More children, more blessings, starting from marrying a wife to fight for world hegemony

Chapter 219 Officially Entering the Age of Firearms
Great Xia Dynasty, the capital.

East Palace.

Lu Shuyun is trying out the cloud-piercing bow improved by craftsmen in the courtyard. The cloud-piercing bow is Lu Shuyun's second achievement after becoming the prince. The cloud-piercing bow is made of special materials and is extremely powerful. The cloud-piercing bow is combined with a special cloud-piercing arrow Can easily shoot through the armor of heavy cavalry.

With the Cloud Piercing Bow, the Great Xia Dynasty would not be afraid of the enemy's heavy cavalry on the battlefield in the future, or the faction of their faction would not have to be afraid of the armor prepared secretly by his brothers in the future.

Looking at the Cloud-piercing Bow in his hand, Lu Shuyun had a smile on his face.

The materials used to make the Cloud-Piercing Bow and Cloud-Piercing Arrow are very special. Currently, only their Jiangnan family has them. Some of the manufacturing techniques are still confidential. The craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry may not know what the techniques are. Only people from their sect know.

In this way, the Cloud Piercing Bow can not only serve as an achievement for the prince, but also prevent their opponents from obtaining the production method and materials to a certain extent.

As for whether other factions in the court will get the Cloud Piercing Bow, there is no need to worry about that.

As long as the cloud piercing bow is taken out, it will definitely be obtained by people from other factions, but they only get a small number of them. Now the Ministry of Industry can make very few cloud piercing bows every day, and it cannot be produced in large quantities.

As long as the quantity is temporarily stuck, it will be enough. If the quantity is stuck, even if others get the Cloud-Piercing Bow, they won't get much. And the people from the Prince's faction have secretly produced large quantities of the Cloud-Piercing Bow. In terms of the quantity of the Cloud-Piercing Bow, those of his There is definitely no way for their opponents to compare with them.

Just when Lu Shuyun was immersed in joy, a servant girl hurriedly came to Lu Shuyun and said, "His Royal Highness, the prince is back!"

Hearing this, Lu Shuyun came back to his senses and immediately said, "Bring him to see me."

"Yes, His Royal Highness."

Then the maid went out and brought Wang Yong in front of Lu Shuyun, "See His Royal Highness, the prince is a thousand years old!"

After Wang Yong finished the ceremony, Lu Shuyun couldn't wait to ask: "What did Dongfang Yi say, did he agree to marry Dongfang Miyue to Gu?"

Wang Yong replied: "I agree, I agree, but..."

Wang Yong hesitated to speak.

After hearing Wang Yong's answer, a smile appeared on Lu Shuyun's face. As long as the Dongfang family and them are completely tied together, the entire Jiangnan family will really be a monolith.

As for Dongfang Miyue, he has met her several times, and he really likes her beauty, but compared to Dongfang Miyue's beauty, Lu Shuyun cares more about the Dongfang family behind Dongfang Miyue.

Lu Shuyun asked at this time: "Just what?"

Wang Yong replied: "It's just that as soon as Miss Dongfang heard that she was going to marry you, she jumped into the river and committed suicide. Although she was rescued, she has been looking for death. If she wanted to die, I'm afraid no one can stop her. .”

"If this matter spreads, it will seriously damage your reputation, Your Highness. Dongfang Yi has no choice but to ask me to tell the prince that Dongfang Longyue will not marry you now. The marriage will be finalized after you marry the Crown Princess." , he will continue to persuade Dongfang Haoyue."

Hearing Wang Yong's words, Lu Shuyun's face darkened instantly. He did not expect Dongfang Longyue to have such a strong character.

Although he knew from the beginning that Dongfang Longyue was a woman with a bad temper, many talented people in Jiangnan had their legs broken by Dongfang Longyue, which showed how bad her character was.

However, what Lu Shuyun thought at the beginning was that he was also the prince anyway, and he would be the one who would inherit the throne in the future. Even if Dongfang Miyue had a weird personality, after knowing that the person she was going to marry was the prince, he would restrain himself. There is no such woman in the world. I don’t want to marry someone who holds great power.

Unexpectedly, Dongfang Longyue committed suicide by jumping into the river.

If this gets out, won't those officials in the court impeach him and force him into prostitution?

Seeing that Lu Shuyun's face darkened, Wang Yong continued: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, although Dongfang Miyue doesn't want to marry yet, as long as Dongfang Yi agrees to Dongfang Miyue's marriage, it proves that he has stood over our side."

Lu Shuyun thought for a while, and it was indeed the case, Dongfang Miyue's attitude was not important, as long as Dongfang Miyue could be temporarily stabilized and told not to commit suicide.

