Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 388 Background
"Master, His Majesty has awarded the artillery army to Prince Lin!" In the main hall of the East Palace, the eunuch came to Li Heng and reported softly.

"Your Majesty is so willing to do this!" Li Heng couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.

He still had some ideas about the artillery corps, but after the artillery corps was given to Lin Youran, he didn't have any ideas about it.

Even if possible, he would find a way to compensate Lin Youran.

Without the royal surname Li, even if Lin Youran was conferred the title of prince, he would only be associated with the royal family for one or two generations. After three or four generations, the Lin family would be completely separated from the royal family.

There have been examples of this kind of thing throughout history. Lin Youran was born into a royal family, but his descendants could not enjoy royal treatment.

"Master, the emperor likes Prince Lin too much. This is not a good thing!" the eunuch reminded.

A cold light flashed in Li Heng's eyes. He was not worried about Lin Youran, but the words of this close eunuch made him alert that this close eunuch must not be kept.

Everyone thought that Daqian relied on its military strength to conquer the world, but he knew that the real strength of Daqian came from his father.

No one knows how powerful my father is, but if you know one thing, that is, the sacred mountains of Tartar and the gods of the West were all subdued by my father, you can imagine how powerful my father is.

Therefore, the so-called First Guard of the Beijing Camp, the Artillery Army, etc., are regarded as the strongest armies of Daqian by outsiders, but in Li Heng's eyes, they are just superficial strengths.

Besides, his position as the crown prince is extremely stable. If he really listens to the words of his close eunuchs, it would be the source of disaster.

He didn't want to know whether this eunuch was really doing good for him or had other intentions, but he couldn't keep this person around him anyway.

"Go down now. From now on you will be the seal-master of Huntangsi!" Li Heng said lightly.

The eunuch was stunned. Being transferred from the prince's personal eunuch was already a loss of power, not to mention being transferred to the Huntangsi.

What is Huntangsi? It is an institution in charge of bathing. It can be said that it has no real power and is simply a place for retirement.

But how old is he? He is not much older than Li Heng, so it is too early for him to retire at this age.

"I obey your command!" The eunuch knew that he had said the wrong thing. He did not dare to argue and knelt down and said.

Li Heng couldn't help but shook his head as he watched the eunuch leave.

"You handled it very well!" Li Heng was about to deal with the matter at hand when he heard a voice. He was startled at first, and then he saw Li Qiang's figure.

"My son greets his father!" Li Heng stood up and saluted. He continued, "I'm sorry to make you laugh. I don't know what the people below were thinking. They used their tricks on me!"

"Since you can face these things soberly, I am confident in handing Daqian over to you!" Li Qiang said with satisfaction.

"Father!" Li Heng was surprised. He didn't know why Li Qiang said this.

Although he was the crown prince, in his opinion, he would have to be the crown prince for at least fifty or sixty years, or even for a hundred years.

Today's Daqian is no ordinary dynasty. It has magical objects such as the Longevity Pill, which can ensure that the Daqian emperor can live for more than two hundred years, or even more.

But from what Li Qiang said, it seemed that she was planning to pass the throne to him.

"Come with me to see the strength of Daqian!" Li Qiang didn't say much, he just waved his hand.

He grabbed Li Heng's arm with one hand, then used his 'divine feet' to disappear into the East Palace.

When he appeared again, Li Heng felt dizzy and dizzy. Li Qiang let him rest for a while before he recovered.

After waking up, Li Heng found himself in a workshop area. If he was not mistaken, this was the Daqian military industrial zone in the suburbs of Beijing.

It is a hundred miles from the imperial palace in the capital to here.

Li Heng was shocked. He could not imagine that his father could take him hundreds of miles away in a short time.

Li Qiang waved his hand, and two divine war horses appeared in front of him.

"Let's go on a tour here, one person at a time!" Li Qiang said, waving his hand.

"Father, how come this warhorse is so handsome?" Li Heng was born into a royal family, and he could tell at a glance that the warhorse was extraordinary.

It can be said that the horses used by the royal family for ceremonial purposes today are vastly different from this horse.

"I divide war horses into four levels. Ordinary war horses are ordinary horses, the war horses used for palace ceremonials are good-quality horses, the next level up are precious-quality horses, and these two war horses are the highest level, divine-quality war horses." Li Qiang also became interested today and explained to Li Heng.

"There are actually divine war horses in the world!" Li Heng said, looking at the divine war horse with shining eyes.

