The results of the test shot were very gratifying.

The emperor stared at the collapsed warehouse with his eyes fixed on his face, and his mentality had long since faded. Zhao Xu simply thought that the Song Dynasty had such a magic weapon, let alone a small Western Xia, even the Liao Kingdom could not stop the great prestige of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, he did not go too far, mainly because the Song Dynasty did not have much confidence in the Liao Kingdom. In the past, the Song Dynasty was at a disadvantage against the Liao Kingdom. Although the Liao Kingdom did not have the strength to destroy Song and enter the Central Plains, the strength to bully Song was still there. Zhao Xu guessed that under his governance, the Song Dynasty was thriving now, and it was already in a 55-5 situation with the Liao Kingdom.

He was not greedy either. As long as he could bring back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and stabilize the defense line near the previous Great Wall, he would be satisfied.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Great Wall has been abandoned.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Five Barbarians invaded China even more. Those who entered the Central Plains were all grassland tribes. How could they build the Great Wall?

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, whether it was the Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, there were only a few times that suffered losses in the Northern Expedition. They bullied the grassland tribes with ease and there was no need to build the Great Wall at all. As for the reason why Emperor Yang of Sui failed in the Eastern Expedition was not that he had poor strength, but that his strength was too strong, so that internal struggles continued. This was the reason why the Eastern Expedition was finally overwhelmed.

Moreover, Emperor Yang of Sui went to bully Goryeo in the east, and did not fight with the grassland tribe at all.

Zhao Xu almost forgot that such a barrier-like city wall could be built in the northern mountains of the Song Dynasty to protect the Central Plains. Suddenly, he seemed to think that with the Song Dynasty's achievements in engineering, he must be much better than the Qin and Han Dynasties. Zhao Xu was trapped in a strange self-influence, and even had some signs of sublimation.

I began to look forward to his blessings and success in the world and his achievements were on the scene of great achievements for thousands of years.

However, Master Lu, who is a technical talent, hesitated for a while and secretly said to Li Kui: "Sir, shouldn't the power of artillery be so powerful, right?"

"Yeah! I'll go and mention it later."

Li Kui nodded and admitted that the attack power of the cannon could not be so powerful. The solid shells fired the power of the flowering shell, and even had a bit of a mortar smell. Even if someone told him that he was lucky, he wouldn't believe it!

Li Kui, who had no eyesight, felt that he should pour a basin of cold water on the emperor. Unexpectedly, he was rushed to find a bad luck, but was taken first. Zeng Bu, who had long been disagreeing with Li Qingchen, looked at Xing Shu and decided that there was something wrong with him. Of course, it was his purpose to not let the Privy Council show his face too much in front of the emperor.

Adhering to his usual style, Zeng Bu did not come forward, but Xing Shu spoke: "Your Majesty, I have given the invincible divine power to defeat the enemy's generals, the fire god cannon is extremely powerful. This is a blessing for the Song Dynasty. It is better to let this weapon cast, as well as Li Kui and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to solve his doubts!"

Resolve the doubts?

Emperor Zhao Xu recovered and drove out the things in his mind, and found that he had no doubts at all. As long as he thought about giving money to the Ministry of Works to continue casting, no, he should have the Privy Council cast a large number of magical artifacts in the country to complete his grand ambitions. Why do he need Li Kui to come and explain?

Xing Shu is still a little face in front of the emperor. After all, the imperial concubine was granted the title of Empress Dowager, and Li Kui could not do anything by relying on Li Kui alone. If Xing Shu had not won over Zhang Dun and others who had the same appeal, it would have been impossible for Empress Dowager Xiang to bow his head. The purpose of the reformist faction was obvious. Empress Dowager Xiang did not support the reformist faction, and she was a loyal executor of Empress Dowager Xuanren. If the position of Empress Dowager Xiang could be weakened, the reformist faction could be implemented more smoothly. This is why Zhang Dun and others were willing to come forward.

But Xing Shu felt that this was his credit, but the credit was not turned into an official position in the end, which made him very dissatisfied.

Of course, compared to Li Kui, he was already lucky. However, Li Kui was sentenced to the Ministry of Justice for this time. Although he was shocked, he was still exiled to the northwest to be a county lieutenant.

