my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 74 The Emperor Can't Get It Right

Zhu Gaochi seemed to be pulled out of his soul all of a sudden, his eyes were suddenly wet, and he whispered: "This...it's no wonder I... no wonder I...you want to harm people, you want to harm my family Anshi..."

Just then... the door of the hunting room opened.

But Deng Jian, who was waiting outside, heard the movement and quietly opened the door.

Seeing the scene inside, Deng Jian's legs were so frightened that his legs went limp.

Zhou Jing has fallen in a pool of blood.

And His Royal Highness curled up in a corner and trembled, chanting intermittently: "If you die, no one will know about An Shi. This palace... has no choice but to..."

Deng Jian seemed to understand something.

He was silent.

Then he silently walked up to Prince Zhu Gaochi, took the arrow in Zhu Gaochi's hand, and then went to Zhou Jing's corpse, and stabbed another arrow.

Pulling out the arrow, Deng Jian stuck the arrow in his calf.

"Uh..." Deng Jian let out a scream, sweating like soybeans.

He didn't care about these, and pulled out the arrow from his calf, limped to Zhu Gaochi, endured the severe pain, bent his body and said to Zhu Gaochi: "His Royal Highness, Ying Tianfu Cheng Zhou You are so daring that you intended to assassinate His Highness, he injured the servant first, the servant fought back vigorously, and finally killed this beast, Your Highness, you... are shocked."

Zhu Gaochi reacted suddenly, and he took a deep look at Deng Jian.

Deng Jian endured the pain hard, trying to help Zhu Gaochi up.

Zhu Gaochi tried his best to support the wall and stood up, his emotions gradually calmed down a lot, and he only said: "Thank you."

Deng Jian bowed and said, "Since the slaves entered the palace, they are no longer human beings. It is their duty to share the Lord's worries."

Zhu Gaochi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, opened his mouth, but found that his teeth were still trembling: "Needless to say that he committed an assassination, if he did, it would be a great crime to exterminate the three clans. He is dead, and I can't bear to teach him His whole family was buried with him."

Deng Jian shook his head: "How about the crime, we can try to re-issue it in the future, but if it is not for the assassination, the matter cannot be covered up."

Zhu Gaochi said painfully: "Hey... I was a little panicked at the time. He said that he knew that An Shi had committed a serious mistake, and he hoped that I would expose it in exchange for the affirmation of my father. I was afraid and angry at the same time. What I'm afraid of is that if I don't agree, I'm afraid that this person will not get what he wants, change the court, and stand up to expose An Shi. I am also angry at this shameless person..."

Deng Jian's face was calm, and he frowned and endured the pain and said: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. Your Highness doesn't need to take these things to heart, but...is something wrong with Mr. An Shi?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "If what this person said is credible, then... this matter should not affect An Shi for the time being. This matter... you should pretend that nothing happened, and no one should mention it."

"Here."

Zhu Gaochi glanced at his bleeding leg, and said, "Go and call someone in, and besides... heal the wound well."

"Here."

Soon, Deng Jian's terrified voice came from the hunting house: "Come here, come here, someone is assassinating His Highness, come here..."

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Yubayashi Youwei is located between Bei'anmen and Ouchi. The guards stationed here mainly protect the safety of the north of the Forbidden City.

Originally, this place was separated from the palace by a high wall. On the surface, they were guards, separated from the palace by a wall, but in fact, the nobles in the palace would never know the existence of such a military horse.

However, the current Emperor Yongle is the emperor on horseback, but he likes to ride horses here and review the soldiers.

Today, Zhu Di brought Zhu Neng, Duke of Cheng, and Qiu Fu, Duke of Qi, to Yubayashi Youwei's camp.

Zhu Di was in a good mood.

Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu were also in a good mood.

On the surface, they didn't care about their son in prison, but they still cared about it in their hearts.

It was a false alarm when I heard that my son was going to be sent to Qiongzhou a few days ago, but today is the day when my son will be released.

Thinking of my son, who finally got out of the cage, can go home and take a good bath, and when I go back to have a beating, I feel much more comfortable.

But Zhu Di soon became unhappy.

Zaozuo made gunpowder kits according to the prescription.

But a ridiculous problem soon appeared.

After Qiu Fu learned about the situation, he reported to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and Yubayashi Youwei have tried several times, and found that this gunpowder bag...is not very useful."

"Not very useful?"

"The power of the gunpowder bag is indeed strong, but because of its power, if the soldiers throw it like a dog, they will definitely hurt themselves. The dog was lucky last time, and the gunpowder bag happened to be thrown into the wall, and it exploded , did not hurt myself."

Zhu Di nodded and nodded: "The power is not small, it is really not suitable for throwing, so you can use a cannon."

