"Come on, come on, Guangxian, try authentic Ming Dynasty Beijing cuisine. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Han Wantao kept giving Zeng Guangxian vegetables, "You can't eat these in Yulin Bay." ”

"You're extravagant." Zeng Guangxian looked at these traversers, "Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang are not very easy there. ”

"We know." Xu Lang put down his chopsticks, "This Beiming has the most experience." ”

"What do I know?" Jiang Beiming asked strangely.

"Loneliness." Xu Lang smiled, "Aren't you most afraid of loneliness?" ”

"Don't be kidding, let's get serious." Zeng Guangxian interrupted Xu Lang's words, "Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang both proposed to send more of their own people, especially Wang Qianxiang. I feel that we didn't think enough about sending him to Datong in the first place, he didn't have much experience in dealing with interpersonal relationships, and he himself asked for a replacement. ”

"It's impossible to make substitutions." Jiang Beiming said, "Wang Qianxiang is a thousand households canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and a rash change will arouse the suspicion of the Ming Dynasty government, so we can only send people to Datong again." ”

"That's what I thought about too." Zeng Guangxian responded, "When I return to Yulin Bay, I will discuss it with my family and see who is more appropriate." ”

"Guangxian, do you still want to go to Dengzhou?" Zhang Hai asked.

"Yes, I'm going to Dengzhou to have a look. Gu Yunkun had already led people to Dengzhou, and I took a boat back to Yulin Bay from Dengzhou. ”

"You're tired, then." Jiang Beiming raised his wine glass, "Come, let's drink one together, it's not easy." ”

Zeng Guangxian put down his glass: "What is the situation here, I will report to the committee when I go home." ”

Xu Lang took out a letter from his arms: "Take this back, it's very detailed." ”

"We don't have any big problems here." Jiang Beiming pointed to the letter, "But there is a problem mentioned in the letter, and we hope that the family can study it carefully." ”

"What is the problem, you can briefly talk to me first." Zeng Guangxian took the letter into his arms and asked.

"It's Huang Taiji's problem." Xu Langxian said, "In the original history, Huang Taiji entered the customs again in July this year. Although history has changed now, whether Huang Taiji will make any more moves this year, we hope that the family can come up with a countermeasure. ”

"And what do you guys think?" Zeng Guangxian asked, "Do you think Huang Taiji will come again?" ”

"We've studied it with these guys in Beijing." Jiang Beiming replied, "We don't think it's very likely that Huang Taiji will come back this year, but there will definitely be a big move." ”

"Why? What big moves will there be? ”

"The reason is simple." Xu Lang then replied, "Our mixed brigade was defeated in Liaodong in September last year, and it is now the end of March. In the past six months, Tao Min must have spared no effort to mine and smelt iron and manufacture muskets and artillery. Now that Yulin Bay is being reused by the imperial court, Tao Min must know the news that Wang Qianxiang and Zhou Lei went to Datong and Xuanfu Town. ”

"How do you know that Tao Min will definitely know that we are being reused by Chongzhen?" Zeng Guangxian asked again.

"The Second General Affairs Department has not found Xie Tian so far, we estimate that Xie Tian must have been dormant somewhere, so Tao Min will definitely know about the changes in the imperial court and Yulin Bay. In the past, it was our Yulin Bay who dealt with the Manchus by themselves, and Tao Min might not be so anxious. But now we also have to follow the path of the Ming Dynasty, he knows the contrast between the power of the Ming Dynasty government and the power of Huang Taiji, and he will not be in a hurry. He will definitely not let us transform the Ming Dynasty in peace. ”

"So you think Huang Taiji will make a big move this year?" Zeng Guangxian felt that what Xu Lang said seemed to make some sense, "Then what do you think he will do, and how should we deal with it?" ”

"Guangxian." Xu Lang replied, "Do you know when Huang Taiji conquered Mongolia?" ”

"Probably 1636." Zeng Guangxian thought for a while, "I really don't know the specific year. ”

