Chapter Thirty-Three: The Incident Settles The Ships Go to War

Yang Yulin and the others returned to the inn at the site and told Zhang Zhimu about the situation, and Zhang Zhimu felt that it was really a little troublesome. He was afraid that if the people in the palace were not good at giving up, he would have to withdraw if he couldn't get the site here.

Yan Boju listened to it and said disapprehantly: "It's okay." We can't just go down the street and let them take people. I think that their chief soldier brought the troops, and Li Jing and their thirty rifles can also deal with it. ”

Li Jing said: "Don't worry, I know what our guns look like, and we have plenty of bullets." If you really have trouble, it's okay to cover everyone to go back to the kiln. ”

Li Jing's five subordinates also knew that this was the first time that the rifle had killed people, and they also specially checked the bodies of those who had been shot, and when they came back, they said to Li Jing: "I saw the wounds of their bullets, it was too scary." It's really a big hole in the small eyes that go in and go out and take it out. ”

After actual combat testing, Li Jing became more confident in this rifle, and said: "With this kind of gun in the future, we will not be afraid of anything." ”

Don't dare to be careless, Li Jing arranged all the thirty people he brought to prevent accidents.

After Yang Yulin and the others left, the five members of the palace guards who did not die, knowing that they had escaped today, desperately beat their horses and ran back, just in time to meet the prince who came with them. They shouted, "Master, get back quickly, they are terrible." ”

The prince probably had never suffered a loss before, and he didn't know how to be afraid, so he scolded: "Bastard thing, what are you panicking about? Tell me what's going on? ”

The men breathed a sigh of relief and said, "They killed everyone else. Go back, master! ”

"What! They were all killed. Can we musketeers all be killed? The prince was a little unconvinced.

The guards who had fled back told them how they had been killed. The prince was also startled when he heard this, but he knew that the people had already thrown the corpses and left, and these people were still so frightened that they were a little angry, and they didn't care about what beautiful women they thought about, and said, "Coward, take me over to see." ”

But when he saw a dead body on the ground, he couldn't help but vomit. This is the master of the family, and it is really not good to encounter problems. The servants hurriedly sent the prince back to the palace, put the prince on the bed, and covered him with a quilt on a hot day, and he felt a little better. Then he shouted: "Tell my father that our guards have been killed, and don't let the murderer go." ”

At this time, General Jiang was talking with the acting prince. The acting prince was very happy, this time the kiln gang Zhang Dongjia came to give the prince two steel spring carriages, and it was specially renovated, the prince liked the car very much after seeing it, and said in his heart: "No wonder, my bastard son, after seeing the car, he has to be a person, it is indeed a good thing." ”

It turned out that after Zhang Zhimu and the others left, Jiang Ji thought that he would tell the prince about this good thing first. He pulled two carriages and came directly to the palace.

After watching the carriage, seeing that the prince was happy, Jiang Ji said, "The prince has one more thing to tell you." Last time you sent someone to say that there was a child going to Yaogang to study, I told Zhang Dongjia today. The people agreed very happily, but Zhang Dongjia said that their school there had a rule, and he was afraid that the people sent by the prince would not be able to get used to it. ”

"Ou! What are the rules? ”

Jiang Pai said: "In their school, as long as the students go in, all the things must be unified, the clothes must be unified, and the food must be unified. And when you get there, there is no distinction between high and low, there is only one common name, all called students. There is no peculiarity for anyone who gets there, everyone is completely equal. High or low can only be scored on academic performance. ”

The prince was very interested when he heard this, and said, "Ou! It's very interesting, what else can you tell me quickly. ”

"Heck, I don't know much. In addition, many of the courses they learn in elementary school are completely different from those of our private school. Their kiln gang college also invites all the world's famous teachers to give lectures. I don't know about the rest. However, Zhang Dongjia said that if the students you send can abide by such rules, they will accept them, and they will take care of all the food expenses. Jiang Ji said.

