The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 159

Chapter 157

"It's done, but it's not stable enough. Some explode in less than three breaths, some don't explode until five breaths, and there are duds. This is not good. Xiao Lao is trying to solve it."

As soon as the grenade was mentioned, Song Yingxing immediately became serious.

Another genius idea, with the grenade, everyone is carrying a small Franc cannon,

It is also a Franc cannon that can be fired by a single person at any time,

Put it on the battlefield, it's terrible.

Sometimes Song Yingxing really wanted to open Lu Changle's head to see what was inside,
What an incredible, wonderful idea.

"Estimated how long it will take to solve this problem?"

"About one month, a lot of tests need to be done to improve its safety as much as possible. If there is any error, the consequences will be disastrous."

The lethality is too great, and the consequences of a little carelessness are unimaginable. Song Yingxing has to be cautious again and again.

"No, ten days. I will give you ten days at most. After confirming the plan, mass production will be required."

After a pause, Lu Changle said meaningfully: "Whether Fujian can hold its own depends on it."

Song Yingxing and Lao Zhou glanced at each other, and finally agreed in unison.

Zheng is now gathering people and horses, sharpening his knives,

No one knows when they will make a move, and the rural protection team must prepare in advance.

The design drawings and process flow given by Lu Changle are very mature, as long as some minor problems are solved,

It is not difficult to make finished products, the difficulty is to make stable and reliable finished products,
It takes time to test and improve,

What Song Yingxing has to do is to keep improving.

The three gathered together and discussed for more than a quarter of an hour. When Lu Changle waited for them to immerse themselves in the research again,

Successfully retired.

"Lu Changle, why do you know everything?" Yang Xuan said adoringly as she followed Lu Changle.

From a notorious prodigal son to a famous general,

This is enough to surprise people, and Lu Changle seems to have endless creativity,

The longer she stayed with Lu Changle, the more Yang Xuan admired her.

She's almost becoming a little girl.

Lu Changle chuckled, dragged Yang Xuan's catkin, and said as he walked, "I don't know, I guess it's because you prayed very piously, and God will grant your wish."

"What does this have to do with my praying?" Yang Xuan asked confusedly.

What do you want to do?
"You prayed to have a handsome husband with a virtuous tree facing the wind, high in martial arts and superb martial arts. God agreed, so he sent me here."

Yang Xuan chuckled, and couldn't help rolling her beautiful eyes: "Smelly shameless."

How can someone turn such a big circle to praise themselves, it's too shameless.

For some reason, being with Lu Changle makes me feel extra comfortable and happy,
The four members of the pro-guard followed far behind, their faces calm,
Seeing how much dog food was sprinkled, everyone is no stranger to it.

These days I have been busy with military expansion and publicity, as well as the naval affairs, Lu Changle has never had a good night's sleep,
It's rare to sneak in and enjoy the time the two of you are alone.

It's a pity that the good times are always so short. Before reaching the foot of the mountain, Lu Changsheng hurried over.

"Patriarch, the envoy of the Three-Eyed King is here, Second Uncle wants you to meet." Lu Changsheng said out of breath.

"Three-eyed king? Why did he send someone here?" Yang Xuan asked with a puzzled look.

Lu Changle said calmly: "An enemy's enemy is a friend. Zheng's actions are so big, it's impossible for him not to know."

There were more than 100 groups of bandits and bandits at most in Fujian, and the gentry teamed up to eradicate some of them.

The government dispatched people to suppress some of them, and some of them disappeared due to mutual fighting.

The rest are capable people, the three-eyed king can become the head of the twelve heavenly kings,
There must be something special about him,
Zheng Shi made such a big move, he must have heard the wind.

"Go, talk while walking." Lu Changle took the lead to walk towards the village.

The Township Protection Team and the Three-Eyed King are the two biggest forces in Fujian, one official and one thief,
The only intersection between the two is that the Zheng family is the sworn enemy.

On the way back, Lu Changle also figured out the origin of those people.

The representative sent by the Three-Eyed King is Sha Potian, who is the confidant of the Three-Eyed King, with four guards.

Sha Potian and his entourage disguised themselves as refugees. The first stop was Yanping Mansion, where they found people from the rural protection team and asked to see the person in charge by name.
After seeing Gan Hui, he revealed his identity and asked to meet Lu Changle. On behalf of the Three-Eyed King, he talked to Lu Changle about some confidential matters.
So Gan Hui sent Lu Changsheng to escort them to Changle County on a ship carrying iron materials.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Changle met Sha Potian in the side hall of his home.

Sha Potian is a big man in his thirties, with a bald head, tall and strong, about 1.8 meters tall, standing like a wall of flesh, his triangular eyes like squinting at people, and his face The three-inch scar looked sinister.

The four guards following Sha Potian are all very strong men,

Among them was a young and handsome guard standing at the back.

