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Zhong Huan hesitated, shook his head and said, "I don't understand either!"

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Actually, there are many details in it. For example, the Firearms Supervisor has gunpowder smiths, gunsmiths, gunsmiths, iron shellsmiths, and matchlock makers. They certainly can't kidnap them all, so they will definitely find the craftsmen they need most. , the most likely is the gunpowder craftsman, because with gunpowder, iron fire mines can be imitated, or they didn’t come to the firearms craftsman at all, you took it for granted and went in the wrong direction.”

Zhong Huan was taken aback, "The humble job is a bit confused!"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "Actually, I lost the Iron Fire Thunder before, and I didn't take it to heart. Goryeo is not Liao and Jin. Liao and Jin can already manufacture ordinary firearms. They can imitate them if they get the Iron Fire Thunder. No, Koryo is not. Goryeo still needs to start from the search for saltpeter mines. After finding the fire nitrate, it needs to make nitrate and purify it. The high-purity fire nitrate powder is handed over to the gunpowder maker, and then it starts to prepare gunpowder. After the gunpowder is obtained, it starts to think Try to make all kinds of firearms. If they have never made any firearms, how can they make iron fire mines in one step? Imitation is impossible, so unless they kidnap a whole set of more than a dozen craftsmen, there is no way to kidnap individual people. significance."

Zhong Huan nodded, "Your Majesty is right. If they want to catch firearms craftsmen, they don't need to go to Kong Yuan. It would be better to go directly to Bo, the firearms supervisor. The firearms supervisor Bo knows where everyone lives and what job they do. Chu, then what kind of craftsman are they looking for?"

"Maybe they came to look for master prospectors and smelters. They are short of pig iron."

Chen Qing put his hands behind his back and said calmly: "No matter what craftsmen they find, they will be caught after they enter Sifang City, and they will not be given the slightest chance."

"Wei Chen obeys!"

Chen Qing shook his head. Goryeo didn't know how to live or die, and didn't know how to repent. When the incidents in the Western Regions and grasslands were over, they could attack Goryeo.

……

Two days later in the morning, Kong Yuan was sitting in the teahouse anxiously, waiting anxiously for Pei Qiushan's arrival. At this moment, a short man appeared, walked up to Kong Yuan and said, "Our shopkeeper Pei can't come today, give me the things." Bar!"

Kong Yuan was not an idiot, he patted his pocket and said, "I brought the things, I want to see my family, let them go and deliver the goods."

The man waved to the distance, a carriage drove up, and the window was opened, revealing the faces of his concubine and son.

"They are all safe and sound, hand over their things!"

Kong Yuan took out a detailed map of Sifang City and handed it to the man. The short man's expression changed, "This is just a map, where is the roster?"

"You let them get off the carriage and walk to the middle of the road, I will give it to you, if I don't give it to you, you can stab me with a knife."

"Give me the things, and I promise to let them go."

"No, you must release him first!" Kong Yuan did not budge.

The short man's eyes shot with murderous intent, he held the dagger inside his clothes, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll say it one last time, give me the things!"

For the sake of his son, Kong Yuan had already gone all out, shook his head and said: "I don't believe you, I'm not that stupid, the thing is not on me, if you let him go, I will tell you, where is the thing?"

After a pause, he added: "I wrote a letter and put it at home. If you kidnap me, my wife will immediately hand over the letter to the inner guard!"

The first thousand and 560 chapter goals

The short man stared at Kong Yuan for a long time, and had no choice but to report to the carriage. At this time, Pei Qiushan was in the carriage, holding the two hostages with a knife.

According to his plan, once he got the roster and map, he would immediately kill the three of them to silence them.

Unexpectedly, Kong Yuan was very cunning, and he didn't keep the roster on him, which made Pei Qiushan a bit difficult to deal with.

He was also a little regretful, if he had known about it earlier, he would have asked Kong Yuan to meet in the carriage, directly kidnapped him, and got into the carriage, so he couldn't let him go.

However, the other party seemed to have guarded against this trick, leaving his wife to leave a letter.

Pei Qiushan believed that Kong Yuan did not dare to report to the inner guard for the time being, after all his son was in his hands.

But if they were released, would he report to the inside guard?

Pei Qiushan was really in a dilemma, but time could not be delayed, so Pei Qiushan secretly gritted his teeth and got the things first, then killed their family.

