Daming Junior Scholar

Before everyone could react, the muzzle flashed, and the shells fell directly into the artillery factory.

Because this cannon really poured everyone's countless efforts, most of the craftsmen in the factory gathered at the edge of the cliff to watch the cannon test fire. When the cannonball fell into the factory, it did not cause much casualties. But by coincidence, the warehouse where the shells were stored was ignited, and the entire artillery factory was almost blown up.

He Jiaan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that the craftsmen were fine. It happened that Tang Lin also pulled the navy people over at this time, and they immediately threw themselves into the scene of putting out the fire.

The entire day, until it was already dark, the entire fire was extinguished again. It was not so much extinguished as it was because there was really nothing to burn, so it was gradually extinguished. The smell in the air was pungent. He Jiaan really wanted to cry without tears, how could this matter be so coincidental?Fired a cannon towards the sea, but the cannon was turned over, and it was not good where you shot, but one cannonball ignited all the shells. This is good, so many materials I brought were all burned by a fire. It was burnt out, and it is estimated that it will be impossible to rebuild the artillery factory in a few months.

Just when He Jiaan was secretly helpless, the old man Bai Huatian walked over with the support of his daughter and son-in-law. When He Jiaan approached, the old man knelt down at once, which frightened He Jiaan, and quickly helped the old man up , repeatedly said: "Old man, what are you going to do? It's clear that if you kill me, it's just a big firecracker. What's the big deal? Edison invented a light bulb that can fail thousands of times. Let's This is a big deal, and it’s normal to fail a few times, but it’s just bad luck this time.”

Hearing He Jiaan's rapid-fire words, old man Bai didn't blame himself as he did just now, instead he blinked his eyes and asked doubtfully, "How many times did the person surnamed Ai that Mr. He just mentioned fail?"

"Uh... I heard that there are more than 2000 times. Anyway, don't worry about it, as long as we are all right, come on, old man, let's put the matter here and go back to the city to suppress the panic."

Old man Bai is old, and what he is most afraid of is being frightened. He Jiaan tried his best to decompress the old man, and finally arrived in the city. After drinking a little wine, the old man fell asleep. If so, He Jiaan was also a little worried. Just ask a doctor in the city to live next door to the old man, and if something happens in the middle of the night, he can give him a hand right away.

After finishing these things, He Jia'an returned to his mansion alone. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Su Hongxiu greeted him with a strange face, and said in a low voice, "Master, please go and have a look."

"What's wrong?" He Jiaan was taken aback, fearing that something bad would happen again.

Su Hongxiu smirked at the living room, and said in a low voice: "The old eunuch has been waiting here for three hours, and he said he has to wait for you."

It was Li Fu again.

He Jiaan sighed in his heart, it seemed that he still couldn't escape his torture today, he nodded at Su Hongxiu, and then walked into the living room by himself.

The light in the living room was on, and Li Fu sat on the chair with his legs crossed and stared at a corner of the ceiling, not knowing what he was thinking, until he heard footsteps, then he stood up, clasped his fist at He Jiaan and said : "Master He, I don't know how the artillery factory suffered casualties?"

"Oh, let Eunuch Li down, only three people were injured, and they were all minor injuries."

"That's good, that's good." Hearing the news, Li Fu also heaved a long sigh of relief.

Huh?

Now it's He Jia'an's turn to be puzzled. You, Li Fu, have been waiting for so long just to see yourself making jokes. Maybe you have already prepared the brochure to be sent to the capital, and you just need to fill in the number of people in it. What do you think of yours? The expression on the contrary has a feeling of relief?

Without waiting for He Jiaan to ask, Li Fu smiled and said, "Could it be that Mr. He also thought that the miscellaneous family came to see the joke?"

"Isn't it?" He Jiaan asked back.

