The winter atmosphere of Daming Palace in early spring has not faded, and the scenery is like the snowy country of the ice palace.
Xue Chongxun and Murong Dong, who was full of happiness, were walking by the Taiye Pool. He stood in front of Murong Dong and pulled her mink standing collar and asked with concern: Is it cold?
Murong Dong raised his head and shook his head with a smile: It's not cold, it's much better than the winter in Tuyuhun, and the wind is still lighter.
You have never been to Huaqing Palace, just dozens of miles outside Chang'an City, which is as warm as spring. I heard that because the temperature is gentle and moist, the flowers bloomed early.
Xue Chongxun said lightly, in another year, if the world becomes more peaceful by the end of this year, I will take Dong'er to Huaqing Palace to avoid the cold.
Murong Dong suddenly remembered something and said: I heard that the Tubo people threatened Tuyuhun and Jin Dynasty in the northwest. Your Majesty wants to discuss state affairs with the ministers, right?But will Your Majesty stay with me for two consecutive days affect my business?
Xue Chongxun said calmly: I am not the only one who does the important work, even if I work hard, I will still be too busy.The Jin Dynasty had tens of millions of people, and the ministers had to take charge of it... He said thoughtfully, I cannot do without them, especially those with ability and experience.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, the branches around it swayed, and the snowflakes hanging on it fell down, and the sky was filled with white flowers, as beautiful as the fallen cherry blossoms in late spring.
Murong Dong was delighted on his face, so beautiful!
After shouting, he still ran to Xue Chongxun, turning around among the snowflakes under the tree, and his skirt flew with his flexible and gentle body.
This scene seems familiar to Xue Chongxun. It was the beauty of the princess dancing in the fallen red color in the Jin Prince's Mansion a few years ago. He couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, the footsteps of crunching in the snow sounded from behind. The eunuch Yang Sixu walked over and bowed his back to Xue Chongxun and whispered: Master, the Divine Machinery Bureau ordered Xiao Dan to come to Beijing and was asking for a meeting outside the Danfeng Gate.
Xue Chongxun's expression changed and he turned around and asked: Has the things I left to him done?
Yang Sixu said: It seems that before the specific servants asked in detail, I rushed to report to the emperor.
Murong Dong stopped, looked at the dark and thin eunuch with a unique exotic look, and then turned his eyes to Xue Chongxun: Does the emperor have any serious business to do?
It's something.
Xue Chongxun said calmly, but I promised to accompany you for three days in the Daming Palace, and that was the next day.Let’s do this, follow me to meet someone. After seeing you, let’s go to the grassland outside Xuanwu Gate to ride a horse.Yang Sixu, you immediately send an order to let Xiao Dan go to the greenhouse hall to meet him.
Yang Sixu hurriedly said: Yes, I will go and pass the order immediately.
The Greenhouse Hall is in the inner court, and is far from the harem to the Danfeng Gate in the south. Xue Chongxun couldn't wait and arrived at the place first.
Murong Dong came to this side hall with him. Compared with the magnificence of Zichen Hall on the central axis, the Greenhouse Hall is indeed a bit inconsistent, but there are rockery pools in the hall with various plants planted, which is more comfortable than the bare Guangsha Hall.
When Murong Dong heard that he was going to meet the minister, he politely declined. Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun was in a good mood. He insisted on taking her with him, and even said a few words: This is what I am waiting for, I hope Xiao Dan will not disappoint me.
After entering the greenhouse hall, Murong Dong saw two women sitting on the side of the incense table, one wearing a big red dress, the other wearing a round necklace with a robe with a robe on his head, but he looked like a woman, and they were slowly writing something with red pens.
Murong Dong was in a good mood and greeted him enthusiastically: Are the two sisters helping His Majesty deal with political affairs?
Xue Chongxun pointed at Yao Wan and said: But she is not your sister.
Yao Wan put the brush on the inkstone and bowed: Meet Princess Tuyuhun, I am just a slave next to His Majesty.
Murong Dong has not been officially named Empress, so Yao Wan cannot be called Empress.
Princess Hezhong praised with a smile: The little princess is so beautiful, your sister Murong Zhaoyuan (Murong Yan) is so beautiful, right?
Murong Dong naturally couldn't figure out the situation, so he replied casually: Sister is much more beautiful than me.
