Chapter 50 If you fall behind, you will be beaten!
Seeing the cylindrical object in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils shrank. If he smelled it correctly, the air was clearly mixed with the smell of gunpowder, and judging from its shape, it was most likely an artillery piece!
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and did not dare to take it lightly. He knew the power of artillery, and the current artillery was very likely to explode.
He quickly pulled Zhu Biao back.
Don’t dare to lean too far forward.
Moreover, he had never been able to figure out Xia Zhibai's thoughts, let alone take a gamble.
I can’t afford to gamble either.
The surrounding guards also moved closer to Zhu Yuanzhang and his son, protecting them in the middle, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not too panicked.
Because this cannon is pointed upward.
Zi!
Xia Zhibai lit a fuse, and saw a ray of fire flashing in the night, then quickly flying towards the center of the cylinder, and finally disappeared into it.
Boom!
As a deafening roar sounded, a yellow flying rainbow shot straight into the sky, and finally exploded into colorful streaks in the sky.
See this.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt relieved.
Just fireworks.
But the fireworks set off by Xia Zhibai were more brilliant and more terrifying than anything he had seen before.
The roaring sound was endless.
The whole sky turned into a gorgeous sky under the embellishment of fireworks.
Beautiful.
It makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Your fireworks look really bluffing. If they were slightly modified, they might look like artillery. Their power is really scary. They are not even inferior to the Ming Dynasty's artillery." "
Xia Zhibai looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "This is the cannon!"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
He glanced at the fireworks that were going off in succession, with a solemn look in his eyes.
Xia Zhibai said: "These are fireworks, but they are also cannons."
"When the fireworks are in full bloom, the cannons are in chaos!"
"How powerful does your Majesty think the cannon I took out is?"< br>
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed slightly, he observed carefully, and said solemnly: "It seems not as good as the existing firearms of the Ming Dynasty, but it seems to be easier to carry and can fire in rapid succession."
" I just don’t know the exact details of the damage.”
"But it's not bad."
Zhu Yuanzhang made a fair evaluation, but he was just curious about how Xia Zhibai made it? Things like gunpowder are forbidden.
How did you get Xia Zhibai?
Or is there someone somewhere who dares to defy their own ban and manufacture and sell it privately?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with murderous intent. The more he understood the power of firearms, the less he could tolerate these powerful weapons falling into local hands.
Xia Zhibai saw Zhu Yuanzhang's anger and murderous intent, and continued: "What if this artillery can be more powerful, more powerful, and more accurate in the future?"
"May I ask your majesty, can this cannon Can you open the gate of Yingtian Mansion? Can you open the palace of Ming Dynasty? "
Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened, his expression was extremely gloomy, and he said coldly: "What do you mean?"
" Do you want to rebel?"
Xia Zhibai stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the bright fireworks that were still shining in the sky, and said indifferently: "Does your Majesty only see the threat to the Zhu family? ?”
"But in my eyes, I saw the iron and blood on this land, I saw the country destroyed, families destroyed, and I also saw the Chinese territory being encroached and swallowed up by whales."
"Anyone in the world in the future will Things can only be achieved with iron and blood."
"Truth is only within the range of cannons."
"Only the range covered by firearms is the territory of Ming Dynasty. Places that cannot be covered by firearms will be places that China gradually loses.”
“When foreign countries rely on thousands of kilograms of grain per mu to increase their population, and use ‘boiling water’ to make tools. Liberate the people.”
"Gradually free the people from the heavy farm work and begin to pursue greater ambitions and create more lethal and threatening firearms." "By then, the prototypes I showed to Your Majesty today will all become weapons. Cannonballs blasting at the Ming Dynasty. "
"If you fall behind, you will be beaten."
"The Song Dynasty has told the world again and again with its hundreds of years of history. . ”
“If we don’t strengthen ourselves, the Song Dynasty’s land ceding compensation will one day fall on this land again.”
"And the decision you make now to stand firm will become a sharp blade that falls on the heads of your descendants of the Zhu family in the future, and a rope to hang them."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were as cold as the bones.
Xia Zhibai withdrew his gaze, looked at the glorious palace around him, and said calmly: "Your Majesty takes great pleasure in killing people."
"But the butcher's knife fell on the heads of your descendants of the Zhu family. How do you feel when it falls on the people of this land? Do you really want to protect them? "
"Your ideal country will be forever. How long can the subjects you try to tame resist under these iron horses and firearms? ”
"Dignity only exists on the edge of the sword, and truth only exists within the range of the cannon."
"Governing the world is actually like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat."
"It's just when you retreat. When the time comes, other places may not follow suit.”
“When the Mongolian army marched westward, the things that you had strictly prohibited from flowing out had already flowed out, and they had long been known to the outside world.”
“After experiencing the tragic experience of the Mongolian invasion, many people will be alerted by this and will start to work hard for it.”
"In order to prevent it from happening again in the future."
"The Ming Dynasty is very strong now."
"But not enough."
"It is even less possible to defend the country."< br>
“And in all these years, Your Majesty, you have really thought about one thing: How was the Ming Dynasty at its peak compared to the Han and Tang Dynasties?”
"The Qin and Han Dynasties were tyrannical for a while, and were overtaken by the Sui and Tang Dynasties in later generations. Now the Ming Dynasty is established. Under the hard work of governance, the world has been developing for a long time. It should have taken further steps under the conditions of the prosperous Tang Dynasty."
"Dare to Ask your majesty, does the Ming Dynasty and your majesty really still have the confidence and determination to surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties? "
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent.
Catch up with the Han and Tang Dynasties, or even surpass them.
He thought about it. He just felt that it was not necessary. It was enough to maintain the current world. More importantly, it was just a waste of people and money, so he would be happy with his achievements.
Just gain some fame.
It makes no sense.
“We do not have high requirements for our descendants. It is enough to protect the land left by our ancestors. As for opening up new territories, we have never thought about it.” Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Xia Zhibai nodded and said: "I generally understand your Majesty's thoughts. The world has decided that everything is in ruins waiting to be revitalized. It is indeed time to recuperate and rest with the people."
"But it is absolutely impossible. You shouldn't be so stubborn and domineering. You can do some things, but you can never say them. ”
"It is even more impossible to arbitrarily adopt the laws of our ancestors."
"That is to give others the authority."
"Military and national affairs cannot be planned by outsiders."
" Not to mention national affairs? "
"And your Majesty, your long-term understanding and views of the world are too simple."
"It can even be called naive."
"In the history of China, there have been the First Xia, the Fierce Shang, the Li Zhou, the Dominating Qin, the Strong Han, the Shi Jin, the Xiong Sui, the prosperous Tang, the Wen Song, the Barbarian Yuan."
"I wonder what title your Majesty would like to give to Ming Dynasty."
(End of this chapter)