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Chapter 376 Please seal
Royal Palace Garden.
Li Zheng stood aside with a solemn expression and watched a group of young eunuchs tinkering with something.
"Your Majesty, in addition to some normal gunpowder used for firecrackers, Lord Liu's fireworks also have some black powder that is too small to be seen."
"Could it be that the loud noise of these fireworks has something to do with the black powder?"
"My servant doesn't know, but this is powder from fireworks. Your Majesty, please take a look." The eunuch held a palm-sized piece of rice paper and handed it to the emperor.
Li Zheng carefully took the rice paper handed over by the eunuch, lit some black firecrackers with Zhang Leyi's fingers, put it under his nose and smelled it. It smelled like firecrackers, and there was another black thing that Li Zheng couldn't even figure out what it was.
Throwing the rice paper in his hand to the young eunuch, Li Zhen looked at the snowy scene in the imperial garden and was lost in thought: "The sound is so loud, if fireworks are placed at the top of the city to face the attacking cavalry, the sudden loud sound will definitely turn the frightened cavalry on their backs. The times are bound to be chaotic."
If Young Master Liu knew the emperor's thoughts, he would definitely be stunned. Li Zheng's military vision was indeed quite advanced.
Even if the fireworks do not have huge lethality, the loud noise will frighten the horses, and the bursting fire will cause the horses and men to be blinded instantly.
Moreover, the premise that fireworks are not lethal is that they are not lethal in a large area. If they explode in a person's face, they will be disabled even if they are not dead.
Li Zheng gently twirled the ring in his hand and recalled the beauty of the fireworks that day with his eyes slightly closed.
"Beautiful things can also kill people, it just depends on how you use them. Come, the Protector of the Nation, Zhang Kuang, enters the palace to meet the Saint."
"According to the order." Zhou Fei rushed out of the imperial garden for a while.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Protector of the Country has arrived outside Linde Hall to see you."
Zhou Fei, the internal manager who had not gone far, hurried back.
Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled lightly: "What a coincidence. Just when I wanted to summon him, he came and showed up at Linde Hall."
"His Majesty is coming to the Imperial Palace."
Li Zheng, followed by a large circle of palace maids and eunuchs, rushed towards Linde Hall.
"I am proud to see you, Your Majesty. Long live my emperor."
"Get on your feet, Fuhai, and show your seat to the Protector of the Country."
Sitting on the chair brought by Zhou Fei, he clasped his fists arrogantly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me a seat."
Li Zheng sat on the dragon chair and casually bent his arms to prevent the dragon case from being raised: "Zhang Aiqing, if you are not in the army to supervise the training of the new army, why did you come to me? I have already approved the memorial you submitted. Could it be that there is something wrong? What went wrong?"
The excerpt that Li Zheng was talking about was exactly the problem of the arrowheads poured into plate armor from stone molds that Zhang Kuang submitted.
"I have received the information. I am entering the palace this time to show the results to Your Majesty. Now all kinds of weapons and armors are waiting at the city gate. Your Majesty's decree will be sent in."
"So fast?"
"I don't dare to be careless when it comes to matters related to military aircraft. This time I came to the palace firstly to let His Majesty see the results, and secondly because Your Majesty wants money."
When Li Zheng heard Zhang Kuang's request for money, he looked a little resentful: "Zhang Aiqing, the Ministry of Household Affairs has allocated a certain amount of money to Liuwei over the years. Now Longwuwei should have more than one million taels of silver in reserve. The national treasury You also know the situation. It will take two months for tax collectors from various places to enter Beijing. Do you still plan to ask for money? No."
"Your Majesty, I don't want to. Without Yin Zichen, the 50,000 soldiers in Yingzhou will not be able to replace their armaments. According to the experience of previous years, the Turks will go south in more than a month. You can't let me and my soldiers fight the Turks with their fists." Let’s have a fight, right?”
"Nonsense, arrogant, arrogant, are you fooling me? It's been less than three months since the Ministry of War replaced the armaments for the Sixth Guards. In order to get the armaments for your Sixth Guards, I have been struggling to get them together. Now, now Did you know that my royal meal for a day only has two dishes and one soup? The royal meal of the mighty Emperor Dalong only has two dishes and one soup. His life is worse than that of ordinary people, and it costs more money. Look how much my dragon robe is worth. I'll take it off for you. Just pawn it."
"Your Majesty, let's take a look at what I brought first."
"As long as we don't talk about money, I don't have any problem with anything."
Zhang Kuang took out a book from his arms: "Your Majesty, this is the record of statistics compiled by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Your Majesty, please read it."
Zhou Fei naturally took it and handed it to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng opened the book and read it doubtfully, his expression becoming more and more serious. After a moment, Li Zheng closed the book and looked at Zhang Kuang seriously: "Zhang Aiqing, is what is recorded above true?"
"The thing is just outside the city gate, your Majesty will know it at a glance."
"Pass it in."
"According to the order."
Around half a stick of incense, two oxcarts creaked into the palace from a side door.
After the bullock cart stopped, Li Zheng lifted up the canvas on it, and a variety of weapons and armor were placed throughout the cart.
Li Zheng took off a Mo Dao and started to play with it: "Both men and horses were shattered? Is it so powerful?"
"Your Majesty, I personally tested it."
In about half an hour, everything on the bullock cart was placed aside.
The emperor held the hammer in his hand and looked at the eight oxen crossbows competing in front of him.
"Your Majesty, it's better for me, this old slave!"
"I will test it myself." After saying that, he waved the hammer in his hand without hesitation, and the crossbow arrow quickly left the string, pierced the sky, and shot towards the target.
"The target is broken."
"The target is broken."
When Li Zheng heard the news from the guards, he dropped the hammer in his hand with a stern expression.
"Your Majesty, everything has been tested. How do you feel?"
"How much money does it cost to replace all the big killers?"
"Two million taels!" Zhang Kuang reported the number calculated by the Household Department.
"Two million?" Li Zheng frowned and hesitated, closing his eyes and thinking for a long time.
"Change equipment and take out two million taels of emergency silver stored in the treasury. You are so arrogant. I have wiped out all my property. Don't let me down in the matter of the war in Northern Xinjiang."
Zhang Kuang knelt down on one knee: "I will never give up even if I die."
"Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, don't you know that I am asking for a reward for Liu Xiaozi?"
Li Zheng frowned: "Let me think about it."
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