Chapter 520: The Severed National Fortune
Although there were two armies stationed outside the city, Zhou Fei still entered Chang'an very smoothly.
After returning to Chang'an, Zhou Fei did not go to check the city protection array as soon as possible, but went straight to the refining workshop.
In fact, now Zhou Fei prefers to call the refining workshop an arsenal.
Those guys who infiltrated the city to destroy the city defense array made a very wrong decision.
Although the city protection array is very fierce, Datang's biggest reliance now is not the city protection array, but the arsenal.
Of course, this view only exists in Zhou Fei's consciousness, and other people don't think so.
Zhou Fei had just stepped into the refining workshop when he was recognized: "Mr. Six, you are back! How is the battle on the front line, could it be that the temple has withdrawn its troops." ”
"No, Senior Brother, they are still fighting against the temple army, and I came back because of other things. And I'm sending you something. After that, Zhou Fei took out the pistol and submachine gun.
The refiner was curious, "What is this?"
"An upgraded version of the Firebolt. I'll give it back to you for reference, but don't rush to study it now, I'll talk about it later in the war. The most urgent task now is to produce the firearms that have been made in large quantities. By the way, I haven't asked you yet, how long has it been, and why hasn't the academy seen the firearms you have produced?"
"Mr. Six, to tell you the truth, the firearms were produced, but the first batch was given to General Lu in the south. This is His Majesty's will, and we are only doing what we are told. The refiner wiped his sweat and replied cautiously.
Zhou Fei sighed: "Then how much is produced now?"
"In three days, a new batch of firearms will roll off the production line. The refiner said, "When the time comes, we will immediately send the firearms to the gentlemen of the academy, and please rest assured that Mr. Six." ”
Zhou Fei said: "Then it's okay, I'll go." I'll leave these two things to you, so take them apart and take a look at them when you have time. ”
After speaking, Zhou Fei left the refining workshop and rushed directly to the palace.
Zhou Fei has a special status, there are no restrictions on entering and leaving the palace, and he doesn't even have to hand over his weapons, so he went directly to the court with his snow drinking knife.
The Emperor is in a meeting with his ministers.
Zhou Fei's sudden intrusion interrupted the meeting, but no official expressed dissatisfaction.
Because they are all very clear about the relationship between Zhou Fei and the emperor, it can be said that without Zhou Fei, there would be no Li Xuan's throne.
If it weren't for the fact that the academy had never interfered in court affairs, just based on the relationship between Zhou Fei and the emperor, it was estimated that he would be broken every day, and the emperor would be asked to depose Zhou Fei or even exile him.
"Chen Zhou Fei, see Your Majesty. Zhou Fei bowed, but did not kneel.
Li Xuan jumped down directly from the dragon chair, without the slightest majesty of the emperor, ran to Zhou Fei's side, and grabbed the corner of Zhou Fei's clothes: "Mr. Six, are you back?"
Zhou Fei wanted to touch Li Xuan's head, but Li Xuan was wearing a dragon crown, and there were fierce eyes from the ministers around him, Zhou Fei snorted, and just patted Li Xuan's shoulder gently: "Your Majesty, pay attention to your manners." ”
Li Xuan cleared his throat, "Come on, give me a seat." ”
The eunuch immediately brought a chair, but Zhou Fei politely refused.
The other ministers were standing, and many of them were old ministers, who were sitting in the court hall with a young man, not to mention the physique, which was easy to attract hatred.
Zhou Fei didn't want to get involved in the power struggle in the court, it was really boring, so don't be a bird.
What's more, there are too many pampered and arrogant ministers in history, and the final result is very miserable.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding of the minister, but the minister is young and strong, so he doesn't need a chair. The minister is here for one thing. Zhou Fei said.
Li Xuan said, "I know what Mr. Six is going to ask. ”
"Please also ask Your Majesty to inform Wei Chen, what happened?" Zhou Fei said.
Li Xuan said: "I can't say a word clearly, Mr. Six will move to the imperial study, the relevant information is in the imperial study, and Mr. Six can read it at will." Someone, take Mr. Six to the imperial study, and I will be there in a while. ”
The eunuch led Zhou Fei to the imperial study and brought him a cup of ginseng tea.
Zhou Fei didn't go to sit on the dragon chair, but sat directly on the table, drinking tea and reading relevant information.
However, after reading all the information, I still couldn't figure out what the problem of the city protection array was.
These merely describe what happened after the Siege Array went wrong.
It seems that we still need to do a field trip to figure out why.
Of course, Zhou Fei didn't expect these officials to understand such a complex thing as the formation, what he wanted to know was who did it when there was a problem in the big city protection array.
Unfortunately, these compromises are not mentioned either.
All four formations were at the same time, and by the time the soldiers arrived, there was not even a single ghost in sight.
"Mr. Six!"
Li Xuan trotted all the way to the imperial study, and he even changed his clothes, took off the heavy dragon robe, and changed into a light regular clothes.
