Seeing Li Yi's reaction, Sun Chengzong nodded and said, "As long as you have this intention."

Li Yi knew that he should leave. He bowed slightly and said, "In this case, the students will leave first."

Sun Chengzong kept his eyes on Li Yi and nodded slightly.

Li Yi turned around and walked to the door. He turned his head and looked at the sitting teacher with slight hesitation. He thought about it and said softly: "Does the teacher have anything else to say to me?"

Sun Chengzong was slightly startled, and said with a heavy look on his old face: "Zizheng, I am very worried about my teacher."

Li Yi guessed a little, but still turned around and asked: "What are you worried about, teacher?"

"Zizheng, tell the teacher, what are your plans for making firearms and training local warriors?" Sun Chengzong asked.

"Teacher, do you think I did this with evil intentions?" Li Yi asked.

Sun Chengzong was slightly startled by Li Yi's rude behavior. He looked up at his most proud student. From his stern eyes to his expressionless face, Sun Chengzong felt a slight chill like frost.

His eyes became angry, and he stared at Li Yi and said: "Zizheng..."

Li Yi's originally stern expression quickly melted away with these words, and he stood honestly.

"When we first came to Anxin a few years ago, we had no food or farm tools, and we were often attacked by bandits from Baiyangdian. No one helped us at that time, and Li Wensheng drove the refugees to Anxin again and again. We understand his plan.

, I have always understood that he wants us, a group of refugees, to fend for ourselves in Anxin." Li Yi's voice was a little low, as if he was telling a story: "Hunger, cold, bandits, and official oppression, we have experienced too much.

, and we understand too much. We know that the government cannot rescue us, the bandits cannot let us go, hunger will kill us, we have no choice but to find a way out by ourselves. Teacher, you ask me why I train An Xintie

That's because the Anxin Railway Brigade is the city wall surrounding the people of Anxin. Only when the Anxin Railway Brigade is strong can we live in peace of mind. Although we have settled in Anxin, we were once refugees, and what refugees are most afraid of is

It’s hunger and danger. That’s why we forge weapons and train warriors in order to protect everything we have built.”

"Zizheng..." Sun Chengzong responded in a low voice, but his eyes were still staring at Li Yi's expression.

"Teacher, I have never had ambitions. If you hadn't asked me to go to Liaodong at that time, I just wanted to live a good life in Anxin and accompany the villagers to grow old, sick and die." Li Yi's voice became deeper, and he looked a little sad

By Sun Chengzong, "But can I do this? The victims of the Henan disaster are displaced and their lives are worse than death. The government doesn't care. I can only rely on selling technology to support them; the situation in the northwest is getting worse day by day. Hongyan is a disciple of Momen, and she wants me to contribute."

, I am also from the northwest, and I also escaped from the northwest. Do I have to stand by and watch? The situation at the border is tense. The officers and soldiers dare not change, and the generals are unwilling to fight. I stand up for the overall situation. Is it wrong? Teacher, my intentions are evil.

, they were all forced out. If the court can handle everything properly, I would only stay in Anxin."

Li Yi rarely got so angry. He clenched his fists tremblingly and looked at Sun Chengzong, his teacher, with a sad expression as he said these words.

"Alas..." Sun Chengzong sighed softly.

Of course he understood that everything Li Yi did was forced by the situation and was a good deed that benefited the country and the people.

But seeing An Xin's power slowly expanding, gaining a foothold in the northwest, Jiangnan, Liaodong and Mongolia, he couldn't help but feel deep worry in his heart.

Li Yi took a deep breath, gradually calmed down, and shook his head: "Teacher, I don't want to go to the court anymore. I just want to live a good life in Anxin."

"What are you talking about? Are you angry with the teacher?" Sun Chengzong asked.

Li Yi shook his head, "Students don't dare."

Sun Chengzong looked at the young and handsome Li Yi and thought for a while, "Your growth in Baoding has been seen by everyone as a teacher. Indeed, whether it is rescuing victims or hoeing traitors for the country, you have made great contributions and no one can

It is said that you harbor evil intentions and are ambitious. The reason why I ask you this is not that I don't believe you, but that what you do does not look like a scholar-official at all. You must know that military generals and businessmen can be rich and powerful.

