"Brother Wuya, you personally go to the factory outside the city, let Yingbu prepare, the emperor will go to the construction site to inspect the future, tell him to act according to the plan, no one in the factory is allowed to go out, and no one is allowed to enter, if you find that there are suspects and others who want to enter the factory, take them all and don't leak any rumors." After Chen Xu got into the carriage, he whispered to Yu Wuya.

"Okay, don't worry!" Yu Wuya nodded and rode away.

"Hehe, if you don't move this time, if you move, it's time for the craftsman to make Shaofu a makeover! Zhao Gao, Lao Tzu will crush your two balls first, and see how hard you will get up next time. ”

Chen Xu sneered a few times in his heart, and after returning home, he hurriedly ate something to fill his stomach, and after a short rest, it was already the end of noon, and when he rode to the square in front of the court hall, almost all the cars of the civil and military officials had arrived, and thousands of lieutenants and guards in armor had all ridden their horses and stood up, and soon hundreds of Xuanwu guards escorted a six-horse Son of Heaven chariot from the palace slowly out, and all the civil and military officials hurriedly got out of the car and bowed down to greet them.

"Jiangfu decrees, please Qinghe Hou and I ride together!" The carriage of the Son of Heaven stopped, and Qin Shi Huang, who was sitting in the car, instructed Jiang Heng who was standing in the car.

"Your Majesty invites the Marquis of Qinghe to drive the car of the Son of Heaven and ride with Your Majesty!" With Jiang Heng's long chanting, all the civil and military officials who got off the car and waited turned their heads to look at Qinghe Hou who was standing in the crowd, and even the forbidden army who did not squint couldn't help but glance at this much-anticipated young man.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu hesitated slightly and bowed and walked out of the crowd, Xuanwuwei flashed a road on both sides, Chen Xu walked unhurriedly to the side of Tianzi's car, and got into the car with the support of the two waiters.

After getting into the car, Chen Xu saluted again and thanked him, Qin Shi Huang smiled and waved his hand, pointed to a low couch beside him and said: "Qinghe Hou doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat, I still want to hear all the way what weapons Qinghe Hou has developed!" ”

"Out~" With the shouting of Lieutenant Lu, the forbidden army of the 3,000 Lieutenant's Mansion set off in advance, with long halberds like a forest, and walked along the straight central street with neat steps, dispersing all the people watching the excitement along the way.

The Guards and Forbidden Army then moved, divided into three groups to protect the emperor's chariot and the chariots and horses of the civil and military officials, and the flags rolled in the kicking and tapping, and no one made noise in the majestic and solemn dense horse hooves, and the entire Xianyang City seemed to be shaking.

Chen Xu sat in the carriage of the Son of Heaven, sandwiched between the forbidden army and walked slowly, looking at such a majestic momentum, he sighed in his heart the majesty of the emperor.

No wonder all the fierce men want to be emperors.

Lao Tzu has thought about it a little, it's so special!

Escorted by thousands of forbidden troops, the emperor and dozens of ministers drove out of the east gate of Xianyang, and the banner rolled up like thunder, and went straight down the Wei River and went straight to the construction site ten miles away.

In the car, Chen Xu also explained some of the weapons developed by the factory by the way, especially the saddle and stirrup and the horseshoe, which was later known as the three major artifacts of horse warfare was the weapon he was ready to assist Qin Shi Huang to sweep the northern Xiongnu and Donghu and the countries of the Western Regions.

The army slowly went out of the city, but it had not yet gone out of the three miles, and the forbidden army at the end had just left the city gate, when suddenly a thick smoke rose from the factory, accompanied by the howling river wind, the wind helped the fire soon have a red flame burning, and at the same time, the emergency bamboo whistle and gong sound from the factory could be heard.

At this time, the sky is high and the earth is wide, and the banks of the Wei River are unobstructed, except for the trees with withered branches and leaves, the fire and smoke are particularly conspicuous, even if they are separated by six or seven miles, they can still be seen clearly.

This sudden appearance immediately panicked the accompanying forbidden army.

"Protection~"

With the order of Lu Huan, who was walking in the forefront, the forbidden army of the 3,000 Lieutenant's Mansion quickly lined up in a half-moon formation as if facing a great enemy, and held shields and guns in the wheat fields that had sprouted, and the forbidden army of the Guard's Mansion that followed closely behind also gathered in formation, and the dense horses surrounded the chariots of the Son of Heaven and the chariots and horses of the accompanying hundred officials and ministers, and the swords were unsheathed and the bows and crossbows were wound, as if they were facing the great enemy.

