After Yang Xiao and other generals stood up, Zhang Wuji said to them: "I'm afraid we will have to go to war with Zhao Min soon. How are the food, fodder, equipment and other things prepared?"
Yang Xiao said: "Your Majesty, the food and fodder are almost ready. All this is thanks to the Queen."
"The Queen has used up countless amounts of money and has purchased enough food and fodder for us to last half a year."
"It's just that the equipment is still a little bit lacking."
"Steel knives, feather arrows, strong bows, armor, these things did take some time to make."
Zhang Wuji nodded: "That's true, but right now, I'm afraid Zhao Min won't give us so much time."
As he was speaking, Zhang Wuji suddenly thought of a question.
He asked Yang Xiao: "Do we have any cannons in our army?"
"Cannons?" Yang Xiao thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "There are indeed a few cannons."
"But just a few cannons are almost dispensable to us. They won't play a big role when we go to war with Zhao Min."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said: "Maybe, but now I am curious about what our cannons look like."
Yang Xiao quickly said: "Your Majesty, there happen to be several gates in the military camp. I will take you to see them."
A moment later, Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao and others arrived in front of the cannons.
Zhang Wuji took one look and burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha, a cannon, it's just as I thought. It makes no difference whether you have this kind of cannon or not."
Zhou Zhiruo, who had been following Zhang Wuji, picked up an iron lump from next to the cannon.
Zhou Zhiruo said: "Is this the cannonball? It looks like it weighs more than twenty kilograms."
Zhang Wuji took the iron lump, looked at it for a few seconds, and then laughed: "Yes, this is a cannonball, but the power of this kind of cannonball is too small."
"When two armies clash, a few iron lumps will not have much effect unless they hit the enemy commander directly."
"However, this thing may be useful when attacking a city. At least, it is better than a catapult."
Yang Xiao quickly said: "Your Majesty is right. Maybe it will be useful when we attack the city and capture the stronghold in the future."
Zhang Wuji threw the iron lump aside.
"The current situation is unstable, and we don't have much energy to study this kind of thing. Let's wait a little longer. After I pass the Zhao Min level, we can concentrate on studying this kind of thing."
"As long as you give me enough time, I promise that the cannon I develop will subvert the cognition of all of you."
…
That afternoon, after they left the military camp, Zhou Zhiruo asked Zhang Wuji: "Why did you suddenly become interested in cannons today?"
Zhang Wuji laughed and said: "I was forced to do this."
"Nowadays, Zhao Min still has 600,000 to 700,000 mercenaries. Her military strength is about three times that of ours."
"And Zhu Yuanzhang is about to occupy the Jiangnan area."
"The prosperity of Jiangnan refers not only to wealth, but also to population."
"As long as Zhu Yuanzhang unified the south of the Yangtze River, he would quickly expand his army to a million."
"Looking at the world, I am the weakest among the three remaining forces."
"Although the area west of the Yellow River is vast, its population and finances are extremely bad."
"If my sister hadn't been supporting me all the time, I wouldn't have been able to hold on until now."
Zhou Zhiruo said: "So you turned your attention to the cannon. Do you want to invent a new type of weapon?"
Zhang Wuji said: "It can't be called an invention, it's just an improvement. If you want to build the cannon of my dreams."
"It will take at least several years, but the current situation is too chaotic, so we can only do it after defeating Zhao Min."
Zhou Zhiruo smiled and said: "I believe you, no matter what you say, I believe you, but since there is no rush, how about we go and have two bowls of noodles?"
Zhang Wuji laughed and said, "Do you want to bully that little girl Gong Wu again?"
Zhou Zhiruo said: "Maybe. Actually, I don't particularly like being with Zhao Linger and the others."
"A group of women chirped like a flock of ducks."
"Besides, there is a big gap between my personality and theirs. Instead of being with them, it would be more satisfying to compete with that little girl Gong Wu."
"After going there many times, I got used to going to her place over time."
"What's more, the noodles she makes are pretty good."
…
Zhang Wuji knew that Zhou Zhiruo never liked being with Zhao Linger and the others, she only liked being with him.
Even if it's something boring, it's fine.
About half an hour later, the two of them arrived at Gong Wu's small noodle restaurant.
She is still busy alone.
Zhou Zhiruo shouted to her: "Little girl, give me two bowls of noodles."
Gong Wu glanced at Zhou Zhiruo.
"Mrs. Zhou, you are of such a high status now. You always come to my small workshop to eat. Aren't you afraid that your reputation will be reduced?"
Zhou Zhiruo smiled and said: "My worth, I don't have any worth at all. I'm just accompanying my man to eat a bowl of noodles."
Gong Wu said sarcastically: "Among all the emperors in the world, there will never be another Zhang Wuji, and among all the women in the world, there will never be another Madam Zhou."
"The fact that you two can get together, I wonder if God is blind or God has eyes."
Zhang Wuji looked at Gong Wu's thin figure and couldn't help but feel a little pity.
He asked Gong Wu: "Miss Gong, do you still hate me?"
Gong Wu was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, she said: "I don't hate you anymore. I haven't hated you for a long time. I assassinated you at the beginning because of a momentary impulse."
"Now that I think about it, I feel stupid. Actually, you didn't do anything wrong."
During the brief conversation, Gong Wu placed two bowls of noodles in front of Zhou Zhiruo and Zhang Wuji.
Zhou Zhiruo smiled at Gong Wu and said, "You little rascal, they say women have the most vicious hearts."
"Will you poison us one day?"
Gong Wu sneered: "Thank you, Mrs. Zhou, for reminding me. Why didn't I think of it before? Starting tomorrow, I will prepare a poison on me and wait for you two to come and then I will attack you."
…
In the south of the Yangtze River, Chen Youliang's army of hundreds of thousands had already left Hongdu.
Chen Youliang fought for this small town for three months.
Hongdu has become a sad place for Chen Youliang.
But something that would make him even more sad was about to happen.
Because, the unprecedented fleet under Chen Youliang's command has already sailed into Poyang Lake.
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