In the outer study, Xu Hao was too lazy to care about why the county lord of Jiangdu came to visit, but he had heard that the county lord had repeatedly praised the county lord's appearance and talent, and Comrade Lao Zhu once joked that he married his granddaughter early.

Xu Hao disagreed, the county lord was married to Geng Xuan, the eldest son of Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, what is his identity? Geng Xuan is much better than himself.

It is said that the old general Geng Bingwen is the best at guarding, and he guarded Changxing City for ten years, blocking Zhang Shicheng's crazy attack, and he ranked first with Xu Da for this merit.

At present, General Geng Lao has quelled the Jiangnan rebellion, and led his troops to Yunnan to support Muchun to quell the rebellion, and he has earned enough hard work. And Guo Ying returned to the capital to recuperate due to the recurrence of an old injury, which shows that Geng Bingwen is very trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, and also shows that the imperial court is gradually unavailable.

Interestingly, when Guo Yu, who lost his official position, left the angry Shang Bao Si, Geng Xuan, the third elder of the Geng family, then went in, and sure enough, Shang Bao Si was a first-class gilded yamen in the yamen of the capital.

In fact, it is not strange why Zhu Yuanzhang wants to divide the Governor's Mansion into five, in addition to dispersing the military power, it is also a helpless move, there are too many noble children and they have to be arranged in a place. The county lord Ma Geng Xuan served in the former military governor's mansion, the second brother Geng Xuan was in the rear military governor's mansion, and almost all the noble children Xu Hao knew were crowded in the five military governor's mansions, and few people were willing to stay away from the capital to be hereditary thousands of households in the local area.

At this moment, he happily said to the four Taoist priests and six or seven craftsmen in front of him: "The masters are all national scholars, and each of them should be grateful for 1,000 taels of silver, 500 pieces of cloth, silk, silk and 10,000 stone grain, otherwise it is not enough to express Xu's gratitude." ”

Zhou Peng on the side was shocked, but he didn't expect Xu Hao to attach so much importance to firearms? is willing to spend so much money to reward it, it seems that the imperial court must have something for the north.

I didn't want the craftsmen to kneel down collectively, and Master Xu, who was in the lead, said: "The reason why Lao Yu and others are desperately trying to improve firearms and gunpowder formulas is to ask for a favor from Xu Gongzi, and money is something outside the body. ”

Xu Hao hurriedly helped Master Xu up with both hands and said, "You want to get rid of the craftsman status for future generations, right?" It will be difficult for Xu to do this for a while, but it can be guaranteed that it will be done within five years. Never break your word. ”

Instructed Li Qiu to send Master Xu and the others away, Xu Hao said to the four Taoist priests: "Well done, you can live in the nearby Qingxuguan for a few days, and then reward your meritorious deeds in the future, wait for my orders." ”

"Yes." One of the Taoist priests said embarrassedly: "I've been holding back in Fengyang for a long time, can the son reward a few sisters?" ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Let Mu Yi take you to Qinhuai River to live and be happy, go ahead." ”

When the Taoist priests happily went out with Mu Yi, Zhou Peng smiled and said: "I have memorized the formula, I didn't expect this gunpowder to be so wonderful, it is an eye-opener for me." ”

Xu Hao said eagerly: "Tell me quickly." I still don't believe that progress can be so rapid, and in just over a year, a new gunpowder has been developed. ”

Zhou Peng said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the alchemy of those Taoist priests does have some doorways, and they pour out the things you provide all day long, and inadvertently refine a kind of nitrate. ”

Xu Hao said suspiciously: "Wait, what is the nitrate?" ”

Poor Xu Daxia's chemistry level is infinitely equivalent to the secondary two level, but in the end, it is also a product of the assembly line of modern civilization education, and the foundation is still a little bit.

Zhou Peng said: "I don't know, I only know that this nitrate water-based corrosion is not slightly worse than mercury." ”

Xu Hao suddenly said: "That's sulfuric acid." Yes, yes, this sulfuric acid is an ingredient used in explosives, oops, it's providential. ”

Looking at Xu Hao's surprised look, he almost stood up and danced. Sweep away the usual calmness.

Zhou Pengxin said that only when he was serving the country and the people could he be so out of shape, this can be called a real peerless countryman, and he said convincingly: "You are really proficient in miscellaneous science, and no one in the world can compare with you." ”

Xu Hao smiled: "It's far away." Most of them only know it but don't know why, which is commonly known as half-hanging, which is useless to put it bluntly. At best, be a prophetic advisor. ”

Zhou Peng smiled and said: "That's enough, you don't need to do it yourself as you are, there are skilled craftsmen in the world." This time, Fengyang gathered more than 300 craftsmen from all over the world to develop it painstakingly for nearly two years, and finally could give an account to Bixia. ”

For a while, Xu Hao did not continue to ask about the details of gunpowder, but said excitedly: "I didn't have much hope, the Beijing Firearms Bureau ignored this, only knew that the existing things were treasured, and I was angry that I said to Bixia that day, allowing the guards around the world to make their own firearms, it is really a far-sighted move of the saint, and it is easy not to make progress when all move to the capital, and there is competition to develop, this firearms research and development is boring and dangerous, just like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat."

