serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 493 Ceremony Part [-]

Jia Hu, who was sitting behind the imperial desk, kept looking at the officials who were enjoying themselves with squinted eyes, with deep smile lines on the corners of his mouth.

After the song ended, the King of Tianzhu and the musicians lined up, knelt down and said in stiff Chinese: "I wish His Majesty the Great Emperor a long life! May His Majesty the Great Emperor live forever!"

Jia Hu nodded with a smile.

The group bowed and retreated.

The cheerful music sounded again.

Ten extremely gorgeous girls dressed in Mongolian costumes lined up and danced in from outside the palace.

In the cheerful tune, the girls from the Yike Zhao League danced Mongolian dance, flying and circling, dazzling
  Jia Hu raised a glass and drank with Jia Huan, then subconsciously glanced at the third empty seat in the second row on the left and asked, "What time is it?"

The little fat man took out his pocket watch and replied: "Go back to the emperor, the time is almost over."

Jia Hu closed his eyes and sighed: "Have someone tell Xu Deming to take your time."

The little fat man: "Yes." He answered and walked quickly to the back hall.

At the end of the song, the girls from Yike Zhaomeng retired.

Li Shouzhong stood up at this time, held a box of books in both hands and raised it high, saying: "Your Majesty, I was ordered to lead the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, and the Dali Temple to compile the "Imperial Law" and all of it was printed yesterday. .Presented to the Emperor for his royal review."

Jia Hu: "Send it over."

The little fat man took the book box and presented it in front of the imperial case.

Jia Hu opened the box, and the cover was printed with four vigorous and round regular script characters of "Imperial Law" written by Jia Hu.

After opening it and looking at it, Jia Hu smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, Ma Shun hurried in and whispered a few words in the little fat man's ear.

The little fat man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked to Jia Hu and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, Xu Deming is here. He is waiting at the Meridian Gate with a new musket."

Jia Hu: "Quick! Let him bring the musket. I'll wait for him in the imperial garden."

The little fat man hurriedly walked out.

Jia Hu stood up and said, "I have a happy event to attend to. You guys go ahead and drink." He pointed at Jia She and then at Liu Kun, then strode towards the back hall.
  Royal Garden

Xu Deming introduced to Liu Kun: "When the trigger is pulled, the force of the spring releases the slender firing pin, which pierces the bottom of the paper shell of the gun bullet in the chamber, and keeps moving forward until it pierces the detonating charge at the bottom of the bullet and Detonate it and ignite the gunpowder inside the paper shell, thereby shooting the projectile out!"

After hearing this, Liu Kun's eyes flashed, he touched the new musket in his hand, and then looked at Jia Hu.

Jia Hu looked at Lin San.

Lin San understood and handed a cylindrical paper shell bullet to Liu Kun.

According to Xu Deming, Liu Kun first removed a wrench at the rear of the firing pin, then rotated the firing pin and opened the bolt backward, loaded the bullet, then pushed the bolt into place and rotated to close the chamber, and finally turned the wrench vertically. Lift up and rotate backward to the cocking position, and the gun is now ready to fire.

The archery target was two hundred steps away. Liu Kun raised his gun to aim and pulled the trigger. With a "bang", the archery target was penetrated by a powerful impact and fell down.

Jia She was stunned: "It's so powerful!"

Xu Deming said excitedly: "Five hundred steps! The maximum range of the needle gun is five hundred steps, and the effective range is three hundred steps!"

Jia She took a breath of air: "Really?"

Xu Deming nodded.

He took the needle gun from Liu Kun and asked Lin San to hold ten paper-cased bullets in his hand. Then under the surprised eyes of Jia She, Liu Kun and Xu Deming, Jia Hu fired all ten paper-cased bullets in one breath. Got out. Jia Hu calculated silently in his mind, and then nodded with satisfaction. The rate of fire was more than twice that of the old breech-loaded firecracker.

Fast shooting speed, long shooting range and greater power!
  Thinking of this, Jia Hu looked at Xu Deming: "How long will it take for mass production?"

Xu Deming had guessed it a long time ago and had planned it during the time on the road. He replied: "The college is improving the deep hole drilling machine, mainly the gun drill. During this period, the drilling machine can be manufactured first, and then the gun barrel can be produced at the same time. While improving the gun drill, and"

Jia Hu interrupted him and said with a smile: "It would be great if we can produce it on a large scale as soon as possible. As for the improvement of the drilling machine, you can figure it out yourself and I will not interfere. Again, as long as you can make breakthroughs and innovations, I will not hesitate to reward you. !”

Xu Deming: "Yes."

Jia Hu looked at Jia She and said, "Draft a decree to grant Xu Deming the title of first-class captain of light vehicles, and the rest of the meritorious personnel will be given the title of third-class sergeant! In addition, each person will be rewarded with two years' salary."

Jia She: "Yes."

Xu Deming was overjoyed. He knelt down quickly and thanked you loudly: "I have led a team with meritorious service and thank you for your grace!"

Jia Hu stretched out his hand to help: "Get up. Let's go to the banquet first. Tomorrow I will go to the Royal Academy to hold a celebration banquet for you!"

As soon as Xu Deming stood up, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you for your grace!" He kowtowed again and then got up.

A group of people walked towards Fengtian Temple
  The sun is already westward.

In the distance, there is the back of Jia Hu leading the prince Jia Song towards Kunning Palace.

The little fat man led several eunuchs to follow him from a distance.

As Jia Hu walked, he asked Jia Song: "I heard from your mother that you are willing to go to Wenhua Hall to study?"

Jia Song: "I am willing to return to my father."

Jia Hu: "Your mother is too cruel. According to me, we will wait for two years. It is more serious to take good care of your body first."

Jia Song: "Father, don't worry, my son is in good health. My father taught me the sword skills, and I will practice them for half an hour every day."

After hearing this, Jia Hu was very happy and said: "Very good. Remember what dad said, the body is the capital of the revolution. Without a healthy body, everything is nothing. When you study history books in the future, you will find out how many emperors died young because of , made wedding clothes for others."

Jia Song: "Yes. My son, please remember your father's teachings!"

Jia Hu stopped and said, "In the future, when there are no foreign ministers, you have to call me dad, or father."

Jia Song looked at Jia Hu: "Isn't it the same?"

Jia Hu said angrily: "You know nothing! Just follow the order."

Jia Song: "Oh. I will obey my father and my father's will."

Jia Hu looked at him and said, "Your mother is a very smart person, and your father and I are not bad either. How come you were born like this?"

Jia Song: "To tell my father, my son is not stupid, he just feels that he must abide by the rules."

Jia Hu didn't expect him to respond like this, and was speechless for a moment.

This child is an honest person and will be a steadfast king in the future. It's nothing, I'm still young, I can lay a good foundation for him, lay a solid foundation, and solve all the problems. But what about the future?

"Father." Jia Song pulled Jia Hu's hand.

Jia Hu came back to his senses: "Yeah." He looked at him, then raised his head, looking into the distance, his eyes flashed, maybe he should think about it for future generations, and give them a golden rice bowl.
  Thinking of this, Jia Hu shook his head. It was too early to think about this now. Let's defeat the Xiyi people first.

Jia Song looked at Jia Hu curiously.

Jia Hu touched his head and suddenly remembered: "Father hasn't carried you on his back for several years. Let's carry you again today." After saying that, he squatted down in front of him and let him lie on his back. Go up and carry him towards Kunning Palace.
  (End of this chapter)