Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 84 Camping at the Valley Bottom
When Sun Yuanhua and his party left the capital and headed towards the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province, Zhu Tianqi had already sent his flying horse to deliver his instructions to the general of Yulin Guards. Therefore, when Sun Yuanhua and his party rushed to Yan'an Mansion, Yulin Wei has already sent someone to meet him, and the person who came to meet him is a thousand households named Zhang Boyu.

Zhang Boyu came with [-] cavalry, and the Yan'an Mansion prepared a large number of horses and horses for Sun Yuanhua and his party. After all, Sun Yuanhua was a third-rank member of the court, and the local officials of Yan'an Mansion were very fawning.

Sun Yuanhua, together with the more than 100 Thai and Western craftsmen he brought, and the more than 300 craftsmen recruited by Laizongdao Ministry of Industry, totaled nearly 500 people, which is not a small number. No matter where this group of people went, , reception work must be done everywhere.

Although Father Volger knew that the Ming Emperor wanted them to build a new cannon foundry in the west of the Ming Dynasty, it had been more than ten days since they left the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing the more desolate they went west, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. After all, other Thai and Western people must have the same thoughts.

So Volger approached Sun Yuanhua and asked, "Ignatius, where are we going?"

Sun Yuanhua took out a map from his pocket, unfolded it, pointed at a black dot marked on the map, and said: "Father Volger, we are going to build a large firearms bureau here, which will include a cannon foundry, firearms Factory and gunpowder factory, for the sake of safety and confidentiality, the emperor deliberately chose such a sparsely populated and secret place!"

Father Volger looked at the map and nodded slowly and said, "You are going to build your own national arsenal!"

Sun Yuanhua couldn't help laughing after hearing Father Volger's words: "Father, you are right, the emperor's plan is exactly this way, I think this will become the largest arsenal in Ming Dynasty in the future, and you and I will be the creators of this arsenal." By!"

When Volger heard this, he suddenly seemed very excited: "Then I feel very honored!"

After saying this, Volger suddenly pointed to the map in Sun Yuanhua's hand with some disappointment and said: "It's just that this place is too far away from your capital of the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to see the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty again!"

Sun Yuanhua suddenly laughed after hearing what Volger said, and then faced Volger's doubtful eyes and said: "Father Volger, you may not know enough about our Ming Dynasty. The emperor of our Ming Dynasty can't just meet him if he wants to." It is the same whether it is for you Taixi people or the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to be summoned and trusted by the emperor, you must first make a certain contribution to me, Daming, and get the approval of the emperor. Otherwise, even if you stay in the capital and live next to the Forbidden City, it will be difficult to face the saint. Although we are far away from the capital now, we are doing an errand that is the most important to the Emperor. When the errand is done, the Emperor will naturally receive you! "

Volger naturally understands the reason for this. Matteo Ricci stayed in the capital of the Ming Dynasty for many years, but he was never able to see the Ming Emperor. They were already lucky compared to Matteo Ricci. Much more. On the second day after arriving in the capital of Ming Dynasty, he was summoned and given a banquet by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Although I have left the capital of Daming now, I think that if I help the Emperor of Ming to complete the errands, he will definitely be summoned by the Emperor of Ming again, and at that time, the Emperor of Ming will definitely have more trust in himself, the Taixi people. The spread of the gospel within the territory was more likely to be approved by the Ming Emperor.

Volger is still very prestigious among the Taixi people, so the doubts in Volger's heart were dispelled. He was naturally able to convince these Taixi people to obey Sun Yuanhua's arrangements and assist the Ming Dynasty in building a cannon foundry and casting artillery. .

Under the escort of Zhang Boyu, Sun Yuanhua and his party arrived at the designated location five days later. This place is in a valley about a hundred miles southeast of Yulinwei, adjacent to the Wuding River, and then walk more than 100 miles southeast on the mountain road. It's Yinchuan Station in Mizhi.Zhang Boyu looked at this desolate valley, rode up to Sun Yuanhua's carriage, clasped his fists and saluted: "Master Sun, we are here!"

Hearing the sound, Sun Yuanhua opened the curtains of the carriage and looked outside. Then he opened the curtains of the carriage, stood on the shaft of the carriage and looked around the valley. The terrain was quite open, and it was next to the river. Overall, it was pretty good. Yes, but Sun Yuanhua himself didn't know whether this place was right or not. He could only count on Zhang Boyu.

"General Zhang, are you sure this is the place marked on the map?"

Zhang Boyu looked around, clasped his fists and replied: "Sir, it should be this area. The general has been in Yulin Guard for almost 20 years, and he is still very familiar with this area. He should not be wrong, but this If you put a point on the map outside the map, the place would be huge. Fortunately, this valley is all the same. If you are not satisfied with this place, we can go further."

Sun Yuanhua thought for a while, looked around again, then jumped off the carriage and said, "If you don't want to leave, let's stay here!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Boyu quickly got off his horse and stepped forward to support Sun Yuanhua, "Sir, this mountain road is difficult to walk on. Please be careful!"

Sun Yuanhua raised his arm and said with a smile: "General Zhang, I want to take root here. Is it possible that you can support me every day in the future?"

Hearing this, Zhang Boyu could only smile awkwardly, and stepped aside.

Sun Yuanhua raised his hand and pointed to a fork in the valley, and asked, "Where does the small canyon over there lead to?"

Zhang Boyu looked in the direction of Sun Yuanhua's finger and replied: "Sir, that's a dead end over there. There will be no road after walking for about two or three miles, and there are cliffs on three sides. It's impossible to climb over the mountain."

After hearing this, Sun Yuanhua nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, then our cannon foundry will be built there. In this way, as long as we send people to guard the mouth of the valley, it will be safe and concealed!"

Zhang Boyu felt a little confused after hearing this, and thought to himself: "In this kind of place where birds don't poop, even if you build a cannon foundry in the flat wilderness, you may not be able to be found. Who can run away with nothing?" Wandering around in a place like this? As for safety issues, there is no need to worry. This place is so close to Yulin Guard and is heavily guarded. Who dares to come here to cause trouble? "

However, he was just sent to lead the way and protect him. He had no control over the matters above and did not dare to ask any more questions. He could only smile and nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty is right, then I will let the brothers transport everything." Go to the valley!”

(End of this chapter)