshi hastened to say goodbye and fled in a puff of smoke.

“This guy ……” Zhu Di muttered, summoned Yiluoha: “What is the reaction outside the palace?”

Yiluoha said, “The military and civilians were shocked, and they all said that the Model Battalion was awesome.”

Zhu Di nodded: “Not only to scare this military and civilian people mixed among the small people, the important thing is still to be reasoned with, to reason with them, to say clearly how hateful this rebellious party, the so-called do not teach but put to death is called abuse, so that the Hanlin Academy of the Hanlin write articles to denounce these rebellious officials and traitors.”

“Yes.”

Zhu Di sighed and said, “That Zhang Xingyuan Fang just said in his mouth what treasure ……”

Also lost Ha said, “Your Majesty, according to the slave girl, he is sick and desperate, in order to save his wife and children ……”

Zhu Di nodded: “Well, this person is very hateful, pass a message to Ji Gang, I have to teach him to live some more days, no matter what, he can’t die this year, he has to be allowed to survive this year.”

Yilungha laughed and said, “The slave girl obeys the decree.”

…………

After Zhang Anshi left the palace, he went straight back to Qixia.

Ning Wang’s residence then has come a eunuch, actually straight to send silver.

Anyway, the silver has been delivered, so you can see for yourself. Whether or not you deliver the goods then is your business.

Zhang Anshi exchanged pleasantries with the eunuch, “Such haste? Your Highness, King Ning, this is too hasty.”

This eunuch smiled to welcome people said, “This is not His Highness is afraid of marquis you lack of silver to recruit craftsmen Well, hey …… Ning Wang to marquis praise it, said marquis you have a dignified appearance, there is a Xuanwu gas.”

The so-called xuanwu qi, because xuanwu is twenty-eight stars in the north of the seven stars, in fact, is the seven stars of the Big Dipper, this era, people praise a person, often say what the stars down to earth.

Now that Zhang Anshi has built up his reputation and been awarded a marquis, it is actually quite reasonable to say that he is a starry-eyed man who has descended from the heavens.

Zhang Anshi, however, couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t this Xuanwu a tortoise? A tortoise is a cuckold, isn’t this saying that I have a cuckold’s breath? Why is His Highness the King of Ning still cursing around the bend?”

“Ah ……” This eunuch’s face turned green, and he hurriedly explained, “No, no, Xuanwu is a spirit turtle, not a wangba.”

Zhang Anshi sighed, ”I had turned my heart to the bright moon, but the moon filled the ditch. It’s just that I am such a person, no matter how His Highness the King of Ning views me, I treat him with sincerity as well! You tell His Highness the King of Ning that I will definitely deliver this bird cannon as promised, and with quality and quantity.”

The eunuch heard, wiped his sweat, how did he know, is clearly a deal, now it is like His Highness, the King of Ning, owes Zhang Anshi a great favor in general.

Things were going well, and there was nothing to do for a few days.

Zhang Anshi then couldn’t help but go to the East Palace to see his sister Zhang, who was the crown princess.

When he arrived at Zhang’s chambers, Zhang Anshi had a pleasing smile on his face and showed Zhang the letter from Annan, while saying, “This is from my Zhu fifth brother. Sister, you see, this wedding, but shook the entire Annan, more than three hundred people it, the army, all up and down, exuberant, everyone said brother-in-law compassionate soldiers, these are military officers, the palace people are considered to have a good rely. ”

“Not only that …… the Governor’s Office in order to let them have a home, but also specially created houses for them to live and live in, and also recruited some local women to help do some of the living things, from now on, they will be considered as the main mother of the family, and teach their children. And the men can also feel at ease serving His Majesty in the military camp.”

Zhang’s carefully read the letter, guffawed and said, “I know you’ve done a good job.”

