Although Li Wei is a prince of the state, he has no real position, which is also the practice of the DPRK and China.

Zhu Yuanzhang usually assigns them temporary positions, needless to say when they go out to fight, they have to return the seal letter when they come back after the war, and other affairs are also done by the Holy Order, and they are done when they are done.

Of course, even if he doesn't have a real job, his current status is extremely noble, and his influence is even deeper in all aspects of the court, like Wang Jie and Wu Shen, including the Ministry of Rites and Rites of the Ministry of War, they often inform him and ask for his opinion, but Li Wei generally does not interfere.

Time flies and it is another year, and now Li Wei's scenery is infinite, and the Horse Mansion is even more crowded at the end of the year.

After so many years, he gradually got used to it, and he often received people who came to congratulate him in person.

Of course, more of him can still avoid it, it's not that he treats him differently, there are too many people, and he has to do this.

Duan Yu, who stayed in the mansion, was also glad of the original decision at this time, and now Li Wei is really not a person who can be seen if he wants to, if there is no relationship with her, a local official in a remote place like the Duan clan in Dali is really not qualified to let this big man in the DPRK and China meet.

Li Wei's scenery is infinite, in stark contrast to the decline of the old nobles, although Feng Sheng and Fu Youde are older than Li Wei, but in terms of power, they are much inferior.

And Li Shanchang and his ilk, who can be compared with Li Wei, have all been raised, and the rest of Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the country, also fell ill last year, although Zhu Yuanzhang specially sent someone to take him back to Beijing for treatment, but it is still not improving.

Just when everyone was looking at him, Zhu Yuanzhang did something unexpected: marrying Lan Yu!

In the Horse Mansion, Chen Su, Wang Jie, Wu Shen and several others reported the matter to Li Wei.

"The King of Shu is only fourteen years old this year, and my majesty's move may have another meaning." Wang Jie frowned, and said with a somewhat solemn face.

Chen Su also nodded lightly and looked at Li Wei.

They all understood that His Majesty's move was intended to support Lan Yu, and the relationship between Lan Yu and Li Wei was even more well known to the ministers.

Li Wei sighed in his heart, of course he also understood this, in fact, since he returned from the Japanese Kingdom, he obviously felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards him began to become estranged, and even faintly began to guard against him.

He knew that this kind of thing would come sooner or later, no matter whether he had his own careful thoughts or not, when the ground level reached a certain height, he would face this situation, he had no other choice, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him any other choice.

"You guys, don't keep running to me, learn from Wu Bozong and Ru Taisu, and it's only serious to do your errand honestly!" Li Wei changed the subject.

"Well, the lesson of the national prince is!"

Wang Jie and the others were slightly stunned, respectfully taught.

Of course, they didn't really take Li Wei's words seriously, these were all scenes.

Li Wei glanced at them, and said, "Okay, go back quickly if it's okay, you are not like me as an idler, don't delay government affairs." ”

"Yes, then I'll retire first."

Wang Jie Wu Shen got up and retreated, and Chen Su was about to leave, Li Wei raised his hand and beckoned, leaving him behind.

After Wang Jie and the others left, Li Wei said to him lightly: "Go back, go back and ask Your Majesty for your resignation as soon as possible, don't stay in Jinyiwei." ”

Chen Su was a little surprised: "Why? Is the prince going to arrange for me to do something else? ”

Li Wei glanced at him and sighed, "Have you forgotten what I told you?" ”

Chen Su paused for a moment, and immediately remembered what Li Wei told him that time, and his face changed slightly: "Don't dare to forget your humble duties!" ”

"Hmph, it's good if you don't forget, if you don't want to stay well, leave quickly, don't lose your life in the end, I can't save you!" Li Wei snorted lightly.

He had already told Chen Su that Jinyiwei was His Majesty's sword, so let him be honest, but obviously Chen Su didn't listen to it at all, not to mention the fact that he concealed Lin Xian's spies when he was recruiting widows before, in the past few days after he returned, he ran to him for three days and two ends, and if he was not interested, he quickly resigned and got out, Zhu Yuanzhang would sooner or later take him under the knife.

After a little thought, Chen Su understood what Li Wei meant, although he was still unwilling, but he also understood that Li Wei was thinking about him, so he could only grit his teeth and agree: "Yes, I will resign when I go back!" ”

"Well, let's go back."

Li Wei bowed his head slightly, which made him retreat.

Chen Su bowed respectfully before turning to leave.

After Chen Su left, Li Wei's face gradually became solemn.

Lan Yu He was not worried, he was worried about Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now he doesn't care about Lan Yu and the like, don't look at Lan Yu's fierce battle, but he is far away from Xu Datang and these veterans, so it's okay to play a tailwind, but not necessarily a headwind.

