Lai Wangxi took aim carefully, pulled the trigger, and aimed at the target a hundred steps away, the sound was quite loud, and the flames at the mouth of the gun were more fierce than usual, but the accuracy was extremely poor, the target did not move at all, and an old tree nearby fell a dead branch in response.

Lai Wangxi shook his head, the result was not too good, not too bad, he turned his head, and saw the cold eyes of his boss and others, but his heart sank.

More than ten steps away from his right hand, there were three people, a middle-aged eunuch in the middle, and civil and military officials on both sides, all of whom were not high positions, but they were all Lai Wangxi's direct superiors, and everyone's words had a crucial impact on today's trial release.

Behind the three stood about twenty people, half retinues, half craftsmen.

Lai Wangxi had to explain, and plucked up his courage to say: "The gun is the old gun, the medicine is the new medicine, and I am not used to it, today the main thing is to see how far I can shoot......

Lai Wangxi's voice became weaker and weaker, until Yu Wu, he had always been timid, and he was even more clumsy in front of his boss.

The eunuch in the middle looked stunned, "What is it?" Just show us this? Lai, you are the head of the gun, and even you can't hit the target, what's the use of this gun? ”

Lai Wangxi smiled and said: "The medicine is a good medicine, and the gun is a little ...... off."

"Dare to make excuses? Could it be that on the frontier battlefield, you also spoke to the general? If you don't hit, you don't hit, and no amount of reason is useless. ”

Gun can be improved to adapt to new drugs, Lai Wangxi buried this sentence in his heart, kept bowing his waist, apologized, and finally said: "Please Peng Jian Factory give the villain another chance, this time I will definitely be accurate." ”

Peng supervised the armor factory, and he was still angry, thought for a moment, and said coldly: "Try again, Lai, it's all for the sake of your deceased father's face." ”

"The great grace of the factory supervisor."

People in the palace like to recognize relatives, everyone has a few relatives such as godfather, godmother, goduncle and so on, Lai Wangxi recognized an old eunuch with the same surname Lai, and he sent his godfather to the end before he borrowed his strength.

The second gun is too important, Lai Wangxi will look at it for a while, he is an old gunner, experienced, after letting go of a gun, he can correct the head, I believe that this time at least he can hit the target.

There was a bang, louder than the last time, the fire was more intense, and the result was even more disappointing.

The body exploded, Lai Wangxi reacted quickly, and as soon as he noticed that something was wrong, he immediately turned his head to avoid his eyes, and then threw the bird gun away.

Rao was like this, half of his face was still smoked black, revealing a trace of blood.

Peng Jianchang's face became more and more ugly, and he didn't speak, he got up and left, and the officials and entourage hurriedly followed.

Lai Wangxi was so stunned that he even forgot to see him off, and when he remembered that the person had already walked out of the door, he still wanted to catch up, but the craftsman Deng Haisheng stepped forward to stop him and persuaded: "Forget it, it's useless to chase." ”

"No, no, I have to explain clearly, I tried medicine today, not guns. It's a good medicine, you've all seen it, haven't you? ”

"The medicine was made by our own hands, can you not see it?" Deng Haisheng shook his head, "But it's useless, the above don't understand these things at all, they just want to see a hundred steps through Yang, they don't care if it's good medicine, good guns, or good people." ”

"All it takes is a new gun, and it's stronger......" Lai Wangxi muttered.

Another craftsman walked over and said, "Let's wipe your face first, old man." How can the new guns be so easy to make? Zufa is there, who dares to move? For those of us, it's good to be able to create a new drug, but don't think about it. ”

An official strode in, and everyone shut up.

The official looked unkind, "A bunch of waste, since you haven't done it well, why do you want to try it?" Peng Jian Factory said, and when I went back, I suggested to the West Factory that you should all be laid off. Let's all go pack up our things, I guess we won't be able to wait for the dismissal order to get dark. ”

The official turned away, and although he was his direct superior, he had never paid attention to the work of these people.

"It's a test of medicine, not a test of guns." It wasn't until the boss disappeared that Lai Wangxi dared to defend in a whisper.

"And they have to see it, not us." Deng Haisheng was also indignant.

"Forget it, it's clear, we didn't confess, and we offended our boss, so we have to be laid off, let's go back to our factories."

Most of the craftsmen are hereditary, and after they go back, they just return to their old business and continue to do it according to the ancestral law.

Everyone else went to pack up their things, Lai Wangxi stood still, Deng Haisheng took a few steps and turned back, "No way, others are good officials in the court, and we are no one in the factory who is difficult to make medicine." I'll go back and continue to make firecrackers, and you go back and continue to be a teacher, and you will come and go often in the future, and everyone will still be friends. ”

Lai Wangxi cried with a sad face, "I urgently need a sum of money to donate my life to my son, I was expecting to be rewarded for my success, who would have thought that ......"

Lai Wangxi is a eunuch, he has a godson, he is heavier than his own son, Deng Haisheng frowned slightly, "Don't go later, let's have nothing to do today, call a few people, go out to drink a bar, and get drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows." ”

"Hu Guiyang made me miserable." Lai Wangxi shed two lines of tears.

"He's even worse, I guess he can't even save his life."

The southwest city is relatively remote, and there are taverns a few streets away.

Most of the other craftsmen were not in the mood to drink, and they politely said goodbye one after another, only two of them were willing to follow, they were famous drunkards, they only wanted to drink, and had no intention of comforting anyone.

