Chapter 259 Chang'an Camp is about to go on an expedition
In the evening of this day, after dinner, Jia Yun walked into the inner study. There were two maids waiting in the room, besides Qingwen and Xiangling. This was the first time Xiangling had entered the inner study to serve.
Jia Yun sat at the desk and continued to draw the drawings of the explosive packs, while Qingwen stood three meters away. Just last night, she was accidentally kissed by Jia Yun again, hum!
Xiangling boiled hot water and poured a cup of hot tea for Jia Yun. When she found Qingwen standing three meters away, she didn't find it strange. She thought it was Jia Yun's request, so she followed Qingwen's example and stood three meters away.
outside.
Jia Yun felt funny and deliberately said to Qingwen: "Qingwen, come here and give me a squeeze on my shoulders."
Qingwen subconsciously said: "I don't!"
Xiangling: "..."
She looked at Qingwen with a look of astonishment, thinking quietly in her heart: How could this Qingwen treat the prince with such an attitude? The prince just asked her to squeeze his shoulders, how dare she refuse him face to face? How can there be such a big girl!
Jia Yun smiled playfully and looked at Xiang Ling: "Xiang Ling, come and squeeze my shoulders."
Xiangling said "yes" obediently, walked behind Jia Yun, and squeezed Jia Yun's shoulders.
Qingwen was jealous and couldn't help but "hum", while Xiangling became embarrassed. She had just come to Jia Yun's place and didn't want to offend Qingwen, but she continued to squeeze Jia Yun's shoulders.
After pinching for a while, Jia Yun asked Xiang Ling to stop and continued to write the drawings of the explosive packs. Xiang Ling stood aside and watched. As she watched, she became as curious as Qingwen yesterday and couldn't help but ask.
: "My lord, what are you drawing?"
Qingwen thought that he would never tell you!
When she asked Jia Yun this way yesterday, Jia Yun asked her to kiss him before telling her, but she refused. Unexpectedly, Jia Yun secretly kissed her again. This time she did not run away immediately, but asked Jia Yun to tell her that she was painting.
What, it turned out that Jia Yun said that it was him who secretly kissed her this time, not her initiative, so she didn't tell her, which made her very angry.
Seeing Xiang Ling asking Jia Yun, Qingwen subconsciously felt that Jia Yun would not tell Xiang Ling. After all, Jia Yun didn't even tell her!
Unexpectedly, Jia Yun responded to Xiang Ling: "I am developing a firearm."
Xiangling was surprised: "A firearm similar to a shotgun and artillery?"
Jia Yun smiled slightly: "Yes, but what I am developing now is neither a shotgun nor an artillery piece, but an explosive pack."
Xiangling asked: "Explosive pack?"
Jia Yun said: "You can understand it as a package wrapped with explosives. This package can explode. Once it explodes, it can kill and injure many people."
Xiangling was a little scared: "Why did the prince develop this...explosive package?"
Jia Yun said: "Of course it is for war. If the army under my king is equipped with this kind of explosive pack, the combat strength will be increased."
Xiangling nodded and couldn't help but praise: "Your Majesty is so awesome!"
She is not a dull woman, and she is also a literate person. After Jia Yun explained it like this, she roughly understood it.
Even Qingwen roughly understood it. Although Qingwen was satisfied that she finally knew what Jia Yun was drawing, she was depressed because Jia Yun actually told Xiang Ling but not her, hum!
After a while, seeing that Jia Yun and Xiang Ling stopped talking about the explosive packs, Qingwen said resentfully: "Your Majesty, it's enough that Xiang Ling is here to serve you. I'm going back to my room."
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Leaving now? I originally planned to let you take the bath later, but since you are leaving, let's just let Xiangling take care of me this time."
Xiangling's face suddenly turned red.
"You...hum!" Qingwen became even more depressed.
Depressed, Qingwen walked out of the inner study and returned to her room. However, after a while, Qingwen couldn't help but return to the inner study.
Jia Yun smiled and asked, "Why are you back again?"
Qingwen blushed, not because of shame but because of embarrassment. In the embarrassment, she said arrogantly: "Xiang Ling has just come here, how can I help you take a bath!"
Jia Yun suppressed her smile and said something in her heart: Little Hoof, I can't cure you yet!
More than an hour later, the night was already getting dark.