Let's just say that the city defense weapons invented by the Song Dynasty blocked the Mongols in Xiangyang for how many years? One day, the Mongols fought the Arabs and brought back the cannons, and the foreigners improved the catapults into more powerful siege weapons, and as a result, the strong walls were broken and the Southern Song Dynasty fell. The Yuan Dynasty attached great importance to the firearms of the Song Dynasty at first, but later gradually felt that they were of little use, what was the result? Instead, Bixia relied on improved firearms and elite soldiers to drive out Yuanmeng and defeat all the powerful people.

Throughout our dynasties, there is an urgent shortage of war horses, and if we don't continue to improve our firearms, how can we compete with Fanren cavalry? From the early Spring and Autumn Warring States bronze weapons to the Qin Dynasty appeared steel and strong bows to sweep away the Liuhe unified the world, to this day, the art of war, the way of the battle array, and even the armor and swords to all kinds of firearms, all of which will change over time and all the time, in short, the power of the weapon is greater, and the war is more complicated, so it is the most important thing to hold on to the incomplete and stubborn, and I will not forge ahead and the Quartet will definitely not stand still, and the shame of Jingkang can no longer be staged. ”

Zhou Peng nodded and said: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books, I think I only know how to study the four books and five classics painstakingly, and I have spent half my life, and now I know that the eight articles are really not very useful, and the whole flower is just an article?" In the final analysis, being an official and governing a place depends on people's feelings to understand the world's affairs, and in order to be a general, you need to judge the situation and be flexible and changeable, and you can't blindly read dead books! ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "That's it, studying hard may be beneficial to personal conduct, but it is of little use to the country's society." Do you know that since the fall of the Tang and Song dynasties, the Japanese people said that there will be no China after Yashan? Without the sense of awe, he often ridiculed the incompetence of the Han people, and boasted that he had inherited the Han culture since the Han and Tang Dynasties. ”

Suddenly, someone outside shouted, "This king must personally lead his troops to destroy the Wa Kingdom." ”

Zhou Peng was startled, but Xu Hao smiled silently, and saw Zhu Gaoxu, who was angry walking in from outside. followed by Zhu Gaochi, who looked helpless.

Zhou Peng hurriedly made a gesture and was about to kneel and kowtow, Xu Hao grabbed him and said with a smile: "There is gold under the man's knees, except for the emperor, there is no need to kowtow to the princes, even the scholars have become soft bones, and my Daming will be finished." ”

"You don't need to bow down when you are famous and official, just talk about the royal family as a foreign vassal and your peers." Zhu Gaochi walked over slowly step by step, and sighed: "What did you say to the second brother? Don't really lead the troops to fight the Wa State, although the Wa State is small, it also has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and the court will not allow it. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said disdainfully: "This king has endured the Japanese people for a long time. As long as the emperor's grandfather decrees, I will ensure that I will set foot in the Wa Kingdom, and the land of the small will also want to compete with my Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Gaochi frowned and said to Xu Hao: "Look at him, I don't know how thick the sky is. ”

"It's always commendable!" Xu Hao smiled again: "Congratulations to my brother for having Lin'er soon, is my sister-in-law here with you?" ”

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said: "How can you travel far if you are pregnant, naturally you will stay in Beiping." ”

Xu Haoxin said that there was a Jiangdu county lord in the inner house, and the Zhu Gaochi brothers came in the outer house, and it seemed that they all wanted to explore the truth. While hoping that Comrade Lao Zhu would insist on passing on the throne, he dreamed of changing the edict. In fact, the emperor issued an order to summon the princes of the royal palace to Beijing, and it is already clear to whom he wants to pass on the throne.

Zhou Peng didn't dare to speak, and stood aside honestly, Xu Hao shook his head when he saw this. asked: "Why did you two come to me, when did you enter Beijing, my father?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu preemptively said: "Your father is now the right long history of the palace, and your mother will not come back." ”

Xu Hao was taken aback at first. immediately understood that this was not Zhu Di's idea, it must have been done by Zhu Yunwen's advisers.

It turned out that the chief of the palace, Shi Si, was a yamen under the dual jurisdiction of the imperial court and the royal palace, and was a relatively special official of the Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, in order to play the role of a bridge of communication, to serve the palace and present to the court at the same time, but also to supervise the behavior of the prince for the court.

It seems that after Zhu Yunwen ascends the throne, even if his parents are pinched in the hands of others as a handle, Zhu Di has a different intention to expose it or not? If you offend Zhu Di by exposing it, it is unknown whether you can live or not, and if you don't expose a crime of negligence, you still have to die, in short, it is like a mouse in a bellows who is angry at both ends.

Which bastard had a bad idea? is really lacking in virtue and smoking, Xu Hao realized the seriousness of the problem, that is, the dormant period before Zhu Di rebelled, and it was also the time when his father easily lost his life.

Xu Hao sneered in his heart, there is a fart, and he wrote to my father at night to resign from the official, my father and son just don't be officials, can you Zhu Yunwen manage it? If you dare to deal with me, Lao Tzu swears that as long as you live, he will kill you with his own hands, regardless of whether you are the emperor or not.

