Xian Yu Zhongtong returned to Beijing to preside over the Shanzhou Jinju Academy in the name of the Longyou Jiedu Pusher, with the means of long-sleeved dancing, as well as his literary name of Jinshi and Di, he was like a fish in water among the dignitaries. And he is not in Shanzhou, and the affairs around Du Shiyi are also clear inside and outside, but all the important things that come and go to Yunzhou and the court are attributed to Zhang Xing, the secretary in charge; The outside world received the civil, military, and civilian, and returned to the inspector Yan Zhenqing; As for Du Fu, he often used the identity of Du Shiyi's personal staff to visit various homes and answer the scribes. Duan Xingchen, the judge of Jiedu, who has presided over the disaster relief and reconstruction of Qinzhou for more than half a year and has now returned, is responsible for coordinating the internal and external affairs and counsellor maintenance.

The four of them perform their own duties, Xue Huaijie and Lu Bingsong are also capable, coupled with the name of Corporal Du Shiyi Lixian, and there are often scribes who come to see them.

The results of the Erudite Vocabulary Department of Chang'an last year, who in the world does not know who does not know, Li Bai Meng Haoran Wang Zhilian, the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu and the governor of Shanzhou, Du Shiyi, made "Gongsun Hongkai Dongge Fu", the skills are shocking, and even Zhang Jiuling, who is now in charge of the literary world, and Pei Yaoqing, who is famous for his young prodigy, are full of praise for this. Under the great joy of the Son of Heaven, he set up a three-person school scholar and enshrined Hanlin.

Such a brilliant literary brilliance, so that every time the three of them produce a poem, they will immediately sing it, although the people of the time praise the prosperity of the world, but who is not Du Shiyi's ability to recommend talents?

Therefore, in the Jingzhao Mansion, which is known as the Shenzhou Liberation, is as difficult as the sky, asking for the recommendation of the governor of the state has become a common practice, and since there is Du Shiyi in Shanzhou, Longyou, why don't the scholars flock to it?

In the afternoon of this day, Du Fu, on behalf of Du Shiyi, invited a group of scribes to the stargazing platform in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, and recorded many poems with this theme. When he went downstairs, he happened to see Zhang Xing coming here, and hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "How can Brother Qijun come here?" ”

Zhang Xing also said with a smile: "Where is there leisure, it is the marshal who learned that today's scribes gathered to visit the stargazing platform, and he was too busy with official business to attend the meeting, so he sent me to see Zimei and visit Jiawenguan." ”

Listening to the two answers, some of the scribes recognized Zhang Xing, and when they heard that Du Shiyi was Suo Jiawen, everyone knew that this was the best opportunity, and many people were excited and ecstatic for a while. However, when I saw Du Fu smiling and taking the volume of today's stargazing platform held by the servant next to him and handing it to Zhang Xing, there were people who were not satisfied, as if they felt that they could not highlight their own abilities by mixing their poems with other people's and sending them to Du Shiyi, so they asked loudly: "I heard that Zhang Lang is the secretary of Longyou, an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and the handsome Xu is the first in Longyou, I don't know if there is a good article for me to appreciate?" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence on all sides. Among the subordinate officials of the Jiedu Embassy, Yan Zhenqing is from Langya's surname, an official eunuch scholarly family, and a Jinshi and first; Xian Yu Zhongtong Jinshi and the first, Yuyang Xian Yu is not obvious now, but it can be regarded as a long-standing ancient surname; Not to mention Duan Xingchen, the judge of the festival, won the hearts of the people in Taozhou, and before that, Qinzhou disaster relief and reconstruction was exhausted, praised by all the people, and it was not the shade of the door, but the Ming Jing and the first. Even Du Fu is also the grandson of the famous Du Xianyan. For example, if the scholars are not born in the scientific field, most of them will be despised by others, and this kind of quietness at this moment also shows the careful thinking of others.

Why is it that a vulgar person from a poor family in the countryside can get Du Shiyi to be so blue-eyed!

In the past two years, Du Fu only felt that his vision and open-mindedness were much better than back then, and the attitude of these scholars at this moment actually reminded him of his own time, and he was suddenly angry and funny. But before he could say anything, he saw that Zhang Xing not only didn't think he was angry, but said with a smile: "The contemptible people are in the Jiedu Embassy, and they never touch their hands on other things, but just help the marshal sort out the case." But whenever I send a note to the court, a letter from the ministers of the court, a private message from relatives and friends, if the marshal is too busy, I will occasionally write one or two. If you want to talk about good articles, I really want to disappoint you. ”

The provocative scholar just now sneered contemptuously when he heard this, and was about to continue speaking, but he found that the faces of the people on the left and right were different, and the next moment, he understood the meaning of Zhang Xing's words, and his face changed greatly. Even if Zhang Xing doesn't have any other good writing, how can he not be unique in his ability to replace Du Shiyi, who is famous for his writing in Santou and the first century, to draft a recital for the imperial court, write letters to various high-ranking officials, and even answer relatives and friends? Otherwise, isn't Du Shiyi afraid of being considered Jiang Lang's talent? Suddenly, he was stunned, but he didn't know how to open his mouth.

If Du Shiyi was here, he might have used this to beat these scholars, but Zhang Xing didn't have such interest, besides, others were not convinced by him, why did he bother to make people hate? So, he nodded slightly, took his things and turned around and left happily, and even when this volume of poetry was delivered to Du Shiyi, he didn't mention half a word about this turmoil. Seeing Du Shiyi close his eyes at a glance and ten lines, he asked, "What does the marshal think of these poems?" ”

"Zhuyu is in front, but the vision is too high, after all, there is only one Li Taibai in the world."

