By the end of the evening, Emperor Chongzhen basically had an understanding of the progress of the steam engine ship. Don't look at today's test seems to be good, but the actual situation shows that there are fewer problems to be solved for paddle steamer ships, and it is estimated that it will be put into mass production within a year. But this only refers to inland rivers, and as for the sea, it is necessary to go through experiments to obtain actual data before making a conclusion.

The propeller-powered steam engine wooden ship has many problems to solve. Mass production is not possible in the short term, but if craftsmen are mobilized to carefully build the key parts of the problem, it will not be so easy to lie down. Just like paddle steamer ships, propeller-powered steam engine wooden ships still need to be tested at sea.

As for the ironclad steam engine ship, the most difficult thing is the construction of the ironclad ship. For now, it's okay to wrap a wooden boat in iron.

And all this, in fact, has nothing to do with battleships. If it's going to be used in the military, there's more to think about. For example, the design of cannons, how many cannons should be placed on a ship, and what is the impact of each cannon on the steam engine ship? There was also the storage of gunpowder, the positions of sailors, and so on.

In fact, the mass production of steam engine warships is not only about these hardware, but also about the officers and men on board, whose quality and knowledge level are higher than those required by the army. In addition, the study of the tactics of the new warships and so on should also be perfected together. And all of this needs to be explored slowly from now on, and there is no precedent for reference.

"If you want to take the ironclad steam battleship to abuse Xiyi, it will still take time!" Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, so he left the shipyard.

With the population base of the Ming Dynasty, for the time being, as long as the domestic adjustment is good and there is money, the speed of the riot army, even with the current level of warships and a port to rely on, can still abuse the Xiyi of the South Seas, for this, Emperor Chongzhen is still a little confident. As for the European mainland, when the expansion of the Ming power has passed, there will definitely be new warships.

Therefore, for the time being, Daming still needs to practice internal skills and solve the surrounding problems. For example, the current problems to be solved are the Tusi problem in Yunnan and the rebellion in Annam.

At this moment when Emperor Chongzhen was worried, the guest Tang sent by Wan Cailian of Amizhou to Kunming to go undercover has been active in Kunming for several days. Or maybe it's really because there are few people in Yunnan Province who read books, Tang Guest, a student who is everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, is also very prosperous when he uses money to open the way.

No, at this time, he entertained guests in the best welcome room in Kunming. It's just two people, but it's a table of signature dishes, chicken, duck, fish, everything.

I saw that the Tang guest picked up the wine jug again and poured wine to his guest, a man in his forties, with a long beard, who looked like a Confucian scholar, and said with a smile: "Master Liao, this wine is a good wine treasured in the Welcome Building, but it can't be bought with money." It was Xiaosheng who said so badly, and in the end, he just moved out of the name of the Governor's Palace, so he got your light, and he bought it. Come on, come on, a few more glasses of good wine! ”

When Master Liao heard this, he said with a smile: "How can you say that it is stained with my light?" It's the Governor's light! This wine is indeed a good wine, not bad, not bad! ”

picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then saw that the guest Tang poured him full of wine, Master Liao stretched out his hand to block it: "It's okay, it's okay, the governor will summon me again, if you see me full of wine, this is not good, not very good......"

"Hehe, Master Liao has such a good amount of wine, it's okay, it's okay!" Guest Tang insisted on pouring him full of wine, and still said with a smile: "You are just responsible for the disobedience of the house, and it is not a military matter, so you can't miss anything!" ”

When Master Liao heard this, it was possible that he had drunk too much wine, and he spoke a lot more than when they first met: "Brother Xian, don't underestimate this disobedience!" Can you know that this is one of the most important national policies of the imperial court? Even in the rich land south of the Yangtze River, there are rich businessmen everywhere, and there are very rich people, but under the disobedience of the imperial court, they have to pay obediently, or let them live in small households, it is impossible at all. ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, he seemed to say with a little emotion: "Fortunately, it is the money that these people have been fined for violating the rules!" Building roads and bridges, building children's schools, etc., can also be seen, and they can make a good name, and those wealthy merchant families will pay this money. And here in Yunnan, there are so few scholars and the style of writing is not smooth, how can my generation of Confucian scholars not seize this opportunity to continue to study for the sake of the saints! “

