In the study outside, Xu Hao was too lazy to care about why Princess Jiangdu came to visit. However, he heard people repeatedly praised the princess for her outstanding appearance and talent. Comrade Zhu once laughed and said that she married her granddaughter too early.

Xu Hao disagreed with this. The princess married Geng Xuan, the eldest son of Geng Bingwen, Changxing Hou. What is her identity? Geng Xuan is much better than herself.

It is said that the veteran General Geng Bingwen is the best at defending Changxing City. He defended Changxing City for ten years and blocked Zhang Shicheng's crazy attack. With this contribution, Xu Da ranks first.

At present, General Geng quelled the rebellion in Jiangnan and led his troops to Yunnan to support Mu Chun in suppressing the rebellion. He worked hard enough. Guo Ying returned to the capital to rest due to his old injuries, which shows that Geng Bingwen is very trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it also shows that the court has gradually become no one available.

Interestingly, when Guo Yu, who lost his official position, left the angry Shangbaosi, Geng Xuan, the third son of the Geng family, went in. Sure enough, Shangbaosi was the first-class gilded yamen in the capital yamen.

In fact, it is not a question that Zhu Yuanzhang had to divide the Governor's Office into five. In addition to dispersing military power, it was also a helpless move. There were too many noble children and had to be arranged for a place. The princess and son-in-law Geng Xuan worked in the Governor's Office of the Front Army, and the second brother Geng Yan was in the Governor's Office of the Later Army. Almost all the noble children Xu Hao knew were crowded in the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and few people were willing to stay away from the capital and become hereditary thousand households in the local area.

At this moment, he happily said to the four Taoist priests and six or seven craftsmen in front of him: "The masters are all national wise men. Each of them should give a heavy reward of 1,000 silver, 500 pieces of cloth, silk and 10,000 stones of food. If this is not the case, it would not be enough to express Xu's gratitude."

Zhou Peng on the side was shocked. He didn't expect Xu Hao to attach so much importance to firearms. He was willing to spend so much money to reward them. It seemed that the court must have some intentions for the north.

Unexpectedly, the craftsmen knelt down collectively. Master Xu, the leader, said: "The reason why Lao Xie and others tried their best to improve the firearms and gunpowder formula was to ask Mr. Xu for grace, and money was something outside of his body."

Xu Hao hurriedly helped Master Xu up with both hands and said, "Do you want to get rid of the craftsmanship for future generations? It will be difficult for Xu to do this for a while, but he can guarantee that this will be done within five years. He will never go back on his word."

He ordered Li Qiu to see off Master Xu and others, and Xu Hao said to the four Taoist priests: "Well done, you can stay in Qingxu Temple nearby for a few days, and then reward them on merit and wait for my orders."

"Yes." One of the Taoists said embarrassedly: "I have been holding it in Fengyang for a long time. Can you please reward a few sisters?"

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Let Mu Yi take you to Qinhuai River to have fun, go there."

When the Taoists happily followed Mu Yi out, Zhou Peng smiled and said, "I remember the recipe. I didn't expect that this gunpowder was so wonderful, which opened my eyes."

Xu Hao said anxiously: "Tell me quickly. I still don't believe that progress can be so rapid. In just over a year, new gunpowder has been developed."

Zhou Peng smiled and said, "Talks said that there are indeed some tricks in the alchemy of those Taoists. They rush to make the things you provide all day long and accidentally refined a kind of nitro water."

Xu Hao said in confusion: "What is the sirmonia water?"

Poor Xu Daxia's chemical level is infinitely equivalent to the middle-second level, but it is also a product from the modern civilization education assembly line, and the foundation is still a little bit.

Zhou Peng said: "I don't know either. I only know that the nitrogen-water corrosion is no worse than mercury."

Xu Hao suddenly said, "That's sulfuric acid. Yes, this sulfuric acid is the ingredient used on explosives. Oh, it's God's will."

Looking at Xu Hao's face with a surprise look, he almost stood up and danced. He swept away his usual calmness.

Zhou Peng said in his heart that only when he was working for the country and the people could he be so disobedient. He was a true unparalleled man and said with conscientious conscience: "You are indeed proficient in miscellaneous studies, and no one in the world can compare to you."

Xu Hao smiled and said, "It's far from it. Most of them only know the truth but not the reason. They are commonly known as half-baked guys. To put it bluntly, they are useless. At most, they can be a prophet consultant."

Zhou Peng smiled and said, "This is enough. You don't need to do it yourself as you are. There are skilled craftsmen in the world. This time, Fengyang gathered more than 300 craftsmen from all over the country to develop it for nearly two years, and finally he can explain to His Majesty."

For a moment, Xu Hao did not continue to ask about the details of the gunpowder, but said excitedly: "I didn't have much hope at first. The Beijing Firearms Bureau ignored this and only knew to guard what they already had. I was so angry that I told Your Majesty that day that allow garrisons in the world to make firearms on their own. This is a far-sighted move by the Lord. It is easy for you to not be enterprising when you move to the capital. Only with competition can you develop. The research and development of this firearm is boring and dangerous, just like if you don't advance, you will retreat if you don't advance.

