Zhu Xu held his sore waist and looked at the dark door.

Yao Qingqing supported him, and Cao Wenzhao went to the gate first.

In fact, the people in the yard had already discovered it, so they opened the door quickly. Cao Wenzhao told me a few words. The group of people became excited in an instant, but they were all not confused at all, standing straight, as if waiting for Zhu Xu's review.

Zhu Xu stood up with his waist that was almost unable to stand up, and with his hands behind his back, the vassal king walked over with awesome momentum.

These people were old subordinates from Liaodong before Cao Wenzhao. They withdrew from Liaodong for various reasons and came to join Cao Wenzhao. They were eventually arranged here by Cao Wenzhao.

"I will meet His Highness Hui at the end!"

One of them was wearing casual clothes and a fat middle-aged man ran over and knelt on one knee and shouted respectfully.

Zhu Xu knew that this person was a general in Liaodong. Because he offended his superiors, all the team was removed from the city.

Zhu Xu smiled slightly and said, "Yeah, thank you all for your hard work. I asked Commander Cao to reward you with 5,000 taels of silver. I will give you a vacation in a few days and you can go to the city to have fun."

When the boss heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "I would like to thank Your Highness for the reward!" He was in Liaodong because of the money he paid. Didn't he come to the capital just to be able to earn money with peace of mind?

Zhu Xu waved his hand and walked into the stroll with a wealthy and generous look. There were not many people in the yard, but they just acted as a precaution, with more than 20 people. As Zhu Xu passed by, they all looked happy and respectful. Before, they knew that they could not offend Zhu Xu because of Cao Wenzhao, otherwise they would have no food to eat, but now they knew that they would have food to eat and good food to eat with His Highness Hui!

Cao Wenzhao knew that Zhu Xu's method of winning over people was usually used to smash it with silver.

He glanced at the obese middle-aged man with a somewhat excited expression and said, "Hu Shanhai, come and lead the way."

When Hu Shanhai heard this, he hurriedly said, "Yes, Your Highness, I will take you up. That, the mountain road is not easy to walk, why don't I carry you?"

"No," Zhu Xu said with his hands behind his back: "It's good to have a walk."

"Yes, yes." Hu Shanhai walked in front, with the roughness of the soldiers, and also carried a little mercy as he walked, saying, "Your Highness, this mountain is fine during the day, and the fog and dew are heavy at night, and my feet are sliding down. I have only been there once."

Zhu Xu nodded. He opened the arsenal privately, not a military weapon bureau, so he naturally had to ensure the secret to the greatest extent.

Yao Qingqing seemed very nervous all the way, pursing his lips from time to time, looking up, grabbing the corner of his clothes, and was worried and happy on his face.

Zhu Xu is very delicate and has a very young body. She doesn't move much. She sweats all over and pants before she walks.

"Your Highness, why don't I carry you?"

Cao Wenzhao kept staring at Zhu Xu, and walked up to him and said in a low voice as soon as he saw him.

Zhu Xu waved his hand, wiped the sweat from his head, and said, "No, I'll find some martial arts secrets when I go back. I want to practice peerless martial arts."

Cao Wenzhao and Yao Qingqing both followed Zhu Xu for a long time. Knowing that he was a joke, Hu Shanhai in front shook his head and said, "Your Highness, those are useless. I want me to tell you, making a wooden man, holding a knife, and chopping at him every day is more effective than anything else."

Zhu Xu looked at him panting and smiled, "Good solution, I'll try it back."

Hu Shanhaile smiled and turned his head while walking, saying, "Your Highness, you don't need to practice it anyway. You don't need to do anything. You don't need this kind of place as your identity."

Zhu Xu smiled without saying a word, was protected by the three of them, and walked towards the mountain step by step.

I don’t know how long it took, but Yao Qingqing also panted and said to her side, "Your Highness, you are coming soon."

Zhu Xu's small body made him feel that he had never walked so far. He looked up and saw a large yard appearing in his eyes.

"Okay, it's safer." Zhu Xu comforted himself. If there wasn't something called dignity supporting him, he would have lie down and sleep.

After barely holding on for a long time, Zhu Xu and his group arrived at the yard on the mountainside.

Bi Maokang had also received the notice, hurriedly ran out, bowed to Zhu Xu and said, "Sir Bi Maokang pays homage to His Highness King Hui."

Zhu Xu was so angry that he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm here to take a look. You can talk to Sister Qingqing first, let's take a break."

Bi Maokang also saw Yao Qingqing. Seeing that Zhu Xu was really tired, he bowed slightly and said, "It's Your Highness, please come with the official."

Bi Maokang took Zhu Xu into the yard and rested in a room. Then he led the nervous Yao Qingqing away.

"Your Highness, drink some water." Cao Wenzhao poured a glass of water for Zhu Xu and handed it to him.

Zhu Xu lay there, took a sip, rested for a while, suddenly forced himself to sit up again, and said enthusiastically, "Let's go, let's listen to the corner of the wall."

Cao Wenzhao knew that Zhu Xu's evil tastes had always been very strong. Seeing that he could not stand up, he still said, "Your Highness, let's rest first."

Zhu Xu waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Hurry, hurry up, help me over."

