The Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's daughter ran away from her arranged marriage, terrifying Zhu Di.

The bells that summoned all the officials rang throughout Nanjing.

Imperial edicts were delivered swiftly by fast horses to various government offices in the capital.

The officials who were originally on duty.

Before they could even figure out what had happened...

He was immediately pulled onto the carriage by the Imperial Guards.

If you didn't know better, you'd think the Northern Yuan Tartars had crossed the Yellow River.

Until they arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

Only when they saw the massive steel structures above the sky, resembling mythical beasts from mountains and seas, did they realize what was happening.

This matter is comparable to the Tartars crossing the Yellow River.

Much bigger!

"Aren't you all usually quite talkative?!"

"I have only one question for you!"

"If Nanping and Jianwen bring these things back to fight."

"What should we do?!"

He saw that all the civil and military officials remained silent.

Zhu Di's exasperated questioning voice rang out instantly.

Even so, what could the officials do?

Let alone fighting them, if they were crushed by these things, they would at most just groan.

Jianwen has already created this kind of thing, so what can they do?

Of course, it should be a grand and spectacular affair.

Frustration and fear spread like a virus among the officials and military officers.

They were Zhu Di's subjects.

Many of them had the blood of the families of former officials from the Jianwen Emperor's reign on their hands.

more than this.

Such as Chen Xuan, the Earl of Pingjiang.

If the Yan army had marched south in the past, they would not have defected on the battlefield.

Even Zhu Di couldn't enter the city!

Just as everyone was feeling dejected, an untimely burst of laughter suddenly rang out.

"Hahaha."

"I don't understand."

"What exactly are you all afraid of?"

Xie Jin, who was standing behind Zhu Gaochi, quietly stepped forward and stood stiffly in front of everyone.

Zhu Gaochi knew that this fellow had fallen into his habit of seeking attention and popularity again.

Xie Jin was talented, and so was he.

It's just that her mouth looks like the waistband of that old lady's cotton trousers.

It's impossible to control.

"Jie Jin!"

"This is the Qianqing Palace!"

"It's not a pedestrian bridge!"

"Come back quickly!"

Zhu Gaochi tried to pull Xie Jin back, but Xie Jin looked on with disdain.

"Your Highness!"

"Oh, and Your Majesty too."

"In the past, Emperor Zhuanxu severed the connection between heaven and earth, so even the most powerful immortals could not achieve great things."

"In the end, they could never truly enter this mundane world."

"When Princess Nanping returns in the future, she will also rely on mortals to forge these weapons!"

"What are you all afraid of?"

As he spoke, Xie Jin turned to look at Yang Rong, the Minister of Works.

"Minister Yang".

"You are in charge of the Ministry of Works."

"Even if we could obtain the blueprints, how long would it take the Ming Dynasty's craftsmen to build just one of these chariots?"

Yang Rong was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and looked up at the huge, dark figures in the sky.

Those things looked scary.

But one can still see the presence of a considerable amount of weaponry.

Yang Rong clicked his tongue and pondered for a long time.

"These chariots... are all made of black iron."

"The integration is so exquisite."

"Even with blueprints and skilled craftsmen, it would probably take at least ten years to build one."

"The iron smelting alone will probably require a lot of effort."

Yang Rong provided the time.

Xie Jin was even more pleased.

"Isn't that all?"

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince."

"These artifacts are indeed exquisite, but when Princess Nanping returns, she will at most acquire three or five of them."

Xie Jin stretched out his hand, looking at Zhu Gaoxu and the others with a smug expression.

"Prince Han, Duke of Qi!"

"Only three or five vehicles!"

"The three major military camps in the capital are sufficient to field 500,000 elite troops."

"They can't even stop these three or five tanks?!"

After Xie Jin's analysis...

Zhu Gaoxu, Qiu Fu, and others suddenly found their thinking clear.

Indeed.

Xie Jin's tactic was, "You have a spiked club, I have a skull."

But the Ming Dynasty's forces did indeed have an overwhelming numerical advantage!

"Not just tanks."

"These chariots, no matter how grand the theory is, are nothing more than firearms."

"Since it is a firearm, it is highly dependent on supplies and logistics."

"Princess Nanping cannot use the celestial supplies for her own purposes."

"What are you afraid of?"

"In my opinion, they probably don't even have three tricks up their sleeve."

"After this round of shelling, we'll have to stop firing!"

Xie Jin spoke with great logic and reason.

Even more critically, according to Zhu Gaoxu, Qiu Fu, and others...

That makes some sense.

They were all veterans, and the Shenji Battalion was among the elite of the Ming Dynasty's forces.

They naturally knew how much firearms units relied on logistics and supplies.

If logistics can't keep up.

Even the most powerful firearms are no different from fire sticks.

"That's only the second point."

Xie Jin squinted and looked at the sky with a hint of smugness.

"Thirdly, if it comes to close combat, what can even the elite soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion do?"

"Firearms units have always only trained in target practice, never in mounted archery!"

"Look again at these soldiers in the sky; they're not even wearing armor."

"Clearly, even in the Immortal Realm, the firearms battalion is not skilled in mounted archery!"

"Therefore, as long as we can get close enough!"

"Our army will surely win!"

As soon as Xie Jin finished speaking...

The Ming generals present felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from their hearts.

Isn't that exactly right?

Even the Ming Dynasty's Divine Machine Battalion was ambushed by cavalry.

There was only one option left: to run away in panic.

"Haha, look how sweaty my palms are!"

"It seems we mustn't lose our horseback archery skills!"

"Exactly, exactly. Those soldiers these days have been living in peace for too long. They need to be trained properly."

"Mounted archery is the foundation of our Great Ming Dynasty!"

"..."

Everyone present.

Only Yao Guangxiao closed his eyes in resignation.

He was the most extraordinary black-clad prime minister in the early Ming Dynasty.

He knew, of course, how unreliable Xie Jin's words were.

That's not how it works.

What else can we do?

He couldn't very well tell Zhu Di directly, "We can't win, so why don't we just surrender?"

Before a major battle, boost morale.

It's definitely true.

While Yao Guangxiao was still silently weighing the credibility of Xie Jin's words,

Above the sky, in Nanping, Shen Kan had already asked the same question as Xie Jin.

"Please forgive my ignorance, Immortal Master."

"While the heavenly soldiers and generals are undoubtedly brave, won't such overuse of firearms lead to logistical problems?"

Nanping looked at Shen Kan cautiously.

She was afraid that Shen Kan would find her dull-witted.

Shen Kan did not keep anything from Nanping.

"Given the productivity of the Ming Dynasty, providing logistical support for such an army was indeed extremely difficult."

"But it's not like there's no way."

As he spoke, Shen Kan took a remote control from the conference room table.

--drop!

Inside the meeting room.

A large screen broadcasting live footage of the military parade.

In an instant, it switched to the science and education video that he had already generated using AI.

One after another, iconic machines of the industrial age roared in.

Spinning jenny, internal combustion engine, electric motor, you name it.

At the same time, Shen Kan's explanation also began.

"Since the invention of the spinning jenny, human productivity has developed by leaps and bounds."

"Compared to before the Industrial Revolution, the productivity of a craftsman has increased at least ten thousand times!"

"Solving logistical and logistical production problems is a piece of cake!"