"It won't be so fast," Yuan Bao'er also agreed that there was a change, but it was not a trivial matter to go against the imperial court after all.

Yuan Bao'er compares her heart to her heart, if she is going to think about it, she must think about it for a while.

Gu Sheng smiled lightly, "Do you eat dry rice when you are a cloth guard?" ”

Yuan Bao'er was taken aback, "You did it?" ”

Gu Sheng smiled, "I can't talk about doing it, it's just that Bu Yiwei is alone, and he has some contact with the people in the mansion, and those people are very transparent, as long as they say a sentence or two, they can understand the meaning." ”

Yuan Bao'er was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "It won't make a big fuss, right?" ”

Although Yuan Bao'er was worried about Gu Sheng, she didn't want to damage the foundation of Great Xia because of this.

"I'm measured," Gu Sheng said lightly.

After a few days, Yuan Baoer was in the workshop to look at the new style of machine spring, and listened to Ma Tang's voice.

She put down the spring and went outside, where she saw Ma Tang looking inside.

"How did you get here?"

She walked over as she spoke.

Ma Tang hurriedly stepped forward, and the soldiers who stopped him also retreated.

"Madam, come into the palace quickly, the young master has already gone."

"What's wrong?"

Yuan Bao'er has been soaking here for the past two days, almost ignoring what is going on outside the window, and she doesn't know anything about the news outside.

Ma Tang didn't know either, and guided: "Someone came to the palace, invite the young master over, and let me invite you when the young master leaves." ”

Yuan Bao'er remained silent, but she was speculating in her heart.

When I arrived at the imperial study, I saw that the left and right ministers and Gu Sheng were there, and Brother Yuan'er's face was very bad.

She bowed down, Brother Yuan waved his hand, and motioned to Gu Sheng, "You tell me about the situation." ”

Gu Sheng nodded, and waited sideways for Yuan Bao'er to get up, "Something happened in Huainan Dao." ”

Yuan Bao'er's brows moved slightly, and she looked extremely surprised.

Gu Sheng said: "Garrison Gong Changming risked death to send out a message, and at this time, he probably sacrificed his life for righteousness. ”

Yuan Bao'er was a little nervous.

Gong Changming, Yuan Bao'er still heard of it.

When this man was young, he was famous, but at that time there were disputes in the north, and when the smoke was everywhere, he threw his pen from Rong and went north with the army.

Speaking of which, he also had some luck, the first battle was the final battle, and he caught a small man, so he was three levels in a row.

Yuan Baoer often paid attention to the north at that time and was very impressed by him.

Later, when he was transferred, she also helped.

However, that person has a very straight personality, with the spirit and uprightness of a scholar, even if he received Yuan Baoer's favor, Gong Changming did not appreciate it, and blamed her for using her power, saying that she could not accept it, and she was still clamoring to resign.

If it weren't for a lesson from his old boss, he was afraid that he would not have been honest in his post.

"He's dead."

Yuan Bao'er said in a low voice.

Gu Sheng knew that Yuan Bao'er had a very good impression of him, but he didn't expect this either.

He glanced at Yuan Bao'er and continued, "According to the news from Gong Changming, there are currently more than 20,000 private soldiers in Huainan, but half of them are new soldiers, which is not enough evidence. ”

But those ten thousand are already scary.

In the rich southland, there is a man who has raised so many private armies.

What you want to do, it goes without saying.

When it comes to major events in the imperial court, the positions of the left and right sides immediately become unified.

The two unanimously elected Gu Sheng as the commander and went to encircle and suppress.

There is no need to think about the reason, whether it was Tuman or Yaku before, Gu Sheng played a big role in it.

But Yuan Baoer turned a blind eye to the two of them's explicit hints and recommended Wei Tang.

"The Wei family has produced good generals from generation to generation, and Wei Tang is even more beautiful among them, and the ministers have been friends with him for many years, and they know the gully in his heart best."

"The minister recommended him as the commander-in-chief."

Yuan Baoer solemnly bowed her hand.

Brother Yuan stared at her for a while, and saw that her face was calm and firm, and she didn't deliberately mention others for the safety of her family.

He ordered the inner supervisor to call Wei Tang, explain the situation to him, and said: "Lord Yuan recommended you to go on the expedition, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Baoer was keenly aware of his use of vocabulary and had some speculation in his heart.

Wei Tang wanted to go to the battlefield when he was a child, and when he heard it at this moment, his eyes lit up.

He immediately asked Ying, saying that even if he was a small soldier, a big soldier, or even a cook, he was willing.

Brother Yuan was amused by his straightforward personality and courage.

"In this way, Lord Gu is in charge, and you have to obey Lord Gu's assignment."

These words are gratuitously close.

Wei Tang was more clever and personal, and immediately stepped forward to salute and give Gu Sheng a salute.

