Warring States Eagle

No matter whether it is because of his sudden intervention that history has changed, since it has already happened, then we can only deal with it positively.For the current Luo family, it is necessary to accelerate the speed of development in order to cope with future changes.

So, on the next day, when the sun was rising, Zheng Liang set off again, heading for his own city, Kishigaku City.With the expansion of the Luo family's territory, Gianyue City seems to be a little far away from the center of the territory. In order to strengthen the control of the territory, Zheng Liang has been secretly considering whether to move the residence city to the village city.

The sun shines on the ground like golden sand, making the endless rice fields along the road look golden.Zhengliang moved forward all the way, inspecting the rice fields on both sides of Xingjun Avenue along the way.The surrounding citizens who were working in the fields all came to the roadside and knelt down to pay homage after seeing Zheng Liang's exclusive eagle main flag.For the sake of safety, Zheng Liang did not stop to talk to these leaders, but waved to them all the way, and continued walking all the way.

After half a day of marching on the military road, at noon, Zhengliang's team finally came to the vicinity of Anyue City.

At this time, the Luoshi Shrine, which had just been built near Kishigake Castle, was bustling with activity. Many citizens came to the shrine with their families to pray for a good harvest this year.

This Luoshi Shrine is located on Mount Hidaka next to the castle town of Kishidake Castle. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the valley formed by the Matsuura River, including the castle town of Kishidake Castle.

At this time, two young girls were standing beside a rock near the Luoshi Shrine.The breeze gently lifted the city girl's hat covered with transparent gauze, looking at the hazy morning sun behind the mist on the distant mountains.A slightly older girl unconsciously traced a smile on her lips.

"Sister Chrysanthemum, it's really lively here today." The younger girl at the side said to the older girl.

The older girl nodded.Said: "Yes, there are so many people today."

After speaking, the young girl hung down the veil of the city girl's hat, wore straw sandals on the soles of her feet, and wore a thin dress, and walked down the mountain with light steps.

Seeing that the older girl was about to leave, the young girl moved her eyes and said quickly, "Sister Ju, I heard that someone is growing cotton nearby. There is also a lot of cotton growing in the place where I was born, why don't we go and have a look?"

The older girl turned her head and gave the young girl an angry look, and then said: "It's getting late, I'm afraid Tang Wanwan is already looking for me at this time, besides, didn't you say you only came out here today to have a look? If If my husband finds out that I brought you out, he will be blamed."

"Oh, what is there to blame for coming out to play? Besides, look at so many guards around us, can't they escape even if they want to? As for the danger, there will be no more. Stay in the city every day Inside, Dahei is not here. I am almost suffocated." The young girl said coquettishly.This girl is none other than Nohime who was imprisoned in Kishidake Castle.The older daughter is Masaragi's wife, Kikuhime.

Since adapting to the life of Luo's family, Nong Ji has quickly gained the love of everyone in the city, especially Ju Ji, who almost regards her as her younger sister.Today, under Nohime's repeated requests, and with the acquiescence of Kosuke, who is in charge of the public security of Kishi Yuechen, Kikuhime took Nohime to play outside the city.Now Nong Ji is obviously not having fun, but Ju Ji is very restrained, so she is not going to indulge Nong Ji's nonsense anymore.

"Look, that's the main flag of the King!"

"Ah! Your lord is back!"

At this moment, there was a commotion in the surrounding crowd, and many people began to go down the mountain.

Ju Ji and Nong Ji looked in the direction of the crowd, and saw a group of squads with a strong stomach were heading in the direction of Kishiyue City along the avenue at the foot of the mountain in an orderly manner.And in the center of the team, under the unique main flag of the Luo family, there was a man sitting on the back of a big black horse in a heroic manner, frequently waving to the surrounding leaders who lined the road to welcome him.

As if with a tacit understanding, just as Zheng Liang looked up, he happened to meet the eyes of Ju Ji who had just arrived at the foot of the mountain.Zheng Liang smiled slightly, while Ju Ji blushed.

