"Virtuous son-in-law, uh~" As soon as Cao Lu opened his mouth, he gave a long wine burp, and said with a little drunkenness on his face, "Listen...... I heard that your ordnance supervisor has made a powerful new firearm, in addition to ballista shells and grenades, etc., can you send me some collections, my weapons collection room has added a gunpowder weapons room, but unfortunately your ordnance supervisor is too strict on gunpowder weapons, and the gunpowder weapons I collect are also pitiful! ”

Hearing Cao Lu's request, Zhao Yan remembered that the father-in-law in front of him was still a fanatical weapon collector, and the reason why he thought of designing the ballista was because he saw a scrapped bed crossbow in his collection room, but he remembered that there were all kinds of weapons in Cao Lu's collection room at that time, and there were all kinds of weapons, but there were no gunpowder weapons, and he himself was disdainful of gunpowder weapons, and now he had opened a special gunpowder weapon collection room, and it was estimated that he also saw it in this battle to destroy the summer. The reason why gunpowder weapons shine.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan also understood Cao Lu's thoughts, after all, as a weapon collector, after seeing the powerful power of gunpowder weapons, he naturally wanted to collect some for enjoyment, but then he showed an embarrassed expression, and after a while, he spoke: "Father-in-law, you also know that the Ordnance Supervisor is extremely strict in the supervision of weapons, although I can freely enter and exit the Ordnance Prison, but I don't have the right to take any weapons from it, so your request makes the son-in-law very embarrassed%!" ”

Zhao Yan didn't deliberately shirk it, but the weapons prison is indeed strictly supervised, not to mention the finished weapons, even the semi-finished products and even the raw materials for the production of weapons are strictly forbidden to flow out of the prison, if someone dares to take out the weapons in the prison without authorization, even if it is the most ordinary arrow. That is also a very strict crime, the light is imprisonment or the head is killed, after all, the weapons prison is the military secret of the Great Song Dynasty, especially the firearms inside are related to the strength of the army, so it is inevitable to have such strict rules, even if Zhao Yan is the prince and the adviser of the weapons supervisor, he cannot violate the rules in the prison.

Although Cao Lu was a little drunk. But his reason is still there, and he knows that his request is a bit excessive, but he is simply obsessed with weapon collection, and collecting gunpowder weapons is his wish during this time, so I saw him speak cheekily again: "Virtuous son-in-law, the fifth brother in the family holds the position of the gunpowder order and is in charge of the entire gunpowder department, so I also know the rules of the ordnance prison, but I don't want to be able to collect real gunpowder weapons in my hands." But can you give me some firearms that you can see but not use, such as grenades, you can remove the most critical gunpowder in them, and only give me an empty shell, and the kind of artillery you just researched, you can't give me real artillery, but can you give me a problematic or broken one! ”

Hearing Cao Lu's words, there was already a bit of pleading tone. Moreover, he proposed to only collect some gunpowder weapons that could not be used, and Zhao Yan couldn't bear to refuse again. After thinking about it for a long time, he raised his head and said: "Since my father-in-law said so, then the son-in-law will go to my father to ask for it, I think it shouldn't be a big problem, and we also need the support of the imperial court to open a canning workshop in Western Xia." This is also to be reported to my father. ”

"Haha~, then thank you for the virtuous son-in-law!" Cao Lu saw Zhao Yan agree, and he was overjoyed at the moment, he didn't have any other hobbies in his life, he just liked to collect all kinds of weapons. used to look down on gunpowder weapons, but he didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty destroyed Western Xia with gunpowder weapons, which made him always want to make up for this mistake and collect gunpowder weapons, and now he can finally get what he wants.

Cao Ping next to him saw his younger brother's happy appearance, and couldn't help but shake his head at the moment, speaking of Cao Lu, everything is good, and he is also quite talented, but unfortunately some playthings are demoralized, so his father Cao Tong scolded him a lot, but unfortunately Cao Lu still does his own thing, and he can't do anything as a big brother, otherwise Cao Lu's achievements will definitely be more than that.

This banquet was drunk until the sunset, and finally Cao Ying accompanied the two Mrs. Cao to the hall, which allowed them to end the banquet, and then Zhao Yan personally sent Cao Ping and his wife and Cao Lu and his wife out of the other courtyard, originally Cao Ying also wanted to send it in person, but the two Mrs. Cao were distressed, so she must move less and rest more, Cao Ying had no choice but to stay at home honestly.

After sending Cao Lu and Cao Ping away, Zhao Yan came back and accompanied Cao Ying to talk, especially when it came to Cao Lu's request to herself, Cao Ying also couldn't laugh or cry about it, she knew her father's hobby since she was a child, especially the weapon collection room at home, even she didn't have a chance to enter, and even once she remembered that her eldest brother stole into the weapon room and took out a sword to play, but was almost killed by Cao Lu, which shows that in Cao Lu's heart, those weapons are simply more important than their children.

