"Why is it like this?" Xie Xiaowan looked at Xianggong's bandaged hands like crabs, and her eyes were red with distress.

Xu Jin hurriedly smiled and comforted: "It's just a slight damage, it's not in the way, I don't believe you ask for three shots." ”

Xie Sangun said with a smile: "That's it, if I were replaced, this little injury would not need to be bandaged at all, what is the bleeding of the old man, look at what it looks like now, the girls are twittering!" ”

Xie Xiaowan poked her brother's forehead lightly and said, "Don't talk about cool words, you have practiced martial arts since you were a child, how can your brother-in-law have your skin." ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "The lady can't look down on your father-in-law, if the three guns dare to let me use both hands and feet, I will definitely beat him into a pig-headed fourth." ”

The girls laughed out loud, and Xie Xiaowan couldn't help but glance at her father-in-law. Xie Sangun said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, that's not necessarily, with your current appearance as a crab overlord, maybe I don't have to use my hands and feet, and I will turn you over with one butt." ”

In the early spring and early summer, she couldn't help but giggle with her little mouth, Xie Xiaowan rewarded her younger brother and said: "The wings are stiff, right, if you don't compare with your sister, what kind of ability is it to bully your brother-in-law's weak scholar." ”

"Okay, good, I've heard that Mrs. has a good martial arts, and the maid has long wanted to see it." In early summer, I was afraid that the world would not clapped and screamed.

"Babble, babble......!" The little guy in the arms of the beautiful maid Yue'er also danced with her hands, attracting everyone's joy.

Xie Sangun scratched his head and said, "Forget it, it's a shame to lose, and it is estimated that the second brother will clean up if you win." With that, he slipped out of the house with a grin.

Xie Xiaowan was not at ease after all, she carefully dismantled the gauze on Xu Jin's hand, checked that it was indeed not seriously injured, and then put her mind at ease, and while re-bandaging, she pouted and said: "Xianggong, just leave the matter of testing firearms to the people below in the future, there is no need to do it yourself, it's okay this time, if it's ...... next time"

Xiao Nizi said that her eyes were red again, Xu Jin hurriedly assured that there would be no next time, in fact, today is really dangerous, if you blow up your eyes, it is possible to be blind, you are really careless.

As soon as Xie Xiaowan finished changing hands for Xu Jin, a maidservant walked in with an invitation and said, "Master, Wei Guogong has given you a post. ”

Xu Jin stretched out the "crab claws" to take the invitation and opened it to take a look, it turned out that it was Wei Guogong Xu Pengju who asked him to go to Boiling Snow House after work to talk about things, it is estimated that he was discussing the matter of the "Tiger Cup" on the fifth day of the next month, nodded and said: "Tell the person who sent the post that this official will go to the appointment on time!" ”

The servant girl said yes and withdrew.

Next, Xu Jin went back to the room to take a nap, and as soon as he got up and freshened up, the little emperor came to the door, and he also brought the imperial doctor Li Yanwen.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Why is the emperor here?" ”

Zhu Houxi said angrily: "I heard that you were injured by a firearm, so I brought the imperial doctor to show you." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but smile suddenly, and said with a relaxed smile: "Your Majesty, the minister is just a skin injury." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, Imperial Doctor Li, treat Jing Anbo's injuries." Zhu Houxi waved his hand involuntarily.

Li Yanwen stepped forward with the medicine box on his back and said, "Lord Xu, let the contemptible people take a look at your wounds, firearms are different from ordinary weapons, it's better to be careful." ”

Xu Jin had no choice but to stretch out a pair of "crab claws", Li Yanwen carefully untied the gauze, picked up the wound, and disinfected it again, and then bandaged it with clean gauze.

"Imperial Doctor Li, how is Xu Jin's injury?" Zhu Houxi asked.

