Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 122 Don't Touch Me
Li Shanchang actually didn't know, he was just based on his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang.However, let him think that King Yan and the Prince Consort might win, but he couldn't think of any possibility!
Of course he also knew about that blue jade.He didn't think those two boys would be able to defeat that Lan Yu after three months of training!

After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure it out, and he didn't think about it anymore. It was more important to read the novel first.

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On the other side, Hu Weiyong also smiled proudly after returning to his house.

Before returning home, he went to the Governor's Mansion, looked for Lan Yu, and asked quietly. He found that the emperor was not looking for him, so he came back after a lot of excitement.

Today's situation, he has already smelled something wrong.Looking back and thinking about it carefully, he could know that those officials submitted the letter in unison at this time, obviously with the emperor's instructions.

When Hu Weiyong thought about it, the reason why the emperor did this must be to let the Prince Consort and King Yan win, and to do this, unless Lan Yu betrayed him and deliberately lost.

He knew Lan Yu's temper.Just to be on the safe side, he went to see Lan Yu and found that Lan Yu's attitude had not changed at all. He always wanted to teach the young boy a lesson.Of course, it's also possible that if he loses, he can't afford to lose face.

In this case, there is no need to worry about Lan Yu.

Even if the emperor forced Lan Yu to change his mind afterwards and let King Yan and the Prince Consort win, it wouldn't matter.

Hu Weiyong has already decided that when the competition comes, he must bring together the important officials and generals in Beijing to watch it together.

If Sapphire wants to let go, they can definitely see it with their eyes.

Even if King Yan and the Prince Consort win in the end, the reputation of the imperial power will be affected.This is enough!

Thinking about this matter, Hu Weiyong made a decision.The three-month competition time is approaching.Then create momentum for this competition. The more people pay attention to it, the better.

If King Yan and the Prince Consort lose, there will be nothing left to say.If the two of them can actually defeat Lan Yu, then the secret will definitely spread out!

Hehe, sometimes, being an emperor doesn't mean you can do whatever you want!
In this way, without the parties involved knowing it, the contest between King Yan and the Prince Consort and Lan Yu, with the deliberate encouragement of several waves of people, began to occupy the center of public opinion in the capital again.

Of course, the basic public opinion is still the same as before. No one is optimistic that King Yan and the Prince Consort can win.Under this premise, a small group of people felt that King Yan and the Prince Consort worked very hard, and it would not matter even if they lost.After all, not everyone is willing to spend all their money for a competition, and it is even less likely that anyone will give up their hereditary title for this competition.

The three parties involved did not know this.As the competition approached, even Lan Yu became serious and stayed at the school field all day to train.

The person who is least serious is the consort.

After Zhang Yifan went to the military camp once, he didn't go again.Doing the homework assigned to him by Zhu Biao in his Prince Consort's Mansion, which is about the use of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.

This is definitely a systematic project, involving all aspects of national policy.

Zhang Yifan knew that if he had done this homework and handed it over to Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be able to see it.

Therefore, he planned to take this opportunity to write down the few things he had always wanted to change in this assignment.

For this reason, this assignment must be completed beautifully.

Therefore, Zhang Yifan retreated at home and wrote this assignment with the same energy he used to write papers later in life.

At the end of September in the ninth year of Hongwu, there were only three days left before the agreed competition.

Zhang Yifan spent more than half a month writing a chapter of nearly [-] words with a quill pen.Then it was revised and revised, and expanded to about [-] words.

He started with the nature of money, and then how it should be managed by the court.It involves many yamen, and some private goods are also mixed in.

Looking at a stack of drafts, Zhang Yifan did not have the courage to write a formal manuscript. It was so tiring, especially since there were so many traditional Chinese characters!

So, he called his wife and said to Zhu Jingjing: "The competition is about to start, and I have to go to the fourth brother to show my face. However, this thing is what the eldest brother wants, and I will give it after the competition. You can copy it for me. An official one, right?”

"Brother Fan, go and write these, leave it to me!" Zhu Jingjing listened, pursed his lips and smiled, and then replied.

As her husband, she had long seen that Zhang Yifan was in pain when writing.But she didn't expose it, she just accepted it.

So, Zhang Yifan felt relaxed and happily ran to see Zhu Di.

