That night, in the eyes of the remaining seven general soldiers full of envy, jealousy and hatred, Hong Chengchou and the Liaoxi Jiangmen group represented by Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui's uncles and nephews, one crossed the river dragon and two local snakes launched an invisible battle for the strong army of the Wubiao Model Brigade.

Both sides wanted to draw these thousands of people under Wu Biao's command into their camp during the Songjin War!

Just kidding, to be able to gain the upper hand in the battle against the Manchurian soldiers of the four banners of Jiannu and the firearms troops of the Han army's banners, and to gain a lot of losses, such a force is not to win over, that is a fool!

Zu Dashou began to use tricks that have been tried and tested for many years, and asked Wu Sangui to get along with General Wu Biao as an uncle and become brothers! Then, in the tone of the elders, he asked Wu Biao with great concern whether a Lingnan person could get used to fighting in Liaodong? Is there anyone to take care of your daily diet? What is the situation of the soldiers?

When Wu Biao politely explained to him that he had personal soldiers to take care of him, Zu Dashou was very surprised and said, how can a man who fights can take care of him? If the general doesn't like it, there are quite a few women in my ancestral family who are still good-looking, and they can be used for the general's daily life.

After clearly marrying as a matchmaker, hundreds of families will be allocated to supplement the vacancy for Wu Biao's department!

In the face of such a naked act of digging the foot of the wall, if Inspector Hong doesn't fight back, he will not be Inspector Jiliao!

He immediately said that General Wu was the establishment of the Shenji Battalion, and his headquarters were under the control of his own superintendent. Naturally, the battle losses of his troops should be replenished by the superintendent, and he immediately ordered the adjutant general of the Chinese army to select 1,000 elite soldiers to supplement the model brigade.

However, under a dispute. At least three families have to mix sand into the model brigade. If nothing else, send your own people in this army. Learn a trick and a half from their daily life training and combat operations, and you can pay for yourself!

Present. Zu Dashou slapped the board, the ancestral family in Liaoxi allocated a thousand strong to the model brigade, and originally planned to send the family Ding, but was thanked by Wu Biao, the reason is also high-sounding, the old general fought hard for days, the consumption of the department was too large, and the family Ding was forgotten, and some strong people were selected.

And Wu Sangui also allocated 1,000 people to Wu Biao from his newly trained cavalry team. In order to learn from him how to practice the tactics of cavalry like a wall!

"General Wu, Jiannu retreats a little, and your troops will be stationed in Songshan Fort, first, to protect the flanks of Jinzhou, to protect the grain route with General Xiao Wu, and secondly, to replenish the army as much as possible."

Then, Inspector Hong and Master Zu discussed how to proceed with the next strategy.

At present, among the Ming army, a consensus has long been formed that the purpose is not to break the siege of Jinzhou, not to mention. Strictly speaking, it is not considered to be a relief at the moment, and Jiannu's brigade is still stationed in the east and north directions of Jinzhou, and can make a comeback at any time. While there is general agreement, there are many internal differences.

A faction headed by Wu Biao and Wu Sangui. It is advocated that when the main force of Jiannu confronts itself, do not send an army to attack Shenyang, the nest of Jiannu, with surprise troops, and force it to return to help. And then to achieve the situation of attacking Jiannu in the West Liaoning Corridor area. Even if Liaodong can't be decided in a war, the main force of slaves will be recreated.

And to Mako. Tang Tong, Li Fuming, Zuo Guangxian, Liu Zhaoji, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and other seven general soldiers advocated the modest. It is advocated to continue to act step by step, and first defeat the thief in front of you!

The solicitation, disputes, and disagreements in the Jinzhou General Military Mansion were quietly collected and sorted out and sent out of Jinzhou.

The difference is that it went all the way north and was handed over to Huang Taiji.

All the way to Ningyuan, handed over to the Longsheng business there, and then sent directly to Tianjin by speedboat, and then sent to Nanzhong by sea.

About ten days later, Li Shouhan, who was far away in Hue, could see this urgent military report from Tianjin.

Along with this Jinzhou military newspaper, there is also a report from the Wu Biao Model Brigade on the bomb against Mini.

