The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"As ordered!"

One hundred imperial guards held their spears tightly and rushed towards the marriage team. When they came to the front of the marriage team, one hundred guards pointed their sharp spears at the oncoming marriage team, and instantly forced the peace team to stop. They were responsible for protecting the marriage team. More than 300 Zhao soldiers in the team reacted quickly. Seeing that Qin soldiers were blocking them, they immediately rushed to the imperial guards to set up a formation.

In an instant, the two sides were at war!

The passers-by immediately backed away. Among the passers-by, there were many martial arts practitioners. These martial arts practitioners subconsciously reached out to touch their waists for their swords. If they make a move, they will pull out their beloved weapons and tear Zhao Bing into pieces!

The leader, General Zhao, looked at the hundred imperial guards with a gloomy face, pointed to the frame behind him and said in a cold tone, "Do you know whose car this is? Hmph, you don't know, I'm here to tell you , you stopped the car of my Great Princess Zhao, the future Concubine Great Qin!"

"If you don't want to die, get out of the way immediately, otherwise, you Qin Fa will not punish you, but Lao Tzu's sword will punish you!"

"It's just crazy!"

"Don't stop the old man, although the old man is old, he can still pick up a knife!"

"Hold back, hold back, the imperial guards are here!"

"These Zhao people really have no eyesight, they don't even know the imperial guards!"

"Yes, he is the first to dare to be arrogant in front of the imperial guards!"

"Dog, get off the horse!"

"Get out, get out of Daqin!"

"roll!"

Zhao Jiang's words instantly annoyed the passers-by who were crowded on both sides. The passers-by couldn't help but yell at him as badly as they could. Some strong-mouthed kings have scolded him for eighteen generations.

When the hundred Imperial Guards heard General Zhao's words, they also frowned and showed angry faces. This bastard, isn't he a little too crazy, and doesn't take the Imperial Guards seriously.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard also wanted to swear, but because of the rules, they dared not speak out, and Cao Duwei still needed to stand up for this matter.

"Imperial Guards?" General Zhao became flustered when he heard the words of the Imperial Guards from passers-by.

He didn't know that these black-armored sergeants were Imperial Guards. He thought they were just ordinary standing troops. Unexpectedly, they were Imperial Guards in the palace. As soon as he learned that the soldiers surrounding him were Imperial Guards, General Zhao panicked. How flustered.

He can offend the general army, but he can't offend the imperial guards. After all, they are the emperor's personal soldiers. Offending them, compared to offending the emperor, being presumptuous in front of them, and provoking them is also relatively Yu is provoking the emperor!

Thinking of this, General Zhao couldn't help complaining, did the Great Qin Dynasty have no other armor to wear?Why both the standing army and the imperial guards are all wearing black armor, and no one can recognize them.

Cao Zhen, the head of the left military guard, walked out of the crowd, stared at General Zhao on the horse with a blank face, and said indifferently: "It's a big tone, listen up, I don't care who is sitting in your car, but you must know that this is Xianyang , the imperial capital of the Great Qin Dynasty, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, dare to bully my people of Great Qin at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and even speak provocatively, no matter which one, it is enough to kill you!"

Gollum!

General Zhao's face turned pale, he secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked calmly, "Who are you, how dare you stop the princess from driving!"

It doesn't matter, if things have come to this point, if you back down, it would be too embarrassing, it's okay to be ashamed yourself, if you lose the aura of the Great Zhao Dynasty, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat when you go back!

"Remember, you must remember, I am Cao Zhen, Chief of the Seventh Rank Youwu Guard of Xianyang Palace, and the captain of the Imperial Guard!" Cao Zhen announced his name with a solemn face.

"Xianyang Wuwei!"

"Oh my god, this is one of His Majesty's personal soldiers!"

"Haha, General Zhao is finished now, he offended the guards around His Majesty!"

"Look how General Zhao will step down!"

"Deserved!"

