Chapter 132 King Gong as the ambassador (4)
Then day dawn, Liu Jie, Hu Linyi, Tianjin General Changrui, Dagukou Fortress Pipeline Drama Chu and others arrived at the village early to ask Yi, please good morning. A few people said a few words, Yi, looked back at Li Tangjie and Guiliang: "Duke Yuan, Shanweng, then, you two elders are resting in the village for a day, and I will leave now?"
"It's just a hard work for the prince."
"Where," Yi? Po Yan smiled: "Mr. Liu, Lord Hu, Lord. Gang, Lord. Let's go now?"
"Please, please." Because this time I went to Dagukou Fort to inspect, the emperor just told Yi that he did not ask others to accompany him, so it was natural that the people around him were not asking for it.
Since the armed conflict in the 21st year of Daoguang, the court has paid special attention to strengthening the defense of the Dagukou Fort - this place has become the last line of defense on the sea of the Qing Dynasty (referring to the capital). If the Dagukou Fort is occupied by the barbarians, the capital will no longer be able to defend! In view of this, the court allocated a lot of money to rebuild the Dagukou Fort, which has five large turrets, twelve earth turrets, and thirteen earth turrets, forming a defensive system with initial scale. It is known as a natural danger of Dagu and cannot be overcome.
On the stage of the martial arts stage, the general of Tianjin Changrui reported the number of students who were admitted to the school and then began to review it. First, look at the formation and then look at the archery. Twenty people from the two teams each held bows and arrows in an orderly manner, showing the hard-working kung fu to pass through Yang to the prince. Yi? He looked at the target with a thousand-mile mirror. The top ten of them were the best, which shows that the "accurate head" was excellent.
Yi? I was very happy and looked back at Liu Jie and Hu Linyi who came with him: "The brave and powerful shooting shows that I have mastered my skills. I think as long as there are such green camp soldiers, my Qing Dynasty will be as safe as a rock."
"The prince's words are very good. My Qing soldiers are brave enough to fight. If the British are not coming, they will be able to come and never come back!"
Yi? He laughed: "Send the order and give the reward."
As soon as the reward was released, the soldiers were even more clamoring, and cheers sounded like spring thunder.
After the land exercise, Yi? climbed the Dagukou Fort. After the rest of the year, the fort here was changed to wood and blue bricks. The three-piece soil of more than two feet thick perimeter was smashed. The shells could only make a shallow hole in the fort, avoiding the danger caused by the splash of bricks and stones. The height of the fort was also increased, reaching five feet, and the width and thickness also increased. Two types of square and round appeared in appearance.
Yi? Used a thousand-mile mirror to look at the sea and turned around and asked, "Can you take a look?"
"Yes." Hua Chu? agreed and ordered the soldiers from the fort to prepare to set off the cannon. This was already prepared in advance. The fuse behind the mortar was lit, and a long smoke stormed over and there was a loud bang. After a while, a small wave rose on the sea about a hundred meters away from the shore.
Yi? Holding the chassis of the fort, he looked down seriously, and waved his hand without looking back: "Go another shot."
After another loud bang, a wave still rose on the sea. This time he saw it clearly, turned back, with a confused look in his eyes: "Can you only hit this far?"
The implication is that it is not very satisfied with the range of the mortar - it is not satisfactory at all. Even people who are completely unmilitary can understand that such a range is probably not even half of the savages! How can this be done?
He had not learned the joy and anger that was as unsightly as he had in the officialdom, and a smile of sorrow flew on his pretty face: "Is this the farthest hit? Is there any cannon that can hit farther?"
"If you go back to the prince, there is no."
"The emperor ordered me to inspect the fortress. Do you think such a cannon and such a range can protect the capital's seas?"
Look at Yi? I was really angry. Everyone present knelt down: "Don't calm down!"
Yi? I want to say a few more words, but I really know very little about this kind of artillery and other knowledge. I also know in my heart that this is not something that human resources can solve. After walking around the fort, I turned around and went down the stairs with my followers all the way, and heard it back. Liu Jie, Hu Linyi and others were extremely embarrassed, but they could not imagine it. I thought that when the prince submitted what he saw in the fort, I didn't know what kind of Yan Disaster would be like, and I felt even more wronged.
When I returned to Shuixizhuang, Yi was still frowning, which made Li Tangjie, Gui Liang and others feel strange: Is it uncomfortable to inspect the Dagu Fortress? Or is there any other reason?
"I want to... take a break." Only one sentence was left, and he left everyone behind and returned to the house.
Everyone looked at each other. While they were confused, Liu Jie and others arrived. After telling what they saw and heard at Dagu Fort, Li Tangjie understood what was going on: "No wonder the prince was sad. The emperor ordered him to inspect, but this situation was so, how could it not be annoying?"
"Shan Weng? Look?"
Gui Liang finally had the affection between Yi and Yi, and he was more able to understand the difficulties of this son-in-law with a pure heart. "It's difficult for him," he said: "If you want to avoid the suspicion of being proficient, you must follow your orders. Today, you see these things, but... hey!"
This is the words of heart-to-heart talk. Everyone is very smart, and they also know that the current conflict between the emperor and this sixth brother is now very aware of the conflict between the emperor and the sixth brother. After ascending the throne, they have never abandoned this younger brother who can bear heavy responsibility. After finally letting him manage the clan mansion, he was extremely condemned because of the unmatched eloquence of the Lord. Under the continuous power, Yi became worried about slander and ridicule, and the leaves fell down and were afraid of hitting his head. His identity was awkward. Many times, there was not even a person who could express his feelings! This time he was ordered to go out of the capital and inspect the fortress again. He was really embarrassed.
If you pretend not to know, it is naturally not the way of a minister. If you report it to the truth, you will be afraid that the emperor will doubt him. And such military affairs are even more important than the emperors of all dynasties who must not allow others to intervene. In this way, it is better to say that when the people around you went with him when they were on inspection just now, and if he was not good at submitting a memorial, someone would take over.
One person was not happy to sit in the corner, and several people were in a low mood. Li Tangjie said: "All mistakes are wrong, and the mistake is that he is not willing to be lonely." He said frankly: "If it weren't for the things that happened back then, there wouldn't be the situation today! Wealth and honor, and traveling for the years, how can we have such troubles?"
This is too deep. Guiliang, Bao, Li Hongzhang and others refused to continue talking. Hu Linyi looked a little embarrassed and quietly went out to let the old man go to buy wine, took out his collection of calligraphy, paintings, and calligraphy to show the plays and commented, and added a special sentence: "See if there is anything interesting, come and find it to open your mind to the prince."
Chapter completed!