Wang Xingping saw that the atmosphere was different, so he first found a high-sounding reason and half-joked: "Didn't Elder Fang Ge just come up with a good idea, and Liaodong will still lack students and horses?" ”

He said that the university scholar Fang Congzhe only played a mention two days ago, and the others were all repeated in the same old tune, and the only one was to select more than 100,000 strong men from the forts in Liaodong today to give soldiers armor money and food, "do not practice the law of Tuntian and get the benefits of Tuntian, and do not reclaim the land of Tuntian but have soldiers of Tuntian." It's simply the Ming version of the people's war.

The problem is that the ideal is full, but the reality is very backbone, where is the situation in Liaodong that such an idealized plan can be solved, if the people of Liaodong Fort are all characters who can kill thieves by picking up armor, how can there be the defeat of Salhu that day. Besides, the money and food of 100,000 soldiers, if the imperial court can really solve these money and food, then why should the military department rush to fight again and again, and consume the Tartars. What's more, as soon as this case is opened, I don't know how many more things will drift and take the opportunity to fish the people.

Although there was also Fang Congzhe who recommended Xiong Tingbi, he did not save the slightest face for the scholars in the court in front of Wang Xingping, the younger generation, and said with deep meaning: "Fang Zhonghan (note: Fang Congzhe) has probably seen your masterpiece, but he has not done enough homework, do you think those generals in Liaodong can form a united front with the people of the fort?" ”

The term "united front" was put forward by Wang Xingping in his article "On Protracted War", but at that time, it was because he didn't know how to phrase it directly, but after Xiong Jing's careful reading, he felt that it made perfect sense, so he used it directly. However, as Xiong Tingbi said, the country is very supportive of Liaodong on the surface, but after a round of drifting, the money and food in the army are naturally pitiful, and the soldiers have no food and clothing and have to oppress the small people or the natives, and over time this land has become a vicious circle.

In fact, such things are constantly happening everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, but the severity is different.

However, from Xiong Tingbi's ears, although he didn't say it explicitly, it also made people feel that what he meant was that Fang Ge Lao's words were like farts. Liaodong is really so easy to do, how can it get to the current situation? At that time, he patrolled Liaodong and impeached many civil and military generals, and he had a grudge with the local officialdom, otherwise I am afraid that those who recommended him would not have thought of pushing him out to do this offending thing again.

He had already thought that it would not be possible to pass through Liaodong this time without killing a few Liwei, but at the same time, he also needed to have his own team, but his character could not be clearer. In addition to being favored by himself with great talents such as Wang Xingping and Zhang Mingshi, even if you are a university scholar, it is still arranged, so he knows that it is really hard to say what his future holds, but he can't change it.

Hearing Xiong Tingbi's meaning, Wang Xingping also put on a solemn appearance, "Now that Guizhou's land reform and return to the stream have not yet had a result, Zhang Xianggong has the grace of knowing me, and I should have a beginning and an end." ”

"That's what you think? But Zhang Fenggao (note: Zhang Heming) is also going to Liaodong, don't you know? Xiong Tingbi was a little skeptical, after all, Zhang Heming's new appointment had come down, although he might not be willing to pick up this hot potato.

Wang Xingping said: "Forgive the student's words, I'm afraid Zhang Xianggong may not go back." ”

Xiong Tingbi raised his eyebrows, "Oh? How do you see it? ”

Wang Xingping's words suddenly made him think that Zhang Heming had already told this kid something. Wang Xingping explained: "In fact, students are also a little selfish, one is the same as Xianggong, although it is now a martial arts, but after all, they still want to take the right path of the imperial examination, otherwise this ambition will inevitably not be realized." ”

Xiong Tingbi listened thoughtfully, why didn't he follow the text because he was angry because the martial artists were despised, although Wang Xingping didn't know whether it was his heart or not, but he talked about his past sore spots. As for Wang Xingping, he has to rush back to Guizhou now, it is logical to say that it is to prepare for the exam.

