Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde watched the shooting drill of the Shenji Battalion and went back to the leopard room with satisfaction. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also returned to the city one after another, but Xie Shen stayed alone and asked these soldiers who had used flintlock pistols how they felt.

In his opinion, there is a process of adaptation to the emergence of any new thing. No one knew the advantages and disadvantages of flintlock pistols better than these soldiers.

After some inquiry, Xie Shen found that the flintlock pistol brought back by the Franco robot was indeed quite accurate, at least better than the accuracy in his inherent cognition.

But soldiers generally complained that the guns had been in their hands for too little time. There were only 500 guns in total, but 3,600 infantry had to be trained, and an average of seven days per person could only be used for one day, which was a fatal thing.

You must know that whether it is the era of cold weapons or the age of firearms, a competent weapon is very important. In the language of martial arts, the combination of human swords and swords is a master.

And if you want to share a gun with six or seven people, what is the use of it? It's nice not to forget how to use it.

This question Xie Shen has not not considered, but with the current level and manpower of the Ming craftsmen, it is impossible to mass-produce flintlock pistols. So not to mention that it is popular in the whole army, at the moment, even the Shenji Battalion can't do one gun per person.

It is also unrealistic to buy in large quantities from the Franc man. Regardless of whether the Francophile will sell to Daming in large quantities, even if they do, they will inevitably open their mouths and sit on the ground to raise the price.

So from the very beginning, Xie Shen made up his mind to take the imitation route. Although the imitation may not be as perfect as the original flintlock pistol, the technology is in your own hands, and you will not be hindered by when you want to produce it.

After learning about this situation, Xie Shen returned to the city.

To be honest, after accompanying the northern tour, Xie Shen did feel tired. It's not so much about the body, it's about the mental tiredness.

Emperor Zhengde's whimsical parade ended up attracting Tatars, which was really disturbing.

Although judging from the results, there is no danger, but Xie Shen still hopes that there will be no next time.

When he returned to the house, it was already dusk, Xie Shen had dinner with his wife and children, and then called Lu to prepare a sedan chair and go to the other courtyard.

When he arrived at the other courtyard, Xie Shen did not let the housekeeper make a noise, but walked to the backyard alone.

At this time, my fair lady was sitting in a daze in the pavilion next to the rockery, Xie Shen suddenly appeared from behind her, wrapped her into his arms, and said with a smile: "What, are you thinking about me?" ”

"You, why are you back?"

Xie Shen pretended to be displeased and said: "What is this, this is my mansion, I can come back whenever I want." ”

My Lady shook her head and said, "I didn't mean that, I mean, why did you go back to Beijing early?" ”

Xie Shen let go of my aunt and spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty returned to Beijing early after the Northern Tour, so I will naturally come back with you." ”

"Oh."

My Lady replied lightly, but lowered her head.

This subtle action was seen by Xie Shen, and he laughed: "Why are you like a different person when you get sick, I can't adapt to you being so gentle." ”

"You!"

My Lady glared at Xie Shen fiercely when she heard this, and gritted her teeth.

"That's right, that's what a chivalrous woman should look like."

Xie Shen had to admit that Li Yanwen was indeed a miracle doctor, and the illnesses of my aunt and eldest brother had been cured by his diagnosis and treatment. Although there is still a possibility of recurrence in the future, at least there is no need to live in fear for now.

Xie Shen recalled the scene when he and my fair lady met for the first time, and he actually felt a touch of nostalgia.

"Okay, I'm not messing with you. What do you plan to do in the future? ”

"I ......" My Lady, who has always acted decisively, actually stood up, Xie Shen hurriedly said: "If you have any difficulties, you can tell me, even if no one in this world is willing to help you, I will help you to the end." ”

"I don't know."

My Lady sighed, her eyes full of confusion.

To be honest, she thought that if she had tuberculosis, she would die, so she rushed to Jingshi to help Xie Shen do something before she died, so she would have no regrets.

But who knew that Xie Shen didn't know where to find a Lang Zhong and actually cured her illness.

Until now, My Fair Lady still can't believe what happened.

She was cured, but she didn't know where to go or what to do.

"If you don't know, I suggest you stay in Jingshi."

Xie Shen shrugged his shoulders and said, "The life of this Jingshi is really boring, and there is someone to relieve me of my boredom with you." ”

Seeing that Xie Shen was not in shape, my fair lady was annoyed and a knife slashed towards Xie Shen.

