Ma Wanli came to Fulai Restaurant again to visit Li An. To be honest, Ma Wanli was in a state of great turmoil at this moment. Li An was harsh to him last night, and his back was sweating. He only hoped that the prince would forget himself in the future. If he went to Zhongxing Prefecture to work in the future, it would be fortunate that he could not remember who he was. But to his shock, the prince Li An not only remembered himself, but also sent the deputy commander of the royal guards to invite him after a few hours.

Today, Li An seemed to have changed his own person. When he saw Ma Wanli, he was like forgetting the unhappiness last night. He actually took Ma Wanli's hand and walked with him, just like a friend he hadn't seen for many years. This made Ma Wanli even more nervous. He didn't know which prince sang.

But soon Ma Wanli knew which Li An was singing, because Ma Wanli was careful. This time Li An talked with him seemed very happy. Li An deliberately made a decision, but Ma Wanli was careful to please him. It was impossible not to be harmonious. But today Li An did not mention the matter between Dai Licheng and Meng Qing at all. Instead, Ma Wanli felt a little embarrassed. Last night, he left from Li An and went to Han Zhongwei's place, and Han Zhongwei gave him an explanation. Dai Licheng and Meng Qing could consider letting go. But he had to find an appropriate reason. Although Han Zhongwei was willing to let go, he did not want others to misunderstand that it was because of Li An's arrival that forced himself to bow his head.

"Criminal, Manager Dai and Guard Meng of your mansion..." Ma Wanli decided to tell Li An first news, anyway, these two people will return to Li An soon.

"Brother Wanli, there is no need to mention this matter." Li An did not want to affect his important matters when he came to Heicheng because of such trivial matters, which was inconsistent with his purpose of coming to Heicheng. If he was struggling with such matters, he would probably accomplish anything at that time.

"Criminal, Manager Dai and Guard Meng will be able to return to Heicheng in the afternoon." Ma Wanli said. Li An personally inquired about this matter, and Han Zhongwei would not give him such face. Besides, Dai Licheng and Meng Qing are not important people. It doesn't matter if they are more or less than them. If they can improve their relationship with Li An, it is also what Heicheng is willing to see.

"Oh, thank you Lord Ma." Li An was surprised. He had a very unhappy relationship with Zhong Wei and Ma Wanli because of this incident yesterday. He didn't expect to release the person back today.

"They have been punished. In fact, even if the prince doesn't mention it, these two people will come out soon. Now it's just a few days in advance." Ma Wanli wanted to tell Li An that the Marquis gave the order to release the two of them. Otherwise, how could he, a small prefect, dare to be so bold? But he thought deeply that it was easy to say this matter. Anyway, even if he didn't say it, Li An would have guessed it.

"At noon, I invited Zhong Wei to the restaurant, and Lord Ma would accompany you together?" Li An was no longer happy about Dai Licheng and Meng Qing's return, but this was a kind message. He knew that this message must come from Zhong Wei. It seems that Brother Zhong still gave him face.

At noon at the Fulai Restaurant, Han Zhongwei, Li An and Ma Wanli gave a cup of tea. Li An and Zhongwei happily recalled the happy years in Jin Dynasty and Lin'an. Finally, Han Zhongwei invited Li An to live in the Hou's Mansion, but Li An did not refuse. This was actually very similar to a diplomatic event. Both of them wanted to have a quarrel with each other, so they took this opportunity to get close to each other.

But Li An's changes were too big, as if he had changed his own. It was not until this time that Han Zhongwei understood his intention to come to Heicheng. The boy didn't know who he had given guidance, and his mind suddenly became clear. If he was still as arrogant as yesterday, he would probably not be able to eat this meal.

"Brother Zhong, as soon as I came to Heicheng, I heard about the name of your guard team. I don't know when I have the chance to watch our power." Li An felt that if he wanted to deepen his friendship with Zhong Wei, he had to know him better, including everything about him. The escort of the Hou Mansion is the most important armed force in Zhong Wei's hands.

"The King of Yue is the commander of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the chief commander of the Catching Sheng Army. The total number of my guard team is only more than 2,000. How can it be seen by you?" Han Zhongwei suddenly became alert. Is he intentional or unintentional? The guard team is his own army. Can this be seen by outsiders at will?

