The rise of the prince

Chapter 310

The west gate of Luzhou has a wide road, because after going out of the west gate and then turning south, it is only four or five miles away, which is the ferry. When Luzhou is prosperous, there are many boats and horses on this road.

The ferry is called "Shangsanjiangkou".

Sanjiangkou refers to the Sancha waterway where two rivers meet.

This river adjacent to the west of Luzhou City is called Yuzhuang River. It comes from Jiannan Road, flows south and then merges with Dajiang.
Large ships going south can also take the Yuzhuang River from the Dajiang River, and then reach the mouth of the Shangsanjiang River.

Two large ships of more than 50 meters were docked beside the table, like giants covering the sky and the sun. Because of the draft, neither of the two ships dared to go too far.

The accompanying people were all stunned, including many soldiers, Princess Qing'an, Qi Fang and Di Zhi.

Li Xingzhou, who was walking in the front, stretched out his hand to catch Qiu'er, who rushed into his arms with tears in his eyes. The little girl was dressed in a man's clothing, pretty and lovely, but because of the living conditions on the ship, she was disgraced and her hair was messed up.

"Little girl, why are you disobedient?" Li Xingzhou said distressedly.

Qiu'er said in a muffled voice, "They don't know how to repair ships." She spoke with confidence.

Li Xingzhou was also speechless for a while, this is Qiu'er, if someone else would say something like "I'm worried about you."

But because of this, he felt sorry for the little girl even more, stepped back slightly, and tapped the tip of her nose: "Oh, you are so eloquent, you must be guilty."

"No." Qiu'er shook her head, said and buried her little head in his chest, and after a while he could already feel the heat and humidity of his chest.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, Qiu'er is the most honest."

After hugging for a long time, Li Xingzhou let go of Zhongqiu'er.

Ji Chunsheng over there also rushed up to hug him excitedly. To him, Ji Chunsheng was more like a caring elder, after all, he was also in the same generation as King Xiao.

However, Li Xingzhou was still a little puzzled: "Uncle Ji, why are you here?" Ji Chunsheng is the envoy of Wude, but the gatekeeper of the emperor and the guard of the imperial city. The emperor frowned and asked him to come.

Ji Chunsheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor asked me to come."

"Royal father!" The little girl standing behind said in surprise, her face was full of joy, and then she was moved to tears. Of course she was happy to hear that the emperor sent someone from a long distance.

But Li Xingzhou saw that the smile on Ji Chunsheng's face stagnated. He seemed to understand something, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Don't talk about it, let's move the things on the boat."

This is not like what the emperor would do, Li Xingzhou thought silently in his heart.

He generally knows what kind of person the current emperor is. The interests of the royal family are above everything else, and the majesty of the Tian family is above all else. He is just a grandson of the emperor, and my sister-in-law is just a princess who has been married to a foreign country for many years, so it should not be worth his concern.

But no matter what, the arrival of the royal ship this time is simply a surprise.

The ship carried 36 artillery pieces, more than 1000 quick-fire guns, a large amount of gunpowder and projectiles, and these gunpowder were processed and moisture-proof gunpowder that could be transported over long distances.

The moisture-proof principle of gunpowder is simple. The prepared gunpowder is mixed with shochu, then ground to as fine as possible, and then mixed into rice-sized particles. After drying, the gunpowder becomes granular, which is convenient for storage and transportation, and can also prevent moisture.

When he was about to go south, he told Qiu'er, but he didn't have time to do it. He didn't expect Qiu'er to bring him a boatload of granular gunpowder. I have to say that this girl's practical spirit is so outrageous.

Seeing many soldiers carrying barrels of gunpowder down from the ship, Li Xingzhou couldn't help feeling proud.

Don't underestimate the best ratio of granular gunpowder, which is almost the pinnacle of black powder.

The best ratio of black powder was not calculated by the British until 1825, and the power of gunpowder with the wrong ratio is also very different.

At the beginning, the Qing government was beaten by the British in terms of weapon performance because of the backward gunpowder technology and did not know the scientific ratio.

The range of the Qing army's 1200-jin artillery was less than 3200 meters, while the maximum range of a [-]-pound field gun of the British Army at that time was about [-] meters, which shows the gap.

