Because of the relationship between the long road and communication technology, the old man annihilated Wu Sangui finally decided to change his mind and change his face to atone for his sins, and the action of raising troops has begun for more than a month, although Xiao Mazi in the capital watched Yungui's movements at night, but he never knew the real situation of Yungui at present.

"Oh no, why did you forget to consider the position of Lu Yifeng, a minion?" After reading Lu Fatzi's fierce words, Xiao Mazi couldn't help patting his head and crying bitterly, "If you don't pay tribute seeds, you will be taxed eight yuan for every two eight banners of Fushou ointment, and Wu Sangui's old thief can bear it, but the people of Qujing under the rule of Lu Yifeng's dog slave can't afford such a high tax!" This is troublesome, once the will is announced, Qujing will not have to make a fuss? This time, I finally made a big mistake. ”

"It's not the master's fault, the emperor can't feel guilty about it." Mingzhu hurriedly repaired the steps for Xiao Mazi and said: "It is Aobai who will set the Eight Banners Fushou Paste Tax so high, and it is also Aobai who forced the emperor to implement this tax, as long as Lu Yifeng is reasonable, he will definitely be able to understand your hardships, master." ”

Mingzhu repaired the steps for Xiao Mazi, and Suo Etu was not stupid, so he quickly echoed: "Mingzhongtang is reasonable, this is indeed not the master's fault. In addition, Lu Yifeng himself also has a certain responsibility, before this, he did not report the true income of Qujing Anointing Farmers to the master, let alone say a word for Qujing Anointing Farmers on the issue of determining taxes, otherwise, with the kindness of the master, he would definitely be worried about this. ”

The people of Qujing Mansion under the rule of Wu Sangui are alive and dead, Xiao Mazi naturally doesn't care very much, and now when he hears Mingzhu and Suo Etu's words of defense for himself, Xiao Mazi won't feel a little guilty, nodded and said: "Yes, Lu Yifeng also made a mistake this time, the Eight Banners Fushou Paste Tax Ruling has been tossed for so long, he didn't even report the truth to me in a single piece, let alone express his opinion, and only came to oppose it afterwards, it was a bit of a suspicion of incompetence and afterthought, and he should have suffered it himself." ”

"Of course, you can't completely blame Lu Aiqing." Xiao Mazi continued to excuse himself: "He only returned to Qujing in July to take over as the prefect, and at that time, the issue of the tax ruling of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste was also at the last moment, and he encountered so many things in a hurry, and he occasionally made mistakes, which is also forgivable." ”

"It's just ......." Xiao Mazi frowned and said, "If Wu Sangui's old thief raises troops, it will be difficult for him to choose his position. In order to pay less tax on the anointment, the people of Qujing and the people of Qujing continued to monopolize the planting rights of the Eight Banners Fushou ointment, so they were likely to be bewitched by Wu Sangui's old thief and follow Wu Sangui's old thief to make trouble. In this way, if we want Lu Aiqing to lead the military and people of Qujing to unite as we hope, to hold Qujing, the throat of Yunnan and Guizhou, and to gain time for the deployment and adjustment of the imperial army, I am afraid it will be ...... and unrealistic. ”

Mingzhu and Suo Etu couldn't find anything to say this time, without the popular foundation of the people, the army and the people, if Lu Fatzi wanted to hold Qujing's throat and wait for reinforcements, the difficulty was indeed extraordinarily high. Although Xiong Cilu and Kong Sizhen next to him didn't speak, and their faces didn't move, their eyes already showed a smug joy that could not be concealed - even if Fat Lu didn't die this time, the fox's tail would have to be exposed.

"Wait, if Fat Lu is really Wu Sangui's old thief's hardcore lackey, is it for purpose to play such a twist and turn at this time?" After the joy, Xiong Cixu suddenly calmed down again, and began to reverse his thinking and analyze Lu Fatzi's countermeasures.