"The war is not about the quantity but about the essence. Of course, if Brother Zhong is inconvenient, just pretend I didn't say it." Li An smiled slightly. If he would not use the identity of Prince Yue to oppress Zhong Wei, as long as the other party was unwilling, he would not force him.

"If Brother Li is willing to give advice, this is the glory of the guards." Han Zhongwei saw that Li An did not show much interest, and the reason why he wanted to see his army was probably just on a whim. If this is the case, Han Zhongwei would not be worried about any accidents.

Li An was overjoyed. Zhong Wei was able to let him see his private army, which means Zhong Wei no longer regarded him as an outsider. After dinner, he urged Han Zhongwei to take him to the barracks. Li An originally thought that the guards should be stationed in Heicheng. You should know that the army was stationed in Heicheng, and there were large barracks in the east and north. Not to mention the two thousand guards, even the twenty thousand guards would be fine.

But Han Zhongwei rode his horse and took Li An out of the city. If it were the past, Li An would definitely ask questions and ask the whole thing. After walking for half an hour, you could see a complex of buildings from afar. It was not the kind of brick and tile house, and the colors were not bright and it looked dark.

"Brother Zhong, is this Dake Cement Factory?" Li An suddenly moved. He had seen such a building in Lin'an, and the Zhongwei's warehouse also looked like this.

"Brother Li is wise, he is in the cement factory normally." Han Zhongwei nodded and said.

"Your escort is stationed here?" Li An didn't expect that if the place such a big place in Black City was not needed, Zhong Wei actually placed his army more than 20 miles away from the city. If Black City suddenly attacked, can the escort react?

"They train here and will only be sent to Heicheng after becoming real soldiers." Han Zhongwei explained that if Heicheng was his secret base in the future, the cement factory was the secret base in his secret base. His most secret things were placed here, such as counterfeit banknotes, cement production, army training, firearms and gunpowder production.

The newly recruited 1,000 soldiers of the guard team are undergoing training for recruits. Their training method is exactly the same as Han Zhongwei's training in Lin'an. Everyone has sandbags tied with hands, feet, chest and back. They cannot be untied at any time except taking a bath. At this time, they are conducting queue training.

Bi Zaiyu now knows the importance of queue training, so he trains these recruits himself. Originally, the bandits in Heifeng Village were trained to become excellent soldiers by him, but now these people are first-class good people. After such training, are they afraid that they will not take the lead in the battle to kill the enemy?

"Brother Zhong, the training of your guard team is really unique." This is the first time that Li An saw soldiers training like this. He was walking around the open space in an orderly lined up, and kept shouting horns. It looked magnificent and beautiful. But in this way, he did not work hard or pulled a bow or arrow, could he go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?

"It makes Brother Li laugh." Han Zhongwei disregarded Li An's contempt. This formation training will take hundreds of years to appear.

Li An is not optimistic about the training of the guard team, but Chi Xianfeng beside him is interested in the training of the guard team.

"Marty. Will your guard be cavalry in the future?" Chi Xianfeng suddenly asked. He had been in the Capture Army for several years, but he had never seen such a way to train soldiers.

"There are not many people in my guard team. They have to defend and attack." Han Zhongwei did not expect that Chi Xianfeng was more interested than Li An. It seemed that there was more than one deputy commander of the guard.

"What's the mystery of the bag they tied on them?" Chi Xianfeng asked again. He was very curious about this new training method.

"There is sand and stone inside." Han Zhongwei was surprised that Sha Pioneer could see the function of the sandbag. So many people had seen the guard team, and he was the first to ask about the sandbag.

"Shashi? The Marquis is really a talented person of gods and ghosts. He can come up with such a brilliant move." Chi Xianfeng immediately thought of the function of the sandbag. He can really think of such a simple and easy method.

"They have so much sand and stone tied up on them?" Li An also saw the mystery.

"Not bad." Han Zhongwei smiled. This also appeared in advance because of his time travel. The ancients might have things like tied legs, but they would never use it for training the army. Even if they were used, they would not use so much, so that one person would have to bear a weight of about fifty kilograms.

