"What gold medal? I didn't see it, probably because I returned to Beijing ahead of schedule, and the envoy missed, I just arrived in the capital, I want to wash the dust, and then enter the palace to meet my father. Lin Nan secretly thought that this time it seemed that the military situation was urgent, and even the gold medal was used.

"It's okay, last time because of the gunpowder matter, the queen mother was very dissatisfied with you, fortunately the princess tried her best to speak for you, so she suppressed this matter, the military situation is urgent recently, so the emperor urgently summoned His Royal Highness back to Beijing to preside over the production of artillery, I will accompany you, it may be better." Now Liu Yuxi is mainly helping Lin Nan manage personnel in the palace, so it is easy for him to enter the palace, and now most of the first-rank officials are his subordinates, of course, they are also Lin Nan's subordinates.

"Then it's settled." Lin Nan thought about it and nodded.

Lin Nan hurriedly took a shower, changed into new clothes, said goodbye to everyone, and Lin Nan and Liu Yuxi entered the palace together under the protection of the forbidden army.

Along the way, everyone talked about the whereabouts of the uncle, Liu Yuxi also had no clue, but said that there was a guard to protect it, and it would not be a big deal, Princess Qingfeng found out that she was pregnant three days ago, so she began to move around not much recently, and the post of supervisor was replaced by Mar and him.

Then everyone talked about the affairs of the car dealership, and Lin Nan mentioned what he had seen and heard in the Eastern Capital, and inquired about the situation of the other two car dealers by the way. Liu Yuxi smiled when he heard this, lowered his voice and said to Lin Nan: "Actually, that Ningchi car dealership is also everyone's industry!" Uncle Guo said that he couldn't let the Lin car dealership be dominant, and he could also improve the so-called service quality by competition, so he secretly set up a car dealership. ”

"Hehe, it's not a dragon break, it's a monopoly," Lin Nan smiled, corrected him and then Lin Nan asked again: "I see, then who did that Sun Ji car dealership?"

"Sun Ji car dealership. I've heard of this, and I've asked someone to inquire about it, but I can't find anything, it seems to be related to a certain highness. Liu Yuxi thought about it and replied

"Oh, it's a matter of time, so let him go." Lin Nan heard a thought in his heart. At the beginning, there was only one of the two princes who Lin Nan suspected at the beginning, and it seems that this Sun Ji car shop is very likely to be the property of the eldest prince.

After entering the imperial city, he asked his father that he was having a meeting in the imperial study, so he and Liu Yuxi went straight away.

The imperial study was on the edge of the imperial garden, the door was closed at this time, the room was brightly lit, and there was a row of guards with knives standing at the door, blocking the door densely, and there were two little eunuchs. His face was full of fatigue, and it looked like he had been standing for a long time.

Seeing Lin Nan and Liu Yuxi coming, the little eunuch hurriedly greeted him, and waved to everyone An Linnan and stopped.

At this time, Liu Yuxi instructed the two: "You go in and spread the word, and say that His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince and I have asked to meet." ”

As soon as the two eunuchs heard this, they quickly went in, and it didn't take long for them to come out again, and said loudly: "The emperor has an order, and the fifth prince of Xuan and Liu Yuxi will come to see him." ”

The row of guards was immediately divided into two rows, left and right. The leader bowed to Lin Nan with a fist and said, "The lowly emperor is here." You must not kneel down to greet Your Highness. ”

"No need to be polite," Lin Nan couldn't help but look at the strong man's eyes, seeing that his eyes were bright, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, he had a good feeling in his heart, and smiled at him. "The general's devotion to his duties is admirable, and he must be close to the general when he has the opportunity." Lin Nan said this intentionally or unintentionally, although eighty percent of the current power in the palace belongs to Lin Nan, but there are still a considerable part of the old woman's. Now you can win one and count one.

Then everyone didn't say much, and Lin Nan and Liu Yuxi stepped into the imperial study together.

The place in the imperial study is extremely spacious, and at this moment there are twenty or thirty people sitting on the ground, but they still do not feel crowded, it seems that the various departments and most of the generals have arrived, and the forest of guards, the length of time, and the number of attendees, it seems that this meeting is very important.

Lin Nan stepped forward, looked at his father who was sitting on the top and had a lot of gorgeous hair, his heart was excited, he leaned down and bowed, and asked for peace: "Father, the son is back, may my father live long live." "Say polite words again in front of everyone.

