"A reincarnated Yinzai named Zhong Kui?"
Chen Shi carefully asked about the detailed information of Zhong Kui's reincarnation. The boat girl and the boatman didn't know much about it. They only knew that this underworld man made a mistake and escaped from the underworld, and was reincarnated in Du County, Jinzhou Province.
"Zhong Kui fled to Du County and lost his trace. Later, someone in the underworld speculated that he had been reincarnated."
The boat girl's eyes flashed and she said, "There is a difference between Yin and Yang. People from the underworld cannot come to the Yang world, so they need people from the Yang world to help them do this. You only need to go to Du County, find Zhong Kui, capture him, and deliver him Give it to us."
The boatman continued: "After we receive Zhong Kui, we will go to the underworld to help you regain your daughter's soul. She is not a felon like you in the underworld, and she is not being held in such a harsh manner."
The boat girl smiled and said, "When the two of us go, we will definitely catch him!"
Chen Shi looked at the two of them suspiciously. The boatman, boatman, and daughter had honest smiles on their faces, but he always felt that the guy in the underworld was telling lies, and this guy named Zhong Kui was probably very difficult to mess with.
The boat girl and boatman are extremely powerful. If Zhong Kui is really incapable of fighting, why didn't they go and give the credit to Chen Shi instead? "Okay! I agreed!" Chen Shi said flatly.
The father and daughter breathed a sigh of relief and quickly urged him to get off the boat, saying: "You are not going to the brothel. Don't occupy our boat. We still have to do business! Now is the time when business is good!"
Chen Shi smiled and said, "Do you have to make money even if you are undercover?"
The boat girl sneered and said: "If you don't make money, how can you make ends meet? Where my father and daughter live, the rent costs several taels of silver a month! Add in the daily expenses, and the money is really flowing like water. Does Chen Daguan want to go to a brothel? The slave family I do know which girl sings melodiously.
Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I don't have any money either."
"You can impress the girl with your talent and you won't be charged for it," the boat girl said with a smile. Chen Shi jumped to the shore and was not fooled.
"A solid man," the boatman praised.
The boat girl sneered and said, "Even if you are a solid man, haven't you fallen into our trap?"
The boatman also smiled: "If he goes to capture Zhong Kui, we don't have to take risks. If he wins, it's our credit; if he loses, he is our credit."
The boat girl smiled and said: "If he wins, we, father and daughter, will cover our faces to rescue his mother's soul and repay his kindness. We will then tie up his mother and send them to the underworld. It is our credit again. And it’s double the credit!”
Even though the boatman was calm, he could not hide his excitement: "Coupled with the support of the little King of Hell, we two..." "What a win!" the boat girl said crisply.
At the beginning of the lanterns in Xijing, crowds of people crisscrossed the streets, and cars and horses were connected end to end, making it difficult to move forward. Some people also offered sacrifices to the Nascent Soul and held themselves up to walk in the air, which was full of light.
There are even people who are escaping with the light of fire, water or sword, leaving traces of different colors in the air from time to time.
However, there are also people who lack magic power and slip and fall, or they collide in the air and die in pairs. At this time, the officials of Gongtian Mansion go to deal with it. Chen Shi walked through the crowded crowd and walked towards the inner city. Thinking about things on your mind.
At this time, Chen Tang came into his sight, wearing a black cloak and holding a lantern in his hand, waiting for him in the crowd. Chen Shi walked forward, and the two walked together.
Chen Shi told the request of the boatman and his daughter. Chen Tang was silent for a moment and asked, "Can they be trusted?"
"His father and daughter are ghosts and gods, and their words are lies. Only half of them can be believed. But whether it is credible or not, I have to do it." Chen Shi said. Chen Tang said: "About the news about Zhong Kui in Du County, I will let someone go first. Check it out."
Chen Shi shook his head and said: "Your target is too big, and there are too many people watching you. I don't use your people, I use mine to investigate."
Chen Tang glanced at him and did not insist on using his own people. He said: "Jinzhou Province has fifty-four counties. Xijing is also in Jinzhou Province and is one of the most prosperous places. Du County is located among the mountains in the northeast. The geography there is dangerous, so be careful when you go out."
