But no one can predict the general trend of the world.

Zhu Xiuyuan sounds powerful, but in the face of the general trend of the world, he still seems to be understated.

So Zhu Xiuyuan has only focused on one thing in the past nine days -

Find ways to improve the combat effectiveness of the Divine Thunder Army.

It has been less than a month since the formation of the Divine Thunder Army. This Ten Thousand Divine Thunder Army is still rubbish. It is really difficult for Zhu Xiuyuan to improve their combat capabilities in a short period of time.

However, there was no time for Zhu Xiuyuan to replace the ordinary soldiers of the Divine Thunder Army, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

He leaves early every day and comes back late every day, busy in the Shenlei Army camp and Shenlei Square.

Of course, Zhu Xiuyuan did not interfere much in the training, and just let Lin Bochang do it.

With the level of these ordinary soldiers of the Divine Thunder Army, no matter how hard they train, the improvement effect will not be great in a short period of time.

I wish Xiuyuan would find another way.

As the saying goes, if the level is not enough, the tools will make it up.

Since the Divine Thunder Army will not undergo a qualitative change in a short period of time, they can only work on their weapons.

Don't you know that in the small town of Jiangzhou, with only 500 state soldiers, tens of thousands of civilians, and hundreds of generals from the Poyang Prince's Palace, and with the power of divine thunder, they were able to stop 50,000 Yan troops from entering the city.

Among the soldiers guarding the city, only the hundreds of generals from the Poyang Palace were elite. The rest, such as state soldiers and civilians, were simply rubbish.

But even this garbage, after using various new weapons such as divine thunder, can achieve such brilliant results...

I have to say that developing new and useful weapons is indeed a shortcut.

This is also the only path Zhu Xiuyuan can take now!

The situation forced him to run out of time.

So in the past nine days, Zhu Xiuyuan has been running around in the Shenlei Army Camp and Shenlei Square.

The results are certainly there, and they are very gratifying.

First of all, Zhu Xiuyuan improved the bed crossbow to make it more scientific and efficient. In addition to firing giant arrows, the bed crossbow can also be used to fire rockets, one of the new weapons.

Then there is the trebuchet, which has undergone some optimizations and is made more compact. In addition to attacking and defending the city, it can barely move around and fight in encounters.

The newly optimized trebuchet, used for throwing stones, or the "Thunderbolt Cannon", one of the new weapons, are both excellent.

The Thunderbolt Cannon is a newly developed weapon by Zhu Xiuyuan.

It can be simply understood as "lime bomb".

After it explodes, in addition to scattering shrapnel and damaging the enemy like the previous "Big Thunder", it can also spray quicklime to attack the enemy's eyes.

This will be a battlefield weapon.

There is also the ancient version of the hand grenade "Zhentian Lei". Zhu Xiuyuan has also made optimizations, such as hiding the leads slightly to achieve partial waterproofing capabilities...

In addition, in terms of the use of fierce fire oil, the fierce fire oil tank has been optimized again. Compared with the one used on the Jiangzhou city wall before, it is easier to operate and can spray farther.

Finally, Zhu Xiuyuan also produced a lot of fireballs, fire caltrops and other weapons to defend the city.

However, the above-mentioned weapons are inevitably too heavy and heavy. They are good for defending the city, but they are not so handy for marching and fighting.

So Zhu Xiuyuan has been having a headache with this problem...

In the past nine days, not only Zhu Xiuyuan has been tossing him hard, but Han Qingshan of the Imperial Guard has also been tossing him hard.

Because the Royal Guards had a relatively strong foundation, Han Qingshan took another path——

Train your soldiers hard.

Practicing day and night made them miserable.

I heard that the effect was very good, and even received praise from Emperor Chen...

…

Night falls.

Another busy day has passed.

Before the city gate closed, Zhu Xiuyuan took Yan Dashan and dozens of generals to leave the Shenlei Army camp and hurried back to Jiangcheng Bofu.

After eating and bathing, taking off his clothes, Qiu Wen covered him with a quilt, lit some sandalwood, blew out the candles, and opened the door with light steps.

Zhu Xiuyuan was running back and forth these days and was really tired. After the room darkened, he took a deep breath, relaxed his limbs, slowly closed his eyes, and prepared to fall asleep.

