Episode 2 The Forge Submachine Gun

"Lord Xiang, don't be me, okay? Not really......"

At half past eight in the morning.

In the quiet square in front of the Fengtian Temple, only the soft pleas of girls and the rough and rude rebuke of a man echoed.

There are five white marble bridges on the inner royal river between the noon gate and the Fengtian gate, and now there is a palace maid blocked on each one, and on the bridge in the middle, a small palace maid bowed and made a loss, and she was about to cry.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was so angry that he smoked seven holes, and circled on the white marble bridge, and the little girl blocked the bridge and didn't let him cross, so he couldn't throw people down the river, right?

"Make no mistake!" Xiang Xiaoqiang punched the white marble lion cub, and his fist hurt, but he didn't dare to rub it in front of other girls, he just grinned in pain, and asked in a suppressed voice, "Commander Ben just returned to Daming today, and he didn't bother to meet his subordinates, so he rushed to see Your Majesty, how could Your Majesty not see me!" …… You tell you the truth, did Your Majesty not see me, or was someone in the palace afraid of me going in and instructed you to stop me here? ”

The little palace maid was stunned, immediately raised three fingers, opened her mouth and said:

"The emperor is above, the earth is below, I, Huang Xiaoju, swear to the sky: Today, Your Majesty is, 100 percent, 10,000 percent, I don't want to see Lord Xiang...... It has nothing to do with my little orange...... If my little orange is really instructed by the 'so-and-so' in the mouth of the adult to stop the adult from entering, then let me have a rotten stomach, thunder in the sky, and be hit by a car when I go out......"

The crisp poisonous oath echoed in the quiet palace walls, Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly stopped her:

"Alright, alright...... I'm unlucky, I believe you, okay? …… My day! ”

On the four royal river bridges on both sides, the four little palace maids looked at Huang Xiaoju with numb expressions and swore poisonously, not caring at all, as if Huang Xiaoju's poisonous oath was as normal as eating.

Huang Xiaoju still looks pitiful:

"Okay, right? Believe it, right? …… Sir, take pity on your poor servant......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang wants to cry without tears, and there is nowhere to spill when he is angry. He is seven feet tall, has a sword in military uniform, carries the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders, and wears the Order of the Vermilion Bird on his chest, but he is standing here and almost "bullying" a little girl and crying......

The four little palace maids next to him looked at him indifferently, and farther away, a row of Praetorian Guards standing guard also looked at him. Xiang Xiaoqiang turned his face and glanced at them, and those Praetorian Guards immediately turned their faces away and did not squint. Now the Praetorian Guard is also the People's Guard, and those people are still their own soldiers.

"Your Majesty doesn't see me," Xiang Xiaoqiang said, "Well, I won't tell you now, you call a higher responsible person in the palace!" I'm going to ask him personally! ”

Huang Xiaoju pointed to the side and said softly:

"Then come with me, sir, and I'll take you to her."

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't fight anywhere, tilted his head and said:

"Who? You let him come here to me! ”

At this time, the foreign secretary came over with a briefcase and two officials talking at the same time. They all suddenly saw Xiang Xiaoqiang, and Xiang Xiaoqiang also saw them.

Several people saw Xiang Xiaoqiang's appearance, standing on the bridge and pulling and pulling with a little palace maid, and their eyes were very strange. The minister held his glasses, looked him up and down from a distance, did not speak, and walked straight across the bridge. The little palace maid on the bridge immediately got out of the way and bowed her head and stood aside. The two officials behind him were probably also from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one lowered his head and pretended not to see it, and the other rushed to Xiaoqiang and nodded politely and smiled, and walked over quickly.

Xiang Xiaoqiang watched them walk across the Yuhe Bridge, and suddenly his face was on fire. He turned to look at Huang Xiaoju beside him again, Xiao Nizi rolled her dead fish eyes, looked up at the sky, and looked at the sky with a posture of "I would like to stay here and stay here, see if you are ugly or I am ugly".

, only women and villains are difficult to raise, and the sage is simply right.

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't speak, raised his finger and pointed in that direction, bowed his head and said:

"Let's go, I'm convinced, take me to him."

……

In the Wuying Hall on the west side of Fengtianmen, Xiang Xiaoqiang sat on a Taishi chair and waited. After a while, Tingting was hired to walk out of the two palace maids, both of whom held their heads high and had a good demeanor, which was not the same as Huang Xiaoju on the side of the Yuhe Bridge. Walking out was a noble lady in a long palace dress. When I looked at Xiaoqiang, it was actually Zhu Yourong's nurse: Mrs. Li! Immediately behind Mrs. Li were two palace maids. One of them is actually Huang Xiaoju!

