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Chapter 566 Xiping Liannu
With a dark face, Hua Xiong sent Ma Jun out of the door.

Ma Jun led the skinny horse, said goodbye to Hua Xiong with a smile, and left here, waving his hands, he could vaguely hear the clinking of copper coins, and without stopping, he walked straight towards the palace, when he arrived at the gate of the palace, Before that, the guards in front of the palace gate had already rushed up and surrounded him. His clothes were really suspicious. He was wearing such shabby clothes, and he still stopped at the gate of the palace. What was he going to do? ?
What's more, these old guards are all elites with sharp eyes. They can see what the shape of the package on the thin horse's back looks like. Seeing that these old guards are about to rush over, Ma Jun panicked this time He took out the test biography of the attendant, and many soldiers were stunned when they saw it. They knew what it was. With this thing, they can visit the emperor at will, which is equivalent to the pass of the palace.

Why is it that a person who looks like Luoyang has a poor family background can be worshiped as a servant.

They carefully checked everything on Ma Jun, and then hurriedly reported to the Huangmen in the palace. Finally, Hanmen walked out of the palace and came to the gate. Looking at Ma Jun surrounded by the old guards, Hanmen The door did not recognize it for the first time, but after looking at it carefully for a long time, he exclaimed: "The one who came is Ma Yilang???"

Ma Jun looked at the eunuch in front of him, but he didn't remember his name, he just nodded and smiled awkwardly, but Han Men laughed enthusiastically, and he went up to hold Ma Jun's hand, not caring at all The clothes on his body, took his hand and walked towards the palace, and said as he walked: "Mr. Ma is here. The country has missed me for a long time, and I often miss it. I will be happy to see Mr. Ma today."

After talking, the two entered the palace.

Outside the palace, the old guards looked at each other and could only shake their heads and sigh. There are more and more weirdos these years.

Of course, others went in, but the skinny horse had to stay. Ma Jun entered the palace, and then he remembered, and said quickly: "Husband, there is still a crossbow in my package, I want to show your majesty Bring it in???"

Han Men was taken aback and said, "This crossbow cannot be brought into the palace."

"How can I do that??"

"No problem, wait for the emperor to speak, and someone will come and fetch it."

"Alright!"

The two came all the way to the gate of Houde Hall, and Ma Jun heard the emperor's exclamation from a long distance, "But my Zhang Liang is here???", and saw the emperor running out of Houde Hall, still in the same suit. With a fat appearance, Ma Jun was smiling, and was about to pay respects to the emperor. The big fat man ran all the way and hugged Ma Jun in front of him, completely ignoring the etiquette of the emperor and ministers. He quickly let go and looked at the emperor in front of him. Ma Jun, who was a head shorter than himself, said with a smile, "Meng Ping, why are you so much shorter?"

"Hahaha, His Majesty has grown a lot taller."

The two talked, walked into Houde Hall together, sat facing each other, the fat man sighed, and said: "You are finally back, these years, you have always stayed in Ningzhou, even if I let you come back If you don't come back, how about you, how are you doing?"

Ma Jun smiled and nodded, and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know that although Ningzhou is remote, it is a wasteland in the eyes of everyone, but here is near the sea, there are rivers, and the surrounding land is very fertile. It was abandoned in the hands of those Goguryeo people. I went to Sushen, Fuyu, and even Dingling this time. They all needed charcoal and were willing to exchange cattle and sheep. I exchanged with them. Respect, and also the meaning of sending envoys to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty."

"This time, Ningzhou has also set up a foreign trade base. Merchants can trade with them. In fact, it is a good deed. I am afraid that Ningzhou will surpass You and Hebei within fifty years and become the champion of Hebei!"

Ma Jun said something about Ningzhou again, and the emperor couldn't help nodding his head. Ma Jun said again: "There were soldiers from the Northern Army earlier. It is said that the remains of thousands of soldiers were transported from the northwest, and all of them were buried in Dongyan. .”

The emperor nodded, but said nothing.

"Oh, I just went to see the road again. If I knew his situation, I would definitely come back earlier to see him." Ma Jun said, and the emperor also said with some grief: "I never thought that the road would be so bad." Such an early death. We are not too young."

The two thought about Yuan Shu for a while, Ma Jun looked at the emperor looking lonely, and then talked about Luoyang, Ma Jun said: "I haven't returned for several years, I never thought that there would be such a change in Luoyang, This city is more than five times bigger. Once you walk in from Ningzhou, it will be different immediately. There are roads everywhere, post stations everywhere, and there are no barren areas on the roads. The prosperity of the cultivated land, the unprecedented prosperity!"

"Now this household registration, this cultivated land, and this scene are all far beyond the Jianning year!"

Ma Jun said so, the big fat man was smiling, and he was very happy, but after a while, he shook his head again, his face was a little complicated, and he said: "You can't speak like this, if it weren't for the foundation of Jianning, the materials piled up into mountains The national treasury, why is it that in today's prosperous age, what I have done is still not enough. It is far from enough." Hearing the words of the emperor and seeing the big fat man's face was a little bit unwilling, a little sad, Ma Jun smiled.

"Your Majesty, how can you say something like this, the survivors of Qin Fen VI, as for the first emperor, who destroyed all the countries and returned to Qin, how can you say that the first emperor is incompetent?? It all depends on the foundation of the ancestors?? And my great man, with the inheritance of the great ancestor, Taizong's rule was only when Shizong was prosperous, and during Shizong's time, the Xiongnu was destroyed, and everyone in the Qing Dynasty would not follow, but how can you say that our Shizong is unbearable because it is all based on the foundation of our ancestors?" Ma Jun asked back, and the big fat man raised his hand. He raised his head and said with a smile, "But it can't."

