Ning Guzhou seemed to have expected this incident, and immediately asked Mo Li to lead the people to the city wall.
It was not an important season at this time, and there were only about fifty standard personnel on duty at the city gate.
These ordinary guards were no match for the guards of Prince Qin's Mansion. They were all cut down as soon as they came face to face with them.
Mo Li led everyone to open the gate, and they left the city smoothly.
As soon as they left the city, Wang Hui chased them with a group of troops.
Although the people Wang Hui brought over were elites from the Zuo clan, their numbers were not large. When the two sides faced each other, the troops Wang Hui brought over were immediately at a disadvantage.
Ning Guzhou has never been afraid of anyone when it comes to things like fighting.
Back then, he only dared to break into the palace to rescue his concubines with more than a hundred guards. Now, the few people Wang Hui has brought here are not even a threat to him.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the men and horses brought by Wang Hui had been killed.
After killing Wang Hui's men, they encountered almost no resistance after leaving the city.
The reason is also very simple. To Zuo Xingzhi, what happened tonight was quite sudden, but to Ning Guzhou and Tang Miaoxin, it was planned for a long time.
To a certain extent, they can be regarded as calculating with intention and acting unintentionally.
No matter how ruthless and thorough Zuo Xingzhi acted, he would never have expected that Tang Miaoxin would make that thing and blow up half of the palace in one go.
He would never have imagined that Tang Miaoxin would use such a decisive method to kill Emperor Qi Xuan, frame the blame on him, and then escape from Zicheng.
Therefore, it was impossible for Zuo Xingzhi to arrange troops outside the city to deal with them.
Except for Tang Yishen, who took Gui Qian and Xuanmen's people to transport the money from the treasury, the rest of the group had already gathered together.
Ning Changping also came out of the utensil workshop, and they bumped into each other at the city gate.
When he and Wang Hui were fighting just now, Ning Changping also made a move.
For Ning Changping, the time he came to Qi was really fun.
In addition to fighting from time to time, she can also forge iron in the weapon workshop every day. When she encounters someone who bullies her, she can directly break the other person's neck.
Working here doesn't have too much psychological burden, and after a fight, you don't have to be scolded.
To be honest, Ning Changping was still a little reluctant to leave like this.
She knew that fighting was going on in Zicheng right now, and she really wanted to go back and fight...
When Ning Guzhou saw that she kept looking back, he gave her a slap in the face: "What are you looking at!"
Ning Changping covered his head, not daring to tell the truth, so he could only say: "It's nothing."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Ning Guzhou and said, "Brother, where are we going now?"
Ning Guzhou replied: "Go back to Qian."
Ning Changping said "Oh" and turned to ask Tang Miaoxin: "Sister-in-law, what is going on over there in the palace?"
"There was so much noise today, it sounded scary!"
Tang Miaoxin felt that the fewer people who knew about liquid gunpowder, the better. Ning Changping had a simple temper and was easily tricked by others.
She said: "I don't know the details, but it was arranged by your brother."
Ning Guzhou: "..."
He was a little speechless. Tang Miaoxin pushed this matter onto him. Is this to hide his merit and fame?
He knew Tang Miaoxin's taboo. That thing was indeed too terrifying. If it were to be used on a large scale, lives would probably be ruined in the future.
He looked at Ning Changping and said, "What's the kid doing asking so many questions?"
Ning Changping curled his lips and whispered: "I am no longer a child!"
After all, she didn't have the guts to contradict Ning Guzhou face to face.
But she didn't quite believe what Tang Miaoxin said.
Because she knew her brother so well, how could her brother come up with such fun things with his boring temperament?
If her brother really had such fun things, they wouldn't have fought so fiercely with Linyuan in the past few years.
But Tang Miaoxin didn't say anything specific, so she knew it was not suitable for her to know.
She won't ask more questions about things that are not suitable for her to know.
Ning Guzhou asked Ning Changping: "What was the situation like at the utensil workshop when you left?"
Ning Changping replied: "After Emperor Xuan of Qi confirmed that the smelting method was genuine, he immediately used the new smelting method to refine all the iron in the workshop."
"When I left, all the existing iron had been put into smelting."
The corners of Ning Guzhou's mouth curled up slightly, and there was a hint of mockery in his eyes: "Emperor Qi Xuan's movements are quite fast."
Since they left the palace, Ning Guzhou and Tang Miaoxin have spared no effort to dig holes for Emperor Qi Xuan and Zuo Xingzhi.
If the explosion in the palace today was the pit dug by Tang Miaoxin for Zuo Xingzhi, then the smelting technique was the pit dug by Ning Guzhou for Emperor Xuan of Qi.
From the moment Ning Guzhou and Tang Miaoxin decided to empty out the Qi State's treasury, they both knew that this was not an easy task.
This is Qi after all, so they won't bring too many people here.
Under such circumstances, it was simply impossible to transport all the Qi State's treasury away, so they had to make a choice.
How to transport more things under the current situation has been Ning Guzhou's consideration from the beginning.
Gold and silver must be transported first, because Tang Miaoxin likes them and has the greatest use.
Secondly, there are grains, grass and other items. These may seem worthless, but if we really want to fight a war, these are the basics and what Qinzhou lacks most.
As for iron blocks and other objects, they are too heavy and require too much manpower to transport.
After some weighing, Ning Guzhou decided to use another way to "transport" the iron.
When he was following the Su brothers to help improve the weapon production process in the First City, he discovered something:
During the smelting process, iron blocks will become scrap iron if not handled properly.
And the people in the First City of Scrap Iron can purify it in a specific way and turn it into fine refined iron.
Therefore, there is something wrong with the smelting technique Ning Guzhou gave to Emperor Xuan of Qi.
To convince Emperor Qi Xuan that the smelting technique is real, someone needs to cooperate.
Ning Guzhou let Ning Changping enter the utensil workshop at that time, and she was the internal correspondent.
In fact, in addition to Ning Changping, Ning Guzhou also arranged other people in the utensil workshop.
What they had to do was to convince Emperor Xuan of Qi that the smelting skills in his hands were real, and then smelt all the iron blocks in the workshop using a new method.
Ning Changping did a very good job in this matter.
She used her great strength to create very sharp weapons, which made Emperor Qi Xuan think that all iron blocks could produce sharp weapons.
Emperor Xuan of Qi did things quite safely and did not mass-produce sharp weapons just because Ning Changping created them.
He also asked Wen Linxia to produce in small quantities, and only after there were no problems, he smelted all the iron blocks in the workshop using the new smelting method.
Now that Ning Changping and others are gone, the remaining iron blocks will be equivalent to scrap metal.
Only the direct descendants of the First City and Ning Guzhou have the means to change the quality of the iron, but they are already doing well without cheating Qi State, so it is impossible to help them.