Fufeng Song

In the second ten days of the first lunar month, a messenger came to Jinyang via Jizhou.After receiving the messenger, Yue Shigong immediately called a meeting of his subordinates.And when Lu Yao returned to the barracks from the governor's mansion, he also summoned all the officers under his command, and conveyed a sad or happy news: Sima Zhong, the second emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, collapsed.Posthumous title: Emperor Xiaohui.

This Emperor Xiaohui can be regarded as an unprecedented fatuous and incompetent emperor.In fact, he is simply an idiot with low intelligence, existing only as a puppet for princes and kings to fight for power and profit.During the years of his reign, the Great Jin Dynasty completed the transformation from a ruling world to a chaotic world at an unimaginable speed.When the news of his death was conveyed, everyone in Lu Yao couldn't help but feel a sense of relief, and the reactions of the officers were similar to Lu Yao's.

"Really?" Xue Tong asked: "How should I put it, that... er... died?"

Lu Yao nodded and said: "It's absolutely true. On the sixth day and night of November last year, His Majesty was unwell, and collapsed in the Xianyang Palace the next day. Three days later, the emperor's younger brother ascended the throne and changed his Yuan to Yongjia, so this year is Yongjiayuan Year. The Luoyang court had already sent people to spread the message to the world, but the Huns were rampant and blocked the road to Bingzhou. The messengers went around and around, so there was a delay."

"Oh." Xue Tong nodded and took a bowl of porridge.

Lu Yao coughed a few times, and then said: "Your Majesty passed away, and the whole world mourns. It stands to reason that everyone should mourn and cry bitterly..."

Everyone nodded blankly.Xue Tong put down the bowl and turned to look at the white clouds outside the window; Shen Jin seemed to be counting the ants on the ground; After staring at him, he pondered for a moment before reluctantly said: "Um... ah... what the general said is true! Very true..."

Sure enough, even Deng Gang, who was the most stable and conservative, had no feelings for the emperor.Lu Yao couldn't help sighing.

Behind the death of His Majesty the Emperor, there may be something not so simple inside.In recent years, this idiot emperor has been sitting alone in the court, and most of the guards, imperial guards, and servants in the inner court are under the control of Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea.The king of the East China Sea monopolizes the power of the court, and people at that time surpassed Cao and Mang with his power.It is common sense for such a rare power minister to have the idea of ​​"he can replace him".maybe……

Lu Yao shook his head: What does the filth in Luoyang City have to do with me?

"Damn it, you all pretend, I can't hold back!" Gao Xiang was the most impatient, and finally couldn't help shouting: "If you die, you will die, and you will die! This idiot emperor is dead!" , I can’t cry, but want to laugh instead!”

"Straight mother, dog emperor! Die well! Hahaha!" He thumped the table and shouted: "This emperor has been in power for more than ten years, have we had a peaceful life for half a day? The clan fights for power, the dog Officials are in power, subordinates are rampant, natural disasters continue, wars are chaotic... Damn, after he died, I feel a little hopeful!" Yu has been in a bad mood for the past few days after the Guojiawubao incident. , The yelling at the moment is a good way to vent.

Hearing him speak more and more outrageously, louder and louder, he seemed to be insane, everyone looked at each other, but Xue Tong reacted in time, and the tiger rushed over to cover his mouth.

"Your Majesty, the son of heaven, the common people and the people, the son of your majesty. If you dare to laugh again, Lao Gao, I will have to punish you for committing a serious crime of disrespect." Lu Yao sighed and said, "You guys, what should you do? Come on! Old Xue, wait a minute, and accompany me to receive the ordnance later."

In addition to the news of the new king's enthronement, the messengers also brought many other messages.For example, regarding the former governor of Bingzhou, Si Teng, after he fled to Yecheng in embarrassment, he was even promoted to an official. Now he is the king of Dongyan, General Cheqi, and the commander of the military forces in Yecheng.For another example, after the Qingzhou demon thief Liu Bogen was defeated and killed, there was another giant bandit Wang Mi who claimed to be the Great General Conquering the East and attacked the cities of Qingzhou and Xuzhou one after another; was killed.In the far southwest, Li Xiong, a Di man who claimed to be the King of Chengdu, has officially proclaimed himself emperor, with the name of the country established, and Fan Changsheng, the grand master and prime minister of heaven and earth.

