If you traveled back to ancient times, while others ate Guanyin clay, you would actually have giant

After demonstrating the grenade, Zhou Wu immediately pulled out the latest artillery.

"Let me show you, the latest artillery."

"Okay."

With the surprise of the grenade, Li Junren was even more excited about the new artillery. However, after the artillery was pulled out, it seemed to be no different from before.

"How is this different from before?"

"The materials used to be quite limited, either copper, which resulted in significant losses, or iron, which was unstable. This time, we're using synthetic metals, which not only reduced costs but also improved stability, and significantly increased power and range compared to before."

After all that was said, Li Junren only heard that the power and range had been improved compared to before, which was exactly what he wanted to hear.

"Then let's fire a couple of shots and see."

This time it was Li Junren's turn; artillery was already familiar to him.

To make it easier for Li Junren, an amateur, to understand, Zhou Wu also brought out the original cannons.

"Boom!"

After firing a few shots from both the old and new cannons, Li Junren immediately noticed the difference.

The new artillery had a faster rate of fire; in the same amount of time, the new artillery fired five shots, while the old artillery only fired three. The range was also significantly shorter.

"Good, good, good, today is truly a double celebration. The Ordnance Bureau has worked hard."

When Huang Laosan heard the Crown Prince's approval, he was so excited that his whole body trembled. This was the Crown Prince's praise!

Having spent so many years in the palace, and even seeing the Crown Prince a few times from afar, I now receive praise several times a day—it's a world of difference in treatment.

. . . . .

"I'll take you to the food street for lunch, and then in the afternoon I'll take you to see the hottest play in the South China Sea?"

Since they had finally come all this way, Zhou Wu, as the host, naturally had to take them to try some South China Sea specialties and watch the recently popular "The Legend of the White Snake".

"We've already been there."

"You've already been there? You arrived a long time ago?"

"We've been playing for three days now."

Li Xixue had no intention of revealing her true intentions, and Li Tiancheng looked at Zhou Wu with some embarrassment.

"Oh, since you've seen it all, why don't you take some back with you?"

Zhou Wu left without looking back, leaving Li Junren and Li Xixue stunned in place.

"Hey, are you angry? Are you really angry?"

Li Xixue quickly stepped forward, grabbed Zhou Wu's arm, and seemed genuinely angry. Knowing she was in the wrong, Li Xixue gently coaxed him.

"Why would I be angry? Since you've eaten and played, you should go home early."

Zhou Wu was a little angry, but he was just pretending to scare the two of them.

"Oh, I'm sorry, how can you be so petty, you're a grown man?"

"What, I'm stingy? Humph."

It has to be said that Li Xixue knows how to comfort people, which only made Zhou Wu ignore her even more.

Finally, Li Xixue's mouth was dry from talking so much before Zhou Wu reluctantly forgave them both.

However, this trip did cause several days of delay, so the two of them took a boat back early the next morning.

A few days later, Li Tiancheng indeed sent an order for a full 100,000 hand grenades. Since artillery was no longer limited by materials, Li Tiancheng also placed an order.

We received a purchase order for 2,000 units. This is just the first batch; more will follow.

"One hundred thousand seems like a lot, but in reality, when distributed to the soldiers of the Great Dragon, it's less than one per person. The same goes for the cannons at the two front gates; they probably wouldn't even be enough for the Great Dragon city walls."

Huang Laosan stared wide-eyed at the order for 100,000 units. They were no longer the Imperial Ordnance Bureau of the capital; they were now the Firearms Bureau, under the jurisdiction of Zhou Wu. Although they were still under the emperor's control, they were now paid to do things and had to calculate their profits independently.

One hundred thousand hand grenades and two thousand artillery pieces is already a very large order.

"Then everyone, please work a little harder and finish the orders as soon as possible."

"Rest assured, sir. These are all national treasures. We will deliver them on time, even if it costs us our lives."

. . . . . .

Earth-shaking.

“Your Majesty, an envoy from Fusang requests an audience.”

In the Tubo Palace, the Tubo King, who was enjoying a song and dance performance, was suddenly interrupted by his favorite minister.

"Fusang? We don't border Fusang, and we don't seem to have any dealings with it. An envoy from Fusang?"

Fusang and Tubo have virtually no connection, and Tubo King is unaware of the other party's true intentions.

"Your Majesty, why don't we take a look first? After all, this is our territory, so we doubt he can cause any trouble."

The favored minister seemed to sense the king's concerns and suggested that they first see what the other party had to say.

"pass."

"Summon the envoy from Fusang."

Behind the servant followed a strong, muscular man, who was presumably the messenger.

Upon entering, the other party saw the Tubo King sitting on the throne, immediately bowed, and shouted.

"Gao Li's envoy Dong Hu greets the Tubo King."

"Gao Li Envoy?? What's going on? Who are you?"

Just now they said they were envoys from Fusang, but the person who came in called himself an envoy from Gaoli. Besides, wasn't Gaoli Kingdom destroyed by the Great Dragon?

The king stared sharply at the newcomer, and the surrounding guards immediately went on alert.

"Your Majesty, I am from the Kingdom of Fusang, but that does not prevent me from being a Gaoli person."

This self-proclaimed envoy of Fusang, Donghu, was none other than Su Yuan's subordinate.

"I don't care if you're from Japan or Canada, I'm not interested in your identity. Please leave."

The Earth King didn't care about the distant Fusang or the no-longer-existent Gaoli, since they had no business dealings with each other.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if you are interested in the land of the Great Dragon?"

With just one sentence, the whole room fell silent.

The king waved for the dancers to leave, leaving only himself, Donghu, and his guards.

"What do you mean."

After everyone had retreated, the Tubo King said something seemingly casually.

"Your Majesty, my lord is Su Yuan, the ruler of Gaoli. Da Long and my lord have an irreconcilable feud. Although my lord has now submitted to Fusang, he will restore Gaoli sooner or later. Da Long is the common enemy of both of our families. The enemy of my enemy is naturally my friend."

Donghu came to Tubo this time on Su Yuan's orders, hoping to persuade Tubo King to help him achieve something in his mansion, and then the two armies would form an alliance to attack Dalong from both sides, so that Dalong could not take care of both ends.

"Haha, you are a minister of a destroyed country. What right do you have to talk to me about these things? Although my Tubo is not as strong as the Great Dragon in terms of strength, we have a geographical advantage. The Great Dragon does not dare to easily invade our borders. What reason do you think I have to form an alliance with you?"

I thought the landlocked king was just a country bumpkin, but I didn't expect him to be so difficult to deal with. Fortunately, Donghu had prepared several sets of excuses before we came.

“Your Majesty, to show our sincerity, my lord is willing to give you one million taels of silver.”

"what!"

To be honest, Tubo Wang was not interested in women and did not listen to slander, but he had only one flaw: he was greedy for money.