Dai Mao just mentioned Cao Junshi in the morning, and the other party has come over now. Wang Shijing looked at Dai Mao, is it because of Wang Jisong? He opened the curtain, and Dai Mao and Cao Junshi bowed again and entered the tent.

"Wang Shaozhengjun."

"Good morning, General Dai and Cao Junshi."

Brother Hu raised his eyelids and lay quietly on the bed, his soft abdomen protected the sleeping little prince and Xiao Xingyi.

Seeing that Shao Yunan was going to make tea, Cao Junshi immediately said: "I don't dare to bother Zhengjun. I came here to ask for something."

Cao Junshi is Dai Mingrong's henchman, but the military advisors in the army do not have official positions. Facing Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan, they are much more cautious than Dai Mao. When he said this, Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan were very surprised. What's the matter? Can you ask Cao Junshi to "beg"? Wang Shijing immediately asked, "I don't know what happened to Cao Junshi?"

Cao Junshi first bowed, and then explained the purpose of his visit. It turned out that what Cao Junshi asked for was not "things", but "people".

The three children, Jiang Moxi, Wang Qing, and Nizi, were strolling in the barracks. When passing by the craftsman's camp, Shi Qiang didn't mean to take them in to visit. Wang Qing and Nizi had no idea, but Jiang Moxi didn't leave. Jiang Moxi is the owner of the private workshop. After just a few glances, he knows what this place does. The craftsmanship camp is not a secret place in the Yihu Army's barracks, and the barracks is only a branch of the craftsmanship camp. Ministry, the main production part is in the city. Shi Qiang didn't bring them in because there were low-ranking auxiliary soldiers, craftsmen, and handymen in the craftsman's camp. It was dirty and messy, so how could he bring three little nobles in.

Jiang Moxi entered the craftsmanship as soon as he turned around. He didn't even ask if he could enter. Wang Qing and Nizi only followed their elder brother, and the two children followed. messed up. The captain of the craftsmanship hurried over to greet him, but Jiang Moxi didn't even look at each other, and went straight to where the craftsmen were busy. The captain must have a bad face, but he didn't dare to attack.

Wang Qing and Nizi are not too dirty, they are just curious, but Jiang Moxi is different. After a look around in the craftsmanship, Jiang Moxi asked Shi Qiang to take Wang Qing and Nizi away. If he wants to stay, Wang Qinghe Nizi didn't leave, and Jiang Moxi didn't talk much. She rolled up her sleeves and asked someone to take a pen and paper.

Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan don't know what knowledge Jiang Moxi has learned, but the private business workshop has successfully developed gunpowder and created many "advanced weapons" such as saber, long knife, light crossbow, heavy crossbow, and repeated crossbow. , This matter is kept secret from the outside world, but it cannot be concealed from Wang Shijing and Shao Yunan. Wang Shijing did not participate in the private affairs workshop. Jiang Moxi and the old general were all in charge. The owner of the private workshop personally guided the craftsmanship. The result can be imagined.

After Jiang Moxi drew a drawing of a dagger, the commander, who was still dissatisfied, no longer dared to hold any dissatisfaction, and hurriedly sent someone to report to the commander, but the commander ran away, and the young commander went to cry night again. , for the time being, only the commander Cao Junshi, who is most trusted by the commander, went to the Craftsman Camp immediately after receiving the news. After that, Cao Junshi immediately ordered the Craftsman Camp to be on alert. "borrow".

"Guo Gong, I implore the Guo Gong to allow Young Master Jiang to give some pointers in the craftsmanship." Cao Junshi gave a big gift. When Dai came, he knew the purpose of Cao Junshi. Of course, he knew what Jiang Moxi meant to their Yihu Army. what. After Cao Junshi finished speaking, Dai Mao also immediately said: "Guo Gong, Zhengjun, Young Master Jiang is young and promising, and it is the talent that my Yihu Army urgently needs. Young Master Jiang only needs to give some pointers when he has time."

Wang Shijing raised his hand and told Dai Mao not to be in a hurry, and said, "Brother Xi is willing to go to the craftsmanship camp, and I will let him do everything. It's just that this matter should not be publicized. Brother Xi is a prodigy, and the emperor also values ​​him very much. There can be no lapses in safety.”

Cao Junshi and Dai Mao were immediately excited, Dai Mao patted his chest and assured: "The last general will guarantee the safety of Young Master Jiang with his life! The prince of the country, the righteousness of the monarch, please accept the last general's bow!"

Wang Shijing hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, but said, "Don't hide the general, this master is also very curious about the craftsmanship, and I don't know if I can go there."

"The last will not ask for it!"

