With two more subordinates, it stands to reason that Ruan Xiaoer should be domineering, like a villain with lofty ambitions, showing off his might in the city of Fushi.

But in fact, for a long time, Ruan Xiaoer wilted.

As a martial artist, he has always believed that he is a reasonable person, and he must subdue his subordinates with virtue, and after experiencing the knowledge of the Royal Boxing Gym, his martial arts have indeed improved by leaps and bounds, but in essence, he is still a fifteen-year-old boy, no matter how powerful he is, there are ruthless characters that he can't deal with?

He's not Li Kui!

But Ruan Xiaoer learned Li Kui's bad mistakes, thinking that his force could really be invincible. When you take your subordinates, you always have to make a comparison. Originally, Zheng Tu and Luda didn't think there was any problem, after all, they took people's money and did things for others. It is understandable that the master should weigh his own quality. After all, twenty yuan a month is already a very attractive income for martial artists. If you want to earn more, you have to become an official and a rich man.

But being an official requires a way, Zheng Tu was born as a butcher, and there is no way of officialdom at all.

And Luda counted the uncle and uncle in the family who was born and died with the kind of marshal, and he was a military household with some connections in the army. But the seed died more than ten years ago, died of a vicious disease, although the seed family still has some reputation in the Western Army, a single person to go tea cool, after the death of the seed brother, the seed family in the army has no one who can carry the tripod. If it continues to decline, the breeders will become second-rate generals in the Western Army.

As for the way of the planter, it is not called the way of the planter, but the way of the planter. He changed his name to Seed Master Dao because he wanted to avoid the era name of Song Huizong. Now Song Huizong is in front of his Duanwang. As for Chong Jianzhong, he is not in the army, but Enyin is a civilian candidate and is still his promoter. Without the control of the army, the breeder naturally did not dare to raise a large number of subordinates, and many of his own soldiers were dismissed, Luda was young at this time, and he had no place to take refuge, so he fooled around in the city, but he didn't expect Li Kui to recruit people, so he took refuge in the Li family.

Ruan Xiaoer originally thought that Luda was just a down-and-out warrior like a lonely ghost, but as soon as he made a move, he was a battlefield fighter, ruthless, and effective.

This one will be an accident.

Zheng Tu is a brute bull, just powerful, such an opponent Ruan Xiaoer doesn't pay attention to it at all, and it is impossible to lose, so he can easily win. Keluda, this product is hard, the hand is still black, and the strength is amazing, and he is disguised as a simple appearance on weekdays, but the bad water in his stomach is wilted. When I didn't do it, the little second brother called it Qingre!

But if you really make a move, you can't make thirty moves, Ruan Xiaoer is panting like a cow, but the problem is that Luda is a thief, and he looks like he wants to let Ruan Xiaoer, so he can't continue to fight. This guy still cares about Ruan Xiaoer after the fight, and he is so angry when he speaks!

"Little second brother, your kung fu is good, I will definitely not be able to beat you when I am fifteen years old!"

Ruan Xiaoer was so angry that he almost flew up on the spot, what is it called when he was fifteen years old, he would definitely not be able to beat him. Could it be that he really let Ruda eat it?

It's really like this, since the fight, Luda has never listened to Ruan Xiaoer again.

Drinking behind his back, smirking at people like a drunken monk all day long. But if you really can't get along with Luda, you can't beat this reckless man, so angry that Ruan Xiaoer wants to pee in Luda's wine.

On this day, Ruan Xiaoer followed Li Kui out of the house, and said to Li Kui in the future: "Young master, Zheng Tu is a visionary, and he will definitely be of great use in the future." But Luda ......, "Of course they are good subordinates who can use the monthly salary to give Ruan Xiaoer filial piety." When Zheng Tu got a settling-in fee, he gave Ruan Xiaoer a short dagger. Although the value is not high, it is appropriate to hook Ruan Xiaoer's favorite.

And what about Ruda?

After this product actually took the money to pay off the wine debt he owed before, he dared to borrow money from himself with a shy face. Ruan Xiaoer doesn't borrow it, right? This bad boy said with a wicked smile that his hands were itchy and he wanted to exercise with Ruan Xiaoer. Ruan Xiaoer's identity as the number one master under Li Kui is already in jeopardy. It's clear that he is the leader, but he was blackmailed by a minion, so it's no wonder that he can be in a good mood.

