The banquet ended, Qiao Sheren, Li Jingyao and others returned to the post station. Under the moonlight, Wang Ji's back looked extremely desolate.

However, Lu Ning went to the county government to wander around, and followed a group of people to suppress the officials and servants, including Jia Lun, Liu Hanchang, Sicang and Zuowei Jingye, and Wang Zhi.

Although the Donghai County Government Office is not big, it has all the internal organs. The county magistrate's house, the main house and the six county magistrate's house are all very complete. The inner house behind the main hall is enough to live in the county magistrate's family, but Liu Zhicai did not live here before.

On both sides of the main hall are the Six Caos, on the east side are the Gong, Cang and Hu San Cao Yafang, and on the west side are the Military, Dharma, and Scholars.

Behind the hall on the west side, there is the prison in this county.

Lu Ning opened a mansion and would temporarily stay in this county government, but it would naturally be repaired and improved, and the mansion would be expanded. According to regulations, Lu Ning, the Donghai State Mansion, can be built and settled.

As he walked, Lu Ning thought about the candidates for the officials of the Donghai State, such as the prime minister, and the minister, who had no idea.

My relatives and friends are not many, they are the materials for being an official.

"You are, Zhang Dalang?" Lu Ning suddenly glanced at the back of the group of people who followed him, a soapy man was trembling with fear. He was the neighbor, and his former creditor, the son of Liu Po.

Because I am a neighbor, although I have no intersection in life, I know each other.

Zhang Dalang immediately stepped out of the line, trotted forward, and knelt down and said, "Little man Zhang Da, I have seen the king for the first time!"

He was so nervous that he was about to wet his pants. He heard that on the day Lu Dalang was awarded the title, his mother went to the Lu family to force him to pay debts. Isn't this going to commit suicide?

Originally, I was just barely a servant. In the yamen, my grandmother was not close to her uncle and didn’t love her. She was the lowest-level dog. When I was in the yamen, I was very proud of the people. But in the yamen, my status was particularly low.

As a result, my mother offended Lu Dalang in the past. Now the lord of the entire Donghai County is afraid that this skin will be stripped away in minutes, and even sent to prison. She is tortured every day. In the future, she may have a miserable life.

"Well, get up." Lu Ning wanted to say hello at will, but forgot that the current class is so strict that Zhang Dalang was so scared that he shivered like a whisper, so he lost interest in chatting with him.

"You all go back!" Lu Ning waved his hand.

"Yes, the villain is leaving!" The clerks bowed one after another.

At this moment, I heard a roar coming from the other side of the prison.

"What's going on?" Lu Ning was slightly stunned.

Liu Han often took two steps, "The first step was that there was a bandit locked inside, and he often roared like a wild beast."

He is the judicial assistant and is struggling on the front line of the judicial front. If the county magistrate is regarded as the top leader of the public security, procuratorial and judicial collective, Liu Hanchang is the first clerk of the public security, procuratorial and judicial front. In the eyes of the people, he is also a great figure.

"You all go! Liu Hanchang, come to the prison with me!"

Liu Han often sweated coldly, and the other clerks were a little envious. After all, if you can stay by the king's side for a long time, there will always be some benefits.

Especially now, there are all officials in the East China Sea. The king of the country was a farmer before. I thought there was no such thing as a virtuous person to be promoted. I can’t say that I just chose the best from the officials. Now, it is a good opportunity to give the king of the country a deep impression.

But Liu Hanchang had a calves twitching. Just now, the king of the country gambling with Wang Ji. Although he was bold in his heart, he would sweat coldly all over his body whenever he thought about the terrible terror of the country.

...

The prison was not too big. The king came in the first place, and the officer lit the torch inside.

The smell in the prison made Lu Ning almost want to turn around and leave.

This is the men's prison.

Two iron cages, one of them, locked up more than a dozen people, were all ragged and dirty, and they seemed to be unable to stand. Someone came in, but they were very numb and didn't look at them. It seemed that there were still people lying on the ground, not knowing life or death.

In another iron cage, there was only a burly man with a unkempt face, circling around inside, and roaring to the sky from time to time.

Lu Ning suddenly looked at the group of prisoners in the iron cage. There was a middle-aged man. Although he was also ragged and covered in mud on his face, Lu Ning felt so keen that he obviously felt that his temperament was somewhat different from that of the prisoners around him.

