Fortunately, Shang Yi did not expect this sum of money. When he came to Beijing this time, he brought 70,000 taels of silver with him, preparing to open up joints in Beijing. So far, he has spent nearly 50,000 taels.
The silver that was pulled out of his hand was more than 60,000 taels. After the two offsets, Shang Yidao still had a surplus of more than 10,000 taels. In this way, he still made a profit, and Shang Yidao felt very satisfied.
After getting the money, Shang Yi went to the Ordnance Bureau and picked up the various weapons that were given to him. It was said that he only had to wait in the military camp, and the Ordnance Bureau would naturally send the selected guns.
However, Shang Yi was not confident about the quality of the Ming Dynasty's firecrackers, and the weapons bureau of the Ming Dynasty was all run by eunuchs. Shang Yi was even more worried, so he insisted on selecting the firecrackers himself. Wu Di had no objection to this.
Let Shang Yi choose and move by himself, and he will be happy and relaxed.
Because of the imperial edict and the note approved by the Ministry of War, the eunuchs in charge of the Arms Bureau did not dare to make things difficult and were released smoothly. Of course, this also coincided with Shang Yi's gift of three thousand taels of silver, which was distributed to the directors of the Arms Bureau.
Eunuchs and officials at all levels all have a share in it.
Naturally, everyone was beaming with joy, saying that General Shang was indeed on the road, and his future prospects were limitless. Therefore, Shang Yi took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to choose the gun himself. The officials of the Arms Bureau agreed without saying a word.
They were still happy when they came down. How could they save time on their own? So an official took them to the warehouse and left.
Naturally, Shang Yi went to the warehouse with him to select fire guns. They were Cheng Jin, Cheng Gang, Duan Peng and two soldiers from the reconnaissance squad. Zhou Shaohuan and Tong Dayong led another platoon and the remaining three reconnaissance squads.
Guard the vehicles outside.
After entering the warehouse, he saw that it was densely packed with all kinds of firecrackers. There were 20,000 to 30,000 guns, arranged according to categories. Duan Pengda took a breath of cold air and said: "My mother, there are actually
There are so many fire guns, it would be great if we could take them all away, so that everyone in the Muling Army can have a fire gun.
Cheng Jin patted him and said: "There are so many nonsense, why don't you choose quickly? There are countless low-quality firecrackers in here. It will take only two or three hours to pick out 2,500 high-quality firecrackers."
It’s endless.”
Duan Peng stuck out his tongue, turned to the soldiers and said: "What are you still doing? Why don't you work quickly? Pick them carefully for me. From now on, this batch of fire blunderbuss will be used by you. Whoever picks the bad one will be punished."
Bad luck."
So the soldiers began to select in the hut, and sure enough they found that a considerable number of fire muskets had quality problems. Therefore, the soldiers also selected extra carefully, and after a while they picked out more than 300 bird muskets and 100 bird muskets.
There were many Rumi blunderbuss. Shang Yi's heart moved and he immediately called Duan Peng and whispered. Duan Peng immediately nodded and called two soldiers. He counted two hundred bird blunderbuss and bundled fifty of them into a bundle.
Four bundles, let them carry them out and load them into the truck first.
After a while, all the two hundred muskets were loaded into the truck, and Duan Peng also came back. He said to Shang Yi in a low voice with excitement on his face: "Sir, don't worry, they let us out without even looking at them."
Shang Yi also nodded, secretly happy in his heart. Since the Ordnance Bureau's management was so lax, why should he be polite? Otherwise, he would be sorry for the three thousand taels of silver he gave away, so he increased each bundle to sixty, which still counts as five.
They were carried out in bundles of ten.
The eunuchs and officials of the Ordnance Bureau had accepted Shang Yi's money, and they were too lazy to do anything, so they didn't count. Shang Yi's soldiers were paid as much as they paid. As a result, Shang Yi's soldiers were bundled more and more. There were sixty-five sticks in one bundle, seventy sticks in one bundle, and two bundles even reaching eighty sticks, all of which passed the test smoothly.
Finally, thirty thunder cannons were found in the warehouse. In fact, there were not many thunder cannons produced in the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, the value of thunder cannons was not realized yet, and secondly, due to financial constraints, mass production was impossible. A few dozen units were produced, basically still in the sample stage.
Seeing these thunder cannons, Shang Yi waved his hand and moved them all away. Although there were obvious differences between the thunder cannons and other fire cannons, the officials of the Ordnance Bureau pretended not to see them at all and let them go. However, the fire cannons were released. It was easy to entrain, but the artillery was not easy to cheat. Shang Yi could only honestly select twenty-eight artillery pieces, then load them all into trucks and drag them back to the military camp.
After re-counting, we got a total of 730 Lumi guns, 2485 bird guns, a total of 3215 guns, and 30 Thunder guns, including two Twelve tubes have four branches, eighteen tubes have four branches, twelve tubes have eight branches, and five tubes have fourteen branches. These three thousand taels of silver flowers are not unjust.
While Shang Yi was happy, he couldn't help but feel sad that the Ming Dynasty had become so corrupt. There were almost thousands of firecrackers of various quality in the warehouse, and I'm afraid they all fell into the hands of the Qing army. In my hand, Shang Yi is heartbroken.
After gathering all the gunpowder and the gunpowder raw materials from the imperial court, Shang Yi was also preparing to leave Beijing and return to Qingzhou. On the first day of return, the last thing to do in Beijing was to meet Tian Hong Went to a banquet at home.
So early the next morning, Shang Yi took Ye Yaoyao to Tian Hongyu's house.
