Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots were heard from Liuyun Villa!
Liuyun Villa was surrounded by a wall back then and was intended to be used to provide relief. Later, Li Xiao slowly developed it into his own secret base.
The current Liuyun Villa exists like a village. The people who live there are the Yangzhou thin horses that were rescued back then, and some carefully selected honest and honest people who are farming and working here.
Men and women get married and live within the walls, self-sufficient, day and night.
No news from inside can get out, and no news from outside can get in. It's like a paradise.
Unlike a flintlock musket, this is a truly modern automatic rifle.
Ever since Li Xiao returned to the later generations and saw the evaluation of him by the later generations, he had already made a plan and simply showed off his cards.
Since people in later generations directly said that he had carried out crazy reforms and identified him as a time traveler, they simply made the reforms more ruthless.
I am a time traveler, I show my cards!
With today's technology, it is naturally impossible to create an automated rifle.
However, Beiqing University has been established. According to this situation and the chemistry, physics and other textbooks distributed by it, it will not be needed for a hundred years. It will be possible to develop an automated rifle in thirty or forty years.
But now, there will be a big change in the land soon, and full-scale cooperation with the landlord class. Li Xiao had anticipated this a year ago, and spent almost all his points to directly extract the automatic rifle containing the contents from the system. A complete production line of bullets.
Towards the end of the year, the firearm was finally manufactured.
As for the explanation behind the origin of the firearms, I will leave it to Beiqing University at that time.
For example, the unsolved mysteries of the world in the future world are how the pyramid was born. According to the scale of the pyramid, even modern mechanization is difficult to build, let alone ancient times. The stone is so huge that it cannot be carried up.
In short, it will take a few years until these firearms come out.
This means that the era of cold weapons is about to end. It cannot be said that it is about to end, but that Ming Dynasty has entered the era of hot weapons ahead of schedule, and then leads the world.
"Master, the power of this gun is unbelievable!"
Chang Yingwu stood aside, looking in a daze.
Li Xiao faced a wooden target a hundred steps away, wearing Mingguang armor, and smashed it to pieces, even piercing the armor. It could fire continuously and only needed to change the magazine.
What concept? Almost invincible!
In the age of cold weapons, the front row of infantry wearing full armor was the most difficult line of defense to break through.
Even the cavalry did not dare to confront directly, but looked for fighters to break through from the flanks.
Most of the tactics and battle formations are almost centered on how to break the formation, or kill the generals and capture the flag to destroy the opponent's command system.
If most of the army could equip most of them with such rifles, they would be able to directly carry the rifle and rush over, and even engage in stupid tactics to crush them directly.
"How many have been produced so far?"
Li Xiao looked at the dark guy in his hand and asked.
"Head of the family, there are only three hundred at present, and the progress should be accelerated in the future."
Li Xiongzhi on the side replied.
After hearing this number, Chang Yingwu was slightly surprised. Although it was not many, it was still quite a lot. Three hundred people were equipped with such muskets, and there were also firearms such as grenades in the army. It should not be a problem to defeat an army of three thousand people. , 10,000 people are also possible.
"Um."
Li Xiao saw Chang Yingwu and said: "Chang Yingwu, you don't have to go back to your home in the future. You can train in this cottage. The people in this cottage are all trustworthy people. Many newborns have been born. Now there are thousands of people who are ten." Next year, we will select from these people and form an elite force."
Li Xiao planned to use this power to suppress those who rebelled.
Li Xiao guessed that a large-scale rebellion should not appear immediately. It is estimated that it will break out in five years from the moment the treatment of scholars is completely cancelled.
At that time, with the power of the imperial court, if there is a sudden uprising in various places, it will take a long time to suppress it. Over time, the rebel forces will roll like a snowball.
Only by dealing with it with lightning speed can the world avoid sudden chaos.
Therefore, this automatic rifle cannot be released now and can only be hidden. Otherwise, those people from the landlord class may not dare to rebel, and there will be no good reason to deal with them.
As for what Zhu Di would think, Li Xiao felt that there would be no big problem. After finishing this job and handing over the production line to Zhu Di, it was time for him to retire.
As for how Zhu Di used it to expand territory, that was none of his business.
Chang Yingwu was a person that Li Xiao trusted very much, so he felt relieved when he allowed him to train troops.
Chang Yingwu clicked his tongue and said: "According to the standards of the princess's palace, one hundred people are allowed to be private guards. If so many troops are formed and there are such advanced weapons, my subordinates will be afraid."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Don't worry, the current Supreme Emperor is my eldest brother, and the Holy Emperor is my father-in-law. This matter will be kept secret for the time being. If it is needed, it will be used. If it is not needed, just don't use it. I have my own sense of proportion."
