"Huh! Before His Majesty left Beijing, he said that he would use the power generated by this steam engine on a sailing ship. Yuwen Pavilion Minister has now perfectly implemented this will, His Majesty's side was originally going to vigorously develop my Great Sui Water Division, presumably His Majesty will not only not punish but also reward Yuwen Pavilion Minister! ”

"I hope so! At the current speed of ship transformation, all 300 warships of the Dengzhou Bay Naval Division can be renovated next year. The hundreds of warships in Jiaozhou Bay have been renovated the year after tomorrow, and I don't know if they will be able to catch up with His Majesty's southern expedition to Chen Guo? ”

"Huh! Yuwen Pavilion was too worried, why would he need these many new warships in the first battle with Chen Guo, he only needed to mobilize more than 10 coastal ships from Dengzhou Bay to the south. If there are more, it will kill the chicken, but it will dislike His Majesty. Eventually, these warships will be used in foreign naval warfare. ”

"Zhang Duxiang is reasonable! With such a fierce firepower, the warship used to defeat Chen is to lift up the queen of Chen. ”

"The lower official wants to remind the minister."

"Oh~ please say something to the governor."

"Your Majesty's understanding of the following officials, Your Majesty is not angry when the battleship sinks into the sea during the battle, but if the steam turbine technology leaks or the ship's guns and crossbow launchers are lost, Your Majesty will not spare anyone. And here on the other side of the dock is the commercial and civil wharf, the daily traffic of the people is messy, this wide canal is not very wide, if there is an enemy smuggled over~ hehe! Zhang Hengpi said with a smile, and looked at Yu Wenhua with a pair of triangular eyes.

After listening to Zhang Heng's advice, Yu Wenhua couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. After thinking about it for a while, he hurriedly said to Zhang Heng: "I also ask Zhang Governor to quickly send a law enforcement brigade to the south bank military administrative area to secretly investigate all links, and this minister will send General Shi Danai to fully cooperate with your department." ”

"It's okay, the governor will set up the Huayin City Criminal Governor Law Enforcement Brigade to be stationed in Huayin City, strictly inspect every merchant who lands on the north bank, and review every training soldier on the south bank, so that not a single fine work will be mixed into the south bank."

"So much for the best! This prime minister has thanked Zhang Duxiang. Yu Wenhua hurriedly thanked him.

"Yuwen Pavilion is too humble, you and I are both doing things for Your Majesty, as it should be." Zhang Heng also hurriedly returned the salute.

Sure enough, in the next month, Zhang Heng's law enforcement brigade stationed in Huayin City Criminal Supervision Department smashed a den of Chen Guo's fine work in one fell swoop and captured 50 Chen Guo's spies; One secret intelligence station in each of the two countries of Dongying and Silla was cracked, and more than 100 spies were captured. The greatest success was to capture and secretly clear out the two sailors who had infiltrated the Sailor Division. As a result, all the secrets of the South Bank Military District have not been leaked, especially the steam turbine technology that the three countries most urgently need to steal has been effectively protected.

The steam turbine technology has matured, and after testing, with the current level of technology, it can reach a warship that can drive up to 5,000 stones, and no matter how large the tonnage is, it will not be able to break through in technology. Although Li Chun and Liu Xuan were a little annoyed by this, they thought that the 5,000-stone warship was already a behemoth on the sea, so they gave up the idea of continuing research and development. Recently, the two of them concentrated on the study of musket technology in the military factory in the Shaohua Valley. The pattern of the rear-loading rifle and a 7.62X39mm caliber bullet left by Ma Shumou when he left have been repeatedly looked at and studied by these two people and almost become a piece of broken paper. But because the pattern was too rough, and there was not even a pattern of parts, the two people never knew what the gun was, let alone trial production.

"Alas! Let's wait for Minister Ma to come back and ask for specific advice! However, the theory of making this lead bullet musket is not difficult, you and I will make a slight improvement on this lead bullet musket! Now the most important thing is how to lengthen the barrel, the longer the barrel, the longer the range, the more powerful. Li Chun finally said helplessly to Liu Xuan.

"That's it! I'll talk about it when Minister Ma comes back. It doesn't seem to be difficult to manufacture the barrel of this musket, and the subordinate is thinking about it~"

The two scientific madmen of this era were happily immersed in the trial production of the long musket. Day after day, he often forgot to eat or even sleep after devoting himself wholeheartedly, which is diametrically opposed to Yang Er's relaxed state of wandering leisurely on the official road in eastern Sichuan.