Only then did Ma Jun chuckle lightly and said nothing more.

The fat man felt better, and said with a smile: "You guys used to be dull and reticent, but today, you have become articulate and eloquent. It seems that Ningzhou is a good place!"

The two chatted for a long time, only to feel that there were endless words, so Ma Jun remembered his purpose and said quickly: "By the way, Your Majesty, I also brought a crossbow, which is a military weapon I made. A sharp weapon is called a continuous crossbow, which can make up for the lack of a strong crossbow with continuous shooting." Before Ma Jun finished speaking, the emperor stood up in surprise, his eyes widened, and asked: "Can it be connected like a bow? shoot???"

"Exactly, if this thing is changed to a bed crossbow, a yellow crossbow or something like that"

"Hahahaha!!! Good, good!! Where is the repeating crossbow?!?"

"I wanted to bring it in, but the guards didn't allow it. I should stay with the guards at the palace gate."

The Son of Heaven quickly called Han Men in, and couldn't wait to let Han Men bring the things over. Han Men hurried out. The Son of Heaven was a little excited, and kept asking Ma Jun, but Ma Jun could only answer one by one. When he brought the crossbow and put it in front of the emperor, the emperor picked up the crossbow and played with it seriously, with sparks in his eyes. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Meng Ping, you are a great talent!! No one can compare!!"

Ma Jun shook his head and said hastily: "Your Majesty, in the pre-Qin period, there were three-shot crossbows. I just improved the crossbow. This is an eight-shot crossbow. Maybe it can be improved in the future. However, although this thing is The lethality is huge, and it is a military weapon, but it also has shortcomings. The production of the crossbow needs to be very sophisticated, and it cannot be reused, so it consumes a lot of money. In addition, this object is easily damaged due to the mechanism, and it is not suitable for rain. use"

Ma Jun talked about the shortcomings of Liannu, but the emperor didn't care, he waved his hand and said: "No problem, according to your wisdom, I'm afraid it will be more perfect and better in the future, a small flaw, no harm and great use!! "

The emperor played with it for a long time before he asked, "Is this crossbow famous?"

When the emperor asked such a question, Ma Jun felt confident and shook his head.

The emperor asked again: "How about I come to give you a name?"

Ma Jun nodded, but he already knew the name of this thing in his heart.

"Let's call it Xiping Liannu!!" the emperor said excitedly.

Sure enough, Ma Jun was not surprised, but nodded his head and said appreciatively, "Good name!"

Putting down the Liannu, the Son of Heaven was still talking about that he wanted to give this thing to Taiwei Sun Jian and let him distribute it to the North and South Army. In addition, he wanted Ma Jun to recruit more craftsmen to make this sharp weapon, but he couldn't let the manufacturing method Handed down, Ma Jun naturally knew it, and immediately agreed. After reading this, the emperor's mood was really good. He pulled Ma Jun, and he was even more kind. He said a little excitedly: "These years, I have been busy with state affairs, but I have neglected the Hongdu school."

"From now on, I will vigorously support Hongdu School. You can recruit craftsmen yourself to study in Hongdu School." Speaking of this, the emperor looked a little dignified. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "If I do this I am afraid that many scholars in the Hongdu school will object to my actions, and there will be people in the court who will bother me, so this will not work." The emperor said to himself, suddenly, he raised his head, looked at Ma Jun, said:
"Meng Ping, I want to worship you as a general and master craftsman. Compare two thousand stones. Tomorrow, you will go to see Sikong and Yuan Shao. In this way, you will be able to recruit craftsmen, build the palace and the city of Luoyang, and build Chidao. , you can recruit craftsmen by yourself. In addition, no one can tell you how many things you have produced in the general mansion. This is your responsibility. Make more important weapons of the country, okay??"

The Son of Heaven asked earnestly, Ma Jun was a little dazed, he didn't know why he had just come to Luoyang for a day, and he became a general who was worth two thousand shi. The so-called general was actually Sikong. In Qin, Sikong was in charge of the construction Many things were abolished during the reign of Emperor Sejong, and he was called a general master, but in Jianning, Sikong raised his head again. Like Wang Fu, a miser who did not want to be named directly hollowed out the general, only Because he felt that it would cost too much money to build and build, and they didn't know how to build it properly.

Therefore, he took all these things on himself, and the master craftsman was left alone, existing in name only.

Now, the Son of Heaven is going to appoint a general to be a minister again, but obviously, he doesn't want to abolish Sikong, he wants to compare two thousand stones, he wants to serve as an official position under Sikong's command, to bear part of the pressure for Sikong, Ma Jun didn't dare to refuse, and got up quickly Thank you, the emperor was overjoyed and asked him to sit down. The emperor wanted to become a master craftsman, not to restrict Sikong, but to let Ma Jun gather craftsmen to make more such heavy weapons! !
After seeing the Liannu, he once again felt the powerful effects of these novelty things, some of which can be used for farming, weaving, and military, so why should he listen to the nonsense of those fools in the temple instead of How about supporting these artisans? ? ?
"Meng Ping, you are about to become two thousand stones, so change your clothes."

Ma Jun smiled bitterly, lowered his head, looked at the clothes on his body, and said with a smile: "The teacher passed away early, and the only thing left is this clothes. I have sewed and mended them over the years, and I dare not throw them away. Wearing this clothes Clothes and body, it is as if the master is by my side, and I can still listen to his teachings, not to mention, I don't have much money. I can afford new clothes." Ma Jun couldn't help but looked up at the emperor as he said.

The emperor's smile gradually froze.

(End of this chapter)