That night, Zhao Yan was still resting in Yan Yuru's place, after all, they had just rounded the house, according to the unwritten rules of the house, Zhao Yan would rest in her room for three days after the roundhouse, after all, once men and women get used to it, they will experience the wonders of it, and they are naturally eating the marrow, in fact, it is true, compared to yesterday, Zhao Yan found that Yan Yuru has adapted more, which also makes him very excited.

The matter of the canning workshop is also very urgent, Zhao Yan reluctantly got up the next morning, and then rushed to the palace to ask to see Zhao Shu, at this time Zhao Shu also just got off the morning court, when he heard Zhao Yan ask to see, he was immediately very happy to let him in, but Zhao Yan entered the vertical arch hall and found that Zhao Yan was also here, and Zhao Yan showed a strange smile on his face when he saw him, which made Zhao Yan suddenly have a bad premonition.

"Son-in-law, see father!" Although he had some bad premonitions in his heart, since he had already come, it was impossible for Zhao Yan to withdraw again, so he could only salute Zhao Shu.

"Yan'er doesn't need to be polite, you are famous for not going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, is there something wrong with coming to see your father today?" Zhao Shu laughed at the moment and said, as a father, no one knows Zhao Yan's temperament better than him.

"Cough, the son knows his mistake, and asks his father to forgive him!" When Zhao Yan heard Zhao Shu say this, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, he did rarely come to the palace, mainly because he felt that there were too many rules in the palace, and staying here made him uncomfortable, so he didn't come if he could, but he didn't expect Zhao Shu to pick on it now, but thinking about it, as a son, he didn't come to visit his father for a long time, which is already unfilial to some old-fashioned people.

"Haha~, okay, as long as you don't cause trouble for your father, I'm already very content, not to mention that I usually can't spare time to worry about your affairs!" Seeing Zhao Yan's embarrassed appearance, Zhao Shu couldn't help laughing again, but when he said the end, his eyes glanced at Zhao Ji meaningfully, but Zhao Ji lowered his head and didn't make a sound.

Seeing that Zhao Shu was not to blame, Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard the words behind him that were a little complaining, and immediately stepped forward with a smile and said: "Father, the son is not to cause you trouble, but to solve problems for you!" ”

"Oh, Yan'er, do you have any new weapon inventions that will make our Great Song Army's combat power to the next level?" Zhao Shu's eyes lit up when he heard Zhao Yan's words and asked, although the artillery that Zhao Yan made before made him a little dissatisfied, it was a promising firearm, so he always hoped that Zhao Yan could improve the artillery and add another sharp weapon to the Great Song army.

"Father, this time it's not about weapons, but about the sons and daughters who have something to report that can stabilize the territory of Western Xia!" Zhao Yan now talked about his cooperation with Jiangmen to open a canning workshop, as for the influence of the canning workshop in Xixia, he didn't need to talk more, with Zhao Shu's eyes, he could naturally see the benefits at a glance.

"Hahahaha~, yes, yes, Yan'er, you helped your father solve a big problem, although the canning workshop can't make the entire Xixia settle down, but it can benefit some of the original Xixia people, and these benefited Xixia people will naturally no longer exclude the rule of our Great Song Dynasty, with the support of these people, our rule over the hometown of Xixia will be much easier." Zhao Shu also laughed after listening to Zhao Yan's plan.

In order to maintain the order of the Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty had to station a large number of troops there, which also involved the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty, so it was necessary to try his best to settle down in the Western Xia, and now Zhao Yan provided him with a good breakthrough.

Seeing that Zhao Shu was so happy, Zhao Yan took this opportunity to put forward Cao Lu's request, but Zhao Shu laughed again after listening to it, and only after a while did he speak: "I have long heard that Cao Lu likes to collect weapons, and even has a bed crossbow at home, but I didn't expect that this time he even wanted to collect firearms, but he was born in Jiangmen, and it is normal to have such a hobby, and he usually does things seriously, so I made an exception and agreed, Yan'er, you go to the ordnance supervision to choose some firearms that cannot be used and send them to him, so as not to worry about him again!" ”

"Thank you, Father!" Seeing Zhao Shu agree, Zhao Yan was also overjoyed and said, this time I can finally give an errand to Cao Lu.

The matter has been discussed, Zhao Yan just wanted to say goodbye to Zhao Shu and leave, after all, the strange smile on Zhao Yan's face just now, and since he came in just now, he has not spoken, which makes Zhao Yan have a bad feeling, so he wanted to leave early, but unfortunately he didn't expect that he was in the net this time, and now it is too late to leave. (To be continued......) R1292