As for political wisdom, this guy is even worse, not to mention compared with Tang and this kind of old fritters, even a political novice like himself is not as good, at least he knows how to pretend to be stupid.

But pretending to be stupid and stunned was okay in the early stage, but now it will definitely not work, if he dares to come nonsense now, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely immediately grab the handle and clean him up, it's a real cleanup, not a joke!

"Hey......"

Li Wei sighed leisurely, with a greater sense of urgency in his heart.

The change in Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude made many courtiers smell the change in the direction of the wind, and many wall-headed grasses quickly stopped flattering Li Wei and chose to wait and see.

Li Wei didn't care about this, and concentrated on soaking in the Ordnance Bureau, researching new things, and teaching students at the same time.

He knew very well that the only people he could really rely on were these students, craftsmen, and technology that was ahead of his time.

As long as his firearms can go further, he will be able to completely widen the gap with this era, and even if he faces an army of more than 100,000, he will be able to fight his way out of the encirclement with thousands of soldiers and horses.

Today's musket artillery has almost reached its limit, and if you want to go further, you need to have more efficient springs and more violent gunpowder.

And all of these require the progress of basic industries, qualified alloy spring steel, and new gunpowder.

Black powder is the simplest mixture, as long as you master the method, anyone can make it, but those new types of gunpowder in later generations will not work, which requires a complex chemical process.

In terms of gunpowder, he is not prepared to develop slowly step by step, chemistry is different from others, those detours are not necessary at all, just go directly to the most advanced cotton explosives and lead azide initiating charges.

To make two things, you need sulfuric acid, nitric acid and other basic acid and alkali raw materials, and similarly, thundermercury, nitroglycerin and the like also need these acids to make.

In addition to studying these, he also specially sent people to sail to the Americas again on a newly built steamer, where rubber was a necessity for industry, and it was necessary to send people to continuously harvest and transport it back to the Ming Dynasty, and it was best to establish a base directly in the Americas.

When Li Wei was obsessed with research and development, Lan Yu was not idle, under the arrangement of Zhu Yuanzhang, he fought two small-scale wars, and immediately received a reward after returning.

Now the ministers have seen the situation clearly, although one is a national prince, he has been soaking with craftsmen all day long, without official duties, and the other is thriving, holding military power, His Majesty's attitude has been very obvious.

In a few months, Li Wei's Horse Mansion seemed to have experienced prosperity and decline, and it quickly became deserted from the city.

On the one hand, those officials who saw the wind and steered the rudder did not come, and on the other hand, he also specifically told Wang Jie and others to come less.

As for Wu Bozong's people, they won't run to him all the time.

Winter goes to autumn, the weather is getting warmer, Li Wei seems to have returned to the past, in addition to staying at home, that is, going to the Ordnance Bureau or the academy, just like Li Shanchang in the past, he looks like he doesn't care about the world.

After two months of entanglement with An Qing and Xiaoqing, Li Wei finally calmed down, remembering his secret determination, he took out more time to accompany his eldest son, but his eldest son didn't seem to be very happy to let him accompany him.

In the backyard of the Horse Mansion, Li Wei and An Qing sat in the gazebo together, holding Xiao Keyan, who was already twenty pounds, and stretched out his fingers to tease him.

Xiao Ke stared at his big shining eyes, and pushed his fingers away with his small hands over and over again.

After these days of getting along, this little guy can be regarded as reluctantly accepting this father, and he doesn't cry when he is held in his arms, but from his innocent eyes, he can still see his dislike for this father.

"Oh, okay, give it to me."

Just when Li Wei was having a hard time and was about to make the little guy cry, An Qing hurriedly asked his son back.

"Hehe, okay."

Li Wei smiled, handed the child back to her, shook his arm that was a little sore, and said with emotion: "This little guy grows really fast, it's like a day." ”

"Of course, children are like this, don't go out for half a year and not come back in the future, otherwise your son will definitely not know you again."

An Qing complained while taking the child.

"Okay, I'll stay at home with you and the child every day from now on." Li Wei smiled, looked at Xiaoqing next to him after speaking, and pulled her to sit down beside him, holding her little hand with his left hand, and holding Anqing's slender waist with his right hand.

Anqing hugged his son and glanced at him angrily, but he didn't say anything more.

Since having a son, she has matured a lot, and occasionally takes care of other people's feelings, and her attitude towards Xiaoqing is much better than before.

Xiaoqing sat beside Li Wei and looked at An Qing with some nervousness, and saw that she had no intention of blaming, so she relaxed slightly.

