Han ride

Chapter 394
"Master Hou, this is Qin Tianjian." The cavalry soon came to the southeast corner of Beijing City, and the east side was connected to the Beijing City Wall.Li Xin had been to this place before, and even Nan Huairen, Tang Ruowang and others worked in this place.Of course, it is Tang Ruowang and others who are in charge of this place now. Although the old minister Xu Guangqi was born here, he is now sick.So only Tang Ruowang is left here to support the overall situation. On the one hand, he assists Xu Guangqi in compiling the "Chongzhen Almanac", but he also plays an important role in casting cannons.Especially in the past two years, this European from the Holy Roman Empire has come to Beijing for the second time.Like the Han people, he speaks Chinese very idiomatically, otherwise, he would not be able to compile an almanac like the "Chongzhen Almanac".

Tang Ruowang, who was the inspector of the Qintian Supervisor, soon got Li Xin's arrival. Although he was a scientist, he knew that he was the title of the Ming Dynasty.

"Qin Tianjian is seeing Lord Zhengbei." Wearing a Han official robe and a Ming Dynasty black gauze hat, he is a guy with white hair. He is only in his 30s and speaks weird Chinese. Li Xin's impression of Tang Ruowang.Tang Ruowang at this time has not yet become the emperor teacher of Kangxi Dazi, and I believe that there will be no such opportunity in the future.

"Jianzheng doesn't need to be polite." Li Xin jumped off his horse, helped Tang Ruowang up, and said with a smile: "Although I am in the grassland, I already know the name of Jianzheng. Said you are here, so I came to see you."

"Master Hou is so powerful in the world, and I have heard about the general's name." Tang Ruowang also had a smile on his face. To be honest, although he is the supervisor of Qin Tianjian, his status in the capital is not high. High, because he is a foreigner.You must know that the foreigners at this time are different from those in the future. The Greater Chinese nation is the real superior, and the foreigners are just inferior.It was also because of Xu Guangqi's protection that Tang Ruowang had the opportunity to be in the imperial court.

Tang Ruowang's office is very large. Although this Catholic is not doing missionary work, it does not prevent him from stretching his fists in the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains. When Li Xin came to his office, he found that there were many blueprints for his work. There is also a globe, very simple, but very clear.Li Xin was very interested.

Of course, he is most interested in the cannon above, but what Tang Ruowang drew on the drawing is the cannon.It seems to be extremely advanced, with Franco machine guns, mother and child guns, etc., and even red cannons and so on.

"Master Hou likes these cannons?" Tang Ruowang couldn't help asking curiously when he saw Li Xin watching carefully.

"As long as you are a soldier, there is no one who doesn't like this. What does Master Jianzheng think?" Li Xin said with a smile: "In Yunzhong, I also have a place dedicated to researching and manufacturing cannons. By the way, Father, Sun Yuanhua, can you Recognize it?"

"Oh, Sun Yuanhua, I know him, he is Master Xu's disciple, well, he also likes firearms very much." Tang Ruowang nodded, and said: "I heard that he was the magistrate with Lord Hou, but I didn't expect that he went to study firearms gone."

"If the priest doesn't go to Yunzhong, Li Xin welcomes you." Li Xin looked at Tang Ruowang with a smile and said.Tang Ruowang has made extraordinary achievements in the manufacture of firearms, which is what Li Xin wants to get.

"Go to the cloud?" Tang Ruowang's face suddenly became a little unnatural.He forced a smile and said: "The next official is the imperial court's Qintian supervisor, and he cannot leave the capital without an imperial decree."

Li Xin nodded, feeling regretful in his heart.He also knew what these foreigners were thinking. The Beijing city at this moment was the most developed and prosperous place in the world. Whether it was the downtown area of ​​Qianmen Street or the kiln sisters in Bada Hutong, they all attracted people. People from all directions came to Beijing.Tang Ruowang traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains, probably influenced by Marco Polo back then.Beijing City is a good place. As for where Yunzhong is, Tang Ruowang may or may not know, but he knows one thing, that is, Yunzhong is definitely not as prosperous as Beijing City.He was a celestial supervisor in Beijing, but what would he do in that place in the clouds where no shit?He will not go.