It is definitely not possible to engage in military Xiong University, but in terms of power and political struggle, Xiong University Scholar is extremely talented, so after a little calculation, Xiong University Scholar naturally quickly woke up, "I understand, this Lu Fat Man is indeed extremely cunning and vicious, and at this time, such a twist and turn is obviously paving the way for him to follow Wu Sangui's old thief to rebel in the next step." At this time, it was explained to the emperor that the people of Qujing would never accept the tax amount of the Eight Banners Fushou Anointing, and that if he rebelled in the next step, the emperor would think that he was forced to raise troops, and that he would have a glimmer of hope for him, and he would not be a killer for him, so he would naturally be able to fish in troubled waters, seek profit in the chaos and continue to plague our Qing court army. Damn, others take one step at a time, this fat man Lu takes one step and sees three steps, yin enough, ruthless enough! ”

Thinking about this, Scholar Xiong's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, according to Weichen's opinion, the emperor must not worry about the safety of Lord Lu, and Weichen can assert that with Lord Lu's cleverness, even if he loses the support of the people of Qujing, he will definitely be able to return to the capital safely and return to the emperor to serve before driving." ”

"How so?" Xiao Mazi asked suspiciously.

"The emperor forgot? Qujing is not only the throat of Yunnan and Guizhou, but also the throat of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou. Xiong Cilu replied with a smile: "With Lord Lu's clever decision, if he finds that the situation is not right, he will naturally flee east to Guangxi, Guangxi is a four-grid fixed domain, and it is also an important bridgehead for the emperor to encircle and suppress Wu Sangui's old thief, Lord Lu has entered Guangxi, does the emperor still need to worry about his safety?" ”

"Indeed, I almost forgot that he could go to Guangxi." Xiao Mazi smiled a little and said, "As long as Lu Aiqing can return to my side, he loses Qu Jing's guilt, and I can not pursue it and continue to reuse it." After all, there is a special reason for not being able to keep Qujing this time, and he really can't be blamed. ”

"I'm afraid that Lord Lu won't be able to think about it for a while, and he insists on staying alone in the lonely city to serve Jun'en, then it will be a big trouble." Xiong Cixu said hypocritically: "Of course, the only thing the emperor doesn't have to worry about is that Lord Lu was bought or coerced by Wu Sangui's old thief, betrayed the country for glory, and rebelled against Wu Sangui's old thief." ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Cilu turned to Kong Sizhen again, and asked with a smile: "Sigege, you and Lord Lu are also half confidants, such a possibility will never appear, do you think it is yes or no?" ”

Kong Sizhen was not stupid, and soon understood Xiong Cixu's plan to block Lu Fatzi's retreat, and after hesitating for a moment, Kong Sizhen still gritted his teeth and said: "Of course, with Lord Lu's loyalty to the emperor, and the emperor's heavenly grace to Lord Lu, such a situation is absolutely impossible!" - Unless, we all saw Lord Lu wrong! ”

Although Kong Sizhen didn't say that they were wrong about Fat Lu, Xiao Mazi immediately understood the off-string sound of this sentence, and at that moment Xiao Mazi snorted coldly, stretched his face and said, "What? At this point, do you still want to say in front of me that Lu Aiqing is a national thief and a lackey of Wu Sangui's old thief? Since you are so persistent, then I will also give you a chance, if Lu Aiqing is martyred this time, or leaves Yunnan and returns to me, how about you take the head to apologize to Lu Aiqing? ”

Kong Sizhen obediently closed his mouth, Xiong Cizhen gritted his teeth, knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to make this bet with the emperor!" If Lord Lu hadn't ganged up with Wu Sangui's old thief to commit treason, martyr himself or flee back to the capital this time, then Wei Chen would be willing to kill himself with a knife and apologize to Lord Lu. If Wei Chen said that Lu Yifeng really betrayed the emperor and the Qing court, then Wei Chen did not ask the emperor to reward him with any official property, but only asked the emperor not to believe any of Lu Yifeng's quibbles, and not to give this rare cunning thief half a chance! ”

