The bullet successfully hit the wooden stake forty paces away, just like Chu Linghui said, in a short period of time, even if the firebolt can be produced in large quantities, it is still incomparable to the bow and crossbow, and its power and the price of the firebolt will be at an absolute disadvantage.

But if an elite is allowed to equip an enemy on the battlefield with a cold gun when he is unprepared, the nomads, who are mainly cavalry, will definitely be beaten on their backs.

Hong Tong didn't know much about the advantages and disadvantages of the firecracker, or the battlefield, but Lin Jiu didn't hide it and told all this.

Hong Tong pondered for a moment and asked, "If you are given enough manpower, how long will it take you to make this thing like a bow and crossbow, and you won't want the industrial revolution you talked about!" ”

Lin Jiu shook his head and said: "That's not it, if you can really fully support it, it will take about two years to get the materials suitable for making firecrackers, and after that, find a group of craftsmen of the same level as the license firecracker, five years should be enough." ”

Lin Jiu is naturally more interested in time, after all, Lin Jiu is better at using it than manufacturing.

The two looked at Chu Linghui at the same time, this thing was made by him, and the person should have been found by him.

Chu Linghui smiled bitterly and said, "Let's put it this way, the person in charge of building this fire gun is Master Ou Feng Ou. ”

Although most craftsmen in this world are respected, if they can achieve the pinnacle in their own trade, it is not surprising that they are worshiped as living gods, such as Lu Ban.

"Judging by your appearance, it should be difficult for that Master Ou to come up with a second one in a short time, but if he is willing to take an apprentice and at least specialize in one aspect, then the talent problem will also be solved."

"I'm afraid this won't work, everyone is saying that the apprentices of the church starved to death the master, not to mention the creation of this profession, to the extent of Master Ou, he easily refused to accept the apprentice." Chu Linghui sighed.

Hong Tong turned his heart sideways, and finally showed a bad face for so long: "It doesn't matter what kind of magic craftsman he is, he is recruited by the order of the imperial court, and it is a big deal to give him a position in the Ministry of Industry, so he will not be satisfied?" ”

Listening to Hong Tong's words, Lin Jiu looked at him with a look of grievance, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court had this idea, then she wouldn't have made it look like this now.

Hong Tong immediately reacted and smiled: "Of course, Xiao Lin Jiu is an exception, with your talent, I should give you the freedom to choose." ”

Chu Linghui's heart moved, the emperor sent Gonggong Hong this time, if it was really to come to this conclusion, then everything would make sense, but unfortunately, Bai Shuisheng didn't seem to have figured out this matter at all.

As a human being, Bai Shuisheng also has the same idea as Hongtong, as long as Lin Jiu hooks his fingers casually, he will naturally become the eagle dog of the imperial court. Dog, he went to Yunzhou this time just to deal with Chu Linghui.

It's just that Bai Shuisheng didn't count Lin Jiuning's character of being a broken jade, nor did he count that Chu Linghui and Lin Jiu were one.

Lin Jiu rubbed his eyebrows, and said helplessly: "Old man Hong, you should stop a little, as for the beating master, we will invite you back in person, you don't want to participate, the difference between voluntary and forced is not a star and a half." ”

Hong Tong thought about what happened in the past few days, sighed and said, "Okay, I'll recuperate here in peace, and I'll leave the rest to you." ”

Just when Hongtong wanted to turn around and go back to the house, Lin Jiu remembered something from each other, and stepped forward to grab Hongtong: "About Chu Linghui being demoted to the prefect......

Before Lin Jiu's words were finished, he was interrupted by Chu Lingjue: "The holy decree has been issued, you have no jokes, Xiao Jiu can't embarrass Father-in-law Hong." ”

Hong Tong sighed: "You should listen to Lord Chu, it is easy to break if you are too rigid, you should learn how to restrain yourself." ”

After saying this, Hong Tong turned around and entered the house, and the door was slowly closed.

"How so? This is a firearm, with which Da Zhou can pocket the whole world! Lin Jiu said unwillingly, in her opinion, her chips were big enough, but she still didn't get the desired result.

