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In the military workshop, Chen Qi strengthened his determination with the encouragement of Song Changping and Xiao Ming.

"Be bold to try, the power of artillery is huge, which cannot be replaced by muskets, and field artillery will become more and more important on the battlefield in the future." Xiao Ming said to Chen Qi.

During this time, Chen Qi suddenly felt that the status of artillery seemed to have declined, which made him feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, and felt that his research was not of much value.

And now Xiao Ming's words once again ignited a surging power in his heart.

Specifying the direction of future artillery development for Chen Qi, Xiao Ming asked: "Let's not talk about this for the time being, how many field guns have you produced now, and now the army is shouting every day to ask this king for equipment, and now the situation is unpredictable, this king needs the army to start practicing the cooperation of field artillery and infantry from now on." ”

"Back to Your Highness, now we have produced ninety-six six-pounder field guns, and forty-two twelve-pounder field guns, as for the naval guns, we have been in production, which can meet the needs of the warships that are about to be launched, and the other is the city defense artillery needed by various states and counties, during this time, we have provided 200 artillery pieces for Yunzhou City, 300 artillery pieces for Dengzhou, and Yizhou in the south, also need 180 artillery pieces, in addition to export-oriented artillery." Chen Qi is like a treasure.

Xiao Ming was slightly satisfied with the output of artillery, and he was very confident that his current artillery casting technology was definitely more advanced than that of Europe, because Europe was still using wax casting technology.

This kind of technology requires continuous mold making, and his iron mold casting cannon technology omits this point, so that the cannon fire can truly achieve assembly-line production.

It is for this reason that he is confident that his artillery production will not be worse than that of European countries.

"Thirty-six six-pounder field guns and twelve twelve-pounder field guns were left for the Qingzhou Army, and the remaining field guns were sent to the Youzhou Army." Xiao Ming said with a deep groan.

The Qingzhou Army can be said to be his Guards, Xiao Ming naturally needs to pay attention to it, and the Youzhou Army faces the barbarians, and it also needs to be taken care of.

As for the Dengzhou army, this shore defense artillery was enough to resist the attack of the Japanese and the direction of Goryeo, while the Yongwang faced by Yunzhou basically did not have to worry.

After distributing all the weapons in stock, Xiao Ming and the two talked about production again before going back.

Now that the number of his troops has reached the limit, the next focus is to replenish the equipment, after all, except for the Qingzhou Army, the armies of several other states are basically pure cold weapon troops.

These cold-weapon troops did not have much advantage in the event of war, and the reason why he came here today in person was because of anxiety in his heart.

Although the military workshop is not lazy in the slightest, the equipment still cannot meet the armies of the states, and now the situation in Dayu is not very good, maybe the war is not very far.

And just when he was worried about the future, his battle report finally arrived in Chang'an.

When the Qingzhou post general sent the song from Qingzhou to the palace, he was stopped by the guards.

"This is the excerpt of His Royal Highness King Qi, why do you want to stop it!" The general said angrily.

Xiao Wenxuan once promised Xiao Ming that he could send the excerpts directly to the imperial study, instead of going through the layers of review by Zhongshu Province, which is why the post general is so angry.

The general of the palace guard frowned when he heard this, and he said: "The emperor made an order yesterday to order His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to supervise the country on the same day, and in the future, this excerpt from the vassal country must pass through the East Palace before it can be transferred to the emperor."

"The crown prince is in charge of the country?" The post general was slightly taken aback, but remembering Pang Shoufu's words before leaving, he took out the fold, "In that case, please ask the general to hand over the fold to the East Palace." ”

When he left, Pang Yukun told him to be careful when he went to Chang'an to avoid causing trouble, and this piece of music was originally for Queen Zhao and the crown prince.

The Praetorian Guard general took the fold and nodded.

After sending the fold, the post general rode away, and at this time a eunuch walked towards the palace gate surrounded by a group of small yellow gates, stopped at the palace gate, and asked in a soft voice: "What happened just now?" ”

Seeing the person coming, the general of the Praetorian Guard was surprised, this is Wang Xi, Wang Shilang, the red man next to the queen mother who is now in Chang'an, he immediately bowed down and said: "Back to Wang Shilang, this is an excerpt from Qingzhou." ”

"Qingzhou's excerpt?" Wang Xi's eyes narrowed, making his triangular eyes immediately become a line.

"Yes." The Praetorian Guard generals folded their hands and offered them.

Wang Xi took the fold, directly tore off the outer envelope, glanced at the content on the fold Wang Xi's face became a little ugly, and he said: "I will give this fold to the queen." ”

A layer of cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the Praetorian Guard, and he smiled flatteringly, nodding his head.

Put the fold into the sleeve cage, Wang Xi raised his head and walked to the palace, now the emperor is seriously ill in bed, the big and small affairs of the court are represented by the queen, and the prince has no supervision from the emperor, and now he indulges in sex every day, and he doesn't bother to pay attention to the minister.

Seeing Wang Xi's figure disappear into the palace gate, the general of the Praetorian Guard breathed a sigh of relief, but he was a little worried, judging from Wang Xi's performance, he didn't seem to care about King Qi at all.

And now who does not know the status of the King of Qi in the Great Yu Kingdom.

In the palace, Wang Xi went directly to Empress Zhao's residence with the fold, and Empress Zhao was dressing up at this time.

"Niangniang, the old slave met the post general of Qingzhou at the palace gate to send the excerpt to the emperor, so he stopped the excerpt." Wang Xi's expression instantly changed from arrogance to flattery.

"King Qi's excerpt." Empress Zhao's body shook slightly, obviously with great emotional fluctuations, "Show it to the palace." ”

"Yes."

Wang Xi walked over with a smile, drove away the palace maid who combed Empress Zhao's hair, and combed Empress Zhao's hair himself.

After taking the fold and looking at it, Empress Zhao suddenly laughed, "This barbarian attack on Shanhaiguan is timely, I'm afraid that the barbarian is fake, and the self-respect of the army is true." ”

"But no, from the old slave's point of view, this King Qi is clearly threatening Niangniang and His Royal Highness the Prince, and his heart should be punished." Wang Xi said indignantly while combing his hair carefully.

Empress Zhao sighed, "The emperor's illness has made all the princes uneasy, and the palace is just a piece of waste paper when it comes to seeing this name." ”

"Niangniang, the old slave thinks that this vote still has some effect, if the name is announced to the world, if these princes have bad intentions, this is disloyalty and injustice." Wang Xi said with a smile.

"It's just that the prince's rebellion is disloyal and unjust, and if the prince wants to kill other princes in the future, wouldn't it be unfaithful and unjust." Empress Zhao frowned.

Wang Xi continued: "Niangniang, this is not simple, when the time comes, these princes will be deducted with the name of rebellion, won't this violate the name of the vote?" In short, this vote is not harmful to us, and the old slave took this idea into account when he came up with this idea. ”