Last night, a violent wind and rain seemed to sweep away the dust in the air, and when I got up in the morning, I suddenly felt that the temperature was much lower, and many people had taken off their single clothes and changed into jackets. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Le Gonggong reminded Qin Feng that this year is already the beginning of winter.

It won't be long before the first snow of the year comes, and when the time comes, the world will be covered in silver again, and it sounds like a beautiful and spectacular sight, but when it comes to real life, it's not a wonderful thing.

Snow, for literati and ink writers, is naturally a thing that can be carried by the stove, holding a wine glass, while pouring themselves to drink, while splashing ink to write beautiful poetry and articles, but for ordinary people, winter, is really not easy to endure.

Baoqing Port is a gift from God to Daming, it is an ice-free port, which is really an outlier in the frozen north.

Father-in-law Le prepared breakfast for Qin Feng, looking at the crystal clear food in the bowl, Qin Feng was overjoyed: "It turned out to be kudzu powder, this is a good thing, when I was still fighting in the Luoying Mountains, once the food was cut off in the mountains, it was a very beautiful thing to be able to find this thing, after being hungry, I heard that it still has medicinal effects." ”

Le Gonggong smiled, he has been by Qin Feng's side for a long time, he can now be said to be quite clear about Qin Feng's habits, from the above title, he can clearly distinguish the degree of Qin Feng's closeness to people, for ordinary courtiers, Qin Feng calls himself me, only for those close to him, Qin Feng will call himself me.

It took about two years for the emperor to call himself from me to me, and when Qin Feng called himself me in front of him for the first time, he was happy that he didn't fall asleep all night, and the next day he was still in high spirits, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Your Majesty, it's arrowroot, after Your Majesty rested last night, the servants took a few people up the mountain to look for it, this is the freshest kudzu root. Kudzu, it is best to pick it at the beginning of winter, as Your Majesty said, he is not only hungry, but also can dredge blood vessels, which is a rare ingredient! ”

"Digging overnight yesterday?" Qin Feng was taken aback, "It rained a lot last night, why did you go up the mountain?" This digging back has to be made into arrowroot, you haven't slept all night, right? ”

"A night of not sleeping is nothing to a minion, as long as Your Majesty can eat a bite of this fresh arrowroot powder, the minion is worth it." Grandpa Le smiled and pushed a few small dishes of vegetables in front of Qin Feng: "Your Majesty, this is also some freshly picked wild vegetables, and there are not many seasonal vegetables now, but as long as you are careful, you can still find some, and the slave knows that Your Majesty is good at this bite, so I also picked some by the way." Your Majesty can taste it? ”

"I have a heart." Qin Feng said: "Duke Le, in the future, just leave these things to the guards to do, you are not young, you don't have to work so hard." ”

"Your Majesty, this is the matter of a minion, how can it be said that it is hard!" Le Gong said fairly: "If you change it to someone else, the slave is not at ease!" ”

Qin Feng smiled, and didn't say much about this issue, everyone has their own scope of responsibility, if he insists on not allowing him to do these things, it is estimated that Grandpa Le will really not be happy.

As soon as he finished eating breakfast, Zhou Li pinched a little outside to ask to see, and saw that Zhou Li's eyes without an eye patch were bloodshot and there was a dark circle outside, so he knew that this fierce-looking one-eyed dragon general didn't sleep all night last night.

"Your Majesty, this is the plan that the Admiral made last night." Bow down and present a stack of manuscripts with both hands.

Flipping through the manuscript, Qin Feng read a few pages, and was surprised to find that the fleet's route to the sea, the attack area, etc., were clearly marked on a chart, and even those pirates were rampant in this area, where their lair was, and who the leader was, it was actually clear.

Puzzled in his heart, Qin Feng didn't show anything in front of Zhou Li.

"General Zhou came just in time, I'll take you to see some good things today." Qin Feng smiled and put down the copy, that is, there was no affirmation or denial.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Accompanying Qin Feng out of the house, the cold wind outside made everyone shiver, and people suddenly felt a lot more energetic. Looking at the two warships in the harbor, countless soldiers were busy, and Qin Feng couldn't help but have some doubts.

"What are they doing?"

"Your Majesty, they're cleaning the ship!" Zhou Li explained: "Cleaning the ship every day is a job that the sailors must complete, otherwise the life of the ship will be shortened, and this is also to make the soldiers love their warships more, of course, it is also to make the soldiers have a greater sense of belonging and more unity and cooperation." ”

"Well, that's good." Qin Feng nodded.

It was already cold, but the soldiers on the battleship were barefoot and shirtless, and they were working in full swing.

Qin Feng took Zhou Li and went straight to the barracks of the Agni Death Camp, where the horse monkey had already prepared everything, and the two craftsmen from Taiping City, as well as Yu Cong, the shipyard owner, and a shipbuilder were also waiting there early.

Seeing Qin Feng appear, the people at the scene immediately became a big shorter and fell to the ground.

