Chapter 483: Xue Juzheng

It took a whole morning, Wei ~ Hongye led the craftsmen to repeatedly experiment with three tiger squat cannons, and each cannon was fired more than a dozen times, and there was no explosion or crack in the cannon body.

Everyone was very satisfied, and even Liang Daguan and Gao Yanei went to light a few cannons, which was too addictive to firing cannons.

Zhao Zizhong asked: "Old Wei, I don't think there should be any problem with these tiger squat guns, can they be produced in large quantities now?" ”

"At present, the craftsmen are not very skilled in casting cannons, and the manufacturing process needs to be further standardized, so it will take some time to manufacture them on a large scale."

Zhao Zizhong smiled and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, anyway, now that the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty have been defeated by us, Chen Hongjin is scared out of his guts." Nantang and Wu Yueguo didn't dare to provoke us, and Qian Hongxin's rebels were already struggling, and now there was no threat of enemies around us, so we could develop slowly and steadily. ”

Wei ~ Hongye said: "Hehe, it is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin must be very depressed now, there is a big mess in Shudi, and the rebels of the whole division are huge, which is enough for Song to be anxious for a while." So Zhao Kuangyin doesn't have the kung fu to deal with us at all now. When we produce enough cannons and load them on our ships, there will be no one on the East China Sea to provoke us. ”

Zhao Zizhong: "This tiger squat cannon is not suitable for loading on a warship, and its power is a bit small." ”

"This tiger squat cannon is for craftsmen to practice their hands, and in the future, we will make bigger artillery, from easy to difficult."

Zhao Zi thought about it again: "It's okay, you get some tiger squat cannons out first, we will build more turrets and pillboxes on Qishan Island, Daishan Island, and Zhoushan Island, and then put the tiger squat cannons into it, so that our defense will be impregnable, and we can save a lot of manpower and material resources." ”

Wei ~ Hongye was very excited: "Lao Zhao, your idea is very good, I will first make a batch of tiger squat cannons, so that the craftsmen can familiarize themselves with the manufacturing process of the artillery as soon as possible, and then cast a larger cannon, and then the craftsmen will be much easier." ”

Zhao Zizhong asked again: "Then what else do you need?" Are there any difficulties here? ”

"Hey, you've been fighting a few days ago, which has affected the transportation of supplies. Now I am short of iron ore, limestone and other raw materials. ”

"These are all easy to solve, we have captured dozens of ships of the Great Song and Southern Tang, and the size of our transport fleet has expanded again, as long as we recruit enough sailors. The shipping problem was easy to solve. ”

At this time, Liang Daguanren, who was having a good time, walked over with a smile.

"Xiao Zhao, Xiao Wei, after playing all morning, we are tired and hungry, if there is nothing wrong, let's hurry up and eat." Liang Daguan touched his stomach and said.

"Okay, let's go eat right away."

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At the same time, a middle-aged man with a tall posture and a handsome appearance got off the boat and walked onto the pier in the east of Qishan Island.

This middle-aged man is about 1.75 meters tall, with a thick beard on his chin, his eyes are like electricity, and he is full of power.

He is the privy councillor of the Great Song Dynasty, the squire of the military department, and the governor Xue Juzheng. This time I came to Qishan Island to negotiate with Seven Seas.

He set out from Bianliang City, took the Southern Tang Dynasty, and under the leadership of the officials sent by the Southern Tang Dynasty, he came to Qishan Island by sea.

Boris and Na Zhe stood on the dock and watched Xue Juzheng come over with more than a dozen subordinate officers and retinues. Next to him was a young officer from the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Zhongyan, who was born in the imperial family.

Xue Juzheng looked at Boris, who was tall and fair-skinned, and was very puzzled. It seems that this person is a Hu from the Western Regions, how did he get into these bandits?

Li Zhongyan hurriedly introduced Xue Juzheng: "Xue Shilang, this gentleman is one of the leaders of the Seven Seas Company, Mr. Boris. Next to him was Mr. Na Zhe, the head of the Seven Seas Company. ”

Boris and Na Zhe bowed their hands to Xue Juzheng, "Welcome Mr. Xue to Qishan Island as a guest, please come with us." ”

Xue Juzheng also crossed his hands and said a few polite words.

Boris and Na Zhe turned and left, and soon disappeared.

Li Zhongyan shook his head helplessly and chatted with the personnel of the Ministry of Commerce who came to greet him.

After a while, several staff members of the Ministry of Commerce took the Great Song delegation and walked to the camp.

After arriving at the camp, the Great Song delegation was arranged into a few secluded wooden houses, and these people from the Ministry of Commerce left, allowing the Great Song delegation to rest first.

In the evening, Li Jilong took Cao Bin to the outside of Xue Juzheng's wooden house.

Hearing the report from his entourage, Xue Juzheng walked out of the wooden house, and he saw Cao Bin, who looked good and was neatly dressed. He doesn't look like a prisoner!

Cao Bin saw Xue Juzheng's puzzled eyes, and said with a wry smile:

"Xue Shilang, I understand your thoughts. They didn't treat me like a prisoner at all. After I got here, I lived with Li Jilong, a kid, and I could move freely on the island every day, and no one cared where I went. With the exception of a few secret sites, I've traveled all over the island. Now I go to the academy every day to attend lectures, which is really insightful. ”

Xue Juzheng looked at Cao Bin, and then at Li Jilong, who was smiling, and the doubts in his heart were even worse.

Xue Juzheng let Cao Bin and Li Jilong into the wooden house, and then sat down.

