"This is the Pearl?" Standing on the beach, looking at the Pearl that had entered the training state, Hu Yinglan's eyes lit up, "It seems to be a little different?"

The white pearl is noble and elegant, and it is like a sharp knife bursting into the sea.

"Of course it's different! Technology has progressed! Zhangjia's technology is improving all the time.

The turret on the Pearl directly adopts a twin turret, and now the turret technology has matured. ”

Zhang Hao began to explain:

Because of the use of twin turrets and the fact that the Pearl is more slender, the main guns in the bow of the Pearl are no longer side by side, but are placed front and rear. There were two groups of four 460-mm guns.

Two 100 mm twin secondary guns were added to the sides.

The stern of the ship is a 460 mm twin battery and two 100 mm twin secondary guns.

There were four 100 mm twin batteries on each side of the ship, and a total of eight batteries and 16 guns on both sides.

In addition, three depth charge throwing towers were added on each side of the ship, and depth charges were converted from 460 mm shells. This projectile tower borrowed from the technology of mortars.

In addition, 12 sniper points have been added to the battleship, each sniper point has two sniper rifles, a team leader, and four team members form a sniper team.

"What is a sniper rifle?" Hu Yinglan heard the unfamiliar words again.

"Now that a group of snipers are in place, let's go up and have a look. Zhang Hao took Hu Yinglan and flew towards the battleship. The battleship had just left the port to prepare for the afternoon training, and the speed had not yet increased.

Zhang Hao and Hu Yinglan soon flew to the bow.

A general in the bow of the ship watched the two fly coldly and shouted, "Please identify the two of you!"

Hu Yinglan frowned: "Shu Bennan, you ......"

Zhang Hao waved his hand to stop Hu Yinglan and said loudly: "Zhang Hao, President of Dayang Group, Minister of the State Marine Development Department. ”

Hu Yinglan frowned, but still introduced: "Hu Yinglan, the palace guard, follow Your Majesty." ”

"Proof of identity!" Shu Bennan was meticulous.

Zhang Hao and Hu Yinglan took out the identity jade plate, which is the identity jade card of the official, which is a bit like an official seal. But there are complex formations and anti-counterfeiting means inside.

After checking the official seal, Shu Bennan opened the enchantment and let the two enter, the seriousness on his face disappeared, revealing a smile: "What are the two of you doing here?"

Zhang Hao smiled: "Your Majesty cares about you, let Hu Guards come over and take a look." How's it going, will you be able to adapt to life at sea?"

"No problem!" Shu Bennan smiled brightly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me this opportunity." I will certainly live up to Your Majesty's high expectations. At the end of the year, I will lead the warship and kill all the sailors of the country of Langya!"

Hu Yinglan also had to praise a few words. Finally, Zhang Hao took over the words, "How is the new sniper rifle used recently?" It just so happens that Guard Hu came over today, and I will take her to check it." ”

"No problem. Feng Dinghu!"

"Here!" a man who looked to be in his thirties, Jindan stage cultivation but calm, walked in.

"You take Guard Hu and Mr. Zhang to visit your sniper team. ”

"Yes. Please come with me, both of you. ”

The only sniper point at the moment, at the highest point of the battleship's superstructure. Feng Dinghu had a total of 30 people around him, but for the time being, there was only one sniper rifle and five ordinary guns. Ordinary guns can also be used for training, at least to familiarize everyone.

Feng Dinghu personally went down, the target was a target on the shore, about two kilometers away from the battleship, even if Hu Yinglan used the Eagle Eye Technique, he could only see a small dot. There, it was an iron ball the size of a human head.

The battleship was still accelerating, and although the battleship was smooth, a slight undulation was enough to miss the target.

Feng Dinghu was lying on the floor, and the muzzle of his long sniper rifle was aimed at a distant target. As the minutes passed, there was a sudden loud bang, and the muzzle of the sniper rifle erupted with brilliant flames, and the air seemed to fluctuate. In the midst of the loud noise, a faint shrill sound appeared.

