For Master Lu, the craftsman in the work department workshop, this is the first time he has come to such a high-end and high-end yamen.

Privy Council, if this can be gone out alive, this cow can brag for the rest of his life.

In fact, it was the first time that Li Kui came to the yamen of the Privy Council. He looked around and felt curious. However, this yamen was just like this, and it seemed to occupy a lot of land, but there was no White Tiger Hall?

Li Kui then remembered that the White Tiger Hall seemed to be the core secret place of the Palace Commander's Taiwei Mansion, and its level was no less than that of the Privy Council. Without curiosity, Li Kui then lowered his head and saw a pack of food that he had left before leaving. He was a passerby from Jingdong East. This place was formerly called Qingzhou, but later returned to Shandong and was good at burrito.

Li Kui was in the lobby of the Privy Council. After rolling a cake as if no one was around, he found that Li Qingchen and Master Lu were staring at him in a daze, and his eyes were full of incredible ideas. Li Kui was a tactful person and asked Li Qingchen with a shy face: "Teacher, are you always having a meal?"

That is, Li Qingchen, Li Kui used respectful words.

Li Qingchen glared and said, "I have been waiting for you. Do you think I have used it?"

Li Kui hesitated for a moment, handed the pancake in his hand to Li Qingchen, and tentatively said: "Or, teacher, please take a simple bite!"

"You are not simple. You are the ones who eat randomly in the imperial city." While speaking, Li Qingchen took a bite and picked up a cake with mutton. It was very laborious to bite, but it was surprisingly fragrant. He nodded and said, "You guy is still a little bit of research on eating, but you have to stop at the right time. Don't learn from Lao Su, see what he has eaten?"

The fat man was despised, and Li Qingchen said that he was quite disdainful of Su Shi's fat body.

Of course, Li Qingchen is not the kind of old-fashioned person. He is actually not a treacherous official. He is more of an official like Su Che, who claims to himself as the literati. He can eat delicacies, or eat simple food, and has no priorities on food and clothing. However, he is not stingy and does not deliberately flatter himself.

In contrast, Li Kui is more willing to deal with people like Li Qingchen than with Zeng Bu, Yang Wei and others.

Zeng Bu and others used all the means to do everything they could. It can be said that they were officials for the sake of power and never thought of doing things. Li Qingchen wanted to be an official and was also doing things. In comparison, Li Qingchen was much more pure. As for Cai Jing... this guy was probably an official to make money and take power, which was one level lower than Zeng Bu's higher level.

Speaking of Master, Li Kui must stand up and say a fair word: "The bachelor has not delayed his work for the people. It is better to be greedy than to be greedy for the sake of the people."

Li Qingchen frowned slightly and said no more.

He didn't like Li Kui before, but more often than not like Su Shi and Su Che brothers, especially Su Shi. They were also the juniors of Ouyang Xiu, and were boasted by Lao Ou as literary giants who were rare in the sky and never on the earth. But Lao Ou was inauthentic to secretly rank Su Shi ahead of Li Qingchen, which made the conceited Li Qingchen very angry. But if you really want to write articles, poems, songs, Li Qingchen is indeed not as good as Su Shi, which is embarrassing. He can only sulk in his anger, and he can't tell it out, but he can only hold it in his heart. It's cowardly!

I love the house and the mistress. When I see Li Kui, I think of Su Shi. Can I feel happy?

He is a dignified Li Qingchen and his posture of being a dragon and a phoenix among people is comparable to that of a salted fish like Su Shi in the officialdom?

Of course, Li Qingchen's articles are indeed good. Ouyang Xiu once boasted that Li Qingchen's literary talent has surpassed him. Of course, the words of literati cannot be believed. They are good at using exaggerated techniques and often say that a small matter is a catastrophe of mankind. But to be honest, Li Qingchen's articles are indeed outstanding among his peers.

At least Zhang Dun, who was more conceited than Li Qingchen, never thought of comparing Li Qingchen in his articles.

Zhang Dun didn't even think that his articles could compare to the best group of literati of the same era, so he had to shamelessly boast about his calligraphy, and his calligraphy level was as good as that of the Two Wangs.

Of course, Zhang Dun is a senior official and everything he says makes sense.

As for why the relationship between Li Qingchen and Li Kui has changed?

Because Li Qingchen discovered that although Sumen was hateful, they were more tolerant than Zeng Bu and Zhang Dun. In addition, Li Qingchen originally thought that Li Kui was the head of the disciples introduced by Sumen, but in fact, after his observation, this was not the case at all.

Li Kui is Li Kui.

Suma is Sumama.

Apart from being a bit of a fan of the officialdom, Li Kui basically has nothing to do with Sumen, conservatives, and even reformists. Even his identity as an imperial party is fake. This guy works with his own preferences and acts randomly. He has little rules to say, and he likes to smash it in a mess. If there is no movement, this guy will change his eyes and continue to make trouble. Tanhualang, who has been a Jinshi in Beijing for half a year, has never participated in a literary meeting. In addition to being in chaos all day, he is just going to the imperial boxing gym to play a big sword. If you say that such a Beijing official also forms a clique, even a villain like Cai Jing who is inclined to be in a state of affairs.

