Chapter 72: Liu Wenxiu's Journey to the East

Liu Wenxiu traveled from Sichuan to Wuchang and went down the river by boat, which did not take long.

One day's work arrived at Yiling. Looking at Yiling Liu Wenxiu was embarrassed, the camp was stranded here because of the dry water of the Yangtze River the year before last, and waited for several months, and only after the rainy season did he go upstream, but during this period of time, he was pursued by Fang Guoan day and night, and the people in the headquarters were not badly damaged, but the people were killed and injured a lot, and many died because of lack of food.

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Wenxiu felt a little compassion in his heart.

The Three Gorges is in a hurry, Liu Wenxiu is not a god, and after a few miles, someone immediately said: "The third prince, the front is Yiling, and the Xia army has set up a card here, I'm afraid that the boat will stop here." ”

Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons were commonly called the four princes by the people below.

Liu Wenxiu came back to his senses and said, "Vote for my name to the people of the Xia Dynasty." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Liu Wenxiu's boat slowly stopped.

Liu Wenxiu's ship is a three-story official ship. In Sichuan, it can be regarded as a big ship, because no matter how big the ship is, it can't go.

But compared with Cao Ying's boat, it was also a little worse, Liu Wenxiu's name card was handed over, and after a while, someone came over. But he saw dozens of people surrounding a young general, boarded Liu Wenxiu's ship, and said, "Zhou Fuchen, the general of Daxia Fubo, pays a visit to the third prince. ”

Liu Wenxiu didn't dare to slack off, and said, "General Zhou is polite. ”

Zhou Fuchen because of the battle of Xiangyang, the maintenance of the grain road, the destruction of the pontoon bridge and other merits, is also because of the training of the lineage of the water master, after all, Daxia can not always use the Zheng family water division, even if the Zheng family is willing, Daxia is not willing, so Zhou Fuchen is rising step by step.

Liu Wenxiu looked at Zhou Fuchen, and suddenly felt a little familiar, and said, "Have we met?" ”

Zhou Fuchen said: "The third prince has probably seen his brother. Brother Zhou Fuming, died under the city of Xinyang. ”

Liu Wenxiu's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered what happened in Xinyang City back then. Liu Wenxiu has always been meticulous, and the people he has seen are not unforgettable. But the important people, as well as the people around the important people, are also remembered by heart.

And Zhou Fuming is Liu Wenxiu who has seen Zhang Xuan.

Liu Wenxiu never thought that the younger brother of a guard back then would already have such a future. It is inevitable that there will be some gloom in my heart.

Cao Ying and Xianying are neck and neck, but they are still weaker than Xianying, otherwise it is not Zhang Xianzhong who leads the two camps, but Luo Rucai.

Liu Wenxiu said: "Is Zheng Guogong good? ”

It was a routine greeting. But Zhou Fuchen's performance made Liu Wenxiu fall in love.

But seeing that Zhou Fuchen's eyes slightly avoided Liu Wenxiu's eyes, he said, "Naturally, it's very good."

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But to Liu Wenxiu, it was Zhang Xuan who had an accident?

However, Liu Wenxiu didn't dare to ask more, just kept it in mind. Secretly speculated: "Could it be that Luo Yulong is a person who can't tolerate people?" But thinking of dealing with Luo Yulong, before the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Liu Wenxiu fought side by side with Luo Yulong several times.

I just feel that Luo Yulong is not that kind of person.

This idea was pressed by Liu Wenxiu in the bottom of his heart. Without revealing it at all, he said: "But I don't know, how Daxia is going to receive foreign ministers?" ”

Zhou Fuchen said: "Third prince, if you feel tired from the journey, you can rest in Yiling for one night. ”

Liu Wenxiu said: "They are all people who march and fight, so what's so tiring about this road." ”

Zhou Fuchen said: "In this case, the last general will just go back to Xijing to report on his work, and ask the third prince to return to Beijing with me." ”

"That's fine." Liu Wenxiu immediately agreed.

In fact, Liu Wenxiu came two days early, or two days late, and it was not Zhou Fuchen who received him, but a local official. Zhou Fuchen was promoted to General Fubo, the commander-in-chief of the Huguang Water Division. In fact, the name has increased, but the strength in his hands has not increased much.

After all, the sailors of the Zheng family belonged to the Zheng family, and after the Battle of Xiangyang, Zheng Tai had been transferred to Chongming Island to guard the mouth of the Yangtze River. And this time, it was Zhou Fuchen's first inspection after his promotion, and Yiling was the westernmost point of his inspection.

Further west is the Three Gorges.

In the strategic plan of this summer army, there is no heart for the westward expedition.

