Whether in history or in reality, Zhao Laosan is a womanizer.

As long as Li Zhongyi remembered that Zhao Laosan had bullied Xiao Zhou, his mood was abnormally unpleasant, and a scourge like Zhao Laosan must be castrated!

Zhao Kuangyin knelt on the ground crying and begging, even if his forehead was broken, Li Zhongyi refused to let go.

After all, compared to Zhao Laoer, who has a good reputation, Zhao Laosan is a villain who is bad to the bone marrow, and it is not enough to calm the anger in Li Zhongyi's heart.

"You are also exempt from capital crimes, but you are unforgivable for living crimes." Li Zhongyi slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said lightly, "Let's go to Hetao to repair the embankment." ”

From Kaifeng to the Hetao area in the northwest, the distance is about 1,000 miles, and in this era when it is difficult to leave the homeland, it is already a very severe punishment.

"The guilty minister bows to the emperor for his grace." Zhao Kuangyin knew in his heart that Zhao Kuangyi's castration was inevitable, and instead of continuing to be stubborn and angering Li Zhongyi again, it was better to stop and wait for the future.

Looking at Zhao Kuangyin's stumbling back, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile slightly, Song Taizu in history, what tricks can you play?

After sending away the Zhao brothers, Li Zhongyi, as usual, walked around the artillery workshop.

Nowadays, the method of making artillery is mainly the casting method. In other words, the clay mold of the cannon was made in advance, and then the molten bronze liquid after heating was poured into the clay mold.

The advantage of this is that the speed of production of artillery has been significantly improved.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything, and the corresponding defective rate is also high.

However, over time, the defective rate has been reduced from 70 percent to 30 percent, which is very encouraging.

At present, there are more than 500 6-pounder guns and 12-pounder guns in the army, and the 12-pounder guns produced in the later period will be distributed to the warships of the naval division in order to enhance the combat capability of the naval division.

As far as the current state is concerned, the production of artillery is on the right track, and it will take more time to grind to improve the yield rate.

However, another hot weapon led by Li Zhongyi, that is, the tunnel pistol, the output of the barrel alone is enough to worry about the individual.

Objectively speaking, it will take at least a month and a half to grind a qualified barrel, even for a very skilled craftsman.

In addition, research on firing devices using flint has been at a standstill, and craftsmen have not yet gone in the right direction.

Li Zhongyi suddenly stopped, let out a long exhale, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, since the artillery can be cast with a clay mold, can't the barrel of the gun?

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhongyi shook his head again, I'm afraid the cast barrel is not so durable!

If you follow the previous method of casting artillery, before casting, you must first make a mold with sand or yellow mud, and then water it with molten steel after shaping, and then the product will be very rough.

When the barrel is fired continuously, it will be subjected to very high pressure, and the gunpowder will continuously explode in the barrel and push the bullet, which will produce high temperature and high pressure, which has very high requirements for the barrel.

The cast barrel will get into the sand because of the mold, but even one will cause the quality of the barrel to drop dramatically, and this kind of barrel can easily explode and hurt itself when used.

The barrel is important throughout the firearm, controlling the direction and velocity of the bullet. If the casting process is used, then after the material is melted into a liquid, it is placed in a fixed mold, and there will inevitably be some small bubbles in the liquid, and the texture of the barrel produced will not be uniform, and when used, it may be dangerous.

In addition, the inner chamber of the barrel made by the casting process is not smooth, and it is likely that the internal stress is not enough, in this case, it also affects the accuracy of shooting. If the barrel of the hole is drilled through an iron rod, it is not the same.

Li Zhongyi sighed lightly, it's a pity, he's just a doctor, if it's a major in the field of mechanical industry, how good would it be?

Inadvertently, Li Zhongyi's gaze swept over a bronze cannon, and he had an idea to use bronze to make a barrel, what is it?

Thinking of this, Li Zhongyi didn't want to continue to stay in the artillery workshop, so he immediately made a decision and immediately rushed to the gun-making yard.

Although the gun yard and the artillery workshop both belong to the Ordnance Supervisor, they are two relatively independent departments.

