Taking advantage of the civil strife in Nanming, he quickly took Nanming, and then frantically recruited troops in Nanming, and within a few years, he could make a comeback to the north and take Chang'an directly.

Originally, Li Hao's plan was to take Western Chu, but compared with the Southern Ming, Western Chu was strong and strong, and the people were fierce, so it was difficult to succeed.

Li Zheng's release of the envoys of the Three Kingdoms was beyond everyone's expectations, but it created a great opportunity for Li Hao.

Li Hao walked out of the house, came to the courtyard, and reached out to catch a snowflake.

As soon as the snowflakes reach the palm of your hand, they melt into water.

Lin Zhiyuan then came out and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the prince, Nanming is rich in products and has a large population, and within ten years, the minister will be able to return the prince's million-dollar army." ”

"Ten years." Li Hao's gaze was a little confused.

Ten years later, he was also in his prime.

Lin Zhiyuan guessed Li Hao's thoughts, and said: "Without going through the bitter cold, how can you get the fragrance of plums?" ”

"General Lin, I understand the truth, just let it go, don't worry about me." Li Hao chuckled.

Lin Zhiyuan nodded slightly.

……

The carriage back to Chang'an was loaded with two large boxes of saltpeter.

When he returned to Chang'an, Wei Xiaobao wanted to immediately start experimenting to see if he could make a more powerful black powder.

But saltpeter alone is not enough, sulfur and charcoal are also needed.

Sulfur and charcoal are actually easy to find, and after arriving in Chang'an, just give an order.

The hardest thing to find is saltpeter.

The saltpeter mine under the top of the light is very rich in reserves and has high purity, as long as it is well protected, it can be used well.

On the way back, Wei Xiaobao kept thinking about these things.

As long as his black powder can be successfully manufactured, it will definitely come in handy in the future when fighting wars.

Since he was a child, he dreamed of being able to command thousands of troops and conquer cities.

The wind is howling.

The snow fell silently.

The snow on the road was getting thicker and thicker, and it was difficult for the carriage to move an inch.

In desperation, the three had to ride horses.

The boxes of saltpeter were packed into cloth bags and carried by the horses.

It was supposed to be only three days away, but it took more than ten days.

In the city of Chang'an, the lanterns are colorful, and the flavor of the year is getting stronger.

The beauties selected from all over the country have also arrived in Chang'an City in the past few days and have been placed in the Qin Palace.

There are thousands of houses in the Qin Palace, which is enough to accommodate thousands of beauties.

Wei Qi was very busy, but his pockets were also swelling day by day.

When Wei Xiaobao came back, he put all the bribes he had received in front of Wei Xiaobao.

"Master, I don't want it either, but they want to give it alive or dead, and I can only accept it." Wei Qi's purpose in doing this was to ask for guilt in advance, if he deliberately concealed it, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat after the incident in the future.

Wei Xiaobao was also amazed when he saw several boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as a large number of silver tickets.

Wei Qi smiled and said, "Master, this is their filial piety to you." ”

Wei Xiaobao nodded with a smile and said, "Take it, it will definitely be useful to keep it, what do you like, pick more for yourself." ”

"Thank you, Master." Wei Qi smiled from ear to ear.

There is a small vault in the east factory, which is very well built and has layers of mechanisms.

This small vault used to be used by Li Hao to hide treasures, but now it has become Wei Xiaobao's private treasure house.

Wei Xiaobao also made some transformations to those organs, so that when he put the treasures inside, he felt at ease.

"Master, we have to conduct a selection tomorrow, and we have to control the number of people to less than 100 before the year." After locking the treasure into the small vault, Wei Qi said to Wei Xiaobao about business.

Wei Xiaobao nodded, a good night's sleep.

When I opened my eyes the next day, I heard the sound of the system in my ears.

【Ding! Next check-in location: Nine-color dart board. 】

[The time limit for check-in is 20 days, please go to the nine-color dart game as soon as possible to sign in.] 】

When he heard that the sign-in location was the nine-color dart game, Wei Xiaobao was quite confused.