Princess in the river smiled and said: Tsk, it’s amazing.A sister came into the palace and made my brother lose his mind. If my sister hadn't stayed in Fuqi City, our harem in the Great Jin Dynasty would be more than good. If my mother's surname was not Li, she would definitely be Murong.
Xue Chongxun glanced at his sister Princess Hezhong and said: Dong'er, you stay here first. Don't you really want to learn to write Chinese characters? Go and see Yao Wan's writing.I went out and told Xiao Dan to come and take it directly to the corridor in the garden.
He didn't wait long. Xiao Dan and the eunuch Yang Sixu ran to the corridor not long after. Xiao Dan came up without saying a word and bowed to the ground without saying a word, roaring at the emperor, roaring forever.
Yang Sixu had no choice but to kneel on the cold stone slab to salute.
Xue Chongxun said: Be calm and talk about serious matters.
Xiao Dan did not get up, and excitedly took out a stack of paper from his arms and held it with his hands on his head: He entrusted His Majesty with his best wishes to wrap the barrel of the "mutt" in accordance with the order, which can withstand the explosion of gunpowder, and lead bullets can penetrate wooden boards a hundred steps away. Please check it out.
Yang Sixu took the opportunity to get up from the cold stone slab and handed over the file.
In front of the officials, Xue Chongxun suppressed his excitement and carefully read the paper with pictures and texts on it, recording the size materials and experimental data.
Xiao Dan was still kneeling, but Xue Chongxun was sure that his research results seemed to be still hanging in his heart, without saying a word.
Yang Sixu also bowed and stood beside him.
This is a fire gate gun, and it is long and re-estimated that it will take two people to fire.Xue Chongxun said.
Xiao Dan looked at it and wiped his sweat: The fuse drawn by Your Majesty, I couldn't think of any materials for the time being, nor could I create a mechanism.Eunuch Yang was urging him so I had to make such a musket first and ask Your Majesty to surrender your crime.
Yang Sixu frowned and said: The miscellaneous family urged you to not slacken, but he didn't ask you to fool Your Majesty with something that didn't meet the requirements!
never mind.
Xue Chongxun waved his hand, and he had to eat rice bite at a time, and he had to walk step by step.It's good that you can make such a finished product so quickly, I don't think you can make it.Bringing the real thing to Beijing?
Xiao Dan hurriedly said: Yes, yes.Weichen went to Beijing to carry the first batch of twelve finished muskets, and there were more than ten craftsmen who actually participated in the forging and experiments, all of whom were ordered outside the palace.
Xue Chongxun handed the drawings to Yang Sixu: The things on the paper are not as good as you see with your own eyes. If you ask them to go to the Xuanwu Gate school, I want to see them with your own eyes.If it is indeed as you described, I will never break my promise and you will be promoted to the fourth-rank military weapon supervisor of the North Yaya.
Thank you for your kindness, I dare not say anything false!Xiao Dan said happily.
Xue Chongxun said to Yang Sixu again: Ask Yin Ci to take his men to Xuanwu Gate and move some wooden boards to the schoolyard as a target.
After the arrangement was made, Xue Chongxun returned to the study room of the Greenhouse Hall and called Princess Tuyuhun Murong Dong to go to Xuanwu Gate to ride a horse.
They left the greenhouse hall and walked north in a jade chariot, and Murong Dong was in the same car as him to show his favor.
Xue Chongxun said: We Han people have a custom for the New Year. We brought bamboo poles to smash the ground and crackled, which is both lively and has a sign of breaking the bad luck of the old year.Today I will accompany you to see another more exciting thing. Don’t be scared to fall off your horse.
Murong Dong raised his chin and said: Xianbei women are very good at riding, I won’t fall off the horse so easily!
The two went to Xuanwu Gate with laughter and laughter. Yin Ci had already led a team of Shence cavalry to welcome him.
Xue Chongxun got out of the car and asked the soldiers to lead the horse over. He stepped on the stirrup and turned over the horse's body very agile.
Murong Yan also quickly climbed up a white horse, and gave Xue Chongxun a wink without admitting defeat.
Xue Chongxun laughed and said to the generals: She is the sister of King Tuyuhun Khan, and now she is my concubine.Everyone has made great contributions in the future. I will ask Princess Tuyuhun to reward you with her own treasures.
After hearing this, the soldiers burst into laughter.
Xue Chongxun rode his horse towards the palace gate, and Murong Dong followed. The iron armored knights started the war and immediately the horse's hooves roared majestic.
