"Who are they? What's in the background? Liu Ruoyu asked, "How did you offend?" ”

Liu Weidao: "It's all because of business. When my nephew first arrived in the factory, the foreman below bullied me for not understanding anything and bluffed me. Later, I didn't care about it, I lost my errand desperately, and only followed the "Guidelines" given by His Royal Highness. If someone dares to jump out and point fingers, the nephew will be handed over to Mr. Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai always dealt hard, and after a few were disabled, no one dared to make trouble. It was only later that I heard that there were a few of them in the palace......"

Liu Ruoyu's brows gradually relaxed, and said, "As long as it is Xiao Tugeng's beater, then it will be fine." Do you have shallow eyes and long hands......"

"How dare my nephew!" Liu Wei immediately said with a bitter face: "According to His Royal Highness's financial rules, there are accounts in and out, and my nephew can't trust the accounts in the factory, and he spends money to ask Uncle Yu next door to help me review the second way." He is the account office of Wan Yuanchang, and he has nothing to do with anyone in the factory. ”

Liu Ruoyu was surprised when he heard this, and said, "You paid this money yourself?" ”

Liu Wei nodded and said, "This is also a matter of no choice, spending a few dollars and silver to buy a safe one, my nephew thinks it is still worth it." As soon as he finished saying this, a woman's cough came from behind the curtain, obviously dissatisfied with Liu Wei's timidity in front of his uncle.

Liu Wei was afraid that his wife's habits had not changed, so he hurriedly stopped.

Liu Ruoyu was dissatisfied with the shrew's nephew and daughter-in-law, and said leisurely: "You have done a good job, if the prince asks tomorrow, he will say the same." ”

Liu Wei seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and asked timidly: "Uncle, what's so good about this?" ”

"It's called incorruptibility and prudence." Liu Ruoyu said: "The prince is eclectic in employing people, but in general, he is stained with the words diligence, loyalty, ability, and achievement, and he can always be favored." This diligence is not lazy, and the prince's rules are implemented. Needless to say, the prince said that the moon is square. You're going to have to find the four corners for the old man. 'Can' is to be able to do things, and performance is to be able to do things, and the two are inseparable. You know that looking for Xiao Tugeng to help you suppress the thorns, and you know that you can find an outside account room to audit your accounts, this is what you can. Just wait for the credit in the future, but it will not be just the errand of five taels of silver a month now. ”

A more intense cough came from behind the curtain. Audiblely. The woman seemed to be choking on her own saliva.

Liu Ruoyu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and heard the footsteps of the woman leaving, and then said: "Tomorrow the prince wants to inspect, you have to find some henchmen first, the key points are guarded, and no people can talk nonsense." ”

"Uncle......" Liu Wei had a bitter face: "I don't have many people in the factory who can speak." ”

"You ......" Liu Wei was stunned, and then his face turned bright: "It's okay!" Lonely is also a good way! Here, you can take me over tonight to check it out first. If there is a disagreement, let them change it immediately. ”

"Eh, just listen to my uncle." Liu Wei was not worried about what would go wrong when he went on patrol at night. He has made many night patrols, and there is no place where he has not been raided at night, except for the fact that open flames are strictly prohibited in the medicine storehouse, which cannot be seen at night.

Liu Ruoyu listened to his nephew's words and was not very relieved. He hastily ate dinner at his nephew's house, and stayed up for a while. Taught my nephew some routines that he needed to master as a superior, and looked at the dark outside. The cold rose sharply, and it was time to pass the morning, so he urged: "We can go to the factory." ”

Liu Wei hurriedly took out the cold coat and put it on Liu Ruoyu, took the lantern himself, and said, "Uncle, it's dark." Be careful. Liu Ruoyu nodded impatiently, and only motioned for him to lead the way.

From Liu Wei's house to Anmin Factory, it was only a hundred steps away, and Liu Ruoyu personally walked around and found that it was so close, and he should be able to lean on the word "Qin" and leave a good impression on the prince.

"What people!"

The two had just walked to the door. Then I heard a shout.

Liu Ruoyu was taken aback, and he didn't know how to report his identity, when he saw Liu Wei step forward with a lantern, shine on his face, and hand out a wooden sign: "I am Liu Wei." ”

The soldier guarding the door looked at Liu Wei's sign, glanced at his face twice, and his eyes fell on Liu Ruoyu. He asked, "What is this man doing?" ”

"It's from the East Palace." Liu Wei said: "I approved the strips." ”

The soldier glanced at Liu Ruoyu's clean chin again, and finally nodded and let the two in.

