Yang Muyun told Lin Meier everything she had experienced that day.

"Do you suspect that Wang Gongchang is secretly reselling gunpowder?" Lin Mei'er asked with a frown.

"The top ten workshops produce 3,000 catties of gunpowder per day, and the factory reports a daily output of 2,000 catties, where did this thousand catties go?" Yang Muyun said.

"Did you report it?" Lin Meier said: "Did you ask someone to be sent to investigate thoroughly? ”

"It's useless," Yang Muyun shook his head, "Ordered by the imperial court to conduct a thorough investigation, they would have already gotten the rumors to cover everything up." After a pause, he said: "Even if there is the testimony of the ten workshop leaders, it is useless, they can completely report the extra 1,000 catties as a defective product and destroy it all." ”

"One thousand catties a day, two days is two thousand catties, and three days are ......" Lin Meier's eyes flickered, "With so much gunpowder, where will they hide?" ”

Yang Muyun didn't say a word, and looked at Lin Mei'er with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

"Wine jar," Lin Mei'er suddenly realized, and couldn't help but cry out, "After the wine in the wine jar is used up, it will become an empty jar, which can be used to hold gunpowder." ”

"You can also load arrow clusters and armor pieces, or some other things," Yang Muyun said with a commative face: "It seems that you are not stupid, you can actually think of this." ”

Lin Mei'er glared at him fiercely, "So you went to Guangjuxuan to check the whereabouts of a large batch of drinks, but why didn't you check other drinks?" ”

"Because I only know Guangjuxuan," Yang Muyun smiled, "I've only been in the capital for a few days, and I'm not a drunkard, where do I know a lot?" ”

"You went to the Chengguo Mansion again, do you think that as the Chengguo Prince, he will fornicate with the Tartars?" Lin Meier asked.

"Of course Cheng Guogong won't, but he can't stop his subordinates from doing illegal things in his name." Yang Muyun said.

"There is some truth in what you said," Lin Mei'er's eyes rolled, "Yuan Qi'er suddenly intervened horizontally, which made people feel suspicious, by the way, what did she say to you?" ”

"It's nothing," Yang Muyun said with a moving expression: "She heard that I was promoted to the rank of a member of the Arsenal Clearance Department of the Ministry of War, so she wanted to take some business from me to carry ordnance and firearms, and she also gave me a silver ticket of 120,000 yuan of money, but I didn't accept it." ”

"She took the initiative to show you favor, but you turned it away," Lin Mei'er's eyes widened, "Have you forgotten how my master explained to you?" ”

"Since she's already eyeing me, how can she let go so easily?" Yang Muyun comforted her and said: "As soon as she stretched out an olive branch, I was busy climbing up, which made people suspicious!" ”

"It's good that you know," Lin Mei'er glanced at him and said, "What are you going to do next?" ”

"The focus is still on the matter of ordnance and gunpowder," Yang Muyun thought for a moment and said, "I have privately asked the people to keep an eye on the every move of the Mongolian envoy to see what they will do next?" ”

"Well," Lin Mei'er bowed her head slightly, glanced at him and said, "Next time Yuan Qi'er wants to take the initiative to contact you again, don't refuse again." ”

"Don't worry, I can still grasp this balance." Yang Muyun said, his eyes flashed, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

"What do you want to say?" Lin Mei'er asked when she saw him.

"Every time you come, can you knock on the door and come in," Yang Muyun said, "Dai Yu is a little unaccustomed to the way you visit. ”

"I'm scared of your woman, distressed?" Lin Mei'er glanced at him and teased: "I didn't expect Lord Yang to be a lover who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade!" ”

After Lin Mei'er left, Yang Muyun slowly let out a long breath, and at this hour every day, Lin Mei'er's nerves were a little tense and couldn't stand it.

"My lord," Dai Yu quietly came to his side, pinning her hands to her waist and blessing, "the slave and maid are waiting for you to change your clothes and rest." ”

"Dai Yu," Yang Muyun saw that there was a hint of resentment on her face, so he knew what she meant, "Although I am a scholar, I also practice martial arts, and I can't be happy with women when my martial arts are not completed, I hope you can understand......"

"My lord," Dai Yu said quietly, "the slave and maid are already your people, no matter what you do to me, the slave and maid will serve with all their hearts." As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and placed them in front of Yang Muyun.

"What is this?

