This one turns around, that one pulls.
The one turns around, the one doesn't let go.
Wu Zhen and Gu Zhengchen staged a good bargaining show. In the end, after mutual compromise, Gu Zhengchen agreed to convince the emperor to leave the sixteen new divine machine guns brought by Liu Ju and others on the grounds of actual combat training needs. Navy.
Gu Zhengchen got Wu Zhen's unwavering promise to sail away to sea, and Wu Zhen got a bunch of iron treasures.
Chu Xing and Meng Wanli looked at the big bowl of cannons on the side. This thing seemed to have no value anymore. No wonder Gu Zhengchen looked down upon it.
Zhang He directed Chu Xing and Meng Wanli: "Tear down these big mouth cannons for us. Do you know they are in the way? You guys have no eyesight."
Chu Xing and Meng Wanli were depressed.
You asked us to move it up, and now you want us to move it down again?
Don't do it.
Zhang He clenched his fists, his joints cracking. Chu Xing and Meng Wanli quickly arranged for people to move things...
Wu Zhen looked at the divine machine cannon in front of him and was very excited: "What is this cannon called? Does it have a name?"
Liu Ju shook his head: "I haven't gotten up yet."
Seeing Wu Zhen's joy, Gu Zhengchen smiled and said, "Let Marquis Jinghai bestow the name."
Wu Zhen did not refuse, looked at the sea, then looked at the mountains in the distance, and said solemnly: "This firearm will definitely be a weapon to defend the mountains and seas. Mr. Gu County, how about calling it the Mountain and Sea Cannon?"
"Shan Hai Cannon!"
Gu Zhengchen tasted the product, nodded and said: "It contains both mountains and rivers, and it also contains the sea. Fighting for the mountains and seas of the Ming Dynasty, what a name! This reminds me of Li Taibai's poem: Mountains and seas tilt to the east, hundreds of rivers have endless potential... …”
Wu Zhen looked at Gu Zhengchen who was talking eloquently and was filled with admiration.
A cultural person is a cultural person, he can talk about so much.
Gu Zhengchen changed the topic: "Although the Shanhai Cannon is powerful, there are not many of them at present. The quantity of gunpowder and gunpowder shells is limited. What really deserves the attention of Marquis Jinghai is this new type of gun."
Only then did Wu Zhen notice the fire gun and looked at it. Although he didn't find much difference from the previous fire gun, he didn't dare to ignore it after learning from the Shanhai Cannon. He asked humbly: "What's so new about this new fire gun?" Where?"
Gu Zhengchen looked at Shen Minger.
Shen Ming'er explained with a smile: "Gu Zhangyin's ultimate requirement for the Far Fire Bureau is to destroy the enemy at a distance. Like the mountain and sea cannon, the new fire gun also kills people from a long distance. As early as July, The new fire gun has achieved a hundred-step penetration of outer leather armor. After more than three months of many improvements, it has achieved a complete penetration of armor in one hundred steps and a semi-breakthrough of armor in one hundred and fifty steps. However, the current penetration effect is not good. Stable, and the operation is more troublesome, the Far Fire Bureau is..."
"cough."
Gu Zhengchen interrupted Shen Ming'er and said to Wu Zhen directly: "Don't listen so much about the affairs of the Yuanhuo Bureau. If you listen too much, you will be in trouble."
Only then did Shen Ming'er realize that he had said too much and quickly took two steps back.
Although Wu Zhen didn't listen to the whole story, it was already obvious that the new fire gun of the Yuanhuo Bureau was also a treasure, far better than the fire gun that Deng Yu played so well during the Hongdu Defense War. If Deng Yu knew that Gu Zhengchen had made such a long-range firecracker, he would probably not be able to sleep. That guy was good at using firearms to kill people.
One hundred and fifty steps to break the armor!
This is a huge and unimaginable improvement for ordinary fire guns to break armor in fifty steps!
Wu Zhen ordered his people to set up a target on the pier and asked the people to retreat. Wang Liang and his sergeants picked up a new fire blunderbuss and fired from a distance of 150 steps, easily piercing the wooden board!
"A sharp weapon, a sharp weapon for the country!"
Wu Zhen danced for joy and opened his mouth to ask for it, but was blocked by Gu Zhengchen: "Don't ask for it now. It's not that I won't give it to the navy, but it's not good enough. It's still far from the level I want." Quite a bit different.”
"You mean, this fire gun can be stronger?"
Wu Zhen stopped his bumpkin-like smile and turned serious.
Gu Zhengchen pointed to the mountains outside the bank: "One mountain is higher than the other. Marquis Jinghai, firearms need to be constantly innovated and researched. Over time, there will be a new generation of stronger firearms to replace the older generation of firearms. This is what is called Iteration, iteration with each generation getting better and better.”
Wu Zhen is in charge of the Navy. There are many firearms on the large ship, but the role of these firearms in battle is really hard to say. Let’s just say that this big muzzle gun looks scary and can be scary when it sounds, but it can be a threat. It's really not that big. It's just a stone thrown out. If you hit someone on the head, you can kill them. If you hit someone on the leg, you will only be injured at most...
But the distant fire situation led by Gu Zhengchen was different. Once these firearms hit, it would be really fatal!
Wu Zhen straightened his hat and straightened his clothes, and then saluted Gu Zhengchen solemnly: "Mr. Gu County, please accept my respects!"
"Not worthy of it!"
Gu Zhengchen quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"Deserved!"
Wu Zhen shouted, insisted on saluting, and said in a deep voice: "This salute is on behalf of the people and the soldiers! With such firearms, it is wishful thinking for the Yuan Dynasty to go south again! The people will be protected by you and the Yuanhuo Bureau. , the sergeant will be able to better defend the mountains and rivers because of you and the Far Fire Bureau! No matter what the future holds, no matter how many grievances and turmoil you endure, you must continue to study firearms and forge the strongest firearms to protect your home and country!"