"These blueprints seem to be recorded in great detail!" Li Xin looked at the blueprints in front of him, then glanced around, and found that there were dozens of blueprints related to firearms. Even the length of the parts is clearly recorded.Tang Ruowang is undoubtedly an outstanding expert in casting cannons. Although people can't go there, if they get these blueprints, it will be enough to make up for Tang Ruowang's lack of access.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your compliment." Tang Ruo was very happy to see that Li Xin did not ask him to go to Yunzhong, but instead turned to praise his blueprint.You must know that in the entire Ming Dynasty, there were people who praised him, but there were no people who praised his drawings.

"Well, not bad." Li Xin's eyes flashed brightly, and then he cupped his hands to Tang Ruowang and said, "This time, the time I have come to the capital is relatively short, so I don't have time to talk with the priest in detail. Next time I come, I would like to ask the priest for advice."

"That's good, that's good." Tang Ruowang also felt a bit of regret. In the entire Beijing city, these civil servants thought they were getting promoted and made a fortune. Xu Guangqi was very good before, but unfortunately, he might not chat with Tang Ruowang in the future.And the other priests are nice, but what these people talk about is doctrine.Finally, there was a Marquis of Zhengbei who was able to discuss firearms and calendars with him, but he was leaving again.Although he was unwilling, there was nothing he could do.

"My lord, did you just let that white-haired ghost go like this?" Gao Meng followed closely behind Li Xin, and said with some dissatisfaction, "It's really abominable. The lord personally recruited him, but he is still unwilling. Why don't his subordinates go up and catch him?" Come?"

"Nonsense! He is an official of the imperial court. This is Beijing City, not Yunzhong. Do you want to die?" Li Xin said dissatisfiedly: "However, you are right. If you can't get something, then go and grab it." .It is better to take advantage of me, Li Xin, than to take advantage of others."

"My lord, then I'll let someone snatch it at night?" After hearing this, Gao Meng was excited and said hastily.

"Hmph, do you know what I want to grab?" Li Xin gave Gao Meng a hard look, and said, "Don't worry about this matter, I will let Cao Sanxi and the others do it. The blueprint! The most valuable thing here These are the blueprints. With the blueprints, we'll make more cannons."

Li Xin could see clearly in Tang Ruowang's office. Apart from Tang Ruowang, the most important thing in the whole office were those blueprints.This contains Tang Ruowang's important insights on Western-style artillery, which is the most important.

"My lord, the spies have received news that Jiannu has retreated." When Li Xin arrived at the camp, Shi Yuanzhi had been waiting for a long time. After congratulating Li Xin for defeating the imperial court's Beijing camp, he hurriedly said something news.

"Huang Taiji has finally retreated. If he was here, I would be under a lot of pressure! Let's go, let's go, it seems that he can't find the time to besiege me." Li Xin sighed deeply.He was hiding in the capital. On the one hand, there was certainly not enough food and grass, but more importantly, he was afraid that Huang Taiji would lead the army at the entrance of Xifeng, blocking his way home.This time Huang Taiji left at this time, presumably because he couldn't find an opportunity.

"I think it's because Huang Taiji knew about the news that my lord met the emperor in Beijing, so I felt that there was no chance." Shi Yuanzhi also nodded, and said, "My lord, you have only met the emperor for a few days, and Huang Taiji already knew about it." Now, it looks like there are people lurking here in Huang Taiji in Beijing!"

"That's for sure." Li Xin said with a sneer: "An ambitious person, how can he not pay attention to the behemoth of the court, but I don't know who is lurking here in Beijing. Is it an official, or Is it the people, or the merchants?" Li Xin naturally knew, how could a person like Huang Taiji not pay attention to intelligence!In the later Qing Dynasty, there were 24 yamen with sticky poles. These are all famous intelligence agencies in history, and this 24 yamen was rumored to have existed in Nurhachi.Not to mention Huang Taiji, even Li Xin himself has an intelligence organization in Beijing?
"Then the subordinates will send someone to investigate." Shi Yuanzhi said hastily.

