golden scales

"Who are they? What kind of background?" Liu Ruoyu finally asked, "How did you offend them?"

Liu Weidao: "It's all because of business. When my nephew first arrived at the factory, the foremen below bullied me, didn't understand anything, and fooled me. Later, I didn't care. If someone dares to jump out and point fingers, the nephew will be handed over to Mr. Xiao Bai. Mr. Xiao hit hard, and after beating a few disabled, no one dared to make trouble. It was only later that I heard that some of them There is someone in the palace..."

Liu Ruoyu's brows gradually loosened, and he said, "As long as Xiao Tugeng hits the person, it's fine. Do you have shallow eyes and long hands..."

"How dare my nephew!" Liu Wei immediately said with a bitter face: "According to His Royal Highness's financial rules, there are accounts for entering and leaving. My nephew can't trust the accountant in the factory, so I asked Uncle Yu next door to help me with the second trial. He It’s Wanchang’s accountant, and it has nothing to do with anyone in the factory.”

Liu Ruoyu was surprised and said, "You paid for this money yourself?"

Liu Wei nodded, and said, "There's nothing you can do about it. It's worth spending a few bucks to buy a safe one. My nephew thinks it's worth it." As soon as he finished speaking, a woman coughed from behind the curtain. , obviously dissatisfied with Liu Wei's timidity in front of his uncle.

Liu Wei's habit of being afraid of his wife has not changed, so he quickly shut up.

Liu Ruoyu was dissatisfied with that shrew's nephew and daughter-in-law, Youyou said: "You have done a good job, if the prince asks about it tomorrow, he will say the same."

Liu Wei seemed to understand, but asked timidly, "Uncle, what's so good about this?"

"It's called honesty and prudence." Liu Ruoyu said, "The crown prince employs people who are not stick to one pattern, but generally they have the four characters of diligence, loyalty, ability, and performance, and they can always be favored. This is hard work, just not lazy, and the crown prince is not lazy. Needless to say, loyalty, the prince said that the moon is square, so you have to find four corners for him. "Can" means knowing how to do things, and achievement means being able to accomplish things. The two are inseparable. You know Asking Xiao Tugeng to help you suppress the thorns, and knowing how to audit the account in an outside accountant, this is what you can do. Just wait for the credit in the future, but it’s not just the job of five taels of silver a month."

There was a louder coughing sound from behind the curtain.From the sound, the woman seemed to have choked on her own saliva.

Liu Ruoyu picked up the teacup, took a sip, heard the woman's footsteps leaving, and then said again: "Tomorrow the prince will inspect, you have to find some confidantes first, guard the key points, and don't let people talk nonsense."

"Uncle..." Liu Wei's face was bitter: "I don't have many people in the factory to talk to."

"You..." Liu Wei was stunned, and then his face brightened: "That's good! The lonely minister is also a good way! Well, you take me there tonight to check it out first, and if there is something wrong, let them change it immediately .”

"Hey, just listen to my uncle." Liu Wei was not worried about what would happen if he went on inspection at night.He has carried out night inspections many times. Except for open flames, which are strictly prohibited in the finished medicine warehouse, which cannot be seen at night, there is no other place that has not been raided.

Liu Ruoyu was not very relieved after hearing what his nephew said.He hastily ate dinner at his nephew's house, stayed up for a while, and taught his nephew some routines that he needs to master as a superior. Seeing that it was dark outside and the cold was rising, it should be after Haishi, so he urged: "Let's You can go to the factory."

Liu Wei hurriedly took out a cloak to keep out the cold and put it on Liu Ruoyu, took the lantern himself, and said, "Uncle, it's getting dark, go carefully." Liu Ruoyu nodded impatiently, only motioning for him to lead the way.

The distance from Liu Wei's house to Anmin Factory is only a hundred steps. Liu Ruoyu walked it himself and found out that it was so close. He should be able to lean on the word "Qin" and leave a good impression on the prince.

"who!"

As soon as the two of them reached the door, they heard a shout.

Liu Ruoyu was startled and didn't know how to reveal his identity, when Liu Wei stepped forward with a lantern in his hand, and handed out a wooden sign against his face: "I'm Liu Wei."

The soldier guarding the gate looked at Liu Wei's sign, then glanced at his face twice, and his eyes fell on Liu Ruoyu."What does this guy do?" he asked.

"It's from the East Palace." Liu Wei said, "I approved the note."

The soldier looked at Liu Ruoyu's clean chin again, finally nodded and let the two go in.