As soon as the passers-by heard Cao Zhen's name, they immediately exclaimed. They looked at Cao Zhen with awe and admiration in their eyes, and they were all thinking, how wonderful it would be if they could become the military guards of Xianyang Palace. By then, they would be dressed in black Wearing a python suit, a black gold crown on the head, and a sharp sword hanging from the waist, it is refreshing and majestic to fight with the emperor!

Hearing the exclamation from the crowd, and seeing passers-by looking at him with awe and admiration, made Cao Zhen feel honored and proud. Will suffer all the hardships and demonstrate the national prestige of the Great Qin Dynasty!

Hearing the word Xianyang Palace Wuwei, Zhao Jiang shrank his pupils and his face turned paler. Although the name Xianyang Palace Wuwei is not very familiar, he also understands that Xianyang Palace Wuwei was established by the Great Qin Emperor himself. The Great Qin Emperor was inseparable.

General Zhao wished he could slap himself, this time, he not only offended the imperial guards, but also offended a leader of the military guards in Xianyang Palace.

Although General Zhao regretted it, he still bit the bullet and scolded: "Bold Cao Zhen, my Princess Dazhao is joining hands with Daqin on behalf of the Dazhao Dynasty. You should lead people out of the city thirty miles away to meet each other. This is the rule of all dynasties, but Not only did you go out of the city to greet her, but you led people to intercept the princess' car, you deserve death!"

"You should ask Commander Pei for what you said. I will be waiting outside the east gate on the order of Commander Pei. If you want someone to punish you, you should go to Commander Pei. Don't look for this general. This general Just follow orders!" Cao Zhen said expressionlessly.

"You...you are shirking responsibility!" Zhao Jiang said angrily.

How dare he find Pei Ji to punish him? Who is Pei Ji?The commander of the imperial guards, the head of the military guards of the Xianyang Palace, the closest person to the Great Qin Emperor, in the whole world, except for the Great Qin Emperor, who would dare to punish him for his crimes, otherwise the old birthday star hanged himself, purely looking for death?

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Chapter 751: Zhao Ke Enters Qin Palace!

"Let's leave your words to Commander Pei. Now let's talk about you. I'm going to ask you, which country's rules are that other countries' convoys can rampage outside the city, ignore passers-by, and even open their mouths. What you have done is a felony, and now I am going to arrest you, put you in prison, and try again at another day until you plead guilty!"

"Come on, take him down, if he resists, shoot him!" Cao Zhentian was not afraid of anything, and directly ordered the imperial guards to come forward and arrest him.

"brush!"

There was a sound of drawing a sword, and General Zhao pulled out his sword from his waist in panic, and shouted in a panic-stricken tone: "I am ordered by my Majesty to protect the princess, if you dare to arrest me, it is a crime against Da Zhao!" Dynasty declares war!"

"Your behavior just now, can I also assume that the Great Zhao Dynasty has declared war on our Great Qin Dynasty!" Pei Ji stared at General Zhao and shouted in a cold tone.

General Zhao was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak. He didn't want to cause the marriage between Qin and Zhao to fail because of himself, and he didn't want to cause war between Qin and Zhao. die.

Da Qin's soldiers are too strong, if Qin and Zhao go to war, Da Zhao will definitely lose!

"Come down you!"

A Guardsman rudely dragged General Zhao off his horse. General Zhao didn't pay attention, and was thrown into the dog's shit. His mouth was screaming in pain, but he didn't dare to resist. Didn't you hear what others said? It is certain that these lunatics dare to stop the princess's car, so what if he kills this young general? Will the Zhao Dynasty declare war on the Qin Dynasty for him?No, I am afraid that instead of declaring war, they will send envoys to apologize.

In this way, General Zhao was tied up by the imperial guards, and then handed over to the officers and soldiers, who were taken into the sky prison. Seeing that the arrogant General Zhao had no temper, the passers-by around him began to cheer!

Under the cheers, Cao Zhen took three steps in front of the luxury carriage, knelt down on one knee, and saluted: "Cao Zhen, the right military guard of Xianyang Palace, is here to greet you by the order of the commander of the imperial guards and the military guard of Xianyang Palace, Pei Ji. Her Royal Highness the Sixth Princess of Zhao!"

