Speaking of Li Zhifen, Zhao Xuan and others programming artillery firing watches, an important reason why Wang Dou came to the military factory this time was to inspect the casting results of artillery. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the end of last year, the Intelligence Department had stolen a number of artillery drawings from the Beijing Division and brought in a number of artillery craftsmen from various places in Tianjin. Daming firearms manufacturing is prosperous, and there are all kinds of firearms workshops in Beijing and Tianjin, with tens of thousands of craftsmen.

However, like the army, these craftsmen are miserable, and there are huge loopholes in management, and it is not difficult to steal relevant drawings and get in touch with craftsmen.

Even the original four Hongyi six-pounder cannons, the ten Hongyi cannons pulled out by the imperial court, and the few cannons cast a few months ago, Wang Dou now has a total of nineteen Hongyi cannons. However, this is far from enough, Wang Dou knew that the Qing State already had the ability to cast Hongyi cannons on a large scale, and also attached great importance to the production of artillery, after the Battle of Songshan, the number of Hongyi cannons exceeded 100, and after entering the customs, more than 200.

Perhaps surprising to the world, the Qing side knew how to use the lost wax method to cast artillery, and annealed the artillery at different positions, and the performance of the cast artillery has exceeded that of Western artillery at this time. This is, of course, the credit of those traitors in the Han Army Banner.

Being able to predict history is actually a painful thing for Wang Dou, because all the pressure can only be endured silently by himself. However, the traverser also has the advantage of gaining hundreds of years of knowledge. You have the lost wax method for casting artillery, and I have the iron mold method for casting artillery, which is ahead of the world trend.

Yes, what Wang Dou is talking about is the iron mold casting method invented by Gong Zhenlin in the Qing Dynasty, which is simple in process, reduces costs, and is not limited by climate. If wrought iron is used instead of pig iron casting, the problem of honeycomb astringency can also be solved.

Of course, this is a very good technique, you must know that in Europe, from the 16th century until the Opium War, artillery casting was done using the clay model monolithic mold casting method, or the lost wax method. It was only after the Opium War that the lathe cutting casting method was adopted.

Moreover, the mud mold method and the lost wax method, the casting time of the cannon takes one to three months, and the lost wax method is not limited by the season, but the time required for each cannon is also two or three months. And the success rate is not very high, for every ten cannons cast, the pass rate is only two or three percent.

The pass rate of iron mold casting can be as high as 50%, and it takes less than a month to cast a cannon, and it can be carried out in all seasons.

After the establishment of the artillery factory at the beginning of the year, Li Maosen, director of the military engineering section, was personally in charge, and Zhao Xuan, the head of the artillery department, also hung up a fictitious post as a manager to show that he attached special importance to it. After the establishment of the artillery factory, the Military Industry Section carefully selected nearly 100 craftsmen from various factories to work in the factory.

When Wang Dou entered the artillery factory, the heat inside was pressing, the iron paste was soaring, and all the craftsmen were busy.

Zhou Xianglu, the deputy manager of the artillery factory, is an old man in his 50s, who has been a craftsman for generations, and has a deep knowledge in the casting of Hongyi cannons. When Wang Dou saw him, he was wearing glasses, intently examining a completed Hongyi three-pounder cannon, his expression focused.

Every time Wang Dou saw Zhou Xiang's glasses, he always had a strange feeling, there was only one lens, both sides were decorated with delicate copper materials, and tied to the ears with strings, which was very different from the glasses of later generations. I once heard Zhou Xiang say that he met Bi Maokang, and this pair of glasses was given by him.

In fact, glasses are not a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming people do not call them glasses, and call them squirts. Many people wear pairs of glasses, mostly to indicate good luck or noble status, not to improve their eyesight. However, Zhou Xianglu is indeed short-sighted, and now he is even more presbyopia, with this pair of glasses, it is convenient to see things.

Zhou Xianglu was concentrated, Wang Dou and the others didn't notice when they came in, and after Li Maosen reminded him, he hurriedly put his glasses aside and hurried over to greet him.