Cao Wenzhao had no choice but to help Zhu Xu go out secretly, touched another room, and sat quietly under the window.

In the room, Yao Qingqing and Bi Maokang sat opposite each other. Bi Maokang's expression was slightly calm, and Yao Qingqing's face was nervous.

"So, you were brought into the palace by His Highness Hui." Bi Maokang said thoughtfully after hearing Yao Qingqing's words.

Yao Qingqing nodded slightly and said, "It's not long after you left. Your Highness takes good care of me. There are not many people in your Royal Highness's Jinghuan Palace. I usually cook and wash clothes, and there is nothing else."

Bi Maokang knew that His Highness Hui was only seven years old, what could it be?

After finally meeting each other, he didn't want to worry about the two of them, which made the atmosphere awkward. He said without saying anything, "Is there something interesting happening in the city recently?"

Yao Qingqing didn't often leave the palace, unless it was too big, he wouldn't know it. Zhu Xu's affairs were told that he could not mention them. After thinking about it, she said: "The court has searched illegal vendors in the capital, and there are many private yamen in various yamen. His Highness Hui has confiscated various yamen in the capital with orders. It is said that the dirty silver is more than ten million taels."

Bi Maokang's face changed drastically and he said in a lost voice: "Are you serious?" Bi Maokang is also familiar with history books. He has been a man of the officialdom for a long time and naturally knows the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. He knew what the court had made when he heard it, and he also knew clearly that various yamen would definitely be corrupt and fraud. However, he did not expect that the seven-year-old prince was so brave?

"What about it later?" Bi Maokang asked again.

Yao Qingqing shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know very well, but Your Highness has been confined to the Queen for more than half a month."

Make it for foreign ministers!

Bi Maokang instantly made a positive inference about this matter. The emperor knew about the affairs of each yamen and did not take action. So he used the actions of His Highness Hui to punish the great commandments and left it alone.

"It seems that His Highness Hui is not only deeply favored by the Empress, but also the Emperor's confidant." Bi Maokang whispered and looked up again, "Then, what's the matter with Your Highness this time?"

Yao Qingqing was disappointed when he saw that Bi Maokang did not mention the matter between them, but after all, he saw it, and felt a little comforted, and said softly, "You don't know yet, Your Highness's uncle, Lord Fu, will soon be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

When Bi Maokang heard this, his expression was a little excited. He felt that the emperor would be able to control the court for so long and truly do his best to the revival of the Ming Dynasty.

"Okay," Bi Maokang stood up, took a few steps, and said, "Your Highness is here to see the firearms. OK, I happened to cast a new handful. I will show you the best. "

Zhu Xu heard this for a while and shook his head secretly. How did Bi Maokang make Yao Qingqing wait for him for ten years?

Zhu Xu waved his hand to Cao Wenzhao and got up to go back.

As a result, not long after Zhu Xu came back, Bi Maokang followed him, saying with a respectful look on his face and a hint of excitement: "Your Highness, look at this, I just made it yesterday." As he said that, he handed over a black spear.

Zhu Xu looked at Yao Qingqing, who could not hide his grief, and his mouth twitched slightly. He decided to study more and be a talented man after he went back!

Cao Wenzhao took the spear over, fiddled with it, and then transferred it to Zhu Xu.

Before Zhu Xu recovered, she was still very excited. She took it over and looked at it over and over again.

With the current craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty, it was still difficult to cast a smooth bore, so it seemed very troublesome to put on the bullet. Zhu Xu could only ask for it as short as possible to avoid being unable to stop the cavalry's charge.

He touched for a while, still shook his head, but it was still far from meeting his request.

Zhu Xu looked up and asked, "How far can you shoot?"

Bi Maokang said: "I went back to Your Highness. I tested it last night. It was occasionally far away, and it was less than fifty feet a day."

Zhu Xu frowned slightly. One zhang was about three meters, which means it was about one hundred and fifty meters. It was effective in killing, and it was probably less than one hundred meters.

"How about the sight?" Zhu Xu asked again.

Bi Maokang hesitated for a moment and said, "It has not been calculated yet, but based on last night, it should be uncontrollable."

Zhu Xu nodded. Such flintlock rifles mostly do not have a sight. Although they do not have a sight, they do not mean they have no lethality, especially when cavalry charges on a large scale, their power will be extremely powerful.

Zhu Xu pondered for a while and said, "The gun chamber still needs to be found. The gun barrel can be lengthened. If you want to think of other ways to cool it, try more."

"It's Your Highness." Bi Maokang also agreed, which was also the problem that had always troubled him.

Zhu Xu glanced at him and tentatively said, "If it were cast on a large scale, how many can you cast here?"

Bi Maokang was stunned and looked at Zhu Xu and thought, "There are not many castings here at Xiaguan. When the drawings are perfected, the casting speed will be much faster when handed over to the Military Weapons Bureau. One or two hundred poles a month will not be a problem."

Zhu Xu naturally would not hand it over to the Military Weapons Bureau. It would be better to tell Zhu Youxiao directly that it would be easier for him to rebel.

‘It seems that a rebuilding of an arsenal that can mass-produce firearms.’
Chapter completed!