Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 598
The suburbs of Beijing, Xishan.

After more than a year of transformation, Xishan is no longer the desolate stone mountain it was before.

When the Ordnance Institute and Yiying Workshop were first established, there were only 4000 people, including craftsmen, civilian husbands, workers and their families.

At the beginning, most of the people who had lost their land were people who had lost their land. They had no rice to survive the winter, and they all wanted to do this job first and save some money to buy some land.

However, this idea only existed in this group of people for three months. On the first day that the residential houses built for peasants, artisans, and workers were completed, Liu Hongjian announced the division of housing by household.

The house is not big, but it is enough for a family of several people to shelter from the wind and rain. The craftsmen, workers, and handymen who work in the armory and various workshops are all in charge of food, shelter, and money.

Coupled with Liu Hongjian's reputation in the imperial court and rumors that there is a shadow of the royal family here, these people even gave up their plans to continue farming.

As a result, whenever the Xishan workshop was expanded to recruit workers, the people who came from all directions to call could completely block the Xishan workshop. After two years, there were 6 to [-] people gathered around the small Xishan workshop.

Later, the Wuding Hall and the Institute of Engineering settled in Xishan one after another. Liu Hongjian felt that it was inconvenient to get water, so he ordered his husband to dig a hole in the Wuding River.

The river passes between the Lecture Hall and the Institute of Engineering, goes south all the way around the workshops in Xishan, and flows into the lower reaches of the Wuding River again.

A flat reinforced concrete bridge was built between the Lecture Hall and the School of Engineering, and some flowers and plants were planted by artisans beside the small river, making it feel like a paradise for a while.

There are too many people, and naturally there are more things that are needed. It is always inconvenient to buy food, clothing, and supplies from the capital, so small merchants and hawkers with a sense of business come one after another.

On the opposite side of Yiying Residential House, rows of merchants gradually built up. All the merchants have the same facade, and they are all two-story commercial buildings made of red bricks.

Merchants who want to rent a storefront to do business, just go to the center of the store to find the strict butler of Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao's house.

Liu Hongjian finally lived a lazy life of getting rich by collecting rent.

When it was almost time on this day, a carriage drove into the small town of Xishan.

Wang Yuangu opened the curtains of the carriage and stared at the bustling town outside the window, seeing inns, wine shops, cloth shops, and grain shops on both sides.

The road is paved with cement, flat, tidy and spacious, and the horse-drawn carriage can hardly feel bumps on the road.

It has long been heard that the Anguo County King's property in Xishan is in a hurry, and now it seems to be true, Wang Yuangu secretly thought.

A few years ago, he came to Xishan once. At that time, it was just a wasteland with few crops. When he comes again now, it still looks half desolate.

The carriage went all the way through the residential area, and through various workshops, large and small, and finally arrived at the foot of Xishan Mountain.

"Who is in the car? Why are you here? Is there a match?" A group of Beijing soldiers on duty stopped Wang Yuangu's carriage, and a small flag officer walked out of it and asked.

"Old man Wang Yuangu, I came to Xishan to see the king of Anguo County, I am... not worthy of a relationship." Wang Yuangu said in a deep voice.

Seeing the arrogant tone of this little banner official, Wang Yuangu frowned, as a servant of the court, how could he have been questioned like this, but he just asked for help from others, and he didn't get angry.

"Not suitable? Then go back where you came from!" The little flag official said sarcastically.

Although seeing that the old man was dressed in silk, he was definitely not someone who would be idle, but there were countless people who wanted to go up the mountain to visit the king of Anguo County every day, and none of them had some money.

"Bold! Do you know who is in the car?" Wang Yuangu hadn't lost his temper yet, but his coachman couldn't bear it anymore.

The adults of his family are dignified officials of the third rank, and they usually go out with Wang Yuangu, and no one will be courteous to anyone who sees them, never thought that a small banner official in Xishan would dare to be so presumptuous.

"Ah? It's quite rude! Then do you know who lives on this mountain?" The little flag officer dared to question a groom and was not angry but happy, speaking in Shandong dialect.

"Wang Hu, step back! This little brother, this old man is Wang Yuangu, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment. This time, he came to visit the king of Anguo County to discuss important matters. He didn't have time to deal with it in a hurry. For the old man's seal, I hope that my little brother will be more flexible."

Wang Yuangu took out his own seal from his waist, and handed it to the little banner officer in a kind tone.

The news that Emperor Chongzhen lived in Xishan Bieyuan was not announced to the world, so that many people only knew that there was a prince living there.

Maybe his groom Wang Hu didn't know, but he did know that Chongzhen lived here, no matter how strict the interrogation was, it wouldn't be too much.

"Wait a minute, I'll go and verify it." The little flag officer didn't even know the words, so he didn't know what was written on the seal.

As a last resort, I had to go to the garrison behind to ask Lord Qianhu for advice, and before leaving, I did not forget to tell my subordinates that no one should go up the mountain until he came back.

After a while, the little flag officer who verified the authenticity waved his hand to let him go, and Wang Yuangu was able to go up the mountain.

Looking at Wang Yuangu's staggering back, the little banner officer was puzzled, thinking what happened today, just now a servant of the Ministry of Officials came, and now he is a servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

Don't these officials and gentlemen have to work today?
Although the West Mountain is not high, there are at least four to five hundred steps, and it is impossible for a carriage, so Wang Yuangu sighed and had to climb up with Wang Hu's support.

After walking for a while and resting for a while, he was so tired that he was sweating profusely, and was questioned several times by several groups of soldiers along the way, finally Wang Yuangu saw the courtyard group on the top of the west mountain.

The quaint buildings are patchwork, it is the scene of autumn, a few servants are cleaning the fallen leaves, and a few maidservants walk in and out with objects from time to time.

This place is really a paradise!Wang Yuangu looked around and thought.

After passing through several courtyards and after several rounds of inquiries, Wang Yuangu finally found the residence of Prince Anguo on the west side of the Bieyuan.

It's just that before Wang Yuan entered the ancient gate, he saw several acquaintances - Zhang Tianlu and others.

"Zhang Tianlu, why are you here!" Wang Yuangu thought he had made a mistake with his old eyesight, so he blinked his eyes and said.

"Who am I? Isn't this Mr. Wang? Why, don't you like me?" The enemy was extremely jealous when they met, and Zhang Tianlu's tone was not very friendly.

"Hmph!" Wang Yuangu snorted coldly and walked towards the gate without saying a word.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to get in, the old man hasn't woken up yet!" Chen Taiying said to Wang Yuangu's back in a strange way.

I said in my heart that I have been waiting here for a long time, if I could go in, I would have gone in a long time ago, so there is no use waiting here for you, an old thing.

It's just that Wang Yuangu wouldn't believe it, it's almost time, how can anyone sleep until this time?
Wang Yuangu didn't come back angrily until he ate the door shut by the servants on duty at the entrance of the courtyard, but he saw Zhang Tianlu sitting on a stone platform at the entrance and looking at him with a smile.

"Master Wang, let's talk first?" Zhang Tianlu said gloatingly.

(End of this chapter)