"O people! This story is just from the master's mouth and into your ears, so why bother to record it? In order to relieve the boredom along the way, and to make the active and inquisitive little Li Shimin clear, he no longer told him "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that can only be understood by adults, but replaced it with "Journey to the West" suitable for children. Sure enough, after listening to "Journey to the West", this little Li Shimin no longer relied on Yang Er to talk about "Three Kingdoms", he was completely fascinated by the fantasy stories in "Journey to the West", and the most satisfying thing for Yang Er was that when this kid actually listened to "Journey to the West", he didn't have as many "why?" when he listened to "Three Kingdoms". Yang Er remembered that when he was a child, when he didn't know many words, he was fascinated by reading a copy of "Journey to the West", and he couldn't even call his mother to eat several times. Sure enough, this little Li Shimin was also the same as when he was a child, and he had already been obsessed with the realm of Sun Dasheng's demon suppression.

"Master, Sister Chuchen said that Shimin has a good memory, this is why she asked Shimin to record the story told by the master every day and give it to her, saying that it can be written after returning to Beijing, and it will be sold for money after it is printed~"

"Shimin, don't talk nonsense! What do you sell for? It's so ugly, my sister is not short of money. It was printed so that all children in the world could see it, so that they could learn something useful from the book. Hearing that Shimin understood his original intention of asking him to record the story, he hurriedly interrupted Shimin's words and hurriedly explained.

"My sister is right! But Shimin, you're right. Let's write books and publish books, and someone can make a lot of money by buying them. No amount of money is too much! Hehe! Yang Er shook his head and said.

"Husband, you are a crooked! and is not afraid to bring the people of the world. Wang Dai said to Yang Er with some reproach.

"Okay, good~ Don't talk about it. Shimin, if you can't remember, you can ask as a teacher again? Yang Er hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Master, the Guanyin Bodhisattva you talked about changed into a village woman and gave Elder Tang a golden hoop, the disciple has something unclear, I wanted to ask the day before yesterday, please tell the master the truth."

"Good! Anyway, it's okay to be a teacher, you ask? ”

"Master, is this Guanyin Bodhisattva male or female?"

"Huh? This~" Yang Er, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze. Oh, yes! Is this Guanyin male or female? It seems that I have never thought about it, how can I answer this? This little Li Er is also a little poisonous, this thing that future generations and scholars and brick families can't study thoroughly, this Li Er can ask such a tricky question at a young age, he is really not a mortal! Why is his attention not on the details of Sun Monkey wearing a miniskirt, the golden hoop rod can be longer and shorter, and can be stuffed into the ear?

"Is this Guanyin Bodhisattva a man or a woman~ It depends on the person who believes in the Bodhisattva. This Guanyin can be male or female, and believers want him to kill demons and demons, and he is a male Bodhisattva. If you ask your son to find a marriage, she will be the mother of your heart. In short, immortals! How can we mortals guess it? ”

"Hehehehe~" The laughter of the two daughters, Chuchen and Wang Dai, suddenly sounded in the car. Xiao Li Shimin was confused, the master's answer was too profound, he still didn't know whether this Guanyin was a man or a woman.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the car, and then Liang Shitai's voice came: "Your Majesty, I heard the people passing by say that after passing this ridge, you will enter the "Jade Corridor" in front of this ridge. Dozens of miles of road are passed through this green bamboo forest. ”

"The Emerald Promenade? Bamboo forest? Yang Er suddenly remembered the Yibin Shunan Bamboo Sea that he had traveled to in later generations, which was the direction of the Shunan Bamboo Sea in the southeast of Sichuan, so he was about to enter the Reckless Bamboo Sea? It seems that director Zhang Yimou's movie "Hero" was filmed in the bamboo sea in Shunan, and those martial arts masters flew around in the bamboo sea like the immortals in Journey to the West. Thinking of this, Yang Er's heart trembled, and he immediately ordered: "Shitai, go and call Lao Hei over." ”

After Liang Shitai answered, he immediately rode his horse and ran forward, and Wei Chi Gong personally led 300 elites to open the way in front.

Soon, Wei Chigong flew back from the front, came to Yang Er's carriage, and asked, "Your Majesty, Lao Hei is here, what do you command?" ”

"Lao Hei, not far ahead into the bamboo sea, the official road is narrow, the bamboo forests on both sides are eerie and terrifying, every place is a good place to kill people and sell goods. This place has not long been calmed down, and it is inevitable that there will be gangsters who take risks. You will disperse your 300 men and horses to the entire convoy to protect them, and each vehicle must be escorted by men and horses, so that even if there is an ambush, the convoy can be safeguarded. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Lao Hei will arrange it." After speaking, Wei Chigong hurriedly went forward to call the guards.

"Your Majesty, but you're worried that there are Jianghu assassins in the bamboo forest?" Liang Shitai asked softly.

"Hmmm! The land of dangerous mountains and bad waters has to be guarded against. Shi Tai, you and Lao Zuo led 30 people to open the way in front, and left Zhong Jian and Luo Zi to guard left and right, so that Lao Hei echoed back and forth. ”

"Yes, the last general will go to the front, to see which thief is so bold. Lao Zuo follow me~" Liang Shitai called Zuo Tiancheng in front of Yang Er's carriage, only to see Zuo Tiancheng hesitate, and then looked at a guard beside him, who seemed to be a little reluctant.