"Yes, it's 1636." Xu Lang said with a smile, "This summer, Lin Dan Khan will die of illness. After the death of Lin Dan Khan, the Mongol tribes were torn apart. In February 1635, Huang Taiji ordered Dolgon, Yuetuo, Sakhalian, and Haoge to lead 10,000 troops to Ordos to find Lin Dan Khan's son Ezhe. In March, Dolgon met Lin Dan Khan's wife, Nang, in the Western Rajurg region, and learned of the location of Ezhe. On April 20, he crossed the Yellow River and went to Toritu to find Erke Kongol Ezhe. Later, the ruler of the Later Jin Dynasty placed the Chahar Department in Yizhou, divided the left and right wings of Chahar Eight Banners, named Lin Dan Khan's son Ezhe as the prince, and married the princess Makatagege, and set up the capital and deputy capital to rule the left and right wings of Chahar.

In March 1636, 49 large and small lords of the 16 tribes of Mongol gathered in Shenyang, recognized Huang Taiji as Khan, and presented the honorific title of 'Bogda Chechen Khan'. In the same year, Huang Taiji ascended the throne in Shengjing, changed the country name to 'Qing', and changed the Yuan Chongde. ”

"Xu Lang, what about the book." Zeng Guangxian shouted dissatisfiedly, "What do you mean by saying such a big chase?" ”

"Huh." Jiang Beiming raised his wine glass, "Drink one first, Xu Lang has great storytelling skills." ”

Xu Lang put down his wine glass: "Guangxian, what I mean is very simple. Now that Huang Taiji has conquered Korea and taken Lushun, the entire Liaodong is under his control, so Huang Taiji's next target must be Mongolia. We roughly estimated that in the past six months, Tao Min would not produce many firearms even if he used his strength to eat, and Huang Taiji also needed a war to test these firearms. ”

"I seem to understand a little bit." Zeng Guangxian looked stunned, "Do you think Huang Taiji will go to Mongolia?" ”

"Yes, there is a good chance that he will go to Mongolia." Xu Lang replied, "So our advice to the family is to be ahead of Huang Taiji." ”

"You mean we're going to Mongolia too?" Zeng Guangxian was a little surprised, he had never thought about an expedition to Mongolia.

"Not bad." Jiang Beiming said, "We have lost Korea, and we can no longer let Huang Taiji occupy Mongolia, in that case, his power will be too strong." ”

"But you're going to Mongolia?" Zeng Guangxian hesitated, "Fighting on the Mongolian steppe is no better than Liaodong, let alone the Central Plains, that requires cavalry, large-scale cavalry." ”

"This shouldn't be a problem." Han Wantao replied, "Now there is nearly half a year before Lin Dan Khan's death, and we can train a cavalry." Wang Qianxiang and Zhou Lei both have horses in that place, don't you also ask them to rebuild the cavalry unit this time. We are also training cavalry here in Beijing, and it should be enough to add up several aspects. ”

"But if you use the power of these aspects, especially the power of Beijing, can Chongzhen agree?" Zeng Guangxian asked a few more questions, "Also, what if we go to Mongolia and Huang Taiji re-enters the customs, have you thought of this?" ”

"I'm not afraid of this." Xu Lang said with a smile, "The praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches, don't forget that there is still Wang Zhaoxing in Dengzhou." Huang Taiji may not have thought of it, but Tao Min will definitely think of it, and he will definitely arrange a heavy defense in Lushun. Therefore, even if the Manchus enter the customs again, there will not be many people. ”

"As for whether Chongzhen can agree." Jiang Beiming continued, "We will find a way to get Chongzhen to agree, you mainly ask the family first now." ”

"Since that's the case." Zeng Guangxian thought for a while, "I won't delay if I don't go to Beijing, I'll go to Dengzhou tomorrow and go home as early as possible." ”

"Well, you have to go." Xu Lang reluctantly picked up the wine glass, "We won't keep you anymore, everything is based on the overall situation." ”

Zeng Guangxian said goodbye the next day, Jiang Beiming and others went to Dengzhou.

