Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty and swear not to be an official!

Chapter 84 Is this true or false?
"Tiancheng, where is King Yan? Why don't you see him coming?"

In the small courtyard, Zhu Yuqing's adoptive father drank a small drink happily and chatted with Liao Tiancheng. He did not underestimate the worry of offending Queen Yan, and did not see Liao Tiancheng's gratitude for saving his life.

It was as if Liao Tiancheng was the only one worried just now.

Not only him, but Zhu Yuqing's mother also looked calm, talking and laughing freely during the dinner.

Seeing the magnanimity of the two men, Liao Tiancheng couldn't help but admire him and fell to the ground. He didn't bother to answer Zhu Yuanzhang's questions.

"I have long heard that there are some people who have experienced countless hardships and obstacles, and have seen all the joys and sorrows of the world. In the end, they looked down on everything and were not afraid of life and death. I always thought it was a legend, but I didn't expect that there are two ready-made people in front of me today!"

Liao Tiancheng drank a few drinks with the two of them, observed them carefully for a long time, and finally couldn't help but praise them.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Dajiao were both stunned: "What does this mean?"

"Old man, the one you just offended was His Highness King Yan! You almost lost your head! But now your expression remains unchanged, you talk and laugh calmly, and you are calmer than me! I admire this state of mind!"

That’s what I meant!
Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Dajiu looked at each other and smiled.

Zhu Di is our son, why are we still afraid of his kid?

We didn’t take it seriously at all!

"Tiancheng, you should tell me, where is King Yan? We brought the wine, but why don't others come? Let's drink together, how lively it will be!"

"Ah? Are you still drinking together? If he comes over, can you drink it?"

Liao Tiancheng felt his scalp numb, thinking that this old man's psychological quality was too strong, as strong as a monster!
But Zhu Yuanzhang disagreed: "Of course I can drink it! Just call him..."

At this time, Ma Dajiao glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang: Oh, we really can't be too presumptuous, we have to pretend, otherwise this kid Tiancheng will become suspicious.

So after Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a while, he kept a low profile and said: "Forget it, King Yan may be really angry with me. I will come to my door in person to apologize and invite him to come over for a drink."

Liao Tiancheng was immediately overjoyed: "This old man can bend and stretch, he is a true hero! With King Yan's magnanimity, he will definitely clear up the past grudges with you, old man. Once you have a good relationship with him, it will be easier for you to work around His Majesty in the future."

"What you said makes sense."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded seriously, then went out with his hands behind his back.

"I'll go and take a look. What if this bad old man goes crazy again and has a conflict with King Yan?"

When Ma Dajiao said this, Liao Tiancheng was so frightened that he trembled: "Auntie, I'll leave it to you! In order to save him, I paid all the betrothal gift I should have given you. If he does anything else, If a moth comes out, I really have no choice!"

Ma Dajiao pursed his lips and smiled: "Auntie already knows your thoughts. Good boy, it's okay."

After saying that, Ma Dajiao came up and touched Liao Tiancheng's head.

Ordinarily, women are not allowed to touch a man's head. It is said that touching a man's head will make him dwarfed.

But don't tell me, Ma Dajiao's touch made Liao Tiancheng feel a different feeling, and he was excited for a long time.

Of course, it's not a messy feeling, it's purely the feeling of maternal tenderness and peace.

"With such a gentle, generous and considerate mother-in-law, my future life should be very good."

Liao Tiancheng looked at Ma Dajiao's back and felt very happy.

After Zhu Yuanzhang entered Zhu Di's courtyard, he saw Zhu Di taking a look, then painting something, and then looking again and continuing to paint.

He was already close to him, but Zhu Di didn't notice yet!

"Huh? Why does this pamphlet look so familiar?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly bulged, full of surprise.

"Aren't the pamphlets Tiancheng gave us before all like this? Is this another new thing he came up with?"

Turning his head and taking a closer look, he saw that it was full of illustrations and annotations, and in those annotations, the "red cannon" was frequently mentioned.cannon?gun?

Zhu Yuanzhang's mind was in chaos.

firecracker?Or a big gun?
There were also cannons in the Yuan Dynasty, but they were just called "cannons". There was no such thing as cannons. In many cases, they were called "guns".

Not only is it small in size, but the key is that the external shape and internal structure are the same as a firecracker.

If there is any movement like this, there are still some. Many cities in the Yuan Dynasty had such cannons on them.

But the power is really average, let alone the range and accuracy.

To be honest, the practicality of this kind of gun is really average. When attacking a city, it is basically useless due to the problem of accurate range and its own weight.

When defending, the ammunition is too slow to reload and has extremely weak lethality. It is not as good as a bow and arrow. Even preparing some rolling logs and stones is more practical than this thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang instinctively felt that Liao Tiancheng should not be working on such a waste product.

But when it comes to firecrackers, that's even more nonsense, because firecrackers are just for creating atmosphere, and there's no need to make them too big.

However, as Zhu Di turned the pages, Zhu Yuanzhang finally gradually saw the introduction at the end.

"The range is ten miles, and the maximum effective range is five miles!"

"hiss!!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but gasp.

Zhu Di was finally alerted by Zhu Yuanzhang's movements.

"Father?"

Zhu Di looked outside and saw that Liao Tiancheng was not there, so he quickly stood up and gave way.

"Father, why are you here?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not say a word, but sat down and carefully read the booklet over and over again.

"Amazing, amazing! This is actually a cannon! But it is very different from the cannons we have seen before!"

Zhu Di immediately agreed: "Yes, Father, the cannons we used in the past were only used to scare Yuan people's horses. But this thing can really kill people! Moreover, it can kill people miles away. This , this is simply a miraculous skill!”

Zhu Yuanzhang became even more excited. After watching it for a while, he raised his head and asked Zhu Di seriously: "Do you think this thing is true or false?"

Zhu Di solemnly said: "If it were in the past, I would have said that this was a lie! But now... I don't know that either."

After seeing the three-eyed blunderbuss and the showy tricks of using liquor to defeat the enemy, Zhu Di admired Liao Tiancheng.

If the cannon's annotation hadn't been so unbelievable, Zhu Di would have chosen to believe it without reservation.

"Is it true? Wouldn't you know it when you build a cannon?"

Ma Dajiao watched for a while and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was constipated, so he gave him an idea.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "This cannon is mainly made of copper, but copper is mainly used for coining, and the original output cannot keep up! How much copper will be consumed to build such a big cannon!"

Without copper, a batch of coins would be missing, which would be a big loss for Zhu Yuanzhang.

"However, if it is as mentioned above, it is so powerful that it can kill enemies within ten miles, then it is worth spending no matter how much money you spend!"

Ma Dajiao spoke out again, strengthening Zhu Yuanzhang's belief in building cannons!

(End of this chapter)