Accepted Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu, the two generals of the law change faction, Zhao Yan naturally has to make corresponding support, the relationship in the officialdom is very delicate, the so-called support is actually an attitude, yesterday Zhao Yan took the time to go to Zeng Bu's third division for a public inspection, and praised Zeng Bu for doing a good job in the third division, originally he also wanted to reprimand a few officials sent by Lu Huiqing, and even directly removed their official positions, but he didn't expect Lu Huiqing to be decisive, those officials directly said that they were sick at home, and also handed out their resignation, It made Zhao Yan pounce.

After going to the Third Division yesterday, it has already been shown that Zhao Yan has become the backer of Zeng Bu and Zhang Dian, and there is no need to come to the ordnance supervisor in charge of Zhang Dun again, but Zhao Yan has great feelings for the ordnance superintendent, and he has been serving as the adviser of the ordnance superintendent when he was in the capital, even after he left the capital, this position has not been withdrawn by the imperial court, because the entire Great Song Dynasty can no longer find a second person who is qualified to hold this position.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yan got up early this day and took a little time out of his busy schedule to come to the Ordnance Bureau, of which the Ordnance Department has four major departments, and the other departments are just that, but the Gunpowder Department is the place he pays the most attention to, in order to improve all kinds of firearms, he often runs here, so after going to the Ordnance Bureau, he immediately asked Zhang Dian to take himself to the Gunpowder Department again, not to mention anything else, he wants to see where the improvement of artillery has progressed?

When Zhao Yan and Zhang Dian came to the Gunpowder Department in a carriage together, when they first came here, Zhao Yan found that they had not seen each other for a few years, but the change in the Gunpowder Administration was not much, but when he saw the officials of the Gunpowder Administration who came to greet him, Zhao Yan was stunned, and then asked Zhang Dian next to him: "Judge Zhang, I remember that the official in charge of the Gunpowder Administration is not Cao Chong, why is it replaced now?" ”

Cao Chong is Cao Ying's cousin. At the beginning, Zhao Yan also knew the disadvantages of gunpowder in the Great Song Dynasty through him, so he improved the gunpowder, and later the Ordnance Supervision was established, and Cao Chong was naturally in charge of the Gunpowder Administration, but the person who greeted him today was a middle-aged official he didn't know, so Zhao Yan asked this question.

Heard Zhao Yan ask about Cao Chong. Zhang Dian also showed a wry smile on his face, but he still reported to Zhao Yanyu: "Your Royal Highness, Cao Song was indeed in charge of the Gunpowder Administration before, but later because he was dissatisfied with the improvement of the Gunpowder Administration by the Ordnance Supervisor, he resigned in a fit of anger, so the Gunpowder Administration changed its chief officer!" ”

Zhao Yan immediately understood when he heard this, it is estimated that when the law changers reached out to the ordnance superintendent, they squeezed out some of the original officials of the ordnance superintendent, and Cao Chong was only one of them. This made him a little annoyed. But before he could speak, Zhang Dian, who was good at observing words and feelings, understood Zhao Yan's thoughts, and hurriedly spoke again: "Of course, there must be some misunderstanding in this, Xia Guan will visit Cao Chong this afternoon and try to persuade him to come back to work!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Dian was so knowledgeable, Zhao Yan also nodded and said, "Well, yes, there is Zhang Judge Prison sitting in the Ordnance Prison." This king is also very relieved, and if there are some misunderstandings before, this king will not be investigated. I also hope that in the future, the prison will be able to put things in order and put the ordnance prison on the right track as soon as possible! ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your understanding, Your Majesty will definitely do your best in the future!" When Zhang Dian heard that Zhao Yan did not pursue the previous matter, he hurriedly bowed to Zhao Yan and saluted, some of the officials who had previously excluded the Weapons Supervisor were the ones he instigated, which also made him take charge of the Weapons Supervisor as soon as possible. It's just that the people sent by Lu Huiqing have been vacated in the past few years, and they have lost control of the ordnance prison.

Zhao Yan nodded after hearing this, and didn't pursue this matter at the moment, after all, Zhang Dian had already said that he would invite Cao Chong back, and he would definitely compensate him.

After entering the Powder Department. Zhao Yan didn't need to be led by Zhang Dian and others, after all, he was very familiar with this place, so he walked in front, followed by Zhang Dian and others, and soon he supervised the ordnance around, and finally came to the courtyard where Qi Yu and they studied artillery, but to his surprise, this courtyard was actually locked.

"What's the matter, isn't this a place to study artillery, how is it locked?" Seeing the locked courtyard in front of him, Zhao Yan suddenly had a very bad premonition, especially with what happened to Cao Chong before, he could almost guess the fate of Qi Yu and the others.

"This ......, Your Highness Qiqi, when the subordinate took over the ordnance superintendent, Wu Quan, who was an ordnance officer, thought that the research on artillery was too costly, and Qi Yu's research on improving artillery had not been able to produce any results, so at the insistence of Wu Jucheng, Qi Yu's research was stopped!" At this time, Zhang Dian hesitated for a moment and stepped forward to report, but he was happy in his heart, because unlike Cao Chong's matter, the person who advocated stopping the artillery research was Wu Quan, and Wu Quan was Lu Huiqing's person, and he was also the main person who raised himself, the other party had already said that he was sick at home, but now looking at the angry appearance of King Yue, it is estimated that even if Wu Quan wants to resign, he will not be able to escape punishment.