"Is that why you arrested this princess?" A calm voice came from inside the luxury carriage.

Cao Zhen raised his eyebrows, and replied calmly: "Is Your Highness Sixth Princess going to blame you?"

"Haha, of course not. In fact, this princess is also upset about this person, and I really want to teach him a lesson to dispel his arrogance. Now that General Cao has done something for this princess, this princess will not blame him, but General Cao taught me a lesson. Yes, but don't hurt his life, otherwise, both Qin and Zhao will feel bad, and I hope General Cao will remember it!" There was a voice in the luxurious carriage again, and there was a smile in the voice, and a smile in the smile. warn.

It's really confusing!

Cao Zhen ignored Zhao Ke's words, stood up with no expression on his face, turned around and shouted coldly at the guards: "Escort back to the palace!"

"Obey!" All the imperial guards responded respectfully.

Soon, the stopped Zhao Dynasty and his pro-team set off again, entered Xianyang through the East City Gate, and then entered the imperial palace through Chengde Gate!

There are not only 9000 Zhao soldiers in the marriage team, but also 9000 eunuchs and court ladies each, 99 boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, totaling 190 taels of silver, 660 taels of gold, [-] pieces of jade, [-] nine pieces of gold, and [-] pieces of silver. [-] six pieces.

In addition, there are 99 pieces of silk and satin, 88 pieces of exquisite costumes, [-] pieces of clothes for future princes and princesses, and six magnificent swords with jade handles and agate embellishments. These are the dowry given to Zhao Ke by the Zhao royal family, including Three hundred Zhao soldiers, the dowry specification given by the Zhao royal family is the highest specification.

Cao Zhen led the marriage team past the entrance of the Qilin Hall, entered the harem, and came to a palace named Bixiao Palace. After entering the front yard of Bixiao Palace, the maid Xiaoyue got off the car first, and then took the sixth princess Zhao Ke stepped on the eunuch's back and stepped off the carriage unhurriedly.

Originally, horse-drawn carriages were not allowed to enter the palace, but Zhao Ke was given this privilege because of his special status.

Zhao Ke was wearing a long silver dress with a lot of jeweled agates dotted on it. He also wore a silver phoenix crown on his head. There were dozens of strings of small pearls hanging on the phoenix crown.

Cao Zhen walked up to Zhao Ke, bowed down and saluted, "Your Highness the Sixth Princess of Zhao, this is the palace that His Majesty chose for you. The palace is adjacent to the back garden in the north, Ganquan Palace in the south, and Xiande Palace in the west. , Jiangdu Palace is on the east, it is the most blessed place among the halls of the vast harem!"

Zhao Ke nodded indifferently, and then asked aloud: "This princess knows that Ganquan Palace is where the Empress lives, but who live in Xiande Palace and Jiangdu Palace?"

"Xiande Palace is where the noble concubine and princess live, and Jiangdu Palace is where the concubine Jia lives!" Cao Zhen answered truthfully.

"My princess heard that Your Majesty has five concubines so far. You only mentioned three of them just now. Where do the other two live? Can you tell this princess that I want to visit all the sisters!" Zhao Ke said with a smile on his face. asked with a smile.

"Princess Six does not need to visit. The empress will send someone to invite you to meet at Ganquan Palace later. All concubines in the harem are also waiting for Princess Six at Ganquan Palace. But I can tell Princess Six that the place where Concubine Ling lives is called Yinghua Palace. The place where Concubine De lived is called Baohua Palace!"

"Both the two palaces are to the east of Bixiao Palace, as long as you walk a few steps outside Bixiao Palace, you can see the two palaces!" Cao Zhen bent down expressionlessly and replied.

"The empress is waiting for this princess?" Zhao Ke muttered calmly, and then said immediately, "Is your majesty also in Ganquan Palace?"