"Yes!" Chang Yingwu has followed Li Xiao for many years, and his life was saved by Li Xiao. He doesn't need to ask what he knows he shouldn't ask, just do his part.
After testing the gun, Li Xiao walked around Liuyun Villa and looked at the scenery inside.
In this village, the fields are neat and flat, with large tracts of wheat and various vegetables grown. From a distance, the scenery is beautiful.
Most of the rows of houses to the east are brick and wood structures with red tiles on the roofs, making the whole village look warmer.
In this village, men and weavers work the fields without interference from the outside world. People who live here are grateful to Li Xiao.
Most of them were landless refugees and rescued women. They had already married, had children, and had separate schools for their education.
In the center is a wide square with a small stone bridge and a small river. The river is crystal clear, and the village draws water from this small river.
Li Xiao looked at the paradise he had built and these busy people, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment. At first, these people were living in dire straits, and he only needed a few words to give them a way to survive and keep them alive for generations to come. Thank you.
"I've met the head of the family."
"I met the head of the family..."
Li Xiao walked towards the river, and the people passing by bowed and saluted when they saw him.
There were even many little girls in Huaichun who couldn't stop staring at Li Xiao.
It was the first time for some of them to see the head of the house, who had only heard about it from their parents. They couldn't help but blush and get hot looking at such a handsome head of the house.
"Master of the house."
A woman in her forties hurriedly bowed after seeing Li Xiao.
Li Xiao hadn't been to this place for a long time, probably five or six years ago. He usually had someone take care of it, but he was quite impressed by this woman.
"Are you Ruyu?"
"It's me, the head of the family still remembers me"
Ruyu was the woman who helped him talk to the guards and open the city gate during the rescue operation. She was very moved when she heard Li Xiao call her name.
Time flies, and recalling the past, Li Xiao couldn't help asking kindly: "How are you living here?"
"Living here is like a paradise, with simple meals every day and a fulfilling life. It's really good."
Ruyu replied like this, but Li Xiao could see that there seemed to be some sadness in her eyes, and she continued: "Master, you saved so many girls back then. Now they are all married and living a comfortable life. The master here has a bodhisattva heart. Everyone is grateful to you."
"It's just a little effort."
Li Xiao looked at Ruyu and said, "I feel sorry for you. I saved these girls back then, but the guard who opened the door for us didn't survive."
Ruyu's heart was shocked. It was for this reason that she had never remarried. When she mentioned it again, she could only smile bitterly and said: "It's all over now. When I think about it, I always feel that I failed him back then. However, the head of the family later Bringing Lan Nao'er to justice can be regarded as revenge for him."
Li Xiao nodded slightly, "Look forward, I think that person also wants you to live well."
Ruyu smiled and shook her head: "No longer marrying, it means that I miss him. I hope to meet him again in the next life."
This is also a woman hurt by love.
Li Xiao nodded: "Well, I hope you can be together well in the next life."
Although a little sad, Li Xiao couldn't say anything more.
Nothing goes well in this world, most of it is suffering.
Looking at the clear stream next to him, Li Xiao walked to the stream on a whim, rolled up his trousers and felt the cool and cold ice water in the river.
"Master." Ruyu, who was standing on the shore, seemed to have something to say.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Li Xiao put his hands on his hips and looked over again.
Ruyu nodded and said sadly: "Now in this village, all the girls back then have married, but there is only one who is still unmarried, and he makes me haggard for you."
Li Xiao was stunned: "Who?"
Ruyu said slowly: "Xu Ying'er, for the past ten years, he has missed someone day and night and is afraid he will never get married. It doesn't matter whether he is old or old, but she is still young after all. Looking at her appearance, I feel very uncomfortable."
"I see."
Li Xiao nodded. This Xu Ying'er was the woman who asked him to take the girls to the textile workshop ten years ago. Now she is the director of her own textile factory. The textile factory is getting bigger and bigger, becoming more and more sophisticated, and earning money for the house. Got a lot of money.
She was fifteen years old then. Eleven years have passed and she is now twenty-six. In the Ming Dynasty, a woman of this age would have children who could make a living.
"Stay back." Li Xiao waved his hand.
Ruyu seemed to be expecting something, or she wanted Li Xiao to persuade her, or she hoped that Li Xiao would accept Xu Ying'er as his concubine because of her years of merit and hard work.
