Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 64
Pingyang County City,

In Xicheng Weapons Workshop, since Zhang Jinyu sent his old brothers to the camp outside the city for training, he has always been worried about supplies and ordnance, especially cavalry armor and weapons.

The armor of Dawu is mainly the heavy armor of the infantry, which is outstanding. As for the light armor of the cavalry, it is almost synonymous with no protection, so Zhang Jinyu will let his brothers wear the heavy armor of the infantry to serve as cavalry.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Jinyu took Ning Bian to inspect the weapon workshop in Pingyang City. This was also the first time Zhang Jinyu saw the manpower workshop in the feudal period. The first thing Zhang Jinyu felt when he came in was that there were too many people and it was too hot.

After looking around, the craftsmen in the workshop are very skilled, and the production technology can be said to be very advanced, which is a bit like an assembly line.

It turned out that Eunuch Yang from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was in charge of the matter, so it was easy to handle.

When Zhang Jinyu saw Eunuch Yang, he handed over the 1 taels of silver bill. He was so scared that Eunuch Yang didn’t dare to accept it. He said bluntly that Lord Hou would give orders if he had something to say. Seeing that this guy was so sensible, Zhang Jinyu also nodded and took the silver bill. Back, after exchanging a hundred taels of silver bill, Eunuch Yang took it tremblingly and put it in his arms.

Zhang Jinyu didn't talk nonsense, and directly told Guanshi Yang that he wanted to re-customize the cavalry equipment.

After hearing this, Steward Yang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs took Zhang Jinyu and his party to a warehouse at the corner of the workshop. It seemed that the warehouse was very large but it should not be commonly used.

The door locks of the warehouse were covered with a layer of dust, and Eunuch Yang didn't dislike it. He wiped it with his hands, took out a large bunch of keys from his arms, and searched for a long time before they were able to match them and open the warehouse.

"Master Hou, this is the cavalry armor you need. It contains scimitars, armor, harness, and even horseshoes."

Zhang Jinyu took people in and inspected it. They were all new, and the armor was obviously much thicker. Of course it was not heavy armor. It should be a compromise between light armor and heavy armor.

He directly opened a box, took out a machete, and swung it with his hand. It was very smooth. It was indeed less labor-intensive than a long knife, but it was easier to use than a long knife when riding a horse.

He ordered people to bring two wooden stakes, and asked the guards to test it out by themselves. One of them used a long knife first, and the other used a machete.

While cutting the stake, I discovered the problem. I paused when I was chopping with a long knife, and almost brought myself down, but it was much better with a machete, and I chopped it down very smoothly.

In this way, when the speed is fast, these small problems will be magnified, and the people who produced these equipment in advance are too powerful, who could it be?

Zhang Jinyu asked suspiciously;
"Eunuch Yang, why are there so many cavalry ordnance here, why haven't they been transported away?"

Steward Yang replied respectfully;

"Back to Lord Hou, there are roughly 8 sets of them here, and they are still old accounts. These were specially customized by the former prince for the forbidden army, but later because of the prince's rebellion, this batch of ordnance was delayed."

When Zhang Jinyu heard it, I was the one to go. What's the situation? When the crown prince rebelled, and then he was defeated and died, it would be so outrageous for a prince with little power to directly ascend the throne.

"Eunuch Yang, what you said is true or false, isn't it too outrageous?"

Eunuch Yang wiped his tears with his withered hands, his expression was definitely not fake,
"Returning to Lord Hou, everything is true, but it's just that the capital didn't make it known."

Zhang Jinyu is a little interested. I don't have any memory for this matter, and how did a little steward know about it? These secrets are all locked in the palace.

"Eunuch Yang, find a place to sit?"

"Master Hou, can I go to the pavilion over there?"

Steward Yang didn't shy away from it, and agreed directly.

Zhang Jinyu looked up at the pavilion not far in front, nodded, then turned back to Ningbian and said;

"Ningbian, call more people to bring all the ordnance in this warehouse to the Marquis Mansion, and first change the old battalion outside the city and the [-] cavalrymen under Duan Shouyuan's command. I will go to the front and sit with Eunuch Yang for a while."

"It's Lord Hou. You guys went to protect Lord Hou, and the rest started to move."

Zhang Jinyu didn't care how they carried it in Ningbian. The Xicheng Weapons Workshop had everything, and there was no shortage of carriages.

