Chapter 19: Lu Xiangsheng's Ethics

For Hong Chengchou and the others' chatter, Yun Zhao didn't listen to a word.

He looked at the Lu Xiangsheng in front of him carefully, but tragic pictures appeared in his mind.

There is the scene of Jiannu charging under artillery fire, the scene of the Tianxiong army fighting back, the scene of corpses all over the field, and of course, the scene of the not very strong, even thin man in white fighting with Jiannu in front of him.

The scene was extremely tragic......

This is the special product of the Ming Dynasty, the tragic hero.

The heroes of the Ming Dynasty are always very tragic!

Whether it is the Qi family army, or the white pole army, or the Tianxiong army, or the countless heroes who died in Liaodong.

Tragic is the only adjective that can be added to them.

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were clear, like a puddle of clear water, although the nose facing the sky was unsightly, it still made this man who was only in his thirties and already had a little gray hair between his temples look handsome and handsome.

"You're having a hard time, aren't you?"

Yun Zhao's mouth involuntarily asked this sentence.

Hong Chengchou laughed when he heard this: "Brother Jiandou, it's rare for a local tyrant to ask about your current situation, what an opportunity, don't miss it." ”

Lu Xiangsheng smiled slightly, took the tea in his hand and saluted Yun Zhao, and then said softly: "Cannon, the cannonball is insufficient, and the rest is a trivial matter." ”

Yun Zhao glanced at Hong Chengchou and said, "Xi'an craftsmen have hoarded 17,000 cannons and 100,000 catties of gunpowder. ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "That's the hidden goods of Gao Qiqian, the director of Beizhen, no one can move it, and no one dares to move it." ”

Lu Xiangsheng also shook his head and said: "I can't take it, if I take it privately, it will lead to a disagreement with the generals of the border army. ”

Hong Chengchou ignored Lu Xiangsheng's words, he felt that the fart was useless, and asked Yun Zhao directly: "Do you have a way not to offend Gao Qidive, and you can get the cannon and the gunpowder?" ”

Yun Zhao smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Hong Chengchou sighed and said: "The little pig in the past has grown into a thousand catties of giant pigs, and it seems that the little Guanzhong can no longer lock your heart." ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "It's just self-preservation." ”

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand again and again and said: "Don't come nonsense, my Ming frontier is already crumbling now, and it all depends on the soldiers to support it with their last breath, and at this time, you must not have a conflict with the senior eunuch."

The discord between the generals and commanders is far less than the lack of artillery in our army, and the consequences of the artillery are serious. ”

Hong Chengchou leaned his back on the chair and said lazily: "Since this pig has already said that there is a way to replenish that batch of ammunition to you, then he must have his own way, and he will not let Gao Qiqian get angry, let alone let you aggravate the conflict with Gao Qiqian."

Don't worry, he has a way, and in today's pass, he can speak more effectively than us.

By the way, pig, what are you going to do? ”

Yun Zhao covered his bare legs with a big coat, sat on the edge of the table, took a sip of hot tea and said, "King Qin will find a way." ”

"King Qin?" Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng exclaimed, then glanced at each other tacitly, and stopped mentioning the matter of the batch of ammunition.

Eunuchs are naturally close to the royal family, this is their nature, although in the days when eunuchs are rampant, those princes who were raised by the emperor as pigs saw the eunuchs as if they were ghosts.

Since the emperor got rid of Wei Zhongxian, the first wave of people in the Ming Dynasty who looked down on eunuchs were these princes, after all, in front of the eunuchs, they were the masters.

Since Yun Zhao said that he could use the power of King Qin, although he didn't know how to use it, Hong Chengchou took the lead in choosing to believe Yun Zhao, because since they started to deal with each other, Yun Zhao had never let him down.

Lu Xiangsheng lacked ammunition in the army, and it had reached the moment of urgency, and the situation did not allow him to be polite, since Yun Zhao and Hong Chengchou both felt that this matter was feasible, he would not talk much.

I drank a cup of tea very heroically to show my gratitude.

Lu Xiangsheng came, and Yun Zhao felt that drinking weak tea in the middle of the night was not a good way to entertain guests.

So, he ordered the old housekeeper of the Hong family to quickly prepare a table for the banquet, and he dressed himself and washed before he came out to meet the guests again.

