Han Yue's gaze slowly scanned, and he shouted again: "Where are the ceremonial soldiers in the army?" Twenty-four gun salutes were fired quickly, and after the sound of the cannons, they waited for a ten-day holiday, went home to unload their armor, and gathered with their families......"

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In the distance, Li Shimin was stunned, and said with a strange expression: "This stinky boy is going to shoot again, and this stinky boy is going to shoot in front of me?" ”

He remembered in a trance, Han Yue fired directly on the small barren mountain, not killing Wang Lingyun, but scaring the emperor and the guards.

Seeing that the army in the distance suddenly separated from the two sides, sure enough, a soldier pulled out a cannon one by one, and the muzzles of those cannons were high to the sky, faintly facing the direction of Xuanwu Gate.

Li Shimin's old face was suddenly longer than a horse.

The eldest grandson walked over slowly with a big-bellied daughter-in-law in one hand, sneered when he heard the words, and giggled: "Your Majesty, don't get on fire, the concubine guesses that this cannon is a new type of etiquette, didn't you hear Yue'er say, the army will fire twenty-four cannons, and then let the soldiers go home!" ”

Li Shimin's face darkened, and he snorted: "Guanyin knows how to protect it, you first look back at the muzzles of those cannons, and then ......."

"What's wrong with the muzzle?" The eldest grandson did not look back, and continued to support Tian Doudou and Luo Jing'er with both hands, and several concubines wanted to come up to help, but the eldest grandson smiled politely.

Li Shimin rolled his eyes, reluctantly stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, explaining: "Look at those cannons, the muzzles of the doors are facing the sky, faintly aimed at the Xuanwu Gate, this stinky boy will die, how powerful the red-clothed cannons are, wouldn't he want to collapse the city wall when he opens the cannon like this?" ”

"No, it won't!" The eldest grandson also frowned a little, and couldn't help but look back, she followed the emperor's finger and looked at it from afar, and sure enough, she saw a million army standing quietly, with a red-clothed cannon placed in front of the army, under the sunlight, the barrel reflected a hideous brilliance, and the direction of the muzzle was just facing the Xuanwu Gate.

The eldest grandson's face was cold, and he said angrily: "The stinky boy is really nonsense, how can the cannon be aimed at the Xuanwu Gate?" Not only Your Majesty is standing here, but the Manchu Dynasty is also standing here, what is he doing here? ”

The queen lifted the corners of her skirt with both hands, turned around and was about to run over to scold Han Yue.

Li Shimin suddenly stretched out his hand to pull her, and said in a deep voice: "Guanyin, wait, we seem to have misunderstood the stinky boy, those ceremonial artillerymen are turning the muzzle ......"

The eldest grandson was stunned, and the phoenix glanced at it, and sure enough, he saw a group of artillerymen slowly adjusting the wheel, and the muzzle of the cannon was getting cheaper.

"Phew!" The queen let out a sigh of relief, giggling and laughing: "Just say that the concubine will not be so rude when I give birth to a doll, but what happened to the Xuanwu Gate at the beginning of the cannon?" When he returns to the palace, the concubines should ask carefully. ”

Han Xiao next to him explained in a low voice, and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't blame your mother, don't blame your mother, the slave family has heard her husband talk about this kind of etiquette, and the cannon has sounded twenty-four times, which means that there are twenty-four solar terms in a year, which is a very solemn etiquette." At the beginning, the muzzle of the cannon was pointed at His Majesty, this is not a bully or a bully, on the contrary, it is a kind of greatest respect, the cannon is a killing weapon, aimed at Your Majesty, it is to show Your Majesty's contribution to opening up the territory and expanding the territory......"

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson were a little curious, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "There is still this statement? ”

Han Xiao stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "That's what I said, so I also ask Your Majesty and Niangniang to forgive your husband, it's the slave family who forgot to explain to everyone, don't blame him for acting recklessly!" ”

The eldest grandson's eyes rolled a few times, and he suddenly reached out and pinched Han Xiao's face, and chuckled: "I was almost deceived by your little girl, obviously looking at the responsibility......"

Han Xiao hurriedly shook his head and explained: "The queen misunderstood, the slave family really didn't take responsibility, I don't believe you and Your Majesty take a closer look, those cannons were not loaded with shells, so the muzzles of the cannons dared to face Your Majesty at the beginning, and now the ceremonial artillery turns the muzzles, this is ready to load the cannonballs." ”

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson were stunned again, and the emperor and queen raised their eyes at the same time, and sure enough, they saw the ceremonial artillery constantly adjusting the muzzle, and there was a bunch of people behind them carrying cannonballs and loading.

The emperor's eyes suddenly flashed, and he muttered: "There seems to be something wrong with these red-clothed cannons, the cannon body is shorter than the one I've seen before, and there are wheels underneath......"

Han Xiao whispered on the side: "Your Majesty's magic eye is correct, these cannons are not red-coated cannons, but a new type of cannon developed by Fujun with great concentration, this cannon is called mountain artillery, also known as semi-automatic artillery, the power is more than five times that of the red-coated cannon, but the weight of the cannon body has been sharply reduced by three times, and a war horse can drag it." ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he asked in surprise: "That's a new cannon?" ”

"It's a new cannon!" Han Xiao's little girl nodded lightly and explained carefully: "The previous red-clothed cannon was too cumbersome, and it could only be loaded and fixed on the head of the city, and it was very difficult to move it once. The husband was very distressed about this matter, so he devoted himself to researching and upgrading, and finally made a cannon that could be moved, and he could be dragged and walked by a horse at will......"