Seeing him kowtow respectfully, Wang Dou helped him up: "Master Zhou, is it okay in the artillery factory?" ”

Zhou Xianglu said repeatedly: "Shunxin, Shunxin, this land of Yongning City is what the villain dreams of." ”

Good treatment, high status, and can spend a lot of raw materials as you like, Wang Dou often summons banquets, for Zhou Xianglu, the East Road is his ideal place. In fact, Zhou Xianglu was also a leader in charge of the original workshop, but it was lifeless over there, how could there be such a vigor as East Road, and he could show what he had learned in his chest?

"Using the method of clay molds, we have cast five Hongyi big guns and loaded three catties of heavy cannons. A few months ago, the villain studied the iron mold method to cast cannons according to the general's words, and he has already had some experience, and recently completed the ten Hongyi big guns, and is about to test ......",

Zhou Xiang took Wang Dou and others to inspect back and forth in the factory, while calmly introducing Wang Dou.

It can be seen that the craftsmen in the factory are now using the iron mold method to cast cannons, and nearly 100 craftsmen are busy, dividing several parts, some preparing slurry, some casting metal molten liquid, and responsible for the huge lifting device, each with its own process.

There are about six processes in this iron mold casting method, when casting the gun, the inside of each petal of the iron mold is brushed with two layers of slurry, the first layer of grout is made of fine rice husk ash and fine sand mud, and the second layer of slurry is made of high-grade ultra-fine kiln coal and water.

Then the two petals are combined, the iron hoop is tightened, baked, and the metal melt is finally cast. After pouring enough melt and cooling and forming, the iron mold is peeled off in the order of the mold flap, like peeling off the bamboo shoot shell, gradually exposing the cannon body, and then removing the mud embryo in the cannon core, and the iron cannon will be formed, which is much faster than the mud model method and the lost wax method.

In fact, Wang Dou has only seen the historical materials related to the iron mold casting method in later generations, and has some memories. For Zhou Xiangzhi and others, technically they actually have no problem, what they lack is only to pierce the layer of window paper.

After several months of exploration, this iron mold casting method was successfully realized in Daming.

When it comes to this iron mold method, Zhou Xiangzhen is full of praise: "Its method is simple, one work reaps the benefits of hundreds of workers, and one cannon saves dozens of times the capital." The large gun is spun out, not delayed, and the mouth is naturally smooth, flawless, and it is really a good law. ”

Zhou Xianglu seems to have read a book, and he is full of words, not to mention, after he puts on his glasses, with his slender and thin body, he really looks like an old pedant.

For a cannon caster like him, he has cast countless cannons for decades, from the Buddha wolf cannon to the Hongyi cannon, and he has handled many of them. The success of a cannon has always taken several months, how can it be so fast now? Moreover, the use of iron mold casting cannon method, the chamber is naturally smooth, which solves the problem of honeycomb in the chamber, which is an important reason for the slow explosion and loading of the gun.

Because of Wang Dou's "foresight", he has been sincerely praised by many craftsmen, and he has praised it a lot, and he doesn't feel anything when he hears it.

He was concerned about another question, he said, "Master Zhou, how is the matter with the craftsman teaching how to cast cannons?" ”

Zhou Xianglu said: "Back to the general, the villain teaches with heart, the craftsmen have a foundation, and they also learn carefully, it is estimated that within two years, these nearly 100 craftsmen can cast cannons alone." ”

Li Maosen, director of the military industry section, is in charge of many factories, and everything is busy, and most of the weekday affairs of the artillery factory are actually managed by Zhou Xiangzhi.

He came to the East Road, and in addition to the relevant drawings, he also brought a dozen close craftsmen. Wang Dou's meaning was to let him teach the nearly 100 craftsmen selected into the factory how to cast cannons, so as to lay the foundation for future large-scale production.

At that time, Zhou Xianglu was very hesitant for a while, the skill of casting cannons is the foundation of his family heirloom when he eats, how can he pass it on casually?

For many craftsmen, their own skills have always been secret, only the eldest son, or even the daughter-in-law but not the daughter, is to recruit some apprentices, but also to examine and investigate, with a few years, or even more than ten years later, will reveal some important places, never hand over the whole.

