Li An's action was very fast, and it was cut first and then played, after sending three thousand engineers, he ran to greet the people of the imperial court, and the people of the imperial court were caught off guard, and had to agree, after all, Li An's request was also more reasonable, and the lines to Luoyang City in the East had been completed, so that next, it would naturally be the turn of laying in the remaining directions, and there was no problem with paving this line in the north first, which was completely reasonable.

After laying the wires to Lingwu, Ang Lee began to prepare guns and bullets, which were life-saving things, and they had to be prepared.

The bullets are assigned to the craftsmen of different departments to be responsible for manufacturing, and each department is responsible for one step, and the last step is assembled by Ang Lee himself, although the production is very small, but there will be absolutely no problems in terms of safety, and no one knows what these things are, thus increasing the secrecy.

Ang Lee has made more than a dozen guns one after another, each of which is a high-quality product, and it is a high-quality product that Ang Lee has personally polished, and no less than thirty pieces of silencer equipment have been made, which is quite sufficient, so that whether you use a long gun or a short gun, you can make almost no sound.

Most of these firearms are hidden in Ang Lee's office cabinet, there is a lock on it, the key is only owned by Ang Lee, it is difficult for outsiders to find out what is in the cabinet, the entire office is guarded all the time, twelve hours a day, at any time.

Li An picked two of the most handy pistols to bring with him, there were twenty rounds of ammunition in the magazine of the pistol, and the two guns were forty rounds, in addition, it was enough to bring sixty rounds for spare, and the total weight was not much, and it was completely impossible to see it on the body, especially at the moment it was winter, and everyone was wearing cotton clothes, so it was even more invisible.

In short, this time, Ang Li is determined to go to the north to play, studying machines in the capital every day, the whole person is about to be suffocated, it's time to go out to play, maybe there will be an unexpected harvest?

However, no matter what, his identity and status are here, if he wants to go far away, he must get the emperor's consent, which cannot be doubted, and Li An must find a more reasonable reason to do it, and he can't really say that he went to the north gate to relax! This is too capricious, even if the old emperor agrees, he must take into account the opinions of the other ministers, and maybe he will not agree.

While it's not hard to find an excuse, it's better to find a more plausible reason, and it's a real headache.

"Li Shilang, General Guo's goods have been transported to Xiazhou, and our people are back."

A subordinate suddenly ran over to report.

"Xiazhou, isn't it Lingzhou?"

Li An asked curiously.

The subordinate spoke: "Li Shilang, Lingzhou is the capital of Shuofang, the residence of Wang Jiedu's envoys, and General Guo is stationed in Xiazhou, you still don't know?" ”

Li An slapped his head and said with annoyance: "I didn't even ask General Guo's station, it's really too careless, too careless." ”

Before, Li An remembered that Lao Guo was in Lingzhou, and he didn't know when he was transferred to Xiazhou, and the situation in the north was not too urgent, so many times, Li An didn't care too much.

"Li Shilang, it's okay to be wrong, anyway, the train to Lingwu is going to pass through Xiazhou, and it's closer to Xiazhou."

Li An thought for a while, looked at his subordinates, and asked, "What did the people who came back say, did they mention the question of horse thieves in the north?" ”

"There is this, the brother who came back said that in the area of Qiwu Mountain and Wushui in Xiazhou, there are many elusive horse thieves, they specialize in robbing passing caravans, which is extremely harmful, and even, sometimes, they dare to cross the Wushui River and attack the freight train on the railway, and then they fled after robbing it, fortunately I didn't meet the horse thieves on this trip, otherwise it would be really dangerous."

The subordinate spoke.

Li An nodded, it turned out that the horse thieves were in the Xiazhou area, and these horse thieves were quite bold, and they even dared to rob the train of the imperial court, which was eating the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard.

The reason why the imperial court has never been able to exterminate these horse thieves is probably because there are people inside who have fornicated with horse thieves, and at the same time, these horse thieves will also watch people cook, and generally only rob wealthy merchants, and will not rob the objects they should not rob, so that the impact on the imperial court will not be so great, and the imperial court will not spend too much effort to rectify this criminal behavior.

