Lao Zhu held military exercises just to scare people. Now seeing that Da Sun had brought him such a big surprise, he immediately said to everyone with a smile.

"Go and take a look at the target, our old arms and legs won't move!"

After receiving the order, everyone hurried over in carriages or on war horses.

Zhu Di took the lead and ran at the front. Halfway through, he found that there was no one around him, so he slightly adjusted his horse speed, let his second brother Zhu Xi pass, and followed Zhu Xi's rear.

Zhu Xi caught up with Zhu Di and asked disdainfully.

"Fourth brother, why are you rushing over in such a hurry? You are afraid that the target will fly away!"

Zhu Di smiled awkwardly.

"Second brother is joking, aren't we curious after seeing new firearms?"

Zhu Ping nodded when he heard this.

"I'm really curious about how our eldest nephew's head grows and how he can tinker with so many good things quietly!"

The two of them fell into silence as they spoke, and just rode on in silence.

The distance of a thousand steps is very short, and we reached it in a short time.

The two rushed to the target site, looked at the mess on the ground, and both exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh my god, it's not enough to flatten the mountain, but it's also digging a hole!"

Zhu Di listened to his second brother's exclamation and picked up a piece of helmet fragment from the ground.

"It was quite shocking just when I saw it on the city wall, and it was even more scary when I came to the scene."

"You can't even carry such a thick helmet. I wonder what else in the world can carry it?"

While the two were talking, other vassal kings also came over on fast horses. After a while, several envoys from the vassal countries and the southwestern chieftains also came over collectively on carriages.

The purpose of Lao Zhu's military exercise was to scare these people. How could he not let them come over to see the power of the artillery?

Everyone came to the target ruins and looked at the debris on the ground and the iron pieces scattered on the ground. They were all shocked and speechless.

Such powerful artillery was beyond their understanding, so they could only attribute it to the power of God.

Everyone fell silent after witnessing the power of artillery, and even when they returned to the city wall, their faces were gloomy.

Only the military commanders of the imperial court were smiling, dreaming of using these magical weapons to achieve great achievements and expand their territories.

Zhu Ping was depressed for a while, then came to Lao Zhu with a sullen face and asked.

"Father, my son is stationed in Xi'an and is often invaded by the Tatars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Can you..."

Lao Zhu didn't even wait for him to finish speaking, and cursed him with a clear word.

"roll!"

"Whoever dares to ask for such artifacts from us has a disobedient heart and wants to break into Nanjing one day and kill us, the emperor!"

As soon as Lao Zhu said these words, all the vassal princes who wanted to ask for artillery shut up, and even Zhu Fan was embarrassed to speak.

If he opens his mouth now, he will be a rebel with ulterior motives. Who can withstand this?

While all the vassal kings were feeling depressed, the chieftains of the Southwest breathed a sigh of relief secretly.

Although the army of the Ming court was not very good, the army of the Ming vassal kings was even worse.

If the vassal kings were equipped with such firearms, then the life of the chieftains would be even more difficult.

When everyone was shocked by the power of the artillery, Zhu Di asked a very professional question.

"Niece, how long does it take to fire this kind of artillery?"

As soon as Zhu Di said these words, everyone pricked up their little ears and looked at Zhu Yunxi with curiosity.

Zhu Yunxi said with a wicked smile.

"It's just so-so, I can barely shoot continuously!"

"Serial fire?"

When Zhu Di heard this, the only bit of luck in his heart disappeared.

The other vassal princes also felt their hearts sinking when they heard this, and secretly thought about how to give gifts to the emperor's grandson and ease the relationship with the emperor's grandson.

However, at this moment, a discordant voice sounded.

"I would like to ask the Emperor Taisun, can you let me wait to see the grand scene of artillery fire?"

Zhu Yunxi turned around and saw that the person who said this was the North Korean envoy Lu or something like that, and he immediately said with a smile.

"sure!"

"But we have to wait until Guda arrives in North Korea and let you see it on the battlefield!"

"Uh uh..."

Lu Song was choked by these words and almost couldn't breathe. He thought to himself that he didn't say anything wrong. Why did he feel that the emperor's grandson didn't want to see him so much?

"His Royal Highness, the Emperor Taisun, I, Korea, have always been respectful and courteous to the Ming Dynasty, and have never been slighted in the slightest. The envoy does not know what you mean by meeting on the battlefield!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said.

"It doesn't mean anything. I just think you guys won't stop sooner or later and I'll beat you up in advance!"

When other envoys around heard this, they quickly knelt on the ground and paid homage to Zhu Yuanzhang without waiting for the emperor's grandson to beat them.

"Only today will I see the mighty victory of the Ming Dynasty!"

"When I return to the vassal state, I must warn my king to pay tribute every year and serve the Ming Dynasty respectfully!"

"Since we have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, we should be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and never dare to betray it!"

Lao Zhu saw all the envoys kneeling on the ground to congratulate him, and felt very proud in his heart.

What is this?

This is the method of subduing the enemy without fighting!

Lao Zhu conducted more than a dozen Northern Expeditions in his life, but he was never a militaristic person from the beginning to the end. He knew very well that the life and death of soldiers is a matter of national importance.

Therefore, except for the scourge of Beiyuan, he rarely used troops externally. Even if he did use troops, the opponent would provoke first, and Ming would fight back later.

Now this kind of effect of being able to make the southwestern chieftains and vassal states surrender without spending a single soldier is his favorite form.

"Get flat!"

"As long as you stay safe and guard the borders of Ming Dynasty, we and Da Sun will not use weapons against you!"

Lao Zhu's words brought tears to the eyes of all the envoys, and they kowtowed to the ground to express their loyalty.

However, Zhu Yunxi was very dissatisfied.

Because when Lao Zhu just spoke, he took himself with him!

If the old man doesn't want to fight, then he won't fight. Why would he be dragged along hand and foot?

I was frugal and went through all the trouble to build artillery pieces, just to put two at my door as firecrackers?

"Grandpa Huang, you have no right to represent me!"

"Just because you're not willing to use force against them doesn't mean I'll pamper them!"

The envoys of the vassal state who were about to get up from the ground were so frightened that they knelt on the ground again after hearing these words.

"Your Majesty the Emperor's Grandson, as a small country like us, we are already a barrier to the Ming Dynasty. How dare we disrespect the Ming Dynasty?"

"For the sake of our filial piety, please don't attack us!"

Seeing everyone begging like this, Lao Zhu turned his head and scolded his eldest grandson.

"Ni Sun!"

"Have you forgotten our ancestral teachings? Korea, Annan, Ryukyu and other countries are all countries without conquest!"

Seeing Lao Zhu say this, Zhu Yunxi could only say impatiently.

"Okay, okay!"

"You always say whatever you want, as long as they pay tribute to us respectfully, my grandson won't hit them!"

Seeing Zhu Yunxi say this, everyone hurriedly praised him for his wisdom.

Lao Zhu was just pretending in front of everyone. He knew his grandson so well that he couldn't believe a word he said.

He probably wouldn't even close his eyes before he could hear his grandson reaching out to other countries.

But this is all a story for another day. As long as it does not affect the stability of the people of Ming Dynasty, he can fight if he is willing.

"Dasun, this is what you used when you blasted open the city gate, right?"

Zhu Yunxi blinked when he heard this, wondering whether he should tell the truth to the old man.

In fact, the current power of artillery is not enough to blast open the gate of the capital.

After all, Jinling was a capital city built by Lao Zhu himself, and it really couldn't be defeated by his cannons.

He just fired a symbolic cannon at the city gate, and the defenders on the city wall opened the city gate.
To be continued...