Chapter 049: I'm a Good Person II

"Nonsense..."Qi Boyu refuted: "For the monarch of the world, he should have the appearance of the monarch of the world, that carpentry is done by a lowly person, the dignified son of heaven does not do his job, but likes to use obscene skills, if the old man is in the capital, he will also impeach His Majesty." ”

"You are talking nonsense..."Chen Cao also refuted Qi Boyu's words: "Let me ask you, if someone says that Lord Qi likes to play with women after he is on duty, he is not doing his job, he is unconventional, and he should not be an official, so what?" ”

Qi Boyu looked at Chen Cao coldly: "It's an elegant thing for my Ming officials and scholars to be prostitutes..."

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao raised his head and laughed, then stared at Qi Boyu and said: "Your little Shangshu is an elegant matter, and the emperor is to make a fool of the country, what do you say about you?" Don't be in a hurry to refute me first," Chen Cao waved his hand: "Your Majesty will eventually break out if you suppress it for too long, so it must be the Queen Mother who is in charge of it in the back and acquiesces to Wei Zhongxian, otherwise he will be in charge of a small matter." How can you get the palm print of the celebrant and replace His Majesty? ”

Qi Boyu's face changed, Chen Cao's words made him wake up from his stupor, Chen Cao saw this and continued: "So, Wei Zhongxian must be the one who fights with you instead of His Majesty, if you are self-aware, it is not difficult to coexist peacefully, if you are pressing step by step, hehe..."

"Do you still have a conscience?" Qi Boyu squinted at Chen Cao.

Chen Cao nodded: "Naturally, if you don't have a conscience, if you don't tell you the truth, I won't come, and by the way, I will find someone to frame you or not?" ”

"Hmph..."Qi Boyu said without speaking.

Chen Cao didn't want to say more to him, after all, this old guy was a faction of the Donglin Party, if he revealed it too much, it would be himself who would suffer: "Don't think about the sea trade, it is an inevitable situation for the Caojiang Sailor to participate in the sea trade, otherwise how to feed those soldiers, and also, since I dare to participate openly, you have to know who supports me behind me, Lord Qi, don't be afraid, think high, think as high as the official is, and the same is true for the title." ”

Qi Boyu's expression was very shocked, Chen Cao dared to say these words to himself today, he must have something to rely on, and he was not afraid to notify the capital by himself, so what he just said must have a background, thought about it and said: "Chen Cao, what do you think?" ”

"I thought?" Chen Cao turned to look at Qi Boyu: "Boss, you are in your fifties, and you don't have the same reputation as Wang Shangshu, if I were you, it would definitely be important to enjoy my old age in peace, so as not to implicate future generations in the future..."

Qi Bo Yuliang didn't speak for a long time, and when Chen Cao saw that he was about to leave, he said, "Is it that it has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible?" ”

"No," Chen Cao shook his head: "It depends on how to do it." ”

Qi Boyu got up and stroked his beard: "Why did you do this?" ”

"I'm a Confucian apprentice..."Chen Cao opened the lobby door and walked out, and finally said loudly: "Lord Qi, I am a good person..."

Chen Cao walked out of the yamen of the military department, turned his head to Zhao Xindao: "Go back and tell the shipyard, rest assured and boldly build a sea ship." ”

"My lord, are you alright?" Zhao Xin was curious.

Chen Cao got on the horse: "Of course, if the old guy objects, I have to drive me away before I finish speaking." ”

Chen Cao went out of Fengtianmen Official Street, and rode his horse to Shen Zhuangling's shop, and after talking to him about Yunyu, he thought of an important thing.

"This man is thinking about things or real things," Chen Cao said to himself: "Zhao Xin, you go back to do things first, and I'll go to Baifu." ”

...

Last time, Chen Cao was wrong, he was too anxious to let people say it clearly, so there was a misunderstanding, and now Chen Cao is specially here to make amends.

However...

"My lord, please go back, my young lady has ordered, and I won't see my lord." The maid guarding the door came out and explained to Chen Cao.

Chen Cao is not a good stubble, so he was anxious at the moment: "You go and tell Bai Yulan that I have her sister's paperwork in my hand, and I am here to propose marriage today." ”

"Miss said, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, although the matter of the eldest lady is very bad, but who she marries has to let my master decide." The maid said again.

I rub...