Although only Li Bai was mentioned, Zhang Xing didn't know that it was a brilliant person like Meng Haoran and Wang Zhilian, and it was difficult for people to come to see him today. So, he didn't say anything more, and when he was about to return to his seat, he suddenly heard Du Shiyi say, "Qijun, accompany me out of the city." ”

Faced with this sudden order, Zhang Xing couldn't help but be a little puzzled. knew that there was no such item on today's schedule, but thinking that Helong was peaceful now, there was nothing else to do, so he agreed. However, when he changed into micro-clothes according to Du Shiyi's instructions and met him at the side door, he found that there were only seven or eight Du Shiyi's personal servants accompanying him, and the leader of the team was Chibi. Sure enough, when he got out of Huangshui City, galloped along the official road for about ten miles, turned the trail, passed through the woods, and finally bypassed a hill, and the road was obviously very long, he was really strange.

Where the hell is this going?

In the place of the long-term war in Shanzhou, there were far fewer households than soldiers, and most of them lived in the three cities of Huangshui, Longzhi and Shancheng, and other scattered villages and towns were also located near the three cities, in order to facilitate evasion in wartime. The mountains, which are not conducive to cultivation and access to food and other necessities of life, are inaccessible. Therefore, when he saw that everyone had passed through a slit in the two mountains, and after walking hundreds of steps, there was a flat land in the mountains in front of him, and several thatched houses could be seen in it, Zhang Xing finally couldn't help but ask: "Dashuai, where is this?" ”

"You'll soon find out."

When Du Shiyi saw Chen Lijie and Mao Jiang again, she saw that these two Taoist priests who were full of vegetables at the beginning were now slightly blessed, but their attitude towards him became more and more respectful. Knowing that this kind of life in the mountains, even if there is no worry about food and clothing, and the bounty is rich, it is still inevitable that they will be frightened, and after asking about the progress, he instructed the two: "Let me have a good look at the rocket you have newly experimented." ”

Rocket? What's so nice about a rocket with a tarpaulin and something that ignites it?

Zhang Xingzheng muttered, and waited until the other three or five servants who came forward carefully took out a wooden box and began to wind the bow again, only then did he find that in the valley in the mountains, there was quite a lot of grass and trees in the grass hut, but at this time, winter went to spring and the future, and it looked like it was still a dead scene, but on the other side it was completely flat, not only did not grow any grass, but it seemed to be a little scorched. And on top of this scorched earth is a wooden house that could not be more shabby. When the servants had prepared their bows, they took out a different arrow from the barrel of the arrow, and immediately followed, one of them opened his bow, and the other stepped forward to light something, but there was only a little spark.

With the long arrow slicing through a graceful arc, it landed firmly on the wooden house. Seeing that there was no change in an instant, Zhang Xingdeng, who was staring wide-eyed, was very strange, but the next moment, he only heard a loud bang, followed by a sudden burst of fire in the wooden house, and after a while, the whole wooden house was burning.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Xing couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and it took a while to recover his language function: "This is ...... What kind of rocket is this, and it has such power? ”

"Because not only does it use a fire line, but there are other things in the special fire barrel on the shaft of the arrow." Du Shiyi smiled slightly, "Because there are many medicinal things in it, and they can cause fire, so it is called gunpowder." ”

"Gunpowder...... Gunpowder ......" Zhang Xing muttered a few words, and then exclaimed, "Marshal, if such things are used in marching and fighting......

Zhang Xing's loud shout made Chen Lijie and Mao Jiang look at each other immediately, and then they realized who was the person who had invested heavily to let them develop this Laoshzi gunpowder. Looking at the entire Longyou Shanzhou, who can be called the handsome, except for Du Shiyi, the governor of Shanzhou and the governor of Longyou, where is there a second person? At this moment, Chibi saw that the two of them were silent, and immediately took the servants to drive the two back to the thatched hut over there, leaving only a place for Du Shiyi and Zhang Xing to talk.

"If this gunpowder were used on the march to war, would you think it would be extremely lethal?" Seeing Zhang Xing nodding, Du Shiyi continued, "Do you know that although the rocket is barely ready for actual combat, I have not been to the imperial court. ”

"Why is that?" Zhang Xing almost had the biggest rebellious thought, but then he pressed it down, "What is the big marshal worried about?" ”

"Whether this thing is a siege or a field battle, it is all an extraordinary weapon, especially when the enemy is caught off guard, I am afraid that when it is used in border town campaigns, it is not a problem to open up a territory of one or two thousand miles. His Majesty has now gradually become tired of politics, but the military exploits of opening up the territory and setting the border are very rewarded, Zhang Shouqi almost worshiped the prime minister because of the Pingqi Dangong, you should know the way. ”

Zhang Xingdeng remembered the document sent by Xian Yu Zhongtong from Luoyang before, and suddenly fell silent. Sharp weapons are sharp weapons, once they make a big move, it means that military spending will continue to rise, and the soldiers and civilians on the border will also have countless casualties! Moreover, the Son of Heaven is still very far away for many state and county magistrates, and he can't know it at all, but he has already experienced it with Du Shiyi over the years.

"Dashuai really thinks it through. However, the handsome man is thirty years old, and in another ten years, I am afraid that the official will reach the top, and there will be no way to rise. At that time, if someone turns over the old story of the marshal making gunpowder privately, I am afraid it will not be a merit, but a sin. Zhang Xing finally opened his mouth again, and then said in a deep voice, "Please be careful and secretive about this thing, and never let anyone know about it!" Xing is also silent, not saying a word to outsiders! ”

"Do you think we should continue with the development or put it on hold?"

"Go ahead!" Zhang Xing didn't think about it and replied in a deep voice, "It doesn't matter whether it is a murderous thing or not, what matters is how to use it and when to use it!" ”