General Li Rongsheng is wearing a green robe and a square scarf at the moment, like a student of Guozijian, this is the first time Chen Letian has seen a general dressed like this, and the general in the barracks who is covered with armor and dust.

As the two were talking, Chen Letian couldn't help but laugh and said, "The general wears scholar's clothes, and he looks like a Confucian scholar." ”

The general didn't know whether he was annoyed that Chen Letian didn't talk about business, or he felt unhappy that he was said to be like a Confucian student, so he kicked Chen Letian again and said: "This general is a Confucian student, if he hadn't gone astray back then, he should have spat with the courtiers in the temple now." You kid haven't seen me for a few months, and you seem to have gotten emboldened, and you dare to judge me? Come on, drag it out and beat twenty military sticks!"

Chen Letian was about to sneer and say, 'Do you think this is in the barracks?'

Who knew that before the words came out, two soldiers really walked in and dragged Chen Letian out.

Of course, Chen Letian didn't dare to struggle, looked at the two people who dragged him, and found that it was the general's two personal soldiers, and begged for mercy: "Two brothers, wait a minute, I still have something to say." ”

"Hmph!" The soldiers only snorted coldly, ignored it at all, dragged Chen Letian to the yard and tied it to the ginkgo tree, crackling and humming and hitting the real twenty military sticks.

Fortunately, Chen Letian is now the flesh of the Spring Realm, otherwise in the past, these twenty military sticks would have been able to raise him for seven or eight days.

"The little one is convicted. Chen Letian patted his ass and walked back to the study, admitting his mistake without sincerity.

General Li Rongsheng was very happy when he saw that Chen Le was born a dragon and a tiger, and he was very happy, you must know that these two personal soldiers are strong men in the army, and they use all their strength to put 20 military sticks on ordinary people, at least they can beat people half to death. But Chen Letian had no obstacle at this time, and it seemed that he had not been hit by the twenty military sticks at all, and it seemed that he had indeed made great progress. Although he was relieved, the general still looked angry on his face, and said, "You're powerful now, aren't you?

Chen Letian hurriedly poured a cup of tea for the general, and said flatteringly: "Don't scorn me, my little growth is not ranked in Wudang Mountain, and in the academy, I am not ranked." Alas, why do you think this path of cultivation is more difficult than fighting as a soldier?"

Li Rongsheng was smoothly diverted by Chen Letian's attention, and said: "It's all the same, neither is more difficult than the other, and neither is easier than the other." Don't worry, when you first joined the army, I told you about the changes in the battle formation, weren't you also ignorant at first, and weren't you the smartest among the students? I still say that if you want to be a master, you have to work hard. ”

Chen Letian snorted, suddenly raised his head and said, "I haven't heard your words for a long time, are you okay in the army?"

Li Rongsheng said: "The last trip to Wudang passed in a hurry, because I had to come back in a hurry to discuss the matter of the Firearms Bureau with the Holy Lord. Let's have a good chat today and have a few more drinks. ”

Chen Letian clapped his hands and said, "Okay." ”

Dinner was eaten by the generals Li Rongsheng and Chen Letian, and Li Tong, the second master of Li, said that he was going out for something, so he was not there.

General Li Rongsheng waved away the servants and personal soldiers, patted Chen Letian on the shoulder, put on a doting expression, and said: "I will pave the road for you, but you have to work hard yourself, I can't replace you." ”

Chen Letian raised his glass and saluted first, and then said: "Don't worry, I promise to live up to your expectations, I dare not say that I will go to the autumn realm before the age of thirty, it should be possible to go to the summer realm, I just climb, and I will climb to the summer realm." You know, I may not be a good person, but I'm determined to be big enough!"

The general nodded, drained the wine in the cup, and said, "I believe this." ”

Chen Letian said: "I listened to our letter from Wu, after I left, there were fewer people, and they didn't add people, right?"

The general said: "It's one thing that they don't give bonuses, the main thing is that I support them, otherwise your immediate boss Captain Liu would have beaten them a long time ago." I think it's okay to keep the seat, and you can go back if you can't get along in the future, haha. ”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

In terms of actual age, Li Rongsheng is not much older than Chen Letian, but the relationship between the two is also a teacher and a friend.

Even, when it comes to firearms, Chen Letian has a faint taste of a teacher.

This is the tacit understanding and fate of the two. I don't know how to talk about it, I can't find it out, only in the aroma of wine on the table.

After drinking a jar of wine, the two talked about the Firearms Research Bureau again. The meaning of the saint is to make the saint the nominal supreme person in charge, and Li Rongsheng to be the actual supreme person.

But Li Rongsheng opposed this proposal. There were enough affairs of the Northern Army, and every time he returned to the capital, he had to stay up for more than a dozen nights in a row to catch up with the backlog of things in the Northern Army. In this case, if he is asked to be in charge of the actual research bureau, he does not have the energy and time, and it is impossible for him to stay in the capital, and staying away from the northern army for a long time will cause the combat power of the northern army to decline or even collapse.

