Since the king of Zhou received the letter from the concubine's family, his spirit has become more and more exciting. It seems that it is easier and smoother to inspect the border towns, guards, and forts, check the armaments and accounts, and appease the frontier soldiers.

This is of course because the family letter is in hand, knowing that the home is safe, his wife and Song's family have worked hard to guard the fief-like Hanzhong Mansion for him, so that he has no worries, but the situation in the border town is indeed worse than when he was on his last tour. Much better.

Last time, the new generals on the Nine Sides needed to be adjusted everywhere, and there were many problems such as money, food, soldiers, etc. to be investigated by him; now several generals have been stationed for several years, and the side walls are gradually being repaired with bricks, stones and cement. There has never been a mistake again——

Ever since Song Dynasty learned about Hanzhong Mansion, he began to try to grow Jiahe.Needless to say, Hanzhong, neighboring Xi'an, northern Shaanxi provinces, and further away Shanxi, Sichuan and other provinces have also gone to Hanzhong to learn the Jiahe method.As a result, the grain from Shanxi and Shanxi provinces was enough to support the border towns, and there was no need to call private merchants to transport grain.However, the land in the Kanto is fertile and there are few wars, so the garrison can provide enough food for the army to cultivate by themselves.

As for Jizhen, originally the harvest was very little due to the high salinity of the land, but the year before last Xiong Yushi was ordered to investigate the phosphate mines, and found a phosphate mine in the mountains near Jizhen.After the Ministry of Household Affairs sent ambassadors to take over the phosphate rock, some of it was transported to the capital, and some of it was washed with water from lakes and lakes in the local area to wash out several paddy fields. Using this phosphate fertilizer, it can barely supply military supplies.

Today, only Gan and Ning towns still need merchants to raise food, but it doesn't take much effort to provide food and grass for the two towns with all the power of the world.

The Ministry of Households saves the big expense of providing military rations, and naturally has money allocated to the military to equip clothes and build ordnance.King Zhou traveled from the northwest to the northeast, and he saw that the clothes of the local sergeants were much brighter and thicker than last time. There were also many new guns, cannons, gunpowder, and telescopes covered with glass in croissant shells in the warehouses of various military towns and border forts.

The lens is polished from ordinary glass, with a light green tint. It is not as transparent as the quartz glass in Hanzhong, but the scene several miles away is as clear as it is in front of your eyes.

King Zhou stood on the high platform and watched the sergeants in the town drill with the binoculars. He saw the soldiers lined up in square formations practicing marksmanship, swords and sticks, and riding skills.

In fact, when the glass is close to your eyes, you can't see the faint color dyed inside. You can only see the bright armor of the soldiers in the audience, see their uniform and magnificent military appearance when they advance and retreat, and hear the sound of golden drums in your ears. voice.

Farther away, the sky is high and the clouds are wide, and the side wall stands tall among the mountains and rivers, firmly separating the captives from the pass——

After walking all over the last guardhouse in the east of Liaodong Town, the King of Zhou finally spread out a sheet of paper and wrote down: "Hundreds of valleys are lush inside and outside the border city, the people are peaceful, the city is guarded, and there are troops and horses..."

Huan Ling, who used to be the censor of the capital in Beijing, was ordered to go out to inspect the money, grain and military affairs of the nine borders because of a play. "The Nine Frontiers Military Affairs Shu", "The generals are cowardly and unreliable, lack of food and salary".But only a few years later, the king of Zhou published the "Shu on Frontier Defense Matters", in which he saw that the captives and bandits had seen "where the power of heaven came", and "the pheasants stalked and the rats ran, and there was nothing left behind".

This letter was sent back to the capital via the urgent courier shop, but it arrived faster than the return journey of King Zhou and his party.

Emperor Xintai looked carefully at the memorial sent by King Zhou, through the short text, he imagined the majestic and lofty side walls, and the majestic and majestic appearance of the Nine Sides.

He also thought about how his eldest son looked vigorous and vigorous, riding his horse all over the border town.

These years, Hui'er has been able to stay in Hanzhong, and he has never begged his father to call him back to Beijing to see him, and only wrote this chapter every time he passed by the capital on patrol.Fortunately, he still remembered to read this scripture, otherwise, these ministers in the court would be avoiding troubles, who would go to Shushu to speak for him and ask him to come back and see you?