Li Fu smiled wryly and shook his head: "Master He really sees me Li Fu too clearly, although there is indeed some relationship between me and you, but in this kind of matter, Zajia still stands with you, if this The casualties were really heavy this time, and you, Mr. He, can't escape the responsibility, can the miscellaneous family do it?"

When Li Fu said this, He Jiaan immediately understood that the matter was exactly as Li Fu said. As the commander-in-chief of an army, he naturally had a lot of responsibility. Not guilty of dereliction of duty, after such a calculation, I stood on the same front as him this time.

In this case, He Jia'an understood what Li Fu and others meant, and he clearly waited for him to draft the confession document together with him, so that the two of them could be regarded as sharing joys and sorrows.

Chapter 1211 Kind words to appease

Chapter 1211 Kind words to appease

"...Because the shells ignited the shells stored in the artillery factory, it caused a huge explosion in the artillery factory. Fortunately, there were not many people in the artillery factory at that time. Fortunately, only three people were slightly injured..."

"...These big mistakes were all caused by the ministers, so I wrote to His Majesty, asking for punishment. He Jiaan, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Admiral of the Navy, the prefect of Pazhou, and Li Fu, the supervising army."

After watching it from the beginning to the end, Zhengde's face showed a little puzzlement, and Zhang Yong beside him hurriedly said softly: "Long live, this artillery test was originally to test the problem of the artillery, and accidents are very common. The thing is, it's just that Mr. He was unlucky this time, and a cannon shot into the warehouse of the Artillery Factory, it's not that he didn't do his best."

Zhengde glanced at Zhang Yong lightly, and sighed quietly: "The artillery is a dead thing, and it is normal to have problems, but this is not what worries me."

"Oh? What is Long Live Lord worried about?" Zhang Yong asked curiously.

Zhengde picked up the notebook again, but his gaze fell directly to the end of the notebook, and he said quietly for a long while: "Why did Li Fu and He Jiaan join forces to submit the paper? Is the relationship between the two of them so good? "

Zhang Yong understood in an instant that Zhengde was not worried because of the accident at the artillery factory, but because he was afraid that the supervisor he sent to Paju would have a problem. If he and He Jiaan became friends, wouldn't he be lost? The only person who can check and balance He Jiaan.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yong quickly said: "Long live Lord, don't worry, Li Fu has been in the palace for so long, so he naturally knows who is his master. I also have my own difficulties, but judging by my servant, Li Fu's second scripture will be delivered soon, and he will explain this matter clearly."

"Uh." Zhengde nodded slowly, and believed Zhang Yong's explanation. Although he had enough trust in He Jiaan, in order to prevent him from becoming self-respecting after his strength increased, some restraints were still necessary.

After thinking for a while, Zhengde suddenly said: "By the way, I heard that Sister Su is going to give birth in a few days. You go and prepare a generous gift, and then take the imperial doctor to visit and tell her that the Queen Mother is very worried about her health. After giving birth, I will come to the palace more to walk around."

"Yes."

After Zhang Yong responded, he backed away. When he was outside, he began to figure out the meaning of Zhengde's words. Long Live Lord would definitely not mention Su Yunya for no reason. What he meant by that was...

Thinking of this, Zhang Yong suddenly seemed to understand something. The meaning of Long Live God is that the queen mother misses her so much, but that she does not want Su Yunya to leave the capital. Detain your wife and children, let's see how you dare to rebel outside.

Now that he understands it, the next step will be easy. When he went to the imperial prison to pick out some Buddhist artifacts, Zhang Yong brought the imperial doctor to the He Mansion. After putting the things down, he said a lot of good things. Only when the pregnant women were safe and sound, did they leave.

It's just that when Zhang Yong got into the carriage, the little eunuch next to him followed up and whispered a few words in Zhang Yong's ear, only to see Zhang Yong's face suddenly changed, and asked in a low voice: "Where is the man?" ?”

"Still in the same place."

"Well, I see, you go and tell him, don't show your whereabouts, after dark, the miscellaneous family will go to meet him."

"Yes."

