The rise of the prince

Chapter 228 Changes in Poetry + Imperial Envoy Mo Minyun

Li Xingzhou is naturally not as familiar with many complicated regulations as Degong.

Under the guidance of Degong, he first took the imperial decree to the Ministry of Officials to register. The Ministry of Officials had already received the Provincial Order of Zhongshu, not to mention Li Xingzhou's prestige, and the prime minister followed him, so naturally everything went smoothly.

The officials hurriedly poured tea and water, and promised again and again that they would send the official official documents to the palace tomorrow at the most.

Li Xingzhou didn't care much about it, because the Military Weapons Supervisor was not established permanently, sometimes it was abolished, and sometimes it was activated again, and the Military Weapons Supervisor was not a high-ranking official. The advantage is that he can buy iron ore and iron ingots at Salt Iron The name of Si Ji Military Supervisor can be aboveboard, and no matter how much you buy, it will not cause the almost fatal thing like a few days ago.

Afterwards, he still needs to draw up a thank you form and submit it to the middle school. He also needs to hand over the black powder formula and the hand grenade manufacturing process to the old emperor.Even if it is a family, the emperor is impeccable in doing things.

Jingchao's largest iron ore production site is in Ningjiang Prefecture, Jiangzhou, and the prefect is Gillian's father.

Li Xingzhou doesn't know how much Jiangzhou's production capacity is, and whether it will be able to support the entire Jing Dynasty in the future, but those who sell iron ore must have a government background. After all, Jing Dynasty still has controls in this regard, and ordinary businessmen cannot sell a large amount of them casually. iron ore.

He also needs graphite ore and coke. The so-called coke is actually coal mine. Many people may misunderstand that coal can reach a higher temperature. In fact, this is wrong. Natural coal mine has many impurities, even if it is refined After being made into anthracite, the temperature is still not as good as that of refined charcoal.

Before entering the electrical age, it was very difficult to use coal to make steel.

Therefore, Li Xingzhou needs coal that is ready to be used in a crucible that does not require such a high temperature for refining.It is also used to make saltpeter. The advantage of coal is that it can better control the temperature and be more stable.

After leaving the Ministry of Officials, Degong still thought that he had concealed what happened today, so he was very dissatisfied. Li Xingzhou looked wronged. He really thought of it on the spur of the moment. In fact, he was also very nervous when he was bargaining with the emperor.
Degong was so angry that he didn't even go to his house and went straight home.

After parting, Li Xingzhou thought for a while and asked the driver to go to Zhenbao Pavilion to see the situation.

Li Xingzhou did not keep half of his own people in Zhenbao Pavilion, but gave Shiyu 500 taels of silver, and asked her to recruit people by herself, whether it was to receive guests, take care of the front desk, or even nurses.

In fact, he was not worried about safety, because this location was very close to the Yamen of the Yuan Mansion. Not to mention in the Kaiyuan Mansion, he was very prestigious among the yamen servants.

There are two types of trust that can produce the most positive effects. One is to directly express distrust and prevent and control it, and the other is to trust without reservation, at least on the surface.

And the most feared thing is reserved trust, which will gradually spread suspicion and doubt, and then lead to discord.

When he arrived, there were not many guests in the building, and two pretty girls were guiding a lady guest to buy perfume.

Shiyu was checking the account book at the counter. When he saw him coming, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly avoided, pretending not to see him.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you are not qualified as a shopkeeper." Li Xingzhou walked over with a smirk: "You don't come out to greet customers when they see them."

"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you that we have nothing to do with each other from now on?"

"Why can't you come? This is the property of my palace." Li Xingzhou spread his hands.

Poetic language is blocked, so it is true.

I don't know why, but every time she sees his poems, she feels that she is three points weaker. She has never felt this way before, even if she is facing Concubine Tian, ​​or even seeing the emperor, although she is a little nervous, it is not so much .

And this bastard's behavior style makes her unpredictable. He can hand over more than 1000 taels of silver and tens of thousands of shops to himself, and he doesn't send his cronies at all, even if he doesn't even have half a supervisor. Has he ever slept?Ridiculous, no one would submit to his brutality.

But on the other hand, he is ruthless and fierce, even the imperial scholar of the imperial court beat him. Those scholars who offended his fiancée at the poetry meeting had their ears cut off alive. People in the capital are talking about this these days It's a matter of vengeance!
Seeing him approaching, Shiyu backed away subconsciously, and then heard him say: "I met a good thing today, and I feel refreshed. I want to live here tonight."

Shiyu's heartbeat quickened, and she quickly retorted: "Don't even think about it!"