If you change to a small official who was born in a Jinshi, you will never be able to stand out in a dangerous environment like the northwest.

Fortunately, Li Kui is not an ordinary person, and he was once again valued by the court not long after.

Although the emperor was very dissatisfied with Xing Shu's interruption of his imagination, he nodded and allowed Xing Shu's suggestion. When Li Kui and Master Lu were summoned to the emperor, Emperor Zhao Xu couldn't help asking Li Kui: "Love, can the magic weapon in the country be so shocking every time he attacked?"

Li Kui and Master Lu looked at each other, dreaming?

If it was so powerful, Li Kui dared to take a firearm unit to the hinterland of Xixia and capture the Emperor of Xixia. Is it possible? Even as the first inventor and user of artillery, he felt that the role of artillery on the battlefield was limited. There are too many factors that limit the power of artillery, and each item could be fatal.

Li Kui shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, artillery is a weapon after all. This kind of weapon is good on the head of the city, and it should be much stronger than a bed crossbow. However, the attack effect like the one just now should be a shell that accidentally hits the pillar supporting the house. In addition, the warehouse has been disrepaired and the wood on the roof has decayed, so it will have such an effect. Generally speaking, the attack of artillery can only be made into a hole in the wall, and at most it will be knocked down a wall. As a result just now, I thought it was not the real attack power of the artillery. If it were based on previous estimates, it would definitely be overestimated."

There is not even a flowering bullet. Can Li Kui not know what kind of attack power can the cannons fire?

This is a name for the name of thermal weapons, but the actual combat method is still very rough - the hammer launcher.

You can ravage any flesh and blood body, but you still think too much about dealing with the city wall.

"ah!"

The emperor was greatly disappointed. He expected Li Kui to deceive him just by saying that he had just been deceived. But even he himself knew that Li Kui was not serious, but he didn't tell lies. Especially Xing Shu's performance was suspicious, and it seemed to target Li Kui, but more targeted the Privy Council. Emperor Zhao Xu was not an emperor who had just taken power. Now he studied the rogue version of the emperor's technique taught by the third uncle, which was quite effective. In addition, he was also troubled by his constant attacks on the court, and secretly gave Xing Shu a very bad impression.

But Xing Shu also pretended to be a loyal minister, with his eyes standing out proudly.

Although the subsequent test shooting was also good, at least one wall was collapsed, the roof of the entire building collapsed and the scene of the collapse of the house never occurred from beginning to end.

The emperor came with excitement and returned with excitement. It cannot be said that he returned with excitement, but because he felt that the most exciting scene was the moment he came, and then he was not as good as a water, which was a bit meaningless. But Zhao Xu also understood that the power of the cannon was still very strong, and the speed of the cannon was unblocked by the human eye, and it was much stronger than weapons such as bed crossbows.

It still follows the reputation of the Zhenguo artifact, but this reputation was discounted because of Xing Shu's disturbance.

Xing Shu's original idea of ​​framed the Privy Council and deceived the emperor was completely lost. He was still puzzled. Why did Li Kui admit that he was lucky after the shocking effect of the test shooting, but it was not that the weapon he designed was powerful?

Isn’t this Li Kui a careless person?

You won’t be ambushing the emperor and deceived him?

As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, it is impossible for him to watch artillery fire all day long, right?

On the way back, Xing Shu still couldn't figure out why Li Kui was so upright. Wasn't he a very conspiring person at the time? He used the demands of the reformists to unite and forge the fake will of Empress Dowager Xuanren, and then gave the old woman a fatal blow on the day of the Empress Dowager Xiang's birth. During this period, he even united the conservatives.

In Xing Shu's judgment, Li Kui was at least a straitor! But suddenly the temperament of a fool appeared, which made him puzzled.

"Brother Zixuan, are you sure Li Qingchen is going to stand up for Li Kui?"

Zeng Bu and Xing Shu were sitting in the same car with a depressed expression. He used the method of dealing with scholars to deal with Li Kui. Of course, the purpose was not Li Kui at all, but Li Qingchen. But why can't Li Kui use scholars to cover up?

With different routines, he found that he had no idea how to start.

Zeng Bu sighed: "I am not familiar with Li Kui."

