When the soldiers rushed up the hillside, they defeated the symbol successfully and inserted the flags that destroyed the opponent all over the hill, and the exercise was over.

This exercise can be said to be a great success. In addition to allowing Emperor Hongzhi to see the huge power of the Folang machine cannon, he also inspected the neat and mighty military appearance of the Ming army!

Even though the number of people participating in this practical exercise is a bit small, it basically meets Chen Xi's expectations.

Zhu Youzhang and the civil and military ministers have not yet understood it very well...

Why did it end like this?

As a great figure in charge of military power in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Mao was filled with horror at this time. He quickly grabbed Ma Wensheng's hand and asked, "Shu Ma, how many cannons are lined up in front?"

Ma Wensheng said: "Mr., isn't it clear at a glance? There is only one door."

Zhang Mao wanted to say, how can this cannon be fired continuously? But everything was done under his nose just now, and no one could afford to adulterate.

This can only be explained by the power of the artillery of the Flang Jiren.

Ma Wensheng asked, "Your Majesty, please tell me."

At this time, Zhu Youzhang was still staring at the mountain in the distance, obviously not recovering from his amazement. When his expression returned to normal, he asked curiously: "What if there are barbarian soldiers on the mountain?"

Ma Wensheng said: "It will be completely destroyed like a straw man."

Zhu Youzhang was not very sure, so he looked at Xie Qian who presented his picture to him and asked, "Xie Aiqing, is this really the case?"

After Xie Qian returned, he had already thoroughly studied Chen Xi's memorials. At this time, he was already aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the Folang Jiman artillery and the Ming Dynasty artillery. When facing Emperor Hongzhi's question, he no longer had to rely on clever words to make people miss the situation as before in the court.

"When you go back to your Majesty, the advantage of the Folang machine cannon is that it is light and can fire more than one mile from a high place. Although it has no ability to attack the city, if it encounters an attack from Diyi Iron Cavalry, one shot can cover ten steps. If dozens of guns are fired at the same time, it can cover hundreds of steps, which can make Diyi come and go."

What the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty feared the most was the heavy-armed iron cavalry on the grassland. This was the master magic weapon that swept across Europe when the Yuan Dynasty started. If they cooperated with cavalry and archers and light cavalry, there would be no way to meet a simple infantry. This is also why the Ming Dynasty did not dare to fight when Huosie led 50,000 cavalry to go south. Huosie had more than 4,000 heavy-armed iron cavalry under Huosie, which could not be shot through the bows and arrows, and the spears could not be penetrated. Since it could not break other people's turtle shells, it would be better to hide in the city obediently.

Zhu Youzhang heard that this Folang machine cannon could actually suppress the heavy iron cavalry. He was delighted and praised: "Okay, this cannon is good!"

A simple sentence is the most sincere praise.

When Ma Wensheng heard the emperor say "Okay", he breathed a sigh of relief. Even the emperor felt that it was good. There was also the drawings of Grand Secretary Xie Qian. Then there should be no problem in mass production.

Zhu Youzhe asked, "Shangshu Ma, who is the one who operates artillery in front...? Why do I look familiar?"

Ma Wensheng replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, the one who commanded the artillery was the right Yude Chenxi of the Zhan Mansion."

When Zhu Youzhang heard that it was Chen Xi, he was stunned at first, and then frowned slightly.

Why is it Chen Xi again?

Translated the Book of Heaven, refuted the Tatar envoys, beat the Folangji people to bow down and surrender to him, taught the prince to study, compiled the "Ming Hui Dian", and he was still there for the prince and the queen to treat the illness, and now he was also the one who fired the cannons...

Did the Ming Dynasty not do anything without him Chenxi?

Originally, Zhu Youzhe wanted to give a good reward to the person who presided over the cannon, but after thinking about it carefully, Chen Xi had been promoted twice in the year, and it would be criticized if he was promoted again, so he could only temporarily let go of the reward.

"I tell you that today's person who performs cannons will be promoted to second-class level and the soldiers will be promoted to the first-class level." Zhu Youzhang deliberately did not say the reward to Chen Xi.

Ma Wensheng remembered to fight for Chen Xi and asked, "That Chen Yude..."

Zhang Mao saw a little sign and interrupted Ma Wensheng and said, "I will thank His Majesty for the soldiers of the three armies here for the rewards."

Xie Qian touched Ma Wensheng a little while beside him, and gave a wink.

