Question: Let’s talk about the place where you were when you were in Bianliang.

Answer: Sir, it is a big place. There are more than a dozen workshops and five or six hundred people in the west of Bianliang City, all of which are the owner's property...

Q: Are you making gunpowder?

Answer: Yes, Xiaomin’s family has been craftsmen who make fireworks for generations. There was originally a small workshop, but unfortunately...

Q: How did you get into that farm?

Answer: First, people from there came to invite them. Xiaomin made fireworks with family skills, and they were unwilling to go there when they were guarding the store. Soon after, another firework shop opened opposite Xiaomin's house. Their fireworks were so varied that they were blown up, and they were sold at a low price. Xiaomin could not compare with them, and the business became sluggish. Later, the people in the village had good conditions, so Xiaomin had to go there.

Question: After entering, did you learn how to improve gunpowder?

Answer: Yes.

Q: Since gunpowder can be improved so much, why didn’t you think of it before?

Answer: Gunpowder preparation was originally a method passed down from ancestors. After entering the yard, I realized that there was such a particular place. All the rules in the yard were extremely particular. Even if it was a cup or a cup of water, it was stipulated. The process of gunpowder preparation was a bit complicated, and Xiaomin could not have thought of these before.

Question: Who thought about the process of gunpowder improvement?

Answer: Xiao, Xiaomin didn't know that the person in charge of the gunpowder workshop was Mr. Gongsun, and the person in charge of the entire compound was Mr. Lin. There was also a person in charge named Lin. They all participated, but some people said that the method of improvement was taught by the boss himself, but Mr. Lin and others were in charge of the construction.

Q: What is your boss’ name?

Answer: Ning Yi, Ning Liheng.

Question: He later...killed your emperor.

Answer: Yes, that's him.

Q: Have you seen him?

Answer: I have seen him several times. He invites us to have a meal every year. Sometimes he comes to greet him. He always talks with Mr. Lin, Mr. Gongsun and others about things. Xiaomin... He has seen him about three or four times.

Q: What kind of person is he?

Answer: He is... young, but majestic. He always laughs when talking to us, but he laughs less when talking to Mr. Lin, Mr. Gongsun and others, and no one dares to be too presumptuous in front of him.

Question: Do you know why he wanted to run such a yard?

Answer: The little people don’t know. They say they want to study some interesting things and sell them to Zhuji.

Question: Bamboo Record?

Answer: He also opened many shops, restaurants, tea shops, and sold food, went out to tell books, and made tricks. All of them were called Zhuji. He went out of Bianliang, and many big cities had them, and many cars were also dragged things to the countryside to sell.

Q: How many kinds of workshops are there in the yard you are in?

Answer: The little people are not very clear and do not allow them to enter some places. But I remember that there are gunpowder, fabric, wine, flower dew, papermaking, iron making, coal balls, fruit jam, and dried meat...

Q: How much do you know about your boss?

Answer: Xiaomin... He only knew that when the heavenly soldiers went south, he left the city and said he wanted to go... He Jianbi Qingye, and later, he said that he had won a battle in Xia Village. Xiaomin didn't know whether it was true or false, because later, the above said that the head family colluded with the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and the right Prime Minister's Mansion fell, and the head family was also implicated.

Question: Well. It was indeed they who defeated Guo Yaoshi's resentful army in Xia Village and ordered Guo Yaoshi to lead his troops to flee west. Later, your boss killed the emperor.

Answer: Yes, yes.

Q: Do you hate your boss?

Answer: Yes, he... no, little people, little people, no one, no one...

Question: If he didn't kill Zhou Zhe, would he think that you wouldn't come here?

Answer: Xiaomin...I don't know. Moreover, Wang Shi acts on behalf of the heavens, and it is a good thing that Xiaomin can come here...

Question:...If I said, the battle between your boss in Xiacun really caused a great obstacle to our army's capture of Bianliang, you would feel...

answer:……

...Ha. Forget it, I won't make things difficult for you...

...

With a loud bang, a group of people wearing Jin Dynasty official uniforms walked over on the dirt slope on the other side of the mountain. Looking at the traces of the explosion. On the platform here, several officials were sitting in their seats drinking tea, but they had not moved yet.