Chen Shi smiled and said, "I will definitely be fully prepared."
"There is also a decree from the imperial court, asking you to be the ambassador to Guangjiku of the Ministry of Revenue, responsible for the dispatch of money and weapons in Guangjiku. Tomorrow you go to the Ministry of Revenue to accept the post, and then go to Guangjiku. Someone will take you Familiar with the process."
Chen Tang said, "Although the ambassador is not a high-ranking official, he is extremely important. The armaments and equipment of all armies in Xijing have to go through Guangjiku. The armaments and firearms of the imperial court also have to go through Guangjiku. Every weapon has to go through Guangjiku. They are all very important, and every kilogram of gunpowder is of great importance."
Chen Shi said: "Chen Tang, did you buy this official for me with money? Or did you give it to me for personal gain?"
Chen Tang shook his head, took a deep look at him, and said: "In the past few years that I have been the Right Minister, Ambassador Guangjiku has changed seven people, and five of them were beheaded because their hands were unclean and they took things they shouldn't have. Yes. There were two others who were targeting several military camps in Xijing and were secretly eliminated, but no results were found afterwards."
Chen Shi was awestruck, it seemed that this official position was not bought by Chen Tang.
Chen Tang said: "Someone wants to take advantage of you and me, so I arranged for you to be the ambassador of Guangjiku. Countless eyes are watching you. If you make a mistake, there will be reasons to punish you."
He stopped and said: "Do you know why I am able to achieve the position of a third-grade official? I rely on my duty. I am meticulous in my work and will not make any mistakes. I have eight warehouses and four warehouses in the household department. In the past few years of operation, there have been no mistakes. Since you have also joined the household department, remember these four words. "
He handed the lantern to Chen Shi.
Chen Shi took the lantern and saw the word "caution" written on the side of the lantern facing him, and the word "xiaowei" written on the back. Be careful and careful.
Chen Tang said: "You are an official at the age of thirteen. If you are not careful, you will be caught. These four words, you and I encourage each other." Chen Shi looked at these four words, was silent for a moment, and said: "Chen Tang, I won't cause you any trouble."
The two returned home and had dinner. Chen Shi returned to the room and saw a set of ambassadorial uniforms beside the bed, and two sets of official uniforms for change in the cabinet. The next morning, Chen Shi changed into official uniforms, but Chen Tang died. When someone came, Sun Yisheng was asked to lead him to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Hubu Yamen has a large number of people, but most of them are scribes and officials from the Qing Li Department of the fifty provinces. They are responsible for managing the money, food, household registration, and materials of the fifty provinces. There are too many people, and there are only a few people in each department.
When Chen Shi followed Sun Yisheng as he walked by, he saw that some people were drinking tea, while others were going between departments, running back and forth between buildings and government offices, so busy that their legs almost broke.
There were also a few scholars who entered the Household Department together, but they were all middle-aged, and they also came to serve as ambassadors and deputy envoys. Chen Shi asked: "Master Sun, are the ambassadors and deputy envoys in each treasury changed frequently?"
"Of course I'm diligent."
Sun Yisheng said, "The money handled every day is calculated as hundreds of thousands of taels. There are countless people outside who want to give you money and beauties. As long as you give them a note and a deposit, you can still withstand this temptation for a day or two. , but as time goes by, very few can withstand the temptation."
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"You were alive a few days ago, and you should be in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner now." "Oh."
The two followed the inspector to Guangjiku, where Guangjiku's deputy envoys and junior officials were already waiting. After the officials had finished introducing themselves, they took out Guangjiku's account books and took Chen Shi to visit Guangjiku. of reserves.
"Sir, Guangjiku has made 200,000 continuous lead bullets, 400,000 buckshot lead bullets, and 400,000 target gun lead bullets; it has made 23,000 five-dragon spears and 23,000 three-eye fire blunderbuss. There are 40,000 rods, blunderbuss, and 80,000 large, medium, and small caltrops. Sir, please come this way."
