Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 250 4.46 The Supreme Emperor accidentally fell down a few days ago

Volume Four

4.46 The Supreme Emperor accidentally fell down a few days ago

The next few days were described as "intense and orderly". On the one hand, I was packing my luggage for Daye, which was actually not much, because they were all unloaded on another cargo ship. On the other hand, I was making love with the girls. The only problem was It's just that there are a lot of girls around me now, and there are only two of them who can eat. I haven't been so "rich" in so many years.

Until the third day of September.

"Dongfang? Why are you here? It's not like you don't know that I'm in the Xue family yard. Why don't you go there and wait for me on this boat?" On the three-masted inland river cruise, Zhou Yang rushed over all the way and was very puzzled. Looking at the dusty Dongfang Bing in front of him, "Also, what's going on with you? You look like you haven't slept for days."

"Eight hundred miles urgent." Dongfang Bing's face was dull, her eye circles were red, and the whites of her eyes were bloodshot, and her tone was full of exhaustion. She probably didn't eat well along the way. At this time, she was destroying the roast chicken in her hand as she spoke. "First, we arranged the things we couldn't solve last time in Linqing, and then flew all the way here. It's true that I haven't had a good rest for a few days."

"What on earth happened to make you do this?" Zhou Yang didn't understand.

"Originally I thought it was the princess's guess, until I found this on this ship." Dongfang Bing breathed a sigh of relief, put down the clean chicken leg bone in his hand, and pulled out a matchlock sample brought by Xue Xun from under the table. , "Do you have anything to explain?"

"I told the princess at the beginning that there are these things on the ship just in case." Zhou Yang frowned and said what he said last time, "The maritime merchant almost raised his head."

"The large cruise ship used by the second wife of the Xue family will be escorted by at least twenty gunslingers every time it docks in Jinling." Dongfang Bing interrupted him lightly, "There are also at least the same number of guards. Armed with knives and guns, they would only be replaced with sticks and other objects after disembarking from the ship, probably to facilitate entering the city.

When the guards were drunk at home, some even said that there were cannons on the ship. I don't care whether it was 'drunk uttering truth' or 'drunk nonsense', Ziyang, these things are far beyond a mere 'sea merchant', don't forget The imperial court issued a decree that all officials and civilians who have private possession of firearms will be convicted according to the number of private possessions. With the amount mentioned just now, it is considered an extrajudicial favor to copy and kill all the families. "

"Do you have people at the Jinling Mansion, the second room of the Xue family?" The first thing Zhou Yang thought of was this, "I remember telling His Highness Yongchang at the beginning that I don't like anyone planting anything around me!"

"Ziyang, the princess said something specifically before I came here, and I will also tell you here." After hesitating, Dongfang Bing sighed softly and handed over a stack of paper filled with writing, "She is not only Your Rong'er is also a princess of the Zhou Dynasty!"

"I still explained it as last time. These things will only be put on the Xue family's ship, and none of them will ever come ashore." After Zhou Yang looked through it for a while, he put the paper on the table, "I am going to Daye this time. When I took office, Uncle Xue did his best to help. Whether it was firearms or weapons, many of them were in the best condition brought back from overseas."

"Princess, I knew you would say this. Let me give you two sentences." Dongfang Bing was silent for a moment, then raised his head helplessly, "The first sentence is to take care of yourself; the second sentence is, no matter how many of these things you get, evenly distribute them." Leave one hundred to me. Over in the capital, the princess also needs a force of muskets. She has applied to His Majesty many times before but was not approved."

"One sentence is missing." Zhou Yang said with a frown.

"There are a total of five informants in the first and second bedrooms of the Xue family. When I go back, they will leave together." Dongfang Bing sighed softly and said, "Ziyang, don't blame the princess. Now you are also a fifth-grade person." Really, you have the world-renowned Xue Zihao as your support, and you are so capable, you have already entered the royal family's sight."

"Let her go." Zhou Yang shook his head helplessly. He knew that Princess Yongchang had shown mercy, "I'm just curious about how much pressure she faced, not only to use tricks to get money from me, but also to be an embarrassment to the court. Support for firearms that are called taboos? A message from the imperial court judge came yesterday. If it weren’t for your sake, do you believe that I would rather abolish the semicolon in the capital and let her never get a penny again? "

"Zi Yang, I don't know where you got such a fine product. Compared with this, the fire blunderbuss used by the Shenji Camp are simply garbage." Dongfang Bing avoided his question and gently stroked the match rope in his hand. Gun said, "The total length is five feet and two inches, and the weight is about eight and a half kilograms. The inner barrel of the gun is six cents thick, and the outside has been specially polished.

I just tried it, and the reloading speed is more than [-]% faster than the stuff from Shenji Camp. This is because I was not proficient in using it for the first time. The movable protective cover on the medicine tank allows this fire gun to be used in moderate wind and rain. It can be used normally under any circumstances; even the gunpowder and iron sand fired are specially customized. With this weapon, crossbowmen can almost be eliminated! "

"You've seen a lot of things!" Zhou Yang held her in his arms angrily, grabbed the blunderbuss and threw it aside.