Gu Sheng glanced at him and replied with a half-salute.

Whether it's his identity or his status in the military, it's not rude.

Brother Yuan was very satisfied with their harmony, and immediately made a decision, and discussed the issue of grain and grass with the left and right.

As for the baggage, he was not worried at all, with Gu Sheng in front of him, Yuan Bao'er would definitely work hard to provide all kinds of things.

Yuan Bao'er stood on the side, listening to their discussion of what they said and what they said, thinking about grain and grass in her heart.

Now that autumn is approaching, I see that it is time to collect grain.

Due to the previous wars, there was a shortage of food and grass to the point that even the emperor had to tighten his belt.

Every year, the household will store more grain to ensure that there is food to eat in the next year.

Originally, according to the expectations of the household department, the grain left behind was eaten for nearly a year after last year's grain was eaten, and the surplus grain was still very rich.

But the plan could not catch up with the changes, first there was a rebel army, and the encirclement and suppression of the army consumed nearly half of the grain and grass.

Fortunately, it didn't take long, and before the Hubu Shangshu was in pain, the army was withdrawn, and it barely bottomed out.

Seeing that autumn was coming, the new grain was put into the warehouse, and before the mouth of the head of the household book could be spit out, he had another encounter.

This time, there is no way to do it.

Zuo Xiang has a good relationship with the head of the household, and he knows the inside story best.

Now the rest of the household is not enough to rush to Huainan with the army.

So he didn't really approve of encirclement and suppression.

But the emperor's order had been given, and he could only think of a way.

But what could he do?

It can only be saved from the government and the people.

The commander was decided, the key problem was solved, and the right minister thought carefully and moved again.

He retorted to Zuo Xiang with a smile, "There are only more than a thousand officials in Kyoto, even if they don't want to be rich, how many can there be?" ”

"Relying on these alone, where can we afford an army."

As soon as the left minister heard it, he knew that he was looking for something, and he was not in a hurry, so he turned sideways slightly, "I don't know what the right minister thinks?" ”

I can't talk about it, I just think that compared to us people, there are many more businessmen. ”

I don't know how the right minister is, but he knows that businessmen seek profits, and if they squeeze businessmen as soon as they encounter something, in the long run, businessmen will definitely not stay here, even if they stay here, they will also try their best to make up for their losses.

When a businessman opens the door to do business, how can he make up for it?

It is nothing more than from the source price of goods.

None of this is detrimental to development, and it will inevitably become a problem in the future, and the left minister is willing to see this.

But seeing that the emperor was moved, he could only swallow his words.

"Let's talk about it in detail," Brother Yuan'er leaned slightly, obviously very interested.

The right minister smiled proudly in his heart, took half a step forward with respectful and obedient faces, and explained more carefully.

Brother Yuan listened very carefully, and after listening, he muttered for a long time and turned to look at Gu Sheng.

"What does Master Gu think?"

The left and right phases immediately followed.

Gu Sheng had the same opinion as Zuo Xiang in his heart, and he also disagreed with this kind of pulling out seedlings to help him, but the war was about to start, and there was not enough food and grass, which was a big disaster.

The rebels are ready to move at this time, and if they don't suppress it, the leaders in other places will definitely be moved, and then it will be the disaster of the country.

Compared with the dead country, businessmen and the like are not qualified enough.

Therefore, Gu Sheng firmly stood on the side of the right minister, and agreed to put pressure on the businessmen and levy heavy taxes, but he only mentioned at the end that rice and grain could be deducted.

In Kyoto, whenever the business is big enough, there are rice grain shops.

Gu Sheng didn't care about silver and other things, all he wanted was grain and grass.

Wei Dan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Yuan Bao'er stepped on him hard, interrupting his conversation.

Wei Tang has been to the court far less often than Yuan Bao'er and Wei Tang, and his understanding of these people is even worse.

After understanding what Yuan Bao'er meant, he only glanced at her and closed his mouth.

When he got out of the palace, the right minister smiled and said goodbye to Gu Sheng, and at the end he smiled encouragingly at Wei Tang.

"The future is terrifying, the Wei family has produced talents."

Wei Dangan laughed dryly and watched him and Zuo Xiang leave.

Gu Sheng waited for the two of them to drive away before he said, "What's the matter, where are you going to me?" ”

The two of them are about to take office, and many things still need to be touched, and their opinions must be unified first, otherwise when they come to the soldiers, the two commanders and lieutenants will have their own opinions, which will almost be a fatal blow to morale.

Yuan Baoer saw the two go together, so she went to the Ministry of Industry.

The Great War was approaching, and he had to put the recently researched spring on it and make it more useful.

But the craftsmen are all doing their own thing, and unless necessary, they basically don't gather in one place and develop them all at once.

Yuan Bao'er wanted to do this this time.