Dai Mao said that wind is rain, so he took Wang Shijing and left, and Cao Junshi also followed. Shao Yunan showed a satisfied smile. The timing was really coincidental. Just as Brother Jing wanted to improve the conditions in the army, Cao Junshi sent the Craftsman Camp. There are a large number of all-round craftsmen concentrated in the craftsmanship camp. With Brother Xi there, maybe Brother Jing can really achieve what he wants.

Shao Yunan was powerless to do this kind of thing, leaving Brother Hu to guard outside, Shao Yunan entered the space to find all the books that Wang Shijing and Jiang Moxi might need to use, sort them out and put them away.

When Wang Shijing and Jiang Moxi went, they didn't come back until late at night. Wang Qing was nowhere to be seen, and only Nizi came back for lunch. Shao Yunan prepared lunch and sent it to the craftsman's camp for the three of them. He also specially made a large pot of boiled meat slices to add vegetables to the masters of the craftsman's camp.

The Yihu Army showed respect for the loyal and brave husbands. Only Wang Shaozhengjun would cook for them by himself. Wang Shijing did not care about looking for his old comrades to reminisce, so he plunged in with Jiang Moxi. In the craftsmanship, although Wang Qing does not understand those techniques, he insists on staying in the craftsmanship to learn. For scholars, the status of craftsmen is low. As a loyal and brave prince, Wang Qing has such determination and won a lot of goodwill. .

In the evening, after Wang Shijing, Jiang Moxi, and Wang Qing came back, they ate without looking up and asked to enter the space. Shao Yunan closed the curtain early, expressing his intention to rest early, and sent everyone (the tiger) into the space. He stayed outside alone, and he picked everyone up the next morning. With Wang Shijing in the space, Xiao Xingyi and the little prince are not worried that no one will take care of them.

In the "disappearance" of the commander, Shao Yunan and Nizi became the most idle people. Shi Qiang became a nanny. Every day he took Nizi around in the barracks and took her to horseback riding. Shi Qiang was not unhappy at all, he was happy. Not to mention how well-behaved Nizi is, she is absolutely willing to feed him all kinds of snacks in Nizi's bag. Nizi was not unhappy that the two brothers did not accompany her. After the game was nothing new, she obediently and her little father took care of the two younger brothers and helped the little father cook. Many things do.

Seven days later, the "missing" commander, Dai Mingrong, came back. The blue eyes in his eyes, the unshaved beard on his chin, and the look on his face that he had been starving for many days, almost didn't frighten the soldiers to death, but Dai Mingrong. The light in his eyes was unprecedentedly hot, and as soon as he came back, he went to find his son. After the father and son murmured in the handsome tent for a long time, Dai Mingrong called his personal guard and handed him a locked wooden box, asking him to send it to Dai Ming, the general of Kuyeguan, as quickly as possible. in the hands of the army.

Several senior generals led by Dai Mao and others asked to meet the commander. Because the commander was not there, the armaments they brought this time remained the same, and no one dared to move. The secret weapons that Dai Zhanxiao brought back last time were kept in a safe place, and only Dai Mingrong and Dai Zhanxiao knew about it. This time, Dai Mingrong left behind the generals who had been with him for many years and held a closed-door meeting.

This day, Shao Yunan never saw his father and those generals Dai Mao again. In the middle of the night, Dai Mao took a team of 100 elite soldiers and left the barracks with 30 carts of stuff, and he did not know where to go. The next day, Wang Shijing asked to see Dai Mingrong, and Weng's "son-in-law" discussed it behind closed doors for most of the day. After that, Dai Mingrong held a closed-door meeting with the generals again. After Dai Zhanxiao came back from Waiye Pass, Dai Mingrong asked all the armies, including the Pioneer Army, to conduct a battle of the whole army, and selected the most elite 1,000 people to form a special battalion, led by Dai Zhanxiao. The battalion was temporarily handed over to Dai Zhanxiao's adjutant, led by Shi Qiang's brother Shi Zhuang.

After the formation of this special battalion, Dai Zhanxiao took the special battalion out of the Yihu Army's barracks, and Wang Shijing went with the army. At the same time, a secret document about the formation and training plan of the special battalion was delivered to Kuyeguan. The general Dai Ming used the same method to select 1,000 people from the Eagle Army to form a special battalion, led by Dai Zhanxiao and Shao Yunan. His cousin, Dai Mingjun's eldest son, Dai Zhanli, commander-in-chief.

In the capital, a secret letter was expedited at the border—the fiefdom was delivered to the Donglin Temple and Emperor Yongming’s desk. Every time he read it, Emperor Yongming’s mood could be refreshed for several days. This time, it was getting dark, and Tiger Xingguan played urgently. Emperor Yongming, who was having dinner with the Queen, didn't even have time to wipe his mouth, so he got up and hurried to the East Palace. After a while, the **** arrived at Jingyou Palace, and the emperor asked the queen to hurry over.