When Li Wei was enjoying the blessings of Qi people, Xiaoyue hurriedly reported:

"Master, someone outside the mansion asks to see him, and he claims to be from the Duke of Wei's mansion."

Li Wei was a little surprised after hearing this, he had nothing to do with Xu Da, why were the people from the Wei State Mansion looking for him?

"Did you say anything?" Li Wei asked.

Xiao Yue replied respectfully: "I said that I had something to ask for, but I didn't say it." ”

Li Wei frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and vaguely guessed the meaning of this person.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Weicai said, "Take him to the front yard lobby and wait for me, I'll be there later." ”

"Yes." Xiao Yue saluted and turned to leave.

Li Wei also got up then and said to An Qing: "I'll go for a while, and I'll be back in a while." ”

An Qinghe nodded at him while coaxing the child.

Li Wei patted Xiaoqing's hand again before turning around and leaving.

In the front yard, when Li Wei arrived, this person from the Wei State Mansion had been waiting for a while.

Seeing him come in, this person immediately got up and waved his hands respectfully: "Junior Xu Huizu, I have seen Han Guogong." ”

"Xu Huizu?" When Li Wei heard this, he was slightly surprised and looked him up and down.

This person is in his twenties, looks handsome, and is more than 1.8 meters tall, and he is also a rare handsome guy in later generations.

"You are the eldest son of Wei Guogong?" Li Wei asked softly.

He has been in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and although the eldest son of the first hero of the founding of the country has never seen him, he has heard the name.

"It's the junior."

Xu Huizu had a humble attitude and did not mean to fight for his father at all.

Li Wei nodded lightly and said, "It turned out to be the eldest prince, I don't know what the eldest prince is doing here?" ”

Xu Huizu's face was worried, and he said: "My father is seriously ill, and the younger generation is here to seek medical treatment for my father, and I hope that Han Guogong can come to the rescue, and the younger generation is grateful!" ”

"Eldest prince, I'm afraid you're asking the wrong person, I'm not a doctor, you should go to the palace and ask Your Majesty to send an imperial doctor to treat Wei Guogong!" Li Wei showed a look of surprise on his face, but he already knew it in his heart.

Xu Huizu hurriedly said: "The imperial doctor has already diagnosed and treated, but my father's condition has not improved, and the younger generation heard that you have treated the queen's mother for stubborn diseases, and it has many miraculous effects, so I thought of begging you!" ”

Li Wei sighed with some regret: "Hey, what's the use of that, didn't the queen die in the end, and my method is just a risk, I really don't understand medical skills." ”

Xu Huizu was immediately anxious when he saw him say this, and he didn't care about anything else, so he knelt down and begged directly: "I hope that Han Guogong will try it with all his might, no matter whether it is success or failure, the younger generation will be grateful!" If you have any requirements, please feel free to speak up, and the younger generation will do their best! ”

"What is the eldest prince doing, hurry up!"

Seeing him like this, Li Wei was also shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask him to help him up, but Xu Huizu couldn't hold on, and continued to plead: "I hope that the Duke of Han Guo will agree!" ”

Li Wei stared at him and couldn't help frowning.

It's not that he doesn't want to save Xu Da, it's just that his situation is a little delicate now, Zhu Yuanzhang is already trying to weaken his power, if he saves Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the country, at this time, then will it be worth it?

With such a great favor, Xu Da may have to take good care of him in the future, including this Xu Huizu in front of him, and he will have to be grateful to him in the future, if this is the case, then let alone a blue jade, and don't want to compete with him again!

He now has 3,000 guards, as well as those soldiers and horses stationed in Lu Tang and these sailors who conquered the Japanese, these are enough, as long as the firearms are upgraded and replaced with these troops, then he will be able to have a showdown with Lao Zhu.

When the time comes, he will sail out to sea, and no one will control him.

Of course, in addition to taking the whole family away, he also had to take away the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau and the families of these soldiers and horses, and as for whether they would leave their homeland with him, he was already arranging.

As long as these craftsmen and soldiers keep going to sea to do things, and even stay overseas for a long time, after a long time, they are familiar with the outside world, and they see the vast land and wealth there, these people will naturally be willing to go with him.

At this juncture, if his power suddenly goes further, it will be a blessing in disguise for him.

Xu Huizu looked at him expectantly, hoping that he would agree.

Li Wei hesitated for a long time before he said, "You better go and ask Your Majesty." ”

When Xu Huizu heard this, his face turned pale immediately, and he said urgently: "But Your Majesty has already sent an imperial doctor to treat it, and it doesn't work at all, please help save your father!" ”

Li Wei looked at it and shook his head slightly: "That's all I have to say, the eldest prince, please go back." ”

After speaking, Li Wei didn't care about him, turned around and left the hall. (End of chapter)