Ye Yongjia only stayed in Ninghe for one day before escorting the two prisoners back to Beijing. After several interrogations in Dali Temple, the file was finally placed on the table of Liu Zhennian, the prime minister of the dynasty. Liu Zhennian examined it many times and decided to dispose of the county order case first, and ordered someone to take the county order to the city to cut off his head, and elect a new official to take office immediately.

Wu Sijing's problem is much more difficult to deal with, he was sent by Westerners, and if he convicts him without authorization, he may cause unnecessary trouble and affect the establishment of a factory in Beitang. Together with Yan Wen, he first took back Wu Sijing's property one by one, and only imprisoned him in the capital prison without taking action.

And Ye Yongjia, who was very successful in this turmoil, was also more favored by Liu Zhennian and others, and for a while, there were not a few flatterers in the court, and even gathered in front of his mansion and begged to visit.

Liu Zhennian was quite worried about this matter, and specially summoned Ye Yongjia and said: "Although you have experienced dangers and hardships and are well-informed, once you have achieved your ambition, it is easy to get carried away and be complacent. Your new policy has not yet been fully implemented, so you should keep your head clear and continue to keep a low profile. From tomorrow onwards, you had better refuse to accept bribes and commit illegal acts. Otherwise, the old man will ignore the past and severely punish him! ”

Ye Yongjia kept this in mind, and after returning home, he immediately ordered his servants to strictly prohibit outsiders from visiting, and waited attentively for the casting of the thousand bird guns.

"Report to Lord Shangshu!"

Cai Xianqing walked briskly, his sleeves fluttering in the wind, he ran straight to the middle hall of the Ministry of War, with a slight joy on his face, and saluted Ye Yongjia: "Lord Ye, I have finally survived the past few months!" The last batch of shotguns from Beitang has been sent to the imperial court and is ready to be shipped to the border pass. ”

Ye Yongjia was overjoyed, and couldn't help but say two 'good' words in a row, and walked out and said to Cai Xianqing: "Since I captured Wu Sijing and returned to Beijing, it has been a lot of good news." After the first few batches of guns were in Suidi's new army, they had repelled the attacks of the captives many times, and the effect was extremely obvious, and now even those who opposed it did not dare to jump out. ”

"Do you bring more lead?" Ye Yongjia then asked, "Last time, I told them that Suidi spent a lot of money. ”

"It must be a lot, this time it was twenty barrels." Cai Xianqing sighed, "It seems that Du Qing still doesn't know how to teach guns, which leads to the lead being beaten like this and wasted." ”

"It's not yesterday that there was a report," Ye Yongjia said as he flipped out from under a pile of papers, "saying that due to a mistake in the use of the bird's gun, a sergeant was killed, and another person has been selected to join the new army." There are a lot of problems with the explosion chamber, and this is the most troublesome thing. But it's no wonder that Dudutu has always done his best. ”

"Now we need the two of us to go together to rectify this problem." Cai Xianqing said.

"Cai Lao should stay in the military department. What Prime Minister Feng said before was also right, the two military ministers ran out all day long, what kind of system did they become? ”

Cai Xianqing pursed his lips disapplausively: "Alas, he is old and confused, are you also confused?" The military department has not had much to do lately, and I can barely keep it unless the sky is falling here. ”

Ye Yongjia smiled bitterly: "You are almost seventy this year, right?" ”

Cai Xianqing was suddenly annoyed: "Before, everyone thought I was a dramatist, but how did I know that I was a drama and became a big official; I have been an official for many years now, but you think I am old, don't you know that I still have nine points of strength to use, and I am afraid that I will not be able to use up all my miles in this life! ”

"Since you have ambition, the juniors will no longer stop you," Ye Yongjia said solemnly, "Let's face the prime minister and go to Suidi!" ”

Shotguns and lead were carried into the warehouse by a group of soldiers, and Du Qing supervised while greeting two guests who had not seen him for a long time.

"I don't want to talk about my difficulties," Du Qing pressed his hands on the barrel and looked at Ye Yongjia, "After all, the imperial court has entrusted me with such a big burden, I can't let down the country." What do you have to criticize, but be blunt, and I should be humble and taught. ”

After hearing this, Ye Yongjia immediately said straight to the point: "I don't have any opinions on anything else, mainly because of the new army, the governor does not understand enough and is not cautious enough. ”

Du Qing hugged his fists: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

"The firecracker is quite fine, not comparable to ordinary weapons, and those who choose to use it should be cautious," Ye Yongjia said slowly, "Why don't we go to the school field first, match these shotguns, and let the new army line up." ”

"Yes. This is the arrangement! Du Qing accepted Ye Yongjia's proposal without question.

The 3,500 new soldiers were neatly lined up on the school ground, all of them straightened up, and their eyes were bright, which made Ye Yongjia sigh that Du Qing had really worked these soldiers.

"Please review it." Du Qing stood aside and invited Ye Yongjia off the stage.

Ye Yongjia walked past the first row of sergeants, and just when everyone thought it was okay, he suddenly stopped and turned to look directly at a soldier.

This soldier was half a head taller than Ye Yongjia, and he was a little fat, so he just looked down at him.

"What's your name?"

"Villain...... The villain is nameless, surnamed Liu, the longest in the family, and is called Liu Da in his hometown, and is the captain of a team of this new army. He replied nervously.

"Or the captain?" Ye Yongjia's expression was quite surprised, "Okay, Captain Liu, you can demonstrate to everyone how to release the gun." ”

Liu Da was stunned: "My lord, you have to set up a good target......

Ye Yongjia waved his hand: "You don't need to set up a target, you can demonstrate the process of releasing the gun." ”

Liu Da did not dare to speak, and then walked out of the queue, and stood in a clearing, only to see that he took a little gunpowder, shook the muzzle of the gun for a long time, and then it was almost fixed, sprinkled it in, and then took a wooden staff and compacted it, and then took the lead and put it into the muzzle; He opened the fire door again, poured some gunpowder into the hole, and shook it a few times, but he was still not at ease, and actually confirmed it again.

Just as he was putting the fire rope up, Ye Yongjia suddenly asked: "When you are on the battlefield, are these actions done by one person?" ”

Liu Da didn't know what Ye Yongjia meant by this question, frowned, and couldn't think about it for a long time.

"Shangshu asked you, and you answered truthfully, what are you nervous about." Du Qing said soothingly.

Liu Da had no choice but to straighten up and said, "Lord Yuye, these actions are all done by one person, why do you need outsiders to help!" ”

Ye Yongjia smiled, didn't seem to be satisfied, and said, "You can come on." ”

Liu Da hurriedly put his hands on the bird's gun, pressed the trigger in the distance, and knocked the lead out, and the surrounding people couldn't help cheering.

"Okay, you can go back," Ye Yongjia raised his hand and ordered him to return to the queue first, his eyes were heavier, "Hurry up, pick up the next one." ”