"Your Majesty, please calm down!" When the Donglin Party saw that Yuan Dazhong was about to be punished, they all jumped out to plead for him. The Tianqi Emperor was still angry, but when he saw so many civil and military officials standing up to endorse him, he frowned.
"Yuan Dazhong looked down on the Imperial Family and slandered His Highness Prince Xin. Everyone saw it clearly. If we don't convict him, where would the law of the country exist, and where would the dignity of our Great Ming Imperial Family exist!”
Xu Guangqi's voice sounded faintly, and the Tianqi Emperor snorted heavily." Royal Brother, you're right. To look down on the imperial family like this, do you have any respect for me and my ancestors? Men, drag them away!”
This time, the Donglin Party members were all numb. They bit their lips and stared fiercely at Zhu Youjian, wishing they could rush up and bite him to vent their hatred.
"Everyone, this king has done what is right. I'm not afraid of your investigation. If you dare to make up something out of nothing, confuse the public, and frame others, don't blame this king for being ruthless!”
With that, Zhu Youjian bent down and raised the merit book with both hands." Your Majesty, please reward the meritorious soldiers as appropriate!”
This time, all the officials did not dare to speak.
The Tianqi Emperor took it and read two pages. He was illiterate, so he handed the merit book to Wei Zhongxian."Let the chief partner and the few cabinet elders Ye (Ye Xianggao) and Zhu (Zhu Guozuo) discuss it together and reward them as appropriate! I'm a little tired. I'll withdraw from court!"
Zhu Youjian looked coldly at all the civil and military officials before following the Tianqi Emperor out of Taihe Palace.
"Royal brother, I heard that the cannon developed by your War Bureau has shown its might this time. With one shot, it flattened the city wall of Teng County.”
The Tianqi Emperor grabbed Zhu Youjian's arm, his eyes filled with excitement.
" This was made by my brother's subordinate Song Yingxing and a few craftsmen who worked day and night. This cannon has two kinds of bullets. One is the iron core bullet, and the other is the blooming bullet. The blooming bullet will explode upon contact and rot for miles…"
The monarch and minister chatted and laughed as they entered the War Bureau. Zhu Youjian looked up and saw how imposing they were!
Next to the Halcyon Steam Forging Machine, a taller and larger forging machine was built. Along with the rhythmic sound of metal colliding, iron ingots were smashed into various shapes.
There were already many parts in the material accumulation area. Many small workers were holding files and sandpaper, focusing on polishing the corners of the parts.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Seeing the highest ruler of the empire, Emperor Tianqi and Prince Xin, Zhu Youjian, walk in, the craftsmen hurriedly knelt down and shouted long live.
"Rise!" The Tianqi Emperor waved his hand, and everyone stood up to continue their work.
"This subject, War Bureau Secretary Song Ying Xing, pays his respects to Your Majesty, Your Highness Prince Xin!”
"Thank you, Minister Song!" The Emperor's gaze landed on the cannons that had already been assembled in the distance." These are the latest cannons developed by the War Bureau?”
"Yes." Song Yingxing nodded." These still need to be tested and aligned. They can only leave the factory after the test is successful.”
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
Boom!
With a deafening boom, a target three miles away was instantly turned into a ball of flames. A big worker ran over in a hurry and cupped his fists at Song Yingxing." Your Excellency, the No. 3 cannon that was tested just now hit the target!”
"Good!" Song Ying Xing took out a steel seal from his sleeve and walked to the front of the cannon. He took the hammer from the worker and stamped a seal on the cannon.
This meant that the quality of the cannon was up to standard and could be shipped out of the factory.
The Tianqi Emperor was curious.
"Your Majesty, please name this cannon.”Zhu Youjian saw his happy expression and struck while the iron was hot.
"This cannon has an extremely long range and is extremely powerful. Why don't we give it the name 'Invincible General'?”The Apocalypse Emperor was filled with joy. He racked his brains to think of a cool name for this cannon, but there was a limit to how much he could think of. After holding it in for a long time, he finally came up with such an uncouth name.
"Your Majesty, I believe that this cannon can be named the God Might Cannon!”Zhu said.
"According to my brother's words, there might be second or third forms in the future?”
"That's right." Zhu Youjian smiled." In the future, my brother will create a huge cannon with a range of hundreds of miles. By then, the Jian Kingdom will be nothing!”
Wow!
The Tianqi Emperor's eyes were filled with little stars. A cannon shot could travel hundreds of miles. This must be the immortal technique of an immortal!
" Your Majesty, Grand Secretary Sun has sent a letter from Liaodong asking for 400,000 taels of silver to purchase military gunpowder…" Seeing that the Tianqi Emperor was happy, the old eunuch Wei Zhongxian took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to him.
The Tianqi Emperor frowned." Didn't you just allocate 300,000 taels of silver to Liaodong last month to buy horse fodder? Why are you asking for money again?!"”
" Last time, it was money for horses. This time, it's money for firearms…" Wei Zhongxian was cunning and gave Zhu Youjian a look.
Zhu Youjian understood that this old traitor must have seen that this king had just attacked Donglin and thought that he was on the same side as him, so he took the opportunity to do this king a favor.
Alright, I'll accept your favor!
"Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty, the Jiangnan business tax has not been collected for a long time. My War Bureau is currently skilled in producing firearms. Please give this 400,000 taels of silver to your brother. Your brother will definitely make the best use of it to produce sharp weapons for the Liaodong border army and destroy the Jian Krupp!”
The Tianqi Emperor was not stupid. Seeing the two of them echoing each other, he laughed out loud." I didn't expect you to bring me here to test the cannon. I see. I wonder how much you'll sell this cannon to Liaodong for?”
"This cannon is made of pure iron and weighs 3,875 jin. It requires three big workers and fifteen small workers. The construction period is eighteen days. Including the ores, coal, transportation, and labor costs required for ironmaking, each cannon costs 3,500 taels of silver.”
" 3,500 taels…" The Tianqi Emperor's expression slowly relaxed." The Guanning Army reported that they still need 10,000 taels of silver for a self-forged cannon. Brother, the price of this cannon is really too low!”
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