And the accompanying civil and military officials were all panicked and didn't know what was going on, and they sat in the car one by one and didn't dare to make any moves

"Qinghehou, what happened to the factory?" Qin Shi Huang frowned slightly.

Chen Xu pretended to know nothing and quickly stood up and said: "The minister doesn't know, maybe the workers accidentally set fire to the shed, but there are guards in the factory and the forbidden army is guarding, because there is no major problem, please rest assured."

Qin Shi Huang did not panic, after listening to Chen Xu's words, he looked at the flames that were burning more and more fiercely in the factory, and said with a calm face: "Let the lieutenant arrange for the soldiers to go to the factory to investigate the situation!" ”

"Huh~" Du Wei hugged his fists and left, and soon with Lu Huo's order, a team of 100 horsemen rode straight to the factory.

The distance of six miles was instantaneous, and the forbidden army quickly went and returned, and at the same time brought back several guards and forbidden troops from the construction site.

"What happened to the factory? Why did the fire suddenly ignite? Chen Xu looked at a few guards and asked coldly.

"Your Majesty and the Marquis of Qinghe, there are unscrupulous people at the construction site who suddenly set fire to the grass hut where the workers and slaves live, because the weather is dry and the wind is cheering, the grain depot and logistics warehouse are also set on fire!" A guard lieutenant reported on one knee to the knees.

"Where is Yingbu, the manager of the Ministry of Security? Why wasn't it detected early? Chen Xu asked sharply.

"Yuqinghe Hou, Yingbu Steward is organizing people to put out the fire, and at the same time, he is also arresting the arsonist, please rest assured that Your Majesty and Qinghe Hou will soon be able to calm down." The lieutenant hurriedly said.

"I asked you to closely guard the safety of the Academy of Sciences, why are there unscrupulous people mixed in but unknowingly, what is the crime of slackness and negligence!" Qin Shi Huang Huo Ran stood up and looked at several guards and forbidden soldiers with blue faces and burst into anger.

"Poof~" Several guards and forbidden soldiers all knelt on the ground and kowtowed in fright: "Your Majesty, it's not that we didn't find out, but Director Yingbu has been instructing us to secretly investigate the sudden collapse of the iron-making furnace last time, and has found a few unscrupulous people, I originally wanted to find out all the unscrupulous people along the vine, but before we could do it, they may have found that they had leaked the line, so they suddenly started arson, please rest assured, at the moment, all the unscrupulous people should have been arrested, We were about to go into the city to report the situation to Qinghehou and wait for disposal, but we ...... But I don't want to disturb Your Majesty! ”

"What about the collapse of the iron-making furnace? When did it happen? Qin Shi Huang asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the minister knows about this!" After Chen Xu bowed, he carefully explained the collapse of the iron-making furnace last time.

"Are you saying that the last time the iron-making furnace collapsed, someone secretly manipulated and modified the drawings?" After listening, Qin Shi Huang asked with a frown.

"That's right, because the iron-making furnace was personally designed by the steward of the iron-making workshop, Gong Yisheng, but the drawings at the time of construction were secretly modified, and there were too many people who had come into contact with the drawings, craftsmen, supervisors, stewards, and Lang officials who were deployed totaled more than 30 people, and these Lang officials were all sons of princes and princesses, among which the most suspected supervisor Shang Qi was the son of Master Tu of the Zuozhong Hou Shang Tu of the Craftsman Shaofu, although he knew that the drawings were replaced, but the ministers did not have sufficient evidence, so they could not be easily disposed of, I can only let the steward of the Ministry of Security and the forbidden army guarding the factory secretly investigate, but I didn't expect these unscrupulous people to take the opportunity to cause trouble and disturb Your Majesty today, and the ministers are panicked, please punish Your Majesty! ”

Chen Xu bowed to Qin Shi Huang very sincerely, and said softly: "Fortunately, the snowstorm crushed the iron-making furnace in advance, otherwise once the smelting ore begins, the coal and hot iron juice that can incinerate the refined iron will be poured down, I am afraid that there will be hundreds of casualties, and the only craftsman who is proficient in steel smelting will lose the body and bones of the victory, and the new weapons that the minister intends to develop will not be able to be created, and it will inevitably miss His Majesty's plan to sweep away the Huns!" ”