A sonorous and powerful tone, an expression of high hopes.
At this moment, Gu Zhengchen was a little moved.
Zhang He, Chu Xing, Meng Wanli, Huang Senping and others stood behind Wu Zhen and followed him to salute.
Gu Zhengchen looked at everyone, blinked, turned around, raised his sleeves, calmed down his emotions, then turned around and said to Wu Zhen and others: "I promise you, as long as the emperor doesn't pick off my head, I will I will pay all costs to protect the Yuanhuo Bureau, so that it will not be disturbed and continue to study without any worries!"
Wu Zhen straightened up, nodded solemnly to Gu Zhengchen, and said sternly: "I'm not afraid of His Majesty's blame. Just because of the contributions of the Yuanhuo Bureau, you shouldn't hold the title of a county boy. You should at least be on an equal footing with me." .”
Zhang He, Chu Xing and others were shocked. This meant that Gu Zhengchen should be made a marquis, not a county boy!
Gu Zhengchen laughed loudly, waved his hand and said: "Hello, county man, I have no merit in the battlefield. Once I become a marquis, why won't I be stared at and bullied? Marquis Jinghai, I am still young, and your majesty also knows it."
Wu Zhen raised his eyebrows and suddenly understood.
The emperor knew Gu Zhengchen's achievements, not to mention physical training, alcohol for treating wounded soldiers, tactical backpacks, etc. These achievements in the far fire department alone were enough to make him go further.
But the emperor didn't nod, or even tell the public about his achievements, so that countless people had no idea why Gu Zhengchen became a prince. It was impossible for the emperor not to know that the county man was used for posthumous titles and for the dead, but he still nodded. This was not a chilling move, but a kind of intentional protection.
Getting promoted quickly is like erecting pillars to build a house before the foundation is laid. The house is built quickly, but it also falls down quickly.
The emperor wanted to reuse Gu Zhengchen and train him, so he let him start little by little!
Wu Zhen smiled: "You have a bright future. But you have to remember that there are some people in the court who cannot be offended. You have to be careful and don't let too many tricks go, making it difficult for the emperor. If it comes to the second On the day you choose one, the outcome is hard to say.”
Gu Zhengchen cupped his hands to express his gratitude.
Wu Zhen meant that he should not challenge or offend Hu Weiyong. Now the emperor needed and valued this person very much, and the court needed to rely on Hu Weiyong to handle many things. If Hu Weiyong seized Gu Zhengchen's handle and used regulations to "coerce" Zhu Yuanzhang, It's hard to say what the outcome will be.
After all, judging from the operation of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Weiyong was the most important minister. The Prime Minister of Zhongshu is truly inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Gu Zhengchen, Wu Zhen and others went ashore. Wu Zhen chose a place on the shore, ordered people to buy a dozen pigs and penned them, and asked Wang Liang to take out the Shanhai Cannon to test its power.
It turns out that the navy ate pork at night...
Wu Zhen considered that Zhang He needed to sail a long distance and might encounter pirates and pirates along the way, so he only took away four Shanhai cannons, leaving twelve for Zhang He, and armed them on four ships serving as the main force of the battle, one ship Three mountain and sea guns.
Even if Gu Zhengchen told Wu Zhen, it wouldn't be of much use if he took it away. Gunpowder and gunpowder bullets were the most important thing. Wu Zhen didn't care about that. He had to equip it first. If he ran out of gunpowder and gunpowder bullets, he would ask you for them.
Gu Zhengchen was helpless.
Wu Zhen originally planned to stay in Quanzhou Port for four or five days, but no one expected it. Only two days later, he received a document from the court ordering him to go to the sea off the coast of eastern Zhejiang.
By the time Gu Zhengchen received the news, Wu Zhen had already left, leaving only a letter.
Liang Lin, one of the hundreds of Jurong guardsmen, came running on horseback. He was so tired that he almost rolled his eyes. When he saw that Wang Liang, Liu Ju and others also ran to Quanzhou Prefecture, he almost thought that he had gone the wrong way and returned to Jurong...
Liang Lin brought the Far Fire Bureau's mountain and sea cannon test data and damage assessment documents. Although these things are no longer important, Liang Lin still worked hard to travel more than two thousand miles...
To Gu Zhengchen's surprise, Liang Lin also brought a letter from his mother and Zhang Xiwan. As soon as Gu Zhengchen opened the envelope, but before he took out the letter, Huang Shidu, a clerk in the reception room, hurried in and shouted: "Jinlingyi Send the documents!"
Gu Zhengchen stood up quickly, took the document bag and asked, "Let the postman come."
Huang Shidu hurriedly went to invite him.
Huang Fei, Wei Jingzhi, Lin Baifan and others were a little nervous, wondering what the court's attitude was towards Gu Zhengchen's actions.
Gu Zhengchen poured out the documents inside, one official document from the court and five letters.
Huang Fei was stunned for a moment and scratched his head. When could letters be included in official court documents?
Gu Zhengchen looked at the envelope and saw Zhu Biao, Mu Ying, Xu Da, Zhan Tong and his father-in-law Zhang He. Needless to say, Lao Zhu's words were all in the official document.
Because of the distance, this official reply was about Gao Hui impeaching him to beat Yang Baiju to death. Lao Zhu scolded him calmly and told him to be careful and not to beat anyone to death again. ..?
Oh, I was very careful. I didn’t kill anyone after that. They were all hacked to death.
After opening Zhu Biao's letter and taking a look at it, Gu Zhengchen stood up suddenly, burst into laughter, and shouted: "The government office is Daqing, the Quanzhou government is Daqing! Tell everyone that the Ming Dynasty has a grandson!"