"Very well, I promise you!" Xiao Mazi snorted coldly, "Xiong Aiqing, I remind you by the way, it's best to let your family prepare a coffin for you in advance." ”

The crows in the Heart Cultivation Hall were silent, Mingzhu and Suo Etu, Kong Sizhen and others lowered their heads together, all of them didn't even dare to take a breath of air by Xiao Mazi's murderous words, but Xiong Cixu was not afraid, kowtowed again, and replied: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, but Weichen feels that he will never lose, so this coffin, Weichen feels that there is no need to prepare in advance." ”

This time, there was nothing to say about Xiao Mazi's Ma face, and the atmosphere in the Heart Cultivation Hall was even more tense and dignified, fortunately, just when the atmosphere was at a stalemate, there was suddenly a little eunuch outside the Heart Cultivation Hall to probe his brain, as if there was something to report and see that the atmosphere was not right and did not dare to speak, Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Palace, was afraid that it was a military matter, so he hurriedly walked to the front of the palace and talked to the little eunuch in a low voice, and soon turned around, ran quickly to Xiao Mazi, and said happily: "Master, great joy, great joy, Wang Xu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry (transferred by Zuodu Yushi in September of the seventh year of Kang Mazi), reported that the son and mother artillery paid tribute by the Hongmao State, and the Longtan Gun Factory finally succeeded in copying! ”

"Success?" Xiao Mazi finally showed some joy and said with a smile: "These dog minions of the Longtan Cannon Factory have been tossing for almost two years, and they have finally come out." ”

"Master, the sub-mother cannon is not imitated by the craftsmen of the Longtan Cannon Factory." Zhang Wanqiang shook his head and explained: "Didn't the master order Fan Chengmo, the governor of Zhejiang, to send a father and son from Qiantang to Beijing for use some time ago? A few days ago, after the father and son entered Beijing, they caught up with the busy state affairs of the master, and there was no time to summon them, so they asked them to report to Wang Shangshu first, and later Wang Shangshu found that the father and son were indeed proficient in casting firearms, so they went to the Longtan Gun Factory to instruct the craftsmen to cast cannons. What no one expected was that the son of the father and son, a young man named Dai Zi, would only take eight days to build the son and mother cannon. ”

"What?" Xiao Mazi was shocked, stood up and shouted, "Dog minion, you remember correctly, right? The Longtan Cannon Factory didn't build a sub-mother cannon for two years, and the young man named Dai Zi only took eight days to build it? ”

"Master Mingjian, the slave didn't dare to be mistaken." Zhang Wanqiang smiled and said: "According to Wang Tang's official report, this Dai Zi's imitation of the sub-mother cannon for our Qing Dynasty is better than the sub-mother cannon from the Western tribute, and the shells fired out are heavier than the shells of the Western sub-mother cannons, and the shells are more accurate than the shells of the sub-mother cannons, and the power is also greater. As a result, Wang Tangguan was also frightened by this young man's talent, and personally led the young man to the Forbidden City, asking the emperor to summon him for a reward. ”

"Is there such a genius in the world?!" Xiao Mazi was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, quickly announce that Wang Xu and Dai Zi will meet you, I want to reward this minion!" ”

"The minions obey." Zhang Wanqiang respectfully agreed, and was about to turn around and go down, but Xiao Mazi shouted again: "Slow, such a genius, I should personally go out to greet him!" Let's go, go with me to meet Dai Caizi, and by the way, see with your own eyes, Dai Caizi's weapon for me and the Qing Dynasty to kill the enemy! ”

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With Wang Xu's upright temper, he naturally would not deliberately brag for Dai Zi in order to please Xiao Mazi, and the new type of sub-mother cannon that Dai Zi made for Xiao Mazi is indeed very amazing, weighing only more than 300 catties, but it can hit the flowering cannonball weighing 30 catties nearly three miles away, the shell exploded in the air, and the shrapnel covered an area of nearly ten zhang, and the power was very amazing. At the same time, coincidentally, Dai Zi, like Lu Fatzi, gave up the iron cast cannon that was easy to explode, and instead chose a safer bronze cast cannon, which not only greatly reduced the weight of the cannon body, but also greatly increased the safety factor.

