What Sun Chengzong didn't know was that Cheng Shijie's so-called sharp artillery was actually far from the ceiling. What's more, the technical barriers of the artillery itself were not too big. The key to the problem was nitrocellulose.

Cheng Shijie can sell artillery, or even a monkey version of the three-inch cannon. He only needs to replace the nitrocellulose with granular black powder. This is not difficult for the gun bureau in southern Liaoning.

In fact, this time it was not just Hou Xun who wanted to buy Cheng Shijie's cannons, but also the new Governor of the Three Borders, Hong Chengchou, and the new Governor of the Six Prefectures of North Zhili, Lu Xiangsheng, also wanted to buy his cannons.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng wanted to buy more things, including Ning Haijun's crossbows, armor and sabers. The quality of Tianxiong Army's soldiers was good, but the problem was that Lu Xiangsheng didn't have Cheng Shijie to manage it, so the equipment of Tianxiong Army was actually not good.

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In the Ming Dynasty, the equipment of the Tianxiong Army was not even in the top ten. They were either inferior swords and guns from the Weapon Bureau, or they were forged by themselves. But the problem is that not everyone has the ability to develop weapons. Lu Xiangsheng’s internal equipment within the Tianxiong Army

The quality of the swords, guns and armor manufactured by the Ordnance Institute is not as good as that of the Arms and Staff Bureau.

A fire gun would explode after just a few shots. The chance of killing the enemy was not as high as the chance of injuring himself. This made Lu Xiangsheng very depressed. After hearing about Cheng Shijie's victory, he rummaged through all the information.

, it was not found that Ning Haijun’s muskets had exploded chambers, not even one of them, nor the artillery chambers.

Lu Xiangsheng's requirements are a bit low. As long as the barrel does not explode, for him, it is a good blunderbuss. As long as the artillery does not explode, it is also a good artillery.

Cheng Shijie was very happy to find that so many people wanted to buy his own equipment. You must know that many of his factories are actually people's livelihood factories, and it is impossible for him to make huge profits.

For example, in coal mines, the briquettes produced need to be cheaper than dry firewood. The price of firewood in the Ming Dynasty was not fixed. It was roughly one hundred kilograms of dry firewood, which was equivalent to the price of a bucket of rice.

If the price of rice is five cents, then a bundle of firewood is worth between fifty cents and one hundred cents. In fact, at this time, when the mountains are covered with ice and snow, the price of firewood is slightly higher, reaching one hundred and fifty cents.

About ten texts.

However, the price of briquettes is one and a half kilograms each, which is only worth a penny. Even if a coal mine mines 600,000 kilograms a day, it can only be sold for more than one hundred taels of silver.

Of these more than one hundred taels of silver, there is also the miner's salary, food, drink, and diarrhea. In fact, it is not even a tenth. A coal mine with a daily output of 600,000 kilograms of coal can earn 20 to 30 taels of silver a day.

But weapons and equipment are different. This is a hugely profitable industry.

After discovering that many people wanted to buy Cheng Shijie's weapons and equipment, he decided to hold a weapons exhibition specifically in the Cheng Mansion. Soon Wu Xun and governor-level officials who came to give gifts to Cheng Shijie all received one.

Invitation card.

Among them was Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, Cheng Shijie’s immediate boss.

Sun Yuanhua took the invitation letter, and it simply read: "His Excellency xx, Prince Shaobao, Duke of Hai, Governor of Liaodong, General of the Conquest, Governor of the Left, and Commander-in-Chief of the Ning Navy, Cheng Shijie, will be at Hainan in Daxing County on XX day.

The Duke's Mansion is holding an equipment exhibition for the Ning Navy, and we sincerely invite you to visit us during the introduction!"

At first, Cheng Shijie considered holding it directly in the capital, but the problem was that the capital was very inconvenient. Crossbows and artillery were all prohibited items. You must know that if you set up a cannon at Dongzhimen, you can directly bombard the Forbidden City. Even if it is a Folang machine cannon,

It can also attack most of the Forbidden City.

The consequences are too serious and no one dares to do it.

In desperation, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to place the equipment exhibition at his own Haiguogong Mansion in Daxing County. Anyway, the place was big enough, and he could fire artillery directly at home.

Cheng Shijie's land is surrounded by Duke Hai's mansion. There are no crops in the land now, so he can bomb it at will. It's better to plow the land in advance.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the staff beside him and said, "Did Duke Hai's wedding date change?"

Xu Dacheng shook his head and said: "As far as the students know, there has been no rescheduling!"

Sun Yuanhua looked puzzled and said: "Then isn't this the day he gets married?"

"This...students don't know!"

When Cheng Shijie sent out the invitation, he realized that he had made a big mistake. But the problem was that the invitation had already been sent out. How could this equipment exhibition be held without him hosting it?

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Let Yongyan go!"

"That's all it can do!"

Cheng Shijie's marriage process is actually the same as that of ordinary folk marriages. It also requires six rites, including surrender, union, and return.

To put it simply, these three rituals are: getting married, joining the wedding ceremony, and returning home.

The day before the surrender, the officials of the Zongzheng Mansion led the Luan Yi School to carry the princess's dowry to the prince-son-in-law's house. The prince-son-in-law led the clan members to kneel three times and kowtow nine times to greet her at the Qianqing Gate. After the dowry was delivered, the Zongzheng Mansion took charge of the married woman. Responsible for furnishings.

Along with the dowry was sent to the Prince Consort's house a "trial maid".

