Liu Mingqi looked at them who were obviously relaxed and said with a smile: "Brothers and brothers! I'm here to find you today. I have a difficult task for you to complete! If you do well, I will reward everyone. A gold ingot will never break a promise!"
"Gold ingot?" A young carpenter was startled and blurted out: "Can you keep your word?"
¡°Bold!¡±
A military marquis next to him shouted: "Can the words of His Highness Prince De of Dakang be false?"
"Prince?"
"King De!?"
The group of people were suddenly startled. An older carpenter suddenly said: "Prince Deis he the one who came from the capital, but ended up staying in Zhejiang with his guards, helping to kill Japanese pirates, and saving tens of thousands of people?" That Prince De?"
"Exactly!"
"Now we have to kill all the Japanese pirates in Wencheng City," the military marquis said. King De has also come to help! Aren't you lucky enough to be able to work for His Highness King De?"
"Ahhhh"
A group of carpenters knelt down again, but this time they knelt willingly.
"Your Majesty, we Zhejiang people thank you!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for working so hard for us Zhejiang people!"
"My lord, what are your orders? As long as you say no, I am no longer a human being!"
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Just like that, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
They also wanted to refund Liu Mingqi, but of course the boy declined.
"Don't worry, everyone, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. You should be paid for your work!" Liu Mingqi said with a smile: "Actually, this thing I want you to make is just for killing Japanese pirates!
Since the Japanese pirates landed, they have killed hundreds of thousands of my fellow villagers. If we don¡¯t kill them all, maybe tomorrow your parents, brothers, sisters and children will be killed and ruined by the Japanese pirates. Can you bear it? "
"cannot!"
The carpenters, whether young or middle-aged, answered without thinking.
At the same time, the light in their eyes became brighter and their faces became more determined, which was fundamentally different from just now.
They were a little reluctant before, thinking that their work might be in vain.
Now even if they don¡¯t give them money, they still work hard to make things to help the prince kill the Japanese pirates!
"good!"
Liu Mingqi smiled and asked Dazhu to open a wooden barrel and pour out basins of black viscous liquid.
"This is the kerosene that everyone has seen or heard of." Liu Mingqi said: "It has a strong burning effect. I am going to put it through the trebuchet and throw it all into Wencheng City to burn those beasts to death!"
When the carpenters came, they saw that there were at least tens of thousands of barrels like this. Wencheng City is not very big. With so much kerosene, it should be enough to burn the entire city, right?
But the old carpenter is not without knowledge.
One of them asked: "Your Majesty, what are you going to ask us to do? Are you going to make a wooden vessel suitable for the trebuchet so that it can be thrown in?"
"right!"
Liu Mingqi nodded and said: "Look at the wooden barrel here, its sealing is not very good, and there is already leakage. But it doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't leak out anyway.
But such a bucket weighs one hundred kilograms, and the catapult does not have enough power to throw it into the city! What we require is that every corner should be covered. If it is only burned in the area near the city wall, it will not make much sense.
And there is another difficulty, that is, it is not easy for us to ignite oil, so we need to ignite the wooden box outside when throwing it, but not let it fall apart in the middle. It must be smashed into the city before it breaks and burns. Just get up! "
The carpenters understood immediately, "What you mean is, let us make a wooden box that can withstand dozens of kilograms of weight without leaking, and will not deform in the air after being lit. Then, after being thrown into the city, it must Explode, let the fire oil spread everywhere, and burn quickly?"
"right!"
Liu Mingqi laughed: "As long as you understand!"
He pointed to the opposite side and said, "Trebuchets are being made over there. You can allocate ten of them by then, and then you can conduct various experiments. Don't be afraid of wasting resources. As long as the purpose can be achieved, then all waste will be eliminated. is worth it!"
"good!"
The leader of the carpenters nodded: "Your Majesty, don't worry. We can't help you when you go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese, but with our craftsmanship, we can't help you."The salt merchants who complained that Bai Hengwang had raised too many donations before came to Bai Hengwang's house to express their thanks.
Why?
This means that if the Japanese come to attack Yangzhou, rich people like them will have the greatest protection!
If the Japanese want to attack Yangzhou, they will definitely not be able to swarm with a hundred thousand troops. Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huai'an, Lianyungang and other important cities are more important than Yangzhou, so the maximum number of troops they can send is 20,000 to 30,000, or even more. Not afraid at all.
After all, Master Miao is a super fierce man who killed 50,000 to 60,000 Japanese pirates in one breath!
This is the current situation.
There are more than 30,000 Japanese pirates under the city ready to attack the city at any time. Although Yangzhou's army may not be able to resist it, as long as Miao Yan comes, a mere 30,000 Japanese pirates are nothing!
When the time comes, the army in Yangzhou City and Miao Yan¡¯s elite army will attack together, and the thirty thousand Japanese pirates will not even be able to raise a splash, and they will be wiped out directly!
¡°Everyone now knows Miao Yan very clearly and what kind of person he is.
As one of the important ministers of Legalism, Miao Yan is very particular about trustworthiness, and it is absolutely impossible for him to break trust.
Especially after collecting a full three million taels of protection fees from Yangzhou, there is absolutely no doubt that he will come to the rescue.
But the biggest question is, when can Miao Yan come?
This is also what everyone is most concerned about.
"Don't wait until the day lilies are cold. You, Miao Yan, are so late. It's of no use."
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