The emperor was overjoyed, he had seen the power of the cannon with his own eyes, if this thing could be dragged and transported, it could be used in all battlefields in the future, the cannon was invincible, and the city was attacked, what city in the world could not be captured?

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Han Xiao was smart and clever, he saw through the emperor's thoughts at a glance, and whispered: "Your Majesty, don't be too happy, this new type of cannon is extremely difficult to make, no one can learn it except for the husband, he has worked hard for many years, and a total of forty-eight cannons have been built." ”

"Forty-eight gates are not less, enough to blast through any fortified city." Li Shimin laughed heartily, suddenly reached out and tore off a piece of jade pendant from his waist, and handed it to Han Xiaoxiao: "I've rewarded you, hahaha, I deserve to be the princess of Huainan of the Great Sui, born with sharp teeth!" ”

Han Yue's face was a little blushing, she was the princess of Huainan of the Great Sui, and her sister Concubine Yang was also the princess of the Great Sui, Concubine Yang was married to Li Shimin, it is said that Han laughed and shouted her brother-in-law, but she wanted to call her father-in-law.

Seeing that the emperor's face was full of joy, and his expression was obviously caught in the fantasy of a cannon siege, the little girl thought for a while, gritted her teeth and explained in a whisper: "Your Majesty, please atone for your sins, this new type of cannon is too expensive, each cost as much as 200,000 yuan, and the husband and his family only built forty-eight gates, of which twelve were left in Shenyang City, and twelve were placed in the mutual market outside the gate, so only twenty-four were pulled here......"

Li Shimin was slightly stunned, with a faint look of regret on his face.

The little girl's eyes rolled, and she hurriedly said: "But Your Majesty don't worry, since the husband came over with twenty-four new cannons, he didn't just want to fire the cannons as a salute, the slave family guessed that his main purpose was to sacrifice to His Majesty." ”

"Really? Dedicated to me? Li Shimin's face was full of joy.

The contribution is different from the court procurement, the offering is that the courtiers give things to the emperor for nothing, and the procurement requires the treasury or the royal private treasury to pay for the purchase, and the meaning of the two is very different.

The cost of the new cannon is high, one is worth 200,000 guan, and the twenty-four cannons are 4.8 million guan, and the emperor generally has a strong possessive desire, even if it is his own son's things, he also wants it. Now that he suddenly has a new cannon worth five million, how can Li Shimin not feel surprised.

He reached into his waist, as if he wanted to tear off the jade pendant again, but his big hand touched it for a long time, and then he remembered that he had just given the jade pendant to Han Xiao.

The emperor's face was a little stupid, and he turned to Concubine Yang and said: "Concubine Yang is the first to help, I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring anything good with me, I really know that you have all kinds of jade bracelets in your hands all the year round, which one comes over and I will give it away." ”

Concubine Yang was slightly stunned, but the queen next to her sneered, glanced at her husband fiercely, and whispered: "Your Majesty is really messing around, if you want to reward Han Xiao, you should ask the concubine to borrow it, how can you ask Concubine Yang to ask for it, they are sisters, isn't this deliberately embarrassing......"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered this unreasonable account, and the emperor's old face suddenly darkened. He married Concubine Yang, but Han Yue married Han Xiao, and the father and son married the sisters, this generation is really messy enough.

Han Xiao's little girl was also very ashamed, hanging her head like a chicken, rubbing the corners of her clothes with both hands, and her whole face was on fire.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, whether it was the emperor, Concubine Yang, or Han Xiao's little girl, all three of them were stupid and couldn't speak.

The eldest grandson smiled, reached out and grabbed Han Xiaolian's white arm, took off a jade bracelet from his wrist, and quipped: "This reward is for you to wear, the little girl is eccentric, and she doesn't even care about etiquette for men, you should call me sister, but now you want to call me mother-in-law, don't you feel very disadvantaged?" ”

Han Xiaoxiao's face was swollen and red, and she said in a voice like a mosquito: "Don't be like this, the slave family has already said that Princess Huainan of the Great Sui is dead, from the time I drank the cup of wine you gave, there was no Yang Lu in the world, only Han Xiao, who was born a little beggar." ”

The eldest grandson raised his hand and pinched her nose, with a thick doting look on his face. These daughters-in-law are all outstanding, and her feeling as a mother-in-law is not painful enough.

Li Shimin suddenly said: "Everyone has something to say, the artillery over there has been loaded, and I estimate that they are going to fire a salute." Tsk, I haven't seen the new cannon, and I don't know how powerful it is......"

The women stuck out their tongues, carefully covering their ears, and looked in the direction of the army.

At this time, it was already noon, and the millions of troops gathered outside the Xuanwu Gate, surrounded by countless people, officials, family magnates, and many envoys from various countries.

Datang has red-clothed cannons, this matter is known to the world, seeing twenty-four cannons standing up to the sky, both the people and the courtiers are all waiting to see the power of the world-famous fairy weapon.

In front of the army, the twenty-four ceremonial artillerymen held their heads high, and one of them said loudly to Han Yue: "Tell the commander that the salute has been loaded, and whether to salute the sky for twenty-four rings, please ask the commander to decide." ”

Han Yue waved his hand slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Shoot the cannon, the ...... of the salute"

The ceremonial artilleryman made a promise, and raised his hand to open fire, when he suddenly saw an ox cart rushing out of the moat, and a peasant man stood on the ox cart and frantically shook his whip, he raised his head to the sky and shouted loudly, and cursed angrily in his mouth......