Su Jiancheng and the housekeeper didn't last long, after entering the Zheng Jiajun barracks, they immediately confessed, both of them are small roles, and the people who control this qiē behind their backs are all party Laiwang, what makes people laugh is that the housekeeper is not familiar with Dang Laiwang at all, but he does this qiē for money, he doesn't know what the plan is, just according to the requirements of the party Laiwang, every time he meets Su Jiancheng, he will bring a note, the note has a requirement written on it, and after Su Jiancheng sees the note, he will do it according to the above requirementsAs for what is written on the note, the housekeeper doesn't know, and the housekeeper is illiterate at all, his so-called housekeeper is actually not a real housekeeper, everything in the mansion is the final say of Dang Laiwang, as for what Dang Laiwang is, the housekeeper doesn't know.

The reason why Su Jiancheng was willing to do this was because he was caught by Dang Laiwang, Su Jiancheng fell in love with a girl in the Qinglou because of **, the two were like glue, inseparable, Dang Laiwang seized the opportunity to provide Su Jiancheng with some money, and in the process of a conversation, while Su Jiancheng was drunk, he said that Su Jiancheng was greedy for some money in the palace, which forced Su Jiancheng to obey the arrangement of Dang Laiwang.

The spearhead of a qiē is concentrated on the body of the party to Wang, but this party is quite stubborn, at first he didn't say anything, he didn't admit anything, even if it was something that was searched out in front of him, with Su Jiancheng and the housekeeper's identification, his mouth was still very hard, and later the Zheng family army sergeant searched in the mansion for the relevant information of the party to Wang Feiren, including his address in Changshu, Nanzhili, etc., which shook the determination of the party to come to Wang, Xu Wanghua personally said that if the party came to Wang and didn't want to say anything, then his family in Changshu, will be implicated, and the family will even suffer.

In this case, Dang Laiwang succumbed and began to explain and admit relevant matters, admitting that he was specially assigned to come to Xi'an Mansion to deal with Governor Zheng Xunrui, in fact, when Zheng Xunrui was in Yansui Town, there was such an arrangement, but Yansui Town is not a big place, mainly military households, and it is very difficult to gain a foothold in the local area, and the situation in Xi'an Mansion is different, it is easy to infiltrate, and it is very convenient to lurk here to do things.

Once Dang Laiwang spoke, he had no scruples, on the contrary, when he explained some things, he also put forward conditions, what to ensure the safety of his family and ensure that he would not be killed, etc., Xu Wanghua, who was well versed in Dang Laiwang's inner thoughts, all agreed to come down, of course, Xu Wanghua agreed to these conditions, and there were other arrangements.

The situation explained by the party came to Wang and continued to gather here to Zheng Xunrui.

It only took three days for Dang Laiwang to confess everything.

Governor's Yamen, wings.

It was already dark, and many officials were almost resting, and the front and middle courtyards of the governor's yamen were very quiet, but the lights in the wing rooms were still on, and the pro-soldiers guarding outside were meticulous and untiring.

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong hurriedly entered the wing.

Seeing Zheng Xunrui waiting in the wing, Xu Wanghua spoke first after looking at Zheng Jinhong.

"My lord, Dang Laiwang has promised to be an insider, the meaning of his subordinates, send Dang Laiwang back to the mansion early tomorrow morning, all the actions are confidential, other relevant people don't know, Dang Laiwang is also very cautious in doing things, there are no subordinates in the mansion, so the subordinates know, the news has not been exposed."

Zheng Xunrui frowned slightly.

"What about the people who were detained in the Dang Laiwang Mansion."

"Young master, my subordinates have already executed them all."

Zheng Jinhong blurted out, Zheng Xunrui's body trembled slightly, after all, it was the lives of more than a dozen people, so it was disposed of, but what could he say, if he wanted to do big things, he was indecisive and bodhisattva-hearted, then he couldn't do anything.

Xu Wanghua explained.

"My lord, this is the idea of his subordinates, these people can't stay, fortunately, they are all temporary recruits of the party Laiwang, they don't know anything, the party Laiwang said, these people were recruited from the homeless people at the beginning."

"I know, I won't talk about this matter, I still have to pay attention in the future, no matter what you do, don't involve too many people, if you are too involved, I'd rather give up the opportunity."

"The subordinates know, according to the situation explained by the party to Wang, the conspiration of the adult is indeed the meaning of the Donglin Party, it is said that this plan, from the time of the adult township test high school and the conflict between Zhang Pu and Yang Yi and others in Qinhuaihe, it was the Chamber of Commerce in Suzhou that planned this matter, Dang Laiwang said that it was because the adults were unwilling to join the Donglin Academy, they thought that the adults must be great in the future, and they might be harmed, so they decided to do it."

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly.

