After Ji Qingwen received the will from Emperor Chongzhen, he made a special trip to Shanhaiguan to meet his teacher Sun Chengzong.

Since Yuan Chonghuan was convicted and imprisoned, there was no handsome talent in the imperial court who could manage the military affairs of Liaodong. Therefore, Sun Chengzong was worried that among the Guanjinning defense line built by himself, the front line of Ningyuan and Jinzhou may not be able to resist the wolf-like Eight Banners of Manchuria with only Zu Dashou and He Kegang.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong overrode public opinion, changed his strategy, and no longer strengthened the defense of the two isolated cities of Jinzhou and Ningyuan, but focused on repairing the barrier of Shanhaiguan, the capital division.

Shanhaiguan has fallen into disrepair, and it is not only costly to renovate, but also extremely complicated.

Fortunately, the inheritance of Wei Zhongxian, which was discovered by Ji Qingwen and given to the emperor by the hands of hundreds of officials, still has nearly one million taels of silver that has not been used. These are all windfalls, Emperor Chongzhen can naturally hand them all over to Sun Chengzong to use as needed, and Sun Chengzong promoted Lu Xiangsheng, who is both civil and military, to help by his side, but also to make the major project of repairing Shanhaiguan busy but not chaotic, orderly.

Sun Chengzong was naturally happy when he saw Ji Qingwen coming, and specially invited him to eat, and said a lot of words of encouragement and condolences as a cliché before letting Ji Qingwen say goodbye and leave.

After bidding farewell to Sun Chengzong, Ji Qingwen spent half a day meeting and saying goodbye to the Liaodong generals such as Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang, and Wu Sangui, who were helping to run errands in Shanhaiguan, and then returned to Beijing.

Returning to Beijing, Ji Qingwen saw that there was nothing to do here, so he ordered the township brave regiment training, and under the send-off of a group of officials who had benefited him, he took the empty boat specially prepared by the governor of the river, Yamen, from the Guangqumen where he had fought bloodily, and went south to Suzhou along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal that had been dredged.

In this "change of self", 18 people were killed in the 500 township brave regiment training of Ji Qingwen's department, and more than 300 people were seriously injured.

In other aspects, Ji Qingwen has gained a lot.

First of all, Ji Qingwen further gained the trust of Emperor Chongzhen through his outstanding performance on the battlefield, and indirectly influenced the emperor to promote Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, two sworn friends, to important positions, and expanded his influence in the imperial court.

Secondly, by seizing Wei Zhongxian's inheritance, he used the gold worth 2.7 million taels of silver to buy off all the important ministers of the court, and successfully established a "Ji Party" that seemed to be nothing, which can be said to have taken root in the court.

Then to achieve such success, Ji Qingwen was paid by Huang Taiji in addition to the 100,000 taels of military salaries he brought from Suzhou

After looting the sky, it didn't cost much, but instead retrieved a lot of treasures such as gems, pearls, and corals—and the value of these treasures was no less than the 270,000 taels of gold—and Ji Qingwen actually made a windfall again.

Although the harvest was quite rich, after all, it damaged his henchman Chen Wenzhao, and this shadow made Ji Qingwen unhappy no matter what, and his heart swayed with the boat, and he went south of the Yangtze River along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Unexpectedly, when the boat sailed to the boundary of Shandong, it was stopped.

Fortunately, it was not someone else who stopped the boat, but it was Ji Qingwen's good friend Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua made military exploits in the "change of his own life", and was one of the few people in the Manchu Dynasty who won the lottery, so the mean and ungrateful Emperor Chongzhen did not spare the emperor's favor, and the special purpose was to make Sun Yuanhua, who was only a member of the Shandong military arsenal, jump several levels and be promoted to the governor of Shandong.

The governor of Shandong was already a feudal official guarding one side, and Sun Yuanhua's new official was naturally elated when he took office, and when he saw Ji Qingwen's boat passing by, he said that he wanted him to get off the ship and stay in Shandong for a few days.

Ji Qingwen was in a depressed mood, and now he "met his old acquaintance in another country", but he just took this opportunity to evacuate, so he agreed to come down.

