Eight hundred and fortieth chapters tearing the skin
Salvaging a ship is not an easy task, especially if it is filled with water. It took the soldiers more than two hours. At dawn, more than a thousand soldiers dragged the large fishing boat ashore.
The soldiers immediately carried out the large wooden boxes one after another and placed them neatly on the grass. All the wooden boxes were wet, and some of them were still leaking water.
Several soldiers used axes to split open a wooden box, revealing a large dark iron can inside. Unexpectedly, the mouth of the iron can was facing downwards.
The mouth of the jar was originally covered with a thin wooden round lid. Under the constant erosion, rolling and impact of the water, most of the wooden lid fell off or cracked, and none of it was intact. The Iron Fire Thunder was completely filled with river water.
When the ship was pulled ashore, it was not lifted flat as a whole, but was pulled up in an overturned state, causing all the large wooden boxes on the bottom to topple and roll, causing the water in the iron cans mixed with gunpowder to pour out together. What's more terrible is that the soldiers
When I moved the box out, I didn't know whether the mouth of the jar was facing up or down, or whether it was tilted sideways, so I just moved it out haphazardly.
"Your Majesty! Is the tin can empty? There's nothing in it?"
Tian Yue was stunned and immediately ordered: "Open all the boxes!"
The soldiers raised their axes and split open all the other nineteen boxes. Without exception, the tin cans were either empty or only half filled with water.
Tian Yue immediately understood that this iron fire thunder was afraid of water, and it was completely destroyed after entering the water.
He was so angry that he ordered people to chase and kill the two men in black.
"Whether you're dead or alive, come and see me!"
At this time, Wang You came to the box, reached out and grabbed a handful of sticky wet mud. He came close to his nose and smelled it. There seemed to be the smell of sulfur in it.
"My lord, I'm afraid this is what Iron Fire Thunder is."
Tian Yue suppressed his anger, walked forward, took a look, and asked, "What is this?"
"There should be sulfur and carbon powder in it. I don't know what other humble jobs there are."
"Both of these are flammable things!"
Wang You rolled his eyes and smiled: "Actually, there is still something to gain. There are at least twenty iron cans. These should be the shells of iron fire thunder. I heard that Zhu Si is also experimenting with them. They have some clues. It's not as good as us.
We spend money to get the formula from Zhu Si, and then we test it ourselves, and we have a ready-made iron shell, so we should get results faster than Zhu Si."
These words made Tian Yue's anger dissipate a lot. He sighed and said, "It's a pity that there are only twenty iron cans."
Wang You stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "My lord, please don't underestimate these twenty iron cans. Their iron quality and thickness are very particular. I believe Guo Song and the others have tried many times before they succeeded. We can have them directly."
Once you have a sample, just follow the example."
Tian Yue said happily: "What the military advisor said makes sense. I will entrust this matter to the military advisor. It is of great importance. The military advisor must obtain the formula from Zhu Si at all costs."
Wang You nodded silently, walked to Luo Siman's body, frowned and said, "It's hard to handle! I'm afraid we will completely turn against Li Wujun this time."
"Afraid of him!"
Tian Yue spat heavily on the ground and said bitterly: "When the Jin army takes care of him, we will just accept his population!"
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In front of the gate of Prince Zhao's Mansion, Li Wujun faced ten corpses rolled up in mats with a livid face. When the soldiers opened a roll of mats, Luo Siman's pale face was revealed.
A strong sense of anger and loss quickly occupied Li Wujun's heart. He clenched his fists loudly. He killed his people and robbed his things. He spent more than half a year planning and paid thousands of taels of gold, but in the end he failed.
He was snatched away by that thief Tian Yue.
Li Wujun could no longer suppress his inner anger. He tore the letter Tian Yue wrote to him into pieces, pointed at the south and shouted: "Tian Yue, I will not be a human until I kill you!"
Li Wujun's men rushed forward and pushed a dozen Wei soldiers who were delivering the bodies to the ground. The soldiers were so frightened that they shouted: "Spare your life!"
Li Wujun's eyes burst with murderous intent. He drew out his sword, strode forward, raised his sword and stabbed hard. With a shrill scream, the soldier was pierced through the back of the heart and died tragically on the spot.
Li Wujun was merciless, killing more than a dozen soldiers one by one with one sword, and "throw them out of the city to feed the wild dogs!"
He turned around and walked quickly back to the palace...
Guo Song quickly received an eagle letter from Mingzhou. It was Ying Caihe who borrowed the message from Mingzhou. There were only six words, "The boat sank at the bottom of the Anyang River," and the signature was a lotus. That was
The meaning of Ying Caihe's Taoist title "Qinglian Tianshi".
This news put a big stone in Guo Song's heart.
Guo Song immediately called Wang Yue and Guo Yuniang, and Guo Song said to them: "I just got the news that the boat transporting twenty iron fire thunders sank to the bottom of the Anyang River."
