The first sounding rocket launch site in human history was located in the large altar in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing's outer city.

The so-called Great Sacrifice Altar is actually the place where the Ming Dynasty worshiped heaven and earth. There is also a Mountains and Rivers Altar next to it. To the south of the Great Sacrifice Altar and the Mountains and Rivers Altar is the Great Church, and to the north is the Xiaoling Acropolis. And these places are all

It is a "city within a city", that is, a "small city" within the outer city of Nanjing. Of course, this "small city" is relative to the huge city of Nanjing. Even in Europe today, it is equivalent to the area of ​​a medium-sized city.

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Now of course these four small cities are occupied by Emperor Kangxi.

The Great Sacrifice Altar has become a "Rocket City", a "Magic City" and a "Weapons Testing Ground", under the direct jurisdiction of the Hanlin Academy. Emperor Kangxi also set up a small palace here, and he would come here with a group of people when he was free.

Taoist priests and Hanlin officials conducted experiments and research together.

In addition, the "sugar pharmacists" of the Eight Banners New Army also received training here - Emperor Kangxi personally watched their training, so no one could be lazy!

The Shanchuan Altar next to the main altar is occupied by the Imperial Manufacturing Office. The so-called Imperial Manufacturing Office is composed of craftsmen from the Jingshan Gun Manufacturing Office who moved from Beijing, plus craftsmen from the Military Academy and the Eight Banners.

A group of craftsmen soldiers drawn from the left and right blacksmith bureaus formed a large arsenal that produced various firearms and ordinary gunpowder.

Every time Emperor Kangxi returned to Nanjing from the Great Sacrifice Altar, he would stop at the Shanchuan Tan Arsenal to personally inspect the products of the arsenal!

Long before the rise of magic, Emperor Kangxi became a firearms expert under the guidance of Nan Huairen. Now he has gone a step further by studying "magic firearms", and even Nan Huairen cannot compare with him.

So it’s not easy to fool around with the fiery eyes of this beheaded little saint!

Under Kangxi's personal supervision, the Shanchuan Tan Arsenal was established as quickly as possible, and the first batch of guns and gunpowder had passed Kangxi's personal inspection and were sent to Shanchuan Tan and the Dajiao River south of the Great Sacrifice Altar.

It was handed over to the Eight Banners New Army for use.

The so-called Eight Banners New Army is actually the Eight Banners soldiers brought by Kangxi from Hubei, the coated slave soldiers, and the Green Camp soldiers, plus the defeated troops who escaped from Jiangxi, plus the Jiangning Banner Army and the Jiangnan Green Camp, mix it up, and then

The reorganized new army, including the Yangtze River Navy under the command of Tu Hai, Shi Lang, and Fu Honglie, was also included.

Of course, the Navy has not been reorganized and still maintains its original organization.

After the reorganization, the Army Division of the Eight Banners New Army officially restored the Eight Banners organizational system. That is, all the armies were organized into the eight banners, and the official name was "Xinban Banner New Army".

Each "New Army of a Certain Banner" has two chief ministers dispatched from the Guards Department to take charge of it, and below it there are three commanders, twelve counselors and leaders, and forty-eight assistant leaders.

In addition, the two ministers in charge of the new army of a certain banner also have two assistant leaders of flags and drums, two assistant chiefs of artillery, two assistant chiefs of baggage, and two assistant chiefs of craftsmen. So a "new army of a certain banner" has

Fifty-six assistant leaders.

Each lieutenant has a large staff of 300 people, and four deputy chiefs are in charge.

Therefore, a corps of the Eight Banners New Army Army Division has a large establishment of 16,800 people when it is full. If the Eight Banners New Army Army Division is fully assembled, it will have 134,400 people.

Including the navy, there are almost 160,000 people!

Of course it is easy to get these two-legged people, but it is not easy to find the money given to them, nor is it easy to get the weapons and equipment.

This is also the reason why Emperor Kangxi held a consultation meeting. He had to ask the Jiangnan gentry for a large sum of money... and sugar!

At the same time, he can't go on a killing spree, he can't "kill people to get sugar"! Otherwise, all the major sugar-producing areas in the world will be in the hands of the enemy!