Sun Yuanhua naturally wanted to do his best to be a landlord, so he invited Ji Qingwen to eat several meals one after another, and took him to enjoy the scenery of Jinan, the provincial capital.

Ji Qingwen also came to Jinan to play once before crossing, but at that time, it coincided with the Golden Week, and several scenic spots such as Baotu Spring and Daming Lake in Jinan were full of people, and they couldn't see anything at all.

And today, with the hospitality of the governor of Shandong, Ji Qingwen naturally enjoyed the original ecological landscape that has not been commercialized comfortably and cleanly - to be put in the 21st century in the future generations, if you want to have such an exclusive beautiful scenery, it is not something that can be bought for a few dollars.

After playing for a whole day, Sun Yuanhua suddenly timidly wanted to invite Ji Qingwen to his military camp to take a look.

It's not a big deal, Ji Qingwen agreed without thinking about it, led Li Yan, Huang Degong, Li Yuanyin and a few other cronies, and went to the Jinan Mansion garrison camp stationed under Yongsuimen.

Entering this camp, everyone was stunned - it turned out that this was not so much a garrison barracks as a factory.

As soon as I entered the camp gate, I was greeted by the heat of melting steel, the sound of metal knocking one after another, and the busy craftsmen were seen when I looked up. And what they are busy with is a black hole in the rod and a bare iron rod - isn't it just the barrel of a gun?

Only then did Ji Qingwen remember that Sun Yuanhua liked to fiddle with muskets and artillery and other objects, so he praised: "Lord Sun took us on a tour of Jinan City for a day.

I didn't expect to get to the point now, I look at Lord Sun's firearms workshop, which is the biggest scenery in Jinan City. ”

After that, Ji Qingwen picked up a few half-finished muskets and began to fiddle with them.

Sun Yuanhua listened to Ji Qingwen's praise, and was naturally happy in his heart, so he said: "Lord Ji is also an expert in fiddling with firearms, why don't you ask your adult to take a look, these muskets I made are not too eye-catching." ”

When Ji Qingwen heard this, he carefully looked at the musket in his hand, but saw that the manufacturing process of this musket was much rougher than the flintlock pistol he imported from Europe through Zheng Zhilong.

However, now that Ji Qingwen is a guest, he always wants to give Sun Yuanhua, who is the east, a little face, so he has to say: "Lord Sun, these muskets are really elite, especially if adults can make them themselves, and they can be replenished immediately once there is a loss, which is even more rare." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard Huang Degong say, "What is this? These muskets are too broken, like burning sticks, you see, this gun is even crooked, how can you ......aim at it?"

Ji Qingwen heard how Huang Degong accidentally told the truth, and hurriedly reprimanded: "What are you talking nonsense? Do you know how to shoot? Do you know the doorway here? ”

Huang Degong's personality is simple and straightforward, coupled with his military exploits in this "change of self", and the official position of being sealed to a hundred households can be regarded as getting ahead, so he became more open-mouthed, and said: "Dongjia, I haven't eaten pork, haven't I seen a pig run?" These muskets are really not good, if you don't believe me, I'll invite Meng Hong and let him see how about it? ”

Saying that, Huang Degong didn't agree, so he walked out of the barracks quickly and went to invite Meng Hong, a famous sharpshooter under Ji Qingwen.

Seeing this, Ji Qingwen was about to stop Huang Degong, but he heard Sun Yuanhua say: "Why should Lord Ji be angry? That Huang Zhuang was right, although these muskets made by Xia Guan were more elite than those in the hands of other officials and soldiers, they were indeed much worse than these muskets imported from overseas in the hands of Lord Ji. Needless to say, the lower officials know this. ”

Ji Qingwen has long seen it in textbooks, saying that since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, China's scientific and technological level has slowly lagged behind the West, and in more than two hundred years, China has always been proud of the "big empire" in the world. This situation was not realized until more than 200 years later in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan, and the two of them were also known as "the first people in China to open their eyes to the world".

However, to Ji Qingwen's surprise, Sun Yuanhua in front of him had already realized that China had lagged behind the West at least in terms of arms and equipment as early as the Chongzhen period, and this alone was already very remarkable and courageous.

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