Unexpectedly, the location of the first high-level check-in would be the nine-color dart game.

Going around and back to the nine-color dart game, it is obviously the system's own arrangement.

Although he was only an outsider, the night when the Nine-Colored Dart Game was destroyed was the night of the candles in his cave room.

If it weren't for that gang of thieves, he wouldn't have gone north to Chang'an and was killed by an informant and became a eunuch.

Originally, he had been thinking about taking the time to go to the nine-color dart game and bring the "Nine-color Buddhist Sutra" hidden in the dart game back to the palace.

After breakfast, Wei Xiaobao took Wei Qi, Tie Feixue and others to the Qin Palace.

The five thousand beauties selected from all over the Great Wei Dynasty got up and dressed up from the time they were ugly.

Within today, more than half of the population will be eliminated.

Now that he is eliminated, he has to spend the year on his way home.

Wei Xiaobao's appearance here was just a routine.

The real selection, under the supervision of Wei Qi and other fathers-in-law of Dongchang, naturally has officials from the Ministry of Etiquette to carry it out.

From the front yard to the back yard, all the beauties were neatly arranged, and when Wei Xiaobao came over, they bowed and saluted.

At first, Wei Xiaobao was very energetic, but he felt that these little girls were all very good-looking, the difference was in their figures, some were convex and backward, and some were mediocre.

However, before he reached the backyard, Wei Xiaobao became numb, feeling that everyone was the same.

No wonder the emperor has three thousand beauties in the harem, but basically only pampers three or two.

After leaving through the back door, Wei Xiaobao instructed: "Wei Qi, keep an eye on those guys in the Ministry of Rites, from now on, don't accept gifts again." ”

"Yes." Wei Qi replied respectfully.

Wei Xiaobao was still not at ease, and said coldly: "If I know, you will still accept bribes and let a girl with ulterior motives be elected to the palace, and you will speculate on the consequences." ”

"Wei Qi doesn't dare, please rest assured, Master." Wei Qi heard that cold sweat broke out on his back.

Just leave the matter after the election to Wei Qi, and when the last hundred people arrive, he will carefully help Li Zheng take a look, and strive to choose nine types that Li Zheng likes and send them to Li Zheng.

It is now the twenty-third day of the lunar month, which is the traditional small year.

Wei Xiaobao now wants to go to the nine-color dart game and wants to complete the check-in before the year.

He is full of curiosity and anticipation for the prize of the senior check-in.

This time, he only took Tie Feixue with him, left Chang'an City on a fast horse, and went straight to Luoyang.

The general number of the nine-color dart game is in Luoyang City.

In the heyday of the dart game, there were semicolons in various places, and business was very prosperous.

In the first few days after crossing over, Wei Xiaobao, as the young dart head of the nine-color dart game, lived a chic life, and he had a complete fight with Lin Pingzhi.

From Chang'an to Luoyang, it is a full distance of 800 miles.

Heavy snow everywhere closed the road, so they walked relatively slowly, and it was not until the next evening that they saw Luoyang City.

Outside the city, a thin snow fell on the withered grass, which made it look bleak.

The gates are closed.

Tie Feixue showed the waist card of the East Factory and negotiated with the guard for a long time, and the guard reluctantly ordered the city gate to be opened.

Seeing that the drawbridge was lowered and the city gate was wide open, Wei Xiaobao pulled the reins of the horse and drove in.

The guard came down from the tower, but he didn't even see the horse's buttocks.

He spat on the ground and scolded in a low voice: "There are no birds, ...... with Lao Tzu"

The cold wind hit, choking him one after another, and he called out "bad luck".

After entering the city, Wei Xiaobao rode straight to the nine-color dart game.

Although he only lived in Luoyang for a few days, he remembered the position of the nine-color dart game very well.

Outside the gate of the dart game, Wei Xiaobao turned over and dismounted, looking surprised.