Gu Yunkun has been in Dengzhou for almost a month, and he has been soaking in the Yellow River estuary almost every day. Fortunately, the Yellow River is now merged into the Huai River and flows into the sea, so it is not particularly difficult to find oil in this place. However, the oil in this place is very deep, and Gu Yunkun has already drilled two wells, both of which are not deep enough, and none of them are self-blowing wells.

Gu Yunkun put an iron bucket brought from the Pearl in front of Zeng Guangxian: "This is a little crude oil that we have collected for a while, you bring it back first, and I will continue to look for it here, so I won't go back with you this time." ”

Zeng Guangxian stared at the iron bucket in front of him: "This is oil?" What's that going on? ”

"It's not easy to do that." Gu Yunkun shouted, "Do you know how much effort we have spent on such oil, this is oil, not coal, you can dig it out with a few pickaxes." ”

"I know, don't worry." Zeng Guangxian said with a smile, "Do you want to bring this back to Xia Yang?" Can he refine diesel? ”

"It's cumbersome to make diesel from petroleum, but the principle is simple." Gu Yunkun explained, "The method of fractionation is used. Petroleum is a mixture of hydrocarbons with no fixed boiling point. By heating the oil, the gasoline with a low boiling point is vaporized first, and then the gasoline vapor is separated from the petroleum by condensation into a liquid, and the diesel fuel is separated after the same process is heated. ”

"Is it that simple?" Wang Zhaoxing on the side interjected and asked, "What do I think of the equipment in those oil refineries in our previous life." ”

"Commander Wang, what I said was that the principle was simple, not that the specific operation was simple." Gu Yunkun said with a smile, "This barrel of crude oil is a test product, bring it back and let Xia Yang test it first, to see if they can use the soil method to make diesel." Anyway, we have two ships now, don't be afraid of waste, even if we can get a few milliliters of usable diesel. I'm looking here again, hoping to find a self-blowing well. But if you go back and talk to your family, if you dig a well in this place, you don't have much hope. ”

"Why?"

"Because the oil wells of the Shengli Oilfield in later generations are all more than 1,000 meters deep, we don't have the conditions to drill so deep now."

"Oh, that's right." Zeng Guangxian asked again, "Director Gu, are you really not going back?" ”

"I'm not going back."

"Okay then." Zeng Guangxian said to Wang Zhaoxing again, "Old Wang, you arrange a boat for me and send me back to Yulin Bay as soon as possible." Jiang Beiming: The suggestions they put forward should also be made by the family as soon as possible. ”

"The boat is always available." Wang Zhaoxing said and took out a letter from his clothes, "This is a little thing that our people in Dengzhou have summarized, and you can also take it back and hand it over to the committee." ”

"Is there a problem on your side?" Zeng Guangxian took the letter and asked, "Or do you have any requirements?" ”

"Nothing to ask for." Wang Zhaoxing said with a smile, "I may have made another deal for my family." ”

"Buying and selling?" Zeng Guangxian looked at Wang Zhaoxing with some surprise, "Old Wang, when will you start doing business?" ”

"It's not that I know how to do business, it's that business comes to me on its own." Wang Zhaoxing explained, "After our warship arrived in Dengzhou, Chen Yingyuan was very interested, and chased me all day long to ask questions. What he meant was if we could sell him some warships and artillery. ”

"That's right." Zeng Guangxian suddenly thought of a question, "Does Chen Yingyuan know our relationship with Zheng Zhilong, the first time we came here was under the banner of Zheng Zhilong." ”

"I explained it to him." Wang Zhaoxing replied, "He didn't take it to heart either." It was because he knew about the warship we sold to Zheng Zhilong, so he also wanted to buy a few. ”

"But does he have any money?" Zeng Guangxian asked, "I couldn't get the money for the 20,000 catties of grain last time, what did he use to buy a battleship?" ”

"That's why I'm writing this letter to my family." Wang Zhaoxing pointed to the letter in Zeng Guangxian's hand, "Didn't Xu Lang originally say that it would be best for us to build a leased area in Dengzhou, we proposed to exchange the warship with Chen Yingyuan, and let's get our own territory in Dengzhou, which would be much more convenient." (To be continued.) )