When the craftsmen heard this, they were a little hesitant, but after hearing the reward that Yuan Bao'er talked about, they all became excited.

A house in Kyoto, even if it is only two entrances, even if it is only in the north of the city, can be a big pie for craftsmen who can only receive two or three taels of silver per month.

After hesitating for a few breaths, everyone abandoned the idea of cherishing themselves and gathered together to express their opinions.

Yuan Bao'er listened to it with a smile for a while, and felt that everyone was really interested, so she left.

Back in the house, Ma Tang was removing the teacup.

Yuan Bao'er went over and sat down, "How did the discussion go?" ”

Gu Sheng was distracted, and when he heard the words, he sighed, "It's not bad, it's better than I expected, Wei Tang is indeed a talent." ”

"Does this think it's talent?"

Yuan Baoer joked with a smile.

Gu Sheng laughed a little, "He always talked to me before, even if it was a talent, I didn't like it." ”

"So it's smooth now?"

Yuan Baoer tilted her head.

Gu Sheng nodded, "He's a man, I admire him." ”

"How?"

Yuan Bao'er was very curious, how the two people who had never dealt with each other could get rid of their previous suspicions with just a cup of tea.

Gu Sheng smiled and sold a pass, "Don't ask about this, I won't say if I ask." ”

Yuan Baoer pursed her lips and wanted to say rare.

Gu Sheng had already asked about the heavy matter.

Once the commander is decided, the troops must be ordered, and as long as the food and grass are ready, the army will set off.

The baggage had to be delivered to the ship and transported before that.

"At the moment, there are only the previous ones," Yuan Bao'er said.

"Didn't you say you had a new research there?"

Gu Sheng asked.

Yuan Bao'er nodded, "There is a machine spring that is very good, with strong elasticity and toughness, placed on the bed crossbow, one arrow is enough to break the city." ”

"But the problem now is that if you want to press the spring down, you need a lot of force, and this can only be pressed little by little with a lever."

"On the battlefield, everything changes instantly, and that thing is disposable there."

"It's not cost-effective compared to how much it costs."

In other words, that thing will not join the current war.

Gu Sheng was a little disappointed, "I heard that Huainan has also prepared a lot of sharp weapons. There are also bed crossbows among them. ”

Yuan Bao'er frowned.

These things are top secrets in the Ministry of Industry, and they will not be touched by others, and the drawings are tightly put away by her, and no one will know about them at all.

It's just that in order to perceive the baggage, she once summoned craftsmen to act together.

"Isn't there a ghost inside?"

Gu Sheng smiled, the meaning was very obvious.

Yuan Bao'er's face instantly turned blue.

"I have something to do, you can eat by yourself," she walked away without looking back.

Gu Sheng wanted to say help her, but he didn't want Yuan Bao'er to have that intention at all.

He chased two steps, and saw that Yuan Bao'er had already run out of the atrium and went straight to the gate.

He shook his head helplessly, and in a blink of an eye, he saw his son staggering over, still calling Daddy with milk in his mouth.

He stepped out at once, his back still straight, but his eyes could not take his way away.

Yuan Bao'er went straight to the place where the craftsman was, the craftsmen were still discussing hotly, and it was a little strange to see Yuan Bao'er go and return.

You must know that Yuan Bao'er has never been so wasteful about sleeping and eating, it is dark at this time, and she must have something when she comes back.

The crowd stopped arguing and looked at it.

Yuan Baoerzai carefully looked at everyone present.

Most of the craftsmen here are brought back by her from various places, so to speak, they are the ones who carry her trust and hope.

Now Gu Sheng told her that there were traitors among these people, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

She walked slowly to the crowd, looked around again, and then said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that there is a bed crossbow like ours in Huainan, I want to know, can anyone give me an explanation." ”

"My lord," the oldest and relatively high-ranking steward stood up, "Is there a misunderstanding in this matter?" ”

"If it was a misunderstanding, do you think I'd still be here?"

Yuan Bao'er's tone was very calm, and her expression was as calm as stagnant water, calm and quiet, but very oppressive.

It was the first time for the craftsmen to see Yuan Bao'er like this, and they were all so frightened that they didn't dare to say a word.

Yuan Bao'er came here, but he didn't let them shut up and be dumb.

She found a place, casually took off her official robe and sat down, "I came here to ask, just to give him a chance, as long as he can explain, I will save his life." ”

The drawings of the Ministry of Industry are all state secrets, and if someone leaks them, the exile of the nine clans will be light.

So when Yuan Baoer said this, she really wanted to open up the net.

The craftsmen peeked at each other, and they all drooped their heads, and they didn't say anything.

Yuan Bao'er smiled, "I came to ask today, just for the sake of everyone's colleagues, if you don't know how to be interesting, then don't blame me for being rude." ”