Zhen Shiyuan's gaze fell on the girl in front of him and did not interrupt her.

"It is difficult for the bandits on Shanxi Road to be slaughtered, whenever the bandits are rampant, the imperial court will inevitably assign one thing to help suppress the bandits."

"Gunpowder." Zhen Shiyuan heard his own voice sound, and this reminder seemed to make him suddenly understand something.

"Because the canyon is going to open a road, gunpowder is indispensable, and in previous years, the bandits were slaughtered as much as they wanted, but because of the gunpowder in the hands of the local officers and soldiers on Shanxi Road, the bandits did not dare to be too rampant."

In fact, this also put the local officials and bandits on Shanxi Road in a relatively balanced state.

This year seems to be no different, Shanxi Road reported to suppress bandits, and the imperial court issued gunpowder, but this balance seems to have been disrupted recently, and bandits have become much more rampant than in previous years, so that even the court officials who returned to their hometowns to visit relatives on Shanxi Road dared to kidnap them.

"At first, I thought that bandits were rampant this year because there was less gunpowder distributed, but then I found that there were not a few gunpowder distributed, and there were a lot more than in previous years, so much gunpowder was distributed, and when the officials were not mobilized, the number of local officers and soldiers remained unchanged, and Shanxi Road did not suffer any disasters, the officials of Shanxi Road this year are like soft-footed shrimp, which is a strange thing in itself."

"What's even stranger is the tribute procession on Shanxi Road in Beijing in the name of congratulating His Majesty's birthday, your lordship shouldn't forget this, right?"

Suddenly mentioning this stubble, Zhen Shiyuan looked solemn: "How can you forget it?" When he entered Beijing, he encountered a theft of tribute. ”

"On the way to Beijing, His Majesty once reduced the tribute to the tribute, saying that it was not appropriate to organize a birthday banquet with great fanfare, so he reduced some in the list of tributes from each land, such as Jinling, which reduced some silk and other things."

"Coincidentally, when the news came down, there were several teams that happened to be near Shanxi Road, so they left the reduced tribute on Shanxi Road on the spot, does Lord Zhen know what it is?"

"Is it gunpowder?" Zhen Shiyuan looked at the look on her face and had a faint guess.

"It is said to be fireworks for fun, but for fear of fire, no one knows what the fireworks are inside, except for the people who transported the tribute and the officials in charge of Shanxi Road. But on His Majesty's birthday in previous years, he never asked these places to pay tribute to fireworks. ”

After all, I have never heard that His Majesty has a preference for good-looking fireworks, and the fireworks that have been used for fun in previous years have been stocked up in Chang'an City.

These things may seem trivial and irrelevant, but so many coincidences are enough to prove that this is not a coincidence.

"I think that today's Shanxi Road has stored at least seventy percent of the gunpowder of Da Chu without knowing it, my lord, what do you think Shanxi Road can store so much gunpowder for?"

What else could it be for? Bandits, of course.

Zhen Shiyuan smiled bitterly: "I am not unjustly lost these fifty taels." But he didn't want to gamble with her again.

Your Majesty's birthday banquet is not suitable for extravagance, but there are no more things to do, not only to transport a list of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but also to allocate most of the gunpowder to Shanxi Road.

It's amazing! Qiao Ran sighed secretly, and said: "And recently, Your Majesty suddenly began to raise military generals, I feel that maybe it is time to raise troops for a thousand days, and finally it is time to use them." Originally, His Majesty didn't necessarily send Zhou Shilin, didn't it happen that Zhou Shilin made this accident, His Majesty was willing to personally preside over this Heli case, obviously for Zhou Shilin's momentum, it can be said that this case is at least towards Zhou Shilin from His Majesty. ”

Hearing her mention this, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but regret: "Your Majesty ordered Zhou Shilin to lead the troops to set off in five days, and Zhou Shilin is afraid that he will not be able to see the result of leaving the case." ”

This case should not seem to be a difficult matter, and with His Majesty's partiality, it is not easy to convict the Wu'an County Palace?

"It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, not to mention that this king of Wu'an County is such a person who can be with the mud and drag," Qiao Ran thought for a while and said, "I think, maybe when Zhou Shilin comes back from suppressing the bandits, this and the case will not be over." ”

Zhen Shiyuan obviously didn't care about the outcome of this kind of thing, and after saying this to her, he got up and went back to his chair and sat down. Then he flipped through the news sent from all over the country again, and said while reading: "You helped Zhou Shilin to make a lot of trouble in the city, is there anything about that chamber of commerce?" ”

The girl didn't answer him immediately, but just asked Zhen Shiyuan: "What about adults?" Have you ever found it? ”

"Looking for a needle in a haystack." Zhen Shiyuan helped his forehead with a headache and said.

Obviously, he didn't have such good luck, and he didn't catch it for so long.

When Qiao Ran heard this, she couldn't help laughing: "Then I may be one step ahead of adults." ”

Is it? Zhen Shiyuan was a little skeptical.

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The matter of suppressing bandits on Shanxi Road soon spread throughout Chang'an City, and this kind of matter of employing people in the imperial court would not spread so quickly, after all, the small people of Shengdou who rested at sunrise and sunset did not have much interest in this kind of war far away in the sky. For them, this kind of war on the horizon may not be as interesting as some interesting affairs of the powerful.

After a busy day, the people just want to have fun and have fun.

In recent days, the uproar in Chang'an City is nothing more than the reconciliation of the Wu'an County Mansion and the Zhou family. Putting aside the noble identity of the people involved, to put it bluntly, it is a man's favored concubine, and there is also a suspicion of harming his main house and children.

To put it bluntly, this is a short matter in the family, and there are many such things that people have seen every day, and naturally everyone can judge one or two sentences about it. Of course, the result is nothing more than scolding the pampered and arrogant concubine and the foolish man.

This time, the matter of suppressing the bandits is the big superintendent Zhou Shilin involved in this short period of parents.

It is also for this reason that the matter of the suppression of bandits on Shanxi Road has also spread to everyone in the city.

After all, you can't just run to Shanxi Road without weapons or horses to suppress bandits.

A list was posted, and the next moment people rushed over.

"Look, look, what do you want?"

"Do you want rice?"

Some people curiously crowded under the list to watch the excitement.

"There is no disaster on Shanxi Road, and there is no shortage of rice and grain." The person who read the list at the front replied casually, "It's a horse harness, and the imperial court lacks some spare horse harness." ”

Officers and soldiers will naturally prepare horse harness in the barracks, but they are prepared, and generally in this kind of operation to suppress bandits, because they have to fight with bandits, there is always a lot of loss in horse harness.

Before leaving, it is natural to prepare enough harness.

"Will there be a shortage of harness?" Some people wondered, "Are there still fewer harnesses in our city?" ”

"Are you stupid?" Someone sneered, "Didn't you just seal a few carriages and horses not long ago?" There are still five days to go, and now that the lockdown is lifted, the rush may not be able to catch up with the first batch of harnesses made! ”