Chapter 203: Anecdotes from Quanzhou

Zhu Qing's own fleet losses were not very large, and of the three hundred warships that Pu Shougeng had just delivered, only seventy or eighty returned, and they were all damaged by artillery bombardment. The sergeants on the ship did not do their best to repair the ship due to their lack of morale, and after returning to Quanzhou Port with broken scars, Pu Shougeng saw it like a thunderbolt in the sky.

He is very confident in the shipbuilding attainments of Quanzhou Port, and the advanced skills can be said to be unique in the world. After careful questioning, he learned that it was because the cannonballs that fell from the sky smashed the wooden planks of the cabin and then exploded inside and injured people, which was really difficult to prevent.

Pu Shougeng didn't say anything to Zhu Qing, but he had a little more concern in his heart, so after Boyan arrived, he tried his best to get some information from Boyan's mouth to support his confidence that he was constantly swaying for a businessman.

"Haha, Master Pu's future in the future is limitless, although the Great Khan is far away in Dadu, he has personally mentioned to me more than once that Pu Shougeng is a great talent. Not only Quanzhou, but also the coastal port trade in the future must be formulated with reference to the rules of Quanzhou, and the establishment of the shipping department in various cities will have to worry about Pu people in the future! ”

Boyan Gui is the left prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty Zhongshu Province, it can be said that one person is above 10,000 people, and it seems a bit too much to say kind words to Pu Shou Geng, others don't know that some words are really said by Kublai Khan himself, and he is quite appreciative of Pu Shou Geng's way of managing port trade, and he will definitely be reused in the future.

Pu Shougeng raised his hand to salute, smiled and toasted the generals in the banquet one by one, and then said to Boyan: "The Prime Minister exalts me, a small city, I can only bother to open more trade for the Great Khan, and I can collect more tariffs and silver, so as to do a good job of logistics support for many generals." By the way, does the Prime Minister really want to personally lead the troops into battle? Then I will quickly send someone to repair the ships damaged in the battle last time, and I must not delay the time for the prime minister to send troops! ”

Boyan Zhanyan smiled and said: "Although there is a lot of military strength on this road, it is not the main force, I have sent Ashu and Ali Hague to command an army of 300,000 to go south to Guangzhou, and Zhang Shijie, who is still breathing, this time is their complete end."

When all the wars are over, all the thousands of miles of territory in the world belong to my Great Khan, and all the generals here are all great heroes. I think that the Great Khan will never be stingy with rewards, and I hereby advise you to work hard and strive for more military exploits, so that you can obtain a fertile fief in the future, wouldn't you be at ease! ”

Most of the people here are Mongolian generals, and there is a fat fief, which is the ultimate dream, no matter where it is sealed, it is the emperor of one side, and I don't know how beautiful it is to have a happy day.

As soon as Boyan's big cake was drawn, Dong Wenbing immediately followed: "Prime Minister, Dong is willing to be a pioneer officer, set off in advance to pave the way for the adults to build bridges, exterminate all the Song dogs in front, and rush all the way to the city of Guangzhou." ”

"Haha, good, good, since General Dong is eager to fight, then let you be the pioneer general of the land route, lead the elite cavalry brought by the prime minister to 30,000, and send troops to Guangzhou on the next day!" Boyan was in high spirits, drank a few more glasses of wine, and pulled a few beautiful maids to dance and sing during the banquet.

Zhu Qing, as the general of the defeated army, although he attended the banquet, Boyan never gave him a chance to speak, and his private request to see was also blocked, and he didn't know what the next step would be, and he was always uneasy in his heart.

Zhang Hongfan's generals had already reported the course of the war in detail, and of course Boyan would not despise it, but when he first arrived in Quanzhou, Dong Wenbing's imitation of the thunderbolt cannon gave Boyan a delusion. After seeing the explosion of the thunderbolt cannon, he thought that the shells used by the Song army were the same as this, and if the Japanese soldiers could still be equipped with the same weapons, what would they be afraid of the Song army at that time?

The craftsmen who had cast the cannons under Zhang Hongfan had been fully accepted by Dong Wenbing, and began to improve the gunpowder used for firing to increase the range, and had been experimenting with various schemes to try to decipher the mystery of the flowering cannonballs used by the Song army.

However, they thought too simply, the production of flowering bombs is not a technology, there are too many things involved here, that is, Hong Kong Island, a place where technology-led people can emerge in large numbers, or under the guidance of Zhao Tianyou's many times, they have produced flowering bombs that can delay the explosion.

There are many disciplines that support this technology, and it should not have appeared in this era, so no matter how many people Dong Wenbing gathers, the chance of cracking the secret of the flowering bomb is almost zero. Taking a step back, it is to take an unexploded shell and let your people disassemble and learn, and you will not be able to make a qualified and effective product.

After sending Dong Wenbing's vanguard cavalry, Boyan also led the remaining troops three days later, divided into two parts of the army, land and water, and marched in the direction of Guangzhou.

Zhu Qing's subordinates broke up with the remnants of Zhang Hongfan's old department, and under the leadership of Boyan, a new sailor fleet was established, although Zhu Qing was still the main general, but the fleet had been mixed with many newcomers, and Zhu Qing's control over his subordinates had dropped sharply.

At this juncture, Zhu Qing knew that Boyan was beating him and making him responsible for the failure of the Battle of Yashan and the death of Zhang Hongfan. So he pretended to be dumb, deliberately dispersed and handed over the command of the troops, and made a posture of letting it fall, so as to alleviate Boyan's dissatisfaction.

After a large number of Yuan troops left, Wei Yue suddenly appeared outside Pu Shougeng's mansion alone, and after being rejected twice, he was still calmly waiting in the gatehouse.

"Mr. Wei, we are also old acquaintances, I can't lie to you, Master Pu is in poor health today, and he doesn't see any outsiders!" Pufu's menzi is also superior, and he perfunctory Wei October with a straight face, in fact, Pu Shougeng was discussing with a few cronies, and he didn't go in at all, so he directly rejected Wei October.

Since Quanzhou Pu Shougeng publicly lowered the Yuan, Jiang Gongzi's family has begun to transfer and relocate, and the business left in Quanzhou City has been almost handled, and it has long been rumored that the Jiang family has been defeated, so you are not qualified to see Master Pu in this way.

Wei Yue said with a smile on his face: "Brother, you work hard again, help me get through, and say that my son-in-law has something important to discuss, and I need to meet Master Pu." After finishing speaking, he took out a small silver ingot of ten taels and stuffed it into the placket of the porter's clothes.

"Mr. Wei, why are you still so polite, don't think that our brothers only look at silver, Master Pu really has important things that he can't see. I'll risk being slapped and confess for you again, and if not, you won't be embarrassed for me anymore! ”

Pu Shougeng had just finished communicating with a few henchmen, sitting in the middle hall of the study and drinking tea alone, this door saw that the opportunity had arrived, and the cat leaned over the door and said: "Master Pu, the son of the Jiang family has something to discuss, and sent Wei October to wait outside the door, you see ......"

When Pu Shougeng heard this, he felt a little surprised.

"Send him in, I want to ask, after leaving Quanzhou, where else is there business in the world."

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