The two of them came to the workshop located on the edge of the water outside the city, and after passing the identity token verification, they entered the workshop.

This workshop looks like a normal workshop from the outside, but once inside, it is different.

Xue Ji and Zhao Li looked at the steps that stretched down, and only after the soldier's explanation did they understand that the workshop above was a hidden existence, and the real workshop was below.

Xue Ji and Zhao Li walked down under the guidance of the soldiers, and as they went deeper, the machine lights on the walls on both sides lit up one after another, illuminating the depths in front of them.

Yukihime could see that there was black oil underneath the lit candles, cotton thread was used as a wick, and above the ignition there was a ignition mechanism.

After walking for about half a column of incense, the two of them heard the sound from below, the clanging of bells, and the sound of other mechanical operations.

The soldier handed them two balls of cotton and motioned for them to plug their ears, and after Xue Ji and Zhao Li did so, the stone door in front of them opened widely.

The sound of the bell is even louder, and the cotton can not play a big role.

The two had to use internal force to seal the acupuncture points around their ears and reduce the irritability caused by the sound.

Walking into the dungeon, the workers here sometimes did not see their arrival, and the soldiers did not care to continue to lead them deeper into the depths.

It was another half-pillar of incense, and they came to another dungeon of the same size, where they saw Yan Yan and Gong lose their revenge.

Yan Yan nodded to the soldier, who saluted and turned to leave.

Xue Ji and Zhao Li followed the two into another room, and the public defeated the stone door and lowered it, and the sound of bells outside disappeared.

Yan Yan: "Why are you here?" ”

Yukihime: "I want to see you." ”

Yan Yan: "Why is it so sudden, is something happening?" ”

Yukihime shook her head and heard Zhao Li's words before she could say anything.

Zhao Li interrupted and asked, "Why is it so noisy outside, are those workers okay?" ”

Yan Yan: "They were all pointed, and their hearing was sealed. ”

"No sound is audible."

Yukihime: "What the hell is going on here?" ”

Yan Yan: "Lord Gongyi, you can tell me." ”

"Mrs. Hui, this is the place where the production of armament shells and bursts, and the machinery that makes a loud bell is the one that hits the steel plate, and the steel plate is impacted into a similar appearance, and then transported to assemble * medicine and iron sheet steel balls, and a cannonball is made. ”

Xue Ji walked up to Yan Yan and saw that he was looking at a drawing, and there were many similar drawings scattered around.

Yukihime picks up a sheet with the words Seamless Steel Pipe Ninth Written on it.

Xue Ji looked at the drawing in Yan Yan's hand, and wrote it twelve times.

Yukihime" hasn't solved the problem yet? ”

"Yan Yan" is now able to make steel pipes without gaps, but the thickness is different, and it still needs to be adjusted. ”

Yukihime: "What kind of machine is that?" ”

Yan Yan "can also barely work, the next thing is to optimize them in the vanishing time, so that they can give full play to their abilities." ”

Yukihime: "You made it all by you. ”

Yan Yan shook his head and said in Xue Ji's ear, "It's all about the public and the revenge, I'm just here to talk about it, mention the idea, and then the public will lose the revenge and get it out." ”

Yukihime: "Isn't this something that can be done in the machine yard and the public loser?" How to get here. ”

"There are steel-making and steel-forging furnaces here, but there are none in the city, otherwise you wouldn't have to come here." ”

Next, Yan Yan took Xue Ji and Zhao Li to walk back and forth in this huge underground palace workshop, introducing them to some machinery, and the two women watched a flat steel plate and steel sheet being placed on the punch press, and then with a loud bang, the steel plate and steel sheet became a semicircular ball or cone, and then it was taken away by the workers and continued to house the steel plate.

I saw that the half-round ball the size of a human head was loaded with *medicine, iron sheets, and steel balls, and the two were combined together to form the cannonball they saw.

I saw this crude cannonball carefully loaded and transported away.

Yan Yan led them out of the dungeon and appeared on the ground, and the three of them walked by the Bashui River, watching the huge waterwheel drive the gears and transform them into the power source of the workshop.

The three of them chatted, and time passed unconsciously without any stop.

After Yan Yan put the two of them in the carriage, he said to the two, "Go back, I will go back within this month." ”

Xue Ji and Zhao Li nodded, the coachman said softly, "Drive", and the two horses rushed towards Xianyang City.

The weather was in autumn, Ying Zheng's convoy arrived at Songhai, and sure enough, as Yan Lu and Fu Nian thought, Ying Zheng took the prince and Chun Gongzi to visit Xunzi, and then stayed in Xiaoshengxian Village for half an hour before leaving.

