Chapter 181 Room Gossip

"Shoudao, that's right, but you know that it's not the right time. If you show it to your majesty immediately, I expect that you will definitely be expelled from the capital. Even if your majesty doesn't blame you, the people in the ode will trouble you. Although the good advice is against the ears, I advise you to put up with it and look at the limelight. Say, why don't you keep it for yourself and don't let others know."

"Haha" smiled faintly.

"Mr. Mingfu's kind heart, I understand. Please rest assured that I will not take it out today, but on March 1st of next year, after the opening of Jinmingchi Qionglin Garden, I think it should be the time. Since it is a day when all people are happy, it is not bad to make an article to commemorate it."

"Well, since you insist on keeping the way, I won't advise you. Just be careful."

"Thank you, Mr. Mingfu for your advice"

The above is the dialogue between Sun Fu and Shi Jie.

Wang De, the Duke of Lu, walked to Du Yan and coughed gently twice. When Du Yan heard someone behind him, he quickly turned around and found that it was the old Duke Wang De, so he saluted and started: "The old prince looks good. Have you slept well recently?"

"Well, I finally didn't have any nightmare. A few days ago, I heard that the Zhenrong army was defeated. My father-in-law's heart seemed to have overturned the boat. He was uncomfortable for a long time. Unexpectedly, it was a misreport. Fortunately, Lord Fan's reinforcements arrived in time and saved the Zhenrong army, otherwise I would definitely lose the army!"

"That's right. By the way, the old prince, Lord Wang Zhaoming sent a letter to the capital. I don't know if the prince has heard about this?"

"I haven't heard what Wang Zhaoming said?"

"In fact, it's nothing. It's just related to the musket made by Su University. Wang Zhaoming wrote to him that he saw with his own eyes that the Qingzhou 100-person musket team, under the leadership of lieutenant Guo Kui, blocked the Xixia army, which was several times more than himself, and there were no casualties on his side. He also said that Lieutenant Guo Kui, the lieutenant of the Great Wall Hao led the army from the west of Zhenrong Army in the First World War. Day and night to help the besieged Jingyuan Road Ge Huaimin's troops. In this battle, the Qingzhou thousand-person musket team still had no casualties. It defeated more than a thousand iron forest army in Xixia, and there were also many Xixia riders and pawns, at least more than 3,000. At that time, Wang Zhaoming was in the army and saw Guo Kui's marching in order, although it was ordinary. As soon as the phalanx was fired, it was simply devastated, so Wang Zhaoming wanted to suggest that the court should equip the border army with a large number of muskets in case of Xixia"

"This Wang Zhaoming is very far-sighted," Wang De said, "But this matter has not been discussed. In other words, your majesty means to first 'reorganize' half of the forbidden army guarding Bianliang (Su Suyan), and then replace the muskets of the front division of the inner court and the Ma and Bu military division of the outer court at the same time. During this period, the last three The commanders of the army remain unchanged, and the military rules and discipline remain unchanged, but they need to be changed. How to change them? Your Majesty just said that we will wait until the folds are written."

"Yes, the Privy Council also knows this matter, but who will write what your majesty said? Hanlin Academy? Which group of Ding Du and Zeng Gongliang?"

"I don't know. My father-in-law asked Lord Ding. He said that there was no such thing. Recently, he has been busy with the second volume of "General of the Martial Arts", and your majesty did not mention this matter to them!"

"That's strange. Who does your majesty ask to draft this fold?" Du Yan turned his eyes to the officials around him and found that only Lv Yijian changed his previous style and sat there without talking and fell asleep.

Wang De also found it. He put his elbow on Du Yan and said, "It can't be, Mr. Lv."

"With this possibility, your majesty value Mr. Lv Xianggong very much." Du Yan's eyes suddenly became very deep.

"That's right. Let's see what good ideas Mr. Lv has."

Sansi made Yao Zhongsun feel so tired. From getting up and leaving his mansion to Xuande Building, he has been cheering. After entering the Zuoye door, he began to feel sleepy. Now his eyelids are heavy, as if there are two grain bags on it.