Wang Yue and Guo Yuniang looked at each other, and both of them breathed a long sigh of relief. Wang Yue was still a little worried and said: "If the rescue is in time, will..."
Guo Song interrupted him before he finished speaking, "You don't have to worry about this. As long as the Iron Fire Thunder encounters water, it will be completely scrapped. At most, there will only be one shell available."
Guo Yuniang next to her did not say anything. Although King Jin did not say who did it, she knew that it must be Ying Caihe. Apart from her, no one else could have the gold medal of King Jin, not even herself.
Although Guo Yuniang was sometimes quite jealous of Ying Caihe, she had to admit that Ying Caihe's reputation as the number one assassin in the Hidden Sword Pavilion was by no means an unwarranted one. She was beyond her ability and skill in martial arts.
Seeing that Guo Yuniang was a little distracted, Guo Song said calmly: "The next step is for the Jin Wei Mansion to take action."
Guo Yuniang was shocked, and she quickly bowed and said: "If you need to do something humble, please give me your instructions!"
"I need the specific details of this incident. This information should not be difficult to obtain. Since it happened in Anyang River, it should be Tian Yue who took action. I require the Yuancheng Intelligence Point to quickly understand this incident clearly. In particular, I want to know that Tian Yue
We also need to know how Yue dealt with the aftermath and Li Wujun’s response, so Xindu’s intelligence points must also take action.”
"Remember your humble position!"
"Go! I'm waiting for your news."
Guo Yuniang bowed and retreated. Guo Song then said to Wang Yue: "This time, the masters of the Enshrinement Hall of Jinwei Mansion took action. It is impossible for the inner guards to cross the line, but they can. Don't think too much about it?"
"I don't dare to be in a humble position, but I feel ashamed in my heart!"
"Just learn a lesson from this matter. In addition, Tian Yue should get twenty iron shells. He will not give in. He will definitely try his best to find the iron fire thunder formula. You must find Tian Yue's military intelligence point as soon as possible and grasp their every move.
If you don't move, you might as well repeat the previous method of dealing with Zhu Si."
Guo Song was referring to the fact that he gave Zhu Si a fake formula, which seriously delayed Zhu Si's development, and it has not yet been successful.
"I understand your humble position!" Wang Yue bowed and retreated.
Guo Song sat on a large chair with his index finger gently pressing his forehead. He was still thinking about the conflict between Li Wujun and Tian Yue. The two of them had turned against each other last time because Tian Yue refused to rescue him.
Although Tian Yue only got twenty Iron Fire Thunder Shells now, neither Li Wujun nor Zhu Si would believe it!
Can this incident be used to provoke serious confrontation between the three? Or even break out a war?
Guo Song paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands. Sometimes he stood and looked at the roof, sometimes he walked to the window and stared into the distance. He fell into deep thinking.
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In the last few days of early February, a series of news about the imperial examinations came out one after another, which aroused the strong attention of all scholars. First, the scope of the examination was clarified, including Jinshi examination poems, scriptures, theory, policy, theory and policy.
The number of words must not be less than 3,000 words, and calligraphy accounts for 20% of the score. In fact, there is also a calligraphy test, but there is no special test, just calligraphy on paper.
The Ming Dynasty Classics does not test poems and strategies, but it does test the scriptures, Mo Yi and theory. The so-called Mo Yi means that after a passage of scripture, you have to write out its annotations and explanations.
The purpose of pasting scriptures is to fill in the blanks, write one line for each context, and let you write the missing parts in the middle.
The essay is to give a passage of scripture, and candidates must use this passage to introduce, develop, and explain the principles of life and work.
The Ming Jing also had to take the calligraphy test. Calligraphy is the foundation of a scholar. If you can't write well, you will be looked down upon and you will be embarrassed to take part in the imperial examination.
Calligraphy accounts for 20% of the score, and I am afraid it will become the key to the final ranking. After all, everyone has different opinions on an article.
But whether a stroke of writing is good or not, everyone has the same standards.
The difference between the Ming Jing Ke and the Jin Shi Ke is literature and knowledge. In other words, the scholars who pass the Jin Shi Ke should not only be proficient in the scriptures of the Ming Jing Ke, but also be outstanding in literature and be able to write brilliant poems. In addition, they must also have
With extensive knowledge and deep thinking on issues, he can discuss ancient and modern times, make sharp comments on military and national affairs, and express his own opinions.
If it is stated that economics subjects are at the level of primary school students, then Jinshi subjects are at the level of college students. There is a huge difference. This actually reflects the huge gap between officials and officials. In the Ming Dynasty, those who were admitted to the Economics subjects were officials, while those who were admitted to the Jinshi subjects were officials.
But what interests the scholars the most is that the candidates for the chief examiner have been officially announced. This year's chief examiner is still the old Prime Minister Li Mi. He once again came out at the invitation of Guo Song to sit in the imperial examination and select outstanding talents for Guo Song.
For a time, the scholars in Chang'an City were talking a lot.