This new projectile, which was called the Wotou Bullet by the Southern Guangdong Army, was first fought in the Rufeng Mountain battlefield.

Although the smoothbore gun equipped with a nest head bullet is not as invincible as the front-loading rifled gun equipped with a Mini bullet in Shouhan's mind, the rate of fire, accuracy, and range are comprehensively evaluated, but it is much better than the previous projectile.

"Please ask a few gentlemen from Ha Jing Military Industry to take a good look at this report and see if they can dig it again in the direction of projectile material ratio and so on."

Shouhan replied on a red-headed letterhead attached to the report.

"In addition: You Long Shengxing will allocate another 100,000 projectiles of this kind to sell to the Model Brigade, and only charge the cost price, but collect all the items. Lay the foundation for a large number of equipment of our army in the next step! ”

After replying to the dozen or so official documents sent by the official room in a bamboo basket on the table, Shouhan was very pleased to put the last report in his hand on the autumn confrontational training of the Nanyue Army, referred to as the autumn exercise, in the bamboo basket.

"The lord, the second son and Mr. Xu are waiting outside."

The copywriter on duty who was called in by Shouhan shaking the copper bell put away the approval paperwork and reminded Shouhan in a low voice that his second son, Li Huabao, and Li Huabao's husband, Xu Hongzu, were waiting outside to receive them.

Originally, Xu Hongzu, who only reached Lijiang, Yunnan Province in history, sighed at the magnificence of the Mu family's mansion and was sent back to his hometown of Jiangyin, Nanzhili, by the Mu family, because of the infection of beriberi (?), and died of illness, also got an errand in the Nanyue Army.

"Mr. Xu, those manuscripts and diaries of yours, I have read them carefully after Xiao Huabao sent them, and they are really a strange article. Yesterday, someone was ordered to send it for typesetting and printing, and the name was called "Xu Xiake's Travels"? In the future, all the official schools, military camps, workshops, and businesses in southern Guangdong will have at least one "Xu Xiake's Travels" to let people know that this world is not just a small area of their lives. ”

When Xu Hongzu, who had a good complexion and a dark complexion, sat down, Shou Handang even said these words that made him very excited.

No reader can resist the temptation to speak with a book. When I was alive, I saw my work published, printed, and sent to every reader and school. Such a temptation, even if Xu Hongzu, who traveled the world because he hated the imperial examination, and placed his affection on the mountains and rivers, was not exempt from vulgarity.

Present. Xu Hongzu's black face was purple, and the reason was very simple. Flushed with excitement.

However, then Shouhan threw out one thing again. What made him even more excited was that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage at that time.

"Before February, I received a message from the Yamen in Nanjing, and since April, there has been a great drought and no rain in the Wujiang area, and locusts have covered the sky. The price of rice is four taels of silver per stone, and the beggars are full of roads, and many pillows are dying. Folks take the rotten residue of bad grain as a treasure, or eat tree chips and elm bark. Factories are set up everywhere to give soup porridge, and thousands of people eat it every day. This official thinks about it. You are a native of Jiangyin, so you will be ordered to transfer tens of thousands of stones of japonica rice to Jiangyin in your name, and ask the Nanjing Garrison to send someone to Jiangyin to assist, and distribute it according to the household registration, and one stone per household will be sold for five coins of silver. It's you, a young man from Jiangyin, doing something for the land of Sangzi. ”

When he was alive, he saw his books published, printed, and published, and his name was remembered by the people of his hometown for the benefit of Sangzi, which is the lifelong dream of a person like Xu Hongzu, but it can only be a dream. But. The dream came true in one day.

"Some time ago, someone came back from Nanjing and said that your hometown people are ready to raise funds to build a memorial arch for you."

Xu Hongzu still has the stubbornness of some scholars, and he heard this. Immediately got up and knelt down in front of Shouhan, "The lord treats me like a countryman like this!" Xu is not talented. I dare not say that I will repay him with a national soldier, and I will definitely repay the kindness of the lord with broken bones! ”

"Brother Zhen, why did he say this! Big fallacy! You helped the child Huabao to build roads in Guangxi. Climb the cliff and wade into a deep stream. He searched for design routes in local documents and maps, mined rocks and minerals, studied geography and geology, and wrote a diary around a campfire. All this, which one does not have great merit for the people of Nanyue?? ”

Xu Hongzu has played an outstanding role as a leading party in the past few years when Li Huabao was stationed in Guangxi to build roads, and has combined his interests and specialties with this work, which has provided great help to Li Huabao's road construction work.

