As soon as the eastern sky whitened, Hu Yanqing had already jumped up from Qingshang, then dressed and folded the quilt as fast as possible, and then went to the garden to run after washing, which was a habit he developed in the military academy for several years, but at that time, there was a military horn urging every morning in the military academy, but now this qiē is his consciousness.

Since being personally rewarded by Zhao Shu a few days ago, Hu Yanqing and those meritorious soldiers have been given a month's vacation, which also makes him completely idle, and they are ready to play in the capital for a month, so he accompanies these brothers to wander around the capital every day, sometimes to eat and drink, sometimes to the temple to burn incense, although people who have been on the battlefield generally do not believe in these, but they can usually worship God and ask for peace of mind.

Today, after Hu Yanqing ran out of a sweat, he casually rinsed it with cold water and came to the front yard, and then had breakfast with Scar and them, but today he couldn't accompany Scar and them to the street, because he had more important things to do, and they already knew about Scar a few days ago, and they were slowly familiar with Tokyo City, and they didn't need to be accompanied every day, so after breakfast, Scar and others said goodbye to Hu Yanqing and went to the street to play, speaking of which the capital is so big, They don't necessarily get to play once in a month.

Everyone else went out to play, but the little monkey stayed, which was also specially ordered by Hu Yanqing yesterday, but the little monkey didn't know the reason why Hu Yanqing left him, and even said with some dissatisfaction: "Brother Huyan, Brother Scar said that he was going to eat the famous sour meat buns in Tokyo today." I've heard that it tastes great, and it has to be eaten hot. ”

Hearing the little monkey's complaint, Hu Yanqing went up and patted his head and smiled: "Although the sour meat buns are delicious." But it's not as important as what I'm going to show you today, it's a good opportunity for you to open your eyes, but you can't make any noise, and you can't tell anyone what you saw today when you come back, otherwise you'll be in big trouble. ”

"Eye-opening!" The little monkey also lit up when he heard Hu Yanqing's words, especially when he said it was still so mysterious. It aroused his curiosity all of a sudden, and as for tasting sour meat buns, he threw it aside. followed Hu Yanqing out of the courtyard.

Hu Yanqing had already asked people to prepare horses, and he and the little monkey rode on the horse one by one and rushed out of the city, don't look at the little monkey's age, but he grew up in the northwest since he was a child. His father had served in the army for many years, so he was no stranger to things like horseback archery, and even riding skills were not bad, which allowed him to suffer less after entering the military academy.

Hu Yanqing took the little monkey out of the city of Tokyo, walked straight to the western suburbs, and finally came to the foot of a small hill, where there was a huge building, very well defended, and even an army of thousands of people was stationed nearby. You must know that this is the capital, and it is also the best place for public security in the entire Great Song Dynasty, but there is still an army of 1,000 people stationed here. This shows the importance of this place.

"The Fire Covenanter?" The little monkey looked at the plaque on the gate and whispered at the moment, but Hu Yanqing next to him almost laughed when he heard this, and immediately pointed to the plaque to correct him and said: "Little monkey, this is the Gunpowder Administration, and the gunpowder weapons used in the army are produced here." Speaking of which, most of the credit for the fact that we were able to destroy the Western Xia was due to gunpowder. No one dares to deny this. ”

"Huh? It turns out that this is where gunpowder is produced! The little monkey couldn't help but shout in surprise when he heard this, he hadn't read anything since he was a child, and he followed Hu Yanqing to learn to read and write during this time, although he was very smart, but after all, the time was too short, so it was common to recognize mistakes.

"Let's go, today the Gunpowder Department is going to test a new firearm, and the king of the county specially invited me to watch, and you can also go with me to see it!" Hu Yanqing smiled again at this time and said, he also attaches great importance to the little monkey, not to mention anything else, just the old monkey desperately saved his life, this kind of kindness will make him unable to finish his life.

At that moment, Hu Yanqing took the little monkey into the Gunpowder Department, originally outsiders were not allowed to enter here, even if it was an incumbent general like Hu Yanqing, but when he took out the warrant signed by Zhao Yan himself, the guards immediately let him go. Speaking of which, Hu Yanqing also came to the Gunpowder Department for the first time, so after entering it, he also looked around curiously, not to mention the little monkey, a pair of eyes couldn't see it.

After Hu Yanqing and they entered the Gunpowder Administration, they saw a straight avenue in front of them, and on both sides of the road were all kinds of workshops, each of which was separated by a fence, and the names of the workshops were hung at the door, such as sulfur work, charcoal work, casting work, etc., although they did not know the internal structure of these workshops, but they could also know their role from the name.