The next day, which was also the fourteenth day of the tenth lunar month of the tenth year of Kang Mazi in the Great Qing Dynasty, outside the icy and snowy Zuo'an Gate, Xiao Mazi deliberately summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to show their military might in public, and at the same time boosted morale for the upcoming counterinsurgency battle. And Dai Zi did not embarrass Xiao Mazi, the first cast of the sub-mother cannon first with solid shells, take turns to fire ten cannons, seven cannons hit the target, three cannons slightly deviated, and then with the flowering cannonballs when the test firing, the flowering cannonballs from the sky when they exploded in the air, layer upon layer, like a goddess scattering flowers, the target was set up dozens of grass people shot through a thousand holes, almost like a honeycomb. After the sound of the cannon, the ghost crying wolf howl of "Long live the Mazi Emperor" also suddenly resounded inside and outside Zuo'anmen.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" In the thunderous cheers, Xiao Mazi was very proud, and when he looked back at Aobai's face, he saw that although Aobai's expression was quite calm, but on the old face full of thick and hard beards, he was full of joy and excitement, and his hands were clenched into fists together, clenched very tightly.

"Old thing, now you know how good I am?" Xiao Mazi smiled slightly, and when he looked at Wu Yingxiong on the other side of his back, Wu Yingxiong, who was deliberately sent by Xiao Mazi to watch the test gun together, was already pale, his fists were clenched tighter, and his knuckles were pale. Xiao Mazi was even more proud, and turned to Ao Bai and asked: "Ao Zhongtang, how powerful are these sub-mother cannons, can they be regarded as the first in the world?" I decided to name this cannon General Weiyuan, I don't know what Ao Zhongtang wants? ”

"It doesn't matter what it's called, the emperor can just watch it." Ao Bai replied quietly: "The power is also so-so, and it should be more suitable than the Hongyi cannon on the battlefield." As for whether the power of this Weiyuan general cannon is the best in the world, the emperor really asked the wrong person - he should ask Wu Yingxiong, the prince of Pingxi, what kind of artillery is more powerful than their Yungui Sanhao artillery? ”

"What do you mean by this?" Xiao Mazi and Wu Yingxiong's faces changed color together. After glancing at Wu Yingxiong, who was colorless, in surprise, Xiao Mazi turned to Ao Bai and asked, "Ao Zhongtang, what do you mean by this?" What are the three good artillery, why can't I understand it? ”

"The emperor forgot, among your beloved ministers, there is a person called Sanhao." Ao Bai sneered and said: "The artillery he cast for the prince of Pingxi, isn't it called Sanhao artillery?" And as far as the minions know, this Lu Sanhao not only cast new artillery for the prince of Pingxi, but also made countless new firearms for the prince of Pingxi, among which the ones that are currently mass-produced and equipped by the prince of Pingxi seem to be called Sanhao rockets. ”

"Lu Yifeng?!" Xiao Mazi finally came to his senses, and his pockmarked face suddenly turned snow-white. Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cixu were surprised and delighted, they never dreamed that Ao Bai had mastered so many secrets, and they also exposed the evil face of Lu Fatzi in public!

"Shizi, the old man is also very interested in the question of who is more powerful than the Weiyuan General Artillery and the Sanhao Artillery." Ao Bai showed a smile, smiled and asked Wu Yingxiong: "I don't know if the prince can teach a lesson or two, and let the old man also know, your niece and son-in-law Lu Yifeng is so powerful?" Compared with Dai Zi, who cast Weiyuan's cannon for the emperor, which is better or worse? ”

When things come to this point, Wu Yingxiong can still understand that everything can no longer be hidden, and Ao Bai is already determined to completely tear his face with his Pingxi Palace? After quickly thinking for a while, Wu Yingxiong gritted his teeth and replied: "Zhongtang said that he laughed, my niece and son-in-law have learned both Chinese and Western, and he is unique, just this Dai Zi, can he be compared to him?" ”

