Although Li Xin hated Xiong Kaiyuan, he knew that now was not the time to play him to death, after all, he was a dignified four-rank official of the imperial court, and if he died in the resettlement station he set up, he would not be able to speak.

So he analyzed the benefits and disadvantages, and persuaded Gao Shiming not to do things too desperately, Gao Shiming shook his head like a drum, and refused to let the bear Kaiyuan out. Gao Shiming also thought very clearly, Xiong Kaiyuan disobeyed him, it was really hateful, and what was even more unforgivable was that this guy actually resorted to such a vicious strategy to use the plague to get rid of them. If you don't die from a snake, what is left is endless calamity, maybe you have to be bitten by a snake, and now if you don't take advantage of his illness to kill him, when will you stay?

Therefore, no matter how Li Xin persuaded him, Gao Shiming did not agree to let him out. And Li Xin was refuted with the epidemic prevention regulations formulated by Li Xin himself, "The person surnamed Xiong has been in contact with plague patients for many days, and according to the plague prevention and control regulations, he is already a high-risk group and must be isolated." ”

Li Xin smiled, he didn't expect this thing to read the plague prevention and control regulations quite thoroughly.

"Has Gao Gong ever thought about how to answer after the emperor investigates it?"

"Lord Bear was stricken with the plague and unfortunately died in the line of duty! For him, the court's mercy is indispensable, and it is not a good thing! ”

"It's not necessarily a good thing for Gao Gong!"

"Why did General Li say this?"

"I'm afraid there is more than one person who is worried about the position of the high prince, right? The dignified four-grade civil official died inexplicably, and the handle of the knife was not officially sent to the door? ”

Gao Shiming was just a blind eye before, such a matter of Meng Lang, if he was really used by someone with ulterior motives in the inner prison, his trouble would not be small, Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua did not deal with their own family on weekdays, and they didn't take advantage of his illness to kill him? It's not impossible to even be demoted to Nanjing, thinking of this, I can't help but break out in a cold sweat, but now that I have become a tiger, how easy is it to go back?

Li Xin knew that Gao Shiming was already moved, but he hesitated at this time, still afraid that Xiong Kaiyuan, a poisonous snake, would bite him out of the cage.

"Gao Gong doesn't need to worry, you just need to ......" Li Xin lowered his voice and said a few words in Gao Shiming's ear, and the celebrant immediately smiled and gave a heartfelt thumbs up.

"If it is bad, our family is willing to bow to the wind, and it is not as good as General Li!"

Li Xin smiled dryly, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, it's not for you to force it, using such unconventional means to kill Xiong Kaiyuan is only troublesome, not beneficial.

When the door of the resettlement station opened, Li Xin and Gao Shiming's jaws were about to fall off, Xiong Kaiyuan was naked, his face was full of smudges, and he came up to hug Li Xin's thigh and cried bitterly, "General Li, General Li let me out, this is really not a place for people, they, they ......"

How could the great prefect of Xiong become like this after not seeing the dignified Governor of the Hung Dynasty Li Xinqiang held back a smile and helped Xiong Kaiyuan up with both hands.

"Why doesn't Lord Xiong stop there?"

Xiong Kaiyuan was like seeing a savior, tears flowed, what he had encountered in the past few days was like a fish in his throat, but how did he have the face to say it? just turned over and begged Li Xin to let him out, and when he saw Gao Shiming behind Li Xin, he rushed over, intending to fight hard, but was grabbed by the accompanying soldiers and scolded him to retreat.

This man had been in the resettlement station for many days, and he was a high-risk person for the plague, so how could he be allowed to come into contact with the two adults for a long time? Although Li Xin and Gao Shiming both wore special protective clothing, they still did not dare to take risks.

A temporary military tent was set up outside the resettlement station, Xiong Kaiyuan was brought over like a chicken, and Li Xin didn't understand what kind of experience had made a once arrogant official lose his personality in the past few days.

A simple table and chair were prepared in the tent, Li Xin and Gao Shiming sat down, but Xiong Kaiyuan did not sit.

"Why doesn't Lord Xiong sit down and talk?"

Li Xin and Gao Shiming both wore masks to prevent the risk of plague and covered their faces tightly. Xiong Kaiyuan didn't want to bring it, but he was also forcibly brought it. The soldiers here don't seem to take the dignified Lord Xiong seriously at all, and they have a tendency to bully arbitrarily, if it weren't for someone to instruct them, they would really be bold and reckless.

Xiong Kaiyuan's face was embarrassed, but the soldiers on the side laughed with deep meaning on their faces, came to Gao Li, and said in a low voice: "The two adults don't know, this lord's backyard was bloomed by the splash skin in the resettlement station, and now it's ......."

The words were full of schadenfreude, which was in line with Gao Shiming's intentions, he hated others the most in his life for his disobedience, and few people who did so had a good end, and now he was far away from Jingshi, and he had to put his hand away, and he couldn't kill him to cause trouble. He patted the soldier's shoulder with satisfaction, "They are all very sensible, and we will be rewarded when we turn back!" You go out first, we have something important to deal with."

The soldier thanked him excitedly and retreated happily. Li Xin looked at Xiong Kaiyuan with sympathy, it seems that the tragic experience of this goods in the resettlement station is definitely not just one, otherwise how can a good person be tossed like a bird in the city? It is the form that makes people strong, and it can also make people weak.

"Let's open the skylight and say something, if you want to go out, Lord Xiong, you must sign this agreement!"

