Gongzi, Gongzi ……Are you alright ……We came late, please punish the Duke.”
While Zhu Pingan was drafting the official document, Liu Mu, Liu Dazhou and the others rushed to rescue the Emperor with anxious faces, when they were receiving the sponsorship of the military preparations led by the Duke of Wei’s own soldiers, because they were unprepared, they were besieged by the chaotic soldiers who appeared all of a sudden with their strong bows and hard crossbows, and they were not free until just now, and as soon as they were free, they couldn’t wait to rush to rescue the Emperor, and only after they learnt that Zhu Pingan was alright, did they put down their hearts which were raised in their throats.
“I’m fine, not a single strand of hair is missing, don’t worry.”
Zhu Pingan also let go of his heart after seeing that Liu Mu, Liu Dazhou and the others were safe and sound. Although he knows that the purpose of the chaotic soldiers is the Duke of Wei, Eunuch He and himself and others, Liu Mu and their safety is relatively guaranteed, but still can’t help but be a little worried, at the moment to see that they are safe and sound, Zhu Pingan finally completely let go of his heart, the pen is even more flowing, the text does not add a few points, in a few moments, an official document will be leaping off the paper.
“Great good!”
“Wonderful!”
“Little Lord Zhu deserves to be a Scholar! This official document is so good that even a veteran of the sword and pen can’t beat it. It was originally a plea for offence, but after your nephew’s hand, it’s more like a plea for merit!”
Duke of Wei, they read after the praise, do not add a little, do not change a word, in the back of the name attached. After signing, Duke of Wei was the first to have the report sent to the capital.
In order to show his gratitude to Zhu Pingan, Wei Guo Gong added one hundred additional cannons and five stones of gunpowder.
“It turns out that Sir Zhu favours firearms, it just so happens that I still have two bowl guns from the Baoyuan Bureau in my hand that I don’t have a mother, so I will distribute these two bowl guns to Sir Zhu’s regiment to help Sir Zhu.”
After Eunuch He understood that Zhu Pingan favoured firearms, he generously stated that he had two bowl-mouth cannons under his command that could be gifted to Zhu Pingan.
“Many thanks, Eunuch.”
Zhu Pingan was overjoyed to hear that Eunuch He could dispense two Bowl Cannons. Now the regiment was in dire need of artillery, although there were only two, which was a bit less in number, but it finally made up for the shortcomings of the regiment.
“Sir Zhu has saved two lives of my family, what is the point of being polite to my family. These two bowl guns are just a small token of appreciation, I’ll have to repay you later.”Eunuch He smiled with an orchid cocked and said.
“Two lives?”Zhu Pingan sniffed and was stunned for a moment, when did he save Eunuch He’s life again?
“One is the miscellaneous family’s physical life, and one is the miscellaneous family’s career life.”Eunuch He said meaningfully.
“Eunuch is overstating it.”Zhu Pingan said politely.
“No words, no words, little Lord Zhu can send someone to drive to the township yamen tomorrow to pull away the artillery. Oh yes, there is also a box of experimental cannons produced by the Bureau of Warfare in the Yamen’s treasury, so Ta-Jen Zhu can pull them away as well.”
Eunuch He narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Marquis Linhuai saw that Duke Wei and Eunuch He both expressed, he was also embarrassed, and said to Zhu Pingan, “Xian nephew, there are still a hundred horses inside my camp, although they are not steeds, they are just ordinary worn out horses, but they can be used for travelling and pulling carts. My battalion is mostly navy, also can’t be used, it will be gifted to your nephew.”
“Thank you uncle.”
Zhu Pingan did not refuse, all gladly accepted.
Today is another bumper harvest ah, Zhu Pingan can’t help but reveal a satisfied smile at the corner of his mouth.
Running through it, how much family money does the regiment have now.
In the beginning, Marquis Linhuai sponsored 1,200 sets of old uniforms, 600 spears, 500 swords, 200 longbows, and 200 cannons, as well as a bunch of tattered armour.
Then, the Duke of Wei sponsored one hundred sets of brand new tents, one hundred pairs of armour, two hundred cannons and ten stones of gunpowder.
Now, the Duke of Wei added another hundred cannons and five stones of gunpowder. Eunuch He distributed two bowl guns and a box of cannons (there must be dozens of them). The Marquis of Linhuai also added a hundred worn-out horses.
In addition, the court also allocated five thousand taels of grain and wages, and he also won hundreds of taels of silver sponsorship from Chu Xiong …….
Calculated in this way, the regiment’s home base is not weak. At present, the firearms alone have six hundred cannons, two bowls of cannon …….If you press one person one cannon, the firearms ratio is almost sixty per cent, the impression of the future Qi Jiguang troops only reached fifty per cent of the firearms ratio.
However, these firearms were not enough, and they would have to be increased and improved later on.
Zhu Pingan knew the importance and revolutionary nature of firearms better than anyone else in the world.
Let’s figure it out slowly.
Now there is one more thing to do, Zhu Pingan solemnly arched his hand to Duke Wei and said, “Uncle, Pingan has one more thing to ask for.”
“Please speak, virtuous nephew, whatever it is, I will do my best.”Duke Wei answered back, his mouth was firm, but his heart was still a little difficult. When he saw that Zhu Pingan was so solemn, he thought that Zhu Pingan had taken a fancy to the artillery in his battalion and wanted to claim it. This artillery is the imperial court’s quota, so it’s a bit difficult to do.
However, after all, Xian nephew is a life-saving benefactor, like Eunuch He said, or saved two lives. I have to find a way to satisfy my nephew’s request. Well, there is, now He Gong Gong is also here, you can discuss with He Gong, please ask him to turn a blind eye, my side of the battalion’s two artillery with “scrapped” in the name of the disposal of the nephews pull away is not the artillery, but scrap iron Well ……
In the Wei Guo Gong racked his brains when, Zhu Pingan then spoke, “uncle, just quelled Zhen Wu camp mutiny, I have taken the liberty of promising your soldiers, will be on their behalf to ask you for credit ……”.
“Ah? So it’s this ah, thanks to Xian Nephew for reminding me, it’s time to reward the personal soldiers for their merits.”
Duke Wei was surprised, he thought that Zhu Pingan wanted artillery, but he did not think that he was asking for credit for his own personal soldiers.
“Old Xu, you can’t be petty. These personal soldiers, ah, have made great efforts.”Marquis Linhuai patted Duke Wei’s shoulder.
“This is natural.”Duke Wei nodded vigorously, “I’ve never been stingy with their rewards.”
With this matter out of the way, and all of the armaments sponsored by Duke Wei loaded onto the cart, Zhu Pingan politely declined Duke Wei’s banquet invitation and excused himself.
“Give birth to a son when like Zhu Pingan ……It’s a pity that the miscellaneous family is eunuchs, there is no hope in this life.”
As he said goodbye, Eunuch He looked at Zhu Pingan’s back as he left and couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.
“Alas, it’s a pity that Zi Hou has already married the second family’s Shu Maiden, otherwise I would have had to marry a daughter to him anyways.”
Marquis Linhuai also couldn’t help but lament.
“Men, it’s normal for them to have three wives and four concubines. Old Li, my family still has two concubine girls, you help pull the red rope to make a match, let Zi Hou pick one to be a filler how?”Duke Wei touched Marquis Linhuai’s shoulder.
A room-filler? Marquis Lin Huai’s eyes couldn’t help but blink a little, his heart was enlightened.
“Hey, Old Li, why are you frozen, can you give a word.”Duke Wei urged.
“Cough cough, this is not urgent, the coming day is long, we will talk about it later.”Marquis Linhuai snorted.
