Q: Tell me about the place where Er was when he was in Bianliang.

Answer: My lord, it was a very large place, in a Zhuangzi in the west of Bianliang City, more than a dozen workshops, five or six hundred people, all of which were the property of one owner......

Q: Do you make gunpowder?

A: Yes, in the small family, there have been craftsmen who make fireworks for generations, and there was originally a small workshop, but unfortunately......

Q: How did you get into that Zhuangzi?

Answer: First of all, the people there came to invite, the small people made fireworks are a family handicraft, guarding the shop is reluctant to go over, not long after, the small people opened another fireworks shop opposite the house, their fireworks are varied, exploded, and are cheap, the small people can not compare with them, the business is light. Later, the people in Zhuangzi offered favorable conditions, and Xiaomin had to go over.

Q: After you went in, you learned how to improve gunpowder?

A: Yes.

Q: Why didn't you think that gunpowder could be so improved?

Answer: The preparation of gunpowder was originally a method handed down by the ancestors, and after entering the courtyard, I realized that there was such a special place. All the rules in the courtyard are extremely exquisite, even how to use a cup and a glass of water, they are all stipulated, and the process of preparing gunpowder is also a bit complicated, and Xiaomin couldn't think of these before.

Question: Who came up with the process of improving gunpowder?

Answer: The small and small people don't know, it is Mr. Gongsun who is in charge of the gunpowder workshop, Mr. Lin is in charge of the entire compound, and there is another person in charge surnamed Lin, they are all involved, but some people say that the improvement method is personally guided and taught by the owner, but Mr. Lin is in charge of the construction.

Q: What's your owner's name?

Answer: Ning Yi, Ning Liheng.

Q: He later ...... Kill your Emperor.

Answer: Well, that's him.

Q: Have you met him?

A: I met him a few times, he invited us to dinner every year, and sometimes he came to greet him, and he was talking about things with Mr. Lin and Mr. Gongsun. Xiaomin ...... I've probably met him three or four times.

Q: What kind of person is he?

Answer: He ...... Young. But there is majesty, he always laughs when he talks to us, but he laughs less when he talks to Mr. Lin and Mr. Gongsun, and no one dares to be too presumptuous in front of him.

Q: Why did he build a yard like that?

Answer: Xiaomin doesn't know. He said he wanted to study something interesting and sell it to Zhuji.

Q: Bamboo Notes?

A: He also opened a lot of shops, restaurants and tea shops. Those who sell food, go out to tell stories, and do tricks, all of which are called bamboo records. From Bianliang, there are many big cities, and there are also many cars that tow things to the countryside to sell.

Q: How many kinds of workshops are there in this yard where you are?

Answer: Xiaomin is not very clear, and some places are not allowed to enter. But remember that there was gunpowder, cloth, wine, toilet water, paper, iron, briquettes, fruit sauce, dried meat......

Q: How much do you know about your employer's affairs?

Answer: Xiaomin...... I only know that when the heavenly soldiers went south, he went out of the city. Said he was going...... Jianbi Qingye, and later, he said that he was in Xia Village, and won the battle. Xiaomin didn't know whether it was true or false, because later, it was said that the owner colluded with the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion fell, and the East family was also affected.

Q: Hmm. It was indeed in Xia Village that defeated Guo Yaoshi's resentful army. Ordered Guo Yaoshi to lead his troops to flee west. Later, it was your host who killed the emperor.

A: Yes, yes.

Q: Do you hate your host?

A: Yes, he ...... No, the small people, the small people, the mustard people, can't talk about it. Less......

Question: If he didn't kill Zhou Zhe, would he think that you wouldn't come here?

Answer: Xiaomin...... Ignorance. Moreover, the king acts on behalf of the sky, and the small people can come here. It's also a good thing......

Ask:...... If I say that the battle of your host in Xia Village really caused a big obstacle to our army's capture of Bianliang, would you think ......

Answer:......

…… Scold. Forget it, don't embarrass you......

……

There was a bang, and it sounded on the dirt slope on the other side of the mountain, and a group of people wearing the official uniforms of the Jin State walked over to see the traces of the explosion. On the platform here, several adults sat in their seats drinking tea and did not move.

