However, all this is not a problem for Su Chengyu, Su Ji Iron Yard has the pretreatment technology of molten iron dephosphorization and desulfurization in later generations, and the pig iron smelted can remove most of the impurities without secondary treatment, and it is no worse than copper for casting.

He said to Zhao Yinxuan and the others: "Rest assured, the iron cannon I cast is very reliable, and there is no hidden danger of exploding. ”

"Really?"

Yang Tinglin knew Su Chengyu's cannon casting skills best, and told everyone about the eight heavy cannons that King Chen Zhou had taken out like a trick last time.

"Your Highness is truly amazing! If you can really cast a heavy cannon, you will be the first to recover Nanchang. ”

"Without further ado, I hope that His Highness will make an artifact as soon as possible to help my army win!"

Only Wan Yuan Ji suggested: "Your Highness, in the early years of Longwu, Jianyu besieged Jiangyin, and at first attacked the city with dozens of thousand-pound cannons, and it was not allowed to break through for several months. The thieves then mobilized more than ten heavy artillery pieces of 3,800 catties, and then they collapsed the northeast corner of Jiangyin City. Speaking of this, he was silent for a moment, obviously remembering the Jiangyin Massacre, the tragic situation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city who did not survive.

"Nanchang City is more solid than Jiangyin, but I don't know if the cannon of two thousand catties is enough?"

Su Chengyu nodded, he knew that the current artillery was firing solid shells, and the twelve-pounder cannon might really be powerless for a city wall like Nanchang that was five or six zhang thick. Wouldn't it be a bad thing if it really wouldn't be able to move for a while.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the heaviest artillery of the Qing army was the imitation of the British Kou Feilin 18-pounder gun, and the heavier ones were rarely heard of. The 3,800 catties cannon that Wan Yuan Ji said should refer to this kind of cannon.

If the eighteen-pounder cannon can blast through Jiangyin, then by analogy, it should be very safe to use the twenty-four-pounder cannon against the Nanchang city wall.

"Then I'll cast a few 4,000-pound cannons," he said to Wan Yuanji, "I know the structure of this cannon very well, and I will definitely be able to complete it in less than a month if I cast the cannon with Tiefan." ”

Because he was destined to face a vicious battle with the Eight Banners Army led by Bo Luo in the near future, even if there was no such thing as casting iron cannons this time, Su Chengyu planned to go back to Longnan, start upgrading the armament of the Dragon Guard, and then bring out all the reserve battalions. Otherwise, with the current strength of the Dragon Guard, if Bolo takes advantage of the numerical advantage to fight hard, it is really difficult to say whether he will win or lose.

Su Chengyu knew very well that this was by no means the victory or defeat of an army, the Dragon Guard Army was burdened with the future and fate of the entire Ming Dynasty, and could only win and not be defeated!

Hearing this, Yang Tinglin bowed and saluted: "Then there is His Royal Highness Lao." We are waiting here to surround the thieves and wait for His Highness to break the city! ”

Before he finished his sentence, he saw a sergeant enter the tent to report that Chen Hongmi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, had driven ten miles away.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, they had already received the letter, and the reward of the court was coming, so this came.

When Chen Hongmi arrived at Yang Tinglin's camp, he said with a smile: "It just so happens that King Chen and all the adults are here, but it saves the pain of running around." The lower official will make a decree. ”

When Yang Tinglin heard the word "King Chen", he glanced at Chen Hongmi in surprise, but the latter smiled and said nothing.

Due to Jiangxi's successive victories, there are many people who have been rewarded this time. Chen Shilang was not in a hurry, and one by one he came to the front to announce the decree.

Yang Tinglin was awarded the title of Scholar of Dongge University, and the crown prince was added to the Shaobao.

Wan Yuan Ji led the right squire of the military department, recommended the imperial history of the capital, and the governor of the Jiangxi army.

Zhao Yinxuan was promoted to deputy general......

Everyone congratulated each other.

After the officials present finished awarding the rewards, Chen Shilang coughed lightly and smiled very respectfully at Su Chengyu: "Your Highness, please accept the order." Then the highlight of the day was announced.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the system says: The king is devoted to his relatives, and he loves Molong and his son. The saint's dedication to etiquette, especially from the family state. Since the death of my father Chen Wang Min, I am sad. Fortunately, his nephew Lin Miao is smart and pure, and he controls martial arts with literature and strength, and he has the merit of fighting in Gan and Pingyu......

“…… I'm looking forward to it. The style of favor rank, awarded the book treasure, in order to inherit the father's title, named King Chen. Wang'er will not slack off, think about the court, honor with merit, support the society to be solid, especially the eternal reputation......

"When the army is sealed, talk about it hastily, and when I come to Jiangxi, I will personally hold the title of King Chen, and be honored with the country! Chin this. ”

Su Chengyu received the holy decree respectfully, and symbolically received a golden book, a golden treasure and other ritual vessels. It's better to send these things back to the palace directly, and it's not cumbersome enough to carry them with them during the war.

The surrounding officials waited for Chen Shilang to announce the holy decree, and arranged them neatly in front of Su Chengyu according to their ranks, and gave a big gift together, with the same name, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Chen!" Chitose Chitose! ”

Most of them also guessed that King Chenzhou would have a big reward this time, but they didn't expect that the saint would ignore Zheng Zhilong's face and directly restore King Chen's princely title, and he would personally preside over the canonization ceremony in the future, which shows his grace.

Su Chengyu hurriedly beckoned everyone to get up and waved his hands to thank him.

The eunuch who came with Chen Hongmiao also came out at this time, and said in a loud voice: "His Royal Highness King Chen, the Holy Lord still has an edict. ”

Su Chengyu hurriedly turned around and knelt down to listen to the holy message.

"The saint said: King Chen's lynching of General Zhang An is very inappropriate, and you should reflect on your own actions. But, the fight is deep! ”

The officials were stunned again, this is the emperor set the tone for King Chen's whipping of Zhang An, that is to say, if King Chen is caught robbing the people in the future, Zhang An will be a lesson from the past. And even if there are more impeachments, the court will not have any harsh criticism of King Chen.

Later, the newly promoted King Chen set up a banquet to entertain Chen Hongmi and others, and the Ming army officials outside Nanchang City celebrated with laughter.

Early the next morning, Su Chengyu first arranged the affairs of the Long Wei Army, and ordered Zhang Jiayu and Yu Xin to be in charge of daily affairs.

Then he boarded a river boat and prepared to go down the river to Longnan.

Just as he was about to get on the boat, he saw many large ships coming from afar on the river, dense and extraordinary. The tallest galleon, headed by a three-story tall galleon, with two rows of crossbowed sailors standing in the bow, was clearly a fleet.

When I got closer, I saw the flag on the ship waving a huge "Luo" on it.

Su Chengyu remembered that Yang Tinglin mentioned yesterday that this was Shui Kou Luo Mingshou from Zhao'an, Guangdong.

He always felt that the name Luo Mingshou seemed a little familiar, and after a while, he suddenly remembered that he had read a novel in the late Ming Dynasty that mentioned Luo Mingshou's name, which said that when the Qing army was besieging Ganzhou, this Luo Mingshou had led a fleet to support.

Afterward...... He slapped his forehead and hurriedly ordered Shi Lin to tell Luo Mingshou in person not to get too close to the river bank - in history, Jin Shenghuan took advantage of the low water level of the Ganjiang River during the dry season to send people close to the fleet and burn it down.

Waiting for Shi Lin to take the order and go, Su Chengyu was still not very relieved, and asked his own soldiers to order Zhang Jiayu to send people to patrol along the coast, and he must protect Luo Mingshou's fleet.