When Li Zicheng returned to Mu Sirong's boudoir, it was almost time, and Mu Sirong and Picturesque had not yet been on the kang, and they were all sitting on wooden chairs and waiting.

"Rong'er, I have something to talk about with proprietor Mu, why didn't you go to the kang to rest earlier?"

"The maid is not sleepy," Mu Sirong tried her best to open her eyes to the maximum, but she couldn't help yawning, so she had to say sarcastically: "The governor has a lot of things, and the servant has never been able ......to help, so it is also appropriate to wait to serve the governor."

"Haha, sleep, I'm going to hurry tomorrow!" Li Zicheng put his arm around Mu Sirong and glanced at the picturesque with his eyes, and the two maids obediently came over to dress Li Zicheng and Mu Sirong.

On the hot kang, Li Zicheng's wine surged, his blood immediately boiled, and he lay down beside Mu Sirong, during this period of time, Mu Sirong has been serving him with poetry and picturesqueness in order to be grateful to Li Zicheng, and today is just a routine.

Mu Sirong grabbed Li Zicheng's big hand, but it was close to his ear, and said in a mosquito-like voice: "Governor, the maid may have ......"

"Got it?" Li Zicheng hurriedly stopped his movements and said happily: "Rong'er is pregnant?" ”

Mu Sirong had already blushed, but fortunately, the lights in the boudoir had long been extinguished, and she couldn't see anything, "It's not completely sure yet, but it should be eight or nine ......."

"Ah, Rong'er is going to be a mother too......"

"Governor, silence!" Mu Sirong was ashamed, and hurriedly used her little hand along Li Zicheng's mouth.

"Afraid of what?" Li Zicheng licked Mu Sirong's palm with his tongue, and said vaguely: "This is a happy event, it's too late for others to be happy, if it's Die'er, I'm afraid the whole world will know about it!" ”

Mu Sirong smiled coquettishly, but sighed again, and said leisurely: "The maid can't serve the governor of the capital during this time......

"This ......" Li Zicheng knew that Mu Sirong must have been very worried about being pregnant for so long, so he lay down beside her, put his big hand on her lower abdomen, and rubbed it gently.

"Don't make trouble," Mu Sirong pushed Li Zicheng away, "making the maid panic......"

Li Zicheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, so he had to kiss her on the forehead, turned around and climbed to the other end of the kang bed, touched his face, knew that it was picturesque, and said: "Can you paint?" ”

Picturesque "giggles" and laughs: "The servant can't paint, the servant can only draw circles on the chest of the Grand Duke......"

Li Zicheng twisted her face, turned to the other side, pinched the tip of Rushi's nose, and said, "Can Rushi make poetry?" ”

Rushi lay motionless on the bed, closed her eyes and smiled: "The maid can't make poems, the maid will only wash her body cleanly, lie on the bed, and let the governor do it......"

Li Zicheng was furious, two young maids in Tsing Yi dared to gang up to tease the governor of Bendu, see how the governor of Bendu cleaned you up? For a while, the warbler sounded and swallowed, and prayed again and again......

After dawn, Li Zicheng wrote a handwritten letter, entrusting Mu Yingfan's matter to Chen Dahu, the prefect of Xining, and then sorted out his bags and returned home.

The last large carriage was still there, carrying Mu Sirong and the picturesque, Li Zicheng and his soldiers rode horses, Mu Qingshan took Mu Yingchen and Mu Yingfan, and sent them ten miles outside Xining City before they stopped, and waited until Mu Sirong's carriage disappeared before going back.

When Li Zicheng returned to Lanzhou, it was already the eighth day of the second lunar month, and he rested in Gao Guiying's room that night, and the next morning, Li Zicheng went to the firearms bureau in the southwest corner.

When the porter Chen Sanwa and Su Zi saw Li Zicheng, they didn't dare to ask for a red card, and after bowing, they were carefully sent to the inner courtyard, and Liu Fang welcomed Li Zicheng into the R&D department and served tea.

Li Zicheng held the tea, but did not taste it, "Director Liu, the Firearms Bureau moved to Lanzhou, and the time is short, is it starting production now?" ”

"Back to the metropolitan governor, although the relocation work is more cumbersome, but due to the full preparation of Lanzhou in advance, it has not been delayed for long, and it has been in production for three days," Liu Fang said: "It's just that the personnel are not neat, and it will take three or five days to fully resume production!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "When you arrive in Lanzhou, you must expand your production, how about it, has it been arranged?" ”

"Don't worry, this is not difficult, as long as there is money," Liu Fang said: "The subordinates will recruit people as soon as possible, and then match the raw hands with the skilled hands, because the implementation of assembly line production, each worker is only responsible for one process, at most three or five days, the raw hands will become the initial skilled hands." ”

"The problem of money, don't worry, I will ask the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to allocate special funds as soon as possible!" Li Zicheng is not short of money now, there are still 1.6 million taels in the Lanzhou treasury, even if you exclude Tang Ruowang's cost of building the Shu Road, there are at least 1.2 million taels, besides, the Chengdu treasury also has 1.6 million taels, and he doesn't know how to spend it.

"Then the subordinates will rest assured," Liu Fang bowed his hand and said, "The subordinates are prepared, and the Firearms Bureau will expand its production capacity to produce 500 rifles, ten mountain guns, two howitzers, and some gunpowder packs per month......