Zhou Fei hurriedly jumped off the table, looking slightly embarrassed.
"Your Majesty......"
"Mr. Six, don't be restrained, just be casual. ”
Zhou Fei smiled: "Your Majesty, are all the information here?"
Li Xuan said: "It's all here, and I can't sleep anxiously for the past two days because of this." The only fortunate thing is that the eye of the array has not been destroyed, if it is really a large-scale attack by the enemy, the large array can still protect the people of Chang'an. ”
"Are you really so optimistic?" Zhou Fei didn't believe it: "If that's the case, you don't need to let me come back." ”
Li Xuan said: "I didn't say this, it was said by the Zuo Xiang. ”
"What is the real situation?" Zhou Fei asked.
"The Four Holy Beasts have entered a state of weakness, and their ability to shelter has decreased significantly. Once the formation is activated, the four holy beasts are likely to die in battle...... At that time, Chang'an will no longer have a large moat. Li Xuan said.
Zhou Fei took a breath: "I see, these people are also smart, they know that the formation eye cannot be destroyed, it is better to start with the four holy beasts." The other party knows a lot about our city protection array, doesn't Your Majesty have any other ideas?"
Li Xuan said: "There is no evidence. ”
Zhou Fei rubbed his nose: "Okay, I probably have it in my heart." Your Majesty, the minister will retire first. ”
Li Xuan said: "Mr. Six, please leave everything to you." ”
Zhou Fei snorted and strode away.
Leaving the palace, Zhou Fei walked slowly on the streets of Chang'an, looking here and touching there, like a dirt bun in and out of a big city.
However, Zhou Fei once had the title of Chang'an's No. 1 waste material in the past, so many people knew him, coupled with the classic waste material counterattack, he became the sixth Mr. of the academy, and Zhou Fei once became a positive teaching material for many people in Chang'an City to educate their children.
"Zhou Fei is such a waste that can become a student of the master, what reason do you have not to work hard?!"
Zhou Fei became a very classic "other people's child" in later generations.
Therefore, Zhou Fei's series of dirt bun behaviors fell in the eyes of these people, which was very meaningful.
In fact, every act of Zhou Fei is actually checking the city protection array.
However, for the formation, Zhou Fei is not an expert, if it weren't for the third senior brother who was injured, it would not be Zhou Fei's turn to check and repair the big array.
Now, he can only do his best.
Unconsciously, Zhou Fei came to White Tiger Street.
Because the streets of the Four Holy Beasts had been attacked one after another, the streets were more than twice as defended as before.
However, although the quantity has gone up, the quality is not necessarily very good.
Many of these soldiers were recruited on an ad hoc basis, and most of them were first-time soldiers, and they didn't even know much about weapons.
"Stop, the front is a military stronghold, and idle people can't wait to enter!" Zhou Fei's arrival immediately aroused the vigilance of the soldiers and immediately blocked his way.
Zhou Fei showed his waist card, and then he entered smoothly.
The streets are empty and lifeless.
When I came with the teacher before, although the street was empty, it was filled with extremely abundant aura, which belonged to the holy beast.
Now the holy beast is injured, and the aura is thin.
According to the relevant knowledge imparted by the teacher, Zhou Fei tried to make contact with the holy beast, but after sensing it for a long time, there was no response.
After that, Zhou Fei went to the other three streets, but there was no change.
The sacred beast is hiding.
Maybe when the enemy attacks, the holy beast will come out to protect the city, but the consequence of doing so is likely to be complete annihilation.
Without the Four Holy Beasts, the Great Protective Array would not be able to take shape, and the enemy would naturally have no fear.
Zhou Fei returned to his home on the shore of the lake.
This is also where the eye of the city protection array is located.
I haven't been back for a long time, and my home is already covered with dust.
Zhou Fei didn't have the heart to clean, and after closing the door, he went directly to the innermost room.
Here, there is a sand table.
In the sand table is a city.
Chang'an City.
This city of miniature carvings was built by the third senior brother and his master.
This city is the great array of city protectors.
Zhou Fei is the guardian of the eye of the city protection array, so this city of miniature carvings will naturally be handed over to him for safekeeping.
Although there was no light in the room, the main body of the city was fluorescent, completely illuminating the entire sand table.
But Zhou Fei knew very well that the light had actually weakened a lot, and you must know that when he first got this city, the light released by it could illuminate this room.
The reason is also very simple, the four streets with the largest light source have all fallen into gloom.
Zhou Fei moved a chair over, sat next to the sand table, stared at the sand table with his hands on his cheeks, and fell into deep thought.
He wants to see the problem of the city protection array from this miniature sculpture city, and then find a way to make up for it.
But can it really be done?
Zhou Fei didn't know the bottom in his heart, he still said the same sentence, he could only do his best.
"Teacher, give me strength. Zhou Fei muttered quietly, and his eyes began to patrol every street in the city.
The question, where is it!