Lu Shuyun then said: "You asked someone to send a letter to Dongfang Yi, telling him that Gu was deeply in love with Dongfang Langyue. Gu felt very sad after hearing the news that Dongfang Langyue committed suicide by jumping into the river, so Gu decided to confirm the engagement with Dongfang Langyue first. , wait until Gu marries the crown princess, then marry her, I hope Dongfang Yi can let Dongfang Longyue accept Gu as soon as possible."

Although Dongfang Miyue is very beautiful, Lu Shuyun is not a hasty man. If Dongfang Miyue is really forced to death, then their connection with the Dongfang family will be severed instead.

There is only such a daughter in the Dongfang family, Dongfang Miyue can't die, and if Dongfang Miyue is forced to die, it will have a great impact on her reputation, so the best way now is to procrastinate and confirm the marriage contract first , and then use the marriage contract as a political bond.

As for when Dongfang Obscure Moon will marry her, this is not important.

After hearing Lu Shuyun's words, Wang Yong said: "Yes, His Royal Highness, this subordinate is going to write a letter to Dongfang Yi."

"Subordinates retire."

Then Wang Yong turned and left the yard.

And Lu Shuyun continued to pick up the cloud piercing bow to test its power.

……

Wang Yong's letter reached the Dongfang family in less than half a month. After reading Wang Yong's letter, Dongfang Yi went directly to Dongfang Miyue's yard.

At this time, Dongfang Miyue was holding a small porcelain bottle in front of her nose and smelling it.

After seeing Dongfang Yi enter her yard, Dongfang Longyue put down the porcelain bottle in her hand and asked, "Dad, what do you want from me?"

Dongfang Yi handed the letter in his hand directly to Dongfang Longyue, "Wang Yong wrote a letter saying that His Highness the Crown Prince plans to confirm the engagement with you first. As for the marriage, there is no rush. We will wait until His Highness the Crown Prince marries the Crown Princess."

"With Emperor Xia's character, I'm afraid he won't give the prince a marriage for a while."

Dongfang Miyue took the letter in Dongfang Yi's hand, glanced at it, then smiled slightly, and said, "Father, I plan to go to the North Country."

Hearing this, Dongfang Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "What are you going to do in the North Country?"

The relationship between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the King of the North is very bad. If you let her know that you have gone to the North Kingdom, I am afraid she will be very angry.

Dongfang Longyue said lightly: "In this way, His Highness the Crown Prince can know that my daughter has completely fallen out with the Dongfang family. By then, you can feel comfortable with His Highness the Crown Prince. This is all my personal idea."

"My daughter's trip to the North Country this time is mainly for the products of the North Prince's Mansion."

"Surely dad has heard about the baijiu in Beiwang Mansion, right?"

Hearing this, Dongfang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Naturally, even if Su Fengcheng has money, he can't buy Baijiu from Beiwangfu."

Dongfang Longyue said: "My daughter plans to do business with Beiwangfu and transport the goods from Beiwangfu to Sufeng City to sell, especially the liquor from Beiwangfu."

"The Dongfang family is originally a commercial family. If His Royal Highness will be angry because of this, he will turn against the Dongfang family at that time, so my daughter thinks that even if His Royal Highness feels uncomfortable, he will not say anything." Dongfang Yi thought for a while, and then Said: "That's true."

"However, after you go to the North Kingdom, try to be cautious in your words and deeds. After all, we are members of the Jiangnan family. In the eyes of the King of the North, we are members of His Royal Highness. He probably will not welcome people from the Jiangnan family into the North Kingdom."

Dongfang Longyue said: "Don't worry, dad, my daughter knows what's appropriate."

Speaking of this, Dongfang Miyue suddenly thought of something, so she asked: "Father, is there any news about that incident?"

Dongfang Yi sighed, shook his head and said, "No, I went to ask your great-grandfather, and your great-grandfather also said that he hadn't received any news."

"It's hard to say whether our generation will be able to wait."

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Since you are going to the North Country, you should make preparations early. Dad will arrange for a master to protect you when the time comes."

……

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

In the past month, several major dynasties have experienced internal strife, but the Great Xia Dynasty has suddenly become extremely calm, as if internal conflicts have disappeared, and the character of Emperor Xia has also softened a lot. The aristocratic family compromised.

Nowadays, the battles in the Great Xia court are mainly between the factions of the princes and the princelings. Emperor Xia seems to have ceased to exist. He is basically in a state of watching the battle, as if all this has nothing to do with him. .

Lu Chen was sorting out the latest information in the study, looking at the information sent by Jin Yiwei, Lu Chen was a little confused.

