On the other side, after Wu Yingxiong left, Su Quan whispered in Shuang'er's ear: "Sister Shuang'er, my husband is so powerful, we need to find some helpers!"

After Wu Yingxiong took the 'Nine Death Pills', although he still couldn't practice internal skills, his physical fitness became twice as good, and his abilities in all aspects were greatly improved. Su Quan and Shuang'er felt a little better with just a little effort.

Too much to eat.

Shuang'er's face was flushed and he whispered: "Help? How can we find help for this kind of thing? And where can we find it?"

Su Quan smiled and said, "Don't we have two ready-made ones in the house?"

Shuang'er said: "Who are Sister Long'er referring to?"

Su Quan chuckled and said, "Yes, my husband wants to pretend to be a saint and let nature take its own course. In this case, let's help our husband! After all, they will be my husband sooner or later!"

As Su Quan spoke, she whispered something into Shuang'er's ear. After hearing this, Shuang'er asked in a low voice, "Is this really okay? And is it really okay if we don't tell our husband?"

Su Quan said: "It will definitely work. You heard me right! Don't tell my husband yet. I will give him a surprise when the time comes! If you dare to tell him in advance, I will take care of you!"

As Su Quan said this, she put her hands under Shuang'er's armpits and started to scratch them. Shuang'er was most afraid of being tickled. She smiled and said quickly: "Sister Long'er, don't~~~ I listen to you."

Isn’t it enough?”

Following Shuang'er and Su Quan, they began to whisper, discussing what should be done, and when they got excited, they couldn't help but let out a few cute laughs!

It wasn't until Wu Yingxiong returned to the room that the two women stopped talking, closed their eyes, and pretended to be asleep!

Wu Yingxiong didn't disturb Su Quan and Shuang'er. He just lay quietly between the two of them, hugged one with one arm, and fell asleep deeply!

The next day, in the meeting hall of the Viscount Mansion, Wu Yingxiong sat on the main seat, Shuang'er and Su Quan stood on both sides of the chair.

Li Xihua respectfully knelt down on one knee and saluted Wu Yingxiong and said: "See you, the young prince, and see the two ladies!"

Shuang'er hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No... no, I'm not a lady, I'm just your husband's maid!"

Su Quan said with great interest: "Shuang'er and I have never been together, we are just my husband's servants, not a wife!"

Li Xihua said: "Every servant in the Viscount's House knows the young prince's love for the two of them. In their hearts, the two of them are their wives!"

Wu Yingxiong thought to himself: "Li Xihua's eyesight is quite good! And his mouth is quite good at coaxing people! But speaking of which, shouldn't Shuang'er and Su Quan also be given a title?"

Wu Yingxiong thought to himself, and took the hands of Su Quan and Shuang'er on both sides, and pulled them to sit next to him. The chair at the main seat was very big, and the three people sitting there didn't feel crowded!

Wu Yingxiong said: "You are right, these are the two ladies! Get up and sit down!"

After Li Xihua thanked him, he sat on a chair nearby. It is not difficult to see that although Li Xihua behaved calmly, he was still a little reserved and only sat half of his buttocks on the chair!

Wu Yingxiong said: "Brother Xihua, since I have accepted you, you don't have to be so reserved! You are a smart person. You must have inquired about me from the servants in the mansion early in the morning!"

Li Xihua clasped his fists and said: "I don't dare to be the little prince's brother. The little prince can just call me 'Xihua'! I forgive you, the little prince. Xihua inquired about some news about the Viscount's house, but the servants in the house

Didn’t say much!”

Wu Yingxiong waved his hand and said: "Xihua doesn't need to explain, and I won't be polite to you. Since you have entered my Pingxi Prince's Mansion, you naturally want to make a difference, but you are new here, so you have to help me with a few things to prove it first.

Just use your abilities?"

Li Xihua raised his hands seriously and said, "Please give me your instructions, young prince!"

Wu Yingxiong said: "Go to Hangzhou, Zhejiang and help me find someone!"

When Li Xihua first heard Wu Yingxiong's tone, he thought he was being asked to do something difficult and important, and he was quite happy. After all, the more important things are, the more he can prove his abilities when they are completed! Now when he heard that he was just looking for someone, he couldn't help but feel that he was just looking for someone.

A little frustrated, he asked softly: "Who does the young prince want me to find?"

Listening to Li Xihua's tone, Wu Yingxiong knew that he didn't take it seriously, so he said: "Xihua, the person you asked to find this time is very important, and it is even more important to the important affairs of my Prince Pingxi Palace!"

Li Xihua listened to Wu Yingxiong's solemn tone and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, little prince, Xihua will definitely bring this person to you! Please tell me the information about this person!"