He said this, as if Xing Shu and Li Kui were so familiar with each other. Li Kui did cooperate with Xing Shu when dealing with Empress Dowager Xiang. During this period, because Zhang Dun and others joined, Xing Shu quickly left Li Kui behind and ignored him. He was a second-rank official, so how could he be called brothers and brothers with a small seventh-rank civil servant? It would be fine to talk about it, but he didn't even take it seriously.

Xing Shu opened his mouth and looked at Zeng Bu in a dumbfounded manner. He wanted to get close to the emperor to easily obtain the status of a high-ranking official and noble person. But the emperor seemed to have completely lost interest in him after meeting him once or twice. This made Xing Shu very anxious, otherwise he would not have been mingled with Zeng Bu.

A few days later.

Taimiao offered prisoners.

Although Li Kui was a little disappointed in the power of artillery, this disappointment was only because Zhao Xu's expectations were too high. Zhao Xu was not the kind of foolish monarch. If the Song Dynasty really had weapons that could completely change the strength of Song, Liao, and Xixia, it would be impossible for the Song Dynasty to sharpen its swords in the northwest to concentrate on dealing with Xixia. The Liao Kingdom would definitely not tolerate the appearance of Song Dynasty with weapons that changed the strength of Liao Kingdom.

At that time, the Song Dynasty will face two opponents, Xixia and Liao.

Even if you fight alone, you can't kill Xixia. If you add a Liao Kingdom, the border of the Song Dynasty will be in danger.

Moreover, the northern imperial guards defending against the Liao Kingdom were simply unable to compare with the combat effectiveness of the Western Army. They had not fought for almost seventy years. Now even the emperor dared not think about what the Song imperial guards arranged on this line would look like once a war was launched around Zhending Mansion. Even the emperor was worried that the tens of thousands of troops in Hebei would be gone magically. This was not his random thought, but something that could indeed happen. During his father's rule, the local imperial guards were seriously paid for their empty salary, so he sent officials to check the number of imperial guards. However, because his foundation was so bad that he was shocking, Emperor Shenzong did not dare to thoroughly investigate. He could only kill a few unlucky guys and put things in a hurry.

In recent decades, the Song Dynasty has tilted most of its combat resources to the Western Army against the Western Xia. Once the Liao Kingdom joins the war, the Hebei area will probably face the dilemma of retreating step by step. There is no extra money and food, and if you don’t fight, your mind will be floating in the army, and the officials may be even more so.

Woo woo...

The low voice of Niuke hut suddenly added to the heavy feeling of the Taimiao prisoner.

As a meritorious minister, Li Kui obtained an errand that made the eyes of the children of the generals burn up during such an important celebration of offering prisoners. He was the emperor's guard. He was the warrior on the emperor's chariot when the emperor was personally expeditioning. This was originally the favorite of the generals, but he was snatched by a civil servant. How could it not make people angry?

Originally, the emperor wanted Li Kui to drive a car, but Li Kui could ride a horse, but he couldn't drive. It's not that he couldn't. He had done it on the northwest battlefield, but he really didn't have the skills in the downtown area.

Standing on the emperor's carriage, holding the shaft, Li Kui lowered his head and stared at a crack on the painted surface of the carriage. He secretly pinched the black paint on the carriage, and found that it was a bit crisp and cracked. Without force, he was bald. Han Deqin, who was riding a horse and following the emperor's carriage, would have been scolded in another place: "Can you peel the emperor's carriage? Why is this hand so cheap?" This cannot be blamed for Li Kui, mainly because of the emperor's status. The patent skin of the carriage he was riding in was a little cracked. Is this still a rich Song Dynasty?

Of course, the emperor cannot be blamed, mainly because Zhao Xu didn't know about this. After Empress Dowager Xuanren ruled behind the curtain, Zhao Xu could only listen to it.

Empress Dowager Xuanren Gao was still a famous queen mother for her frugality. In addition, she had no intention of going out to inspect the palace. The emperor's car was placed in the palace and was left for ten years, saving even the maintenance. When the emperor wanted to use it, he realized that he seemed to be a little unworthy of the emperor's identity. But Taipu Temple had no choice but to wipe it clean and let the emperor make do with it first.

Fortunately, after the prisoner was offered, many people's eyes were attracted by the strange steps of the prisoner being captured by Dangxiang.