I do not know how long it has been.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

A series of knocks on the door broke into his dreamland, and Zhu Xiuyuan was dragged out. He was awakened.

"Sister-in-law, a eunuch has come to the palace, saying that he has been summoned by His Majesty to come to the palace to discuss matters..."

Zhu Xiuyuan was stunned for a while, then realized that it was Qiu Wen's voice.

And what she said, His Majesty summoned him to the palace to discuss matters...

Zhu Xiuyuan tilted his head and looked out the window. He saw only darkness, with only the light of a candle reflecting on it, and the fire was still dancing.

In other words, it’s not even daylight yet!

Even before dawn, Emperor Chen summoned Zhu Xiuyuan to get up. He felt completely sleepless and even felt like his heart was shaking uncontrollably.

Emperor Chen summoned him in the middle of the night and entered the palace to discuss matters, which shows that the matter is very serious.

Zhu Xiuyuan knew Emperor Chen so well that he was simply lazier than him. But now, the lazy Emperor Chen summoned him to the palace in the middle of the night to discuss matters, so there was only one possibility.

Something big happened!

What a big deal!

The assassination of the Liang envoy on the street had only happened a few short days ago. Now that something big has happened, what else could it be?

"come in!"

After Zhu Xiuyuan got up, his eyes went dark. It was too dark in his room, so he shouted an order.

Squeak!

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open.

At the same time, a bright light spread in, but it turned out to be Qiu Wen, holding a lantern in her hand and walking in quickly.

In addition, Dong Shuzhen and Xia Wu, wearing thick fur coats, also walked in.

Qiu Wen and Xia Wu went to light candles, while Dong Shuzhen walked straight to Zhu Xiuyuan, yawned, and said: "Husband, they are so annoying and disturb people's dreams. Husband has been so tired these days..."

Dong Shuzhen complained while looking for clothes in the closet.

When Zhu Xiuyuan entered the palace to discuss matters, he naturally needed to wear court clothes. The three of them got up together to wait on Zhu Xiuyuan to change his clothes.

"What time is it now?"

Zhu Xiuyuan jumped off the couch, found his shoes and put them on first, then stood in front of the couch with his hands open, waiting for Qiu Wen and the others to come and dress him.

It's really like wearing clothes and stretching out your hands.

"Uncle, it's Haishi now!"

Qiu Wen responded while walking towards the closet with Xia Wu.

The candles all over the room had been lit by them, illuminating the room brightly.

Hai hour is the period from 9 pm to 11 pm.

It's not even early in the morning, so it's still relatively early.

"Your Majesty summoned you in the middle of the night. I'm afraid something big happened in the Liang Kingdom. Hey, I don't know when I can come back tonight..."

Zhu Xiuyuan spread his hands without moving and sighed repeatedly.

Dong Shuzhen, Qiu Wen and Xia Wu, the three masters and servants, have already brought Zhu Xiuyuan's court clothes. The three girls, with their delicate bodies and light bodies, are walking around Zhu Xiuyuan, and they are busy dressing him in the complicated court clothes.

"Ah? Something big happened in Liang State. Are senior sisters and the others in danger?"

Dong Shuzhen was standing in front of Zhu Xiuyuan, with two belts tied in her hands. She raised her head when she heard the words, with a look of worry on her face.

In the middle of the night, Dong Shuzhen and the others were suddenly woken up, so she did not comb her black hair, and simply held it with a hairpin, loosely, and it looked very beautiful.

Coupled with her face full of collagen, which can be broken by blows, dark eyes, and curved eyebrows, the more Zhu Xiuyuan looked at it, the more he felt that Dong Shuzhen was so good and happy.

Zhu Xiuyuan was in a state of confusion when suddenly Dong Shuzhen said: "Okay, get dressed. Xia Wu, you go get some water. Qiuwen, you come and fix your husband's hair."

Dong Shuzhen didn't notice Zhu Xiuyuan's gaze at all. She was busy there, directing the two maids around.

Seeing this, Zhu Xiu could not help but slowly raise the corners of his mouth.

The two maids were ordered to go their separate ways. Soon, Zhu Xiuyuan's long hair was arranged. He washed his face and rinsed his mouth, and his whole body felt refreshed.

With everything ready, Zhu Xiuyuan walked towards the courtyard gate.

There were three little tails following behind.
To be continued...