Chapter 17 The Invasion of the Tibetans Return to Little Hongyu's hometown

If it wasn't for an urgent telegram, Li Zhi would not have knocked on the door at this time, Zhang Zhimu took the telegram and saw that it was a telegram from Ning De, who was transferred by Yan Boju from the command center.

After the defeat of the Western Mongols, they made a large and general retreat to the north, and they were eager to flee to the edge of the sky to get away from the Han Chinese, who made them tremble at the mention of it. Zhang Zhimu was not ready to deal with the Western Regions at this time, and the people of Yaogang were instructed by Zhang Zhimu to stop from Xining to the west through Qinghai Lake to Dulan, and from Jiayuguan to Hami to the west. This creates a large vacuum. Those Uszang (Tibetan) people, who were originally beaten away by the Mongols, found such an opportunity this time, and of course made a comeback. However, they found that good places and good pastures such as Dulan and Qinghai Lake were occupied by the Han people, and their hearts were unbalanced, so they slowly squeezed this side. Since the soldiers sent by Yaogang in Dulan did not receive the order to start a war with them, they never started. This boosted the morale of the Uszang (Tibetan) people, and they understood why the Mongols left and the Han people did not occupy such a large vacated area, because there were few people and they were timid. Eventually, they sent someone to inform the kiln soldiers and immigrants guarding Dulan to withdraw from Dulan, and that they had to withdraw to the east of Qinghai Lake, because this was their place in the first place, and they had left because they had been driven away by the Mongols.

When the kiln guards heard this, their noses almost lost their breath. The heart said, why are you embarrassed to say this, you couldn't beat the Mongols before, but now the Mongols have been beaten away by us, if you want to come back to these places, can you beat us?

The two didn't talk about it, and the Uszang (Tibetan) people gathered thousands of cavalry and began to attack the city, and at this time, the defenders of Yaogang could breathe a sigh of relief. Light and heavy machine guns and mortars killed hundreds of them in a burst of effort. These men fled back, and soon brought with them tens of thousands of men, who did not dare to attack the city, but surrounded Dulan from afar. The people of the city could not leave the city, and the defenders of the city were few in number, and they did not go out of the city to fight them. After Ningde heard this, he ordered Zhao Jinli of Xining to lead troops to support. At the same time, the situation was also reported.

After reading the telegram, Zhang Zhimu sat here and thought about it, and felt that now was not the time to solve the problem of the Western Regions, so he immediately drafted a telegram and sent it to Chen Yufeng, which meant that this time Zhao Jinli and their aid should mainly fight away the Wusizang (Tibetan) people, and they should fight until they dare not attack and disturb again. Now is not the time to completely solve the issue of the Western Regions, and if they send people to negotiate, they must also focus on stability. We must be fully prepared before we can solve the Western Regions, which is very vast and will be stretched to the limit by the number of troops. Also, it is very difficult to stay there for a long time. We must have a strong material base to consider this issue.

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He received Zhang Zhimu's telegram and immediately drafted a telegram informing Ningde that they should act in accordance with this opinion.

After sending the telegram, Ouyang He said to Chen Yufeng: "Mr. Zhang thinks that the problem is really long-term. This is where our gap lies. ”

"Huh! If it were you and me, with such advanced weapons, we would be able to fight at once! Chen Yufeng said, "And what Zhimu thinks about is what to do after the fight?" Chen Yufeng also said with admiration.

"The two of us just studied the war too much." Ouyang said, "The first thing I think about in case of trouble is how to solve it by military means? And the military that Mr. Zhang often said is only a means to solve the problem. That's why you think differently about the problem depending on the position of the station. Let's talk about our King Li Chuang. Mr. Zhang was stunned to make him his own. Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which they occupied, are the richest places in the world, so we can take over completely. ”

"And yes! Annan doesn't need us to fight. We can solve the problem of the north sooner rather than later. Hehe! Chen Yufeng said with a smile.