Li Yanwen said: "Back to the emperor, Jing Anbo's injury is not serious, it has not hurt his muscles and bones, and he will recover in a few days." ”

Zhu Houxi was relieved when he heard this, waved his hand to signal Li Yanwen to retreat, and pouted: "You can do it yourself to test firearms, so you can find yourself guilty." ”

Although these words sounded schadenfreude, but in fact they were out of concern, Xu Jin's heart warmed slightly, and he changed the topic with a smile: "Where did the emperor learn that his ministers were injured in testing firearms." ”

Zhu Houxi suddenly showed a trace of pride, after returning to the palace from the last patrol, he scolded Zhu Hong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and then the Jinyi Guard was much more active in collecting information, and today Xu Jin tried to blow up the gun in the War Bureau, which naturally could not escape the ears and eyes of the Jinyi Guard, so the news reached Zhu Houyi's ears at noon.

"Hehe, my brocade guard is not an ornament, by the way, how is the flintlock pistol developed, if the craftsmen of the War Bureau can't do it, then I will order someone to be transferred from the Ordnance Bureau."

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "That's not necessary, the initial results have already been produced, and it is not good to replace people at this time." It's like changing generals on the spot, which is a big taboo. The emperor can rest assured, the flintlock pistol will definitely be able to equip 500 battalions within this year. ”

Zhu Houxi naturally trusted Xu Jin, and nodded when he heard this: "That's good, by the way, I have good news to tell you, Kyoto (Nanjing) has already built the Franc machine gun, and also participated in the naval battle of Tuen Mun Island. I have already ordered the casting of 500 gates, and the combat power of our Daming Water Master will definitely be greatly increased by then. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, when Zhu Houxi drove away the Franc Jigong envoy Pires the year before last, Xu Jin was worried that the Franc would send troops to invade the coast of the Ming Dynasty, because the Franc machine people did invade the coastal islands of China many times in history, trying to force the Ming Dynasty to open up trade, and Macao was occupied by the Portuguese.

Now that the Franc cannon has finally been developed, even if the power is not as good as the original, at least the distance has been greatly reduced, and when the Ming army sailors and foreigners' gunboats are confronted, they will not suffer so much.

"The minister wants to congratulate the emperor on getting this sharp weapon!" Xu Jindao.

Zhu Houxi also looked happy, and said with a smile: "The drawings of this Franco cannon were also presented by Xu Qing to the imperial brother back then, and I originally planned to give a reward, but those old guys disagreed, saying that the imperial brother had already rewarded Xu Qing back then, and there were no two punishments for one crime, and one merit could not be rewarded." ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "That's true, the first emperor has already appointed ministers to test the solution of the Yuan for Jiangxi Township for this matter. ”

Zhu Houxi said wistfully: "Having said that, I feel that this reward is light, not to mention that with your talent, if you take the township test back then, how difficult is it to take off the first name Xie Yuan." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, if he really went out to participate in the township test back then, it was still unknown whether he could pass it, and Xie Yuan didn't even have to think about it.

"By the way, it's better for me to canonize Sister Xiaowan as Princess Yongxiu!" Zhu Houxi moved.

Xu Jin was startled, and hurriedly said, "Absolutely not!" ”

Zhu Houxi was stunned and said, "Why? ”

Xu Jin coughed lightly and said, "That...... The minister doesn't want to be an attached horse for the time being! ”

Zhu Houxi suddenly realized that it was a rule that relatives could not participate in politics, although Sister Xiaowan had a different surname, but if she was crowned a princess, it would be different, and someone with a heart might seize this point to attack Xu Jin and let Xu Jin withdraw from officialdom.

Although he figured this out, the little emperor was still a little unhappy in his heart, and muttered: "Is my Ming Dynasty's attached horse so worthless?" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, saying that the attached horses of the Ming Dynasty were really worthless, as long as there were young talents with a little ambition, they were not willing to run for the attached horses. Because marrying a princess is equivalent to marrying a grandmother to go home and provide for it, the emperor's own sister, do you dare not to offer it? Usually, you have to be careful when you go to a green house for entertainment, let alone take a concubine. The most important thing is that marrying a princess is equivalent to ruining the official career.

Therefore, only those who are willing to eat soft rice are willing to marry the princess.