However, Wang Dou then mentioned the temptation of "patents", and took Li Maosen as an example, he and Lai Yuanlong researched the fire door device, and every time the craftsman made a fire gun, he had to pay a certain amount of money to the two, which meant that those people were their apprentices.

This kind of patent benefit to future generations has brought benefits for decades. The wider the range of skills, the more benefits the two receive. Because of the example of Li Maosen and others, the craftsmen of Shunxiangbao are very highly motivated, and various inventions emerge in endlessly.

After hearing about this "patent", Zhou Xianglu was stunned for a while, and after he personally talked to Li Maosen and others, he finally decided to sell the technology of casting cannons, and taught craftsmen to cast cannons by hand, in exchange for decades of huge benefits for children and grandchildren.

In fact, for those craftsmen, with Wang Dou's prestige, of course, he could force them to take the initiative to give up their skills, but Wang Dou thought it was unnecessary. The immediate benefits of each person can increase their motivation. One is compulsive, the other is active, and this productivity is far from it.

Therefore, nearly 100 craftsmen in the artillery factory have become Zhou Xianglu's apprentices, including Li Maosen. For the time being, Zhou Xianglu only taught them the casting technology of the Hongyi cannon, although Zhou Xianglu was also quite proficient in the casting of the Buddha wolf machine cannon.

When it comes to the Buddha Wolf machine artillery, it has its own advantages with the Hongyi cannon, but the Hongyi cannon has the advantage of firing range, and the main opponent of Wang Dou in the future, Qing Guo, is the big user of the Hongyi cannon. The trend of artillery in the coming day is to compare the range and power, and it is impossible for you to stand in a distance and be bombed, right? ,

Wang Dou hopes that in the future, there will be hundreds of Hongyi cannons that will blow up all the sons of bitches.

……

At the beginning of the year, Zhou Xianglu led the craftsmen of the artillery factory to cast 30 cannons, and a few months later, the guns were completed, and due to the use of clay molds, only five of them were finally qualified. However, with this pass rate, Zhou Xianglu can be called a national player in Daming.

He used what Wang Dou said, the novel iron mold method and cast ten cannons, and Wang Dou just looked at the test results.

Everyone came to the wide field behind the artillery factory, the ten newly cast Hongyi three-pounder cannons were pulled, far away, several craftsmen first pulled a cannon to the middle of the field, filled it with gunpowder, and then drew out a long fire rope, followed by Wang Dou Everyone is probing their brains, watching one of the craftsmen take out a fire fold and light the fire rope.

Then the craftsmen ran as hard as they could, when there was a loud bang, and the smoke filled the air, and the heavy cannon soared into the sky, and then fell down heavily.

An excited look flashed on Zhou Xiang's face, and he said respectfully to Wang Dou: "General, please." ”

Everyone behind him swarmed past Wang Dou, and the cannon was carried to a high platform and placed. Zhou Xianglu put on his glasses and examined it carefully, to see if there was any damage to the gun body or the explosion of the muzzle, for a long time, Zhou Xianglu showed a smile on his face, and said to Wang Dou: "The villain is fortunate that this big gun casting method is in harmony, and there is no worry about exploding the bore." ”

There was a burst of laughter and laughter around them, and everyone said in unison: "I respectfully ask the general to name it." ”

Wang Dou also laughed: "This artillery is named Yongning Cannon, which is considered a first-class position." ”

According to the caliber, the artillery can be regarded as the standard of the "second general" of the Ming Dynasty, which is the first batch of artillery cast by the iron mold method, which is also of great significance.

After this batch of artillery is inspected, it will be calculated in order of A, B, C, D, E, G, and so on. Finally, an inscription is engraved, indicating the weight of the artillery, how much gunpowder is charged, how many catties of iron weighs, how many sealing groups can be used, as well as the name of the craftsman, the name of the inspector, etc., put on the gun jacket, and you can put it into storage.

In the final inspection results, four of the ten newly cast Hongyi three-pounder guns were qualified, and the pass rate was amazingly high.