Wu Yingxiong nodded and said: "This person's name is Dai Zi. He is from Renhe, Hangzhou. He is about twenty years old this year. He is familiar with the art of war, understands astronomical algorithms, is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and he should also like to make some weird things! You have to find a way.

Let this person be loyal to me. If he refuses to persuade me, I will tie him up first!"

Li Xihua nodded and asked, "Does the young prince know the specific location of this person?"

Wu Yingxiong rolled his eyes inwardly. If I had known, I would have asked someone to bring him back. Why should I wait until now?

After thinking about it, Wu Yingxiong said: "It should be in Hangzhou, or it may not be anymore! But you have to find out where it is exactly! By the way, this person was born in a family of officials, well... he should hate me Ping Xi.

From the royal palace!"

Li Xihua smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said to himself: "In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as long as there are some governors, there should be no one who hates Prince Pingxi's palace, right? If you want to satisfy the young prince during this trip, you still have to try your best to make this person loyal to the young prince. It's really not possible.

It's a matter of kidnapping someone! But it's useless to think about it now. The young prince must have sent people to look for him before, but he didn't find him. I don't know if I can find him if I go to Hangzhou."

Thinking of this, Li Xihua clasped his fists and said, "I will take over this matter, and my subordinates will set off immediately?"

Wu Yingxiong said: "How many days will Xihua not rest?"

Li Xihua said: "Xihua is a person in the world of martial arts, and the place where he settles is where he rests!"

Wu Yingxiong nodded and said: "You go to the accounting office in the mansion to bring some money and some more silver. If you work for my Prince Pingxi Palace, I will not treat you badly!"

Li Xihua didn't refuse. Even a person in the world of martial arts still needs to eat and drink! He stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, young prince! Xihua takes leave!"

Wu Yingxiong also clasped his fists and said, "I'll be waiting for the good news from Xihua in Beijing!"

Then Li Xihua turned around and left the meeting hall. Wu Yingxiong looked at Li Xihua's leaving figure, sighed, and said, "I hope I can find someone!"

Su Quan said softly: "It's all my fault that Long'er is useless and didn't help my husband find someone!"

Wu Yingxiong came back to his senses, hugged Su Quan's hand and felt the delicate softness in it, and said softly: "I can't blame you for this matter. The land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the place where my Pingxi Palace has the weakest power, and the officials and people there also follow me.

The Pingxi Palace is not easy to deal with, and we don’t know where Dai Ziren is, so naturally it will be difficult to find him. I hope this Li Xihua will not disappoint me!"

Su Quan nodded and asked with a little curiosity: "Why does Mr. Xiang value this Dai Zi so much?"

Wu Yingxiong said softly: "Because of firearms!"

Su Quan frowned slightly and said: "Firearms? Hasn't the prince been looking for talents to make firearms in the past few years? But in Long'er's opinion, firearms are not very useful. They are easy to misfire and explode. They cannot be used on rainy days.

If you use it, its range is about the same as that of a bow and arrow, and it’s not as useful as my flying knife!”

Wu Yingxiong smiled. Su Quan was right. Because of Wu Yingxiong's reminder, Wu Sangui had indeed attached great importance to firearms in recent years. Unfortunately, the blunderbuss used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were all matchlock guns, which were subject to too many environmental constraints. Normally,

Fortunately, it was useless on rainy days, but the firecrackers were not as useless as Su Quan said. If it hadn't been for the relaxation of Qianming's armaments, firearms would not have allowed the Manchus to defeat them so easily.

Win the kingdom!

Wu Yingxiong was not a big military figure, and he didn't know much about guns, but he also knew that the equipment at this time was a matchlock gun. If flintlock guns could be equipped on a large scale, there would not be so many shortcomings.

As early as the late Ming Dynasty, firearms expert Bi Maokang invented the flintlock gun, which was recorded in "Illustrated Weapons". Unfortunately, Bi Maokang had ups and downs throughout his life. In addition, it coincided with the change of dynasties, and the ancients had difficulty in accepting new things.

His ability was also poor. After Kang Mazi stabilized his power, he strictly controlled firearms among the people, which ultimately caused my great China's firearms research to stagnate!

Before Wu Yingxiong fell asleep, he told Wu Sangui about the development of firearms, but after all, Wu Sangui's ideas were not very advanced. He recruited people to study them, but what he studied was also matchlock guns. As for the Laoshizi flintlock gun, he didn't pay any attention to it!

Wu Yingxiong entered the capital as soon as he woke up. It was only through Su Quan's slow narration that he learned about these things. At that time, the name "Dai Zi" came to his mind!

Dai Zi was an extraordinary person. Not to mention his talent, he was also a good hand at making and improving firearms. The mother-and-son gun cannons that have been passed down to later museums according to accurate historical data and real objects were supervised by him.

