"I have seen the emperor, the emperor, the emperor, the emperor." Yinzhen came soon, entered the study room and hurriedly saluted Emperor Jianxing.

"Get up, you and my brother are different from others, so there is no need to be like this." Emperor Jianxing was much more kind to Yinzhen. He not only walked up to help him up himself, but also said sincerely.

"Your Majesty, the courtesy cannot be abolished!" Yinzhen replied seriously.

"This kind of words is for others to hear." Emperor Jianxing took his hand and sat down, and sighed: "Where did there be so many rules when Taizu was in the past? When Taizong was in power, he would not be talking to his brothers, but even his ministers were like his own family. During these days, I have been thinking about the past. In my early years, I was just an ordinary prince, and the ninth and tenth brothers were in my house on weekdays, just like my own home. Time flies, as if yesterday. I really want to hear you call me "Big Brother, not the Emperor!"

Yinzhen's heart suddenly felt warm. Yinzhen could be said to be the most friendly among all the princes. Someone once called the Thirteenth Prince the King of Righteousness, and was full of heroism. But if we really want to be loyal and righteous, it is not the Thirteenth Prince, but the former ninth prince and the current Prince Chun.

Because of this, Yinzhen can be regarded as the iron-kick among Emperor Jianxing's iron-kicks, and is loyal to his leader. When Emperor Jianxing was still the eighth prince, he was punished for being disliked by Kangxi. There was no such thing as Yinzhen, but when Yinzhen learned about it, he personally ran to Emperor Jianxing's side and claimed that he was willing to be punished with him.

For this reason, Kangxi was furious and even said something that he would be punished severely. Yinzhen immediately took out the hidden poison and told Kangxi firmly that if Emperor Jianxing was really severely punished, he would be willing to take the poison in public to replace Emperor Jianxing's crime, and would not regret it even if he died.

Emperor Jianxing always remembers this, just imagine that there was a brother who was willing to make such a decision for him, even disregarding his life? Looking at the world, I am afraid that only Yinzhen was the only one.

It was also because of Yinzhen's loyalty to Emperor Jianxing that he was disliked by Kangxi. After Kangxi's reign, as the ninth prince, his title was just a beef, which could be said to be the lowest among adult princes.

It was not until after Kangxi's death that Jianxing ascended the throne that he was directly appointed as prince and was reused.

"The emperor's kindness, I am very grateful..." Yinzhen said excitedly. As soon as he said that Emperor Jianxing was a little dissatisfied. He immediately smiled and understood what the other party meant, and changed his words and called him "Big Brother".

"By the way! Just shouting to me, I feel much more comfortable when I hear you shouting." Emperor Jianxing's eyebrows instantly stretched out, and he patted Yinzhen's back of his hand with a smile.

With a call of Eagle, the two of them narrowed the distance, as if they were back to the time when they were talking. Emperor Jianxing chatted with Yinzhen for a while and asked about the progress of imitating the firearms of the Rakshasa Kingdom. Yinzhen naturally knew everything and immediately told him in detail.

"Brother Ninth, how powerful do you think the firearms imitated by my Qing Dynasty are now?" asked Emperor Jianxing.

Yinzhen replied: "Compared with the firearms I used to target, the firearms and cannons that are now much stronger. Not only are they long-range and powerful, but more importantly, their accuracy is also much more enhanced. It has to be admitted that the Rakshasa Kingdom can dominate the country, and its firearm skills are indeed unique. Unfortunately, due to iron materials, the imitation firearms still cannot be exactly the same as the Rakshasa Kingdom."

"Why is the power of the Rakshasa Kingdom?"

"It's 70% or 80% or 10% or 10% of the time. I have been trying to improve the iron smelting these days. If it can be successful, it can be increased to about 90%." Yinzhen did not hide at all and replied immediately.

Emperor Jianxing nodded slightly. He was still acceptable in such imitation. As Yinzhen said, some aspects cannot be solved immediately at once, so he can only do it step by step.

