"Five thousand muskets?"

Xiao Ming was a little disappointed with this number, but he understood when he saw the expressions of Xiao Wenxuan and the ministers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After all, they are still skeptical about the effectiveness of the musket troops, or more so they are worried about the silver.

When he was in Qingzhou, he heard more than once that the courtiers complained about the price of the artillery, and some ministers even asked the court to allocate funds to their clan's workshop to imitate the Qingzhou artillery.

These ministers in the court are not loyal and patriotic, but these ministers of the artillery trade have not received a little benefit, and they naturally can't get used to seeing this white silver flowing out.

Therefore, in Xiao Ming's view, this Great Yu Kingdom is like the end of every dynasty, and it has become completely corrupted.

Party strife, extreme corruption, a large number of profiteers who betrayed the country for glory, and the common people only knew the clan and did not know what the country was, and so on, the characteristics that the last dynasty should have now have in the Great Yu Kingdom.

And what made Xiao Ming feel the most was Jin Wuwei, who was known as the most elite forbidden army in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and was also owed money several times, and the army's equipment had not been updated for many years.

These things were all told to him by Luo Quan himself.

Because of this, the inability of the Great Yu State to defeat the barbarians is not only a problem of horses, but also a problem of the oppression of military officials by civilian officials.

And Xiao Wenxuan seized the throne because of the mutiny, and he has always been wary of the army, which is to put it mildly, and the army is overused for internal rule rather than defense against external enemies.

Thinking of all this, Xiao Ming could only sneer secretly, the reason why he wanted to sell arms to the imperial court was to make money on the one hand, but also for the future of the royal family.

Because if he really handed over the muskets and artillery technology, he could be sure that the silver of the cannons and muskets he made would be deducted layer by layer, and in the end it would only lead to the forbidden army holding a batch of junk firearms that were either blown up or dumb fired, and in the end it was cheaper for other vassal kings.

After all, they're always sharpening their knives.

After figuring this out, Xiao Ming no longer cares about this quantity, this trade agreement is the focus, and the arms sales can be sold as much as they want.

Anyway, after the wedding, he will return to Qingzhou, let him Chang'an go through ups and downs, he will not move, he only needs to run his own fiefdom to maintain his own safety.

No longer talking about the problem of muskets, Xiao Ming said to Xiao Wenxuan: "Father, let's take a look at the hot air balloon below, this will definitely surprise my father." ”

"yes, yes, that's good."

Xiao Wenxuan's expression was excited, he was really interested in this hot air balloon that was said to be able to go to the sky.

At this time, Liang Yubin and He Cheng commanded the soldiers to unload the hot air balloon from the car, and then the two spread out the hot air balloon and began to inflate it with bellows.

It was a long process, and it took half an hour for the balloon to rise.

At this point, the two began to heat up the air under the hot air balloon.

As the air inside the balloon gets hotter and hotter, the balloon that was originally on the ground gradually rises.

"Fly, fly." The ministers said excitedly one by one.

Fiji has always been calm, but when she saw such a big thing flying into the sky, she opened her mouth in surprise.

Xiao Wenxuan tried his best to maintain his majesty, but everyone could see how shocked he was at this time.

And then something even more shocking happened, Liang Yubin and He Cheng boarded the hot air balloon, and after the soldier released the rope, the hot air balloon began to rise into the air.

"Ming'er, this hot air balloon is really magical, can I also take a hot air balloon." Xiao Wenxuan said excitedly.

"This can't work, father, this hot air balloon may fall, without safety preparation, the son does not dare to let his father take this risk." Xiao Ming hurriedly explained.

The reason why Liang Yubin and He Cheng made a huge contribution was because they dared to take the risk of taking a hot air balloon, and others didn't know the risk of this hot air balloon, but he and the students of Bowen Blood were very clear.

"Fall!" Without waiting for Xiao Wenxuan to speak, Luo Quan suddenly exclaimed, he had boarded a hot air balloon, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Xiao Wenxuan's face was very exciting, the two things that Xiao Ming showed today were enough, one was not enough, and the other would explode.

The level of surprise is sufficient, but the actual use is unknown.

Glancing at the shocked Luo Quan, Xiao Ming smiled and said to Xiao Wenxuan: "Father, do you want to buy a hot air balloon to play with, in fact, as long as the operation is done properly, this hot air balloon will still not explode, and it is still good to observe the enemy situation before the battle." ”

"That's right, Your Majesty, there was a lot of grass under the hot air balloon at that time, and it should be okay to fall down then, after all, it only takes thirty steps to rise." Although Luo Quan was frightened, he was still thrilled to think of the battlefield observation effect of the hot air balloon.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Wenxuan looked at Xiao Ming, who looked like a profiteer, and asked, "How much silver are you going to sell to me for this hot air balloon." ”

"Father, this is not expensive, 100,000 taels of silver is enough, and the sons can also help the emperor train the controller of the hot air balloon, how about it?"

The structure of the hot air balloon is very simple, and the cost is less than three thousand taels of silver, Xiao Ming is also a lion's big mouth.

He had now figured out that the silver of the imperial court should be put into his own pocket rather than being pocketed by these corrupt officials.

"One hundred thousand taels?" Xiao Wenxuan was a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming continued: "Father, wait for the sons and daughters to prepare safety measures, and let the father and emperor personally wait for the hot air balloon to feel whether the 100,000 taels are worth it."

After that, Xiao Ming said to Luo Xin: "Prepare the spring pad properly." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Luo Xin answered, and directly took out several small spring pads from the carriage and put them together.

Now Qingzhou is able to produce spring steel, and the production of springs is naturally not a problem, so for safety, he asked the workshop to produce a spring cushion similar to a sofa, with wooden blocks pressed against the springs and cotton cushions installed on the spring pads.

When Luo Xin asked people to assemble it, Xiao Ming stood on the spring mat and jumped up, and when he fell, he was bounced up by the spring pad and flew up.

"It's... What kind of spell is this! The ministers immediately exploded.

In their eyes, Xiao Ming just jumped, and then magically flew up by himself, like a ghost.

Xiao Wenxuan's face also changed greatly when he saw this.

Xiao Ming saw that everyone was so surprised, so he said: "Don't be surprised, everyone, this is just a spring." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Ming came down and opened the contents to show the ministers.

At this time, Liang Yubin and He Cheng also manipulated the hot air balloon to come down, Xiao Ming no longer explained the spring, but let Xiao Wenxuan board the hot air balloon.

This time, he boarded the hot air balloon with him Xiao Wenxuan, and the two continued to rise, and the scenery of Chang'an City gradually poured into their eyes.

Xiao Wenxuan was a little scared and a little excited at the same time, but when he took a look at Chang'an City, he gradually calmed down.

Xiao Ming saw the opportunity and asked, "How is my father?" This hot air balloon is worth buying. ”

"It's worth it, buy it!" Xiao Wenxuan laughed.

(To be continued.) )