Hu Yinglan frowned and looked into the distance.

But in just over a second, I saw an iron ball two kilometers away suddenly tumble out, and the surrounding rocks exploded.

Feng Dinghu still didn't get up, but aimed at the next target. In the sky, a bird was released. It was a flying bird about thirty centimeters or so, less than two kilometers from the battleship. But compared to the iron ball, the bird is a high-speed target.

And one more thing, the bird is very fast, and if you don't snipe it as soon as possible, the bird will fly away.

Feng Ding's tiger stripes didn't move, and after more than ten seconds of time passed quietly, he suddenly shot again. About a second later, the bird exploded into a cloud of blood mist in the sky.

Then Feng Dinghu got up, his eyes full of pride and confidence.

Zhang Hao saw it and was a little surprised. The cultivator is really powerful. If you let ordinary people train, if you want to reach this level, you are afraid that you will have to work hard for several years. But practitioners don't. Especially the cultivators of the Jindan period, who could kill the enemy with a sword, had strong facial features, and after touching the sniper rifle, it only took three days to produce a sharpshooter.

Hu Yinglan's pupils contracted, and she keenly felt the horror of the sniper rifle.

Zhang Hao explained beside him: "The sniper rifle is specially developed for the Jindan period and above, and its bullets have been specially treated to penetrate general magic weapon defenses. Within 1.5 kilometers, it is enough to pose a threat to the later stage of Jindan, and once the early stage of Jindan is hit, it is almost certain to die.

In the absence of defense, the Yuan infant was sniped, which was also dangerous. ”

Hu Yinglan breathed for a while, and then asked, "Can I try?"

"Please. Zhang Hao said.

With the help of Feng Dinghu, Hu Yinglan tried to aim through the telescope. But just by looking at it, Hu Yinglan was startled, and observed through the telescope, the target two kilometers away seemed to be a hundred meters in front of him - and this distance can be said to be close to the Jindan period.

The heavy sniper rifle is slightly aligned, the center point of the sniper rifle is aimed at the target, and then slightly upward.

When he pulled the trigger, Hu Yinglan only felt a huge burst of force erupt on his body, and only then did he hear an explosion in the next moment. But two seconds later, nothing happened in front of it.

"Missed. Zhang Hao said with a smile, "Let's go, this thing needs to be specially trained." They can lie on the ground for more than an hour without blinking. ”

"Is this an alternative way of saying that killing people without blinking?" Hu Yinglan got up, praised Feng Dinghu and the others, and walked around the battleship with Zhang Hao before leaving.

In the evening, Zhang Hao and Hu Yinglan took a train to the imperial capital. The cargo on board included a large amount of black iron, artillery and shells, a large number of spare parts (mainly for military ballistas), and a few guns and bullets.

On top of that, Zhang Hao also brought a few special gifts - mirrors!

After a period of exploration, the glass factory finally produced the finished product. However, the current glass mirror is only about one foot. But compared to the mirror of the living instrument, this glass mirror is clearer and brighter. The most important thing is to be perfect!

When the mirror of the living instrument is not used or activated, it is an iron lump, and no matter how beautifully it is made, it is still not as good as a natural mirror.

The train arrived in the imperial capital in the middle of the night, and Hu Yinglan returned to the palace with gifts, especially guns and mirrors, while Zhang Hao rested in his mansion outside the palace. As the Minister of National Marine Development, Zhang Hao also has his own mansion.

Take a short break and start the morning morning at sunrise. Zhang Hao stood in front of the main hall, and he was also in the position of deputy prime minister.

Other officials, such as Zhao Duo, Wu Fanghai, Liu Jingming, Zhou Jue, Xu Jie, Yan Qing, etc., gathered together.

However, Liu Guang, as the Minister of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, did not appear.

As Hu Yinglan arrived, Liu Xinyu walked slowly and sat down slowly. The empress's face was ugly today, and Zhang Hao could even see the murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

Liu Xinyu sat down and nodded to Hu Yinglan, who immediately shouted: "Xuan Liu Yuan and Liu Junying go to the palace!"

