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How dare Li Xuanwu stand in front of Zhu Youjian and kowtow again:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor Tianchao. The grassroots dare not stand still. It is more practical to reply like this."
Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:
"Be flat, I forgive you for your innocence."
"Boom bang..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor of Heaven."
Li Xuanwu kowtowed excitedly again, then got up and bowed his head and stood in front of Zhu Youjian, not even daring to lift his eyelids. No matter what his ancestors were in North Korea, he was nothing in front of the Ming Emperor. How could he not be excited? ?
"What do you know? Such as water, military, weapon operation and so on?"
Hearing Zhu Youjian's questioning, Li Xuanwu knelt down again:
"Caomin is good at water, can also skillfully use firearms, and knows a thing or two about Sun Tzu's art of war."
Li Xuanwu's words surprised Zhu Youjian, but thinking of his ancestors, Zhu Youjian soon felt relieved, so he decided to try the truth:
"Li Xuanwu, let me take a look at the open sea in front of you by bombarding the front of the ship with the giant cannon."
"Yes"
This time Li Xuanwu didn't hesitate, this was his best chance to prove himself, if he could seize the opportunity, maybe he could stay on the Ming battleship, that would definitely be a matter of glory.
When the emperor spoke, no one else dared to object. Zheng Chenggong waved his hand, and immediately soldiers brought shells and tools for wiping the barrel.
Li Xuanwu skillfully cleaned the barrel of the gun, then laboriously loaded the shells into the barrel, and then adjusted the target of the bombardment. When he was about to ignite, he was dumbfounded. The huge bow gun had no ignition position at all.
Zheng Chenggong waved his hand, and an artilleryman walked up to Li Xuanwu and said:
"When you're ready, just pull the lower string."
At present, other people's artillery is manually ignited, but the Ming battleship no longer needs it, as long as the rope is pulled, the cannon can be fired.
"Oh, thanks for the advice!"
Li Xuanwu thanked the artillerymen of the Ming army, and pulled the rope half-believingly:
"Boom"
Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the huge shells shot out instantly, bombarding the sea water in front of them into huge waves.
"God..."
Li Xuanwu sat down on the ground in astonishment, Da Ming was even more remarkable in his heart at this time, more sacred and inviolable, and the naval guns did not need to be fired.
Zhu Youjian nodded in satisfaction, and then signaled Zheng Chenggong:
"Give him the gun."
"His Majesty……"
Zheng Chenggong hesitated for a moment, but thinking that this person was a descendant of Yi Sun-sin, he finally chose to trust the emperor and waved someone to bring him a rifled gun.
Li Xuanwu took a look at the rifled gun, and was shocked again. This thing is more advanced than the flintlock gun, and even the bullets have undergone great changes.
At this time, a seabird happened to pass by the surface of the sea, and Li Xuanwu immediately raised his gun to aim at the seabird.
Seeing Li Xuanwu raising his gun, both Qinglong and Cao Zhengchun stared at Li Xuanwu vigilantly. As long as Li Xuanwu's muzzle changed direction, they would kill him on the spot without hesitation.
"boom"
With a gunshot, a mass of feathers fell from the seabird's body, and the body fell into the sea water, but when it was about to fall into the water, it spread its wings and flew high again.
Li Xuanwu scratched his head in embarrassment, not directly killing the seabird, but knocking off a few feathers. He was not used to using a rifled gun for the first time, but it was already very good.
Nevertheless, Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction:
"Okay, yes, you are indeed a talent. If you are willing, I will recommend you to Lu Aiguo, Governor of North Korea, as his deputy. I wonder what you want?"
Li Xuanwu's dream was to join the Ming Navy, but he knew that the emperor would not put an unknown soldier in an important fleet.
Being able to be an official beside Lu Aiguo was also something he dared not expect. Lu Aiguo was a man of absolute power in North Korea.
Li Xuanwu knelt down to thank you again:
"Thanks to His Majesty Emperor Ming, Li Xuanwu is willing, even if he is an ordinary soldier."
Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:
"Okay, get a pen."
"According to the purpose"
A soldier immediately presented a pen and paper, and Zhu Youjian wrote a few words, then handed the note to Li Xuanwu, and confessed:
"You take this note to the Governor of North Korea Lu Aiguo, I believe he will give you a suitable position, go!"
Li Xuanwu knelt down on his knees and kowtowed again, then stretched out his hands respectfully and took the note, feeling as if he had found a treasure:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor, Li Xuanwu swears his allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven."
Zhu Youjian smiled and waved:
"Send Li Xuanwu back without courtesy."
"According to the purpose"
Zheng Chenggong agreed, and immediately ordered the soldiers to put down the boat and send Li Xuanwu to his fishing boat. After boarding the boat, Li Xuanwu knelt down to thank Zhu Youjian again.
"Look, everyone, that kid is still alive, and the Da Ming fleet didn't kill him. It seems that Da Ming doesn't treat us as second-class citizens..."
The North Korean fishermen looking at the fleet from a distance, seeing Li Xuanwu being sent to the fishing boat, shouted and started the fishing boat to rush towards Li Xuanwu...
After sending Li Xuanwu away, Zheng Chenggong stepped forward to salute with fists in his hands:
"Your Majesty, why do you trust this person so much? Are you not afraid that he is pretending to be a descendant of Yi Sun-shin?"
Of course Zhu Youjian would not talk about the system with Zheng Chenggong, he smiled slightly:
"I can see from his eyes that he is not lying. In addition, he is also looking for a capable general for Lu Aiguo's invasion of the Wa Kingdom. You will naturally know when the time comes."
Only then did Zheng Chenggong and other generals suddenly realize that the emperor was planning for a rainy day against the Japanese kingdom, and all the generals stepped forward to salute:
"My humble minister is ignorant, your majesty is wise, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"