"Hong, please forgive me for obeying my order." Hong Chengchou rejected Liu Heng's solicitation.
Liu Heng was not disappointed by his rejection, but said: "Mr. Hong, there is no need to rush to answer me. You might as well go back and think about it again. I will ask Mr. Hong to prepare a residence for his master and servant, and arrange a special team of people to protect Hong." Sir, no matter where Mr. Hong wants to go, they will accompany Mr. Hong and protect his safety."
Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly to himself.
How could he not understand that the so-called protection of him actually meant sending someone to monitor him to prevent him from escaping.
"Director Chen, Mr. Hong and his servants will be left to you." Liu Heng told Chen Dali, who had brought Hong Chengchou's master and servant over.
Chen Dali nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely protect Mr. Hong's safety."
Liu Heng looked at Hong Chengchou again and said, "Mr. Hong can go and have a look around the areas under the Tiger Character Banner. I believe that Mr. Hong will like it sooner or later."
"I won't send Mr. Hong off. Director Chen, you must take good care of Mr. Hong and his people."
"Yes." Chen Dali replied.
Hong Chengchou's master and servant were taken away from Liu Heng by Chen Dali.
Hong Chengchou sighed repeatedly as he walked out of the general town office. He knew that he could not go back, and he was very puzzled as to why Liu Heng chose to participate in politics as a chief envoy.
"Mr. Hong, I will arrange a place for you to live. In addition, I will also arrange someone to protect you, but I hope Mr. Hong will not secretly do anything that no one wants to see. "Chen Dali warned Hong Chengchou unceremoniously.
As the director of the Internal Intelligence Bureau, he also had a lot of things to deal with. He could not always accompany Hong Chengchou as his master and servant. Naturally, the care of Hong Chengchou had to be handed over to other people in the Internal Intelligence Bureau.
Hong Chengchou said bitterly: "I still understand this rule."
He had a clear mind regarding his current situation.
No matter how nice Liu Heng said in the room just now, it could not change the fact that he had become a prisoner of the Tiger Flag.
"Mr. Hong can understand, of course it's the best." Chen Dali showed a smile to Hong Chengchou.
Of course, he would not really believe it just because of Hong Chengchou's guarantee. He would still give emphatically instructions to those who would take care of Hong Chengchou next.
"I saw that the firecrackers in the hands of your soldiers seemed a little different from ordinary firecrackers. Why couldn't you see the igniting match?" Hong Chengchou looked at the firecrackers in the hands of the guards outside the main town office and asked Chen curiously. Ask vigorously.
He had long noticed that the guns used by the soldiers of the Tiger Flag were different from those used by the imperial court. He had not asked before because of his status. Now that Liu Heng promised to let him go and have a look, he dared to ask.
"The fire blunderbuss are all made by Tiger Flag itself. We also have the fire blunderbuss with match ropes that Mr. Hong mentioned. Generally, they are only equipped with baggage soldiers and peasant soldiers from the peasant association, while the combat soldiers of the combat division are equipped with A more useful fire gun, that is, a fire gun without a match rope." Chen Dali briefly introduced it.
When he was in the detention room of the general town office, he knew that Liu Heng had the idea of conquering Hong Chengchou, so he directly told Hong Chengchou about some things that he could find out if he inquired carefully.
Hong Chengchou asked in confusion: "How can we shoot a gun without a match rope to ignite the gunpowder?"
When he heard that the Tiger-Character Banner Army was equipped with more useful firecrackers, he was very curious about these firecrackers that could be fired without a match rope.
The firearms battalion of the Ming army was equipped with many firecrackers, but they were all firecrackers with match ropes. In rainy and snowy weather, when the matchropes got wet, the firecrackers turned into fire sticks.
But now he saw a firecracker that could be fired without a match rope, and rain and snow no longer affected the use of this new firecracker. This made him realize that such a firecracker was definitely a weapon in the military.
"I don't know the details clearly. Mr. Hong will naturally understand it if he stays with us for a long time." Chen Dali didn't want to explain to Hong Chengchou the principle of firing a fire gun that does not require a match rope.
It wasn't that he was worried about leaking the secrets about the fire gun, but he thought it was too cumbersome to explain and didn't want to cause trouble for himself.
When Hong Chengchou saw that Chen Dali was not talking about it, he thought that this kind of fire gun was the secret of the Tiger Flag, so he kept it in his heart and tried to figure it out later.
However, he didn't know that Chen Dali just didn't bother to say anything, and he didn't care at all whether the secret of the self-made fire gun would be leaked to the people in the court.
Given the situation in the Ming Dynasty, no matter how good things are in your hands, it will be difficult to play their due role.
After the Tiger Flag gun-making workshop created the first self-generated fire gun, it went through many improvements. It was not until the firing success rate reached more than 80% that it began to be equipped in large quantities in the army.
So even if the Ming Dynasty knew how to make self-generated fire guns, they would still have a long way to go before they could be used in the equipment army. Moreover, with the quality of the fire guns made by the Ming Dynasty, no matter how good they were, they would be in vain.
In the pledge room of the main town office.
After Hong Chengchou left, Zhao Wu delivered various official documents that required Liu Heng to handle personally. At the same time, he asked with confusion: "This man named Hong is so ignorant, why do you bother to do it, my lord?" Recruit this person?”
"Don't underestimate him. This man is a man of great ability. If he can be used by the Tiger Flag, he will definitely become an Optimus Pillar of the Tiger Flag in the future." Liu Heng said to Zhao Wu with a smile.
Hong Chengchou suddenly came to Datong and was arrested by the Internal Intelligence Bureau. For Hu Ziqi, it was a piece of cake in the sky.
Zhao Wu added: "But judging from the attitude of the man surnamed Hong, I don't want to do anything for our Tiger Flag. I think he doesn't like our small temple."
"It doesn't matter whether he likes us or not." Liu Heng put down the official document in his hand and said, "Even if he doesn't do anything for the tiger-character flag, I won't let him go. The court is missing a man like Hong Chengchou. Capable officials are of great benefit to us and do no harm to us."
Zhao Wu puzzled: "Then why don't we just kill him? Hundreds of people have died. We don't need to send people to keep an eye on him. We don't have to worry about him escaping."
"It would be a pity to kill such a person. If you keep him, he will surrender sooner or later." Liu Heng said confidently.
A person who cherishes his life as much as Hong Chengchou will definitely not take the initiative to commit suicide.
As long as Hong Chengchou stays here in Huzi Banner for a long time, the court will know about it sooner or later, and by then Hong Chengchou will not be able to explain it no matter how many times he opens his mouth.
And he believed that with Hong Chengchou's vision, he would not fail to see the potential of the Tiger Flag over time.
When Hong Chengchou completely cut off the possibility of returning to the court, and then discovered the potential of the Tiger Flag, he believed that Hong Chengchou would sooner or later be unable to resist the temptation to actively invest in the Tiger Flag.
