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Chapter 162 Long Live Your Majesty (Big Chapter)
After five thousand light cavalry passed by, there was a sudden tremor on the ground.

boom!boom!boom!
What is coming is Da Zhou's absolute ace team.

Five thousand Bugo troops.

Refined iron chain mail and helmets, unified broadswords, and everyone is equipped with a hand crossbow with a range of up to [-] meters.

Each war horse is also covered with a layer of delicate soft scales.

This set of equipment was snatched by Da Zhou from Bei Meng.

Now after half a year of training, the attack power of this team is comparable to that of a box office.

Beimont envoy Ashig, seeing the Bugo army, could only sigh helplessly.

In the past, he also met the Northern Mongolian Agora Cavalry Regiment.

At that time, he also said that this is an invincible cavalry regiment that can sprint to any corner of the world.

Now, such good equipment and horses have become something for Da Zhou to show off, how could he not be angry.

What's more, Bugo means "grandfather" in Northern Mongolian, which is a naked insult to Northern Mongolian.

However, to Ahiglio's comfort, Northern Mongolia still has Polumas.

As long as the Poluma is widely used in the cavalry, he believes that no country can resist the attack of Northern Mongolia.

Soon, five thousand Bugo troops rushed over.

The remaining 3000 people are a combination of infantry and chariots. The walking infantry are located on both sides, each holding a crossbow on their body, while the soldiers sitting on the chariot are holding large bows in their hands. crossbow.

Bows and crossbows are great weapons of war, and there are many skilled craftsmen in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the quality of bows and crossbows has always been the best in all countries.

At present, the crossbows and crossbows used by the armies of Vientiane Kingdom and Xilimu are still the crossbows eliminated by Da Zhou. Originally, this kind of weapon was not allowed to be bought and sold.But in the first two years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the soldiers stationed at the border could not have enough to eat, so a large number of bows and crossbows were smuggled from other countries, and many methods of making bows and crossbows were also secretly learned.

Yebo, the special envoy of Vientiane Kingdom, and Jiangyang Dengba, the special envoy of Xilimu, were almost drooling when they saw these exquisite bows and crossbows.

Both of them were very depressed: why are the emperor and the people of their country so outstanding!
At this moment, the things on the tanks in the middle attracted the attention of many people.

Several large wooden boxes were placed on top of several chariots, and inside the wooden boxes were placed black objects the size of pears. These objects were also padded with hay, which seemed extremely precious.

And behind these wooden boxes, there are nearly 300 people holding black iron pipes.

It can be clearly seen that these wooden boxes and the 3000 soldiers holding black iron pipes stand in the middle of [-] people, and their status is absolutely extraordinary.

Xilimu's special envoy Jiangyang Dengba tugged at the sleeves of Shangguan who was not far away with curiosity, and asked, "Master Shangguan, what are those, they seem to be very powerful!"

Shangguan's displeasure straightened his chest, and he said with a trembling face, "It's not just powerful, these things are enough to defeat your [-] Xilimu soldiers, do you believe it or not?"

Hearing this, Jiangyang Dengba pouted immediately, not wanting to ask any more, and muttered in his heart: No wonder people say you don't have any friends in the officialdom of Dazhou, you deserve it!
And at this moment, three chariots pulling wooden boxes stopped under the tower.

Wearing a suit of military armor, Zhang Zhong of the Beacon Hall clasped his hands towards Zhao Yan and said, "Your Majesty, the Beacon Hall is ready, do you want to demonstrate the explosive power of the sky thunder?"

Zhao Yan nodded excitedly and said, "Yes!"

With a wave of Zhang Zhong's hand, dozens of soldiers rushed to the front, and made the surrounding people retreat more than ten meters.

Immediately, a soldier moved a lot of sundries in an open space in front of him, including tree stumps, broken car hoods, and many bags filled with sand.

After a while, it piled up into a hill.And 100 meters around the hill, no one is allowed to appear.

The onlookers, including some officials who didn't know the truth, all looked puzzled, not knowing what this thing called Chongtianlei was going to do.

At this moment, ten soldiers came out at the same time, each holding a black sky thunder and a fire primer in their hands.

"ignite!"

"throw!"

Following Zhang Zhong's high-pitched voice, ten skyrocketing thunders drew beautiful parabolas and landed on the hill full of sundries.

At the same time, the surroundings were quiet, and both eyes were looking at the hill of debris.

boom!boom!boom!
With a loud sound, several explosions like thunder came one after another.

The hill of sundries was blown up, and a lot of sundries turned into dust in that instant.

dumbfounded.

