Chapter 97: Technology Geek (Part 1)
Jiang Xia has been in Fengming Country for more than a day or two.
He also had some understanding of this weak country that relied on the protection of the immortal gate to avoid being destroyed. More than 20 years ago, when the current monarch of Fengming Kingdom just came to power, he was besieged by several surrounding countries at the same time.
The country originally had thirteen counties, but after several years of war, it was reduced to only three counties. Seeing that the country was about to be destroyed, the king of the time quickly married a commoner woman and made her his queen, thus stabilizing the situation.
It’s not that this queen is so powerful.
She was just an ordinary mortal, and it was said that she was not good-looking. Before she was made queen, she was just an ordinary village girl, not to mention her temperament and manners.
But this village girl's background is not ordinary.
Her last name is Shi.
She was a distant cousin of Governor Hong, who was only a city gate official at the time. Her family was limited to one village, but the amazing thing about the Shi family was that their ancestors had produced an "immortal".
A true immortal.
He was not a cultivator in the realm of truth like Wang Liufu and Ma Tishu, but a cultivator in the realm of spirit cultivation.
That is the third stage of human cultivation, above the state of truth. At this level, the cultivator has been reborn, completely transcending the ordinary world, and can call the wind and rain, and turn beans into soldiers.
In the eyes of mortals, he is a real immortal.
And what’s even more amazing is.
The immortal ancestor of the Shi family has not passed away, and is now one of the three elders of the inner sect of Mo Shuang Mountain.
The monarch of Fengming Kingdom, who married Queen Shi, asked for help from Mo Shuang Mountain. The Immortal Alliance stipulated that cultivators were not allowed to interfere in the disputes between mortals, but in many cases, great cultivators did not actually need to show up.
Just by relying on a name, you can influence many things in the mortal world.
In particular, the Immortal Alliance also has regulations that cultivators’ direct descendants are allowed to help when their clan is at risk of extinction in the mortal world.
After all, cultivating immortality does not necessarily require one to be ruthless and heartless, or to forget all emotions.
Monks are also human beings.
Monks also have human emotions.
It is against human ethics to let a cultivator watch his own bloodline being slaughtered by mortals. Moreover, the king of Fengming Kingdom is also very powerful. He spends almost day and night in bed conquering people.
In the second month of their marriage, Empress Shi became pregnant...
Thus, the Fengming Kingdom, which was about to be destroyed, was saved thanks to a family letter to Queen Shi that was sent from Mo Shuang Mountain.
The surrounding countries definitely did not want to give up the victory, but they could not afford to offend the great monk of Mo Shuang Mountain, so they could only withdraw their troops.
All I can say is that Fengming Country is lucky.
Not every small country can find the direct bloodline of immortals in its own country when it is about to be destroyed.
He was also a "gifted" monarch of the time.
After all, when it comes to having sex and having children, it's often a matter of luck.
From Jiangxia's perspective, the current monarch can be considered a legendary man. Although it may not sound good to say it out loud, he truly saved the entire country with his little hook and masculine power.
He is also a typical example of sacrificing one's life for the country.
However, the king saved the country with his lower body, but it also brought new troubles. He originally had a queen, who gave birth to two children for him and had already appointed a crown prince.
However, Empress Shi's sudden pregnancy also posed a threat to the country's inheritance, especially after ten months of pregnancy, Empress Shi also gave birth to a prince.
This is a big problem.
From a legal perspective, the crown prince cannot be deposed at will.
But considering the national conditions of Fengming Kingdom, letting the third prince inherit the country would obviously have more benefits. What's worse is that the former queen is also an infatuated person.
Not long after being abandoned, he became sick from love.
Died of illness.
This directly led to a strained relationship between the crown prince, the second prince and the monarch, and even led to a mutiny and abdication. For the sake of stability in the dynasty, the monarch had to make a decision.
He sent the young third prince to Mo Shuang Mountain.
Monks cannot interfere in the mortal world. This decision is equivalent to destroying the third prince's hope of inheriting the throne and appeasing the crown prince and the second prince.
The matter should have been resolved satisfactorily at this point.
But the last question comes again.
