"Fifth brother, what the hell is going on with the assassins?" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, let Zhu Youzhen exempt him, and there were only two of them left with his own brothers, he actually still cared about this young brother very much, and at the age of twelve, he was crowned the king of Zhu Youzhenxin, and ignored the Ming Dynasty's regulations on the clan, and let him wander in the barracks.

But Zhu Youxiao was too busy, not only to govern the country, watering the flowers and plants in the harem, but also to sleep and forget to eat, and he was busy making wood, and sometimes he was so busy that he didn't even have time for the court meeting, so he had to excuse himself with a headache, and the imperial doctor couldn't see it anyway.

"Brother Huang, maybe they are really Jiangyang thieves. The younger brother hasn't offended anyone! "After Zhu Youzhen went back, he thought about it carefully, and he really didn't know who wanted to assassinate him.

Although he was sure that the Assassins were coming for him, he did not know who was behind them. To say that the minister of the DPRK and the central government has no relationship with him, but he also has no hatred for life and death, who would risk the extermination of the clan to assassinate himself? The only possibility is Wei Zhongxian, who is now so powerful and bold that he may send assassins to assassinate him. But Zhu Youzhen has no evidence, Wei Zhongxian is the first celebrity in front of Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao will not believe it when he says it.

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao nodded, "Zhongxian also said so, it seems that it is more likely to be a Jiangyang thief." Fifth brother, otherwise, you don't go to the barracks, it is the safest in the Qingong Palace. ”

Which line is that? I finally got into the barracks, how can I give up now? Zhu Youzhen was taken aback, "Brother Huang, the younger brother is in the barracks, you can exercise." You see, the last time my brother fell off his horse, he fell asleep for two days and two nights, and he almost didn't see the emperor. This time he was attacked by the assassins, but he was able to retreat peacefully, is his brother's health much better? ”

"But the barracks aren't safe!" Zhu Youxiao really cares about Zhu Youzhen's safety, otherwise he wouldn't have taken time out of his busy schedule to see Zhu Youzhen.

"Brother Huang, if the younger brother stays in the Imperial Palace, it is indeed very safe. But the health of the younger brother will get worse and worse, and the royal brother doesn't want the younger brother to be like the other brothers, right? Zhu Youzhen finally found the killer feature.

Zhu Youxiao has a total of seven brothers, but now only the eldest Zhu Youxiao and the fifth Zhu Youzhen are left, and the other brothers all died when they were minors, which is why Zhu Youxiao loves Zhu Youzhen very much. If Zhu Youzhen also goes one day, then there will be a lonely Zhu Youxiao left. Now that Zhu Youzhen is approaching adulthood, it is a critical moment, and Zhu Youzhen's words are talking about Zhu Youxiao's weakness.

"That ......" Zhu Youxiao was really afraid of losing his only brother, and they had a deep relationship. Although they were not born to one mother, their respective mothers died early, and they were all raised by "Xi Li", that is, Concubine Kang. But "Xi Li" was only busy competing for favor, and did not care about their brother's life or death at all, and often vented his frustration in the harem on their brother's head, cruelly abusing their brother. Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao became the emperor, he transferred Zhu Youzhen to "Dong Li", that is, Concubine Zhuang to raise. Concubine Zhuang is gentle and benevolent, and she loves Zhu Youzhen as her own, and Zhu Youzhen enjoys the warmth of maternal love.

"Brother Huang, don't worry, my brother will definitely be careful in the future." Zhu Youzhen saw that Zhu Youxiao was hesitating, so he hurriedly made up his mind first.

"Oh well! But I'm going to send you a few Ouchi guards. Zhu Youxiao couldn't do it, but he was not worried about Zhu Youjian's safety, so he had to adopt a compromise method.

"Brother Huang, don't you need it?" With the guards, no matter what he does in the future, someone will follow him, and Zhu Youzhen feels very unhappy.

"No, I can't. This must be done, or you must leave the barracks. "This time, Zhu Youxiao was very resolute.

"That'...... All right! The courtiers thank the royal brother for his love. Zhu Youzhen kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao.

"Fifth brother, I was looking for you, but I didn't expect you to come by yourself. Tell me, what's the matter with me? "Zhu Youxiao's time is particularly precious, but he was especially patient today.

