On the tenth day of March, the sun was beautiful and the wind was peaceful.

Yu Yunwen set off in the ancient city of Xiangyang and went down with sweat. After several decades, the Great Zhou once again used civilian officials to command the army.

This time, the court transferred a total of 30,000 Xiang troops, 8,000 township soldiers and 13,000 people from Jingnan Road, which is almost 60% of the remaining officers and troops on Jingnan Road.

The warships cruised, the baggage ships gathered, and the Han water trembled.

The sound of trumpets and cannons shook the sky, the three-way drum was finished, and the sound of trombone resounded in a radius of dozens of miles at the corner of the Han River.

First came the nimble paddle boats to open the way, followed by all kinds of warships. Then Lord Yu Yunwen's boat came out, and it turned out to be a flat-bottomed river boat with a displacement of 5,000 materials, that is, 300 tons.

Half an hour has passed, and the first fleet of departing ships has not yet finished.

In the east of Xiangyang City, Tang Guohao stood on the edge of the Han River, pointing to all kinds of boats as big as mounds and small as courtyards: "The Yongle rebels are really beyond their strength. It's just that the first fleet on the Xiangyang side is so spectacular, and he still wants to break the land and seal the territory, and even become an official himself? ”

"It's still our owner who is wise, careful in everything, and knows how to hide."

When the young steward of the Tang family's paper armor workshop heard this, his face turned white, and he arched his hand and said, "The proprietor, please be careful!" ”

Before the steward surnamed Qi could remind him, Tang Guohao realized that something was wrong. He shook his head and looked around to make sure that no one was nearby just now, then he coughed twice and wiped his face with his sleeve, "Damn, it's so dangerous." I can't control my broken mouth. ”

Tang Guohao remembered that a few months ago, he was kidnapped by Liu Xiadu and his gang because he usually didn't have a way to speak, and almost lost his life, so he slapped himself a few times in his heart.

"In short, Brother Qi remembers that you must work hard to make money in Jiangnan, and it may be possible to be directly favored by the owner." Tang Guohao patted the shoulder of the steward surnamed Qi, who had a bitter face, and said with a smile:

"Don't be embarrassed, it's like I'm going to push you into the fire pit. Strictly abide by the disease prevention regulations given by the owner, keep it clean, don't drink raw water, wear a face mask when you go out, and you'll be fine. ”

"That is, Zhuang Ding's paper armor is urgent, I can only stay in the workshop in Zhuang, otherwise Lao Tzu wants to go to Jiangnan."

The steward surnamed Qi showed a "hehe" expression, but he didn't believe it.

Seeing this, Tang Guohao also felt that his statement that he didn't believe was untenable, so he began to fight chicken blood, "Uh, this, don't worry about the family." If something really happens to you, in addition to the share given by the public school, I will recruit all your family members into the workshop to do business. If your children are promising, I will also put them in a good position. ”

"Little Brother Qi, let me tell you, the owner doesn't care about any fame or anything like that, he only looks at his actual ability. With your ability, as long as you perform in Jiangnan, you will definitely be valued by the owner. ”

"Let me think about it, yes yes. If there is a job to go out and run, or to walk the streets...... In short, the work that may be infected with the epidemic is assigned to those porters and guards who were recruited from Mingyue two days ago, understand? ”

When he said the last sentence, Tang Guohao lowered his voice, and his eyes were a little evasive.

The steward surnamed Qi said in a low voice: "I understand, it is better to die than to die others." ”

After listening to the treacherous proprietor talk so much, the steward surnamed Qi also had a deep impression of the generous posthumous pension and the meritocracy of the owner.

"That's it, the proprietor has the grace of his own family, and he gave me half of the part, so he should go through this for him." The steward surnamed Qi thought, "And the owner of the village has never looked at his background, just look at Fang Weiliang and the two officials, and he just needs to seize the opportunity......"

After the first batch of official and military fleets were all over, the steward surnamed Qi boarded the ship and went away with a calm and cold attitude. Soon after, the steward surnamed Qi had just opened up the situation in Jiangnan and earned the first money, but he fell ill and died, becoming one of the limited victims of Mingyuezhuang.