After that, Ying Zheng stayed in Songhai for three days before continuing his journey.

Xianyang, Concubine Yan wrapped her daughter Yan Yan, sat next to Yan Yan and watched him play against Xue Ji, she knew Yan Yan's chess skills, she didn't see any spirituality at all, but she could use some stereotypes and the situations and skills learned from the past game, and there was no ornamentation at all.

Yan Yan looked at Yan Yan with a pair of big eyes, her little hands stretched out in the air and waved, and she smiled with a smile in her mouth.

Yan Yan fell, turned his head and hugged her, put her on his knees and looked at her, under his perception, Yan Yan's eyes focused on the top of his smooth head.

Yan Yan smiled and teased her, and no longer paid attention to the chess game, after all, she had already lost.

Ying Zheng's whereabouts are sent back to Xianyang every three days, so that Xianyang knows the location of the team and can respond quickly in case of danger.

Autumn has turned to winter, the first snowflakes have begun to fall in the north, and the weather is really starting to get cold.

Ying Zheng's team arrived in Julu County, and it was expected to reach Jicheng Palace before the heavy snow fell.

Liuyang Mansion in Xianyang City.

A piece of information from the Western Regions made Xue Ji hurriedly walk towards the study where Yan Yan was, Yan Yan looked at Xue Ji, put down the book in his hand and said, "Calm down." ”

Yukihime slowed down, walked over to Yan Yan's side, and handed him the message.

Yan Yan opened it and read it, his brows furrowed deeply, this was in conflict with the original plan.

Yan Yan: "It seems that it is necessary to go to the Western Regions. ”

Xue Ji: "The major dynasties of the Western Regions have made such a decision at this time, who is guiding behind it, which is not in line with the customs and habits of the countries of the Western Regions. ”

Yan Yan: "No matter who is in charge, since the Western Regions is the next target of the empire, it is impossible to let uncontrollable things happen in the Western Regions. ”

"Once this information is true, it will be a little more difficult to attack the Western Regions at that time, and if the casualties increase, the empire's plans for other dynasties will be delayed again."

"It can be said that it affects the whole body."

Yukihime: "I'll arrange it now. ”

Yan Yan grabbed her and shook her head and said, "No, this time in the name of the Empire." ”

"Don't forget, the Yue clan and the empire are married, and the fair and honest envoy to the Yue clan can become a key to breaking the situation."

Yukihime nodded and didn't say anything more.

The next day, Yan Yan summoned Feng Quji, the left prime minister, Wang Juan, the right prime minister, and Shi Shiyi, who governed Su, and told him his decision to send the Yue clan to the Yue clan.

Yan Yan persuaded the three of them to preside over the affairs of the empire, and he led the envoys to the Western Regions.

In the team, Yan Yan looked at Liji, who had always been well-behaved, after hearing that she was going to Yueshi, she repeatedly asked to go with her to see a different scenery.

Xue Ji and Zhao Li have to deal with the situation in the empire in Xianyang, and Qing Ling and Startling Salamander are always paying attention to the situation of Yingzheng's team, and they can't go with them.

Li Ji looked at the loess outside the car window, and the team arrived at Xingren Pass, a major place on the border of Longxi County, and Sheng Mao, who was transferred here from the leader of the forbidden army to serve as a guard, personally came to greet him outside the pass.

After seeing the envoy's convoy, Sheng Mao came to the front of the carriage and saluted, "Xingren Guan Guard, Sheng Mao will meet the Taishi." ”

Yan Yan got out of the carriage and returned the salute, and the two walked towards the gate as they walked, and the team followed behind.

After entering the city gate, Yan Yan and Sheng Mao turned around and walked towards the city ladder, walked up to the city head along the city ladder, climbed high and looked into the distance, a piece of gold.

Yan Yan has been here for a few years. ”

Sheng Mao "It's been almost ten years since I returned to Taishi. ”

Yan Yan: "I remember that you were implicated in the matter of Lu Xiang, right?" ”

Sheng Mao: "All this is not implicated, as the leader of the palace forbidden army, he can be exploited by his subordinates to take advantage of such a huge loophole. ”

Yan Yan listened to Sheng Mao's words, and his tone did not have a trace of complaint, obviously accepting such a situation.

Yan Yan: "Let's talk about the situation in Xingrenguan. ”

Sheng Mao told him about the situation of this pass one by one, and added some of his own understanding after speaking.

