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Chapter 439 Nanyuan Performing Martial Arts ([-])

Nanyuan is located in the southern suburbs of the capital, also known as "Nanhaizi". It has been a royal hunting ground since the Yuan Dynasty. It is called "dismounting and flying to the park" in history - "dismounting" means not far from the city. "Feifang" refers to flying eagles and dogs; "Po" naturally refers to "Haizi", where there are countless deer, deer, pheasants, and rabbits. There are rarely people coming here on weekdays, but this place is full of people. The old man personally led all the ministers and workers here to perform martial arts. When he got up early in the morning, more than ten thousand infantrymen from Fengtai Daying, with the cooperation of more than a thousand officers and soldiers from the garrison guarding Nanyuan, cleared the field everywhere. People roaring and horses neighing, it was really lively.

Military drills are a major event, especially for Hong Qing, there is absolutely no room for any mistakes, since the day before yesterday, Hong Qing has been living in Nanyuan, practicing the selected martial arts exercises repeatedly. Officers and soldiers, strive for perfection, never let go of even the slightest inappropriateness, no, it's almost time, and Hong Qing is still doing the final patrol work, trying to make sure nothing goes wrong.

"Qing Baylor, don't worry, everything is ready, and nothing will be lost."

Compared to Hongqing's cautiousness, although Dai Zi was also nervous, she was obviously much more confident. This early in the morning, she had accompanied Hongqing around the artillery position several times, and she no longer knew what to check. It's been a few times, and at this moment, seeing that Hongqing is still tirelessly going on the walk, Mr. Dai is a little unhappy, nothing else, Dai Zi is old after all, and he is one day earlier than Hongqing Arriving at this place of Nanyuan, after several days of hard work, her body was already exhausted, she couldn't help worrying that she would be inappropriate when she met her later, so she persuaded Hong Qing from the sidelines.

"Well, that's good."

In this military exercise, Hongqing can be said to have put all the bets on China's tomorrow. After missing this Eastern Expedition, Hongqing can't guarantee when the Great Qing Ocean Fleet will be truly completed, nor I can guarantee whether it will be possible to catch up with the big powers before the invasion of the Qing Dynasty. The reason is very simple. Although the Qing Dynasty had trade with the outside world, the trade volume was pitifully small. Go to war, but right now, with the appearance of the behemoth "Eight Banners Firm", how can the western powers be willing to sit back and watch a large amount of interests be monopolized by the "Eight Banners Firm". War is bound to happen sooner or later. Hong Qing had already expected it when developing overseas trade, and because of this, Hong Qing dared not be careless in the slightest, no matter how much Dai Zi promised, Hong Qing would not be moved, and just made a noncommittal , Still stubbornly continued to patrol around.

"The emperor is here, the emperor is here..."

At that time, the sun had already risen to a height of three poles, before Hongqing's last round of patrolling was over halfway, there was a burst of shouting from the direction of Nanhongmen, and all the people who were doing their own things in the garden immediately stood up. Straightening up, they all looked towards the direction of the South Red Gate. After a while, they saw banners unfurling, and a luxurious carriage surrounded by countless soldiers and horses slowly came in from the garden gate. There were several elder brothers on both sides of the carriage. Holding a knife and leaping horses to guard, the thirteen elder brothers who have been imprisoned for many years are impressively among them.

"Come on and see Your Majesty!"

The carriage slowly drove under the high platform which was used as an inspection platform, but the old man was surrounded by all the relatives and dignitaries on the high platform, and with the hem of his robe lifted, he sat on the dragon bed in the middle of the high platform. All the people who had been waiting for a long time did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and knelt down on the ground one after another, paying respects in unison.

"Everyone loves to be flat!"

The old man can be regarded as the emperor on horseback, the more magnificent the army is, the more excited he is. At this time when tens of thousands of people gathered to pay respects, the smile on the old man's face is naturally very warm, but it is vain. Raising his hand, he yelled angrily.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Since the old man shouted, the crowd waited for three shouts of long live, which is the meaning of the question, but there is nothing to say.

"Qing'er."

After everyone shouted long live three times, the old man didn't talk nonsense, so he directly called Hong Qing's name.

"The grandson is here!"

Hong Qing had already arrived on the high platform and was waiting at the side. When the old man called his name, she didn't dare to delay a bit, so she hurried out from the side and promised loudly.

"I'm just waiting to see the new sharp weapons made by the Ministry of Industry that you mentioned, and I'll take them out and play with them."

The 15-year-old Hong Qing's body has long grown, and she didn't show it when she wore court clothes in the past. Now she is wearing armor, and she is really heroic.