Everyone present was smiling, and even said that they had only seen it in their lives, and they were all the work of the iron mold method that General Dingguo said.

"The general said that the cannon is made of yellow iron, and the villain is also studying, and the method of making iron molds has been completed, and the method of making cannons with yellow iron that the general said will definitely succeed."

Zhou Xiang's success in supervising the construction of these cannons can be regarded as a great achievement, and he is now full of confidence in Wang Dou, and mentioned another thing that Wang Dou said, that is, Wang Dou's suggestion to use wrought iron to make cannons.

A few months ago, after proposing the method of iron mold, Wang Dou also casually mentioned this matter.

Copper is expensive, but the use of pig iron cast cannon, the cannon body is very heavy, just like this Hongyi twelve-pounder cannon, the cannon weighs 4,000 catties, very cumbersome and difficult to walk. It is that some of the Hongyi six-pounder cannons used in the Ming army weigh as much as 3,000 catties, which is of course not conducive to fighting with the army.

Wang Dou's later generations have seen relevant historical materials, and cannons can also use wrought iron. Of course, wrought iron cannot be cast, but it can be made. After the cannon is formed, it is lighter than the weight of the cast iron cannon, and the gun body is thin and the gun chamber is wide, there is no worry about exploding the chamber, and the loaded shells can also be very large.

Unlike artillery made of cast iron, there are many honeycomb astringencies inside, which are difficult to shovel and grind, and the shells are slow to fire. This kind of wrought iron cannon is extremely smooth in the chamber, which makes the shell reload very fast. Of course, the barrel of the cannon cast by the iron mold method is also smooth, but in terms of lightness and flexibility, it is far from being comparable to the wrought iron cannon.

"Okay, Master Zhou, although you study, you don't have to worry about the materials."

……

"Artillery preparation."

At the artillery training ground, seeing Wang Dou inspect in person, Zhao Xuan was in good spirits, and he handed down a series of commands majestically, asking each gun to aim at a series of targets set up in the distance.

In front of Zhao Xuan were all of Wang Dou's nineteen Hongyi cannons, including six six-pounder cannons and thirteen three-pounder cannons. When the four Hongyi three-pounder cannons cast by the iron mold casting cannon method were drawn, Zhao Xuan's artillery had twenty-three Hongyi cannons.

At this time, these cannons were lined up, the muzzles of the black holes were constantly adjusted, and in front of one of the observers, there was a pair of shiny cannon mirrors.

Yes, it is the artillery mirror, a few months ago, the Shunxiang army has begun to use the artillery mirror and the clairvoyant mirror. Both of these need to use lenses, although the colorless glass at this time is not cheap, but it is not a rare thing in Daming, there is a glass factory in Beijing, which belongs to one of the factories of the 24th prison.

At this time, of course, colorless glass can't avoid bubbles, although Wang Dou knows the trick of "stirring", but for the time being, there are no relevant craftsmen and techniques, and there is no interest in making glass at present, so it is better to give him a piece of glass than to give him a few stones of grain. ,

There is no bubble-free colorless glass, but crystals can be used instead to make gunshots and claircases. Crystal is a very common thing in the Shilin class at this time, and the natural colorless crystal produced in Donghai, Jiangsu can also be bought in many cities in Daming, as long as there is silver, it is not a problem to replace the colorless glass without bubbles.

The key is not this, the problem of raw materials is easy to solve, the problem lies in the design and grinding of lenses, and the requirements for process and optical knowledge are very high at this time. There are relevant talents, but most of them are concentrated in Jiangnan, and it is also a coincidence that when the Intelligence Department went down to Jiangnan to collect the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", they happened to meet one or two of them, and after being hired with a lot of money, they gladly came to Donglu at the beginning of the year.

In the case of Zhou Xiang, under the temptation of patents, they also brought dozens of apprentices and made a batch of cannon mirrors and clairvoyant mirrors.