Emperor Xintai let out a low sigh, and asked Manager Wang who was serving in front of the steps: "How long will it take to return to Beijing from Liaodong Town?"

It is also two thousand miles away from Liaodong to the capital, and I came back just in time for the New Year.

The emperor nodded and ordered: "Go to the treasury and choose some things to give to Zhou Wangfu, so that Zhou Wang can live more comfortably when he comes back. He also asked the House of Internal Affairs to prepare things for Xian'er. When his father returns to Beijing, he will always I want to go back to the palace to stay with you for a few days."

Xian'er hadn't seen his father very much since he was a child, so it was time for them to be reunited and spend more time with each other affectionately.Last time King Zhou only stayed in Beijing for a few days before going back, this time he was asked to wait a little longer, at least after the Lantern Festival before leaving.

How many years has he not celebrated the Lantern Festival in the palace?

Recalling the past, the Son of Heaven only felt that King Zhou's living in the palace was still a matter of the present, and even he was the same size as his eldest grandson, and it was only a few years ago that he crawled on his lap to read a book.Such a small child back then has grown into an adult who can control the border and secure the country, and even the grandson who is left behind can sit on his lap and be drawn by him while holding hands.

The emperor's son has grown up, and his father is also getting old...

The emperor looked at the no longer smooth flesh on the back of his hand, sighed softly, and ordered: "Go to Zhongcui Palace tonight."

Look at Ma Shi and the eldest grandson of the emperor.

Since Concubine Zhou went to Hanzhong last year, the emperor's grandson was raised in Ma's Palace, but when he wanted to see his grandson, he usually took him with him, and rarely set foot in Zhongcui Palace.Goodbye now, Concubine Xian seems to have lost her desire to compete for favor, she no longer dresses up like she used to, her face is lightly powdered, her age can be seen from the corners of her brows and eyes.

And he himself is two or three years older than Concubine Xian.

Emperor Xintai looked at the fine lines that could not be concealed at the corners of Concubine Xian's eyes, and couldn't help raising his hand to touch his temples - gray hair had grown there a few years ago, he often had people pull it out, and he could see it again soon.

He felt that time flies, he didn't care about the fine lines on Mrs. Ma's face, but added a bit of pity, and asked: "In these years, Hui'er has rarely returned to Beijing, and Mrs. Huan has gone to Hanzhong again. There will be no morning or evening." Greeters, you live alone in the palace, do you ever feel deserted?"

Although Mrs. Ma rarely sees Shengjia now, she seems to be more calm than before, Fushen replied: "Nowadays, concubines are often summoned by the empress to speak, and there are virtuous sons who are raised in the concubine's palace, how can they feel deserted? It was a surprise to see His Majesty today, I dare not complain."

Seeing that she was cautious, Emperor Xintai smiled and said: "You are still so cautious. I am here today just to tell you that Hui'er has done a good job in foreign affairs. If he can return to Beijing during the Chinese New Year this year, I will let him stay longer. day."

Concubine Xian suddenly raised her docile and drooping eyelids, and looked at the Son of Heaven in surprise.

Emperor Xintai comforted her with a smile: "I have issued an imperial decree, and Hui'er will definitely be able to come back a few years ago." Being able to have the same thoughts as myself, I look forward to King Zhou often returning to Beijing.

He summoned the eldest grandson of the emperor to ask about his homework, and together with the concubine Xian recalled the Zhou king's childhood, he did not fall asleep until late at night.Concubine Xian saw that the bedside clock had passed the time of Zi Chou, several times advised him to go to bed earlier, but the emperor did not feel sleepy at all, and did not close his eyes until it was dawn.

He has been suffering from insomnia for a long time. He used to be able to fall asleep with the help of calming drugs, but now he is going to suffer from insomnia all night after some incidents.

And this time not only King Zhou is going back to court, but also the battle report of Shanxi Town, which also caused him to be so excited that he couldn't sleep——

Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, Yang Rong, governor of Shaanxi, and Song Shi, prefect of Hanzhong, and Zhou Xu, governor of Hanzhong Wei, got a new cannon called "Flying Thunder Cannon", which can shoot two hundred paces away.And the most important thing is that what is fired from this gun barrel is not ordinary flowering bullets or grape bullets, but round explosive packets nearly two inches wide and one inch thick.