When my father saw Lin Nan coming back, he was overjoyed, so he personally stepped down from his seat, picked Lin Nan up, took Lin Nan's hand, and looked at Lin Nan: "Emperor, it's good to come back, your mother often complains to me, saying that I shouldn't let you go to other countries at such a young age, and I always blame myself." "In fact, everyone knows what the father asked Lin Nan to do in the south of the country, this sentence is for other people, and now the father still doesn't know how powerful Lin Nan is among the courtiers, so he will say this

"The sons don't dare, it's the sons who make their father worried, and it is what the sons should do to share their father's worries." The play is going to be performed to the end, so Lin Nan also continues to be polite.

"The emperor has grown up, come, sit next to his father, and she will be happy to accompany you to see your mother and concubine later, Liu Qing's family, you go back first." After speaking, he waved his hand at Liu Yuxi.

"The minister retired first." Liu Yuxi glanced at Lin Nan and retreated.

Lin Nan sat down beside his father, and all the ministers greeted Lin Nan one after another, and there was another burst of praise before slowly returning to the topic.

"Emperor, the current situation, I think you probably know a little bit about it." It seems that his father wants Lin Nan to also participate in the discussion, although he is usually very divided, but in his heart Lin Nan is the most successful one, and now he puts his hopes on Lin Nan.

"Erchen has heard of it, but he doesn't know it, he only knows that the Turks are attacking, Tuyuhun is pressed by heavy troops, several imperial brothers have gone to Longyou, Jiannan two ways to resist the enemy, General Xue Shang went deep into Goryeo, and he was eager to return to help, and his father had ordered someone to strengthen the city defense, and mobilized the surrounding troops to defend the capital." These words can only be said as straightforward.

"That's pretty much it, and in addition, Jiannan Dao is also unstable." Father was a little worried, for so many years, Lin Nan had rarely seen him have such an expression: "And there are riots in several states." ”

Lin Nan was shocked when he heard this, there were also riots in this peaceful and prosperous world? Why didn't I know when I was in Suzhou? Is war coming? I hope I don't miss the big event of Lin Nan leaving the palace.

At this time, someone below said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, His Royal Highness the Second Prince has controlled the riots in several states, but His Royal Highness has been merciful and did not execute those civilians." "This man is a great general, and his name seems to be Tintin, a very sissy name.

Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of War said hurriedly: "General Ding's words are wrong, how can he slaughter the people again in wartime, then the army of Jiannan is all local people, if a large number of mobs are executed." I'm afraid it's not good for the morale of the military. ”

The father sighed: "At the beginning, I ordered a large number of ships to be built in Sichuan, and I wanted to attack Goryeo by land and water, and the labor was heavier. The gains outweigh the losses, the gains outweigh the losses, the household department is still in the book, and it is planned to exempt those states from one year of conscription, Xu Qing's family sent someone to tell the second emperor that the riots will be dealt with lightly, and the accomplices will not be prosecuted. Everything is about defending against foreign enemies. ”

The two Shangshu of the "Honorable Decree" were written down on paper separately.

Lin Nanyuan looked at the rice paper in front of the monks' books of the generals, and had already written down a lot of articles. It seemed that the one-night meeting had been quite fruitful.

"Fifth Emperor, I heard that you have made divine artillery in the southern country, why have I never heard of you mention it before?" Lin Nan's headache finally came, and his father and these subjects knew that it didn't matter, and they were most afraid that the old woman would come and ask.

Fortunately, Lin Nan has already made some preparations, so he won't know how to answer now.

"Father and Emperor Rong, Lin Nan is unwilling to tell his father about the artillery. It's really not the right time. Lin Nan thought about it and replied.

After speaking, Lin Nan continued: "When Erchen was young, he found a few broken books in the Imperial City Library. There are strange characters written on it, Erchen asked Mr. Kong Yu, he also said he didn't know, Erchen thought it was interesting and copied it according to the book, and then there was a self-proclaimed fairy-like god who pointed out to Lin Nan in a dream, and Erchen began to make it according to the book. This artillery is one of them, but the gods instructed Lin Nan at that time that this thing is cumbersome to manufacture, and if it is not operated carelessly, it will endanger human life, so the son dared to sacrifice it to his father after many attempts. "Flickering, this is Lin Nan's specialty. However, the father also understood Lin Nan's panicked words, this kind of thing Lin Nan is an old woman, and he naturally knows it, so he also replied to Lin Nan's meaning: "It turns out that there is a blessing from the gods, and the emperor thinks about it, what a crime." Recently, the military situation is urgent, everyone recommends artillery, I have requisitioned the emperor's workshop to make it, Liu Yuxi said to Lin Nan that the gunpowder production is slow, the emperor you have to try to solve it, if this battle is won, the emperor can remember the first credit. ”

After hearing this, Lin Nan could only reply: "Respect the order."