"I don't think we have anything difficult to do, but now the difficult thing is that our President Zhang is too kind!" Ouyang He said, "I have to think about how to face our emperor's problem immediately." Mr. Zhang has not been able to make up his mind. ”

After shaking the fan twice, Ouyang He said again: "My idea is to wait for the new channel of the Yellow River to start to use." We will take back all the places south of the Yellow River and force the emperor to turn against us. ”

"I think I'll finish cleaning up Zuo Liangyu and Zheng Zhilong first." Chen Yufeng said, "How to deal with the emperor will be left to Zhimu!" I don't think he wouldn't want to. Send King Li Chuang away, let's go to your house to have a look, and then go to Hankou, I want to discuss with Li Jing's little rabbit cub, this Zuo Liangyu, do we just use the method of decapitation action that Zhimu said, and do him directly? ”

"I think it's okay so we can use fewer swords. Zuo Liangyu also has more than 200,000 horses on his side, I think there will be fewer deaths! Ouyang He nodded and said.

"Zuo Liangyu's soldiers, I think they all deserve to die!" Chen Yufeng said indignantly.

"That's easy!" Ouyang He said, "We still use the old way to let them expose each other. The heinous crime was killed directly, and he was almost sent to Hexi to open a mine. ”

"That's right! Or kill less. That Li Dong over there in Baotou has been urging people! Chen Yufeng said.

After Zhang Zhimu finished drafting the telegram, Li Zhi went out with the telegram, and Xiao Hongyu came out from behind, sighed and said, "Alas! When will it be quiet and quiet? ”

Zhang Zhimu pulled Xiao Hongyu to sit on his lap, wrapped his arms around her waist, and said, "The bigger the place we control, the more things will happen!" In the days to come, either there will be a disaster here, or something will happen there. The world is so big, it's impossible to do nothing. ”

"I really want to have a quiet place, just the two of us together." Xiao Hongyu leaned on Zhang Zhimu's shoulder and said softly.

When Xiao Hongyu spoke, Zhang Zhimu could feel a gust of wind blowing on his cheeks, and couldn't help but hug her soft waist.

"The two of us found a place to be monks quietly, one as a nun and the other as a monk." Zhang Zhimu joked.

"Huh! Tell the master about the town we live in. It's quiet there! Xiao Hongyu said with a smile.

This is really an old town, with paved roads and old houses, telling the story of its former glory. As Little Ruby said, it's quiet now. But this morning, the cleanliness here was shattered. Suddenly, an army set up posts around the town. This is the vigilance team sent by Li Zhi in advance.

Liu Banzhu's home used to be considered solid, there was originally a compound, but now Liu Banzhu and Xiao Hongyu are both earning silver, and the old house in their courtyard has almost been renovated. Everyone in the town knew that Liu Banzhu took the troupe to Yaogang, but they didn't know that the famous little red jade was from them, and they couldn't know that he was now married to Zhang Zhimu, the richest man in the world.

There is a small river that leads into the town. Originally, the people in the town were surprised by the sudden arrival of many troops, but when they saw the Yaogang army coming, they did not panic. When he dared to ask the soldiers what was going on, the soldiers shook their heads and said they didn't know, and asked everyone not to disturb them on their mission.

It was almost noon, when suddenly, there was a beep, and a gunboat came from the river, followed by a long line of boats. Of course, none of the people here have ever seen a gunboat, but some people who understand it say that the long barrel on the ship is a cannon, and the machine gun is mounted on the ship, and they are all very scary guys, and the people who can hear the excitement dare not breathe.

At this time, the mayor of the town and the kiln officials who came over at an unknown time suddenly appeared on the dock, and in the town, a team of troops suddenly surrounded the compound of Liu Banzhu's house.

After a team of troops guarded the dock, Liu Banzhu first came to the pier from the boat, and the people who watched the excitement knew that it was Liu Banzhu who had gone home. The mayor of the town and the officials of the kiln gang all stepped forward to congratulate the head of the Liu class, and the people in the town who watched the excitement knew that the head of the Liu class was now terrible, otherwise the town mayor and the officials of the kiln gang could all salute him?

When Zhang Zhimu came to the dock from the boat with Xiao Hongyu in his arms, he saw it with sharp eyes, and people couldn't help but say, "Oops! That's a little red jade! ”

"It's really a little red jade!"

"Oops! Little Ruby is amazing! ”

"Is it any wonder that their houses have been renovated?"