According to the memories of Qing army officers at that time: "(Our artillery) occasionally hit barbarian ships, but they couldn't be broken, and there was no serious injury to them." This shows that the power of Qing artillery was low.

However, the gunpowder of the British army is "very fierce in nature". The officer described: "The force is far and fierce, and wherever it goes, people will be killed and wounded, and things will be destroyed."

The British Navy's 32-pound artillery can smash and penetrate 800mm thick hard oak at a distance of one thousand meters. The gunpowder they used at the beginning was almost the same as the gunpowder brought by Qiu'er. The ratio and processing are almost the same.

That's why Li Xingzhou is so happy. These granulated gunpowder will bring the power of artillery and firearms to another level.

At this time, Li Xingzhou was a little worried.

The twelve guns brought by his former army were all made of Xiaogang, that is, real steel, but more than half of the guns, about 600 of them, were all made of ordinary iron barrels. Will more fully burned and more powerful gunpowder explode?
Thinking in his heart, he handed Qiu'er over to my sister-in-law to take care of him, then pulled Ji Chunsheng aside, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Ji, the emperor doesn't look like someone who would send troops to save my sister-in-law, how did you convince him?"

Ji Chunsheng also saw that there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "My lord, actually the emperor asked me to save you this time, and he also said that if something unexpected happens, Princess Qing'an will be ignored, just take you back."

Li Xingzhou helped his forehead, sure enough, "But why did the emperor save me?"

Ji Chunsheng thought for a while: "Perhaps the empress dowager passed away, and the emperor felt sympathetic and didn't want to lose his family. As for why, I don't know."

The queen mother passed away.
Li Xingzhou nodded. It is indeed possible. Human nature is changeable. People often say that people are good when they are about to die. Perhaps the death of the empress dowager also made the emperor realize that he is old, so he cherishes his family more.

But no matter what, as soon as the two big ships arrived, Rinyang City was actually broken.
It's just that the rebels don't know it yet.

Li Xingzhou is not in a hurry, he can let his words slowly ferment over time, and with more than 2000 mouths, Ding Yi can get a taste of the sword of tongue and tongue. After all, he used his mouth to deceive the people of Suzhou, and now it is considered retribution.

He organized the five hundred Musketeers brought by Ji Chunsheng into the Shenji Battalion, and at the same time replaced all the iron-pipe muskets in the Shenji Battalion with Xiaogang muskets to ensure that the guns would not explode after replacing the gunpowder.

He recruited troops on the spot to expand the army, but even so, there were still some leftover guns brought by the palace.

So after the enrollment expansion, the number of people in the Shenji Camp was expanded to 2000.

More than 200 of them were artillerymen, and the rest were musketeers. The whole process was methodical and took four days.

On the other side, Di Zhi commanded all Luzhou horses and infantry, and was still besieging Linyang City.

On the fifth day, he had to separate Qiu'er, who had been lingering for several days, and then drew out a thousand soldiers to protect the princess mansion, and Yan Shen also stayed behind. It seemed to protect the princess mansion, but in fact it was more about protecting Qiu'er.

Qiu'er is a possibility, so be foolproof.

In mid-May, Li Xingzhou started to prepare to go south with many guns, gunpowder, and pellets, because the pack horses they came with were very convenient to travel.

Before leaving, Qiu'er repeatedly said that she was going to the front line. To be honest, Li Xingzhou had more confidence in taking her with her, but safety came first, and no one could decide what happened in the war. In the end, she was still well protected in the princess mansion.

In mid-April, the reorganized Shenji Camp left Luzhou City amid the cheers and cheers of the people. This time they were accompanied by Ji Chunsheng and Qifang. Li Xingzhou didn't want to take her with him because Qirui had just died and she was still wearing sackcloth and filial piety. If she also has an accident, then Qijia will decline from then on.

But she insisted on going, saying that she wanted to see Ding Yi die in front of her.
After leaving the south gate, the people in the villages and towns outside the city were still waiting on the road they had to pass through, stuffing some eggs, peaches and plums for the soldiers from time to time.

Li Xingzhou rode Meixue, the spring breeze was proud of his horse's hoof, and he looked at the densely packed wooden barrels dragged by the pack horse behind him. This is absolute strength!One of the secrets of the rise of the empire on which the sun never sets in the nineteenth century.