Who gave it to you? Yang Muyun's eyes widened, and the silver ticket was engraved with a seal of one hundred taels, which was thick, but it was not a small amount.

"At the end of the day, a noble lady came to visit, and she said that it was an old friend of yours," Dai Yu said in a soft voice, "so the slave maid let her into the house......"

"A noble lady?" Yang Muyun frowned, "What does she look like?" How old are you? Did she tell you her name? He asked Dai Yu several questions in one breath.

Seeing Yang Muyun's somewhat excessive reaction, Dai Yu's eyes showed a different color, "She is the same age as adults, noble temperament, and very beautiful, at first glance, she is from a rich family, I asked her name, she didn't answer me, just said that I would know ...... later."

"About my age?" Yang Muyun thought hard, then shook his head, and asked again, "Did she say anything else?" ”

"She said that when you first came to the capital, you can't miss out on the money," Dai Yu glanced at him uneasily, "Then she left the 10,000 taels of silver tickets and left, the slave didn't want to accept it, but when she chased out with the silver ticket, the lady boarded a carriage and walked away, and the slave couldn't catch up with ......" Speaking of this, her voice was timid, afraid that Yang Muyun would blame her.

"Another ten thousand taels." Yang Muyun remembered the stack of silver tickets that Yuan Qi'er gave him, which was also 10,000 taels, so he picked it up and looked at it carefully.

"The lady also said that the 10,000 taels of silver tickets can be exchanged for silver taels at the Wanyuan Money Village in Jiaozhongfang Scissors Lane in the north of the city." Dai Yu said cautiously.

"Where did you say?" Yang Muyun's eyes widened.

"Wanyuan Qianzhuang in Jiaozhongfang Scissors Lane in the north of the city," Dai Yu looked at him with some fear, "Slave, did the slave say something wrong?" ”

Yang Muyun didn't speak, his mind was racing: Could it be that Yuan Qi'er saw that I didn't accept it, so she pretended to be a woman and sent it here? But the time is wrong! But if it weren't her, who could it be? In this capital, how come I don't remember recognizing such a person?

"If the slave or maid does something wrong, please punish the adult." Dai Yu lowered his head and said.

Yang Muyun looked at her pitiful appearance, so he comforted her: "Aren't you going to wait for me to change my clothes?" Why don't you come over quickly...... "His eyes widened slightly, he opened his arms and said softly: "I'm tired, I want to rest early, you can help me press my back and relieve my fatigue ......"

......

It was late at night, Dai Yu lay beside him and quickly fell asleep, but Yang Muyun couldn't fall asleep over and over, he hadn't slept well since he entered Beijing, and many things came one after another, making his thinking even a little resting became very extravagant. He pinched the silver ticket in his hand, and the person Dai Yu described was still a blurry image in his mind.

"Maybe I'll go to Wanyuan Money Village in Jiaozhongfang Scissors Lane tomorrow and be able to reveal that woman's identity!" He thought.

The next day, Yang Muyun came to the military department early, and after ordering Mao, he used the excuse to go out. Suddenly, someone came to report that Wu Wending had something to ask him to go.

"This martial turtle, I don't know if I have to shrink my head again, so I want to help him push it." Although Yang Muyun said so in his heart, he still kept walking towards Wu Wending's signing room.

Wu Langzhong's mental state looked bad, his eyes were red, his face was sallow, and he couldn't stop coughing.

"Master Wu, what's wrong with you?" Yang Muyun asked in surprise. Yesterday, this martial artist was still so high-spirited, how did he become like this today, Yang Muyun was puzzled.

"Lord Yang, cough...... Have a seat! Wu Wending said weakly.

"Master Wu hurriedly called the next official, is there something wrong?" Yang Muyun frowned and asked.

"Today, cough ......" Wu Wen Dingqiang cheered up and said: "Lord Shangshu is going to the Chengguo Mansion for a banquet, and he will be accompanied by this official, but, cough ...... cough cough ...... "The cough continued, and the sallow face became red.

"What is the difficulty of Lord Wu?" Yang Muyun asked a little unscrupulously.

"The errand requested by Lord Shangshu, the official can't help but go, but ......" coughed violently again.

"How can Master Wu go with Lord Shangshu like this?" Yang Muyun couldn't help but say.

Wu Wending's eyes

There was a hint of joy in it, but he still pretended to cough, "This official occasionally felt a cold last night, and he had a headache and cough, so he really can't respond to Lord Shangshu's errand anymore......"