As a result, what he didn't expect was that there was a team of royal guards guarding the military camp, but they did not stop him.

After entering the military camp, Zhang Yifan ran to watch Zhu Di's training. Before he arrived, he heard shouts of killing, which was very lively.

After turning a corner and approaching, Zhang Yifan saw that thousands of people were fighting. No wonder there was such a big movement.

To be honest, Zhang Yifan had never really seen such a large-scale battle in ancient times before.Now that I saw it, I was attracted immediately.

In later generations, although there were film and television scenes like ancient battles, except for the scenes that the camera was directly facing, the fights in the background were really perfunctory.

However, the scene before him was definitely different.

Everywhere Zhang Yifan looked at was more powerful than what the camera was looking at in later generations.In comparison, the kind of fighting in movies and TV shows in later generations is really fake.

They saw 1000 sergeants led by Zhu Di, surrounded by more than [-] people wearing vests outside armor and fighting.

Obviously, this should be the actual combat training Zhu Di mentioned.

The more than 1000 "Japanese pirates" looked familiar to Zhang Yifan. After a while, he asked Zhu Wudao: "Where have you seen those opponents wearing vests?"

"It's the emperor's guards!" After hearing this, Zhu Wu immediately replied, and then explained to Zhang Yifan what the differences between the guards were.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan became curious and said, "Why are the emperor's guards here?"

After asking the question, he immediately thought of the imperial guardsman outside the military camp.So, he probably understood that Zhu Yuanzhang was probably helping his son (he even ignored himself!)
After thinking of this, Zhang Yifan took a serious look at the fighting situation.

The besieging emperor's guards also fought in formation, but they were obviously no match for Zhu Di's [-] sergeants.

The mandarin duck formation composed of five hundred sergeants was really well-trained, as if they were a unit. The long and short weapons cooperated like clouds and flowing water, and they had a very tacit understanding.

The number of "injured" soldiers who retreated was at least three to one on both sides.

But not long after, this confrontation exercise ended.The emperor's guards were all wiped out, and more than half of the five hundred mandarin duck formations were still standing in the middle of the field.

It seemed that Zhang Yifan was not seen coming, or Zhu Di was not available.

In short, after this competition ended, the opposing armies on both sides began to gather again, and then faced off again.

But this time, the formation of the confrontation has changed.It was no longer surrounded by "Japanese pirates", but an encounter between two armies.

The Yuanyang Formation formed a large Sancai Formation and began to fight. After fighting for a while, the "Japanese pirates" were defeated. Zhu Di led his troops in pursuit. However, during the pursuit, even Zhang Yifan could see that the five hundred sergeants maintained the Yuanyang Formation. pursuit.

In the process of the "Japanese pirates" being defeated, they would return to fight, chase and fight, and finally end with the entire "Japanese pirates" army being annihilated.

Zhang Yifan was fascinated by the whole process, and before he knew it, it was noon.

Five hundred sergeants and "Japanese pirates" all gathered together, all sweating profusely, and dispersed to have dinner.

Only then did Zhu Di lead people over to Zhang Yifan.

After not seeing each other for a while, Zhang Yifan found that Zhu Di was darker, but in good spirits.Even if he is sweating profusely, you can still feel his spiritual joy!

"Yifan, you kid finally remembered to come over?" Zhu Di shouted in a loud voice before he even got closer.

As they got closer, Zhang Yifan realized that the one following Zhu Di was not the same commander he had seen when he went to the Emperor's Guards to select troops.

"What can I do? I also want to come here as soon as possible!" Zhang Yifan opened his mouth and answered Zhu Di, "But the elder brother has explained the matter, you know? The reply I gave him was at least [-] words long. above!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di showed a hint of sympathy and said: "That's it, then it's no wonder that you are the one!"

If he was asked to write [-] words, he would rather lead the troops like this!Although I’m a little tired, it’s great!
After getting closer, Zhang Yifan saw Zhu Di reaching out to pat him, and immediately jumped back and said: "Don't touch me!"

"Ah?" Zhu Di laughed when he saw it, "I didn't plan to use force, I just said hello!"