What is his father doing?
Even if he made Lu Shuyun the prince, he later actually let go of the government-run salt industry. Even recently, he simply ignored the fighting in the court, as if he was ready to give up. of.

Lu Chen knew that this was the calm before the storm, but he couldn't understand what Emperor Xia was planning.

Now that the major dynasties have more or less internal problems to deal with, now is the best time to solve the aristocratic families, Lu Chen does not believe that Emperor Xia has no idea about those aristocratic families at this time.

Xiahuang's bad attitude is pretending at first glance. The key is what he did when he was bad. Judging from the information collected by Jin Yiwei, Xia Huang doesn't seem to be doing any serious business. Anyway, he is just so wasted. , Waiting for the factions of the princes and the princelings to fight back and forth, Lu Chen even wondered if his father wanted to wait for them to fight to the death, and then run out to reap the benefits.

Just when Lu Chen was staring at the information on the table in a daze, a servant girl's voice sounded at the door, "My lord, Commander Qin is looking for you."

Lu Chen said lightly, "Come in."

The next moment, Qin Yushan entered the study and said, "My subordinates pay homage to the prince. He may live a thousand years."

Lu Chen looked at the information on the table, nodded slightly and asked, "Well, Commander Qin, what's the matter?"

Qin Yushan replied: "My lord, the cannon has already been made, and the craftsmen have discovered materials that are easy to ignite. In the future, Hong Tianlei does not need to use manual ignition. You only need to pull out the safety plug and tap the bottom to ignite it directly." Internal leads."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was shocked.

Dayu's craftsmen are so powerful?

A bomb that does not require manual ignition was created so quickly?

Doesn't this mean that the Northern Kingdom has officially entered the age of firearms?
Afterwards, Lu Chen said: "Immediately have someone prepare the cannons and Thunderbolts that have been made, and I want to test them myself."

Seeing that Lu Chen was so anxious, Qin Yushan took out a piece of information from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, I still have some information here, why don't you take a look at it first?"

Lu Chen took the information from Qin Yushan's hand, opened it and glanced at it, then he smiled.

"Cloud piercing bow? Cloud piercing arrow?"

"There's something interesting about the name."

Having said that, Lu Chen folded up the information in his hand and put it on the table, "With firearms, these cold weapons do not pose much threat to the Northern Kingdom, but what this king is more concerned about is the making material of the Cloud Piercing Bow. Find a way to get some bows and arrows back."

Qin Yushan said: "The management of these bows and arrows is relatively strict. Commander Liang is already thinking of a way."

Speaking of this, Qin Yushan changed the subject and said: "There is another thing. On the way to the North Prince's Mansion just now, I heard a report from the Jinyiwei soldiers that the eldest lady of the Dongfang family came to Yancheng recently. Engaged in private, Dongfang Miyue can be regarded as the eighth prince's unmarried wife and concubine."

Hearing Qin Yushan's words, Lu Chen looked at Qin Yushan with a strange expression on his face, and then he asked: "Commander Qin, why does this king feel that you have other purposes for saying these words to this king?"

Qin Yushan quickly said: "My lord misunderstood, I just want to ask my lord if I want to pay special attention to this Dongfang Miyue, so as to prevent her from doing something harmful to the northern country."

Lu Chen thought for a while, and then said: "Indeed, we should pay special attention to it, and let me know if there is any movement from her."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I am going to test the artillery invented by the Mo brothers now."

Qin Yushan quickly said, "Yes, my lord."

Immediately afterwards, under the leadership of Qin Yushan, Lu Chen went to the military center east of Yancheng.

The military area in the east has a two-layer protection network, with black cavalry on the outside and royal guards on the inside. Even the general army of the North cannot enter this military area because it is a military factory and is currently the most important military secret of the North.

After Lu Chen entered the military factory, Mo Xing immediately put down what he was doing and came out to greet him.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

Lu Chen said: "Wai Li, Mo Xing, I heard that your cannon has been made?"

Mo Xing said: "It was made half a month ago, but in order to avoid problems when the prince tested it, Caomin improved the artillery, and he improved the howitzer with reference to the prince's howitzer. In the end, we determined Three types of artillery."

Hearing Mo Xing'e's answer, Lu Chen couldn't wait any longer. He immediately said, "Pull out those artillery pieces and let me test them."

"My lord, please follow me."

Later, under the leadership of Mo Xing'e, Lu Chen went to the place where the artillery was specially tested.

In the middle of the forest, there is a place with no grass and holes everywhere. Cannonballs are tested in that place almost every day, so no plants can grow.

After a while, the Jinyiwei soldiers let horses pull a few wooden carts to Lu Chen. After the box was opened, the artillery made by Mo Xing and the others also appeared in front of Lu Chen.

(End of this chapter)