The highest status here is Wanyan Xiyin, the right supervisor of the Marshal's Palace, and Shi Liai, the minister who is a Han and serves as a minister of the Privy Council. Xi Yin shook his head: "The power seems to have increased, but it needs to be improved if it is to be used on the battlefield." ”

Shi Liai nodded: "These people have just started to do things, and there is still room for improvement." After he finished saying this, he frowned slightly, "I have heard of the person surnamed Ning who killed the king in the Wu Dynasty before, but I didn't expect that Lord Ceres was paying attention to him. ”

Wanyan Xiyin is the most knowledgeable person in Sinology among the Jurchen masters, both civil and military. This Han minister Shi Liai was originally also a famous talent in the land of Yanyun, the family is a powerful gentry, originally followed Zhang Jue to do things, Zhang Jue wanted to judge the Wu Dynasty, Shi Liai immediately sent Shi to return to his hometown, and when the Wu Dynasty people took back Yanyun several states, he also sent people to invite Shi Liai as an official several times, but Shi Liai knew a lot about the decay of the Wu Dynasty and was unwilling to take refuge. In the end, Yan Yun was all in the hands of the Jin people, and he became an official, and at this time he was in charge of the Privy Council under Marshal Zong Han, above 10,000 people. Among the court officials, Xi Yin and Shi Liai are also quite deed, and they can be regarded as friends.

"I didn't pay much attention to it originally, but in the past two days, the Xixia war report came, and I found out a little thing, and I just asked about this gunpowder matter." Xi Yin smiled, "Speaking of which, I had a beam with this person before. ”

"Oh? Did Lord Ceres fight him? ”

"No, but when the army entered Bianliang, everyone took care of collecting the gold and silver of the Wu Dynasty, and a special person was asked to loot the rare books of the Wu Dynasty, and the harvest was not abundant, and later I learned that this person killed the king and occupied Bianliang for two or three days, and when he left, he not only looted a large number of ordnance and military materials, but also searched several places in Bianliang City where the books were hidden, and he loaded more than a dozen cars and took them away. It's a shame to be one step ahead. ”

Shi Liai laughed: "Lord Ceres, with this person, seems to have some sympathy. ”

"I can't talk about sympathy, the culture of the southerners is as bright as a galaxy and as vast as a sea of smoke, sometimes, the things that come out of the south are regrettable, but in such a culture. It can always give birth to some people, which is amazing and emotional. Like this one, a few years earlier, he was laying out for Bianliang, and when the army went south, he went to the front in person. even fell into the death and defeated Guo Yaoshi, Guo Yaoshi's two brothers, but they all died at his hands. made such a meritorious achievement, and after going back, he was framed and suppressed, and he personally killed the monarch in the Golden Palace, which is really a masterpiece of a generation, which makes people applaud. He said, patting his thigh lightly, "Zhou Zhe's expression when he died. I haven't seen it in person, but it's a pity. ”

Wanyan Xiyin has a transcendent status among the Jurchens, and at this time he said what he thought in his heart, Shi Liai's eyes were complicated, and he lowered his voice: "Lord Ceres, after all, this person is ...... to kill the king."

"Haha, Master Shiyuan, you're just too safe." Wanyan Xiyin smiled indifferently. patted him on the shoulder, "Jurchen court." Unlike the Han court, we can kill from the white mountains and black waters, relying on the unity of the whole and the soldiers' lives, not anyone's flattery and slander. There is such a person in the Wu Dynasty, who is the elephant of the country, and he kills him with a sword. Happy! If there is an emperor of the Jin country in the future, it also means that my Jin country has reached the time of destruction. This is the most reasonable, and we should have spoken it out loud. Thought to be vigilant. If anyone is indiscriminately involved in climbing, I will cut him with a sword. lest these rats mess up my Jin Kingdom court. ”

Although he is a Jurchen word maker, he has been a horse all his life, and he is usually polite and civil, but he is not angry and powerful when he holds the sword. The fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi had some festivals with him, and he was afraid of him like a tiger. At this time, the two were talking, and there were other people around, and Shi Liai, who was deeply influenced by Confucianism, advised him to be cautious, and Wanyan Xiyin's eyes swept over, and most of the people were silent and did not dare to look at each other.

