Although Jiao Fang didn't say anything in front of Liu Wentai that he would do his best and die, in the eyes of outsiders, Ma Wensheng was recuperating at home, while Jiao Fang turned the anger of being impeached into a busy case. When Zuo Shunmen took over the book on this day, compared with the previous large number of people who were scorched, this time there were finally a lot of people who were very scorched, and there were not a few relatives and friends who went to Jiao Fang's mansion to visit the patient, and even Xu Xun ran away in person.

Although Jiao Fang was already suspicious of Xu Xun now, he always felt that this sixteen-year-old young man couldn't plan such a trap, so he just perfunctory for a while. And Xu Xun was polite and respectful in front of Jiao Fang, and did enough to visit the patient, and left the Jiao family after a long time. When he went out and galloped out of the place, he couldn't help but curse.

"Old fox!"

No matter how strong the firepower of those science and Taoist officials is, those bosses will continue to press...... But speaking of which, the initiative of employing people or not is in the hands of the emperor after all, everything he can do has been done, this trap is easy to dig here step by step, but this Jiao Fang suddenly played such a scoundrel trick, how can he not scold his mother? But Jiao Fang's tired scene happened in front of the public, and there was a diagnosis from the Tai Hospital, so he really had no other way. However, thinking that even if Jiao Fang passed this time, he would have been sick for a month or two, at least giving him a period of calm development, so he could only admit it for the time being.

The most urgent task at the moment is to strive for the distribution of firearms as soon as possible!

Gu Dayong, who finally received the first serious expense from the celebrant supervisor, also smiled. Although the emperor did not explicitly say that he would reopen the West Factory, he slapped Wang Yue in the face before, and this breath was unusually cheerful. So, he reported to Zhu Houzhao that he wanted to go outside to discuss meritorious deeds, so he pulled Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, and Ma Yongcheng, who had always been friends, and everyone slipped out of the palace from Bei'anmen through Xuanwu Gate, first found a place to drink a meal to celebrate, and then went to the former West Factory that had been renovated outside, which was also the future West Factory.

The building located in Lingji Hutong used to be as famous as the Dongchang outside the root of the Donghuang Wall, which was once destroyed before, but since instigating Zhu Houzhao to reopen the West Factory, Gu Dayong and others have gradually restored the place, but of course they did not dare to hang the signboard of the West Factory, and said that it was a private house to the outside world. At this time, their brothers just entered through the main entrance, and there was a Gu Dayong's henchman who trotted out to greet them.

"Father-in-law Gu, father-in-law Liu, father-in-law Zhang, father-in-law Ma." This little girl called out all of them, and then lowered his voice and said, "It's a coincidence that everyone came today, Grandpa Gu asked us to visit the old people of Chaxi Factory before, and this time we really visited one!" Hasn't the Jiang Shanfei who came over a few days ago already verified that it is a small flag of the West Factory? As soon as he saw this master, he almost hugged his head and cried, it was the real general flag that had followed Wei Qianhu and Wu Qianhu to run forward, not the small characters we met before! ”

"People, call out a few of our family and take a look!"

Gu Dayong only felt that he had been sleepy and met the pillow recently, and that joy was gone. At this time, Zhang Yong on the side coughed dryly and said: "You have more palms in charge of this matter, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also ordered me to go to Xu Xun to ask about the training of the troops this time, and I have to go out of Andingmen first." If I go back late today, I will be replaced by all of you. ”

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing that everyone else was busy caring about the West Factory, Zhang Yong didn't care, and after going out, he was thinking about the news brought by Xu Xuntuo, and was secretly surprised and happy. He already knew that the master of ceremonies was Xu Xun's person next to Gonggong Xiao, and he couldn't imagine that he could send a message to the old master like this with the new master, and Gonggong Xiao didn't theorize. And the message actually said that the avant-garde of the government army should also have internal officials to supervise the army.

To put it mildly, even if the emperor ascends the throne in the future, it is not a matter of time for them to fill those positions, and he has experience in the army, so it will be much easier for him to catch the imperial horse supervisor in the future.

Zhang Yong's equestrian skills are counted in the East Palace, this way from Chongwenmen Street to Andingmen Street, stunned to avoid pedestrians back and forth, and relying on the waist card of the palace attendant, soon out of Andingmen. When he got off the horse outside the old school, he saw that the two thousand people were neatly waving bamboo poles and practicing spear skills.

"Grandpa Zhang is here?"

Zhang Yong turned his head sideways and saw that it was Xu Xun, and immediately squinted his eyes and smiled: "Lord Shizi, I haven't come to see you since you practiced outside Andingmen. If there are another three or five months, we will definitely be able to train a strong army. ”

"It's not so easy, it's just a virtual shelf."