Ten mountain guns are about the same, but 500 rifles are too few, except for the eighth battalion, several major infantry battalions have to expand the army by 5,000, and the rifles of one battalion alone will take ten months, and the rifles that are being used by each battalion will be damaged and need to be repaired.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said: "Suspend the production of howitzers, focus on the production of rifles, at least eight hundred to one thousand per month, recruit short-term workers, and when the production reaches saturation in the future, you can be dismissed." ”

"The subordinates understand," Liu Fangdao said, "Metropolitan Governor, there is no problem in expanding production, but doubling the output of rifles, the pig iron in stock is a little tight, and the subordinates are worried that it will be difficult to maintain production for a long time......"

"Don't worry about pig iron, pig iron from Xichuan can arrive in a month at most," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "How about it, what are the problems?" ”

"Then there is no more, don't worry, my subordinates will let the Firearms Bureau operate at full capacity as soon as possible!"

"That's right," Li Zicheng said, "The soldiers on the front line, but waiting for rifles and artillery!" ”

Liu Fang stood up suddenly and gave a military salute, "Don't worry, the subordinates are soldiers, if something happens, the subordinates will come to see the Governor with their heads!" ”

"Okay, Liu Baihu sit down," Li Zicheng sighed lightly and said with a smile: "The Firearms Bureau has moved to Lanzhou, and the scale has expanded, and Liu Baihu's position in this hundred households should also be promoted, and from now on, he will receive the title of a thousand households!" ”

"Thank you, Dadu!" Liu Fang hurriedly knelt down and bowed to the ground.

"Get up, no need to be polite!" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "There is one more thing, how did the last time you were asked to develop naval guns, how did it go?" ”

"Governor Dadu, his subordinates have concentrated Tang Jin, Zhao Jiacai and other elites in artillery, but they have cast two cannons," Liu was worried, "However, we can only test on land, and there are no large ships near Xining to provide actual combat training, so my subordinates can't be sure whether these two guns can be installed on ships......

This is indeed a problem, the naval guns have to be tested on the battleship, and when the naval guns are fired, the hull of the ship will shake violently, which is very different from the land, and the naval guns are very heavy, and it is very inconvenient to transport.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Now that the Firearms Bureau has come to Lanzhou, isn't it close to the Yellow River?" Collect several big boats and go to the Yellow River for field experiments! ”

"Why didn't my subordinates think of it?" Liu Fang scratched his hair and smiled, "My subordinates understand, my subordinates will go to the Yellow River to test in a few days, do you want to see it?" ”

"You test first," Li Zicheng thought about it, he didn't know anything about naval artillery, so he said: "When Mr. Tang returns to Lanzhou, let him go and have a look!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

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Jingshi, Qianqing Palace Xinuan Pavilion.

Zhu Youzhen lowered his head and was tirelessly reviewing the pieces sent from all over the country, Zhang Yixian had been standing for an hour and a half, he was afraid that he would doze off, so he put a row of bamboo needles on the soles of his shoes.

But he was so tired, he stood for a long time, and it was even harder than Zhu Youzhen, who was reviewing the recital, his upper and lower eyelids closed unconsciously, and although his body did not move, his consciousness gradually blurred.

There was a pain in the soles of his feet, Zhang Yixian woke up, hurriedly rubbed his eyes, saw that Zhu Youzhen was still thinking with his head down, and his heart was a little calm, he got up and poured half a cup of hot water, walked to Zhu Youzhen's side, bowed down and said: "The emperor is about to approve it for two hours, drink hot water, and rest for a while!" ”

Zhu Youzhen raised his eyes, looked at the thick stack of concertos on the right hand, and then looked at the concertos piled up into a hill in front of the imperial case, sighed softly, and said: "No, before dinner, I must finish these concerts, otherwise I may not be able to complete today's concerts tonight," Seeing that Zhang Yixian had been holding the tea cup, he had to take it, took a sip, and said: "Yixian, the things on the concert, it doesn't matter how big or small, they are all related to the country and the people, and if I delay for a day, the people will stay in the fire and water for one more day......

"The emperor is sympathetic to the people, and the old slave admires it tightly in his heart," Zhang Yixian's heart ached, his eyes were astringent, and he almost burst into tears, "But, the emperor, the body is important, the emperor reviews the recital day and night, and he has to ...... early every morning" Zhang Yixian looked at Zhu Youzhen's few strands of white hair outside the crown, and sighed secretly in his heart, the emperor is only eight out of twenty......

"I know," Zhu Youzhen rubbed his astringent eyes and said, "If Yi Xian is boring, you can go outside and go around, and I will finish these pieces as soon as possible!" ”

"The old slave is not going anywhere, just here to accompany the emperor......"

At this moment, Cao Huachun, the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi and the commander of Dongchang, hurriedly came in, his waist almost bowed to his knees, "Your Majesty, Lord Yang of the military department asks to see you!" ”

"Weak?" Zhu Youzhen put down the Zhu pen, straightened his posture on the dragon chair, and said, "Hurry up!" ”

After a while, Yang Sichang came in like a gust of wind, turned over and bowed to the ground, "Minister Yang Sichang knocks to see the emperor!" ”

"Excuse yourself and give you a seat!" Zhu Youzhen didn't move at all, only his lips were one and the other, "What's the matter with Wen Qiao?" ”

After Yang Sichang got up, he took out a folded white paper on his sleeve and said with a calm face: "The minister just received a message from Xiangyang, the rogue Zhang Tianlin accepted the appeasement, and has been placed by Xiong Wencan as the deputy chief soldier, and the rogue under Zhang Tianlin has all been disarmed and returned to the field!" ”