Let’s talk about how many years did the city-defense weapons invented by the Song Dynasty block the Mongols in Xiangyang? One day, the Mongols returned to the Huihua cannon when they attacked Arabia. Foreigners improved the stone-cattering tools into powerful siege weapons, and as a result they broke the solid city walls and led to the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty initially attached importance to the Song Dynasty firearms, but later gradually felt that they were not very useful. What was the result? His Majesty instead drove away the Yuan and Meng with improved firearms and elite soldiers and defeated the powerful men from all sides.

Looking at all my dynasties, I have been short of war horses, and how can I compete with the cavalry of the foreigners without continuing to improve firearms? From the bronze weapons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the early years to the Qin Dynasty, steel and strong bows appeared to unify the world. To this day, the ways of military tactics, war formations, and even armored swords to various firearms will change at all times over time. In short, the power of weapons is greater and the war is more complicated. Therefore, it is the most unscrupulous to defend the incompleteness and stubbornness of the dynasty. Our dynasty is not determined to make progress and the alien races in all directions will never stand still, and we can no longer stage the shame of Jingkang."

Zhou Peng nodded and said, "Listen to you, just like reading for ten years. I think I only know how to study the Four Books and Five Classics and wasted half of my life. Now I realize that the eight-legged articles are really useless, and the neat parallelism is just articles. After all, the place where an official manages is to understand the world with a sense of human nature. For generals, you need to judge the situation and make flexible changes. You cannot just read books blindly!"

Xu Hao smiled and said, "That's true. Studying hard may be beneficial to personal conduct, but it is not very useful to the country and the country. Do you know that the Japanese people said that there is no China since the fall of the Tang and Song dynasties? Without a sense of awe, they often ridiculed the incompetence of the Han people, claiming to have inherited the Han culture since the Han and Tang dynasties. Japanese pirates are a living example. One day, Japan will not be allowed to cross the sea and fight with the troops of the whole country."

Suddenly someone outside shouted, "I must lead my troops to destroy Japan."

Zhou Peng was startled, but Xu Hao smiled and saw Zhu Gaoxu who was angry from outside. Zhu Gaochi, who looked helpless, followed behind him.

Zhou Peng hurriedly acted and was about to kowtow. Xu Hao grabbed him and said with a smile: "There is gold under the knees of men. There is no need to kowtow to the princes except the emperor. Even scholars have become cordial, and my Ming Dynasty is over."

"You don't need to kneel down when you see an official. The royal family is a foreign vassal and a fellow disciple." Zhu Gaochi walked over slowly and sighed, "What do you tell me about this? Don't really lead troops to fight Japan. Although Japan is small, it has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. Besides, the court will definitely not allow it."

Zhu Gaoxu said disdainfully: "I have been withstood the Japanese for a long time. As long as the emperor's grandfather issued an order, I will surely siege Japan. I want to compete with my Ming Dynasty in a mere little place?"

Zhu Gaochi frowned and said to Xu Hao, "Look at him, he doesn't know the world is high."

"I'm always so ambitious!" Xu Hao smiled again, "Congratulations to my brother for having Lin'er soon. Are you here with my sister-in-law?"

Zhu Gaochi laughed and said, "How can you travel far when you are pregnant? You will naturally stay in Peiping."

Xu Hao thought to himself that a princess from Jiangdu came to the inner house, and a brother Zhu Gaochi came to the outer house. It seemed that they wanted to find out the truth and reality. While hoping that Comrade Zhu would insist on passing the throne, he dreamed of changing the edict. In fact, the emperor issued an order to summon princes of each royal palace to Beijing, and it was clear who he wanted to pass the throne to.

Zhou Peng didn't dare to speak, and stood aside honestly. Xu Hao shook his head when he saw this and asked, "Why did you two brothers come to me? When will you enter Beijing? Where are my parents?"

Zhu Gaoxu said first: "Your father is now the right chief of the royal palace, and you will not come back with your mother."

Xu Hao was startled at first. Then he realized that this was not the idea of ​​Zhu Di, and it must have been done by the counselors around Zhu Yunwen.

It turned out that the Chief Secretary of the Prince's Mansion was a yamen under the dual jurisdiction of the court and the Prince's Mansion, and was considered a special official in the Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, in order to serve as a bridge of communication, to submit memorials to the court, and to serve the Prince's Mansion, it also supervises the prince's behavior for the court. If the prince is wrong, the court must first ask the Chief Secretary.

It seems that even after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, even if his parents were in the hands of others, Zhu Di had a strange intention to expose it or not? If he had offended Zhu Di, it was unknown whether he could live. If he did not expose a crime of inattention, he would have to die. In short, it was like a mouse in a bellows being angry.

