After taking a sip of water, Zhang Shun continued: "In the Ordnance Bureau, my senior brother Zhao Youcai and I are responsible for manufacturing Lu Mi Gong, making this Lu Mi Gong is extremely difficult and extremely costly, each gun needs six or seven catties of fine iron, and ten catties of crude iron can make one pound of fine iron, Niu Gao, the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, in order to embezzle iron materials, reduce the weight of Lu Mi Gong, I can't stand it, so I told my master Bi Maokang about it, and my master told Yang Guang, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, that Yang Guang and Niu Gao were together, so the two of them designed to frame me for reselling fine iron, Some craftsmen in the Ordnance Bureau were also forced to commit perjury, so the quantity of fine iron that he resold was placed on my head, and I was caught and beaten to death, forcing me to admit the matter, and finally under the guarantee of my master, I sold the house, borrowed five hundred taels of silver from my master, and scraped together one thousand five hundred taels of silver to hand it over, so as to save this life. "Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Speaking of this, Ding Shun couldn't cry anymore.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were responsible for the manufacture and supervision of weapons, and there were administrative departments such as the Ordnance Bureau, the War Bureau, and the Gunpowder Bureau, which were responsible for the production of weapons. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the new European firearms production technology had just been introduced to China, the ministers in charge of Guangdong and Fujian at that time quickly mastered the manufacturing method of this firearm and began to produce it in large quantities. Because firearms are important weapons, the manufacturing methods and processes are kept secret. It is produced by a central factory directly under the national government, and the new weapons produced are strictly managed, and they are not allowed to leak to the outside.

The man didn't cry lightly, but he didn't get to the sad place, looking at Ding Shun who was crying, Zhao Guohua patted him on the shoulder comfortingly and said, "Brother Zhang, cry out all the pain in your heart......."

After crying for a while, Zhang Shuncai stopped crying and continued: "After being released from prison, I also had nothing, in order to avoid being retaliated by Yang Guang and Niu Gao and a group, my master and senior brother Zhao Youcai lent me another hundred and ten taels of silver, so I left Nanjing, I didn't want to come to Mingfeng Village, Yongxin County, when I fell seriously ill, I spent the rest of the silver, if I hadn't met Brother Sun, I would have died a long time ago, and the family was separated......

comforted Zhang Shun again, and saw that his mood was stable, so he said: "Brother Zhang, I want to ask you, apart from you, where can I find the person who made Lu Mi Gong now?" ”

"Make the Rummy Gun? Do you want to make a Rumpy? Zhang Shun looked at Zhao Guohua in surprise.

Zhao Guohua smiled and said: "Brother Zhang, there are Li and Zhang in this Ming Dynasty, and there are Manchurian Tatars outside, whether internally or externally over the years, the Ming army has rarely won victories, don't you see that the troubled times are coming?" ”

"Ah, is Daming about to finish?" Zhang Shun exclaimed.

To tell the truth, although he hates Daming's corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he still has feelings for Daming, and his heart is also uncomfortable when he thinks that Daming is about to end.

"According to my estimates, in less than ten years at most, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to hold on, and at that time, it will be a real troubled time, and there will be no army in the hands in the troubled times, and even his life will not be saved. Not only are there a large number of archers and pikemen in the army, but also musketeers, and the time it takes for a musketeer to be qualified is much shorter than that of an archer. The Rumi Gun is better among the firecrackers, so we plan to equip the security team with the Rumi Guns. Zhao Guohua said.

"You said this security team .........," Zhang Shun inquired.

"Hmm!" Zhao Guohua nodded.

Zhang Shun heard this, sat quietly and stopped talking, he thought about it carefully for a while, and had to admit that what Zhao Guohua said was true, what he said was right, and then looked at Zhao Guohua with a calm expression, he walked over and knelt down, and said solemnly: "Brother Zhao, I know that you are a person who does great things, although I Ding Shun does not have any great ability, but I have a lot of blood, as long as you don't dislike it, brother, I will follow you in the future, and I will not hesitate to go to the soup." ”

"Brother Zhang, what are you doing, hurry up, hurry up." Zhao Guohua hurriedly pulled up Ding Shun.

Zhang Shun was already completely determined to follow Zhao Guohua at this time, so he made an idea for him: "Brother Zhao, I think you are not as good as this, I will go to Nanjing to find my master to buy a batch first, and then build it when I find a craftsman in the future?" ”

"Buy first and build later, this is also a way, and it can also secretly increase strength, not bad! Not bad! Just do what the eldest brother says. You talk to your sister-in-law tonight, and I'll go with you tomorrow. I want to meet your master and show him this overseas handcuff in my hand, maybe it will be of some help to him in his research on firearms," Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Early the next morning, after the morning exercise, seeing that Zhang Shun was ready to go to Nanjing, Zhao Guohua called Sun Laohan and the Sun brothers to come in, and explained: "Uncle Sun, Brother Ding and I have something to do to go out for a few days, please ask Brother Sun for the training of the security team, you can train according to the method I said, I won't say much about the rest." ”

"Captain Zhao, don't worry." Sun Laohan and his two sons hugged their fists.

After glancing at his father and son, he nodded, Zhao Guohua and Zhang Shun got on their horses, hugged their fists and said, "Uncle Sun, two Sun brothers, the affairs of the village and the security team will be handed over to you." With that, the two whipped their horses and galloped away.

In the Yali of Yongxin County, Song Zhong, the magistrate of the county, and Niu Decao, the master, were talking about the money and grain handed over to the state capital by the county.