Xie Shen hurriedly dodged, hugged his head and said, "The heroine spares her life, Xiaosheng is wrong." ”

"Poof!"

Now my fair lady was completely amused.

"I really can't do anything to you."

"That's right, the most important thing is for people to be happy, don't fight and kill at every turn. Ahem, if I start a dart game in the future, I will definitely ask you to be a female dart master. ”

"Dart game? What is this? ”

My Lady looked at Xie Shen blankly.

Xie Shen said in his heart that he really didn't choose what to say.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no dart game, and the first dart game appeared in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which was first created in Shanxi.

Of course, there must have been similar institutions in the Ming Dynasty, but the term did not appear.

"Well, this dart game is actually a group of thugs who have gathered to protect the hospital and help people escort money."

In desperation, Xie Shen had to explain as simply as possible.

"That's weird, can you really make money doing this business?"

It's no wonder that my fair lady is puzzled, in fact, in the Zhengde period, silver has not yet poured into the Ming Dynasty, and the Jin merchants have not yet risen, and there is no private bank such as a ticket number, so there is no living space and market for the dart board.

In other words, the dart game and the ticket number came into being, and the two are symbiotic.

"Take a long-term view, this is called long-term investment."

Xie Shen explained: "Believe me, this dart game will definitely be the hottest business in the future." ”

After a pause, Xie Shen continued: "Any business is the first to intervene and have meat to eat. Wait until people become big and then follow the trend, at best, drink some soup. ”

It's important to become famous as soon as possible, and even more so to make money.

Xie Shen recalled that in his previous life, several freshmen in the history department went to write online novels and became popular, and his heart ached. In terms of knowledge, he is no worse than those freshmen, but when he reacted and wanted to write again, he found that the other party was already a great god who called for wind and rain, but he was still a newcomer to the street.

This kind of sadness is really incomprehensible to people who have not experienced it.

Therefore, in this life, he must not allow the same thing to happen.

The idea of a dart game actually came out of nowhere, but since I thought of it, there was no reason not to do it. After all, now that the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea ban, silver will accelerate the influx, and the dart game will definitely make a profit.

"You've got so much money, isn't that enough?"

My Lady looked at Xie Shen faintly, her voice full of doubts.

Xie Shen almost vomited blood.

Is there still too much money?

Although he is indeed full of money now, he is still slightly deficient compared to those wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan.

To put it more noblely, what Xie Shen wants to do is all major things that go through the heavens and the earth, how can these things be done without money. Xie Shen will not be greedy for ink, and he directly refuses the carbon Jing Bing Jing sent by the place.

To put it more selfishly, making money and enjoying it is what everyone wants, right? Who said that a cabinet scholar can't live a comfortable life if he can't have a lot of money?

A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way.

As long as the money comes from the right way and has the right conscience, Xie Shen can spend it as much as he wants.

Besides, making money and enjoying it is also the driving force for hard work. If you don't want to make money, you can just eat and wait for death, so why be so tired.

Of course, he won't go and talk to my aunt about this.

"Ahem, let's not talk about this, let's talk about your affairs."

Xie Shen diverted the topic and said, "Would you like to stay in Jingshi?" ”

"Yes."

My Lady replied softly.

Xie Shen nodded and said, "In that case, I have a suitable position here, you can go and do it first." ”

"It's not a dart game, is it?"

Xie Shen smiled: "I haven't opened this thing yet, so you can't even be a dart master if you want to." ”

"What I want you to do is the female shopkeeper of Xie's Money Village."

Xie Shen said with a serious face: "Of course, I know that this is not what you want to do the most, but people always have to find something to do." It doesn't have to be good, but it can't be idle. Once a person has been idle for a long time, he will be stunned. ”

Xie Shen's suggestion was really a bit unexpected by my aunt.

The female shopkeeper of the bank? She actually came from a large family, so there is naturally no problem with literacy and hyphenation. It's just that later he covered up his weak side in order to take revenge. At the end of the day, she's still a weak woman.

Xie Shen naturally had his reasons for arranging this.

Qian Zhuang is now his main source of income, and he will naturally not be sloppy in employing people.

He has to handle large amounts of loans.

The reason why my aunt, a layman with no previous experience, was to be the shopkeeper, not because Xie Shen was crazy, but because I arranged a suitable position for my aunt.

As for the shopkeeper of the money bank, she is not the only one, and it is impossible for her to make decisions on big and small matters.

Put my fair lady in the bank, at most she is dealing with the accounts, and she can at least play some role. And if she is sent to the tea shop, then my fair lady will really be black-eyed.