However, since the master of the house had no intention of doing so, she could only sigh and leave.
"Hey, I don't want to hurt so many women."
Li Xiao stood in the stream, looking up at the sky, feeling helpless.
Although he did it intentionally or unintentionally, he did hurt many women invisibly. Many women were secretly obsessed with him, and their obsession reached the point of never marrying for the rest of their lives.
Li Xiao walked in the stream for a while, then landed on the shore, and then walked towards Xu Ying'er's residence. Although Xu Ying'er was often busy outside, she had been living in Liuyun Villa.
Maybe it was a coincidence that Xu Ying'er was almost absent during the day, but for some reason today she asked someone to handle the matter.
She took some time off from her busy schedule to plant flowers in the yard.
In the courtyard, Xu Ying'er is now twenty-six, perhaps because she is still a woman, her face is as old as before, under the sun, her skin is as white and fat as jade, and her eyes are moving, as if she is sad.
The breeze blew through the yard, and the lavender moved with the wind, like a purple ocean.
The flower language of lavender is waiting for love, which is Xu Ying'er's heart.
She has been waiting, even though she knew that this was almost impossible, she still waited for ten years and would continue to wait.
"Xu Yinger."
Li Xiao suddenly spoke.
Xu Ying'er was slightly startled. The voice was too familiar. She stood up slowly and saw the figure outside the hospital that made her think about her day and night.
"The head of the family"
Xu Ying'er has lost her childishness and now has a particularly capable temperament. But after meeting Li Xiao, she seems to have returned to the little girl she was back then.
The courtyard door opened and Xu Ying'er welcomed Li Xiao in.
"This flower is very beautiful. Did you grow it?"
Li Xiao asked.
"Yes, it's the seed of your kind of company, Master. I like these purple flowers and their peaceful fragrance."
Xu Ying'er didn't know why he suddenly came to visit, her heart was like a deer, she didn't dare to look directly at Li Xiao, turned her back, and explained while hiding her nervousness.
"Supernatural power - hiding the truth from the sky."
Taking advantage of this gap, Li Xiao stretched out his hand and pointed it at Xu Ying'er.
This magical power can consume one's own energy and remove the memory from the other party's mind.
Li Xiao wanted to delete Xu Ying'er's memory of him so that she would no longer be in pain, no longer sad for herself, and no longer trapped by love.
But soon, Li Xiao was stunned.
In Xu Ying'er's mind, she was everywhere in her memories for more than ten years.
Every night, she misses herself and never forgets her. She misses herself when she sees flowers and dreams about herself. She often wakes up with her pillow wet with tears.
If this huge memory is deleted, it will only make the other party stupid.
This is not the result Li Xiao wants.
"Master, if you like it, I will take some back for you."
Xu Ying'er turned around as she spoke, and her towering chest happened to bump into Li Xiao's hand, which was using his magical power.
Both of them were stunned and took a few breaths.
Li Xiao came to his senses, quickly pulled back his hand, and said, "That was not intentional."
Xu Ying'er didn't speak, she just blushed, bit her lip and looked at Li Xiao like a ripe peach, her eyes moving and full of affection.
"You should get married as soon as possible. I'll leave first."
Li Xiao didn't know what to say, so he turned around and left in a hurry, not daring to stay any longer. At the same time, he wailed in his heart: "Hey, this is an even worse fate."
Watching Li Xiao leave.
Xu Ying'er stood blankly on the spot, still recalling the tenderness of that moment. Ten years later, even if it was so short, I'm afraid she will never forget it in her life.
No coincidence.
At the same time, in the Hongwu Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was chatting and laughing with his beloved youngest daughter, Princess Baoqing, and enjoying family happiness.
"Baoqing, you are now sixteen years old. It's time to get married. If you fall in love with a young master from a certain family, tell your father that he will grant you a marriage."
Many of Zhu Yuanzhang's daughters were directly given marriages.
He loved this little daughter very much and let her choose her own husband.
Hearing this, Bao Qing's face turned red, but he became hesitant and dared not speak.
When he was five years old, Bao Qing and Li Xiao had dinner together, and they could not be separated from each other that day.
At that time, Li Xiao had just entered the capital. He was young, frivolous and high-spirited, so he thought that he would look for a man like Li Xiao in the future.
But eleven years later, Li Xiao's style remains the same, and Baoqing can often see him when he goes in and out of the palace.
This little girl has been unable to help herself from falling in love with Li Xiao for a long time. She feels that compared with Li Xiao, the gap between other men is as big as the sun in the sky and the mud on the ground.