"Don't be so heartless." He smiled, and then handed her a bunch of things in his hand: "Go up first, and put these three imperial edicts away."

Decree!Shiyu's brain was shaken, and he understood that this matter should not be neglected, and it was not the time to lose his temper, so he nodded, carefully put it away, and then went upstairs after confessing a few words
As a result, he arrived on the third floor absent-mindedly, and when he turned around, he found that the bastard was also following the third floor.

The third floor is her boudoir with narrow corridors.

"Why are you following?" She said in a panic.

"I'm not worried about following up to take a look, and besides, you have my things, of course I will come up." He said with a smirk.

Shiyu was angry and anxious, knowing that he had been tricked by this bastard, and just wanted to go downstairs, but because of the narrow corridor, he couldn't go down at all. Facing his aggressive eyes, his heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, and he said hastily: " You just need to go upstairs and don't mess around, or I will drive you down."

"Okay, okay, you have the final say."

So he unceremoniously followed into the room.

"Why are you dragging me!"

"I miss you, just hold hands, if you don't let me, I won't go back tonight."

"You can do whatever you want, don't go too far!"

"Why are you hugging me!"

"It's just a report, not a stay."

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On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Mo Minyun, a member of Zhongshushe, entered the waters of Suzhou first, under the guard of twelve Wu Desi masters.

Standing on the bow of the official ship, Mo Minyun looked at the twelve Wu De Division sergeants who were protecting him in high spirits, and couldn't help feeling sad. These sergeants probably didn't know how bad or bad their departure was.
When the imperial court gave him the decree, he knew that he had become an abandoned son this time.

Although he has a good reputation, he is said to be an imperial envoy, but nine times out of ten he will not be able to go back. Suzhou people dare to assassinate the emperor, they must be prepared, and the chance of him being able to ask the crime is just in case.

The imperial court just had the idea of ​​giving it a try, and the price of the temptation was his life.

If he had known this before, he shouldn't have been ignorantly involved in Wei Chaoren's case. Now that the Zhuyue clan is dead, he will die soon.
As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are good, and Mo Minyun didn't want these twelve innocent soldiers to follow him to death.

Seeing that the bustling Suzhou River ferry was getting closer and closer, Mo Minyun turned back to Dutou who led the team and said, "Zhao Dutou, it is the utmost kindness for you to send me here. I will go on my own and put down the boat. I will go alone, and you will turn around quickly with the official boat, so as to save your life."

Dutou is a man in the army, so he naturally doesn't understand the mystery here, and said with a straight face: "That's impossible, I was ordered to escort the adults, how can I dereliction of duty."

Mo Minyun shook his head: "Listen to me, Zhao Dutou, it's going to be a bad one, it's not a problem if we die, but I don't know how many orphans and widows will be added, you don't know the danger, you must listen to me ah."

Zhao Dutou also frowned, and began to hesitate. At this time, the official ship was approaching, the ferry in the distance gradually became clear, and the flags on the shore were unfurled. From a distance, many people in official clothes were waiting, as if they were waiting for the arrival of the imperial envoy.

"My lord, I think Suzhou officials are not looking forward to it, so how can there be any danger?" Dutou said in disbelief.

But Mo Minyun frowned, and said without doubt: "I am the chief official here, and everything is under my command. Put down the boat and let me go, and then you are ready to set sail at any time."

This season, the wind direction is northeast, and even if the current is against the current, you can quickly turn around and leave after sailing.

Seeing that he was so resolute, the head of Wu Desi couldn't say anything, and asked someone to lower the emergency boat from the official ship. This boat can only take two or three people, and it is for emergency use. If the boat leaks, only the valuable people can go first.

With the help of the sergeant, Mo Minyun awkwardly boarded the small boat with the help of the horizontal ladder. With the emperor's decree and the letter of responsibility, he rowed towards the ferry by himself, while the official boat slowed down, stopped moving its oars, and just drifted slowly with the current.

Mo Minyun was very nervous. From his perspective, he saw many eagerly awaiting Suzhou officials. The entire ferry was full, at least dozens of people. It could be that Suzhou really had no intention of turning back, but some people were obstructing it.
With these doubts and apprehensions, the boat swayed with the waves of the river, and he approached the ferry.

His vision became clearer and clearer, and he gradually began to see the expressions on the faces of those officials, who were expressionless.

Mo Minyun's pupils constricted instantly, and his heart almost stopped beating, but with the river drifting, he was only 20 steps away from the ferry.
He wanted to go back, but it was too late, those people in the official government threw chains and claws at once, many of them failed, but there were more than a dozen buckled on his boat, he turned around quickly and tried his best to fight back. The official ship shouted: "Sail, run! Run!"

