The Ming Dynasty and Zhao Ming had a kind of paranoid attitude towards artillery.

For the Ming Dynasty, perhaps it was because artillery once helped the Ming Dynasty and achieved the advantage and victory of the war.

For Zhao Ming, it was because he didn't know which guy said, "The truth is within the range of the cannon."

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty had obvious advantages in artillery casting, and even the Portuguese bought artillery from the Ming Dynasty.

This made Zhao Ming quite complacent. Naturally, after gaining the advantage, he was keen on expanding and maintaining this advantage, so that the strong would always be strong, so that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty always led the world.

However, sometimes, this advantage may become a chronic poison, making people depend on it and neglect other aspects, leading to looking down on the enemy to make breakthroughs in other fields and eventually being surpassed by others.

Now, the Ming Dynasty invested much more artillery than muskets.

Although muskets are more cost-effective, Zhao Ming is not short of money and can be solved with one shot. Why should he send musket soldiers to be shot?

Therefore, the Ming army is not only equipped with a large number of artillery, but also has a wide variety of artillery.

The giant cannon, which is nearly seven meters long, weighs 20,000 kilograms, and is five inches thick. One shot cannon cannon cannon that can fire more than 600 kilograms of iron shells is a siege cannon specially developed according to Zhao Ming's request.

After listening to Zhao Ming's request, Song Yingsheng immediately ordered the gunner to load.

Because the cannon is too huge and the shells are too heavy, they can only be loaded with levers and pulleys.

Nearly fifty people surrounded the cannon and controlled them together for nearly half an hour before completing the loading.

"Your Highness, you're ready!" Song Yingsheng was a little nervous, "Please ask your Highness to retreat a little, after all, it's the first test shot!"

Zhao Ming immediately retreated and won a great victory. If such a huge cannon exploded, the consequences would be unimaginable. Zhao Ming quickly stood a hundred steps away from the cannon before instructing, "Start!"

At this time, Song Yingsheng waved the flag, and the gunners in the distance held a torch, ignited the fuse, and then retreated one after another to cover their ears and squat on the ground.

The lead of the cannon was flashing with sparks, and it penetrated into the medicine room with a thrilling sound. The giant cannon body suddenly retreated, breaking the log blocked by the cannon tail, and a ball of flame was violently ejected from the muzzle.

Zhao Ming only felt pain in his eardrums, while Sun Kewang was almost shaking by the trembling of the earth.

At this time, the six hundred kilogram shell had already rushed out of the flames and smoke, roaring towards the target wall.

With a loud "boom", the smoke and dust in the target wall were rolling, and countless gravels splashed out from the smoke and dust, and the entire city wall and the earth trembled.

Zhao Ming was shocked, and Sun Kewang, who was beside him, was even more shocked, and he was both heartbroken.

The terrifying momentum of 600 kilograms hit the city, and the terrifying momentum was unprecedented and unforgettable for life.

At this time, after the shelling, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and Zhao Ming then laughed and led everyone forward to check the results.

Everyone saw that the target wall that was bombarded formed a huge depression, and the bricks and stones were still falling down in confusion.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming nodded, "Well, the power is good!"

Song Yingsheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Highness, this cannon is specially built for siege. The strongest city wall, even Tongguan, cannot withstand the three cannons!"

Song Yingsheng realized Zhao Ming's meaning and deliberately used Tongguan as an example.

When Sun Kewang heard the words, his heart became tight. Is it necessary to mention Tongguan in particular?

His eyes were filled with fear, as if he saw the Ming army crashing into Tongguan.

After inspecting the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in Zhenjiang, Zhao Ming took Sun Kewang and headed eastward to Changzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, and then to Hangzhou and Ningbo.

In these places are inspection workshops, Maritime Services and Ningbo Harbour.

However, Sun Kewang was not in a mood. He couldn't get rid of the scene of the giant cannon bombardment in his mind. He was already hindered. Now he was awakened by nightmare every night and was already nervous.

From Longju Village, along the Han River, and heading eastward, Sun Kewang saw the prosperity of the Han River and the Yangtze River Basin.

Now I see the wealth of Suzhou and Hangzhou again, and the gathering of thousands of ships in Ningbo, but these are not enough to make Sun Kewang feel scared.

After all, the Song Dynasty was far more prosperous than the Liao, Jin and Mongolia at that time, but it was eventually destroyed.

An economic development often means that military preparations are lax and that the people are not willing to fight.

After all, everyone has a family and a job, and lives a comfortable life. Unlike in the north, it is so poor that it is not easy to eat a full meal.

Therefore, I feel that most of the time, the south is unwilling to fight, and this is also the reason why barbaric defeats civilization since ancient times, mostly because of the north to the south, and rarely the south to the north.

Therefore, only economic prosperity and wealth income is higher than that of Zhou State. Zhou State is not without opportunities, but after seeing the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration, Sun Kewang already knew that Zhou State might not have any chance.

Today, the Ming Dynasty not only has strong economic strength, but also has strong military strength.

Generally speaking, soldiers in economically prosperous areas were generally afraid of death, while the Ming Dynasty's firearms were powerful, killing enemies from a distance might change the historical norm.

At this time, standing on a hill at Ningbo Port, the Ningshao Merchant Group's sea ships were anchored in the port, as well as Western countries, as well as merchant ships from Japan, Annan and Ryukyu.

These ships filled the harbor with masts that were very spectacular.

Zhao Ming said to Sun Kewang, who was staring at the dark circles beside him, "Sun Prime Minister, when you look at Ningbo Port, half of them are merchant ships from overseas countries. This world is not only the Ming Dynasty, but also very broad. What do you think of Sun Prime Minister seeing this situation?"

Zhao Ming still attaches great importance to Sun Kewang, hoping to subdue Sun Kewang and Wu Sangui together, expand his territory and establish a new order.

Sun Kewang calmed down and was slightly stunned. What does it mean to be very broad besides the Ming Dynasty?

Seeing that Sun Kewang was silent, Zhao Ming continued, "The world is chaotic for decades, and people's minds are determined! With Gu's current strength, it is not difficult to unify the world. However, Gu cannot bear to the people's wars, and does not want to waste China's vitality and give up the opportunity to expand externally. Gu knew that the Prime Minister of Sun was the talent of the prime minister. If he could serve Gu, Gu would definitely not treat him badly. The world was bigger than the world imagined. Gu did not have so much energy to completely rule, so he could only live in China and control the world."

Sun Kewang fell into a deep voice, feeling that Zhao Ming's words were very meaningful.

"Sun has recorded what Your Highness said!" Sun Kewang didn't understand it thoroughly, but just politely said.

At this time, the guard commander Wang Shuang hurriedly climbed up the mountain and whispered to Zhao Ming.

When Zhao Ming heard the words, he raised his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, he suddenly said to Sun Kewang: "Didn't Prime Minister Sun always want to complete the matter of calling a vassal as soon as possible? Now follow the orphan king back to Yangzhou, and the orphan king will give you an answer."
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