The highest-ranking place here is Wanyan Xiyin, the right supervisor of the Marshal's Office, and Shi Liai, who was appointed as the Minister of the Privy Council, who was appointed as the Minister of the Han Dynasty. Xiyin shook his head: "The power seems to have increased, but it is necessary to be used on the battlefield, and it seems that it needs to be improved."

Shi Liai nodded: "These people have just started to do things, and there is still a possibility of improvement." After saying this, he frowned slightly, "I have heard of the ruthless man named Ning who killed the lord in Wu Dynasty, but I didn't expect that Lord Ceres was paying attention to him."

Wanyan Xiyin was the most knowledgeable person among the Jurchen officials, and he was both civil and military. This Han minister Shi Liai was originally a famous talent in Yanyun. His family was a powerful gentry. He had followed Zhang Jue to do things. When Zhang Jue wanted to judge the Wu Dynasty, Shi Liai immediately retired and returned home. When the Wu Dynasty took back several states, he also sent people to ask Shi Liai to be an official, but Shi Liai knew the corrupt situation of the Wu Dynasty and was unwilling to surrender. In the end, Yan Yun returned to the Jin people and became an official. At this time, he was in charge of the Privy Council under Marshal Zonghan, and above ten thousand people. Among the officials in the court, Xi Yin and Shi Liai also had a good relationship and were considered good friends.

"I didn't pay much attention to it at first. In the past two days, the Xixia war report came, and I found out a little bit of it. I asked about this gunpowder matter." Xi Yin smiled, "Talk about it, I have a gangster before."

"Oh? Lord Ceres had fought with him?"

"It has never happened. It was just that when the army entered Bianliang, everyone was concerned about collecting gold and silver in the Wu Dynasty. Someone deliberately asked someone to plunder the rare classics of the Wu Dynasty, but they did not get enough money. Later, they found out that this man killed the lord and occupied Bianliang for two or three days. When he left, he not only plundered a large amount of military supplies, but also searched several places in the city of Bianliang, and even loaded dozens of cars to take them away. It is a pity to take one step forward."

Shi Liai smiled: "Lord God of Ceres seems to be a little sympathetic to this person."

"It's not a question of mutual appreciation. The culture of the Southern people is as brilliant as a galaxy and as vast as a sea of ​​smoke. Sometimes, what happened in the south is regrettable, but in such a culture, there are always some people that are admirable. Just like this one, a few years ago, he was planning for Bianliang. The army went south, and he went to the front in person, and even fell to death and defeated Guo Yaoshi, the two brothers of Guo Yaoshi. But he made all his contributions. He made such a fuss and was falsely accused and suppressed after returning. He killed the monarch in the Golden Palace himself, which is really a great man of a generation, and it makes people applaud him." He said, patting his thigh gently, "When Zhou Zhe died, he had never seen him personally, but it was a pity."

Wanyan Xiyin's position among the Jurchens was transcendent, and at this time he said what he was thinking. Shi Liai's eyes were complicated and lowered his voice: "Master Grim Rei is careful, this person is ruthless after all..."

"Haha, Master Shi, you are too safe." Wanyan Xiyin smiled indifferently. He patted his shoulder, "The Jurchen court is different from the Han court. We can kill from the white mountains and black waters by the unity of our superiors and subordinates. The soldiers use their lives, not someone's slander or flattery. If there is such a monarch in the Wu Dynasty, it is a sign of a destruction of the country. If we can kill it with a knife, we will be very pleased with people! If our Jin Kingdom can win the world, how can we have a thousand generations of reasons. If there is such an emperor in the Jin Kingdom like this in the future, it will also mean that our Jin Kingdom is at its demise. We should speak out loudly and be wary of this supreme truth. If someone radiates it randomly, I will kill him with one sword, so as not to disrupt our Jin Kingdom court."

Although he was a Jurchen writer, he was always kind and kind throughout his life, but he was not angry and powerful when holding the sword. Even if he had a few parents and children, he could do his best. The fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi had a little quarrel with him and was as afraid as a tiger. At this time, the two of them were talking, and there were others around him. Shi Liai, who was deeply influenced by Confucianism, advised him to be cautious when speaking. Wanyan Xiyin glanced over, and most of them were silent and did not dare to look at each other.