But the wind on the river was so strong that the sergeant on the official boat couldn't hear his voice at all. The boat was quickly pulled towards the bank. He wanted to jump into the river, but he didn't know how to swim. Sergeant A, there are hundreds of them!

"Bang bang bang" the bowstring sounded, it was a strong crossbow!Mo Minyun's mind went blank, he didn't know what happened at all, he struggled to remove the claws on the side of the boat, but there were too many of them, the boat was quickly dragged to the river bank by a dozen men, he kept struggling but was powerless, was caught With a lot of hands and feet, dragged to the case abruptly
When his consciousness returned from a trance, he realized that the soldiers hiding behind were holding strong crossbows, and the crossbows flew wave after wave towards the official ship on the river. With the wind, the range of the strong crossbows easily exceeded a hundred paces, but because of his own reminder , the official ship had raised its sails in time and began to retreat, it was also far away from the shore, and the crossbow arrows could not reach it at all, and most of them fell into the river piece by piece.

Mo Minyun lay paralyzed in the soil beside the ferry, completely messed up, but laughed happily.

The officer leading the team was already furious because the crossbow could not reach the official ship. Hearing his smile, he came over and stomped heavily on his face.

He also directly pulled out the imperial decree and accountability documents in his arms, took a look at them and threw them into the river.

One side of Mo Minyun's face was burning hot, his mouth was full of fishy and sweet taste, his head was buzzing, coupled with exhaustion, he gradually lost consciousness.
Zhao Dutou had been observing the situation at the ferry because of Mo Minyun's reminder, and he had asked his brother to climb onto the sail in advance according to the order. In fact, when the man in official uniform on the opposite side suddenly threw his hook claws, he reacted and wanted to drive the boat across. rescue.

But what made him dumbfounded was that there were more than a hundred strong crossbowmen hidden behind him!
The boat was only about 150 steps away from the ferry at this time!Still drifting to the ferry with the current, he was almost desperate
Fortunately, the preparations in advance saved their lives. Several brothers were already ready to sail. In just a few breaths, the sails of the official ship were fully opened, and the strong wind stopped the first few in an instant. Swipe and gradually start to back away.

A brother lying on the mast was unfortunately shot by an arrow, and he was directly loaded into the river, and he had no time to save him. If he didn't leave, all of them might not be able to leave.
Thinking of this, Zhao Du couldn't help looking at Mr. Mo who was dragged to the desk by his hair and collar by several people by the ferry. If it wasn't for him, everyone would have died, but he couldn't help but burst into tears .

When Mo Minyun woke up the next day, he was already on a luxurious big bed covered with a soft bearskin mattress. The scratches on his back and elbows had been treated with medicine, and the bruises on his face had disappeared a lot.

He just woke up, and saw the girl serving beside him hurried out to report the news, and then a heavily armed sergeant came in and said, "My lord is here to invite you."

Mo Minyun's whole body was wounded, but he knew that he had no right to choose.

He reluctantly got out of bed and tried to put on his shoes, but found that the forefoot of his left foot was so swollen that he couldn't fit it in. He probably broke his toe bone when he struggled so hard when he was dragged to court yesterday.

He simply threw off the shoe on his right foot, and said barefoot, "Let's go, come and help me."

The sergeant was taken aback, and took two steps back unwillingly.

"Is this how you treat guests in Suzhou?" He said disdainfully, walking with a limp.

In fact, Mo Minyun is not stupid, he already knows where he is. Looking at the exquisite and magnificent pavilions and courtyards around him, he knows that he is probably in the government office of Ansu Mansion.

After a few corners and pavilions, you will arrive at the main hall.

Sitting on it was a fat man, dressed in a third-rank purple suit, the only person in Suzhou who could wear this official uniform was the prefect of Suzhou.
A banquet had already been set up in front of him, and Mo Minyun was not polite, and sat down in a daze. Although he had been hungry for two days, the pain in his whole body made him lose any appetite. He just picked up the wine on the table and started drinking. Drinking can relieve the pain. pain.

He has fully understood his situation, and he no longer has illusions. When a person is about to die, he thinks about more things. Many things flicker and replay in his mind, and then gradually become clear and clear.
On the opposite side of the table, fat and handsome Su Banchuan cupped his hands and said with a laugh: "Your Majesty has seen the imperial envoy."

Mo Minyun also cupped his hands with difficulty, and continued to drink.

Seeing his reaction, Su Banchuan seemed a little surprised and unhappy, and then laughed again: "I want to borrow something from the imperial envoy, I don't know if it's convenient, please."