The interior of the Gunpowder Department is very complicated, and some places are very dangerous, in order to prevent Hu Yanqing from trespassing, so there are special people to show them the way, and finally through the workshops, and finally come to the easternmost open space of the Gunpowder Administration, which is the weapon test site of the Gunpowder Administration, generally as long as there is a new weapon appearing, the power and practicality of the weapon will be tested here.

When Hu Yanqing and the others came here, they found that Zhao Yan had already come, and was squatting next to a strange weapon with a few people dressed as craftsmen, discussing something in a whisper, which made Hu Yanqing not dare to disturb, just standing next to him and looking at the strange weapon in front of him seriously.

I saw that this weapon looked like a thick iron pipe, and then it was installed on a two-wheeled cart, the iron pipe was thin in front and thick in the back, and the final abdomen was particularly thick, and there were some mechanisms in it that he couldn't understand, and he didn't know what it was for, so I thought this should be the new weapon tested today.

Zhao Yan got up before dawn and came to the Gunpowder Department, in order to see the sub-mother cannon made by Qi Yu and these people first, so that he could have a good idea during the test, after all, although the artillery is very powerful, it is also very dangerous, in case there is any negligence, it is likely to be dangerous.

"Huh? Brother Qing'er, you're here too! After a long while, Zhao Yan stood up straight from the artillery, only to find that Hu Yanqing, who was standing next to him, said hello with a smile, and then looked at the little monkey behind him, and said with a smile, "You are the little monkey, your father and son look like each other." ”

"County ...... Have you seen my father too? Hearing Zhao Yan's words, the little monkey couldn't help but say excitedly, he had participated in the banquet held by Zhao Yan for them before, so he also knew Zhao Yan, but he was timid at that time, and he had been shrinking behind the crowd and did not dare to talk to Zhao Yan, in addition, he also knew that Zhao Yan was not only the county king of the Great Song Dynasty, but also the governor of the military academy, the principal of the Gewu Academy, and could be said to be one of the most knowledgeable people in the Great Song Dynasty, so he naturally felt a little nervous when he saw Zhao Yan.

"Well, when I went to Xixia to visit Brother Qing's childhood, I once met your father, but I didn't expect that to be a farewell, which is really sad to say!" When Zhao Yan said this, his face also showed a little sadness, he was not acting, the reason why Hu Yanqing and them participated in the mission of airborne Xingqing Mansion was conveyed by him personally, but the old monkey died because of this, so he also had to pay a certain responsibility for this.

"Thank you for your concern, but my father has long said that when you are a soldier and eat, there will always be a day when you die in battle, so my mother and I have already prepared, not to mention that the court is not thin on our family, just the pension of my father's death in battle is enough for us to live a prosperous life." The little monkey said with tears in his eyes.

"Little monkey, since your family has no worries about food and clothing, why do you risk dying in battle to enter the army, you must know that after entering the army, you will die at any time?" Zhao Yan suddenly asked with a smile when he heard the little monkey's words.

"I ...... I ......" The little monkey blushed when he heard Zhao Yan's question, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed to say it, and after a while, he finally spoke, "I don't want to plant for a lifetime, I feel that it is too useless, my father has told me about the military since I was a child, so I also want to be like my father, put on armor and pick up weapons to kill the enemy, and earn a place for myself and my family!" ”

Hearing the little monkey express his little ambition in very simple words, Zhao Yan and Hu Yanqing couldn't help laughing, and then saw Zhao Yan step forward and pat him on the shoulder and said: "Little monkey, your idea is not bad, the eldest husband was born in the world, and he should carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements, but it is not easy for you to make contributions to the country, first of all, you have to enter the military academy to learn skills, only truly talented generals can make meritorious contributions to the country and win glory for the family like Brother Qing!" ”

"I ...... I'll do my best! The little monkey blushed again and said loudly, but this time it was because he was too excited, he never thought that one day he would receive personal encouragement from His Royal Highness the King of the County.

Just when Zhao Yan was talking to the little monkey, Su Song and Su Shi, the officials in charge of the weapons supervision, finally came to the test site, and when they saw Zhao Yan, they immediately stepped forward to greet him.

After a while, someone finally came, and when Hu Yanqing saw the person, he couldn't help but get excited, because the person who came turned out to be the prince Zhao Ji, speaking of general weapon tests, there will be an internal test, only if the internal test is successful, outsiders will be invited to watch, but today's first test of this kind of artillery, Zhao Ji was invited, which made Hu Yanqing feel very surprised.

It's just that what surprised Hu Yanqing even more next was that even if Zhao Yan came, Zhao Yan still hadn't started the experiment, and the two brothers were talking and laughing, and it seemed that they were still waiting for someone, which made him excited again, because he had already guessed who they were waiting for. (To be continued) R466