The two of them comforted each other like this, and it was actually good to be able to get such a result.

After all, Ye Fu has already made concessions, as strategists, they can't press step by step, right?

Moreover, what is even more gratifying is that Ye Fu was finally saved from the fate of 'the king will not be early in the dynasty', no longer lingering in the inner courtyard, and returning to the appearance of the deputy general in the past.

~~

"~~ The second batch of recruited craftsmen has been arranged by the Ordnance Department yesterday, and the improved Divine Arm Crossbow has now been put into production, and samples will be presented in the near future. In addition~~"

Wang Zhi read according to the book, and said to Ye Fu word by word about some matters that needed to be known to Ye Fu that had been piled up recently.

Ye Fu was very absent-minded at this time.

Wang Zhi couldn't help frowning, pondered for a moment, and still couldn't help shouting: "~~ My lord? My lord! ”

Ye Fu was thrilled by his shout and woke up.

Seeing Wang Zhizheng staring at him, he coughed lightly a little embarrassedly, and pretended to be calm and said, "Oh, you just said that Xu Pingong is back?" What do you bring back? I didn't hear it very clearly. ”

Wang Zhi's brows furrowed even tighter, "My lord, this matter is the first thing I said, and now it is the third thing, were you listening to me just now?" ”

"Oh, I~~ I may have lost my mind. Sorry, sorry, haven't had a good rest lately. Ye Fu touched his nose and tried to explain two sentences to himself. can explain the words, but he feels that instead of explaining, it is better not to explain!

Sure enough, Wang Zhi let out a long sigh, and after a while, he persuaded Ye Fu to say, 'Be modest'.

Ye Fu didn't know what he was thinking, and his face suddenly turned red, and in this way, he didn't know how to explain it to himself.

It's really Wang Zhi who misunderstood him!

Since that incident, Ye Fu has missed the best opportunity to explain everything to Ma Xiaoyue, and it is impossible to push Ma Xiaoyue out. But in the end, he promised Wang Zhi and Xu Gaozhuo, and if he agreed, he still valued it very much. What's more, it's also a matter of his own, how can he be casually blinded to others?

Therefore, since then, he has also returned his mind to serious things.

It's just that there are really a lot of affairs accumulated in those days, so many and complicated, that Ye Fu hasn't had a good sleep for a few days, so when he listens to the report during the day, he will inevitably be sleepy.

It's really not that I mean to disrespect anyone, and no matter how energetic I am, it's limited.

However, no matter what happened to Ye Fu, in short, he hadn't even figured out the situation of the first one, and this report would naturally have to be redone because of this.

Although Wang Zhi was extremely reluctant, there was nothing he could do.

finally told Ye Fu about the matter again, but Ye Fu suddenly came to his senses this time.

"What do you say? Xu Pingong dragged back a cart of scrap metal? Ye Fu didn't believe that Xu Pingong would be so unreliable, not to mention, there was a Wang Xing watching him by his side! Wang Xing is indeed a person who is a petty thief, but in the end he is relatively loyal to Ye Fu, so he is more credible. Yes, he looked at Ye Fu and felt that there would not be a thing of spending money to buy a car of scrap iron and coming back to fool people.

But Wang Zhi swore an oath, "It's indeed scrap iron!" The lower officials went to see it in person, and what they got back was probably something similar to a cannon, but it was rusty all over, and I was afraid that it was really unusable. ”

"If it's unbearable, I'll have to see it!" Ye Fu was stubborn in this matter, and with such an unresolved matter, he didn't have the heart to listen any further.

Seeing this, Wang Zhi had to smile bitterly and put away the official document in his hand first, and accompanied Ye Fu to see the excitement.

~~

When Xu Pingong came to the dangerous mountain, it was already the afternoon of the second day.

When Ye Fu arrested him, he didn't expect that Ye Fu would be able to climb to such a high position in such a short period of time. It seems that the loss was not unjust at all.

And just when he was sighing, Ye Fu had already seen the so-called scrap iron under the guidance of Wang Xing.

Wang Xing was by his side and said to Ye Fu: "My lord, we are also lucky!" The little one and the others were in the capital and met a Yi person. The Nayi people said that there was a deal to do with us, but we were afraid that it would be a bureau, so we didn't dare to agree at first. Later, after thinking about it again and again, in the end, it was still up to Lao Xu to make a decision, so I went over to take a look. The Yi people told us that this thing was fished out of a sunken ship by their Western cannon, and it was worth a lot before! It's a pity it's rusty. But although it is rusty, you can still see some of it. Lao Xu told me that we are afraid that we don't have this kind of cannon yet, so we will buy it back for everything, so that you can see if it is useful. ”

Ye Fu stared at the cannon, and his eyes lit up.

This is not a sideline, it is the kind of more advanced cannon of this era that was first salvaged from British ships in Chinese waters, which is known as the 'red cannon' in history.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty officially began to introduce this kind of artillery only since the first year of the Apocalypse. Later, in the Battle of Ningyuan and the Battle of Ningjin, this kind of artillery played a significant role. Even, Nurhachi's final death has a lot to do with being injured by this kind of artillery, and it can be said that for a period of time, the magic weapon of the Ming army was victorious.

It's just that he was later learned by Hou Jin, and people paid more attention to this point than the Ming army. Therefore, it gradually lost this advantage.

Ye Fu looked at the cannon from front to back, left and right, and couldn't help but shake his head.

God is helping him!

This cannon, although compared to the cannons of later generations, has many drawbacks. But the victory lies in the long range and great power, which is really a rare weapon for the Ming army, which now takes defending the city as the top priority and is bound to not let the Tartar chieftains exploit the loopholes again.

If you can get a few more doors, swing them up the city wall.

Ye Fu couldn't help but grin secretly, revealing a warm smile. With such a feeling, I am afraid that I will wake up laughing even from a dream.

The red-clothed cannon obtained by accident was enough to make Ye Fu overjoyed. Because of this, Fan Yongsheng, the spear supervisor, has an additional research direction, and it also adds a possibility of surviving in chaos to the future dangerous mountain defense line.

But one cannon can't solve all of Ye Fu's urgent needs.

"My lord, the imperial court has been leviing Liao salary since the forty-sixth year of Wanli, and now it is a large number. If Yang Jingluo was in Liaodong before, there was still most of the waste. So, now, from the point of view of the lower officials, we can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

The king's words are naturally justified.

Emperor Wanli may not be able to do other things, but in terms of employing people, he is an expert. The fact that he was able to use a person like Xiong Tingbi who spared his life for the country already shows his wisdom. What is even more commendable is that under the verbal and written criticism of the Manchu Dynasty, he can still trust Xiong Tingbi.

Xiong Tingbi did not disappoint Emperor Wanli, after some rectification, at least now the atmosphere on the surface of Liaodong has been renewed. The salary that should be issued can be paid on time and in accordance with the amount, and the clothing and food that should be supplemented will not have too many deductions. Although the ordnance is still insufficient, it is already being replenished with great effort.

And at the beginning, what Ye Fu said, he had already tried his best to move out of the Guannai to meet the needs of the following generals, especially Ye Fu, a powerful general he valued.

In Wang Zhi's opinion, as long as such a day can be maintained, what can a little Tartar be worth?

Even, he has always been considered to be more harsh, and he will never loosen his belt if he can tighten his waist, and he has been spending money a little lavishly recently.

But out of his understanding of history, Ye Fu has a completely different view from him. Of course, he knew that the current situation in Liaodong was good, but he still seemed worried.