The prince was full of joy when he heard this, and said, "It seems that Zhang Dongjia is still a person who values love and righteousness." I think they should be allowed to go. But I'm going to go back and ask anyone who can't keep the rules of what they do. My condition is also that if you can abide by other people's rules, you will go. ”

Jiang Pai said: "Don't hide it from the prince, my grandchildren, and the children of my subordinates. We are all ready to send them to the kiln, whether they want to or not, and we want them to abide by the rules of the family. However, their people say that the children who get there will not be able to leave there for less than a year. ”

The prince smiled and said: "When the situation eases in the spring of next year, you will accompany this king to see what the kiln is like, how about it?" They all put it there like heaven. ”

While the two were talking, someone outside reported: "The prince is not good, our guards have been killed again." Just outside the city gates. ”

Hearing this, the prince almost fell back in anger and asked, "Tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”

"Lord Wang, this time it was really killed by the people of Yaogang."

The prince stood up violently, slammed the cup in his hand on the ground, and said, "The kiln gang people deceive people too much. Last time, I suspected that the people of Yaogang did it, but this time I dared to humiliate the king in front of the city gate. Someone's coming! ”

The sudden change made Jiang Jian not react. But seeing that the prince was already angry, Jiang Pai knew that no matter what happened, he had to suppress the fire first, so he had to get up and say, "Lord, stop being angry." Be sure to get things figured out first. Zhang Dongjia just broke up with me, how could they kill the people in the palace after a good conversation. Be sure to ask the reason for the matter before reasoning. ”

The prince sat down angrily and said, "Does anyone know the details, let them come." The king himself asked. ”

At this time, someone pushed up the few people from the palace guards who were alive.

Then the prince ordered them to intercept the two beauties, but they didn't stop, and then the prince asked them to chase them, saying that if they couldn't chase them back, they would starve them for three days, and they chased them out, and those people said that they were the family members of the Zhang Dong family in Yaogang, and if they didn't come back with them, someone beat people with whips. As a result, they were caught by the whip, and they were ready to light the fire twist, but before they could finish the fire twist, they took out some things that they didn't know what they robbed, and they were all killed, leaving only five of them, a total of nineteen dead.

After hearing this, the prince covered his face with his hands and said, "Why didn't you kill this beast too?" How can I leave you a few lives? Today is considered to have left someone home. How can we go to meet the kiln people again? Li Zicheng wants to fight, and we still need people's support. ”

Jiang Pai said: "Don't worry, Lord Wang, I calculate from the time, they may not meet Zhang Dongjia himself." I think we just had a little bit of a misunderstanding with their family. Zhang Dongjia is a very sensible person. I'll tell you about it, and this misunderstanding should be able to be resolved. ”

The prince understands in his heart, obviously his own people went to rob the people's daughters and never beat people, and they were beaten to death, or is there a misunderstanding? But what can you do if you don't say that?

Let the subordinates go down, and the prince said: "Then General Lao Jiang will go as soon as possible and explain clearly, my rebel, I must teach him a good lesson, don't make enemies." We're going to have to fight the enemy together. ”

Jiang Pai said: "Yes, Lord Wang, I originally negotiated with Zhang Dongjia this time to fight the enemy together. Before I could tell you, this happened. ”

"You'd better get out of town at once, explain quickly, don't spoil the big thing! Tell Zhang Dongjia that I can understand what they do, and whoever has an innocent wife and daughter will not care if they are robbed. The prince said.

Jiang Tingquan looked around and said: "Don't worry, the prince, that Zhang Dongjia is a rare person who understands the general situation. He must be able to understand the prince's heart. ”

Zhang Zhimu has been guessing about various possible outcomes of this sudden incident. He had always felt that Jiang Ji would play some role in this matter, and he should be able to control this matter within a controllable range. Because even the acting king of Datong wants to use force, he must also use Jiang Zhu to move troops. However, today's trouble out of the city will definitely not be something that a prince can do, maybe their family will come out to mess around. If that's the case, it's up to the prince to see what he thinks of it.