Wanyan Xiyin's style is not publicity, and the Jin Dynasty at this time is indeed as he said, and everything can be said. Even Wu Qimai was beaten by the minister for doing something wrong. Wanyan Xiyin is a real founding hero, and the ranking of the Jurchen court can be in the top ten, and he doesn't care about the straightforward words in his mouth. It's just that after finishing speaking, he was solemn again, with a slight remembrance.

"Master Shiyuan, you know what. The battle in the northwest of the Wu Dynasty reminded him of the experience of the incident. In the early years, the tribe tasted the oppression of the Liao people, I knew that there would be a war, out of the river shop, the Liao people raised an army of 100,000 to come, our army with armor is only more than 3,000, the first emperor took me and other night attacks, heroic and heroic, but in the military array, knowing that the other party has 100,000 people, you are difficult to know......"

He paused slightly: "To Hubu Dagang, there are 700,000 Liao people and 20,000 our army." Speaking of which, it was the Jurchen who was invincible, and it was the Liao people who started civil strife, and it was this and that. But on the battlefield, who is not gritting their teeth and moving forward. Saying that this kind of military strategy and that kind of military strategy, the truth is that even if there is no military strategy, we can only move forward, we have no home, take a step back, and we will all die. ”

Wanyan Xiyin said these words with a flat gaze, but he also experienced a big battle, and he was calm after crossing life and death: "I told everyone before that you should not despise the Han people, but unfortunately, I attach importance to them, but the Han people have never given me a long face." Now it can finally be said that the Han people also have heroes, the masters of the time, and the heroes are in the same world, and the world is competing, and we can have great honor. ”

"Lord Ceres." Shi Liai, who had black and white hair, nodded, and after a while, said slowly, "It's just a person who kills kings, it is difficult to achieve great achievements since ancient times, even if it is publicized for a while, I am afraid it is just a flash in the pan, not for long." Shi felt that he was in a safe corner or could, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to qualify. ”

Wanyan Xiyin stretched out his hand and tapped his thigh, was silent for a moment, and laughed: "What Lord Shi said is indeed good...... Come. He called the officials behind him, "Among the Han people who went north this time, I want all the gunpowder and fireworks craftsmen, no matter where they are now." ”

"Yes." The man took the command and went down.

Wanyan Xiyin stood up, Shi Liai and the others also stood up, and after a few glances on this platform, he turned around and began to walk down. Shi Liai followed beside him, Xi Yin turned his head sideways and talked in a low voice, and the breeze faintly transmitted the sound of the conversation.

"The Wu Dynasty has a new emperor...... It's unwise......"

“…… Var ...... Wait for next year......"

"Xiaocanghe and the species, fold the family...... I'm going to send someone ......."

The name appeared in this conversation, which probably meant that Ning Yi had finally begun to fall into the field of vision of these people in a relatively equal form. Although the words are light and light, the impact that will be caused after this is immeasurable. After a short time, a group of people left the barren mountain, followed the road, and returned to the city.

Kim, the day will be four years.

Xijing Datong. Therefore, it is called Yunzhong Mansion, and after the Jin State attacked the Wu Dynasty for the second time, it was rapidly prospering at this time. Not long ago, with the death of Liu Yanzong, the head of the Privy Council of Zongwang's West Road, the military core of the Jin State, which was originally divided into east and west roads, was rapidly concentrating in Datong at this time.

The mass increase in slaves filled the vacant population and labor force during the war. The concentration of aristocrats and merchants led to the prosperity of the city, and although it is still a military town, the commerce in the city has indeed flourished.

In every Qinglou here, you can find prostitutes at this time, and in every shop, there are one or two slaves taken from the south at this time, wearing ropes and stabbing their cheeks, forced to work. Now. It was the era when the Jurchens were truly invincible and had not lost their enterprising spirit. The stars and heroes gathered in this city, but of course, the collusion and trading in the shadows have not really stopped for a moment.

In a courtyard in the east of the city, two groups of people are meeting.