At this time, in Wang Dou's hand, he was holding a clairvoyant mirror to watch, the yellow and clear metal surface was exquisitely manufactured, and the observation distance could be lengthened and shortened. Due to the lack of clairvoyant mirrors in the first batch, in the Shunxiang army, only Wang Dou and a few senior Qianzong have them.

Maybe in a few years, I think the generals in the army will always be able to have it.

Zhao Xuan also watched with a clairvoyant scope, with a large number of live ammunition shooting over the range of the shooting table, plus this gun scope, the observer kept reporting the data, and the aiming hands of each gun kept adjusting the muzzle, looking at their appearance, they were well-trained.

Wang Dou looked ahead with a clairvoyant mirror, and listened to a lot of difficult terms coming out of the observer's mouth, these mathematical terms were difficult to hear in later generations, and of course Wang Dou was a little unaccustomed to later generations. After all, later generations learned Western mathematics, which is completely different from ancient Chinese mathematics.

Although he is not used to it, Wang Dou thinks that he can only adapt to himself, and he does not plan to change it. Most importantly, he didn't think he was capable of reconstructing a complete mathematical system. Two completely different systems of notation cannot be replaced by the introduction of a few Arabic numerals.

Moreover, Wang Dou believed that Western mathematics was not better than Chinese mathematics at this time, and in the case of Arabic numerals, if the account was kept, in order to prevent alteration, it was necessary to use uppercase numbers to write it again, which increased the burden. And the Arabic numeral calculation ability is also a little worse, the late Ming Dynasty mathematician Zhu Zaiyu created the method of removing Kaiping, using an 81-digit abacus to calculate the square with abacus, which can be accurate to 25 decimal places.

This kind of terrifying amount of calculations, if you use Arabic numerals, you can't count it for a lifetime. This means that Western mathematics at this time is greatly lagging behind Chinese mathematics, and it is impossible for Wang Dou to do something unsatisfactory and unpopular for his own selfishness.

"Rectification, rectification......"

The voices of the commanders in front of the guns came one after another.

At this time, the establishment of the 1,000 artillery units of the Shunxiang Army was one of the first ten people responsible for one artillery. Among the ten men were the observers, the sighters, several loaders, several ammunition men, and the driver of the carriage, as well as the commander of the command.

Each armor is also equipped with a horse-drawn artillery and an ammunition carriage.

There is a team of five first, one team of four teams, and theoretically there are always 20 Hongyi cannons, and as a basic salvo unit, there are always 80 Hongyi cannons in one thousand.

However, Zhao Xuan currently only has nineteen Hongyi cannons, and the establishment has only perfected one general, set up an observer, equipped with artillery scopes, and command artillery salvos. If each gun is fired separately, the observer of each gun will report the target parameters and aim at the hand calibration.

"Put!"

Zhao Xuan shouted!

"Put, put!"

With a deafening cannon sound, fierce flames erupted from the muzzles of the cannons.

As the shells whistled, targets were blown apart.

"Brush the chamber!"

Immediately after the cannon was fired, one loader took the cannon brush and brushed the barrel, and another person loaded the gunpowder and the other loaded the shell. Loading, aiming, firing cannons, calmly, quick action, Wang Dou nodded secretly, the training results of the artillery commander are good, and this division of labor and cooperation is more effective.

Hongyi cannon aiming and casting, need the right method, few people in the Ming Dynasty are familiar with the mastery, but Zhao Xuan's battalion originally had a number of Lu Xiangsheng standard battalion gunners, under their teaching, and after a lot of training, many gunners of the thousand general artillery team can do the past bombardment of the wolf machine artillery proficiency.

At this time, Zhao Xuan's artillery also used quantitative gunpowder, due to the improvement of the formula, the artillery charge and the weight of the shells could reach one to two, and it could be fired more than in the past to dissipate heat. In the past, it was necessary to dissipate heat after three shots in a row, but now it can be fired with five shots, and the range is also farther. ,

If it reaches the level of one to three, it can reduce the heat of the artillery, increase the frequency of artillery firing, and greatly reduce the possibility of the cannon exploding.

"Put it again!"

Another whistling of shells.

