"On the 19th of April, the casino of the second tiger in Jingjie exported a total of no less than 2,000 taels, and a total of 32 eunuchs in green and blue robes, even chiefs and generals, went in to gamble."

On the road between the Huwei Martial Arts Hall and Wang Tong's house, Wang Tong and Zou Yi said while walking that this road is not accessible to ordinary people, and it is quiet and safe.

"There are a lot of gamblers in the palace, and some of them like to be lively, and they are willing to go to places outside the palace to make money, which is not uncommon."

Zou Yi said lightly, and Wang Tong didn't answer, but continued:

"This side of South Street is just the place opposite the east side gate of the Forbidden City's Noon Gate, how many gates are large and small in the Imperial City, and how many similar places are there around here, so how many people will there be?"

Wang Tong's tone was also very calm, Zou Yi was silent, and said in a low voice:

"Do you recognize anyone?"

"Except for Brother Zou and Grandpa Zhang, can Wang recognize that?"

Joked back, the two of them took a few steps forward, Zou Yi flicked off a little foreign object on the cuff with his hand, and suddenly said with a smile:

"There is a steward eunuch over there who is quite diligent in his work, and now that your delicious restaurant is short of people, you can let him help when the time comes."

Seeing that Wang Tong was a little puzzled, Zou Yiyou added:

"This steward eunuch has an advantage, the people in the palace are familiar, don't look at so many people, as long as they have met once, he can report it out to be an errand there, in the past, when Gonggong Feng first took over the celebrant supervisor, he also deliberately took him to be an entourage, which is very convenient, this person is also diligent and honest, Brother Wang, if you want him to do anything else, just ask him to do it."

You have to send someone who can identify you to help here, and the next time the casino loses money again, you have to ask this person to keep an eye on it.

The two sides chatted casually, and Zou Yi said that there were still some things to deal with in the palace, so he would leave first, and Wang Tong naturally knew that Zou Yi wanted to go back and tell the relevant people about the situation he had inquired about.

In Wang Tong's view, Zou Yi is too careful, many times there are only two people, but he is so afraid that the wall has ears, he doesn't know that Zou Yi is in such a treacherous and deceitful place in the palace, he has long developed the principle of being careful in everything, and confidential matters must be cautious and vigilant, so as to be safe.

If you are careless, you will be killed when the time comes, but it will be too late to regret it.

When it was time for lunch, according to the arrangement, the people of the delicious restaurant put the prepared meals and tableware in the restaurant, and then went to the restaurant next to it to close.

The lunch meals are distributed or something, they are all teenagers working in shifts, and they don't understand this, both the people in the palace and the teachers and trainees don't understand it, thinking that this is all cheap labor, why let these official children do it, but Wang Tong insisted on keeping it.

Cooking and distribution, it looks like it's just a small labor, but it subtly cultivates people's ability to manage and even cooperate, these people in the martial arts hall, whether it is Emperor Wanli or those teenagers, will inevitably lead others in the future, and become officials and generals, these abilities are still necessary.

This understanding is related to some training in that life, which was useless to learn at the time, but now it is all reasonable, but it is also interesting.

Emperor Wanli has been eating here for three days, and the oil and water for the meal are enough, not to mention the portion, but no one will believe that this taste can be compared with what is made in the imperial dining room.

But this lively and lively atmosphere of talking and laughing, compared to the solemn and solemn appearance of more than a dozen people serving in the palace, it is easy to choose.

Originally, everyone thought that Emperor Wanli was just a fresh, but who would have thought that after eating for a while, Emperor Wanli would like the atmosphere here.

Listening to Zou Yi, as soon as Zhang Ge finished his lecture, Emperor Wanli hurried here in a sedan chair, for fear of delaying the time to eat with everyone, and now not only lunch, but even dinner is arranged here.

He even privately told Zhang Cheng if he could live with the teenagers at night, which frightened Zhang Cheng and Zou Yi, and persuaded them to come back, but they didn't dare to report this matter to the Empress Dowager Cisheng, Li, if these words were intended to be known by the Empress Dowager, they would definitely be furious.

The training in the martial arts hall is the equipment, and every afternoon, the queue walks around the stadium twice, and then relaxes and runs a few laps.

After doing these trainings, each person held a long pole and trained under the orders of the instructors, and the changes in the training subjects did not give the teenagers any new feeling.

A hundred soldiers and guns are king, and the first weapon learned by the children of the generals is this spear technique, and most of the teenagers begin to practice when they are four or five years old. But what he learned in this martial arts hall was the basic skills, and even Wang Tong learned much more than the courses in this martial arts hall.

Holding the long pole flat, stabbing out in unison, this is even more interesting than walking and running on the field, the only one who is interested is the Wanli Emperor, he holds a pole and practices happily.

The class is boring, and this break is more and more lively, with the delicious snacks that "Huang Yijun" brought from home, and the well-informed Wang Tong gushing endlessly, it is really happy.