"We want to find out, but we can't scare the snake away. We don't have to deal with the situation in Beijing for the time being, and we can't control it here." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "It's enough to have Cao Sanxi here. This person is still a bit clever, and Am I going to ask him to do something?" Then he told Tang Ruowang's story again.

"It's a pity that this person will not follow us to Yunzhong. Yunzhong still can't compare with the capital!" After hearing this, Shi Yuanzhi also sighed lightly.There is no way, Yunzhong cannot be compared with Beijing City, they are the capital, but Yunzhong is nothing.

"If I had to choose, I would rather choose Yunzhong. What's so good about the capital? The sky smells like horse dung." Li Xin shook his head and said.I have to say that the air in this era is very fresh, there is no smog, even the carbon dioxide is much less, and the air pollution is very little. But the same, people in this era do not pay attention to hygiene, and they rarely take a bath during the year. What's more, in the huge city of Beijing, the urban construction is much worse, and this is even more so in other places except Yudao.The horses shit and piss on the ground casually, so that the streets are full of the smell of horse dung, even in the winter, in the famine year, some people even dig a hole in the horse dung pile and spend the winter in it, It can be seen that this era is dirty and messy.

Li Xin still clearly remembered that in Beijing, after ten years, a plague appeared in Beijing, a plague brought by rats.After Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops entered the capital, there were no more than 10 people fighting Jiannu. The rest of the army was defeated by the plague.

Shi Yuanzhi obviously didn't know this. He looked at the Beijing city in the distance, towering toweringly, majestic and resplendent, showing the style of the imperial capital. This is the place that thousands of people yearn for.Although Yunzhong is the base of the Beibei Army, compared with the capital, it is much worse.

"Send someone to remind Zhou Yi that the food and grass must be delivered as soon as possible, and we must leave the capital." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "Is Xifengkou under construction? If Zhang Fengyi builds Xifengkou again, I think Going back, I can only leave from the Xuanfu, and as time goes on, no one knows what will happen." He saw today that Yang Sichang has been reused, even if he is defeated today, it will not change Chongzhen's trust in him.He vaguely remembered that this Yang Sichang used to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and even served as the prefect and governor of the Xuanfu for a period of time.No one knows when he will go. Today Li Xin offended Yang Sichang severely. Gao Meng captured him with his bare hands. His own, made a big scandal, Yang Sichang can be said to hate Li Xin to death, if he became the magistrate of the Xuanfu or something, how could he let the Hou family and his son help him?Even the Seven Great Aristocratic Families will be unlucky to follow.This is a man who must be vengeful.

When Li Xin said this, he suddenly found that the environment around him seemed to have deteriorated.It seemed that he had to find a place where he could connect with the Central Plains. If Yang Sichang went to the Xuanfu, it would not be a good place.

"My lord is going to go back from Xifengkou?" Shi Yuanzhi was taken aback, and looked at Li Xin in surprise. You must know that Xifengkou was the biggest loss experienced by the Beibei Army since its establishment. Not only did it lose a lot of troops, but Even Jutu died at Xifengkou.Gou Tu followed Li Xin and made a lot of military exploits. His sprinting method greatly increased the power of Li Xin's cavalry.Although he is a foreigner, and his relationship with the generals is not very good, as long as he is useful to Li Xin, he is a general. Now he died at the mouth of Xifeng, which is simply a huge loss for the Northern Army.

"Of course I have to go back from there." Li Xin's eyes flashed with evil spirit, and he sneered, "I, Li Xin, are not a kind person. Hong Chengchou and others tricked us at Xifengkou. I, Li Xin, will find Come back from a different place. Otherwise, people in the world will think that I am a bully when I recruit the Northern Army? Hong Chengchou dared to plot against me back then, so he must bear my anger."