Except for Zhao Yan and a few people who had seen Chong Tianlei, the rest were dumbfounded.

"This... this... if this is used on the battlefield, wouldn't it be?" Everyone was thinking about this question.

On the battlefield, even if you can fight ten people alone, if you encounter this kind of thunder, you can only dodge it.

If you choose to fight head-on, you can only be like the sandbags there, being blown up with scars all over your body.

"ignite!"

"Throw again!"

Zhang Zhong then roared, originally he had prepared a hundred thunderbolts, and was going to frighten the surrounding countries.But when Kong Moshan found out, he felt that it was too wasteful, so he only let him detonate [-] pieces.

boom!boom!boom!
Soon, all twenty soaring thunders exploded.

The people onlookers were all excited. If this weapon was used on the battlefield, Da Zhou would definitely be invincible. Even the cavalry in Northern Mongolia would be completely hanged and beaten!
On the other hand, the special envoys of the six countries on the tower were all mournful and weeping.

Especially North Monte made Ashig.

At this moment, he finally knew that after he showed his Poluma horse, all the monarchs and ministers of the Great Zhou had expressions of disdain.

This kind of sky thunder is simply the nemesis of cavalry.

"No, I must learn the method of making thunder, otherwise it will be a disaster for me in Beimeng!" Ashig said in his heart.

And Zhao Yan can naturally guess the minds of these people, but regarding the ratio of gunpowder, it is still difficult for the cultured people of the Great Zhou to learn, only Xiaoqiu Mu is proficient.

It is definitely difficult for the surrounding countries to learn, not to mention the secret recipe of gunpowder, there will be no chance for these people to know.

After the chariot carrying Chong Tianlei left, three hundred soldiers with firearms followed.

And the leader of these 300 people was none other than Liu Zhan, the sharpshooter Zhao Yan had found during the march.

When Liu Zhan learned that there were such items as firearms in the world, he immediately put aside the black feather bow that Zhao Yan had given him, and began to practice firearms.

At present, within 300 meters, he is the No. 1 soldier of the Great Zhou who can hit the bull's-eye with a firearm.

Immediately, Liu Zhan walked down the tower with a firearm in his hand, cupped his hands towards Zhao Yan and said, "Your Majesty, I request a firearm trial!"

"Accurate!" Zhao Yan said loudly. This time, Zhao Yan is going to tell the surrounding countries that our Great Zhou is absolutely invincible in this military exercise!
Swish!Swish!Swish!
Soon, ten archery targets were placed 200 meters in front, and 300 meters behind the targets was a tall and thick city wall.

Suddenly, some people couldn't help but wonder.

"The black iron pipe looks like a crossbow-like weapon, but it doesn't even have a bow string. Even if there are short arrows hidden in it, it's impossible to shoot 200 meters!"

At this moment, Liu Zhan said loudly: "Shoot!"

Click!Click!Click!

The people around only heard the sound of metal rubbing, and then a peach pit-like thing flew out of the black iron pipe.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
The gunpowder bullets were extremely fast, almost invisible to the naked eye, instantly penetrated the bull's-eye, and then shot at the thick city wall behind.

boom! boom! boom!
Instantly, several bowl-sized potholes appeared on the city wall.

This time, everyone was stunned again.

This... This... This is a distance of 500 meters. If a bow and arrow shoots 500 meters, it can almost be picked up with bare hands.

And this kind of firearm still has very strong power after shooting 500 meters.

This is to be used on the battlefield, it is completely a sharp weapon for long-distance killing.

There is no way for the opponent to hide or block.

What's more, its operation method is too simple.

At this moment, the faces of the envoys of the six countries are all like pig livers. They have discussed everything against Da Zhou before, but from now on, if the other party uses a lot of sky thunder and this kind of firearm in a war, even if they join forces and win The chances are also very small.

And the people of the Great Zhou below are almost going crazy with joy, and some have even started to shout the slogan of the Great Zhou "for generations, to rule the world".

Looking at the expressions of those special envoys, Zhao Yan was also very happy in his heart.

The reason why he showed his hole cards prematurely was not just to show the strength of Da Zhou, he hoped to use these secret weapons to suppress the warlike hearts of the other six countries.

As long as a war starts, no matter whether it is a win or a loss, both sides will be losers, because it is too laborious and costly.

This year, Zhao Yan hoped that Da Zhou could recuperate and fully develop the economy. He didn't want to fight anymore, so he showed his absolute strength.

Immediately afterwards, after the military exercise, the pilgrimage ceremony was naturally held in the Daqing Hall.