As for Wang Xingping, he was a little regretful that he could not participate in the imperial examination this time for various reasons, otherwise he would still have some confidence in the list of Jinshi with the information provided by Gu Ziming. After all, he still knows a lot of other information from Gu Ziming, but it seems that because the reason for the appearance of the traverser has deviated more or less from history, it is two things to say what the next subject will be. As for running to Liaodong, it is equivalent to giving up the next subject.

And in terms of selfishness, there is also his reason, although Zhang Heming is negligent in governance, and the directors are big but not refined, but he is a good backer, and it is much easier to do things with his support behind him, and with his understanding of Zhang Xianggong, even if the court has a will, this person may not be able to follow the order. Besides, Xiong Tingbi, although his ability and insight are deeply recognized by Wang Xingping, but because of his short temper and too tough behavior, he is not an ideal candidate for a boss, and it is too much to make enemies for himself to follow this one. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Zhang Heming is really ordered to get out of the customs, Guizhou will be better to get along with if someone else comes than Xiong Tingbi, and it is not very good for Wang Xingping that the leader is too strong.

What's more, no matter whether Zhang Xianggong stays or not, he insists on carrying out the will to change the land and return to the stream, so that he can gain a reputation in Shilin from beginning to end, and it is also the foundation of his future development.

"These two are now in Guizhou, and the hardships behind the matter of raising soldiers must also know that if we go to Liaodong rashly, it will not be easy for the guest soldiers to get along there." Wang Xingping continued.

Of course, Wang Xingping didn't finish speaking, and another point is that it is difficult to do anything if there are too many snakes in this place. Even if Liaodong can recover the lost land, it is just to lay more family foundation for the original Jiangmen, and he can share a bowl of soup at most, but as long as Guizhou can change the land and return to the stream, then the newly opened up land and household registration can gradually be in his own hands, at least with the current foundation, he is sure to get the most benefits in the diversion of Shuixi and Shuidong, especially the land conquered by his military force and economic means, such a guarantee is more stable, and the imperial court in Guizhou will not care, and even this Liaoyu salary has not been levied on their heads.

Hearing the guest soldiers, Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but nodded, as if he was convinced, the Zhejiang soldiers claimed to be the world.

Seeing Xiong Tingbi like this, Wang Xingping struck while the iron was hot, "The students heard that they wanted to ask the Tusi soldiers from Huguang to go north to aid Liao, which is also a problem, and now the southwest Hongmiao and the soil chieftains are not at ease, if these reliable local soldiers go north, the local area will inevitably be unstable, and there must be someone to guard the border wasteland, although there are not many students, they can still resist some things in the left side of Guiyang." ”

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi didn't speak for a long time, as if he was seriously thinking about what Wang Xingping said.

After a while, he sighed with regret and said, "Well, since you have this in mind, the old man will no longer be reluctant." ”

If Wang Xingping didn't know Xiong Tingbi's temper and knew that he was actually busy going to the next barracks, I am afraid he would have thought that he had offended this one.

What he didn't know was that when he left the camp, Xiong Tingbi said meaningfully to Zhang Mingshi beside him-'Zhang Yuanping is really lucky.' ’

About half an hour after Xiong Tingbi walked away, Wang Xingping and Song Yingxing and others Shi Shiran returned to the back camp to care about Gao Jianhou's injuries.

However, after this time, the spirit of those slender men and salt Ding has risen a lot, and their daily exercises have become a little harder. In the next few days, Zhou Yiming began to gradually accept Wang Xingping's training method because of the battle that day.

As for how the garrison here will rely on the 'criticism of weapons' to teach the surrounding salt regiments to be filial piety in the future, that is another story.

On the last day of the third lunar month, Huang Cheng's merchant ship finally arrived at the mouth of Dagu, and he prepared a lot of goods in Japan, mainly copper and sulfur and some mercury. Copper was used to forge cannons, coins, and anvil caps, and the patriarchs' demand for air conditioners also had to ensure the importation of this material, and the weather in the South Seas was always hot for them. Sulfur is widely used in gunpowder and chemical industry, and paper and rubber are also indispensable. Mercury is an important component of mercury thunderate, which is indispensable for making musket primers.