"In the early months, people came in large numbers. It's good to say, but recently it has started to be strictly investigated. The price is a bit higher than before. The serious Jurchen official took the gold and silver in the other party's hand, frowned and counted, and was still talking in his mouth, "What's more, what you want is specifically for this business, and you can naturally find it next, but ...... I'm afraid that the price will increase again. Don't blame me for not making it clear then. ”

"This is natural." The Jurchen man in Chinese costume who paid smiled and said, "As long as the seventh master helps me make the fireworks business in Beijing unique, money is not a problem." Well, Seventh Master, these deeds. No problem. ”

"Naturally not, it's all official deeds, you can look at it in person."

"The seventh master said that there was no problem, so there was no need to look at it." The man in the fancy dress put the deed into his arms.

"Back to Beijing from here, you'll have nothing to do, but don't walk around." The other party frowned, "To be honest, since you received the money, I don't care what you do." These piglets, how should you use them, if you refuse to do things, you will be beaten, killed, and pay from the official mansion, but if you mess up on the road and get out of the basket, don't climb on me. If it hadn't been for the introduction of you by that kid from Wuyan, I wouldn't have done this business with you. ”

"I know, the seventh master can rest assured. Business, once born and twice cooked, this time it's fine, and next time you have to do it again. Now is the good time, why don't I ask for a few piglets and stop asking for them. ”

"I don't think you're such a person, hey, is the fireworks business really so good?"

"Shangjing is different from Xijing, a group of big-headed soldiers in Xijing, what you know, you know how to go to the green building and the restaurant, Shangjing people love to have a lively time, and set off fireworks at night. There were a few craftsmen from the Liao Kingdom on my side before, but how could the Khitan people compare to the Wu Dynasty in this regard, that is the place where they can play. You see, I'm going to make a lot of money on this. ”

"It's time for you to make money."

The two sides said, laughed, and then took it to the rear and brought out a few Wu Dynasty "piglets": this is a total of five Wu Dynasty craftsmen, all of whom have tattoos on their faces, and one of them doesn't know who he offended, and at this time he was still beaten to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, one person's arm was broken at elbow, and five people were strung with chains and stood there, ragged, dull-eyed, and skinny.

The man in the fancy suit expressed his displeasure with the man with the broken arm, but soon after, he received the goods. He and five of his men escorted the five slaves out of the courtyard and headed for the east gate of the city, a group of eleven people, who were interrogated shortly after.

In the afternoon, Wanyan Xiyin returned to the mansion and talked for a while with Chen Wenjun, who was actually his wife, and soon after someone asked to see him, he arranged to concentrate the confidant generals of the gunpowder craftsmen. Wanyan Xiyin did not avoid suspicion, and summoned people into the courtyard, and after the general saluted Chen Wenjun, he reported something to Wanyan Xiyin in a low voice: "There are a few strange things......

After Yan Xiyin listened, his eyes became solemn, and after a moment, he waved his hand: "Got it, look for it." The confidant general retreated, Wanyan Xiyin stood there, pondered for a while, and Chen Wenjun came over: "Xianggong, what's the matter?" ”

“…… It's okay. Wanyan Xiyin thought about it, smiled and shook his head, "Jumping clown...... By the way, something big has happened in the Wu Dynasty recently, and I haven't told you yet......"

The sunset is red, and in the courtyard planted with all kinds of flowers and trees, the world-famous general hugged his wife and spoke softly, and his wife occasionally laughed, and the two snuggled up in this sunset to dissolve into a happy silhouette.

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At the end of July, Yanzhou City was a lively scene.

Li Pin sat on the stone steps at the edge of the small square, looking at the crying and protesting of a group of people not far away, Tie Tianying, who was disguised as a trader, stood beside him, frowning: "This Ning Liheng, what kind of idea is it......?"

End of June. After nearly a month of diffusion and fermentation, the First World War on Dong Zhiyuan shocked the world. Li Pin originally left in Xiaocanghe in a state of despair, but when he heard the news, his whole person was also shocked. The person who said in that tone that he wanted to subvert Confucianism in Xiaocanghe first gave people the feeling that he was crazy. However, when the Black Flag Army defeated more than 100,000 Western Xia troops with 10,000 people, and recaptured the northwest trend with its own strength in such a crisis, no matter what this madman said or did, it was impossible to ignore.