Hong Chengchou looked at his old slave's tireless work, shook his head and said: "When I was in my hometown in Fujian, this old dog was not so attentive. ”

Yun Zhao raised his eyes and glanced at the loyal old butler standing behind Hong Chengchou, and said with a smile: "It's only been a few months, and people have earned you three thousand taels of silver for the Hong family, and this money is currently in my pocket, how can he not be courteous to me?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was taken aback and looked at Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou picked up the wine glass, and after the three of them touched a glass of wine, he said to Lu Xiangsheng: "I am not greedy, I have not bent the law, and I have no public weapons for private use.

This money is earned by this old dog in my family who went to the grassland with this pig, Brother Jiandou, I suggest for my brother, you should also send an old slave to follow this pig, within three years, the family must be different. ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "If the family is poor, you can't take a windfall. ”

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "This is not a windfall, let alone ill-gotten gains, take it outside the territory and use it within the territory, why not?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng raised his glass and toasted Hong Chengchou and Yun Zhao with a glass of wine, and said lightly: "The population of a certain family is simple, and I don't need a little money, the green vegetables and tofu are good in the mouth, and the money is sent back a lot, and my mother will suspect that I have changed my ambitions, and I will harass more, which is not good." ”

Yun Zhao said with a smile: "But all officials, come to me to take some benefits, if you don't take it, I won't be able to open my mind to talk to you."

Someone, bring me my gun. ”

Yun Zhao commanded, and without much effort, Liang San came to the house with Yun Zhao's equipment in his hand, put it on a low table and retreated.

Yun Zhao pointed to his equipment and said: "I am the only son in the family, my mother does not allow me to go into battle to kill the enemy, let alone let me fall into danger.

I heard that you, an official, are different from other officials and like to take the lead, so there is nothing else to say, and it is the right time to give the sword to the martyrs. ”

If it is gold and silver, beauty, Lu Xiangsheng will naturally not be interested in anything, and even think that Yun Zhao is humiliating him.

Since it was a gun, it suddenly made Lu Xiangsheng's interest high.

He took out Yun Zhao's short gun and looked at it carefully, and then exclaimed, "There is no trace of forging here, and the barrel is as smooth as a mirror." ”

Yun Zhao said with a smile: "These two short guns were originally two pieces of fine wrought iron, after being forged by craftsmen hundreds of times, they were stuffed with iron rods and put in the mold and violently hammered under a jack hammer, and then formed, and then carefully carved by master craftsmen, it became the current appearance."

Basically, it can be fired with thousands of bullets without damage to the barrel, the inner wall is smooth, the gun dirt is not sticked, the sub-medicine is fixed, the flint is fired, the ammunition is loaded, and the shooting can be instantaneous. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a long time, held the gun in his hand and sighed: "It seems that it can't be made in large quantities, right?" ”

Yun Zhao said: "It can be manufactured in large quantities, as long as you can afford the money, it will be done." ”

"How much does such a gun cost?"

Hong Chengchou saw Lu Xiangsheng's eyes glowing, so he patted Lu Xiangsheng's shoulder and said, "Brother Jiandou still don't ask." ”

Yun Zhao looked at Lu Xiangsheng's longing gaze and said softly: "Two hundred taels of silver, and there is no profit margin. ”

After hearing Yun Zhao finish talking about the price, the glint of hope in Lu Xiangsheng's eyes disappeared, silently put away Yun Zhao's gun, and picked up the grenade equipped by Yun Zhao and studied it carefully.

"This thing is called a grenade, as the name suggests, it is a sharp weapon for killing the enemy in close combat, once it explodes, there are countless fragments bursting, and the main purpose is to hurt the enemy."

"It's worth a lot of money, isn't it?"

Yun Zhao said: "The price offered by the craftsmen of Xi'an Mansion is five taels of silver, and there is a thing called ten thousand enemies, the killing efficiency is even more amazing, people offer two hundred taels, these things are one-time killing weapons, that is to say, throw a grenade out, whether or not we kill the enemy, our five taels of silver will be gone."

In a battle, throwing thousands of grenades is a common thing, and without enough money, you can't use this thing to fight. ”

Lu Xiangsheng raised his head and looked at Yun Zhao and said, "Can you owe a certain family a thousand of these grenades on credit first?" ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "Naturally, it's okay, but I don't know when you, the official, plan to give the money?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said: "It's okay, just use the old example of Brother Yanyan, a certain family will write a letter to the family, and ask the old mother to send the old family over, two!" ”

Yun Zhao, Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed in unison, and Lu Xiangsheng himself laughed the most.