The rise of the prince

Chapter 478 New Gun
There are not many books in Tubi Mountain Villa, so of course it is impossible for him to look for books to read, let alone whether he can understand the extremely simple ancient books at his level, even if he understands, these things will not be recorded in too much detail, and it is impossible to know without physical comparison .

It is best to ask the local people or the local defenders about this matter, because China has always paid attention to cultural inheritance, and this habit is almost woven into the flesh and blood. Even after thousands of years, the local people in Changping still know the epic battle that took place there. now.

If you ask them, maybe you can gain something, and from here to Changping, it's only a day's journey.

Just thinking about it, Mr. Fu'an found him and said that the emperor wanted to see him.

Seeing the emperor again, the old man's face was much calmer. He was accompanied by the empress. Li Xingzhou saluted and sat down without speaking.

He didn't say anything, neither did the emperor, the room was quiet and tense gradually.

It wasn't until the queen coughed a few times to break the silence, and then gently pushed the old man above with her hand, that the old man was unwilling to say: "This time I will send troops. I am sure.

However, I also have requirements. First, if you send troops in the twelfth lunar month, if you send troops before the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, you must come back regardless of whether there is a victory or not.Second, I will send Wei Li and the accompanying fifty direct guards to listen to your orders, and you will take them with you. "

"No." Li Xingzhou said without even thinking about it: "Without Shangzhi's personal guards, who will protect you? The safety of the emperor cannot be compared with thousands of bandits."

The emperor snorted, and then slowly said: "Don't worry, I'm not a fool, I have ordered Wang Tong to dispatch the servants over."

Li Xing didn't speak. He really didn't expect the emperor's attitude to change so suddenly. He opened his mouth and finally said, "Thank you."

The emperor didn't answer directly, "Go out."

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, under the order of Li Xingzhou, the Xiang army began to prepare food and supplies, ready to go at any time.

After the people of Jiangzhou heard that King Pingnan was going to send troops to suppress the bandits, they all wanted to sign up to join the army. However, Li Xingzhou's purpose of sending troops this time was to be quick and quick, and to surprise him, so he naturally didn't want to lead more people.

There are also people who sent rice, noodles, vegetables and meat to the new army. Li Xingzhou refused them one by one. He also had 2 taels allocated by the emperor. These things are insignificant to him, but to many people, they are winter food. .

While he was busy preparing, the little girl was not happy. After being bumped into by everyone, Li Xingzhou simply took this opportunity to move He Qian to live in his own yard, and He Zhao looked at him with a bit of fierce eyes.

But these few days she was not in high spirits, Li Xingzhou took her to build a big tall snowman in the yard, finally smiled, ran in the snow, and even threw snowballs at him, the little girl's provocation triggered a wave of excitement. There was a fierce battle, and He Qian had the upper hand for a while, until he was caught by him until he was exhausted and unable to run.

The good times are always short, the little girl was out of breath, lying in his arms with a face like a peach blossom.

"Do you have to go?" she asked softly.

Li Xingzhou nodded, and stroked the black hair on her forehead: "Don't be afraid, it's not a big deal."

"You lied, my father told me that there are thousands of bandits." She pouted.

"Your father is talking nonsense." Li Xingzhou said indifferently.

He Qian snuggled into his arms: "My father asked me to persuade you not to go."

Li Xingzhou smiled, and He Zhao looked at him, afraid that he would go to die immediately, how could he persuade him not to go.

"If you don't go, I'll let you sleep in my room."

Li Xingzhou's heart skipped a beat, his throat was a little dry, and he almost agreed, but fortunately he came to his senses, and quickly said: "Little girl, you almost fell for me, it's not a matter of time, you need to be in a hurry."

"Big bastard" He Qian blushed even more, and said in a muffled voice on his chest: "If something happens to you, what should I do?" She took Li Xingzhou's big hand and whispered: "Tonight, today Tonight you will live in my house."

"Hahaha" Li Xingzhou smiled, "Tsk tsk, I should have known when I tied you up."

"You still say" He Qian thumped his chest shyly, "Back then you were a big bastard, a dandy, flamboyant and domineering, and hurt people everywhere."

"What about now? Does it change a lot about me? You think I'm very good." Li Xingzhou laughed.

"Hmph, I'm still a villain, but nothing has changed." The little girl leaned quietly in his arms as she spoke.

Li Xingzhou patted her on the back: "Wait for me to come back, good boy."