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For a while, the onlookers were talking.

However, they didn't know that it was Zhang Zhimu who got off the boat with Xiao Hongyu. Some people are already speculating about who this person Xiao Hongyu is marrying? They understand that the people who can have such pomp and circumstance will not be ordinary people. Finally someone thought, "Hey!! I said, this person can't be Zhang Zhimu from Yaogang, right? ”

"No, it won't! How can such a good thing fall in such a small place as ours? But this pomp and circumstance is like an elephant! ”

Seeing that the mayor of the town and the officials of the kiln gang went to shake hands with Zhang Zhimu, and the head of the Liu squad also stood respectfully beside him. There are also those reporters who are constantly taking pictures with their cameras, and some people believe it, "This person may really be Zhang Zhimu!" Where did this little red jade come from? ”

"This is a blessing for our town!"

People who knew Xiao Hongyu couldn't help but shout Xiao Hongyu's name when she was at home, "Red Lotus!" Red Lotus! ”

Hearing her childhood name, Xiao Hongyu's tears burst out of her eyes and she couldn't stop waving to them! At this time, Xiao Hongyu couldn't go over and shake hands with those sisters. Seeing Xiao Hongyu beckoning, Zhang Zhimu also followed Xiao Hongyu and beckoned to them. The little sisters had never seen such a scene, and some of them were shy and hid behind others.

Xiao Hongyu took Zhang Zhimu and walked all the way home. Class Master Liu has already taken a step ahead and asked his family to open the door.

As soon as she entered the door and saw Liu Banzhu's wife, Xiao Hongyu didn't bother to introduce Zhang Zhimu, so she rushed over and hugged her and cried.

Xiao Hongyu was sold to Liu Banzhu's house at a very young age, and she was brought up by Liu's wife, and she was like a mother and daughter. Class Master Liu came over and persuaded: "Okay! If you have anything to say, speak slowly in a while! Why don't you come and meet Chigi too! ”

In this way, the mother and daughter stopped their tears, and Zhang Zhimu hurried over to give a gift to his mother-in-law. The family was polite, and Xiao Hongyu helped her adoptive mother and Zhang Zhimu and others into the living room.

After a while, the mayor of the town led all the elders of the town to congratulate him. They all want to meet this Zhang Zhimu. Then the relatives of the head of Liu's family came to congratulate him.

The house that the family gave to Xiao Hongyu Zhang Zhimu has been renovated, and everything such as the bedding is new. When he entered his room at night, Zhang Zhimu realized that he hadn't given Xiao Hongyu a little silver until now. All of this was prepared by Liu Banzhu and Xiao Hongyu's own silver.

"Oops! Am I a little confused? Zhang Zhimu said to Xiao Hongyu guiltily, "I didn't give you any silver, you guys will spend a lot of silver." ”

"Huh! I don't need your money, I just want to marry you! Little Hongyu said.

"How bad is that!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Let your parents say, this Zhang Zhimu has a big girl who is like a flower and jade, and he doesn't spend a tael of silver." ”

"Huh!" Xiao Hongyu bent down with a smile, "Come on!" You may not even know how much money my master and I earn a year. That's a lot more than what a small troupe of us has earned in a few years. My master told me that you should never mention money. We have enough money to do things beautifully. ”

"It's not going to work, it's not going to work." Zhang Zhimulian said, "It's me who is too careless!" ”

"Oops! Don't talk about it. Mr. Lu and his sister-in-law both told me and told them in silver. Mr. Lu also said that I would make a list of all the expenses for him, saying that my sister-in-law arranged it. ”

"Yes, yes! You have to make a list. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oops! You are too, what is wrong with my money? Is not my money also spent? Little Hongyu said.

Early the next morning, when Zhang Zhimu saw Li Zhi, he said to him: "You send a telegram to Mr. Lu, see where it is close, and ask him to send some silver." ”

"Huh! Mr. Zhang, don't worry, Mr. Lu has already thought of this. He also made a bet with me that you would forget the money. And it will definitely be silver. Sure enough, he won the bet! Li Zhi said and took out a few silver tickets for the kiln. The silver ticket of the kiln is hard currency.