It is the truth to say that he has no way of doing anything and no sect. Especially after the big guys discovered Li Kui's nature, they all gave up the idea of ​​winning over Li Kui.

This guy is talented and always can scare people inadvertently. But he is also one of the best skills in causing trouble. He is like a bastard who suddenly sneaks into the court from the street. At first, everyone thought this guy was a ferocious beast, but in a blink of an eye, he realized that this guy was vegetarian, but he was very strong and no one could hold him back.

For example, Li Kui was in a state of leisure in the Secretariat, and then encouraged Su Song to build a big bell together. He really made it happen. Before the big bell tower of the Great Song Dynasty imperial city was built, this guy went to provoke the Queen Mother again.

Then he was driven to the northwest.

Before going to the northwest, he didn't say he didn't want to go, but wanted to be a judge, but was ruthlessly refuted. No one expected that in just half a year, Li Kui made great contributions in the northwest, and this time he returned to the capital as a hero of the Song Dynasty. Generally, officials who were recalled to the capital after making meritorious service only waited for them. When the peaches were transferred, some people wanted to pick ready-made peaches; the other was that the emperor and the court should use them.

Li Kui obviously belonged to the latter, the emperor and the court, who were all holding back their efforts to use troops against Xixia. As the official who made the greatest contribution to the war in Xixia, Li Kui naturally had to give greater power. In order to expect the Song Dynasty to win greater victory in the northwest.

So, it was very easy for Li Kui to come to the capital this time.

After the Emperor offered prisoners in Taimiao, it was when Li Kui left the capital again.

The Privy Council has been fighting with the Dushitang recently, but in the appointment of Li Kui, he magically maintained the same opinion and reused Li Kui.

There are reasons for the emperor, and on the issue of Western Xia, Li Qingchen and Zhang Dun's goals were the same. If Zeng Bu was sitting in the position of Privy Councilor, it would be impossible to say. However, Li Qingchen did not give Zhang Dun too much constraints on the major issues. Although they had turned against each other.

Li Qingchen's eyes at Li Kui were a little complicated. He had thought about trying to win over Li Kui, but he was worried that after winning over Li Kui, he would clean up the mess for Li Kui. In addition, he found that he could easily eat the cake that Li Kui could eat, but he actually held it.

"Look at the tea!"

The doorman brought hot tea, and Li Qingchen followed the tea and then breathed a sigh of relief.

But Master Lu was shining with his eyes on the side, and he reminded Li Kui anxiously that we were not here to eat pancakes in the Privy Council, but to do big things, but Li Kui didn't care about him at all.

"Sir, Sir!"

Master Lu whispered to remind Li Kui. Li Qingchen naturally discovered that Master Lu found an old man who looked strong and seemed to work hard. The traces of time were particularly clear on Master Lu's face. He looked like a craftsman, but he didn't understand why Li Kui brought him to the imperial city?

"Renjie, who is this person?"

"The Ministry of Works's Gold Workshop Supervisor."

Gold Workshop?

There are more workshops in the capital, and the most important thing is the workshop for making the Divine Arm Bow, which is directly affiliated to the Privy Council. Since its appearance, the Divine Arm Bow has always been a powerful weapon for the war in the Song Dynasty. It can attack, retreat and defend, and has an astonishing lethality. The only disadvantage is that the manufacturing of the Divine Arm Bow is numerous, time-consuming and expensive, and it is the most precious weapon in the Song Dynasty. The cost of each Divine Arm Bow is several hundred stag, and it has always remained high.

But now the position of the Divine Arm Bow on the list of the most expensive standard weapons in the Song Dynasty is no longer guaranteed.

Li Qingchen was a privy envoy, how could he get to know the workshop supervisor under the Ministry of Works? But from the name of the workshop, he guessed that he should be a craftsman who casts artillery, so he asked: "What problems are encountered in artillery casting, and I need to take action?"

"It's already cast, so I'm waiting for the Privy Council to order it to go to the schoolyard for the test of artillery."

Li Kui took a sip of tea slowly, as steady as a thousand-year-old turtle. But Li Qingchen's eyes twitched in anger and scolded: "Why didn't you say such an important military service earlier?"

Li Qingchen's anger did not scare Li Kui, but scared Master Lu to death. He fell to the ground and couldn't speak. If he could say it, only one or three words could express Master Lu's mood at this moment - it was unfair! Li Qingchen looked at Master Lu angrily and said impatiently: "I didn't say you."

Of course, Li Kui knew that Li Qingchen was not dissatisfied with Master Lu, because the small archery prison was not worthy of angering the dignified Privy Councilor.

"Teacher, the fastest test of the cannon will be tomorrow. Today is too late. I don't care about this time." Li Kui slowly found a piece of paper, wiped the sheep oil from his hands, and then took out a request for instructions that had been written long ago, waiting for Li Qingchen to take a look. After the latter read it, he said to Li Kui: "No need to be so troublesome, I will come in person tomorrow."