At this moment, Zhu Gaochi already knew his father's plan for the throne, and he didn't know that he was blind, so he had been observing Xu Hao's reaction, and saw that Xu Hao was stunned at first and then smiled nonchalantly.

But even if Zhu Gaochi guessed it, he didn't know what was going on between Xu Hao and Zhu Di. After all, Xu Hao has the natural disguise of his relatives, and it is normal for him to move around frequently with Yan Wangfu.

This body is inevitably repulsive between the father and son of the royal family, Zhu Di will never let his sons get involved, it is not that there has been no time in these years that the son of the world has reported the mistakes of his father, or out of public interest or in order to replace him.

Xu Hao said: "You came just in time, the county lord of Jiangdu and several princesses are in the inner house, do you want to go in and meet each other?" ”

Zhu Gaochi retracted his gaze and smiled: "The elders are here to visit from now on." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said unhappily: "No, no, no, as soon as I enter Beijing, I want my eldest brother and I to live in my grandfather's house, I want to come and join you, I am not allowed to come and join you, I am facing a group of elders all day long, I want to go hunting." ”

The two of them lived in the Duke of Wei's mansion? Xu Haoxin said that the situation is getting more and more complicated, and it seems that it will not be long before he will have to be moved to the capital, and he knows that it is not a good thing to give Li Shanchang's mansion for no reason, and sure enough.

Xu Hao said: "Then you go hunting, and I will accompany my brother to meet you." ”

"Gone." Zhu Gaochu got up and ran away without saying a word, Zhu Gaochi sighed: "You see that he is not polite, I saw a few uncles today and didn't even say hello, and the angry uncle scolded him in public for not knowing the etiquette." ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "Although he is tall and big, he is still a twelve-year-old child, and as a vassal king, don't be too harsh." ”

Zhu Gao said angrily: "You just blindly help him talk, and sooner or later wait for him to get into trouble, what will you do?" Xu Hao smiled: "Let's not talk about the second brother, aren't you the same?" ”

Saying goodbye to Zhou Peng at the moment, Xu Hao and Zhu Gaochi, who was supported by the little eunuch, walked slowly towards the inner house, and saw Zhu Gao's blazing sweat after a few steps, so he called a small sedan chair.

Zhu Gaochi said embarrassedly: "This Jinling is too hot in summer. ”

Xu Hao took the opportunity to ask: "Beiping is also very hot at this time, right?" I don't know if the eldest sister is doing well now. ”

Zhu Gaochi sighed: "I didn't expect your family to marry Qinglian to Zhang Fu, don't worry, he and his wife respect each other like guests, everyone praises Qinglian for being virtuous and knowledgeable, I don't know how much affection." ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "I heard that my brother accepted four concubines in one go this year, plus the original four concubines, I don't regret marrying my eldest sister to Zhang Fu, it's better to compete for favor with others than to watch people compete for favor, brother, what do you say?" ”

Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly: "Are you willing to do it?" There are only three brothers under my father's knees, and they all think that I will spread out for the Yan King's lineage. Anyway, I've been haunted by this matter, it's all your kid's doing. ”

Xu Hao was a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhu Gaochi to be honest about his thoughts, and a warm feeling rose in his heart, in the end, this brother is a benevolent, generous, and open-minded person, otherwise he would not be able to be pinned on by Zhu Yuanzhang even though he is disabled, and he will be canonized as the prince of King Yan, and he will not be made the prince by Zhu Di in the future.

It is said that Comrade Zhu's father and son are surprisingly unanimous in the selection of heirs, and they are inclined to the eldest son of benevolence and righteousness rather than other sons who are outstanding in martial arts, so what about themselves in the future?

"Forget it, it's good for you, my sister and everyone." Xu Hao said softly.

Zhu Gaochi showed a look of pain in his eyes, and nodded: "I will do my best." ”

Xu Hao smiled and said: "Think about the unborn child, this person has to learn to give up when he grows up, my brother is like this, and I have to be like this." ”

"Really?" Zhu Gaochi suddenly said suspiciously: "Could it be that you mean that you have other intentions?" ”

Xu Hao secretly scolded himself for being confused, why did he forget the suspicion between his brothers? But at this moment, it will undoubtedly get darker and darker, so I have to say: "I mean the woman, I am having a headache for this matter now, and a person is always lacking in skills and can't take care of it." ”

Zhu Gaochi sneered: "Thinking about these useless things all day long, as a man, you have to think about serious things, and entangled in the relationship between children and daughters will only make you heroic and short-lived, and you will achieve nothing." ”

Xu Hao sneered: "If I can't even take care of my own women, how can I talk about doing serious things?" How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house? ”

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said, "It seems that even if you are a genius, your future achievements will be limited." ”

Xu Hao said softly: "I don't have any ambitions, if I didn't always convince myself not to ask, I would have taken my beloved on a boat and was at ease." Sometimes I really don't know what the picture is? It's better to go back, regardless of life and death in this world, and compete for fame and fortune. (To be continued......)