He had just listened to Li Qiang's explanation and knew that the best horses in the world were only precious horses, while the two horses in front of him were divine horses.

Although Daqian now has cars for transportation, the generals all like to ride war horses. This is a tradition and it is easier for the generals to cooperate with the war horses in battle.

Li Heng is a nine-turn warrior. Even though he is a prince, he still likes top-quality war horses very much.

"I won't give you the divine warhorse. It would be a waste to give it to you!" Li Qiang directly rejected Li Heng's idea.

There are some things that he cannot explain in detail. In his hands, a divine warhorse can be transformed into a horse brand, which means that a divine warhorse will never die.

But if it is handed over to Li Heng, it cannot be equipped in the equipment column, then the divine warhorse will be the same as an ordinary warhorse, and will slowly age over time until it dies.

Besides, Li Heng’s strength is not enough to bring out the speed of the divine warhorse. Even Li Qiang himself has to rely on Jia Gong to bring out the maximum speed of the divine warhorse.

"I don't have such an idea. I won't take away what my father likes!" Li Heng said quickly after his thoughts were seen through.

Li Qiang smiled and rode the divine warhorse towards a workshop. Li Heng also followed on a divine warhorse.

"Do you remember the gun ban I issued two years ago?" Li Qiang asked casually.

"I know. Civilians in Daqian are prohibited from owning muskets. Armies in various places are strictly investigating and confiscating them. I heard that many muskets have been confiscated in the west!" Li Heng replied.

"The ban on muskets must be strictly enforced. As long as this is done, other continents won't have to worry about their successful rebellion!" Li Qiang explained with a smile.

At this time they came to a workshop, and two warriors stood at the door.

The brave general stepped forward to greet them and led them into the workshop.

Li Qiang gave a few instructions to the general, then went to the hill next to the workshop with Li Heng.

The workshop moved quickly, and several types of muskets were placed in front of the two men.

"The muskets circulating outside now have the fastest reloading speed of three breaths, and the slowest is more than ten breaths. But the musket in front of you, like this one, can fire thirty-six bullets continuously, which means it can fire one and a half bullets per breath on average!" Li Qiang picked up a semi-automatic submachine gun and introduced it.

"This is a Gatling gun, and it can fire nearly four missiles per breath!" He pointed to another multi-barreled machine gun on the ground.

"Father, why is it called this? Was it invented by Westerners?" Li Heng asked in confusion. "All these new things in Daqian are derived from the imagination of Your Majesty!" The workshop master who had not spoken could not help but say.

"The name Gatlin was just made up casually!" Li Qiang waved his hand.

He would never say that it was because of sentiment. He also wanted to give the Gatling gun a new name, but it didn't feel like it had the right flavor.

Next, he introduced several other types of muskets to Li Heng, including long-range sniper rifles, and rifle grenades that can launch explosives.

"How do you feel about facing those rebellions with an army equipped with such weapons?" Li Qiang finally asked with a smile.

Li Heng only needed to imagine that with Daqian's ban on muskets, even the number of muskets available to the rebels would be extremely limited.

Even if each rebel was armed with a musket, they would have no chance to fight back against such a powerful weapon as Daqian.

"Then this kind of weapon can only be equipped to Daqian's most loyal army!" Li Heng said in shock as he looked at these muskets.

Daqian’s army has always been under Li Qiang’s control, and it is difficult for others to intervene.

This was the first time that Crown Prince Li Heng came into contact with the foundation of the Daqian army. Only now did he realize how ignorant he was.

"No, as long as safety management is done properly, normal armies can be equipped with such weapons!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

"If there is a military rebellion, these weapons will pose too great a threat!" Li Heng said worriedly.

"I'll take you to see the other equipment and you'll understand!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

Then he took Li Heng to other workshops and some other military bases, all of which were located hundreds of miles around the capital.

On this day, Li Heng saw fighter planes that could attack the air and the ground, submarines that could dive into the sea, and tanks that were almost invincible on land.

Of course, traditional artillery has also been improved and developed into many types.

There are rocket launchers, ultra-long-range heavy artillery, close-range mortars, and so on.

"Heng'er, as long as you can control the army equipped with these weapons, Daqian will be safe!" Li Qiang said to Li Heng who was in the process of digesting the thought.

He has tried his best to develop the weapon to its current level, and he has almost exhausted all the knowledge he gained from his previous life.