"Brother Huang, the younger brother only knew in the army that the training of the sergeants was too hard, but the food in the barracks was too poor, can you improve their food? In this way, the soldiers also have the energy to train. In addition, although the Fenwu Battalion is not a Shenji Battalion, the soldiers can't even use simple firearms, and if they go to the battlefield, the casualty rate is very high, and even the pension will be very high, so the courtiers want to equip them with some simple firearms. ”

"Haha, are you looking for the royal brother to ask for money? I didn't expect my brother to help them talk after only staying in the barracks for a few days? Well, so let's give you 10,000 taels, is it enough? As for firearms...... You can find the Firearms Bureau, or find Zhongxian to see if there is anything you are satisfied with. Zhu Youxiao thought that Zhu Youzhen had just entered the barracks, so he naturally wanted to show off in front of the soldiers and officers, and he could get funds and firearms from outside, and of course he was a newcomer with a lot of face. He didn't have time to take care of his young brother, so let him happily play outside.

"Enough, enough. Thank you, Brother Huang. Zhu Youzhen stuck out his tongue gently, this imperial brother is really generous enough, a shake of his hand is 10,000 taels, according to the ratio of silver to RMB, that is more than 6 million, the history of later generations said that the treasury was empty in the late Ming Dynasty, and it seems that history also deceives people. However, for the sake of firearms, go to Wei Zhongxian, just be exempt, the firearms he has there are probably tofu, the most elite firearms of the Ming Dynasty have been transported to Liaodong, and even the firearms of Liaodong can't deal with Jiannu, what's the use of looking for him? It's better to go straight to the Firearms Bureau.

Bidding farewell to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youzhen went out of the imperial city, and Xu Yingyuan, the attendant in his body, had already prepared a horse and waited outside the palace gate. The two rode directly to the Firearms Bureau. At this time, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty have been very extensive in the army, in addition to artillery, there are firearms, flying birds, double-eyed guns, three-eyed guns, arquebuses, etc., but in addition to artillery, the threat to Jiannu is not big, mainly because the range is too close, no more than 50 meters, less than the range of Jiannu's bow and arrow, and the speed of fire is far less than the bow and arrow, so firearms can not be independent into an army, just as an auxiliary weapon of cold weapons. Zhu Youzhen went to the Firearms Bureau mainly to see if he could manufacture mines and grenades, with the current technology of the Ming Dynasty, the process was not complicated, and the key was whether there were people developing them.

Liu Yifei, the director of the Firearms Bureau, heard that His Royal Highness King Xin had come to visit, so he quickly got up and saluted: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness King Xin, I don't know His Royal Highness King Xin'......"

"This king wants to order a batch of mines and grenades." Zhu Youzhen only smiled faintly at Liu Yifei's enthusiasm, he didn't pay much attention to these false etiquette, he was more concerned about whether the Firearms Bureau could make the firearms he wanted.

"Landmines? Grenade? Liu Yifei was stunned, as the director of the Firearms Bureau, this is a new term that he has never heard of, I don't know where this young prince heard about it, he doesn't believe that such a young Zhu Youzhen has studied firearms, he must have heard it from somewhere, maybe he remembered the name wrong.

"You find a few good craftsmen who prepare gunpowder and make cannonballs, and I'll tell them personally." Liu Yifei, as the head of the Firearms Bureau, knows a little about firearms in general, but he should not be an expert in a certain technology.

"Okay, Your Highness, please wait a moment, I'll go and find the excellent craftsmen." Liu Yifei disappeared immediately, and he also wanted to see what mines and grenades were, and what they were used for. If a new firearm really appears, and he, the director of the Daming Firearms Bureau, doesn't know about it, then it is better to find a piece of tofu and kill him.

Zhu Youzhen didn't wait long, and Liu Yifei led several craftsmen into the hall. They were all dressed in coarse cloth, and some of them had multiple patches on them.

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of craftsmen is very resistant, even in the Firearms Bureau, if there is no unique technology, the income is not high, worse than ordinary homesteaders, because the mainstream Shilin class of the Ming Dynasty basically only reads the books of sages and sages, and has no research on technology.

If you don't understand, you don't have the right to speak, but the right to speak in the Shilin class, so they denounce the technology that the class generally does not understand as a trick and depreciate, which is also an important reason for the slow development of Ming science and technology.

"This is the prince of faith." Liu Yifei introduced Zhu Youzhen to several craftsmen.

"I've seen His Royal Highness King Xin." The craftsmen knelt in a row on the ground, their hearts uneasy, not knowing what His Royal Highness Nobuyo had to do with them.

"Get up! This king has come to the Firearms Bureau, first, to visit you, and secondly, to order a batch of mines and grenades. Zhu Youzhen didn't have time to spend here, he directly explained his intentions.

"Landmines and grenades?" The craftsmen were also stunned, they had never heard of mines and grenades, and the astonishment made them forget the nervousness of facing the king of Shin.