"Oh, Dahei, you're finally back." At this moment, Nong Ji, who was next to her, yelled happily, and then started to squeeze into the crowd.

"Princess, please pay attention to safety!" At this time, Mori Kecheng, one of Ju Ji and Nohime's guards, couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly stopped him.

At this time, Bai Lihei under Zhengliang seemed to have seen Nong Ji, and immediately snorted towards Nong Ji cheerfully.

"Okay, you pervert, go over there." Zheng Liang patted Bai Lihei on the head angrily.This guy is indeed a lecherous guy. Usually Zhengliang's several surnames are responsible for feeding it, but it always loses his temper, but when Zhengliang's adopted daughter Mihime or Nohime comes out, he will obey obediently.Bailihei's performance almost killed Naoshima Naoshima and others who had been kicked by it a few times.

So, with the help of the guards, Zheng Liang pushed aside the crowd and walked slowly to where Ju Ji was standing.

"My lord, good news!" Just as Zheng Liang jumped off his horse and was about to walk in front of Ju Ji, a ghostly head suddenly appeared in front of Zheng Liang.The person who came was Ander who came after hearing the news, and behind him stood Prussia, who was in charge of casting large cylinders for the Roche family.

"Say, what's the good news." Zheng Liang smiled apologetically at Ju Ji, and then said to Ander with a straight face, "You must know that this time I didn't even recruit the Iron Pao Squad to go to Feihou, just hope you can concentrate Give me the energy to polish the big tube as soon as possible. I hope what you said today is really good news."

"My lord, there will be absolutely no problems this time. I am willing to guarantee this month's salary." Ander immediately saluted.

"Oh? It seems that you are very confident!" Zheng Liang said with a smile.Ander's wife just gave birth to her second child at the beginning of this year, so as the father of two children, he is still very stressed, and pays more attention to salary.Now this guy who regards gold as his life is willing to use his salary as a guarantee. It seems that this time he is confident that he can meet Zheng Liang's requirements.

"Get up, since you are so confident, then take me to have a look. If you still dissatisfy me. This time it is not as simple as just deducting salary." Zheng Liang said.

"What are you looking at? Can I go too?" Nong Ji, who had teased Bai Lihei a lot, came over at this time.I just overheard the conversation between the two of them.Immediately asked curiously.

As soon as he saw Nohime, Masara couldn't help thinking about the information he received yesterday about the Saito family and the Oda family.In the current situation, there is actually no need for Nonghime to stay in the Luo family.Thinking of this, Zheng Liang joked:

"Well. This is a secret of our family. If you must follow along to see it, then I will cancel my plan to send you back to Meinong."

After listening to Zhengliang's words, Noonghime was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately said to Zhengliang with a sweet smile: "Respected Lord, even if I don't go to see it. Are you really planning to send me back to Mino?" After finishing speaking, he still didn't forget to give Zheng Liang a mischievous look.

In fact, Nong Ji was right, Zhengliang really couldn't send Nong Ji back.Because at this time, Nong Ji had already known many secrets of the Luo family through osmosis and side-stepping. If she was allowed to return to Meinong like this, many secrets of the Luo family would be leaked out.

"Hey, you can't blame me! If you want to blame it, you're too curious!" Zheng Liang thought to himself.

"Come on, let's go and see a new kind of fireworks today." Thinking of this, Zhengliang didn't directly reply to Nohime's provocative question, but ignored Juji's shyness.He directly took her little hand and walked forward.

Ander and Prussia behind them hurried to the front to lead the way, while the rest of the soldiers quickly deployed protection around them.This includes Mori Kasei who came back from Ye Gaoshan's new barracks to visit Nohime this time.

Under the leadership of Ander and the others, everyone came to a valley basin near the city of Kishidake.The nearby valleys are where the Luo family's weapons workshop is located, so almost every entrance is guarded by farmers and soldiers, and idlers will not be allowed to enter.

