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13. Zhu Di's thoughts

When Linglong saw Zhu Di ask him, her face suddenly turned red and she whispered: "It's a crossbow."

Zhu Di pointed to the box on the crossbow: "What is this?"

Linglong's voice was a little louder: "The arrow cassette contains twenty crossbow arrows." After saying that, he paused, adjusted his breath, and raised his tone and said: "Now the crossbows used in the army are usually three consecutively fired. Why? Because this is simple in structure and easy to make, and soldiers are easy to operate. I have read ancient books. There was once a kind of crossbow with ten consecutive hairs, and I wanted to do it accordingly, but when I was doing it, I suddenly thought, since I could make ten consecutive hairs, why can't I fire more? But after researching it, I found out that

The biggest problem with continuous crossbow arrows is that the structure is complex. The more continuous shots, the more complex the structure is, and the more difficult it is to do. So I wondered whether to increase the number of continuous shots without making the structure too complex. Because the more complex it is, it is difficult to build, and the more difficult it is to use it, and it is more difficult to repair if it is broken. So I was studying it. The way I thought was to put the crossbow arrow in this box, and the crossbow arrow below was fired, and the crossbow arrow in the box above would automatically replenish it to the empty space, so that it could be ten consecutive shots or even twenty consecutive shots."

Zhu Di smiled very satisfied. Linglong was so thoughtful that he could always study things that others could not study. This is also what Zhu Di values ​​Linglong the most. He thought Linglong's idea was very interesting, so he smiled and said, "Then have you done research?"

Linglong's face turned red again and she said shyly: "Not yet, there is no problem in storing arrows in this box, but I still need to think about how to automatically hang the arrows onto the mechanism."

Zhu Di believed in Linglong's talent, so he stopped asking about crossbow arrows and asked instead: "Didn't you say you were building a new musket last time? Have you built it?"

Linglong's face turned redder: "I didn't do it. I tried it again this morning, but it exploded. I think it might be because of my problem with my thinking, so I want to put it aside first and think about it in another direction."

Zhu Di was about to continue to say something to Linglong, but found that Yao Guangqi was only a few steps away from him and Linglong. Although Zhu Di was stunned, he could understand Yao Guangqi's anxious mood and said nothing. But Linglong, who was standing beside him, seemed very angry at Yao Guangqi's sudden arrival and said in a very unfriendly manner: "What are you doing? Stay away from my crossbow."

As soon as Zhu Di entered the yard, Yao Guangqi, who was lying on the window, noticed it, but because Zhu Di walked straight towards Linglong, Yao Guangqi stood at his door for a long time, hesitating whether he should come up and talk to Zhu Di on his own initiative. He just wanted to ask one question, what is his adoptive father now?

But seeing Zhu Di and Linglong chatting and having no intention of coming to him, Yao Guangqi couldn't help but walk towards Zhu Di. He didn't expect Linglong's reaction to be so intense. Yao Guangqi had no choice but to take the lead, but he didn't even look at Linglong, but just looked at Zhu Di with anticipation: "I..."

Zhu Di naturally knew what Yao Guangqi was going to say. Although he wanted to say it, he knew that he would never say it in front of Linglong, so he waved his hand and quickly walked to the door of Yao Guangqi's house, signaling Yao Guangqi to come in with him.

Zhu Di's footsteps alarmed Xiyan. She opened her eyes and found that her master, King Yan Zhu Di, was standing at the door. This scared Xiyan so much that she didn't have time to stand up. She knelt on the ground and kept whispering to the guilt in her mouth: "I deserve to die, I don't know that the prince is coming, I am negligent."

Zhu Di had no intention of seeing this girl. He waved his hand impatiently, "Go out."

Xi Yanru received a general amnesty. He quickly kowtowed his head, stood up quickly, tiptoed out, turned around and carefully brought the door with him.

Zhu Di turned around and looked at Yao Guangqi. The boy's face was full of expectations and hopes, hoping that he could bring in a lot of details, but he wanted to disappoint him. If he told the truth, would he turn his back immediately? But what he should say is that Zhu Di spoke very slowly and his voice was very low: "My people are late. Yao Liuqi has been convicted and his confession has been prepared."

The muscles on Yao Guangqi's face twitched rapidly, and the ominous premonition that he had just seen when he saw Zhu Di was fulfilled. Zhu Di's words were equivalent to a change in direction and verdict that his adoptive father would die. His face turned red and he didn't say a word.

Zhu Di observed Yao Guangqi's performance. He knew that no matter how much he comforted him, it would be useless, because he knew that such bad news was unacceptable to a fifteen-year-old boy, but he still tried to appease Yao Guangqi because Zhu Di really appreciated Yao Guangqi very much. He wanted to keep Yao Guangqi. "I failed to save Yao Qianhu, I broke my promise. As my compensation, you can now put forward any conditions, what you want, what you want, beauty, money, or official, and I will help you achieve it."

Yao Guangqi's eyes were covered with blood and his eyes were red. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "I want to meet the emperor, I want to overturn the case."

This was a stump for Zhu Di. Everything else was easy to say. Whether it was money, women, or official positions, he could find a way. But for Zhu Di, this requirement was not only beyond his expectations, but also beyond his ability. To be more precise, Zhu Di could not on the one hand, and on the other hand, he did not want to overturn the case.

You should know that Yao Liuqi's case involves Hu Weiyong's rebellion case. No matter who it is or how much credit it was for that time, as long as it was involved, there was only one result: collapse. As a son, Zhu Di could guess some of the father's thoughts. These old ministers made great contributions and had a high status, but they were difficult to control. They either took credit or had a place for nothing. If they were the father, they would have to take away a group of people. However, Zhu Di felt that such a great purge was still a bit over.

Zhu Di was embarrassed, and he had already made a boast of Haikou and asked Yao Guangqi to make a request casually, but unexpectedly, the other party made a request that he could not achieve. Zhu Di's face turned red in an instant, but he had a sudden idea and thought of a set of excellent words that killed two birds with one stone: "I am actually helpless in this matter. Hu Weiyong rebelled and captured him and his accomplices. On such a large-scale inclusion, I dared not speak out, and I dared not speak out. In fact, the father and the emperor were not completely aware of some things, and some people were making trouble with the emperor's anger."

Yao Guangqi's eyes were still red, and his head was filled with anger: "Some people are making trouble? Are you saying that someone deliberately doing this on such a large-scale purge of court officials?"
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