Although Tian Hongyu is not the official head of the state, his daughter is Chongzhen's favorite concubine. His favor is not inferior to that of Queen Zhou. Because he is good at management, he is now the governor of Zuojun and is quite powerful in Beijing. Therefore, he is very powerful in Beijing. Compared with Zhou Kui, the real father-in-law of Jiading, he is not inferior at all.
After arriving at Tian Hongyu's residence, Shang Yi dismounted and Ye Yaoyao also got out of the car. At this time, someone only heard someone say: "General Shang, you were here first."
Shang Yi escaped from the scene and saw Wu Sangui leading a group of servants walking over from the opposite side. Shang Yi took two steps, cupped his fists and said, "General Wu, you are well."
Wu Sangui hurriedly dismounted, clasped his fists and returned the salute, saying: "Don't you dare, I don't dare. Yiheng came to the rescue and was fine. I heard that Yiheng came to the palace to rescue him and fought off dozens of rebels to keep the emperor safe. I really admire you."
The story of Shang Yi rescuing him in the palace has already spread throughout Beijing. Wu Sangui also knows that Shang Yi is now favored by the emperor. Although his official position is not as good as his own for the time being, his future is unlimited. He has some respect for Shang Yi. Pei, so before speaking, he was also very polite and directly called Shang Yi by his nickname.
Shang Yi smiled slightly and said: "The emperor has great blessings in the sky. How can some little thieves do anything about it? Brother Chang Bo is too generous." Since Wu Sangui changed his name to someone familiar, Shang Yi naturally couldn't be outside, and then He turned around again, called Ye Yaoqi up, and said, "Brother Chang Bo, this is my wife."
Ye Yaoyao also wished Wu Sangui a blessing and said: "General Wu is a good man, and the little girl is polite."
After meeting Ye Yaogui, Wu Sangui couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He bowed and said, "Madam, you are polite. I heard that when Yi Heng rescued the driver in the palace, Madam was also there to fight alongside Yi Heng. He is really a hero of the Guo Kingdom.
The beauty of these two men is truly enviable."
Ye Yaoyao smiled brightly and said: "General Wu is really good at talking, why don't you see your wife?"
Wu Sangui said: "Unfortunately, my wife is inconvenienced today and cannot come here. I will definitely take my wife to visit Brother Yiheng at my house the next day."
Shang Yi smiled and said: "I don't dare, it's time for us and my wife to come and visit."
At this time, the door of Tian's mansion opened, and Tian Jingui trotted out from inside. He bowed to the two of them and said, "The two generals have arrived. My master has been waiting for the two generals in the mansion for a long time."
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The two of them looked at each other and walked side by side toward the mansion. Ye Yaoyao was half a step behind and followed Shang Yi.
Tian Hongyu's mansion is indeed magnificent, spacious, tall and magnificent, with corridors and walls lined with family members and maids waiting on them. Although it is not as luxurious as the forbidden area of the palace, it is still extremely luxurious.
After passing through two courtyards, I came to a main hall. I saw a thin, well-dressed old man about fifty years old, standing under the eaves and waiting. Shang Yi estimated that this person was Tian Hongyu
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As expected, Wu Sangui took two steps forward, clasped his hands into fists, bowed to the ground and said, "I have finally met Tian Guozhang." When Shang Yi saw him, he also took two steps forward and imitated Wu Sangui's example of saluting.
Tian Hongyu hurriedly put his hands together and said with a smile: "Uncle, Yiheng, there is no need to be polite, there is no need to be polite, I am just an idler, how dare I accept such a courtesy from you?"
Wu Sangui said with a smile: "The father-in-law is highly virtuous and has a reputation as a virtuous man. I have always spoken with Yi Heng and we all admire him."
Shang Yi was naturally very depressed because he was dragged into the ranks of Tian fans by Wu Sangui for no reason, but he couldn't refute Wu Sangui's face in person, so he had to pretend to be respectful and said: "Yes, yes. I'm next.
I have heard about the name of the king for a long time, and I am very lucky to see him today."
Although he knew that both of them were flattering him, Tian Hongyu felt very grateful. His old face also smiled brightly and said: "There, there, you two are both young and handsome, and you will be the pillars of the country in the future. Here.
This is not the place to talk, go into the room and talk, go into the room and talk.”
At this time, Ye Yaoyao also came over to give Tian Hongyu a gift. Tian Hongyu returned half the gift and asked Wu Sangui why he didn't bring his wife. Wu Sangui told him again that his wife was not in good health today and could not come. Tian Hongyu laughed.
He smiled, said nothing more, and just invited the three of them into the room. A maid led Shang Yi and Wu Sangui to their respective seats.
There are three seats in the hall. Naturally, Tian Hongyu's seat is in the middle, Wu Sangui's seat is on the left, and Shang Yi's seat is on the right. Ye Yaoyao is sitting next to Shang Yi, and Wu Sangui's body is empty.
A position was obviously reserved for Wu Sangui’s wife.
After everyone was seated, Tian Hongyu ordered his family to prepare for the banquet. During the break, a maid brought fragrant tea. Tian Hongyu sipped the tea and talked with the two of them. First of all, he thanked Shang Yi for saving his family's motorcade.
It was naturally the first time for Wu Sangui to hear about this incident. He was also very curious and asked quickly. Shang Yi had to tell what happened again.
Tian Hongyu was obviously a master of social situations. While listening to what Shang Yi said, he would interrupt at the right time and ask Wu Sangui a few questions, so that he would not be embarrassed.
After Shang Yi finished speaking, the dishes and wine were served one after another. Tian Hongyu first toasted to each other, and the three of them drank a drink together. Then Tian Hongyu continued to persuade the two of them to drink, and he did not distinguish between them.
, and Ye Yaoyao was not left behind, she was very decent. Shang Yi also had to admit that if this old man were to live in modern times, he would definitely be a good player in the entertainment scene.