Chapter 48

Moreover, he could not let the Han royal family die because of him!

"Ah!"

Zhang Liang was in pain; at that moment, he grabbed the fruit wine Ying Su had brought him and drank it down!

One bottle finished, then another!

One bottle empty, then another!

In just a short while, the five bottles of fruit wine Ying Su had brought were all drunk by Zhang Liang!

And looking at the empty bottles on the ground, Zhang Liang smacked his lips again and again, actually feeling a sense of wanting more!

Sigh!

A sin!

A sin indeed!

After leaving Zhang Liang's place, Ying Su went straight to the Inner Palace Examination Office!

Why?

Of course, to find Cai Lun!

Just yesterday, Cai Lun had sent someone to find him, saying the smoothbore cannon had been made!

Moreover, using saltpeter scraped from the latrines, they had also made five cannonballs.

It was agreed that they would test the cannon today!

"Test the cannon?"

"Smoothbore cannon?"

Outside Xianyang City, on a large mountain!

It was densely packed with camps everywhere!

And this place was exactly where Han Xin was training his troops.

It must be said that Han Xin's methods for training troops were truly something!

In just ten days, he had actually recruited a new army of fifty thousand!

Moreover, looking at these new recruits, they were actually training quite well.

Their walking, military posture, saluting, and momentum were all very powerful!

Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, Cao Can, and Xia Xia Houying had also become his deputy generals.

At this moment, everyone was drilling with the new recruits!

And upon hearing that Ying Su had come to test the cannon, Han Xin, Lu Wan, and Fan Kuai were stunned on the spot!

Fan Kuai even asked Ying Su bluntly:

"Your Majesty, this... what is a cannon?"

"What is a cannon?"

Ying Su smiled and looked directly at Cai Lun. Cai Lun did not delay and immediately had people load the cannonball on the spot, then handed the torch to Ying Su!

Ying Su aimed the torch at the fuse!

Instantly, there was a hissing sound!

The next second!

Boom!

A deafening sound began to echo.

This sound gave everyone a big fright.

But the scene in the distance was even more shocking!

Because... on the ground, a large crater had actually appeared!

"This... this..."

This scene scared Fan Kuai silly; he couldn't help but smack his lips in shock: "My mother, if a person were standing there, wouldn't they be blown to pieces?"

His scalp tingled, while Han Xin's eyes shone brightly, and he couldn't help but bow to Ying Su: "Your Majesty, how many of these cannons are there?"

Ying Su knew what he wanted to do and smiled directly: "Don't be impatient, now is not the time to fight the Xiongnu. There aren't many of these things either; only five have been made so far!"

"Cannonballs..."

He said, looking at Cai Lun!

Cai Lun bowed and said: "All the latrines in Xianyang City have been scraped, and only fifty cannonballs have been made!"

"To make more cannonballs, we must find saltpeter mines, otherwise, we'll have to scrape all the latrines in the Great Qin!"

"Sigh!"

Ying Su sighed!

Although Han Xin didn't understand terms like scraping latrines or saltpeter mines, he knew this thing could make cannons. For a moment, he bowed to Cai Lun:

"May I ask, my lord, what is saltpeter? Can you let me see it? I will send a thousand men to search the world for saltpeter mines!"

"Without cannons, I estimate it would take at least five hundred thousand men to destroy the Xiongnu!"

"But with cannons, at most two hundred thousand!"

"No! One hundred thousand!"

"One hundred thousand men can destroy the main army of the Xiongnu King!"

"Two hundred thousand men can kill all the Xiongnu soldiers!"

Han Xin's eyes shone brightly!

And hearing this, not to mention Cao Can and Fan Kuai whose eyes were shining, even Ying Su's eyes were shining!

The Xiongnu!

This had been a major threat throughout the dynasties; looking back at history, only Huo Qubing, who sealed the wolf at Juxu, truly crippled the Xiongnu.

Yet Han Xin said he could destroy the Xiongnu and kill all their soldiers!

Just hearing this was truly inspiring!

Ying Su was very excited, and Cai Lun did not delay at all, handing some saltpeter to Han Xin.

After Han Xin looked at it carefully for a while, he bowed to Cai Lun: "Thank you, my lord, I will search for this item immediately!"

After he finished speaking, he ran off excitedly to arrange for people to search for saltpeter mines!

And Ying Su just smiled; this military fanatic!

However, Ying Su was very much looking forward to the scene of him attacking the Xiongnu!

It was hard to imagine what kind of grand occasion that would be!

PS: Seeking flowers, seeking rating tickets!!!

045. The number one rebel of the Great Qin, Ying Zheng! Usurping the throne!

Great Qin!

Xianyang Palace!

In the garden!

Ying Zheng was in a good mood today!

No!

To be precise, for the past two days, his mood had been very good!

Why?

He took out a piece of linen paper to read!

"Your Majesty, I, Sima Yan, have always been loyal to the Great Qin and loyal to Your Majesty!"

"For many years, I have managed the Ministry of Agriculture; even if I have no merit, I have worked hard, but the new Emperor wants me to resign and give up my position on the grounds that I am old!"

"But I am only forty-three this year, in the prime of my life!"

"I beg Your Majesty to make the decision for Sima Yan!"

After reading this paper, Ying Zheng smiled happily!

Next, he picked up another paper to read:

"Your Majesty, this matter of Sima Yan seems to be just the new Emperor dismissing Sima Yan, but... in my opinion, he is eliminating dissent!"

"They say a new Emperor brings new officials; we can understand all this, but... he is treating the old officials too cruelly. In my opinion, even if he wanted to replace Sima Yan, he should have let Xiao He hold a position in the Ministry of Agriculture first, take it slowly, and wait until Sima Yan was old before replacing him!"