Kill the enemy to serve the country, and provide relief to the victims, but they cannot become people in power. And you are a student who teaches carefully as a teacher. From the moment you become a student as a teacher, you are a member of the scholar-bureaucrats. What you should do is

To make a name in the apricot forest is not to kill the enemy and serve the country. You have to understand that the court is the battlefield of scholar-bureaucrats. The sword and wealth in your hands are not as important as your literary name, because only in this way can you become a civil official.

Only by becoming a member can you integrate into our scholar-bureaucrats. Do you understand the painstaking efforts of being a teacher?"

Li Yi looked at the teacher blankly.

Sun Chengzong shook his head: "Zizheng, I believe that you will become a great talent. But the premise is that you must first learn to regard yourself as a scholar. If you don't become a true scholar, even if you enter the court and get a high position,

That group of civil servants will not tolerate you. They will regard you as an alien, exclude you, target you, and drive you out. Because they all have the same identity, that is, they are civil servants. Think about it, the former dynasty was in public

, even if minor officials can get official positions, why do not many people in this dynasty have such an opportunity? Is it because they have no talent? No, just because they are not literati with a distinguished background, so even if they are extremely capable, rich in knowledge, and able to govern the country and secure the country,

This court cannot tolerate them."

Sun Chengzong looked at the candlelight, his eyes seemed to be looking far away into the distance.

"What does the teacher mean, is for me to make more friends with literati?" Li Yi hesitated, "But today's Xinglin likes prosperity, enjoyment, poetry and songs, and students really don't like it."

"You have to like it." Sun Chengzong looked at Li Yi and said in a stern tone, "Zizheng, this is your responsibility and the hope that the teacher has given you. Do you want the teacher to die in peace?"

Li Yi quickly knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Students don't dare."

Sun Chengzong's voice became serious and deep: "Now the Ming Dynasty has reached its most critical moment. Only a strong and powerful scholar can end the party struggle. This is the responsibility of An Tianxia, ​​so you can't refuse. The teacher will help you, if anyone

If you dare to stop him, I will kill him."

Li Yi trembled and suddenly raised his head. Sun Chengzong was looking at him intently. The two looked at each other, and Li Yi's lips trembled: "But..."

Sun Chengzong sighed lowly: "Zizheng, I know you don't have such big ambitions, and you don't want to scheming in the court, but even if I beg you as a teacher, please agree to it."

Li Yi looked at his teacher, looking at those silent but firm eyes, knowing that he had no way to refuse, and he could not refuse.

He nodded slightly and said, "Teacher, I promise you."

A gratified smile appeared on Sun Chengzong's face, and he nodded lightly and said: "Go back to Anxin first and help Cao Minglei prepare weapons. I will return to the court soon, and you will be with me then."

Li Yi was slightly stunned. The information he had did not mention that someone in the court recommended the teacher. How could the teacher be so sure?

Sun Chengzong saw Li Yi's doubts and chuckled: "Although I have been away from the court for a long time, the ministers in the court are all in contact with me. It won't be long before the cabinet minister Cheng Jiming will recommend me to the cabinet.

, presiding over defense.”

After hearing this sentence, Li Yi understood.

It seems that my teacher still has a deep foundation in the court.

Returning to Anxin, Li Yi naturally explained the matter and asked Master Liu to bring out a thousand Luzhi guns and ten fire guns from the warehouse.

Standing outside the heavily guarded warehouse in the industrial zone, Li Yi looked very calm.

Although I was forced by my teacher to integrate into the circle of literati this time, it was also a good thing for me.

If it hadn't been for the teacher's reminder, I would have ignored this matter. The teacher was right. The court was full of scholar-bureaucrats. Even the emperor had been deeply influenced by Confucian scholars since he was a child. If he wanted to truly master the art of self-protection,

To gain strength, you must open up a world in the court, and all of this requires deepening your identity as a scholar-official so that you can integrate into it.

"My dear benefactor, the artillery and muskets are ready." Master Liu came over and said.

Li Yi nodded, looked at the gun and said, "How is the recent sales of the gun?"