After all, muskets and artillery are different, the technical requirements are also very different, and at the same time, it is also for the sake of secrecy, so Li Zhongyi deliberately separated the gun and artillery into two different departments.

The gun yard is located in the southern suburbs of Kaifeng, and the scale here is far from being comparable to the artillery workshop, but the garrison responsible for guarding it has more than 500 people.

When Li Zhongyi arrived at the gun-making yard, it was already dark, so he had to patiently eat dinner and then gather the craftsmen to discuss together.

As a result, as soon as Li Zhongyi finished his thoughts, Pan Ada, the chief craftsman of the Gun Factory, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the villain has tried to make a bronze barrel, although the speed of manufacturing is much faster than that of an iron barrel, but the weight is too great, and it is very difficult for one person to hold it. ”

Li Zhongyi took advantage of the excitement, but he couldn't help but face the reality, bronze is suitable for making artillery, that is because the barrel is very thick, even if there is a little bubble, it will not affect the use.

However, the use of bronze barrels, although the speed and production of guns will increase significantly, has two major drawbacks: first, the barrel is too heavy, which affects the frequency of continuous firing; Second, the cost is so high that it is terrible.

There is no way, the wrought iron barrel is a difficult hurdle that cannot be bypassed, and it must be overcome by all means!

Li Zhongyi, who ran into a wall in the gun-making courtyard, was not discouraged, if it was really so easy to make a gun, how could the Ming Dynasty be subverted by wild boar skin?

That night, Li Zhongyi lived in the gun-making yard. Li Hu, who accompanied him, has always been frightened, afraid that something will happen. Every other hour, Li Hu has to patrol around to avoid unpredictable events.

In the early morning, Li Zhongyi woke up early, and according to his old habits, he walked around the outer wall of the gun yard with his hands behind his back.

Li Zhongyi pondered the problem of the barrel while taking a walk, the steam machine was too far away, so he didn't want to.

However, the waterwheel has slowly spread throughout the empire, can it be used to drill the barrel of the gun with a hydraulic drilling machine?

Li Zhongyi thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't solve the technical difficulties of the hydraulic drilling machine, so he had to look up to the sky and sigh: there is no shortcut to climbing the science and technology tree, so let's grind slowly!

After having breakfast in the gun-making courtyard, Li Zhongyi received a secret report from the Tiqi Division, saying that the Confucian scholars had reached a consensus and planned to give him some color after Li Zhongyi returned to Kaifeng.

Li Zhongyi put down the piece of paper in his hand and smiled involuntarily, what color did the Confucian scholars want to show him, he really had some small expectations.

That night, Li Zhongyi received a total of five secret reports from different yamen, and the core content of the secret reports was a report on Confucianism's troubles.

After Li Zhongyi read the secret report, he couldn't help but smile slightly, everything is under control, what is there to fear?

Almost at the same time, the capital, the palace of Huayang County.

Li Qiong sat at the desk, stroking her white beard with her hand while contemplating. After a long time, he suddenly ordered someone to find Li Anguo in the study.

After Li Anguo arrived, Li Qiong asked: "The wind direction in the capital is very abnormal recently, have you heard anything?" ”

Li Anguo thought about it carefully and said, "I heard that my grandson heard that someone secretly posted a post in the city and attacked the current emperor. ”

Li Qiong couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly reprimanded Li Anguo: "Such a big thing, why didn't you explain it to me in advance?" ”

Li Anguo smiled bitterly: "My grandson just heard about it, and he didn't arrest the thief in person, so he dared to speak in front of his grandfather?" ”

When Li Qiong heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he taught Li Anguo, don't panic in case of trouble, be sure to find out and then talk about it.

"Alas, those Confucian scholars are also really, the emperor returned to Beijing with the power of destroying the two kingdoms in the south of the Yangtze River, and they dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, they were really impatient." Li Qiong sighed with emotion.

