Great Xia Dynasty, the capital.

East Palace.

Lu Shuyun is trying out the craftsman's improved cloud-piercing bow in the courtyard, the cloud-piercing bow is Lu Shuyun's second achievement after becoming the prince, the cloud-piercing bow is made of special materials, it is extremely powerful, and the cloud-piercing bow and the special cloud-piercing arrow can easily shoot through the armor of heavy cavalry.

With the Cloud Piercing Bow, the Great Xia Dynasty will not be afraid of the enemy's heavy cavalry on the battlefield in the future, or in the future Great Xia civil strife, the forces of their faction will not have to be afraid of the armor secretly prepared by his brothers.

Looking at the cloud-piercing bow in his hand, a smile appeared on Lu Shuyun's face.

The materials used to make the Cloud Piercing Bow and Cloud Piercing Arrow are very special, and at present, only their Jiangnan family has them, and some of the production processes are still secret, and those craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry may not know what the craft is, only the people of their faction know.

In this way, the Cloud Piercing Bow was not only able to serve as a merit for the crown prince, but also to a certain extent to avoid their opponents from obtaining the crafting methods and manufacturing materials.

As for whether the other factions in the court will get the Cloud Piercing Bow, there is no need to worry about this.

As long as the Cloud Piercing Bow is taken out, it will definitely be obtained by people from other factions, but they only get a few, and now the Ministry of Industry can build very few Cloud Piercing Bows every day, and it is not possible to make them in large quantities.

As long as the number is temporarily stuck, the number of cards will not be too much, even if others get the Cloud Piercing Bow, they will not get too much, and the people of the prince's faction are already secretly making a large number of them, and in terms of the number of Cloud Piercing Bows, his opponents will definitely have no way to compare with them.

Just when Lu Shuyun was immersed in joy, a maid hurriedly came to Lu Shuyun and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the prince is back!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Shuyun came back to his senses, and he immediately said, "Bring him to me." ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince."

Then the maid went out and brought Wang Yong to Lu Shuyun, "See His Royal Highness the Prince, the Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”

After Wang Yong finished saluting, Lu Shuyun couldn't wait to ask: "What did Dongfang Yi say, did he agree to marry Dongfang Haoyue to Gu?" ”

Wang Yong replied: "Yes, yes, but it's just ......."

Wang Yong wanted to speak and stopped.

After hearing Wang Yong's answer, Lu Shuyun showed a smile on his face, as long as the Dongfang family and them were completely tied together, the entire Jiangnan family would really be monolithic.

For the woman Dongfang Haoyue, he has seen it a few times, and he does like her beauty, but compared to Dongfang Haoyue's beauty, Lu Shuyun cares more about the Dongfang family behind Dongfang Haoyue.

Lu Shuyun asked at this time, "It's just what?" ”

Wang Yong replied: "It's just that as soon as Miss Dongfang heard that she was going to marry you, she jumped into the river and committed suicide, although she was rescued, but she has been looking for death and life, if she wants to die, I'm afraid no one can stop her." ”

"If this matter spreads, it will seriously affect Your Highness's reputation, Dongfang Yi has no choice but to let me tell the prince, Dongfang Haoyue will not marry you first, and after you marry the crown princess, this marriage will be decided, and he will continue to persuade Dongfang Haoyue."

Hearing Wang Yong's words, Lu Shuyun's face instantly darkened, he didn't expect Dongfang Haoyue's personality to be so strong.

Although he knew from the beginning that Dongfang Haoyue was a woman with a bad temper, many talented people in Jiangnan were broken by Dongfang Haoyue, which was enough to see that her personality was so bad.

However, Lu Shuyun thought at first that he was also a prince, and he would be the one who would inherit the throne in the future, even if Dongfang Haoyue's personality was eccentric, after knowing that the person she was going to marry was the prince, she would be somewhat restrained, and there was no woman in the world who didn't want to marry someone who held great power.

As a result, I didn't expect Dongfang Haoyue to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

If this is spread out, won't those officials in the court impeach themselves and force them to become prostitutes?

Seeing that Lu Shuyun's face darkened, Wang Yong continued: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, please rest assured, although Dongfang Haoyue doesn't want to marry for the time being, as long as Dongfang Yi agrees to Dongfang Haoyue's family business, it proves that he is already on our side." ”

Lu Shuyun thought about it for a while, this is indeed the case, Dongfang Haoyue's attitude is not important, as long as she can temporarily stabilize Dongfang Haoyue and let her not commit suicide.