These goods are worth a lot of money, and because of the war in Liaodong, they naturally dare not venture into the Bohai Sea. Huang Cheng was on the safe side, so he let the Li family fleet hired by the business bank go to Guangdong first, and his two nephews also followed the fleet, called Lilian, which was actually a mortgage, and his nephew was a smart and clever official, Huang Cheng came back this time with the intention of training him, and at the same time went separately to avoid the suspicion of the owner, but he thought carefully.

He himself went to Tianjin according to the agreement when he set off last year to pick up the dart master sent by the trading house here, and he was naturally a little surprised to learn that it was the proprietor himself here, but since he had met the chief's family in Qiongzhou before going north last year, he was extremely deferential to Gu Ziming, but felt that it was a great opportunity for him to return with the proprietor Gu, and he could not say that he had to show the right to get the official head of the Japanese trade.

With Gu Ziming at the Haidao Yamen and Wang Zongbing in advance, the ship's obviously strange waterline did not attract much attention.

The ship was loaded with silver from Japan, and only the top was covered with some tassels, agate, and lacquerware.

After most of these silver were transported, Gu Ziming was replaced by lead (note: zinc) sold from Shanxi to Zhili, the purity of the zinc ingots produced in Daming reached 98%, and it is really a good material to use for weapons to prevent rust or make radio batteries.

The value of the lead was not high compared to the silver, and the ship was only less than two thousand taels of silver when it was full.

There is still a lot of silver left, Gu Ziming will leave part of it in Tianjin as the start-up capital of the outer cabinet, here he plans to let Su Zhen take charge and Cui Xian will help. Su Zhen and Cui Xian are also honest and reliable people after a year's observation, Su Zhen is a native of Guangdong, and his relatives and nephews are all working in the Wantong Dart Bureau, as long as he is given a full salary, he is naturally willing to do everything. Cui Xian has been a slave in Macao for many years, and he is a prisoner, and he is even more grateful to Dade for being rescued by the owner, and he is afraid that he will be more loyal to the elders than Su Zhen in his heart, and he will stay in the north because he is close to North Korea, and he can speak several Chinese to facilitate things, and he can contain Su Zhen.

The other part was handed over to Hu Barong when he was preparing to go south to Songjiang.

The last remaining two thousand taels of silver were placed in front of Wang Xingping at this time.

"The Senate is really generous, is this going to help Guiyang City build dozens of more city walls?"

Gu Ziming smiled and handed over a piece of paper, and was about to take back the silver, "You really don't want this silver?" ”

Wang Xingping hurriedly pressed the silver down and said, "You have given me all the list, and you are willing to let me spend my own money?" ”

The paper was densely filled with words, all of which were information on officials who might be newly appointed in the southwest.

After putting away the page, Wang Xingping changed his words, "After you go back, the Philippine side should have almost taken it, right?" Manila's silver galen, tsk, it's exciting to think about. ”

"It's Haidong Road." Gu Ziming immediately corrected, "But it's just a few core areas at most, but it's a pity that there are fewer soldiers." Originally, I was going to fight the Spaniards in the grass valley last year, but it turned out to be a failure, and this year it was just a plan to try my luck first, and if the time really hit the big luck, there will be results now. ”

"After you go back, report the situation to me, Guizhou is very congested, and the Senate is really going to make this windfall, so I can follow it." Wang Xingping laughed.

Gu Ziming also laughed when he heard this, "As long as you do a good job in the errand of the Senate, you will not be blinded in terms of intelligence, and the benefits will not be less, but remember that the radio must be used in person, and you should not be able to use it in person, if nothing else, you should be able to send you a helper before the year, and the resources you want will also be satisfied......

An hour later, in Dagukou Port, Gu Ziming had already boarded Huang Cheng's merchant ship, while Wang Xingping and several entourages watched the big ship go away from a distance in the harbor, and several heavy wooden boxes were placed behind him.

It wasn't until the shadow of the boat disappeared where the sea and the sky connected that he reluctantly turned around and beckoned everyone to leave, and suddenly he sighed softly and remembered something......

Tomorrow, he will also leave for the west, and he doesn't know when he will enter Beijing next time, and he will not feel a sense of melancholy in his heart.

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