Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 291
Lieutenant General Lin Rui heard that Dutou Qin Wu had been arrested for violating military discipline, he was immediately angry and anxious, and hurried to the main tent of the Chinese army.

Qin Wu grew up with him, and he was still his mother's adoptive son. When he grew up, Lin Rui joined the army, while Qin Wu was idle and became a well-known scoundrel in the village. Three years ago, Qin Wu's parents died, and he sold his hometown. The land came to join Lin Rui, who had been promoted to the commander of the capital.

For the sake of growing up together, Lin Rui not only directly appointed him as the head of the fire, but also promoted him a lot in the past three years, and was promoted to the head of the capital in just three years.

After being promoted to a military officer, Qin Wu did not discipline himself as a soldier, he was still full of rage, he often caused trouble, bullied his subordinates and colleagues, and blackmailed merchants. Dare to be angry but dare not speak.

Qin Wu in Quanzhou is known as the capital of the three good things, he is good at wine, lust, and gambling. He signed up to go to sea because he owed too much gambling debt and needed to go out to hide the debt, and he knew that if he didn't follow Lin Rui, he would have been arrested. People cleaned up.

Lin Rui hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army, and saw that Qin Wu was stripped of his military uniform, his hands were tied behind his back, and he was kneeling outside the big tent of the Chinese army. Come yourself!
Walking into the big tent of the Chinese army, I saw Di Qing was talking to Fan Ning about something, Lin Rui hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "The last general will see the commander in chief!"

Although Di Qing was squeezed out by the civil servants and demoted to sea, he was once a privy envoy and was at the same level as Xiangguo. Lin Rui was just a fifth-rank guerrilla general. Although he is now a lieutenant general, he is far behind Di Qing in terms of official rank.

He is a fifth-rank general, and even Fan Ning can't afford to provoke him. Fan Ning is the supervisor of the censor, and he patrols overseas with the Tianzi sword. He has no name of supervisor, but he has the power to supervise the army.

Di Qing looked at him as if looking at him, and asked directly: "Qin Wu raped women in broad daylight and committed adultery, does General Lin know?"

"I only heard that he violated military discipline, but I don't know the specific situation!"

Di Qing handed Lin Rui the statement of indictment from the shopkeeper of the Quanzhou Restaurant and Qin Wu's statement of guilt. After reading it, Lin Rui was beaded with sweat. Qin Wu was killed.

He whispered for a while: "Qin Wu is indeed guilty, perhaps because he is far away overseas and he is too homesick."

He didn't dare to intercede openly, but pointing out that Qin Wu is currently overseas and serving the country, is to euphemistically hope that Di Qing can be punished lightly.

Fan Ning sneered next to him and said, "I don't quite understand General Lin's meaning. Could it be that the way of homesickness is to rape and rape civilian women? Could it be that he likes to do such things in his hometown?"

Seeing that Lin Rui was speechless, Fan Ning continued: "There are tens of thousands of soldiers in Kunzhou and Song Ma Island, but he is the only soldier who dares to rape civilian women. Does he have some background? , that made him so bold and reckless, not hesitate to test the military law with his own body?"

Lin Rui's face turned pale in an instant. He heard the murderous words in Fan Ning's mouth, and saw that Fan Ning was actually wearing the Tianzi Sword on his waist. He felt timid in his heart, knowing that if he said one more word, the official hat on his head would not be safe. , He hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be humble, I support severe punishment with military discipline!"

Di Qing nodded, "Since General Lin understands righteousness, he should be punished according to the military law, pass on my order, beat the drums and gather troops!"

'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'The drums of war rumbled.

Lin Rui's legs went weak for a while, Di Qing was going to publicly kill Qin Wu, to make an example, and to warn the three armies with Qin Wu's head.

Four thousand troops quickly assembled and lined up. They didn't know what happened, and they all talked quietly. The generals shouted: "Quiet!"

The school grounds suddenly became quiet, and on the podium in front, more than a dozen soldiers escorted a heavily tied man up. Judging from the military boots he was wearing, he should be a general. The soldiers standing in the front row all recognized him. This person, the famous gambler Qin Wu in the army.

This person has a very bad temper, he will curse at the slightest disagreement, and bullying his subordinates is even more common. It is said that this person has a background, although many people do not know him, but almost no one sympathizes with him. With Di Shuai loving soldiers like a son, if it is not a serious violation of military law , and will not be punished publicly like this.

The law enforcement officer said loudly: "Qin Wu, the head of the Fifth Battalion of the Second Army, raped and raped civilian women. He violated Article [-] of the military regulations. In order to strictly enforce military discipline, he is hereby beheaded publicly!"