At this time, the ministers talked a lot, and Lin Nan knew that only half of the subjects here were Lin Nan's people, and half of them were old woman's people, but fortunately, it seemed that they were all the first time they heard that this carpentry ancestor was also an immortal.

The old man turned to the ministers: "The power of artillery, the Qing family must have heard of it, this time to retreat from the enemy, the enemy is outnumbered, so we must rely on this divine weapon, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, the intention to build a shrine, worship the ancestor of Luban, as the heavenly protector of the country, the general leader of the world's craftsmen." ”

Hearing that his father was going to build a temple, Lin Nan secretly thought that he could take the opportunity to improve the status of craftsmen, which would be good for Lin Nan's subordinates, so Lin Nan hurriedly said: "Father, there was a craftsman under his son, who sacrificed himself bravely to make gunpowder for divine soldiers, and asked his father to posthumously crown him as a disciple of the immortals, so as to collect the hearts of craftsmen in the world." ”

"Reasonable, quasi-play! The Ministry of Rites, this matter is also left to you to handle, and nine outstanding craftsmen in the world will be selected, and they will be sealed by the same class disciples. "Although my father is also making a show, but he is very concerned about artillery now, and he is going to fight with a cane, so it is naturally a good thing to have a new weapon.

When Lin Nan arrived, the meeting had been held for nearly two hours, and at this moment, the specific military deployment was discussed for a while, Lin Nan listened casually, and the meeting ended.

Then he ordered someone to send some snacks, and the father did not accompany Lin Nan to see his mother immediately, but waved away all the people, and still asked people to guard the door, and no one was allowed to enter the door, it seemed that he wanted to have a private chat with Lin Nan.

Father picked up a piece of pastry, handed it to Lin Nan, and said slowly: "Ze'er, now there are only you Lin Nan and his son, so you can tell the truth." ”

Lin Nan blinked when he heard this, but did not speak, and then his father said again: "I asked you about the artillery just now, just to block the mouths of the ministers, do you think that your father and you don't have a heart, hehe, I already know the Dao, you have no idea about the craftsmen and the book of heaven just now, I also know that the so-called book of heaven was written by the emperor himself, and I did not ask Mr. Kong." ”

Lin Nan smiled when he heard this: "Father, you know the way, and you still ask me what to do, are you afraid that the queen mother will know the way?" ”

"You are my most painful child, I have always pampered you, it is a great thing, my father will definitely be on your side, although the queen mother is also the most important thing for me." The father said a little sadly, and then continued: "If she doesn't know how to do it, now the artillery, bicycles, mahjong and other strange utensils are in front of her, Lin Nan thinks that the queen mother has already guessed that it was you who did it, and Lin Nan is not blaming you now." I'm just curious, why did you invent so many strange things, you have never left the palace, who taught you? With that, he sat down, probably ready to accept the unthinkable.

Lin Nan thought about it and chose a statement that he thought would be the most acceptable. Xiang said to his father: "Father, in fact, these artifacts, Erchen has really seen them in ancient books, but the books are no longer found. "Lin Nan didn't tell him the truth, not because he didn't believe him, but because he was afraid that he wouldn't believe Lin Nan, and he would believe Lin Nan when he was reincarnated.

"However, there is no such artifact in the legend, so who could have written this book?" My father became more and more confused.

When Lin Nan heard him ask, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Maybe it's some immortal." In fact, Erchen didn't know.

"That's it, that's it, I'll just stop asking you." At this time, when Emperor Yuan heard this, he could only wave his hand helplessly, and then continued: "Okay, don't mention this matter, let's go visit your mother first, she looks forward to your return." I don't know how many tears have fallen, although she usually loves to gamble. But I still care about you. Emperor Yuan stood up, took Lin Nan's hand and went out.