Liu Wei explained to his uncle in a low voice: "Uncle, these are all Xiao Baizong's people. Your Highness said that the Gunpowder Bureau is an important place, and no one who is waiting for leisure is allowed to enter, so I discussed with Xiao Baizong and set up this access control. All craftsmen are It has to rely on the badge, outsiders can only come in with the approval of Mr. Xiao and me."

Liu Ruoyu snorted and asked, "Is it the rule set by the crown prince?"

"The prince only said that there must be access control, which is the rule set by Mr. Xiao Bai and I." Liu Wei said anxiously.

Liu Ruoyu said "Oh" again noncommittally, walked five steps away, and said with mist just now: "This rule is okay."

Liu Wei got his master's approval, and his spirits were greatly lifted. He took his uncle to look at various factories along the way.Sure enough, there were people on duty in every factory building, and everyone was covered in cotton clothes and thick quilts. This was because no matter how cold the weather was, there was a rule that open flames were not allowed in the gunpowder bureau.Some of those on duty jumped up when they saw the light and asked the name of the person who came; some of them didn't get out of the quilt even though they shouted "stop when you come".

The former Liu Wei will praise it, while the latter will reprimand it.The rules and regulations were very clear, which made Liu Ruoyu feel relieved.

"Going further inside is the finished medicine storehouse, which is a place where open flames must never be seen. Uncle, why don't we come here tonight?" Liu Wei asked his uncle to make a decision with a lantern in hand.

Liu Ruoyu is used to being in a dark prison, he is not afraid of the dark, but only afraid of doing bad things.It is difficult for outsiders to understand the eunuch's cautious, almost obsessive-compulsive way of doing things.He rubbed his frozen face and said, "Put down the lantern, let's go in in the dark and have a look. Is there anyone inside?"

"There are two night watchmen." Liu Wei put down the lantern and said to Liu Ruoyu.

Liu Ruoyu looked at the almost full moon in the sky, and said happily, "Fortunately, it doesn't hurt if you don't turn on the lights."

Liu Wei greeted him twice, and led Liu Ruoyu to walk in. Along the way, he kept talking about where there were holes in the ground, where there were steps, and so on.

Liu Ruoyu finally found the area that needed improvement, and ordered: "The hole on the ground must be filled up tomorrow, and His Highness must not see it."

Liu Wei just nodded and said, "Nephew understands."

The two walked in and turned around the base of a wall. The moonlight was just blocked by the high wall, and it was dark in front of them.In the blink of an eye, Liu Wei seemed to see a darker figure coming from the darkness. He was startled and shouted, "Who!"

The black figure was also taken aback by Liu Wei's drink, and immediately suppressed his voice and asked, "Who are you!"

"I am Liu Wei!" Liu Weili said confidently.

"Liu Wei?" The man thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Master Liu?"

"It's sort of..." Liu Wei felt that he was not the shopkeeper, but the owners here were the emperor and the prince, and he managed the business here for them, so he should be regarded as the shopkeeper.

"That's shopkeeper Liu Er?" The man's tone became quite warm: "Are you here too?"

Liu Wei felt that the more he said the more something was wrong, he asked, "Who are you?"

"Hi, I'm Li Si from Zhensheng!" Then Li Si seemed to be very familiar with the Liu family, and complained, "I've been talking for a while, but the second shopkeeper didn't catch it?"

"What are you doing here?" Liu Wei vaguely saw that the man was carrying something on his body, and couldn't help but tighten his heart, thinking inwardly, "Isn't he here to steal gunpowder?"Oh, isn't that Zhensheng the fireworks shop where my wife's second aunt's little cousin works?

"What else can you do, aren't they all the same!" The man was dissatisfied with Liu Wei's pretentiousness, and said in a sly way: "This is something from the public house, so it doesn't matter if you have something to eat."

--have!It will hurt my head!

Liu Wei's heart trembled, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.

"Where did you come in?" Liu Ruoyu asked suddenly.

"Hey, why do you sound like your husband?" Li Si laughed at Liu Ruoyu because he didn't know how to write the word "death".

Liu Ruoyu's face was already covered with frost, he grabbed his nephew, and whispered: "It's a thief! Call someone!"

Liu Wei woke up and didn't think about anything else. He just yelled loudly according to his uncle's order: "Come on! It's flooded! It's flooded!"

It was just two shouts, and the factory, which had been silent before, suddenly boiled.Everyone knows that these gunpowder can explode when it touches a spark, and if it really falls into the water, there is no chance of escape.In an instant, all the people on duty at night picked up the buckets of dry sand that had been prepared by their side and rushed out, shouting loudly, "Where is the water!?"

Immediately afterwards, a sharp bamboo whistle came from the barracks east of the factory. (To be continued.)