Chapter 815 God Wants to Kill Someone, but He Makes Him Crazy First

After Xiao Yanxi left, Ning Chen continued to study how to improve the musket?

Forget about AK.

After studying for an afternoon, Ning Chen improved the original musket and transformed it into a double-barreled hunting rifle. In fact, it was a homemade gun, but it was transformed into a double-barreled one.

This can increase the number of bullets and make it more powerful... The disadvantage is that the accuracy is a bit worse.

It is not a successful transformation yet. After all, there are only drawings, which can only be regarded as paper talk.

Ning Chen put away the drawings and sighed... I only regret that I didn't work in the arsenal in my previous life.

I came out of the room and found Pan Yucheng.

Pan Yucheng is responsible for recruiting skilled craftsmen recently.

"Old Pan, how is the search going?"

Pan Yucheng looked helpless, "Xuanwu City has just been built, and there are a lot of craftsmen and carpenters, but there are very few people who are proficient in special skills."

Ning Chen rubbed his eyebrows, "I will write a letter to the empress to see if I can find a group of skilled craftsmen from Wu State. If not... then I can only poach people from Daxuan at a high price."

As soon as he said it, Ning Chen immediately wrote a letter to the empress's wife and sent someone to send it to Wu State at full speed.

Other things can be done slowly, but firearms cannot be delayed.

There is also the matter of conscription. So far, Yuan Long has only recruited more than 10,000 people, which is far from the original plan of 40,000 people.

"What has Old Feng been busy with these days? Why haven't I seen him?"

Feng Qizheng has been going out early and coming back late recently, and he doesn't know what he is busy with secretly?

Pan Yucheng hesitated for a moment and said, "He is busy doing business."

"Huh?" Ning Chen was stunned, "He can't read a word, and his math is even worse. If he does business, won't he lose his pants? What kind of business is he doing?"

Pan Yucheng said, "Brothel!"

"What?" Ning Chen's face darkened, "Brothel? Does he have any future? He actually ran away to be a brothel owner?"

Pan Yucheng said, "No, he only invested... The rest is left to others."

Ning Chen was speechless, "Send someone to find him for me, it's too embarrassing."

Pan Yucheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, this is not a bad thing... If Lao Feng becomes the behind-the-scenes manager of the brothel, there will be no forced prostitution.

You also know that many brothel women are not willing, some of them are forced, and some are trafficked."

Ning Chen was silent!

What Pan Yucheng said is not unreasonable!

Although brothels are immoral, the existence of brothels will greatly reduce the occurrence of rape cases.

Everything has its pros and cons!

In this world, brothels are a must.

Killers and prostitutes are the two oldest professions, and they cannot be eliminated at all.

Ning Chen said unhappily: "He will find excuses for himself... I think the most important thing is that he won't have to spend money to visit brothels in the future, right?"

Pan Yucheng laughed dryly a few times!

.......

One month later.

The empress sent a group of people who are proficient in strange skills from Wu State, and also sent more than a hundred blacksmiths.

This solved Ning Chen's urgent needs.

The arsenal in Xuanwu City has been built, and it is under the charge of Pan Yucheng and Gao Ziping, and guarded by the Ning'an Army.

That day, Ning Chen returned to the city lord's mansion with a tired face.

He has been staying in the arsenal these days, studying the modification of muskets and explosive bombs with those skilled craftsmen.

As soon as he arrived in the hall and drank a sip of tea, Xiao Yanxi came to find him.

Ning Chen looked at her with a disappointed look on his face, "When do you say you can change back into women's clothes?"

Xiao Yanxi ignored him and said, "Tong Yuanzhou died in the battle!"

Ning Chen froze for a moment.

After a long while, he asked, "Was it Kang Luo who did it?"

"I guess so!"

Ning Chen frowned, "What do you mean by guess so?"

Xiao Yanxi said, "Emperor De has drawn 120,000 troops from the nearby Chongzhou and several other states to support the southern border.