Not to mention anything else, just his diary manuscripts and simple maps saved Li Huabao a lot of heart. Moreover, Xu Hongzu, who had footprints all over Guangxi back then, was familiar with Guangxi's geography, mountains, rivers, roads, and towns, which greatly exceeded Li Huabao's imagination.

On the same day, Xiao'er Huabao wrote a letter to the official and praised Mr. for his ability to write. proposed to worship Mr. as a teacher, but the official read it, but just replied to him with three words, which is very good! ”

Shouhan's words are not hypocritical politeness.

Xu Hongzu has been in the Nanyue Army for several years, and he has already seen it very clearly. The so-called "learning and excellence" gradually lost the market in Nanzhong, Liangguang and Fujian. Here, as long as you have a skill, unique insights and attainments in a certain field, then you can change the social and economic status of yourself and your family with this skill!

Even if you are just a so-called diligent cook, but you do a good job of cooking in a big pot and can satisfy hundreds of people at the same time, then you can choose the best person among many bosses, and even open your own canteen.

In contrast, those silverfish who are poor and hold Zhuzi's collection all day long can only set up a pitiful stall at the door of each letter office to write letters to those Japanese and native laborers, and earn some money to support their families.

And Xu Hongzu, as the earliest traveler and geographer, is the most scarce figure in the Southern Guangdong Army. Shouhan's treatment is also justified.

Therefore, when he learned that there was such a bull hidden in his son's staff, Shouhan of course danced excitedly. Especially seeing that his son's letter contained the intention of studying under Xu Hongzu, Shouhan certainly couldn't refuse his son's desire to study and improve.

And with such a disciple as Li Huabao, Xu Hongzu's publicly-funded travel, no, the field exploration career will naturally progress more smoothly, and there is no need to worry about no accommodation in the wilderness, and no need to worry about the lack of travel expenses and have to take cotton clothes as a substitute.

"My second son and I also fell in love at first sight and got along. I don't like to read the imperial examination, but I like to place my love on the landscape, but I can't make any splendid articles about poetry and songs, and I can only write what I see and hear into words for myself to read in the future, and I don't want to be recognized by the second son, so I recommend it to the lord. ”

"Huh! Poetry and poetry are just a little play on words! What is the benefit? Mr. is like a rafter with a big pen, with the earth, mountains and rivers as paper, for the national economy and people's livelihood to write a big text! ”

Thousands of wears. Sycophants don't wear it.

In the eyes of others, he is just a prodigal who likes to play in the mountains and rivers. But in the eyes of the lord, he is an unborn talent. This huge gap made Xu Hongzu feel like he was in the clouds, and he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering.

But after calming down a little, Xu Hongzu immediately warned himself that as a superior person, the lord did not come to talk to him as a parent of a student. The so-called courtesy must be demanded by others. Rather than waiting for the lord to bring it up, it is better to speak out yourself and take the initiative.

And apart from the diary manuscripts in the worship box, there seems to be nothing that can enter the eyes of the lord.

Gritting his teeth, Xu Hongzu opened the worship box. Take out the thick stack of manuscripts inside.

"My lord, with the help of the second son, in the past six months, several roads in Guangxi have been largely completed, and the students have been busy walking to Tianzhu and other places. Visited the relics of Master Xuanzang and Wang Xuance, there is a North Tianzhu travel book here, please Lord Axe! ”

Xu Hongzu's trip to North Tianzhu was fully funded by Li Huabao, not to mention sending people and ships. He even wrote letters to the garrisons along the way and the Longsheng merchants in North Tianzhu, asking them to help and take care of his husband. sent Li Huabao to fight them in person.

With the letter of the second prince by his side, Xu Hongzu's trip to Beitianzhu was naturally very smooth.

The so-called North Tianzhu. It is roughly where the present-day Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is located.

