Struggle History of the Reborn Son

Li Lin gasped for breath while nodding desperately, Xu Jingxuan quickly handed him a glass of water, Li Lin drank it in one gulp, feeling it wasn't enough, he just held the teapot and drank to his heart's content.

"Mr. Xu, you have lived up to your entrustment. That thing is done!"

Xu Jingxuan was overjoyed, the joy in his eyes could not be concealed, and he said: "Go and have a look, Chen Ping, prepare your horse."

"Lord, I know you're thinking about this. When I entered the door, I had someone prepare the horse." Seeing Xu Jingxuan's smile, Chen Ping felt warm in his heart. Today might be the happiest day for the host this year.

Soon, the three rode their horses and left Kunyue City.

In the middle of the night, they stood in an artificial open space in the middle of a deep mountain. Dozens of people held torches and gathered around a cannon, ready to fight.

"Welcome to the host."

Xu Jingxuan said: "Everyone has worked hard." Then he came among dozens of people.

"Mr. Xu, look, we have successfully made two of this kind of iron cannon. At noon today, some masters and I tried one. The explosion area is more than five times that of the original one, and the range is also tripled. ” Li Lin got off his horse, took a torch from the person next to him, and showed Xu Jingxuan the way.

Xu Jingxuan stepped forward, looking at the cannon, which was roughly the same as the modern one, and felt a burst of excitement.

"Okay, just try it and you'll know."

"Okay." Li Lin handed the torch back to the people beside him, and went up to demonstrate for Xu Jingxuan himself, and several old masters next to him also stepped forward to help.

A moment later, as Li Lin pulled his arm, a cannonball rushed out.

"Bang bang—"

I saw a thousand meters away, the sand and stones were blazing, and the sound of the explosion was deafening. If they were not in a remote mountain with no one, they would have shocked the world.

"Very good." Xu Jingxuan praised without hesitation.

Li Lin scratched his head, his face flushed slightly in the dark, it was the first time he was praised by Xu Jingxuan, and he felt that he really had a sense of accomplishment, but...

"Mr. Xu, although this kind of cannon is powerful, it is very difficult to make it successfully. In order to prepare these two cannons, we spent all the materials we saved, and the success rate of the shells is also very low. We have only made ten shells so far. Already tried twice."

Li Lin is familiar with the process of making weapons and ammunition. What is more familiar is the price of these raw materials and the degree of difficulty in refining them. In the past month or so, the money he has used may be piled up to the size of a hill. high.

As for the budget, Xu Jingxuan knew better than Li Lin. How could he not know that the money was spent from him?However, he is more aware of the importance of weapons to a civilian armed force.

"You go ahead and develop it to increase the success rate. I'll find a way to deal with money matters."

With these words, Li Lin once again took root in this deep mountain again, out of control, like crazy.

Xu Jingxuan rushed back to Kunyue City that night. When he returned to the other courtyard, he suddenly felt the ground shake. Xu Jingxuan stopped immediately, thinking that he was dizzy due to rushing all the way, but Chen Ping looked at him in amazement.

"Lord, did the ground shake just now?"

Xu Jingxuan's complexion changed drastically, and before he could speak, he felt the whole ground shaking.

Xu Jingxuan quickly grabbed a boy beside him, and ordered: "Hurry up, there's an earthquake, tell everyone to gather in this empty place in my yard."

In the entire Risheng Courtyard, his yard is the largest, except for the wing rooms, this is where the space is the largest.

Hearing this, the young man got up from the ground, quickly picked up a stick, found a piece of iron, raised it bang bang bang, and shouted loudly: "There's an earthquake, there's an earthquake, gather, gather, we're almost here, sir!" Gather in the yard..."

On the other side, Chen Ping was determined, and said to Xu Jingxuan: "Lord, I'll go and see Mr. Jingchun and ask him to come over."

Xu Jingxuan nodded, and within a moment, the silent night boiled up, with panic, cries for help, screams... the sounds were endless.

And the number of people in his yard has gradually increased. The young man has been serving in Xu Jingxuan's other courtyard on weekdays. All the servants were present, and only a few people were slightly injured, but they were all fine.

At this time, Chen Ping brought Xu Jingchun over, along with Yun Mo who lived in another courtyard.

Only then did Xu Jingxuan feel relieved, and said loudly in a voice that contained inner strength: "Guys, during an earthquake, you must be in an open place and don't run and hide. This is the safest place in the other courtyard. Trust me and stand Observe here, don't let the things on the top of your head hit, and respond immediately..."

With the backbone, the chattering voices of the servants gradually subsided, each of them clasped their hands, encouraged each other, and sat in a ball, praying for the earthquake to pass quickly.

Settle down as a servant, Xu Jingxuan left Xu Jingchun to sit in the mansion, and said to Yun Mo: "Yun Mo, take good care of him."

In front of the natural disaster, Yun Mo nodded solemnly with a sullen face, and said, "Jing Xuan don't worry."

The next moment, he saw Xu Jingxuan walking towards the outside of the courtyard with a gong and a stick, and he couldn't help being slightly shocked.

When Chen Ping saw this, his face was startled, he grabbed Xu Jingxuan, stopped in front of him, and said in panic: "Lord, where are you going?"

