Ao Bai's face sank, his eyes shot a cold light, and he looked directly at Yue Le: "Prince An, what you said is this, do you think the old man doesn't know?" Reward or reward! We can go to Zhou Peigong and tell him about the inadequacy of his gun truck! They haven't seen a thief's gun carriage, how do they know? ”

"Xiao Wang understands!" Yue Le arched his hand.

Goshha, who worshipped, stepped down from the podium and walked in front of Zhou Peigong: "Lord Zhou! Xiangye, please go up and listen to the reward! ”

"Thank you, Xiangye!" Zhou Peigong hurriedly bowed.

Zhou Peigong followed Goshha to the point of the general's platform, and under the guidance of Goshha, Zhou Peigong walked to Aobai and knelt down and beat a thousand: "Xiaguan has seen Xiangye!" ”

"Get up!" Ao Bai, who was replaced with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and made a gesture.

"Thank you, Xiangye!" Zhou Peigong stood up.

Ao Bai said solemnly: "Pei Gong, you do have a set of ways to train soldiers!" The new army of the Green Battalion can be described as strong, well-armed, and high-spirited! The old man has decided, and will reward you with 10,000 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of gold! Someone! Give the reward to Zhou Peigong! ”

"Thank you! The lower officials are willing to go to the soup for the imperial court! Zhou Peigong knelt down again.

More than a dozen Goshha carried a few large boxes to the bottom of the stage, and Ao Bai pointed to the boxes and said, "Those are the rewards for you!" The old man rewarded you with this little silver tael, I hope you can better train for the imperial court! ”

Zhou Peigong arched his hand and said: "Back to Xiangye, this training is not the credit of Xia Guan alone, then Zhao Liangdong and Lord Zhao are really good at military training, and Xia Guan only cooperated with Zhao Liangdong to train these soldiers." ”

Ao bowed and said: "Zhao Liangdong's side, the old man will naturally reward it." Pei Gong, you should say, those fire guns that don't use fire ropes, but who made them? There are also these cannons, the emperor asked Nan Huairen to cast you not so many cannons, who forged these extra cannons for you? ”

"Hui Xiangye! This cannon is the credit of Mr. Xue Fengzuo. Zhou Peigong replied.

"Good! Then let him come right over! The old man wants to see this strange man! Ao Bai stroked his beard and paused slightly, his eyes clearly revealing a look of expectation.

Zhou Peigong turned around and said loudly to the soldiers in the audience: "Spread Xue Fengzuo, Xiangye wants to see you!" ”

After a while, Xue Fengzuo hurried over and was led to the platform. Seeing Ao Bai and a group of princes, county kings, Beile, Beizi and Zhang Changgeng, Xue Fengzuo walked on the steps of Dianjiangtai, his legs were already weak, when had he ever seen Xiangye, and when had he seen so many princes! Even the Governor, who is high up on weekdays, stood aside respectfully at this time, and he was not even qualified to stand beside Aobai.

Xue Fengzuo was very scared in his heart, and cold sweat broke out. Hearing Goshha urging, he reluctantly lifted his legs, which were already almost unable to move, and walked up to the point platform step by step. As soon as he got on the platform, when he was still more than ten steps away from Aobai, Xue Fengzuo's legs were weak and he knelt on the ground: "Xue Fengzuo, the grass people, has seen the princes, and the adults!" ”

"Hahaha!" Ao Bai twisted his beard with the two fingers of his right hand, looked up to the sky and laughed, "Xue Fengzuo, you better come up and speak!" It's too far away from the old man, and the old man can't see your appearance clearly! ”

Xue Fengzuo's mind was blank at this time, and Ao Bai asked him to stand up and take a step closer to speak, but he didn't hear it, but he still knelt on the ground and trembled in a daze.

"Mr. Xue! Lord Ao asks you to get up and take a few steps forward! Goshha reminded.

Seeing that Xue Fengzuo was trembling with fright, he still knelt on the ground and only kowtowed, and Ao Bai glanced at Goshha.

Two Goshha came up, set up Xue Fengzuo, and pulled him in front of Aobai.

"Hahaha! Xue Fengzuo, hurry up! The old man is not a man-eating monster! You have cast artillery for the imperial court and created a self-generated firecracker, and the old man will reward you well! Ao Bai laughed.

At this time, Xue Fengzuo heard Aobai's words clearly, and he stood up bravely, but his knees did not obey the call and softened, and he fell down in front of Aobai.

"Hahaha!" The surrounding princes, county kings, Baylors, and Beizi laughed one after another.

Zhangtai Belle leaned forward and covered his stomach with a smile: "This Han is a soft bone!" I've never seen such a scene, so I'm probably scared to pee my pants! ”

Yue Le reprimanded: "Zhangtai, don't be rude!" Mr. Xue is a genius in making firearms! We want to defeat the thieves, and we have to honor Mr. Xue to contribute more to the court! ”

After being helped up by the two Goshha, Xue Fengzuo calmed down and stood in front of Ao Bai with courage. But he still lowered his head, and he didn't dare to look up at Ao Bai and the group of princes, Baylor, and Beizi.

Ao Bai made his rough voice as gentle as possible: "Mr. Xue, you raise your head and let the old man look at you!" Let the old man see what Mr. Xue looks like who has contributed to my court and built sophisticated firearms! ”

Hearing Ao Bai say this, Xue Fengzuo mustered up his courage and raised his head, but he just met Ao Bai's eyes. He was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head. But I just glanced at Aobai, and I was very impressed: I saw that Aobai had a leopard head and eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, and the beard on his face was really like a steel needle, and he looked like he was not angry and arrogant. However, when he looked at himself just now, his eyes were very soft, not only did he not have the slightest malice, but he had a good feeling.