Lu Changle sat straight down without raising his head and said: "Sha Potian, you are so courageous, I don't know if you are wanted by the government, and you dare to send it to your door."

I am the General Pingzei, and Sha Potian is just one of the three-eyed king's subordinates.
There is a difference between officials and people, even if the Three-Eyed King is here, he is not worthy to sit on an equal footing with him, so Sha Potian is naturally standing.

Sha Potian laughed, and said in a buzzing voice: "No matter how courageous you are, you are not as big as General Lu. Not only did you destroy Zheng's East Route Army, but you also slaughtered the second son of the Zheng family. I admire you."

Lu Changle leaned on the grand teacher's chair, and said without changing his face: "That bastard Zheng Du is the sworn enemy of my Fuzhou Lu family. heart?"

Completely torn face, Lu Changle has no need to hide.

While talking, Lu Changsheng came over suddenly, put a small note in Lu Changle's hand,
Lu Changle glanced at it, nodded, and stuffed it into the sleeve calmly.

Sha Potian complimented: "Dare to act and act, General Lu is really proud."

"Stop..." Lu Changle waved his hand and said, "Isn't it Sha Potian? I'm going to be very busy. If there's anything else, let's get straight to the point."

"General Lu is really quick to talk, so let me just say it. The general must have known that the Zheng family is going to counterattack. Zheng Zhilong mobilized the main force in Jilongshan to return to Fujian. Zheng Hongkui also hurriedly withdrew his troops from Hankou and rushed back. It is obvious that the Zheng brothers want regain control of Fujian."

"The Zheng family is rich and powerful, with many soldiers and generals. The day when Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui return to Fujian is the time when the general and the king are in danger. The king said that although we are different from the general, we can return together. Our common enemy is Cheng's

"Your Majesty is willing to form an alliance with General Lu to deal with the Zheng family and expel the Zheng family from Fujian. At that time, Your Majesty is willing to share Fujian with the general. The two sides will not interfere with each other. How about it?"

Zheng Shi came aggressively this time, the Three-Eyed King knew that he was not Zheng Shi's opponent,
Under the persuasion of his subordinates, he decided to win over Lu Changle to fight against Zheng.

Although Lu Changle is an official, but he has a grudge against the Zheng family, and even killed Zheng Du, so he is a worthy partner.

In any case, let's get through the immediate crisis first.

"Sounds good." Lu Changle said unhurriedly: "For such an important matter, why doesn't the Three-Eyed King come? I can't just trust you with a few words, it's too dishonest."

Sha Potian opened the mouth and said: "The king asked the younger one to bring a small meeting gift, which is on the accompanying carriage. Can the general send someone to bring it in?"

Lu Changle nodded, looked at Lu Changwei,

Soon, Lu Changwei brought someone in with a box.

Sha Potian opened the box, and the hall was filled with jewels, all gold and silver jewels inside.

"General Lu, these are gifts from the king to meet you. Now that the enemy is face to face, I hope that the two sides can sincerely cooperate and jointly defend the Zheng family. This is a letter from our king. Please write it personally." After Sha Potian finished speaking, He took out a letter from his body and presented it to Lu Changle.

Just a few words from a few people are hard to convince.
There is a handwritten letter and such a large box of gold, silver and jewelry, which is enough to prove sincerity.

No one is bored, just give a box of gold, silver and jewelry worth tens of thousands of taels to each other.

When Lu Changle saw the box of gold, silver and jewelry, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "Come here, carry it down."

Lu Changle didn't have any psychological burden to keep these ill-gotten gains.

Seeing that Lu Changle accepted the meeting gift, Sha Potian was overjoyed, and handed the letter to Lu Changwei,
Then Lu Changwei presented the letter to Lu Changle who was sitting on it.

After reading the letter, Lu Changle threw it aside, and suddenly ordered: "Come here, tie them up!"

With an order, more than a dozen guards with full weapons rushed in, controlled Sha Potian and his four guards,
Before the five people entered the door, the weapons were taken away, and the guards had bows and arrows, and the five people did not dare to resist.
"The two armies are at war, and the envoy is not beheaded, General Lu, what do you mean?" Sha Potian said without changing his face.

Dare to come here, Sha Potian has long been prepared to die,
In the face of sudden changes, Sha Po Tian has no fear.

After Lu Changle saw that all five of them had won, he nodded in satisfaction and said casually, "Don't worry, I won't kill you."

When Sha Potian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Changle continued: "I am an official, and you are thieves. Go back and tell the Three-Eyed King that we cannot cooperate, but please rest assured that I am not interested in him for the time being, and I will never Will reconcile with Zheng."

If you want to enjoy the dividends of court orthodoxy, you have to draw a clear line with bandits,
The Three-Eyed King also used the method of the Hunting Demon King to rapidly expand his strength, and his reputation was too bad.