What's even worse is that no matter how much Ruan Xiaoer hates Ruda, he has never won a single battle in private, and he is in tears when he says it.

"It's not a big mistake to like to drink, as long as you don't delay things?"

Li Kui is a little funny, Ruan Xiaoer's head is so iron, no one was convinced at the beginning, but now he is eaten to death by Luda, and even Ruan Xiaoer's intrigues and tricks have been used. But the problem is that Li Kui didn't want to care about it at all, but said with a smile: "Zheng Tu has eyesight, but it's a pity that Gong Lu has taken a fancy to him and wants to recruit him as a waiter." ”

"Young master, isn't this the only person I can use by your side in the future?"

Ruan Xiaoer was shocked, and finally recruited a little brother, and was asked to leave in a blink of an eye. As for Luda, Ruan Xiaoer didn't think that this product could share Li Kui's worries at all. With his eyes rolling, Ruan Xiaoer said, "Young Master, why don't you let Luda go?" Luda's kung fu is much better than Zheng Tu's, and he has spent some days in the family and knows some officialdom etiquette. ”

"It's a pity that Lu Gong can't look down on it!" Li Kui said helplessly. As the war became more and more anxious, Lu Huiqing also knew that he needed martial artists around him to protect his safety. It will definitely not be wrong to make Li Kui take a fancy to it. It's a pity that when he came to pick someone, Zheng Tu showed in every possible way that he couldn't wait to kneel down to Lu Huiqing's son in front of Li Kui to show his heart.

This kind of person, Li Kui can't look down on him at all.

Of course, Zheng Tu's reason for doing this was very simple, he thought that Li Kui was a civilian official, and the top military and political leaders in the city were friendly with him. With such a large row, there will definitely be a day when it will soar in the future. But when he learned that Li Kui was just the county lieutenant of Yangquan County, his intestines suddenly turned blue. Zheng Tu was not a literati, and he had no access to officialdom, let alone how mysterious the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, especially the official position of civil officials, was.

I really thought that it would take decades for the nine-rank sesame official to be promoted to the third-grade civil official.

It only took more than ten years for Kou Zhun to be promoted from the county order to the prime minister. From the eighth grade to the second grade, this kind of speed is rare in the Great Song Dynasty, but it is really not a rare thing.

But Zheng Tu didn't know at all, and thought that following Li Kui had no future. On the contrary, Ruda is safe when he comes, borrowing money everywhere when he has no money, and eating and drinking when he has money.

He is also less and less aware of himself as an outsider.

It's a pity that on the day Lu Huiqing came, Luda was drunk and made Lu Huiqing quite unhappy. Fortunately, Li Kui prefers some Luda, because he can be trusted, on the contrary, a guy like Zheng Tu likes franchises too much, and he really doesn't know if it's a blessing or a curse to stay by his side in the future. Especially Li Kui is not sure whether this guy will become a town in Guanxi in the future.

In short, in the way of employing people, Li Kui still likes people with simple minds.

While speaking, Li Kui arrived at the workshop, and Luda, as the supervisor, left the workshop and waited outside with the smell of wine.

Li Kui didn't care, but Ruan Xiaoer said angrily: "Luda, you're drinking again!" ”

Ruda touched the back of his head and smiled: "I didn't drink it, I just smelled it." ”

"You still dare to say that you haven't drunk it." Ruan Xiaoer had no other way, but he was Luda's creditor, so he stretched out his hand and shouted at Luda: "Pay back." ”

"Xiao Er, don't be angry, go to the workshop to find Gongsun Sheng first, I'll ask about the situation first." Li Kuizhi walked Ruan Xiaoer, then looked at Luda, and asked: "I asked you to come to let you stare at the craftsmen to do things, these ordnance will be used on the battlefield in a few days, if there is a mess, many people will die." ”

Only then did Ruda restrain his smile and said distressedly: "My lord, but I don't understand, but don't worry, my lord, the villain has already mingled with the craftsmen, and in my opinion, there will be no chaos." ”

"Oh, you're in a fight with the craftsmen?" Li Kui was surprised, Luda's character is said to be uninhibited and uninhibited, so naturally there is no problem, but it is impossible to say that he can subdue the craftsman in just a few days. This is also what Li Kui is worried about, in case this guy Luda is deceived...... The main thing is that Ruda trusts people too easily, and there is no sense of accomplishment at all when he deceives him.