"There are still many people outside, and many of them are still asleep." Xu Jingxuan yelled. If he hadn't gone out of the city overnight to watch the cannons, he might be asleep too. He didn't have such a quick reaction. The earthquake is instant, and time is life!

"No, sir, it's too dangerous outside. All the houses in the city may collapse at any time. At this time, you can't go out!" Chen Ping shouted urgently. Not all houses are as strong as those built in Risheng Bieyuan, and It's a mess outside...

"Get out of the way! I must go." Xu Jingxuan's face was grim, how terrible the natural disaster was, he knew that there was just an earthquake at this time, if he notified the rescue in time, he could still save many people.

In the sky that had been silent for a long time, lightning flashed and thunder struck at some point. At this time, the sky that had been dry for several months was unexpectedly violently windy. In an instant, dark clouds were densely covered, and the bean-heavy rain poured down. The people in the open-air yard were a little ready to move , I want to go indoors to hide from the rain.

At this moment, the ground shook again.

Chen Ping looked at the determined eyes of the young man in the wind and rain, and compromised: "Lord, wait for me, I will arrange some people to go together. Right now, there is heavy thunder and heavy rain, and it won't be of much use if you go out alone."

After finishing speaking, Chen Ping shouted to the servants in the yard in the wind and rain: "All women and children hide in the son's room for me. The doors and windows of the rooms are all open. If the house is found to be collapsing, run to the yard immediately." Come on, even if it's raining, you can't enter the house!"

Everyone nodded in horror, and someone shouted tremblingly: "Chen Steward, there are parents and younger brothers in the suburbs of my city..."

Seeing this, Chen Ping quickly ordered: "All adult males in the courtyard come out, and those who have parents or relatives in the city and suburbs can go out with me to notify, but they must obey the arrangement and cannot act alone!"

Everyone got an order, and after a while, more than 20 young butlers gathered together, holding torches, gongs, iron plates, and sticks in their hands. Under Chen Ping's call, they followed Xu Jingxuan out of the other courtyard and divided into four groups. The people in the city were notified from door to door, asking them to abandon their luggage and evacuate to an open place as quickly as possible.

An hour later, Xu Jingxuan met Mr. Liang, the prefect of Kunyue City, and the officials in the street market. After reporting the casualties to him, Xu Jingxuan arranged for his people to evacuate.

Liang Zhiyan is nearly forty years old, and has served as the magistrate of Kunyue City for five years. Seeing that this year's performance appraisal is good, he may go a step further. When he noticed the earthquake, his family members didn't care about it. They just let the housekeeper On his behalf, he put on his clothes and hurried to the yamen to gather his subordinates to rush to the city for disaster relief. Unexpectedly, someone was faster than him and made proper arrangements, and he couldn't help but feel grateful.

"It turns out to be Mr. Xu from Risheng Bieyuan. Thank you so much. I will thank you again later." In the wind and rain, Liang Zhiyan held Xu Jingxuan's hand, expressing his sincere gratitude.

After a busy night, Xu Jingxuan was exhausted, and his voice was dry and hoarse when he kept shouting, "Your Majesty Liang, you're welcome. It's important to save people, and the grass people will not delay."

Master Liang also knew the importance, bowed his hands and left in a hurry.

Xu Jingxuan greeted Chen Ping and his servants to go home. When they returned to the other courtyard, they saw that some side halls and small houses had collapsed. The sky was about to dawn. Fortunately, after the earthquake, the wind and rain subsided.Thinking of the collapse of countless houses in the city and the homelessness of thousands of people, Xu Jingxuan tried his best again. At this time, Xu Jingchun, who had been sitting in the other courtyard, had already walked out.

"Brother, how is the situation outside?"

Xu Jingxuan rubbed his face wearily, and said heavily: "It's not very good. Although some people have been notified, casualties are still unavoidable. More than half of the houses in the city collapsed, causing heavy losses."

Xu Jingchun pursed his lips, with a sad expression on his face, but he still reported the situation of the other courtyard to Xu Jingxuan: "Brother, the houses in the other courtyard are alright, but one or two houses have collapsed, and two maidservants suffered minor injuries. , The doctor has already checked it, and there is no serious problem. Last night, I sent someone to count all the oil, rice, medicinal materials, and bedding in the house, and the kitchen is also cooking porridge now, I hope it will come in handy."

Hearing this, Xu Jingxuan looked at Xu Jingchun in relief, patted the young man on the shoulder, and said approvingly: "Jingchun, you have grown up a lot during this time." In such a short period of time, he has already considered so thoroughly, he thought he would Wait for him to come back home to arrange.

Xu Jingchun's face flushed slightly. In fact, Yun Mo pointed out some things to him.

"Brother, I will work hard."

Xu Jingxuan nodded and said, "You arranged it very well."

Turning around, he said to Chen Ping: "Eat breakfast first, and later go out to ask which cities were affected by the earthquake, and then gather all the shopkeepers in the city to see our losses, and then count the supplies we can mobilize, and be on standby at any time."

Chen Ping took the order.

Xu Jingchun took everyone to have breakfast.

An hour later, it was already dawn, and Jin Yuanbao, the head of the Jinyu Pavilion, and Zhang Sanqian, Zhang Dazhang of Kunyue City came uninvited.

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