The most important thing left is to talk to Ma Mingyuan. Ma Mingyuan was so busy in the back of his head that he was too busy after the New Year, after all, there are too few people now, and everyone has to be divided into two to use.

Zhu Hongsan thought about it, let's go to Ma Mingyuan and say. Ma Mingyuan still lives in the courtyard of the Zhang family, and their family lives in an independent small courtyard. Seeing Zhu Hongsan coming, Ma Mingyuan immediately went out to greet him.

After entering the house and sitting down, Ma Mingyuan asked, "Lord, what's the matter with coming down after dark?" ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Ah, it's nothing. I talked to my second cousin in the morning, and I was going to Beijing on the fifth day of February. ”

Ma Mingyuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Go to Beijing?" Lord, absolutely not. ”

Zhu Hongsan knew that he and his first strategist should not talk about those clichés to save people, and they would get it directly.

Zhu Hongsan sighed and said, "Second brother, listen to me, I really can't help it." The second brother knows that our current strength is all in the air. If the emperor has nothing to do with going south, or the crown prince goes south, as long as an edict we will become the commander of the light pole. I went to Beijing to prevent this from happening. ”

Zhu Hongsan's words are really rebellious, and they are almost the same as directly saying that they want to rebel. But Ma Mingyuan is now wholeheartedly planning for Zhu Hongsan, and he also knows that Zhu Hongsan will end up well.

Ma Mingyuan thought for a while and said, "Do you have to go by yourself?" Can't you let a reassuring person do it? ”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said, "This matter is too variable, and it requires the power of impromptu decision-making. It's okay for the people in the army to listen to orders, but it's not okay for them to think about things, so I must go in person. ”

Ma Mingyuan sighed and said, "There's no way to ask the lord to be careful." How does the lord want to get to Beijing? ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "I have all arranged, I want to take 200 people by boat to Tianjin by sea to get off the boat, and then ride into Beijing." ”

Ma Mingyuan sighed and said, "How many months is the lord going to go?" How is this thing arranged? ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "I will be able to come back in about five or six months this time. If I take my uncle with me, I want to go to Nanjing first. If the emperor really collapses, Nanjing will definitely set up a new monarch, and then the Donglin Party will have a great right to speak. Shen Youlong should be able to be transferred to Nanjing, and I want to get the position of governor of Liangguang for my uncle.

So before I left, I asked my second brother to write a few letters to your friends and ask them to help on my behalf. ”

Ma Mingyuan said: "Please rest assured, I will definitely write the letter." ”

Zhu Hongsan continued: "After I leave, please ask my husband to make his own decision, and the main thing is the construction of the development zone, don't stop work." And the factory must not stop. ”

Ma Mingyuan said: "Please rest assured. ”

Zhu Hongsan and Ma Mingyuan talked and went home.

The next day, Qian Fatzi came to Zhu Hongsan and said, "Big brother, I have already arranged the route." If you travel by land, it will take two months, and the sea route will be fast, and you can get there in about 15 days. But the sea route has to pass through Zheng Zhilong's territory, this guy is a pirate, and now he is not sure even if he recruits him. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "By sea, time waits for no one. Zheng Zhilong's problem is easy to solve, he and we have arms deals. You go to Qian Wanli and ask him to contact the Zheng family, and say that we have a relative who is going to Beijing and let them be safe. ”

Qian Lide nodded and said, "How many people will you take with you?" What about weapons? The north is now in chaos, and I am afraid that it will not be useful if there are fewer people. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "I took 200 guards with a company of guards, short guns with me, and muskets into boxes and transported them into Beijing separately from the personnel. After arriving in Beijing, the musket was put into the Ma family's shop, and you should explain it well, and don't make a mistake in the middle. ”

Qian Lide said: "This is no problem, Beijing is in chaos now, if 12,000 muskets are not good to transport in, 200 muskets are no problem at all." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Except for you, Zhu Hongyi, plus Wang Jinbao, no one else will bring anyone." Also, let your people buy 200 horses in Tianjin to use for transportation. ”

Qian Lide said: "War horses are not easy to get, ordinary horses are about the same. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Try to get war horses, Tianjin is a health office, and it is really not possible to buy it with silver." War horses are the talisman for us to escape, you know? ”

Qian Lide hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Zhu Hongsan thought about it and thought that there was nothing to arrange, so he asked Qian Lide to go down and prepare.