"These people are so blatant, why should I turn a blind eye!" Qin Shi Huang's face slowly calmed down at this time, but his eyes became extremely cold, and his hand tightly grasped the handrail of the carriage and was silent for a long time, and then said: "Don't worry, Qinghe Hou, I will definitely help you clear all the obstacles of the Academy of Sciences, and anyone who dares to block and destroy my plan to conquer Lingnan and the Xiongnu, I will wipe them out to the three tribes!" ”

Half an hour later, the fire in the factory slowly extinguished, the noise slowly subsided, the smoke rising from the sky drifted away with the river breeze, and the entire Xianyang City was alarmed, tens of thousands of people poured out of the city gate to watch, and their faces were all terrified, because today the emperor was preparing to inspect the factory, so they were all speculating how many people would be beheaded, and how many people would be exiled to the bitter cold land.

A group of forbidden troops galloped out of the factory gates, and soon came to a halt in front of the Emperor's procession, led by Yingbu, who looked rather embarrassed, his clothes were disheveled, and his hair and face were covered with traces of fire.

Looking at Yingbu who was brought over by the forbidden army, Chen Xu pretended to be nervous and asked: "What is the situation in the factory, have the wrongdoers been caught?" ”

"Yuqing Hehou, a total of thirteen unscrupulous people were caught, including three stewards, two supervisors, one craftsman, five helpers, two arsonists were caught, and two were killed on the spot, three sheds were burned, and the grain depot and material warehouse were destroyed, but because it was daytime, the discovery and evacuation were timely, and the number of casualties was not much, only eight corpses were found in the fire! The factory is now safe! ”

"Huh~" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Qin Shi Huang and said: "Your Majesty, the incident happened suddenly, although it has subsided now, but I dare not guarantee the safety of the factory, please ask Your Majesty to turn around, and wait for the minister to thoroughly investigate the matter and then ask Your Majesty to punish you!" ”。

"This matter has nothing to do with Qinghe Hou, continue to go to the factory, out!" Qin Shi Huang's emotions calmed down, and he pointed forward with his hand and said.

"Out~" Lieutenant Lu roared, and the forbidden army that opened the way continued to draw their shields and set off, and the long line slowly moved forward again.

Soon thousands of forbidden troops poured into the factory like a tide, holding a halberd shield to defend the entire factory in a radius of thousands of acres, thousands of people roared and neighed one after another, the halberd was like a forest, the flag was rolled, whether it was an ironmaking workshop or a blacksmith workshop, all were taken over by the Guard's Forbidden Army, and hundreds of craftsmen, workers, slaves, helpers and logistics management personnel were all gathered in one place and strictly guarded.

On the martial arts arena covering an area of thirty acres, in addition to the Xuanwu guard who guarded the emperor, there were also the Manchu Dynasty civil and military who followed, at this time on the ground in front of the emperor, thirteen people were tied up by the forbidden army and knelt on the ground, one by one showing a desperate and frightened expression.

They would never have known that their every move had long been monitored by Yingbu, and they absolutely did not know that today they took advantage of the negligence of the factory guards' protection to set fire to disturb it, but they did not expect to be caught in a net, and those who did not participate in the arson were also caught.

"Your Majesty, wronged, the minister did not participate in the arson!" A steward who was originally deployed by Lang Guan cried loudly.

"You still dare to quibble, more than ten of you secretly colluded privately, and your every move has already been noticed, saying, who changed the drawings of the iron-making furnace last time?" Yingbu kicked him to the ground and shouted.

"I don't know anything about the collapse of the iron-making furnace!" Several of the other stewards and overseers who had been caught caught, cried together.

"Where is Captain Ting?" Qin Shi Huang looked back with a gloomy face.

"The minister is here!" Tingwei Yin Wu stood up.

"These people will be interrogated on the spot, and I will know everything right away!"

"Oh~" Yin Wu arched his hand, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of forbidden troops immediately swarmed up and dragged more than a dozen people away.

And looking at the people who were dragged away, several officials in the crowd were pale and trembling, with dead expressions in their eyes.

"Qinghe Hou, I will find out the whole story of this matter, I came here today to test the new weapons you developed, please start!" Qin Shi Huang no longer cared about the interrogation.