After the artillery salvo firing exercise, it was a unique artillery firing, and the observers and sighters among these gunners were in addition to the original gunners of the Shunxiang Army. Zhao Xuan is also recruiting a large number of Feng Shui gentlemen and merchant house accounts, and the addition of these mathematical talents can greatly improve the training rate of gunners in the Shunxiang Army.

Seeing that the gunners were well-trained and one "target" after another was destroyed, Wang Dou smiled, and his military artillery industry really flourished.

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Returning from the military factory and martial arts field in the northwest of Yongning City, Wang Dou returned along the north of the city, passing by the emerging Tunpu villages, and seeing the people busy one by one. When they saw their honor guard coming back, they all showed a look of surprise on their faces, and cheered at Wang Dou from afar: "General, general......"

"Shogun's Waiting for Bandai ......"

Wang Dou smiled on his face, kept waving his hand on the horse, and returned the salute with his fists.

When passing by a tunpu, there are gongs and drums and firecrackers rumbling, but it is the people celebrating the completion of a new school located outside the tun, looking at the joyful and happy smiles on their faces, Wang Dou exhaled a long breath.

The people outside the country are in dire straits, but with their own ability, the military and civilians on the East Road can live and work in peace and contentment, and they have not lived in vain when they come to Daming.

On the ninth day of the first month of September, Wang Dou decided on the candidates for the officers and generals who would go with him.

On 15 September, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians gathered on the east side of Yongning City on the East Road, and a military parade was held here today. Therefore, in addition to the predetermined candidates, there were many people who came spontaneously, and it seemed that Yongning City had never had so many people.

The wall of the old martial arts hall in the east of the city is long gone, but the high platform is still there, and at this time on the stage, in addition to the members of the shogunate, there are also the garrison officers of the cities on the east road, and there are very local gentry, and Ma Guoxi and Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, also came.

Everyone laughed and laughed, all of them were beaming, and they were able to participate in this grand scene, and everyone was new and at the same time had a light on their faces. Ma Guoxi still maintained a reserved look on his face, and talked to Wang Douyan from time to time. Only Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, looked expressionless.

The martial arts arena has been connected with the wilderness on three sides, and when you look down from the high platform, there are neat phalanxes one after another, except for the nearly 10,000 Shun Township Army. There are also some outstanding personnel representatives of various military cantonments, who either have prestige in the cantonment or are diligent in their work, so they can be selected to participate in the parade and review of the meeting.

It was a great honor, so all of them tried to stand up straight, with an excited look on their faces.

In addition to these people, there are also several phalanx students standing below, all of whom are selected from the middle and high class members of the various tun schools, thirteen to eighteen years old, all wearing hats, wearing round-necked narrow-sleeved green shirts, and swords around their waists, just like the warriors of the Tang and Song dynasties, which is also their usual school uniform.

At this time, the faces of these students were full of irrepressible excitement, and many people looked at Wang Dou on the stage, their eyes full of enthusiasm.

They are all sons of military families, because of Wang Dou, their families can be fed and clothed, and they can live in this gloomy era, and they can also be educated for free. On weekdays, I listen to the support of my family and neighbors for Wang Dou, plus the indoctrination of teachers. Under the influence of hearing and seeing, they are all full of admiration for Wang Dou.

For their education, Wang Dou requires both ability and political integrity, both civil and military, these students are heroic, and they are the hope of the future of Donglu.

For these students, Ma Guoxi is also very caring, and often goes to various schools to ask for warmth, and persuade them to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, must accompany him every time.

For Wang Dou's education on the East Road and the promotion of the education of the saints, the entire East Road is praised. However, Wang Dou asked students to wear swords, but quite some people secretly said, swords, that is the right of Xiucai, these students ......

In this regard, Ma Guoxi acquiesced and did not say anything.

In addition, it is the boundless people of the East Road, and more than 100,000 people are not trivial.

"Raise the flag."

"Gift!"

There was a clanging sound, not to mention that Wang Dou and the others on the stage drew their swords, but all the Shunxiang troops in the audience, and the students of several phalanxes all took out their swords and swords and pointed diagonally, and a bright cold light passed along the phalanx one by one.

