Hua Xiong blackened his face and sent Ma Jun out of the door.

Ma Jun led the thin horse, said goodbye to Huaxiong with a smile, left here, waved his hand, could vaguely hear the jingle of copper coins, and did not stop, walked straight towards the palace, when he rushed to the palace gate, the guards in front of the palace gate had already rushed up and surrounded him, his clothes were really suspicious, he was so shabby, and he stopped at the palace gate, what is this going to do?

What's more, these guards are all elite, sharp-eyed, they can see what the shape of the package on the back of the thin horse looks like, seeing that these guards are about to pounce over, Ma Jun this time he took out the inspection pass from his arms in a panic, seeing this thing, many soldiers were stunned, they knew what this was, there was this thing, they could see the Son of Heaven at will, which was quite the same as the pass of the palace.

Why does a person who seems to be in the house of Luoyang be able to worship as a servant?

They carefully checked all the things on Ma Jun's body, and then hurriedly went to tell the yellow gate in the palace, and finally, Han Men walked out of the palace and came to the gate, and saw Ma Jun who was surrounded by the guards, Han Men didn't recognize it for the first time, but he looked at it carefully for a long time before he exclaimed: "It's Ma Yilang??? ”

Ma Jun looked at the eunuch in front of him, but he didn't remember his name, just nodded, and smiled awkwardly, but Han Men laughed enthusiastically, stepped forward and took Ma Jun's hand, and didn't care about the clothes on his body at all, took his hand and walked towards the palace, and said as he walked: "Ma Jun is here, the country has been missing for a long time, and he often misses it, and he will be happy to see Ma Gong today..."

As they spoke, the two entered the palace.

Outside the palace, the guards looked at each other, and could only shake their heads and sigh, these years, there are more and more weirdos.

Of course, others went in, but the thin horse could only stay, and Ma Jun entered the palace, so he remembered and hurriedly said: "Husband, I have a crossbow in that package, which I want to show Your Majesty.... Can I bring it in??? ”

Han Men was startled and said, "This strong crossbow can't be brought into the palace..."

"How's that going??"

"It's okay, when the Son of Heaven speaks, someone will naturally fetch it..."

"It's good!"

The two came all the way to the door of the Houde Palace, and Ma Junda heard the exclamation of the Son of Heaven from afar, "But my Zhang Liang is here??? I saw the Son of Heaven running out of the Houde Palace, still that chubby appearance, Ma Jun smiled, and was about to bow to the Son of Heaven, the big fat man ran all the way, and directly hugged Ma Jun in front of him, completely ignoring the etiquette of the monarch and ministers, he quickly let go, looked at Ma Jun in front of him who was a head shorter than himself, and said with a smile: "Meng Ping, why are you so shorter?" ”

"Hahaha, Your Majesty has grown a lot taller...."

The two of them spoke, walked into the Houde Hall together, sat facing each other, the big fat man sighed, and said: "You are finally back, all these years, you have always stayed in Ningzhou, I asked you to come back and you didn't come back, how about it, how are you doing?" ”

Ma Jun nodded with a smile and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, although Ningzhou is remote, in the eyes of everyone is a reckless land, but here is near the sea, there is a river, and the surrounding land is very fertile, and it was just abandoned in the hands of those Goguryeo people before, the minister went this time, went to Sushen, Buyeo, and even Ding Ling, they all need charcoal and stone, and are willing to exchange cattle and sheep, and the ministers exchange with them, they are all very respectful to the Han Dynasty, and send envoys, and the Han Dynasty tribute means to be ministers...."

"This time, Ningzhou has also set up a foreign trade base, and businessmen can trade with them, which is actually a good thing, but I am afraid that Ningzhou will be able to surpass You, Ji, and become the crown of Hebei within 50 years!"

Ma Jun said something about Ningzhou again, the Son of Heaven couldn't help nodding, and Ma Jun said again: "Previously, there were soldiers of the Northern Army, and it is said that the remains of thousands of soldiers were transported from the northwest, and all of them were buried in Donghao..."

The Son of Heaven nodded, without words.

"Alas, the minister just went to see the highway again... If I had known about his situation, I would have come back earlier and see him..."Ma Jun said, and the Son of Heaven also said with some sadness: "I never thought that the road would die so early... We're not small..."

The two remembered Yuan Shu for a while, Ma Jun looked lonely, and talked about the matter of Luoyang, Ma Jun said: "I didn't return for a few years, I never thought that there would be such a change in Luoyang, this city is more than five times bigger, from Ningzhou to the inside, this is suddenly different, everywhere is a gallop road, everywhere is a post station, there are no barren areas on the road, are all pieces of cultivated land.... Prosperous, unprecedented! ”

"Now this household registration, this cultivated land, and this scene are far more than the year of Jianning!"

Ma Jun said this, the big fat man smiled, extremely happy, but after a while, he shook his head again, his face was a little complicated, he said: "You can't say this, if it weren't for the foundation of Jianning, the treasury with mountains of materials, how could it be prosperous now... I'm not doing enough... It's far from enough....", hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, looking at the big fat man's face a little unwilling and a little sad, Ma Jun smiled.

"Your Majesty, how can you say this, Qin Fen VI's Yu Lie, as for the first emperor, all the countries will be destroyed by Qin, how can you say that the first emperor is incompetent? ? It's all based on the foundation of the ancestors?? And my Han Dynasty with the cause of Taizu, the rule of Taizong, there is the prosperity of Shizong, when Shizong, destroy the Huns, Qingyu, no one does not follow, and how can I say that my Shizong is unbearable, all relying on the foundation of the ancestors? ? Ma Jun asked rhetorically, and the big fat man raised his head and said with a smile: "But it can't." ”

Ma Jun chuckled lightly and didn't say anything more.