"Yes." Lin Nan smiled at his father, and then ordered his mother's bedroom to be arranged. Lin Nan thought that the family could be reunited safely, and his heart was warm, and after talking about family affection, it was deeply buried in Lin Nan's heart after Su Zhou and his party.

I was informed by Liu Yuxi. The mother was waiting at the door of the dormitory early, and when she saw Lin Nan and Emperor Yuan arriving together, her eager face was suddenly swept away, and she hurriedly saluted Emperor Yuan, and pulled Lin Nan into her arms. His mouth was probably saying that he was missing, and he began to twitch.

Lin Nan's nose was sour again, and he couldn't think of Lu's words of comfort at all, so he just said vigorously: "The child is not filial, which makes the mother worried." "It's a bit false, but it's also a little true, and Lin Nan can't tell how Lin Nan feels about this old mother now.

Emperor Yuan was cheerful and said: "Ai Fei, the emperor is happy to go home today, don't cry and cry, come on, ask the imperial kitchen to send the dishes over, today I will have a dinner here, Ai Fei, I remember that I gave you two jars of Yujian Spring a few years ago, and I was originally going to drink with you on the tenth birthday of the fifth emperor, but I can ask someone to take it out, and today is just to wash the dust for the emperor." ”

"Okay, please wait." When the concubine heard this, she smiled and went to get the wine, and then came back after a while and said, "The emperor only has one altar, and another altar seems to have been drunk." ”

"Okay, one altar is one altar, concubine, we have to listen to the interesting stories of the emperor in the south tonight." Emperor Yuan didn't care.

The next night, Lin Nan came to tell about the time in the south, poor Lin Nan looked at the table full of delicacies, and couldn't spare his mouth to eat a few bites, the old man said with great interest "What happened later", so that Lin Nan could only hold back a large amount of saliva, and kept talking, Lin Nan didn't want to spoil him and hang his appetite. It seems that Xia Yi inherited this from Emperor Yuan, and he has been reluctant to stop when he hears interesting things.

Lin Nan said all the way, it can be regarded as wonderful, when it came to almost being injured by gunpowder, the mother concubine was still worried and screamed, and said that Zhucheng was going to attack secretly, even Emperor Yuan had a solemn face, and slapped the table, it seemed that he was angry, and when it came to helping the fat man unify the cities, the old man couldn't help but interject: "Emperor, listen to your words, that fat general forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, and the wolf is ambitious, why not secretly help the rebels, so that they will fight endlessly, and there will be no peace, wouldn't it be better?" ”

"Emperor Yuan Shengming, the strategists under his ministers discussed for several days before they came to the conclusion that the peaceful reunification of the southern kingdom is beneficial to our dynasty." Lin Nan thought about it and replied.

"Oh?" The old man stroked his hair and hurriedly asked, "Then I said to hear it." ”

"There are many reasons for this." This is not a show, mainly because Lin Nan is too smart, so he thinks a lot.

Lin Nan thought for a moment and continued: "First, although the southern country is an ally of our dynasty, it is a subject country, and it pays tribute every year, how can I see its internal strife and ignore it?" The loss of the south is a small matter, and the loss of the hearts of the people is a big matter. ”

"Second, the southern country is not far from our dynasty, if its internal turmoil and the people are not able to make a living, there will be a crowd of thieves, and the southern people are accustomed to living at sea, and they are ferocious, and they will harass our coastal states and counties over time, and the sea is vast, and the coastline is extremely long, and it is difficult to clear it, and it will become a major disaster along the coast." Speaking of this, it was to avoid war, and Lin Nan wanted his father to understand.

"Third, although the southern country is narrow and lacks resources, the island is densely covered with volcanoes and is rich in sulfur, one of the raw materials for gunpowder, which is exactly what our dynasty needs. Its forests are dense and its timber is abundant, and if my father had ordered the southern country to cut down wood and build ships, he would have avoided today's riots. It is better for me to mine and log forever than to destroy his race. ”

"Fourth, the son wants to refine the compound in the future. It is necessary to destroy a large number of trees, some of which are themselves highly poisonous, and the danger is so great that the retainers want to move them to the south and use the southerners to produce them, so as to avoid the disaster of injustice. Speaking of this, Lin Nan had some evil intentions in his heart.