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at this posture and secretly shouted that it was not good: How long has it been since the house arrest Zhu Yourong incident, looking at her like this, is it because she has gained momentum in the palace again? What's even more choking is that Huang Xiaoju is still Mrs. Li's person who has been making trouble for a long time!

It seems that Mrs. Li and Zheng Gongyin are different, Mrs. Li is Zhu Yourong's nursing mother, like mother and daughter, plus they live in the palace, there are many opportunities to meet, and it is easier for the two to reconcile. Zheng Gongyin is not good now, he is an uncle, he is emotionally inferior, and he lives outside the palace, so there are not many opportunities to see Zhu Yourong.

However, even so, she should be low-key at this time, and she is still so flamboyant, hugging back and forth, for fear that others will not know that she is in power again.

Xiang Xiaoqiang stood up, nodded to Mrs. Li with a smile, and then said with a smile:

"It turned out to be Mrs. Lee. The end will be polite. ”

Although her current power and influence on Zhu Yourong are above her, she is Zhu Yourong's nurse after all. No matter what their relationship is, as long as Zhu Yourong still recognizes this nurse one day, then Mrs. Li's "potential" must not be underestimated. What's more, as a lieutenant general, he is only equivalent to a traditional second-grade military general, but Mrs. Li is a first-class lady.

Mrs. Li looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang, raised her chin and looked at it for a long time, before she said lightly:

"Xiang Xiaoqiang, I heard that Xiao Juzi was ordered to stop you, not only did you not comply, but you made a big fuss on the Yuhe Bridge? Little Orange said to you in a good voice, but you raised your fist and wanted to hit her? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang opened his mouth wide, a little crying without tears. …… Want to hit her? Please, I just hit the white marble lion, and my hand hurt terribly......

He glanced fiercely at Huang Xiaoju, who was like a little bandit behind Mrs. Li, and was so annoyed and depressed in his heart that he couldn't do it. She didn't offend her much, but the wicked man with yellow mouth and white teeth sued first, and the woman and the villain took it all. But I have no way to deal with this kind of "villain". Attention, not "little women". If it is, it is too cute, but a "little woman".

Huang Xiaoju stood behind Mrs. Li in a regular manner, bowing her head very humbly, and she seemed to be more formal than everyone else. But Xiang Xiaoqiang could see that when Huang Xiaoju's eyes stole a glimpse of him, he still flashed with pride, and at first glance, he was enjoying the pleasure of challenging the authority of the ministers.

Mrs. Li snorted, and said lightly:

"Xiang Xiaoqiang...... You're very capable and capable out there, and I heard it all. But you are a foreign minister, and I don't care if you attack the city or slaughter the city outside. Now when you get to the palace, you have to understand what kind of place this is......"

When Xiang Xiaoqiang heard the words "conquer the city and slaughter the city", there was a fire in his chest. Yes, if you ordered 4,000 natives to be shot, you can't afford to put on a hat of "slaughtering the city"!

He suppressed his anger and did not contradict Mrs. Li.

However, after Mrs. Li took the shelf and taught a few more lessons, she suddenly turned her head and said lightly on her toes:

“…… But you must know that it is your Majesty's intention not to see you, and you should not think that I am doing it...... Xiang Xiaoqiang, tell you, I know what you want to do when you come back and enter the palace...... Didn't you just want to persuade Your Majesty not to go to Siam...... Tell you, I don't want Your Majesty to go to Siam either...... If you can persuade Your Majesty to change your mind, why should I stop you from entering? …… Tell you, it's really Your Majesty's meaning......"

Oh, so she's not a fool yet! Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at her coldly.

Mrs. Li stared at him a few times, and then said arrogantly:

"Xiang Xiaoqiang, Your Majesty said that she couldn't see you, that this was a major event related to the future of the people of the country, she wanted to make her own rational decision, and she was afraid of being influenced by you when she saw you. …… Speaking of which, our people, Your Majesty is not afraid of being affected, but you alone are afraid of being affected...... Hmph, Xiang Xiaoqiang, you can ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart moved, and then a stream of heat spread from his chest to his whole body. It turned out that Zhu Yourong was reluctant to see herself, not because she had any gap with herself, but on the contrary, her status in her mind was too important, and she was afraid that she would lose her position immediately as soon as she saw her, and she would obey her words desperately.

Mrs. Li looked at herself, her expression became more and more disgusted, revealing jealousy, unwillingness, and helplessness, she snorted several times, and finally her nostrils almost raised to the sky, and asked in the most unstoppable tone:

"Xiang Xiaoqiang...... I'll tell you, we all want to keep Your Majesty...... Now is a chance for you to contribute...... I can find a way to arrange for Your Majesty to see you, and you have to persuade me to persuade Your Majesty to change his mind. Hmph, it's up to you to have that ability. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Mrs. Li with a little playfulness, and understood everything in his heart.