"My lord, the task of paying money and grain in our county this year has finally been completed, and we can finally take a breath after a few months of tired......ness," Niu Decao said with a sigh.

"Yes, this is also thanks to Zhao Mingyuan, without the thousand taels of silver he donated, I really don't know what to do with the shortfall of silver. Haha......"

After laughing, Song Zhixian said: "Mr. Niu, I haven't seen Zhao Mingyuan for a while, you work hard, go to Mingfeng Village to find Zhao Mingyuan, and invite him to come to the county office, I want to thank him in person." ”

"Dong Weng, I'm going to ...... now" Niu Decao said, bowed down and clasped his fists to Song Zhixian, and went out.

Half an hour later, Master Niu, Wang Zhutou and others rode to Mingfeng Village. When the villagers saw that a few people had come from the village, they hurriedly went to tell Sun Laohan, who was directing everyone to make soap.

Since the establishment of the security team, Zhao Guohua has handed over the matter of making soap to Sun Yiping and Sun Laohan, and he is only responsible for the daily training of the security team and the sale of soap.

Except for going back to the village every day after lunch to inspect the chemical workshop, the rest of the time is in the playground.

"I don't know what a few masters are doing here?" Sun Laohan came out with a few workers and asked with a cautious smile.

Glancing at Sun Laohan, Master Niu said politely: "We are on the order of the county magistrate, please invite Mr. Zhao to the county government to discuss matters, and take us to see Mr. Zhao quickly." ”

"Oh, it's unfortunate that a few people ran away in vain, Mr. Zhao went to Nanjing yesterday." Sun Laohan said.

Seeing that Old Man Sun's appearance didn't look like he was lying, Master Niu thought for a while and said, "Trouble this old brother, Mr. Zhao will notify him to come to the county government when he comes back, and the county commander has something to look for him." After saying that, he and Wang Zhutou turned their horses and went back

"The villain and others send off a few errand officials." Sun Laohan said respectfully behind his back.

Zhao Guohua and Ding Shun stayed day and night along the way, and arrived outside Nanjing two days later.

The city wall of Nanjing city is tall, the momentum is magnificent, there are three city gates on one side, there is a city tower built on the gate, the city tower is densely covered with soldiers holding knives and guns, all kinds of people in the city gate hole flow endlessly, lively and extraordinary.

Seeing the ancient Nanjing City more than 300 years ago, Zhao Guohua couldn't help but be shocked by his excitement.

"It is worthy of being a famous city for thousands of years, and this city should be the first city in the southeast of my Ming Dynasty!" Zhao Guohua said, looking at the tall and towering city wall of Nanjing City not far away, he couldn't help but think about it and sighed.

Nanjing is a historical city, one of the four ancient capitals of China, and has long been the political and cultural center of southern China.

Around 208 years, Zhuge Liang sent an envoy to Jiangdong to observe the mountains and rivers of Nanjing, and made the famous comment of "Zhongfu Longpan, Stone Tiger Standing". In 211, it was renamed Jianye. In 229, Sun Quan was proclaimed emperor, and since Wuchang returned to the capital, it was the beginning of Nanjing as the national capital. In 280, the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu and rebuilt the industry as Jianye. Later, because of the avoidance of the Jin Emperor Sima Ye, he changed his name to Jiankang. Jiankang City was the largest city in the world at that time, with a population of one million, and was the first city in the world with a population of more than one million.

Wu, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen are collectively known as the Six Dynasties, so Nanjing is also known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.

During the Six Dynasties, the city of Nanjing and the city of ancient Rome were known as the "two centers of classical civilization in the world", which had an extremely far-reaching impact on human history.

Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty had an aria of "four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain".

When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was replaced, it was changed to Danyang County. The Southern Tang Dynasty was established and changed to Jiangning Mansion. In 975, the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty and took Jiangning Mansion as the Shengzhou. In 1018, Song Zhenzong took Zhao Yingfu (later renamed Zhao Zhen) as the ascending king, and soon became the crown prince, and changed the state to Jiangning Mansion.

In 1127, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty ascended the throne and changed Jiangning Mansion to Jiankang Mansion as the eastern capital.

In 1275, the Yuan soldiers went south, taking Jiankang Mansion as the Jiankang Road. In 1329, Kang Road was rebuilt as Jiqing Road. In 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Jiqing and changed Jiqing Road to Yingtianfu. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang was proclaimed emperor in Yingtian, and the country name was Ming, which was the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. With Yingtianfu as Nanjing, it is the capital.

At the end of 1420, Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, with Nanjing as the accompanying capital. In 1645, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and after the capture of Nanjing, the status of the national capital was abolished, and the Tianfu was changed to Jiangning Mansion, which became the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province. In the late Qing Dynasty, it became the place where the New Deal of Westernization was practiced.

On December 13, 1937, after the fall of Nanjing, the Japanese army carried out a large-scale massacre in Nanjing and nearby areas for more than 40 days, known as the Nanjing Massacre, a thousand-year-old city, turned into ruins.

The Nanjing Massacre has become an eternal pain in the hearts of the Chinese.

"I haven't been back for three years since I left Nanjing City, and I don't know how my teacher's health is doing. …… Alas, I really want to see him right away......" Zhang Shun said excitedly with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Guohua smiled and comforted: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, let's eat first, find a place to live after eating, and I will accompany you to see his old man's house."

Hearing this, Zhang Shun nodded and said no more.