It’s good to stop at the right time. We don’t have to argue for that kid Chen Xi’s credit. He has been promoted fast enough now. If he gets promoted, he will be sluggish!

Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, who also watched the entire process of the artillery performance, was a little upset at this time. The limelight was stolen by Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian. He stood beside him like a wooden man. He looked around and took the initiative to come forward to ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, it's time to return to the palace."

In order to avoid disturbing the people, Zhu Youzhang didn't want to leave the palace at first, but when he walked outside, he saw such an exciting thing again, and at this time he didn't want to leave.

It is comfortable in the palace, but many troubles cannot be solved.

Ma Wensheng glared at Zhang Heling!

You guy, isn’t it better to be your promising relative? Why is it hindering me from asking for more military pay and improving military supplies to the emperor?

But after thinking about it again, the most important thing about this exercise is to let Emperor Hongzhi understand the benefits of improving military equipment, and specific matters can be mentioned in the court.

Zhu Youzhang walked forward a few steps, walked to the guardrail of the high platform, and looked at the mountains in the distance, as if he was greedy for the scenery of the mountains and fields, and ignored Zhang Heling at all.

Xie Qian's eyes rolled, stepped forward, stood behind Emperor Hongzhi, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you see how many shots they fire?"

Zhu Youzhang's face immediately showed a satisfied smile. He turned around and asked, "Okay...Ma Shangshu, I wonder if this cannon can withstand continuous launch?"

Ma Wensheng really didn't know the situation. He had to ask Chen Xi about this matter. However, since Emperor Hongzhi was interested, he would say "yes" even if he bit the bullet. Anyway, the emperor didn't say how many guns it would fire. The gun wouldn't be so coincidental that it would explode at one shot at this time?

When Ma Wensheng went over and talked to Chen Xi, Chen Xi seemed very embarrassed.

The continuous firing of twelve cannons has reached the limit of the Flang machine cannon. The cannon barrel has not cooled down yet. If it is released again, it will greatly increase the risk of explosion.

"Three Cannons." Chenxi Road.

"No, at least six cannons!" Speaking of this, Ma Wensheng looked helpless and could only look at Chen Xi with a sincere gaze.

Chen Xi knew that this might be what Emperor Hongzhi meant, so he thought for a while and said, "If the five cannons explode, it will not only ruin His Majesty..."

Ma Wensheng smiled and bargaining with others was not his style, but he found it quite interesting to face Chen Xi's serious fight with him.

"Okay, just five shots."

After Ma Wensheng finished speaking, he went back to report to Emperor Hongzhi.

Chen Xi was muttering in his heart... He had fired twelve shells in a row and was not satisfied with watching them. How much did the emperor like this lively scene?

The ministers of the king have to follow him. When the artillery fire was set off again this time, Chen Xi did not dare to stand too close to the artillery. If he really wanted to blow up the chamber, it was important to save his life first.

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"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Five consecutive shots made Emperor Hongzhi finally enjoyable.

When the imperial carriage evacuated, Chen Xi did not look at him to salute the emperor. Today, he was on the front line from beginning to end, so there was no need to be too deliberate.

It was not until the imperial carriage and the team of officials left that someone came to convey the emperor's reward.

The title was promoted to two levels and the official position was not as good as Chen Xi because he was not a military position.

Chen Xi didn't care much, and the most important thing was to be able to handle the errands.

However, Zhang Laowu and others came over and said, "Mr. Shen, what should we do?"

After firing the cannons, all the people from the Governor's Office of the Five Army, who had never touched the Folang machine cannon from beginning to end, were promoted. However, Zhang Laowusan was not an officer and soldier who ate the imperial grain. The biggest contributions seemed to have been forgotten.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Maybe even the emperor doesn't know that the person who can use such advanced artillery is not the soldiers in the army he trusts, but the 'temporary worker' I found."

"You guys go back first. Thank you for your hard work these days. Have a good rest. I'll go to the Ministry of War to help you ask."

Chen Xixin said that he had to go to the Ministry of War to win some credit for Zhang Laowu and others, and asked the emperor's opinions at the same time. He turned around and remembered that he could not express anything at all. So he took out a little bit of silver and copper coins he had carried from his arms, "A little money, take it for wine and tea."

"Sir, you can't ask for your stuff." Zhang Laowu quickly refused.