The research and development drawings for the explosive package have been completed. After careful inspection, Jia Yun was satisfied and immediately prepared to leave the study to take a bath. The person sleeping in his bedroom tonight was Xi Ren.
At this moment, Xiang Ling couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, I... I have something to ask you."
Jia Yun asked: "What's the matter?"
Xiang Ling said: "I want to follow the prince to Chang'an. I would like to ask the prince to let my mother go with me. Is it okay?"
Jia Yun smiled and said: "I agree."
Xiangling immediately beamed and made a Wanfu gift: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Qingwen couldn't help but "hum" again, feeling depressed again.
This time it was because Xiang Ling had her mother by her side, and Feng was now the powerful wife in charge of the palace of Prince Wujun. This time Xiang Ling accompanied Jia Yun to Chang'an, and Feng could still go with her.
But Qingwen didn't have her mother by her side.
Qingwen also wants to have such a mother!
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On May 23, under Jia Yun's arrangement, Qin Keqing came to the Wujun Prince's Mansion in the name of visiting Bu Wuniang, and had a secret tryst with Jia Yun.
This tryst was initiated by Qin Keqing. Qin Keqing heard that the emperor issued a marriage decree to the Xue family. Regarding this, she felt more joy than envy. The wedding date of Jia Yun and Xue Baochai was set, which meant that
The day when she was accepted as a concubine by Jia Yun was not far away.
On the afternoon of May 24th, Emperor Tianzhi summoned Jia Yun into the palace. Also summoned were the eldest prince Xia Hao, the third prince Xia Huang, the fourth prince Xia Yi, the ninth prince Xia Hui, and the emperor Tianzhi.
He was going to take five princes to practice riding and archery at the Arrow Pavilion.
Emperor Tianzhi often took his princes to practice riding and shooting, and today was the first time that Jia Yun enjoyed such treatment!
"Shi'er, when you took part in the martial arts test, you were able to hit all nine shots with your arrows. Today you missed one arrow, but you have declined a bit."
At this moment, Emperor Tianzhi said to Jia Yun that Jia Yun had just completed a round of horseback archery. He galloped three times and fired nine arrows. Eight of them hit, and one arrow missed.
Jia Yun deliberately smiled awkwardly: "Father, maybe it's because my son didn't practice enough after the martial arts competition."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although he has been practicing swordsmanship and bow and arrow since the martial arts competition, and has not slackened on his martial arts, the intensity of this practice is naturally not as good as that of the martial arts competition.
It is inevitable that your archery skills will decline. This is okay. Compared with bows and arrows, hot weapons are really important!
He is now able to shoot eight out of nine arrows on horseback, and he is very satisfied with it. He has already surpassed Xia Yi, who was the best in horseback shooting among the princes.
Emperor Tianzhi said: "Don't let your archery skills go to waste now."
Jia Yun said: "Yes, father."
In fact, Emperor Tianzhi admired Jia Yun's eight out of nine arrows this time, but this result was too good. It was much better than his father, Xia Yi, and Xia Hao. Xia Yi could still do it.
Xia Hao and Xia Huang responded calmly, but their expressions became depressed. Even though Emperor Tianzhi admired them, he was also depressed.
Therefore, Emperor Tianzhi deliberately did not praise him, but instead said that Jia Yun's horse-riding archery skills had deteriorated.
Next, Emperor Tianzhi asked Jia Yun to do another step-shooting shot. She also fired nine arrows, and this time she still hit eight out of nine arrows. When Jia Yun participated in the martial arts test, she also hit nine out of nine arrows.
Emperor Tianzhi coughed dryly: "Don't let Bushe go to waste."
Jia Yun couldn't laugh or cry: "Yes, father."
After the practice, Emperor Tianzhi called Jia Yun into the Qianqing Palace and said two things.
The first thing is that Emperor Tianzhi wants to add a deputy general to Chang'an Camp. The reason is that Chang'an Camp currently only has one deputy general and is short of deputy generals. And Jia Yun knows that the fundamental reason is that Emperor Tianzhi is interfering in Chang'an in this way.
The military authority of the battalion!
The deputy general assigned by Emperor Tianzhi this time is Fang Degong. Fang Degong was originally a minister of the internal bodyguard department. Jia Yun was familiar with this person. When Jia Yun was the first-class imperial guard and the deputy leader of the second class of the inner court, Fang Degong
He was his boss, but now it's the other way around, he will become Fang Degong's boss.
