The Lonely Family in the Red Chamber

At this moment, the envoys of the various vassal states have not yet left, so the military exercise is naturally at the right time.Tu Jingnian had a discussion with Emperor Chengqing. Nowadays, many vassal states are very respectful to the Jin Dynasty on the surface, but in fact they have no good intentions. There are many collusions in private, and often make some disgusting things. I bought a new weapon, the power is very good, why not show these people a little bit, so that they can see the military power of this dynasty, so that they will not dare to act against the court in the future.

Emperor Chengqing immediately became interested. He is not a Taiping emperor. When he was in power, he had wars with the Qianxiang Kingdom and the Hu tribe in the grassland. This is what Emperor Chengqing has always shown off.What's more, this court has never relaxed its military equipment. However, there were no breakthroughs in weapons before. Now I heard that there are new firearms from Tu Jingnian, so I asked Tu Jingnian to show him some new firearms.

Naturally, the Ministry of Industry specially prepared some custom-made flintlock guns, which were very beautifully polished, with a golden appearance and inlaid with coral gems. Tu Jingnian asked someone to bring them up, and Emperor Chengqing played with them for a while. Fan, naturally found that this is much more delicate than the previous firecrackers, excitedly asked someone to prepare a target, intending to try it out for himself.

Tu Jingnian simply went to the Martial Arts Field at Xing'an Palace with Emperor Chengqing, and called out his younger brothers and two sons who were in school, intending to show them what this so-called criminal weapon was like. What is the power.

Emperor Chengqing had played with firecrackers before. He tried two rounds first, and then he almost found the way. He aimed at the target, and with one shot, he immediately punched a hole in the wooden target. Not too much difference.Tu Jingnian slapped his hands with a smile, and complimented: "Father is really extraordinary, you can get started with this flintlock just after touching it!"

Emperor Chengqing fired a few more shots, but he didn't miss the target. He was proud and said with a smile: "It's no good now, it's good if your gun is accurate. I also hit nine out of ten shots with the kind of bird gun I used to do! Come on, A Li Try it too!"

Tu Jingnian also brought out a flintlock gun with a smile. This gun can now be used for continuous shooting. It does not need to be loaded with bullets, and can fire six bullets at a time. Tu Jingnian simply fired all six bullets in one go. Going out, he had already tried his hand before, and now he was familiar with it, and his grades were similar to that of Emperor Chengqing, and he didn't miss the target.

Boys are naturally interested in this kind of thing, and one by one was eager to try it, and Amin was the first to shout: "Grandfather, father, I want to play too!"

Ayang was also entangled on one side, and their uncles were also full of longing, but they didn't have much face with Emperor Chengqing, and their relationship with Tu Jingnian was also limited, so until later, no one came forward , but all eyes were fixed on the two muskets.

Tu Jingnian was also happy to let them have a look, and said with a smile: "One by one, line up according to senior and young, but be careful, hold on tight, don't get caught off guard!"

Seeing a group of children who were half-aged or just a little bit old, regardless of the recoil, they excitedly fired in the direction of the target one by one, but Emperor Chengqing showed some worry on his face, he said softly Said: "Ah Li, this musket is much stronger than a bow and arrow, and it is small in size, so it is easy to hide on the body. If this thing falls into the hands of someone with a malicious intention and is used for assassination, what should we do?"

Tu Jing said in a young voice: "Father, how can there be anything in this world that is only harmful to the enemy but has no threat to oneself? Even if there is no musket, there is nothing else? Back then Zhuan Zhu assassinated King Wu, Jing Ke assassinated Qin At that time, why did they have muskets, and they hid their weapons and brought them to the Kings of Wu and Qin. The son thought about it, first, put a number on the musket, and record whoever held the gun, and second. Come on, the guards of the palace, naturally have to change the training method!"

Emperor Chengqing nodded knowingly. In the past, guards had to be strong in kung fu and flexible in body. Now, the best bodyguards are the meat shields like Dianwei Xuzhu in the Three Kingdoms. They must be able to block guns.

Tu Jingnian continued: "The Ministry of Industry is still researching other firearms. My son thinks that in the future, swords and the like will gradually be phased out. We still have to rely on firearms to fight. The old way of training soldiers is now Even if they can’t keep up, we still have to retrain soldiers according to the current situation!”

Emperor Chengqing was considered old and cunning. When Tu Jingnian said this, he naturally understood what he meant. Since the previous training methods were outdated, some of the generals that the court had to rely on in the past were also outdated.Compared with swords that require hand-to-hand combat, in the era of guns and artillery, a group of musketeers and gunners were trained. This can effectively reduce the court's dependence on generals. Just find a similar person and bring a group of musketeers and gunners Well, as long as you are not a fool, there is no reason not to win a battle against those who only know how to swing a knife to chop people.In the future, the royal family naturally doesn't need to worry about famous generals. The royal family can completely hold the military power in their own hands.Of course, the premise is that Da Jin has been able to maintain the advantages of firearms technology.Tu Jingnian was not worried about this. The firearm technology in his hand was hundreds of years ahead of Europe at the moment. What's more, the craftsmen at the Ministry of Industry were not very clear about many things. Assembly line manufacturing made those craftsmen only I know how to make one or two parts, but I don't know the overall structure, and the bullets are also made in another workshop.Moreover, the families of these craftsmen are under control, and they are treated very well. Unless they are crazy, they will sell these technologies. Are you afraid that the whole family will be implicated?