As soon as the queen stepped into the East Lining Hall, she heard the excited voice of Emperor Yongming: "Qi You, come and see, the hussar general has sent me a large letter!"

Emperor Yongming happily called out the name of the queen, and the queen quickly walked over: "What kind of ceremony makes the emperor so happy?"

Emperor Yongming took a stick with different thicknesses in both hands and handed it to the queen: "Come and see."

When the Queen got her hand, she was full of doubts: "What is this?" Dizi? Obviously not.

"Look from here." Emperor Yongming looked at the "stick" in one hand and told the queen where to look. The Queen raised the stick in puzzlement, what was there to see in the stick?

Emperor Yongming's hand slowly rotated the lower part of the stick, and the originally blurred view of the queen gradually became clear. After taking a look, he exclaimed heavily and turned his head: "Your Majesty!"

With a wicked smile on Emperor Yongming's face, the Queen pulled his hand down, aimed it again, and learned to rotate like Emperor Yongming just now. After the queen fully understood the meaning of this thing, he couldn't suppress his excitement, ran to the window, pushed the window open, and raised the "stick" again. Emperor Yongming walked behind the queen, put his arms around his waist, and said in his ear, "Qi You, can you see the palace wall?"

The queen was so excited that she couldn't say anything. He didn't know if the ignition torch he saw was on the palace wall. All he knew was that he could see very far!

Putting down his hands, the Queen turned around. He who had brought soldiers and fought in battles immediately understood how important this thing was.

"Your Majesty! This, this!"

"Qi You, don't get excited, don't get excited." Emperor Yongming wouldn't tell the Empress how excited he was just now, he laughed wantonly, "I know what you thought. Haha, I didn't expect that the loyal and brave husband went to the border, and he was so excited. You can still bring me so many surprises." Lowering his voice, Emperor Yongming said softly, "This is what Wang Shijing and Jiang Moxi tinkered with together, it's called Clairvoyance. Wang Shijing played it up, he wants to stay longer at Huxing Pass. Day, I, it's right."

The last two words, Emperor Yongming said a little nervously. The longer Wang Shijing stayed at the border gate, the later the prince would come back. Emperor Yongming also misses the prince, but compared with some things, the prince's return to Beijing is not so important.

The queen shook her head: "Your Majesty, don't you know your ministers for so many years? Even if the crown prince is to stay in Huxingguan for five or ten years, as long as it is good for me, Dayan, the ministers will have nothing to say!"

Emperor Yongming hugged the Queen tightly and hugged his only love in this life: "I knew Qi You could understand. Qi You, I, I am very happy, very happy."

"emperor……"

The two hugged tightly.

Five days later, the imperial history of the censors told the emperor that the embankment of Jiangnan Road collapsed, and the river flooded a village near the river course, and no major losses were caused at all. The imperial censor participated in the report that the Ministry of Work had dereliction of duty regarding the construction of the river embankment. Emperor Yongming demanded an unprecedented thorough investigation, but on the tenth day, more than a dozen officials, including the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Work, were demoted and detained.

Kang Rui, the former servant of the Ministry of Rites, was transferred to the Ministry of Works and served as Minister of the Ministry of Works. Immediately after Chunwei, a group of new jinshi entered the Ministry of Industry through recommendation and selection, filling the vacancies of the Ministry of Industry officials. Emperor Yongming urgently reassigned Jiang Kangning, the prefect of Chinan Prefecture, as the Minister of Household, Su Jin'an, the son of the Duke of Lu, was appointed as the prefect of Chinan Prefecture, and the former Minister of Household was transferred to the cabinet. After all the officials took office, Emperor Yongming summoned the Minister of Industry, the Minister of War, and the Minister of Household. The Ministry of Household paid money, the Ministry of War cooperated, and the Minister of Works got a lot of blueprints from the emperor, and the Ministry of Works wanted to make finished products according to the drawings in the shortest possible time.

At the end of July, the Great Khan of the Huhar Kingdom once again vehemently demanded Dai Mingrong to exchange King Keqin in accordance with the agreement between the two countries. In mid-August, Wang Shijing, as a loyal and brave man, exchanged for King Keqin at a place twenty miles away from Huxing Pass. Huhar paid 3,000 sheepskins and hides, 5,000 cattle, horses and sheep, 2,000,000 taels of silver, and countless other specialties of the Hu kingdom in exchange for King Keqin.

In mid-August, the State of Huhar sent troops to the State of Yan, and in the same month, Princess Wuzhen led 50,000 warriors from the mountain tribes to support Huxingguan.