"Hehe, that's, that's!" When the Tang guests heard this, they nodded in agreement. But then he showed a little worried, and seemed to be a little worried about Master Liao: "But this Yunnan is full of toasts, they don't allow those ordinary people to study, it can be said that if the imperial court uses the money in Yunnan to open a children's school, the toasts may not appreciate it, and it is not easy for them to take out this money, right?" ”

When Master Liao heard this, he suddenly slapped the table suddenly, making a "pop" sound, which shook those vegetable plates, and saw him shouting with a red face: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister!" The national policy of the imperial court, how can these shallow-minded Tusi oppose it? ”

He came suddenly, and the Tang guest didn't expect it, but he was taken aback. While scolding angrily in his heart, he showed a sense of agreement on the surface, and then said angrily: "What Master Liao said is extremely true, Yunnan is not a place outside the law!" This time, the Governor's Mansion summoned so many toasts to come over to discuss the matter, is it also because of this disobedience? ”

"Exactly!" Master Tan seemed to be still angry, and said in a somewhat loud voice, "The emperor has a strict decree to come down, saying that the service houses here in Yunnan are not very satisfied, and there are too few children's schools built. The Governor was reprimanded, so he summoned the Toast to him. ”

After hearing this, Guest Tang nodded and showed a hint of worry, and asked Master Liao again: "But now that the rebellion in the south of Yunnan has not been quelled, and the Governor's Mansion is doing this, is it ready to deal with those possible things?" ”

Speaking of this, he saw Master Liao looking at him, so he hurriedly explained: "Master Liao doesn't know, our toast here in Yunnan is actually very unreasonable, just the size of a fist." If the Governor's Mansion wants to convince it with reason, I am afraid it is unlikely! ”

"Hmph, it's just a bunch of barbarians!" Master Liao heard this, and scolded hatefully, this time, he didn't need to persuade the Tang guests to drink, he himself picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then slammed the wine glass on the table and said, "Don't think that you can be rampant now, when the court eases up, whoever dares to make trouble will never be spared!" ”

Hearing this, Guest Tang hurriedly asked, "Master Liao, what does it mean to wait for the imperial court to slow down?" There is a little bit of wonder why the southern rebellion has been rebelling for so long, but the Governor's Mansion has not mobilized heavy troops to suppress it? ”

Hearing him ask this, Master Liao, who was still very angry just now, suddenly looked like a deflated ball, sighed and said: "If there were heavy troops who could quell the rebellion, they would have been quelled a long time ago." You don't know, the governor thinks that Pu Fame has strengthened his forces by participating in the suppression of the rebellion of luxury, and he has the strength to rebel. If this time, in order to suppress the general reputation, other toasts are mobilized to suppress it, and the governor is afraid that there will be a second general reputation! ”

Hearing this, Guest Tang couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, but on the surface, he naturally didn't reveal it, but asked with concern: "What does the Governor's Mansion mean, you can't let rebellion go unpunished, right?" Won't it ...... Shouldn't the Governor's Mansion be recruiting troops and training troops before going to quell the rebellion? ”

"Alas, you don't understand!" Master Liao listened, pointed at him and said a word, and then explained, "The imperial court thought that the rebellion between Dongwu and the surrounding Tusi was suppressed by Min Ge Lao through military training, so they thought that with the ability of the governor, of course it was okay." In this way, it can not only solve the problem of displaced people and disaster victims in Yunnan, but also suppress it without relying on Tusi, which can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone, so it is strictly ordered that the governor's palace must also do this. But they didn't know that here in Yunnan, the source of soldiers who could be recruited had already been recruited by Min Ge. Your Excellency the Governor, it's really hard for a clever woman to cook without rice right now! ”

Speaking of this, he didn't wait for the Tang guest to speak, and then continued: "The imperial court wants the horses to run, but also does not give the horses grass, according to my opinion, this time the Governor's Mansion summoned the toast to come to convey the matter of serving the house, and it will not have any effect!" ”

Guest Tang was very happy when he heard this, but his face showed a look of consideration for Master Liao, and he frowned and asked, "What about the surrounding guards?" Isn't that a usable soldier? ”