Ruda stared at the big eyes and smiled: "The craftsmen like to drink, just invite them to drink, it's very simple." ”

Ruda's character, I'm afraid he won't be able to save money in this life.

"It makes no sense that you do things for me and let you pay for it. This bag of gold beads is only a few pieces, and it is not worth a few dollars, but it is not a problem to eat meat and drink wine for a year. Of course, Li Kui is not a stingy person, he took out a money bag from his waist, threw it to Lu Da and said: "I will go to the battlefield in a few days, Zheng Tu is afraid, so he went to befriend Lu Gong." I, Li Kui, am a reasonable person, and no one in this world is forced to go to the battlefield. If you don't want to go, for example, the old lady in the family wants to be supported, and you haven't married a wife and had children, it's all a reason. But if you go to the battlefield, if you want to run again, you have to be controlled by military law, and carelessness is a capital crime, you can think about it! ”

Speaking of Zheng Tu, Luda narrowed his eyes, his eyes were full of disdain, and he spat on the ground and said, "Courageless bandits, I, Luda, am ashamed to be with them." ”

"Your Excellency, you are here."

Gongsun Sheng trotted over with a gray-haired, but energetic craftsman: "My lord, today's test cannon, if it doesn't work, there is still a chance to change, now it is ready, do you have anything to mention?" To this day, thirty-nine artillery pieces have been cast, three of large caliber and thirty-six of small caliber. All of them have been put into storage, and now the biggest problem is that the copper is almost gone. It's not that it didn't come, it's that there is no suitable copper, but there is still a lot of iron, which can be used to cast cannonballs. ”

"I'll go check it out first!"

Li Kui took the lead and walked into the workshop, artillery, as the god of the army's battlefield, since its appearance, will always be the army's most useful offensive weapon.

In the storeroom, Li Kui saw the cast artillery.

The caliber is not much larger, but the gun wall has thickened a lot. Because it is necessary to fire solid shells, there are also great requirements for the smoothness of the inside of the gun chamber.

Li Kui held the muzzle of the cannon, erected it, took a piece of lit paper from Ruan Xiao's second-hand hand, and threw it into the barrel of the cannon.

The moment the burning paper entered the barrel, it suddenly illuminated the inner wall of the chamber, there were no obvious potholes, and the skin seemed to be quite smooth. ”

"I polished it in the mill, and I don't know if it will be made or not, and I haven't cast this kind of utensils before, so I don't know if it's good or not. The steward of Gongsun said that he wanted to test the gun, so he pulled it out and tried it, and if it didn't work, we would change it. ”

The craftsman was not nervous at all, anyway, Li Kui was wearing a green robe, and he didn't look like a big official: "There is another kind of cannon barrel with a big export, we made it a little heavier, more than 800 catties, and it is still being polished, but it can't be used today." ”

Li Kui did not pick up, but asked the craftsman, "What about the cannonballs?" ”

Taking the cannonball cast from pig iron, Li Kui weighed it to more than three catties, and the craftsman hurriedly explained: "The cannonball is a little heavier because of the entrance problem, but it is not more than four catties." ”

Li Kui put the cannonball into the entrance of the cannon, and the cannonball slid into the bottom with a bang, and if it was loaded with gunpowder, there would be no problem at all.

At this time, Li Kui was finally satisfied: "This official will ask Gong Lu to celebrate your achievements when the party thieves are driven away." ”

Originally, I was worried that the craftsmen would not be able to complete it, but I didn't expect that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were unreliable, the army of the Great Song Dynasty was unreliable, but the most reliable were the craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty.