When they arrived at the grassland outside Xuanwu Gate, Murong Dong and Yin Ci were located on the left and right behind Xue Chongxun. Other soldiers and horses lined up behind and saw wooden boards in the distance.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Dan and others came on horseback with a carriage, reported to Xue Chongxun, and then asked them to show off their new weapons.
Xue Chongxun turned his head and said to Yin Ci: This kind of musket is the only one in the world. The first batch of them will be equipped with the Shen Ce Army. If you need to step up your training, it may come in handy soon.
Yin Ci answered with his fist.
Xiao Dan was busy directing his men to perform new things, but they saw them lifting out a few things like horse lances from the carriage. Two people carried each gun to the middle of the schoolyard. It seemed that the iron thing was much heavier than the horse lances.
The gun rod of the horse lance is wood, and the guns on the field except for a piece of wooden handle are all black and iron.
The craftsmen took the measuring gauge and scooped the gunpowder from the front to load the medicine into the barrel, then loaded the lead bullet, and finally asked the wooden strips to send a ball of something in to block it and press it tightly.
After a while of busyness, the two of them arranged in a horizontal row outside the wooden board with a group of 100 steps. The queue was not very neat, but they were not sergeants, so there was no need to ask too much.
Each gun has two operations. One of them has a thick cloth on his shoulder and carries the barrel. He stands in the opposite direction facing the person holding the gun handle, holding a piece of burnt charcoal in his hand, as if he is responsible for lighting the fire; the other person aims.
After Xiao Dan gave the order, the people carrying the guns ignited with charcoal, and only heard a loud bang... With a few loud bangs, thick smoke rose. The horses under Xue Chongxun and others had never seen such a scene. They were frightened and ran around, and the school ground was in chaos.
The soldiers hurriedly grabbed the horses and came to protect the horses, but Xue Chongxun and the princess had good riding skills and had already controlled the horses.
Everyone looked at each other and turned to look into the middle of the schoolyard.
At this time, several cavalry had already rode forward to get the wooden board.
Some wooden boards have no holes or any traces. They probably missed and failed to hit. There are two holes clearly printed on the two pieces. The wooden board with two fingers is directly pierced a hundred steps away. If the lead ball is hit on the human horse, the effect will be self-evident.
Xue Chongxun and Murong Dong, who was full of happiness, were walking by the Taiye Pool. He stood in front of Murong Dong and pulled her mink standing collar and asked with concern: Is it cold?
Murong Dong raised his head and shook his head with a smile: It's not cold, it's much better than the winter in Tuyuhun, and the wind is still lighter.
You have never been to Huaqing Palace, just dozens of miles outside Chang'an City, which is as warm as spring. I heard that because the temperature is gentle and moist, the flowers bloomed early.
Xue Chongxun said lightly, in another year, if the world becomes more peaceful by the end of this year, I will take Dong'er to Huaqing Palace to avoid the cold.
Murong Dong suddenly remembered something and said: I heard that the Tubo people threatened Tuyuhun and Jin Dynasty in the northwest. Your Majesty wants to discuss state affairs with the ministers, right?But will Your Majesty stay with me for two consecutive days affect my business?
Xue Chongxun said calmly: I am not the only one who does the important work, even if I work hard, I will still be too busy.The Jin Dynasty had tens of millions of people, and the ministers had to take charge of it... He said thoughtfully, I cannot do without them, especially those with ability and experience.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, the branches around it swayed, and the snowflakes hanging on it fell down, and the sky was filled with white flowers, as beautiful as the fallen cherry blossoms in late spring.
Murong Dong was delighted on his face, so beautiful!
After shouting, he still ran to Xue Chongxun, turning around among the snowflakes under the tree, and his skirt flew with his flexible and gentle body.
This scene seems familiar to Xue Chongxun. It was the beauty of the princess dancing in the fallen red color in the Jin Prince's Mansion a few years ago. He couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, the footsteps of crunching in the snow sounded from behind. The eunuch Yang Sixu walked over and bowed his back to Xue Chongxun and whispered: Master, the Divine Machinery Bureau ordered Xiao Dan to come to Beijing and was asking for a meeting outside the Danfeng Gate.
Xue Chongxun's expression changed and he turned around and asked: Has the things I left to him done?
Yang Sixu said: It seems that before the specific servants asked in detail, I rushed to report to the emperor.