"Okay, that means you slapped me hard on purpose before?" Zhang Yifan was unhappy when he heard this, "Thank you for giving me some ideas to help you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di stopped talking nonsense and immediately said excitedly: "What you came up with is really great. The artillery and the improved gunpowder, my father agreed after seeing it!"

Sure enough, classmate Zhu Yuanzhang came.

"I've seen the consort!" The commander gave Zhang Yifan a very solemn military salute behind Zhu Di.

Zhang Yifan was stunned by his behavior.

Because he could see that this salute was very solemn, or from the heart.

Zhang Yifan still clearly remembers that when he went to select troops three months ago, when facing him and Zhu Di, the commanders' salutes were definitely not as solemn as they are now.

Seeing his dazed look, Zhu Di laughed again and said: "Yifan, there is nothing surprising. Soldiers respect the strong. You invented that artillery and improved gunpowder. As long as you are in the military, They are all very grateful. When you go to the battlefield in the future, not only will you have a lot more chances to win, but you will even lose a lot of lives. Let me tell you, your reputation in the army will be much better!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan couldn't help asking: "What do you mean, I used to have a bad reputation in the army?"

"That's right!" After hearing this, Zhu Di said directly without any scruples, "If it's good, is there any competition? I won't talk about you, it's me! But now..."

Having said this, he smiled proudly and said: "Haha, it's all about strength. After this competition, you and I will both be proud and proud!"

Before Zhang Yifan could speak, he wanted to reach out and pull Zhang Yifan, but Zhang Yifan still dodged him.So Zhu Di stopped pulling him and just said to him: "Let's go and see what you come up with!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan was of course interested, so he followed him away.

Soon, he saw the Crouching Tiger Cannon, which was similar to what he had seen in later generations, which was similar to what he had drawn.

The difference is that where the Tiger Crouching Cannon touches the ground, there are dog claws.On both sides of the gun body, there are two ears.

Zhu Di explained to him: "This artillery has been modified after test firing. The bottom grips the ground and is not easily knocked over during shelling. In addition, these two ears can also be carried by soldiers or strung on ropes. It's okay to tie it up."

Zhang Yifan nodded after hearing this. Obviously, people at this time are more subjective and know how to improve.

"Come on, let's have a try!" Zhu Di was obviously very interested and even stepped forward to do it himself.

Zhang Yifan watched with great interest, and saw Zhu Di shovel out a spoonful of gunpowder from the gunpowder barrel with a special wooden shovel, smooth out the raised part, then pour it into the tiger squatting gun, and then use a wooden spatula to scoop out a spoonful of gunpowder. Punch it with a pestle, stuff it, and then get the gravel again...

While watching the whole process, Zhang Yifan suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a few areas that could be improved.However, Zhu Di was filling it out enthusiastically, so he didn't speak.

The gunpowder had indeed been granulated, and there was no smell, so it was obviously not made from urine.

The target used by this artillery is a human-shaped target, which is erected about seven or eight feet in front of the tiger crouching cannon.

Zhu Di was busy for a while. After getting ready, he told Zhang Yifan seriously: "You take ten steps back and cover your ears with your hands. It will be very loud for you. Don't be startled when the time comes. Watch carefully!"

No matter how Zhang Yifan listened, he always seemed to be showing off.

Okay, whatever, I'll let you show off.

After a while, Zhu Di used a torch to ignite the gunpowder, and then immediately stepped back and stood in front of Zhang Yifan.

There was a "boom", and the tiger crouching gun rang.

Zhang Yifan looked at Zhu Di's back and couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart. Was he subconsciously protecting himself?Does that mean that in addition to being his brother-in-law, he is also a friend?
What the answer is, I can’t tell yet.Anyway, Zhang Yifan watched Zhu Di go over to check the situation of the humanoid target with great interest, and then called Zhang Yifan over and pointed to explain to Zhang Yifan.

At the end, he happily said to Zhang Yifan: "This artillery is a sharp weapon in close combat. It can not only kill the enemies at the front, but also intimidate the enemies at the back. The reaction it triggers will have an impact on the outcome of the battle." very big!"

Later, he said with emotion: "Especially your gunpowder has been improved, which makes the artillery more powerful. Now it has been changed, and it is the most powerful!"

"Haha, I think it's still far behind. There are many areas that can be improved!" Zhang Yifan said with a faint smile after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)