Zhu Houzhao was called over.

And he had already guessed the reason why his father summoned him, so that this thing was absurd and arrogant on weekdays, but now he lowered his eyebrows and pretended to be his grandson, like a quail, showing a well-behaved and innocent appearance.

As soon as he entered the warm pavilion, he immediately saluted, "Erchen has seen his father." ”

Then he asked very blankly: "Erchen is writing his winter vacation homework in the East Palace, I don't know what my father is doing when he calls Erchen?" ”

"What is winter vacation homework?"

"Didn't the master give the child a holiday a few days ago? This winter vacation homework is the homework to be done during the holidays, the master said that the good period is long, I am afraid that Erchen will waste his homework, and I am afraid that Erchen will feel boring and monotonous, so he left this winter vacation homework. ”

Emperor Hongzhi bowed his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a little smile, "This winter vacation homework is interesting." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Yes, yes, it's interesting, Erchen likes this winter vacation homework, if his father is fine, Erchen will go back to do his homework first." ”

"There's no hurry to write your homework, I still have a few things to ask you, and it's not too late for you to write after asking."

Zhu Youzhu stopped him, and the smile on his face was instantly retracted, and then asked, "Has the prince ever left the palace today?" ”

". Out."

"Where did you go after leaving the palace?"

"I didn't go anywhere, the child just walked around, and I thought it was still interesting to write homework, so I went back to the palace to do my homework."

"That's it?" Zhu Youzhu half-closed his eyes: "But how did I hear that you transported several boxes of fireworks and firecrackers from the palace treasury this morning?" ”

"Oh, my son took some away."

"What is it for?"

"Didn't do anything."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhang's eyes suddenly opened, and a little essence flashed in his eyes, "I ask you, have you ever been to Zhihua Temple today?" That Jingzhong Temple was blown up, but it has something to do with you?! ”

In the end, his voice suddenly increased, Zhu Houzhao was so frightened that his liver fluttered, and he looked at a few people in the hall, he didn't recognize the old man and the middle-aged man, but he knew the strong man.

Jinyi Wei commanded Mu Bin.

Seeing that the commanders of the Jinyi Guard were coming, Zhu Houzhao estimated that his father might have known the truth, and his heart was relieved, and he said in a muffled voice: "Well, the sons are coming, and they are indeed related to the sons and daughters." ”

"Okay, it's really about you." Zhu Youjiao's face completely collapsed, just now he still had a little luck in his heart, and he felt that it might not be his son who did it, but now. What a 'good son' of mine.

"Ridiculous! Monkey business! Do you know what kind of place the Jingzhong Temple is, it was built by the order of Emperor Yingzong, even if it is. That's it. ”

Considering the presence of foreign ministers, Zhu Youzhu really couldn't say something, so he had to ask with a calm face: "Why did you blow up the Jingzhong Shrine?" ”

Zhu Houzhao defended the urn angrily: "Erchen didn't want to blow it up, he just wanted to put a cannon battle for Wang Zhen to hear, but who knew that the cannon battle was so powerful, and the Jingzhong Temple was so careless, and it collapsed." ”

"Where did you get that big gun?"

“.”

However, this question was exchanged for silence, and Zhu Youzhu shouted angrily, "Say, tell me!" ”

The emperor's angry face was still very intimidating, and Zhu Houzhao didn't dare to be silent any longer, and said instead: "Erchen did it himself." ”

"Huh"

Zhu Youzhu sneered, "I haven't discovered that Wu'er has such a talent, and he can blow up a Jingzhong Temple by casually making an artillery battle, if you change Ming'er and do a bigger artillery battle, I'm afraid that if it weren't for me, the Qianqing Palace would also be buried in your hands." ”

“.”

Zhu Houzhao was silent about this, although the master was very unreasonable, and when he arrived, he had already run away in a carriage, and he also took away his three boxes of fireworks and firecrackers.

But he is different from him, he has lofty ambitions, and he will never do anything to betray his master.

This is called respecting the teacher, and he and his master are also teachers and friends, and he will never betray his friends, which is called righteousness.