Zhao Yan immediately drove back to the Daqing Palace.

The civil and military officials of the imperial court followed behind, with their chests straight, and took eight steps. They never felt that as an official of the Great Zhou court, they were so mighty.

And the envoys of the Six Nations were like wilted cucumbers, walking at the back with downcast eyes.

Now they walked on the ground of Dazhou and dared not speak loudly, for fear that the other party would blow him up with a skyrocketing thunder or shoot him through with a firearm.

The humble ones are like weeds in the crevices of stones.

On the street, the common people who had watched the military drill were almost going crazy with excitement.

"You don't know how powerful that thunderbolt was, it was like a thunderstorm, and the faces of those foreign envoys turned green from fright!"

"Compared to firearms, bows and crossbows are rubbish. If I Da Zhou used firearms, I could shoot Ergu to death at a distance of 500 meters. If you say it's powerful or not, Beimeng will definitely walk around us in the future, otherwise we will go all the way." Get mad, and he's screwed!"

"This life is enough, this life is enough, my Great Zhou will definitely rule the world, tonight I will go to Wazili to have a good meal, and write a hymn for our emperor!"

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Daqing Hall.

Hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together, and the six special envoys stood obediently in a corner, still not waking up from the shock just now.

The next process is the stage of cooking chicken soup for the soul and drawing big cakes.

Zhao Yan doesn't like to speak these official words, so after a simple opening, Xiao Jingye will execute the following content on his behalf.

Xiao Jingye not only has a good eloquence, but also has outstanding memory ability.

He talked about the growth rate of land tax and commercial tax in Dazhou to how much money the imperial court and merchants made in the joint venture of salt, iron, wine and tea monopoly.

From the military expenditure of the Great Zhou to the overall currency transactions of the Great Zhou.

How many corrupt officials have been punished by Dazhou this year, how many people have been rescued, and the situation of the six ministries, the third division, Yushitai, and the state capitals. Xiao Jingye has made a detailed discussion and expressed some of his own opinions.

The civil and military officials all had reverent expressions on their faces, and some of them were stunned. It's true that Wen Xiang is not something ordinary people are capable of doing.

What Xiao Jingye said, some of the content is already classified as Da Zhou's secret, but he is not worried that the six foreign envoys will hear it.

Because this year, the development of Dazhou is really good, and these people can only feel sad when they hear it, and they are extremely envious.

The six special envoys huddled in a corner, their heads bowed, and the expression on their faces seemed to be constipated.

Especially Xilimu special envoy Jiangyang Dengba, what he was thinking at the moment was: If I recognize a godfather and godmother in Dazhou, would I be considered a Dazhou native?

The wealth of Da Zhou made him wish to be reincarnated as a man of Da Zhou immediately.

Xiao Jingye spoke for more than an hour before he finished speaking completely, and then returned to his seat without heartbeat or panting.

After he summed up last year's achievements, it was time for Zhao Yan to talk about the direction of this year's development.

Zhao Yan stood up slowly, looked around, and said, "If I don't say anything, everyone should also understand that there is only one thing in this year's Great Week, and that is reform. When the results of Shuzhou's reform come out in March, I will We will launch a nationwide reform, and I hope everyone is ready."

Zhao Yan deliberately suppressed the tone of the last sentence.

All officials are very clear that the core of this reform is to weaken the privileges of the scholar-official class and increase the wealth and status of the common people.

Although some officials are not happy, there is nothing they can do.

At present, Zhao Yan's appeal in the imperial court, even if the entire Yushitai protests, it is difficult to achieve his wish.

What's more, Shangguan is not happy or an activist who supports political reform.

Zhao Yan went on to say: "This reform is inseparable from your sincere support, so I have decided that from this month onwards, the officials' rest period will be changed from two days to five days, and an extra two months' salary will be paid at the end of the year. To comfort parents, wives and children."

Hearing this, the officials' eyes lit up.

Especially the civil officials were so happy from ear to ear.

The civil servants seem to be relaxed, but in fact there are a lot of chores, and some officials with lower positions basically live in the yamen, and it is difficult to make out with their daughter-in-law once a month.

Now that I have two days off in January, it has become five days, and my salary has also increased, so I am naturally very happy.

"Long live Your Majesty!" All civil and military officials spontaneously bowed their hands to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan smiled slightly: I originally wanted to take two days off a week, but Xiao Jingye and other veterans were unwilling, otherwise I would not want to sit in the Chui Gong Palace all the time!
(End of this chapter)