Lu Shuyun then said: "You asked someone to send a letter to Dongfang Yi, telling him that Lone has a deep love for Dongfang Haoyue, and Lone felt very sad after hearing the news that Dongfang Haoyue jumped into the river and committed suicide, so Lone decided to confirm the marriage contract with Dongfang Haoyue first, and then marry her after Gu married the crown princess, hoping that Dongfang Yi can let Dongfang Haoyue accept Gu as soon as possible." ”

Although Dongfang Haoyue is very beautiful, Lu Shuyun is not a man who is impatient, if he really forces Dongfang Haoyue to death, then their connection with the Dongfang family will be cut off.

Dongfang family has such a daughter, Dongfang Haoyue can't die, and if Dongfang Haoyue is forced to die, spreading it will also have a great impact on his reputation, so the best way now is to drag it out, first determine the marriage contract, and then use the marriage contract as a political bond.

As for when Dongfang Haoyue will marry herself, this is not important.

After hearing Lu Shuyun's words, Wang Yong said: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, his subordinates will go and write a letter to Dongfang Yi." ”

"The subordinates retired."

Then Wang Yong turned around and left the courtyard.

And Lu Shuyun continued to pick up the Cloud Piercing Bow to test its power.

……

Wang Yong's letter reached the Dongfang family in less than half a month, and after Dongfang Yi read Wang Yong's letter, he went directly to Dongfang Haoyue's courtyard.

At this time, Dongfang Haoyue was holding a small porcelain bottle in front of her nose and smelling it.

After seeing Dongfang Yi enter his yard, Dongfang Haoyue put down the porcelain vase in his hand and asked, "Dad, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Dongfang Yi handed the letter in his hand directly to Dongfang Haoyue, "Wang Yong sent a letter, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intends to confirm the marriage contract with you first, and as for the marriage, he is not in a hurry in advance, and when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince marries the Crown Princess, he is talking." ”

"With Emperor Xia's character, I'm afraid I won't give the prince a marriage for a while."

After Dongfang Haoyue took the letter from Dongfang Yi's hand, she glanced at it, then smiled slightly, and then said, "Dad, I plan to go to the northern country." ”

Hearing this, Dongfang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What are you doing in the northern country?" ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a very bad relationship with the King of the North, and if she knows that you have run away to the North, I am afraid she will be very angry.

Dongfang Haoyue said lightly: "In this way, I can let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that his daughter has completely fallen out with the Dongfang family, and when the time comes, you can be comfortable with His Royal Highness the Prince, all of this is my personal idea." ”

"My daughter went to the North this time, mainly for those goods in the North Palace."

"Presumably Dad has already heard of the liquor in the North Palace, right?"

Hearing this, Dongfang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "This is natural, now Su Fengcheng can't buy the liquor of Beiwangfu even if he has money." ”

Dongfang Haoyue said: "My daughter plans to do business with the Beiwangfu and transport the goods from the Beiwangfu to Sufeng City to sell, especially the liquor from the Beiwangfu. ”

"The Oriental family is a business family, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be angry because of this, then he will have a bad relationship with the Oriental Family, so my daughter thinks that even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is uncomfortable, she will not say anything."

"The Oriental family is a business family, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be angry because of this, then he will have a bad relationship with the Oriental Family, so my daughter thinks that even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is uncomfortable, she will not say anything."

Dongfang Yi thought for a while, and then said, "This is also true. ”

"But after you go to the northern country, try to be cautious in your words and deeds, after all, we are members of the Jiangnan family, in the eyes of the king of the north, we are the people of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he will probably not welcome the people of the Jiangnan family into the northern country."

Dongfang Haoyue said: "Don't worry, Dad, my daughter knows how to measure." ”

Speaking of this, Dongfang Haoyue suddenly thought of something, so she asked, "Dad, is there any news about that incident?" ”

Dongfang Yi sighed, shook his head and said, "No, I went to ask your grandfather, and your grandfather also said that he didn't receive any news." ”

"It's hard to say whether our generation will be able to wait."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, since you are going to the northern country, then prepare in advance, Dad will arrange a grandmaster to protect you at that time."

……

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

In the past month, several major dynasties have been in civil strife, but the Great Xia Dynasty has suddenly become extremely calm, as if the internal contradictions have disappeared, and the Xia Emperor's personality has also softened a lot, and it seems that he has completely compromised with the family.

Now the battles in the Great Xia court are mainly between the factions of the princes and the princelings, and the Xia Emperor is as if he no longer exists, he is basically in a state of watching the battle, as if all this has nothing to do with him.

Lu Chen sorted out the latest information in the study, and looking at the information sent by Jin Yiwei, Lu Chen was a little confused.

What is his father doing?

Forget about making Lu Shuyun the crown prince, and then he actually let go of the salt industry that has always been in the official camp, and even recently he simply ignored the battle in the court, as if he was ready to leave it alone.