Xu Xun shook his head, then looked at the young soldiers in the field and said, "Even if the training is a real sword, it is good not to panic if you see blood in battle." What's more, these people here are not even real swords and guns, and all kinds of weapons have not yet been equipped. Last time, I sent more than 100 bows, and many of them were sold from I don't know how many years ago, and the bowstrings were no longer usable. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and you don't even have a weapon, even if they have a good shelf, what's the use? Last time, Father-in-law Zhang said that if he went on an expedition, let me take them out to experience the experience, but with all due respect, if it is like this, even if it encounters a small group of Tartar rangers, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Zhang Yong had never entered the inner study hall, and he was a good soldier, so compared to the position of the celebrant supervisor, he wanted to get the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor. instigated Xu Xun to lead the troops out to rub the military merits, also because he wanted to take the military merits as a step into the body, at this time hearing Xu Xun say this, he couldn't help frowning and said: "The matter of weapons is easy to do, it's a big deal to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go down and urge it." But what you said about encountering the enemy is a problem, these young armies are not as good as other regular armies of the Beijing camp and Jingwei, and if there is damage, it is a problem. How do you say? ”

"It's simple, firearms."

Seeing Zhang Yong's brows, Xu Xun said sincerely; "Grandpa Zhang should know how much time it takes to train an archer, and how much time it takes to train a gunner who can use firearms. It must be known that in the old system at the beginning of Hongwu, there were ten gunners in every 100 households, and then conquered Mongolia and Yunnan to fight Annam, and all the firearms were miraculous. If the 2,000 people in the vanguard of the government army can be equipped with firearms, the time they can come in handy will be at least doubled! ”

"And, if I'm not mistaken, it's easier to forge firearms than to make bows and arrows. After all, bows and arrows are all made by the hands of archers, but firearms have molds, and gunpowder can be made with saltpeter......"

"You make me think, let me think!"

Zhang Yong interrupted Xu Xun with a wave of his hand, and immediately thought nervously. Just looking at these young soldiers who can only train with bamboo poles, they know that the Ministry of War is still embarrassing Xu Xun, after all, there is only money and no weapons in the inner treasury, and Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is the most favorable, so he can't take this point to sue. Fortunately, in these two places, he does have some solutions.

"If you want to use firearms, you have to go to the Ordnance Bureau, and gunpowder is the Gunpowder Bureau, and the lieutenant has the final say in both places. In this way, I will go back to the palace to discuss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, and when the time comes, I will go to those two places to put on the sign of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and tell me, you are waiting for my news. ”

Xu Xun was immediately overjoyed: "Then it's all up to Grandpa Zhang!" ”

"You and Liu Jin are both screaming nonsense from Brother Liu Xu, why are you so polite to me?" Zhang Yong smiled and sleeved his hands, and said not without hints, "I am a person to work with, so I should be closer." Since you call him Lao Liu, why don't you call me Lao Zhang? ”

"Okay, okay, then I'll accept Lao Zhang's love!"

After a few words and a few words, the two no longer stuck to just talking about business, and talked about everything from gossip in the palace to gossip in the court. Xu Xun cleverly turned the topic on Jiao Fang's illness as he spoke, and casually talked about Liu Wentai, but Zhang Yong immediately scoffed.

"Brother Xu, do you remember when the prince suddenly became ill? Liu Jingu used to find this Liu Wentai in the end, who asked others to be so bold, but his scene was vividly acted, and even the play on the stage was simply inferior to him. This person's medical skills are mediocre, but he is a good hand at flattering and selling, the queen has always liked to use him to diagnose the pulse, and the emperor also favors him, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a headache and brain fever and doesn't like him to come to see, saying that his head hurts even more when he sees his smiling face. All in all, if you feel uncomfortable in the future, even if you bring a letter in, there are still national players in the hospital, just don't let him go to the doctor, if you look at a small illness as a major illness, you will be unlucky! If you want me to say, Jiao Shilang met a doctor like him, and it is still a problem if he is sick or not! ”

Xu Xun realized that Liu Wentai was the Liu Yuanju who Zhu Houzhao had complained to him about before, and after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but think of a possible surname that he had ignored before.

Zhu Houzhao can pretend to be sick, why can't Jiao Fang? Liu Wentai can help Zhu Hou pretend to be sick, why can't he secretly help Jiao Fang? Good means, good means, a good trick to retreat into Bo people's pitiful tricks, he can be regarded as learned!

After a few days, Di Luo, who was detained in his own room and couldn't move, has become a guest in Jiao's house, not to mention the entry and exit, Jiao Fang, who has just been urgently sent back from the ministry, called people to him again, and even after Liu Wentai's "compulsory visit" was completed, he sent him to send Jiao Huang to give him a ride. At this moment, Di Luo sent Liu Wentai out, and suddenly asked: "Lord Liu, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was only sick once a year ago, I don't know how it is now?" ”

In front of high-ranking officials like Jiao Fang, Liu Wentai is rarely called an adult, and he is happy in his heart at this time, plus he has received a lot of benefits from Di Luo, this is not a big secret, he smiled and said: "I don't know what's going on this year, the weather is hot, His Royal Highness the Prince shouted that he didn't want to live in Chengqian Palace, and wanted to live in Xiyuan, and he made a mistake with the emperor and queen mother for this matter, and the emperor was not allowed to leave the palace." The emperor was angry, the prince was unhappy, and as a result, chickens and dogs jumped up and down. ”

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao and the emperor had made a mistake, Di Luo suddenly had a brilliant and bold idea in his heart, and he suddenly said: "Lord Liu, it is also hard for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to the Wenhua Hall to listen to the lectures on the hot day now, and if you want to come to the emperor and the queen mother, you must be distressed in your heart." If only there was a way to fool the old guys, that would be great! ”

(To be continued)