The little eunuch left after answering, but Zhang Yong's face showed a trace of gloom, his cold eyes stared out of the window, but his heart's vigilance had been raised to the highest level, and he said quietly for a long while: "Go back to the palace."

It was getting late, and the palace gate of the Leopard House had already started to close. Just before the gates were closed, some extremely ordinary carriages hurried out of the Leopard House, moving forward slowly, until it was confirmed that no one was following behind them. At that time, it stopped in front of a small restaurant. The person who got out of the car was none other than Zhang Yong who came out of the palace.

After seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Yong entered the restaurant through the back door, went up to the second floor along a secret passage, and got into the innermost private room all at once.

In the private room, someone had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Zhang Yong coming in, he stood up leisurely, smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Eunuch Zhang, long time no see."

Zhang Yong returned the gift, but there was not much smile on his face, he frowned slightly and asked: "Mr. Wang is not enjoying Qingfu in Nanchang, why did he come to the capital all the way?"

The person who had been waiting in the private room for a long time was clearly Wang Lun, the number one military adviser under King Ning Zhu Chenhao. Hearing Zhang Yong's words, he couldn't help but smiled and said, "If King Ning hadn't encountered a difficult situation, I wouldn't have I will come so far to bother Eunuch Zhang, please sit down, Eunuch Zhang, let’s talk slowly."

How could Zhang Yong have the intention to talk to him slowly, so he sat down and asked bluntly: "Please tell me if you have any difficulties, Mr. Wang, but let's agree in advance that there are not many things that miscellaneous people can do, Mr. Wang is still the best." Don't get your hopes up too much."

"Don't worry, Eunuch Zhang, it's just a trivial matter." After finishing speaking, Wang Lun reached out, took out a box from his sleeve, handed it to Zhang Yong, and said with a smile, "Eunuch Zhang, take a look at the contents first." .”

"What is this?" Zhang Yong hesitated for a moment, but took the box over. As soon as he opened the lid of the box, there was a glimmer of light coming out, especially under the light of the candlelight, it looked even more mysterious. Incomparable.

"This is..." The expression on Zhang Yong's face changed slightly, and the movements of his hands involuntarily opened up. After the box was fully opened, he couldn't help being surprised when he saw the contents inside. An egg-sized night pearl was placed in the middle of the box, and the dim light just now was emitted by this bead.

Wang Lun's eyes were fixed on Zhang Yong's face all the time. When he saw his surprised face, he secretly smiled in his heart. Just like what he said to King Ning, it's not the people like Zhang Yong who can impress him. Those ordinary gold, silver and jewels are rare treasures. I am afraid that such a big luminous pearl is not even available to the emperor. How can Zhang Yong not be tempted by this.

Sure enough, Zhang Yong stared at Ye Mingzhu for a long time, then put the lid on the box again, but pushed the box in front of Wang Lun, and said in embarrassment: "It must be that what Mr. Wang is asking for must be very big. Bar?"

"Hehe, not too much." Wang Lun smiled, and finally revealed the mystery: "I heard that the capital has newly cast a powerful cannon called the 'Franco Cannon'. My lord has also been fascinated by it for a long time. If it is convenient, can Eunuch Zhang send one to my prince?"

After working for a long time, they actually came up with the idea of ​​Fran's cannon.

After Zhang Yong understood Wang Lun's intentions, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Mr. Wang is really too high-minded. Do you know that every time a Franc machine gun is cast, there is a serial number on it. From the craftsmen who cast the cannon to the guards that receive the cannon, there will be people personally guarding the cannon. If something happens to the cannon, all the soldiers guarding the cannon will be beheaded. So Mr. Wang, you Do you think Zajia has such a great ability?"

"Ah?" Wang Lun didn't expect that it was just a cannon, how could it become so cumbersome, and he couldn't help asking: "Who invented this method of prevention? How can it be so strict?"

"Speaking of which, you seem to know this person."