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Hong Qing had been waiting for the old man's words for a long time, so there would be no ambiguity, so she answered neatly, turned around, walked to the front of the high platform with big strides, pulled down two small flags from her waist, and raised them high. He raised it above his head, and waved it according to the pre-arranged naval flag order.

"The emperor has ordered that the military drills begin, and the infantry will go to the field for drills!"

Today, all those who participated in the military exercise were gunners trained by Dai Zi. To be on the safe side, Mr. Dai went into battle in person. At this moment, Hongqing, who saw the high platform, had issued an order for the military exercise. Mr. Dai's His face turned red in an instant, and he let out a roar almost with all his might.

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Dai Zi made this order, and 120 officers and soldiers of Paoziku with rifles immediately agreed in unison. Amidst the slogan of a general, they stepped forward and entered the field from the side of the high platform. At the same time, another Dozens of officers and soldiers rushed into the field from the far end of the high platform carrying several wooden boards as targets. At a distance of about 120 steps from the infantry phalanx, they quickly merged several wooden boards into a wooden wall.

"First team ready, shoot!"

"Second team ready, shoot!"

"Third team ready, shoot!"

……

The 120 infantry quickly formed three rows under the high platform. The front row squatted on the ground, and the last two rows staggered. With the long knife in the general's hand pointing forward, the three rows The infantry fired one by one, and the gunshots immediately exploded like rain hitting plantains. In the smoke, the wooden wall used as a target was damaged everywhere, and pieces of wood flew around. After ten rounds of shooting, it was originally intact. The wooden walls are dilapidated.

"Okay, it really is a sharp weapon!"

"With this sharp weapon, I will have no worries in the Qing Dynasty!"

"This is an artifact, it's really sharp!"

……

After the gunfire subsided, all the dignitaries on the high platform couldn’t recover for a long time. It’s not that the dignitaries had never seen firearms before. In fact, many dignitaries had firecrackers sent by Westerners in their homes. Occasionally, I will play it a few times when hunting, but compared with the needle guns in the hands of the infantry, those firecrackers are like burning sticks. The speed of the ammunition was so different that the applause immediately rang out.

"Machine gunners, go to battle!"

Hearing the bursts of applause from behind, Hong Qing couldn't help but feel a little proud, but she didn't forget the business, and the two small flags in her hands danced again, and Dai Zi, who was standing under the high platform, saw this , not daring to have the slightest delay, with enough energy, he shouted again.

"Ready, shoot!"

As soon as Dai Zi gave an order, twenty soldiers rushed out from the side of the high platform in groups of two, and quickly ran up to the position. It was withdrawn and replaced with a new wooden wall target. Following the order of the commander in charge, the ten machine guns also started a crazy performance.

"all……"

The appearance of these ten machine guns is quite strange, but the guns are not in the streamlined shape of the later generations, but shaped like lutes, with brackets underneath, and the drums are very large, with thirty rounds of iron-cased bullets inside. Thirty rounds of bullets fell into the magazine one by one. Although the shooting speed could not reach the terrifying level of nearly a thousand rounds per minute in later generations, there were still about three hundred rounds per minute, and the barrage formed was natural. It was astonishing, just as the ten machine guns fired, the wooden wall as the target was torn into pieces in an instant like paper in a storm. The scene was extremely terrifying.

Dead silence, dead silence, the gunshots had stopped for a long time, but all the people on the high platform couldn't recover themselves, staring at the mess in the field dumbfounded, speechless Come on, the cheers and joy of the previous rifle performance were completely gone. Nothing else, although the power of the rifle is great, but everyone has seen the power of Western firecrackers. Although they are surprised, they will not lose their composure. When sharp weapons such as machine guns appeared on the stage, everyone was stunned. The ministers couldn't help being speechless, and even the old man was dumbfounded.

Hey, this effect is what I want!

The machine gun show was over, but Hongqing was not in a hurry to give an order to continue, nor was she in a hurry to turn around to explain to the old man, but stood quietly in front of the high platform, savoring the shock of everyone, and then Just now he turned around, faced the old man, respectfully clasped his fists as a military salute, and asked loudly: "Report to Huang Mafa, next is the artillery drill, the sound is quite loud, please also invite Huang Mafa and your lords Be careful."

"Well, okay, let's continue, I know what I know."

After being asked by Hong Qing for instructions, the old man finally recovered from the shock, but he did not comment on the previous machine gun performance, but nodded with a calm expression, waved his hand, and gave an extremely warm instruction.

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Now that the old man had given the order, Hong Qing would not say any more. He answered the promise loudly, turned around smartly, and faced the audience again. The two small flags in his hand waved and issued the next order. busy again...

(End of this chapter)