Xiong Kaiyuan's facial muscles trembled violently, as long as he could get out alive, let alone sign and draw, even if he was not worthy of the Datong prefect, where could people suffer the crime here?

But Xiong Kaiyuan picked up the two pieces of paper on the table and looked at them a few times, and his eyelids jumped suddenly, as if he hesitated again.

Gao Shiming snorted coldly:

"How, sign or not? If it weren't for General Li's intercession, how would you be able to get out of this resettlement station, you must know that all the patients are isolated here, even if Tianwang Laozi wants to go out, he must strictly follow the epidemic prevention regulations. You should have heard of how Yang and Wei were separated, commanding Lord Qiu to sacrifice his life for the country, and even his body failed to make an exception, so why should you make an exception with your pickled goods? ”

The words were very unpleasant, Xiong Kaiyuan was still hesitating, and Gao Shiming turned his face on the spot and called the previous soldier in.

"Drag it back!"

The soldier got the order, picked up Xiong Kaiyuan and left, Xiong Kaiyuan saw that they were playing the real game, how could they be willing to go back to that nightmarish place, and finally relented.

"Slow, slow, I'll sign it!"

Looking at the bright red five-finger handprints and the two pieces of paper with Xiong Kaiyuan's name and surname, Gao Shiming carefully folded it into his arms with satisfaction.

"If Lord Xiong had already been recruited, why should he suffer in this resettlement station. Although I am out of the resettlement station, this rule cannot be broken, so let's find another place for isolation and observation......"

Xiong Kaiyuan swallowed his anger and responded again and again, and let Gao Shiming arrange it.

After completely solving the hidden danger of Xiong Kaiyuan, Gao Shiming shouted happily, and just got out of the resettlement station, but saw a fast horse coming from the direction of Yang and Wei, and Li Xin's head suddenly jumped for no reason.

"Report! There was a big accident in the musket battalion, the gunpowder was detonated, and dozens of people were killed and wounded! ”

Li Xin only felt that his body shook twice, he had used his spare time to compile a concise code of instructions for the use of muskets and queue training, and a few old men from Gao Yang who had been following him were responsible for training these pikemen who had just turned into a musket battalion, but who knew that something was still wrong. He had no choice but to put down the affairs of the resettlement station and let Gao Shiming take charge of everything, and then went back to Yanghe with the soldiers.

When Yang and Wei Li Xin arrived, they found out that the problem was not at all what he imagined, but that there was a problem with the gunpowder warehouse, and there were some reasons for him to train the musketeer queue. Due to the extremely poor accuracy of smoothbore guns, which require dense projectiles to form a barrage of bullets to achieve maximum damage, no musketeers have to be close together, and the problem lies in this close togetherness. I don't know whose arquebus ignited the bag containing black powder, and a series of ignition explosions occurred.

After Li Xin understood the cause of the accident, he regretted it, but this kind of problem had never appeared in Gaoyang, and it was both unfortunate and fortunate to appear at this time. Unfortunately, dozens of people were killed and wounded, but fortunately it did not happen in the battle formation, otherwise it would not be as simple as dozens of people. He also put forward suggestions for improvement in this regard, proposing to use a gourd to fill gunpowder, and when using it, the plug can be opened, and then the parchment paper can be used to make fixed ammunition, so as to avoid the problem of easy misfire due to the concentration of personnel.

With this accident, Li Xin remembered the benefits of flintlock pistols, and the probability of accidents would be greatly reduced if flintlock pistols were used. So, I went to the ironworks again to see how Albert and Tian Fuzhen had improved the flintlock pistol.

He was very disappointed by the result, or the problem of the trigger, a key component that seemed simple but by no means simple, was not solved, and it seemed that it would not be possible to equip it in large quantities in a short time. I had to encourage them, hoping that they would overcome the difficulties and solve the problems as soon as possible.

In the evening, Lu Jiu returned from Daizhou with a cavalry team, which made Li Xin very happy, but the news he brought back surprised everyone.

After a winter of encirclement and suppression, the desperate thieves broke through the encirclement of Li Xianfeng and Zuo Liangyu to intercept the Yellow River in the north, and connected more than a dozen cities, and Taiyuan City fell!

Li Xin called Yang and Weizhong Mao Weizhang and others overnight to discuss this matter, everyone felt that this matter was incredible, not to mention that the thieves had experienced Chongzhen's eleven years of encirclement and suppression, and had reached the end of the crossbow, and the mountains and rivers were exhausted, even if they could successfully cross the Yellow River, why should they capture Taiyuan, which is high in the city and deep in the pool? Even when the thieves are the strongest, no one can take the city of a province, let alone the remnants of the army?

After Mao Weizhang experienced the rebellion, it was like a different person, taciturn, and his actions were much more decisive than usual, and he didn't know whether this change was good or bad, Li Xin decided to give him a chance, or believed that this person was not hopeless.

"My lord, the lower officials suspect that the plague is making trouble, and the victims are taking advantage of the chaos to make trouble?"

This is also a possibility, and it was quickly recognized by the big guys, because Yang and Wei had just avoided a civil uprising caused by the victims. But is there a difference between the people who have made a riot and the thieves? Besides, Taiyuan Mansion is still separated from Sanwei by many prefectures and counties, and it is not their turn to worry about it for a while, and everyone is more focused on the resettlement of the current disaster victims.

But Li Xin has a hidden worry, once the thieves are repeated, Emperor Chongzhen will definitely transfer cadres from the north to the south to suppress the thieves, is it Hong Chengchou or Sun Chengzong? If the northern Manchus take the opportunity to enter the prison again, what should they do?