He said to his subordinates: "Go and warn him. If he is only asking for money, I will give him another 3000 taels of silver three days later. But if he dares to report to the inner guards and ruin my affairs, I will kill their whole family. One who doesn't Keep!"

His subordinates ran to warn Kong Yuan, Kong Yuan nodded and said, "I just want my family to be safe, I don't want 3000 taels of silver, let alone report to the inner guard, I won't cause trouble for myself."

The men came back and reported to Pei Qiushan, Pei Qiushan nodded and opened the car door, "You two go down!"

The woman got out of the carriage with her son in her arms, and walked down the street step by step.

Kong Yuan ran up and hugged the woman and son.

Pei Qiushan sternly said, "I've already let him go, where are the things?"

"Don't worry, I will keep my word!"

Kong Yuan said to the two: "Go to my office immediately!"

The woman carried her son and ran to the office opposite.

Seeing them entering the office, Kong Yuan said to Pei Qiushan, "The answer is on the table in the teahouse, you can go and see for yourself."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran to the office. Pei Qiushan sneered and said, "Your son has taken the poison. I will give you the antidote in three days. If you dare to play tricks, he will die."

Kong Yuan was shocked. At this time, the little man had already come out of the teahouse, and the chance of escape was gone immediately. He didn't dare to delay any longer, and ran to the official office.

The short man handed Pei Qiushan a note with only one sentence on it, 'The roster is in Chunshui Lane! '

Pei Qiushan immediately ordered, "Get in the car and go to Chunshui Lane!"

The little man got into the carriage, and the carriage drove towards Chunshui Lane.

……

The exchange was arranged by the inner guards. Zhong Huan knew that the roster was more important than Kong Yuan's wife and children. As long as he couldn't get the roster, Pei Qiushan would not dare to attack them. Zhong Huan was not worried.

After entering the government office, Zhong Huan will immediately hide their family, so that the other party can't find them, and they can't silence them. As for Kong Yuan's real wife and daughter, they have already moved away first.

Chong Huan did not startle the snake, he asked Pei Qiushan to take the roster, and at the same time sent someone to watch them.

I saw that the carriage first came to the mansion of County Wei Yao Kaishan, Yao Kaishan came out of the mansion, got into the carriage, and the carriage left the city immediately.

Yao Kaishan is indeed the other party's person, and it is confirmed.

Last night, Zhong Huan specifically checked Yao Kaishan's resume. He is from Fengtian County, and he is from the same town as Kong Yuan. Three years ago, he passed the Jinshi examination and became a county lieutenant in Xianyang. His resume does not reveal any relationship with Gaoli.

The only thing is that Yao Kaishan's family background is poor, perhaps it is because of his poor family background that he is easy to be bribed.

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Inside the carriage, Yao Kaishan said worriedly: "Kong Yuan is very shrewd, he may have guessed that I betrayed him, I am worried that he will report to the inner guard."

Pei Qiushan said coldly: "Is the son important to him?"

"Of course, he is the only son."

Pei Qiushan snorted, "Then don't worry, his son will react today after taking the poison. He wants his son to live, so forgive him for not acting recklessly."

This time Pei Qiushan was ordered to come to Jingzhao. His task was to bring three master craftsmen back to Korea, a master prospecting master, a master smelting master, and a gunpowder master.

The first is to lure them with a lot of money and high-ranking officials. If they fail, they will be kidnapped directly, or their sons will be used as hostages to force them to follow him to Korea.

They have found the master prospector, and now they need a first-level smelting craftsman to help them smelt the highest quality refined iron, and a gunpowder master to help them make iron fire mines.

But the best craftsmen are all under the control of the government. With the help of the county captain Yao Kaishan, they found Kong Yuan.

"Is there anyone following behind?" Pei Qiushan asked the two men.

"no!"

The two men stared at the situation behind from the rear window, but did not see anyone following them.

Only then did Pei Qiushan feel relieved, took out the roster he had just obtained, and handed it to Yao Kaishan, "Look, is this roster real?"

Yao Kaishan smiled wryly, how could he know if it was true, Sifang City was not under his control.

He had no choice but to take the roster and read it again, "It should be true!"