At this moment, a laugh suddenly came out from the gate of the courtyard: "Tsk tsk tsk, the prince is really a talented man, a veteran in love, and the backyard of his home is stable, so he wants to develop outward."

He Qian jumped up from his arms in fright, Li Xingzhou looked up and saw Qi Fang with a meaningful smile on his face.

Quickly coughed twice to break the embarrassment: "Ahem, you came so fast." Qifang was called by him, in order to let her Dingnan-class Qifang ship transport gunpowder, ammunition, and grenades to the north. This time I played with firepower suppression.

"Of course it's fast. Our loyal servants ordered by the lord are naturally fast. Your beauties in the palace are so busy that they don't touch the ground. The little girl rushed from Kaifeng in a hurry, and then organized people to move over at the ferry without stopping. Thinking that the prince will enjoy it." She spoke slowly, but the more she said this, the more guilty Li Xingzhou felt.

Hastily said: "Hahaha, it's been hard work since I started the job, come, come, I will personally arrange for you to stay and rest."

"No need, don't disturb the lord's affair." Qi Fang snorted, then tilted his head to look at the shy He Qian who was hiding behind him: "As expected of Miss He, she is pretty and cute, I feel pity for her, no wonder The prince is fascinated." Then he turned and left.

Li Xingzhou took He Qian's hand: "I'll go and have a look and arrange for them to stay. You go back first."

"Oh"

The royal ship brought a large amount of bullets, shells, gunpowder, and grenades.

Also brought a batch of new guns!
Wangfu's Suifa gun had almost reached the peak of the musket-loading musket under Zhao Si's improvement. It was unlikely that there would be any new progress before the steam engine. I didn't expect Tieniu to improve it again.

As a blacksmith, he keenly realized that the smaller the barrel and bore, the closer it fits the bullet and the better the airtightness, the greater the power of the gun.

So he simply reduced the gunpowder pool and the flint ignition hole. Because of Zhao Si's improvement before, the propellant and the bullet have been integrated, and they are fixed with paper soaked in lard.

In this way, the design of the gunpowder pool becomes dispensable. Removing it can increase the airtightness, increase the power, accuracy and range of the firearm. Zhao Si also asked the new army sergeants to prove that this design is feasible through tens of thousands of shooting experiments.

Shiyu, as the steward, did as he did before, because of this improvement, he rewarded Tie Niu with a thousand taels of silver, and also announced it to the whole palace.

And the two hundred she brought were the latest batch of modified guns.

Li Xingzhou touched these treasures happily, and when he heard what Fang said about what happened in the palace, he was overjoyed. He immediately ordered the new army to assemble, refit with new ordnance, and then conducted a test shooting.

As a result, not only he was overjoyed, but also the new army sergeant couldn't put it down.

They have fired more guns, so they can naturally tell the difference. The new guns are louder and more accurate, they can hit farther, they are more powerful, and their rate of fire has also increased. The barrel of the gun became smooth and transparent, making it a seamless one.

With [-] new guns, Li Xingzhou was more confident, and at the same time began to arrange for the replacement of the [-] guns.

The army is about to leave, and training new recruits is not enough, but he has a way. He asked Shen Lin to transfer two hundred infantry troops from the Xiang army, and then temporarily incorporated into the new army. Each new army musketeer will teach a Xiang Jun.

After practicing like this for two days, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, news came from Shenlin that he was ready to buy all the supplies and food, and the army could set off at any time.

Li Xingzhou is planning to set off on the morning of the sixth day of June, that is, tomorrow.

In the afternoon, he prepared the luggage at He Qian's place and fed Meixue. These days, she was locked up with a group of mules and lost her temper. He wouldn't eat it unless Li Xingzhou personally fed it.

After that, I went to the main hall to meet the emperor and the empress. The emperor was still expressionless, and the empress held hands and told him a lot.

He Zhao who heard the news didn't say a word, and still didn't have a good face. Tang Zhou said that he would win the battle in order to be obedient.

As for Mr. Fu'an, he didn't say anything, but just nodded to himself.

The last one is Wang Tong. Ever since he knew the emperor was here, he wished he could move to the villa and run here every day. Wang Tong told him not to disappoint the grace of God, serve the country, solve problems for the emperor, etc.
It wasn't until after dinner with the emperor, empress, and several ministers that it got dark, and then I left and prepared to go back to the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)