The axe has been a tool for execution since ancient times, and the so-called axe and neck are also. But besides, I just know that when the emperor went to court and traveled, there were indeed axes and gourds in the guard of honor, as well as golden gourds and other things, what it meant was unknown, it was estimated that it represented the supremacy of imperial power and the inviolability of divine power, otherwise he would have to accept the punishment.

Those are not ornaments, they can really be beheaded, and there have been many ministers who have received the gift of golden melons in the main hall.

The swords and spears of the guards in the emperor's honor guard are fake, they are all made of wood, these swords and spears are used to support the scene, and they are not given real swords and spears for fear that one of them will be assassinated, although this possibility is almost non-existent, but it is still necessary to be on guard.

Besides, imagine what it will look like when you set up a military camp and set up a handsome tent in the future, there is a long halberd inserted in the gate, and there are a pair of axes at the entrance of the handsome tent, and there are a thousand sword and axe hands on both sides.

It is said that when Hu Zongxian supervised the army to encircle and suppress the Japanese invaders, the governors, generals and others who came to his military tent were all trembling, and the generals all walked forward on their knees, probably because they were frightened by that kind of formation.

Besides, it's not this, it's too inconsistent with his style, and it's not close to the people, the officers and soldiers are united as one, this is the military style he wants to create.

He sent a letter to the Ministry of Industry, asking for a special batch of barbed wire, and the popularity of the Ministry of Industry roared, saying that he had asked too much, and the Ministry of Industry had simply become his armaments processing factory.

At that time, the barracks were set up, and the outside was dug trenches to divert water to be injected, as the first pass of defense, and then there were thistles and zama to block the impact of the horse infantry army, and behind it was the wooden fence of the barracks, but besides, I still wanted the barbed wire fence to surround it, and then behind the barbed wire were archers and firecrackers, no matter how many enemies he attacked, he had to lie under the barbed wire, and he could not take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Despite the roar, the Ministry of Industry honestly built it according to the drawings he gave, this thing is not difficult to make, it is much simpler than the iron-thistle process, but it consumes a lot of iron.

Besides, the next most important thing to do is how to prepare it yourself*, although the * used by the people to make firecrackers can be used, but it is still very different from the military.

Now the number of guns and artillery is not small, after all, there are not many opportunities to come in handy, but if it needs to be transported from the capital, it is inevitable that it will not be supplied in the future.

These are not possible for the time being, and the Ministry of Industry has very strict control in this regard, and it is difficult to dig up enough craftsmen.

However, he likes those big axes, and in the future, his own army may be an army that needs to fight independently, and it is necessary to open roads and build bridges in the mountains, and the Ministry of Industry has also given corresponding materials, these big axes are used to cut out the path in the mountains and forests, and the shovels for digging trenches and tools for tying rafts have also been sent down. What amused him the most was that there were hundreds of large skins, which could be inflated to cross not too wide waters, and the horses had to be crossed on rafts.

Song standard jade axe, Yuan across the leather bag, it seems that the Ming Dynasty still has many Yuan Dynasty legacy.

Liu Shouyou still has a thunderbolt when he acts, and he monitors all the districts in Beijing in one day, mainly to monitor those outsiders.

When the palace heard that the remnants of the White Lotus Sect had a big man enter the city, they also attached great importance to it, and even the Ouchi guards sent two to inspect the whole city.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's entourage also had Ouchi guards mixed in, lest the masters of the White Lotus Sect assassinate them, these two are the emperor's henchmen and think tanks, and the loss of any one is unbearable.

However, at the end of the day, not a single person from the White Lotus Sect was found, and no one was surprised that the people of the White Lotus Sect were like ground rats, and it was not easy to dig them out.

Jin Yiwei's investigation of the White Lotus Sect has never stopped, and he has always known that there are people lurking in the capital, but he can't find out. On the contrary, there are always people in the imperial court lurking in Mobei, and sometimes some information will be sent back, but the quality of the information is not high, and the level of Tatar officials that he has come into contact with is too low.

At nightfall, a butcher collected the sheep's head, sheep's hooves, and a piece of mutton that had not been sold during the day, and returned to his low room.

In a large iron pot on the stove outside, large pieces of mutton and bones were stewed, and a mother-in-law was constantly filling the stove with the apprentice's firewood.

"It's almost ready, isn't it?"

"It'll be right away." The mother-in-law replied without raising her head.

She was very angry and panicked, why did her husband always come out with a bunch of relatives, and every time he came, he would eat a lot of the sheep that his family was going to sell, although he would leave a lot of silver taels after leaving, she still didn't like it.

It's not about money, she feels that these "relatives" are very weird, they don't go out during the day, they just stay in the underground kiln, and sometimes they chant some incomprehensible incantations, which makes her even more afraid.

It was only at night when she had gone to sleep that those people would come out of the ground, and sometimes they would go out, and even some people would come, and they would come in and out very often.