Rumor has it that the third prince is not a person with talent for cultivation.
He has been in Mo Shuang Mountain for many years, but has not yet entered the Qi training stage.
Although he has the protection of his ancestors and the status of an inner disciple, he is still a mortal after all. Queen Shi is old, and the king is even older. I'm afraid he won't live for many years.
Once the king dies and the third prince is sent back to the mortal world, Fengming Kingdom will probably be in chaos again.
The Second Prince was so anxious to collude with Ruyifang to train private soldiers, probably just to prepare for that time.
"So, Governor Hong is so anxious to train new soldiers, is this also for that time?"
Jiang Xia followed Butler Hong to another courtyard. Along the way, Butler Hong analyzed the situation in the country for him, although he did not say it explicitly.
But how smart is Jiang Zemin?
When he heard this information, he understood what Governor Hong was planning.
The introduction tonight was about hoping that the two young people of similar age could become good friends, but in reality, it was probably just the old governor finding a way for his nephew.
After all, Governor Hong was old, and he was afraid that he would die suddenly one day and no one would protect his silly nephew.
“Sure enough, in this world, when you are in trouble, only your uncle can be relied on.
The Fengming Kingdom is really a small country with many evil spirits. It has such a small area left, and instead of thinking about how to drive out the foreign enemies and take back their homeland, they are fighting among themselves.
No future. "
"The Third Prince is lucky."
As he walked into the courtyard, Jiang Xia sighed with emotion, causing Butler Hong to look back at him .
"Brother Maolin, you also know that Liu Ruyi, like our Third Prince, is a descendant of the Immortal Family, but look at how Elder Liu Chu treats his own descendants?"
Jiang Xia snorted and said disrespectfully:
“The Liu family is about to be wiped out, but you still don’t care.
It was because Liu Ruyi had spent all his family fortune that he asked the ancestor to come out for protection, and the person who came was just a disciple. It was obvious that the other party did not take the Liu family seriously at all.
But our third prince did nothing, but he was awarded the status of an inner disciple of Mo Shuang Mountain. He has not started practicing for so many years, but under the protection of his ancestors, he has stayed safely in the immortal gate as a mortal.
Isn’t this good luck?”
"Now that you put it that way, it's true."
Butler Hong nodded in agreement.
He was also a relative of the Third Prince and a member of the family of Governor Hong, so he continued:
"It is also because Immortal Shi is kind-hearted and cares about his mortal descendants. There is really no comparison between immortals."
Having said this, Butler Hong felt that he had spoken out of turn, so he stopped talking.
Jiang Xia is going to become a monk and can talk about monks' matters at will, but he is a mortal and if he talks too much, he might bring disaster upon himself.
"I won't go in. Brother Ziheng, go by yourself."
Butler Hong stood at the door of the room, looking at the bright lights inside, the swaying figures, and the crackling sounds that sounded like iron being hammered, and he shook his head.
He made a gesture of invitation to Jiang Xia.
He also warned:
"When the third prince was sent to Mo Shuang Mountain, he took his mother's surname. He is also a member of the immortal sect and does not follow the etiquette of the mortal world. Ziheng, you can call him by his name. Just call him Shi Rui."
"Well, I understand. Brother Maolin, you go ahead. The governor drank too much tonight, so you may have some work to do ."
Jiang Xia smiled at Butler Hong, and when he turned to leave, he spoke again:
“Thank you, Governor, for sending new soldiers to help me capture Ruyi Market these days. But they are imperial soldiers after all, so I will send them back to the barracks tomorrow.
So as to avoid bringing criticism to the prefect.
As for the arms needed for training new recruits, Mao Lin doesn't need to talk to me. Go to Kunlun Square and talk to my employees Liu Laosi and Moli. In view of our pleasant cooperation, I will give Mao Lin a 10% discount this time.
If you buy in large quantities, there are discounts.”
"good."
Butler Hong also had a smile on his face now.
After all, who doesn’t like getting something for free?
After watching him leave, Jiang Xia straightened his clothes and pushed open the door behind him. As a result , he saw a young man in white clothes.
He was standing in front of the wooden table, busy with work, holding a saw in his hand.
