Cao Yun has always been an extremely energetic person. His years of military career have also made him develop the habit of being extremely self-disciplined. Unlike the previous emperor Cao Tiancheng, he was almost uninterested in these things. During the Luoyang Incident, his family died completely. He returned to Chang'an alone and ascended the throne, he was still alone. Some people who did not understand the emperor's intention to give him a beautiful woman to win the emperor's favor, but the final result was not good at all. At the least, he was scolded, and at the worst, he even dismissed from office and lost his post.

The current Chang'an Palace is not as good as a huge military camp. Cao Tiancheng's huge harem concubines were sent to his tomb to guard him. In the entire palace, there was only Cao Tiancheng's serious wife Yuan Pei, and the Empress still lived inside.

One of the most amazing things Cao Yun did was to let Cao Zhu remain as the crown prince and promised him to command the Long Xiang army. This was to directly put Chang'an's safety on the parent and child of the late emperor. Such a thing would be incomprehensible if it were anyone else, but for Cao Yun, everything seemed natural. Because he no longer had a descendant of his direct descendants.

This move greatly bridged the relationship between Cao Yun and his group and the former emperor Cao Tiancheng. Under the premise of having a common enemy, the two sides cooperated in an endless stream to eliminate the remnants of the eight great masters and vigorously promoted a series of domestic reforms that Cao Tiancheng had not completed. In a short period of time, a new situation occurred in Qi State, and the appearance of revival seemed to have revealed clues.

But the performance of their enemies was even better than them. The vitality shown by the Ming Dynasty, an emerging country that had only been established for more than ten years from its establishment to its rise, made Qi dumbfounded. The changes brought to the world by the Ming Dynasty over the past ten years have made everyone dumbfounded. Even the forward-looking strategists and a large number of elites in Qi could not understand how these things happened.

The Ming Dynasty was leaving Qi behind at an unprecedented speed.

The call for war has become the most preferred choice in the minds of the knowledgeable people of Qi State, because they understand that if this continues, if we go on for a few years, we will be afraid that the Qi State will be defeated without any attack.

But the battle between the two countries does not mean that the war can start immediately. This is a national war. Once it starts, it will inevitably end with endless death. It is undoubtedly not a wise choice to not make proper arrangements and make complete preparations.

What's more, the sudden appearance of new weapons by the Ming people in the past two years has made Qi ** side worried.

Once upon a time, when the Qi State made breakthrough progress in iron and steel making, and when they could successfully imitate the Ming people's crossbows, thunder fire, and new trenchers, the Qi people were so happy. They always believed that the soldiers of the Qi State were not inferior to the Ming team in terms of courage. The reason why the Ming army won many battles against the Qi State was just because they had the advantage of weapons. Now that everyone is standing on the same starting line, the Ming State is no longer a fatal threat, and it seems that it is easy to unify the world.

But the performance of Ming people frightened them.

Their good things seem to be endless.

Cao Yun imitated the system of the Ming Kingdom and gathered the excellent craftsmen in Chang'an, giving them wealth, official positions, and status, making these low-ranking ethnic groups in the past become one of the most popular groups in Qi. These people did bring hope to Qi, such as the breakthrough in iron smelting and steelmaking technology, which was obtained during this period. But compared to the Ming people, they still seemed unable to do so.

Some things are not achieved overnight since the Taiping Army. Since the Taiping Army, the Ming people have strongly supported craftsmen and inventions. After more than ten years of hard work, they finally bear fruit today. In contrast, Qi State understands it too late.

Now, the Ming Dynasty attracted a large number of scholars to join this group because Qin Feng said that technology is the most advanced productivity. These people have a broader vision, broader ideas, and dare to think and do than the craftsmen in the past. More importantly, they are good at summarizing and finding factors for success from failure. Their joining has made the Ming Dynasty more prosperous in the tree of science and technology, and this is one of Qin Feng's goals for many years to promote education. Even when the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, they have always deducted money from this.

"Is there still no specific result?" Cao Yun, who was still black-haired a few years ago, is already very mottled now. Obviously, the position of emperor is much harder than the position of the Grand Marshal of the World War.