The leader is Zuo Xingwei. Emperor De's order is that Zuo Xingwei is the main force and Tong Yuanzhou is the auxiliary force.

The 120,000 troops led by Zuo Xingwei and the more than 100,000 troops in the southern border joined forces, totaling about 250,000. Zuo Xingwei was ambitious and wanted to swallow up Kang Luo's 150,000 troops.

As a result, Kang Luo used a strategy of luring the enemy deep into the depths to Buddha's Hand Mountain. The 250,000 troops were defeated, with more than 30,000 casualties and 100,000 captured.

In order to prevent the remaining troops from being captured, Tong Yuanzhou stayed behind to cover the rear and finally died on the battlefield."

Bang! ! !

Ning Chen's forehead was throbbing with veins, and he crushed the teacup in his hand.

"Old Tong has been guarding the southern border for more than ten years, and has never let the South Vietnamese troops cross the border... I didn't expect that he would die in the hands of his own people in the end?

Didn't I ask your people to notify him and let him come to Xuanwu City?"

Xiao Yanxi shook her head, "Your meaning has been conveyed, but General Tong said that he is a general of Daxuan, how could he be afraid of death and abandon the southern border?

The four words of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism have been engraved in his bones."

Ning Chen shook his head and sighed, "Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but he is loyal to a tyrant... Tong Yuanzhou's death is not to blame Kang Luo or Zuo Xingwei, the biggest murderer is Zhang Tianlun."

Zhang Tianlun is the new emperor.

Xiao Yanxi showed sarcasm, "Zuo Xingwei, he is really cowardly... Kang Luo sent Tong Yuanzhou's body to the city gate to show his respect, but Zuo Xingwei didn't even have the courage to go out of the city to collect the body."

Ning Chen's face was as gloomy as water.

Tong Yuanzhou was a hero in his life, but he never expected that he couldn't even be buried after his death and his body could only be left exposed in the wilderness.

Xiao Yanxi continued, "Gao Li and Xiliang refused to pay tribute to Da Xuan. Emperor De was furious and was originally planning to send troops to attack Gao Li and Xiliang. It seems that this plan can only be shelved now."

Ning Chen shook his head and sneered, "If God wants to destroy someone, he will first make him crazy... Zhang Tianlun is in power, just like a villain who has achieved success. He is too arrogant!"

What he is most worried about now is Emperor Xuan. I wonder how he is doing?

Da Xuan, which was prosperous and rich, with strong soldiers and horses, has been in ruins for only half a year.

He remembered that when Emperor Xuan was in Xiuzhou, he saw the people living a rich and happy life.

Now that Da Xuan is in war, he is probably heartbroken.

Xiao Yanxi said: "Daxuan is in big trouble this time. When General Chen was alive, although he could not go to the battlefield in the end, he was still the spiritual pillar of Daxuan soldiers. Later, you came out of nowhere and made the morale of Daxuan soldiers high and invincible.

But now, General Chen has passed away, you left Daxuan, and the morale of Daxuan soldiers is low. Now they have suffered a series of defeats, and their morale has fallen to the bottom."

Ning Chen sighed, "If Zhang Tianlun mobilized the Western Border Army to support Beilin Pass at this time, he could chase the Tuo Luo Kingdom with the advantage of numbers.

Then mobilize the Eastern Border Army to quickly support the Southern Border, and do not go deep into the Buddha's Hand Mountain. With artillery deterrence, Kang Luo can be easily stopped outside the pass.

Of course, the premise of all this is to have a good general to command."

Suddenly, Ning Chen waved his hand, "Forget it, let's not talk about this... Anyway, it has nothing to do with me now."

.......

Daxuan, Yangxin Palace of the Imperial Palace

Li Hanru, Ji Mingchen and others knelt outside the palace, begging the new emperor to give up the current plan.

The northern border and the southern border were defeated one after another... The new emperor was still determined to attack Gaoli Kingdom and Xiliang.