"Nonsense! The court's purpose is to let Hathis build firearms as soon as possible. How can he delay for your own selfishness?" Sony scolded.

"This master, I don't care whether it's a major event in the court. Anyway, I know that he made a firearm and I don't have any money to take. Although there are 1,000 taels of silver to take, I still have money to take every month. It's good to have a meal, but it's better to have a simple meal after eating it, at least I can't starve to death." Pan Ning said without caring.

Sony thinks what Panning said makes sense.

He was promoted to a commoner, and he was just three meals a day. How could he care about whether the court was a major matter or not?

"You can do it well. If Hatis builds a firearm as soon as possible, I will allow you to work in Honglu Temple and get a monthly salary, which is equivalent to having an iron rice bowl. How about you?" Sony decided to add some more sweetness to Panning.

"Go to Honglu Temple to work as an employee?" Pan Ning's eyes lit up when he heard this: "That's of course good. But, Master, do you have the final say?"

"Do you know who I am?" Sony asked.

"I don't know, the person who brought me only said that you are the master in the capital and are very powerful, so I didn't tell anyone else." Pan Ning shook his head and said.

"No wonder. Let me tell you that I am a minister of the Qing Dynasty and Minister of Political Affairs, Sony, and letting you go to Honglu Temple to serve as a job, isn't it just a matter of my official's words?"

"It turns out it's Mr. Suo, the young man kowtowed to you." When Pan Ning heard this, the person in front of him was Lord Sony So, who was famous in the Qing Dynasty, and quickly kowtowed.

"Hehe, Pan Ning, don't you feel at ease now?" Sony smiled.

"Please rest assured that the young man must do it with care. He has served Hatis and asked him to build a firearm as soon as possible. Lord Suo, if the matter is done, can you reward the young man with the top dress? It doesn't matter how many rank officials, the key is that the young man can be glorious to the ancestors." Pan Ning quickly expressed his determination and made another request.

"I promised you." Sony nodded and agreed.

Sony was not angry about Pan Ning's climbing along the pole. In his opinion, a villain who is both a rich and an official is easier to control.

"Thank you, Lord Suo!" Pan Ning was overjoyed and kowtowed again to thank him.

...

Sony soon brought Pan Ning and an aide named Hailin to the Firearms Camp.

The Firearms Battalion is an institution for the development of new firearms, which is within the "Weaving and Dyeing Bureau" of the inner palace of Xicheng.

In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, it is still a "weaving and dyeing bureau" to the outside, but a wall is used inside to separate the "weaving and dyeing bureau" from the inside.

On the east is still the "Weaving and Dyeing Bureau" workshop, and on the west is the firearm camp.

After entering the firearms battalion, Pan Ning found that there were three steps, one post, five steps, and one sentry here. There were corner towers built at four corners of the yard. There were soldiers on guard on the building, and there were also teams of soldiers patrolling along the wall from time to time. It was very vigilant.

There are three rows of houses in the yard, the first and third rows of houses are military houses, and Sony and his group come directly to a house in the middle of the second row of houses.

At the door of the room, two soldiers with waist knives stood guard. When they saw Sony, they saluted each other.

"Let Muheqi come to see you quickly." Sony kept instructing the two soldiers.

"Yeah!" One of the soldiers agreed, got up and trotted.

Panning followed Sony into the house, but saw a tall foreigner walking around the house. He thought to himself: "Probably this is Hatis."

Pan Ning judged it well, and this person was indeed Hatis.

Hathis's hair became longer and chaotic, like a savage, and his personality became very irritable.

Seeing Sony and others coming in, Hathis rushed up, walked to Sony, clenched his hands into fists, and roared at him, "i   protest!    why     you   imprisoned    in    me       no    reason?"

Hailin was afraid that he would hurt Sony, so he rushed over and separated him from Sony.

The soldier standing guard at the door heard the movement in the room, pulled his sword and rushed into the room, pointing his sword at Hatis.

Sony was calm and restless, not afraid of Hatis being arrogant at all. He turned his head and asked Panning: "What did he say?"

"He said 'I protest! Why are you imprisoning me for no reason?'" Pan Ning replied.

"Tell him the identity of my official. In addition, you can translate the next conversation one by one. Don't wait for the official to signal it." Sony said to Pan Ning.

"Yes, Lord Suo."

Pan Ning turned his head and said to Hatis in English: "I am the general translator, and from today on, I will be responsible for your language communication with others. Do you know who this person was just now? This is Sony, the Minister of the Interior and Minister of Political Affairs of the Qing Dynasty. Lord So, I hope you are honest!"

When Hatis heard that it was a translator, he was very happy and said with a smile: "Are you a translator? It's so good that no one can talk and can't communicate. It really hurts me! If I don't have someone who understands Thai, I'll go crazy!"

Pan Ning turned around and translated his words for Sony.

Sony smiled slightly, walked to the chair and sat down, and said to Hatis: "Hatis, I know that you are the director of the Nanming Science and Technology Institute and have the secrets of firearms. As long as you are willing to tell those secrets, I will protect you from glory and wealth throughout your life."

Panning translated Sony's words to Hatis, but he didn't want Hatis to shake his head: "No, it's impossible. Although I am a Thais, I am already a minister of the Ming Dynasty. I will not betray my country and a wise monarch."

"Hatis, you are not a Han Chinese, why do you have to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Youlang? What the Ming Dynasty can give, I can give you twice as much. Whether it is an official position, gold, silver, treasure, or a woman, as long as you make a request, I will be satisfied with you." Sony said.

"No, although I am not a Han Chinese, I admire our emperor very much. He is the greatest and wisest emperor I have ever seen. I trust him very much. I believe that he will defeat you soon and become the co-lord of this vast land. Don't say that you are not good at the Qing people, even if everyone in the world opposes him, it will not be possible. Therefore, you cannot compete with him at all. I advise you to give up resistance early and surrender as soon as possible." Hatis said.

When talking about the emperor, the look in Hatis's eyes was a kind of fanatical worship.

"Haha, I'll persuade you to surrender, but you're the one who's on your behalf and persuade us to surrender." Sony sneered in his heart when he heard this.

"Hatis, don't forget that you are now a prisoner under my rank. If you annoy me, you will be able to take your life immediately. If you have no life, why are you talking about loyalty to Mingguo and Zhu Youlang?" Sony said with a stern look.

"No, you won't kill me, because you're going to get the secret of firearms from me." Hatis shook his head, not afraid of Sony's threat at all.

"Hahaha... Hatis, you are wrong. If you serve us, you are a useful person; if you resolutely do not serve us, you are a great harm. We will naturally give preferential treatment to useful people. Do you think we will give preferential treatment to people who are very harm?" Sony said with a laugh.
Chapter completed!