"Hey!" Zhang Zhimu smiled bitterly and said, "Tell me about my brain, I married a daughter-in-law once, and I didn't spend a tael of silver, what do you say is this?" ”

"Little Hongyu won't blame you," Li Zhi said, "She's not a person with a small belly!" ”

Zhang Zhimu entered the house, took out a few silver tickets, handed a little red jade and said, "Hurry up and send it to your mother, you are about to do something, and when you need silver!" ”

Xiao Hongyu also took out a few silver tickets and said, "Where did you get the silver tickets, I have prepared them for you." I want you to give it to my mother! ”

Zhang Zhimu's heart was hot, knowing that he didn't look good if he didn't take silver, so Xiao Hongyu prepared it for him in advance.

"Put away your silver, and take it out when we don't have anything to eat in the future," Zhang Zhimu handed the silver ticket in his hand to Xiao Hongyu and looked at it and asked, "Are these enough?" ”

"Oops! What are you doing here, this one is already too much, how many more do you want to give? Little Hongyu said angrily, "How are you like a merchant, and you don't know how much or too little money you have?" ”

"Come on! A lot of it," no matter how much Xiao Hongyu said too much, Zhang Zhimu came to his mother-in-law and said, "Mother! I'm too much and too careless. I can't help the family repair the house, and I can't help with these things, this is some silver, I don't know if it's enough, you take it first. ”

How could the mother-in-law accept this silver, but Zhang Zhimu insisted, and Liu knew that Zhang Zhimu was not bad at silver, and it would be bad if he didn't accept it, so he said: "Zhimu's intentions, you can accept it!" Then he said to Zhang Zhimu: "Zhimu! You! Just think about the big things in the world. No one blames you for these little things! We have already earned too much silver, and isn't it only useful when we use it? ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu returned to the house, Liu Banzhu chased after him, and as soon as he entered the house, he said, "Zhimu! What are you doing here? Why do you give your mother-in-law so much silver, this is not good! ”

Xiao Hongyu also said: "Look at you, have I said too much, you just don't believe it." ”

"Did I say it, just a lot. If this money is too much, when we leave, those relatives and friends are in trouble, we will go and help them. I won't get back the money I gave away. Zhang Zhimu said very resolutely.

Class Master Liu sighed and left.

This time, Zhang Zhimu and Xiao Hongyu came home and did not deliberately keep a low profile. In addition to feasting relatives and friends, the movies brought to everyone were also screened in the open space in the evening. Movies are a rarity here. All the villages rushed over to watch the movie. Zhang Zhimu also visited those relatives and friends at home with Xiao Hongyu, some neighbors with poor family backgrounds, Zhang Zhimu also went with Xiao Hongyu to send some money and things.

Zhang Zhimu has been staying in his hometown for ten days with Xiao Hongyu, and when he returned to Yaogang, Liu Banzhu brought his wife and other family members with him, first, the conditions on the kiln side are really better than here, and the most important thing is that now everyone knows that Xiao Hongyu married Zhang Zhimu. There are also safety considerations for taking them to the kiln.

Zhang Zhimu and his entourage also stayed in Yangzhou for two days. Xiao Hongyu accompanied her adoptive mother to buy some things in Yangzhou. In the past two days, Zhang Zhimu and Li Zhi came to the Zhenjiang shipbuilding base together.

As soon as Zhang Zhimu and their boat entered the shipbuilding base, Lin Zongwei's son Lin Qing greeted him, and when he was polite, he kept introducing the situation to Zhang Zhimu.

The shipbuilding base is now very lively. Two wooden ships of more than 1,000 tons have been built, and the 5,000-ton wooden sailing ship has also been launched, and the debugging equipment is being installed in the dock, and it will be ready for sea trials soon.

Seeing Lin Qing's face, Zhang Zhimu knew that he was working very hard, "Lin Qing! It's not okay to be too tired. We're going to build more ships in the future. ”

"I was a little tired some time ago, but now it's much better." Lin Qing said.