"Fifth, my father has forgotten that there are still several countries on the east coast of the ocean, and their culture is weak. But extremely belligerent, the art of iron smelting is better than our dynasty, and its ship can also come to our dynasty by chance, and it is necessary to prevent it, and the ministers heard that Emperor Yuan ordered a man-made sea ship, which has not been obtained for several years, and the craftsman is really more than enough and his strength is insufficient. If he comes from the east on the day. The southern country is the first barrier in the south of the forest, which allows the southerners to test first. Consume their food, grass and morale. Anyway, Lin Nan's idea in his heart is to let Nanguo be cannon fodder.

"Sixth, the national strength of the southern country is low, and we can dump all the discarded things that I have renewed in the future to exchange for useful things such as grain and timber, and I can also preach Buddhism to them. Domesticate its barbaric folk customs and make it a minister of the Great Shang Dynasty forever. ”

Lin Nan thought about it, and then summed it up in the last word: "Father, you must know that a strong dog is better than a servant who is about to die." ”

Mother heard it in a fog, and she didn't have to think about it to know that she didn't understand what Lin Nan said. But Emperor Yuan was obviously stunned by Lin Nan's reasoning, and looked at Lin Nan with a look of admiration, obviously not expecting Lin Nan to have such an idea, let alone any unheard of words such as compounds and dumping. He still understood the meaning, and then he raised his head and took a sip of wine, and sighed: "Ze'er is thoughtful, and Emperor Yuan is ashamed of himself, but it seems that Ze'er has an enmity with Nanguo, so ruthless, but anyway, it seems that Emperor Yuan really didn't favor you, hehe!" After saying that, we tacitly laughed.

The mother understood this sentence, laughed loudly, and said: "Your Majesty is really good at laughing, how could you have an enmity with that small country in your previous life?" Emperor, the emperor praised you, and he didn't thank you Emperor Yuan.

Originally, it was like a sworn friendship with Emperor Yuan, but he still had to pretend in front of his mother, so when he heard this, Lin Nan hurriedly said: "Thank you for your praise, but the ambition of the wolf son of the southern country, if you don't do it right, will definitely harm our big business people in the future and be a big trouble for our henchmen!" Emperor Yuan naturally understood what Lin Nan meant, so he took another sip of wine.

However, seeing his mother's increasingly confused appearance, Lin Nan and Emperor Yuan glanced at each other, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Majesty, the noble concubine, someone from outside the palace sent a letter, saying that there is news of the uncle of the country." Just at this moment a eunuch had just come in through the door, and after kneeling, he held a letter high above his head and presented it.

Lin Nan took the letter first and couldn't wait to open it and read it. The letter was written by the Tai Chi real person of the Huawu Academy, the ink had not dried, and it was obviously sent to the palace in a hurry not long after it was written, Lin Nan looked at it roughly, his face changed greatly, his mother looked at Lin Nan like this, she was more worried than Lin Nan, the smile just now suddenly froze, and asked in a trembling voice: "Ze'er, could it be that your brother-in-law has something wrong?" ”

"Father, mother, my brother-in-law has an accident." Lin Nan presented the letter to Emperor Yuan: "The letter said that the people sent to look for it found that six of my uncle's entourage had been killed, and the body was found by the locals yesterday in a remote place in the mountains outside the eastern capital, and my brother-in-law's whereabouts were unknown. "Now Emperor Yuan knows about this matter, so Lin Nan doesn't need to use Lin Nan's power, Lin Nan thinks that his father will deal with it.

As soon as Lin Nan finished speaking, his mother's face turned pale, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes. I couldn't say anything.

Lin Nan calmed down, thought for a while, walked to her side, took a handkerchief, wiped her tears, and comforted: "Mother, don't be sad first, the letter said that the body was not found, presumably the uncle is not dead, if the uncle also suffers an accident, it must be buried in one place, and most of the uncles are not worried about their lives." Lin Nan turned to Emperor Yuan and continued: "Father, those entourages are all Su Zhou's superb martial arts guards, and it is difficult for dozens of ordinary people to resist, it seems that there are either a large number of bandits, or there are more powerful masters, if it is a bandit, they must gather in the mountains, just send someone to encircle and suppress, if it is the latter, it must be for the uncle, I don't know what kind of enemy Uncle Lu Dao has offended, and he dares to even kidnap the uncle of the country." "It's easy for Lin Nan to check it, but the matter fell in the ears of Emperor Yuan, and now Lin Nan is not in the limelight.

