The rise of the prince

Chapter 522 The Sorrow of the Great General

From the afternoon of the tenth day, Li Xingzhou took two little girls to go shopping.

I haven't seen him for a few months, the two little girls are very attached to him, Yue'er is jumping up and down with joy, Qiu'er is quieter, just holding his arm, and bought a lot of things, most of which are festive decorations, because Twelve is On his big day, the small courtyard should also be dressed up.

The two girls bought a lot of red candles, window grilles, exquisitely crafted carpets, cloth, red lanterns and so on.

The nurses who followed pulled a whole two carriages, but Qiu'er and Yue'er were still in high spirits. If the carriage didn't fit, the two maids would probably be able to buy a whole street.

Li Xingzhou pulled them back amusedly: "There is no room for so many things in the yard."

"My lord, this is your big wedding, once in a lifetime, but it needs to be grand. We are the Pingnan Palace, and we are the emperor's favorite grandson!" Yue'er was very excited as if she was getting married. , Li Xingzhou rubbed her little head: "When you grow up, I will clean up the two of you."

Qiu'er blushed suddenly, grabbed his sleeve, and hid half of her small face behind his shoulder.

Yue'er is also shy, but she is not afraid: "The prince cleans up as soon as he cleans up, so he is not afraid."

"Hahaha" Li Xingzhou laughed loudly, "Sooner or later I'll clean you up."

Originally, he should have moved to the main courtyard, but the main courtyard had been demolished and turned into a perfume production workshop, and there was no way to live in it. The other courtyards were not as big as his side courtyard, so he had to set up his new house in the side courtyard.

De Gong also brought Gillian's second uncle Wang Guanhe to inspect it. After seeing it, he blew his beard and stared, saying that he was unseemly and that he treated Gillian badly.

He could only prevaricate with an embarrassed smile.

Although he said that he wanted to build a new palace, in fact it was a new industrial zone, and there was no way to live in it, so he could only live in the original Xiaowang mansion.

Besides, Prince Xiao's mansion was big and the buildings were still new, so he was reluctant to abandon it. He put up the signboard of Prince Xiao's mansion and put it on Pingnan Wang, and it was his own.

As for the Wangfu New Area, although it is the most primitive industrial area, it can still produce a large amount of tool steel grade steel. As long as the Wangfu does not build steel warships, it will definitely be enough.

Under Qiu'er's leadership, the Wangfu steam engine also began to be built.

In order to distinguish the technology, Li Xingzhou called the steam engine with welded cylinders the first generation steam engine.

Due to the stress acting on the four corners of this steam engine, the service life is not long. It can only last up to two hundred hours, that is, about four hundred hours. If it works eight hours a day, it can only be used for about fifty days, about one more. moon.

Such a lifespan obviously cannot be popularized on a large scale.

And for this reason, the cylinder should not be too large, and its kinetic energy is limited, so it cannot be used on ships or trains.

But with the original steam engine, everything is no longer a dream, it’s just a matter of time. Using the steam engine to drive the boring machine can bore round cylinders, as well as higher-quality barrels and gun barrels.

Before there was steam power, the method used by the Wangfu to build gun barrels was to heat long strips of steel, then slowly forge them into cylindrical barrels, and then go through time-consuming and laborious processes such as straightening and grinding.

The texture of the barrel made in this way is not tight enough, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, while the barrel cast by the mold is even more full of bubbles and impurities, which greatly limit the power and accuracy of the firearm, and there is a risk of explosion.

But this technology, that is, the gun casting technology from the eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, is already the most advanced.

More advanced technology requires a boring machine driven by a steam engine. The basic principle is still the same until the barrel of a modern firearm.

That is to say, it is first processed into a high-quality integral steel pipe, and then bored into a hollow to become a gun barrel.

This kind of processing process ensures that the barrel has a tight texture and will not be affected by air bubbles, impurities, oxidation, etc. In this way, the strength and toughness of the barrel will increase greatly, the power, range and accuracy will be greatly increased, and countless complicated processes will be subtracted.

The era of Wangfu Industry 2.0 is coming, this year or next year, anyway, it will not be far away.

After returning to the palace in the afternoon, the whole palace has been busy these days, because in two days, the prince will get married.

In the side hall of Kunning Palace, the small stove was still burning, and incense was burning at the four corners. The emperor sat on the main seat, Zhong Daoyu and Wang Yue sat below, and one person on the left and right.

The emperor put the memorial in his hand on the table, and then slowly said: "In the past two days, there have been constant disputes about who can lead the battle.

Some people say that Yang Hongzhao is none other than Yang Hongzhao, who experienced the Southern War and has experience in dispatching troops and generals.

Some people also said that it was Yang Wenguang who had guarded Taiyuan for so many years and fought many battles with the Liao people.Others said that Wei Chaoren, after all, he commanded the Guanbei Army, and it was not uncommon for him to fight against the Liao Kingdom.well"

The emperor waved his hand, "Following that, some people said that Yang Hongzhao was too cautious and would miss the opportunity to fight; Wei Chaoren was only defeated last year, so he might not have much ability; Yang Wenguang was too authoritarian and unreliable.

I came to you two today, just to ask, what are the opinions of the two lovers, and who can be the handsome. "

Speaking of this, the emperor looked at Zhong Daoyu who couldn't sit up straight on a chair, and said melancholy: "It would be great if Zhong Qing was ten years younger, so I don't have to worry about this matter."

Zhong Daoyu arched his hands: "Your majesty, I also want to be ten years younger, so that I can fight for the emperor and make achievements. It's a pity that time doesn't spare people. Now the country always depends on future generations."

The emperor looked at Wang Yue, and he also cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it's better to be Yang Hongzhao.

The difference between these three people is actually not that big, at least. So, His Majesty can rest assured, right? "

De Gong's words were tactful, the emperor must be worried about his foreign ministers, but this kind of words can't be said clearly, otherwise the hearts of the frontier soldiers will be chilled.

The emperor didn't say anything, and De Gong wisely stopped talking.

The emperor looked at Zhong Daoyu: "What does Zhong Qing think?"

Seeing that Zhong Daoyu seemed to be hesitant, Degong hesitated to speak.

He hesitated for a long time, and even the emperor frowned impatiently before he said: "Your Majesty, I am not worried about who can be the commander, I am worried about whether the imperial army can fight or not."

As soon as these words came out, Duke De looked at Zhong Daoyu in surprise, and the emperor looked over, "Why can't we fight?"

Zhong Daoyu took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, even today, at the critical moment of life and death, I have spoken out.

Yang Hongzhao, Yang Wenguang, and Wei Chaoren are all handsome.But in the end it is the soldiers who fight on the battlefield.

The minister knows that because of the matter of the Taizu of this dynasty, whether it is the previous emperor or the emperor, he has always been afraid of warriors.Therefore, the Sanya was set up to raise soldiers, so that the soldiers did not know the generals, and the generals did not know the soldiers. They also allowed the Sanya to deduct the military pay and eat the blood of the soldiers, so that there was a gap between the Sanya and the imperial army.
But your majesty, it is these forbidden troops who will fight in the end. Who is the general in the battlefield is not so important, what matters is which sergeant is more bloody, has more morale, and is better at killing the enemy!
It is absolutely impossible to drink their blood on weekdays and make them sacrifice their lives in war!
Such a forbidden army must be a team with weak morale, loose military discipline, and difficult to fight tough battles, so I am worried."

(End of this chapter)