Zhang Zhimu didn't expect that Jiang Ji would come so soon.

As soon as Jiang Jian saw Zhang Zhimu, he shouted: "I said Zhang Dongjia, are you addicted to killing the palace guards?" ”

Zhang Zhimu was also angry and said: "If your wife is robbed, you won't be angry?" ”

"Yes, you always have a point. Pour me some water. If you cause trouble, you want me to wipe your cheeks. It made my throat burn. Jiang Yan said as soon as he sat down.

Seeing Jiang Jian's expression, Zhang Zhimu knew that this matter was no big deal.

Jiang Jian drank the water, wiped his mouth, and said, "Today's matter, fortunately, I happened to be at the prince's place." Otherwise, it will take some trouble to get it right. ”

Jiang Jian told him what had happened, and Zhang Zhimu didn't expect that the acting king, whom he had always been optimistic about, would be so knowledgeable. It seems that his son watched his carriage and caused trouble.

Zhang Zhimu said: "The prince is so knowledgeable, he is really good-minded. We're going to try to get this over the line. In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will visit the acting prince. ”

Jiang Ji stared at Zhang Zhimu and asked, "What good things do you have to hide from me?" ”

"Nope!" Zhang Zhimu said.

Jiang Jian didn't relax and asked: "What do you use, after a while, a few people will kill nineteen palace masters." ”

Zhang Zhimu deliberately pretended to understand and said: "Beat! That's what you're talking about. I told you to keep it a secret, we're testing a weapon called a rifle. This thing is very powerful, we are still experimenting, you see what we are still experimenting, it is already so powerful, and if it succeeds in the future, it will not come. ”

"Don't be confused with me, you have to leave me two pieces this time. I'm running errands for you, and you have to thank me. "Jiang Jian seems to be too interested in Zhang Zhimu and their new weapon.

Zhang Zhimu said patiently: "Lord General Soldier, you have to believe me, when our weapon test is successful, I will be the first to inform you." At the very least, equip your pro-guards with such weapons. But when you go back, tell the palace that you don't talk about it again. If someone asks again, you will say that it is those few guards soldiers who did not die, and they were afraid that the prince would blame them, so they made them up. ”

Jiang Ji had no choice but to say: "Zhang Dongjia, you have to count when you speak." You see, I'm helping you make peace, and I'm going to help you lie, and you can't lie to me. ”

An incident that may cause ** annoyance has passed like this, which makes Zhang Zhimu feel very happy.

He approached the special forces who had fired the guns and asked, "How is it?" How did you feel about shooting today? ”

One person replied, "Mr. Zhang, this gun feels so good." Not as shocking as our muskets. It doesn't seem to feel anything, and people are beaten down by us. It's easier to kill people like this than to cut crops. ”

Li Jing said: "They said, thirty of us went to arrest Li Zicheng!" Mr. Zhang, do you say okay? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Do you know what such an action is called? ”

"I don't know."

Zhang Zhimu said: "This kind of operation is called a decapitation operation. You haven't been trained like that. A real special forces must be able to go to heaven and earth. You're going to be a little bit worse. ”

These people were a little unconvinced, Zhang Zhimu wanted such an effect, and asked, "Do you all know how to swim?" ”

One of the young people said, "No." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "If you are a small team and act together and cross a river, you can only swim to carry out the mission." Then you are not a qualified squad. Not only do you have to be able to swim, but you also have to be able to dive underwater. ”

Speaking of which, Zhang Zhimu thought of submersibles. In his previous life, Zhang Zhimu had participated in a diving class and had a diving certificate. And simple diving equipment is not how difficult the technique is. When you go back to Yaogang, you must get the diving equipment out.