Hearing this, the mother was a little sober, knelt beside Emperor Yuan, hugged his legs, and said in a choked voice: "Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your concubines." ”

"Bang!" With a bang, Emperor Yuan slapped the letter on the table. He said angrily, "Lin Nan, this morning the squire of the Criminal Department of the Dynasty also told me that the people in the world are simple and simple, and there are only one or two major cases in the rest of the country this year, except for the riots in Sichuan, so you don't have to worry about defending against foreign enemies." Unexpectedly, I didn't know that the uncle of the Daolian was robbed at night, and he was still near the eastern capital, and he was by the side of the service, and he came to call the Shangshu and the waiter of the criminal department to the imperial study to wait, and the concubine could rest assured, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and send the uncle back well. Seeing this, Lin Nan also saw Emperor Yuan's angry look, it seems that the people who moved his uncle this time can't escape. Even if Lin Nan escapes, he will not let it go, but this matter will be discussed after Emperor Yuan solves it.

The eunuch who delivered the letter responded with a "command", and hurriedly ran out of the city, it seems that someone is going to be unlucky tonight.

What had been a happy dinner party was disrupted like this, and the three of us all frowned, each thinking about our own thoughts. For a moment, no one spoke in the room, only the intermittent snorting of the mother.

Emperor Yuan couldn't sit still at first, so he got up and paced back and forth in the room a few times. threw down a sentence: "Ze'er, you are here to take care of your mother." I'm going to go to the study now. Then he walked straight out of the city.

Lin Nanzhi said that his father was worried that the potential danger near the capital would change in wartime, and he was anxious to clear it.

Lin Nan comforted his mother for a long time, saying that his brother-in-law Jiren has his own blessing, so he doesn't have to worry too much, and his father also agreed, so there shouldn't be too much of a problem in the future, seeing that her expression still hasn't changed. Lin Nan changed the topic, talking about the situation at home when she was in Suzhou, her grandfather's improved condition and some observations, and finally persuaded her to stop her, and it was very late. Lin Nan didn't have time to discuss with the Demon Emperor, so he fell asleep first.

The next day, Lin Nan got up early in the morning, asked his mother to say goodbye, and even the imperial maid thaumaturgy didn't have time to practice, so he went directly to find someone to find out the news, Lin Nan wanted to understand what Emperor Yuan was going to do, and after disappearing and passing back, Lin Nan learned that Emperor Yuan had not been in the court this morning. At the end, Lin Nan went to the workshop first, since yesterday I heard that my uncle had an accident, there are a lot more guards today, in addition to the original guards, a small team of forbidden troops has also been added, but Lin Nan knows that these people are transferred by Emperor Yuan, it seems that when Emperor Yuan is angry, the efficiency of the officials below has been greatly accelerated, and the security of the royal family has begun to strengthen. To be honest, sometimes Lin Nan's orders were more effective than those of Emperor Yuan.

The craftsman workshop is still tightly surrounded, Liu Yuxi arrived earlier than Lin Nan, already sitting there, he doesn't know much about the craft, just teaching some middle-aged craftsmen to read and write, most of these craftsmen's craftsmanship is passed down by word and deed, many are not recorded, once the heirs have an accident, the craft is lost, but once it is recorded, it will inevitably spread, and the unique craft is no longer so advantageous, Lin Nan should consider how to make a patent law to protect their interests.

Now the number of apprentices in the workshop has also reached four or five hundred, because Lin Nan is a professional training, many of them have reached the level of science equivalent to Lin Nan's junior high school in his previous life, and Lin Nan originally planned to let them develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and labor in an all-round way, but a beautiful work of art made Lin Nan change his mind.

The old craftsman who made this national treasure was very proud to say to Lin Nan that this was his lifelong experience, and no Jiazi's kung fu could not be done, Lin Nan secretly sighed that many handicrafts could not be done in the previous life, people's lives are too short, and there are too many things to learn, how many people can be in a skill for 60 years? In this era, there are not many people who can live to be more than 70, so time is even more precious.

In the end, Lin Nan let those children learn only the basic knowledge of the arts and sciences, and after the age of twelve or thirteen, they directly participated in the research of a small project or even a smaller branch, which could make them usable talents as soon as possible.

Lin Nan and Liu Yuxi said hello to the apprentices, and saw Mar again, he was used to it in our country in the past two days, and then called the apprentices to continue the class, and then called some old craftsmen in for a meeting.

