Chapter Eighty-Nine: Test the Gun
In the square outside the hall, a group of chamberlains followed Yang Su's instructions to bring targets and armor, and placed targets in order according to the number of steps.
Yang Su stood aside adjusting the crosshairs, and asked casually, "How is Miss Lin doing now?" ”
"Back to the emperor, everything is progressing rapidly, Miss Lin is not only talented, but also has excellent means, she has integrated the Jia Mansion, and even the Xue family's caravan has been completely mastered by her, and now she is expanding the scale of the caravan, and is ready to take over the smuggling business of the Fan family and the other seven families, I believe that it will not be long before those businesses can be taken over." Wang Chengen followed behind Yang Su and happily expressed his credit to Yang Su, and Miss Lin also had his share of credit for doing well.
"Those nobles and generals who colluded with the merchants, don't touch them for the time being, stabilize them well, and wait for me to free up my hands and then find a chance to clean them up, anyway, the silver given to them will be mine in the end!" Yang Su said as it should be.
"Yes, the slave and maid obey the order, the slave and the maid still have one thing to tell the emperor, since the slave and the maid took over the business of the Fan family, the group of nobles and the nine-sided generals have sent congratulatory gifts to the slave and the maid and the father-in-law of Fang these days, the father-in-law of Fang is not in the capital, so everything is here in the slave and the maid, the amount of money is huge, the slave and the maid and the father-in-law of Fang dare not hide it privately and want to give it to the emperor, this is a document for the emperor to see!" Wang Chengen took out the gift slip and handed it to Yang Su.
"They're really generous! As soon as it was sold, it was 150,000 taels of silver, and last year the state treasury collected less than 4 million taels of taxes a year! Yang Su squinted at the gift list and smiled.
"That's it, these bastards should be killed! If it weren't for the fact that the emperor would have spared their dogs' lives, the slaves would have taken someone to raid their house and vent the emperor's anger. Wang Chengen said angrily.
"The gift to you is worth 100,000 taels, Fangzhenghua is worth 50,000 taels, Luo Yangxing also told me a few days ago that he received a gift of 50,000 taels, it seems that they have already connected in series! The relationship between the Nine Sides General and Xungui is so good! We must wipe them all out in the future, or there will be chaos! Yang Su's eyes narrowed into a slit, seemingly unintentionally mentioning Luo's cultivation.
Wang Chengen was stunned when he heard this, and secretly scolded in his heart that this Luo Yang was really not the same heart as them, and he had already given things to the emperor! And he didn't leak a little bit of his mouth, didn't he deliberately trap him?
Fortunately, he never had a mind that he shouldn't have, and this delay was also because Fang Zhenghua was not in the capital, so he sent someone to inform Fang Zhenghua to report a few days in the evening.
"Xungui and the Nine Sides General can't move for the time being, but those traitorous businessmen must find an opportunity to defeat me, since this smuggling business cannot be cut off at present, then we have to do this business ourselves!" With the three of you taking the lead, and adding an extra cent of the silver that will be given to the generals and nobles in the future, they will surely be happy to see us destroy those merchants!" Yang Su said again.
The status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was not high, and the merchants in Jiangnan had long been hooked up with the gentry class, and they had already completed the transformation from merchants to gentry through the imperial examination.
However, the merchants of Shanxi followed Xungui and the nine-sided generals but did not have such a way, and the military attachés below the command of the Great Ming Wei were hereditary, and there was no other way to climb up from the military attache than to make war exploits from the battlefield with real swords and guns, which blocked their way up.
No matter how rich a businessman is, he will always be a fat pig in the eyes of the powerful, and that group of nobles and generals should be happy that Wang Chengen will take the lead in killing pigs and dividing meat!
"The slaves and maids obeyed the order, and these seven merchants have been inherited for a hundred years, and they all have a large number of family members in their homes. The slave and maid discussed with the group of nobles and generals, and promised them benefits to exterminate those merchants, killing two birds with one stone! Wang Chengen has been following Yang Su for a while, and he has also changed his usual thinking.
"No, the property of the seven families cannot be thrown to them. Wouldn't it be okay for you to find a reason for the seven families to go out, and then find a timid border army to send troops to slaughter them all, and then send Jinyi Wei to directly take over the family property? Yang Su is responsible for determining the general direction, of course he will not interfere in the specific implementation, he only looks at the results!
"The slave and maid understand, please rest assured that the emperor will urge the Jinyi Guard to handle this matter!" Wang Chengen helped Luo Yang's sex to take care of everything.
"Miss Lin is a newcomer, she has not enough manpower there, and now she has to continue to expand, there will definitely be problems. You and Luo Yangxing have to do their best to help her! There must be a spy who is a merchant among the Jinyi Guard, and her caravan will contact the Jin Dynasty sooner or later, and let Luo Yangxing send those people over! Yang Su ordered.
