The official who pasted the window paper seemed to feel something, and when he turned around, he saw a large group of sergeants coming in, and the person at the head was none other than the Governor of the Navy Emperor, Fu Wujin, so frightened that he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "See the Governor for his humble position!" ”

"Haven't you been back so late?" Wu Jin asked gently.

"Back to the governor, prepare to leave after pasting the window paper."

Wu Jin nodded, sat down in front of his seat, felt the wide chair, he saw that the official was quite young, so he asked him with a smile, "What's your name?" What is your position? How long have you been in the Governor's Palace? ”

"The lowly position is called Wang Ping, and he is Cangcao who participated in the military, and was transferred to the Naval Governor's Office in September last year."

"Where did you go to work?"

"Back to the governor, the humble post was originally held in the Guangling General's Mansion to participate in the military, because the former Yang Dudu had a good personal relationship with General Ma of Guangling County, so he seconded five officials from the Guangling General's Mansion, and later left four people, leaving only one lowly position."

"General Guangling's Mansion!" Wu Jin became a little interested and asked him, "Do you know anything about the situation in the Guangling Military Mansion?" ”

Wang Ping nodded, "I have served as a soldier in the Guangling General's Mansion for three years, and I know the situation of the Guangling Military Mansion well. ”

"I'm very interested in the situation of the Guangling Military Mansion, you might as well introduce it to me!"

Wang Ping thought for a while and said: "Guangling County has a total of five military offices, 11,000 people, five military offices are stationed in five counties, most of the soldiers are locals, four of the five captains are also locals, the army's combat effectiveness can only be regarded as average, after all, there has been no war in the past hundred years, being a soldier is a mixed salary, Guangling people miss their homeland very much, and they are unwilling to go to other places to station, every year the soldiers who are selected into the Beijing garrison, no one refuses to go, and in the end they can only draw lots to decide, I am very impressed, in addition, the general's mansion is also a Qingshui Yamen, the same as the naval military mansion, All the logistics money and food are controlled by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, anyway, it's about the same as we used to, everyone is messing around, I heard that there is oil and water, everyone is scrambling, I heard that everyone will shrink the side, there is nothing to say, see what does the Governor need to ask me? ”

Wu Jin nodded, "I don't have anything to ask for the time being, let's think of asking again in the future!" Just go back! I'll put up the window paper tomorrow, I'll come the day after tomorrow. ”

After speaking, Wujin himself got up and went out, everyone turned over and got on their horses, continued to move forward, and returned to their homes after a short time, and saw a carriage at the gate from a distance, several soldiers were helping to move things, and Jing Niang seemed to be at the door.

Wu Jin stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Jing Niang, who is here?" ”

Jing Niang turned around and saw that it was Wujin, she hurriedly smiled and said, "It's my uncle's family here." ”

When Wu Jin heard that Chen Jinjin was coming, he immediately perked up and said with a smile: "When did you arrive?" ”

At this time, a young girl came out of the carriage, it was Jingniang's cousin Bao'er, wearing a silver silk jacket, her face was ruddy, her skin was fair, and she looked very good, she was a little embarrassed Yingying Shili replied: "Thank you Your Highness for your thoughts, we entered the city this afternoon, and went around a lot to find here, to be honest, I am really a little tired." ”

"Rest early when you're tired, what about your father?"

"Your Highness, I'm here!"

Jing Niang's uncle Chen Jinjin walked out of the mansion, he was a man in a hurry, and when he saw Wu Jin, he arched his hand and said: "Your Highness has time, I have something important, it's about that thing....."

Wu Jin understood, and immediately said, "Okay! Let's go to the outer study. ”

Chen Jinjin carried a rather heavy suitcase and walked into the outer study with Wu Jin, Wu Jin closed the door and asked with a smile: "Did you make another gun?" ”

Chen Jinjin shook his head, he put the bamboo box on the ground, opened it and said with a smile: "After Your Highness left the capital, I was inspired by the gun and invented a new type of gunpowder arrow, which I feel is more powerful than the gun. ”

Wu Jin probe glanced at the box, he was stunned for a moment, in front of him, it turned out to be a short cannon, about two feet long, cast with pig iron, and a little fire in the back of the cannon hole and charge.

"What is this for?" He asked, hesitantly.

Chen Jinjin obviously didn't realize that his invention was a big innovation, he smiled and took out an iron arrow and stuffed it into the barrel of the cannon, pointed to the cannon body and said with a smile: "There is a piece of iron barrier inside, when the gunpowder occurs, the iron barrier will be pushed forward violently, so that the iron arrow shoots out, I have tried, you can shoot ninety steps, the key is that it is an iron arrow, the number is large, the penetration is very strong, and the shield cannot be blocked at all within sixty steps." ”

Wu Jin pressed his forehead, he knew that this thing was called a swarm of bees, but oh my God! Chen Jinjin has already invented cannons, and actually uses cannons to shoot arrows, which is equivalent to using a cattle slaughtering knife to kill chickens, doesn't he realize it?

He smiled a little bitterly, so he pointed to the cannon body and asked: "Have you ever thought about using it to shoot a large iron bullet, and the iron bullet can explode after being ejected, countless small shrapnel, how many people can be killed, have you thought about it?" ”

Chen Jinjin slowly squatted down, holding his head with both hands, staring blankly at the flying arrow cannon he invented, and only after a long time did he hear him say to himself, "Why didn't I think of it?" ”

"How did you come up with the idea to invent it?" Wu Jin asked curiously.