When Master Liao heard this, he reached out to eat the vegetables, and sighed at the same time: "The meaning of the court, I have already said just now, what you want is to kill multiple birds with one stone!" Besides, the innovation of the military system of the guards is now being carried out all over the country, and the armies of the guards everywhere are not so easy to transfer. That's why I just said that I have to wait for the imperial court to ease up, in fact, this is what it means, when the reform of the military system of the guard is completed, the weak are retained, and the strong army is obtained, then I am not afraid that these Tusi have bad intentions. When the time comes, what is the rebellion of general reputation, as soon as the millions of troops of the imperial court arrive, they will be able to set foot in Amizhou immediately! ”

When Guest Tang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved, Ah Mizhou was afraid that the imperial court would immediately send troops to suppress it. But now it seems that such concerns are unfounded. However, he was still a little uneasy, so he asked Master Liao again: "Ah, the imperial court is really, now that the north and the south are in chaos, why should the military system of the guard be reformed at this time?" Can't we wait for the war in the north to settle down? By the way, it seems that I haven't seen the Di newspaper in the past few months, and I don't know what's going on in the north? ”

When Master Liao heard this, he also showed a hint of wonder and said, "Who said it wasn't!" Could it be that there is another rebellion somewhere, blocking the road? Di Bao is gone, it's gone, anyway, Daming is like this! ”

Speaking of this, he took the initiative to bring the wine jug, poured himself wine, and then held the wine glass and said: "Come on, come on, state affairs are like this, we can only do our best, with the governor on top, there is no big thing, come, come, drink, drink......"

When the Tang guests heard this, they also hurriedly raised their glasses, as if they were like Master Liao, drinking wine to drown their sorrows and lamenting for state affairs!

During this period, he tried again with words, and the results were similar to the information he had received before. With joy in my heart, I couldn't help but feel a little too drunk. In the end, he called someone and helped Master Liao back to the Governor's Mansion. And he himself immediately instructed his henchmen to send a letter to Amiszhou immediately, and told Pu Mingming and Wan Cailian what he had heard, and at the same time said: "In terms of the current situation, the Tusi in various places are dissatisfied with the imperial court, I should do my best, take this opportunity, and be able to add chaos to the imperial court!" ”

However, he didn't know that when his family went out, there were several pairs of eyes watching outside.

"Lord Qianhu, do you want to take down this person and see what news he sends?"

When Han Wu heard this, he shook his head and said, "No, I just want him to spread the news of the Governor's Palace." We just have to keep an eye on the soup guest and see who he is in contact with! ”

"Yes!" The captain of the brocade guard under his command listened, and although he was a little puzzled, he still obeyed the order.

On the other side, the Governor's Mansion, when the drunken Master Liao was handed over to the people of the Governor's Mansion, entered a few courtyards, and it was impossible for outsiders to see it, he suddenly saw that Master Liao came to his senses, and he didn't need to be helped by others, and went to the back of the Governor's Mansion by himself.

"Boss, the student is back!" After Master Liao saw Zhu Xieyuan, he bowed his hand and said.

When Zhu Xieyuan saw it, he smelled the smell of wine, so he asked with a smile: "Is the news of Jinyiwei correct?" ”

"That's right!" Master Liao immediately replied, "This person does have a problem, and he has ill intentions!" The students had already sent the news to the Governor in accordance with the Governor's prior wishes. ”

Speaking of this, he made a plead on the main content of his conversation with Tang Guest, and finally, he said a little worriedly: "Dongjia, the imperial court is so weak, if there are too many rebellious toasts, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with, right?" ”

"Hehe, there's no need to worry about that!" Zhu Xieyuan listened, replied with a smile, and said with a relaxed expression: "Since the imperial court has deployed like this, it is naturally preparing heavy troops, just waiting for those who have already had ill intentions to jump out!" ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to the texts on his desktop and said, "The new issue of the Di Bao has also arrived, you can take a look." ”

Because he himself has the channel of the chat group, he doesn't need to read the content of the newspaper, and he knows more about it. But others are different, not to mention the long distance, it is still difficult to walk, and if you want to know the news from the outside as soon as possible, there is only one way to report it.

Master Liao just knew that the situation would definitely not be so bad, but he was always a little worried in his heart, and at this time, when he heard the words of the governor, he confessed, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the newspaper and read it.

This newspaper cannot go out of this door, this is a strict order of the Governor, and he knows this.

Don't look

It's okay not to read the Di newspaper, but when he saw it, he got carried away for a while, and couldn't help but let out an "ah"!