Tang Guohao waved his hand to the steward surnamed Qi from afar, and waited for the flat-plate river boat hired by his family to disappear into the chaotic civilian fleet before he walked to the side of the family man, "Cheng family man, your family fleet has set off?" It's good to have a boat at home, it's full of things, and a round trip is money. ”

The eldest man of the family has thick palms, clenched his fists and said: "Uncle Tang, most of them are things in the public school, there are not many of them, and there is still trouble in the house in the past two days." The two largest ships had not yet returned, otherwise they could have taken my uncle's goods with them. ”

In the face of the honest Chengjialang and Chengjiaerlang, people like Tang Guohao have no idea of taking advantage, mainly because the Chengguan is very valued by the owner. The notorious reputation of a woman who has a family is also a very important reason.

However, it is still very useful to listen to good words, especially for people like Tang Guohao, who have experienced ups and downs in the first half of his life.

Tang Guohao patted the back of the eldest man of the family affectionately, "You two brothers, you are too honest, not like your father at all." How's that, have you written down all the boat samples? That Lord Yu Yunwen's boat is really magnificent, when will the shipyard be built? ”

"The officers and soldiers are really powerful, I have never heard of many ships." The eldest man of the family took a pile of sketches and showed them to Tang Guohao, and Tang Guohao only turned them over a few times and returned them.

In the last 30 years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, stimulated by the surge of maritime trade and inland waterway shipping, the shipbuilding technology that had led the world has been improved again, and new ship types, new structures, and new components have been constantly emerging. Although the family is a shipbuilding family, they have been staying in Ye County before, so they naturally have limited knowledge.

At that moment, I saw the eldest man scratching his head and continued: "According to the algorithm in our village, my family's shipyard can now build a river boat of up to eighty tons. If you want to build a boat of more than 100 tons that can run the big rivers and lakes, you can only take it step by step. In the past few years, life has not been good, and many crafts have become rusty, and now there are some new crafts......"

Tang Guohao regretted saying hello to this junior, and the two were not on the same channel at all.

After a long time, the eldest family finally ended his account of the detailed planning of his shipyard. He suddenly remembered something, pointed to the south and asked Tang Guohao: "Uncle Tang, I saw two big flags hanging on Lord Yu's boat, what are they written on them?" I didn't recognize it all, and I was embarrassed to ask others, so I asked my uncle for advice. ”

Tang Guohao was embarrassed, "Ah, that." On the left is written the total mention of Jingnan Road and Jinghu North Road...... That is to say, the soldiers, horses, money, and food in many places are all dispatched by Lord Yu, and the officials in these places must cooperate. ”

"The other one is to judge Jiangnan Road and Fujian Road...... What's the matter, that is, let Lord Yu exterminate the Yongle Dynasty and let the Jiangnan gentry live in peace. ”

The eldest man of the family touched his head, "Oh, I know, it turns out that the uncle of the Tang family can't recognize it all......"

Tang Guohao was very upset.

On the spacious boat, which was amazed by the officials and soldiers on both sides of the Han River and envied by the gentry and merchants, Yu Yunwen was talking with Zhang Tianlei.

Yu Yunwen was holding a booklet in both hands, as if he was holding a rare treasure. His eyes lit up and said, "General Zhang, dare to ask where did this booklet for dealing with epidemics come from?" ”

Zhang Tianlei hugged his fists and said: "Mingyueji merchants are concentrated, the personnel are mixed, and the side of the Han River is even more dirty. Merchants of all sizes heard that the epidemic had been found in Jiangnan, and saw the deputy envoy set off with the whole army, so they offered their methods of preventing and controlling the epidemic. ”

"After being selected by famous doctors within a radius of 100 miles, and finally compiled into a book, it is the book in Shangguan's hand."

In fact, part of the content in the booklet in Yu Yunwen's hand is the epidemic prevention method provided by Li Xiang, part of it is the hard work of Liu Zhihe for most of his life, and the rest is what Wang San asked for from the merchants of Mingyueji.

Zhang Tianlei said that there are famous doctors who endorse this booklet, and it is not a lie. Liu Zhihe himself is a famous doctor, not to mention that Zhang Wanli and Wang San really visited several famous doctors in order to make a full set of plays.

Most of the methods in the epidemic prevention booklet can actually be found in the prototypes of such epic works as "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions", "Drinking and Eating Properly", and "Treatise on Plague".

Zhang Tianlei's booklet dedicated to Yu Yunwen certainly has unique merits, and on the whole, it is more targeted, systematic and comprehensive, and contains logical thinking that the gentry class disagrees with and even finds dazzling.

In order to suppress the epidemic as soon as possible and treat more soldiers and ordinary people, Li Xiang did not hesitate to hand over the carefully sorted and constantly revised epidemic prevention and control booklet to Yu Yunwen.

You have to be careful when doing good deeds, it's really tiring.