golden scales

The return soul is not a person, but a group of people.

Before the 18th day of the first lunar month in the [-]th year of Chongzhen, these people may or may not have known each other; they may be neighbors, or they may be people they have never met.After the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, these people came together under the pull of "fate", and they had a common name-returned soul.

They also have a common pain, that is, the death day of their close relative is on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

Wu Bucheng joined the soul-returning people under the introduction of his neighbors, and was soon appreciated by "fate" because of his ability to mix gunpowder, and entered the core layer of soul-returning people.

Yes, "Fate" is not a mysterious force, but a living person.

No one knew his origins, not even his accent.No one saw that he had any dealings with outsiders in the capital, but he knew everything well.It was he who gathered the survivors of these victims together, understood everyone's abilities and personalities, assigned the most appropriate jobs, and used the fulcrums that could not be more humble to shake the whole situation and shake the foundation of the Manchurians.

Wu Bucheng worked for him for the first time, just mixing the raw materials together according to the military gunpowder formula.In order to prevent the gunpowder from being seized by the Qing soldiers during transportation, they were transported into Beijing separately in the form of sulfur and saltpeter, and then successfully mixed in a safe place.

After all, Wu Bucheng is a smart man who can become the third treasurer at a young age. He quickly realized that such a large amount of gunpowder has only one purpose.

Fried tartar!

Fate did not hide from him in this regard, and told him the target of the assassination-uncle Regent Dorgon.

The real executioner!

After Wu Bucheng learned about it, he was extremely careful about the compatibility of the artillery, hoping to configure the most powerful gunpowder with the smallest error to avenge his mother.

Finally, just last night, the mansion of Jierhalang, who was also the regent of his uncle, was reduced to ruins by gunpowder. Six of his Fujins died on the spot, from the eldest son Fulton to the fifth son Huilan.All died in the fire, and none of them escaped.The results of the battle seemed brilliant, but Jierhalang himself escaped unharmed because the leader of the army was away.

Wu Bucheng quietly listened to all kinds of news on the street, bought two cakes at the gate of the square, and returned home.He first went to see his father who was bedridden by a stroke, and then returned to his side room.Someone was waiting there for him.

It is "fate".

Wu Bucheng told Fate one by one the news heard on the street, and asked in confusion: "Aren't we going to bomb Dorgon? How did it reach Jierhalang's house? Was it a mistake?"

"Fate" smiled and said nothing, "Jian slaves deserve to die, it's just that the sequence is different."

Wu Bucheng admitted that what he said was very suitable for him, and said: "It's just that we don't have much gunpowder."

After the Ming army blocked the canal, Limi was not allowed to go north.This also led to a massive shrinkage in all markets in the North.In this state, there is really no cover to transport a large amount of sulfur and saltpeter into Beijing.If it is transported by force, it is like lice on a bald man's head, which is particularly eye-catching.Even with a protective umbrella like Song Hongye, there is nothing he can do.

However, military gunpowder has extremely high requirements on the fineness of raw materials, and soil nitrate is basically useless, and better sulfur has to be shipped from Shandong.If you want to make high-performance gunpowder.The domestic sulfur is even a bit reluctant and has to be imported from Japan - who asked them to guard a volcano.

As a result, the gunpowder in the hands of the soul-returning people is actually very limited. It is impossible to use gunpowder to blow up the entire Manchurians in the inner city. At most, they can only choose one or two dignitaries.

Then why waste precious gunpowder on Jierhalang's wife and children?

First of all, Jierharang's status is extremely high.

Uncle Regent, referred to as Uncle King for short, is an upgraded version of Regent, and it is also Dorgon's compensation for failing to marry the Queen Mother.Out of balance, Jierhalang, who ranks above Dorgon, was naturally given this title.Azig would have wanted one too.But Duo ErGun mercilessly rejected.Therefore, the bombing of Jierhalang's lair was a huge psychological blow to the nobles of the Qing Dynasty, and the importance of this target must not be reduced just because he is not there.

Second, because Jierharang is not at home.

Manchuria's dressing system determined their way of life, and elite family members and servants all closely surrounded the head of the family.As Jierhalang and Dorgon, no matter where they go, they are overt or covert guards.If you want to assassinate, you must have a big killer like a sniper rifle.