Chen Xi said: "You are asking you to take it with you. This is what you deserve. I think Your Majesty did not intend to treat you badly, but he just didn't expect that you were not from the Governor's Office of the Five Army..."

Chen Xi left the silver and left the school ground with Zhang Laowu and the other two. Zhu Shan was driving a carriage outside and was waiting there.

We returned to the capital together, but Chen Xi had to go to the Ministry of War first. After the notice, a chief officer came out to inform him that Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu were meeting in the palace now.

Chen Xi had to wait at the gate of the Ministry of War.

It was not until dusk that the official sedan chair was parked outside the Ministry of War. Ma Wensheng got off the sedan chair and was a little surprised when he saw Chen Xi.

When he walked inside, Chen Xi explained the purpose of the trip. Ma Wensheng smiled and said, "I'm just negligent."

Sitting down in Shangshu Room, Ma Wensheng asked someone to give Chen Xi a cup of hot tea, and then asked Zhang Laowu and others about the situation.

When Ma Wensheng learned that Zhang Laowu had made contributions to the battle in Quanzhou and personally led people to kill him on the pirate ship, he felt relieved when he heard that he had to stay in the capital because of Zhang Lian's relationship.

"In this way... let them go to the Ministry of War to serve, and then arrange them to go to the Beijing Guard Command and Command Office to be responsible for training soldiers." Ma Wensheng smiled, "Your Majesty has agreed to imitate twenty Folang machine cannons in the early stage, and then send the seized cannons from Quanzhou to the capital."

He only imitated twenty sects at a time, and the emperor was really stingy.

Chenxidao: "Students thought it was inappropriate to send the capital from Quanzhou... The artillery of the Folang Jiren was heavy and heavy. It was very expensive to send the capital from Quanzhou to the capital. It was better to leave it to the local garrison to enrich the coastal defense. The capital was cast separately."

Ma Wensheng was stunned. When Emperor Hongzhi mentioned it before, he did not find anything wrong, but after Chen Xi reminded him, he realized that in order to save the materials and wages, he actually sent a cannon worth five or six hundred kilograms from Quanzhou to the capital, which was suspected of being a waste of money.

Ma Wensheng nodded and said, "You go back first, I will tell Your Majesty. As for imitating artillery, craftsmen may have any unknown points, I will ask them to go to the mansion to ask..."

Chen Xi thought to himself, shouldn’t he go to find Xie Qianxie, a Grand Secretary who presented the picture?

What a smart person Ma Wensheng is? Xie Qian is a piece of article, but it would be a bit nonsense to say that he has also studied casting artillery. After several days of observation, Ma Wensheng has basically been able to determine that the person who presented the picture was Chen Xi, but it was just a hand that Xie Qian had passed.

Therefore, Ma Wensheng didn't want to bother a busy man like Xie Qian, so he simply assigned an errand to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi wanted to say that I was actually very busy here, and there were two envoys from foreign vassals waiting for me to welcome him, so I didn’t have time to train craftsmen. Besides, I was also a layman in smelting steel, so I could provide some ideas. The specific matters of casting cannons require craftsmen to explore and study it themselves.

When the Ministry of Works shirking responsibility for casting cannons, Ma Wensheng was not very relieved of the people in the Ministry of Works. Instead, he felt that Chen Xi was trustworthy. He asked Chen Xi to teach craftsmen, but in fact he asked him to supervise the construction of cannons. But he obviously forgot that Chen Xi was a Hanlin official and could not walk to both the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War often.

Chen Xi did not wake up Ma Wensheng and said respectfully: "Student remembered it." Although he agreed, he thought in his heart that if he didn't come to ask for advice, he would not let me take the initiative to go to the Ministry of Works.

After helping Zhang Laowu and others to obtain military positions, Chen Xi went to the inn to tell Zhang Laowu that Zhang Laowu immediately kowtowed to Chen Xi and thanked him after Zhang Laowu was surprised.

Zhang Laowu is not young anymore. He has a widowed mother and wife at home. In the future, if he wants to live in the capital, he must have a serious business. In the end, he will follow Song Xiaocheng to fight, kill, kill, and grab the territory. He couldn't bear to face him. He used to be a job, but now he is following a group of social gangsters to be a "thief", which makes him feel shameless.

But now it’s different. In the future, it’s more promising to be a soldier than to be a poor person... Who said that the Ming Dynasty, I am the only one who could fire the Folang machine cannon in the Ming Dynasty?

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