She didn't know who they were, but she asked her husband several times, but the answer she got was a slap in the face, and her husband also threatened her that if she dared to talk nonsense outside, she would be killed and sold as mutton on the meat case.

She was scared to death, knowing that her husband was not scaring her, it was really possible to do such a thing.

The butcher didn't look at his mother-in-law and apprentice, and went into the underground cave by himself.

If his mother-in-law walked in, she would definitely be surprised, there was no one in the kiln at all, only a few rows of mutton hanging on.

The butcher went to the innermost and groped around the wall a few times, and the wall spun open like a door.

Inside was a room several times larger than the one outside, and it took a lot of effort to dig such a room underground.

"Greetings to the Great Elder, greetings to His Highness." The butcher put his hand on his chest and bowed down.

"No need to be polite, you've worked hard, come and sit."

It was the Great Elder of the White Lotus Sect who spoke, he was not wearing black clothes at this time, let alone a mask, just an old man dressed in ordinary clothes, there are many such people on the streets of Beijing, especially in this sunny season, they have to come out to bask in the sun every day.

The Great Elder didn't want to enjoy this, in the prairie, there was so much sunshine to bathe in, he didn't lack this at all.

"Don't dare, the little one just said, and the meal will be ready immediately. In addition, the wind outside is very tight, as if the eagles and dogs of the court have been dispatched, and even the villain has been here a few times. The butcher said.

"Your mother-in-law and apprentice are reliable, aren't they?" The Great Elder asked.

"Great Elders, rest assured, they will never dare to say a word to outsiders." The butcher was a little nervous.

"Well, we won't stay with you for long, we'll go somewhere else at night." The Great Elder said.

"Great Elder, rest assured, this place is very safe and there has never been an accident." The butcher hastened to show his loyalty.

He hoped that the guests would stay here a little longer, so that they would be rewarded handsomely when they left. He bought mutton outside for people to see, and he didn't make much money, and he lived all these years on the silver rewarded by these passers-by.

That's why he doesn't care about a mother-in-law, if he can't kill and spend money to buy one, it's easy to buy a woman in a remote mountain village.

The Great Elder didn't bother to talk to him and waved him out.

Nothing happened here, isn't that nonsense? Where did the accident happen? The places where the accident happened have long been bulldozed.

They were also unlucky, they were going to do a big thing, but they saw a group of Jinyi guards and a big internal guard on the street, they were not afraid of those Jinyi guards, but they were afraid of being seen by the Ouchi guards, so they had to urgently go underground, and it happened that there was a stronghold of this butcher nearby, so they temporarily hid here aggrieved.

After the wall was closed again, the holy woman spoke: "Great Elder, it seems that our whereabouts have been discovered, otherwise the Ouchi guards will not be easily dispatched, and the Jinyi Guards seem to have poured out of the nest, and they are clearly coming for us." ”

The Great Elder nodded, it must be the case, although the people of the Ancestor Protector Sect are also in the city, but they are inextricably linked with the imperial court, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a family, and the imperial court will only target the people of their White Lotus Sect with all its might.

"How did the news leak out? It can't be that Luo devil who deliberately leaked it to the imperial court, right? "There is a person beside the Great Elder.

"It can't be said, but Luo Devil can't be measured by common sense, and it's hard to say that he didn't do it."

The Great Elder didn't believe that Rosie was one hundred and twenty, and if they met outside the fortress, they wouldn't have to settle the score, but here, they had to swallow this breath for the time being.

"But why? If we fall into the hands of the imperial eagle dogs, won't he also be in danger? He just discussed with us to deal with the court together. The saint said with a frown.

"What he said may not be true, no, we still have to go out, I have to find someone from their ancestor protector sect who speaks reliably." The Great Elder said.

Rosie has a high status in the Ancestor Protector Sect, but he can't listen to his words at all, and the master of the elephant with a mouth full of mouths is nothing, and every word of his lies sounds like truth, but in the end it turns out to be an extremely sad pit.

After a while, the butcher came in again, carrying a large plate of mutton bones, stacks of bowls, chopsticks, knives and forks, and a few jars of old wine.

Patting open the mud seal of a wine jar and smelling the aroma of wine, the Great Elder smiled: "How many years have I been able to drink old wine again, but I really miss this taste." ”

On the grassland, they drank mare's milk wine, burnt knives and even barley wine, but the old wine was rarely drunk. Although he buys a lot of fine wine from the mainland, after all, the distance is far away, and the transportation is too difficult, even if he is a leading figure, he cannot drink the old wine that is not too good every day like the people in the mainland.

"The eldest elder drinks more if he likes it, and the younger one likes to drink this old wine the most." The butcher flattered.

Don't look at him killing sheep and cattle every day, with a bloody murderous aura all over his body, the neighbors are afraid of him, but he knows that any of these people in front of him, killing him only needs to move his little finger.