This is clearly prepared, Chen Cao felt that things were not good, so he nodded: "I know, go back and tell your young lady, just say that I Chen Cao will come again." ”

The first time he ate closed-door soup, Chen Cao felt very strange, thought about it and rode away, just arrived at the house, and saw Zhang Fengnian coming: "My lord, someone is looking for you, saying that he is from Shandong." He has this," he said, handing over Chen Cao's waist card: "The brocade guard escorted it." ”

"Shandong?" Chen Cao frowned, took the waist card, and in addition to a lot of enemies in Shandong, he only knew Weng Meixin: "Forget it, bring someone to see me." ”

The person who came was a middle-aged man, dressed in a short beat, with dark skin and straps wrapped around his feet, thinking that he should be a worker, but he had a smell of earthy smell on his body, and Chen Cao could guess his origin: "Cao Gang, right?" ”

The middle-aged man arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "Grass people Weng Lin Zhi, I have seen Lord Chen." ”

"Weng? Who are you? Chen Cao frowned.

Weng Linzhi arched his hand: "That's my little sister..."

"No wonder, what's wrong? Say, come to me something..."

Weng Linzhi arched his hand: "Lord Chen, the grass people came today to ask Lord Chen to save their lives." ”

"Unless something happens to Miss Weng, I don't care about your Cao Gang's affairs." Chen Cao said and put his waist card into his arms.

Weng Linzhi knelt down as he spoke: "Lord Chen, it is indeed my little sister, but this matter has too much to do with Lord Chen, and my father thinks about it, so I can only ask Lord Chen to save my life." ”

"What's wrong with Meixin?" Chen Cao's heart tightened, he still remembered that Weng Meixin was surrounded by Ren Chengwei after leaving Shandong last time, although he made a deal with them later, but he really didn't know what happened to Weng Meixin.

Weng Linzhi said: "The little sister was arrested, and she was sentenced to the autumn decision according to the law..."

"Come on, go find Zhao Xin..."

...

In the evening of the next day, Zhao Xincai hurriedly entered Chen Cao's mansion.

"My lord, I found it," Zhao Xin had a lot of official documents in his hand: "This matter really has something to do with us." ”

"Let's talk about it."

Zhao Xin spread out the official document and said: "My lord, the Cao Gang is infighting, Pan Yourong is in the rectification of Weng Shijie, Weng Shijie's Rentang is now blocked in Jinan, and even Weng Shijie was invited to Huai'an by the Caoyun Governor Yamen," he said and stared at Chen Caodao: "Miss Weng was said to have colluded with horse thieves because of the last incident, the evidence is conclusive, and she has been imprisoned in Yanzhou Mansion, according to the report of Bei Zhili's brother, she will be sent to Jinan in a few days, and then the autumn decision..."

Chen Cao's eyes were cold, and he looked at the official document on the desk: "This matter is very strange, go find Weng Linzhi, let's have a pair." ”

Weng Linzhi lived in an inn in the city, and when he heard that Chen Cao wanted to see him, he hurriedly followed Zhao Xin, but the place where he met this time was in the lobby of Chen Cao's house, and there were only three of them.

Chen Cao arched his hand: "Brother Weng, the matter of Meixin is my Chen Cao's matter, and I had to know some things in advance out of caution before." ”

Weng Linzhi arched his hand: "The grass people know, know." ”

"I already know the general situation of the matter, let's get straight to the point, I intend to support you Rentang to be the leader of the Cao Gang, if your father is not willing to do it, I can let you take the position." Chen Cao raised his hand as he spoke, stopping Weng Linzhi from interjecting: "Don't be happy first, Pan Yourong dares to rectify you, it means that the Qian family of Yitang is also from their side, if you want to let your Rentang take the position, there is not a small resistance, I don't know how many Cao Gang gangs Brother Weng has under him now?" ”

Weng Linzhi stood up and saluted Chen Cao very respectfully: "Don't dare to deceive Lord Chen, there are still more than 100 henchmen available under the grass people's cousins, and the rest are either taken to Huai'an, or the other two are reversed." ”

"Hmm... More than 100 people. Chen Cao had a number in his heart: "You have to find some dead soldiers for these people, it's useful." ”

"Please also ask Lord Chen to save my little sister first." Weng Linzhi was a little anxious.

"If you don't say it, I also know that Meixin is kind to me Chen Cao, naturally her life is important" Chen Cao stared at Zhao Xin as he said: "You take the official document to Jinan in person as your Nanzhen envoy, and transfer Weng Meixin to Nanjing for trial in the name of our Jinyiwei." ”

"My lord, my subordinates are worried that Jinan will not let them go." Zhao Xin frowned: "There has to be a perfect reason." ”

"Didn't they say that Meixin colluded with horse bandits?" Chen Cao sneered: "This is what our Nanzhen Fu Division is in charge of, the Son of Heaven is in charge of the army, do you need to explain the reason to them?" ”

Zhao Xin thought for a while: "My subordinates understand, so I'll do it, but I may be backlashed by those people later, and I ask you to prepare early." ”

"I know." After Chen Cao finished speaking, he stared at Weng Linzhi and said, "I have something to tell you, you have to remember." ”

......