This is Li Xin playing a scoundrel, obviously he is the one who must get revenge, Hong Chengchou plotted against him, and Li Xin will find his way back.A wry smile appeared on the corner of Shi Yuanzhi's mouth.But he didn't speak.Such a lord also has advantages and disadvantages, at least he is a lord who protects his weaknesses.

"Then Zunhua City?" Shi Yuanzhi asked cautiously.If Li Xin really used Xifeng's mouth to go back to Yunzhong, it wouldn't be surprising, after all, this is also a road, but Shi Yuan could tell that what Li Xinxin thought was probably not that simple.

"Of course I have to go in and have a sit-down. Last time I sat down, isn't it allowed to go in this time?" Sure enough, Li Xin said coldly.Shi Yuanzhi really had nothing to say now.This is Li Xin's blatant revenge, because Hong Chengchou didn't let Li Xin enter the city.

"Then this subordinate will go and urge Zhou Yi." Fan Wencheng didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Yi not to mention it.

And the capital, in the city of Beijing, in the Xinuang Pavilion, the Emperor Chongzhen, several senior scholars in the cabinet, and Yang Sichang, who was deeply trusted by Chongzhen, also stood among them.

"Li Xin went to Qin Tianjian? What did he do there? Who did he meet?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen.Li Xin is now outside the city. As a hero, Emperor Chongzhen naturally has to pay attention to Li Xin's whereabouts, not to mention that this is Beijing City.Emperor Chongzhen naturally wanted to defend himself one or two times.At this time, when I heard that Li Xin had actually gone to the Qin Tianjian, I was naturally surprised. I didn't understand what Li Xin was doing there?
"I went to see Tang Ruowang." As Huang Ming's biggest intelligence chief, if Wang Chengen wanted to find out the whereabouts of someone, it would be very easy.

"Tang Ruowang? He's an old friend of Xu Ge. It can't be because of Sun Yuanhua!" It was Wen Tiren who spoke, as expected of Wen Tiren. Sun Yuanhua in Li Xin's army is gone.He couldn't help sneering in his heart and said, "Could it be that Sun Yuanhua, Master Sun still wants to return to the imperial court?"

"Lord Wen, I'm afraid you guessed wrong this time. I heard that although Lord Sun Yuanhua is the magistrate of the imperial court, he is actually engaged in the casting of artillery. He is highly valued by Li Xin. Say he I'm afraid it's impossible to come back." Yang Sichang sneered.

"Although Yunzhong is nice, it's a place of bitter cold for barbarians outside the Great Wall." Wen Tiren shook his head, his expression unchanged, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Cannon, Li Xin is going for the cannon." Yang Sichang said loudly without thinking, "Your Majesty, I thought that Li Xin went to see Tang Ruowang not to renew old feelings for Sun Yuanhua, but to ask Tang Ruowang for the cannon. , and even thought about capturing Tang Ruowang in the clouds."

"Is that so?" Emperor Chongzhen changed his expression after hearing Yang Sichang's words, and looked at Wang Chengen and said.

"The spies said that Zheng Beihou had talked with Tang Ruowang about cannons, and they had a long chat, and later Tang Ruowang also told others that Li Xin did invite him to go to Yunzhong to cast cannons, but he refused. "Wang Chengen said quickly.After finishing speaking, he looked at Yang Sichang with approving eyes. This Yang Sichang was born well, and more importantly, he was resourceful. Just now, everyone didn't know why Li Xin wanted to find Tang Ruowang, and he was the only one who guessed that Li Xin was Come for the cannon.

"Your Majesty, cannons are a major national event. There is no imperial decree or document from the Ministry of War. It is forbidden to cast cannons. Li Xin casts cannons privately. His heart can be punished. This person is ambitious and cannot be trusted. , Just behead this person under the city of Beijing, as a warning to those who have ambitions." Yang Sichang said loudly.

"You are so young, the city is not deep!" After hearing this, Wen Tiren's face relaxed, and he shook his head in his heart. This is really a murderous sentence. Where is it Yang Sichang's turn to speak? This Yang Sichang has a grudge against Li Xin. From his mouth, God knows what Chongzhen will think, after all, he is a young man with inexperience.

(End of this chapter)