Zhang Anshi with a few points of complacency said:” not only so …… A sister heard of my big break the rebel party, right, at that time ferocious, these rebels, really bold, actually dare to assassinate the driver, but unfortunately, I am clear-eyed and fast, at that moment, a hold of the dagger that stabbed to go, the assassin was convinced by my ferociousness. Frightened and shivered ……”

Zhang nodded, her eyes full of joy, “All know, all know, Anshi has grown up.”

Just the next moment, Zhang’s tears rose: “This is the blessing of the ancestors, I see …… which, you should go to our father’s grave …….”

“Good.” Zhang Anshi said, “I also want to give him to repair a large tomb, have to go to the Ministry of Rites to ask, our Zhang family, what specifications can be used now, this World Marquis and Marquis specifications are certainly not the same, to be created to create a large, and then let people tie some more carriages and horses, mansions, beautiful women to the father, the father is living too hard, should be allowed to listen to him to enjoy the blessings of the netherworld, but can not let him be aggrieved. ”

Zhang huffed, “Originally, it should have been you who got married and went to sue for sacrifice. But look at you, you’re already old enough, and in a few years, Zhanji will be married, so let’s see what you’ll do.”

Zhang Anshi was actually very serious pinching his fingers and said, “That kid is only six or seven years old now, and in a few years …… A sister …… can’t do this ah, at that time his hair is not… …”

At this point, Zhang Anshi was silenced.

Zhang’s eyes had widened, wanting to seek a chicken feather duster to hit someone.

Obviously, this sister has always been in his place is very deterrent, Zhang Anshi seconds goaded, had to say: “wait for some days, I pick a lucky day, go to the Wei Gongfu propose marriage, can it, a sister do not be angry, this is not brother-in-law …… you see brother-in-law … … full of thoughts are beauty, look at him this overindulgence, I take warning, the heart will think ……”

“What?” Zhang’s eyebrows rose slightly, but she said without revealing anything, “What did you hear outside?”

Zhang Anshi was busy shaking his head, “No, no.”

Zhang looked at him fixedly and said meaningfully, “You and I are siblings, we are the closest of kin, you should have a sense of proportion, don’t turn your elbow outwards.”

Under Zhang’s sharp gaze, Zhang Anshi shivered and silently dripped a drop of cold sweat, so he hurriedly said: ”Yes, I know, I said it all truthfully. Brother-in-law is now the crown prince, he can not dare it, but he will think in his heart, he is thinking about this every day, he also often and I say this …… actually I do not understand much. Sister, I think …… on the heart regardless of the signs, after all, brother-in-law always has not done anything excessive, we can not wrong him, right?”

Zhu Gaoqi compared to the clansmen of this era, it is still relatively check, but a main consort, and a few side rooms.

This is already considered in this dynasty, belongs to the more peaceful men, if replaced by other feudal lords, that can be said to be faded pants will not be a man.

Zhang faintly hmph, but did not continue to continue to this head to continue to explore deeper, but said, “Well, I also just ask …… now I am worried about Junji.”

“What’s wrong with him again?” When Zhang Anshi heard about his little nephew, he immediately became concerned and said, “I see him these days, it’s normal ah.”

Zhang frowned and said, “These past few days, he’s been stubborn and rash in his speech, and he doesn’t want to study with the masters, and he gets angry at every turn.”

Zhang Anshi thought in his heart that this should be the child’s rebellious period arrived.

Zhang Anshi pondered for a moment, then said, “Leave it to me, I’ll make sure to cure him, I’ll go and ask him first, nephews are like uncles, and I’m most familiar with his nature.”

At that moment, he excused himself with gusto.

It did not take long to see Zhu Zhanji hiding behind the fake stone alone, holding his face with both hands, and the eunuchs on the side seemed to be afraid of him and did not dare to come close to him, but just tiptoed far away and stood.

Zhang Anshi came forward in a big way, accompanied Zhu Zhanji and sat down side by side, reached out to hold him in his arms and said, “My dear and beloved little Zhanji, what’s wrong with you? Come, speak to Aunty, Aunty is most heartbroken for you, and will never tell anyone.”