I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Chapter 114: The Divine Thunder Appears, Shocking the Empress

After the experiment was successful, Shen Changgong asked Mo Bai and others to make five or six more, and then returned to the palace to rest at night.

Early the next morning, after the court was dismissed, Shen Changgong found the empress and stopped her from going to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the explosives I mentioned a few days ago have been prepared. Would Your Majesty like to go and see them?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress and Gongsun Wan'er immediately became interested.

Yan Fuyao's eyes lit up and he said,

"So soon? Of course I have to go and take a look. This is a good thing that will benefit the country and the army."

"Then let's go together. Let's go to the East Factory."

Shen Changgong said.

We have only developed fuse bombs now, and they can be tested in the East Factory compound. Once the artillery is developed, we will have to go outside the city.

The group boarded the emperor's dragon chariot and headed towards the East Factory with the palace guards.

On the way, the Empress asked Gongsun Wan'er,

"Has the situation changed across the country now?"

Gongsun Wan'er immediately said,

"Now, almost all of the fifteen princes except the Southern Prince are in trouble. Some have already started armed conflicts, while others are just fighting openly and secretly, and have not yet erupted.

Our country's capital is in the south, and most of the princes' fiefs are in the north, far away from the capital, which almost led to armed conflicts. Among them, King Lu, King Zhao, King Kang, and King Duan have been killed by their sons. Those sons also split up and confronted each other, with their heads broken. The other seven kings also had a mess at home, which was very troublesome.

The disturbances caused by King Min, King Qing, and King Feng in the three western passes are relatively minor, but our people have been secretly instigating them, and a fight is expected to break out soon.

Prince Ning of Yaoguan in the south was brutally suppressed by Prince Ning after a bloody battle more than half a month ago. Now the fifth son Yan Shuang has become the crown prince, and together with Prince Ning, he suppressed the other sons so that they dared not move.

The last one is ** County in the south of Gyeonggi Province. The situation in Prince Rui’s family is also quite chaotic, but Prince Rui is quite ruthless and suppressed it half a month ago.

Right now, the Southern King is leading the Southern Guards' cavalry, rapidly heading towards the Lu King's fiefdom to quell the rebellion. He plans to fight his way through, swiftly pacifying all the northern kings of Great Yan, and then heading west to pacify the three kings at the Three Passes, wiping out their forces in one fell swoop.

When Gongsun Wan'er said this, she didn't even look up any information, and she blurted it out without even thinking about it.

Obviously, she has been receiving intelligence on these matters, and is familiar with the situation across the country, remembering it clearly and compiling it.

Putting aside her personality, Gongsun Wan'er's professional ability is still outstanding, and she does an exceptionally good job in intelligence gathering.

Shen Changgong said slowly,

"The Zhennan Railroads advanced like the wind, at an extremely fast speed, almost surpassing the speed of intelligence transmission. Even if each family received intelligence, it was basically as soon as they knew it, the Zhennan Army arrived, making it difficult for them to respond.

Your Majesty, please arrange for the rapid transfer of these surrendered soldiers to Zhennan Commandery to be incorporated into the Zhennan Army's infantry."

"Well, I have almost arranged all these things, and the King of the South has also arranged some of his confidants to do these things.

I think within a few months, all the vassal kings will be wiped out, and by then we will have the two main armies, the Zhennan Army and the Central Army."

"The legions still need to be subdivided. It's best to have ten corps per legion, like the Changning Army and the Weihu Army. Appoint a corps commander to avoid the corps being too disorganized or a situation where one general dominates."

"That's right. I need to discuss military system with you more."

Gongsun Wan'er rolled her eyes and said to Yan Fuyao,

"Your Majesty, there is still one vassal king who has not been demoted."

"Oh? Who is it? Are there any princes that are missing?"

Yan Fuyao said in surprise, glancing at Gongsun Wan'er with her beautiful eyes.

Gongsun Wan'er gritted her teeth and said,

"That man is so far away and yet so close to us. He is none other than Lanling Wang, the most powerful vassal king of Great Yan. He holds too much military power. We should capture him and give him a good beating until he behaves himself."

"Is your skin itchy again?"

Shen Changgong narrowed his eyes and looked at Gongsun Wan'er.

"Humph!"

Gongsun Wan'er snorted coldly and arrogantly, then sat down next to the empress and glared at him, showing off her power and acting like a fox borrowing the power of a tiger.

Yan Fuyao rubbed her hair lovingly and said with a smile,

"You two just hate each other every day. Let's have a fight sometime. I really want to see you get beaten up."

"You are all bullying me!"

The group arrived at the East Factory. After entering, Shen Changgong took them inside.

He took the empress to visit the conference room first, then the design room, experimental workshop, manufacturing room, etc.

Yan Fuyao was dazzled by the various strange and varied things. When he saw every new thing, he would ask what it was used for.

"Don't look at these. The machine tools haven't been designed yet, and relying solely on manual polishing will result in large errors. We still need to improve, but bombs are the simplest and have already been made. Your Majesty, let's go and see the power of the bombs first."

"it is good."

Shen Changgong brought them to the south courtyard of the East Factory, a large courtyard specially used for testing explosives.

After coming in, Shen Changgong and Yan Fuyao saw ten wooden dummies standing on the ground, standing in a circle and rooted to the ground.

Five of them wore leather armor of ordinary soldiers, and five wore iron armor of centurions and above.

It is to verify the different levels of armor damage.

At this time, Mo Bai was walking towards them holding a spherical bomb with a long fuse on it.

Shen Changgong immediately pulled the empress's hand and retreated backwards.

At the same time, he said to Mo Bai,

"Alright, alright, just stand there. Keep this thing away from His Majesty."

Yan Fuyao glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, and then asked,

"Is this black iron ball the size of a head the bomb you mentioned?"

"Yes, don't underestimate its small size, but it's very powerful. We can also make smaller ones that are suitable for one-handed throwing. This is a test product, so we made some and distributed them."

"Okay, so how do you see it?"

"Can not watch."

"Hmm? Why can't you just look at me?"

Shen Changgong sneered,

"Your Majesty, by the time you were able to see the entire explosion clearly, you were already dead."

After speaking, Shen Changgong waved to Mo Bai.

Mo Bai handed the bomb in his hand to the death row prisoner, and then followed Shen Changgong outside.

They stopped only after passing two walls.

Shen Changgong pointed to his ear and said,

"Your Majesty, please cover your ears tightly."

"Oh?"

Yan Fuyao didn't understand what was going on, but she still covered her ears tightly.

A minute later, just when everyone was getting impatient, suddenly, there was an earth-shaking explosion. Everyone felt the ground beneath their feet was shaking, and even their heartbeats slowed down.

The empress opened her mouth in shock.