Another point, perhaps Li An's most worried about raising thieves is self-respecting, if the horse thieves really disappear, these officers and soldiers who maintain law and order, won't there be no meaning to exist, even if the imperial court does not dismiss these officers and soldiers, their status will be greatly reduced, and there is no reason to reach out to local merchants for protection money.

In other words, the existence of these horse thieves is also very beneficial to the local officers and soldiers, and it can allow the officers and soldiers to make a good profit, while the merchants who suffer are rich and oily, and it seems that the harm is not so great.

But the merchant group, for the rampant horse thief problem, must be extremely annoyed, with the interference of horse thieves, the local trade merchants, have to invite local officers and soldiers to escort at a high price, otherwise, their goods will have a high probability of being robbed, and they will inevitably complain to the court, asking the court to level the horse thieves here as soon as possible.

It was only at this time that Li An understood why Guo Ziyi was in Xiazhou, it turned out that there was a more serious problem of horse thieves here, and his boss sent him here in order to completely pacify the horse thieves here, and after Guo Ziyi arrived in Xiazhou, he also discovered the seriousness of the problem, so he went to the capital, wanting Li An to invent better quality weapons, so that the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could better exterminate these horse thieves who came and went without a trace.

Thinking about all this, Li An felt that he should go to Xiazhou even more, it was too boring to be in the capital, there were so many things every day, there were not too many waves in life, or there was no sense of crisis, going to Xiazhou in the north, maybe I could find some excitement, and it was too interesting to live like this.

As for the safety problem, there is no need to worry too much, the back and forth are railways, the safety is absolutely guaranteed, and it will be very comfortable, not guilty at all, just like tourism, and it is a very insightful tourism, which will make people full of happy travel.

is about to go to Xiazhou to play, in addition to going to talk to the old emperor, several ladies in the family also have to inform them, so that they can prepare and prepare the items that Li An needs for daily life as soon as possible.

"The north is a bitter cold land, why does the husband have to go to the north? Isn't it nice to stay in the capital? ”

"I heard that the horse thieves in Xiazhou are very fierce, do you really want to go?"

"Ahh If there are horse thieves, then don't go! ”

Several ladies did not seem to be very supportive.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "I must go, even if the north is Longtan Tiger's Den, I must go, the days in the capital are too boring, just treat it as a tourist breather, and it will be boring to stay in one place all the time." ”

"Husband, I'll go with you."

"I'm going too."

"Count me in."

"And me? How can you not take me. ”

Several ladies are clamoring to travel to Xiazhou.

However, Li An obviously can't agree, although going to the north is similar to traveling, but after all, there are horse thieves there, and the danger is still a little bit, Li An himself has the strength to protect himself, but if he brings his own family, it will be difficult to take care of it, and it will really be dangerous, and this is obviously not what Li An wants.

"It's only a month or two to go, it won't be long, just wait at home obediently, I'll go alone, if you all go with you, it won't have a good impact if it goes out."

Li An said.

After all, this time to go to the north, Ang Lee is looking for a very reasonable reason, if you take a large family to travel, wouldn't the reason be in vain, what will others think? Isn't this a suspicion of a family fleeing?

"Husband, let me follow you! I have the best martial arts, and I can protect you when it is critical. ”

Li Hanlu opened his mouth to ask.

"If it's just one person, there's nothing wrong with it, do you guys have any opinions?"

Ang Lee asked with a smile.

"Okay, then let Sister Hanlu accompany her husband, let's wait at home for her husband to return."

Yan Ruyu opened her mouth to speak, and the other two naturally agreed.

It hasn't been long since he set off, and in the past few days, Li An naturally has to accompany the other three more and temporarily snub Li Hanlu, after all, he will stay with Li Hanlu in the next month or two.

In the first few days after the new year, I was always busier than usual, and there were always a lot of things, but fortunately, they were all things that were not too difficult to deal with, and they could basically be handed over to my subordinates to complete, and there were not many things that I needed to be responsible for personally.

