Chapter 46: The Fusiliers
Three days later, Zhu Xu's carriage swayed out of the palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhu Xu sat in the carriage and said staggeringly, "Lao Cao, keep an eye on it, don't let people follow you again." ”
"Yes, Your Highness."
Cao Wenzhao drove the car, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, looking back from time to time to determine whether someone was following.
"It would be much more convenient if there were mirrors."
Zhu Xu looked at Cao Wenzhao very hard, held his chin, and muttered to himself thoughtfully.
After a while, Zhu Xu asked again, "Is Feng Zhu out of the palace?" ”
Cao Wenzhao took the opportunity to look back and said, "It's already out of the palace before us, and when Wei Liangqing goes, it should take a while." ”
Zhu Xu bowed slightly, if he talked faster, he might be able to catch up.
After a long time, Zhu Xu said: "Is anyone following?" ”
Cao Wenzhao's expression was a little strange, and he hesitated and said, "Your Highness, it's hard to be sure, it's someone who follows us from time to time, but it's not the one when you leave the palace." ”
Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows, knowing in his heart that a person as smart as his fifth brother, since he knew that the tracking was discovered by him, he probably thought of other methods, such as cross-tracking by people and segments.
Zhu Xu laughed, and said with a wicked taste, "Find a corner and let me get out of the car, and then you drive the car and take them around the Forbidden City, I can't tell where the fifth brother is waiting for me, you find an opportunity to block their sight, enter a green building, and let them think that I have also entered, and I will go back at night." ”
Cao Wenzhao was stunned for a moment, did not object, and said, "Your Highness, then what should you do?" ”
"It's okay, I'll ask my uncle to send me a carriage when the time comes," Zhu Xu said with a wry smile: "However, next time, get a few more carriages outside the palace, so that people can have fun with them." ”
Cao Wenzhao immediately knew Zhu Xu's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll arrange it when I go back tonight, don't worry that His Royal Highness the King can't keep up." ”
Not long after, the carriage stopped at a corner, and Cao Wenzhao hurriedly said, "Your Highness, hurry!" ”
Zhu Xu jumped out of the carriage like a little whirlwind, and then hid behind the wall.
Cao Wenzhao immediately hit the horse, and walked the carriage quickly for a while and then slowed down, as if it was exactly the same as just now.
After a while, an inconspicuous person in gray cloth clothes appeared where Zhu Xu got off the carriage, looked at the carriage from a distance, and chased after it quickly.
Zhu Xu waited for his footsteps to be heard before he came out, stood around the corner, looked at the back of this person, smiled slightly, straightened his clothes, and turned around and walked towards a teahouse not far away.
"Uncle."
Zhu Xu pushed open the door and said to Fu Changzong, who was drinking tea.
Fu Changzong hurriedly stood up and closed the door, and said with a worried face: "Why is it so late today, I thought you couldn't come." ”
Zhu Xu has always been difficult to move, plus he is young and his body is very weak, he walked in, wiped his sweat, sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, and said: "Brother Xinwang is probably suspicious of me, and he has been sending people to follow me recently." ”
Fu Changzong already knew about this, was silent for a while, raised his head and said, "Well, I was also followed when I came, but I sent it away." ”
Zhu Xu nodded and said, "Don't worry about Brother Xinwang's affairs for now, let's talk about the things on the mountain." ”
Fu Changzong shook his head, hurriedly picked up a package from under the table, and said, "This is the one I took from Bi Maokang in the name that the emperor wants to see, you can take a look first." ”
Fu Changzong untied it, only to see that it was a black guy longer than him, very similar to the flintlock pistol in modern times.
Zhu Xu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took it, touching his hands and looking at them over and over again. Obviously, this is only a half-finished product, and a lot of things have not been welded.
Fu Changzong saw Zhu Xu looking at it for a long time, his brows became tighter and tighter, and he couldn't help but say, "How about it, is it what you want?" ”
Zhu Xu shook his head, put this thing on the table, and looked at it: "This is a bird gun from the Japanese Kou, and it has not improved much." ”
Fu Changzong didn't hate these strange tricks but didn't like them, he paused and said, "Then, what do you want?" ”
Zhu Xu seriously recalled the flintlock pistols of later generations, and he really had no impression, because he was an archaeology professional, not a weapon enthusiast.
"In this way, uncle" Zhu Xu said: "You tell Bi Maokang that the current bird gun is very troublesome to use, my request is very simple, the soldiers are divided into two or three rows, one row shoots, squats down to load, the other row stands up and shoots, and so on." Now the bird gun is troublesome to reload, it will be over when it rains, and most importantly, the range should be long. ”
In fact, Zhu Xu wanted to use a flintlock pistol to deal with the Manchurian cavalry, with the current military system of the Ming Dynasty, relying on Shanhaiguan, he could only defend to the death, and had no ability to fight back at all.
The combination of red-coat cannons flintlock pistols and barbed wire in the bunker tunnels would be a nightmare for the cavalry.
Fu Changzong naturally didn't know what Zhu Xu was thinking, so he wrote down his words seriously, and then said, "Okay, I know." Here's what you want. As he spoke, he took out a stack of papers from his arms and handed it to Zhu Xu.
Zhu Xu opened it and took a look, especially the big red seal of the Hubu Shangshu in the back, and couldn't help laughing: "Uncle, you lost your old book this time, right?" ”
Fu Changzong's expression remained unchanged, looked at him and said, "I just invited him to drink a drink, and I secretly stamped this seal." ”
"What?"
Zhu Xu looked at Fu Changzong with a surprised expression, did he know that this uncle had always been timid and afraid, when did he become so bold?
Fu Changzong picked up a cup of tea, raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Xu before drinking it, "I can't let him find out, you can get it back for me when you run out." ”
If Zhu Xu is drinking tea, he will definitely spray Fu Changzong's face, this is used up and destroyed, is there no proof of death?
Is this still the cautious uncle?
But then his heart moved, if Fu Changzong was really capable, shouldn't he waste his position as the head of the household department?
After thinking about it, Zhu Xu looked at Fu Changzong and said tentatively, "Uncle, do you want to move?" ”
Fu Changzong was stunned, and quickly reacted to Zhu Xu's meaning, and couldn't help frowning. He has sat down as an official in the past few years, and he also has a lot of experience, and he thinks that it is no problem to be promoted to a squire. But in the end, he still shook his head and said: "My identity is not suitable for being an official, and it will be conspicuous if I am promoted again, and besides, this is very good, not so many people pay attention to it." It's also convenient for you to get things done. ”
Zhu Xu heard the unwillingness in Fu Changzong's words, but he also agreed with his words.
The Ming Dynasty was extremely strict with the vassal kings, relatives, and clans, although Fu Changzong was almost transparent among the Ming relatives, and he was considered powerless and powerless. But strictly speaking, he is also the brother-in-law of Emperor Taichang, the uncle of the country, and he is already eye-catching in the position of the head of the household department.
However, after all, Emperor Taichang and Zhu Xu's mother and concubine have all passed away, and Zhu Xu, the vassal king, is only seven years old and still lives in the palace.
But if it is placed in the position of the household servant, I am afraid that the impeachment of Fu Changzong's 'foreign relatives interfering in politics and violating the ancestral system', and Zhu Xu and even the mother concubine who was involved in Zhu Xu's death will soon come true.
Zhu Xu nodded, did not mention this matter again, and told Fu Changzong about the matter of Qianzhuang, Fu Changzong has been working in the household department for many years, so he naturally mentioned a lot, but warned more.
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