There are two types of mother-and-child cannons, one is called a sky cannon, and the other is a light artillery.

The cupola gun is a short-barreled, high-elevation artillery that fires explosive bombs. The gun body is 2.1 feet long and weighs 280-330 kilograms. It has lugs on both sides of the gun body and is mounted on a four-wheeled gun truck. It fires hollow explosive bombs.

Weighs twenty to thirty kilograms.

When Kang Mazi led his army to conquer Galdan for the second time, he brought the Zimu Cannon with him. In the Battle of Zhaomodo, the Zimu Cannon showed its power. He only fired three cannons at the Galdan camp, and the enemy was defeated.

Frightened and fled.

Another type of light artillery weighs less than a hundred kilograms. Although it is less powerful than the sky cannon, it is easier to carry!

Not to mention the legend that Dai Zi once developed a continuous firecracker that could store twenty-eight projectiles and gunpowder and fire it like a machine gun!

Wu Yingxiong couldn't be sure whether the Lianzhu Gun existed. After all, judging from the current scientific level and manufacturing technology, it would be difficult to make such a bug-killing weapon!

However, the sub-cannon and the flintlock gun are real and can be made into large-scale equipment. This is what Wu Yingxiong wants. Needless to say, the power of the sub-cannon is a sharp weapon for siege. The flintlock gun is equipped with a bayonet.

It is also a qualitative improvement for ordinary soldiers!

Thinking of this, Wu Yingxiong said to Su Quan: "Long'er, you have to know that not everyone is as strong in martial arts as you, and archers need talent and a lot of acquired training to become a qualified archer. And musketeers

There is no need to go to so much trouble. He only needs to master the shooting skills, and there will be no fear of him missing the target even if there are thousands of troops. If some of the shortcomings of the muskets are improved, our army in Prince Pingxi's Palace will be invincible!"

Su Quan tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said: "What Mr. Xian said seems to make sense! But is there really Dai Zi? Where did Mr. Xian hear about it? I sent people to search all over Hangzhou but couldn't find it.

Find this person!"

What Su Quan asked was exactly what Wu Yingxiong was worried about. Su Quan sent people to look for Dai Zi for so long but could not find him. Whether there is Dai Zi in this world is a question mark at first!

Secondly, it would be difficult for Dai Zi to take him for his own use. This person was just a scholar in history. When he heard about Wu Sangui's rebellion, he immediately joined the army and helped the Tatars put down the rebellion. He must have made a lot of contributions! His family must have made great contributions.

Many people were victims of the "Ten Days in Yangzhou" and the "Three Jiading Massacres"!

Now Wu Yingxiong can only hope that Dai Zi went out to visit relatives and friends, or was not in Hangzhou for fun, so he was not found by the people sent by Su Quan! He also hopes that Li Xihua can find Dai Zi as soon as possible and persuade him!

In total, it has been half a year since I came to Beijing alone. It will be the ninth year of Kangxi's reign soon, and I don't have enough time left for me. Even if I don't take action in two years, Kang Mazi will start to cut down the vassalage!

Thinking of this, Wu Yingxiong thought to himself: "We can't put all our hope in Dai Zi!" So he asked Su Quan: "Long'er, has there been any news from Kunming recently? How is the development of the flintlock gun?"

Su Quan said: "A letter came in the first few days, and some results have been achieved. However, it seems that it will take a long time to produce large quantities. The prince also said in the letter that it will be delivered in a few days.

Here’s a sample of the gun!”

Wu Yingxiong sighed after hearing this, and he wanted to get Dai Zi into his pocket as soon as possible. Dai Zi, not to mention other things, was top-notch in his ability to imitate and improve. Historically, Europeans gave Kang Mazi

Many advanced firearms in the world at that time were presented as tribute to show off, and Dai Zi could often imitate them in just a few days and improve them even better! The Zimu Cannon was modified from the Frankie Cannon, which could be considered the most advanced at the time.

The hot weapon!

It’s useless to think too much. Now I can only wait quietly, and then hope that the craftsmen recruited in Kunming City will be awesome!

Wu Yingxiong did not stay in the meeting hall anymore, and stopped Su Quan and Shuang'er from going to the garden to drink tea!

ps: I have a weak question, although the martial arts in "The Deer and the Cauldron" are weak, there are still some masters! The double and double cannon supervised by Dai Zi only weighs about 90 kilograms, and a strong adult can carry it on his back.

! Of course, considering that it is not just a matter of carrying it for a while, ordinary people do not consider it, only masters who have practiced internal strength. If Chen Jinnan's force value is 100, people with a force value of more than 75 can easily carry it.

With hundreds of kilograms of stuff traveling long distances, is it possible to unite the world and organize hundreds of martial arts masters to bombard the Forbidden City in the dark with cannons on their backs?


Chapter completed!