After arriving at the destination.Zhengliang saw a row of workshops built in the valley.

"Take me to see that big tube directly!" Zheng Liang ordered directly after looking at the situation of the workshop.

Ander's riding boots heeled together heavily, and then led Zheng Liang to a warehouse built with wood.There are two ashigaru guarding the door of the warehouse, and the door is tied with three large wooden bars.After Zhengliang and the others arrived, the two ashigaru lifted the latch and pushed the door open.

After entering, the warehouse was empty, except for a thing in the center that was wrapped in cloth and bulged slightly.

At this time, Prussia, who had not spoken until now, hurriedly walked to the object covered with cloth, and said, "My lord, this is the cannon that I have recast, please have a look at it, my lord."

Zheng Liang nodded, walked to the object with a serious expression, bent down and stretched out his hand to slowly uncover the cloth, and saw a copper round pipe with iron hoops wrapped around it, lying quietly on the ground .

Compared with the cannons of later generations, the barrel of the cannon in front of me is a bit short, and it is estimated that the range will not go there.However, with the current technology, it is not bad to be able to reach such a level.Zhengliang didn't expect it to be a killer weapon on the battlefield, but at least it could be used to attack a city.

After carefully observing the large tube for a while, Zheng Liang turned around and said to Ander and Prussia, "Okay, let's see the actual effect. Let me demonstrate it first. Pay attention to safety!" At the end , Zheng Liang could not help reminding.

In fact, it has been more than two years since Ander and Prussia started casting large cylinders for the Luo family.During this period of time, the two of them cast a total of three large cylinders.The first large cylinder exploded during the cannon test, directly killing two craftsmen.Although the second large cylinder was improved and did not explode, its range was only a few dozen meters, and its accuracy was extremely poor.Now this is the third big tube that is about to be tested, and Zheng Liang couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

Ander and Prussia also had the same disturbed expression as Zheng Liang. They knew that the results of the cannon-casting test during this period of time would be tested today. The resources of the Luo family are scarce, so they also feel a little ashamed in their hearts.

So with such a mood, they ordered two ashigaru to carry the cannon out of the warehouse.

At this time, many people were crowded in the playground specially used for gun testing, some of them were Kikuhime and Nohime who followed Masara, and they were looking at the huge monster placed on the playground curiously.The other part is more than a dozen craftsmen who participated in the casting of the large cylinder.Most of these craftsmen are naked from the upper body.Dark complexion.After a long period of smoke and fire, the face is a bit dull.Knowing that Zheng Liang was coming to test the cannon today, these people stood aside anxiously, wanting to see the fruits of their hard work.

"Greetings, my lord."

When these craftsmen saw Zheng Liang walk in, they hurriedly bowed down together.Zheng Liang ordered them to stand up without being too polite, and said: "Everyone has worked hard."

While Zheng Liang was talking with these craftsmen, Ander was already directing a few ashigaru to start piling up sandbags on the playground, and Ander was setting up gun mounts.At this time the Europeans attacked the city.Basically, the gun barrel is supported on the sandbag as a gun mount.

The history of cannons, when they first appeared, cannons were still used as siege tools, not for field use.In history, the two emperors successively created the era of using cannons.One was the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II, and the second was King Gustav II of Sweden.The former used cannon to capture Constantinople in [-], while the latter ushered in the era of field artillery.

Ander patiently commanded the Ashgaru from the side, increasing or decreasing the elevation angle of the gun barrel, and raised his thumb to correct it from time to time, looking very professional.After determining the elevation angle of the barrel.Afterwards, Ashgaru will carefully load the solid projectile and the appropriate proportion of gunpowder into the barrel.

After the equipment is complete.Ander stood next to the cannon with a torch in hand, crossed himself in the sky, and lit the torch on the matchlock on the cannon.As soon as Andelfang lit the matchlock, several ashigaru hurriedly ran aside, retreating into the distance in fear.