After the explosion, the mountains shook and the ground shook, and even if you avoided the fire and explosion, you couldn't avoid the impact of the air wave.

Yang Rong buried several artillery formations from Gushan to the outside of Huamachi Dabian, where the captives often raided. In early autumn, some captives invaded the border. The thief killed the bones incompletely.

This time, although they can no longer offer captives to the capital to show off the martial arts of Zheng Zheng, but these cannons are very effective, and they can kill more than a hundred enemies without a single soldier.The power of the explosion was greater than that of guns, and the explosion made the captives so frightened that they did not dare to go south lightly. Several Tatar princes who were close to the border towns even wrote a letter requesting to be included.

This military merit is not only the merit of Governor Yang, but also the credit of providing oil barrels and proposing to use barrels as weapons in Song Dynasty, the magistrate of Hanzhong.

The credit of the Hanzhong Mansion, after all, is not the credit of the King of Zhou?

Although he was not in Hanzhong at that time, it is said that the cannon was only made of a thin iron barrel, and that thin iron barrel was created by the Hanzhong Economic Park, which was developed with the support of King Zhou...

In fact, this military merit should be recorded for King Zhou.

After King Zhou returned to the capital and met his father, Emperor Xintai ordered people to declare the decree to add these two credits to him, and then he personally took his hand to help him up, saying: "It is the New Year now. , you should stay in Beijing for the new year before leaving. Shaanxi has sent over the 'Flying Thunder Cannon' made of oil barrels, and I have asked the Ministry of War to arrange it. In a few days, you will accompany me to watch the test firing of this cannon."

The king of Zhou responded quickly and thanked his father for his kindness.

It was not early when he arrived in Beijing, and it was New Year's Day in two days, and the day when he drove to see the test firing of the new cannon was two days after New Year's Day.After returning to the palace, he sent someone to find Huan Ling and the two censors, and told them that he wanted to watch the new weapons with him.

Although Huan Ling couldn't go to see it that day, Song Shi first made the oil barrel and worked with Master Yang to make this cannon. He also wanted to encourage Huan Ling a few words-the person who should be praised is not there, and the family members who should be praised are the same.

Huan Ling knew that this thing was a weapon of later generations, and it was all thanks to Song Shi that it could be made, so he bluntly accepted the praise of King Zhou for him.He also made a request to King Zhou: "Your Highness saw the effect of this weapon that day, can you come back and tell me about it? Since this thing was made by Shi Guaner, I want him to know what kind of magic weapon he made. "

The king of Zhou replied, "It's natural."

Not only did he want to see the effectiveness of the Feilei cannon with his heart, but he also took advantage of the New Year's day when his father was in a good mood, Huan Ling begged for a favor, and took Huan Ling to the artillery barracks outside the city to test the cannon.

Accompanying him this time were the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Right Attendant, Gonghou Bo who was in charge of the Fifth Army Battalion, several senior princes, and even the eldest son of King Zhou, the eldest grandson of the Emperor of Dazheng.

He was also the only one among the emperor's grandchildren who was taken to the artillery field.

Entering the arena, all the eyes of the audience were on the little emperor's grandson who was being held by the Holy Majesty.The emperor's grandson is still young, but he seems to have a bit of the demeanor of his father and grandfather, and he does not look weak and frightened. He firmly holds his grandfather's hand and walks towards the field, looking at the oil drums made of thin white iron .

Emperor Xin Tai touched the thin wall of the barrel, the body of which was hooped several times with thick iron hoops, far less beautiful than ordinary long-barreled oil barrels, and asked him with a smile: "Is Xian'er afraid of the sound of guns?"

King Zhou's heart was pounding and he was staring at his son; the necks of the other princes who were traveling with him were almost broken, trying to hear the conversation between their father and the nephew; He couldn't bear to take a look at this particularly favored nephew.

His imperial brother neither knew nor was incapable of fighting, but luckily, the Yue family gave birth to a good son, married a good relative, and gained a lot of military merits.And he...

If he were to acquire such a divine weapon and go to Xuan and Dayi to lead the army, he would surely be able to cross the grasslands, wipe out all the captives, and make a military exploit that truly deserves the praise of his father and the admiration of all the people... and can make Dazheng eternal peace!

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