"Your Majesty is busy with political affairs, and he is dealing with political affairs in the imperial study. Oh, by the way, His Majesty ordered you to tell the princess that you have been busy with political affairs in the past few days. If you have nothing important to do, please don't disturb me. By the way, let you get acquainted with Bixiao Palace and pay more visits to the Queen." Empress and other concubines in the harem!" Cao Zhen said.

"General Cao, please tell Your Majesty that this princess will be obedient and will not disturb Your Majesty. If General Cao is fine, you can step back temporarily. My princess wants to take a bath and change clothes, and meet the empress and the sisters!" Zhao Ke said. Said to Cao Zhen with a smile.

"The words of the sixth princess, I will tell the truth, and I can also withdraw, but Your Highness the sixth princess, your three hundred soldiers need to be sent back to Zhao, and they must not stay in Xianyang, let alone stay in the palace. As for the reason, I will not In detail, I believe the sixth princess understands in her heart!" Cao Zhen said with a still expressionless face.

"Okay, no problem, let's send it away!" Zhao Ke said without hesitation, looking quite straightforward.

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Chapter 752: No. [-] Artillery Test!

The corners of Cao Zhen's mouth rose slightly, showing a rare smile, and then he made a salute and retired, and at the same time sent someone to send three hundred Zhao soldiers to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites arranged for the three hundred Zhao soldiers to return to the country. After Cao Zhen left, nothing happened After a while, Zhao Ke took a bath and changed clothes under the service of the maid Xiaoyue, and changed into a long black skirt.

Zhao Ke has always disliked black, but he can do as the Romans do. He has no choice but to follow the color palette of the Great Qin Dynasty. However, the silver phoenix crown has not been changed. After bathing and changing, Zhao Ke went to Ganquan Palace to meet the queen empress Yang. sky.

Since the four concubines, Concubine De, Concubine De, Concubine Ling, and Concubine Jia, were all in Ganquan Palace, Zhao Ke met the four concubines of Qin in Ganquan Palace. After talking and greeting for a while, Zhao Ke finally understood the situation of the concubines in the harem , and all the concubines in the harem probably knew about Zhao Ke.

In the eyes of Yang Xiao and other concubines, Zhao Ke is a scheming, generous beauty who behaves gracefully and dignifiedly in every move. The noble concubine Tang Hua couldn't help but praise her a few words, but I have to say What's more, the eldest princess Ying Bei is also there, and Ying Bei doesn't seem to like this new concubine mother, looking at the new concubine mother, she is full of vigilance!

Imperial study room!

In the imperial study room, Ying Chang was sitting on the carved dragon throne reviewing the piles of memorials on the imperial case. The piles of memorials were piled up like hills, which made Ying Chang feel a lot of pressure, with a tired look on his face. Deal with government affairs.

Pei Ji, who was rubbing ink on the side, saw that Ying Chang was a little tired, and couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, you have been reviewing for three hours in a row, why don't you take a break first?"

"What's the rest, hurry up and sharpen your ink, it's almost not enough!" Ying Chang said without turning his head, and continued to look through the memorials, and wrote a sentence of cinnabar comments.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, the mountain of memorials will grow tall and the houses will be filled with memorials.

"Yes!" Pei Ji continued to polish the ink for Ying Chang to review the memorial.

tread... tread...

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the hall, and Ying Chang, while reviewing the memorial, said directly without raising his head: "What's the matter, put your farts away, I don't have time to talk so much!"

The person who came was Cao Zhen, who had just returned from Bixiao Palace. Cao Zhen walked three steps away from the royal case with strides, and then bowed down with a respectful expression to write a report: "Your Majesty, the sixth princess of the Great Zhao has entered the palace. , I took her to Bixiao Palace, I believe that at this time, the Sixth Princess should meet all the ladies and ladies in Ganquan Palace!"

After listening to these words, Ying Chang's expression was not the slightest bit turbulent, and he continued to review the memorial seriously. While reviewing the memorial, he said, "It is my oral order that Zhao Ke, the sixth princess of the Great Zhao, can be conferred the third rank of concubine Ning. Enter Concubine Ning into the imperial clan register!"