"Can I really do it?"

My Lady naturally didn't know what Xie Shen was thinking, and asked uneasily.

"I'm optimistic about you!"

Xie smiled and said, "Actually, you don't have to be pessimistic. If you don't understand anything, you can come and ask me, and I will explain it to you patiently. ”

"You!"

My Lady clenched her fists again, but this time she couldn't punch at all.

"Okay, I'll go."

My Lady sighed, and finally agreed to Xie Shen's arrangement.

Now she doesn't know what to do, since Xie Shen has given her a direction, let's do it.

"Then it's a word, I will give you a hundred yuan a month, so that you won't be stingy when you say I."

Xie Shen waved his hand and offered my aunt a sky-high salary.

"It doesn't matter if you have more money or less, but like you said, find something to do."

My Lady smiled rarely.

Xie Shen said in a good mood: "That's right, chivalrous women also have to eat fireworks in the world." ”

"Begging for a beating!"

My Lady found out that 'people are good at being bullied', so she slashed at Xie Shen with a knife.

"Chivalrous spare!"

Xie Shen jumped out of the distance and laughed to forgive.

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On February 13 of the third year of Zhengde, a report came urgently from Hami, and Turpan attacked Hami on a large scale.

The city of Hami was broken, the puppet Baiyalang supported by the Ming court fled, and the Ming army lost control of Hami.

For a while, the Son of Heaven was furious and prepared to raise a division to crusade against Turpan.

In this regard, Xie Shen has no opinion.

The geographical location of Hami is too special, it is a place where soldiers must fight, whether it is the Ming Dynasty, Turpan, or Mongolian Warat, they all covet Hami.

There is no morality at all, and the strong are respected.

Whoever has a hard fist will be able to control Hami.

Compared with the Mongolian Warat, Turpan attaches more importance to Hami, and has attacked Hami several times in history.

Turpan was actually the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and its power in Hexi continued to shrink in the late Ming Dynasty, and eventually Hami was also controlled by Turpan.

Not to mention it, let's just say that in recent years, Turpan's actions have not been small.

In the first year of Zhengde, the loyal Shun King Shaanba supported by the Ming Dynasty died, and his son Baiyalang succeeded to the throne. But this Baiyalang is a complete gentleman, and he has made a mess of Hami's internal affairs.

The corresponding interior of Turpan is also in the dark. The king of the kingdom Ahimama died, and his sons were red-eyed in order to fight for power, and they had no intention of attacking Hami.

In the end, the son of Aheima, Mansuer, won and became the new monarch of Turpan. He wrote to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to request the return of the hostage, Zhen Timur, but was rejected by Emperor Zhengde.

In a fit of rage, Man Suer raised troops to attack Hami, and the Ming army killed back and forth.

It was not until February of the third year of Zhengde that Hami was lost in a night attack on Turpan, Baiyalang fled in a hurry, and the hostage that the Ming Dynasty had been holding in his hands, the younger brother of the current Hami monarch Mansuer, Zhen Timur, also took the opportunity to abscond.

So far, it is the fourth time that Da Ming has lost Hami, which is a shame no matter how you look at it. With Emperor Zhengde's strong temperament, it would be strange if he didn't go to Turpan.

But how to use soldiers is a real headache.

It is obviously unrealistic to fight a tug-of-war with Turpan, and it will definitely be a loss for the Ming Dynasty to drag it on, after all, the supply line is too long, and the food loss alone along the way cannot be beared.

As for the blitzkrieg, although it is possible, it will face the same problem after capturing Hami.

Bai Yalang is a dou who can't be helped, if he continues to support him, he doesn't have to do it in Turpan, he himself will have to make people angry.

If the puppet of Bai Yalang is not supported, the Ming Dynasty will directly send the general army or governor, it will be more difficult to control this area, and it will also be contrary to the general policy of the Ming Dynasty to pass through the west of the river.

In Xie Shen's view, it is better to have a long pain than a short pain, and it is better to simply adjust the strategic policy and directly focus on the west of Jiayuguan, rather than just confined to the east of Jiayuguan, which is a third of an acre of land in Hexi.

After all, if it is not of my race, its heart will be different.

It would be too merciful to give them a chance to breathe, and it would be better to push over and open up the Western Regions.

Although the importance of opening up the Western Regions to the Ming Dynasty was not as important as the opening of the sea ban, because the land Silk Road was not as efficient as the Maritime Silk Road, this could be regarded as a signal to the separatist forces in the Western Regions.

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