Several officials of the Yaozhou Porcelain Guild talked in detail for half an hour in the prime minister's mansion before leaving with heavy hope. Although the prime minister did not make it clear, he hinted that the rules of the guild should be generally respected, such as the minimum wage and the working time. The guild was vaguely encouraged to infiltrate the power into the workshops that recruit refugees, and encouraged the migrant workers to demand more wages.

Liu Yi watched them leave as if he thoughtfully, and secretly sighed that the mall was like a battlefield. These guild elders had been tolerant, but secretly collected many rumors that were not conducive to newcomers, including lowering prices and hurting people, exploiting workers and disciples, making good goods for good, fabricating and slandering colleagues, etc. Unfortunately, because each workshop is closed and has strict external precautions, he has not obtained any tangled evidence in the workshop.

When returning home from the government office, his wife Lu took down the official robe for Liu Yikuan and whispered: "The two Kanto scholars died in a foreign land. The Bachelor's Mansion is raising money to donate to their family. The I want to take out fifty taels of private money." Two Kanto fellow villagers were going to visit in the afternoon, but she only waited for the news of their deaths, which made people feel sad. Then she hoped to bring the real murderer to justice as soon as possible.

Liu Yi's thoughts moved slightly and said in a deep voice: "The dead are gone, how can the living be? Donate 500 jin in the mansion and talk about his strength." Lu saw that he did not think that the victim was from Guandong and looked happy. She put the prime minister's robe aside and put on light and loose regular clothes for him. After changing his robe for his husband, Lu went to serve dinner. However, today he was only facing Liu Yi, wanting to speak but stopping.

Seeing her like this, Liu Yi walked up to him and said softly: "Madam seems to have something to worry about?"

Lu was silent for a moment and asked in a low voice: "My husband, has there ever been any clues to the person behind the assassin?"

Liu Yi was slightly stunned and said in a deep voice: "The court is conducting strict investigations, and we will definitely be able to return the two of them to justice." However, the specific progress of the case was tightened.

"It was clearly the work of those unscrupulous merchants!" Lu said angrily, "If you lock all the owners of the cannibal workshops and get them to prison, you will naturally bring the real murderer to justice." Although she was born in a fair and honest manner, she was chivalrous and wanted to fight against the enemy. Therefore, the Dongren Society scholars turned to meet the Prime Minister's wife with the friendship of fellow villagers after they failed to meet Liu Yi.

Liu Yi smiled slightly. He knew the woman's temper and nature well. He held her in his arms and said with a smile: "If my wife had done the Chang'an Order, she would have been able to make the young man escape from the distance when she heard the sound." Lu knew that his husband would never reveal the case, so he couldn't help asking. He gave him a blank look and said angrily: "The court is so powerful that even though they know that those are traitors, do they still want to let them go to justice?" She knotted her robes with her hands.

After a long time, I heard Liu Yi talking to himself. Lu raised his ears and listened carefully, but he was chanting a essay called "Zhuangzi" in a low voice: "......... A good chef changed his sword every year, cut it; a family chef changed his sword every month, break it. Now my sword has been nineteen years, and I have solved thousands of oxen, but the blade is newly launched in the jaw. There is a gap in that line, but the blade is not thick; there is no thick entering the gap,... I saw that it was difficult, and I was shocked to act, and I took it as a warning, and I acted late. I moved the knife very little, but I had already solved it, like a land placing a land. I held it up and looked at it, looked at it, and I looked at it, and I was full of confidence in it, and I was good at it and hid it..."

Lu felt that his husband was perfunctory and snorted, stretched out his finger and lit it on his chest, broke free from his arms, and hid in the inner room through flowers and willows. Liu Yi smiled slightly, shook his sleeves, and followed him in.

It is easy to find the Firearms Department in the General's Mansion. The past officers looked dark, had the lowest chest title, and the fewest janitor banners on the two palaces on the wall. General Wang Yunzhong and Zhang Shanfu jointly planned to build an artillery battalion for field battles. The meeting was not over yet. General Yang Shaojie, the Ordnance Department, did not attend the scene on the excuse, and only invited the caster of two-type field artillery. Master Chunyu Zhen was here to explain the performance of the new artillery.

The soldiers of the newly built artillery battalions only accounted for a small part from the artillery battalions in various cities, and most of them were from infantry and cavalry battalions. In just a few days, the conflicts were fully revealed. The infantry and cavalry soldiers looked down on the gunners, saying that they had never been hiding behind the city, and were afraid of death. The gunners looked down on the infantry cavalry soldiers, saying that these people had never seen gunpowder, let alone guns. Many gunners said that other soldiers were stronger than civilians and could only be coolies in the artillery battalions. If it weren't for the officers' blast, there would have been several incidents of fighting. Even the infantry, cavalry and the original artillery officers were not convinced by each other.

"It's really difficult to find someone who is highly respected to lead the entire battalion." Wang Yunzhong put the list of officers and soldiers on the table and pushed it into the middle, as if the further it was pushed, the further away from the troubles. Ordinary battalions all adopted the system of recommendation from top to bottom. However, the experimental field artillery battalion was absolutely not possible. Judging from the situation learned in these ten days, the truly skilled gunners with high skills would not receive many recommendations from many soldiers. If they were recommended seriously, Wang Yunzhong was really worried that the soldiers would recommend a reckless man who knew nothing about artillery. Reckless man could become a "strong general" in the infantry and cavalry, but there was a greater chance of killing his own people here.