Although he was dressed exquisitely and elegantly, he looked very professional when he picked up the saw. He also had a plane, a ruler, and some delicate metal parts at hand.
There were sawdust and wood chips all over the ground.
The fine mahogany furniture in the room had been ruined beyond recognition. The elegant furnishings formed a stark contrast with the sound of sawing wood coming from the room.
This young man, with his back to Jiang Xia, was working so seriously and fully focused that he didn't even notice the door behind him opened.
He looks like a complete tech geek.
Jiang Xia didn't disturb him. He walked slowly forward and stood beside him, looking over.
However, he discovered that the front half of the wood that the young man was sawing on the wooden table had been polished into the shape of a musket barrel.
On the other side of the table, there was a disassembled exquisite musket and several exquisite gun barrels connected together. On the paper next to it, an assembly diagram was drawn in a very professional manner.
The positions of each connection are also marked in tiny calligraphy.
What surprised Jiang Xia the most was that next to the six gun barrels, there was a large iron lump that had been shaped into the shape of a revolver's magazine.
Needless to say.
He already knew what the third prince was going to do.
This inner sect disciple of Mo Shuang Mountain probably got inspiration from the rotary firing of a revolver, and was planning to transform the single-shot spear into a rapid-fire gun like a revolver.
He even made two plans.
One is a single barrel with a revolver cylinder.
The other type uses multiple barrels and a single-shot musket body, but is equipped with six firing pins, so that when the trigger is pulled, six bullets can be fired at the same time.
These three princes are indeed members of the Mo family, they have ideas!
"Don't try. Both methods won't work."
Jiang Xia looked at it for a while, then said:
“You can indeed fire multiple projectiles at once if you do this, but the gunpowder left over from firing once will seriously affect the shooter’s sight, and heat dissipation is a big problem.
There is no way to guarantee accuracy.
You have to know that the advantage of firearms over bows and crossbows, besides being easy to learn and use, is its high accuracy. "
"Um?"
The third prince, who was busy realizing his idea, only then realized that there was someone else around him. He was very alert and immediately grabbed the revolver at hand and pointed it at Jiang Xia.
But the latter grabbed it with his left hand and lifted it into the air.
"Don't point your gun at people! Didn't the guards teach you that?"
Jiang Xia blinked and looked at the astonished Third Prince in front of him. This guy... had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. Although there was sweat on his forehead, it did not affect his bright eyes.
He is obviously a man, but he has a melon-shaped face.
He was fair and clean, with a high nose bridge, neatly combed hair, and had the good manners of a person born into a noble family, as well as the otherworldly aura that was unique to people from the immortal sect.
handsome.
In his previous life, he would definitely be a brutally handsome man.
It seems that the immortal bloodline is very powerful.
"They taught me, but they also said that pistols are best for dealing with emergencies, and that you should not hesitate when encountering an enemy, and once you fire, you must empty the magazine."
The third prince now realized who the visitor was.
He smiled, adding more radiance to that handsome face.
Moreover, his voice is very attractive and pleasant to listen to. If Jiang Xia was not a man, he would have fallen for his bright and sunny smile.
"Are you Jiang Xia Jiang Ziheng?"
The third prince put down his gun, picked up his handkerchief, wiped his hands and sweat, looked at Jiang Xia curiously, and said:
"Is it the musket and those exquisite bullets you made? Mao Lin said that you still have the Ten Thousand Enemies Continuous Shooting musket in your hand. From what he said, as long as you get that thing, you will be invincible.
Such a wonderful idea, can you show it to me?"
"Brother Maolin is exaggerating."
Jiang Xia shook his head and said frankly:
“Heavy machine guns are good, but fighting a war can never rely solely on weapons. Talent is the decisive factor. If the soldiers are well trained, even if they have the worst muskets, they can easily defeat the enemy with machine guns.
as well as.
Yes, I am Jiang Xia. "
He looked at the Third Prince in front of him, then at the blueprint drawn by the Third Prince himself on the table, then he stretched out his hand and said with a smile:
"Shi Rui, although this is our first meeting, I think you have a lot of ideas. I think we can definitely become friends."
