Iron Dynasty

His Royal Highness, since this is the case, the next officer will develop it according to the appearance of the rifled gun.

In the military workshop, Chen Qi strengthened his determination with the encouragement of Song Changping and Xiao Ming.

Go boldly, the power of artillery is huge, which cannot be replaced by artillery. Field artillery will become more and more important on the battlefield in the future. Xiao Ming said to Chen Qi.

During this time, Chen Qi suddenly felt that the status of artillery seemed to decline, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, and felt that his research was of little value.

And now Xiao Ming's remarks once again ignited a surging motivation in his heart.

Designating the future development direction of artillery for Chen Qi, Xiao Ming asked: Let's not talk about this for a while, how many field artillery have you produced now, and now the army is screaming and asking this king for equipment every day, and the situation is changing now. Test, this king needs the army to practice the cooperation of field artillery and infantry from now on.

Go back to your Highness, now we have produced ninety-six six-pound field guns, and forty-two twelve-pound field guns. As for naval guns, we have been in production, which can meet the needs of warships that are about to be launched, and the other states. The county needs to defend the city. During this time, we provided 200 cannons for Yunzhou City, 300 cannons for Dengzhou, and Yizhou in the south also needed 180 cannons. In addition, there are export-oriented artillery. Chen Qi is familiar with it.

Xiao Ming is slightly satisfied with the output of artillery. One thing he is very confident about is that his current artillery casting technology is definitely more advanced than Europe, because Europe is still using wax casting technology.

This technology requires continuous production of molds, and his iron-mold cannon technology omits this, allowing the artillery fire to truly achieve assembly-line production.

For this reason, he believed that his artillery production would not be inferior to that of European countries.

Thirty-six six-pound field guns and twelve twelve-pound field guns are reserved for the Qingzhou Army, and the remaining field guns are sent to the Youzhou Army. Xiao Ming pondered and said.

The Qingzhou Army can say that Xiao Ming naturally pays attention to his guards, while the Youzhou Army faces the barbarians and also needs to be taken care of.

As for the Dengzhou army, the shore defense artillery was enough to resist the attack from the Japanese pirates and the direction of Goryeo, and the Yongwang facing Yunzhou basically did not have to worry.

After all the arms in the inventory were distributed, Xiao Ming and the two talked about production before going back.

Now that the number of his troops has reached the limit, the next focus is to supplement the equipment. After all, in addition to the Qingzhou Army, the troops of the other states are basically pure cold weapon troops.

These cold-weapon troops don't have much advantage in the event of a war. The reason why he came in person today is because of anxiety in his heart.

Although the military workshop was not slack at all, the equipment was still not enough for the armies of the states, and now the situation in the Great Yu Kingdom was not very good, perhaps the war was not far away.

And just when he was worried about the future, his battle report finally arrived in Chang'an.

When Qingzhou Yi sent the memorial from Qingzhou to the palace, it was stopped by the guards.

This is His Highness King Qi's handbook, why do you want to stop it! The post general said angrily.

Xiao Wenxuan once promised Xiao Ming that he could send the book directly to the imperial study, instead of going through layers of review by the Zhongshu Province. It was because of this that the postmaster was so angry.

The guard general at the palace gate frowned when he heard the words. He said, The emperor issued a decree yesterday, ordering His Royal Highness to supervise the country on the same day. In the future, this document from the vassal country must pass through the East Palace before it can be handed over to the emperor.

Prince overseeing the country? The post general was slightly taken aback, but remembering what Pang Shoufu had said before he left, he took out the book, In that case, please send the book to the East Palace.

When he left, Pang Yukun told him to be careful when he went to Chang'an to avoid causing trouble, and this memorial was originally for Queen Zhao and the crown prince.

The guard general took the fold and nodded.

After delivering the book, the postmaster drove off on horseback. At this time, an eunuch, surrounded by a group of small yellow gates, came to the palace gate, stopped at the palace gate, and the leading eunuch asked in a low voice, Just now what happened?

When he saw the person coming, the guard general was surprised. This was Wang Xi, Wang Shilang, the popular man beside the Empress. He immediately bowed and said, Return to Wang Shilang, this is a book from Qingzhou.

Qingzhou's Zhezi? Wang Xi's eyes narrowed, causing his triangular eyes to immediately form a line.

Yes. The general of the imperial guard offered the memorial with both hands.

Wang Xi took the memorial and tore off the outer envelope. After scanning the contents of the memorial, Wang Xi's face became a little ugly, and he said, I will give this memorial to the Empress.

A layer of cold sweat appeared on the forehead of the general of the imperial guard, he smiled flatteringly, and kept nodding his head.

Putting the memorial in the sleeve, Wang Xi raised his head and walked to the palace. Now the emperor is seriously ill in bed. The queen is acting for all the affairs in the court, and the prince has no supervision from the emperor. , don't bother to pay attention to the minister at all.

Watching Wang Xi's figure disappear into the palace gate, the guard general let out a sigh of relief, but he was a little worried. Judging from Wang Xi's performance, he didn't seem to care about King Qi at all.

And now who doesn't know the status of King Qi in the Great Yu Kingdom.

Inside the palace, Wang Xi took the memorial and went directly to Empress Zhao's residence, while Empress Zhao was dressing up.

Niangniang, the old slave met the Qingzhou postmaster at the palace gate to give the emperor a book, so he stopped the book. Wang Xi's expression instantly changed from arrogance to flattery.

King Qi's book. Queen Zhao's body shook slightly, and her emotions were obviously fluctuating. Show me to this palace.

Yes.

Wang Xi walked over with a smile, drove away the palace maid who combed Queen Zhao's hair, and combed Queen Zhao's hair by herself.

After taking the memorial and looking at it, Empress Zhao suddenly laughed, The barbarians attacked Shanhaiguan in time. I'm afraid the barbarians are fake, but it's true that they support their troops.

No, from the old slave's point of view, this King Qi made it clear that he was threatening the empress and the crown prince, and he should be punished. Wang Xi said while combing his hair carefully.

Empress Zhao sighed, Your Majesty's illness has made all the princes restless, and this palace sees this certificate as just a piece of waste paper.

Niangniang, this old slave thinks that this certificate of registration is still useful. If the certificate of registration is announced to the world, if these princes have unruly intentions, it will be unfaithful and unrighteous. Wang Xi said with a smile.

It's just that the prince's treason is unfaithful and unjust. If the prince wants to kill other princes in the future, wouldn't it be unfaithful and unjust. Queen Zhao frowned.

Wang Xi continued: Niang Niang, this is not easy. When the time comes, I will deduct a name for rebellion against these princes. Isn't this not a violation of the registration certificate? In short, this registration certificate is not harmful to us. I took that into consideration when I came up with the idea.