"What are you yelling about?" Liu Hanchang strode over, took the wooden stick from the servant's hand, and knocked on the iron cage.

The big man turned around suddenly, his face was covered with black mud, but his eyes were bright. Liu Hanchang felt as if he was being targeted by a wild beast. He was so scared that his body trembled and he couldn't help but take a step back.

Then Liu Hanchang was furious and was embarrassed before the king's head. He picked up the wooden stick and whispered into the iron cage: "Pickled things! He actually yelled in front of the king's head!"

Lu Ning's attention turned to this side.

The man in the iron tower stood still, and Liu Hanchang's wooden stick hit him, as if he was tickling him.

"I'm not guilty!" He suddenly roared.

Liu Hanchang was originally extremely afraid of him, but the king was right next to him, and he was even more angry, "You are a crime! You are really looking for death!"

"Wait." Lu Ning suddenly spoke.

Liu Hanchang hurriedly took a two-step back, looked at Lu Ning's eyes, and understood what Lu Ning meant, and bowed and whispered: "Master, this guy claims to be from the North to look for relatives, named Tong Jiu. I don't know if it's his real name. He got drunk and argued with others. He claimed that he had beaten people to death in the North. The owner came to report to the official. Only a dozen of us could barely catch him. This guy was very strong. If he hadn't been drunk, I think we wouldn't be able to catch him even if we had been drunk."

"Mingfu, oh, no, Liu Ni said that he was either a North country or a stubborn man. He locked him up. Now, before he passed the court, Liu Ni was......"

Lu Ning nodded slightly, looked at the big man and asked, "Why did you kill people in the north?"

The man remained silent.

Lu Ning shook his head, "Since you don't speak, then wait for the court to speak."

He looked at the man in the iron cage again, turned around and walked out, and said to Liu Hanchang: "The sanitation conditions here are too poor. Let the prison chief clean it frequently. Also, who are the people here?"

"There are criminals who committed the crime, and some refugees who fled from the war in Shouzhou, who were unable to tell their hometowns and had a wrong accent, were also locked up here, probably spies from the north."

Lu Ning nodded slightly: "Check out their identities carefully."

Liu Hanchang agreed repeatedly, and after a short walk, he suddenly remembered something, "First, Gan Erlang was also sent to prison this morning and was locked up here."

Lu Ning was startled and then understood: "Mrs. Gan's second brother?"

"Yes..." Liu Han often heard Lu Ning call "Madam Gan", and knew that his reminder was just right, and he smiled flatteringly: "Yes, Gan Erlang is the official in the Ganjia Village area recommended by Liu Ni. When Liu Ni was in trouble, he happened to be on duty in the county government and was sent to prison."

Lu Ning knew that the village chief was similar to the township chief of later generations, and the county was in various places, and occasionally came to the county government to take duty.

"Well, let him out!" Lu Ning made a gesture.

"Yes!" Liu Han often bowed. Since he had a title of the country, even if it was a similar to the Tang Lu, there was no grand lord in this county. Moreover, the king should have waited for a few days to auspicious day, and the amnesty was already festive.

Gan Erlang was the man lying in another iron cage. He was wearing silk clothes full of feces and urine. He was carried out of prison by the yamen runners. He was humming and poured a basin of cold water before he suddenly sat up.

"Wake up! The king of the country gave his grace and forgives your sins! Why don't you thank him quickly?" Liu Hanchang smiled and squatted down, endured the stench, and patted Gan Erlang's shoulder intimately.

Gan Erlang was confused and didn't know what was going on. He only knew that someone had pardoned him and immediately kowtowed: "Sir, thank you! Sir, thank you!"

In a daze, I saw that I was very young to kowtow to the handsome young man. I don’t know who he was, but I could forgive me. I think it was the new powerful man in the county.

"You want to thank the king for the first time!" Liu Hanchang had no choice but to come to Lu Ning and said with a flattering smile: "Gan Erlang is afraid that he will be scared and his soul is lost. He needs the old Taoist priest from Ganjia Village to refine a calming pill to recover from his senses."

Lu Ning was slightly stunned when he heard this, "There is a Taoist priest who practices alchemy in Ganjia Village?"

"Yes, there is a Taoist temple in Ganjia Village. Don't you know the first time?" Liu Han asked strangely.