The same scene happened for the first time, but the cannon finally exploded. As a result, the two craftsmen standing aside were directly killed.But this time the fire rope sizzled, only Ander and Prussia stood beside the cannon, motionless.

At this time, Zhengliang, who was in the distance, also put earplugs on the ears of Kikuhime and Nohime.Although they didn't know why Zheng Liang did this, since it was Zheng Liang's request, they accepted it.Then he looked curiously at Ander's actions in the distance.After Ander lit the match, he stood directly aside, raising the torch in his hand high, as if praying.

"Boom!"

Suddenly there was a loud cannon, and the whole valley seemed to be shaken, and Ju Ji and Nohime were even more frightened and hid directly in Zheng Liang's arms.And the rest of the people in the valley squatted down with their ears pressed.

Zheng Liang was also shocked. The power of this artillery was indeed much stronger than the so-called matchlock gun. The power of one shot was so fast. No wonder it was called the king of land warfare.Not to mention the actual killing power, the sound alone probably scared the enemy half to death.

"Haha, success, success!" On the playground at this time, Ander and Prussia hugged each other like children, cheering and celebrating.

Compared to the madness of these two people, the dozen or so craftsmen were much more reserved, and all of them just burst into tears.

"Finally it worked!" Zheng Liang also had a smile on his face.In order to wait for the appearance of this big tube, Zheng Liang has been waiting for more than two years.

Zheng Liang walked to the side of the cannon, which was still hot and hot.To be precise, this should be a mortar.Different from field artillery, field artillery kills infantry. Because of the low elevation angle, it mostly adopts the method of ricochet launching, and ejects in a row.The principle of the mortar is similar to that of a mortar. It is a gun with a high elevation angle, but a short barrel and a large caliber.This was mainly because the metal casting process was not exquisite at that time, and it was difficult to cast long-barreled artillery.

"Ander, Prussia!" Zheng Liang shouted.

Hearing Zheng Liang's call, Ander and the two quickly stopped their frenzied actions and came to Zheng Liang.

"My lord, we succeeded."

"Okay, I see," Zheng Liang said with a smile, "You and Prussia have done a good job this time, each will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold, the rest of the craftsmen will be rewarded with 50 taels of gold each, and the general helpers will be rewarded with five buckets of rice each. "

"Thank you, my lord!" Everyone thanked immediately after hearing the words.

"How long does it take for you to cast such a large cylinder?" Zheng Liang continued to ask.

This time, it was Prussia who answered the question. After thinking for a while, he said: "It takes half a year, half a year to complete two courses at the same time, but it is a blessing to pass one of the two courses."

"Okay, even if you have one for half a year, plus this cannon, you must build me two more siege cannons within a year."

"Yes, I will swear to finish it." Ander and Prussia said excitedly.

Zheng Liang looked at Prussia's expression, but he couldn't help thinking in his heart, when his siege cannon appeared under the fortresses of the wealthy families in Kyushu, what kind of expressions did these wealthy families have?

Just as Zhengliang was thinking about the scene when Datong officially appeared on the battlefield, Sen Kecheng, who had watched the whole process of Datong's test firing, felt turbulent at this time.

If such a weapon is used on the battlefield, it would be too scary. Originally, the Luo family was already in full swing in Kyushu, and if they mastered such a weapon, it would be even more powerful.So that day the young lord himself said to him that the desire to deploy military power in the world does not seem to be out of reach!

Of course, there is still one thing he can't understand, that is, why did the young lord allow him to participate in this almost top-secret experiment?

Of course, what he didn't know was that, in Zhengliang's view, the appearance of Datong was no longer a secret.As Zhu Qinfeng's Nanman ship traveled around the Warring States period, in addition to wantonly selling the guns in his hands to the daimyo along the way, the artillery on his ship has also been known to the world.

In addition, Zhengliang did intend to show the strength of the Luo family in front of Sen Kecheng, so that he gradually came up with the idea of ​​joining the Luo family.At least as it stands now, it does work. (To be continued..)