Inside the workshop

"My lord, please see..."Bi Maokang pointed to the canned box and said: "According to the drawings of the adults, Xia Guan and the craftsmen below used fourteen methods to make it, and under the condition of ensuring that the food was not bad, they successfully sealed the mouth of the can with molten iron, and then put it in water to cool. ”

Chen Cao took the iron box that was almost the same as the canned food in later generations and looked at it carefully, and then asked, "How is the vacuuming doing?" ”

"Yes," Bi Maokang said with a smile, "Xia Guan recommended someone to your lordship." ”

From time to time, a young man was led to Chen Cao and saluted Chen Cao: "Student Wu Liangju, I have seen an adult..."

Wu Liang held a salute, and Chen Caoxuan raised his hand: "You are still a showman?" In detail, you did this vacuuming? ”

Wu Liang raised his head and thanked him, and then saluted and said: "Master Bi recruited us to study in the workshop, the student is from Shangyuan County, and he has been a showman, but he has liked those strange and obscene skills since he was a child, and the family is very angry. ”

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "Okay, come and tell me how you did it?" ”

Wu Liangju arched his hand: "The student began to use a bamboo tube, hollowed out in the middle, and then used a wooden pole as a support, and a wooden ring was put on the wood, and then tried to pump out the air in the can," Wu Liangju said and laughed: "My lord, you said that this is vacuuming, and you also said that the main reason for the damage is the microbes in the air, although the students can't understand it, but they went to ask Father Tang later, and they said the same." ”

"Are you religious?" Chen Cao suddenly remembered the last time he was caught by Tang Ruowang and made him religious.

Wu Liangju nodded: "Taixi's things are very interesting, the students like it, and after understanding it, they will try to vacuum, although it is slower, but it can be done." As he spoke, he became serious: "The molten iron sealed the wood was all burned, and the students were all made of steel under the reminder of Master Bi, and after trying again, they pulled it with water power, and after more than a dozen times, all the air was pumped out, and the water in the tank was pumped out." ”

"Okay..."Chen Cao patted Wu Liangju on the shoulder: "You have a lot of ideas, in this way, you can't bury your identity as a showman, from now on, set up a logistics factory in my Nanjing Youwei, and appoint you as the ambassador of the Zhengjipin Factory, specializing in the manufacture of canned food." ”

Wu Liangju hurriedly saluted: "Student, no, the next official is promoted by Lord Xie." ”

"Don't be happy, if you do it well in the future, you will naturally be rewarded, I only use those unique people who can use strange and obscene skills, and nerds can't find use in me."

Wu Liangju was embarrassed when he heard Chen Cao finish speaking, looked at the back of Chen Cao leaving, and arched his hand towards Bi Maokang: "Lord Bi, do you have any prejudice against us literati?" ”

Bi Maokang glanced at him: "He is a literati..."

Li Maocai was supervising the work, Chen Cao walked leisurely, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Chen Cao quipped: "Yo, Li Maocai, you are also a bureaucrat now?" ”

Li Mao saluted: "The lower officials are appreciated by adults, and they dare not slack off." ”

"Officialdom is so polite?" Chen Cao didn't joke with him anymore: "Let me ask you, how is this cement now?" ”

"Lord Hui, according to the instructions, the sailor camp has been renovated four days ago, from the barracks to the dock, all the bottom is paved with sand and gravel, and then plastered with cement, and the current sailor camp is a new look." Li Maocai said and led Chen Cao to the warehouse: "Our finished cement products have been prepared for more than 10,000 stones, and more than 100 stones of cement can be produced every day. ”

"Hmm..."Chen Cao nodded: "What lime powder, cement, bricks and so on must be built well, and there will be benefits for you in the future." ”

"Yes, keep in mind."

Chen Cao came out of the cement workshop just in time to meet Bi Maokang walking towards the firearms bureau with a musket, and the two stopped by to see Chen Cao's idea.

Bi Maokang forgot to tell Chen Cao because of the canned food just now, so he hurriedly showed Chen Cao the results of the past few months.