"You can think of it if you work hard like this." Li An praised with a smile. At first, he really didn't realize anything was wrong. When Chi Xianfeng proposed it, he immediately realized it.

"I don't have any way to do this. Heicheng does not have an army, so it's impossible to transfer it to the court." Han Zhongwei said. Although he was a noble marquis in Heicheng, he knew that his marquis was not popular in the court.

"Brother Zhong, just a few thousand sets of armor. If the court does not allocate it, I will give it to you." Li An was worried that he could not find a place to let Zhong Wei leave favors. However, when the cement factory came, he immediately found an opportunity.

"Really? Thank you Brother Li." Han Zhongwei was overjoyed. Bi Zaiyu had looked for him several times because of armor, but Han Zhongwei had no choice. He asked Ma Wanli to submit several notes to Zhongxing Mansion, but they all fell into the sea and there was no news.

"Marty, I heard that the reason why the escort team became famous is because the escort team has a powerful firearm. I wonder if I can see it?" Seeing that Han Zhongwei was happy, Chi Xianfeng hurriedly made another request.

The firearm can now be said to be the secret weapon of the guard team. The reason why it was used in the guard team's drill last time was mainly because Han Zhongwei wanted to use firearms to shock those tribes, but he did not expect that the side effect was to make the firearm famous. Now, Li An and his team had just arrived in Heicheng for less than two days, and they actually knew about the firearms of the guard team.

"Yes." Han Zhongwei had just obtained two thousand sets of armor, but now it is difficult to refuse.

Although he wanted to show the firearm, Han Zhongwei did not show all his power. The firearm was used very ordinary in the Song Dynasty, where there were not many war horses, and there were many styles of firearms, such as thunder, flying dragons in the sky, etc. He used black gunpowder hundreds of years in advance in the firearm, and its power was hundreds of times greater than today's gunpowder, so Han Zhongwei only showed them grenades, but the mines were not displayed.

But even if there were only grenades. The power of the explosion surprised Li An, Chi Xianfeng and others. Han Zhongwei still took a group of cattle and sheep as victims. When the black smoke dissipated, the damage caused by a few grenades to the group of cattle and sheep made them stunned. More than a dozen cattle and sheep died on the spot, and the remaining dozens of cattle and sheep were also covered in scars.

"Brother Zhong, I don't know where you bought these firearms? I wonder who would have such a powerful firearm today?" Li An said excitedly.

"I made it myself." Han Zhongwei said proudly. He had spent a lot of effort on this grenade, especially the fuse. After countless trials, he succeeded. Otherwise, he would have to ignite it with a lead like a cannon. Not only did he have to say that the speed was slow, but he would not be able to use it on rainy days.

"You made it yourself?" Li An and Chi Xianfeng were very surprised. A cement had made them incomprehensible to Han Zhongwei. Now this firearm was also made by him, which was like listening to a myth.

"Yes, I am the only one here who has such sharp firearms today. Of course, because of the cumbersome production, expensive materials, and the monthly output is not high, but I believe that with this kind of firearm, Black City will become the strongest fortress." Han Zhongwei left room for himself. He did not want to give grenades to others in large quantities, otherwise, if the relationship breaks down in the future, these firearms will take away their soldiers' lives.

"No matter how expensive or how long it takes to make it, Brother Zhong, you have to sell some to me." Li An was so excited that he was a little incoherent. Brother Zhong brought him surprises every time. If he could bring some of his firearms back to Zhongxing Mansion this time, he believed that his father would definitely look at him with admiration.

"Yes, but the number cannot be too large. In addition, Brother Li has to keep it secret for me. Such a firearm cannot be known to other countries, otherwise I will not be at peace here." Han Zhongwei agreed to his request readily.

Li An was ecstatic when he heard Han Zhongwei's promise. Even if Han Zhongwei asked for a price of ten cents per grenade, he did not hesitate and agreed in one go, as if he was afraid that Han Zhongwei would regret it if he took a step later.