However, now Jierhalang is leading the army, and all the elite of Prince Zheng's Mansion are going out with the army.There are only a nest of women and children left, and this is the time when the palace is at its most vulnerable.The layout of Nanyuan is similar to that of the vassal king's mansion outside the East Palace, which just takes advantage of the emptiness of Nanyuan.Raiders difficulty is low, conduct a practical exercise.

If it succeeds, everyone will be happy.Even if it fails, you can learn a lesson and accumulate experience for assassinating Dorgon.

In the end, bombing Jierhalang's lair is also a way to scare the enemy.

Only by shocking Dorgon's heart can he become a frightened bird and lead him into the set trap.

"Shanren has his own clever plan." Yuanyuan looked at Wu Bucheng with a smile.Although this young man is very good, but not to the point where he can tell all the plans.

Wu Bucheng nodded, and said again: "But why bomb the mansion of the traitor Song Hongye? He is not qualified."

"That's not what we did." Yuan Fen said: "We are not the only ones in this world who don't want to be human."

Wu Bucheng resolved the doubts in his heart, and was about to go out to do something, when Fate said again: "We're going to change places tonight."

"Where are you going?" Wu Bucheng stopped and asked.

"Nanyuan." A smug expression appeared on Yuanyuan's face.

As night fell, teams of laborers suddenly passed by on Jingshi Street, each carrying a large basket, holding a wooden shovel and crowbar, and they were the hard laborers going to Nanyuan to clean up the mess.The returnees who were ambushing on the street joined the team one after another, just like ice and snow melting into the water, without causing any waves.

Fate changed Nanyuan into a new base camp, which is closer to Prince Rui's Mansion and facilitates the exchange of various materials and personnel.As for how many ruins are cleared every day, who will ask at this juncture?What's more, the Han officials of the Ministry of Industry have long been bribed, and the reason is very convincing: the remaining beams and columns of the palace are valuable goods.

After the Manchurians entered Beijing, the family business they occupied had expanded many times compared to when they were in Shenyang.A bigger property means more servants.All the Shens in Manchuria are all fighters and reserve fighters, and they can't even be officials, let alone servants?Therefore, the servants at the bottom of the palaces are still Han Chinese.

Especially for many skilled jobs, even if Manchurians wanted to do it, they would have no way to do it.

Like lighting a fire to keep warm.

The palaces of the Ming Dynasty all had floor heating.Since Chengzu rebuilt the Forbidden City, the heating of the palace mainly relied on the warm ditch under the stone slabs.These warm ditches are on the foundation of the palace and under the floor, and the whole house is as warm as spring after being burned.The chimney goes to the inconspicuous part of the garden behind the palace, and is soon covered by the buildings and vegetation on the surface, so it is unknown to outsiders.

Even the second-class wing rooms and warm pavilions use firewalls.It is to build a sandwich wall, and burn a fire in the wall in winter, and the whole wall is a source of heat.

The heating of ground fire and fire wall is such a technical task.

These unknown servants, awakened by the bloody truth, threw themselves into the arms of the returned souls.Appointed by fate, they put the gunpowder into the warm passage of a cold palace in Prince Rui's residence in batches.The reason why Dorgon did not choose the main hall and bedroom that Dorgon often visited was to learn from the experience of Prince Zheng's Mansion in Nanyuan-the gunpowder burying was completed in a surprise attack, and the movement was too loud, which could easily arouse suspicion.

Prince Rui's Mansion is not the empty Prince Zheng's Mansion.Although Dorgon's coated ahas would not do this kind of dirty work, they still watched for Dorgon loyally.

Putting gunpowder under the cold palace where you don't live on weekdays seems to be sitting on the sidelines, but it is not that there is no room for guidance.

This leader is Song Hongye.

After the Nanyuan case and the Song Zhai case, Song Hongye arrested and murdered people in Beijing.Heads alone are not enough to prove the effectiveness of the work, so gunpowder was found from Yudao, the Ministry of War, and the homes of many Manchu and Han ministers.

These are the gunpowder that was originally stored in Beijing for making fireworks, and extra charcoal was added. If it is used to fire guns and cannons, it is absolutely unreliable.Even if it is ignited, it has no explosive power.However, for the Manchurians, as long as it is black powder, it is gunpowder.Who let the Han army flags who really understand medicine have already set off?

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if others point it out, it is still due to Song Hongye's contribution - just because the chaotic party does not know how to use gunpowder, the contribution of loyal ministers cannot be denied.

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