Liu Wei explained to his uncle in a low voice: "Uncle, these are all Xiao Baizong's people. His Royal Highness said that the Gunpowder Bureau is important, and no idle people are allowed to enter, so I discussed with Mr. Xiao Bai and set up this access control. All craftsmen have to rely on the waist card, and outsiders can only come in with the approval of me and Xiao Baizong. ”

Liu Ruoyu sighed and asked, "Is it the rule set by the prince?" ”

"The prince only said that there should be a curfew, which is the rule set by me and Xiao Bai." Liu Wei said worriedly.

Liu Ruoyu let out a noncommittal "oh" again, walked out five steps away, and said with a mist that he had just breathed out: "This rule is okay." ”

Liu Wei got the master's approval, his spirits were greatly lifted, and he took his uncle all the way to the various factories. Sure enough, there are people in each factory, each of whom is covered in a thick quilt of cotton clothes, because no matter how cold the weather is, there is no rule that there is an open flame in the gunpowder bureau. Some of these people on duty jumped up when they saw the light and asked for the names of the people who came; Some people shouted "Stop", but they did not come out of the covers.

The former Liu Wei will praise it, and the latter will reprimand it. The rules and regulations are very clear, which makes Liu Ruoyu's heart relaxed.

"Further inside is the medicine storehouse, which is a place where you must never see open fire, uncle, why don't you get here tonight?" Liu Wei carried the lantern and asked his uncle to decide.

Liu Ruoyu is used to sitting in black prison, he is not afraid of the dark, he is only afraid of doing bad things. It is difficult for people on the outside to understand the cautious and almost obsessive-compulsive way of doing things of the eunuchs in the inner palace. He rubbed his frozen face and said, "Put down the lantern, let's go in the dark and have a look." Is there anyone in there? ”

"There are two on night duty." Liu Wei put down the lantern and said to Liu Ruoyu.

Liu Ruoyu looked at the moon in the sky, which was almost round, and said happily: "Fortunately, the sky is good, and it won't hinder you if you don't turn on the lights." ”

Liu Wei catered twice, and took Liu Ruoyu inside, talking about where there are pits on the ground, where there are steps, and so on.

Liu Ruoyu finally found the area that needed to be improved, and ordered: "The pits on the ground must be filled up at dawn tomorrow, and they cannot be seen by His Highness." ”

Liu Wei just nodded and replied, "My nephew understands." ”

The two of them walked inside, turning the root of a wall, and the moonlight was just obscured by the high wall, and the front had to be dark. Liu Wei seemed to see a darker shadow coming from the dark curtain in a flash, and was startled, shouting, "Who! ”

The black shadow was also startled by Liu Wei's drink, and immediately suppressed his voice and asked, "Who are you!" ”

"I'm Liu Wei!" Liu Wei said confidently.

"Liu Wei?" The man thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Shopkeeper Liu? ”

"Sort of......" Liu Wei felt that he was not the shopkeeper, but the owners here were the emperor and the prince, and he took care of the business here for them, so he should also be regarded as the shopkeeper.

"That's Liu Er's shopkeeper?" The man's tone was much warmer: "You are here too?" ”

Liu Wei felt that the more he said, the more wrong it became, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Hey, I'm Li Si who is shaking up!" Li Si seemed to be very familiar with the Liu family, and complained: "After talking for a while, the second shopkeeper didn't hear it?" ”

"What are you doing here?" Liu Wei vaguely saw that the man was carrying something, and couldn't help but feel nervous, and said secretly: It can't be that he is here to steal gunpowder, right? Oops, isn't that earthquake the same fireworks shop where my wife's second aunt's little cousin works?

"What else can you do, aren't they all the same!" The man was not satisfied with Liu Wei's pretense, and said in a flowing air: "This is a public thing, what does it matter if you take something to eat." ”

- Yes! It's going to make me lose my head!

Liu Wei's heart trembled when he heard this, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.

"Where did you get in?" Liu Ruoyu suddenly asked.

"Hey, why do you look like your husband?" That Li Si didn't know how to write dead words, so he laughed at Liu Ruoyu.

Liu Ruoyu's face was already covered with frost, grabbed his nephew, and commanded in a low voice: "It's stealing!" Call someone! ”

Liu Wei was vigilant, and he didn't want anything else, so he just shouted loudly as his uncle ordered: "Someone! Walk the water! Let's go to the water! ”

After only two shouts, the factory suddenly boiled after the silence before. Everyone knows that these gunpowders can explode when they touch a little spark, and if they really go out of the water, they don't even have a chance to escape. In an instant, all the people on duty at night picked up the buckets of dry sand that had been prepared around them and rushed out, shouting loudly: "Where to go for water!?" ”

Immediately afterwards, I heard a sharp bamboo whistle in the barracks east of the factory. (To be continued......)