Lu Ning's heart moved, "So, do you use saltpeter for alchemy?"

"It should be used?" Liu Han often scratched his head, "Ganjia Village has always had a tradition of making soil nitrite. Many farmers make soil nitrite. Taoist priests from Baiyun Temple in Haizhou also buy soil nitrite from Ganjia Village."

Lu Ning felt a little warm.

From awakening to being enfeoffed as the Lord of the East China Sea, he knew that he would probably not be able to get rid of these chaotic disputes.

What's more, he shot Guo Rong himself, but he didn't know how history was going.

According to historical development, the original attack on the south of the Tang Dynasty, the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin made great contributions, so he gained the trust of the Zhou Lord and gradually became the leader of the Zhou Imperial Army.

But now, he is not strong enough to suppress the original important officials of Zhou State. The fight between the two sides is in the end.

If Zhao Kuangyin could not seize power, and even if both sides were evenly matched, Guo Zongxun would still be the Lord Zhou, would he let go of his father-killing enemy?

So, I have to prepare for the future.

In fact, even if the power of Zhou State is the only country, if you have no relatives and friends, you don’t have to be afraid and don’t have to escape by using your sword. You only need a little time to create some equipment that can be kept alone and turn it upside down within Zhou State.

However, if you have an old mother, relatives, and friends, it is probably a bit difficult to protect them, and you are alone.

It would be great if my own action team was here.

It seems that only one elite personal soldiers can be trained.

This personal soldier does not need to be large, about a thousand people, so that the equipment they make themselves can be supplied.

Lu Ning is still planning what kind of equipment to build.

Lu Ning is also wondering whether these instruments can be used for gunpowder.

I don’t know if I can create some firearms with the resources I can use.

Needless to say, the golden ratio of the world is still unknown, but it is easy for me to be in my hands.

The problem of making firearms today is actually the main skill of smelting iron.

However, the current iron-smelting skills are no different from those in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. On the contrary, after the Song Dynasty, a large amount of coal was used to smelify, resulting in a decline in the quality of iron. Because in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, there was no technology to remove carbon impurities from iron, let alone domestic coal contains more sulfur, which led to a decline in the quality of iron.

Just like the Ming Dynasty's self-produced coercion, the power is simply impossible to compare with that of European coercion. The main reason is that the quality of iron makes the amount of powder produced by Ming Dynasty's self-produced muskets only one-third or even less than that of European gunpowder. Otherwise, the muskets would easily explode.

If it were equipped with a heavy European mesh gun that was thousands of European and used properly, the Jurchens would not have any chance at all.

At the same time, Europe was relying on muskets and a small number of soldiers to defeat the indigenous people of Africa and America's fierce cold weapons.

Now, slowly, what resources can I have? Black gunpowder, no problem. Although the ignition device of the combrot gun has been developed for hundreds of years from the first tubular gunpowder gun to the combrot gun, it has improved the proportion of gunpowder configuration and improved the ignition method.

There has never been a truly difficult technology to overcome.

In fact, humans’ thinking on how to use gunpowder to create lethality in the past few hundred years is all in their minds.

The only key is the skill of iron smelting and how to forge qualified barrels that can be used as firearms.

In my previous life, I was most interested in all kinds of armed weapons, from cold weapons to hot weapons, all of which were my favorites. I had beaten irons, forged crossbows, and made antique guns such as mechas, flintlock guns, etc., but that was supported by modern technology.

Now?! But I don't know.

Although I also understand that even if I can make a firearm similar to a mesh gun, it is obvious that the manufacturing and maintenance can only be done by myself. At most, I will accept some apprentices, but I have to do the main things myself, so it is impossible to qualify the army in large quantities.

However, it can still be of some miraculous effect to tinker with dozens or even hundreds of firearms and equip them with personal soldiers.

It is easy to say that black gunpowder and sulfur charcoal are made, but saltpeter is not everywhere.

When I heard that Ganjia Village, I refined soil and salt.

Lu Ning's heart became hot, and he thought for a while and said with a smile: "Today I will go to Ganjia Village to take a look and send this Gan Erlang back."

Liu Han was always stunned, "First time, I will select some servants to accompany you." He thought to himself that the king liked the Gan family very much, so he wanted to send him home because of this Gan Er Love House and Wu.
Chapter completed!