Chang'an camp will have two lieutenants, namely Di Changping and Fang Degong, and these two are both close confidants of Emperor Tianzhi.
Jia Yun was not surprised by this. He had already expected that when he became the governor of Chang'an, Emperor Tianzhi would intervene in the military power of Chang'an Camp, and even intervene in the civil affairs and finance of Chang'an Prefecture.
The Chang'an Jiedushi is not only in charge of Chang'an Camp, but also in charge of the civil affairs and finance of Chang'an Prefecture.
At present, Emperor Tianzhi has not intervened in the civil affairs and finance of Chang'an Mansion, but only in military power. In Jia Yun's opinion, this result is considered good.
Although Fang Degong was a close confidant of Emperor Tianzhi, he was also somewhat close to Jia Yun. In Jia Yun's view, it was better for Emperor Tianzhi to arrange for Fang Degong to go to Chang'an camp as a deputy general than to arrange for someone who had a grudge against him, such as Wu Pan.
Just recently, Wu Pan was promoted from the first-class imperial guard to the second-class deputy general, and was transferred to Shanhaiguan by Emperor Tianzhi to participate in the war against the Shui family.
After Emperor Tianzhi said the first thing, he said the second thing: "You will get married on the eighth day of August. I allow you to see your mother one day before the wedding."
The "mother" here naturally does not refer to Bu Wuniang, but to Duan Concubine Qingwan!
Jia Yun quickly knelt down and thanked her: "Thank you, father."
Jia Yun already knew that Qingwan was banned. In his opinion, it was a good thing rather than a bad thing. It was better than being thrown into the cold palace or executed. Now Emperor Tianzhi took the initiative and asked him to meet Qingwan the day before the wedding. Wan, which shows that his status in Emperor Tianzhi's heart has now improved.
The reason is not only that he successfully captured the Chang'an camp, destroyed the Yun family's rebellion plan, and made great achievements, but also because he is now very important to Emperor Tianzhi as the governor of Chang'an.
After meeting Emperor Tianzhi, Jia Yun left Qianqing Palace and met Cao Wei outside Qianqing Gate.
Cao Wei's status is now more noble. He is not only the head of the ministers in the bodyguard department, but also the minister of military aircraft!
Just recently, when Jia Yun was busy reorganizing the Chang'an camp, a major event also happened in the court. With the permission of the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Tianzhi established the Military Aircraft Department. The reason was to facilitate the war against the Shui family. The Military Aircraft Department The power is to handle military affairs, which means that the Military Aircraft Department will take over the military power of the Qing Dynasty.
The Military Aircraft Department has six military aircraft ministers, three of whom are appointed by the Emperor, and the other three are recommended by Emperor Tianzhi and approved by the Emperor. One of the three military aircraft ministers recommended by Emperor Tianzhi is Cao Wei.
The duty room of the Military Aircraft Department is located on the west side of the square in front of Qianqing Gate, next to the inner right gate.
Because Jia Yun recommended Cao Wu as the fourth-rank commander, Cao Wei was very grateful to Jia Yun. Cao Wei also knew that Cao Wu's future was closely tied to Jia Yun's. In the future, he wanted to be promoted to general, deputy general, or to a rank. She still needs Jia Yun's care.
So when Jia Yun returned to Beijing this time, Cao Wei really wanted to hold a banquet in honor of Jia Yun, but after thinking about it, he gave up. He had become the Minister of Military and Aircraft and had great military power in his hands. It would be inconvenient for him to have close contact with a prince like Jia Yun. At least not on the surface.
And Cao Wei felt that he really needed to meet Jia Yun, so he specially arranged this "accidental encounter" with Jia Yun outside Qianqing Gate.
"Your Majesty!" Cao Wei took the initiative to say hello.
"Master Cao." Jia Yun responded.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking care of Brother Wu." Cao Wei got straight to the point.
"Master Cao, you are so polite. Brother Wu's promotion this time is mainly due to his own ability and merit." Jia Yun said with a smile.
"Brother Wu will continue to rely on your care in the future. I will bear in mind your kindness to Brother Wu," Cao Wei said.
"Xiao Wang and Brother Wu are brothers and sisters. I don't need Master Cao to explain this matter, Xiao Wang will do it." Jia Yun said with a smile.
The two briefly said a few words and then separated. Cao Wu expressed his gratitude in person and hinted at remembering his kindness, while Jia Yun also understood Cao Wei's caution as the minister of military aircraft.