Wanyan Xiyin's behavior was not considered ostentatious. At this time, the Jin Dynasty was indeed as he said, and he could say as much as he did. Even Wu Qimai had been beaten by ministers when he did something wrong. Wanyan Xiyin was a real founding hero. The ranking in the Jurchen court was ranked in the top ten, so he didn't care about the straightforward words he said. But after he finished speaking, he looked up and had a little remembrance.

"Master Shi, do you know? The battle between Wu Chao and the northwest reminded me of the experience of the uprising. In the early years, the tribes were bullied by the Liao people. If we had known that there would be a battle. After leaving Hedian, the Liao people would rise to a hundred thousand troops. The armored soldiers of our side were only more than 3,000. The first emperor led us to attack at night, heroic and heroic. However, when we were in the military formation, we knew that the other party had 100,000 people, it was hard for you to know what it felt like..."

He paused slightly: "At the Bubudagang, there were 700,000 Liao people, and our army was 20,000. To put it, it was the Jurchens who were invincible, and the Liao people had civil strife, which was like this. But on the battlefield, no one gritted his teeth and went forward. The truth is that even if there was no military strategy, we could only move forward. We were homeless, and we took a step back and all would die."

Wanyan Xiyin said these words in a plain manner, but she also experienced a great battle and calmness after tides over life and death: "I told everyone before, don't underestimate the Han people. It's a pity that I value them, but the Han people never gave me a face. Now it can finally be said that the Han people also have heroes. The master of the time is in the same world as the heroes, and we are very proud of it."

"Master Grizzly God." Shi Liai nodded, with a mixed hair color, and after a while, he slowly said, "It's just a monarchist. It's hard to achieve great success since ancient times. Even if it's a temporary show, it's probably just a flash in the pan and it can't last long. Shi Mou felt that he might be in a place, and the world would be competed for the world, and it's hard to be qualified."

Wanyan Xiyin reached out to knock on her thighs, and was silent for a moment. After a while, she laughed: "What Master Shi said is indeed good...come." He called the officials behind him, "I want all the gunpowder and firework craftsmen among the Han people who went north this time, no matter where they are now."

"Yes." The man took the order and went down.

Wanyan Xiyin stood up, Shi Liai and others also stood up, took a few glances on the platform, and he turned around and started walking downwards. Shi Liai followed him, Xiyin turned his head and whispered, and the breeze faintly sent the conversation over.

"The Wu Dynasty established a new emperor again...is very unwise..."

“…Fawu…wait next year…”

"Xiao Canghe and Zong, Zhe family...I want to send someone..."

The name appeared in this conversation, perhaps meaning that Ning Yi finally began to fall into the vision of these people in a relatively equal form. Although the words were calm, the impact that would have happened after this was immeasurable. Soon, a group of people left this barren mountain and returned to the city along the road.

Jin, Tianhui is four years old.

The Western Capital Datong, therefore known as Yunzhong Prefecture, was rapidly prospering after the Jin Dynasty attacked the Wu Dynasty for the second time. He was the Marshal's Office of Wanyan Zonghan, and the Privy Council was located. Not long ago, with the death of Liu Yanzong, the head of the Privy Council of Zongwang's West Road, the core of the Jin affairs, which was originally divided into the east and west routes, was quickly gathering in Datong.

The large increase in slaves filled the population and labor force in the wartime vacancies, and the concentration of aristocrats and merchants drove the prosperity of the city, although this place is still a military town today. All the businesses in the city have indeed flourished greatly.

In every brothel here, you can find a prostitute woman who became a noble woman in the Wu Dynasty in the south. In every shop, there are one or two slaves captured from the south. They wear ropes, stabbed their cheeks, and were forced to work. Now, it is the era when the Jurchens are truly invincible in the world, and they have not lost their enterprising spirit. The stars and heroes gather in this city, but of course, the connections and transactions in the dark have never stopped for a moment.

Two groups of people are meeting in a courtyard east of the city.

"A few months ago, people came in large numbers. It's easy to say that the investigation has started to be strict recently, and the price is higher than before." A serious Jurchen official took the gold and silver from the other party, frowned and counted it, and was still talking, "What you want is specifically for this business, so you can find it naturally, but... I'm afraid I'll raise the price again, so don't blame me for not explaining it clearly at that time."