Li Pin didn't know how to defeat him, and he didn't even know how to start, but after thinking about it, he decided to take a look. After that, they met the Iron Sky Eagle by accident and came together.

After the capture of Yanzhou. The Black Flag Army also seized a large amount of grain originally harvested by the Western Xia Army, and after that, they did strange things in Yanzhou City: they counted the household registration one by one, and announced in the past few days that anyone whose name was on the household registration could receive back the quota of one person's grain if they came to write the word "Huaxia".

Writing two words to receive food is something that has never happened in this part of the northwest, and some people are overjoyed. But in the same way, there are many people who originally lived here. They were originally rich households, and they were looking forward to restoring their original fields after the officers and soldiers came back, but now they have only become a fixed amount of food for one person, how can they be willing. Subsequently, these squires elected people. Attempts to contact and negotiate with the Black Flag Army upper echelons lasted several days and is still going on.

In these days, outside the city of Yanzhou, the army of the Zhejia family regained Qingjian City. The seed army captured Yuanzhou, and after the black flag occupied Yanzhou, they did not move. After the defeat of Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, many armies began to return north, and soon after Li Qianshun appeared, he was already on his way back to China - for the tribal party, after such a defeat, the emperor disappeared for a few days, and then had to go back to stabilize the situation and fight against many leaders.

However, the city of Gyeongju and some other small towns that were captured at the beginning were still under the control of the Western Xia army at this time, although those who remained here at this time were already some armies with weak combat effectiveness, but the Zhejia family tried to be safe, and the strength of the family was no longer strong, and it was still not an easy task to defeat Gyeongju.

Everyone is also watching the movements of the Black Flag Army at the moment, if this army really forces Gyeongju, showing its previous invincible combat power and those new firearms, it will not be difficult to destroy these Western Xia troops. And being able to have another war of this scale will make it more convenient for the surrounding forces to see the true strength of the Black Flag Army.

The envoy of Western Xia with the Han name Lin Houxuan waited in the courtyard, and soon after, someone came to invite him in, and he once again saw the monarch killer in the Xiaocang River.

The leader of the Black Flag Army, who was still quite young, was writing on the desk, Lin Houxuan glanced at it, and the sentence was vaguely "The brothers are here after all the twists and turns, and they are smiling when they meet", and the rest has not been written yet, and I don't know who it is inscribed for. When Lin Houxuan bowed his hand to greet him, the other party raised his head and put down the brush, and then greeted him with a smile.

"Haha, Brother Lin, meet again, don't be polite, please sit down."

"I've seen Mr. Ning."

"You don't have to be polite, sit down, I'll make you tea."

Ning Yi didn't sit, Lin Houxuan was still standing, and soon after, Ning Yi simply made two cups of hot tea and sat down and waved his hand, and the other party sat down next to him.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush." After Ning Yi sat down, he spoke, "In the past few months, some misunderstandings and unpleasant things have happened, and now we are both having a hard time, in this case, Brother Lin can come over, I am very happy." ”

Lin Houxuan was silent for a moment: "The Huaxia Army is powerful, Lin admires it." ”

"But I have a little immature opinion about these misunderstandings, do you want to hear it?"

“…… I would like to hear about it. ”

"I think it's all your fault."

“……”

Hearing Ning Yi's words, Lin Houxuan frowned and blinked, probably not knowing how to put his expression, Ning Yi put down the teacup in his hand.

"That's the case, our Huaxia army has never thought of fighting, just want to do business, before you came to Xiaocanghe, our people have been in contact outside, and have also contacted you Xixia people, as soon as you come, let us surrender, tell you that Huaxia people do not go to foreign countries, this is the principle. Do not go to a foreign country, but you can cooperate. You are too domineering, you have to block us, and you still contact the Jurchens, what do you say we can do? We wanted peaceful coexistence, and we never wanted to fight, but in the end, we ended up like this......"

Ning Yi's words were calm, but when he said that, his eyes had already begun to become serious and cold: "But fortunately, what we all pursue is peace, and everything can be discussed." ”

(To be continued.) )

PS: Well, this chapter is six thousand words! The title is great, isn't it ^_^?

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