"General Lu, we came here with sincerity, you are not acting out of righteousness if you do this." Sha Potian said angrily, looking at the binding rope on his body.

He risked his life to seek cooperation, and even sent a box of gold and silver goods as a gift,
After entering Lu Changle's territory, he was put under house arrest. After meeting, Lu Changle didn't even look at him directly.
No seat, no cup of tea, it's too much.

Lu Changle said calmly: "I accepted your meeting gift, it is not in vain, Sha Potian, I will also give you a big gift."

Before Sha Potian could speak, Lu Changle pointed at him and said, "You can go."

Then he pointed to the three guards who followed Sha Potian and said the same thing,
Pointing to the youngest guard standing at the end, he said, "You, you can't go."

Sha Potian was furious when he heard this, and protested loudly: "Your surname Lu, what do you mean, are you playing tricks on us?"

He said he wanted to give a big gift, but turned around and wanted to detain his own people,
The buckle was still Guo Ding, a confidant who is very important to the king, and also a wise man in the army,

This time Guo Ding took the initiative to invite Ying to come here, just to advise himself.

Lu Changle waved his hand and said, "Sha Potian, do you know his details?"

"Brother Guo Ding is someone trusted by the king. Please, General Lu, think twice. If you make the king angry, I'm afraid the general will add another powerful enemy." Sha Potian threatened.

Lu Changle looked at the young man tied up with a rope and said, "I never thought that the famous Huang Hu adopted son would commit himself to be someone else's bodyguard. How would I call you, Guo Ding? My first name was Li Rujing? I still called you." His real name is Li Dingguo?"

After learning from Tie Suan that Li Dingguo was hiding in Fujian, intending to open up a way for Zhang Xianzhong, Lu Changle has been looking for his whereabouts.

Not only did Chen Qi list him as the top priority to secretly search for him, but he also asked Cheng Liye to use the contacts of Cheng's firm to find someone.
Li Dingguo's portrait and information were actually provided by Cheng's firm.
After the Fujian thieves experienced an introversion, those who performed outstandingly also began to show up.
After Chen Qi got Li Dingguo's information, he finally found Li Dingguo's whereabouts according to the map, and secretly monitored him.
The note sent by Lu Changsheng during the meeting was the information sent by Chen Qi, saying that Li Dingguo disappeared suddenly, and after many confirmations, he was hiding in the team for the meeting.
Of the four guards present, three were over 30 years old, and only the handsome young man was eligible.
If you're lucky, you won't find anywhere if you break through the iron shoes, and you can get it without any effort.

He delivered it himself.

As soon as Lu Changle finished speaking, Sha Potian and Li Dingguo all changed their expressions.

Sha Potian stared at Li Dingguo, and shouted loudly: "Who are you?"

Now in Lu Changle's territory, the situation is completely controlled by Lu Changle,
If you really want to kill yourself, it is just a matter of one sentence, there is no need to slander a small guard,

Could it be that Guo Ding really belonged to Huang Hu and Zhang Xianzhong?
Li Dingguo quickly recovered from the shock, stared at Lu Changle, and said with some surprise: "General Lu was able to dig him up in just one year. He really has something extraordinary. Ning Yu admires him."

(Li Dingguo, courtesy name Ningyu)

The other party called out his name, and even knew the original name, which shows that he investigated very clearly.
No need to waste time arguing.

After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Sha Potian: "Brother Potian, thank you for taking care of my little brother. We will meet again someday, and I will invite you to drink to apologize."

During the period of following the Three-Eyed King, he received a lot of care from Sha Potian, and this favor must be repaid.

Sha Potian stared at Li Dingguo, staring at him,

Zhang opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, turned around and said to Lu Changle, "Can we go?"

The alliance failed, Lu Changle looked down on the Three-Eyed King,

Fortunately, Lu Changle promised to let his group go, and helped him find Li Dingguo, who was lurking in the team with ulterior motives.
It can be regarded as the best of benevolence.

It's not a failure, at least I know Lu Changle's attitude,

If there is no alliance, the two sides will not violate the river water, and they will fight to the death with the Zheng family.

With this information, it is enough to tell the Three-Eyed King, so leave early before Lu Changle changes his mind.

"Of course." Lu Changle said: "Changwei, see off the guests, we must escort them out of Yanping Mansion."

There is no grievance between the two parties for the time being, and there is no need to kill these small characters.

It would be better to let them go back and fight with Zheng Zhilong.

According to the information received by Lu Changle, Zheng Zhibao has been confronting the Three-Eyed King,
The route that Zheng Hongkui led his troops back to Fujian should be to join Zheng Zhibao,

Get rid of the three-eyed king first, and then turn the spearhead to deal with yourself.

　I have a careful thought, try to be as low-key as possible, and steal a knife after no one supports it. I didn't expect so many book friends to support it. Well, I insist on thanking book friends for their votes and subscriptions! !
　　
　
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