Improving military technology is what he attaches the most importance to and is also the foundation for Daqian's stability.

As military technology continues to develop, some of it can be used in civilian applications, thus driving the overall development of technology.

Although military technology currently surpasses civilian technology, this is the result of Li Qiang's forcing things to happen.

With the manpower that Daqian has invested in civilian technology, after a few years, civilian technology will show explosive growth, while military technology will be far behind.

"Father, with your careful arrangements, there will be no more wars in Daqian!" Li Heng said excitedly.

He finally understood that the weapons and equipment that Li Qiang prepared for Daqian completely crushed this era, and it was not just an ordinary crush.

Think about it, if a rebellion breaks out and an enemy armed with old-fashioned muskets encounters an army armed with submachine guns and Gatling guns, what will be the consequences?

What would happen if the rebels inspired the army, and the army, armed with submachine guns and Gatling guns, had to face planes, tanks, submarines and artillery?

What he, as the successor, needs to do is to control the army.

"Let me show you the true strength of Daqian!" Li Qiang wanted to give Li Heng the real truth today, he said with a smile.

He once again took Li Heng to perform the "Divine Foot Power". This time they went out to sea and came to an uninhabited island.

With a wave of his hand, the world-destroying Titan appeared.

The sudden appearance of a forty-meter-tall giant startled Li Heng even though he was mentally prepared. Fortunately, he was also a ninth-level warrior and had Li Qiang by his side, so he calmed down in time.

"Let me show you how powerful we really are!" Li Qiang took Li Heng and sat on the shoulders of the World-Destroying Titan.

In order to prevent the Titan of Destruction from being too powerful and Li Heng from being unable to withstand the aftermath of its power, Li Qiang blessed Li Heng with the 'Ghost Shield' and 'Holy Armor Technique', and also added a 'Healing Technique' just in case.

Li Heng sat on the shoulder of the World-Destroying Titan. At this moment, his heart was surging. It was an unimaginable feeling.

Although he didn't know the strength of the Titan of Destruction, the Titan of Destruction's forty-meter height was enough to explain the situation.

Then he felt the Doomsday Titan move. The forty-meter-long Doomsday Titan walked on the sea surface and did not go deep into the sea.

The Destroyer Titan waved the trident in his hand, and the sea water under his feet surged, carrying the Destroyer Titan towards the deep sea.

The trident was waved again, and huge waves of a hundred meters high surged in the sea water beside the World-Destroying Titan. However, the World-Destroying Titan itself stood on the hundred-meter-high waves, so Li Heng was always in a very high place, watching this man-made power of heaven and earth.

"What kind of power is this?" Li Heng asked in disbelief.

"This is the authority of the Sea God, but the Sea God has been sealed by me, so his authority belongs to me!" Li Qiang explained.

The World-Destroying Titan changed his hand again, holding the divine weapon Lightning in that hand.

He waved the divine lightning weapon in his hand, and a bolt of lightning appeared out of thin air. The roar resounded through the heaven and earth, and the lightning fell on the sea in front of him, sparking a flash of lightning.

"This is electricity. Can he control it like this?" Li Heng recognized thunder and lightning, and he also knew the source of electricity.

It is because we understand how electricity is generated that we are even more amazed at being able to control lightning.

"What a pity, there are no powerful enemies in this world now, otherwise you would be able to see the power of lightning!" Li Qiang was helpless about the deviation in Li Heng's cognition direction.

The power of the artifact lightning is much stronger than the trident, but Li Heng is only concerned with the magic of controlling lightning, and does not pay attention to the power of lightning.

"World-Destroying Titan, let's go back!" Li Qiang ordered the World-Destroying Titan.

The Titan of Destruction put away the trident and the artifact lightning. Li Qiang handed a space object to the Titan of Destruction so that the Titan of Destruction did not have to hold the artifact in his hands every day like those Western gods.

On the way back, the World-Destroying Titan did not use the power of the God of the Sea, but ran wildly on the sea at an extremely fast speed.

Li Qiang commanded the Titan of Destruction and put it away when they arrived at the beach.

"Heng'er, in the next two years you should study hard with Lin Zhongtang and attend the morning court every day. In two years, I will hold a coronation ceremony for you!" Li Qiang took Li Heng back to the East Palace and finally patted Li Heng on the shoulder and instructed him.

Until this moment, Li Heng was still in shock and had not fully recovered. It turned out that his father was so powerful.

(End of this chapter)