Zhao Ke is the princess of the Zhao royal family, so naturally the position of concubine cannot be given too low.

"Your Majesty's orders will be passed on immediately!" Cao Zhen replied with a respectful and solemn expression.

Cao Zhen came and went in a hurry, and soon left the imperial study, while Ying Chang and Pei Ji continued to work hard on political affairs, swimming freely in the sea of ​​memorials!

At the same time, twenty miles north of Xianyang City, there is a weapons testing ground!

In the weapons testing ground, a large dark cannon is fixed within a red line. Five hundred steps away from the red line, there is a wall that is one foot high and three feet thick. There are more than a dozen puppets placed behind the wall. Four thousand steps away and one thousand five hundred steps away, there is a wall. The height of the wall one thousand steps away is one foot, and the thickness is four feet. The height of the wall one thousand steps away is one foot, and the thickness is five feet. ruler!

Beside the Youhei Cannon, Fang Zi, the Ordnance Commander, and twenty Armorers stood, all of them were checking the status of the cannon.

The size of this artillery is much larger than the No. [-] artillery tested before, and its shape has also changed. There are two large iron wheels on the front of the gun mount. It is estimated that these two large iron wheels weigh a thousand kilograms. There are also two large iron brackets slanting behind. On the left and right sides of the two large iron brackets, there are several small holes, which are nail holes for fixing the artillery.

"Zheng Yue, immediately report the artillery data of No. [-]!" Fang Zi said solemnly.

The No. 54 artillery has become the No. 100 artillery, which is enough to prove that the Ministry of Ordnance has conducted [-] artillery tests successively. Obviously, these tests have failed, and the increased budget of [-] million taels of silver by the Ministry of War has also been used up.

If the test of the No. [-] artillery piece is successful and reaches the expected goal of the [-] ordnance engineers including Fang Zi, then mass production can be carried out directly. If it fails, you have to go to the Ministry of War to ask for a budget. Everyone has to ask for a budget.

Without it, the cost of a cannon is too high, and now it happens to be the end of the year, and the overall budget of the Ordnance Department has been almost used up, so no matter whether it fails or succeeds, it has to ask for the budget, but the difference is that one is The one with high morale went, and the other went with a disheartened face.

Zheng Yue, who was standing not far away, heard Fang Zi's order, immediately lowered his head, looked at the record book in his hand, and read plausibly to the content of the record book:

"The artillery code name is Wushisi!"

"The barrel length: two feet and eight feet!"

"Barrel caliber: four fingers and two joints!"

"The total length of the gun body: four feet and eight feet!"

"The height of the gun carriage: one foot!"

"The weight of the whole cannon: [-] catties!"

There is a huge difference between the No. [-] artillery and the No. [-] artillery. The barrel of the No. [-] artillery is two feet long, and the gun mount is only six feet. Compared with less than one-third of the gun barrel mounted on the gun mount, this kind of The gun barrel is long and the gun carriage is short, which greatly cannot withstand the rear thrust when firing the gun.

After repeated tests and improvements, the length of the gun mount of the No. [-] artillery reached two feet, the barrel of the gun was two feet and eight feet, and only a small half of the barrel exceeded the mount. Only one person can go to the top of the gun mount.

The gun body is four feet and eight feet long, what is the concept of four feet and eight feet?If it is erected upright, it can climb a five-foot-high wall, and the No. [-] artillery can definitely be counted as a colossus. Its weight is also appalling, thirty thousand catties, absolutely terrifying!

In addition to the increase in weight and size, the barrel diameter has also increased by one finger!

"Reporting to the order, the barrel of the No. [-] artillery is normal!"

"Reporting to Fang Ling, there is no abnormality in the artillery mount of the No. [-] artillery!"

"Report to Fang Ling, No. [-] Artillery..."

Many ordnance engineers reported the status of various parts of the No. [-] cannon. After repeated inspections for half a stick of time, they finally came to the conclusion that the No. [-] cannon had no abnormalities and could be fired for a test!

"The No. [-] artillery has started the first flat-firing test!" Fang Zi ordered with a solemn expression!