Hearing the news of Wu Sangui's death, Cheng Xiaolian was silent for a long time, compared to the rest of the Ming Dynasty, he didn't have a feeling of disunity with Wu Sangui, after all, he had no impression of his nominal grandfather and father, and the so-called hatred of killing his father and destroying the country did not exist.

Later, Wu Sangui chased and killed him for a long time, but this was also within his tolerance, just like if Wu Sangui fell into his hands, he would not let Wu Sangui live, the ass decided the head, they were enemies of life and death, but if they hated, they couldn't talk about hate.

It's just that Cheng Xiaolian has some regrets that he didn't meet Wu Sangui, who was in his prime, and defeated him once on the battlefield. In history, Kangxi probably also touched the light of Wu Sangui's age, otherwise it would not have been possible to pacify the three feudatories so quickly. Now that Wu Sangui is dead, Cheng Xiaolian is worried about whether Da Zhou can withstand the Manchu offensive.

But then the news came was good, Prince Kang Jieshu and Prince An Yue Le both wanted to take advantage of the chaos, but the advantage was not taken, but it caused a lot of trouble, Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu fought hard under grief and anger, the two sides fought fiercely for three days, and finally each suffered more than 10,000 casualties and horses, and wanted to withdraw the army, and was poured on them by the Great Zhou army, and chased and killed more than 20 miles before it was stopped.

When Cheng Xiaolian heard about the Mongol invasion, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity, if he took the opportunity to kill the past, the troops of the Manchu Qing Jing Division would not be transferred, and with the army under Tu Hai, it was destined to be unable to stop the Ming Dynasty's troops.

However, after all, this plan was canceled, and the Manchus were now defending Mongolia with all their might, if they took advantage of the danger, all the people on the same line of Xuanfu would have to suffer, and the Manchu forces would definitely defend the Beijing division at that time, and they would never pull to the border again, and they would cheapen Kaldan in vain.

On the other hand, it is the New Year's Festival soon, and the soldiers should rest for a while, and besides, the winter battle is very cost-effective and cost-effective, so it will not be considered.

However, the hands and feet in the secret still have to be moved, and the scope of Jinyiwei only covered a few prefectures and counties in Henan before, but now they all have to be spread out, and even begin to infiltrate into the land of Gyeonggi.

And among them, it is natural to encounter the power of the Qing court, and in other people's territory, Jinyiwei can be regarded as suffering a big loss, and almost every spy news is paved with blood.

And relatively speaking, Feng Ge is much better, they have completely opened up the situation in Jiangnan, Wu Sangui's iron harrier was handed over to his grandson, but Wu Sangui has just died, people are panicking, most people's eyes are staring at the court, Feng Ge's living environment is relatively superior.

Since he didn't plan to deal with the Manchu Qing in the past few months, leaving Qin Yue to guard in Henan, Cheng Xiaolian rushed back to Chengdu Mansion, Qin Yue was very happy about this, his children and grandchildren were full of nothing, the blood of the Ming Dynasty was still too little, and these old ministers hated to have children in a city.

Of course, Cheng Xiaolian has no idea of being a stallion, and has quietly slipped back to Chengdu Mansion in the three months of the previous truce, but now he still cherishes the opportunity to go home, after all, if he can approach Jingshi next year, it is uncertain whether he will have the opportunity to come back for the New Year.

Before entering Chengdu Mansion, Yue Qingfeng blocked the road and knelt on the ground: "The ministers did their best to study the short-barreled musket that His Highness said. ”

Cheng Xiaolian immediately got off the horse: "Let's go, let's go to Nanzhen Fusi." ”

"Your Majesty, you haven't gone home yet."

"I'll be back later."

Cheng Xiaolian followed Yue Qingfeng to the Nanzhen Fusi outside the city, and when he arrived in one of the secret rooms, Yue Qingfeng trembled and lifted a piece of red silk cloth, revealing a musket underneath, only about five inches in length, because this musket was for Cheng Xiaolian to see, so it was polished very exquisitely.

Yue Qingfeng clapped his hands, and immediately someone rushed over, picked up the musket and aimed it at the opposite wall, Yue Qingfeng said: "This kind of musket, when you need to shoot, pull the trigger, under the action of the machine spring, hit the flint heavily on the edge of the fire door, sparks appear, ignite the gunpowder, and then kill and injure the enemy, the effective killing distance is thirty steps." ”

As he spoke, the man raised his musket and pointed it at the opposite side, which had been built specifically for testing guns, and it was empty, with only a row of targets thirty paces away.

Yang Youcai had already secretly touched the crossbow in his waist, and Lu Li was also ready to guard, if this musket was really as Yue Qingfeng said, that person would be able to take Cheng Xiaolian's life when he turned around.

Thinking of this, Yang Youcai reminded: "Your Majesty should lean back a little, the front is too unsafe." ”

Cheng Xiaolian waved his hand: "It's okay, shoot." ”

There was only a loud bang, and a hole immediately appeared on the target opposite, and the person who shot here picked up a projectile from the side and added it to the musket, and then there was another bang, and another hole appeared in the target.

"The minister has already tried, in this case the musket can withstand six projectiles, and there will be a risk of exploding after six projectiles, but the minister has tested it with a mechanism, and has not injured his soldiers."

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Very good, Lord Yue, do you have a name for this musket?" ”

"Your Majesty, please give me a name."

"Let's call him the Great Ming Suisilier Musket."

What Cheng Xiaolian didn't know was that this kind of flintlock pistol was made long before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but now it is still used as a special musket for the Manchu royal family.

"In three months, I want 300 flintlock pistols, can I make them?"

"Now that the process has been studied, there is no problem with the production, but this flintlock pistol is still in the secret stage, if a large number of people get started, I am afraid that it will spread out, and we will not be able to take advantage of it."

"You have a point, just arrange a group of credible people to do it, build a house in the mountains for these people, let them settle down here, give enough silver, and don't allow them to go down the mountain before the army is distributed, and when the future comes to the battlefield, others will learn our secret weapon sooner or later, this thing is not like a palm thunder exploded and it will be gone, once one falls into their hands, it is only a matter of time before it is imitated."

"The minister understands what His Majesty means, so let's go and prepare."

Cheng Xiaolian coughed: "Lord Yue, you have made a gun, I will give you 100 acres of fertile land, 1,000 taels of gold, Feng Jinyi Wei commanded the affairs, and added General Zhaoyong." Jin Yiwei commanded the hereditary succession. The subordinate officials were promoted to three ranks, and each of them was rewarded with 100 taels of silver. "Hereditary recklessness means that as long as the Ming Dynasty does not die, Yue Qingfeng's golden rice bowl can be regarded as having it, and it can be passed down from generation to generation, even if the descendants do not succeed, they will not starve to death.

Yue Qingfeng immediately knelt on the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." ”

"Post this notice in front of the door of Nanzhen Fusi, and tell the soldiers that if you make any contribution to the court, you will be rewarded."

(End of chapter)