Which bastard had a bad idea? He was really immoral and smoked. Xu Hao realized the seriousness of the problem, that is, the dormant period before Zhu Di rebelled, and it was also a time when his father could easily lose his life.

Xu Hao sneered in his heart and used a uselessness. He wrote a letter to call my father to resign from his post at night. Is it true that my father and son are not an official? If you dare to deal with me, I swear that as long as you live, I will kill you with your own hands, regardless of whether you are the emperor or not.

At this moment, Zhu Gaochi already knew his father's plan for the throne. He didn't know that he was just blind, so he had been observing Xu Hao's reaction. When he saw Xu Hao stunned for a moment, he then smiled indifferently.

However, even if Zhu Gaochi guessed it, he didn't know what was going on between Xu Hao and Zhu Di. After all, Xu Hao had the natural disguise of his relatives, so it was normal for him to walk frequently with the Yan Prince's Mansion.

This man must be reprimanded between the royal father and son. Zhu Di would never let his sons participate. In recent years, it was not that the prince reported his father's fault, either out of public interest or in order to replace him.

Xu Hao said: "You happened to be here. Princess Jiangdu and several princesses were in the inner house. Should you go in and meet?"

Zhu Gaochi withdrew his gaze and smiled: "Elder is here to pay homage to you."

Zhu Gaoxu said unhappily: "I will never see you. As soon as I enter Beijing, I will ask my elder brother and I to live in my grandfather's house. I don't want to come and join you. I will face a group of elders all day long and feel uncomfortable. I will go hunting."

They lived in the Duke of Wei's Mansion? Xu Hao thought to himself that the situation was getting more and more complicated. It seemed that it would not take long for him to be moved to the capital. He knew that it was not a good thing to give Li Shanchang the mansion for no reason. As expected.

Xu Hao said, "Then you go hunting, I will accompany my brother in to meet you."

"Let's go." Zhu Gaoxu got up and ran away without saying a word. Zhu Gaochi sighed: "You see he is rude. Today I saw several uncles and didn't even say hello. My uncle was so angry that he scolded him in public without knowing the politeness."

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Although he is tall and big, he is still a twelve-year-old child. As a vassal king, don't blame him too much."

Zhu Gaochi said angrily: "Just just help him talk. What should you do when he gets into trouble sooner or later?" Xu Hao smiled and said: "Let's brother, don't you talk about second brother, aren't you the same?"

Now that he said goodbye to Zhou Peng, Xu Hao and Zhu Gaochi, who were supported by the little eunuch, slowly walked towards the inner house. After walking a few steps, he saw Zhu Gaochi sweating profusely and called a sedan chair.

Zhu Gaochi said embarrassedly: "This summer in Jinling is too hot."

Xu Hao took the opportunity to ask, "Beijing is also very hot at this time, right? I don't know if my elder sister is doing well now."

Zhu Gaochi sighed, "I didn't expect your family to betroth Qinglian to Zhang Fu. Don't worry, the couple respect each other as guests. Everyone praised Qinglian for being virtuous and conscious. I don't know how loving it is."

Xu Hao smiled and said, "I heard that my brother has taken four concubines in one go this year, and with the original four concubines, I don't regret marrying my elder sister to Zhang Fu. It's better to compete for favor than to compete for favor with others. What do you think, brother?"

Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think I am willing? There are only three brothers under my father. They all think that I will spread more for the King of Yan. Anyway, I have always been worried about this matter, it is all your fault."

Xu Hao was a little surprised that Zhu Gaochi would be honest with his thoughts and a warm feeling rose in his heart. After all, this brother was a kind and generous person with a broad mind. Otherwise, he would not have been able to be highly expected by Zhu Yuanzhang even if he was disabled. He would have been appointed as the prince of the King of Yan, nor would he be appointed as the crown prince by Zhu Di in the future.

Speaking of which, the father and son of Comrade Zhu are surprisingly consistent in choosing heirs, and they both tend to be kind and righteous eldest son rather than other sons with outstanding martial arts. What about themselves in the future?

"Forget it, I'm good to you and my sister to everyone." Xu Hao said softly.

Zhu Gaochi's eyes showed a look of pain and nodded, "I will do my best."

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Think about the unborn child. This person has to learn to give up when he grows up. If his brother grows up, I have to do this too."

"Is that right?" Zhu Gaochi suddenly said in confusion: "Is it because you mean that you have other intentions?"

Xu Hao secretly scolded himself for being confused, why did he forget the rift between his brothers? But at this moment, he would undoubtedly become darker and darker, so he had to say: "I am talking about a woman. I am now having a headache about this matter. A person is always unable to get along with it and cannot take care of it."

Zhu Gaochi laughed and said, "Thinking about these useless things all day long. As a man, you must consider serious things. Being entangled in love with your children will only make your hero angry and achieve nothing."

Xu Hao sneered: "If I can't even take care of my own women, why don't I talk about doing serious things? How can I clean up the world if I don't clean up a room?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said, "It seems that even if you are a genius, your future achievements will be limited."
Chapter completed!