Daming: Let you build roads, you have access to highways throughout the country

Chapter 198: The First Assistant to the First Cabinet, Xie Jin!!!

The movement on the side of Yan King Zhu Di naturally spread to Zhu Rong.

The owl returned with the fleet heading to Qinzhou and brought back a lot of news.

Others didn’t feel anything, but Zhu Rong was very sensitive.

Now, the Yan king Zhu Di is no longer involved in the war in the Northern Yuan, and the first thing to do is to expand Beiping, which is already a little bit of a sign of accumulating strength.

Moreover, Zhu Rong now knows that Yao Guangxiao has been recommended to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and now lives in the temple next to Beiping.

Yao Guangxiao’s influence on Zhu Di is still very great.

If the original historical trend is followed, he will also persuade Zhu Di to rebel.

Zhu Rong pondered that his fourth brother still coveted the throne, but in the current situation, he could not and did not dare to raise troops to rebel.

Zhu Yuanzhang reigned for one day, and this Daming could not be chaotic, and even he did not dare to act rashly.

The main thing is that for Zhu Rong, there is no need at all now, and Daming is now developing much better than expected, and even shows signs of prosperity in Hongwu.

If you raise troops now, there will be no benefit except for the destruction of Daming’s life.

Soon after, he also received a letter from Zhu Di, King of Yan.

After the pleasantries, the main thing was to ask about cement.

Zhu Rong casually replied to the letter and prevaricated.

Now all the cement is exchanged by him from the system, so many projects are constantly started, and the experience value consumed is really a lot.

Qin Zhou is not enough, let alone supply to the Daming Dynasty, even the use of Ying Tianfu let him be broken, Peiping don’t even think about it.

Zhu Rong only said that volcanic ash was found here, and after modulation, Qinzhou Mansion got a large amount of cement.

In this matter, outsiders cannot find fault, he is the only one who understands cement, he said that it is useless, it is useless.

If Daming is all tall and majestic city walls, it will be really difficult to fight.

Zhu Rong was also preparing for the unpredictable situation in the future, and he did not confirm whether the crown prince Zhu Biao could take the throne.

After all, now that Prince Zhu Biao’s body has recovered, judging from the information received, although Prince Zhu Biao has not returned to the peak state of the year, he is very healthy and relatively fit, and he still fights boxing and practices knives on weekdays.

Then there is the fourth brother’s side, it seems that it will not be stable.

Therefore, he must leave a back hand.

Whether or not the clan king is cut in the future, he does not want to cut his head, and even if he wants to cut the clan king, it is up to him to cut it.

In fact, there is another thing that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, does not know at all, that is, now the Hongwu rifle has developed the second generation.

The overall style has not changed much, but the burst function has been implemented.

It can be loaded with 5 bullets at a time, which is greatly powerful.

But the news was strictly blocked by him, and the drawings have also been sent to Qinzhou Mansion, but they have not been produced.

Zhu Rong must ensure that his side, in terms of weapons, has an asymmetric advantage.

In addition, the biggest news is that Fu Youde and Li Yunlong have launched another attack on the Northern Yuan and have now penetrated deep into the grassland.

And as soon as the two sides fought, the Daming Northern Expeditionary Army suffered a strong counterattack from the remnants of the Northern Yuan!

This is also a situation that everyone has long expected, the hundred-footed worm is dead but not stiff, although it is said that the court of the Northern Yuan has been served by a pot, but there are still many fish that have slipped through the net.

Moreover, the main force of the Northern Yuan is still relatively strong.

The current Northern Yuan army is still holding its strength, wanting to break into the Central Plains and save their monarch and many royal families.

After constantly hitting the wall, the idea of starting a new stove will inevitably arise.

And in this process, whoever can inflict a heavy blow on the Daming army will naturally have a higher prestige. In the future, it is easier to call the king and emperor, and it is easier to get support.

“How about Blue Jade over there?”

Zhu Rong still attaches great importance to Lan Yu’s mouth.

The intelligence only said that Lan Yu was still under house arrest at home and had not been able to go out.

Zhu Rong didn’t know if he was talking nonsense to others again.

If Lan Yu continues to make a big statement, Zhu Rong will also make up his mind and find ways to get rid of him.

No matter how capable a military general, he cannot use it for himself, but also smears against himself, and it is only a scourge to stay.

“General Blue Jade has stopped a lot now, and I haven’t heard him mention His Highness again.”

Zhu Rong nodded.

Later, browse through some other foreign information.

Now, the business of King Qi’s Mansion is spreading very large.