Lin Nan was the first to speak: "Everyone, I have just returned to the capital, I don't know what happened this month?" Does my brother-in-law have any news? "Actually, asking for news is just a formality, understand it, Lin Nan will not hinder his father's affairs.

"Your Royal Highness, the matter of the uncle of the country was also reported yesterday, yesterday Wuji Zhenren received the news and immediately wrote a letter to send it to the palace, we also learned about the Tao in the morning, but I heard Liu Yuxi said that the criminal department has sent people to the eastern capital, saying that it is to search the mountain, the emperor has made a will, if you can't find the uncle of the country, you will have to withdraw the criminal department waiter. Your Highness, please don't worry, we all think that Uncle Guo was not killed. ”

Next, they analyzed the reasons for Lin Nan, which was similar to Lin Nan's words of comfort to his mother yesterday, but they thought that the thieves were not very likely, most of them were the work of the enemy, but they couldn't imagine that anyone was so bold as to dare to attack Uncle Guo and the guards in the palace. It seems to be a person in the rivers and lakes.

Then let this matter go for a while, wait for the news of the Criminal Department, and then Lin Nan looked at the captains of the several pro-team called by Liu Yuxi, Lin Nan looked at them and asked, "What about the front-line war?" ”

"Your Highness, we have been in the capital for a few days, and we have heard that the Eastern Turks have come to commit a crime." The old rule is that the captain of the first team was the first to speak: "The current Turkic Khan is called Jieli, the eldest son of Lao Yu Khan, known for his bravery. Ten years ago, he was defeated by His Majesty, and he has been haunted by it. At the beginning of this year, he obtained the title of Khan, and in three months he unified several tribes around him, and I heard that this time he gathered 100,000 horses from all sides of the grassland to invade Guanzhong, and at the same time, the Tuyuhun country in the west also began to accumulate troops and food on the border, and it seems that there is also a plan, and it is said that there are also 100,000 troops. ”

"Jieli?" Lin Nan suddenly wanted to laugh when he heard this, this guy turned out to be called Jieli, and then hurriedly asked, "Then how is the situation now?" ”

"The emperor got the news. He sent the eldest prince and the second prince to lead 50,000 troops to Longyou Road to resist the Turks, and His Royal Highness the second prince took 80,000 horses to Jiannan Road. One is to confront Tuyuhun, and the other is to suppress a riot in Jiannan. Then he added: "These are all news from the Ministry of War, which is very reliable." "After they became Lin Nan's personal guards, they also knew Lin Nan's strength, Lin Nan called the Demon Emperor to talk about it, this is to let them work more effectively for Lin Nan in the palace.

"What about the generals? Why did the princes lead the troops to war? Lin Nan was a little confused, could it be the old woman's decision?

The captain of the first team glanced at Lin Nan and said, "It's the Queen Mother's order." Each prince is called a leader, but in fact, he is a supervising army, and every large-scale army battle must be led by a prince, who can supervise the generals and prevent them from supporting their own troops. Second, it can stabilize the morale of the army, in order to show that the royal family and the soldiers advance and retreat together, which was set by the previous dynasty, and the queen mother used this plan, I heard that the previous dynasty has so far, there have been several princes who have died on the battlefield. Lin Nan has seen this in the history books, but it is the rule of the previous dynasty, I didn't expect the old woman to be so rigid, the eldest prince is his favorite prince, and he is sent to the front line, but this is fine, if the eldest prince is separated, it will save trouble.

However, although Lin Nan has traveled a lot of days in the rivers and lakes, he has never fought since he was born, and the only time Lin Nan has only heard of the domestic strife in the south, and he knows the most about the subordinates who beat the cane, so Lin Nan smiled: "Well, you should pay more attention to this military matter in the future." ”

"Definitely." When several captains heard this, they got up and saluted, and it seemed that they were very grateful to Lin Nan for his kindness.

Lin Nan looked at their loyal faces, and was very happy, and then Lin Nan asked again: "Then according to everyone, how about this victory?" ”

This time it was the captain of the fifth team who spoke: "We have preliminary discussions and believe that our army has the advantage.

The captain of the fifth team is very young, only in his early thirties, and he looks particularly young in a group of captains in his thirties and forties.