"Hey—" Li Kui secretly glanced at Master Lu, then looked at Li Qingchen, and said carefully: "Teacher, the experiment may not be successful!"

"You have used it all on the battlefield, why are the artillery made by the Ministry of Works not necessarily successful? Is it useful to shoot sloppy here? Is this artillery useful? I can't warn you that this artillery is a trick you said casually. If so, I will definitely not forgive you!" Li Qingchen warned.

Li Kui hurriedly denied: "How can it be? It's mainly in the northwest, and any student can do whatever they want. But this is in the capital, everything must be foolproof. I'm learning pragmatically from your teacher!"

"Stop cursing." Li Qingchen pointed at Li Kui angrily at the gate of the Privy Council and said, "Tomorrow, I will be waiting for me outside the old Zheng Gate."

Li Qingchen was angry as he spoke. His pragmatic style was simply ironic. Because he was not familiar with military affairs, the Privy Council is now very efficient. Although he has written many articles on how to rectify military power and improve combat power, it is all about talking about military power. If he really wants to do it, he has no idea how to start. This makes the Privy Council's slow service efficiency so annoying.

But there is nothing we can do about this. Li Qingchen also wanted to operate the Privy Council vigorously and resolutely, but the problem is that many military affairs require him to ask his subordinates and find past records to have a safe way. This makes the Privy Council's current affairs particularly delayed.

Li Kui didn't care about being scolded, but just reminded: "Teacher, you have to say this to the camp so that you can't be prepared for the time."

"You don't have to worry about this."

Li Kui turned around and suddenly stopped. He walked up to Li Qingchen carefully and asked Li Qingchen in a low voice: "Teacher, the student has made great contributions this time. What official position has the imperial court promoted me?"

He was also scrupleless and asked whatever he thought. The rules in the officialdom were only useful for those officials who were frivolous or followed the steps. Most of the rules in the officialdom like him could not restrain him.

Besides, he can't always hold a ninth-rank county lieutenant to command tens of thousands of troops, right?

This is not a matter of taking military men seriously.

Li Qingchen did not hide his thoughts and nodded, "You are the first person in Shaosheng. As soon as Yuan Chang's military merit verification documents arrived, your official position began to be discussed between the Ministry of Personnel and the Dushitang. Considering that you will also act as a military supervisor, Your Majesty will make the decision for you, and an observer's dispatch will not run away."

"Observer? How many ranks!" There were too many temporary dispatch officers in the Song Dynasty. Suddenly, one was taken out, which was normal for Li Kui to have never heard of.

"Fifth grade."

Li Qingchen shook his head helplessly. When Li Kui heard the fifth-rank official, he smiled and couldn't even close his mouth. He was about to change to the scorching official robe.

The next day.

Beiying Schoolyard.

Not only did Li Qingchen come, but Zhang Dun also came, and even Cai Bian, Zeng Bu and Su Song surrounded a young man and entered the schoolyard. After these people entered, the palace guards immediately took over the guards of the schoolyard.

Li Kui turned his head and said to Master Lu, "I want to hit it."

"Didn't you hit three shots before?"

Li Kui touched his chin and hesitated for a while and said, "Can you guarantee that a hundred steps forward?"

"It's less than a mile to push forward a hundred steps. Didn't you say that the range of the cannon is as important as the accuracy?" Master Lu is a technical talent and has a relatively straightforward mind. Of course, Li Kui's current official rank is not much greater than his.

Li Kui said in a deep voice: "I say you will win every shot, and there will naturally be a reason why you will win every shot. Your descendant."

Master Lu could see the Privy Councilor in his life already smoke from his ancestral tomb. He never thought that the emperor would come back, and he said in a daze: "That Your Majesty?"

"Just saying this to you, it would be a good idea to send a gift to Shaman Island." Li Kui sneered.

Master Lu then reacted and said tremblingly: "Is it the official?"

After finally eased, he made a great determination and said, "Sir, please listen to you."

If the emperor fails in the experiment, Li Kui is not necessarily unlucky, but Master Lu will definitely be unlucky. The emperor on the platform is unclear, but he found that Li Kui and others were pushing the cannons farther and farther away from them. Zhao Xu asked Li Qingchen in confusion: "Li Qing, why is this?"

"Maybe I'm afraid of disturbing the Holy Lord." Li Qingchen didn't understand what Li Kui was selling in the gourd. He could only find a reason to perfunctorily treat the emperor.

Fortunately, the launch preparations were completed.

The launch command is issued.

boom--

With a loud bang, a ball of fire and smoke passed, the shells rushed out of the cannon chamber and rushed towards an abandoned warehouse that was the target. I have to say that I was lucky. After the warehouse was hit by the shells, it shook for a while, and the roof of the warehouse collapsed. The dust was carried by the airflow and turned into a yellow smoke. From a visual perspective, this gun was simply invincible. Such movements seemed as if Li Kui was deliberately ambushing, and even the main owner didn't believe that the shells actually made such a majestic pomp?
To be continued...