Chen Shi looked at the mountains of projectiles and stopped in front of the caltrops.
I saw that this big iron caltrop was as tall as a man, even taller than him. It had iron spikes with various thunder talismans imprinted on it.
"Sir, this kind of iron caltrop is painted with the 36th line of the Nine Thunder Talisman, and the forty-eight lines of the Five Thunder Talisman are engraved inside. It is filled with 300 kilograms of gunpowder and white sugar. It is called the Five Yang Thunder Gunpowder. It is very powerful."
A minor official responsible for supervising the manufacture of caltrops said, "The iron thorns on this object are floating. If the collision is slightly violent, the iron thorns will squeeze the gunpowder inside and explode. When the explosion occurs, the outer shell of the caltrops will split into three thousand pieces. , each iron thorn will decompose into two hundred pieces."
Chen Shi's voice was trembling: "Here, take two out and go to Quqiang River. I want to check the power to see if you have cut corners and fooled me." The inspector and a group of deputy envoys and minor officials They looked at each other and said quickly: "Master Xiao Chen, you can't do it!"
Sun Yisheng also quickly advised: "Master Xiao Chen, you can't do this! If you take it out and blow it up, I'm afraid there will be countless casualties on both sides of the Quqian River! Moreover, if any of these weapons are missing, you will be the only one to blame!"
Chen Shi reluctantly looked away and walked forward, turning his head three times.
The inspector, the deputy envoys, and the clerks looked at each other in confusion, and they thought to each other: "This ambassador, I'm afraid he won't survive until next month and will be on the Ten Thousand Souls Banner." "Sir, please come this way. This place was built by the superintendent. artillery."
They followed Chen Shi, ran quickly, led Chen Shi to inspect the artillery, looked through the accounts, and said, "We have made 1,000 general cannons, 2,400 barbarian-destroying cannons, and 2,400 Folangji cannons." , ten thousand blunderbuss, three thousand rockets, and five thousand nozzles."
Chen Shi came to a two-foot-long general cannon and clenched his fists to prevent his hands from trembling with excitement. When he saw the dragon-headed rocket again, he could no longer hold back and his hands finally trembled.
"I'll go outside and try this!" Chen Shi said.
Sun Yisheng hurriedly stopped him: "Master Xiao Chen, you can't even try this!"
Chen Shi looked at these rockets, and saw that the rockets were about two feet long, with a dragon head, a dragon body, and even a dragon tail. They just didn't have four legs. They were filled with gunpowder, and the wind and cloud symbols and thunder symbols were painted on the outside.
This thing can fly dozens of miles in the air on the wind, very fast, and then explode with extremely powerful force! When it explodes, there will not only be wind, thunder, fire and smoke, but also dragon roars and vibrations, and the strange power of the dragon god, destroying everything!
Chen Shi looked left and right, reluctant to leave.
Several minor officials whispered to each other and whispered: "This Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, may not be able to board the Ten Thousand Souls Banner tomorrow."
They led Chen Shi to see all kinds of weapons including bows and arrows, large crossbows, chariot crossbows, spears, long knives, long axes, rattan shields, waist knives, armor, golden drums, fire sickles, fire soldiers' poles and other weapons, tens of thousands of them. They are the talisman soldiers who drew the talismans and offered incense every day!
In addition, there are tens of thousands of kilograms of saltpeter, sulfur, carbon powder, sugar and other materials.
Chen Shi's eyes widened as he finally took a look at Guangjiku's weapons and equipment. It was already afternoon when he walked out, and he was already hungry, but full of energy.
"I am in charge of so many firearms, I can destroy Xijing!" He thought to himself.
Sun Yisheng noticed his excitement and whispered: "Master Xiao Chen, don't touch the things in Guangjiku. If you do, it will be a crime of beheading."
Chen Shi hesitated for a moment and whispered, "What about one or two missing?"
He really wanted to push out every type of talisman in Guangjiku and try them out to see their power.
Sun Yisheng said sternly: "No way! The inspector will have to reconcile the accounts!"