Lu Chen knew that this was the calm before the storm, but he couldn't understand what Emperor Xia was laying out.

Now that several major dynasties have more or less internal problems to deal with, now is the best time to solve the family, Lu Chen doesn't believe that Emperor Xia has no idea about those families at this time.

Emperor Xia's attitude is pretending to be rotten at first glance, the key is what he did when he was rotten, judging from the information collected by Jinyiwei, Emperor Xia doesn't seem to have done anything serious, anyway, it's just so consumed, waiting for the factions of various princes and princelings to fight back and forth, Lu Chen even wondered if his father, the emperor, wanted to wait for them to fight to the death, and then run out to reap the benefits.

Just when Lu Chen was looking at the information on the table in a daze, the maid's voice sounded at the door, "Lord Wang, Commander Qin is looking for it." ”

Lu Chen said lightly: "Come in." ”

The next moment, Qin Yushan entered the study, "My subordinates pay a visit to the prince, the prince is a thousand years old." ”

Lu Chen looked at the information on the table, nodded slightly, and asked, "Well, what's the matter with Commander Qin." ”

Qin Yushan replied: "Back to the prince, the cannon has been made, and the craftsmen have found materials that are easy to ignite, in the future, the thunder does not need to use manual ignition, only need to pull out the safety bolt, and knock on the bottom to directly ignite the internal lead." ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned.

The craftsmen of Dayu are so powerful?

So quickly made a bomb that didn't require manual ignition?

Doesn't this mean that the northern kingdom has officially entered the age of firearms?

Then Lu Chen said: "Immediately let people prepare the made artillery and thunder, and this king will personally test it." ”

Seeing that Lu Chen was in such a hurry, Qin Yushan took out a piece of information from his sleeve and said, "Lord Wang, there is still some information here under your subordinates, why don't you take a look at it first?" ”

Lu Chen took the information in Qin Yushan's hand, opened it and glanced at it, and then he smiled.

"Cloud Piercing Bow? Cloud-piercing arrows? ”

"It's a kind of funny name."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen folded the information in his hand and put it on the table, "With firearms, these cold weapons don't pose much threat to the northern kingdom, but this king is more concerned about the materials for the production of the cloud-piercing bow, and he will find a way to get some bows and arrows back." ”

Qin Yushan said: "The management of these bows and arrows is relatively strict, and Commander Liang is already thinking of a way. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Yushan changed the topic and said: "There is another thing, on the way to the Beiwang Mansion just now, I heard a report from the Jinyi Guard soldiers that the eldest lady of the Dongfang family has recently come to Yancheng, and the Dongfang family has been privately married to the Eighth Prince not long ago, and Dongfang Haoyue is regarded as the wife and concubine of the Eighth Prince. ”

Hearing Qin Yushan's words, Lu Chen looked at Qin Yushan with a strange expression, and then he asked, "Commander Qin, how does this king feel that you and this king have another purpose in saying these words?" ”

Qin Yushan hurriedly said: "The prince has misunderstood, his subordinates just want to ask the prince if he should pay special attention to this eastern hazy moon to prevent her from doing something harmful to the northern country." ”

Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "You should really pay special attention to it, and tell this king when she has any movements." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about that, this king is going to test the artillery invented by the Mo brothers now."

Qin Yushan hurriedly said, "Yes, Lord Wang." ”

Immediately afterwards, Lu Chen, under the leadership of Qin Yushan, went to the military stronghold in the east of Yancheng.

The military stronghold in the east has two layers of protective nets, the outside is the black cavalry, and the inside is the Jinyi Guard, this military stronghold is not even allowed to enter the ordinary army of the north, because this is a military factory, which is the most important military secret of the north.

After Lu Chen entered the military factory, Mo Xing immediately put down what he was doing and came out to greet him.

"Meet the prince!"

Lu Chen said: "Excuse me, Mo Xing, this king heard that your artillery has been made?" ”

Mo Xing said: "It was made half a month ago, but in order to avoid problems when the prince tested it, the grass people improved the artillery, and it was improved with reference to the howitzer of the prince, and finally we determined three kinds of artillery." ”

Hearing Mo Xingwei's answer, Lu Chen was already a little impatient, and he immediately said, "Pull out those cannons and let this king test them." ”

"Lord Wang, please come with me."

Later, under the leadership of Mo Xingwei, Lu Chen went to a place dedicated to testing artillery.

In the middle of the forest, there is a place where there is no grass and there are pits everywhere, and there is a place where shells are tested almost every day, so the plants do not grow.

After a while, the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard let the horses pull several wooden carts to Lu Chen, and as the box was opened, the artillery made by Mo Xing also appeared in front of Lu Chen.

(End of chapter)