"The problem lies in this cannon. The minister ordered people to try it with the current cannon. It turned out that because the power of the gunpowder pack is not small, once it explodes, the barrel can't bear it. Among the three cannons, one cannon was fired. The gun was fired, and the soldiers were almost killed, and two people were injured. There is also a cannon, the muzzle has changed shape, and it is considered useless. There is only one gun, which is barely usable, but if this bombing method is used, it will hurt the enemy a lot. Thousands, self-defeating eight hundred, isn't it ridiculous?"

The power is too great... there are actually troubles.

Zhu Di was speechless for a while, but he was proficient in military formations, so he understood Qiu Fu's meaning very well. He nodded and said, "Since ordinary cannons can't bear it, why not try mortars?"

A mortar is a kind of gun with a short and thick body and a shape similar to a stone mortar. The advantage of this gun is that the barrel is particularly thick.

The ironmaking process in this era is limited. Since the strength of the iron cannon is not enough, use the thickness to make it up.

After hearing this, Qiu Fu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I have tried it too. Ordinary mortars still don't work, but there is a kind of mortar that can withstand it."

Zhu Di said: "If that's the case, then it's the best."

Qiu Fu said: "But there is another problem. This mortar weighs [-] catties..."

Zhu Di: "..."

For ordinary cannons, the lighter ones are two to three hundred catties, and the heavier ones are indeed more than four hundred catties, and some even weigh a thousand catties.

However, given the current supply and transportation conditions of the army, artillery weighing more than a thousand catties would not be able to travel with the army at all, because in Daming, ordinary horses can bear a load of four to five hundred catties at most, which is already the upper limit.

"Such guns can only be used to defend the city. Even if it is to defend the city, the cost is astonishing. It is a thousand catties of iron. If it is with the army... I am afraid it will not be used. Tens of thousands of troops are chasing the north. If you bring some of these The big guy has become a burden instead."

Zhu Di shook his head: "What I want is to sweep across the desert, go straight to Longting, and defend what kind of bird city? If you really want to defend the city, such cannons are not very useful."

"That's why I think that this new gunpowder...is temporarily discontinued..."

Zhu Di suddenly showed a look of reluctance: "Stop production? It's a pity that such a thing has been discontinued. Hey...is there no other way?"

Qiu Fu didn't say anything anymore.

Because he really has no other way.

The dukes, marquises, and earls of the five-army governor's mansion got together and pondered for more than half a month. The generals below didn't have any constructive suggestions.

It can be seen that this thing... is really a tasteless one.

Just when the three monarchs and ministers were frowning.

But a flying horse came.

A school lieutenant in Jinyi stopped his horse in the distance and ran quickly, rolling and scrambling. When he got under Zhu Di's horse, he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty... it exploded, and it exploded again."

"It exploded..."

For some reason, Qiu Fu suddenly had a bad premonition.

People who also feel bad are Zhu Neng.

"Where did it explode?"

"There is a Zhuangzi in Qixia Temple. The owner of the Zhuangzi, known as Shen Dashan, has always been kind and generous, but today...his Zhuangzi was surrounded by gunpowder."

After hearing this, Zhu Di frowned and said, "Who did it?"

"This..." The captain was silent.

In fact, when Zhu Di asked this sentence, he had already begun to have a little eyebrow in his heart.

As for Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng who were beside Zhu Di, the smiles on their faces were gone.

gunpowder pack...

damned.

There are only a handful of people who have this thing and dare to do it... in the entire capital.

Who else could it be?

"Is it that little bastard?" Qiu Fu was furious and questioned the captain without caring about his appearance.

"Jin Yiwei...Jin Yiwei said...that he did see Mr. Qiu in the vicinity..."

Zhu Neng resentfully said: "Is there...is there..."

The captain looked at Zhu Neng and nodded slowly.

Zhu Neng felt his whole body go cold.

As for Qiu Fu, he stomped his foot and scolded: "Nie Zi, Nie Zi..."

Zhu Di was sullen in his heart, but did not show his expression: "They are not hurt."

When Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu heard this, their bodies trembled, as if they had also thought of a terrible thing.

They already have a very thorough understanding of gunpowder kits.

This thing is extremely powerful. When it was thrown at Baihu Liangwu last time, it happened to be blocked by a high wall, so no casualties were avoided.

But this time, is there such luck?
These boys really don't know how the word "death" is written. This thing... can't be thrown at all.

And since there was such a big commotion, Jin Yiwei has already paid attention in time, which means that the power this time will never be less than the last time. If it is still like the last time, it will be either dead or injured.

Although they were very hard-hearted, even if their son went to prison, they would not frown, but after all, they knew Zhu Di and knew that His Majesty was just giving these guys a little bit of trouble.

But if something really went wrong with this baby, she would really want to cry without tears.

Qiu Fu turned pale with fright. He stared at the captain and said, "My son...my son...what's the matter?"

The captain said: "This... I don't see any casualties among the three murderers in the capital. In fact, they have been controlled by the Jin Yiwei, and they are not injured. It is said... It is said... They were shot by cannons. A hundred paces away."

two hundred steps...

Zhu Di, Qiu Fu and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

(End of this chapter)