Tu Jingnian exchanged opinions with Emperor Chengqing, and almost reached an agreement. Then, the news that the imperial court planned to hold a military exercise was released directly. But he said directly: "If this military exercise can frighten the neighbors, then they will not dare to lightly start the war, and there will be no need to fight in the future. One exercise can establish peace for decades, what else can we say! "

Those civil officials were speechless about this, and they could only lament in private a few words that the emperor did not cultivate literature and morality, but specialized in military equipment, which was really not a blessing to the country.

Tu Jingnian glanced at the list, thinking that after two years, it's time to kick out these guys who can only show off their prestige and replace them with people who are knowledgeable.

The military exercise was naturally going on as usual, and those envoys who originally planned to go back had no intention of going back, so naturally they all stayed to see the current military strength of Dajin.In private, all kinds of rumors are flying around, and there are all kinds of rumors. Some people even say that the Great Jin has summoned heavenly soldiers and generals, and they are invincible.Let a group of self-conscious people scoff.

The day of the military exercise was a rare sunny day, and it was already late autumn. Naturally, the military exercise could not be held in the city, but was chosen in the newly built martial arts arena outside the camp in the suburbs of Beijing. Tu Jingnian and Emperor Chengqing brought all the civil and military officials There are also a group of envoys from various countries standing on the high platform, watching the performance of the Shenji Battalion below.

Tu Jingnian didn't plan to hold any military parade, so there was no need for that. Therefore, after some simple formation exercises, the exercise started directly.

For this military exercise, the Shenji Battalion has gone through a period of training almost regardless of the cost. The ordinary sergeants have fired thousands of bullets, and finally ensured their accuracy.At this moment, everyone is wearing brand new military uniforms, which have also been remade. This dynasty is still red, so it is a red uniform, which looks very energetic.

This time, the flintlock guns are mainly displayed. Although they are fired in bursts, they still use the method of three-stage shooting to directly hit the wooden targets with holes everywhere.

This is actually not shocking. The same effect can be achieved with a bow and arrow. What is more shocking is the kind of thunderbolt, that is, the grenade. The target is not wood, but a group of sheep in a circle. The gunpowder is filled with iron nails, iron sheets and the like. Once it explodes, the iron nails and iron sheets inside will shoot out in all directions. In this way, the radiation range is naturally much larger than the explosion range.The flock of sheep was in bad luck. They were panicked by the huge explosion, and then injured by the flying nails and iron plates. As a result, except for a few sheep who were slightly injured, they fled in panic. On the periphery, where the explosions were more concentrated, there was a mass of blood flying all over the place. Many sheep were injured and could not move, so they had to stay where they were and wailed, which made people feel chills.

Finally, there are cannons. There are two types of cannons, one is flowering ammunition, and the other is solid ammunition. The cannons are pushed out by professionally trained gunners after a period of time. After a simple but relatively accurate distance measurement Afterwards, he fired directly at a small slope that was the target. Immediately, smoke was everywhere, and the rumbling sound was almost deafening. After the two rounds of artillery were fired, the smoke gradually dissipated. Everyone took a closer look, the slope It was directly cut off in half. Think about it, what is the situation when this thing hits the city wall? Several vassal kingdoms with relatively small city walls at home immediately went back and immediately reported to the king, and hurriedly thickened and strengthened the city wall first. This cannon is much more powerful than a catapult.

In fact, there are still things that have not been shown, such as landmines, which are completely fake. The power of landmines is actually not great, but as long as you step on it, you can wait to become disabled!There are also directional blasting and so on, which have been used for a long time. Tu Jingnian is now using these gunpowder to dig mines and tunnels!

Emperor Chengqing nodded his head again and again, while the envoys turned pale and their legs trembled, and some of them had strange eyes, looking at those guns and artillery, almost swallowing them.

Obviously, this military exercise has achieved complete success, at least in a short period of time, no one will dare to provoke Da Jin.However, there was no peace at Honglu Temple. Many envoys came to ask if the guns and artillery were for sale, and the Ministry of Industry also found people probing their heads every day. In the depths of Zhongnan Mountain, the guards are very strict, and, in the eyes of most people, it is a private farm of a wealthy family in the mountain, so no one will doubt it for the time being.

And a group of generals also started clamoring for the imperial court to change the clothes of the troops in various places, especially the generals who had their turn to garrison in places like Jiubian, begged Tu Jingnian, When he was in court, he had to go to harass the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry every day, causing headaches for several chief officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. God knows, when Tu Jingnian did these things, he bypassed them. I don't know how to deal with it, so the court suddenly became lively.