"I don't know what Chu Tongju's opinion is on this case of adultery."

Zhang asked.

Chu Yan said secretly, sure enough, it was for this matter.

"Shangguan, the lower officials were not involved in this case at the beginning, and they didn't know exactly how they were done."

"Oh! What happened to the fire in the place where the dossier was stored? ”

Chu Yan was silent for a moment and said: "This matter is indeed there, three months ago, the county government ran out of water for some reason, and burned all the records over the years, and the lower officials don't know why the Lin County Order was not reported to the imperial court." ”

Zhang Shu's fingers tapped lightly on the table.

"Chu Tongju, you are in this position, and you are quite familiar with my Daqi law, you should know the consequences of not reporting according to the truth, whether the merit is or the fault is between your thoughts."

Chu Yan was silent for a moment and said, "Shangguan, Xiaguan doesn't know much about this case, but Xiaguan also thinks that this matter is not ordinary. ”

Zhang Shu raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh! Tell us what you think. ”

Chu Yan said: "The adultery and murder case of the Min family, a murder case like this, according to common sense, should go through multiple interrogation processes, but it only takes three days from the arrest of the prisoner to the conviction of the crime.

The most suspicious thing is that the Nalin County Order did not involve the lower officials in this matter.

Xia Guan originally wanted to report the matter to the government office, but the trial of the county order is also a common thing, so the Xia Guan didn't care too much, and the result of the trial of the Lin County Order was full of human and material evidence, and the Xia Guan couldn't say anything more.

”

"You mean to say that this Lin County Commander has done something in this?"

"I don't know."

Chu Yan hurriedly said.

Seeing this, Zhang Shu didn't ask any more, nodded and said, "Chu Tong is full." ”

"I'm full, thank you for the banquet."

Chu Yan bowed.

"Well, it's getting late, and I'm going to call the general judge over late at night, how many are not, I hope the general judge won't complain about the official!"

"The lower officials don't dare."

"Haha, okay, in that case, the official will not leave a sentence, please!"

"Farewell to the official!"

Chu Yan hurriedly went out of the door, and when he saw three brocade guards guarding the door, he was startled and smiled embarrassedly.

"Excuse me!"

The three nodded and let him go.

Out of the courtyard gate, Chu Yan let out a sigh of relief, looked at the dark street, not only shivered, but also accelerated his pace a little.

Zhang Xu paced around the room, trying to find clues in the scattered information.

。。。。。。

On the outskirts of Chang'an City.

Yang Hao was watching the latest model of artillery developed by the Ministry of Industry with the military high-level officials.

Two years have passed since the first test firing of artillery.

In the tests two years ago, the performance of the gun was not ideal, and the probability of exploding the bore was very high.

But this time it was different, and the Ministry of Industry improved the process of casting guns.

And a large number of iron hoops were added to the gun body to reduce the probability of the gun blowing up.

The ongoing test launches proved that the craftsmen were right.

This time, not only was the frequency of bombings much reduced, but the range of the artillery was also increased to a certain extent.

Listening to the rumbling cannon, Qu's eyes lit up, and he was even so excited that he even pulled off two of his beards.

"Awesome, awesome!"

The officers were all amazed by the sharp artillery.

Yang Hao is also very satisfied with this, as long as the performance is improved, he can prepare large-scale equipment to the army of Qi State.

"With such a sharp weapon, I can do it without worry."

"King! When will this artillery be able to equip the army. ”

Liyang said excitedly.

"Not yet, but this king estimates that it won't be long."

Li Yang sighed with some pity.

The artillery under test was only the most primitive gun, which could only be used with ordinary gunpowder, and the more sophisticated particle gunpowder could not be used as a propellant at all.

The energy produced by the explosion of granular gunpowder is much greater than that of powder.

And Qi Guo's artillery is currently unable to withstand such a high chamber pressure, Yang Hao only knows the principle of shell firing, as for how to improve, it is not what he is good at.

At present, the only way for craftsmen to do so is to continuously thicken the barrel and strengthen it with more iron hoops.

But in this way, like the Otto, the gun will become extremely heavy.

Such a heavy artillery could not be used in field battles at all, except for holding on.

The artillery that could not be used in field battles was too far from Yang Hao's expectations.

If you want to make those steppe people a people who can sing and dance, the current artillery can't do that.

No matter how advanced the cold weapons of the Qi State were, without the assistance of firearms, it would not be able to form an absolute advantage over the nomads.

Judging from the current world situation that Yang Hao can grasp, what can pose a threat to Qi is the nomadic tribes like flies in the north, as well as the Western civilization that does not know how far it has developed.

The development of firearms is the only way for Daqi not to be invaded by foreign enemies.

If the Western traversers do not burp as soon as they cross, as long as they have a little ambition, they will definitely develop their own power.

As long as you have power and take advantage of the population, it is not difficult to upgrade a civilization level in a short period of time.

As long as the traverser knows a little bit about chemistry, firearms are definitely bound to appear.

Yang Hao always considers the worst-case scenario, because he himself is a scumbag, but others are not necessarily scumbags.

What you can make up for a scumbag, how can others not do it.

The cannon roared until all the shells were gone, and this time the artillery test fire was announced.

Yang Hao rewarded the craftsmen who participated in the production of artillery, but while these craftsmen received a lot of money, they were restricted from relative freedom.

They and their families are not allowed to leave Chang'an City for the rest of their lives.

However, at present, the craftsmen still prefer to hold the rich money and live a worry-free life in Chang'an City.

As for going elsewhere, it is not in their consideration.

You must know that even if Qi has built many roads, it does not mean that the cost of traveling far has decreased.

What's more, the rest of the places are not as prosperous as Chang'an, and for Qi people who have few spiritual pursuits, living honestly is the top priority in life.

Like Stony Brook, the world is so big, and there are very few people I want to see.

The artillery test firing in the autumn of the 14th year of Hongwu gave Yang Hao great confidence and increased the funding for firearms research by one percent, so as to stimulate those craftsmen to devote themselves more attentively to the construction of national defense science and technology in Qi State.

The initial success of the artillery has allowed Yang Hao to step into the threshold of becoming an emperor with one foot, as long as the most important food problem is made up.

So whoever dares to stop him from becoming emperor can only be ruthlessly crushed.