From then on, I began to have a crush on Li Xiao, and I have been in unrequited love for five or six years.
"Say, my father is not wrong." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
"Father, I dare not say it." Princess Baoqing felt that this incident was too shocking, but she loved Li Xiao so much that she wanted to say it but did not dare to say it.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Don't be afraid. Regardless of your age or status, my father will definitely agree to your promise. Which young master is he from?"
After saying that, he added: "Father will treat his son-in-law like your fourth brother. Even if he is a peasant, he will not put pressure on you to make you as happy as Princess Yong'an."
Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased with the happiness of Zhu Ningyun, Princess Yong'an, and wanted his little daughter to enjoy the same treatment.
Princess Baoqing was surprised and said: "Really?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Father, I keep my word, but can I still lie to you?"
Princess Baoqing hesitated and whispered: "Then my daughter said it. My daughter likes no one else but the person you mentioned."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked slightly confused and asked: "What do you mean?"
Princess Baoqing blushed, gritted her teeth, and plucked up the courage to say, "It's Li Xiao. My daughter wants to marry Li Xiao!"
"What??? That's your niece's husband!"
Numb, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely numb!
Time flies by quickly and the end of the year is coming quietly.
The hot summer is over, autumn is crisp, and the day of the first national examination of the Ming Dynasty has arrived.
In the past few months, I am afraid that students all over the country are taking the time to read books, and naturally they are not reading Confucian books. No one knows what the national examination will test, so they just read here and there.
There is strength in numbers. With the participation of many construction companies in the capital, in three months, a large-scale tribute courtyard was temporarily built in the capital. In order to reduce the area, the houses in the tribute courtyard are five-story and reinforced with steel bars. Cement construction.
According to the Ministry of Rites, the construction of this Gongyuan is quite satisfactory. In addition to the national examination, it can also be used as a school on weekdays.
Scholars from all over the country came to the capital one after another.
During this period, the inn business in the capital was booming, especially since Wang Jianlin built a very large hotel that could accommodate more than a thousand people and made a lot of money.
After many scholars came to the capital, they found that the changes in the capital were really great. There was a lot of consumption, there were many ways to make money, and there was gold everywhere. After many scholars came, they had the intention not to leave. If they failed to pass the exam, they would stay. It's better to make a living here than in the countryside.
On the tenth day of November, the weather is slightly cooler.
Outside the Gongyuan, there was a sea of people.
Countless students entered Gongyuan one after another with the admission tickets they received.
According to the admission ticket, it is easy to find Gongyuan’s
The content of their exam is the test questions that Li Xiao spent several months carefully designing. It is not too difficult, but it is a bit difficult for a scholar who only has the Four Books and Five Classics in his mind.
The examination room is no longer the same small room that looks like a cage, but a large room that is spacious and breathable.
There are about fifty people in each room. There are proctors in the rooms and assistants on the floors. Except that there are no cameras, Li Xiao directly moved the set used for the final exam.
There may be cases of cheating, and even in later generations, in the era before cameras, this kind of thing was often banned.
However, if an invigilator is caught cheating on a student, the punishment will be very severe. After all, it is still the Ming Dynasty. Losing his official position is a small matter, and beheading is a matter of minutes.
With the severe criminal law and the improvement of official remuneration, any invigilator who wants to allow others to cheat must consider whether it is worth it.
As the test papers were handed out to the scholars one by one.
The national examination just started peacefully.
As the test paper fell into their hands, the candidates on the field looked at the questions above, their scalps were numb, and they were about to cry without tears.
The first test paper is general knowledge.
Question 1: Throughout the ages, the first female emperor
The candidates were just about to write down the three words "Wu Zetian".
Suddenly I discovered that the question was: Where is the first female emperor buried?
wipe?
Who knows where she is buried?
Question 2: Who is the founder of Chinese humanities?
wipe?
Who knows?
Is it Confucius?
Question 3: The miracle doctor Hua Tuo studied a kind of exercise to strengthen the body. What is it?
This group of scholars who studied the Four Books and Five Classics usually did not listen to what was going on outside the window and only focused on reading the books of sages. These questions directly confused them.
Damn it, I still don’t know!
Question 4: What are the five lakes and four seas that are often said to be divided into?
Question 5: Where is the origin of the Yellow River?
One hundred thousand candidates are numb!
The next questions are each stranger than the last.
I feel like I know, but I can’t answer it!
It seems so simple, but it just doesn’t work.
It’s too difficult and I can’t do it!
(End of chapter)
