Urianha belonged to the eastern Mongolian tribe, but due to its limited strength, he had to go to Qin and Chu, swaying between the Oirat, Tatars and the Ming Dynasty.

During the Hongzhi period, as the Tatar tribe became increasingly powerful, many tribes in Urianha had to rely on the Dayan tribe to survive and were bullied and oppressed.

Under such circumstances, the Urianha people had to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, so the envoy who went to the capital of the Ming Dynasty was far less than the Tatar envoy Yi Sima, who maintained enough respect for the country of **** because of his arrogant and domineering nature. This is exactly the scene that the Ming Dynasty court hoped to see.

Li Ju and Shen Xi settled the people, and the envoy of Urianha proposed to go to the palace to see the emperor, but this was not something that the two could decide. Li Ju submitted the list of national letters and tributes presented by the Urianha people through the Tongzheng Department in a memorial form, and then reported the request of the envoy of Urianha.

As for whether Emperor Hongzhi would give him a visit, it would take the emperor and the cabinet ministers to decide before he could make a decision.

Afterwards, Chen Xi and Li Li made an appointment to go to the Ministry of Works to check the time of the cannon casting, and then they went home.

When she returned home, Lin Dai was losing her temper.

"What's wrong?"

As soon as Chen Xi entered the inner courtyard, he heard a noise coming from the east wing. He frowned and did not go back to his room, but entered the east wing. The ground was messy. Lin Dai seemed to be angry with the maid and threw things everywhere. He did not look like a lady from a family, and he looked more like a willful and willful lady.

Chen Xi knew that this was the result of him always spoiling Lin Dai. Lin Dai has been lonely since childhood, but the care he received from him was no less than that he received from his relatives.

"Young master... I don't know why the young lady got angry. Just come back, I'll go down first." Zhu Shan was so innocent on his face. Before he could figure out what was going on, the young lady who was difficult to serve got angry at her. After seeing Chen Xi, Zhu Shan finally breathed a sigh of relief, because the only one who could cure this young lady in the family...

Although Zhu Shan had a bad mind, he knew that Lin Dai was dissatisfied with Xie Yuner.

"You go down."

Chen Xi said, and when Zhu Shan went out, he turned around and looked at Lin Dai.

It was noon at this time, and Xie Yuner was resting. He wanted to take this opportunity to comfort Lin Dai, because he knew that Lin Dai was not happy these days because Xie Yuner was pregnant, which made the little girl feel a huge crisis.

In Lin Dai's opinion, although she cannot be a family member, if she could give birth to Chen Xi earlier, she would be Chen Xi's eldest son's mother, which would improve her status in the Shen family. However, God would not follow others' wishes. Even if she "works hard", she would still be the first because she started late and was taken first by Xie Yuner.

Then she was thinking randomly... It’s not that I don’t want to give birth to you, it’s that you favor each other and be inferior to each other!

"I lose my temper at any time, and I feel more and more disappointed." Chen Xi's face turned gloomy and he couldn't help but scold him.

Lin Dai immediately burst into tears after hearing this: "If you are disappointed... I will give up. No one of us will know each other in the future, so you don't have to look at me... Woo woo..."

It’s not that Chen Xi didn’t feel sorry for Lin Dai, but he just felt that sometimes the young lady Lin Dai had a too strong temper. It was easy to say such angry words, but they hurt each other. He sternly said: “Where can you go when you walk out of this house?”

Lin Dai just sobbed but couldn't answer it. She looked unfriendly and walked out of the courtyard. She didn't even have the most basic ability to survive. Her biggest reliance was Chen Xi. The more she felt that Chen Xi was important, the more she cared about it, which made her mentality become impatient and more likely to lose her temper.

As he was speaking, footsteps came from the door. Xie Yuner walked lightly to the east wing, pushed open the door, saw the scattered things on the ground, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with sister? My husband is here, I'm here to pay my respects."

At any time, Xie Yuner is polite and modest.

Moreover, Xie Yuner will not be arrogant because of favor.

Chen Xi smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay, the little girl is angry. You don't know about this girl's temperament."

Lin Dai glanced at Chen Xi angrily and thought to herself: "Who is the little girl? I am obviously older than you. You stupid boy, after you have a wife, I even forgot our previous vows. I hate you so much!"

I thought so, but she couldn't bear to let her do something to hurt Chen Xi!

Everyone has a scale in their hearts. Chen Xi is kind to her, but she doesn't admit it but is so clear in her heart. Chen Xi's respect for her is something that others cannot give.

But it was Chen Xi's enlightened tolerance that made Lin Dai gradually regard herself as a princess living in fairy tales, and this is true in life, even in character.

"I haven't had lunch yet, so I'll go and have a meal together." Chen Xi grabbed Lin Dai's little hand and reminded: "When I come back, I'll clean up the house myself, otherwise I won't come tonight."

Lin Daiyao's nose wrinkled slightly, but she still packed her clothes and went out as she said.

After lunch, Chen Xi asked Zhu Shan and found out what was going on... It turned out that Lin Dai heard that Chen Xi had discussed the name for him and Xie Yuner's children in advance, and she felt good. Because Zhu Shan didn't bring the lunch into her room, she started to lose her temper.

At this time, Lin Dai had already returned to her room to clean up. Xie Yun'er sighed softly, "It's my own, I haven't helped her to relieve her."

Chen Xi smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, there will always be a bump in the family. If you always respect me and you, I feel polite, not like a family."

Xie Yuner was a little confused about Chen Xi's thoughts and asked in surprise: "But my husband is the head of the family. Isn't it something that my wife should do?"

This is a more tangled place in Chenxi.