"Your Majesty, I went to Panlong Village in person, carefully checked all the traces of war there, and collected a lot of leftover items. This weapon, which sounded like thunder, should be a kind of thing cast into a small pot of iron. I don't know what was put inside. When used, it suddenly burst out with great energy, smashing the cast iron pot, causing these iron sheets to hurt people. Moreover, this weapon can also hurt people's internal organs." Cao Hui said.

"What kind of weapon is this?" Cao Yun murmured.

"The soldiers who survived by chance all said that when they exploded, they smelled the extremely strong smell of Liuhuang. This weapon should be made with Liuhuang as the main raw material." Cao Hui said: "But our craftsmen have conducted experiments for nearly a year and have not gained anything."

Cao Yun sighed: "Now I am worried about this thing, but its power is still limited and it can only hurt things within a radius of meter. In this naval battle in Manila, the weapon called artillery used by the Ming army is a real big trouble for us."

"Yes, Your Majesty. This kind of weapon can reach five miles away, and its general range is within two miles. The navy in Pattaya was distanced by the Ming Navy and then sunk with this weapon one by one. The speed of their steam warships was too fast when they passed through the sail warships." Cao Hui said: "From the situation described in intelligence, this kind of artillery should be of the same line as the weapon that appeared in Panlong Village, except that one was thrown by humans and the other was fired by equipment. The principle should be the same."

"If it can be used on the sea, it can be used on the land." Cao Yun said: "When the two armies are fighting, if this weapon appears on the battlefield, how can we deal with it?"

Cao Hui was silent for a moment, "According to information, this weapon is extremely heavy. A cannon weighs thousands of kilograms. It can be carried by ship at sea, but it is difficult to move on land. This may be our opportunity."

"What if it is carried by a car?" Cao Yun asked back. "Don't forget the Ming people's rushing car, if they load the cannons on such rushing car."

"Your Majesty, this kind of cannon weighs thousands of kilograms. Even if it can be loaded on a car, it cannot bear the weight of his on ordinary roads at all, right?" Cao Hui said.

Speaking of this, the two suddenly felt something and looked at each other, with a look of fear in their eyes at the same time.

"Cement road!" the two of them said in unison.

Ordinary pavements are indeed unable to withstand such weight, but pavements paved with cement are completely different.

"Your Majesty, the laying of cement pavements in China will immediately stop, especially in the city and Dayi." Cao Hui said loudly.

Cao Yun's face was extremely ugly, "Qin Feng is so cunning. Back then, I used more than a hundred prisoners to exchange for their secret recipe for making cement, and for their technology to use steel and cement to make houses and bridges. It turns out that he was waiting for me here. OK, it's so great. Did he ask us to use our own money and manpower to advance the road for his army to advance? Did they have successfully developed this weapon at that time? It was really hidden enough. In the battle of Chu, they did not use this weapon."

Cao Hui thought that there was indeed such a possibility, and his face turned pale. If it was as Cao Yun said, then Qin Feng would be too terrible. When he was still fighting with Chu, he was already thinking about how to plan Qi, which made Qi unknowingly fall into his trap and feel complacent, thinking that he had taken advantage of it.

"Cao Hui, can you get the formula or production method of this weapon?" Cao Yun asked.

Cao Hui shook his head in pain: "Since a year ago, I have been thinking of ways as soon as this weapon appeared, but this weapon did not appear in the border army of the Ming Dynasty. The people carrying these weapons later confirmed that they all came from Qin Feng's personal guard camp, and artillery weapons only appeared in the Ming army's navy. The Ming people's confidentiality of this weapon is beyond our imagination."

"The more the Ming people do this, the more they show the strength of this weapon. It seems that we have to prepare for both." Cao Hui said: "One is to still dig out the secrets of this weapon at all costs. Second, we must find a way to use our existing conditions to restrain this weapon. Since such a powerful weapon appears, it will definitely be equipped above the Ming army's border army. I think such weapons need training and adaptation to the Ming army. We cannot penetrate the death camp, and the border army still has a way."

Cao Hui nodded: "I will definitely try my best to do everything."

"It seems that this war has begun earlier than I expected. The further we drag, the worse it will be for us." Cao Hui said: "I originally thought that time was on our side, but now it seems that time was on the Mingren's side."
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