Li Anguo arched his hand and said: "Grandfather, with the level of the ears and eyes of the Tiqi Division and the Police Temple, even if the emperor is not in the capital, it is impossible for him not to know about this. There has been no movement on the emperor's side, and with his grandson's speculation, I'm afraid he wants to lure the snake out of the hole, right? ”

Li Qiong was taken aback, then smiled, touched the white beard and said: "Zhengqing, what you said is very true, it seems that the old man is worried about it in vain." ”

Li Anguo said with a straight face: "The emperor dismissed Kong Kun's phase, in fact, the Confucian scholars should be vigilant, this is a silent and stern warning." ”

Li Qiong nodded frequently and said with a smile: "The emperor once said that Xiucai rebelled and did not succeed for three years. In the old man's opinion, I'm afraid it will be thirty years, and three hundred years will not be successful. ”

"Grandfather, since Kong Kun has already quit the phase, in the opinion of his grandson, I am afraid that you and the Prime Minister will ......" Li Anguo said this, deliberately stopping to leave room for Li Qiong to consider.

Unexpectedly, Li Qiong stroked her beard and laughed, and praised: "Zhengqing is really a big deal!" ”

"Zhengqing, your father is one of the great nine kings of the dynasty, the old man is the prime minister of the dynasty, and your sister is the favorite concubine in the palace. Li Qiong took a sip of the teacup, and said, "After the emperor returns to Beijing to cook those Confucian students, the old man should beg for bones and return home to grow flowers for the elderly." ”

"There is no greater wisdom than grandfather!" Li Anguo bowed his head and was unusually convinced.

"The old man is old, your father is honest and honest, and the future of our family depends on Zhengqing to shine on you."

Since Kong Kun was deposed, Li Qiong has been looking for a suitable time to step down from the prime minister's throne.

As early as the previous dynasty, when Li Qiong and Li Zhongyi were still strategic allies, Li Qiong already knew Li Zhongyi's temper and temperament very well.

Li Qiong thought very clearly, he was old, even if he continued to stay in the position of prime minister, it would not be a few years.

Instead of making Li Zhongyi an eyesore, it is better to take the initiative to beg for it, then, with Li Zhongyi's temper, he will definitely push the favor to Li Hu and Li Anguo.

According to Li Qiong's calculations, Li Hu is an obedient and obedient character, even if he is placed in the cabinet, he is just a mouthpiece for Li Zhongyi.

What's more, the biological mother of the sixth son of the emperor is Li Qiniang. If so, if the sixth son of the emperor ascends the throne of the emperor in the future, he will naturally need the care of Li Anguo, who is his uncle.

At that time, maybe there will be a good situation of three phases, and that is when the entire Huayang County Royal Mansion will be truly glorious.

Li Qiong's retreat today is planning for the future, which can be described as a deep calculation!

However, what makes Li Qiong most gratifying is that since Li Anguo joined the army, the speed of progress in both political and military standards can be described as a rapid progress.

"Grandfather, in the opinion of my grandson, we can also help the emperor deal with the big matter of Confucian trouble." Li Anguo stared at Li Qiong's body intently, and said slowly, "No matter what, you are also the prime minister of the cabinet, how can you not have a position on Confucianism's troubles?" ”

Li Qiong stroked her beard again and laughed, and exclaimed: "Zhengqing, as the saying goes, Shibei should be impressed in three days, you are making progress so fast." ”

Li Anguo said with a smiling face: "It's all taught by my grandfather and the emperor, and my grandson is just learning a little bit." ”

"Well, just today, I have sent a letter to the Police Temple, ordering Li Yanqing to quickly arrest Zheng Congshan, the mountain chief of the Shaolin Academy." Li Qiong looked at Li Anguo with a smile, and my family had the relief and joy of growing up, which was completely beyond words.

"Grandfather, the cabinet change is definitely not small, and it is likely that Liu Jinshan will take over the position of prime minister, in the opinion of his grandson, is it ......" Li Anguo wanted to strike while the iron was hot and took the initiative to offer advice.

Li Qiong waved her hand and said, "My family is both a relative and a powerful person, if I make friends with Liu Jinshan again, how can I not provoke gossip?" ”

Although Li Anguo has made rapid progress, after all, he has little experience in politics, but Li Qiong has nothing to worry about.