A few days later, Li An also thought of a reason to go to Xiazhou, that is, to inspect the coal mines in Xiazhou and find out the associated sulfur ore in the coal mines.

The reason why Xiazhou wants to send these coal mine specimens to Li An is because in Xiazhou, there are often incidents of poisoning after the use of coal, although these things will happen in other places, but the frequency of local occurrences in Xiazhou is too high, sometimes in the case of good ventilation, such things will also happen, which makes the locals very afraid, in addition, when these coals are burning, they will also emit a very bad smell, which is the smell of poisoning.

Originally, Li An thought that this was just a trivial matter, as long as he told the local coal miners to let them not mine these coals containing sulfur ore, but at this moment, Li An suddenly found that he could use this matter to convince the emperor and let him go to the north to investigate carefully, so as to solve the coal poisoning there, anyway, it wouldn't take too long.

"Is Li Shilang going to enter the palace?"

Outside the city gate of Daming Palace, Li An met Chen Xuanli, who had just left the palace.

"Yes! To see Your Majesty, what are you? ”

Li An said.

"I just met Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is in the Zichen Hall at this moment, and I am in a good mood."

Chen Xuanli said.

"Is there anything pleasing to me? It can put His Majesty in a good mood. ”

Ang Lee asked.

"What, doesn't Li Shilang know? Didn't you build three more transmitters? Your Majesty is considering getting one for Huaqing Palace first, and the other two haven't thought about it yet? ”

Chen Xuanli said with a smile.

Li An smiled and said, "So that's it!" The second one I plan to take to the north of Xiazhou and send it directly to Lingzhou when I run out. ”

"Xiazhou, you take it to Xiazhou, what do you mean, you want to go to Xiazhou?"

Chen Xuanli asked.

"Yes, I'm going to Xiazhou once, only for a month or two."

Ang Lee said.

"I heard that the horse thieves there are quite annoying, you really think about it, you won't go to exterminate the horse thieves, right?"

Chen Xuanli asked.

"By the way! In front of your Lao Chen, I won't tell lies, mainly to distract myself, and by the way, I will engage in horse thieves, and there is a problem with the coal in a coal mine, so I have to deal with it by the way. ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"Going to Xiazhou for such a big thing, will Your Majesty agree?"

Chen Xuanli said.

"It's only a month or two, why doesn't Your Majesty agree, and it won't delay anything."

Ang Lee said.

"Or, take me with you! It's been a long time since I've been fighting, and I've had itchy hands for a long time. ”

Chen Xuanli demanded.

Li An frowned and said, "Forget it!" You're so old, what's the excitement of foolishness, let's stay in the capital honestly!

"A lot of age? Who do you say is a lot old, Lian Po is not old at 70 years old, I am only in my 50s, and the horse thief is hand-caught, and there will be no pressure at all. ”

Chen Xuanli said unconvinced.

"Lao Chen is powerful, but there are only a few horse thieves, where is the need for Lao Chen to go out in person, just leave it to me, a young man, you just sit in the capital and wait for my good news."

Li An changed his angle and said with a smile.

Chen Xuanli knew that Li An really didn't plan to take him there, so he was slightly disappointed, paused, and said: "Forget it, if you don't go, you won't go, just a few horse thieves are not enough for Li Shilang to stuff his teeth, and I won't get anything if I go." ”

"That's right, just wait for my good news."

Li An said with a smile, and then went to the Zichen Hall to see the old emperor.

As soon as he heard that Li An was going to Xiazhou in the north, the emperor naturally instinctively opposed it, and there were many scientific research projects in the capital, and Li An was still in charge of it? How can you easily let Ang Lee leave.

But when Li An said his reasons and said that he had been in the capital for too long, his mind was confused, and he needed to go out for a walk and find inspiration, Li Longji still agreed, but asked Li An to go early and return early, and pay special attention to his own safety, and said that he would allocate an army to protect Li An's safety, but Li An only asked for 300 elites to be enough, and if too many people accompanied him, the goal would be too big and too resource-consuming, so there was no need for this at all.