These news were not pleasant, and Lu Yao didn't bother to convey them, so he let everyone disperse hastily, and dragged Xue Tong to the outside of the barracks.

In this era of war and chaos, the death of the emperor was just a small episode in life. Facing the huge and imminent threat of the Huns, the Bingzhou Army was busy with their own affairs, and no one in Jinyang City was in mourning. , and no one mourns.In fact, no one has taken the change of the throne in Luoyang seriously for a long time.

As food and fodder were sufficient, the population also prospered, and Jinyang City, which was almost in ruins, gradually recovered its vitality.Lu Yao and Xue Tong rode their horses all the way and saw pedestrians coming and going on the street; some places that were ruins had been cleaned up, and a lot of wood was piled up next to it, and it seemed that new houses were going to be built; not far away There is even a wine shop opened, of course, what is sold is only newly brewed wine, in Xue Tong's view, it is just white water with a taste of wine.

There is a place in the west of the city, and the sound of jingling can be heard from a long distance away.That is where the craftsman household camp organized by Yue Shigong himself is located.

The craftsman camp was built on the basis of the original Jinyang iron officials. The leader was a master blacksmith, surnamed Han, who was about forty years old.Years of smoking made him look much older than he really was.This family was originally dependents of a certain wealthy family. During these days, Wen Qiao cleared up the tribes of the wealthy clan according to Yue Shigong's request, and reorganized a large number of people into the yellow book. This family moved from Wubao to Jinyang.Because this Korean blacksmith is extremely skilled, his three sons also have their own unique blacksmithing skills, so they undertook the task of manufacturing ordnance for the army, leading dozens of selected apprentices to work day and night.

In addition, dozens of craftsmen, including carpenters and bow makers, were also attached to the craftsman camp.In order to ensure the needs of the army, there are even more than [-] strong men serving here, engaged in various heavy physical support jobs.

At this moment, Blacksmith Han was concentrating on busying by the stove. He held a forging hammer in his right hand, and tightly held a piece of iron with iron tongs in his left hand, turning it slowly.His eldest son stretched his muscular upper body, wielding a hammer weighing more than 30 kilograms, and beat vigorously; while the second son quickly pulled the bellows, blowing the flames in the furnace to rise, and burning the iron into red .Although it was the chilly spring time, the father and son were all sweating profusely.

Lu Yao seemed to be familiar with the blacksmith's family, and called out from a long distance: "Master Han! Master Han! Is what I want ready?"

Tiejiang Han smiled and said: "Good morning! Little San'er, quickly fetch it for General Lu!"

The third son who was replaced by Han Tiejiang was a cheerful and strong boy.He dug into the depths of the dark shop for a while, took out two linen sacks with one hand, then went back and picked two more sacks.After going back and forth several times, Lu Yao had ten coarse cloth pockets in front of him.The third child of the Han family unbuttoned his pockets one by one, revealing a flickering cold light inside.

"General Lu, these are custom-made gun heads. They are purely made of high-quality fine iron. There are four hundred of them in total. Each of them weighs more than three or five dollars, and the total iron used is 88 catties. Please check and see."

Lu Yao nodded and said, "Of course I can trust Master Han's craftsmanship, so why check it out..." Then he and Xue Tong each left with five pockets.

He was far away from the blacksmith's shop, and suddenly Tiejiang Han hurriedly chased him from behind: "General Lu, I almost forgot, old man...the method of pouring steel has some clues, if you have time, I hope you can give me some pointers!"

Lu Yao nodded and said, "I've heard about this method of pouring steel, so I can't talk about giving advice to Master Han. I have other things to do today. When I have time in a few days, you and I can study it together."

Tiejiang Han thanked him repeatedly, and Xue Tong praised: "I didn't expect Daoming to be familiar with the method of making iron. He is really versatile."

Lu Yao shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm familiar with it, but I just dabbled a little bit. When I was in Luoyang in the past, I saw a famous craftsman who was in charge of prison making ironware with a secret technique, which was different from the commonly used forging method. Therefore, it is just a few words in front of Blacksmith Han. If I can really produce high-quality weapons based on this, I will be overjoyed."

Naturally, this method of pouring steel was not what Lu Yao saw in Luoyang General Prison, but if he hadn't said that, Lu Yao wouldn't know how to explain it.He picked up the cloth bag in his hand, looked around and said to him: "These gun heads are very well-made. This master Han is worthy of being one of the best blacksmiths in Taiyuan!"

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