Li Xuan put down the green bamboo brush in her hand, tapped the table, and began to calculate.
If a person like An Rongxiang of the level of the Four Elders exists, everything Li Xuan does in Yangzhou may be overthrown at any time, and Caobang will be again in his hands.
Although Wen Bingyan was still lurking in the Yongchang residence, Zhechong Captain Shi Jin had completely cut off all Wen Bingyan's tentacles around the residence in one day.
He trapped her tightly in the uncle's house, unable to move at all.
Now there is only An Rongxiang left.
Today, Li Xuan took care of Caogang, so he had to find a way to drive An Rongxiang out of Yangzhou and back to the mountains at the junction of Zhejiang and Huizhou.
"If the Dudu Mansion can intercept the ordnance purchased by the Tianyin Sect from Yangzhou in time, then the prestige of the Tianyin Sect in Yangzhou will be considered to have fallen to the bottom. If the Tianyin Sect cannot bring enough confidence to people, then it will not cooperate with others. There aren't many people." Li Xuan suddenly spoke.
Thought in a low voice, a plan already had a shadow in his mind.
"The things should be recoverable." Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan and whispered, "But the most important thing is the private workshop that secretly makes ordnance."
Li Xuan turned around, nodded, and said, "Indeed, we purchased the bows and arrows from Chunyu's Baijing Pavilion in the name of Wuzhou Governor's Office. Baijing Pavilion has a strong background in the Ministry of Industry, and may even be related to Baiqi The department, and even the secret guards, secret guards, hidden guards, and inner guards are all closely connected, and anyone who purchases from Baijing Pavilion cannot escape their sight."
"This itself is a hook that the palace has thrown into the world. It just depends on who will be unlucky enough to take the bait." Yu Ze showed a trace of pity on his face and shook his head and said, "Even when I purchase weapons this time, not only did I use Wang In order to grant the governor's trust, the prince also sent a letter to Shangshu and prepared a document. As long as the people of the Tianyin Sect are not stupid, they will not dare to take this line."
"Not necessarily." Li Xuan pondered and said, "Logically speaking, it is impossible for the Tianyin Sect to purchase ordnance from Baijing Pavilion through normal channels, because the people behind Baijing Pavilion are hoping to use this method to dig out their secrets in the court. All the insiders in the group, and the aristocratic families who joined forces with them, would not be able to deliver such direct information to the Tianyin Sect, but if they deliberately misled or even framed it, it would be another matter."
"After Chen Shuozhen's uprising, His Majesty had already completely changed the Southeast officialdom. Although the Southern family had their thoughts secretly, they would never dare to be too ostentatious, and they would not dare to fall into the hands of the Tianyin Sect. ." Yu Ze didn't say anything.
What their emperor was not afraid of the most was killing people, and he was extremely murderous.
"That private workshop is not that simple." Li Xuan pulled back, thinking about the chainmails worn by He Chang's men today, shook his head and said, "Although the chainmails they made are not as exquisite as those made by the Ministry of Industry, they are It just happens to be enough for the land of Wu and Yue, and it is enough to resist even the elite officers and soldiers."
Li Xuan stood up and walked to the window.
The cool breeze in the evening blew, but Li Xuan's heart was not so relaxed: "How can it be so easy to seize more than thirty pieces of chainmail? So many armors have been transported from Yangzhou to Wuyue in these days and years. It’s just conceivable, but how much does it cost?”
"Bad money?" Yu Ze's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Li Xuan and said, "They are using bad money to make money, and then use the bad money to buy ordnance... No, making bad money also requires a workshop. In this way, making bad money It should be an armor-making workshop..."
"It should be a 50-50 split." Li Xuan shook his head. Several of Yu Ze's guesses were probably wrong: "If the two parties work alone, they may not have any ability to mint bad money, but if the two parties join forces, the effect But it was unexpected.”
Yu Ze pressed closely and asked, "But Your Majesty, who is this person?"
"It's nothing more than the local forces in Yangzhou." Li Xuan waved her hands directly and said, "It's not the time to pursue the case yet. Now that the Caobang is a big cake, all the forces in Yangzhou will try their best to get on this big cake. Bite off a piece of it hard, they can't take care of Jiangnan for the time being." Z.br>
"It turns out that the prince has such considerations." Yu Ze was really shocked by this.
Li Xuan decided to confront Cao almost overnight
To help, Yu Ze never thought that defeating a Cao Gang would bring them such great benefits.
Even if you step away, you can get intangible benefits.
"It's just a matter of convenience. Let's all go and rest. We have a lot of things to do tomorrow." Li Xuan waved her hand, and Yu Ze and Li Mo bowed and retreated at the same time.
Li Xuan picked up the pen again and began to prepare a draft of a memorial to the prince.