"Then you send someone back to Lord Shangshu and say that you can't make it, don't you." Yang Muyun said with a frown.

"It's not proper, it's inappropriate," Wu Wending shook his head again and again, "It's about our company's responsibility, and it's not okay not to send someone forward." ”

"The lower official has just been promoted, and he doesn't understand it very well, and he still hopes for the guidance of Lord Wu." Yang Muyun arched his hand and said.

"Hmm......" Wu Wending coughed a little lighter, glanced at him meaningfully and said, "Lord Yang, did a quartermaster from the border town come to our company yesterday?" ”

"Exactly!" Yang Muyun said in his heart: Didn't you just push him to me and become a turtle with a shrunken head?

"Lord Yang," Wu Wending sighed, "There are a total of nine border towns on the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, and the ordnance and firearms they need are all collected from our company, but now the emperor's focus is on the southwest Luchuan, and the ordnance and materials are also continuously transported to the southwest......"

When Wu Wending said this, Yang Muyun's heart suddenly became clear, and he understood why Wu Wending was hiding from those quartermasters from the border towns. The Southwest War is imminent, and the ordnance materials produced by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in Beijing have been supplied to the southwest on a priority basis, and there is no surplus material to supplement the border towns in the north. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, in order to meet the needs of the nine sides, Wu Wending had to use the trick of hiding words, and it is really difficult for this Lord Langzhong, the disdain in Yang Muyun's eyes suddenly turned into sympathy.

"That's all the ordnance supplies that the Ministry of Industry supplies to our Ministry of War," Wu Wending looked helpless, "There is no major war on the nine sides of the north for the time being, and the replenishment of ordnance will naturally have to be a little later......

"Yes!" Yang Muyun also echoed: "The priority supply of ordnance and materials is the place where war breaks out, this is a common practice in the imperial court, and it is a big deal to make up for them later." ”

"If only things were so simple," Wu Wending glanced at him with a wry smile, "But those generals of the Nine Sides are not relenting!" No, they made a noise to Cheng Guogong, asking Cheng Guogong to come forward to put pressure on Lord Shangshu and restore their normal supply of ordnance, "spread their hands, "This, how is this possible!" ”

"Then what does the emperor say about this matter?" Yang Muyun asked.

"Your Majesty?" Wu Wending glanced at him and said: "The emperor said that it can't affect the war in the southwest, and as for the nine sides, we have to find a way to solve it ourselves." ”

"What can we do in the military department?" Yang Muyun couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard this, "Unless the Ministry of Industry is asked to expand the production of ordnance and firearms, it will be impossible to solve the supply of both the north and the south at the same time." ”

"Let the Ministry of Industry expand production? Do you give silver? Wu Wending looked at him and said: "If you want the Ministry of Industry to expand production, you have to ask the Ministry of Household for silver, but now the Ministry of Household is poor, and even the salary is about to be paid. Then he lowered his voice and said: "Lord Hou just approached Lord Wang Zuowang, the left attendant of the household department, yesterday, and asked him to squeeze a little more silver to the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, but that Lord Wang is interesting, and he can only use the salary of the border army to say such a thing, do you want it!" Without the salaries of those eunuchs, they still fried the pot! The salary of the Broken Border Army, those Qiu Bajun men still waved their knives and slashed at Beijing City! ”

"What Master Wu said," Yang Muyun nodded, "What does Master Shangshu mean?" Do you have to go to Cheng Guogong's place for a banquet? ”

Wu Wending coughed violently when he heard this, and gasped while coughing: "Chengguo Gong is highly respected, and he is the number one person in my Ming military. ”

As he spoke, a general hurriedly walked in with two soldiers.

"Isn't Lord Langzhong ready?" As soon as the general came in, he said in a loud voice, "Lord Shangshu wants you to come over now." ”

Wu Wending coughed and lay on the bookcase, pointing at Yang Muyun, "This official, cough...... Ahem...... Suddenly, he had a serious illness and could not make the trip, so Yang Muyun, a member of the department, went with Lord Shangshu on behalf of the official. ”

"This martial turtle is going to shrink its head again." Yang Muyun secretly scolded in his heart.

"Lord Yang." The general turned to him and made a gesture of invitation, and the two soldiers also strode to Yang Muyun's side, as if he didn't leave, so he escorted him forward.