The big fat man felt a lot better, and said with a smile: "You guy, in the past, you were wooden and silent, but today you have become articulate and eloquent, it seems that this Ningzhou is a good place!" ”

The two chatted for a long time, only to feel that there were endless words, Ma Jun also remembered his purpose, and hurriedly said: "By the way, Your Majesty, I also brought a crossbow, this thing is a military weapon made by me, called a repeating crossbow, this thing can be fired in succession, to make up for the lack of crossbow...", Ma Jun did not finish speaking, the Son of Heaven got up in surprise, his eyes widened, and asked: "Can you shoot with a bow??? ”

"That's right, if you change this thing into a bed crossbow, a yellow crossbow or something..."

"Hahahaha!! Okay, good!! Where's the repeater?!? ”

"I wanted to bring it in, but the guards didn't allow it, so I should be at the palace gate..."

The Son of Heaven hurriedly called Hanmen in, and couldn't wait to let Hanmen bring things over, Hanmen hurriedly went out, the Son of Heaven was a little excited, and kept asking Ma Jun, Ma Jun could only answer one by one, when Hanmen took the crossbow and put it in front of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven picked up the crossbow, played with it seriously, there were sparks flashing in his eyes, he looked at it for a long time, couldn't help laughing, and said: "Meng Ping, you are talented!" There is no one in the world to match!! ”

Ma Jun shook his head and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, when the first Qin, there were three crossbows, and the minister only improved the crossbows, this is an eight-shot crossbow, and it may be able to be improved in the future, but although this thing is a huge lethality and a military weapon, it also has shortcomings, and the production of crossbow arrows needs to be very sophisticated, and it cannot be reused, so it consumes a lot, and this thing is easy to be damaged because of the mechanism, and it is not suitable to use it when it rains..."

Ma Jun said about the shortcomings of the crossbow, but the Son of Heaven didn't care, he waved his hand and said: "It's okay, according to the wisdom of the king, I'm afraid that it will be more perfect and better in the future, a small flaw, no harm!" ”

The Son of Heaven played with it for a long time, and then asked, "Is this crossbow famous??" ”

As soon as the Son of Heaven asked, Ma Jun had a bottom in his heart and shook his head.

The Son of Heaven asked again, "How about I come to give a name?" ”

Ma Jun nodded, but he already knew the name of this thing in his heart.

"Let's call Xiping to crossbow!!" The Son of Heaven said excitedly.

Sure enough, Ma Jun was not surprised, he still nodded and said appreciatively: "Good name!" ”

Put down the crossbow, the Son of Heaven is still telling, he wants to give this thing to the Tai Lieutenant Sun Jian, let him distribute it with the Northern and Southern Army, in addition, he also wants Ma Jun to recruit more craftsmen to make this sharp weapon, but can not let the manufacturing method pass on, Ma Jun naturally also knows, immediately agreed, after reading this thing, the Son of Heaven is really in a good mood, pulling Ma Jun, it is even more cordial, he said with some excitement: "Over the years, I have been busy with state affairs, but I have neglected Hongdu Sect Learning..."

"From now on, I will vigorously support Hongdu Sect School, you can recruit craftsmen by yourself and study in Hongdu Gate Study...."Saying this, the Son of Heaven's face was a little solemn, he thought for a moment, shook his head, and said: "If I act like this, I am afraid that many scholars in Hongdu Sect will oppose it, and there will be people in the court who will come to annoy me, this will not work....", the Son of Heaven said to himself a little, suddenly, he raised his head, looked at Ma Jun, and said:

"Meng Ping, I want to worship you as a master craftsman, more than two thousand stones, tomorrow, you will go to see Sikong Yuan Shao.... In this way, recruiting craftsmen, building the palace Luoyang City, building Chi Road, etc., are all done by you, you can recruit craftsmen by yourself, in addition, how many things you are making in the palace, no one can say about you, this is your duty, as for the specific construction, you can hand over to the craftsmen under your command to complete, and the main thing is to make more important weapons of the country, okay?? ”

The Son of Heaven asked seriously, Ma Jun was a little confused, he didn't know, how he just came to Luoyang one day, he became a general of more than two thousand stones, the so-called will be made, in fact, it is Sikong, in Qin, Sikong is responsible for building many things, in the time of Emperor Sejong was abolished, called will be a master craftsman, but when it came to Jianning, Sikong raised his head again, and Wang Fu, a poor slave who did not want to be named, will be directly hollowed out, just because he feels that it will be too expensive to build and build, they don't know how to build correctly.

Therefore, he took all these things on himself, and he was lonely as a master craftsman, and he died in name only.

Now, the Son of Heaven is going to set up a general as a minister, but, obviously, he is not going to abolish Sikong, more than two thousand stones, this is to be an official position under Sikong, to bear part of the pressure for Sikong, Ma Jun did not dare to refuse, and hurriedly got up to thank him, the Son of Heaven was overjoyed, let him sit down, the Son of Heaven wants to be a master craftsman, not to restrict Sikong, but he wants Ma Jun to gather craftsmen and make more such heavy weapons!!

After seeing the repeater, he once again felt the powerful effect of these novelties, some of which could be used for farming, for weaving, and for military affairs, so why should he listen to the nonsense of those fools in the temple and not support these craftsmen???

"Meng Ping, you're going to be two thousand stones... This outfit has been changed..."

Ma Jun smiled bitterly, lowered his head, looked at the clothes on his body, and said with a smile: "The teacher died early, and the only thing left behind is this clothes, over the years, I have sewn and mended, and I dare not throw it away. Besides, I don't have any financial resources... Can you afford to pay for new clothes..."Ma Jun said as he spoke, and couldn't help but look up at the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven's smile gradually froze.