But even at such a high price, Han Zhongwei only promised to sell Li An to 100 grenades, which is only enough for a small battle. Han Zhongwei didn't want anyone other than him to get such a powerful weapon. Otherwise, if they were enemies with him in the future, wouldn't they shoot themselves in the foot?

"Brother Zhong, there are still golden men in your guard team?" After Li An received a positive answer from him that he would have one hundred grenades, he remembered that during the demonstration performance of the grenades, there was a man who seemed neither Song nor Daxia, and seemed very alien in the entire team.

"Yes, he is my apprentice, Wanyan Xun." Han Zhongwei smiled and said. It is indeed something worth showing off to have a Jin emperor's elder brother as his apprentice.

"Wanyan Xun? What, Wanyan Xun!" Li An thought at first that this golden man was just an ordinary golden man, otherwise how could he be an apprentice to Zhong Wei? But when he heard the three words "Wanyan Xun" clearly, he suddenly jumped up.

"Yes, Wanyan Xun, is there any problem?" Han Zhongwei knew that Li An had guessed Wanyan Xun's identity.

"No problem, no, it's impossible, there are many people in the world who value names and surnames." Li An kept comforting himself.

"My brother's name is Wanyan Dage." Han Zhongwei didn't want to let Li An go, he wanted to give him another surprise.

"What? My God, it's incredible, it's simply unreasonable!" Li An only hoped that his ears would be wrong. How could this be possible? Wanyan Xun could understand that he would be an apprentice to Zhong Wei, but when it comes to being a subordinate of Zhong Wei and being a training recruit, Li An could not accept such a thing no matter what, even if this matter was already a fact.

In fact, it is not surprising that Li An was so shocked by Wanyan Xun's sudden appearance. As a native of Daxia, he had an innate fear of the Jin people, and not to mention that the other party was a royal noble with a noble status, he could not help but ignore it.

As early as before the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the Western Xia had already established a country and fought many battles with major dynasties such as the Liao Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Uighurs, Tubo and other major dynasties and national forces. Although they had wins and losses, the Western Xia always won many times in key battles, defeating the giant Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, which were tyrannical in the north. However, due to the weak political influence of the Western Xia and its economic dependence on the outside, they had to pay tribute to the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

The ruling ethnic group of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchens were originally ruled by the Liao Dynasty. If the Jurchens wanted to rise, their main target of attack was the Liao Dynasty. Under the offensive of the Jin army, the Liao army retreated one after another, and the war reached the junction of Liaoxia. In the sixth year of Tianfu in the Jin Dynasty (the second year of Dabao in Liao Dynasty), the Jin army attacked the Xijing near the Liao Dynasty. Because the Xixia had a marriage relationship with the Liao Dynasty (the Princess Cheng'an of the Liao Dynasty was the wife of Emperor Qianshun of the Western Xia Dynasty), they naturally had to assist the Liao Dynasty. At the beginning, the Western Xia sent 5,000 troops to reinforce, but later they heard that the Jin general Wanyan Zongxiong broke through Xijing and returned to the army.

After the Jin Dynasty defeated the Liao army, the Emperor of Liao was defeated and walked to Yinshan. Xixia again sent general Li Liangfu to lead 30,000 troops to rescue Liao, and fought with the Jin general Wanyan Loushi in Yegu, Tiande. This battle, the Jin army defeated first and then won, causing great losses to Xixia, and they kept chasing Xixia soldiers to Yegu. At that time, the mountain stream surged due to heavy rain, and countless soldiers of Jin were killed and injured. The biggest difference between the Jin Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty was that it defeated the Xixia army at the founding of the country, which made Xixia always fear the military strength of the Jin Dynasty. Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, there have been few wars between Xixia and the Jin Dynasty and have always been dominated by peace. Because the Jin Dynasty was the sect leader of Xixia, Xixia officials have always respected the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty and their senior officials, including the King of Yue and Li An.

Now that Li An suddenly heard that Wanyan Xun, the brother of the Jin Dynasty, was actually in Heicheng, and was condescending to be a member of the Zhong Guard's escort team. He couldn't be surprised. He admired Zhong Guard's boldness. Such a person not only dared to accept him as a disciple, but also dared to train here as a recruit. Is this the legendary ignorant fearless person? (!)
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