At the wine table, Deng Haisheng was mostly talking, after three glasses of wine, Lai Wangxi's mood calmed down a little, and he still remembered the new medicine and the new gun, "It's a pity that these good medicines, as long as they can be matched with good guns, the power is endless, why don't they understand?" ”

"It's not that I don't understand, I don't care." Deng Haisheng sighed lightly, "The officials in the factory are either recruited or admitted scholars, how can they understand these?" It is their greatest duty to ensure that the old medicines and old guns are handed over in full. ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity." Lai Wangxi poured a glass of wine and felt a lot warmer.

"Come on, drink again, it's useless to talk about it, let's have a drink today." Another craftsman raised his glass to persuade him to drink, chewing in his mouth, and holding the vegetable on his chopsticks.

The tavern was very small, and it was worth the morning, and there were only four guests at their table, and there were few dishes, but there was a lot of bad wine, and the more they drank, the more drunk they became, and the topic had long been far away from gunpowder and birds.

"It's also not good, people are supervising factories and supervising the army, why are you so miserable?" A craftsman poured up, much bolder than usual.

"Unlucky, I couldn't speak when I was a child, no one supported me, when I grew up, I recognized my godfather, my godfather died, I looked for a backer, the backer fell, recruited a son, but I was weak and sick, from childhood to adulthood, I had to worry about everything." The more Lai Wangxi thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he poured wine vigorously.

Deng Haisheng persuaded: "There are so many eunuchs in the world, how many people are there in charge of the factory and the army?" It's good that Lao Lai can be the head coach of the warrior camp. ”

"You don't understand." Lai Wangxi's face was white and black, and his facial features were crowded together, even more depressed, "The warrior camp is an ornament, and it is only practiced once when you are happy, and it is only ten times a year." And the people in the palace like to watch the spears and spears, lined up majestic. The bird gun is dangerous but not majestic, no one wants to see it, every time it comes to mind, dozens of our leaders will release it, the so-called gun is just an identity, and they don't dare to let them touch it at all. ”

The four of them took turns complaining, and gradually led to the trivial things of firewood, rice, oil and salt at home, and found that they were not the worst people, Lai Wangxi felt a little better, but drank more.

It was almost noon, there were more guests, and the four of them were so drunk that they didn't care at all, and they still kept complaining.

"A carpenter can be a scholar and a man, but why can't a blacksmith?" One shouted.

"Give me a thousand commanders, and within three months, I promise to make them invincible, alas, the current guns, not even five points of power." Lai Wangxi also became bolder.

"They don't want new medicines, I'll take them back to make firecrackers, the big ones, soaring into the sky, shaking the whole capital." Deng Haisheng is younger, and he is more arrogant after drinking.

"The Hu Guiyang you are talking about is really not a thing, the new gun and the new medicine are his ideas, what is the result? The money didn't come much, and the place was so remote, he was good, the people were gone, for so long, I haven't seen what this Captain Hu looks like, is he dead outside? Another craftsman complained directly about the facilitators of the matter.

"I heard I came back two days ago." Lai Wangxi sighed again, "It's useless, Hu Guiyang has offended too many people, and there are many bad luck in Xichang." ”

"I really don't understand, why did he go back to Beijing?" Deng Haisheng had a good impression of Hu Guiyang, "If it were me, I would rather live in the rivers and lakes than come back to die." ”

"He's just stupid." The craftsman who spoke raised his wine glass, "Come on, let's drink, I wish Hu Guiyang an early death and early rebirth, everyone will get rich as soon as possible, and even if you are promoted, you can live a better life." ”

Others also raise their glasses and toast each other.

A guest standing on the edge of the counter drinking suddenly turned around and walked to the table, "You can get rich if you want to, why do you wish me an early death?" ”

"Hu Guiyang!" Deng Haisheng was surprised and delighted.

"Hu, Captain Hu." Lai Wangxi's face looked like he had opened a dye shop.

The other two were taken aback, although the captain of Jinyi was not a big official, it was not something that they craftsmen could afford to provoke, the two got up and ran towards the door, and were pushed back to their seats by Hu Guiyang.

"Don't go, you haven't met yet." Hu Guiyang turned around and brought a stool and squeezed it between the four of them.

"Captain Hu...... How long has it been? Lai Wangxi was worried.

"It didn't take long for the four heroes to talk about it."

"When you drink and lose your word, you hope to forgive your sins. Captain Hu, you ...... You okay? ”

"It's okay, it's good." Hu Guiyang touched the bruises on his face, "Tong Feng is worse than me." ”

"Warrior Camp 100 Households Tong Feng? Divine power Tianding, that Tong Feng? Lai Wangxi was taken aback and woke up for three minutes.

"Well, it's him, Divine Celestial, who gave him the nickname?" Hu Guiyang beckoned to the guy, "Add a pair of dishes and chopsticks, a few more dishes, and heat up the wine." ”

Lai Wangxi was even more surprised, "So...... Xichang did not punish Captain Hu? ”

"No penalty, and reward me with a lot of things. By the way, I am the new superintendent of the factory, and I will supervise your production of medicines. ”

The craftsman who wished Hu Guiyang an early death and early escape fell to the ground, and was supported by his companions, but he couldn't stand up.

Hu Guiyang leaned over and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, as long as you can make a better new gun, you can redeem the crime." Come, everyone drink, this meal I please. ”

Deng Haisheng leaned over and whispered: "The supervisors are all eunuchs, and this is an idle position, you have been demoted?" ”

"The more idle, the better." Hu Guiyang stood up, "No matter how idle I am, the time for you to make meritorious contributions is coming, and it is a great achievement." ”