Uttar Pradesh at this time was the core of the Mughal Empire.

Sultans have built majestic mausoleums, impregnable castles, and imposing mosques all over Uttar Pradesh.

Sigri Castle built by Emperor Akbar, Agra Castle, Akbar Mausoleum in Sikandela, Tomb of Itimed ud-Daura in Agra, Akbar Fort by Allah Abad, Mosques built by Aurangzeb in Mathura, Varanasi and Lucknow, etc.

Countless castles, palaces, mosques, mausoleums, baths and ponds. It is described in Xu Hongzu's pen as if it were in front of you. The boldness, elegance and majesty of Mughal architecture were keenly captured by him, and the strong personal style of the rulers of different periods was also reflected by the architects. The buildings of Akbar's reign were characterized by their majesty and tallness, while in the Sha? Jahan's reign was distinguished by its lyrical style.

Fish-shaped decorations on the doors of those buildings. The gold-encased vaults, vaulted palaces, pavilions with arcades, basements, and labyrinths were all recorded in detail in his travelogue.

"My lord, the students are here, but they are just a glimpse of this trip. If the lord wants to have an in-depth understanding of Tianzhu, he needs to send more people to carefully investigate and travel. ”

The caretaker Han read his travelogue very carefully, and while he was proud, Xu Hongzu had to be polite.

"Mr. Xu, what do you think about how the Northern Tianzhu and my Southern Guangdong Army should get along?"

The fierce Shouhan threw out such a question, which made Xu Hongzu a little confused. However, he has traveled all over the world, and the various sudden situations he has experienced have already honed his ability to deal with emergencies.

"The north Tianzhu is fertile and wild, with a mild climate and a large area of fertile land. If it weren't for the endless war between the descendants of the Yuan Horse and the King of Tianzhu for many years, the people of Tianzhu would have been able to sing with their bellies up. ”

Xu Hongzu carefully considered his words, analyzing them almost word by word, lest his words provide wrong information to the general policy of guarding the Han.

Looking at the serious expressions on the faces of Shouhan and Li Huabao, Xu Hongzu's heart was a little calmer, and he was a little more confident in his words.

"According to the students, the tens of thousands of miles of land there are all good and fertile fields, and the locals grow wheat, cotton, beans, tobacco and other things there, all of which are needed by our Nanyue army. If it's the lord, if it's the lord,"

In a hurry, Xu Hongzu couldn't find the right words to express his mood for a while.

"If all kinds of items produced in the south of a certain family trade with Yuan Horses and Tianzhu Tuwang, and trade wheat, cotton, beans, tobacco and other things, can you get huge profits? Yes and no? ”

"Yes!" Xu Hongzu slapped his thigh, and his excited face became more and more purple. "My lord, the students have also visited various textile factories and printing and dyeing fields, although they don't know where they are, but they know that one of these places provides a large amount of money for our Nanyue Army and ensures military and civilian needs. Second, it also provides employment and livelihood for women everywhere. Although Matsue is no different. However, the more this is the case, the more there are requirements for cotton and other things, and if the source of cotton is cut off, I am afraid that the food and clothing of hundreds of thousands of people will suddenly become a difficult matter. My lord, for the sake of the livelihood of the people of Nanzhong, the students have the courage to suggest that they must increase trade with the kings of Tianzhu, and trade what they produce with what they produce in Nanzhong. Now that the third prince has captured Bengal, and Haikou in Myanmar is also owned by me, it can be said that the trench has changed the way from Tianzhu to my Nanzhong. How not to increase the volume of trade? ”

Xu Hongzu is a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he is ten thousand times stronger than those rotten Confucians who only know how to find chapters and extract sentences. He was already vaguely aware of what the source of raw materials meant for the cotton spinning and printing and dyeing industries in Nanzhong.

From the letters sent from home, he also knew that after the fall of two critical cities in Luoyang and Xiangyang last year, and the two princes of King Fu and King Xiang were killed by thieves, the price of cotton cloth in various places began to rise. "The price of cloth in Songjiang changes three times a day, but fortunately, there are Nanjing merchants who traffic a large number of people from Nanzhong here, and the price of cloth is still stable." (To be continued......)