"Father sent you to the main palace, and there is indeed some reason. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Empress Zhao showed a smile, she looked at herself in the glass mirror, now she is no longer as beautiful as she used to be, crow's feet appeared in the corners of her eyes, and a white thread appeared in her hair.

Wang Xi picked up a golden hairpin at this time for Queen Zhao's head, he said: "Niangniang praised, the old slave is just some little cleverness, how can it be compared to Niangniang's intelligence, just Niangniang, this King Qi is now guarding the Shanhaiguan, and his army can fight well, this is really a hidden danger, maybe the King of Qi will not dare to risk raising troops to rebel because of his name, but it is difficult to guarantee that his heirs will not rebel." ”

"This palace is also thinking about this matter, the reason why the king of Qi defeated the barbarians twice is because of firearms, this palace thinks that the imperial court should focus on the development of firearms now, if King Zhao's army and forbidden army are all equipped with firearms, what capital does he Xiao Ming have to fight with the court, and what is this barbarian afraid of." Empress Zhao said with a deep groan.

Wang Xi laughed twice when he heard this, and he walked up to Queen Zhao and said, "Niangniang, the old slave brought the method of firearms forging to Niangniang today." ”

"What!" Empress Zhao exclaimed, she looked at Wang Xi and said, "Now is not the time to talk nonsense. ”

Wang Xizheng said: "Niangniang, the old slave is not talking nonsense, as the saying goes, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, during this time the old slave has been asking the blacksmith to study the forging method of the arquebus, and it is really a craftsman who has found a way to make the arquebus." ”

"Really." Empress Zhao looked shocked.

Now Xiao Ming monopolizes all the firearms trade in Dayu Kingdom, and this huge profit makes everyone's eyes red, so this imitation has not stopped since the appearance of firearms.

In fact, many vassal kings are not simple in their desire to buy weapons from Xiao Ming, one is to equip the army, and the other is to imitate.

"Niangniang, the old slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense, this craftsman really forged an arquebus, although the power is not as great as the arquebus in Qingzhou, but the appearance is basically the same, and it can kill people after being loaded with gunpowder." Wang Xi said.

Empress Zhao was excited, and she said, "Is there anyone else who knows about this?" ”

"No, only the old slave knows."

"Very good, now you immediately hand over this arquebus forging method to the father of the palace for him to imitate, now there are many forces in Chang'an City, and in the end, I am afraid that only my father can lead the troops into Chang'an to stabilize the crown prince's throne." Empress Zhao said.

"Yes, sissy." Wang Xi nodded, he had already seen the imitation arquebus with his own eyes, according to this craftsman, he used two pieces of coiled iron to forge a barrel, one layer of coiled iron inside, and another layer of coiled iron outside.

The coiled iron ports were staggered so that the gunpowder would not leak out, but the production of this arquebus was slow, and a barrel needed to be forged repeatedly to make an arquebus in a month.

It has been more than half a year since Xiao Ming sent the arquebus to Chang'an last time, and now the imitation is successful, and Empress Zhao is very sure in her heart.

Although he didn't say it, but now Xiao Ming is her confidant, and if Xiao Ming is not removed for a day, the crown prince's throne will be unstable for a day.

"The arquebus is no problem, if this cannon can also be imitated, we will no longer be afraid of him Xiao Ming." After being excited, Empress Zhao suddenly sighed slightly.

For artillery, this Wang Xi also has a headache, this last time Xiao Wenxuan also sent someone to imitate the arquebus, but the final result ended in failure.

King Zhao also asked the craftsman to imitate the artillery, but the cost of this cannon was even higher than the cost of the purchased artillery, and the power of the imitation cannon was not as good as the Qingzhou artillery.

Therefore, after weighing the vassal kings, they still decided to buy Qingzhou artillery, after all, it saves money and effort.

"Mother, this artillery slave can't help it, but if we return the firearms revenue to our command, won't we have enough artillery?" Wang Xi said.

Empress Zhao thought so, but she said: "It's just that the current chief general of the firearms camp is Luo Hong, if Luo Hong is moved, wouldn't it offend Luo Quan and Luo Xin's father and son, and Luo Quan and King Qi have always been good friends, and they will offend King Qi." ”

"Niangniang, as long as you get the firearms battalion, plus our arquebus, what is so terrible about this King of Qi, before the prince ascends the throne, it is necessary to get rid of the power of King Qi in Chang'an, and leave no hidden dangers." A hint of viciousness flashed in Wang Xi's eyes, "Not only the King of Qi, but also the forces of the second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince must be pulled out one by one, in order for the prince to ascend the throne smoothly, Niangniang can't have too many concerns." ”

Empress Zhao was a little moved by Wang Xi's words, but she pondered a little, and she immediately woke up: "Other princes are fine, but if King Qi connives, won't the barbarians be allowed to go in this world." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Xi laughed proudly, and he said: "Niangniang is too worried, His Royal Highness King Zhao has sent someone to bring news, he has sent an envoy to the barbarians, and the Heavenly Khan of the barbarians promised King Zhao that as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince restores the tribute after ascending the throne, they will help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to seize the world." ”

"Barbarians! Is Father confused? Isn't this a lure of wolves, it's ridiculous. Empress Zhao's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Wang Xi said unhurriedly: "Niangniang, this is wrong, how did the emperor ascend the throne back then, and how did he get rid of King Kang by the hands of the barbarians, since the emperor did it, why can't the prince do it, it's just that King Kang of the year has now become the current King of Qi, although people are different, but things are always the same." ”

"No, the emperor has always felt guilty for this time after he ascended the throne, if it wasn't for his thoughts, he wouldn't have let the barbarians seize the land of Youzhou, and since then he has lived in fear, and this palace doesn't want the prince to be humble to the barbarians like the emperor."

"Niangniang, the world is important or the face is important for a while, what the barbarians want is just some land in the north, what if we let them, Dayu has a lot of land and resources, this land is nothing, and when the position of the prince is stable, we can also take it back with firearms." Wang Xi persuaded that King Zhao sent him to the palace back then, and staying with Queen Zhao was to pass on the news and give advice to Queen Zhao at the same time.

For him, his master is King Zhao and not Queen Zhao, and everything he does now is for the Zhao family to be able to enter the Central Plains, and this is what the Zhao family has been planning for generations.

Now that King Zhao finally saw hope, how could he change because of Empress Zhao's thoughts.

So he continued: "His Royal Highness King Zhao said, please Niangniang must cooperate with his strategy, so that the position of the crown prince can be stable, otherwise Niangniang and the prince will ask for more blessings." ”

Wang Xi's words fell, Empress Zhao's face turned pale, and she said angrily: "Are you coercing this palace?" ”