Not only Qingzhou City, but also the commercial scale of Qinzhou Mansion has also expanded rapidly in the past two years.

Many goods, directly from the port of Qinzhoufu, were transported to other foreign countries, earning high profits in the form of non-governmental trade.

This is much more profitable than selling to the Daming Dynasty.

This kind of ocean voyage, now in the Daming Dynasty, there are not many people in total who have this strength, and the Qi Royal Mansion is considered the leader.

In addition to doing business, the caravans of the Qi royal palace have an important mission, which is to probe all kinds of news.

Whether useful or not, it is recorded and fed back to the Qi Royal Mansion, and then Zhu Rong and many owls are combed.

Among them, there was one that attracted Zhu Rong’s attention.

The Avish dynasty, that is, the grape empire, now known as the Franc machine by the Ming court, developed a new type of artillery that far exceeded the Hongwu iron cannon of the Daming.

Among the caravans on this voyage, there were several owls, which took this matter very seriously and spent a lot of money to get back a Franc cannon.

This gun is mounted on a small wooden cart mount.

Caliber 8 cm, smoothbore barrel.

Infurang cannons are often equipped with several cannons on their side, also known as “sub-mother cannons”.

The structure of the Fran cannon differs from the later redcoat cannon, the Fran cannon is a rear-loading smoothbore cannon, and the whole gun consists of three parts, namely the barrel, the open belly and the sub-cannon.

“Your Highness, what we brought back is only one of the Franc cannons, this thing, there are many types. This one, the most powerful, uses solid shells and can destroy military formations, positions, walls and ships. ”

“There are also several small Fran cannons, mainly loaded with shotguns, mainly used to kill people, and the power is also very terrifying”

Zhu Rong was in the weapons workshop, circling around this Franc cannon.

He didn’t know much about the history of the Grape Empire, and he wasn’t sure if this Franc cannon had been studied in advance.

I have the impression that it was in the middle of the Ming Dynasty that this thing came over.

And now, his own owl, bring the Franc cannon to himself!

And the power of this thing is much more powerful than Daming’s Hongwu iron cannon.

With the appearance of this kind of artillery, the grape empire will occupy a considerable advantage in weapons, and its ambitions will also swell. Not too far from the colonial era, I’m afraid.

The Daming Dynasty must not be left behind!

“Demonstrate.”

After repeatedly observing the Franc cannon, Zhu Rong had a general understanding of the structure, and then ordered the craftsman next to him.

Several craftsmen immediately surrounded and gave Zhu Rong a slow-motion demonstration.

Two craftsmen first fill the gunpowder and projectile into the subcannon, and then put the subcannon into the belly of the gun at the tail of the gun, and wedge the iron bolt used to fix the subcannon.

After that, another craftsman, standing by, lit the gunpowder on the cannon.

Boom——!

The shells roared out and directly bombarded the pile of rocks in the distance, and for a time, the stones flew, the smoke of gunfire filled the air, and the momentum was terrifying.

Subsequently, several craftsmen continued to load ammunition and repeatedly bombarded the target.

Zhu Rong was greatly surprised, this Buddha cannon is really much easier to use.

After the demonstration, a craftsman explained to Zhu Rong: “Your Highness, the tail of this Franc cannon is an open belly, which communicates front and back, and the air circulation is fast, so the heat dissipation is very fast.

This allowed the Franc cannon to fire multiple times without worrying about the barrel overheating and causing the gunpowder inside the subgun to spontaneously ignite. ”

Another craftsman continued3: “The sub-cannon of the Fran cannon bears most of the pressure generated by the explosion of gunpowder, so its belly and barrel have a long life, and the sub-cannon can be easily replaced after it is damaged, which will not affect the shooting performance of the gun. ”

Zhu Rong was amazed: “The range of this artillery is more than a hundred zhang, and it is indeed very powerful. ”

The craftsmen nodded one after another.

In this naval battle, the power of the artillery is one thing, and the range is also an important consideration.

This Franc cannon has a range of more than 3 meters, and it is a complete Hongwu iron cannon!

“Just use this Franc cannon as a model, improve it for me, and make a stronger cannon than them!”

Zhu Rong’s eyes lit up, and his enthusiasm for firearms was probably the strongest among all the princes.

He knows all too well the role of thermal weapons in this era.

Northern Yuan is about to be completely captured by the Daming, the four Yan kings are already ready to move, the crown prince Zhu Biao is expected to live to inherit the throne, and now, the grape empire and other powers may rise in advance.

This era is really getting more and more interesting.

“Yes! Your Highness! ”

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