Chapter 233

"Poof!"

Zhao Kuan, who is drinking water, immediately spits out all the tea in his mouth.

"Twenty thousand taels of silver, that's enough to build a Xuanjia cavalry of 400 people." Zhao Kuan blurted out.

Zhao Yuanliang also frowned, "Your Highness, the price of this gun is too high, I'm afraid we can't afford it."

When talking to Xiao Wenxuan about the price of the gun, Xiao Ming specially said to Xiao Wenxuan that the 8000 Liang is for the imperial court, and the price outside will not be the same as that of the imperial court.

But also euphemistic let Xiao Wenxuan don't say the price out of the matter, at that time Xiao Wenxuan is agreed.

Therefore, except for Xiao Wenxuan, no one knows the casting price of Xiao Ming's gun. However, he also knows that the king of Zhao is not stupid, and he must be concerned about the price of the gun.

"What do you think the gun is worth?" Xiao Ming asked.

"Six thousand taels is enough. Of course, we are responsible for the transportation." Zhao Yuanliang said.

Hearing the words, Xiao Ming stood up and said, "well, Yuanliang, you may not have seen the artillery. You just heard the prestige of the artillery. Why don't I take you to see it?"

"That's what I mean. I hope your highness will lead the way." Zhao Yuanliang looks forward to it.

Xiao Ming nodded and took Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan to Qingzhou camp.

Today, there is a special open field on one side of Qingzhou camp, in which there are three artillery specially used for training. Xiao Ming and Zhao Yuanliang went to the artillery training ground.

At this time, Luo Xin was guiding artillery training in the training ground. The last battle in Cangzhou was very hasty. The standard of the artillery was too poor on the battlefield. Basically, the artillery shells were flying around on the battlefield.

If it wasn't for the first time that the use of artillery caused a psychological scare to the barbarians, the effect of the artillery was really unsatisfactory.

So after the war of Cangzhou, Xiao Ming asked Luo Xin to train soldiers on how to aim, how to adjust their angles, and how to jump, so as to maximize the power of artillery.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing Xiao Ming coming, Luo Xin and the soldiers on the training ground salute him immediately, and his armor makes the sound of metal friction.

Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan glanced at the armor of the soldiers, and a glimmer of color flashed in their eyes.

According to their understanding, although the artillery contributed a lot to the battle of Cangzhou, in their opinion, the whole body armor of Qingzhou army also contributed.

At the gate of the city, it is not convenient for them to observe the armor of the soldiers guarding the city. Now they have a close look at this special armor.

"Isn't this your highness After saluting, Luo Xin looks at Zhao Yuanliang.

"Rosin." Zhao Yuanliang met Luo Xin more than Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming said: "now that we all know each other, it's easy. Luo Xin, this time my son came here for the purpose of artillery. Now let the soldiers shoot a shell for me to see."

"Yes, your highness." Rosin answered.

Peacetime is peacetime, but in the army, Xiao Ming is the highest general. He must obey orders as a subordinate, because Xiao Ming is ruthless in the issue of military discipline.

Even Lu Fei was punished by the military law many times, and now he is honest.

At this time, Zhao Yuanliang looked at the gun in front of him with a little expectation in his heart, and Zhao Kuan's eyes were bright.

At Cangzhou station, the name of the gun spread all over the state of Dayu. On the contrary, Xiao Ming's contribution was not as loud as that of the gun.

On the one hand, Cui Hao and others deliberately suppressed Xiao Ming. On the other hand, what they didn't know was that Xiao Ming deliberately did it for the purpose of selling weapons.

Now, under the guidance of Xiao Ming, each gun in the artillery battalion is equipped with four people, one for cleaning the gun bore, one for loading ammunition, one for aiming, and one for igniting. In this way, the gun can be launched continuously as soon as possible.

At this time, the four soldiers in front of the gun completed the loading and aiming of the gun one after another, and the rest only needed to ignite.

"Your Highness, this time it's the target of 200 steps." Said rosin.

Xiao Ming nodded his head. It's his own person. If you want to show it to outsiders, it's natural to show the most shocking effect.

At this time, 200 meters away is a stone wall, which is specially used as a target.

"Yuanliang, you'd better cover your ears. The voice will be very loud later." Xiao Ming suggested.

Zhao Yuanliang said: "no, your highness. Since we want to buy artillery, we naturally need to experience it personally."

When the four artillery soldiers heard this, they suddenly looked like idiots, because they knew very well how loud the sound of the artillery was, and long-term training even made their hearing impaired.

Xiao Ming didn't stop him either. He wanted to maintain his friendliness on the surface, but he didn't care about them. After all, the vassal king of different surnames was not a good one.

"Light the fire." There was a cry from rosin.

At the same time, he put a cotton plug into his ear, and Xiao Ming stood far away.

At the same time, the four soldiers put the cotton plug into their ears. The soldier in charge of the ignition ignited the gun. "Boom." the light of the fire was shining. With a loud noise, Xiao Ming felt that the ground also shook."My mother..."

At the moment when the gun rang out, Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan were so frightened that they almost fell down.

"Is Yuanliang OK?" Xiao Ming asked.

Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan were pale at this time. There was a fire tube on their wall. When they saw the cannon, they thought that the sound of the cannon was similar to that of the fire tube. Now they regretted it. They lost face in front of Xiao Ming.

"Nothing, your highness." Zhao Yuanliang insisted, while Zhao Kuan's legs were shaking all the time.

When the four artillery soldiers saw this, they all laughed, and Luo Xin couldn't help laughing. They asked for it.

Zhao Yuanliang naturally noticed the look of Luo Xin and the four soldiers. He was angry in his heart, but he was still friendly on the surface. He said, "Your Highness, the sound of this gun is really loud, but I don't know how powerful it is?"

"Yuanliang, you can see that over there." Xiao Ming said, pointing to the stone wall 200 meters away.

Looking in the direction of Xiao Ming's fingers, Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan were shocked. A section of stone wall that just stood on the ground collapsed.

"Your Highness, this is not enough to explain the power of artillery. Maybe the stone wall is not strong enough." Zhao Yuanliang said.

Since he brought Zhao Yuanliang over, Xiao Ming naturally had all kinds of preparations. He said, "since Yuanliang doesn't believe it, let's change our goal."

Then Xiao Ming took Zhao Yuanliang to the training ground. When he walked 400 steps, a row of clay cavalry like targets appeared in front of him.

"This is a cavalry statue built in the shape of barbarian cavalry. Every ten meters, there are thirty in this row. These clay sculptures are strong enough." Xiao Ming said, "at this time, the artillery is 400 steps away. Shizi will see the power of the artillery again." Xiao Ming said.

After seeing it, Xiao Ming returns with them. At this time, the soldiers fire at the cavalry clay sculpture again.

However, because the distance was very long and the target was too small, the artillery failed to hit three times in a row. Until the fourth time, the artillery hit the cavalry clay sculpture.

At this time, Xiao Ming and Zhao Yuanliang come near again. When they see the mess of the ground and all the thirty clay sculptures are smashed, Zhao Yuanliang is stunned.

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