General Zhang Shanfu, the general of the marching department, took the list and flipped it out of expression. If it were an ordinary battalion, the marching department would have strongly recommended candidates. However, the firearm battalion was too special. At most, the marching department's marching department had only heard the sound of artillery and had never touched it. What about the officers of the city's artillery battalion? Looking at them one by one, they had either a lord or a talented official. Let such people lead the lords of those soldiers who came from the battlefield, and even two Chehous from Chengying Army? "No need to think about it." Zhang Shanfu couldn't help but smiled bitterly, and secretly regretted that because he attached too much importance to the firearm battalion, the selected soldiers were afraid that they would not be able to be good. He thought, if he had known this, except for the gunner, the other soldiers would use newcomers. He frowned and said, "Among the officers who are familiar with artillery, there is no military meritorious title that subdue the crowd?"

"It's true." "Yes." "Yes." Several marching commanders next to him echoed. The gunners of the city artillery battalion had almost never been on the battlefield. The few military achievements and low titles were rare in the entire Xia Kingdom. No wonder they couldn't raise their heads in the army. Over time, many of them became tired and deficient in habits, lacked a sense of honor, bullying novices and rejecting dissidents.

Wang Yunzhong's black face was hot, but he was not conspicuous. The chiefs of the Firearms Division were speechless. He looked down at the ranks on his chest. Although he was whispering in his heart, he could only endure the ridicule of the people in the Marines Division. The Marines Division is the most important military department in the General's Mansion, and he is planning and winning thousands of miles away. The General's rank is personally led by His Majesty the Emperor, and the General of the Marines Division's position in the Marines Division is unshakable. However, the Dragons cannot point fingers like this when crossing the river. The Firearms Division is also counting on the artillery battalion that can be used for field battles.

The Firearms Department once proposed to select elite troops from the city defense artillery battalion to form a field artillery battalion. The Marine Department said bluntly: "You city defense gunners who have never been on the battlefield are not protected by sergeants from other branches of arms. Whether it is infantry or cavalry battalion, five hundred people will rush up and slaughter them directly." There is also a marching Sima saying: "Without dealing with those city defense gunners, there is no need for infantry and cavalry battalion teams. The yamen runners are enough." The Xia army has always advocated field battles and decisive victory, and the military camps are not built in the city. The contempt for the city defense army has been deeply engraved in the bones over the past hundred years. Even if the military classics passed down from the founding dynasty repeatedly emphasize the role of firearms and city defense fortifications, this mentality cannot be eliminated.

The conference table was silent. The Marine Department was already waiting for the Firearms Department to propose and arrange a highly respected officer to serve as the lieutenant. Then the Firearms Department itself suppressed the gunners who were above the top. The Firearms Department was frank and showed the momentum of guarding the capital, and did not give in without giving in to death.

The atmosphere in the conference hall was very depressing, and neither of the two military officials was willing to give in. Only the people in the Ordnance Department had a relaxed expression. The arch-rivaled enemy of the Ordnance Department was the chief of the Prime Minister's Office, and his position was transcendent in the General's Office. In the tense air, only the sound of swaying the roster of officers and soldiers was heard gently.

Suddenly someone coughed and broke the silence, saying in a deep voice: "My generals, this Marquis Zhao De is a master of artillery."

The officers turned their heads and looked at each other. When they saw that the cannon-casting master Chunyu Zhen who had been silent, they couldn't help but look surprised. Zhang Shanfu and Wang Yunzhong frowned at the same time. The craftsmen from the people should not have attended this meeting, but the status and attitude of the Ordnance Department were really subtle. The two generals refused to offend the Ordnance Department alone, and neither of them was more serious. Of course, they would not discuss the personnel affairs of the army with a craftsman. Who would have thought that Master Chunyu would speak on his own initiative.

Being looked at by everyone, Chunyu Zhen put down the roster awkwardly, pushed it to the middle of the conference table, and explained: "General Zhang just asked, it happened that I knew this Zhao Deche, a master who knew artillery." He rubbed his hands, as if he was very ashamed, and he was hiding something.

"Are you serious?" Wang Yunzhong remembered that he had a good impression of Zhao De. The centurion from Chengying Army had a good impression of him. He was not very old and had a good military merit, and his title was already Chehou. Among all the soldiers in the Firearms Battalion, only Zhao De and Wang Tongcheng were promoted to Chehou.

Zhang Shanfu also remembered Zhao De. The incident of coercing the Crown Prince Lumei to seize the army at the last battle was impressive.

"Zhao De?" Zhang Shanfu stared at Chunyu Zhen in confusion, "He is actually proficient in artillery?"

"That's right," Chunyu Zhen said a little stutteringly, "Zhao Chehou's familiarity with artillery is no less than me." As soon as he said this, the officers present were in an uproar. Zhang Shanfu and Wang Yunzhong could hardly believe their ears. In this era, because firearms had not yet been widely used, artillery casting and artillery techniques, artillery techniques and artillery tactics were all mixed together. As a master of artillery casting, Chunyu Zhen was naturally also a master of artillery tests. The elite gunners who operated this new type of artillery were all trained by him. It can be said that they were disciples who could enter the door wall. Chunyu Zhen said that Zhao De's attainment in artillery was no less than him, so who could match the artillery camp?

Zhang Shanfu bent his fingers and knocked his knuckles hard on the list of officers and soldiers: "Zhao De, the former centurion of the 7th Battalion of Chengying, and the title of Chehou."
Chapter completed!