"I heard that last time you and your father didn't agree on the same opinion, your angry father personally came here to reason with you?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"Yes, I wanted to use steel as a keel on this 5,000-ton ship, but my father disagreed, fearing that the steel would corrode and affect the life of the ship. When he came, I introduced the measures that had been taken so that he reluctantly agreed to use our plan. Lin Qing was obviously a little proud when he talked about this.

"Good! Take me to see the dock where you are going to build a 20,000-ton ship. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Okay!" Lin Qing called a few carriages and pulled Zhang Zhimu and them to see the newly built large dock. Because the base is so big here.

It took the carriage half a circle to come to the huge dock.

It is a dock made of blue bricks, and the huge dock gate resembles a stadium. Lin Qing pointed here and said, "This dock we refer to the dock that Ying Tianfu originally used to make treasure ships for Zheng He. The length is longer than that, and we have already laid steel rails on the shore of this dock, and we have to build a gantry crane. In that case, it would be much easier to build such a large ship. ”

"When will we start building a 20,000-ton ship?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"My father, they went back to Yaogang to design this ship." Lin Qing said, "There are several such ship boilers, and it would be good if the design work could be completed in the middle of next year." However, there is no need to prepare the materials on the spot. When we came here, we found that there were many shipyards along the Yangtze River, all of which had hoarded a lot of timber, and they had no ships to build, so I bought a large amount of timber at a low price. My father said that the ship should be made of wood, but it should be covered with steel armor. In the future, we will build a big ship with an all-steel hulle. ”

Zhang Zhimu also saw that there were mountains of wood in the stockyard.

Zhang Zhimu said: "The Baotou Iron and Steel Plant has been under construction for almost two years, and it may be able to produce steel next year." When the Baotou Iron and Steel Plant can produce on a large scale, we will build a 20,000-ton ship with steel hulls here. In the future, the scale of shipbuilding here will far exceed that of Lingshui Shipyard. ”

"I've always dreamed of building a 10,000-ton steel-hulled ship!" Lin Qing was also infected by Zhang Zhimu's words.

"I have an idea, in the future, we will build a 20,000-ton ship, and there will be a cold storage and a canning factory on board. Fish caught on fishing boats at sea can be processed into canned fish directly on board. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oops! Absolutely. Lin Qing said, "In that case, the gas from the boiler on the ship can be heated by canned fish at high temperatures." You don't get Mr. Zhang, a box of canned beef, and when you first arrived in Yangzhou, you could almost change a cow. Those who can eat canned beef are reluctant to throw away the canned boxes after eating. The cold storage of this 5,000-ton ship is very large. When it's ready, we can send it to accompany two 1,000-ton fishing boats to fish. The fish caught can be sent back to this large refrigerated ship. We also have a cold storage here. The frozen fish on board can be unloaded directly and loaded into cold storage. ”

"Your father has arranged for the Lingshui Shipyard to build barges with freezers that can walk on the canal. After these are made, the kiln people can eat fresh sea fish. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Hey! Needless to say, there is no fresh sea fish here. I haven't eaten marine fish in a long time. I've almost forgotten the taste of sea fish. Lin Qing said.

"If you want to eat fish, you have to work harder!" Zhang Zhimu joked.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard my father say that after building two more such steel-hulled warships over there in Yaogang, they will no longer build warships of this type, right?" Lin Qing asked.

"Yes!" Zhang Zhimu said, "This kind of flat-bottomed boat is suitable for inland river use. Of course, it's okay to go to the sea, but it's not as good as the lucky boat. These five steel-hulled warships are enough in the inland river. In the future, if you want to build warships, you must use them to build warships of the same type, because the water here is deep, and you can build ships with deep draft. ”

"So, will all the Lingshui Shipyards be moved here?" Lin Qing asked.

"Mostly!" Zhang Zhimu said, "The original factory can also build some landing craft. ”

"Landing craft?" Lin Qing didn't understand.

"We have now built a lot of tracked gun trucks, where will we go to fight, there is no suitable wharf, we use the characteristics of flat-bottomed boats to grab the beach, and put the tracked gun trucks down. As long as our invincible artillery carriages landed. It's time for the opponent to run. Zhang Zhimu said patiently to Lin Qing, because Lin Qing had not seen the gun carriage yet. It is also impossible to understand the meaning of the landing craft.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".