The rest was simple, prepare the weapons, each with a new short musket and a horizontal knife. The outfit had to be left at home. The guards even put on the old gray-white military uniforms of the past, and their faces looked like dead fathers and mothers, which made Zhu Hongyi scold them.

Zhu Hongsan spent another afternoon going to the factory to see how the production was going. Asked what the problem was, Zhu Hongsan was very happy to see that ductile iron had been mass-produced.

The artillery workshop has developed an export artillery made of ductile iron, which is naturally no different from the Ming artillery under the instruction of Zhu Hongsan. But this is also much better than the Hongyi cannon of the Ming Dynasty.

This first batch of five guns was to be sold to Zheng Zhilong, and Qian Wanli said to them that it was produced by the Yamen artillery workshop in Guangdong, so the quality was good and the price was high, and the asking price was 5,000 taels of silver per gate.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong was still very happy, they had enough of the suffering of the Franco machine cannon at sea, and the artillery they cast was of poor quality, short range, and short life.

Qian Lide also came over to talk back, and the Zheng family said that they would definitely send people to Beijing, so please rest assured that Zhu Hongsan would be relieved.

Zhu Hongsan asked Qian Lide to take the musket to Beijing first and put it in Ma's shop.

Before leaving, Zhu Hongsan told his wives that Ma Xiaofang and Ma Ruyan would not let Zhu Hongsan* go. The others didn't have any attitude. Zhu Hongsan knew that his wives were all robbed except for Ma Xiaofang and Ma Ruyan, and he killed their whole family. It's okay to have a really light relationship with yourself, and if you don't curse yourself in your heart, you can have friendship if you die halfway.

Zhu Hongsan didn't blame them, he didn't have any feelings for them, they were all fleshly related. If it weren't for the fact that they had given birth to children, they wouldn't even be in the mood to raise them. After all, I've been playing for many years, and I'm tired of it.

In the evening, Zhu Hongsan* went to Ma Xiaofang's house and said to Ma Xiaofang: "Xiaofang, I have already told Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong that I will let them serve Zhu Hai* as the master if I don't come back." You must not let your second brother take advantage. You have to be ready, you know? ”

In this kind of big event, Ma Xiaofang naturally wants to stand on her son's side, not to mention her brother at this time, her mother and son can't do it.

Ma Xiaofang said: "Master, you must come back, Zhu Hai is too young, I'm afraid he won't be able to suppress the second brother." ”

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "If it really doesn't work, you can trust your eldest brother, he will definitely stand on Zhu Hai's side." ”

Ma Xiaofang said: "Big brother? Won't he support Zhu Jiang? ”

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said: "Don't worry, your eldest brother is an upright person, and Confucian etiquette is his life creed, and he will use his life to maintain it." Your second brother is not necessarily, Ma Mingyuan is too slippery. ”

Zhu Hongsan thought of the expressions of the ladies today, and said, "If I really can't come back, you will kill all the ladies except Ruyan and bury them for me." ”

This suggestion said that Ma Xiaofang was in her heart, and Ma Xiaofang smiled: "Are you willing to give up your Zhu Youjia?" ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "They are all passers-by in my life, I only love two women, one is my wife, and the other is you." ”

Ma Xiaofang's face turned red when she heard Zhu Hongsan's true feelings.

Zhu Hongsan said: "I will leave in a few days, and I will live in your room for the next few days, and strive to have another son." After speaking, he stepped forward and took off Ma Xiaofang's clothes and rolled together.

The next day, Zhu Hongsan held another meeting of the four strategists to arrange his work after leaving. The strategists also said that Zhu Hongsan will not delay production in the past few months, and the development zone will be built normally.

Zhu Hongsan saw that there was nothing to do, and he had a few days left to prepare for his own packing with peace of mind.

On the fifth day of February, Zhu Hongsan was ready to travel. The boat that sat on was the boat that the Zheng family came to pull the artillery, and this time there was no need to stop in the open sea, and then use small boats to dump the goods ashore one by one. The sea vessel is parked directly on the dock in Dongguan.

Although the pier is not fully completed, part of it is already ready for use. There are already a number of large ships coming in and docking. The crowds on the docks also began to increase.

There were not many people who came to see them off, and Zhu Hongsan didn't let them all come, only the four great strategists came. Zhu Hongsan said to them: "I will go back in half a year, you don't have to worry, please worry about the affairs of the family." ”

The four of them hurriedly said, please rest assured.

After Zhu Hongsan gave his hand, he led 200 people to set off, going to Beijing to see Chongzhen, the last emperor.