Yan Yan: "Listening to what you said, you should also understand what the empire is going to do next, so if you lead the army to attack the Western Regions, how will you arrange your strategy." ”

Sheng Mao "If you want to attack the Western Regions, you must destroy the Xizhi, take the Xizhi to the north to attack the Yueshi, and continue to advance westward to attack the Western Regions Qiuzi, Dawan and other dynasties. ”

Yan Yan "The Xizhi is a small tribe, why does the general look at them so differently. ”

Sheng Mao: That's why. ”

"The field of the analysis branch is small and the population is not large, and it is because of these problems that the individual strength of the analysis branch people is very high."

"If we don't cross them and don't attack, when we attack the dynasties of the Western Regions, the Xizhi people attack from behind, our army will suffer a big loss."

Yan Yan: "Everyone in the tribe has strong martial arts. ”

Sheng Mao: "Yes. ”

Yan Yan nodded and continued to look at Guan Nai.

"Since you have been stationed in Xingren Pass for many years, you must have had a lot of contacts with the tribes."

"Let's talk about whether it is possible to collect the expenditure."

Sheng Mao: "It's impossible, the last general has tried to win them over, but in the end they all failed. ”

Yan Yan: "That's right. ”

"Then there's only one way to go."

Sheng Mao: "Yes, convince them." ”

Yan Yan turned his head to look at Sheng Mao, "This task will be handed over to you." ”

"Within three years, the Analytical Tribes will be incorporated into the Empire."

"Can you do it?"

Sheng Mao "must live up to the trust of the master." ”

Yan Yan: "Let's go, continue to walk around Xingren Pass." ”

The two continued to circle around the city, and the envoy stopped in the pass for two days before continuing north into the territory of the Yue Dynasty.

With the continuous development of the team to the west, the Gobi became more and more prosperous, and the city of the Yue Dynasty slowly appeared.

Liji looked at the cities with different styles, and her face was full of excitement.

Yan Yan: "Are you so happy?" ”

Regitte turned to look at him and said, "Well, I haven't seen a city like this yet. ”

Yan Yan looked at the architectural style in the distance, which was completely different from the empire, and said, "I am also the first time to come to the Western Regions, and I have never seen such a building before. ”

The team drove in the yellow sand for half a month and arrived at the capital of the Yue clan.

Led by the soldiers defending the city, the envoys came to a three-story building, which was where they had settled down during this time.

The letter of state was sent to the palace and waited for the next day's court meeting.

Liki pulled Yan Yan out of the embassy and walked into the street to begin his tour of the exotic city.

The costumes of the two were not eye-catching in the city, and the caravans of the Qin State traveled from south to north, and the Western Regions were already full of Qin merchants.

They were unusually welcoming, and the Qin people were able to bring with them fine silk, porcelain, tea, and all sorts of other scarce goods, and they only needed to recover a little worthless gold and silver to buy them home.

Liggie dragged Yan Yan to a fruit stall and asked how the price of fruit was on the stall.

I bought two bunches of grapes and held them in my hands, and while eating, I walked and continued my tour.

Liji ate the sweet and sour grapes, Yan Yan's hands slowly increased the number of goods, he watched Liji walk into a shop, looked up and walked in.

When night fell, the two of them slowly walked towards the location of the embassy, and Li Ji looked at the goods hanging in Yan Yan's hand, and the smile on her face never fell.

Listening to Flame Lingji and Sister Langyu say that when they were in Baiyue, the adults also accompanied them on the street to buy goods, and when they went back, they would also talk to them.

Back at the embassy, Liji put these things up in different categories, and then sat next to Yan Yan and gave him a shoulder, smiling and talking about the interesting things he saw today.

Yan Yan listened carefully, and after a while, Liji stopped and looked out the window.

Yan Yan: "Don't be nervous, your own people. ”

Before Liji could ask who it was, the tide banshee, who heard Yan Yan's voice, pushed the window in.

Chao Banshee "I've seen my lord, Lady Ligi. ”

Yan Yan: "Get up. ”

Chao Banshee: "Lord Xie." ”

Ligi: "Pearl, how long have you been here?" ”

The tide banshee "replied to Mrs. Talk, just came." ”

Yan Yan: "Tell me about your information in the Western Regions. ”

The Chao Banshee nodded and told all the information about the Western Regions, including the information of the recent period.

After hearing this, Yan Yan fell into deep thought, according to the information of the Chao Banshee, the situation in the Western Regions has changed too quickly, it doesn't seem like something happened naturally, but it wants someone to manipulate all this.

"My lord, my subordinates also heard a news that there were Westerners in the Western Regions. ”

Yan Yan looked at the tide banshee, "When is it?" ”

"Two days ago, a businessman in Dawan said it, and his subordinates didn't know whether it was true or not. ”

Yan Yan nodded, constantly guessing in his heart who was the main messenger behind this incident?