Yao Zhongsun thought about the effect of the salt solution to your majesty for a while, and then talk about the results of the Duyan case under the salt and iron department for one year, and then report the results of the Sansi's case. Fu Bi did a good job. At least the fire gun workshop of Xiangfu has begun with the full support of Lord Su. Gasification' production, although he is still for a while

It's not clear, but he understood as soon as he heard the example given by Lord Su. The so-called electrification is like water flowing water pushing the grinding surface of the mill. Electricity is like the water flow. However, as far as Yao Zhongsun knows, there is only lightning from the sky, and there is electricity elsewhere. He really hasn't seen it, but Lord Su showed it to him again. One example is to take out two pieces of amber stones to each other

Friction. After a while, it was close to the temples, and suddenly the temples were sucked up. This was a sign of electricity, but it was still very difficult to understand. He didn't want to understand this. As long as the General Equipment Department didn't ask Yao Zhongsun for money from his third division, she didn't care about anything.

However, the newly established musket workshop is indeed too expensive. It has spent 100,000 taels of silver in just more than two months. This is not only about collecting iron ore, coal for making fire, as well as sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal, cotton, and what kind of smokeless gunpowder. It's really too troublesome to make a firecracker. There is no need to do so many things.

There must be a gain and a loss. I remember that the continuous musket demonstrated by Lord Su in the campus of the Forbidden Army on that day is indeed extremely powerful. If two people can deal with 300-step riders, that is to say, as long as 3,000 people in our dynasty, we can fight against the 300,000 troops of the other army. I don't know if this is appropriate, but the fact is In front of him, he can't be doubted, at least that continuous fire

The gun is powerful. Later, he personally went to the musket test site of the General Equipment Department of Xiangfu Huangzhuang and saw the more powerful musket with his own eyes, but it should not be called a gun, but a cannon, which is more powerful than all the cannons in this dynasty. It is so powerful and easy to transport. There are two black wheels on the left and right. No matter where you go, It's like walking on the ground.

Yao Zhongsun is very optimistic about the thing called artillery. When asked, he needed more iron and what rubber he didn't understand. What is rubber? He had heard of fish glue. He really didn't know about rubber. Later, he asked Lord Su how to make rubber. Lord Su said he wanted to exploit oil! Use oil to refine rubber.

What is oil? Is it the black and stinky water reported by Yanchuan? Stinky water can also become a treasure, which is really strange, but fortunately, at least Lord Su said that she didn't need to pay a penny. She had her own way.

What can a female stream do? Although she did not spend a penny in the treasury to open a government office before, she built thousands of muskets and a cannon in the later period. Yao Zhongsun estimated that it would cost at least 200,000 yuan, that is to say, the Xiangfu mus musket workshop and the general equipment department of Huangzhuang are worn. A pair of trousers, but it doesn't make sense. It is clearly written on the details of the degree under the Sansi case.

Chu, even the date and place of purchase, the owner has it. 200,000 yuan has never been given to the General Equipment Department. Yao Zhongsun is confused, and it is difficult to ask Su Su where she got so much money. Maybe it's impossible for your majesty to withdraw the money from the internal treasury.

Forget it, don't guess. It's hard and it's not good to eat. Today's mental deficiency, so let's save worry.

Lv Yijian's heart was clear. He thought about it. In fact, the most important thing this year is not taxation, nor famine, let alone the warm epidemic that swept the whole Jingdong Road, but the war in the northwest and Liao in the north.

The war in the northwest has just come to an end. A few days ago, the 800-li fast horse on Shaanxi Road has arrived in the capital. Xixia Yuanhao was defeated and lost soldiers. He has returned to Tiandu Mountain again. However, the Zhenrong army suffered heavy losses, and the Jingyuan Road army lost more than 20,000 yuan. Although it was a complete victory, it was a narrow victory. Killing the enemy for one thousand and lost 800 yuan. The same is true of ancient and modern times.