"Humph! What a Wu Quan, when the king left the capital, he specially told the improvement research of artillery that must not stop, but he was so bold that he didn't even pay attention to the words of the king! Zhao Yan immediately said angrily, no one knows better than him about the role of artillery and muskets, for which he is willing to pay a huge price, but he didn't expect that someone would ruin his efforts for several years, how could he not be angry?

"Come on, go and bring that Wu Quan, if he doesn't come, tie him up!" Zhao Yan immediately instructed the guards around him, originally for those officials who said that they couldn't come sick, Zhao Yan didn't plan to deal with them, after all, they were all small people, but this Wu Quan he had to be held accountable!

"Whoa!" At that moment, a guard agreed, and immediately turned around and left to find Wu Quan, which also made Zhang Dian even happier in his heart, after being set up by Wu Quan and others during this time, he was not less angry with these people, and now he can finally get angry.

"By the way, what about Qi Yu's people?" At this time, Zhao Yan suddenly thought of Qi Yu and the others, and immediately asked the officials of the Gunpowder Administration behind Zhang Dan.

"This ......" Hearing Zhao Yan ask about the whereabouts of Qi Yu and the others, the officials of the Gunpowder Administration also looked at each other, and finally the middle-aged official who was the leader stepped forward to report, "Your Royal Highness, when Wu Jucheng stopped the improvement of artillery, Qi Yu was angry and only argued with Wu Jucheng for a few words, and as a result, he was punished to work as a coolie in the warehouse, and now he ...... It should still be in the warehouse now! ”

"Good...... is a good Wu Quan, he actually drove a master craftsman to the warehouse to work hard, he really cherishes talents! Zhao Yan immediately said hatefully when he heard this, in order to cultivate Qi Yu, he spent a lot of effort, and even gave a lecture to the other party in person, and finally trained an expert in artillery and muskets, but he didn't expect to be treated as a coolie by the other party, fortunately the other party was not in front of him, otherwise he really wanted to kick the other party a few times.

At that moment, Zhao Yan turned around and strode in the direction of the warehouse, the warehouses of the Gunpowder Administration were all together, forming a warehouse area, Zhao Yan came here to find a few warehouses, and finally saw Qi Yu and others in front of a raw material warehouse, but including Qi Yu, these people who were supposed to study artillery and muskets became coolies, one by one hunched and struggling to carry sacks, and the clothes on their bodies were also worn and old, among which Qi Yu looked much older, which made Zhao Yan sigh in his heart.

For Zhao Yan and their arrival, it also quickly attracted the attention of these people in the warehouse area, among which the foreman Zhou Laosan saw Zhao Yan's gang, although he didn't know Zhao Yan, but he recognized Zhang Yan and others behind Zhao Yan, so when he saw them walking straight towards the warehouse on his side, he immediately walked quickly to greet them, but before he could get closer, he was stopped by the guards around Zhao Yan, after all, idlers like him would never be able to get close to Zhao Yan.

At this time, Qi Yu and the others also saw Zhao Yan, they just knew the news that Zhao Yan was coming, and they were also very excited in their hearts, but then they were very worried, I don't know if Zhao Yan can think of them? In addition, with their current status, it is impossible to run to see Zhao Yan, so they can only stay here and work honestly, but they are all a little absent-minded, for which Zhou Laosan has scolded them I don't know how many times.

"Temple...... Your Highness! Qi Yu saw Zhao Yan walking straight towards him, and he was also excited and tearful at the moment, and even forgot to put down the sack on his shoulder, and stood there trembling with excitement.

I saw Zhao Yan striding in front of Qi Yu, personally took the sack on his shoulder and put it on the ground, then reached out and patted his shoulder, and said in a heavy tone: "It's all because this king was negligent for a while, and you have suffered in the past few years!" ”

"Your Highness is serious, it's nothing for us to suffer a little, but we haven't been able to complete His Highness's request, and the villain is really shameless to see His Highness again!" Qi Yu lowered his head and said very sadly, when Zhao Yan left the capital, he also gave him a special opinion, and asked him to work hard to improve the artillery and musket, hoping to come up with a result in the past few years, but unfortunately not long after Zhao Yan left, their research was stopped, and naturally they could not complete Zhao Yan's entrustment.

"I can't blame you for these, only blame that Wu Quan is too short-sighted, but don't worry, since this king is back, he won't let your grievances be in vain, this king has already asked people to call Wu Quan, wait and see this king out for you!" Zhao Yan comforted loudly at the moment.

Zhou Laosan, who was stopped on the side of the road, heard this, but his whole body trembled with fright, he was Wu Quan's eldest brother, and he usually bullied Qi Yu and these people, but now that His Royal Highness King Yue is back, I am afraid that not only will he be unlucky, but even Wu Quan will be difficult to protect himself, as soon as he thinks of this, he trembled even more, and at the same time, his crotch was hot in his pants, and a warm current had flowed down his trouser legs. (To be continued......)