"Get up." Qin Feng smiled and waved his hand, "Little monkey, are you ready?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's all arranged." The horse monkey pointed to a place dozens of paces in which there was a fence, and inside, hundreds of chickens were clucking. "It just so happens that Director Yu is generous, and today he added food to the brothers for lunch, and sent these chickens, and the last general will show them to General Zhou."

"What's the use of showing me these chickens?" Zhou Li was puzzled.

The two craftsmen from the Taiping City Arsenal laughed, "General Zhou, it's not for you to see these chickens, but for you to see a new type of crossbow machine that our Ming Dynasty is equipped with the latest. ”

"A new type of crossbow?" Zhou Li asked.

"Yes, the new crossbow machine, this time it is used for the first time in the alignment operation, the effect is excellent, of course, it is not only the new crossbow machine, but also another weapon, I thought if I could install it on the battleship, so I brought two masters, and the master craftsmen of the shipyard to ponder this matter, horse monkey, let's start!" Qin Feng Dao.

The horse monkey nodded, and with a wave of his hand, the two soldiers stepped aside, stretched out their hands to uncover a piece of felt cloth on the side, and two crossbow machines appeared in front of Zhou Li.

Qin Feng walked in front of the crossbow machine, stretched out his hand to pull the crossbow machine, and the main body of the crossbow machine mounted on the base spun in a circle, "General Zhou, how is it?" ”

"It's so lightweight, and it can shoot around without dead ends, which is a good thing!" Zhou Li's eyes lit up suddenly.

"And the one that makes you shine even more!" Qin Feng laughed, "Horse Monkey, give our General Zhou a show." ”

"Gotcha!" The horse monkey smiled proudly, and on the side, on top of each crossbow machine, stood two soldiers, one holding the back seat of the crossbow machine, and the other kneeling on one knee, with a huge iron box in front of him, and a box with crossbow arrows in his hand.

"Launch!" The horse monkey commanded loudly.

The soldier's hand on the back seat of the crossbow machine tightened slightly, and the sound of currry rang out endlessly, and a short crossbow arrow gushed out, shooting at the chickens that were walking in the fence, and immediately shot down a piece, and the chickens were frightened, and immediately jumped and ran around in the fence, and the soldier in charge of the crossbow swung the crossbow machine, constantly chasing the chickens.

After one of the arrow boxes was fired, the half-kneeling soldier pulled the arrow box on the crossbow machine with one hand, and with a click, a new arrow box was installed again, and the crossbow machine, which had paused for a moment, roared again.

Soon, there was not a single live chicken in the fence, and they all lay on the ground.

Zhou Li was also stunned, his eyes widened, "Your Majesty, if this kind of crossbow machine is installed on the battleship, if there is a broadside battle between the enemy and us, the moment the ships of both sides approach, it will be a merciless slaughter!" ”

"Of course!" Qin Feng laughed, "Let me show you our new long-range weapon, Thunderbolt!" ”

The group walked to the top of a cliff, where a dark house stood quietly, and black smoke rose from the roof. And above the sea above the cliffs, there are more than a dozen wooden rows.

"I originally wanted to put a few boats where, but our Yu was reluctant, so he got a dozen wooden rafts to take a look, horse monkey, are you ready to shoot?" Qin Feng asked.

The horse monkey scratched his head: "Your Majesty, the thunderbolt is used to attack the enemy's position or city wall, and the target is indeed smaller, so I am really not sure." ”

"Give it a try, today is a try, as for whether it can be loaded on the ship, whether it can be accurately hit after it is loaded on the ship, that is the matter of the craftsman and Zhou Li." Qin Feng waved his hand.

"Is this a throwing weapon?" Zhou Li looked up and down at the black house.

"Yes." Qin Feng nodded.

"Let's try cold bullets first!" The horse monkey walked to the black house and whispered a few words.

Eight erected throwing arms slowly flattened their bodies, one by one black projectiles rolled out of the black house, and landed in the spoon in front of the throwing arms, with a sound, the eight throwing arms were fired in turn, falling down a dozen wooden rows above the sea below the cliff, in the tom, the huge waves were splashed, an iron bullet hit, and the others fell into the sea, but it was this one, which also made a wooden row be smashed into pieces.

"Adjust the angle of your shots and prepare for a salvo!" There was a loud shout from the black house, and it was clear that he was quite dissatisfied with the first hit.

This time, eight throwing arms were raised at the same time, and three hits.

"It's already very good!" Zhou Li was stunned, and couldn't help muttering.

"General Zhou, let you see the hot bomb again!" The horse monkey grinned. "Swap out hot bombs."

Before Zhou Li could understand what a hot bomb was, there were eight more red iron balls in the spoons of the eight throwing arms, and the scene was suddenly hot.

Another volley, this time with a little luck, hitting four. Looking at the fireballs that drew beautiful arcs in the air, and then looking at the broken and burning wooden rafts that were hit, Zhou Li felt that he had lost the ability to speak.