He paused and continued: "The Turkic 100,000 iron cavalry came to attack, it is said that I was caught off guard by the defense line of the Great Wall, so let it attack, now the eldest prince and the second prince each lead 50,000 horses, together with the Longyou garrison of about 200,000 people, and the enemy confront, I expect our army will take the strategy of clearing the wilderness, although the Turkic iron cavalry is unparalleled in the world, but it is not possible to take advantage of more than twice the troops, and when its food and grass are scarce, and the army is in turmoil, it will be able to win a big victory. I have used this method to defeat the enemy twice in the past, but this time I don't know what new plan the Khan will have. ”

"Kiyono Strongwall? Aren't the people outside the city miserable? Lin Nan frowned when he heard this.

"Your Highness, if the Turks are allowed to get forage and grain, more families will be ruined, and they will abandon their pawns and protect their cars, which is really something that cannot be done." The captain of the fifth team also has some conscience, but the war is very cruel.

"Well, what if our artillery is against the Turkic cavalry?" Lin Nan thought for a moment and asked.

The captain of the fifth team had obviously considered this problem, and replied without thinking: "The artillery is very effective in defending the city, and if there are more numbers on the flat ground, it can also clear a group of cavalry, but according to the number of trials, there are still its limitations, one is that the artillery is heavy, too large it is difficult to carry, and too small is not powerful enough; The second is that the cannonballs are not enough to kill, although it is difficult to resist the drive of flesh and blood, but only a few people are injured in one shot, compared with the 100,000 army, it is still a drop in the bucket; The third is that powerful gunpowder is extremely difficult to produce, and the cost is also large, if these three problems can be solved, not to mention the Turkic horse thieves, the whole world will become the territory of Lin Nan Dashang. "It seems that he is very talented in this area, and Lin Nan really didn't see the wrong people and recruited them to the personal guards.

Lin Nan remembered that Emperor Yuan wanted to find Lin Nan back for this problem that gunpowder was too difficult to make, Lin Nan turned to a few craftsmen and asked, "You have been fortunate in the past few days, but now you are in a hurry, I don't know how the artillery research is progressing now?" ”

A few craftsmen don't understand military affairs, they don't care at all, and after listening to it for a while, most of them are a little drowsy, and they woke up a little when Lin Nan asked like this.

Wuji Daoist has always been in good spirits, and first replied to Lin Nandao: "Back to Your Highness, the Institute of Chemical Matter has begun to develop jacks and artillery vehicles, and we have also studied the cannonballs, and it turned out to be melted into a ball of scrap iron, which is indeed not powerful enough, Lin Nan and several other craftsmen have discussed, and decided to change it to make cannonballs by wrapping thin iron sheets and iron wires together, but I haven't tried to count them, and I don't know how the effect is.

"Very well, I think it will be much more powerful." Lin Nan was overjoyed when he heard this, and continued: "Now that twenty doors have been built, it is enough to reach 10,000 defenders, by the way, you can make dozens of generators, and the copper wire coils should be wound several times more, and a few more iron bars will be built, the more the merrier." "They've got all of this technology in their hands now.

"Yes!" Although I don't know what Lin Nan wants to do, Wuji Zhenren agreed very happily, because every time Lin Nan's request was so unbelievable before, but it always worked unexpectedly, which is also the reason why they were desperately willing to follow Lin Nan, because Lin Nan was a far-sighted person, and it would become a big cause to mix with Lin Nan.

"How's gunpowder making going?" After asking the Wuji Daoist, Lin Nan asked another person, this is the president of the Craftsman Society, and the Wuji Daoist is in charge of each place.

"Back to Your Highness, the nitrate is indeed difficult to refine, and only a few hundred catties have been made in the past half a month, and there is a negative expectation below!" Lin Nan really can't remember this person's name, so he simply called him Mr. A.

Lin Nan smiled when he heard this: "You don't have to blame yourself? It's not easy to have hundreds of pounds. Lin Nan remembered that there was no large-scale reactor that could be produced continuously in this era, and it was indeed difficult to make a large number of chemical reagents.

Lin Nan thought for a while, or used the black powder decided last night, and said to him: "This is too slow, I think it is still the old method to make black powder, but sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal need to be purified and twisted, carefully mixed according to a fixed proportion, the power should be greatly increased, and nitrocellulose can be made, also known as fire wool, the preparation method is simple, only cotton can be dehydrated and nitrified with sulfuric acid and nitric acid, although it can not be used for artillery, but it can be made into gunpowder packs, which can be carried to attack the battalion." Lin Nan felt that the current Lin Nan was about to become a pioneer of hot weapons. (To be continued......)