Ji Chunsheng followed on the left. After hearing about Li Xingzhou's experience these days, he was both excited and happy. He paid homage to King Xiao every day in the princess mansion to comfort the spirit in heaven.

But Qiu'er cares more about whether he is in danger or not. Although she and Yue'er were chosen by King Xiao, they eventually grew up with Li Xingzhou. The King Xiao in Ji Chunsheng's heart is just like the eldest son in Qiu'er's heart. generally.

Some fetters of friendship are not simply the love between a man and a woman. The difference between love and hate can be clearly explained.

"My subordinates thought that the prince was very clear about public and private affairs, but now it seems that he is also vulgar." Qifang rode on the right, sneering.

Li Xingzhou gave her a funny look: "Ha, you are not talking nonsense, I am just a layman."

Qi Fang frowned: "Ordinary people? Ordinary people can also write 'sparse shadows and slanting water, clear and shallow water, dark fragrance floating in the moon and dusk', and they can also write "Sapphire Case. Yuan Xi"."

"Who told you that?"

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Thinking about it, it is true that most of the Shenji Battalion are soldiers brought from the capital, many of them are from the capital, and there is also the palace guard, so it is not surprising to know.

"You say I'm vulgar, and you say I'm not vulgar. What can I do? It's not up to you to decide whether vulgarity is vulgar. Ask me why." Li Xingzhou laughed. This person just doesn't speak logic.
Qi Fang was stunned, his face changed for a while: "This subordinate is saying, your concubine Qiu'er, the prince is really sympathetic to the fragrance and jade, so he didn't hesitate to dispatch a thousand troops and leave Yan Shen behind. Bar."

She said it sarcastically, and Li Xingzhou laughed. He knew that many people didn't understand, but for him, a person with extremely high scientific understanding was more important than anything else.

He just shook his head, and then said: "Qidutong, let me tell you this, the land of Luzhou, the land of Suzhou, if you want to talk about the frontier of soldiers, it can be a hundred thousand soldiers; the land of the south, Jiannan, Ansu, Huai Combined in one place, it can be worth 20 yuan; Jingguo up and down, south to the junction of Baiyi and Dali, north to Liaoguo, west to Chongshan, east to the sea, can be worth 40 yuan.

Looking at the world, Dali, Baiyi, Xixia, Jurchen, Jingguo, and Liaoguo can all be millions."

Speaking of this, Li Xingzhou stopped, and both Qi Fang and Ji Chunsheng looked at him, "And then?"

"Then."

Li Xingzhou couldn't help thinking deeply. It is true that human history is driven by the joint action of human beings. It is true that everyone is equal, fair and just.
But those people with extremely high scientific savvy can actually become a teacher of a million by one person, which is even more exaggerated.

Einstein was born in the nineteenth century and died in the twentieth century.

But to this day, in what people call the new era of human beings, the most cutting-edge scholars in the world are still tirelessly verifying and interpreting the knowledge he left behind, and then concluded that Einstein was correct.

This is the importance of scientific understanding, talent is the most important resource!
As US Navy Undersecretary Dan Kimble commented: No matter where he is, Qian Xuesen is worth five divisions.

Facts have proved that Qian Xuesen has far more than five divisions. Without this father of missiles, how to survive the most difficult period under the deterrence of the United States may become a big problem for the newborn China.

This is the man who changed the destiny of mankind.

For cutting-edge talents, savvy is greater than knowledge reserves. Knowledge can be learned, and learning can never be completed, but the thinking to acquire knowledge and the savvy of scientific thinking cannot be learned, which is talent.

This is also the importance of Qiu'er.Li Xingzhou can regard himself as a memory card. He has a lot of knowledge from later generations in his mind, but he does not have the quick scientific thinking that Qiuer has.

Therefore, he may become a polymath and an inventor like Edison, but he will never become a great man like Newton or Einstein who will guide the transformation of the thinking of all mankind and enter the next new era.

"Qiu'er, she may be worth tens of millions, or billions." Li Xingzhou said calmly.

Both Qifang and Ji Chunsheng were stunned for a moment, because the words were too exaggerated.

Li Xingzhou patted Meixue's buttocks: "Don't be surprised, you don't understand if I tell you, what this king is guarding is a possibility, the possibility of changing the world. If it is possible, then of course it is the best."