Qin Wu thought that Lin Rui had confessed his love for him, and he just beat him publicly, but he didn't expect that he would be beheaded in public. He was so frightened that he was paralyzed, incontinent, and yelled, but his throat was strangled by the rope. Tight, unable to yell out.

Several soldiers pressed him to the ground, with his hair tied. Thousands of eyes on the school grounds watched this scene. An execution soldier raised his big knife high, and with a cry of 'cut! '

A cold light flashed, blood splashed everywhere, and a human head fell to the ground. Lin Rui, who was standing in the distance, felt sad, and turned his head away, unable to bear to look any longer.

At this time, Di Qing stepped forward, raised Qin Wu's head high, and shouted sharply: "In the Song Dynasty, my army's military law was like a mountain. Now that we are overseas, I demand stricter military discipline. Anyone who dares to violate the military law will be strictly controlled." Punishment, no matter who it is, even if I Di Qing violated the military law, I will be punished severely, and Qin Wu will end up violating the military law!"

The three armies are awe-inspiring, and a sense of fear suddenly arises in their hearts. It is meaningless to preach in the army. Only by using blood and heads to warn soldiers will they be shocked by military laws. , Kill him, I believe that the Kunzhou garrison will have strict military discipline from then on.

Fan Ning left the barracks and returned to the government office. Xu Qing was really dissatisfied with Fan Ning. He complained in a low voice: "It is obvious that Qin Wu can be prevented from invading that little lady, but Qin Wu was allowed to succeed and killed an innocent little lady."

"Have you said enough?"

Fan Ning turned around and gave Xu Qing a hard look. Xu Qing didn't dare to say anything, but the dissatisfaction in his eyes was still hard to dispel.

Fan Ning said slowly: "The tavern is provoking trouble. According to the military law, it is only a heavy blow with fifty army sticks. What's the point? If you don't kill him, how can you deter the whole army? Believe that if this head is cut off, the Kunzhou garrison will have strict military discipline from now on. It is to prepare for the large-scale population inflow next year."

Xu Qing sighed, "It just hurt the innocent!"

"At least Qin Wu didn't succeed in the last step. It can only be said that he attempted to commit adultery. Besides, I will compensate her."

Fan Ning said indifferently: "Allow her to become a citizen of the Song Dynasty, and compensate her 50 taels of silver."

Xu Qing also knew that Fan Ning was considering the overall situation and the long-term. From Fan Ning's standpoint, such an approach was understandable, but he felt guilty for not being able to stop Qin Wu from committing evil in time.

"Little official, I want to have a drink!"

"Go ahead!"

Xu Qing quickened his pace and walked towards the restaurant. At this moment, Fan Ning remembered something, turned around and walked towards the firearms camp.

The Firearms Battalion is right next to the military camp. It is actually a part of the military camp. It covers an area of ​​tens of acres and consists of more than a dozen large tents and an iron shed. At present, there are 14 craftsmen in the camp, plus the management schedule There is only one Sicheng, [-] people in total.

The three additional people were mainly three highly skilled blacksmiths. As early as a month ago, the granular gunpowder had been successfully made, but the manufacturing of the iron shell was very difficult. If it was made thick, the gunpowder would not explode, and if it was made thin, The gunpowder exploded before it had fully burned.

The size is also very particular, how much gunpowder can explode how big the iron shell is, so it is necessary to test repeatedly, sum up experience, record data, and only after hundreds or thousands of tests can it be possible to find an optimal solution.

It is precisely because it is too difficult to build the shell that Fan Ning added three more skilled blacksmiths to participate. These days are critical moments. I have been away for five or six days, and I don’t know if there will be any results?

There were four soldiers standing guard at the gate of the Firearms Battalion, and the guards were heavily guarded. Fan Ning took out the silver pass card and showed it to the soldiers, and then walked in directly.

So far, only Fan Ning and Di Qing have silver pass cards, and the other 16 craftsmen and Si Cheng have copper pass cards. Except for the [-] of them, anyone who wants to enter the firearms camp must have a pass signed by Fan Ning. Even Di Qing didn't have the authority to sign.

As soon as Fan Ning entered the big tent, Old Craftsman Song came out after hearing the news. Seeing his joyful face, Fan Ning knew that something had been achieved. He smiled and said, "Is there any good news for me?"

"Reporting to the censor, the iron shell has been made. We have already tested it outside the city the day before yesterday, and it was completely successful. Now we are still missing the last step."

Fan Ning was overjoyed, "Where is the Iron Shell Fire Thunder? Show me quickly!"

(End of this chapter)