"Hahaha, this is really a double happiness. If we hadn't had to fight, I really want to go back with Your Highness to see the new firearm." The generals were excited and Chang Wei laughed.

They thought the front-mounted rifled guns equipped were already at the peak of muskets.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ying created a new musket.

This really surprised them.

"Don't worry, if production goes smoothly, you will be able to fight and deliver new muskets while training and use new muskets in war." Zhao Xu said.

Now, the personal army of his royal palace is mainly facing the army of the Dasongshi clan.

The rifled gun is indeed enough.

But by unifying Jiangnan, rifled rifles may not have much advantage.

After all, with the industrial strength of the West, they can adapt large quantities of rifled guns in assembly lines. At that time, they will soon equip the rifled guns used by the royal family.

Furthermore, in this war, although the combat power of the mercenaries was not as strong as that of the royal family, they were much stronger than that of the royal family.

In the future, what they will face will be the regular army of the Western Land.

Although he believed that the royal family's personal army could still win against the Western Tu regular army.

But the price will inevitably be quite high.

In this way, the cost of his external strategy will increase greatly.

Therefore, it is necessary to continuously improve the level of firearms in the army and maintain its advantages.

He also briefly introduced the characteristics of the rear gun loading with the generals. The generals became more and more excited and were eager to try.

However, although they wanted to equip and install guns immediately, they also knew that it would take some time from the birth of the first rear-load gun to mass production.

The supporting steam engine, lathe, and craftsmen all need to prepare.

What's more, the bullets loading afterwards must be produced from scratch, and a fire cap is required to be installed on the bottom of the paper-shelled bullet.

After resting in Jinling City for a day, Zhao Xu went to Niutoutan Ferry the next day and prepared to return to Yanzhou by steamboat.

Before leaving, he ordered Changwei to send people to transport the silver and gold from Jinling City to Yanzhou and deliver it to the Royal Bank.

At present, he has acquired wealth through war and placed it in the Royal Bank's vault for simultaneous expenditures or as a reserve for issuing singular rounds.

At the same time, he ordered Chang Wei to take action steadily without the trick of winning.

Relying on Jinling City, we advance step by step, first taking over the southern part of Ningzhou, then conquering Zhejiang, and then heading towards Jiangzhou and Haizhou, and eating the territory of the powerful clan little by little.

“Woo woo…”

The steamboat honked its whistle and went downstream, preparing to enter the canal, and then headed straight to Yanzhou.

Chang Wei and other generals saw him off on the shore and saluted Zhao Xu together.

Zhao Xu stood on the deck, bowed to everyone, and then looked at the rolling waves.

After an hour of sailing, Zhao Xu arrived in Yangcheng.

At this time, he saw soldiers from the royal family escorting soldiers of the Shi tribe on the shore, and couldn't help but smile.

There is no doubt that these powerful tribes were the soldiers captured during the Niutoutan Battle.

According to his orders, the soldiers of the royal family were leading them to see the development of Jiangbei.

Thinking of this, he ordered the steamboat to dock and prepared to check it out to check whether his plan was useful.

Because before leaving, he changed into casual clothes, like a rich businessman.

In addition, the steamship attracted most of the attention of the people on the shore.

So his appearance did not cause any trouble.

It was not until he approached the soldiers of the royal palace that he was recognized by the soldiers.

Seeing that the King of Yan suddenly appeared beside him, the soldiers in the royal palace were shocked and were about to salute. Zhao Xu immediately waved his hand and signaled that they would pretend not to know.

Then he followed the team of twenty soldiers and continued north for a while.

Soon, a fort standing in the countryside appeared in front of everyone.

Zhao Xu whispered to a soldier, "Why did you take them here?"

The soldier said: "Go back to Your Highness, after capturing these soldiers in Niutoutan, we detached them according to our surnames and where they came from. All the thirty people in this team of thirty people were from Sujia Village near Yangcheng. They were all from the same surname as Su Mian, a great tyrant in Yangcheng."

Zhao Xu knew it and nodded secretly, agreeing with their actions.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, Zhao Xu and his party arrived in Sujiazhuang.

When they saw the familiar village, the soldiers of the Shi tribe became obviously excited, and some even cried in depression. The closer they were to the village, the slower they walked.

At this moment, the people in the village noticed the soldiers of the royal palace and the detained prisoners.

Especially the naughty boys at the entrance of the village shouted loudly and called friends to attract their companions.

"Mom, dad is back." At this moment, a naughty boy screamed and pulled the woman beside him.

The woman was stunned for a long time, and in addition to her, many others were stunned.

Then, some villagers rushed out of the crowd and rushed towards the detained prisoners.

They were the captive wives and the captive parents, and they cried together.

"Now, you can go home and gather here tomorrow morning. Don't try to escape, otherwise you will be killed without mercy." The leader's soldier said at the right time.

Zhao Xu nodded. Everything they said was redundant. Let them hear from their relatives and witness it with their own eyes.

"Thank you, thank you..." The prisoner burst into tears of gratitude.

Since they were captured, they have not suffered any abuse.

What do the soldiers of the royal palace eat and what they eat.

This just touched them a little.

After some thanks, they were taken back by their respective relatives.

The soldiers of the royal palace guarded all the important roads in the village to prevent them from escaping.

"Damn Shuanzi, they haven't made things difficult for you two during the period of my departure, right?" One of the captives returned home, held the woman's hand and asked.

"I'm in a dilemma." The woman still wiped her tears when she heard this.

The man was furious, "I knew they didn't have the kindness to send us back. They just wanted to humiliate us. Humph, bullying others too much, how did they do you?"

"Puchi." The woman burst into tears and laughed. "They have divided our family with six acres of land. Shuanzi has to go to Gongshu every day. I am the only one who cooks in the family and outside the family. You said it's not a danger to me, why?"

The man's anger was frozen immediately, his face turned red, and he hesitated, "Do you think our family has six acres of land now?"

"No, Shuanzi is still a man who doesn't want money. After you have been away, Shuanzi has recognized a lot of words and can still settle the accounts."

After saying that, the woman said to the naughty boy around her: "Come on, give your father a lesson."

The naughty boy laughed and said, "One plus one equals two, two plus two equals four...99 plus ninety-nine equals one hundred and ninety-eight."

The man was stunned and couldn't believe his ears.

Whether it is the calculations mentioned by your son or everything your wife tells.

Next, he seemed to have become mute, came to the yard, squatting all night, and let the woman persuade her not go back to the house.
Chapter completed!