The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 436

Everyone was overwhelmed by Lin Yifan's killing intent, they all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

"Okay, I just got angry for a while, so don't blame me." Lin Yifan looked at the crowd and said with a smile, "In my opinion, if it's not the last moment, then Cao Ji probably won't join forces with the Donghu people. Besides, now Donghu people are falling into civil strife, so they should have no time to look south."

"My lord is right, and my subordinates also think that Cao Ji should not be so stupid." Han Song stroked his beard and pondered, "As for the Leizhou army going north, I think it is impossible. You know, the Leizhou army is resisting Tianyun. A solid barrier, General Feng has been stationed in Leizhou for more than [-] years, and the emperors of all dynasties dare not easily mobilize it. Even now that Cao Ji is in power, he dare not instruct the Leizhou army. He can only let Leizhou form its own faction, independent of the Cao family Besides, in order to win over Old General Feng, all kinds of rewards are not stingy. But the old general has always shown no color to Cao Ji, how difficult is it to mobilize the Leizhou Army?"

"Master Han's words are reasonable." Ye Hongyu nodded slightly, "If so, what card does Cao Ji have? His subordinates are so dull that they really can't figure out the reason."

Lin Yifan sighed slightly, "Oh, I'm still confused about this matter. If that's the case, let's leave him alone, we will see for ourselves in the future, and now we can only respond to changes with the same."

"What your lord said is very true. Since the situation is unclear, I, Hengshan, will stand still for the time being and wait and see what happens." Ye Hongyu thought for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Now it is the spring plowing season, so it is not appropriate to use troops. During this period, there must be changes on all sides. , I can arrange it calmly."

"In that case, let's put this matter on hold for now." Lin Yifan nodded, "Now that the Spring Conference is about to be held, everything is complicated, thank you for your hard work."

"My lord, you are welcome." Everyone laughed, and then took their leave and left.

Capital, Weiguo Duke's Mansion.

"Father, the rebellion in Jinshang and Shangzhou has basically been wiped out, and the rebellious party headed by Tianli Sect has disappeared under the attack of our army. There were no major disasters in the past year, and the people have kept themselves in peace and have not been easily incited." Cao Ziyan spoke indifferently, as if he was talking about other people's affairs.

"Well, very good, Yan'er, I didn't expect you to put down the rebellion in just one year, not bad." Cao Ji looked at his son with relief, his eyes filled with relief.

"Father is absurd. These are the soldiers who put their lives to good use to achieve this result." Cao Ziyan said modestly, then frowned, and asked, "By the way, father summoned the whole army to go north this time, is he preparing for the Northern Expedition?" ?”

"Hehe, if it wasn't for the Northern Expedition, why did my father ask you to come to the capital?" Cao Ji smiled and nodded.

"Father can't." Cao Ziyan's face changed slightly, and he said quickly: "We are not sure of winning the war at this time, so please think twice, father. You only need to give the child two years to train the 60 troops into elites. At that time, we will go to the Northern Expedition again, and we will definitely be able to win in one battle."

"Haha, Yan'er has this heart, and I am very happy for my father." Cao Ji smiled, "But don't worry, if you are not sure, how dare you provoke a war at this time for your father?"

"This? Father, do you have anything to rely on?" Cao Ziyan looked at him suspiciously.

"Follow me." Cao Ji stood up and ordered his servants to prepare the carriage.

Afterwards, the two came to a temple of Tiandaoism in the city. It turned out that this place was the cave of Jia Guoshi, who was once highly valued by the former emperor.

Cao Ziyan looked at this villa, and his eyes became more puzzled. Could it be that these Taoist priests who pretended to be gods and ghosts were relying on his father?

At this time, the gate of Zhuang Guan opened, and a middle-aged Taoist priest walked out from it, wearing a strange mask covering the left half of his face.With a wave of dust, he saluted the two calmly, "The poor Taoist Zhang Jidao, I pay my respects to Duke Wei, and to my son."

"Hehe, the Taoist priest is free of courtesy." Cao Ji stroked his hand modestly and said with a smile.

After the three of them entered the Taoist temple, offered fragrant tea, and chattered for a while, Cao Ji explained the purpose of their visit.

Zhang Jidao glanced at Cao Ziyan, and smiled slightly, "The meaning of Duke Wei is clear to the poor. It's all right to take the son to have a look."

"That's good, Ziyan, don't thank the Taoist priest." Cao Ji nodded and urged.

Cao Ziyan looked bewildered, seeing his father's order, he had no choice but to follow suit.