"The Lord served as the governor of Zuo Du Yu Shi Yansui, and the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce secretly began to plan, but there was no good opportunity, and later the Lord punished the prefect of Qingyang Prefecture, Yaoyan, so that the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce sensed the danger, and after the Lord arrived in Xi'an, they began to start the plan."

Zheng Xunrui knows all these situations, but he has doubts in his heart, a single Suzhou Chamber of Commerce cannot have such great energy, but unfortunately the situation behind it, Dang Laiwang does not know.

The reason why Xu Wanghua arranged for Dang Laiwang to become an inside line is to find out the people behind it.

"Mr. Xu, our main task is to figure out the people behind the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce does not have such great ability, I have long said that the businessmen in Jiangnan have long used some means to control the government."

"The subordinates specifically inquired about this matter, and the one that Dang Laiwang is familiar with is Qian Qianyi, and Qian Qianyi has more contacts with the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, and as for the rest, most of them are some officials who have already paid tribute to the office, or Suzhou scholars."

"Well, this time let the party come to Wang as an inside line, we must figure out the matters behind it, I believe that the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce has done such a thing, it is not the first time, I am afraid that there are also officials who are so accused by them, if you obey their arrangements, then you will be fine, if you don't obey their arrangements, then don't think about continuing to be an official, I am afraid that you will enter the prison."

"The subordinates also think so, now there is some danger, that is, the arrangement of Su Jiancheng, although Su Jiancheng does not know all the plans, but he knows some, if he is let go, the subordinates are afraid that things will leak out."

Su Jiancheng is different from those people in the Dang Laiwang Mansion, after all, it is the Zuo Changshi of the Qin Palace, if he is killed like this, it will be difficult to explain, there is no impermeable wall in the world.

"Mr. Xu, since things have come to this point, I believe you can think of a way to make Su Jiancheng dare not speak for the rest of his life."

Xu Wanghua nodded, there must be a way, but Su Jiancheng needs to suffer some humiliation.

"My lord, my subordinates have asked a few times, and Lord Shi Kefa, the prefect of Xi'an Prefecture, really doesn't know about this matter, Dang Laiwang went to visit Lord Shi, and he sent a letter from Qian Qianyi, as for what the letter is written, Dang Laiwang doesn't know."

"Presumably, Shi Kefa shouldn't know about such a thing, such a dirty deed, if Shi Kefa also knew about it, or even participated in it, I wouldn't be polite."

After talking about the party's coming to prosper, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Zheng Jinhong.

"Jin Hong, you are the chief officer of the Zheng family's army, and your main energy should be concentrated on the army, I think the number of sergeants of the Zheng family army will reach 50,000 within the year, including 40,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers, in addition to the matter of firearms, we also need to pay attention to it."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui sighed slightly, Zheng Jiajun has hundreds of Fran cannons, and there is only one Hongyi cannon, which is also because Zheng Xunrui looks down on Hongyi cannons and doesn't want to purchase too much, although the power of Hongyi cannons is not ordinary, but it can fire solid bullets, which is not much different from the trebuchets hundreds of years ago.

The development of artillery requires silver, and it requires a lot of silver, if Zheng Xunrui has enough silver taels in his hand, he would have taken Tang Ruowang to Xi'an Mansion City a long time ago, but the research and development of artillery can no longer be delayed, even if there is no money, you have to do everything you can to create a zào condition.

Xu Wanghua followed and spoke.

"My lord, my subordinates have contacted John Tang several times, and John Tang is willing to come to Xi'an, but he also wants to develop Catholicism in Xi'an, which makes his subordinates very dangerous."

"Small-scale development is possible, but large-scale development is certainly not possible, and even if John Tang comes to Xi'an, his main responsibility is to develop and improve artillery, if he distracts too much energy to develop Catholics, how can he develop a truly powerful artillery."

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong looked at Zheng Xunrui, with a look of shock on their faces, they thought that the power of the Hongyi cannon was already very good, could there be any artillery, stronger than the Hongyi cannon.

Zheng Xunrui's eyes looked at other places, he knew that the time for Zheng Jiajun to develop firearms was ripe, some history can be changed, but the pace of history will not stop, for example, Bi Maokang, the right attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, has invented the flintlock pistol, which is a gun that can be used in snow and rain weather, abandoning the disadvantages of arquebuses relying on ignition to be able to fire, using flint impact to launch bullets, Bi Maokang's invention has made a huge step forward in the research and development of firearms.

Zheng Xunrui will not miss this opportunity, of course, he knows that there are still many things that need to be improved in the flintlock pistol, for example, the flint impact requires too much strength, and ordinary people can't pull the trigger, even if they can pull the trigger, they can only hold on one or two times, and there is no strength in the back.

Zheng Xunrui is through life, and he knows a little about the principle here, and he believes that as long as he reminds him, those firearms experts will be able to think of a solution in the shortest possible time.