Every morning, he first went to the ordnance superintendent to deal with affairs, and then went to the police department to work, and when he went home one night, he had to play with the rest of the children for a while, tell him stories, teach him and the oxen to pile up blocks, weave wicker or something, and then deal with the underground work.

Fortunately, Li Buqi had been prepared for a long time, and last year he recommended a Jinshi Lu Kuo, who had recently returned from Sichuan as a county commander, to serve as an ordnance supervisor.

This Lu Kuo is also a wonderful person, and when he was in Sichuan, he did a lot of research on the local plants and animals, and wrote a lot of notes. At the end of his term, he returned to the capital to be a candidate, and went to Qingyuan Academy to discuss the strange things in Shu. During this period, he also wrote a letter to Li Buqi, suggesting that the ordnance supervisor could collect vines from Shu to make rattan armor to reduce the weight of the soldiers' armor.

Li Buqi was familiar with the burning rattan armor soldiers in "Seven Captures of Meng Huo", so he invited Lu Kuo to inquire, and learned that there were a lot of rattan armor stored in the arsenal of Shudi, which was indeed as invulnerable as iron armor, and what was even more rare was that it was much lighter than iron armor. Li Buqi asked people to check again, and found that the process of making rattan armor in Shu was already very perfect, as long as there were enough mountain rattans, it was completely possible to manufacture rattan armor on a large scale.

For Lu Kuo, a person who has both political experience and an interest in science, and can also take the initiative to get closer to himself, Li Buqi naturally can't let him go, so he wants to be an ordnance supervisor. It turns out that Li Buqi didn't look away, Lu Kuo is also a very capable person, and the cooperation with Cheng Jun is not bad, Li Buqi stuffed some people from Qingyuan Academy and the original royal test site into the ordnance superintendent, so now Li Buqi doesn't have to worry too much about the affairs of the ordnance superintendent, as long as he concentrates on the affairs of the police department during this time.

However, during this time, Zhao Zhen did not stop, and asked Li Buqi to ask about Xixia in three days. Moreover, Zhao Zhen also summoned Mao Zhichun, and when he plucked Mao Zhichun into the third division as an official, he could also see that the emperor had the intention of raising military expenses. Li Buqi felt that this emperor seemed to have some thoughts about Western Xia after his repeated intimidation.

In May, Zhao Min was about to give birth, and Li Buqi only went to work for half a day every day, and spent the rest of the time at home taking care of the mother. The midwife was also invited to the house early to watch, and finally on the tenth day of the fifth month, Zhao Min gave birth to a big fat boy, and the mother and son were safe.

Li Buqi has a son! The news immediately spread throughout the capital, and not only the emperor and empress sent people to send rewards, but also the noble ministers who had been close to each other in the past also gave a lot of gifts. It's just that except for Uncle Cao Guo, Li Yonghe and a few others, they didn't show up in person.

Since Yu'er lived in the Li family, the Li family can be described as a door. They are all people who know the times, and they are all afraid of sticking to the side of the three princes and winning far away. Even Gao Zunyu's irons like Li Buqi ran away without a trace, but Li Buqi's ears were clean.

But the more this is the case, the more Li Buqi wants to declare his existence. He swore and said: "Lady, when our children are full moon, we will hold a full moon wine for everyone to see!" ”

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In May, the land of Liaodong is already verdant, and on the banks of the Duck River, which later became known as the Songhua River, a young man wearing leopard skins is leading a group of Jurchen men to load the most precious furs, Dongzhu, and ginseng on the largest ships of the Jurchen tribe.

It would be a voyage the tribe had never seen before, and the men, women, and children of the tribe would stand on the shore and pray for the warriors who were about to go on the march.

A leader with a ribbon around his waist asked a bearded man, "Ugunai, the people of the tribe have never been so far away, and they have to pass through so many tribes, do you really want the strongest warriors of the tribe to go there?" They don't necessarily come back. ”

The big man known as Ugunai said with a gloomy look: "The caravan says that every year large ships arrive at the mouth of the Tongtong River and exchange large quantities of iron for furs. The caravan had already sold many iron arrows and other iron tools to the tribes along the river, and more would be sold to them in the future. Soon, those tribes will use these weapons to rob us of our land and wealth. Don't forget the hatred between us and Kagube. If we can't get more iron, we'll have to be driven away. ”

"The Emperor of Liao will soon be here again, and we can offer the most precious furs to the Emperor of Liao, and ask the Liao to sell us ironware," said Bahei. ”

Wu Gu Nai glanced at him: "The emperor of the Liao State will kill the Jurchens every year, and he will definitely worry that the Jurchens will resist, how can he sell iron weapons to the Jurchens." Even if they sell us some iron tools, it is so that we can fight other tribes. When we kill the other tribes, the Liao people should kill us. ”

The man in the leopard skin finally checked the condition of the boats, jumped out of the boats, waded ashore, and reported to Ugunai: "Ugunai, everything is ready, we are leaving." ”

Ugunai hugged the young man with open arms, and then said, "Hu Shuda, you are the strongest hero of our Jurchens, and it is up to you now." The caravan that came last year said that the big ships would bring a lot of iron tools this time this year. Go and see how far you can go, and come back with as many iron tools as you can. With iron tools, our tribe can defeat the ill-intentioned people around us and live here. Good brother, the shaman will bless you. ”

Hu lost his answer and was not good at words, but he hugged Ugunai again, and said firmly: "Ugunai, I will definitely bring back the ironware." ”

After saying that, he turned around and jumped into the water again, waded on the water, and with a command, the Jurchen man on the boat propped the boat up to the shore. The men, women and children on the shore cheered and saw them off, and the shaman beat the drums. Bahei's face was not good-looking: "There are so many warriors left at once, what if Shi Xian and the Jiagu Department come to attack together?" ”

Ugunai gave his brother a stern look, and walked back to the camp without saying a word.

History proves that Wanyan Wugunai's adventure was the right choice, and the departure of these ships was the beginning of the rapid rise of the Jurchen Wanyan tribe.

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"Fight", the fire flashed, followed by a "snap", and a thick smoke rushed out of the iron pipe with the firelight.

Shi Feng put the iron pipe up and blew the smoke, and then asked the person who ran to see the target: "How far did you hit?" ”

In front of him stood a wooden sign fifty places. The person who was watching the target ran over and immediately cheered: "Through, through!" ”

Shi Feng grinned and said, "Haha, good! If this is hit on a person, as long as he does not wear armor, he will be seriously injured if he does not die. Then he looked at Luo Tong again and said, "I'll just say it, I'll definitely be able to hit." ”

Luo Tong pouted and said, "I put it seven times, and I only hit it once." You will be blinded. ”

Shi Feng said: "This gun is so shocked that your hands are numb, and there will definitely be a skew, and this is much more stable without a thing to hold it." Your strength is not as good as mine, if you come to release it, be careful to hit someone. Let's put it in the future. ”

Luo Tong held a gun filled with gunpowder and lead like a toy and didn't let go: "No. This gunpowder is my match, and I haven't even put a gun yet. ”

"Here's a 60-step target, and you're even more missed. I'm still here. Shi Feng stretched out his hand and begged Bai Lai to ask for Luo Tong's fire gun. The surrounding group of people saw the two leaders fighting for toys like children, and they all thought it was funny, but they didn't dare to laugh.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and everyone turned their heads to see a boy of eleven or twelve and a half years old running over on a local pony. When the horse ran to him, the boy did not have time to dismount and shouted in a rage: "No, no! Just now someone reported that an official from Goryeo led hundreds of soldiers to the island and went to the star lord, saying that he was going to arrest all our Song people! ”