"Really?" Ao Bai smiled and said: "Thank you Shizi for your guidance, it seems that when you get to the battlefield, the old man has to be careful about the three good artillery of your Pingxi Palace." ”

"It's better not to try it." Wu Yingxiong gritted his teeth and replied: "The nephew of the three good xians cast artillery and build weapons for my father, although it is only for self-protection and not to let the Pingxi Royal Mansion be bullied casually, but if someone wants to try, then this son can guarantee - he will definitely regret his intestines!" ”

"Thank you Shizi for reminding me, the old man will be careful." Ao Bai twisted his face away, looked at the snowflakes falling in the sky, and said lightly: "But the old man is still very curious, you Han people had Hongyi cannons, three-eyed firearms, fire dragons going to sea and birds and phoenixes, these firearms, still can't stop our manchurian arches and horses, and now with three good artillery, with three good rockets, you can stop my Eight Banners Iron Horse?" ”

"If Ao Zhongtang is willing, of course you can try it, and this son will never discourage it." Wu Yingxiong smiled reluctantly and didn't speak again.

"Ao Zhongtang, what's going on?" Xiao Mazi asked Ao Bai in a daze.

"The news I just received on the way to Zuo'anmen today, Wu Sangui finally reversed." Ao Bai replied calmly: "I played the banner of the Qingjun's side, and I want to kill the slave to thank the world." ”

"Reverse? Wu Sangui's old thief finally reversed?! Although he had been mentally prepared for this news, when he really heard the news, Xiao Mazi was not only ecstatic, but also nervous and timid-next, it was the beacon fire of fighting to the death with Wu Sangui's army, who could fight well, and they were full of people and eight banners, could they achieve the final victory?

"What are you doing?" After a long time, Xiao Mazi finally came to his senses, turned to the guards behind him and shouted: "Why don't you invite the prince of Pingxi to the heavenly prison and entertain him?" ”

"Cover." Cao Yin and Li Xu happily agreed together, and hurriedly stepped forward to surround Wu Yingxiong together, pretending to stretch out his hand to pose as an invite, and said, "Lord Shizi, offended, please." ”

"I regret that I shouldn't have listened to Lu Shrimp's words, and I refused to flee first. God blesses, I hope that Lu Shrimp can escape back to Yunnan smoothly with the world domain, and leave a line of blood for our Yunnan. Wu Yingxiong sighed secretly, and left with his hands behind his back and his head held high. When passing in front of Dai Zi, a handsome little guy who was entangled by Kong Sizhen, Wu Yingxiong suddenly stopped and stared at Dai Zi, who was just in his early twenties.

"Why is he staring at me like that?" Dai Zi was a little timid and took a step back.

"Don't be afraid, I didn't mean to hurt you." Wu Yingxiong smiled and said: "I just regret and feel sorry for you, if we don't have three good things in Pingxi Palace, you will get ahead in this big war and shock the world, it is doomed." It's a pity that now that we have Lu Sanhao in Pingxi Palace, you are destined to be a foil and stepping stone for him, helping him get ahead and shock the world. ”

"Shizi, that Lu Sanhao you are talking about, is it really that powerful?" Dai Zi asked curiously.

"I can't tell you now, but when you come to the battlefield in the future, you will understand how big the gap between you and Miyoshi is. You're a genius, but unfortunately, you've met an opponent who is even more genius than you. Wu Yingxiong smiled and shook his head, then didn't speak, raised his legs and left, leaving Dai Zi in place in shock.

"That Lu Sanhao, is he really so powerful?" Dai Zi was both curious and suspicious, and couldn't help but whisper: "If that's the case, then I want to use my water beads to compete with that Lu Sanhao on the battlefield." ”

"Lu Yifeng, dog thief! Thief! Traitor! After listening to Wu Yingxiong and Dai Zi's answers, Xiao Mazi finally couldn't help but roar hysterically, "I won't kill you, and I won't be a man!" I swear not to be a human being-!! ”

(To be continued)