Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

Huang Luzhuang, who was so carefully guarded by Haifeng, was summoned by Kangxi to the Guihua Palace in the middle of the night to study the pistol made of Duobu.

As a result, as soon as he started to disassemble it, he was stumped by the screws on the gun body.

This design was made three days before Kangxi arrived in Guihua City. Haifeng accidentally saw the shape of the springs and suddenly remembered that this product of modern civilization had not been used in guns. .

A small screw stayed in the blind spot of her memory for decades.

The craftsmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are so good at their craftsmanship that they often don't even need nails, and only use mortise and tenon structures to build everything from furniture to large buildings.Screws were of no use in the Qing Dynasty.

Duobu wanted to use a dagger to help unscrew the nails, but was stopped by Huang Luzhuang.After tinkering for a long time in the tool box he carried with him, he took out a Phillips screwdriver on the spot and carefully removed the screws.

After passing this first level, when Huang Luzhuang took another look at the structure inside, he found that what was originally full of expectations turned out to be boring.

"Your Majesty, there is not much mystery in this pistol. It is just a few springs, pressed down here, raised there, just playing with the smallness. But these four nails are good things. Can you please give me permission to take them out? Take a closer look for two more days?”

Hai Feng secretly complained in his heart that Huang Luzhuang really knew nothing except research and invention.

He now knows the structure of the latest weapon. To prevent leaks, it is still unknown whether his life can be saved!
I was actually thinking about whether I could do some research on screws!

Kangxi obviously had the same idea as Haifeng. After smiling enigmatically, he asked Gao Shiqi, who was standing beside him, to draw up the decree.

"Give Huang Lvzhuang an official position. I can't make up my mind, whether he should be placed in the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, or the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Tomorrow, Zhuchuang will discuss it with the bachelors who came with us and draft an edict."

Gao Shiqi, who was called by his cousin, whispered in Kangxi's ear.

"I dare to make a suggestion. If so, Dai Zi can be used."

"We'll discuss it again when we return to Beijing. I still have to think about whether we should raise an army and mobilize a large number of people for a pistol."

Haifeng, who was standing a little further away, couldn't hear the whispers between the two of them, and wondered whether Gao Shiqi had defected before the battle, prepared to report her, and deliberately asked for orders loudly.

"Khan Ama, the fifth sister has been guarding the well for an hour. Ma Ma sent people to come here twice and asked why we didn't go over to sleep. It was late at night and the wind was strong. Besides, I stretched my hand in the well. I can’t see any fingers, but only three pellets have come out at this moment. Otherwise, use a heavy object to seal the well mouth, and let’s fish again tomorrow morning!”

Kangxi repeatedly rubbed the three copper bullets in his hand, pondered for a long time, and asked Gao Shiqi to take Huangluzhuang out.

It's called asking for resume and notifying the officials, but it actually means asking Gao Shiqi to monitor Huang Luzhuang to prevent him from escaping with a pistol.

Everyone else went to bed. Only the couple Haifeng and Duobu, as well as the fifth princess's son-in-law, Shun Anyan, stayed in Kangxi's dormitory, waiting for orders.

"Why did I leave all the elder brothers, even the prince, alone, and ask you and the fifth princess to be busy. Brother An, do you know the reason?"

Shun Anyan is the eldest grandson of Kangxi's uncle Tong Guowei. According to his seniority, he can be called the cousin of the current emperor.Kangxi never regarded him as an outsider and called him An Geer for more than ten years. Later, when his nephew became his son-in-law, he changed his name to Shun Anyan.

The familiar name came to his ears again, and Shun Anyan couldn't tell whether it was a disaster or a blessing for a moment, so he mustered up all his energy to deal with it.

"Is Khan Amma suspicious that there is something fishy about the theft of the pistol?"

"Eunuchs and maids occasionally commit petty thefts in the Forbidden City and Changchun Garden. But I don't believe they have the guts to steal in front of the Queen Mother and the two princesses. The fifth princess sent people to get rid of them for so long. , there are still eight pellets whose whereabouts are unknown. Maybe the thief didn’t throw all the pellets into the well in the first place.”

Haifeng also thinks this speculation is reasonable. A few copper lumps can be hidden anywhere.She publicly said in front of many people that the bullets were valuable. Maybe the thief had hidden both the jewelry and the bullets in one place.I plan to wait for the holy driver to leave and become a naturalized person, and then take it out and resell it.

