Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Chapter 1450

Zhu Quan was dumbfounded.

Zhu Yuanzhang, however, was quite pleased with himself. As he spoke of these seemingly impossible news items, he raised his chin higher and his nostrils flared up, and his old face visibly became ruddy.

He knew that his men wouldn't make up such a lie to deceive him.

Besides, no normal person could fabricate such lies! Because these stories are even more outrageous than mere lies! No one would dare to make them up!

So this matter is absurd as it may be.

But it is undoubtedly true!

And this kind of musket—a new type of musket that almost eliminated all the drawbacks of ordinary muskets, a musket that was enough for a small number of people to overwhelmingly dominate any battlefield—was created by the reigning Emperor Kaiqian of the Ming Dynasty! It was created by his own eldest grandson!

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not be excited?

When Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the air fell silent for a moment, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Quan staring at each other, one frozen in disbelief and immersed in great shock, the other's chest heaving with overwhelming excitement.

After a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised an eyebrow at Zhu Quan with a smug look, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a boastful tone, "Tsk tsk, can't you say anything else?"

Zhu Quan then came to his senses.

But he still didn't seem to be in a good mental state: "No, Dad, tell me the truth, are you lying to me?"

He knows what a musket looks like and what its effects are—it's definitely not and could never be like that!

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes at him: "Why would we lie to you? Besides, even if you asked us to make up all sorts of lies to deceive you, we wouldn't dare to do it!"

"Besides, the capable henchmen under Fourth Prince have already helped him escape and are determined to buy him time with their lives. If what we just said were false, do you think the people sent by our Great Sun could have captured Fourth Prince and escorted him back to the capital without any obstacles?"

"Seventeenth Brother, can you use your brain a little?" After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped Zhu Quan on the back of the head.

"Hey hey hey hey... Dad, don't sneak up on me for no reason..." Zhu Yuanzhang's strength was not small. Zhu Quan, who was already stunned and lost in thought, almost fell flat on his face. He stumbled forward several times before he could barely steady himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted indifferently, "Have you figured it out yet?"

Zhu Quan frowned slightly, rubbing the back of his head in pain: "I... I've figured it out now. You're right. That explains why Fourth Brother fell so quickly. But... how exactly was the musket modified to achieve such an effect?"

"Range, maneuverability, accuracy, simplified procedures, no barrel explosion, continuous firing... I can hardly even finish listing them all. To change the familiar musket into this state... just thinking about it makes me realize how difficult and enormous the project will be."

"Besides... His Majesty hasn't been on the throne for very long, has he?"

"The 'Divine Machine Battalion'... a thousand sharpshooters capable of hitting their targets with pinpoint accuracy—how could he possibly assemble such a force so quickly?!"

"Father, I just don't understand this, I really don't understand!"

"..."

After Zhu Yuanzhang said that, Zhu Quan now accepted the existence of firearms, but the appearance of this thing still puzzled and confused him greatly.

He paused, then turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was grinning from ear to ear with a proud expression, and asked, "Father, have you figured it out?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "I don't understand. How could we possibly understand this?"

Zhu Quan pursed his lips: "Then why are you grinning like an idiot with your big teeth showing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said dismissively, "We know this is a good thing! A really good thing! Our great grandson is truly capable! Hahahaha!"

"We thought he just lacked experience in this area and hadn't considered things thoroughly enough, but it turns out he was extremely thorough!"

"Seventeenth Brother, are you convinced now or not?"

He suddenly remembered that he had just been arguing with Zhu Quan. He remembered that he had exaggerated Sun's abilities earlier, and although Zhu Quan did not dare to refute him on the surface, he was actually very unconvinced. Now, of course, he took the opportunity to retaliate.

“We know that even though you didn’t say it, you were probably thinking that deploying troops and leading armies in battle is an art, and how could our Grandson compare to you, a prince who has been trained on the border and fought the Mongol Tartars head-on? Isn’t that right?”

"How do you feel now? Who do you think is better than whom?"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, his face revealed undisguised satisfaction and joy—even in the military field of leading troops into battle, his grandson was remarkably capable, skipping over the so-called military strategies and troop deployments, and directly achieving a breakthrough—the future leader of the Ming Dynasty for the next few decades seemed to be becoming more and more perfect!

Zhu Quan heard Zhu Yuanzhang mention this matter.

His face froze instantly, he looked like he was about to crack, and he couldn't utter a single word for a long time: "Uh... this..."

The proud and arrogant young Sai Wang truly didn't want to admit that he was inferior to others.

But now that they've already flaunted their equipment and achievements, why would they need to bother with troop deployment? Once the muskets are deployed, brute force can overcome any obstacle!

It took him a long time to finally manage to stammer out, "His Majesty... His Majesty lacks martial ethics! How can we fight a war with this thing on his hands!"

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and asked, "So who made this thing?"

Zhu Quan pursed his lips, and said somewhat reluctantly, "Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang then asked, "Isn't it a skill in itself to create this thing?"