However, Emperor Kangxi still wanted to show the ignorant Jiangnan gentry a little show of strength before the opening of the first Jiangnan Consultative Assembly.

Kangxi had to let them know that this emperor was very powerful. Not only did he have heavenly soldiers, but he also had spells that could "explore the heights of the sky"!

The Western mission led by Father Philip just happened to catch up, so let's experience the power of heavenly soldiers and heavenly magic together!

The first thing these imperialist seedlings saw was not the "black magic rocket", but the new Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers lined up outside the altar, waiting to be reviewed by Emperor Kangxi and the gentry from all over the country.

Kangxi mobilized a total of 80,000 people, and placed 20,000 on each side of the large sacrificial altar! These 80,000 people all put on brand-new cloth armor, held bright eight-color dragon flags, and carried the newly decorated

The four-color lacquered weapons (the wooden poles were painted yellow, white, red, and blue), among which the cavalry also rode Mongolian horses, and various polished artillery pieces were placed in front of each square!

A total of 80,000 slaves, wearing brand-new eight-color military uniforms, carrying bright flags, carrying four-color painted weapons, arranged neat formations, which looked very intimidating.

It turns out that the Qing Dynasty did not have a country without defense, but that all the troops were transferred to Nanjing...

After following Nan Huairen and Luo Dongni around the main altar, all the foreigners in the Western Mission stopped talking and stood obediently outside the east gate of the main altar, waiting for Emperor Kangxi.

Come.

After waiting for who knows how long, just when the foreign envoy's legs were a little sore from standing, cheers suddenly sounded.

"Long live Long live Long live......"

The cheers were like waves, one after another, starting from the west side of the altar, and then quickly spreading to all sides of the altar. Eighty thousand slaves cheered in unison. This momentum was really intimidating!

The cheers continued for a while, and when the sound gradually died down, Emperor Kangxi Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty was already leading a team with each person carrying flintlock muskets on their shoulders, wearing yellow jackets and chainmail, carrying bows and arrows, and waist knives.

The royal guards of Bronze Hammer (high imitation grenade hammer) came slowly on horseback. Behind them, there were several gentry in long mandarin jackets and melon skin hats. In front of each group of gentry was a man in yellow mandarin holding a flag.

It has the words "A Provincial Gentleman" tattooed on it.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! There are eleven such flags, namely "Jiangsu Yigentry", "Anhui Yigentry", "Zhejiang Yigentry", and "Henan Yigentry"

", "Shandong Yigentry", "Zhili Yigentry", "Shanxi Yigentry", "Shaanxi Yigentry", "Gansu Yigentry", "Manchuria Yigentry", "Mongolian Yigentry".

Of course, except for the three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang, which are genuine, the gentry in the other provinces and places are all high imitations, all pretended to be slaves in the Eight Banners New Army.

But even though there are so many high-level imitations of the gentry, they have already made progress that is a bit outrageous!

At this time, Kangxi had already rode his horse in front of the members of the Western mission, and then all the foreigners knelt down. No one was bothered about whether to kneel on one knee or on both knees. Anyway, it was just half shorter.

Kangxi reined in his royal horse, and then asked with a smile on the horse: "Are you the envoys of the joint mission of the Western countries? Why did you come to the Qing Dynasty?"

Kangxi asked the question in Chinese, deliberately raising his voice so that the Han gentry behind him could hear.

Nan Huairen translated it into Latin on the spot.

"Your Majesty, we...we are here to pay tribute!"

"Great Emperor, we have brought you our country's most advanced firearms..."

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, on behalf of King Louis of France, I send you the most exquisite gift!"

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, on behalf of the Pope of Rome, I send you a golden cross that can resist black magic..."

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, the Kingdom of Spain hopes to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, the Kingdom of Portugal sincerely requests to start trade with the Qing Dynasty..."

Emperor Kangxi could actually understand Latin, so he smiled and said without waiting for Nan Huairen to translate: "Has anyone in the West explored the sky? Does anyone know how high the sky is? Does anyone know how far away the sun, moon and stars are?
Chapter completed!