"Lao Zuo, just go, there is a poor road here." Zhong Jian saw that he hesitated, and hurriedly said to him.

"Good! Brother Zhongjian, I'll leave it to you here. As he spoke, he didn't forget to glance at Zhong Jian. Zhong Jian looked at the guards who had been following Zuo Tiancheng and nodded, and smiled.

Soon, a column of 30 elite guards led by Liang Shitai and Zuo Tiancheng opened the way, and the rest of the people and horses were scattered around the convoy to accompany them, and the team slowly walked into a piece of green, but the top of this green ocean was piled up with a layer of white snow, and some of the snow was thick and collapsed a piece of bamboo forest. The gloomy sky made this official road through the bamboo sea even more eerie.

"Your Majesty, this place is really a little panicked." Wei Chigong accompanied Yang Er's car, looked around vigilantly, and whispered to Yang Er, who was observing from the car window.

"Hmmm! Even if someone is ambushed, it will not be here, it should be somewhere in the depths of the bamboo sea. Let the brothers raise their shields to protect their bodies, guard against bows and arrows shot in the bamboo forest, and use crossbow arrows to counterattack, and do not chase them into the bamboo forest. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's what Lao Hei wants." After saying that, Wei Chigong hurriedly went to the back to inform all the guards.

"Zhong Jian, give me my weapon."

"Brother Shi, even if there is an ambush, it won't be your turn to make a move!"

"Don't talk nonsense, give it to me."

"Okay! Then. Immediately, Zhong Jian took out Yang Er's proprietary weapon from behind his back--- and handed it to Yang Er through the car window.

"And that bag of flying stones, quick!"

"Okay, here you go."

"Big --- brother, is there really a --- ambush, can't it be ---?" Luo Shixin asked hurriedly.

"Don't be careful! The eldest brother's new policy has offended many wealthy people, and it is not excluded that some people will risk their lives. Besides, there's no secret to me waiting this way. This place is too dangerous and is the most likely place to be ambushed. Luo Zi, you remember, don't leave the car and be hooked into the bamboo forest. ”

"Big brother, let --- rest assured--- just that."

In this way, under the vigilant gaze of everyone, Che Zhan slowly walked into the depths of the bamboo forest.

The nerves that have been tense make Yang Er, who has been nervous all the way, a little unbearable, and even a little doubtful of his judgment, is it the reason why he has watched too many martial arts movies, and some rumors are all soldiers? Yang Er couldn't help but meditate, and his tense nerves involuntarily soothed. His eyes changed from staring vigilantly at the dim place of the bamboo sea to admiring the snow scene of the bamboo sea.

"Master, are you too nervous? Shimin looked at the depths of the bamboo sea, except for the bamboo is snow, who can hide in the bamboo forest in this cold day? Li Shimin whispered.

"Brother Shi, the little sister looks at the bamboo forest and seems to have a murderous aura, this murderous aura is getting stronger and stronger, and it is necessary to guard against it." Izumi said.

"Oh?" Yang Er, who was about to relax and relax, suddenly became nervous again after hearing the words of the dust, and couldn't help but grasp the Dulong pestle in his hand and looked out nervously.

"Zhong Jian, let everyone pay attention, do a good job of protection, don't be careless~" Yang Er shouted to Zhong Jian outside the window, but before he finished speaking, he heard a crisp bowstring sound from the depths of the bamboo forest, and then, an arrow flew towards Yang Er's carriage like a meteor with a whistle sound of breaking through the sky.

With a sound of "dong~", the arrow was nailed heavily to the side of Yang Er's car window, and the feathers at the end of the arrow trembled sharply.

Yang Er was so frightened that he shrank his head into the car, and this arrow was shot very accurately, only two inches short of shooting directly into the car from the window. Although it may not necessarily hit Yang Er's face, once it is shot in, the people in the car are estimated to be injured.

While this sound of arrow sent a signal to the bandits in ambush in the bamboo forest to attack, it also made Wei Chigong's 300 elite soldiers immediately enter a state of imminent battle. As soon as he raised his shield to protect his head and face, he ushered in the first wave of bows and arrows shot from the bamboo forest.

This round of bow and arrow shooting continued, and from time to time there were screams from outside the car after the guards were hit by arrows. Yang Er felt that his car had been pierced into a hedgehog, and he heard the sound of "dong dong dong~" like raindrops in his ears. This car is specially thickened and reinforced, and ordinary bows and arrows cannot be shot through at all, but this formation is terrifying, Yang Er is in the car with his arms around Wang Dai and Chuchen, and Xiao Li Shimin is surrounded by the three of them.