Mo Minyun waved his hand, the pain made him a little blurred and mentally exhausted, but now his mind is very clear, he forced a smile, and laughed at himself: "Master Zhifu wants to borrow the head, right? Then take it. If the head of Mo Mou was valuable, would he still be sent here?"

Now the prefect of Suzhou was completely stunned, and it took him a long time to speak: "People like Mr. Mo are also sent here, the emperor is really stupid."

Mo Minyun smiled dryly: "Lord Su doesn't need to talk, and I don't want to live."

After hearing this, Su Banchuan stood up, dragged his fat body, stopped smiling, and bowed to him long, and then told his left and right: "Come here, take Sir Mo down, and tell the executioner to act more quickly, and don't neglect Sir. "

"Yes!" Two sergeants stepped forward and dragged Mo Minyun, who was covered in injuries all over his body.

After a while, after everyone left, Sheng Gong and Ding Yi who were waiting behind the tent also came out.

"At this moment, Minyun is considered a man." Fang Shenggong said.

"Yes, it's a pity, without his and Jiang Peng's heads, we can't arouse public anger." Fatty Su shook his head.

Ding Yi smiled, and said indifferently: "Loyalty is not equal to ability, if he has ability, will he be sent to die?"

"That's the truth of you businessmen!" Su Banchuan frowned, obviously disgusted by these words.

Ding Yi spread his hands: "Then what is Master Su's reasoning? Can loyalty be eaten as a meal, or Master Su or King Su. I also want to treat loyalty as a law in the future."

Su Banchuan's face was not looking good, but in the end he held back and said impatiently: "I'll talk about the matter later, the imperial court's tens of thousands of troops will arrive in a few days, and now they ran away to report the letter, so that they are prepared, or Think about how to retreat from the enemy first, if you lose, you have nothing to say!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and walked out quickly.

Fang Shenggong said in a sharp and hoarse voice, "You shouldn't be arguing with him at this time."

Ding Yi shook his head: "Under the circumstances, some things must be clarified in advance. This is not a matter of my family."

Fang Shenggong nodded and walked out of the hall without further words.

Only Ding Yi stayed there, he raised the jug and took a sip, then dropped the jug heavily before leaving.

In fact, picking up girls also pays attention to the threshold effect. If you are a veteran in love, you will never make excessive and straightforward demands.

It can start with a topic, holding hands once, and then gradually deepen and gradually enter the tight door.

Li Xingzhou went upstairs on the grounds of releasing the imperial decree, and entered the bedroom on the grounds of just looking at it, and then there were many excuses that the girl's reserve required you to step down the steps slowly, and then many things would naturally follow.

No matter how determined a girl is, she is afraid of being soft and hard, and she will be ashamed
Of course, this should be based on the premise that people are not disgusted.

In general, the night was beautiful, and many new postures and achievements were unlocked. The next day, Li Xingzhou was required to write comfortably as usual, and then he was chased away by the shy poetic words, and he once again drew a line with him.

Li Xingzhou found that this woman would finally be shy now. It can be said that he didn't know when it started. The communication mode between him and Shiyu gradually became clearer.

After returning home refreshed, he naturally couldn't avoid the resentful eyes of the two little girls, but for Li Xingzhou, they were really too young.

Over there, at noon, Li Xingzhou finally thought of going to Kaiyuan Mansion to report, but He Zhao used the topic of dereliction of duty as an excuse and scolded him bloody.Lao He had resentment in his heart, Li Xingzhou understood, so he simply stuffed cotton in his ears, let him scold, and fell asleep listening to him scolding.
As a result, He Zhao became even more resentful.

In the afternoon, when He Zhao was not at home, He Qian followed him to the palace for dinner, and the official seals and uniforms of the official department were delivered to the palace by the little official.

After Ji Chunsheng also received the imperial edict, he ordered a battalion of troops from Wu Desi excitedly. More than 400 well-armed people came to the palace and asked Li Xingzhou to choose who he wanted.Naturally, he would not choose, he was not familiar with Wu Desi's people, so it was better to leave this kind of matter to Ji Chunsheng himself.

If they want to be stationed for a long time, they need to build military houses, stables, and camps. It can't be done in a day or two. Fortunately, Ji Chunsheng and his family live in the palace, so it is very convenient for the commander to build a camp in the back mountain.

Qiu'er is still busy designing her ship these days, which is the future hope of the palace.

The water-powered batch construction plan was temporarily put on hold. Because of the emergence of graphite, Li Xingzhou planned to use steel bearings, and put the refining of graphite crucibles in the first place.
(End of this chapter)