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The wedding of Jia Yun and Xue Baochai will be very complicated. Fortunately, Jia Yun does not need to worry too much about this matter. It is mainly handled by the Ministry of Etiquette. In addition, Jia Yun, Bu Wuniang, Xiren, and Zijuan will prepare together, and the Xue family will On the other hand, the Rongguo Mansion helped with the preparations.
On April 24th, the Xue family moved out of Rongguo Mansion and no longer lived in Lixiangyuan. The reason was that Xue Baochai was about to marry Jia Yun as the princess. It would be inappropriate to marry from Lixiangyuan in Rongguo Mansion. After all, Xue Baochai was not Rongguo Mansion. The lady of the government.
The Xue family moved into the former Lai Mansion, which was the former residence of Lai Mammy, Lai Da and Lai Er.
This mansion is not far from Rongguo Mansion, and its level of luxury is similar to Jia Yun's previous mansion in Chejianma Hutong. It is suitable for Xue Baochai to get married here.
When Jia Yun led the Jinyi army to raid the Lai family house, the Lai family house was also handed over to Jia Mu and became the public property of Rongguo Mansion. At that time, Aunt Xue proposed to Jia Mu that she wanted to buy the Lai family house so that Xue Baochai could take over it.
Get married here.
Jia Mu did not sell the Lai Mansion to Aunt Xue at that time, but said that when Xue Baochai gets married in the future, it will not be too late for Aunt Xue to buy it again.
Now that Emperor Tianzhi's imperial edict of marriage has been issued, and seeing that Xue Baochai will marry Jia Yun in more than two months, Aunt Xue once again proposed to Jia Mu about buying the Lai Mansion. Jia Mu not only agreed this time
, and also gave the Lai Mansion to the Xue family as a wedding gift.
You know, the Lai Mansion is worth five thousand taels of silver! Jia Mu did this, obviously because she wanted to further deepen the relationship with the Xue family. After all, Xue Baochai was going to be the princess and the wife of Chang'an Jiedushi.
Aunt Xue declined Jia Mu's kindness and wanted to buy it according to the market price. Jia Mu declined. After repeated polite exchanges, the two finally agreed. Aunt Xue paid two thousand taels of silver to buy the Lai Mansion, which was a very low price.
After the Xue family moved to Lai Mansion, this mansion became Xue Mansion from now on!
In the original work, the Xue family probably moved out of Lixiangyuan in the eleventh year of the Red Mansion. The reason may have been the disturbance caused by the construction of the Grand View Garden. After the construction of Lixiangyuan, the theater troupe lived in it. However, the Xue family did not move out of Rongguo Mansion, but
Moved from Lixiangyuan to a quiet house in the northeast of Rongguofu.
Now, the Xue family also moved out of Lixiangyuan in the eleventh year of their stay in Red Mansion, but they moved out of Rongguo Mansion and into Lai Mansion!
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On May 25th, Jia Yun left Shenjing City and returned to Chang'an. In addition to some of the royal guards, Qingwen, Xiangling, Fengshi and others were also accompanied.
The next morning, Jia Yun went to Chang'an Firearms Factory, personally handed over the research and development drawings of the explosive package to Xin Yong, and ordered Xin Yong to be responsible for manufacturing it.
Originally, Chang'an Firearms Factory had three hundred craftsmen, one hundred of whom were mainly responsible for manufacturing commonly used shotguns and artillery, one hundred who were mainly responsible for manufacturing sub-cannons, and one hundred who were mainly responsible for manufacturing trip mines.
In the past twenty days, under Jia Yun's arrangement, Chang'an Firearms Factory has recruited dozens more craftsmen!
In the past, the imperial court had strict restrictions on Chang'an Firearms Factory. Now these restrictions have been lifted. Jia Yun can recruit craftsmen independently. In just over 20 days, he recruited dozens of craftsmen, some of whom were recommended by Xin Yong.
We will continue to recruit craftsmen in the future!
From now on, the more than 300 craftsmen of Chang'an Firearms Factory will not only make commonly used shotguns, cannons, and trip mines, but also explosive packs!
Soon, the Chang'an camp will go on an expedition, and the trip mines and explosive packs developed by Jia Yun will be of great use in this expedition!
What Jia Yun didn't expect was that the first expedition he led Chang'an camp was not to the north to conquer the Shui family who had established the Qing Dynasty, but to the south of the Yangtze River...