Chen Shi sighed regretfully and asked the prosecutor beside him: "Sir, are you corrupt?"
The prosecutor shook his head quickly.
Sun Yisheng was secretly worried: "I wonder who is so sinister and put Mr. Xiao Chen in this position, clearly intending to make him make mistakes."
It's just that he is the ambassador of Guanghuiku and has his own duties. He cannot keep an eye on Chen Shi all the time. He has to return to Guanghuiku.
At this time, a group of more than ten people hurried over and laughed from a distance: "Ambassador Guangjiku, I have been ordered to come to pick up the lighter! Why don't you come out to greet me?"
Sun Yisheng frowned slightly and looked outside, but it was the disciple of the Ma family who was beaten by Chen Shi on the way to the exam. He seemed to be called Ma Zongzhou.
Ma Zongzhou was wearing official uniform at the moment, and the dozen or so scholars around him were also rushing to take the exam. They were Zhou Qianying and others whom they had met on the road. They were also wearing official clothes at this moment. It was obvious that they had been assigned official positions after entering Xijing.
They are supposed to promote people, so it is normal for them to arrange official positions.
However, judging from their official uniforms, everyone's position is not low, some are from the eighth rank, some are from the eighth rank, and Ma Zongzhou is a seventh rank official.
Chen Shi led a group of minor officials out of Guangjiku and looked at the deputy envoy. The deputy envoy quickly stepped forward and said, "Do you have any documents, sir?"
Ma Zongzhou pushed the deputy envoy aside, walked towards Chen Shi, and said with a smile: "You have nothing to do with me here. Chen Shi, I have experience in Gongtian Mansion, and I am in the seventh rank. I came today to bring some firearms and weapons, but you still don't welcome me." Prepare?"
Chen Shi's expression remained normal and he said, "Sir, please show us the documents."
Ma Zongzhou sat down and said with a smile: "Chen Shi, when you meet me, you don't show courtesy? Since ancient times, one level of officialdom has crushed people to death, and I am two levels older than you. You can at least kowtow to me. Where you have offended me before, Then it was written off."
Zhou Qianying and Wang Ping looked at them with smiles.
Chen Shi raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile, "You want me to kowtow to you to apologize?"
Wang Ping smiled and said: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Ma is extremely merciful in asking you to apologize. You are the ninth grade, and he is the seventh grade. If I want to punish you and give you little shoes, there are many ways."
Zhou Qianying persuaded softly: "Yes, Mr. Chen, Mr. Ma has a high official position after all. If he is willing to fight with you, just lower your head and admit your mistake."
"Master Sun, close the door." Chen Shi said.
Sun Yisheng was stunned.
Chen Shi slowly took off his official robe and said calmly: "Do you think that I won't dare to kill people if I put on these clothes?"
He threw his official robe on the ground and walked towards Ma Zongzhou.
Ma Zongzhou knew that something was wrong, so he immediately stood up, activated his exercises, and changed his spells. However, as soon as his energy and blood began to stir, Chen Shi was already in front of him. Ma Zongzhou felt severe pain in his lower abdomen, and flew out like a cannonball, hitting a general's cannon. The huge cannon body was smashed and fell to one side!
Ma Zongzhou struggled to stand up, only to hear a series of bang bang bang bang sounds. He hurriedly looked around and saw Zhou Qianying, Wang Ping and others all falling to the ground.
"I gave Chen Tang some face, and I have only been a good boy for a few days."
Chen Shi picked up Zhou Qianying, tied the girl to a dragon-headed rocket, and placed the rocket on the fort.
He walked up to Ma Zongzhou. Ma Zongzhou was still resisting, but Chen Shi knocked away all his energy with two punches and tied him to a rocket.
"But even if I kill you, who among the Thirteenth Family would dare to ask?"
Chen Shi tied these people to the rocket one by one and said to the stunned Sun Yisheng: "Master Sun, go inform Gongtian Mansion and ask them to come to me to apologize, otherwise they will be sent to heaven."
Chapter completed!