Although Xie Yuner is good at her, she is always a conservative woman. Her thoughts are not only about managing the family, but also about taking care of her husband and children. Her beauty and gentleness make Chen Xi feel that this family cannot lack her as a mistress.

Lin Dai has self-independence, and is more like a modern woman. Although she will get a little angry, a little bit of emotion in the girl can show her innocence and appear more real. If Lin Dai suppresses herself so deeply like Xie Yuner, she will lose her personality.

Every woman has her own strengths and weaknesses. Chen Xi cannot tell who cares more about, but he knows that many things are difficult to deal with, so he can only work harder on his own, running around on Xie Yuner and Lin Dai to balance each other's relationship.

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The day for Emperor Hongzhi to hunt in the yard is set on the third day of the October 20th, and there are not many days to prepare.

It is not realistic to imitate and cast artillery in just a few days. This time, the Urian Ha people showed the power of artillery, so they could only use Chenxi to find someone to transport it back from Quanzhou.

Chen Xi checked the situation of the Furang machine cannon, and the wear level was not too serious. He fired a few guns symbolically in front of the Urianha people to let them know that the power of the cannon was still OK. He notified Zhang Laowu and others about the matter and asked them to perform the cannon for the second time. This time, Zhang Laowu was already more confident.

In just a few days, Zhang Laowu had brought out more than a dozen gunners. From loading ammunition to firing, these people were already more skilled. They could not use shells to ignite the leads in their usual practice. There was no practice. In order to ensure that everything was foolproof, Zhang Laowu still took the two old brothers to perform artillery.

At this time, Zhang Laowu had a ninth rank in the Ministry of War. He just waited for the back to see if he would continue to work in the Ministry of War or transferred him to the Governor's Office of the Five Army. However, depending on the situation, it is more likely that he would be sent to the frontier.

"...Sir, the villain's mother and wife have arrived in the capital safely. With your help, everyone has settled down. In the future, the villain will definitely do his best for the court and live up to the expectations of the adults."

In the past, Zhang Laowu worked for Chen Xi, but now it is different. He is working for the court. However, he still thinks Chen Xi is his employer because he knows very well that if it is not Chen Xi, he may be implicated by Zhang Lian. Even if he is not imprisoned, he may have to be dismissed and go home, and he will have no future.

Chen Xi patted his shoulder and encouraged him: "Do it well."

A simple and cheerful word made Zhang Laowu feel full of strength, because in his eyes, the young man was simply amazing.

Chen Xi did not stop for much. He agreed to go to the Ministry of Works with Li Jue to inspect the cannon casting. He was ordered by Ma Wensheng to supervise. It is justified that although Li Jue's official position is higher than that of him, he can only serve as a companion if he goes there.

The weapons casting of the Ming Dynasty was responsible for the Ministry of Works and the Inner Government Supervision Bureau. The weapons bureau of the Ministry of Works under its jurisdiction, the Inner Government Military Affairs Bureau was the main office, with the Armor Factory and Wang Gong Factory as the main production department.

What Chen Xi and Li Li were going to was Wang Gongchang, about six miles away from the palace, located in the southwest corner of the inner city of the capital.

Wanggong Factory is also known as the Gunpowder Bureau.

When talking about Wang Gongchang, Chen Xi naturally thought of the Wang Gongchang explosion that occurred during the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty. This is because Wang Gongchang is mainly a place where gunpowder is produced and a gunpowder storage point. The amount of gunpowder piled up in it accounts for almost half of the entire Ming Dynasty gunpowder stock.

Hundreds of years later, similar fireworks and firecracker factories have many modern instruments and equipment that cannot be guaranteed to be safe, let alone in ancient times.

This is like a large explosives depot in the capital, which may explode at any time. However, because it stores the most important gunpowder, it is afraid of being robbed and cannot be set up outside the city. Even the outer city is not suitable. It can only be set up Wang Gongchang in the corner of the inner city to avoid the explosion.

When Wanggong Factory initially established the site selection, the risk of explosion was taken into account.

But at least in the hundreds of years since its establishment, there was never a large explosion, mainly because before the Jiajing Dynasty, artillery and muskets had not yet become the main equipment of the army, and there was not so much gunpowder stored in Wang Gong's factory.

Because the Ministry of War had long said hello to the Ministry of Works, Chen Xi and Li Yu did not encounter much obstacles in the arrival of Chen Xi and Li Yu. However, since they were the corps offices that cast weapons, there would still be soldiers following Chen Xi and Li Yu when they entered, saying it was escort, but in fact it was surveillance.

When they enter, people come up to search from time to time, but since they are officials of the court, this kind of search is symbolic.

After passing a few access controls, Li Li asked curiously: "Chen Yude used to visit and go to such places?"

Li Yu was not very clear about Chen Xi's origin. He only knew that Chen Xi was the top scholar in Jiwei, and he didn't know anything else. Seeing Chen Xi taking him out to the weapons and casting yamen without any obstacles, he could not help but have other ideas: "Is this young top scholar who has a different background and has a factory guard?"

Nowadays, no one except the factory guards can come and go freely in places like Wanggong Factory.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "No, I just came to the Ministry of War to supervise the casting of artillery."

Li Jue was relieved, but he was even more amazed. This Hanlin official actually worked for the Ministry of War, which even confirmed his previous speculation.

The top scholar has a bright future!

The person leading the way in front led Chen Xi and Li Ju to a courtyard near the city wall. This courtyard has a small river two or three meters wide separated from other courtyards. It covers an extremely vast area. From time to time, you can see the iron-smelting stove. This is the place where cannons are cast...

In the Ming Dynasty, if you want to cast a cannon for a Folang machine cannon, you need to use manpower and material resources.

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