Chapter 557: Initial Battle Exploits
Gu Zizhong listened to Tang Xiannan's suggestion.
Sure enough, in a few days, this water division has the level of the Ming army.
Gu Zizhong was doing embroidery at home, so he heard Feng Ming come and said that the sailor had won a great victory.
Did they go to war?
Gu Zizhong was puzzled.
Feng Ming came and said: "This morning, my uncle and the other three sons went out to sea with the sailors, but at ten o'clock in the evening, they came back with a full load, and the ships were full of prisoners, including pirates and pirates. ”
When Gu Zi heard the news again, he felt surprised and happy.
She was surprised that Brother Zishan actually took people to the sea and came back from a victory.
The joy is, of course, that he won the battle, and in such a short period of time.
It's incredible.
When it was the third watch in the evening, Zhu Changxi hadn't come home yet.
After another quarter of an hour, Feng Ming came and said that his uncle was going to interrogate the prisoners tonight, so he would not come back.
She's also tired, forget it, if he doesn't come back, he won't come back, anyway, it has nothing to do with her.
The two of them sat down, and Gu Zizhong poured tea for Feng Ming.
Feng Ming was a little flattered.
The two of them were eating, but they were much more relaxed.
After another moment, Tang Xiannan came over and brought the cronies of Lord Futai.
Lord Futai gave Gu Zizhong a pair of jade bracelets with the words "peace and wealth" written on them.
This is to bless them with peace.
It's good intentions.
Gu Zizhong was happy, and he was quite happy to receive such a gift at this time.
She thanked Lord Futai.
Lord Futai even gave her a silver ticket of 10,000 taels as a reward.
She didn't want to.
First, she is not short of money, and in this time of chaos, the silver ticket basically has no effect, and she can't spend it in the south anyway.
At least I buy vegetables and rice and noodles every day, and I can't find a silver ticket of 100 taels in people's grain stores.
She refused to take the money.
Gu Zizhong asked the family to sit down, and politely asked the family to eat with him.
This time, she didn't know what was going on, there was no Brother Zishan at home, and there were so many guests, and the atmosphere of the meal was different.
In the past, Zhu Changxi ate at home, and felt that the atmosphere was strange.
Now that people are eating, she feels quite lively.
After all, everyone is praising her and saying good things about her.
And she lets the family eat, people can't refuse, right?
Tang Xiannan approached Gu Zizhong, gave her a thumbs up, and said in a low voice: "Yes, Zhu Shizi is really capable, and as soon as the sailor was built, he won the battle." ”
As soon as Gu Zizhong heard this, there was infinite brilliance on his face.
Not to mention, she's really happy.
As for what problems she was worried about before, they didn't exist at this time, after all, Brother Zishan could win battles and establish meritorious deeds, which was the most important thing.
She was happy at home for a night.
A few days later, one morning, Feng Ming came with news again, saying that Zhu Changxi was going to sea again, but this time he was going farther.
She began to worry vaguely.
This fool doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin, it's a little sweet, why is it endless?
Pirates and Japanese have been entrenched overseas for a long time, so naturally he has a reason.
Zhu Changxi took these people with him, to put it bluntly, a group of rabble who had just been trained.
Can they win the battle?
Gu Zizhong was so anxious that he stood up, paced back and forth, and stomped his feet.
She asked Feng Ming to reply, saying that she would let Zhu Shizi wait for a while.
She was in a hurry here, and Tang Xiannan over there also came.
Tang Xiannan was more anxious than her.
If you want to say that Tang Xiannan's mind is not in this water division for a long time.
She thought about when she would be able to marry Guo Zhishi, and then settle down in the Jiangnan area, and never heard about the court affairs again.
She came out of the palace, so she was naturally even more reluctant to take care of the affairs in the palace.
She'd heard enough about the palace.
So as soon as he heard that Guo Zhishi was going to take people to sea, Tang Xiannan couldn't sit still.
The two of them had the same idea, and they both wanted to let the four of them stop causing trouble.
After all, the shore of Zhejiang and Taiwan, plus the Fujian side are all coastal places of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Changxi made a fuss here and left.
But the Japanese will fight back at any time.
Gu Zizhong didn't want Zhu Changxi to make trouble again.
She simply went out of Hangzhou City with Tang Xiannan.
The soldiers are all on the coast.
It's just that Zhu Changxi and the four of them are outside Hangzhou, ready to go to the beach.
was stopped by Gu Zizhong.
Gu Zizhong called Lord Futai to come over again.
Anyway, the four of them were stopped in Hangzhou City, and Gu Zizhong and Tang Xiannan were completely relieved.
Zhu Changxi was in high spirits, the armor was all worn, and the muskets and artillery were ready, could he not do it?
For the four of them, the arrow was on the bow and had to be sent.
They scrambled to make meritorious contributions to the imperial court.
But here, Lord Futai poured cold water on them.
The imperial court asked them to set up a sailor, not to let them fight the Japanese, but just to guard against the Japanese.
In fact, the most important thing is that the imperial court does not have enough control over local military power.
There are many vassal kings in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and many of them are self-respecting mercenaries, and the court can't control them.
It happened that the plague was rising again, so the imperial court took this opportunity to think of this method again, and strengthened the imperial court itself in the name of establishing a water master.
The imperial court also used these sailors to compete with the localities.
Who let them use it to fight the widows?
Zhu Changxi listened and understood.
But he is competitive and has a good face.
He didn't want to understand, so he pretended not to understand.
Gu Zi pulled him heavily before he stopped him.
She and Tang Xiannan stopped the four of their brothers in Hangzhou City.
Anyway, now the shore of Zhejiang and Taiwan is quite peaceful, and the people need to recuperate, need to do business, farm land, and don't want to fight.
Zhu Changxi was also swept away by these people.
He sent all the captives to the capital.
Now it's good, the sailor has been built, and now there are about 50,000 people.
There are a lot of people, and it costs the court to raise these people.
Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't even blink an eyelid and gave them military salaries.
If you don't pay anyone money, you have to pay the water master's money first.
The imperial court is indeed out of money, and the treasury is empty.
The rich people in the south have made a lot of money, but they have almost spent about the same amount in the process of building a water division.
Dealing with all kinds of things, plus buying guns and guns, and having treats and salaries, etc., are all expenses.
The money given by the rich people in the south was almost spent.
The imperial court does not study carefully, no matter where the money is spent.
As long as the sailor can build it.
Zhu Changxi became popular again in the court now, and the emperor did not forget to mention Zhu Changxi's name when he went to court.
Several scholars in the cabinet also praised Zhu Changxi's ability. Even those old men were amazed at Zhu Changxi.