Although the words are very forceful, Qifang still thinks that he is talking nonsense, just to find an excuse for himself to protect his concubine.

On May 48th, Li Xingzhou led the Xinshenji Battalion to join Di Zhi, and then began to deploy artillery overnight. Jiaoshan had indeed built the foundation and prepared design points before, but he did not expect that the number of artillery pieces would increase from twelve to [-] at once. Some people started digging pits and filling stones day and night.

The defenders in Linyang City looked puzzled as they were busy on the hillside six or seven hundred paces away, not knowing what to do.

In the early morning of May [-]th, Li Xingzhou asked the gang leader to prepare meals early, bought cattle and sheep from the surrounding villages, and killed them to reward the three armies. Everyone ate and drank well, and they all knew that the real battle was about to begin.
At noon, the 48 cannons had been pushed into the predetermined shooting positions under the joint efforts of the soldiers. The [-] musketeers of the Shenji Battalion began to line up at a position [-] steps away from the Linyang City Gate, with Ji Chunsheng as the commander.

Di Zhi led the horse infantry on the flank of Shenji Battalion, their armor was heavily armored, their sabers were sharply sharpened, and their spears shone coldly.

All the actions were done in an orderly manner, and they were carried out under the watchful eyes of the defenders at the top of the city, which made the defenders at the top of Linyang City start to feel uneasy.

Li Xingzhou's commander-in-chief stands on the hillside. He sits on the banner, followed by the commanding soldiers carrying the command flag. Qi Fang also looks nervous and confused as he follows him. She has never seen such a formation.

Not only her, but the defenders have never seen it either.

In May, at the foot of Mount Pi in the Liao Kingdom, camps stretched for hundreds of miles, stretching to the horizon, so vast that you can't see the end.

Many of the six tribes of Khitan in the Liao Kingdom live on nomads, so they are not like Jing Guo when they fight, but all the people are soldiers. Most of the time, they drag their families and lead their mouths. They can range from tens of thousands to as many as 10, but the elite combat power is actually not enough so many.

In the spring of this year, under the order of Shulie Khan, the six elites assembled. By the beginning of May, more than [-] people had been assembled. The spring hunting was supposed to end at the end of April.

But at this time, Goryeo came to send the annual tribute, but to go west to the Liao Kingdom, they had to pass through the territories of the Jurchen tribes. They were afraid that the Jurchens would take action to snatch them, so they wanted the Liao Kingdom to send troops to meet the team of sending the annual tribute.

The Khan of the previous generation of the Liao Kingdom attacked Goryeo twice, and the first time he attacked under its capital. The second expedition to Liao began.

The second time, the Koryo people resisted tenaciously, and the Liao State was unable to invade the interior of Koryo, and there was no substantial victory. Then Koryo surrendered and guaranteed a constant annual tribute, so the Liao State withdrew its troops.

Since then, every year Goryeo will offer sacrifices to the Liao Kingdom, with money and beautiful Goryeo beauties.

Yelushulie Khan finally drew 30 elites out of the [-] people to go eastward under the balance. Firstly, the Koryo Sui Gong is a considerable fortune, and the cutting scene is cutting sooner or later, ten days and a half months in the morning and at night Ten days and half a month doesn't matter.

Yelu Yali was riding a little white horse, and his brother was running and riding and shooting in the racecourse, which attracted a lot of applause. After a while, he came out of the racecourse to play horses and came here. Many beautiful noble girls from the sixth department surrounded him and chattered. Talk on and on.

Yali saw her brother so happy, and she was surrounded by many noble men from the six tribes. At first, she liked those few who were proficient in bows and horses, and were very strong. When it was said that the young prince who produced the perfume and the general wine died, she became a little unhappy.

The sons of princes and nobles behind him are still courting, but my elder brother has already come over.

"Brother Huang, when will father come back?" she asked.

Eldest brother Yelu Dun took the milk wine handed to him by the servant, and took a sip: "It should be soon, I have been to Goryeo, and I should be back tomorrow or the day after."

Yali nodded. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it turned out that it was mid-May before I knew it. It was March when I first heard about the death of King Pingnan, but now it is mid-May. No wonder everyone didn’t make fun of it. , It turns out that so long has passed without knowing it, and I must have forgotten it.
That's right, for more than two months, he must be dead.

Dead.
(End of this chapter)