He pointed to one of them and said, "This winemaker Liang Shuigen, I have dealt with him last year. He is the deputy manager of the winery, and the papermaker Luo Yi. I have also dealt with him. Since neither of them Wrong, everything else should be fine, and this roster doesn’t look like it’s newly created, at least two or three years old.”

Pei Qiushan nodded. The roster is indeed a bit old, and it cannot be faked. He also feels that the things are not fake from this point.

"It's a pity that there are no gunpowder craftsmen!" Pei Qiushan sighed.

Yao Kaishan sneered and said, "What's the use of finding a gunpowder craftsman? A gunpowder craftsman is only responsible for making gunpowder. What about making nitrate? There are also firearms craftsmen and blacksmiths. Even making matchsticks requires a professional master craftsman, otherwise how can you burn it accurately? "

Pei Qiushan was stunned. Although he was ruthless, he was not a professional firearms officer after all, and he knew nothing about making iron fire mines. He was just ordered to find someone.

He suddenly became angry from embarrassment, and said viciously: "What are you, yours, it sounds harsh, aren't you from Korea?"

Pei Qiushan didn't know Yao Kaishan's background, and always thought he was a Korean. In fact, Yao Kaishan was not a Korean. His original name was Yao Cheng. Ten years ago, he went to Shandong Road for a study tour and visited the Confucian Temple, where he met his teacher Li Shuanzi.At that time, Shandong Road was still the territory of the Kingdom of Jin, and Koryo was a vassal of the Kingdom of Jin, so the Kingdom of Jin sent Li Suanzi, a famous scholar of Korea, to Shandong Road to brainwash the students and make them loyal to the Kingdom of Jin. Several students were brainwashed into spiritual Koreans, Yao Chengcheng was one of them, and he was renamed Yao Kaishan by Li Suanzi.

After studying hard for many years, Yao Kaishan was admitted to Jingzhao Jinshi three years ago. As if he had found a treasure, the Koreans immediately used money to clear the way, trying to arrange him into the four counties of the capital, but failed, so they had to settle for the next best thing and arrange him as a Xianyang County lieutenant.

Yao Kaishan hid it very deeply. Last year, the group of Koryo spies came to Jingzhao to get money tickets. Yao Kaishan did not participate in it, but he handed over the two iron fire mines he had hidden before to Pei Qiushan to bring them back to Korea, but one of them was a large iron fire mine. Lei Pei Qiushan couldn't take him away, so he temporarily hid in Xianyang, but was seized by the inner guard.

In order to cover Yao Kaishan, Pei Qiushan made up a story, saying that the source of Tiehuolei was obtained from the construction of the Danba Waterway, and he made it up vividly, involving a boss, and his subordinates believed it was true, and finally succeeded in deceiving After passing the inner guard, Yao Kaishan was saved.

Pei Qiushan pondered for a moment, then said coldly: "We are just following orders. Whether we can make iron fire mines has nothing to do with us. We must find a master smelter and a master gunpowder. This is our task."

Yao Kaishan nodded, "Gunpowder master wait a moment, I'll think of other ways, first find the master smelter, and go to Korea with Wang Jin first, don't delay too long, otherwise there will be long nights and dreams."

Wang Jin is an ore prospecting craftsman, who was found by Yao Kaishan in the mine. He is an experienced ore prospector.

Pei Qiushan agreed with Yao Kaishan's plan, step by step, first send the other two masters back to Korea.

He looked at the roster, pointed to one person and said, "This Huang Qing, iron smelter, first-class craftsman of Shaofu Temple, let him be selected!"

The first thousand and 560 chapter two relatives

At night, Kong Yuan found Yao Kaishan, bowed and begged: "We have been friends for so many years, and the incident has become like this, and I have not reported it. I beg you to give me the antidote! My son is really dying."

Yao Kaishan sighed and said: "I am a civil servant, and the other party is a ruthless person. If he becomes so ruthless, he will even kill me. You are right if you didn't report the crime, otherwise they will definitely kill your whole family."

"But what about my son?"

Yao Kaishan took out a small box from the drawer, handed it to Kong Yuan and said, "The medicine inside can suppress your son's toxicity for a month. As long as you are quiet, you will be given the antidote for your son in a month."

Kong Yuan took the box and said again: "How can I believe your words?"

"It's up to you. If you don't believe it, your son will definitely die."