Li Jing asked: "Is diving under the water?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, but special equipment is required. When you go back, all of you must pass the swimming level, and you must be a master swimmer. Then I'll train you to dive myself. ”

Li Jing They have a few landlubbers, and their martial arts are very high, but they are afraid of water. They listened to Zhang Zhimu's words and cried bitterly in their hearts.

After dealing with Datong's affairs, Zhang Zhimu and the others went to Zhangjiakou the next morning.

After leaving Datong, Zhang Zhimu and their first stop was Yanghewei.

Zhang Zhimu has never forgotten the defenders of Yanghewei, and when the people of Yaogang built houses in Yanghewei, they did not forget to bring a lot of food to the defenders here. So when the defenders here heard that Zhang Zhimu had arrived this time, they all came out to meet Zhang Zhimu. In particular, the pipe band here said: "Our officers and soldiers here didn't expect that the Zhang Dongjia really hadn't forgotten the brothers here. We, the brethren, also take the matter of the kiln as our own. When you chose a place to build a house, many of our soldiers came to help. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The love of brothers comes out. I won't say more, but this time I will bring some good wine to the brothers, which we kiln workers make ourselves. ”

Zhang Zhimu: They also brought them some food. This touched the officers and men here. They also all know that Zhang Zhimu is no longer an ordinary businessman, and it is not easy to take them like this.

With stops everywhere and good road conditions, the trip is much smoother. Zhang Zhimu did not forget to visit the employees here at various sites, and also paid attention to the problems found during the inspection.

When Zhang Zhimu and the others arrived in Zhangjiakou, according to the agreement, five hundred cavalry had already arrived here in advance.

Since the Zhangjiakou branch has a very good development project here, it also has the largest number of people. They are eagerly looking forward to Zhang Zhimu's arrival, and these people who are far away from the Yaogang headquarters very much hope that the leaders can understand their efforts.

However, when Zhang Zhimu finished reading all the projects under construction, he was a little dissatisfied, although he didn't say it, but Lu Chengxiang saw it.

Lu Chengxiang asked Zhang Zhimu: "Does Zhang always think that the progress of the entire construction project is too slow?" ”

"It's too slow, and these projects can't be completed in the spring of next year. Why is it so slow? Zhang Zhimu said.

Lu Chengxiang explained: "Mr. Zhang, don't compare it with the construction project of Yaogang. Most of them are built with bricks and blocks, and most of our kilns are built directly with cement and sealed with bricks. The speed is much worse. Compared to other projects, they are able to do it fast enough because we don't owe our wages. Compared to other big projects, ours is already much faster. ”

Just as Lu Chengxiang said, Yaogang's own station is a frame built of reinforced concrete, which can now be used.

However, when the manager of the branch reported, Zhang Zhimu's heart was a little better. The branch manager said: "Mr. Zhang, rest assured, the project here will be completed this year." The contracts we signed with them were all completed before the end of the year, otherwise they, the contractors, would have given us money. Their own progress is counted, so we don't have to worry too much. We just need to look at the quality. ”

Zhang Zhimu just listened to this, and Cheng Xiang listened to them report the rest.

Before going to see the new garrison in Zhangjiakou, Zhang Zhimu discussed with Yan Bo and Lu Chengxiang how many horses he wanted to buy in Zhangjiakou this time.

In the end, the result of the negotiation was to buy 5,000 horses this time.

In fact, buying horses in the mouth of the tiger is much closer to the kiln than here. But because the kiln people entered too many horses at once, it was better to enter separately; Also take care of the new garrison here. He must be waiting for Zhang Zhimu like Jiang Jintong who killed the tiger. In order to do business in Zhangjiakou, you also need to buy some horses here. You can't hang yourself from a tree. In fact, Datong is also a big horse market, but it is controlled by the people who act as kings, and I don't need to talk to them.

Because Yan Boju insisted on going to the horse market by himself, Zhang Zhimu and Lu Chengxiang took Yang Yulin to give gifts to the garrison and lead them away.