Chu Linghui took Lin Jiu's hand and said: "It's enough, Your Majesty has no choice but to suppress me now, the court needs King Tang to stabilize the people's hearts and minds, Jingnan has beautiful mountains and clear waters, but it is much better than the cookie-cutter scenery of Yunzhou." ”

"That's what you think? The dignified servant, the left minister of the Great Zhou, became the prefect of Yunzhou, and now it has become a county order. "One-eighteen

Chu Linghui smiled calmly and said: "I can be promoted to the subordinate squire in the year of the crown, that is the love of the first emperor, but the prime minister of the Great Zhou started from the state and county, and the fierce general started from the army, and now it seems that it is just to make up for what I have not experienced." ”

"You can think about it!" Lin Jiu sighed, although he still had a taste in his heart from time to time, he didn't mean to make any more trouble.

On the other hand, since Chu Linghui promised to take the matter down, Bai Shuisheng did not sleep peacefully for a day, and almost every night he would dream that Hong Tong slandered in front of the emperor, and then the butcher knife waved down and the Bai family all fell.

When Hong Tong returned from Cao Yixian, Bai Shuisheng's heart was even more complicated, and he didn't know whether to hate Cao Yixian or thank him.

If Cao Yixian had informed him of the news of Hong Tong in his mansion at that time, he might not have killed Hong Tong himself, and the situation at that time would be truly irreparable.

But after all, Cao Yixian was deceived by him because of his own interests, and the grass on the wall was really swaying with the wind.

As for Yu Yixian, he was also a little confused when he saw Hong Tong, he originally thought that Lin Jiu really killed this Hong Gonggong, in that case, the Zeng family would be Lin Jiu's only support.

Now that this idea has failed, and Bai Shuisheng has also been offended, as for the secret recipe left by Lin Jiu to offset his losses, it can only be seen in the future.

In short, the only one who can be called happy now is Hongtong.

This open-minded Hong Gonggong simply brushed aside Bai Shuisheng's order to release arrows, he felt that he had completed the task assigned to him by the emperor and even the previous emperor, won the army of a strong country, and the most important thing was that Lin Jiu's heart was not separated.

As for Chu Linghui, Hong Tong understood that when the first emperor took Qi out of the dilapidated Chu family, this world-famous genius was destined to be used by the Great Zhou in this life.

What Hong Tong wants to do most now is to let the newly enthroned emperor understand that Chu Linghui and Lin Jiu can only have a heart-to-heart relationship, and cannot be forced to take advantage of them.

Gonggong Hong read out the holy decree at the place where Bai Shuisheng decided the case at the entrance of the yamen, demoting Chu Linghui, the prefect of Yunzhou, to the county order of leaving the county.

As soon as this punishment came out, it was naturally a joy for the people who had been brainwashed by those big clans.

As for whether he will regret it in the future, it depends on whether the successor prefect can really continue Chu Linghui's decree.

After Chu Linghui came down from the prefect, the new prefect rose up almost immediately.

Wei Wensong Wei Governor, the eldest son of the Wei family, was a jinshi of the first emperor's dynasty, as for whether Wei Wensong relied on his own ability or relied on silver two to get the position of Jinshi, it no longer matters.

From the beginning to the present, people in Yunzhou only need to understand one thing, that is, Yunzhou can actually be renamed Weizhou.

On the outskirts of the city, Huoshen Villa, here is the industry of the god craftsman Ou Feng, whether it is in the underworld or the white road, Ou Feng has a high reputation, and the weapons forged by Ou Feng are artifacts.

It's just that on that day, when he used his own dark iron to create a fire gun and saw Chu Linghui experiment with his own eyes, Ou Feng was no longer interested in building a sword.

The blueprint of the firebolt was still in his hand, but there was no second piece of darkiron.

"Zhuang Master, Lord Chu asks to see!" Just when Ou Feng was holding the drawings and looking at them carefully, a Zhuang Ding came to report.

"Nope!" Ou Feng subconsciously said, not long after he said this, Ou Feng realized who Lord Chu was, and hurriedly said: "If it is the prefect, there is no need to stop it." ”

When Zhuang Ding was about to leave, he saw that Ou Feng had already gotten up: "Forget it, I will greet you personally, you go and prepare refreshments, don't neglect the guests." ”

Zhuang Ding took the order to leave, Ou Feng came to the gate of the villa, and after seeing the appearance of the man and woman clearly, he hurriedly greeted him: "Lord Chu, Boss Lin, the two of you came here today to really make the cold house shine." ”

After seeing the ceremony, Chu Linghui said with a smile: "I came here today to discuss with Ou seniors on important matters, and before he left the county to take office, Chu was just a cloth cloth. ”