"This is natural." The man in the Jurchen uniform who paid the money smiled, "Just Qi Master helps me to make the fireworks business in Beijing a unique way. Money is not a problem. Well, Qi Master, there is no problem with these texts."

"Of course not. They are all official contracts, so you can take a look at them in person."

"Master Qi said there is no problem, so there is no need to read it." The man in the Chinese clothing put Wen Qi in his arms.

"From here, you have nothing to do, but don't go around." The other party frowned, "To be honest, since I have collected the money, I don't care what you do. You can use these piglets, and you will beat them to death if you refuse to do things. Pay the money from Shangguan Mansion, but if you do something randomly on the way and get out of the way, don't get involved. If that kid Wuyan introduced you, I wouldn't have done this business with you."

"I know, Master Qi, don't worry. It's business, it's all right now, I'll have to do it next time. Now it's a good time, how can I stop asking for a few piglets?"

"I don't think you are such a person either. Hey, is the fireworks business really so easy to do?"

"Shangjing is different from Xijing. There are a group of big-headed soldiers in Xijing. If you know anything, you will know how to go to brothels and restaurants. The people in Shangjing like to join in the fun and set off fireworks at night. There were a few craftsmen from the Liao Kingdom before, but how could the Khitans compare to the Wu Dynasty in this regard? That is the place to play. You think, I want to make a lot of money."

“You should make money.”

Both sides said, laughed, then took the rear and raised several Wu Chao "piglets": These were five Wu Chao craftsmen, with their faces stabbed. One of them didn't know who they had offended, and at this time they were still beaten to the point of bruising and swollen. One of them had his arms broken, and the five were standing there in chains, ragged clothes, dull eyes and skinny.

The man in the Chinese uniform expressed dissatisfaction with the man with broken arms, but soon after, he still received the goods. He and five subordinates took the five slaves out of the courtyard and headed towards the east gate of the city. A group of eleven people came across the investigation soon after.

In the afternoon, Wanyan Xiyin returned to the mansion and talked to Chen Wenjun, who was known as his concubine and actually his wife. Not long after, someone asked for a meeting. He was arranged by him to gather the confidant general of the gunpowder craftsman. Wanyan Xiyin summoned the person into the yard without avoiding suspicion. After the general saluted Chen Wenjun, he whispered to Wanyan Xiyin to report some things to Wanyan Xiyin: "There are a few strange things..."

After hearing this, Wanyan Xiyin's eyes became serious. After a moment, he waved his hand: "I understand, look for it." The confidant general stepped down. Wanyan Xiyin stood there and pondered for a moment. Chen Wenjun came over: "My husband, what's the matter?"

"...It's okay." Wanyan Xiyin thought for a while, shook her head with a smile, "The clown jumping... By the way, something big happened to Wu Chao recently, I haven't told you..."

The sunset was getting redder and the flowers and trees were planted in the yard. The famous general hugged his wife and spoke softly. The wife occasionally smiled, and the two of them snuggled in the sunset and became a silhouette of happiness.

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At the end of July, Yanzhou City was a bustling scene.

Li Pin sat on the stone steps beside the small square, watching the crying and protests of a group of people not far away, Tie Tianying, disguised as a vendor, stood beside him, frowned: "What's the idea of ​​Ning Liheng..."

At the end of June, after nearly a month of spreading and fermenting, the battle on Dong Zhiyuan shocked the world. Li Pin was originally depressed in Xiao Canghe, but when he heard the news, his whole person was shocked. Those who said in that tone in Xiao Canghe wanted to subvert Confucianism, the first thing they felt was crazy, but when the Black Flag Army defeated more than 100,000 Xixia Army with 10,000 people, and regained the Northwest trend with one's own strength in such a crisis. No matter what a madman said and did, it was impossible to ignore it.

Li Pin didn't know how to defeat him, and even didn't know how to start, but after thinking about it, he decided to come and take a look. After that, he met Tie Tianying by chance and came together.

After seizing Yanzhou, the Black Flag Army also seized a large amount of grain that the Xixia army had originally harvested. After that, they did something strange in Yanzhou City: they counted their household registrations one by one, and announced in the past few days that anyone with the name of the household registration would come over and write the word "Huaxia" and would receive the fixed quota of grain for one person.
To be continued...