After a while, the guards escorted the father and son over.

Zhang Hao looked at it, Liu Guang's face was gloomy, and there was an unknown boy next to him, who looked like he was in his twenties, with anger on his face.

However, the cultivation of the two of them was sealed.

The guards escorted the two men to the hall and exited the main hall.

Liu Xinyu sighed: "Liu Guang, I am very disappointed!"

After a pause, he turned his head and nodded to Xu Jie, "Read out the information of your investigation." ”

At the beginning of the reform, the supervision department of the country of Qixia was temporarily in charge of Xu Jie, who was also the minister of justice. When it develops in the future, it may gradually decentralize.

Xu Jie took out a notebook and read it seriously: "Five days ago, we received an anonymous report letter, saying that Liu Junying, the head of the purchasing department of Yunying Commercial Bank, had corrupted the law, and listed in detail what he had done.

After two days of forensic investigation, we are confident that the following information has been obtained:

At the gathering on January 3 at the beginning of the year, Liu Junying accepted huge bribes, including top pills, medicinal materials, spirit stones, etc., with a discount of about 27 million spirit stones. As a result, Liu Junying purchased about 1,860 tons of dark iron from seven black iron producers at a price slightly higher than the market price of 2%. However, the quality of these dark irons themselves is uneven, and the dark iron is lower than the standard purity and quality of the same level of dark iron in the market.

On January 16, Liu Junying joined forces with three transport companies to transfer strategic materials such as grain, grass, and baggage. The transfer data, after re-accounting with a variety of different methods, calculated: the consumption of freight, labor costs, depreciation costs, etc., the maximum consumption should be 4.78 million lower grade spirit stones.

And Liu Junying actually reported a loss of 34.3 million lower grade spirit stones. For the excess, Liu Junying alone gets 35%, and the remaining three are divided according to the scale.

On February 2, Liu Junying took advantage of his position to create a breach of contract through a contract trap to blackmail a supplier and extort about 8.4 million lower grade spirit stones.

On February 7, Liu Junying

……

A total profit of about 450 million low-grade spirit stones was gained, and 45,000 high-grade spirit stones were worth it.

And in the whole process of embezzlement, Liu Guang was aware, and all the stolen money was piled up in Liu Guang's underground secret room.

These are already known. The rest are under investigation. According to rough estimates, Liu Junying's corrupt spirit stones can reach 70,000 high-grade spirit stones!

The impact of this incident was very bad, almost shaking the foundation of the country, seriously affecting the country's image, and hurting the confidence of the vast number of industrial and commercial people.

The reading is over. ”

Liu Xinyu sighed and turned his head to look at Zhang Hao: "Zhang Hao, this is the industry and commerce you advocate. It's only been half a year!"

Zhang Hao's face is not good-looking. As Xu Jie's data was read out, Zhang Hao felt his heart twitching. It has only been half a year since the start of industry and commerce, and there have been about 70,000 top-grade spirit stones corrupted - this is almost the entire net worth of the peak masters of the past seven Yuan Infant Stage!

Now the country of Qixia has just begun to develop, its foundation is fragile, and the country's circulating wealth is even more numerous; it is thanks to the elixir brought back from the first few voyages that the foundation of the country of Qixia has been gathered.

And in the past few months, because of the blockade of the five eastern countries, the country of Qixia has been a lot more difficult again.

At such a critical moment, there is such serious corruption, and it also involves ministers, high-ranking officials at the level of deputy prime ministers!

Zhang Hao took a deep breath and then took a deep breath...... Breathe deeply...... Then he walked up to Liu Guang step by step, and asked in a deep voice: "Liu Guang, what do you want so many spirit stones for?

Liu Guang was speechless.

"Smack!" Zhang Hao suddenly made a move and slapped Liu Guang. This slap was very loud, and Liu Guang's cheeks quickly appeared with five finger prints, red and swollen.

Everyone was stunned!

