Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

But only one of the five shots hit the target, and Emperor Kangxi felt relieved. He thought to himself: "Is this what they call the 'national weapon'? With such a high hit rate, it is not as good as the bows and muskets currently available in the Han Camp of the Qing Dynasty."

Emperor Kangxi secretly felt lucky that he did not believe them. Otherwise, if he really wanted to mass-produce such weapons, wouldn't it be a waste of money?

He couldn't help but think of the memorials from Prince Kang and his two companions that he had read before, which described in detail the power and advantages of these new weapons, but now it seemed that these were all exaggerations.

Emperor Kangxi shook his head and thought: "How ridiculous, such a weapon is actually called a 'national defense weapon', it is really ridiculous."

He turned to He Yu and said, "Put this thing away and don't mention it again."

After saying this, Emperor Kangxi strode out of the back garden, leaving Liu Fuyin standing there in confusion, not knowing what to do.

Due to Liu Fuyin's poor shooting skills, Emperor Kangxi's understanding of thermal weapons was distorted.

Kangxi returned to his study and wrote: "I have read your memorials. Although the new weapons are powerful, their accuracy is not high. Therefore, we will not waste time and money to promote this matter. The two ministers Dai and Nan do not need to travel to Ryukyu. Return to Beijing immediately!"

Two days later, Prince Kang looked at the emperor's reply in his hand, frowned, and asked in confusion: "Why does the emperor think that the Mauser rifle's hit rate is not high?"

Liu Fuyin, who was standing by, replied helplessly: "I tested the gun five times, and only hit the target once."

Prince Kang was furious when he heard this. He pointed at Liu Fuyin and cursed: "You really hired the wrong person. A mediocre person is ruining the country! Such an important weapon was given to an incompetent person like you to test. It is simply a move that ruins the country!"

He became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and finally he even shouted, "If it weren't for the fact that you have been an official for many years, I would definitely punish you!"

On the other side, a dozen envoys from foreign embassies stationed in Songjiang Prefecture gathered at the Governor-General's Mansion in Nanjing and surrounded Fulata.

They were very emotional and demanded that Fu Lata give an explanation for the Yangzhou incident.

Dutch Minister de Vriman shouted angrily: "Governor, my brother de Vries cannot die in vain. You must give us an explanation!"

Then, the Spanish envoy also stood up and said angrily: "Our fleet travels all over the world, and no one has ever dared to attack our ships! In this incident, are you declaring war on us?"

The Portuguese envoy said: "We came here to trade with the Qing Dynasty, but our people shed blood for this. Governor, we need a fair explanation!"

The British Minister...

The French Minister...

More than a dozen envoys from European countries surrounded Fulatta and demanded an explanation for the Yangzhou ship bombing incident.

For a moment, the whole scene became tense, and the envoys from various countries all showed an attitude of not wanting to give up.

Fu Lata, a member of the Bordered Yellow Banner, was an honest and upright official. Faced with the unreasonable demands of these foreign envoys, he was not afraid and argued with reason.

He said calmly: "Dear ministers, please calm down and listen to me." His voice was firm and powerful, which made the ministers present quiet down.

Fu Lata continued, "The day before yesterday, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, your multinational ships openly surrounded an ironclad ship of the Heaven and Earth Federation, broke into Wusongkou of China without permission, and used force to bombard our artillery. This action caused more than 20 artillery positions in Wusongkou and Changxing Island to suffer serious damage, and many officers and soldiers unfortunately died, with the number of casualties reaching more than 700."

He glanced at the ministers, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes, but more of it was determination and confidence.

Then, Fu Lata continued: "Afterwards, your ships chased us all the way to the Yangzhou wharf inland China, and were eventually sunk by the ironclad ship.

Therefore, there are two parties directly responsible for this incident: first, your ships ignored the sanctity of our Chinese territory, trespassed into our territory without authorization, and fired at our artillery officers and soldiers, provoking this dispute and infringing on our Chinese sovereignty; second, your ships were not sunk by our Qing navy or our artillery officers and soldiers, but by the ironclad ships of the Tiandi Federation. So, how can our Qing Dynasty be held responsible? "

Fu Lata sneered and continued, "On the contrary, you should compensate for the damage to the artillery you destroyed and the pensions for my dead and wounded officers and soldiers."

As soon as Fulata said this, the ministers were immediately furious. They boasted of their strong military power and never took the Qing Dynasty in the East seriously. They clamored to mobilize the navy to ask for an explanation.

"You are blackmailing us, we will not agree to it!" the British Minister shouted angrily.

"That's right, you must be responsible for this, otherwise you will bear the consequences!" echoed the French Minister.

Fu Lata was unmoved. He sneered and said, "How dare you, a bunch of barbarians, run wild here? I think you are just a bunch of bandits!"

There was no point in talking to these pirates. Furata had nothing to say to these pirates. He had made his position clear, so he walked away, leaving the envoys looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

After Furata left, the envoys began to discuss countermeasures. They knew that if they did not take action, they would lose face.

So they decided to send envoys to Beijing to put pressure on the court, demanding that the court compensate for their losses and severely punish Fulata.

At the same time, they also decided to form a joint fleet to put pressure on the Qing Dynasty to ensure that their interests were not violated.

Fulata also reported the Yangzhou incident to Emperor Kangxi, reporting the entire incident in detail.

The next day, when Kangxi saw Furata's memorial, he couldn't help but gasp.

These countries wanted to use the Yangzhou Incident to blackmail the Qing Dynasty. They were not afraid of Kangxi. His attitude was consistent with Fulata's. I had no control over the trouble these pirate countries made on the sea, but as long as you dared to go ashore in the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners would not beat you to a pulp, and the Qing Dynasty would not be a powerful country.

But Kangxi didn't expect that a small ironclad ship could destroy the multinational fleet in less than a quarter of an hour by itself! This is really incredible!

Kangxi could not help but ask, "Is this ship really as Furata said?"

He Yu at the side quickly replied: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, this ship is indeed incredibly powerful. Not only is the hull extremely strong, but the cannons are also extremely sharp, enough to easily defeat the enemy ship."

Kangxi nodded slightly to show his approval. However, he was still full of doubts and curiosity. So he continued to ask: "Why is the ironclad ship so powerful? Is there some secret hidden in it?"

He Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally answered truthfully: "As far as I know, the reason why the ironclad ship is so powerful is that it can generate power by itself, without the help of sails."