Seeing that this method did not work, the saint talked about Chen Letian, whose name has not yet been known, and said that since the general has no time, let the proposer of the firearms research institute, your right-hand man, be the actual person in charge.

Li Rongsheng knew that the saint couldn't wait to see Chen Letian. But considering Chen Letian's temperament, the general still rejected the saint ruthlessly like last time.

The saint was so angry that he almost swung his sword and slashed Li Rongsheng, but Li Rongsheng didn't hurry to touch the sword that the saint was holding in his hand, sighed, 'It's not sharp enough', and then said: "The minister means that the saint knows, in order to protect that kid, I have to let the saint meet him later." Holy Lord, you think so now, the sooner you see that kid, the greater the danger of that kid being wiped out. Of course, the Holy Lord doesn't want that kind of talent to die prematurely, right?"

In the end, Li Rongsheng proposed a compromise method. Let Chen Letian enter and exit the Firearms Bureau freely, and at the same time, in order to avoid being discovered by the Holy Lord, let Li Tong bring a few more people to mix in, and let Li Tong do all the things that give orders. In this way, Chen Letian is actually the commander-in-chief of the Firearms Research Institute, but the saint does not know who is the commander-in-chief.

The saint sighed and said, "It's really sad that I have appointed myself as the king, but I can't protect my courtiers!"

Li Rongsheng smiled and didn't answer the question. He couldn't accept this as a general, and he couldn't accept it.

For the open and secret battles in the court, he can only watch it in his eyes as a general. He can bluntly say that he will not let the king meet with the initiator of the Firearms Research Institute in order to protect Chen Letian, this is already very excessive, and even touches the king's bottom line.

Moreover, the situation of the military generals fighting openly and secretly is not less than that of the civil ministers.

After hearing this, Chen Letian said gratefully: "The general's kindness, Lotte has nothing to repay!"

Li Rongsheng said: "You, don't shoot the sycophants, work harder, there is still a long way to go, just take your time." The last time I went to Wudang, I felt that Wang Chongyang had finally grown up, and you young people still had a long way to go, and our Da Song Dynasty could afford to wait for your gang to grow up. ”

Chen Letian slandered: You are not a few years older than me, aren't you also a young person.

Li Rongsheng saw through Chen Letian's thoughts, and said with a smile: "I'm not young anymore, besides, I have too many enemies in the court, maybe I will be pulled off the horse one day, and when the time comes, the saint will not be able to protect me." ”

Chen Letian felt a chill from the general's tone. He knew that the general's words were true, and the Great Song Dynasty, which had been peaceful for nearly a hundred years, had begun to have a lot of discordant things and undeserved, senseless battles.

Chen Letian, who has read poetry and history books, can understand that this is the most difficult problem to solve throughout the ages.

The first saint said, the gentleman's Ze V was beheaded. One of the most important reasons is comfort. After a long period of comfort, the race will forget its original goal and begin to focus on the meaningless struggle without strength as a foundation.

It seems that if you defeat the brothers, you will be able to swallow the wealth of the family alone, but in fact, even if you defeat the brothers, what about the robbers? The brothers fell, and they themselves were seriously injured, and then the robbers came. The wealth of the family became all the spoils of the robbers.

In Chen Letian's view, General Li Rongsheng's style of action never considered his own retreat. If he doesn't do this, it will be a disadvantage, so he must do it, and he won't think about offending the people in the court at all. If you offend, you will be offended, as long as you can get things done, why should I cherish this life?

Because of this, the general knew that if one day, he would no longer be favored alone, it would be when he was ruined and discredited. That's why I said that.

Thinking of these bad things, Chen Letian drank two glasses of wine and said: "Although I can't change many things, I will do what I should do, and I will try my best to keep the people around me from doing bad things." If one day, you become a ghost under the knife of the powerful minister, I will not be afraid to be the second you, life is just a few decades, this life is worthy of admiration, it is enough. ”

The general Li Rongsheng said: "If everyone can think and do like you, then the Great Song Dynasty will really be able to prosper for thousands of generations!"

Chen Letian said: "There is no Great Song Dynasty for thousands of generations, but there must be descendants of Yan and Huang for thousands of generations!"

General Li Rongsheng suddenly looked up at Chen Letian, his eyes were like torches.

Chen Letian didn't look at the general, lowered his eyes and drank silently.

Li Rongsheng stared at Chen Letian for a long time, and then was silent for a long time before he said: "You have figured it out, you have figured it out, you have thought it through, you have thought it through, and then you will talk to me well, and then you will talk to the saint again." There is no hurry, you can wait for ten or twenty years. ”