"If it hadn't been inappropriate now, I would have tried it out." Dongfang Bing fell into Ai Lang's arms tiredly, "Princess, she has been suffering these days. Your Majesty is no longer at ease with her. Pay; Due to his status, the eldest prince doesn’t dare to get close to her these days. The empress personally invited her to the palace, hinting that she had gone too far. Fortunately, the princess has always made it clear that she supports the eldest prince, and the empress agreed to help speak; Longshou It’s been a while since the palace has recruited veterans, and then again, even if he summons them now, I’m afraid not many will be willing to take over.”

"Huh?" Zhou Yang realized something was wrong, "But what happened?"

"The Supreme Emperor accidentally fell down a few days ago. Although the palace has blocked the news, it certainly cannot be hidden from interested people." Dongfang Bing said with a wry smile, "He has already passed his seventies. Although nothing major happened this time , but obviously weakened a lot, Your Majesty took the opportunity to take back a lot of things, and the princess naturally looked dazzling here."

"So, she needs my support." Zhou Yang couldn't help laughing.

When did the Supreme Emperor die? There is no clear time point in the original work, but he is very sure that at least when Yuanchun was conferred as a concubine and even visited the relatives, that is, the 12th year of Honglou and the 55th year of Longwu, he was still alive. Now he is just out of the world. It's a bit surprising, the two still have plenty of time to fight.

But he knew this, and he was afraid that no one in the court would dare to make such a judgment, so that the forces that were originally close to the Supreme Emperor would all have to face enormous pressure, which happened to be convenient for Zhou Yang to take the opportunity to exchange some benefits, which would affect Chi Yu. The princes all have a lot of trouble and will definitely need outside support.

"Silver, and the firearms I just mentioned." Dongfang Bing said faintly, "As for the price, although the princess didn't mention it, since she sent me here, it must be..."

"What a beautiful idea!" Zhou Yang shook his head and refused without hesitation. Although the girl in his arms is a priceless treasure, he must not let others ask the price. "Isn't it just silver and firearms? For your sake, I gave it; but To say that she wants nothing but nothing, I’m afraid she’s just thinking blindly. If she doesn’t find conditions that satisfy me, this time I’ll treat her as repaying my past kindness.”

"Hmph, no wonder she called you 'cruel' when she summoned Sister Li. The princess has reached such a stage, and you still want to take advantage of it." Dongfang Bing hit him a few times angrily, but he also knew the severity. , "Fortunately, the princess had expected it before coming here, so tell me what conditions you want."

"You!" Zhou Yang said without hesitation.

"The princess also guessed it." Dongfang Bing pointed to the stack of papers and said, "There are a few sheets in it, which are for me to transfer the order to revoke the post of guard commander of the Princess Mansion, and only retain the title of second-class guard and imperial guard. ——Ziyang, do you think this is useful?"

"That's not what I was referring to." Of course Zhou Yang knew it was useless. If the team could be changed so easily, then there would still be a "camp". He flipped through the paper casually, picked out the pages and tore them into pieces. He was thrown into the Yangtze River through the porthole, "What I mean is that she cannot restrict your identity in the future. You decide what you want to do specifically!"

"Zi Yang!" Dongfang Bing couldn't help but shed tears and buried Zhen's head in Ai Lang's arms. "I believe the princess will agree, is there anything else?"

"There are only two. One is to arrange for Uncle Xue to be an imperial merchant." Zhou Yang said with a smile, "Save him from being like now, doing some sea trade secretly, and this condition is not for myself, right? There will also be benefits for the princess in the future."

The sea was prohibited in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although it was not completely prohibited, it was still very strict. Only one kind of people could really engage in sea trade, and that was the imperial merchants. The reason why Xue Xun had a close relationship with Xue Tu, or the Xue family's eldest family, was because Without the title of royal merchant of the Xue family, he would be just like those coastal families. If he is found to be trading overseas, he will be charged with "connecting with foreign barbarians and plotting evil", and his entire family will be executed!
"Although it's a bit troublesome, it's not a big problem." Dongfang Bing thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "The current Da Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion is Prince Zhongshun. He is a close associate of His Majesty. He is also in charge of the errands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the princess. Although there is no close relationship, there is no obvious conflict. If we are given some benefits, it will not be difficult to arrange for an imperial merchant."

"The last one, give my uncle the title of Trial Hundred Households." Zhou Yang took the opportunity to solve the problem. At first, he asked Zhang Dehui to collect donations in the capital, but he didn't expect it to happen; although he would not contact Wu Xun after he took office. Okay, now that I have a better opportunity, there is no need to owe favors, "How about it, it's not too much, right?"

"I can agree to this." Dongfang Bing nodded vigorously, "Ziyang, thank you!"

"Is that all you need to say?" Zhou Yang teased with a smirk.

"Good man, after all, the Xue family sister has not entered the family, it is not convenient for me to help you." Dongfang Bing said softly with a blush on his cheeks, "Even if his surname is Dongfang in the future, the title of 'eldest son' will bring you a lot of trouble." Except for this one trouble, the rest is up to you!"

(End of this chapter)