I want to ruin the country

This is what makes Zhao Dezhe, Ji Zhichang and others happiest!

However, looking at the mountains of supplies on the dock, Ji Zhichang felt like he was facing a great enemy. If anything went wrong, he would lose his head.

Why did Yining let Ji Zhichang be the Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang? It turned out that after Prince Gong went abroad, the Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang, Liu Yunke, submitted a memorial to the emperor, asking to resign.

Yining was so happy that he quickly called Ji Zhichang over.

"Ji Zhongtang, the Governor of Min and Zhejiang, Liu Yunke, has submitted a petition requesting the remains. I have already agreed to it. The land of Min and Zhejiang is extremely important. I want you to be the Governor!"

Ji Zhichang certainly understood the emperor's thoughts. There were only two reasons why he was asked to replace Governor Min Zhejiang.

One reason is that the geographical location of the Minzhe area is extremely important, and it will not work without capable people.

Furthermore, the emperor wanted to build his own team, but I didn’t get close to him in time, so I was a bit of an eyesore to him!

He had no reason to refuse, and he couldn't refuse, so he agreed immediately.

Seeing the mountains of goods piled up near the dock, Ji Zhichang did not dare to be negligent. He sent 5,000 officers and soldiers to strictly protect the entire dock and warehouse.

Patrols are carried out day and night for twelve hours a day, and fireworks are strictly prohibited.

Not to mention outsiders, even a bug can't fly in without permission.

Just as we were getting ready, Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang arrived!

Ji Zhichang of course gave them his best reception and tried his best to curry favor with them. The emperor valued Prince Gong, so how could they dare to neglect him?

Prince Gong was very satisfied with their attitude. Although he had the emperor's face, it was also earned by himself!

The prince is still the same prince, but the current Prince Gong is completely different from the previous Prince Gong!

Prince Gong said with a smile,

"Master Ji, the emperor wants to practice frugality, so we should keep a low profile!"

Ji Zhichang laughed and said,

"That's not necessary this time. When we came here, the Emperor specifically instructed us to use the prince's trip abroad to boost the people's morale and create some excitement!"

With the emperor's decree, the celebration lasted for two days with great fanfare.

The next step is to load the goods onto the ship. Currently, loading is done manually. It is estimated that it will take at least ten days to half a month to load all the goods onto the ship.

The trivial matters such as supervision and counting were left to Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang was very responsible. He was busy all day long and would report to Prince Gong in time if there was anything.

There was nothing else, except that Prince Gong was not very satisfied with the progress of loading. He said to Ji Zhichang,

"Old Ji, please hurry up! Our emperor is very anxious!"

Ji Zhichangdao,

"Your Majesty, I am even more anxious than you. I will not be done until you leave the shore.

They are loading the boat, let’s go and see the surprise the Emperor has for the Prince!”

Prince Gong was stunned.

"What surprise?"

Ji Zhichang said with a smile,

"Your Majesty will know once you see it!"

Ji Zhichang and Admiral Dou Zhenbiao brought Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang to a martial arts training ground.

Prince Gong said,

"What kind of mystery are you guys making?"

Dou Zhenbiao said,

"Your Highness will understand in a moment!"

There is a large open space in the corner of the martial arts field, and the sounds of "boom" and "boom" explosions can be heard from time to time.

When we got closer, we saw that these soldiers were practicing throwing grenades.

Prince Gong saw them unscrew the lid of the grenade in their hands, pull out a thin rope, pull it hard, and throw it thirty or forty meters away.

When the grenade landed on the ground, it exploded with a "boom" and raised a cloud of dust.

Prince Gong was puzzled.

"What the hell is this?"

Dou Zhenbiao said with a smile,

"Your Majesty, let's go and take a look!"

A few people walked to the explosion site and saw that a pit had been blown out.

The surrounding straw men were covered with shrapnel, and the straw men close to the explosion point were blown away. If they were real people, they would definitely not survive!

Prince Gong asked in surprise,

"What is this? A firecracker?"

Ji Zhichang bowed and said

"The Emperor invented it. They say it's called a hand grenade, and it can kill people!"

Prince Gong was surprised.

"The Emperor invented it?"

Ji Zhichangdao,

"Yes, the emperor went to the Ministry of Works to find craftsmen to make it.

I brought three hundred boxes with me when I came, and the craftsmen also came with me, and they are working overtime to produce them!"

Prince Gong said,

"That's great! This grenade can scare a bunch of people to death!"

Dou Zhenbiao laughed and said,

"Yes, Your Majesty, let's continue watching!"

He then had ten sergeants line up in a row, each holding a grenade, ready.

"Ready, throw!"

Ten people threw it out together, "boom", "boom", "boom", a cloud of dust rose in a radius of dozens of meters.

Prince Gong nodded.

"It's quite powerful, but the distance is a bit close. I'm afraid it can't withstand the foreign guns!"

Dou Zhenbiao laughed and said,

"Haha, Your Highness immediately understood. This is for close combat. If a row of grenades is thrown out like this, dozens of people will be killed. It's incredibly powerful!"

Ji Zhichangdao,

"Your Highness, there's a surprise. Let's come over here and see it!"

They arrived at another open space. Here, a row of large iron barrels were placed diagonally on the ground, and several soldiers stood next to each barrel.

There were round bundles lying on the ground.

"what is this?"

Dou Zhenbiao said,

"Your Majesty, take a look at this!"

He waved his hand and said,

"preparation!"

The soldiers put the round bundle on the ground into the iron barrel.

"put!"

The soldiers squatted down and lit the fuse below with a match stick.

After a burst of "chi chi" sounds, "boom", "boom", "boom" and a burst of explosions, the round bundle in the iron barrel flew out, and did not fall to the ground and explode until it flew three or four hundred meters.

The explosion was so terrifying that it was deafening. Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang felt that the ground beneath their feet was shaking.

After the smoke from the explosion cleared, some soldiers ran over and carefully checked to see if there were any exploded bombs.

Then come back and report that there is no danger.

Prince Gong couldn't wait to go over and check it out. Each explosion point had created a large deep pit.

Prince Gong took a breath of cold air. This power was too terrifying.

"Wow, it's even more powerful than a cannon. It was also made by the Emperor!"

Dou Zhenbiao also bowed and said,

"Who else but the Emperor has such extraordinary talent?"

Prince Gong thought to himself, this must have been taught by the Emperor! He said,

"Okay, okay, a cannon costs a lot of silver, but I think this shouldn't cost much!"

Ji Zhichangdao,

"The cost is negligible, and aside from its short range and poor accuracy, it has virtually no drawbacks!"

Prince Gong asked,

"How bad is the accuracy?"

Dou Zhenbiao said,

"Actually, it doesn't matter if the accuracy is poor. This thing is designed to kill in an area anyway. If the accuracy isn't good enough, I can make up for the power. It won't hurt to use it!"

Li Hongzhang said,

"It's better to just point and hit wherever you want!"

Dou Zhenbiao said,

"At sea, we'll just have to let the enemy ships in and attack them. A normal ship will be blown to pieces in one hit. Even an ironclad warship wouldn't be able to withstand a few hits!"