Just like the craftsmen of the Taishi Bureau, although they can't get in touch with geometry and other knowledge, their understanding of machinery has reached the extreme value of craftsmen. Yan'an Mansion is not a rich place, and it is even very poor. But the craftsmen here are as good as ever. It is no wonder that the Western Xia plundered the population of the Great Song Dynasty, and first of all, the craftsmen had to be singled out and offered with good food and drink.

Such craftsmen, placed anywhere, have no reason to be buried.

On the school grounds, the artillerymen looked at the new artillery and did not feel any difference. As always, begin to load the gunpowder, load the projectile, seal it, and after it is ready, ignite.

A cloud of smoke obscured the movement of many artillery firings, but the huge sound of artillery could not hide it.

Two hundred paces away, a brick wall was cut the size of a bowl by a cannonball. Although the wall was not thick, it was built temporarily, but it also took four or five days to dry, and it was impossible for ordinary manpower to achieve such great power. Not to mention war horses, even elephants don't know if they can withstand it.

Luda looked at the gap in the wall in horror, and asked Li Kui in surprise: "My lord, I can't stop this artillery!" ”

"You think if you can't stop it, others can?" Li Kui sneered: "The army of Western Xia actually doesn't need many artillery attacks, and the Iron Harrier is one of them. The bed crossbow is heavy and not to mention, the main thing is that it is too bulky and not flexible enough on the battlefield. But after the advent of artillery, bed crossbows were of little use. ”

As long as the Iron Harrier can be abolished, with the current situation, the Tanguts will not have the courage to continue fighting. We have won this battle.

He instead ordered Gongsun Sheng: "Let the workshop do its best to cast cannonballs." Once the artillery is all polished, you can go out of the city to relieve the siege of Jinmingzhai. ”

Yan'an Mansion, Mansion.

Lu Huiqing has been in a hurry recently, and the bad news brought by the cavalry out of the city one after another, and the only good news is that Jinmingzhai is still in Zhang Yu's hands. He hummed and covered his mouth and asked Li Kui: "Renjie, now Jinmingzhai is crumbling, although it has been held out for many days. Our cavalry also caused a lot of trouble for the party members. But the party members probably also saw that we had few cavalry, so we didn't dare to contact and fight with the party cavalry. ”

"Now it is impossible to contain the main force of the party members, and the cavalry has been out for almost ten days, and the men and horses are tired, and it is mostly in vain to continue to attack and harass. Moreover, according to the report of the scouts who came back, the party members were carrying iron harriers this time, and the number was not large, only about a thousand. But the purpose of the party is to knock down Jinmingzhai. ”

Lu Huiqing's eyes showed a look of chagrin, he thought that the party members had come to the Great Song Dynasty to loot just for the New Year.

In the past few years, the party members have come every year, and every time there is a big movement.

But this time, Lu Huiqing guessed the purpose of the party members wrongly. They made it clear that they wanted to embarrass the Great Song Dynasty, lay down Jinmingzhai, and even laid down Yan'an Mansion, which was the real purpose of the party members. Once the party members do it, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to Da Song. In the court, not everyone is the main battle faction. The emperor is young and determined to rule, but if he is really hit by an unprecedented defeat, I am afraid that these courtiers will be really embarrassed.

The monarch humiliated the ministers to death, Lu Huiqing didn't need to really worry about his own life, but once the party members slapped the Great Song Emperor in the face, I'm afraid that he, the Xuanfu envoy, would not have a good time.

Li Kui said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, send troops immediately." Although it was originally scheduled for ten days, I didn't care about the day earlier and the day later, but my lord, the consumption of artillery on the battlefield is amazing. And this time I'm going to take 800 carts with me, and the rest will depend on the adults to dispatch in the middle. ”

"Virtuous nephew, I know that the commander of this battle is the main general, and you are the supervising army, and you will gather 5,000 soldiers and horses to go out of the city. Gonggong Hao had already promised to let Gao Yu's infantry also fight. Just be careful. Lu Huiqing is also a decisive person, and immediately agreed to Li Kui's request.

A day later, one after another, the big cars in the city directly blocked the north and south streets of the city.

Cheng Zhijie was wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, sitting on a tall war horse, with a Xuanhua axe in his hand, the cold air was pressing, he looked back behind him, and his heart suddenly ignited with heroism, and shouted: "Let's go!" ”

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