"Your Excellency, please see," Bi Maokang handed a bolt-action rifle to Chen Cao, "Xia Guan developed it according to the drawings of my lord, together with Father Tang and those craftsmen from Taixi. ”

Chen Cao took the rifle and pulled the bolt, only to find that this rifle was too simple, but it was also a cross-era progress to be able to make this kind of rifle in this era: "Well, very good, you continue to work hard to see if you can use pine or peach wood *** support, and also, the position of this bolt is further back, after the design of the gun is completed, it will be a bullet, don't rush to build this kind of gun now, first make the flintlock pistol perfect, this is not in a hurry." ”

"By the way, Master Bi, how is the artillery I want?" Chen Cao suddenly remembered this sharp weapon.

"John and Conrad are making the Tiger Squat Cannon, but it will take time for the kind of cannon that the adults want," Billy explained.

"Tiger squat cannon?" Chen Cao frowned, this thing is actually chicken ribs, it can only be fought closely, and its power is no different from the large-caliber ***: "Tell them, stop building that cannon, it's useless, and also, dissolve all the tiger squat cannons that have been made, and give me iron flowers on the new cannon." ”

'Boom...'

Chen Cao heard a dull sound, and then felt the soles of his feet tremble, and a lot of dust fell from the beams of the roof.

"What's going on? Blown up? Chen Cao first thought of exploding.

A craftsman ran into the house excitedly, and when he bumped into Chen Caozai, he hurriedly saluted: "It turns out that the adult is also here, congratulations to the adult, congratulations to the adult, it has become..."

"What has it become?" Chen Cao spoke.

The craftsman said: "Father Tang, Lord Song, and Taixi's craftsmen made according to the orders of the adult... Forced..."

"Mortar?" Bi Maokang frowned.

"Yes, mortar, just now Father Tang put the shell in it, and the cannon flew out with a bang, landing in the shooting range three miles away, blowing up a big crater. Lord Song asked the little one to hurry up and report to Lord Bi, and then pass it on to the adults. ”

Chen Cao had a happy smile on his face, and then hurriedly followed the craftsman to the shooting range.

All the craftsmen gathered around the mortar, carefully observing, nodding and saying something from time to time, and a group of people saw Chen Cao coming, and hurriedly saluted in unison.

"Quick, let me see how it goes?" Chen Cao couldn't hold it back.

"Oh, thank you to the merciful God for sending such a great inventor to this world, so that we can praise him together..."Before Chen Cao squeezed in front of the mortar, Tang Ruowang blocked Chen Cao's way: "Dear Lord Chen, you are really amazing, this is the first time I have seen this kind of cannon..."

Chen Cao was very uncomfortable with John Tang, he seriously suspected that this guy was trying to trick himself into becoming a religion: "Father Tang, don't say the words of praise for this official for the time being, I need to know how you did it, and whether the cannon is cracked." ”

When Song Yingxing heard this, he hurriedly ran over to take a look, and sure enough, a small hole opened in the cannon body: "My lord, it's really cracked..."

Everyone, including John Tong, looked back, and then there was a sigh...

"Song Yingxing, how is it?" Chen Cao was a little concerned.

"Back to my lord, the cannon body has cracked a small hole, if there is another shot, I'm afraid it will explode." Song Yingxing responded.

Bi Maokang also participated in the research and manufacturing: "My lord, according to your drawings, this mortar is composed of a base, a gun body and a bracket, and there is a firing pin in the barrel, but the shell is extremely difficult to make, and it took John nearly a month to make such a round. ”

Chen Cao walked over to take a closer look, then got up and said: "You have to add something to the molten steel, you have to test everything yourself, there is still gunpowder that needs to be improved, the cannon body needs to be forged repeatedly, and if the thousand-layer steel can't work, you will hit 10,000 layers, anyway, there will be water hammer." ”

"Yes..."

Tang Ruowang approached Chen Cao, praised him again, and then said: "Such a powerful thing, after the development is completed, I must pass the technology back to my hometown, so that our Germany can sweep those Tsarist cavalry on the frontal battlefield of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania." ”

Tang Ruowang's casual words made Chen Cao's heart suddenly flash a murderous intention, but it was gone in a flash, and then Chen Cao instructed Bi Maokang a few more words, and then left the door of the workshop.

Converging Xu Kai successively, Chen Cao instructed: "Send you a confidential mission, responsible for monitoring Tang Ruowang's cadre, all their letters are opened and read, involving firearms, they must be altered, if they find out..."

After Chen Cao finished speaking, he made a movement to wipe his neck towards Xu Kaixian, and Xu Kaixian was shocked: "My lord, what if Father Tang finds out?" ”

"Directly imprisoned, if you want to die, you will fulfill him, if you want to live, monitor his work."

Xu Kaixian gasped: "My subordinates understand..."