When Zhang Jidao went to make arrangements, Cao Ziyan couldn't help asking, "Father, who is this Taoist priest? How could he receive such courtesy from you?"

Cao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile, "Ziyan, do you still remember that Jia Guoshi who won the Sacred Heart back then?"

"Naturally, but this person disappeared suddenly after the late Emperor passed away."

"Hehe, do you know the identity of this Daoist Zhang?" Cao Ji looked at him, asked himself and answered, "This is the nephew of Jia Guoshi."

"So what?" Cao Ziyan frowned, puzzled.

"You'll know later." Cao Ji put on a show, and sipped the tea with a smile.

Not long after, that Zhang Jidao finally returned, and said with a smile: "Please come with the poor Taoist Duke and Prince."

The three of them passed through the front hall and entered a huge secret room from a secret passage in the backyard.I saw hundreds of craftsmen inside, busy everywhere.What puzzled Cao Ziyan was that there was no fire light inside, but the copper mirror was used to guide the sunlight from a vent above the secret room.Around the secret room, there are also pieces of smooth copper mirrors attached to the wall, reflecting faint light, making the light in the secret room dim, but still able to see things.

With Zhang Jidao's introduction, the original disdain on Cao Ziyan's face gradually became serious.When he learned that it was with this thing that Hengshan defeated the three major western powers in one fell swoop, his hands trembled involuntarily.

"This, this is Hengshan's magic weapon for defeating the enemy, gunpowder?" Cao Ziyan couldn't help shouting as he pointed to the baskets of black powder on the last process.

"Yes, this is exactly the gunpowder developed by my uncle Jia Shidao." Zhang Jidao smiled slightly.

"Ah, so that said, Hengshan..." Cao Ziyan was shocked.

"If Pindao's expectations are correct, Master Uncle should be in Hengshan at this time." Zhang Jidao nodded slightly, and said lightly.

"I don't know how effective this is?" Although Cao Ziyan was excited, he still had doubts in his heart. After all, he had never seen gunpowder before, so he didn't know its power at all.

"Haha, since the son is interested, I will demonstrate it." Zhang Jidao stroked his long beard and smiled.

The three of them walked out of the secret room and came to a square in the backyard. A Taoist priest had already made arrangements here, waiting for the arrival of the three of them.

"My lord, my son, please cover your ears, the movement will be louder." Zhang Jidao glanced at Cao Ziyan and said with a smile. "It's time to start!"

Cao Ziyan crossed his arms nonchalantly, watching with cold eyes.

"boom!"

The whole square was shocked. Cao Ji and Zhang Jidao were fine, but Cao Ziyan staggered and fell to the ground with a pale face. "This, this is the power of gunpowder? Amazing skills, amazing skills!"

Immediately afterwards, Cao Ziyan jumped up and said urgently: "If our army can equip this kind of artifact, who else in the world is our opponent? Father, my child requests the mass production of gunpowder immediately to equip the entire army."

"Haha, silly boy, this gunpowder is not so easy to produce." Cao Ji looked at him lovingly, "Now this gunpowder must be kept secret, so that father can catch those rebels by surprise during this war." It is a great kindness for you to come and see it today, so don’t let it out.”

When Cao Ziyan heard the words, he immediately looked solemn, "Father, please remember."

On the way back, Cao Ziyan gritted his teeth and asked suspiciously, "Father, how can such powerful gunpowder be handed over to an outsider? If we master the method of refining gunpowder ourselves..."

Cao Ji glanced at him slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Why don't you think about it, but Zhang Jidao has the gunpowder prescription in his hands, so it's not easy for him to hand it over at this time. Otherwise, once he dies, he won't be able to give it up." Since, have we not lost the source of gunpowder?"

"Father's words are reasonable." Cao Ziyan said regretfully to himself, "Father, why did Zhang Jidao help us?"

"Hmph, this man is too ambitious." Cao Ji's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly, "Not only did he ask to become the Imperial State Teacher afterwards, but he also asked to establish a so-called Communist Party, banning all schools of thought, and only respecting the teaching of heaven. From then on The Tiandao Sect of his school will become the only religion in the empire, and everyone from the princes and nobles to the people of Liming will be believers."

"What?" Cao Ziyan exclaimed, "Is he crazy?"

"Hehe, no matter whether he is crazy or not, now that he has gunpowder in his hand, we have the power to use each other." Cao Ji smiled coldly, "Once we master the prescription of gunpowder, the old man will make him really become madman."

PS: Originally, I wanted to make it a little more mysterious, but in the end it was leaked ahead of time as I wrote it, speechless.

(End of this chapter)