Murong Dong stopped, looked at the dark and thin eunuch with a unique exotic look, and then turned his eyes to Xue Chongxun: Does the emperor have any serious business to do?
It's something.
Xue Chongxun said calmly, but I promised to accompany you for three days in the Daming Palace, and that was the next day.Let’s do this, follow me to meet someone. After seeing you, let’s go to the grassland outside Xuanwu Gate to ride a horse.Yang Sixu, you immediately send an order to let Xiao Dan go to the greenhouse hall to meet him.
Yang Sixu hurriedly said: Yes, I will go and pass the order immediately.
The Greenhouse Hall is in the inner court, and is far from the harem to the Danfeng Gate in the south. Xue Chongxun couldn't wait and arrived at the place first.
Murong Dong came to this side hall with him. Compared with the magnificence of Zichen Hall on the central axis, the Greenhouse Hall is indeed a bit inconsistent, but there are rockery pools in the hall with various plants planted, which is more comfortable than the bare Guangsha Hall.
When Murong Dong heard that he was going to meet the minister, he politely declined. Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun was in a good mood. He insisted on taking her with him, and even said a few words: This is what I am waiting for, I hope Xiao Dan will not disappoint me.
After entering the greenhouse hall, Murong Dong saw two women sitting on the side of the incense table, one wearing a big red dress, the other wearing a round necklace with a robe with a robe on his head, but he looked like a woman, and they were slowly writing something with red pens.
Murong Dong was in a good mood and greeted him enthusiastically: Are the two sisters helping His Majesty deal with political affairs?
Xue Chongxun pointed at Yao Wan and said: But she is not your sister.
Yao Wan put the brush on the inkstone and bowed: Meet Princess Tuyuhun, I am just a slave next to His Majesty.
Murong Dong has not been officially named Empress, so Yao Wan cannot be called Empress.
Princess Hezhong praised with a smile: The little princess is so beautiful, your sister Murong Zhaoyuan (Murong Yan) is so beautiful, right?
Murong Dong naturally couldn't figure out the situation, so he replied casually: Sister is much more beautiful than me.
Princess in the river smiled and said: Tsk, it’s amazing.A sister came into the palace and made my brother lose his mind. If my sister hadn't stayed in Fuqi City, our harem in the Great Jin Dynasty would be more than good. If my mother's surname was not Li, she would definitely be Murong.
Xue Chongxun glanced at his sister Princess Hezhong and said: Dong'er, you stay here first. Don't you really want to learn to write Chinese characters? Go and see Yao Wan's writing.I went out and told Xiao Dan to come and take it directly to the corridor in the garden.
He didn't wait long. Xiao Dan and the eunuch Yang Sixu ran to the corridor not long after. Xiao Dan came up without saying a word and bowed to the ground without saying a word, roaring at the emperor, roaring forever.
Yang Sixu had no choice but to kneel on the cold stone slab to salute.
Xue Chongxun said: Be calm and talk about serious matters.
Xiao Dan did not get up, and excitedly took out a stack of paper from his arms and held it with his hands on his head: He entrusted His Majesty with his best wishes to wrap the barrel of the "mutt" in accordance with the order, which can withstand the explosion of gunpowder, and lead bullets can penetrate wooden boards a hundred steps away. Please check it out.
Yang Sixu took the opportunity to get up from the cold stone slab and handed over the file.
In front of the officials, Xue Chongxun suppressed his excitement and carefully read the paper with pictures and texts on it, recording the size materials and experimental data.
Xiao Dan was still kneeling, but Xue Chongxun was sure that his research results seemed to be still hanging in his heart, without saying a word.
Yang Sixu also bowed and stood beside him.
This is a fire gate gun, and it is long and re-estimated that it will take two people to fire.Xue Chongxun said.
Xiao Dan looked at it and wiped his sweat: The fuse drawn by Your Majesty, I couldn't think of any materials for the time being, nor could I create a mechanism.Eunuch Yang was urging him so I had to make such a musket first and ask Your Majesty to surrender your crime.
Yang Sixu frowned and said: The miscellaneous family urged you to not slacken, but he didn't ask you to fool Your Majesty with something that didn't meet the requirements!
never mind.
Xue Chongxun waved his hand, and he had to eat rice bite at a time, and he had to walk step by step.It's good that you can make such a finished product so quickly, I don't think you can make it.Bringing the real thing to Beijing?