"Then I ask again, how about our firearms compare to the Ming army?"

Yinzhen opened his mouth and hesitated for a while before saying: "Ming's weapons are progressing rapidly. I have compared the latest firearms of the Ming army with those of the Rakshasa Kingdom. Under the same conditions, although the two are similar in power, the Ming army's firearms are better regardless of their weight, structure and accuracy."

When he said this, Emperor Jianxing's face became a little dim. Yinzhen's words meant that the Ming army's firearms were better than those of the Rakshasa Kingdom, while the Rakshasa firearms imitated by the Qing Dynasty were weaker than those of the Rakshasa. In other words, the Qing Dynasty's firearms were much worse than those of the Ming army.

As for whether it would be better to directly imitate the Ming army's firearms? Emperor Jianxing did not ask this, because the Qing court had experimented before. If it was an ordinary firearm, it would be more convenient to imitate the Rakshasa firearms in both craftsmanship and other things, but it would be much more difficult to imitate the Ming army's firearms.

Firearms were built to be used for war. The Qing Dynasty did not have the industrial strength of the Ming Dynasty. You should know that the Ming Dynasty's industry has the initial form of modern industry, especially in the manufacturing of arms, the equipment and accuracy of the construction exceeded that of the Rakshasa Kingdom, so naturally it was not something that the Qing Dynasty could do.

Therefore, in terms of imitating firearms, the Qing court finally chose to imitate the Rakshasa Kingdom, and spent silver to directly purchase the Rakshasa firearms, and took a two-pronged approach to build and train a strong army as soon as possible.

A dull look flashed, and Emperor Jianxing temporarily put the matter down, then asked about other things, and asked Yinzhen if there was any difficulty in handling the matter.

Yinzhen hesitated and looked like he wanted to speak but stopped. Seeing him like this, Emperor Jianxing made him say nothing and say nothing without covering up.

"The rest is nothing, the key is silver." Yinzhen said.

Another silver? Emperor Jianxing couldn't help but sigh in his heart. What the court lacked was silver! He was asking for money everywhere, but the emperor could not afford it.

"Brother, I think it's really not possible. I'll go to Shanxi to take a trip, maybe it can solve some money problem." Seeing that Emperor Jianxing showed difficulties, Yinzhen couldn't help but suggest.

Although Yinzhen said this in a tactful way, Emperor Jianxing understood what he meant. Going to Shanxi was nothing more than finding those imperial merchants to fight for the autumn wind and squeezing some oil and water from the stones.

That's right, the imperial merchants in Shanxi were indeed rich. Before the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, these merchants took advantage of the huge wealth accumulated by the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty settled in the world, they even made their business the whole world, thus making the name of Shanxi merchant famous all over the world.

If Yinzhen was asked to go to Shanxi, Emperor Jianxing believed that he would definitely get some money with his ability, but Emperor Jianxing was unwilling to do so. Before, the court had reached out to the Shanxi merchants several times, making Qile lose a lot of silver. Although these Shanxi merchants still have some foundation, they should not have much.

Once the pressure is too tight, the egg-laid chicken will be killed directly. Although it can drink poison to quench thirst, what will happen in the future? It not only makes the Qing Dynasty lose its trust in the world, but also loses all the support of the Shanxi merchants for the Qing court.

You should know that if the Central Plains is lost, if the Qing court wants to obtain materials from the Central Plains or other places, the trade route of Shanxi merchants is indispensable. After all, the Ming Dynasty was a life-and-death enemy with the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, the private transactions between the two sides are still continuing. Zhu Yicheng did not conduct a comprehensive blockade on this, so he naturally had his own ideas about this.

Therefore, the existence of Shanxi merchants can still allow the Qing Dynasty to get something from this gap. If Shanxi merchants are gone, the gap will be completely closed, which is not worth the loss.
Chapter completed!