Yao Kaishan sighed again: "Actually, Pei Qiushan doesn't believe you either, so he can only use this trick, which is not bad, otherwise he will definitely do everything possible to kill your family."

"The maid's body is still in the well, what do you do with it?"

"It's gone!"

Yao Kaishan said lightly: "Don't forget that I am a county captain. Disposing of a dead body is such a trivial matter. I advise you to hurry up and buy corn! The court will soon find out this loophole."

"If my son is dead, what use is it for me to have this honorary officer?"

Kong Yuan dropped a word angrily, turned around and strode away.

Yao Kaishan walked to the door and watched Kong Yuan's back as he walked away. He was really worried. If Kong Yuan's son died, Kong Yuan would definitely report him. What Pei Qiushan said made sense!It is the safest way to kill Kong Yuan's family.

……

This time, the inner guard has learned the lesson of last year and is no longer eager to make a move. Last year, he made a move too early and too hastily, missing Yao Kaishan, a big fish.

This time Zhong Huan decided to close the net at the end.

The emperor Chen Qing had a lot of things to do in the past two days. This morning, Chen Qing received two messages, one was from Gao Ding, and he defeated the [-] coalition forces of the Xiliao and Naiman tribes in Jinshan again. The entire army was wiped out, and the nobles of the Naiman tribe collectively surrendered to the Yong army.

Another piece of news was a specific implementation plan of the Tweet Order sent by Niu Gao.

Chen Qing immediately held an emergency military affairs meeting, and all seven ministers were in place. Yang Zaixing also served as a privy envoy and minister, and it was the first time that a military affairs meeting appeared.

"I have just received two important news about the grassland. The first news is that General Gao Ding led his army to defeat the [-] coalition forces of the Xiliao and Naiman tribes north of Jinshan. The [-] coalition troops were completely wiped out. Withdrawing from the grassland, the nobles of the Naiman tribe surrendered collectively to General Gao Ding, I would like to discuss with you how to deal with the Naiman tribe?"

Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, can you tell me about the second news, maybe the two are related."

"It's really relevant!"

Chen Qing smiled and said: "The second news is the detailed rules for the implementation of the Tweet Order sent by General Niu, which is the Tweet Order we discussed and passed last time. The Tweet Order we discussed is relatively rough, just a framework , General Niu made it into detailed rules. I would discuss it with you tomorrow. Since Zhou Xiangguo asked, I will briefly talk to you. There are three main systems here, the canonization system, the liaison system and mediation The system, the canonization system means that every tribe is canonized by us, which means that we protect them. It has been discussed before, so I won’t say more here.

The liaison system is that each small tribe is in Jincheng, which is the former Ketun City. Now it is renamed Jincheng, and a business company is set up in Jincheng. The courtyard system has strengthened the connection between us and various small tribes, and we can report to us in time if there is any danger.

Then there is the mediation system. There are conflicts between tribes. We participate in the intervention. This is mainly to prevent a certain tribe from annexing other tribes and to find a sufficient excuse for us to send troops. The implementation of these three systems can basically guarantee The long-term stability and peace of the grassland can also kill the unsettled grassland heroes in the bud. "

Jiang Yanxian smiled and said: "The three systems are indeed very clever. I suggest implementing them in the Naiman Department first, using the Naiman Department as a test, and if it goes well, then implement it in other departments."

Chen Qing said happily: "I agree with Jiang Xiangguo's suggestion, do you have anything to add?"

Zhou Kuan raised his hand and said, "Weichen should add something!"

"Zhou Xiangguo, please tell me!"

"Weichen suggested that the elders' discussion system should be implemented in the main tribe of the Naiman tribe, and the power of the khan should be distributed to the nobles. I believe they will welcome them, and then the elders will elect a highly respected person as the khan, which is only a symbolic representative of the Naiman. This will make the tribal system of the Naiman tribe more loose, and other tribal ministers believe that it can also be implemented in the same way."

"This is a big plan to draw wages from the bottom!"

Chen Qing glanced at Yang Zaixing who was hesitant to speak, and said with a smile, "What does the Privy Envoy want to say?"

Yang Zaixing bowed and said, "I want to say that this big plan means blood and fire!"

Chen Qing nodded, "This is actually a change in power. The new nobles want power, but the old rulers don't want to lose it, so we should send troops to eliminate the old rulers, because we are the rules. Maker."