Originally, they expected Wang Yue to be able to intercede for Dong Xiaowan, but they didn't expect Wang Yue to play so big, directly kill Zhu Tongrui, and even serve Zhu Tongrui's henchmen, which is too exaggerated.

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Don't thank me, this is an official matter." ”

He said it too lightly, it was not his job, but overstepping his authority. The reason why Wang Yue wants to punish Zhu Tongrui is not too much to do with Dong Xiaowan's threat.

First of all, this Zhu Tongrui is indeed a heinous crime, damn it! And this Zhu Tongrui's identity can just be used as an example for killing chickens and monkeys.

If Wang Yue wants to make a big move in the Jiangnan area, he will inevitably face a lot of resistance. Killing Zhu Tongrui is to deter some people, don't mess with me, be careful and you can't afford the consequences. Zhu Tongrui is a royal clan member who will kill me if I say so, which of you has a stronger head than him?

Others don't think so, and such a big event soon became a big topic in Nanjing.

In the end, what happened: Wang Yue and Dong Xiaowan, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, had already had a relationship, Zhu Tongrui didn't know about it, and wanted to occupy Dong Xiaowan, Wang Yue was angry and beheaded his beloved.

"Lord Wang's affection for Xiao Wan is really envious of others." Bian Yujing pursed her lips and smiled: "Xiao Wan left Jinling and went back to Suzhou, and Lord Wang can go to Suzhou to find her." ”

Wang Yue supports Dong Xiaowan so strongly, which makes Bian Yujing and other women envious, why is Wang Yue not interested in us?

"Huh?" Wang Yue coughed dryly and said: "This matter is not what you think, and besides, the official is busy with official business, so he has to rush to Shanghai County first." ”

Wang Yue also heard some rumors on the street. In fact, he and Dong Xiaowan are not as familiar as people say, and the work of immigrants is very important, and the personal feelings of children can only be put aside first. When these works are over, you can go to Suzhou to see Dong Xiaowan.

Now that Zhu Tongrui has been ambushed, Dong Xiaowan's crisis should be resolved.

At the end of July, Wang Yue led the Tiance Navy fleet to Shanghai County, where an old friend was waiting for him.

"Lord Wang, I have been waiting for you for many days."

Wang Yue laughed and said, "Let Songpu Jun wait for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

It was Matsuura Kushin, the lord of the Hirado Domain of the Wa Kingdom, who first arrived in Tianjin and then transferred to Shanghai County.

"It's hard to put into words!" Matsuura Jiuxin shook his head and said, then said to a young man beside him, "Hurry up and see Lord Wang Sihua." ”

The young man bowed to Wang Yue and said, "Matsuura Ichiro, the son of the lord of the Hirado domain, has met Lord Wang Sihua. ”

Wang Yue nodded and said, "Fortunately, fortunately!" Have a seat! ”

This meeting was still in the landing ship parlor, and the young Matsuura Ichiro was completely intimidated by the momentum here, and he looked very restrained.

"You're welcome, please use tea!" Wang Yue greeted him politely, and said to Songpu Jiuxin: "How could Songpu Jun come to Shanghai in person?" Did you encounter any difficulties? ”

Don't think about it, Wang Yue also knew that Songpu Jiuxin came to Daming quietly. In the style of the shogunate, these feudal lords were not allowed to come to the Ming Dynasty without permission. The status of a feudal lord like Matsuura Jiuxin is like a prince, and if the imperial court knows about it, even Chongzhen will receive it.

Matsuura Kushin sighed and said, "Lord Wang doesn't know, in November last year, the shogunate had ordered the closure of the Hirado Port, and all foreign ships were diverted to Nagasaki. Since then, Hirado has become increasingly depressed and no longer prosperous. ”

The closure of the Hirado port was known to Wang Yue earlier, but this had little impact on the sales of goods in the starting point city. The trade with Japan in the starting point was mainly operated by maritime merchants, but now with Tianjin as a window to the outside world, merchants are taking the initiative to buy goods, so there is little difference between Japan's trade port in Hirado and Nagasaki.

However, the impact of this move of the shogunate on the Hirado clan was huge, that is, the income shrank sharply. Not only did their incomes shrink, but the major maritime merchants moved from Hirado to Nagasaki. Seeing the declining financial income every month and the increasingly deserted streets, Matsuura Jiuxin's hair turned gray rapidly.

Although Nagasaki is close to Hirado, the dividends from imports and exports are not the same.

Wang Yue also understood Songpu Jiuxin's mood: "Songpu Jun, this time you came to Daming to see me, do you have a way to deal with it?" ”

Matsuura Jiuxin said: "My lord once had an agreement with Matsuura to sell firearms to me, I don't know if this is still counting?" ”

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Of course do the counting, we can go and see what weapons are available now." ”

Matsuura Kushin was overjoyed and said, "That's very good. ”

The weapon that Wang Yue prepared for Songpu Jiuxin is the same weapon used by the security forces now. The foreign trade version of the weapons of the security forces will not be gradually replaced with Type 5 or 6 submachine guns produced in the starting point city until next year.

After the arrival of a large number of hungry people, they have gradually invested in the construction of the Bund, and the west bank of the Huangpu River is a busy scene. Most of the hungry people took the tools they were given and began to level the land and build houses, and they had to build enough bungalows for themselves to live in before winter came.

The first construction machinery to be stationed is a brick-making machine, as well as a small number of construction vehicles and horse-drawn carriages. The main buildings on the Bund will be made of stone in large quantities, although the appearance is difficult to be the same as in the previous life, but the material is similar. Shanghai's Jinshan has been the source of stone carving stone since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the building stones of old Shanghai basically came from here.

The weapons demonstration took place in a vacant lot that had already been purchased, far from the busy construction site.

The first demonstration is the foreign trade version of the flintlock pistol, in fact, it is accurate to say that this rifle should be called a smoothbore fire cap gun.

A group of ten people under the command constantly fired bullets at a wooden target a hundred meters away.

"Smack!" "Smack!" "Smack!"

The flintlock pistol has a rate of fire of eight to ten rounds per minute, about five times that of the arquebus, and the paper-based fixed ammunition needs to be cleaned every time it is fired. Because smokeless gunpowder was used, there was no smoke during the firing.

Matsuura Kushin's iron gunners also had arquebuses, which were copied from the Portuguese, and the Japanese daimyo were equipped with iron guns. The proportion of iron gunners in the Japanese army in this time and space is about seven to eight percent.

Matsuura Jiuxin said excitedly: "Lord Wang, how much silver is this iron cannon?" ”

So Matsuura Kushin was no stranger to firearms, and the guns produced by the starting point city had a rate of fire that was obviously many times faster than arquebuses, had a fairly long range, and had no smoke to obstruct the line of sight.

He had seen the demonstration of the Type 95 rifle, and since he had not been shown the rifle bursts, he only found that this flintlock pistol and the Type 95 rifle had an additional process of cleaning the chamber when firing.

That kind of more sophisticated weapon must be a sharp weapon for Wang Yue's family, and he can understand that it is not sold to the outside world.