This person, even if he is a political genius, is not able to cultivate successfully in a day or two, and he must spend time cultivating.

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Since Li Zhongyi ascended the throne, the curfew in Kaifeng City has been lifted indefinitely.

Even if it was nearly three watches, near the first sweet water lane, it was still brightly lit and crowded.

Under the mercantilism promoted by Li Zhongyi, there were dozens of times more small merchants and hawkers in Kaifeng than in other cities.

The first Sweet Water Street is full of small merchants and vendors who do food business, and it is as lively as a night market in later generations.

Li Yanqing sat on the second floor of a teahouse, but his attention was always focused on a house across the street, which was the home of Zheng Congshan, the head of the Shaolin Academy, in the capital.

Recently, Zheng Congshan has been going out early and returning late, sometimes gathering in the east of the city, sometimes drinking in the west of the city, and he is very busy.

Although Zheng Congshan is just a non-Chinese mover, however, his reputation has long been outside, and he has some influence among the taxis in the capital.

"Yu Siqing, Zheng Congshan's carriage has entered the street." Just when Li Yanqing was deep in thought, an entourage came to report the latest situation.

Li Yanqing nodded and ordered: "Closely monitored, no one is allowed to act rashly without my order." ”

"Whoa." After receiving the order, the entourage immediately ran downstairs to pass the order to the police temples everywhere.

Li Yanqing raised his face, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, Zheng Congshan's name had long been registered on the blacklist of the Police Temple, even if Li Qiong did not issue an official document, Li Yanqing had already decided to arrest Zheng Congshan.

According to the system of the imperial court, the police temple is under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, and the prime minister of the cabinet sent a letter to the police temple, asking Li Yanqing to arrest people, which is completely in the past.

However, the police temple is only nominally subordinate to the cabinet, and the people, money, and goods in the temple are all directly reported by Li Yanqing to Li Zhongyi for decision.

It is impossible for Prime Minister Li Qiong not to know the details of the Police Temple, but he just issued an official document to the Police Temple to arrest Zheng Congshan, and Li Yanqing certainly understood what it meant.

"Hehe, what a scheming Li Qiong." Li Yanqing thought about his thoughts, and was a little distracted, so he subconsciously picked up the teacup and sipped it slowly.

The outside world's evaluation of the Police Temple can be said to be deep in the bone marrow: the Police Temple is just one of the few vicious dogs raised by Li Zhongyi!

Of course, Li Yanqing was cynical, but not only did he not care, but he was proud of it.

The emperor's lackey, this is the best praise of Li Yanqing by political enemies, he is not ashamed, but proud.

The Police Temple is a very efficient security machine, and he can fully trust the efficiency of Li Yanqing's subordinates.

The reason why he wanted to go out in person today to supervise the arrest of Zheng Congshan was that Li Yanqing was mainly worried about a conflict with the Ti Qi Division.

No less than ten times, the police temple was planning to arrest people, but the Tiqi Division took the lead and arrested people in advance.

It's just an ordinary conflict, this time it's the mountain chief of the Shaolin Academy who is arrested, if he is robbed of the people by the Ti Cavalry Division again, then where will he Li Yanqing's face go?

Therefore, Li Yanqing made careful arrangements for this arrest operation. There is only one purpose, to grab in front of the Ti Cavalry Division, and get Zheng Congshan smoothly.

Secretly arresting and arresting people is quite exquisite, not only can not alarm the enemy, but also smoothly pry open the mouth, which is indeed a technical job.

However, as long as a person enters the police temple, there is no precedent for not being able to pry his mouth open, and Li Yanqing is quite confident in this.

Almost at the same time, Zuo Ziguang, who was sitting not far away, already knew where Li Yanqing was.

He couldn't help but smile slightly, many times, his news was that he was so fast as the Police Temple, and he easily snatched the credit that belonged to Li Yanqing.

The Police Temple belongs to the highest security agency in the empire, taking into account the heavy task of fighting political enemies in the imperial court, while the Tiqi Division is a professional yamen for fighting political opponents, and Zuo Ziguang does not need to be distracted to take care of public security.