Now that he is in Yangzhou, he can only temporarily cease his activities, and everything will have to wait until the future.
After the affairs of the Tianyin Sect are settled, come back and deal with these local forces in Yangzhou.
At this moment, someone came in and reported: "Your Majesty, He Zhizhang is here to visit."
At dusk, He Zhizhang stood in front of the side door of Yangzhou Post, frowning as he watched a famous soldier send three carts containing more than a dozen yellow wood boxes in.
Against the backdrop of the white ink robe, He Zhizhang's face had completely darkened.
On the pier in the distance, many shirtless men pointed at the inn, saying things like "property confiscation" and "making money".
At this moment, a burst of footsteps came from inside, and then Li Xuan walked out of the post house.
Wearing a cyan robe, which is particularly decent, with the collar and cuffs embroidered with cloud-patterned silver piping, her long dark hair tied up, and wearing a small silver crown inlaid with jade, Li Xuan looks handsome and noble.
Walking up to him, Li Xuan took the lead and handed over his hand: "It turns out to be Brother Ji Zhenxian. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Behind Li Xuan, there were two Qianniu Guards wearing red clothes and golden armor.
For the first time, their sharp eyes were on He Zhizhang.
"I have met the Prince of Nanchang." He Zhizhang's face was not good-looking. He cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and asked directly: "I heard that the Prince of Nanchang raided the villa of the leader of the Yangzhou Cao Gang and rescued dozens of trafficked women. , I came here originally to thank the prince on behalf of the people of Yangzhou, but I just saw someone delivering a lot of boxes to the post house, does the King of Nanchang know?"
"Box?" Li Xuan frowned, looked up to the side, and shouted in a low voice, "What's going on?"
Xiong Yan, a young man wearing a gray gown and with a calm face, walked out quickly, raised his hands to Li Xuan, and said, "Reporting to the prince, this is something just sent by someone from the Governor's Mansion. It is said to enhance the prince's trip to Wuzhou." Object."
"Oh, it's those things." Li Xuan immediately came to his senses, then looked at He Zhizhang with some humor, stepped aside a little, and said, "Brother Ji Zhenxian seems to have misunderstood, we might as well go in and take a look together."
"Here!" He Zhizhang responded without hesitation, then took a step back and stretched out his hand: "Your Majesty, please!"
"Okay!" Li Xuan gave He Zhizhang a deep look, then turned and walked towards the post house.
He Zhizhang glanced at the dock in the distance, and there were still many people pointing here.
He Zhizhang bowed solemnly, then turned around and followed Li Xuan.
When I walked into my courtyard, the three large cars parked in the courtyard had attracted the attention of many people.
Yin Sizhen, Meng Jiao, several general supervisors and craftsmen, and even Qiqiao and Xu Waner were standing in front of the window to visit.
Twelve large yellow wooden boxes were loaded on three large carts and placed in the courtyard. Li Xuan waved to the several supervisory craftsmen in the distance.
A middle-aged man in his late forties with a solemn expression walked out quickly and solemnly raised his hand to Li Xuan: "Your Majesty!"
"Mr. Chen." Li Xuan pointed to the boxes and said to General Supervisor Chen Ling, "I have brought back some things. See if you can repair them."
"Here!" Chen Ling immediately turned around and walked towards the wooden box. Xiong Yan immediately stepped forward, called on several palace attendants, and opened the last box on the first carriage.
As soon as he caught sight, he saw a pair of chainmail armor that almost covered his whole body.
"Is this ring armor?" Chen Ling was a little surprised and said with a frown: "Why is it so crudely made? All the mistakes that should be made have been made. Which craftsman made this? It's so unqualified."
"This is today's seizure." Li Xuan looked at Chen Ling helplessly.
, said: "These chain armors are naturally disdainful in Mr. Chen's eyes, but the soldiers of the Xinlin Mansion failed to break them after all their efforts. If the users were not too stupid, these things alone would be insignificant in the eyes of Mr. Chen. You don’t know how much damage it will cause on the battlefield.”
"The Fang Xiang wrote in the "Book of Jin" that the armor is like a ring lock, which cannot be penetrated by bullets. The armor was made in the south of Jingnan, Zhejiang, Huaihe River to make it." Chen Ling stretched out his hand to touch the broken part of the chain armor, nodded and said, "That's right. This is a craft leaked from the Huaibei Blacksmithing Department. It must be because of poor learning skills that these good materials were wasted."
"If you feel it's a pity, sir, then I'll ask you to improve it after we get to Wuzhou." Li Xuan bowed seriously to Chen Ling.
"I dare not. I must do my best." Chen Ling bowed to Li Xuan.
After saying that, Chen Ling slowly retreated.
He didn't even look at the armor on the car, because these things were really hard to put in his eyes.
The things he created at random are many times better than these things.