Xiao Dan hurriedly said: Yes, yes.Weichen went to Beijing to carry the first batch of twelve finished muskets, and there were more than ten craftsmen who actually participated in the forging and experiments, all of whom were ordered outside the palace.
Xue Chongxun handed the drawings to Yang Sixu: The things on the paper are not as good as you see with your own eyes. If you ask them to go to the Xuanwu Gate school, I want to see them with your own eyes.If it is indeed as you described, I will never break my promise and you will be promoted to the fourth-rank military weapon supervisor of the North Yaya.
Thank you for your kindness, I dare not say anything false!Xiao Dan said happily.
Xue Chongxun said to Yang Sixu again: Ask Yin Ci to take his men to Xuanwu Gate and move some wooden boards to the schoolyard as a target.
After the arrangement was made, Xue Chongxun returned to the study room of the Greenhouse Hall and called Princess Tuyuhun Murong Dong to go to Xuanwu Gate to ride a horse.
They left the greenhouse hall and walked north in a jade chariot, and Murong Dong was in the same car as him to show his favor.
Xue Chongxun said: We Han people have a custom for the New Year. We brought bamboo poles to smash the ground and crackled, which is both lively and has a sign of breaking the bad luck of the old year.Today I will accompany you to see another more exciting thing. Don’t be scared to fall off your horse.
Murong Dong raised his chin and said: Xianbei women are very good at riding, I won’t fall off the horse so easily!
The two went to Xuanwu Gate with laughter and laughter. Yin Ci had already led a team of Shence cavalry to welcome him.
Xue Chongxun got out of the car and asked the soldiers to lead the horse over. He stepped on the stirrup and turned over the horse's body very agile.
Murong Yan also quickly climbed up a white horse, and gave Xue Chongxun a wink without admitting defeat.
Xue Chongxun laughed and said to the generals: She is the sister of King Tuyuhun Khan, and now she is my concubine.Everyone has made great contributions in the future. I will ask Princess Tuyuhun to reward you with her own treasures.
After hearing this, the soldiers burst into laughter.
Xue Chongxun rode his horse towards the palace gate, and Murong Dong followed. The iron armored knights started the war and immediately the horse's hooves roared majestic.
When they arrived at the grassland outside Xuanwu Gate, Murong Dong and Yin Ci were located on the left and right behind Xue Chongxun. Other soldiers and horses lined up behind and saw wooden boards in the distance.
After waiting for a while, Xiao Dan and others came on horseback with a carriage, reported to Xue Chongxun, and then asked them to show off their new weapons.
Xue Chongxun turned his head and said to Yin Ci: This kind of musket is the only one in the world. The first batch of them will be equipped with the Shen Ce Army. If you need to step up your training, it may come in handy soon.
Yin Ci answered with his fist.
Xiao Dan was busy directing his men to perform new things, but they saw them lifting out a few things like horse lances from the carriage. Two people carried each gun to the middle of the schoolyard. It seemed that the iron thing was much heavier than the horse lances.
The gun rod of the horse lance is wood, and the guns on the field except for a piece of wooden handle are all black and iron.
The craftsmen took the measuring gauge and scooped the gunpowder from the front to load the medicine into the barrel, then loaded the lead bullet, and finally asked the wooden strips to send a ball of something in to block it and press it tightly.
After a while of busyness, the two of them arranged in a horizontal row outside the wooden board with a group of 100 steps. The queue was not very neat, but they were not sergeants, so there was no need to ask too much.
Each gun has two operations. One of them has a thick cloth on his shoulder and carries the barrel. He stands in the opposite direction facing the person holding the gun handle, holding a piece of burnt charcoal in his hand, as if he is responsible for lighting the fire; the other person aims.
After Xiao Dan gave the order, the people carrying the guns ignited with charcoal, and only heard a loud bang... With a few loud bangs, thick smoke rose. The horses under Xue Chongxun and others had never seen such a scene. They were frightened and ran around, and the school ground was in chaos.
The soldiers hurriedly grabbed the horses and came to protect the horses, but Xue Chongxun and the princess had good riding skills and had already controlled the horses.
Everyone looked at each other and turned to look into the middle of the schoolyard.
At this time, several cavalry had already rode forward to get the wooden board.
Some wooden boards have no holes or any traces. They probably missed and failed to hit. There are two holes clearly printed on the two pieces. The wooden board with two fingers is directly pierced a hundred steps away. If the lead ball is hit on the human horse, the effect will be self-evident.