Ma Guoxi, Wu Zhi and the others were obviously taken aback, and looked at Wang Dou uneasily.

The people below are excited, a rare big scene, maybe after today, many people will never forget this scene. ,

In the sound of drums, the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty slowly rose. The Sun and Moon Flag can be said to be the national flag of the Ming Dynasty, but it can be said that it is not, because the imperial court has not confirmed its real significance.

The origin of this flag, after the opening of Longqing, foreign trade developed rapidly, and the Ming ships flew this flag in accordance with international standards, which was different from the national flag of Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries, and became the de facto Chinese flag at that time.

On a blue background, flags with overlapping patterns of red sun and yellow moon are constantly rising. Looking at the flag, looking at the Shunxiang army and students standing solemnly below, Ma Guoxi's eyes slowly moistened, and Wu Zhi choked up. Some squires on the stage also sighed for a long time, Da Ming, Da Ming, can you ......

In this atmosphere, the crowd of onlookers around the stage slowly quieted down, some people were thoughtful, and some people were saluting.

Looking at the flag rising, Wang Dou is also excited, this kind of flag-raising ceremony, he began to try it out at the beginning of this year, before only in the school, attracting many people to go to watch curiously, become the topic of conversation in the teahouse and wine shop, today the hundreds of thousands of people raised the flag before the big parade, but it is the first time.

"Rite over!"

Waiting for the flag to be raised to the end, Zhang Gui yelled, as today's host, he hadn't slept well for several days for this incident.

There was another sound of a clanging weapon returning to its sheath.

The footsteps were rattling, but it was the students in several phalanxes who strode by their swords, four phalanxes, each with five hundred people, and a total of two thousand people. Of course, their queue was not as uniform as the Shunxiang army. However, these students are all small and serious, and their expressions are serious.

They came in order, and stopped fifty paces away from the stage, and a handsome student came out, turned back and shouted at the phalanx, "Where are you from?" ”

A slightly immature voice in the phalanx replied, "I'm from Shanxi. ”

"Where are you from?"

"I'm from Liaodong."

"Where are you from?"

"I'm from Zhending."

"Where are you from?"

"I'm from Baoding."

"I'm from Zhongzhou ......"

Everyone said in unison: "We come from all over the world, but we all have a common home, East Road." ”

A neat singing voice sounded: "One or a mouth of China, a tile roof into a family, all say that the country is very big, but in fact, it is a family." Fill the country with one heart, support the family with one hand, the home is the smallest country, and the country is tens of millions. In the kingdom of the world, in the home of heaven and earth, there is a strong kingdom, there is a rich home......"

The students of several phalanxes were singing very seriously, and then they, the Shunxiang troops of each phalanx also sang together. Infected by the singing, slowly tens of thousands of people around also sang in unison, and the singing became more and more majestic, as if it was about to pierce the clouds.

Ma Guoxi and the others turned pale, and the situation in front of them made them feel very unfamiliar, this power they had never seen before overwhelmed them, and they didn't know how to control it.

Wang Dou's eyes were a little moist, this "Country" was "created" by him at the beginning of the year, as a road song of the East Road, which was originally only promoted in the school. In fact, Wang Dou was worried at the time that "the water and soil are not adaptable", and this kind of song with a different tone from the Ming Dynasty may encounter embarrassment among the military and civilians and cannot be promoted.

To Wang Dou's surprise, the students quickly accepted the song, and slowly expanded to the army, and then to the people of the East Road, becoming a real "road song"

Seeing more than 100,000 people singing in unison, many people in the audience were even more excited and couldn't cry, Wang Dou suddenly felt sour in his heart, and tears were also trickling down.

End of Volume 6

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Lao Bai Niu: The sixth volume is completed, and the next few volumes are mostly war scenes, from the Central Plains to Liaodong, with vicious battles and mountains of corpses and a sea of blood. Please follow Wang Dou and Shun Xiangjun to feel the magnificent historical picture scroll and reminisce about those people and things at the end of the Ming Dynasty.