Seeing that he was silent again, Zhu Youzhu was about to attack, but Xie Cheng, who had been silently being a transparent person, suddenly fell to his knees, "Your Majesty, forgive Weichen for being courageous, the minister has something to ask His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

When he was teaching his son, he was suddenly interrupted, Zhu Youzhu felt unhappy, but he still suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in a flat tone: "What do you want to ask?" ”

"Weichen wants to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince how the artillery battle was done."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjiao's face didn't look very good, what's the matter, you also want to make a big cannon to have fun?

Xie Cheng knelt on the ground, lowered his head and couldn't see the emperor's face, but said to himself: "Your Majesty, the minister is a military general, and he has been stationed in Huguang with the Marquis of Zhenyuan for more than ten years.

Therefore, the minister thought that if he could use the method of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to do artillery battles in the army."

Saying that, Xie Cheng turned his head to look at Zhu Houzhao again, he knelt on the ground and didn't get up, so he kowtowed to the prince, and then asked: "Your Highness, Weichen dares to ask Your Highness, how much gunpowder is in the artillery battle you did?" ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, "More than nine catties, less than ten catties." ”

"Less than ten pounds of gunpowder is so powerful"

Xie Cheng muttered in his mouth, and then forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said to Zhu Youjiao: "Your Majesty, as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, less than ten catties of gunpowder can exert the power of a hundred catties of gunpowder, and even faintly exceed, so if this method is used to make artillery battles and fill them with 100 catties and 1,000 catties of gunpowder, then how much chance will my Ming army have when facing the enemy."

The voice grew quieter and quieter, until he paused, for he had fallen into a beautiful imagination.

Xie Cheng was born as a real military general, accompanied Gu Pu, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, to guard Huguang for many years, and went through hundreds of large and small battle formations, and later transferred to the position of the commander of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses.

As a person who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, Xie Cheng knew too well what it meant to increase the power of gunpowder tenfold.

This meant that the Ming army had a better chance of winning against the enemy, which meant that the tragedy of many of the soldiers killed on the battlefield could be avoided.

Zhu Youzhu is not a military general, let alone a war, but he understands what Xie Cheng means.

Then his heart couldn't help but stir, he thought of the military disasters at the border for many years, if there is such a powerful artillery battle, make a bigger one, fill it with hundreds of catties, or even thousands of catties of gunpowder, how much can the odds of victory against the enemy be improved?

He can't count this, and he can't calculate it, but Zhu Youzhu has a strange feeling in his heart, with this kind of gunpowder, maybe there will be no more Tatar invasion of the hinterland of Guanzhong.

And in the warm pavilion, the most excited is undoubtedly Zhu Houzhao, he has begun to fantasize about himself leading the Ming army, with countless large artillery battles to conquer the Tatars, the grassland is full of rumbling, smoke and dust everywhere, a scene of people turning over on their backs.

The more Zhu Houzhao thought about it, the more excited he became, his cheeks were already gradually reddening, but at this moment, he suddenly interrupted, and Zhu Youzhu asked, "I ask you, how did you make that artillery battle?" ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, thought about it and replied: "Oh, add more fire and some white things." ”

"What's white?"

"That's it."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, yes, what is that?

"It's a secret recipe, this son doesn't know."

Zhu Youjiao's face darkened, "You don't know what you did yourself?" ”

“.”

Zhu Houzhao found himself facing a dilemma, whether he should betray his master, and if he betrayed himself, he seemed to be very unrighteous, if he didn't sell

"Father, the artillery battle was not actually done by the son, but by the son's master."

After a pause, Zhu Houzhao added with righteousness, "But the artillery battle was set by the minister, and it has nothing to do with the master. ”

“.” Zhu Youzhu was silent for a moment, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the corner of the warm pavilion, "Go, kneel there." ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to kneel, and said righteously: "Father, the son-in-law asks for his life, hurry up and go to Xiajiazhuang to ask the master for the gunpowder formula, so as to strengthen my Ming military might." ”

Zhu Youzhu ignored him and pointed to the corner of the warm pavilion with his hand.

“.”

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao had to silently walk to the corner and kneel, this place is still good, much stronger than the last time he knelt, at least it is warm, and there is a carpet, not much knees.

(End of chapter)