Therefore, professional people, doing professional things, appear extraordinarily professional.

"Admiral, Zheng Congshan has appeared."

After Zuo Ziguang learned the news, he nodded silently, Zheng Congshan has been dancing happily recently, it's time to teach him a lesson.

According to the regulations, the arrest of the current officials by the Tiqi Division must be approved by Li Zhongyi.

However, Zheng Congshan is not a current official, he is just a somewhat famous young chief, Zuo Ziguang led people to arrest him, and there was no psychological burden.

"Well, don't alarm Zheng Congshan, oh, and that kid Li Yanqing." Zuo Ziguang lightly ordered, and his subordinates understood.

The two yamen are doing similar affairs, and it is inevitable that there will be some suspicions, and Zuo Ziguang naturally understands it.

However, Zuo Ziguang did not want to take credit, but some political enemies were in the hands of Ti Qisi, which was relatively more advantageous.

Today, Li Qiong's letter to the Department of Police, Zuo Ziguang knew the inside story for the first time, which is also the fundamental reason why he will appear near Li Yanqing tonight.

Tonight, Zuo Ziguang didn't want to rob Li Yanqing of the credit, but planned to handle the aftermath for him.

In the past, Li Yanqing was Zuo Ziguang's subordinate, and when Zuo Ziguang was still the secretary of military justice, Li Yanqing was his deputy, and he was also the secretary of military justice.

With Zuo Ziguang's understanding of Li Yanqing, if he takes the lead again tonight, Li Yanqing may be difficult to give up.

After all, the official document for the secret arrest of Zheng Congshan was officially issued by the cabinet, and Li Yanqing is also a police secretary who wants to be faced.

Zheng Congshan in the carriage never dreamed that he had been targeted by the two violent institutions of the empire.

At tonight's party, Zheng Congshan only saw one person, and that person was a nerd, that is, a scholar who was stupid in reading.

From the afternoon until the evening, Zheng Congshan had been trying his best to stimulate the nerd and describe Li Zhongyi as the most terrifying demon of all time.

"Big official, I'm almost home." The old servant who was driving turned his head to the inside of the car and whispered a reminder.

Zheng Congshan lifted the curtains, and saw all kinds of food stalls in front of him, he thought about it for a while, and then ordered the old servant: "Stop." ”

The carriage soon stopped, Zheng Congshan got out of the carriage, stepped on the long wooden bench and got off the car, while instructing Lao Sun: "Park the car and go home first, I'll eat something casually, and go home." ”

The old servant and grandson were a little hesitant, but he also knew the temper of the head of the family, and Zheng Congshan had always been a good character.

"Let's go back, there are so many people, it's okay." Zheng Congshan thought that he lived in a simple place, neither showing mountains nor dew, and was very safe.

At tonight's banquet, Zheng Congshan patronized and drank to persuade people to go, and he didn't eat a few mouthfuls of food. At this hour, my stomach is naturally a little hungry.

After Zuo Ziguang learned the news that Zheng Congshan got out of the car to find food, he couldn't help touching his chin and smiling slightly.

With Li Yanqing's Taoism, of course, he will not be in the public, and in order to arrest Zheng Congshan, he will make a storm in the city.

According to Ti Qisi's prior investigation, there are two narrow alleys near Zheng Congshan's door. Obviously, it is at least 100 times better to arrest people at the mouth of a narrow alley than to get out in the first Sweetwater Street.

Even the location of the arrest was booked in advance, this is Li Yanqing's style of doing things, Zuo Ziguang has reason to believe that Li Yanqing will definitely get Zheng Congshan to get his hands on it quietly.

However, what Li Yanqing must not have noticed was that there were always people behind Zheng Congshan.

In tonight's task, Li Yanqing is to arrest Zheng Congshan, and Zuo Ziguang's target is the two people who have been behind Zheng Congshan.

"Are you ready?" Zuo Ziguang turned his head and asked his henchman to command Wang Jin, Wang Jin hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Admiral, everything is ready, just waiting for you to give orders." ”

"Well, tell the people below that they can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. After Li Yanqing makes the first move, our people will close the net, understand? ”

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