"Do you want to tell Miss Lin about this matter?" Wang Chengen asked cautiously.
"Don't hide it from her, those people must obey her command first!" Yang Su saw that the chamberlain had already set up two targets, raised his revolver, loaded the bullets, and aimed at the rake covered in five layers of armor thirty paces away.
"Bang bang bang!" Yang Su fired six shots in a row, causing the iron pieces on the armor to splash all over the place, and even the target of the solid wood was hit to the ground by the powerful impact.
"The emperor's six shots all penetrate the five layers of armor!" Wang Chengen excitedly lifted five pieces of armor weighing more than two hundred catties and ran in front of Yang Su.
"Not bad, not bad!" Yang Su looked at the six big holes in the armor and nodded with satisfaction. The bullet power provided by the system is even greater than Yang Su imagined!
Loaded with bullets, and shot continuously at the target of fifty steps, although Yang Su had not practiced marksmanship, but since there was a Xuan Zhu Zhu, the Yuan Shen slowly gave birth to ears and deaf eyes, fifty steps and still six shots were all hit, and the bullet still pierced the five-layer armor on the chest, but it failed to penetrate completely, and the bullet was finally stuck in the armor on the back.
"I'll go get five hundred rounds of ammunition later, and I'll take the time to send them to Miss Lin with this revolver." Yang Su casually threw the revolver to Wang Chengen.
"Yes." Wang Chengen cautiously held the revolver, and looked at it curiously, "Your Majesty, this is the revolver you said before?" The power is so huge, Fang Gonggong, who is already refined and steely, can't stop the blow of this pistol when he stands there in five-layer iron armor, if it is really a divine object, the emperor is really good to Miss Lin! ”
"Fang Zhenghua really can't stop the power of the bullet, but that distance is enough for him to sense the danger and dodge!" Yang Su smiled and shook his head, but it was not surprising, after all, the martial artist of the marrow realm was not a cabbage, and it was enough for this pistol to deal with ordinary martial artists and monks at close range.
"Song Yingxing is a talent, this day the work is very well written, I heard that he is still serving as a district teacher in the county school, what a waste of talent, send Jinyiwei to summon him to Beijing.
And you will copy the book yourself, and send the manuscript to the Mixed Church Division, so that they can make 500 pieces of soap first. Remember to keep it a secret from me, and never leak it! Yang Su handed the book to Wang Chengen, of course he had to keep this thing, and Wang Chengen personally copied it, and the craftsmen who made it were all eunuchs in the palace, and they would never step out of the palace, plus Yang Su's emphasis, there was almost no possibility of leaking secrets.
"Please rest assured, the old slave will arrange it!" Wang Chengen still looked smiling, but his eyes were full of seriousness.
This is the good thing for eunuchs, what the emperor says is the holy decree, and everything is subject to the emperor's will, regardless of whether it is in accordance with the law or not.
Yang Su nodded, looked at Wang Chengen, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Chengen, I heard that you have had a hard time these days?" ”
"Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen shouted miserably, and tears filled in his eyes in an instant: "The old slave is really miserable!" ”
Wang Chengen was beaten by Queen Zhang, yesterday when worshipping the Buddha, Yang Su did not go because he was sick again, and sent Wang Chengen to explain to Queen Zhang and Queen Zhou, Wang Chengen limped because of his injury, lost his honor in front of Queen Zhou, and was beaten by Queen Zhou.
The two dignified and steady queens in the past are now completely jealous of him, and they will beat him for a little reason. Although the two queens did not kill because of Yang Su's feelings, and Wang Chengen himself was a martial artist in the Yi Bone Realm, he would not hurt at all if he was beaten by the board.
But the big eunuch beside him was beaten twice in a row, and this board not only hit him on the butt but also on his face, and now Wang Chengen has become a laughing stock in the palace, how can Wang Chengen not be bitter in his heart!
"Cheng'en! You've done it for me, and I'll remember your credit! Yang Su comforted with a touched face.
"With the emperor's words, even if the old slave is worth dying!" Wang Chengen was so excited that he couldn't hold back his tears.
"What nonsense! How could I let you die, and how about you do something for me? Yang Su gently discussed with Wang Chengen.
"The emperor's words are serious, the emperor can only give orders where he can get the old slave, even if the old slave goes up the sword mountain and the sea of fire, he will never hesitate!" Wang Chengen's face was full of emotion and he swore an oath.
"Good! I've been feeling unwell for the past few days, and when the Mixed Hall Division has finished the five hundred pieces of soap, you can help me send it to Empress Zhang at that time!" ”