At the beginning, when the relationship between everyone was not so good, they were more restrained, but now they are familiar, not only listening, but also asking questions from teenagers.

"When I was in Macao, I watched the soldiers of the Franc machine in training, dozens of people holding firearms, lined up in rows, commanded by their officers, bombarded in turns, and the power was infinite......"

Wang Tongcai said this, and someone below interrupted and said with a smile:

"Captain Wang, what power can this firearm have, the first major gun of firearms in Jizhen in our town, this firearm is generally not used in field battles, if you want to say that a good weapon to fight people from afar, this bow and arrow is the best."

When he said this, the following responded one after another, everyone was born in the door, and they usually heard and saw this, and when it came to this topic, everyone was interested, and the teenagers came to the front to speak.

"It takes too much effort to fire the fire charge, and with this time, the three arrows with fast hands will be shot!"

"That's it, I heard my uncle say that a leader under Altan Khan led more than 2,000 horsemen into the Kou that year, and sent a guerrilla to fight at that time, but more than 3,000 people with firearms were rushed by the Tartars..."

Talking about it below, Wang Tong asked with a smile:

"If the firearms of more than 3,000 people were fired in turns, they could not stop fighting, why were they still overwhelmed?"

There was another burst of laughter below, the teenagers listened to their father and brother a lot, and Sun Xin, who was the first to eat snacks on the side, said with a smile:

"More than 3,000 people's firearms, I'm afraid that the opposing cavalry has not yet come over, and when the Tartars ride to the front, everyone's firearms pipes are red, and the medicine can't be filled, at this time the timid have already turned around and ran, who dares to stay in place, and then to the front, a round of arrows down, no one can hold on."

"That's it, that's it, even if you can hold up the counter-shooting, half of the firearms on your side can't go off, and if you shoot one round, the opposite arrow can shoot at least three arrows..."

"You Jingshi's fire gun can still fire half of it, it's not bragging, our Xuanfu can fire at most thirty percent, and at least one will be blown up when the fire is fired, everyone would rather rush with a knife and axe than take this thing and put it." The teenagers were completely regarded as a joke, and they didn't feel that this represented anything at all, but Jizhen had been silent, and only then did he interject:

"At least eighty percent of the firearms in our Jizhen can be fired, and that time the Tartars of the Alta Department came in and were killed by firearms, and more than 400 horsemen were killed, and the rest ran away."

Speaking of which, someone below coaxed and said:

"Who can compare with your Jizhen, Qi Dashuai is in charge there, I heard my father say that the fire soldiers over there are followed by a knife and axe hand, and they want to kill their heads if they are indiscriminate, and they want to kill their heads if they are uneven......"

What the teenagers said was told to them by their fathers and brothers, although there were also exaggerations, but after Wang Tong heard it, his heart was heavy, and he turned his head to look at Emperor Wanli, and the little emperor's face was also a little serious, and he listened attentively.

Wang Tong raised his voice again and said loudly:

"Everyone, if we have a good firecracker, the ammunition is enough, the shooting is accurate, the arrows of the bow and arrow are enough, the two sides are facing each other, everyone says who wins and who loses?"

"Naturally, the bow and arrow win! As soon as he saw him, he was shot to death on the other side of the firecracker! "What if ten to ten, hundred to hundred?"

The teenagers were stunned for a moment, and they all showed thoughtful expressions, but this time it was Na Li Tao who was the first to speak, and he analyzed with some hesitation and said:

"If you really want to spend it, the best archer is eleven arrows at a time, and you can't afford to shoot the shoulder and arm again, at least for more than an hour, and you don't need to ...... In the midst of the battle, it's hard to say. ”

Li Tao's analysis has been a little deeper, some of the teenagers are impatient to listen, some are thinking, and when they are about to continue, the rest time is over, the teachers enter the field and shout and gather, everyone hurriedly got up and ran over there, Emperor Wanli walked unfast, with a contemplative look on his face.

This time, it was Li Hutou who grabbed Wang Tong and asked curiously:

"Brother Wang, why can't we have so many firecrackers?"

"If you can't eat enough, you can't wear warm clothes, who will make it with your heart, but the things you make can't make a sound and it has nothing to do with them, even if you lose the battle in front of you and tens of millions of people die, the one who makes this firecracker, the one who cares about this, there is nothing to do, then who will build it well."

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli, who was walking not far in front, looked back, and then turned his head again.

Seeing the emperor's reaction, Wang Tong rubbed the corners of his forehead, thinking that it was just a casual conversation between classes, but he seemed to have done a great thing.

There was nothing to do in the afternoon, and in the evening, Zhang Shiqiang and Wang Tong reported something they had seen:

"The shopkeeper Xia in Zhenxing Building seems to have encountered something in the afternoon, he was in a hurry, and his face was very ugly."

(To be continued)