But what Zhang Zhimu didn't expect was that the guard almost begged Zhang Zhimu to let him buy more horses. Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, how can this be, maybe he wants to get more benefits.

I couldn't help it, I wanted to buy 5,000 horses, but this time I bought 8,000 horses.

But when Zhang Zhimu was with the new garrison and gave him silver, he only received five thousand horses for the benefit of silver. He said that I asked Zhang Dongjia to take care of the extra horses, and we couldn't earn that money.

It turned out that the imperial court was urging them to ask for silver, which was too harsh. They can't help it. After Zhang Zhimu learned of this situation, he bought an additional 2,000 horses, which was enough for 10,000 horses, and insisted on giving him silver according to the benefits of 10,000 horses.

The garrison was grateful to Dade, and repeatedly said how Li Qing explained how he wanted to take care of the kiln people. In short, a lot of good things have been said.

Lu Chengxiang smiled bitterly at this, but Yan Boju was happy when he heard it. He said, "Now we want men and silver, and we will have no trouble driving our horses back." Buy a few more horses, and we'll earn a little more silver. ”

Lu Chengxiang asked: "Mr. Yan, how is the harvest of Ma Shier's shopping?" ”

Yan Boju's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Hey, don't say it, I still have a few horses today, but they ask for a lot of silver, I'll go and see it tomorrow." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Tomorrow, if you are optimistic, you will take it directly, otherwise you will not be taken away." You have to mumble for half a year, and we don't have time to delay time with a few taels of silver. ”

Yan Boju said: "You can't learn the joy of buying horses, and you can't teach it." ”

Zhang Zhimu and they bought horses in the north, and Li Mao and they were not idle in the south.

After the two warships arrived in Huai'an, they entered the Yellow Sea from the mouth of the Huanghuai Sea under the command of Mu Yi, then went south to the East China Sea, and then entered the Yangtze River from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and docked at Zhenjiang to join Li Mao and them according to the agreement.

The two flat-bottomed boats each towed five barges, loaded with goods from Yaogang, and after arriving in Yangzhou, Li Mao unloaded some of the goods slightly. After loading some more goods, he calculated the time, and led the fleet along the canal to the Zhenjiang wharf to wait for Mu Yi and their warship. In fact, the warships were also loaded with a lot of cargo. However, in order to show prestige on the Yangtze River, the warship was not only equipped with mortars, but also brought crossbow mines and minestorms for the needs of close combat. This is very useful in close combat with Mine Attack and Crossbow Mine, because the warheads are now changed to trigger, and the power is not small.

After Mu Yi and Li Mao rendezvous, they made some supplies to the warship, and the fleet set off directly. They went up the Yangtze River against the current, and the first stop was Yingtianfu (Nanjing), where they unloaded some goods and ordered some silk at the weaving house. Set sail and continue upstream. This time, they didn't stop all the way, preparing to go straight to Jiujiang and then to Jingdezhen.

On the way, Mu Yi asked Li Mao: "I said Li Gongzi." Can we meet Zuo Liangyu's people again this time? ”

"I don't want to meet them, we'd better not mess with anyone and do our own business. But if anyone dares to provoke us, we'll beat them up this time. Li Mao replied.

On the Yangtze River, there is really no shortage of fleets like them that can go against the current regardless of day and night, regardless of the direction of the wind.

They came to Jiujiang, entered Poyang Lake, and came to Jingdezhen, and the journey was smooth and did not encounter trouble. However, they clearly felt that there were too few ships coming and going on the Yangtze River, especially even fewer large ships. This inevitably made Li Mao and Mu Yi feel that the atmosphere was a little depressing.

Li Mao and his family followed the old method to send patterns to several kiln factories to order some porcelain, and then arranged for people to go to Dayu to get tungsten ore. They set sail again, ready to leave Poyang Lake and continue upstream. But they didn't expect that someone was waiting for them at the exit of Poyang Lake.

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Mechanics of Materials, Theoretical Mechanics, Elastic Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".