"General Cao, Your Majesty sent me here as an envoy just to know if you are still alive. It's a pleasure to see you now. Before leaving, His Majesty told me that if you are fine, he will take you back, no matter what the cost. ”

Cao Bin was very moved: "Thank you Your Majesty for Longen, Cao Bin is a defeated general, and it is really ashamed that His Majesty is so concerned." ”

Xue Juzheng waved his hand: "General Cao, there is no need to say polite words." You'd better tell me about the situation here, and when we negotiate with the pirates tomorrow, we can also know each other." ”

Cao Bin cleared his throat: "Here's how it ......"

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When Cao Bin and Xue Juzheng were talking, Boris, An Dalang, Na Zhe, and Cui Daoshu also got together to study the matter of negotiating with the Great Song Mission.

"Xue Juzheng, whose name is Ping, is forty-three years old this year, and is from Junyi, Kaifeng. Father Xue Renqian, a guest of the prince of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Juzheng is less studious and ambitious. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Jin Shi was not the first, and he explained himself for the "Sorrowful Text", which meant that he was dignified, and those who knew thought that there was a public supplement. Over the years, ascended to the top.

In the later Jin Dynasty, Huashuai Liu was condensed into it. Then Brother Ning cleared the state plan and signed the salt and iron judge. At the beginning of the luck, the degree of support and promotion was changed. Prime Minister Li Song led the salt and iron, and played the official promotion, increased the temple straight, and moved to the right to pick up the remains. Sang Weihan is the governor of Kaifeng and the judge.

At the beginning of the Later Han Dynasty, Shi Hongzhao led the guards to the pro-army, was authoritarian, cruel and arrogant, and did not dare to resent. His subordinates sued the people for violating the salt ban and deserved death. The prison will be decided, Ju Zheng suspects that it is untrue, and summons it, because the officials and the people have personal regrets, because of the false accusation, the officials are arrested, and they have the law of ambush. Although Hongzhao was very angry, he could not give in.

Later, at the beginning of Zhou Guangshun, he moved to the outside of the department, led the three divisions to push the officials, and knew the system. Zhou Zu conquered Yanzhou, and Zhao Ju was in line, and he was in the middle of the official Lang with Laojia. In the third year of Xiande, he moved to the left to advise the doctor, promoted the bachelor of the Hongwen Museum, and judged the affairs of the museum. For six years, Cangzhou was rented. Before long, he heard about the court, promoted the squire of the punishment department, and sentenced the minister.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he was a waiter in the relocation department. Taizu personally conquered Li Yun and Li Chongjin, and stayed in the three divisions, and went out of Russia to know Xuzhou. After three years of Jianlong, he became a privy councillor and was a member of the Quan Zhi Gongju. At the beginning of Pinghu Xiang, Langzhou is known as Juzheng. Thousands of people will gather in the mountains to be thieves, and the prison army will make more than 1,000 monks in the suspected city belong to their party, and they want to arrest and punish them. Juzheng is planning to slow down the matter, because he led the crowd to cut off the crowd, captured the thief handsome Wang Duan, and criticized it, the monks were not prepared, and they relied on all their lives.

At the beginning of Qiande, he was a squire in the military department. The car driver will personally march to Taiyuan and feed the people. When Henan was hungry, there were 40,000 fugitives, and they were worried, and they were destined to gather in a hurry, and the people resumed their business in the middle of the day. Participate in political affairs with his own officials.

Juzheng has a magnificent appearance, and he drinks until he fights a few times. Filial piety is pure, and the family is frugal. For the sake of leniency and simplicity, it is not easy to be harsh, and there are many gentlemen and gentlemen. ”

Cui Daoshu put down the pamphlet in his hand, "These are the intelligence collected by the investigators of the Ministry of Commerce, Xue Juzheng can stand out, he is a rare capable minister in the Great Song Dynasty, it seems that the negotiation opponent we have to face is very strong." ”

Na Zhe said: "Old Seven, your spies are very powerful, in such a short period of time, you have figured out the details of Xue Juzheng, it is indeed not simple." ”

Cui Daoshu smiled: "Third brother, when Xue Juzheng set off from Bianliang City, I received a pigeon letter from Bianliang City. We have a lot of good intelligence players in the shops in Bianliang City, and that's nothing. ”

An Dalang was a little disapproving: "Now that we have defeated the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the main general Cao Bin has been captured by us, the Great Song Dynasty can't play any tricks." ”

Boris also said: "The Great Song Dynasty must be in a mess now, the smoke of Shu is everywhere, and the rebels of the whole division have made a mess of Shu, and Zhao Kuangyin has absolutely no heart to deal with us." I guess he asked Xue Juzheng to negotiate, first, he wanted to get Cao Bin back; Second, he wants to get some benefits from us, he must want to get a batch of weapons and military supplies from us back, after all, these things are needed to quell the rebellion in Shudi. ”

Na Zhe asked: "Old Seven, is there still money in the Great Song Dynasty?" They didn't want to empty the gloves of the white wolf. ”

Cui Daoshu sneered: "The Great Song Dynasty made a lot of money from Shu this time, and it is said that they transported all the savings of Hou Shu for decades back to Bianliang City. They certainly don't lack money. ”

Na Zhe's eyes lit up: "Then we have to knock on the bamboo pole of the Great Song Dynasty, let them cut the land and pay compensation, and compensate for our losses." Well, let the Great Song Dynasty cede Yangzhou to us, and then pay us millions of yuan. ”

Cui Daoshu shook his head: "Third brother, what you think is too simple, Da Song will not agree." ”

An Dalang said: "If they don't agree, we will drive the fleet into the Yangtze River, take Yangzhou City, and then empty Yangzhou City!" ”