"I think the flintlock pistol doesn't shoot far, it's not as good as a crossbow, so I thought if I could use it to shoot arrows, the barrel is thicker, shoot a few more arrows, and I don't need a butt trigger or the like, but if it is too thin, it is easy to blow up, so I used the iron pipe to do repeated tests to determine the thickness, and found an old blacksmith, and asked him to have no seams in the body, so he thought of a way to cast money, and made a mold directly with sand, two layers inside and outside, with a gap in the middle, and then poured molten iron into the gap, and after knocking off the sand mold, a complete thick iron pipe was obtained. A little more polishing would do, but he said there was another way. ”

"What else can be done?"

"He said that the thick iron pipe is made with a sand mold, the thickness is uneven, and it is easy to have bubbles, and it is not too good, and there is a kind of fine iron to beat two arc-shaped steel plates, synthesize a cylinder, pour the seam with molten iron, and then use a few iron hoops to heat it and cover it, the iron hoop will shrink after cooling, and the iron pipe will be firmly clamped to death, so that the thick steel pipe will be uniform in thickness, and there is no pores, very strong....."

"Where's this old craftsman?" Wu Jin didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and he couldn't wait to ask.

Chen Jinjin smiled and said: "This old blacksmith is my fellow villager, I have known him before, and I have a good relationship, if Gongzi needs it, I can write a letter to call him over, as long as Gongzi is willing to pay fifty taels of silver a month, he will fly with wings." ”

Wu Jin immediately bowed his hand and said: "Then please ask my uncle to invite him for me, just say that I am willing to pay a heavy sum of five hundred taels per month to hire him." ”

After a pause, Wu Jin was still not at ease, "Then please ask my uncle to write a letter, I will send someone to ask!" ”

Wu Jin couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and gently stroked the cannon body, he had already thought about making artillery, he had seen the structure of the mine, it was cast with pig iron, this technology can completely make flowering shells, for the navy, what does artillery mean?

What's more, he has a million catties of refined iron in his hands, which can completely cast a thousand cannons.

That night, Chen Jinjin wrote a letter to the two capable Plum Blossom Guard sergeants, instructing them to bring the old blacksmith in any case.

．．．．．．．． Unlike Wujin who was intensively considering preparing for war, Su Han, who had just been canonized as Princess Heiliang, had to do another thing, that is, about Wujin marrying Qi Fengwu.

The last time they left Jiangning to go to Weiyang, Qi Wannian specially rushed to the dock to raise the matter of the marriage between the Qi family and the Liang family to Wujin, but Wujin did not give a clear answer at that time, because he was going to have a good talk with Su Han first, and then reply to the Qi family.

When Su Han knew Wujin's true identity, she realized that her husband had only one way to go, and that was to seize the throne, otherwise, once the matter was revealed, their whole family would be wiped out, including her future children.

Thinking of this, Su Han put aside the jealousy of her children and began to assist her husband wholeheartedly, she also knew the importance of the Qi family to Wujin, the Qi family's strong financial resources are a necessary guarantee for her husband's expansion of power, and marriage is the best alliance, this marriage is like a bond, which closely links Wujin and the Qi family, and blends each other's interests.

It was precisely because of the importance of this marriage that on the second day after returning to Jiangning, Su Han personally visited the Qi family's housewife, Qi Wannian's wife, Mrs. Liu, that is, Qi Fengwu's grandmother.

In the morning, twenty plum blossom guards escorted Su Han's carriage and slowly stopped in front of the gate of Qi Mansion, and several female dependents stood on the steps, it was Mrs. Liu and Qi Fengwu's mother Li who had received the news in advance.

Mrs. Liu is more than sixty years old, full of silver hair, she is Qi Wannian's original match, gave birth to three sons and a daughter to Qi Wannian, the eldest son Qi Mao, the second son Qi Wei, the fourth son Qi Huan and the youngest daughter Qi Linglong, she is in a very sad mood these days, for the death of her son Qi Wei, her body seems to be much weaker, and she is supported by two maids.

Next to her two daughters-in-law, eldest son and daughter-in-law Li and fourth son and daughter-in-law Qu, as well as her daughter Qi Linglong, the four of them will talk about the marriage of their granddaughter Feng Wu with Su Han today.

The Qi family knows very well that it is impossible for Feng Wu to marry King Heiliang as his wife as the daughter of a merchant, but the Qi family is the number one merchant in the Daning Dynasty, and they do not want the daughter of the Qi family to be a concubine, especially Qi Fengwu is still the daughter of the eldest son, so they have to sit down and talk.

Su Han's carriage slowly stopped, a personal soldier stepped forward to open the door, the maid A Qiao got off the carriage first, and helped Su Han to slow down, Su Han wore a red six-wide skirt today, wearing a yellow thick undergarment, a sleeveless jacket, a red silk on her shoulders, her hair combed cloud temples, obliquely inserted a green feather hairpin, and her face was slightly makeup, which made her look like a beautiful country and outstanding style.

Although it was not the first time that the ladies of the Qi Mansion had seen Su Han, the last banquet was at night, and when they saw her during the day today, it was a different appearance, which made everyone secretly applaud, she thought that Feng Wu was already a beautiful woman, but compared with the princess in front of her, Feng Wu was still a little less gentle and elegant.

Mrs. Liu and the others already knew about Su Han's canonization of the princess, so she hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "The princess of the Qi Mansion sees the princess!" ”

The daughter-in-law and daughter behind her knelt down together, "See the princess!" ”

Su Han hurriedly helped the old lady up, and said softly: "Grandmother must not be like this, Feng Wu and I are sisters, her grandmother is my grandmother, how can I let my grandmother kneel for me, I said it last time, I can't afford it for nine days." ”

"The princess is too polite, and since she has been canonized, she should abide by the etiquette of the country and not be wasted."

Mrs. Liu complimented her on her beautiful face a few more words, and then smiled: "It's cold outside, let's please sit in the house!" ”

Su Han and several other female relatives saw the ceremony, and everyone surrounded Su Han and went to the inner house.

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(To be continued)