In the face of the family's attitude, Shi Huizhen did not think that she had a problem, but felt that her family was too small and had no room to show. It just so happened that Uncle Shi Mingyuan was going to Dadu for a meeting, and she also had to follow. In order to stop her from causing trouble, Shi Mingyuan had no choice but to agree.

Shi Mingyuan probably thinks that most of them are reliable, and she can't make trouble anyway. Who knows, Shi Huizhen went with the group of Greek women.

Later, Shi Mingyuan was ordered to send envoys to several small Persian and Turkmen dynasties in the east. He brought Stan with him, wanting him to see the world. And as soon as the two left, Shi Huizhen was completely unattended.

The biggest weakness of those Greek women is that they can't fight. At the beginning, the Empress Dowager Helena capsized in the gutter because she felt that she controlled the forbidden army, but after the palace conspiracy was exposed, most of the middle and lower-class soldiers did not obey her at all.

Although the Queen Mother is scheming, she has no experience in the army. The legionnaires only saw that she was the mother of the Great Khan of Rome, and according to the existing system, they gave her the obedience and respect she deserved.

After the murder of the Great Khan, this system and tacit understanding were destroyed by herself. And the supreme power of the old queen mother actually comes from this. When the new Khan Basil III showed qualified ability and courage, the legion immediately abandoned the empress dowager, and even the upper officials and military meritorious families rebelled. The final palace change is actually just a boat pushing the boat.

But if they do meddle in the military, it's not easy to say.

So, there is indeed a lot of room for cooperation between the two parties.

This spring, Shi Huizhen did another big job. At that time, according to tradition, the military government would recommend outstanding young officers to the Khan's court for training and assessment. The father-in-law organized a confrontation drill in accordance with the usual practice.

Tuohuan is responsible for playing the imaginary enemy this time, the Turkmen tribe. In order to put the atmosphere in place, he also made a large turban, bought a cart of wine, and looked like the chief of a new tribe.

The site of the drill was in northern Greece, a desolate hilly terrain that was relatively close to the environment of Asia Minor. Tuohuan hid in advance, and according to the rules, the first to find him, and when he met, he had more soldiers in his hands, even if he won.

In response, they each have several flocks of sheep distributed on different pastures, which need to be guarded by their subordinates. If more than half of the sheep is stolen by Dehuan, it is considered a failure.

Among several people, the fastest loser is Shi Ke. He tried to gather all the sheep together, thinking it would be more convenient. As a result, there was not enough grass on the road, and the sheep and shepherds were in disarray.

Tuhuan took advantage of the chaos to steal sheep, Shi Ke was caught off guard, and directly lost at least two-thirds of it, and was eliminated on the spot.

Guo Kang was quite surprised when he heard that Shi Ke had lost so quickly, but two days later, even more surprised news came, saying that Tuohuan had also lost.

It turned out that the queen secretly cheated and replaced the son of a Greek general with Shi Huizhen. Tuhuan just won a game, and scattered his subordinates to stare at people, and there was no defense in the camp. Shi Huizhen took the opportunity to bypass the route of the others and found the old camp of Dehuan.

Although Tuhuan himself ran fast and escaped from the camp in time, all the baggage, along with the headscarf and wine, was robbed by Shi Huizhen. The referees ruled that the dehuan failed, and the game was over, and when I looked back, I found that she was actually the leader of the team.

This incident caused an uproar again. The development of things is beyond everyone's comprehension, and even seems to be a story from Greek mythology. There are people in the Khan court who say anything, and they don't know how to reward and promote.

In the Tang and Liao systems of the Purple Horde, there were no similar regulations - no one thought that this would happen, so there were no regulations to prohibit it.

The Greek system does regulate this. According to the Eastern Roman tradition, the titles of officials and nobles were divided into three genders: male, female, and eunuch. For example, some positions in the palace are only open to eunuchs and female officials; Some foreign positions are only allowed to be held by male officials. Just by looking at the documents, you can see the corresponding positions of each gender, but other than that, they are not compliant.

In the history of Eastern Rome, there were actually many male generals who were good at war, and there were also famous eunuch generals, but there was really no position for female officers.

Therefore, the head of the military bureaucracy, the military secretary Skazari, finally ruled that she could be rewarded, but not ordained. The report, along with dozens of heavy ancient documents, was handed over to the commander for approval.

Although everyone thinks that the failure to investigate the breaking of the rules is already to favor her in the face of the queen. But Shi Huizhen still has some complaints about this. But it may have taken advantage of it and did not continue to make trouble.

Of course, although she is in the limelight, in terms of connections, she may still suffer. Tuhuan has been haunted by this incident. That cart of wine was really bought by himself with his own money, but Shi Huizhen didn't give it after snatching it. For this reason, Tuhuan has complained to Guo Kang several times.

Guo Kang didn't have any prejudices against her, after all, in the high-level of the Purple Horde, his psychological shadow may be much smaller than others. However, Shi Huizhen often stood up for those Greek women, and also ran to interfere with Guo Kang's daily activities many times.

Guo Kang's temper is actually very good, and he can endure other small things. But interfering with his development of the Steam Heavenly Brother is not to be compromised.

Therefore, when he saw Shi Huizhen, he was inexplicably big-headed.

It's just that Shi Huizhen plays with weapons all year round, and she is also very familiar with these firearms. Seeing her like this, if she doesn't let go of two shots to her satisfaction, she probably won't leave.

Guo Kang was thinking about the time to counteract, and she also began to wander around, knocking around, commenting on the various firearms and even the proficiency of the soldiers. Even Nurhachi's hair was pulled by her.

Guo Kang never understood how the brothers Shi Ke and Shi Dan had relatives with such personalities.

In the end, Shi Huizhen turned back again, still rubbing a handful of charcoal powder in her hand.

"It's a little damp, let's change the bucket next time." She said to Guo Kang: "I think it's a problem with wood treatment. You have to see if the craftsman cut corners and didn't do a good job of waterproofing. ”

"Oh......" Guo Kang nodded.

"You picked all these materials yourself?" She asked again.

"I really didn't pay attention to the charcoal, I thought it would be okay to buy it." Guo Kang said, pointing to several other places: "I picked those ones myself." ”

"Saltpeter is good. Out of the mine? ”

"No, it's from the nitrate." Guo Kang said: "I think that if the scale of firearms is expanded in the future, the mines in Crimea may not be enough. We have to find a way to make the output of the nitrate fields more stable and of higher quality, so that we can stabilize our own supply before we get new mines. ”

"What's that?" Theodora asked.

"It's where the nitrate is piled up." Guo Kang looked back and said: "At the earliest, people found that saltpeter would appear in the toilet. Therefore, some people deliberately pile up the manure and treat it intensively to consciously promote the generation of saltpeter, which is the nitrate field. ”

"The French have been playing this for decades, and the technology is relatively mature. Let's refer to it, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

"Ah, it looks very white, but the source is so dirty?" Theodora frowned and sighed.

"That's it after that." Shi Huizhen smiled and said, "Don't be dirty, gunpowder is easy to use." ”

"yes. This isn't your average dung. Guo Kang also smiled: "I heard from French engineers that before they extract, they should carefully identify the type of nitrate. Some of the soil is salty and some of the soil is spicy. Only the spicy soil can extract this purest 'snow'. ”

"It's really exquisite." Shi Huizhen sighed with emotion and asked casually: "By the way, you are the supervisor in charge of technology, and you have also tasted this snow, right?" What does it look like? ”

“……”

Guo Kang knows why everyone can't stand her.

(End of chapter)