Chapter 232

"puff!"

Zhao Kuan, who was drinking water, spit out all the tea in his mouth.

"Twenty thousand taels of silver, this is enough to form a black armored cavalry of four hundred people." Zhao Kuan blurted out.

Zhao Yuanliang also frowned, "Your Highness, the price of this artillery is too high, I'm afraid we can't afford it."

When talking to Xiao Wenxuan about the price of the artillery, Xiao Ming specifically told Xiao Wenxuan that the price of 8,000 taels was for the imperial court, and the external price would not be the same as the imperial court.

And also euphemistically said that Xiao Wenxuan should not tell the price, Xiao Wenxuan agreed at that time.

Therefore, apart from Xiao Wenxuan, no one knew the price of Xiao Ming's artillery casting, but he also knew that King Zhao was not stupid, and he must have been concerned about the price of the artillery.

"Then how much do you think this cannon is worth?" Xiao Ming asked.

"Six thousand taels is enough. Of course, we are responsible for the transportation." Zhao Yuanliang said.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming stood up, "Well, Yuanliang, you may have not seen this artillery before, but you have only heard of the prestige of this artillery. Why don't this king take you to see it."

"That's what I mean, and I hope His Highness will lead the way." Zhao Yuanliang was full of anticipation.

Xiao Ming nodded and took Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan to the Qingzhou camp.

Now there is an open field on the side of the Qingzhou camp. There are three artillery pieces specially used for training in this field. Xiao Ming brought Zhao Yuanliang to the artillery training ground.

At this time, Luo Xin was instructing artillery training in the training ground. The last battle of Cangzhou was very rushed. The standard of the artillery on the battlefield was too poor. Basically, the artillery shells were flying randomly on the battlefield.

If it wasn't for the first use of artillery, which caused a psychological fright to the barbarians, the effect of this artillery was really unsatisfactory.

So after the Battle of Cangzhou, Xiao Ming asked Luo Xin to train the soldiers how to aim, how to adjust the angle, and how to hit the jumping egg to maximize the power of the artillery.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing Xiao Ming coming, Luo Xin and the soldiers on the training ground immediately saluted him, and the armor on his body made a sound of metal friction.

Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan glanced at the armor on the soldier's body, and a strange color flashed in their eyes.

According to their understanding, although the artillery contributed a lot in the Cangzhou battle, in their opinion, the whole body armor of the Qingzhou Army also deserved credit.

At the gate of the city, it was not convenient for them to observe the armor of the soldiers guarding the city, and now they carefully looked at this special armor.

"Isn't this His Royal Highness?" Luo Xin looked at Zhao Yuanliang after saluting.

"Luo Xin." Zhao Yuanliang had seen Luo Xin more times than Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming said: "Since we all know each other, this matter is simple, Luo Xin, this time the prince came here for the artillery thing. Now let the soldiers shoot a cannonball for the prince to see."

"Yes, Your Highness." Luo Xin responded.

Usually it is normal, but in the army Xiao Ming is the top general. He must obey orders as a subordinate, because Xiao Ming is ruthless when it comes to military discipline.

Even Lu Fei was dealt with by military law many times, and now he is honest.

Zhao Yuanliang looked at the artillery in front of him at this time, looking forward to it, Zhao Kuan's eyes were even brighter.

In Cangzhou, the name of this artillery has spread throughout the Great Yu Kingdom. On the contrary, Xiao Ming's credit is not as loud as this artillery.

On the one hand, Cui Hao and others deliberately suppressed Xiao Ming, on the other hand, what they didn't know was that this was deliberately done by Xiao Ming, and the purpose was to sell arms.

Now, after Xiao Ming's guidance, each cannon in the artillery battalion is equipped with four people as standard, one is responsible for clearing the gun chamber, one is responsible for loading ammunition, one is aiming and one is responsible for igniting.

At this time, the four soldiers in front of the artillery have completed the artillery loading and aiming work, and the rest only needs to be ignited.

"His Royal Highness, this time we are shooting at the target of 200 steps." Luo Xin said.

Xiao Ming nodded. After all, it is his own person, and he has a good heart. If he wants to show it to outsiders, he naturally needs to show the most shocking effect.

At this time, there is a stone wall at 200 meters, which is specially used as a target.

"Yuanliang, you better cover your ears, the voice will be very loud later." Xiao Ming suggested.

Zhao Yuanliang said: "Your Highness doesn't have to. Since we want to buy artillery, we naturally have to experience it personally."

When the four artillerymen heard the words, they suddenly looked like idiots, because they knew very well how loud the sound of the artillery was, and their hearing even deteriorated after a long period of training.

Xiao Ming didn't stop him either. The superficial harmony was to be maintained, but he didn't bother to care about them. After all, this different surnamed vassal king was not a good person.

"Ignite." Luo Xin shouted at this time.

At the same time, he put a cotton plug into his ear, and Xiao Ming also stood far away.

The four soldiers also stuffed cotton plugs into their ears at the same time. The soldier in charge of ignition ignited the cannon, "Boom", the fire shone, and with a loud noise, the ground that Xiao Ming only felt shook.

"My mother..."

At the moment when the artillery sounded, Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan screamed in fright, staggered back, and almost fell.

"Is Yuanliang all right?" Xiao Ming asked.

Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan were pale at this time. They had fire cannons on their city walls. When he saw the cannons, he thought that the sound of the cannons was similar to that of the fire cannons. Now they regretted it. .

"It's okay, Your Highness." Zhao Yuanliang said strongly, while Zhao Kuan's legs kept shaking.

When the four artillerymen saw this, they all smirked, and Luo Xin couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Yuanliang naturally noticed the expressions of Luo Xin and the four soldiers. He was secretly annoyed in his heart, but his face was still calm, and he said, "Your Highness, the sound of this artillery is really loud, but I don't know how powerful it is?"

"Yuanliang, you can see from there." Xiao Ming said, pointing to the stone wall two hundred meters away.

Looking in the direction of Xiao Ming's finger, Zhao Yuanliang and Zhao Kuan's eyes flashed with shock. A section of the stone wall that was standing on the ground just now collapsed suddenly.

"Your Highness, this is not enough to explain the power of the artillery, maybe the stone wall is not strong enough." Zhao Yuanliang said.

Now that he brought Zhao Yuanliang over, Xiao Ming naturally had various preparations. He said, "Since Yuanliang doesn't believe it, let's change our goal."

Then Xiao Ming took Zhao Yuanliang to the training ground, and when he had reached four hundred paces, a row of targets in the shape of clay cavalrymen appeared in front of him.

"This is a cavalry statue built in the shape of a barbarian cavalry. One every ten meters, there are thirty in this row, and these clay statues are strong enough." Xiao Ming introduced, "At this time, the artillery was four hundred steps away, and the prince was going again. Look at the power of the artillery." Xiao Ming said.

After reading it, Xiao Ming returned with the two of them. At this time, the soldiers opened fire on the cavalry clay sculpture again.

However, because the distance was very long and the target was too small, the artillery missed three times in a row, until the fourth time, the artillery hit the cavalry clay sculpture.

At this time, Xiao Ming brought Zhao Yuanliang and the two to the front again, and when he saw the mess on the ground, when all the 30 clay sculptures were smashed, Zhao Yuanliang was stunned.