"Zhang Hao, you are looking for death!" Liu Junying roared.

Zhang Hao turned around silently and looked at the new officials—most of them were newly promoted, and they were representatives of the industrial and commercial class.

Zhang Hao looked around and roared in a low voice: "Uncompetitive bastard! Your Majesty has worked hard to support you and give you opportunities, and you will repay Your Majesty like this?"

What did you look like in the past? You couldn't hold your head up, and you were oppressed and exploited by the nobles every day, and you were humiliated.

Now that you finally have the opportunity to be your own masters, you can't even hold on for half a year, and you have begun to fall!

Do you think that if you can't be a master, it's better to be a slave?"

"Today, in front of Your Majesty, I will say something heart-wrenching to you. Let's not talk about the national righteousness of the prosperity of the country and the responsibility of the husband today. Let's talk about ourselves!

I, Zhang Hao, was born in a small family, and I have been exposed to the exploitation of my family since I was a child. We have money, but we have no status, and in the eyes of those nobles, we are just a bunch of pigs. As long as you are fat, you can slaughter!

I'm not reconciled.

Why do we work so hard, but we can only be helplessly exploited, and we will never get ahead!

It just so happened that the country was in trouble, and I did everything possible to seize the opportunity to bring hope to the industrial and commercial class.

I succeeded, and under the wise guidance of His Majesty, we built a country like never before, a country dominated by the industrial and commercial class. We have killed the nobles, the families, and the sects!

The moment His Majesty ascended the throne, I thought that we could finally raise our heads and be human beings, because we were no longer the target of exploitation. Even we began to participate in the construction of the country.

But that's how you built the country?

Liu Junying is corrupt, and it is impossible for the people around him not to know about it! Why did he only find out now?"

"Why should we participate in national construction, isn't it to make our lives better?

Zhang Hao is really angry, corruption has appeared in half a year, and it is still such a huge amount. This is 45 billion yuan of banknotes, which are counted as the current banknotes! So far, the total number of banknotes issued by Luzhou Bank is not enough -- most of them are in the nature of certificates of deposit.

Zhang Hao roared and turned his head to look at Liu Xinyu: "Your Majesty, do you know where the biggest difference between the aristocracy and the ordinary industrial and commercial class is?"

Liu Xinyu squinted her eyes and said coldly: "I don't know!"

"You can kill!" Zhang Hao's words revealed a hint of coldness, "Your Majesty, if it is a nobleman, I am afraid that it will not be easy to do it." But the industrial and commercial class, in fact, there are no nobles, everyone is a common people. ”

Zhang Hao's voice fell, and a cold wind suddenly rolled up in the hall.

And Liu Junying screamed even more, and actually fell soft.

He really didn't expect that a corrupt person could cause a disaster! In his cognition, the most he could do was to punish some. Speaking of which, Liu Yuan and Liu Junying still have a little bit of royal blood, although it is a bit far away.

Liu Xinyu slowly looked up at Liu Yuan and Liu Junying, her eyes becoming more and more cold.

Liu Yuan really panicked, and knelt down with a puff: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was wrong, I was wrong." For the sake of the old slave's hard work for many years......"

"Smack!" Zhang Hao turned his head and slapped Liu Yuan again. The crowd was amazed again.

Slowly retracting his palm, Zhang Hao sighed: "Shame on you! Could it be that you have been a slave for a long time and have no backbone?"

Turning his head, Zhang Hao said to Liu Xinyu: "Your Majesty, the country of Qixia is just a small and remote country, courage and bloodiness are our few resources.

Please ask Your Majesty to kill Liu Yuan and Liu Junying to correct the country. ”

However, Liu Guang really panicked, and he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you can't be at the mercy of Zhang Hao! Now that Zhang Hao has become a big deal, he has endangered His Majesty's authority! Your Majesty, don't be fooled!"

Zhang Hao's face quickly became gloomy.

(The update is a little late, but it's a big chapter.) A total of 14,000 words have been updated today. Awesome. Ask for a ticket)