Accompanying the old eunuch Yang Gonggong to the pavilion, after the two sat down, Yang Gonggong began to recall;

"Master Hou, the miscellaneous family is also dissatisfied with you. I was originally a little eunuch in the Prince's Mansion. Thanks to the Prince's favor, I was assigned to the oil shortage in the Weapons Workshop of Pingyang County City, and was responsible for transporting ordnance to the Prince's troops. It has been more than 20 years now. gone."

Zhang Jinyu also didn't expect that the former prince could stretch out his hand so long, but why did he rebel?

Maybe, when the old emperor dies or doesn't want to do it, the throne will not be properly in his hands.

"Then why do you say rebellion, isn't that right?"

"My lord, you said that the crown prince has been sitting for more than 20 years, who can bear it, besides, Dawu was a little turbulent at that time, and the crown prince was concerned about the world, so he had to rebel."

Zhang Jinyu curled her lips inwardly, and I can bear it, why do I care about the world, lie to ghosts, talk about being tall, but who hasn't done so many things like male robbers and female prostitutes.

"Eunuch Yang continues."

"Later, he was hit back by the honorable family, and finally failed. The last message I heard from the prince was that the prince committed suicide in the East Palace. To the public, he died suddenly. The ridiculous thing is that the emperor's health failed in the second year. A prince can be crowned as a prince and directly enthroned."

"Ah, so fast, what happened after that?"

Zhang Jinyu had only one sentence in mind, what comes the fastest is retribution.

"Not long after that, the emperor's health recovered, and he began to seize power again. The four kings and eight nobles moved closer, and the new civil servants moved closer to the emperor, resulting in a situation where the imperial court had two orders."

It's really a disaster that lasted for thousands of years. Zhang Jinyu couldn't help but admire that old guy can really toss after hearing it.

I can't retire early, but after thinking about it, what does Eunuch Yang mean by telling me these secrets.

"Eunuch Yang, open the skylight and speak frankly. What is your purpose in telling me this?"

Eunuch Yang was also unambiguous, and knelt down,
"Master Hou, of course the younger one has something to ask for."

Seeing Guanshi Yang's attitude, Zhang Jinyu felt that the matter must be serious or troublesome. Now he just wanted to be safe and didn't intend to pay attention to it, so he stood up and prepared to leave without answering the call.

But Eunuch Yang suddenly said;

"Master Hou, this matter will not do any harm to you, and you don't want what you have done to spread to the capital."

Zhang Jinyu stopped walking when he heard this, his heart wrinkled with murderous thoughts, and the surrounding guards had already put their hands on the handle of the knife and pressed it.

"Talk about the benefits and impress me, otherwise you know you won't be able to get out of this pavilion alive."

Zhang Jinyu took a look at what good things this ex-prince's remnant had in his hand, so he could just accept it. As for the request, it depends on his own mood.

"Master Hou, all the servants and supervisors in the weapon workshop are my people, and I will build weapons and armor for you without paying any money."

Zhang Jinyu didn't move after hearing this, but just stretched out a finger,
"You have one more chance."

Guanshi Yang was also sweating profusely, his temples were already soaked, he gritted his teeth and said;
"Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River has 2000 million taels of silver in the treasury, and there are also spies in the capital of Dawu and Jiangnan. They are all good hands."

Only then did Zhang Jinyu turn around and look at Steward Yang who was kneeling on the ground. Eunuch Yang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Lord Hou turn around.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Master Hou, just one thing. I don't know if the prince is dead or not, but the prince has a daughter who is scattered in the capital. At that time, when they scattered and fled, they were lost in the capital."

"That's it. Since you have spies, why can't you find out, and I don't have anyone to check?"

"Going back to Lord Hou, I roughly found out that it should be with the civil servants, but the specific investigation is not enough. I can't see the person, and we can't show up, so we stopped."

Zhang Jinyu listened and nodded to indicate that it is ok. This is not very difficult. If he hadn't mentioned the intelligence network in the customs just now, why take the risk? It is too slow to build by yourself, and the day lily will be cold if it turns cold.

"Yes, I agree, but the spy network in the customs must be completely handed over to my Houfu, and now follow me back to the mansion to explain."

Eunuch Yang also nodded fiercely and did not speak, following behind very respectfully.

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　　About Chapter 80, I returned to Beijing to start the main storyline. This is written like a novel. It has been improved in the later period. Now it is a draft. The child keeps vomiting and replenishes the water. I can’t write the specific plot carefully. .

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(End of this chapter)