Master Liu said: "Because the military workshop focused most of its energy on developing Suifa guns, the output of Lupyi guns was not high. Originally there were only more than 3,000 guns, but later the iron brigade's fire gun soldiers were all replaced with more powerful Thunder guns.

, the stock of Lupi Guns has also increased by two thousand, and after selling most of them, there are only so many left."

Li Yi nodded. Although the gunpowder was deeply loved by maritime merchants and often came to buy it, most of them could only buy a few hundred at a time, and the original inventory did not decrease much.

Li Yi thought for a while and said: "Thunderbolts have been used in actual combat. I am afraid that many people already know that Anxin has this weapon. If it continues to be concealed, it will do more harm than good. Therefore, while the industrial zone is developing new fireguns, it will mobilize

Let the craftsmen forge the thunderbolts. Keep them, and I will naturally find a way to sell them before long."

Liu Daxiang said anxiously: "My dear benefactor, is he going to start selling Thunder Guns? But this is our Anxin's most powerful firearm. If someone buys it and uses it against us, what should we do?"

Li Yi smiled and shook his head and said: "Fire guns are just tools, and people are the ones who can really play a role. Without An Xin's unique training method, even if they bought it, they would not be our opponent against us An Xin people. You

Just don’t worry.”

Although Master Liu was still very worried, when he heard what his little benefactor said, he could only nod in agreement.

Li Yidao: "You should pay more attention to the situation in the industrial area. The spiral rifling mentioned before is only made by hand, and the production quantity is too small. We also need to think about whether we can make a lathe to speed up the production of blunderbuss tubes."

Liu Dajiang said with some embarrassment: "The processing technology of spiral gun tubes is much more difficult than that of straight ones. Even if I do it myself, I can only make one in a day, and the scrap rate is extremely high."

Li Yi understood Liu Dajiang's difficulties, but it was precisely because he encountered difficulties that he needed to work hard to solve them.

After years of growth, craftsmen such as Liu Dajiang have made great progress. Li Yi believes that with their intelligence, they will definitely come up with a solution.

Leading a group of Yong Ding, Li Yi escorted the firearms to Cao Minglei's camp.

As the commander-in-chief of Baoding, Cao Minglei must be famous for fighting this time when the Eastern invaders are difficult to control. Li Yi already knew that in addition to Cao Minglei's Baoding officers and soldiers being mobilized, officers and soldiers from Xuanfu and Datong were also mobilized.

For the officers and soldiers of Datong, Li Yi felt that they still had some fighting strength. Their chief officer Man Gui also grew up from the bottom step by step with military merit. He had great military exploits. Although he was a Mongolian, he had become one of the Ming Dynasty military generals.

The mainstay. But Li Yi, the other chief military officer of the Xuanfu, thought he was not worthy of much use.

Hou Shilu was clever and cunning, and it was difficult for him to take on big responsibilities. When he was in charge of the disaster victims at Xuanda Border Pass, he asked him for help many times to suppress the hungry people in Mongolia. However, Hou Shilu not only refused to send troops, but also collaborated with Mangui

Together they conquered the hungry people and gained military glory. Later, Lin Dan Khan of Chahar sent a large army to plunder Dongyang Town. If Mr. Wang Xiangqian had not fought with his seriously ill body, the originally peaceful border would have been in turmoil again.

Compared to them, Li Yi took a high look at the combat prowess of Cao Minglei's soldiers.

Although Cao Minglei was unavoidable in embezzling soldiers' wages, he still knew that he needed to train his soldiers. Later, when he saw the sharpness of Anxin's firearms, he immediately bought some equipment, which greatly enhanced his combat effectiveness.

But even so, it is vulnerable to the Anxin Railway Brigade.

Fortunately, there is some friendship between Li Yi and Cao Minglei. The reason why Anxin's affairs have been so smooth in Baoding these years is Cao Minglei's contribution, and Anxin will pay him dividends every year. This kind of

The cooperative relationship has resulted in a harmonious relationship between both parties.

Going to the barracks, of course, there is an interrogation.

But after hearing the name of Anxin Li Yi, these soldiers did not dare to be presumptuous and ran to spread the message honestly.

When the caravan entered the camp, Cao Minglei personally came out to greet them.
To be continued...