Ao Bai looked at Xue Fengzuo, and saw that this person was about forty years old, looking like a weak scholar, but his appearance was still quite handsome, and he was a little capable, so he stroked his beard and laughed: "Okay!" Mr. Xue is really a reader! At first glance, he looks polite, where can he compare to such a vulgar martial artist as the old man! ”

"Xiangye has tormented the grass people!" Hearing Ao Bai say this, Xue Fengzuo hurriedly knelt down.

"Mr. Xue contributed to the imperial court and cast cannons, which is a great achievement! The old man wants to report to the court and give Mr. Xue an official! Ao Bai said with a smile. Ao Bai really wanted to win over Xue Fengzuo, and the new cannons of the Qing army today were generally cast by Nan Huairen and others, and the power to cast the artillery was firmly in the hands of Bumu Butai and Kangxi. If Xue Fengzuo can be brought over, Ao Bai will not have to worry about being subject to the little emperor in terms of firearms in the future.

It's not that Aobai wants to rebel, but the magic of attacking the city and seizing land has been choked by someone, and the supply is limited, which makes Aobai feel very unfree. Ao Bai believes that in the first battle of Jiangnan, the Qing army was defeated, are Bumu Butai and the little emperor not responsible? They stuck the number of firearms and the Han military flag, which was good at using firearms, and did not meet the requirements of Aobai, and the ones provided to Aobai were some backward firearms, and they were reluctant to give new ones, which led to the fiasco in Jiangnan.

Now that Ao Bai can bring Xue Fengzuo over, he can concentrate on developing the new army, and he will no longer have to be subject to the little emperor and the empress dowager.

How to say that Nan Huairen is the teacher of the little emperor Kangxi, it is said that Kangxi often goes to Nan Huairen to learn what Taixi mathematics astronomy and the like. If he didn't get Kangxi's permission, Nan Huairen would definitely not dare to cast a cannon for himself privately.

Yue Le seemed to have something to say, and Ao Bai knew that what he wanted to talk about was the matter of the gun wheel, so he shouted: "Prince An!" Tonight, there will be a big banquet, and the old man will have a banquet for Zhang Zhengtai, Zhao Zongbing, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Xue! You go ahead and arrange it! ”

"Wow!" Yue Le snorted and turned to leave. He is a smart person, of course he understands what Aobai means, Aobai is to ask him not to talk nonsense here, Xue Fengzuo was already scared half to death, if he was scared again, I am afraid he would not be so dedicated to the court, and he would give him a little sweet fruit to eat.

Ao Bai said again: "Someone! Reward Mr. Xue with 5,000 taels of silver and 500 taels of gold! ”

Here, Ao Bai still kept an eye on it, and the reward he gave to Xue Fengzuo was less than that given to Zhou Peigong, because he knew that the reward given to Zhou Peigong must have been invested in the construction of the new army. And the reward given to Xue Fengzuo, it is difficult to say, it is definitely impossible for this person to invest all the money in the new army, at most take out part of it to develop new weapons.

"The grass people thanked Xiangye!" Xue Fengzuo knelt on the ground and bowed repeatedly.

In the evening of the same day, Ao Bai held a banquet in the Huguang Governor's Mansion in Wuchang to invite Zhou Peigong and others.

was fortunate to be invited into the Governor's Palace, and it was also a guest to worship as an east, Xue Fengzuo was naturally grateful to Dade, and he was grateful in his heart. He never dreamed that Ao Bai would actually feast on himself! What an honor!

Walking into the governor's mansion, Xue Fengzuo found a seat in the corner and sat at the same table with a group of Goshha and the masters of the governor's mansion. Who knew that at this moment, a Goshha gave up his hand to him and said, "Mr. Xue, Xiangye, please take a seat!" ”

Xue Fengzuo didn't believe his ears at all, he dug hard and dug out the ear holes.

Nagoshha said: "I'm not wrong, you hurry up and take a seat!" Xiangye has reserved all the places for you! ”

Xue Fengzuo walked to the upper seat nervously, beat a drum in his heart, and hesitated for a long time before sitting down on the opposite seat of the main seat uneasily.

After about a quarter of an hour, Ao Bai and a group of princes and Baylors came out and sat down on the upper seat. And the local host Zhang Changgeng and Zhou Peigong, who was specially cared for by Aobai, also sat on the upper seat, and the two of them sat down with Xue Fengzuo, and the three of them sat together, both of which were the last tail seat of the main table.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Ao Bai asked: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Xue is talented, proficient in the astronomy and mathematics of the Taixi people, and proficient in many Thai and Western languages, I don't know who Mr. Xue studied from?" ”

Xue Fengzuo replied honestly: "Back to Xiangye, the grass people once studied under Muni Pavilion, and later under Tang Ruowang, so they learned a little bit of the Taixi people's kitsch skills. ”

"It turned out to be John Tang! That's the senior of the Tessie missionaries! In terms of seniority, he is still before Nan Huairen! Mr. Xue followed John Tang to learn Taixi skills, and he is also the same generation as Nan Huairen! Ao Bai, who was flushed with alcohol, shook his head and said very proudly.

Xue Fengzuo replied: "Carving insect skills, why worry about teeth!" Thanks to Xiangye's love for this, the grass people are grateful! ”

Yue Le was about to bring up the matter of the gun wheels, but was stopped by Aobai.

At this time, Xue Fengzuo, who no longer had a sense of fear, recommended a person to Aobai: "Xiangye, there is a student of the grass people, named Mei Wending, this person's cannon casting skills are still above the grass people!" (To be continued.) )

PS: There is another chapter tomorrow at noon