Princess Le'an was a bit special. In order to avoid accidents, she canceled this procedure because she only had one request, and Queen Zhou, the emperor's sister-in-law, did not object.

When other princesses get married, they will burst into tears and their eyes will be swollen like peaches, but this is not the case for Princess Zhu Weiti of Le'an. She wants to laugh.

She could finally escape from this prison. For her, as long as she could get married, no matter how hard the life was, it would not be like being in jail in the Forbidden City.

Since Zhu Weiti was born, she has stayed in the Forbidden City and has never gone out. She is very eager to see the outside world.

Since Cheng Shijie was taking up his post in Liaonan, and after returning to Ningxia after marriage, she would follow Cheng Shijie to Liaonan, so she was in a pretty good mood.

Gu Ziyi smiled and said: "Princess, I'm afraid this is not good, right?"

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Weiti smiled disapprovingly and said, "It's such a happy day, why do you have to cry?"

Concubine Li Kang was crying. She choked and said: "My son, what if you surrender and I am bullied?"

"Hey, stop pretending, it's you who always bullies others, how can anyone bully you!"

Li Kangfei smiled: "Don't let people make fun of you!"

"hehe……"

Zhu Weiti smiled faintly: "I can finally leave this hellish place!"

"Be careful!"

"This is a hell of a place!"

Concubine Li Kang put her arms around Zhu Weiti and pulled her into her arms, but Zhu Weiti had grown up. Although she was not as tall as other women in later generations, she was half a head taller than Concubine Li Kang.

"It's not that simple!"

Li Kangfei lowered her voice and said: "Liaodong is booming. If you are well, my mother will be more comfortable in the capital! You have to remember..."

Zhu Weiti said with some confusion: "Remember what?"

Concubine Li Kang said: "The people around you, except for this girl Gu Ziyi, are all the emperor's people. They have bad intentions. When you arrive in Liaonan, find an opportunity to kill them all, or send them far away." !”

Zhu Weiti looked stunned: "This...why is this?"

Concubine Li Kang said solemnly: "When you marry into the Cheng family, you belong to the Cheng family. You don't owe the Zhu family anything. Remember, the Cheng family is the priority in everything. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you will be the first to suffer, not others." !”

Li Kangfei understood that Zhu Weiti was a tool used to win over Cheng Shijie, but who would be willing to be a tool?

Emperor Chongzhen actually gave a large number of elderly concubines and eunuchs to Cheng Shijie as dowries in order to reduce the cost of the palace. In Emperor Chongzhen's view, Cheng Shijie could support tens of thousands of troops and two thousand more concubines and eunuchs. The problem

Not big.

But in Concubine Li Kang's eyes, this matter meant that Emperor Chongzhen was worried about Cheng Shijie and allowed more than 2,000 eunuchs and concubines to marry into the Cheng family. Wasn't this an attempt to evade Cheng Shijie?

As the commander-in-chief of an army, Cheng Shijie has the power of life and death in his hands. How can he be easily manipulated by others?

In this case, the most taboo thing is discord between husband and wife. If husband and wife are at odds, it is her daughter who will be hurt, not Cheng Shijie. In this regard, women are always in a weak position.

Zhu Weiti looked confused: "How...that's more than two thousand people, more than two thousand people, not all of them are eyeliners, right?"

"It's better to kill by mistake than let go!"

Concubine Li Kang's eyes were full of murderous intent: "Remember those palace ladies must not marry the generals of the Ning Navy as wives or concubines. Anyone who has strange thoughts must not be leniently spared!"

Concubine Li Kang taught Zhu Weiti her experience.

But Zhu Weiti was so frightened that her little face turned pale with fright and she couldn't even speak clearly.

In the Forbidden City, Cheng Shijie thanked Chongzhen.

Serve tea to Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang.

Queen Zhang looked at Cheng Shijie and let out a long sigh.

"Cheng Qing is indeed a talented person!"

"Thank you for the queen's praise, I am ashamed to deserve it!"

After a ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen took Cheng Shijie's hand and said: "Cheng Qing, sister-in-law, we will be a family from now on. One family, don't talk about two families. Please tell me the truth. If we destroy Jiannu, you need

How much time!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "If Jiannu's strength had not been damaged before, I can guarantee that Huang Taiji could be captured in front of His Majesty within three years, but now... at least five years!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked puzzled: "Jiannu's strength has not been lost, why did it only take three years but now it takes five years?"

"In the past, if Jian Nu dared to fight when they saw Ning Haijun, even if they had thousands of troops, they would dare to attack Ning Haijun's tens of thousands of troops. But now, they have discovered that their strength is far inferior to Ning Haijun, so they will

Stay away!"

This is Cheng Shijie's truth. Now if Cheng Shijie launches an attack on Shenyang with his entire army, and the army here is just about to set off, Huang Taiji in Shenyang will definitely run away and go to Horqin or Mobei grassland to circle with Ning Haijun.

, once Ning Haijun retreats, they will come back.

When Cheng Shijie explained to Emperor Chongzhen clearly the advantages of Jiannu's cavalry and the difficulties of guerrilla warfare, Emperor Chongzhen said seriously: "Five years is five years, I can afford to wait! My eighth sister has suffered too much, and in the future

Be kind to her!"

"I understand, I will definitely do it!"

Emperor Chongzhen patted Cheng Shijie on the shoulder and said: "You will live up to me, and I will live up to you!"
Chapter completed!