Liu Wenxiu was estimating the strength of the Xia Junshui Division.

Among Zhou Fuchen's sailors, there are all kinds of ships, including civilian ships that Liu Wenxiu is familiar with, and the ships that Zhang Xianzhong has recruited in the past are like this. But there are also some sea vessels, and then there are the new ships from the Nanjing Shipyard and the Huai'an Shipyard.

Nanjing Shipyard is not mentioned, Huai'an Shipyard is the result of negotiations between Luo Yulong and Gao Jie. When Luo Rucai led the troops to the west, Luo Yulong was not idle, and while sorting out the accounts of various places, he also made preparations for ordnance.

Ships are one of them.

With an additional 50,000 taels per year, the jurisdiction of the Huai'an Shipyard will be brought under the Ministry of Industry.

After all, Huai'an Shipyard is the largest official shipyard in the entire Ming Dynasty, in its heyday, it produced thousands of ships every year, and now although it is in decline, it can be said that the ships on the canal are from here. What the craftsman keeps up well.

Luo Yulong transferred many craftsmen from Huai'an Shipyard to Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard. As a result, the production capacity of Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard has also increased significantly.

However, even then, shipbuilding has a construction period.

There are not many ships in service today. Most of them were in the hands of Zhou Fuchen, Ruan Jin, and some sailor generals.

Liu Wenxiu

Looking at the warship, I was very envious in my heart, and at the same time, it was clearly engraved with a certain month and a certain day in the first year of Wuxing, a certain worker, and a certain person supervising the production. In other words, this ship was produced by the Xia Dynasty itself. It's not just the ship. Liu Wenxiu got Zhou Fuchen's permission to walk on the boat, especially seeing a lot of large and small cannons.

There are Franc machine guns, tiger squat cannons, and naturally there are cannons, that is, Hongyi cannons. The reason why Liu Wenxiu called it a Hongyi cannon, not a Hongyi cannon, is that this cannon is based on the style of the Hongyi cannon, but it has been lowered on top of the specifications, and it seems to be placed on the ship.

What made Liu Wenxiu pay more attention was the inscription of the cannon, some of the cannons were produced in the Ming Dynasty, and it was naturally written how many years of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, where it was produced, and these inscriptions. Liu Wenxiu has seen too much, and he doesn't dare to be interested at all. But there aren't many of them.

More is engraved: "In the first year of Wuxing in Great Xia, a certain work was made, and someone supervised it." "It's the same as shipbuilding. There are also some that use the Yongchang era name. It was created before Cao Ying split from Chuang Ying.

Liu Wenxiu's evaluation of the Xia Dynasty has improved by another level. After all, this thing represents national strength. But Liu Wenxiu couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and said secretly: "This is just a ship, no, a sailor, there are so many cannons." And Cao Ying has only been based in Jiangnan for about two years, where can he build so many cannons. I heard that the battle of Xiangyang and the battle of Dahongshan were bombarded by both sides in Qingxia with 100 cannons. Where did the Xia Dynasty's cannons come from? Could it be that the richness of Jiangnan Town is like this? ”

Liu Wenxiu, as an excellent general, although he has never presided over the casting of cannons. But also know that the time to cast the cannon is very long. It is simply unimaginable that Cao Ying's cannon will be cast in thousands in a year or two.

"There's got to be a problem." Liu Wenxiu said secretly in his heart.

There are many things that cannot be hidden from people at all. Liu Wenxiu just looked at a ship, and he felt the root knot of the iron mold casting method. Of course, there are not too many people like Liu Wenxiu today, but there are a lot of plans. Some secrets simply can't be kept secret.

Liu Wenxiu suddenly remembered one thing, for a long time in the future, the Xia Dynasty will use the Wuxing year name.

After Luo Yulong ascended the throne, he respected Luo Rucai as Emperor Taizu Gao. claimed to inherit the last orders of Taizu, sweep the world, and then change the yuan. Therefore, it will still be called Wuxing in the future.

Liu Wenxiu secretly speculated that the reason why Luo Yulong was like this was only because of the shallow foundation of the Xia Dynasty. The hasty change of the era name, one era name lasted only three months, which damaged the prestige of Great Xia. Not only Luo Yulong, but even the foundation of Great Xia is very shallow.

Many times, it is better to be still than to be still.

From Yiling to Wuchang, it didn't take long to go down the river, but Zhou Fuchen still had the order to inspect, and it took three days to get to the north wharf of Wuchang City. Liu Wenxiu got off the boat and looked at Wuchang City in the early morning mist from a distance. At the beginning, Zhang Xianzhong's stay in Wuchang was not short. And seeing you again at this moment, it has become someone else's Xijing, and he can't help but feel like a world away.

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