Mrs. Li looked at his eyes, her self-esteem seemed to have been hit by a huge blow, and she immediately said coldly:

"It's okay if you don't want to, we're just giving you a chance. Your Majesty is gone, and it won't do you any good. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang could hardly believe his ears. He couldn't believe that Madame Li was arrogant, stupid, narrow-minded, and short-sighted to such an extent. She knew that she was the only one who could influence His Majesty, and she knew that a large group of them with vested interests would have to ask for her at this time, and she was still so arrogant in making demands at this time, as if she was not asking for it, but giving it to her.

Why? Just because they put Zhu Yourong under house arrest last time, and they went in time to save her. It's not so much that they ruined their plans, but that they saw the disgusting state of crying bitterly after they failed, hugging Zhu Yourong's legs. From then on, Mrs. Li was arrogant when she saw herself, as if this would restore the self-esteem she had lost at that time.

Xiang Xiaoqiang slowly smiled, bowed his head very humbly and smiled:

"Mrs. Li can afford the last general, and she is willing to give the last general a chance, of course, the last general can't help but be promoted. What's more, the last general is also afraid that His Majesty will not be in Daming! ”

Mrs. Li listened to him, looked at him, snorted, and the frost on her face slowly melted, and she looked satisfied.

……

Out of the Forbidden City, Xiang Xiaoqiang sat in the back seat of his car, and his mood was much more relaxed.

This is the only bit of reason left by Zhu Yourong to resist emotion. She has no other way but to "escape".

The current situation is much more optimistic than she imagined, it seems that as long as she chases after her and makes the final blow, her reason will fully surrender to emotion, and the prince of Siam will be gone. …… Of course, this just means that the prince of Siam has no drama, it does not mean that he has a drama.

However, this month, the prince of Siam is definitely coming to Nanjing...... What to do?

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang returned to the headquarters and did not tell anyone about it.

He sat in the big leather chair and shook his mind about what happened in the palace in the morning. He reminisced over every word Mrs. Li said. But somehow, the image of the little palace maid Huang Xiaoju suddenly popped up in my mind.

Xiang Xiaoqiang bit the pencil, smiled "poof", shook his head and said to himself:

"Oh, I'm glad I didn't really know her at the time. Little female bandits, female villains. Such a little girl can't afford to provoke us. Hehe......"

At the other end of the large office, Qiu Yu and Xiuxiu both looked at him curiously, trying to read something from his face. Xiuxiu glanced at Qiu Yun, who shrugged and shook his head.

Then, Qiu Yu suddenly remembered, patted his head, got up and ran to Xiuxiu's side, and lay down and whispered something. Xiuxiu nodded, and the two of them walked lightly to the side of the filing cabinet, opened the bottom layer of the middle cabinet, and revealed the safe.

Qiu Yun turned the password a few times, Xiuxiu took out the key to open the safe, and found a document bag from inside, which was stamped with "confidential".

The two walked lightly to Xiang Xiaoqiang's desk again, Qiu Yun put the file bag on the table, and Xiuxiu whispered:

"My lord, the drawings of the Lian Feng have been sent, please take a look."

"Hmm, hmm?" Xiang Xiaoqiang came to his senses and looked up at the two of them, "What drawings?" Whose? ”

Qiu Yun and Xiuxiu glanced at each other, and then Qiu Yun smiled:

"The drawings of the Lianfeng Company! You explained the submachine gun they designed in February! Now that the drawings are out, and the sample guns are also out, can you take a look? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang was excited, and jumped up from his seat:

"What? Is the submachine gun okay? Our own? ”

The two girls looked at each other with a smile and nodded.

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't say a word, hugged their necks at the same time, kissed them, and smiled excitedly:

"Good! That's great! It's finally out! Ok, good, good! ”

Then, ignoring the shyness of the two, he lowered his head and poured out all the contents of the file bag, and poured out the table at once.

The most striking thing is the stack of boxy drawings. The paper is pale blue and looks strong and thick, with dark blue lines on it.

This is the legendary blueprint.

Xiang Xiaoqiang pulled the cord three or two times and opened the top one.

The first one is probably the cover, with a few regular imitation Song style blue characters on it:

Drawing of the L-36 submachine gun

Here are a few lines of small blue print:

Appointed the designer - the People's Guard of the Ming Empire

Undertake the designer - Daming Lianfeng Industrial Company

“l-36？”

Xiang Xiaoqiang trembled excitedly and muttered.

Xiuxiu smiled and said softly:

"L is the first letter of the Lianfeng...... 36, that is, 1936...... This is just a preliminary name for them, if you are not satisfied, you can change it. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, didn't speak, and opened the second one.

Unfolded in front of you is a full view of a submachine gun.