Kangxi's subtext, if he wanted to provoke Shun Anyan, was nothing more than that if the bullet fell into the hands of the prince, especially the prince, he would have trouble sleeping and eating, so he did not need his sons, but his daughters and sons-in-law to search.

After talking for a while, Gao Shiqi came back with a box containing the pistol parts dismembered by Huang Luzhuang.

After opening it and showing it to Kangxi, he respectfully locked it and presented the key.

"Only this one can be opened. I just destroyed the rest with my own hands." Haifeng complained silently in his stomach. Kangxi would not sleep with this box on his head tonight.

Resisting the desire to yawn, they all knelt down and retired from the dormitory.

Shun Anyan was anxious to pick up the fifth princess and ran faster than a rabbit.Haifeng looked around and tugged on Gao Shiqi's sleeve when he saw no one around.

Duobu had already arranged an inconspicuous room, originally intending it to be a place where he and Haifeng could come here to change clothes and escape if the assassination attempt failed.

The three people sneaked into the door under the cover of darkness.

Not even daring to light a lantern, they gathered around the small fire box to discuss countermeasures.

Haifeng took the lead and asked Gao Shiqi what he had just said to Kangxi.

"I have come this far. The pistol that day couldn't kill you, but today's can. Hurry up and tell the truth!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I originally wanted to take this person out after being sure of it. Now it seems that I have to talk about it. Your Highness and your consort, don't you know Dai Zi?"

"I don't know, who is he?"

"A genius who makes firearms. When I was young, I worked with him in the South Study Room as a lecturer. It is normal for His Highness not to recognize him. He was wrongly accused of having liaison with the East and was exiled to Liaodong. His Highness was afraid that Not even ten years old.”

Haifeng recalled that she should not have been able to enter and leave the South Study Room at will at that time. She only knew that some of the most important officials had been promoted. She really had no impression of Dai Zi.

Instead, it was Dobu who thought of this person.

"Is the cannon called 'General Weiyuan' man-made?"

"The prince-in-law is indeed well-informed. He is too smart, but he arouses jealousy and ends up in exile. Your Highness, prince-in-law, you two must not interfere in this matter, and leave it to the ministers to avoid the emperor becoming suspicious. If I can take this opportunity to take Dai Zi under my command, and let him assist my concubine in re-developing the pistol. I dare to guarantee this: in the future, His Highness will be able to kill anyone he wants with the pistol, and he will be able to hit it with perfect accuracy."

Haifeng couldn't help but sneered twice, reminding Gao Shiqi that, let alone those illusory things in the future, just at the moment, he was still very anxious and didn't know how to end it.

"The pistol that was originally intended to be used was broken into more than ten pieces by Huang Luzhuang; I still have two spare ones in my hand. If you really want to do it tonight, then get it immediately."

"Your Highness, I have something to say. After listening to it, it will not be too late to make a decision."

"Okay, tell me quickly."

"Yes. You wanted to unite all the princes to attack Sibeile. Sibeile heard the news from his thirteenth brother and went to the emperor one day in advance to have a secret talk. I really didn't find out what he said. Liang Jiugong doesn’t even know.”

"Then you are here, making excuses?"

"No. Your Highness, please be patient. I have been with the emperor these days and feel that the prince and the emperor are very similar in appearance. As for Suo'etu, who is very ill, he was going to take leave and stay in the capital, but the emperor specially issued a decree to reward him. A sedan chair must also be carried in the northern patrol team. I am afraid only the emperor, Suo'etu, the prince, and Sibeile know the beginning and end of this place."

Haifeng secretly glanced at Duobu and found that he was also in a dazed state, and then he felt relieved.Fortunately, she wasn't slow and wasn't the only one in the room who didn't understand.

"Scholar Gao, I know your clever calculations. Can you make it easier to say this like a riddle?"

"Your Highness, I want you to wait a little longer. In all likelihood, you are not the only one who wants to assassinate the Emperor tonight."

1. The screwdriver appeared in London around 1780.Before that, craftsmen just hammered the spiral nails into the target vertically.In other words, the screw reinforcement method we are now familiar with became gradually popularized after 1780.Moreover, the screws at that time were still flat and cross-recessed screws, which were patented only in 1836.

2. Dai Zi will be introduced in more detail in subsequent chapters, so there will be no spoilers here.Roughly speaking, he is a bug of the times on par with Huang Luzhuang.I personally have a feeling that our country has never lacked scientists. History gave the Qing Dynasty opportunities, but they were ignored by the rulers.Then, well, our country failed to catch up with the industrial revolution, and the gap with the West became wider and wider.