"I called you here today to inquire about the progress of the ordnance factory."

The emperor spoke bluntly.

"Your Majesty, the artillery demonstrated last time has been almost tested, and it will soon be ready for mass production. As for the guns, the Ordnance Factory has recently produced 500 improved models with excellent performance, ready for use. ”

Liu Luming replied with a serious face, completely losing his previous rashness and impetuousness.

Wang Quanquan couldn't help but laugh secretly on the side, Liu Luming's thoughts he knew best, and he didn't want to behave well and strive to be promoted to the rank of knight, so as to achieve his life goal of marrying the princess as soon as possible.

Sure enough, the emperor was stunned by his performance, nodded and said with satisfaction:

"Very well, try to hurry up with the artillery, as for the batch of muskets, I will order someone to pick them up in a few days."

"Your Majesty, is there another war?" The royal authority was keenly aware of something.

"It's already a fight."

The Emperor sighed, since he ascended the throne, not a day has been peaceful. As soon as the mourning period of Emperor Sheng'en passed, there was another accident on the southeast coast, and he, who was already exhausted, now had to cheer up and continue to deal with it.

"Isn't it a wolf?"

Wang Quanquan stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Seeing his hopeful face, the emperor nodded although he didn't know what this guy was thinking.

He was no longer curious about how the other party knew, after all, the royal authority had given him too many surprises.

"Hey, Brother Wang, how do you know?"

Liu Luming on the side was curious, and immediately asked questions.

"Because the price of the sea has gone up."

Sea mistakes, that is, seafood, "Shu Yu Gong" has a cloud: "The sea is wrong", which is about the messy and diverse seafood.

Liu Luming showed a look of surprise when he heard this, "Oh, no wonder I don't know, my family can't afford to eat sea mistakes." ”

It is now summer, and the most important thing is to keep it fresh, because of the storage conditions and transportation conditions, so in addition to the royal family, very few people can eat fresh sea mistakes at this time.

When Wang Quanquan heard this, he directly glanced at him, and said angrily: "Your family can't afford to eat sea mistakes, and can't you afford salted fish?" Now the salted fish in the capital are going crazy. ”

Liu Luming was not embarrassed when he heard this, and said bluntly: "My family is my mother's account, where do I know the price of salted fish." ”

Wang Quanquan did not say that he was ashamed of the cheeky Liu Luming, but he was ashamed to hear the emperor next to him.

To be honest, he really didn't know about such trivial things as sea mistakes and the price increase of salted fish, but even if he knew, he wouldn't think about the Japanese on the southeast coast.

"So I told you, this year's wind and rain are good, the fishing harvest will not be bad, the only reason for the price of salted fish to rise, can only be that fishermen can't fish with peace of mind."

Wang Quanquan is still painstakingly giving Liu Luming the reason, and the latter is listening carefully as if he has been taught, after all, the "master and apprentice" friendship between the two has started since they first met.

"Alright, if there's nothing to do, you can go down first."

The emperor, who was frustrated in his heart, began to issue an eviction order.

When Wang Quanquan heard this, he retired honestly, and continued to chat as soon as he went out.

"Brother Wang, salted fish is so expensive, should I give it a hand, wait for it to rise sharply, throw it out, and earn him a hard beat?"

"You have to understand a truth, when the news of the fortune reaches you, you don't know how many hands you have, and if you enter the market at this time, there will be no pants left to protect you."

"Oh, Brother Wang is erudite, and he has been taught."

The two went out of the palace, all the way to the west, and then found a food stall on the street to deal with a meal, because Liu Luming insisted on listening to the story of the long shirt, he couldn't go on in the middle of the meal, and the two separated early.

……

A few days later, the emperor sent someone to fetch the 500 firearms, and they were to be sent to the coastal provinces on the same day.

The team of more than 100 people marched in the southeast direction, but the army that should have been neatly dressed was mixed into two small men in short shirts, at first glance they thought they were coachmen or something, but on closer inspection, they could find that these two guys were sitting leisurely in the carriage, each holding a chicken leg in their hands.

In addition to Wang Quanquan and Liu Luming, who else can these two people have.

The reason why the kingship came is very simple, no one can refuse to beat up the widows, and if there is, then even that person will be beaten together.

And Liu Luming will come, the reason is very simple, he was deceived by the royal authority again.

Since the last time he was deceived into Kaipingwei, this kid has slipped a lot, and this time he said that he didn't want to come.

The king's authority and coercion and temptation were exhausted, but they didn't work, and in the end he had to sigh: "If I let the sixth princess know that you are so cowardly, I'm afraid I will be very disappointed in you, it seems that the two of you are destined to be inseparable in this life." ”

Don't say it, this is really useful, Liu Luming immediately said righteously and solemnly after hearing it: "Brother Wang, please take me with you." ”

The reason why he reacted so much was because the image he had set up for himself before was too great. What led a thousand horsemen to level ten thousand people, and never lost a single soldier; What to save the people from fire and water, and solve the urgent needs of the capital.

If the reputation of being afraid of death spreads now, I am afraid that it will really be looked down upon by the six princesses.

Although the crowd said that this trip was to send weapons, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no emergencies, and besides, they had to pass through five provinces and ten prefectures along the way, so they might encounter some extremely vicious bandits on the way.

Although there are no dense mountains along the southeast route, in the south where there are plenty of water veins, there are many local water bandits.

Water bandits are different from mountain bandits, although they do not roar down from the top of the mountain in groups, but they are more flexible than the number of people.

They spend all year round on the water plundering merchant ships, and all of them are well-versed in water, and each of them has a scuba with them.

In case he was caught by an official messenger, he would abandon the ship and flee directly after being defeated, and go down the river underwater, and when he reappeared, he might have been ten miles away. The imperial court spends a lot of manpower and material resources just to deal with them every year.

Fortunately, these bandits rarely plundered the people and only sought money, so it was only the merchants who were unlucky. After a long time, these merchants have also learned to break their fortunes and avoid disasters, which waterway to take, discuss with the local thieves in advance, and pay a toll, and the road will be unimpeded.

The local government also turned a blind eye to this kind of behavior, after all, as long as no one was killed, it was easy to say.

The first stop of Wang Quanquan and others is Gongduwei, Gongduwei is next to the capital, as the defense line in the east of the capital, plays a vital role, so the deployment of Gongduwei's troops, as well as weapons and equipment are the top priority, and the treatment of Gongduwei is also the best in the whole dynasty.

After all, the other guards can't beat it, they can retreat, they can hold on and wait for support, but the soldiers of the Gongdu Guard can only fight to the death. Because behind them is the capital, and they have no way to retreat.

The team of more than 100 people arrived at Gongduwei in less than a morning, and the weapon handover process was very smooth, and Wang Quanquan and Liu Luming, as weapons consultants, were naturally warmly welcomed by the local guards.

Because Gongduwei is close to the sea, there are many kinds of sea mistakes and the price is cheap, so the two of them enjoyed a big meal of sea mistakes. Liu Luming was even more like a hungry ghost reincarnated, and directly dried four or five catties of kelp.

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