"Brother, what kind of way does this Dangxiang man have? It seems that he has one leg long and one short leg. He walks all the way, which is quite strange."

"This group of people looks like cripples? Could it be that they were captured by the Western Army because they could not escape from others on the battlefield, right?"

"Silly speaking, there are many cavalrymen in Dangxiang. They must have been knocked off the horse and broke their legs. Otherwise, how could this happen?"

"It's not that everyone broke their legs, right?"

...

The emperor heard a few rumors in the car, but he pretended not to hear them, and sat upright in the car to receive worship from all civil and military officials.

It’s true that the prisoners of Dangxiang were looking sad and angry before. They didn’t want to be the prisoner-offering props of the Song Dynasty Taimiao to make the people of the Song Dynasty happy. But when they found that Li Yanwang was in the car in front of their heads, they immediately had no resentment in their hearts, and there was a simple thought in their minds, so they must not be unhappy with Li Yanwang.

How can I make Li Yanwang happy?

Nothing wrong.

The conscience of heaven and earth, the prisoners were already walking hard, with fear on their faces, which was also in line with the identity of the unlucky prisoner, but their legs were indeed inconvenient.

After finally getting off the bus, the emperor entered the Taimiao with soft steps. He had been fasting for five days before, and every time he went to Taimiao, the emperor would suffer this crime. He had eaten poorly, couldn't sleep well, and his mind was muddy, and his reaction was even half a beat slower. Zhao Xu's thoughts were still on the road, and the magical manifestation of the captives.

He asked Li Kui: "Love, why do prisoners all have difficulty in legs and feet?"

"It is not easy to keep a prisoner on the battlefield, and it is much easier to break one leg." Li Kui said for granted. After breaking the leg, they didn't even want to escape, saving a lot of trouble.

When the emperor heard Li Kui's words, his face turned dark and he said angrily: "It's not like tens of thousands of people who do this, right?"

"If these people recover well, they will be fortunate to be the targets of His Majesty's prisoners. Others should be inferior to them." Li Kui guessed that this is the reason. He was injured for a hundred days. If he hadn't recovered well, the prisoners should be unable to live without crutches now.

Zhao Xu didn't say a word to Li Kui afterwards, and was obviously very angry. After offering prisoners, Li Qingchen came to Li Kui and sighed: "Renjie, what's the point of saying you are good? You have to be so irritable. Now your observation is gone, go and be a magistrate!"

Li Kui could only sigh to the sky: "The luck is not good!"

Of course, Li Kui felt that he was not lucky, and he was even worse than Li Kui. The new Yan'an Prefecture Chief Just a few days after taking office, he was demoted to become a prosecutor. This person was really unlucky. In the city of Fushi, Su Che looked at the old Zong Jianzhong apologized and said helplessly: "Uncle Yi, be sure to put the overall situation first!"

"Sir, am I... or Cai Jing framed someone?" Zhong Jianzhong raised his eyebrows. Although Zhong Jianzhong, who was already in his forties, was wearing the robe of a civil servant, a murderous aura came out from his back. Even Su Che looked at him with a complicated look. Why did he feel like Li Kui? Of course, Zhong Jianzhong looked more like a scholar than Li Kui. After all, he was a disciple of Zhang Zai, and his temperament was definitely not inferior. He realized that he had lost his composure, so Zhong Jianzhong hurriedly apologized: "Sir, the composure has lost his composure."

"It's okay, I'm my brother's disciple. I've just been promoted to the fifth-rank observation envoy for only one day and was demoted to the sixth-rank!" Su Che said helplessly.

Zhong Jianzhong hesitated and asked: "Su Xiang, this person is really unlucky. He has only been wearing a blush robe for a day and is still new, so he is going to wear it back?" The fifth grade turns into the sixth grade, which is so cruel.

Su Che said helplessly: "That's right, but this kid is only nineteen, so there are opportunities."

Zhong Jianzhong touched the beard on his chin and looked at the rough back of his hand. He suddenly found that youth had quietly slipped away from his body. He had been an official for almost twenty years. Now he is middle-aged and in his forties, but he still has to obey his nineteen-year-old baby boss. This heart-wrenching feeling is more painful than being framed by Cai Jing.
Chapter completed!