Steam-powered cargo ships not only caused a sensation at Xiaguan Wharf, but also the common people in Songjiang Prefecture, Shanghai County and other places gradually knew about steam-powered cargo ships, some wine shops, teahouses, streets and alleys, and many people talked about this kind of steamship. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Have you heard of it, Boss Zhang's shipyard has created a strange ship, which can travel hundreds of miles a day without sails or oars."

"And this kind of ship, my God, travels hundreds of miles a day, quickly, tell us what kind of ship it is."

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For a long time, the common people in the Songjiang Prefecture area were talking about steam-powered ships, and some people even went to Zhangfeng's shipyard to see this kind of steamship.

Of course, the shipyard is not for idlers to enter, these people can only be outside the shipyard, far away from the enjoyment.

Some lucky people can see these two ships on the Yangtze River from time to time, and these two ships were put into use immediately after completing the sea trials.

Transporting ore from Taipingfu, transporting cotton cloth from textile factories to Nanjing, or Taipingfu, low transportation costs, so that the sales scope of cotton cloth has been greatly expanded, not only limited to Songjiang Province, Suzhou area, but as far as Nanjing, Taiping Province and other places.

Cotton cloth is sold in large quantities, and the supply is simply in short supply, and the silver is rolling in, and the most profitable is not the textile factory, but the steel factory.

Salt and iron are profiteering, salt needless to say, the common people are inseparable, everyone needs it, iron is also closely related to everyone, as far as the common people are concerned, a lot of tools need to be used in the manufacture of iron, in addition, the army of the Ming Dynasty also needs iron to make various weapons, armor and so on.

Not only Songjiang Prefecture, but also the nearby Suzhou and Hangzhou areas all know that there is a steel mill in Shanghai, and the steel produced is known for its good quality, which is purchased by the government and some businessmen also come to Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant to purchase.

With sufficient financial resources, Zhang Feng built a cement factory, and was also preparing to build a glass factory, a tannery, etc., but at this time, news came from the capital that the Qing army destroyed the Great Wall from the north of Miyun and broke the border wall.

On August 23, Emperor Taiji ordered Dolgon, Prince of Rui, to be the general of the order, to command the left wing army, Belle Yueto to be the general of Yangwu, to command the right wing army, and to be the deputy of Beledudu, and to march on both sides.

On September 22, Yue Tuo destroyed the Great Wall from the north wall of Miyun, broke the border wall into the border, and killed Wu Aheng, the governor of Ming Jiliao. Dolgon destroyed the border wall at Qingshan Pass on 28 September, and the two armies joined forces in Tongzhou, a suburb of Beijing.

Chongzhen's edict ordered Lu Xiangsheng, who was in charge of military affairs in Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi, to bring Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Hu Dawei, the three general soldiers of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi, into the Weijing Division. Lu Xiang was promoted to supervise the world's reinforcements, and the third time he gave Shang Fang a sword.

When the news reached Zhang Feng's ears, it was already the end of September, and at this time, the Qing army had already joined forces in Tongzhou, a suburb of Beijing, and Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to be the governor of the world.

The Qing army was approaching the city, and protecting the Beijing division was the first priority, and the official document was sent to the prefectures, asking the prefectures to send reinforcements to aid the king of the Beijing division, because Songjiang Prefecture had a guard commander with an establishment of 5,600 people, and asked Songjiang Prefecture to send 3,000 troops.

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Songjiang Mansion, back hall.

The prefect Tan Yixian had a worried face, and walked around the hall in the back hall, originally, fighting a war was a matter for military attachés, and there was no need for Tan Yixian, a civil official, to worry about it, but Tan Yixian was loyal to Emperor Chongzhen since he was summoned by the emperor to meet the saint.

In addition, Tan Weidong, the commander of the guard, had already come over just now, and asked Tan Yi to recruit the townsmen first, and the soldiers of the guard station gathered 3,000 people.

As a military attaché, Tan Weidong must take his own soldiers to help the Beijing Division, but the guards are seriously paid, even if there are no 3,000 people in the old, weak, sick and disabled, so they must pull the villagers to make up the number.

Gao Dianzhu saw that Tan Yi was worried first, so he suggested: "Lord Tan, Boss Zhang is our regimental training chief, doesn't he have two thousand men under him, and this time it can come in handy." ”

Hearing this, Tan Yixian's eyes lit up, and he immediately slapped his thigh, "That's right!" I almost forgot about this stubble, although the combat effectiveness of the regimental training is a little worse, but it is not a big problem to pull it up to make up a number. ”

Tan Yixian has always believed that Zhang Feng's regimental training must be commonplace, although the number of people is 2,000, it is estimated that it is not worth the hundreds of regular army.

Temporarily grabbed Zhuang Ding, thinking about Zhang Feng, Tan Yixian immediately hurriedly said: "Quick, quickly notify Boss Zhang to come over." ”

Soon, a messenger was ordered to leave the prefect's mansion, rode a horse and galloped wildly, to call Zhang Feng.

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In the south of the city, a large mansion.

This big house was bought by Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng can look at the house, naturally very good, although it cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the house is very large, covering an area of several acres, in addition, especially the environment is good.

Chen Yuanyuan also lives in this house, in addition to Chen Yuanyuan's master and servant, Zhang Feng, there are more than a dozen maids, servants and other people.

In the living room, Zhang Feng was thinking about this big thing.

The Qing army destroyed the city wall, the troops were divided into two routes, and they had already joined forces in the Tongzhou area, which was an opportunity for Zhang Feng, a great opportunity.

Zhang Feng believes that this is a great opportunity to make war achievements, and Zhang Feng has always felt that his political status is too low, which seriously restricts his development.

A little eunuch like Zhao Guangcai also dared to jump out against him, and in addition, he had to deal with some people in the government. If you have an official position, everything will be different.

You have to be an official!

Zhang Feng thought so firmly, but at the same time, Zhang Feng also understood that his men and horses were too few, only 2,000 people, and he had to go to the capital area, facing tens of thousands, or even more than 100,000 Qing army iron horses.

Even if they were equipped with flintlock muskets, the Qing army was too strong and a little too numerous, and more importantly, Zhang Feng knew that although his 2,000 men were well-trained, they had never been on the battlefield.

Zhang Feng was thinking, measuring, walking around the living room, slowly thinking about everything.

A beautiful figure entered the living room, Zhang Feng didn't need to look at it to know that this familiar figure was Chen Yuanyuan, Zhang Feng said: "Yuanyuan, why did you come here, you didn't play with Fluttershy in the back garden." ”

Fluttershy is the name of Chen Yuanyuan's personal maid, and Chen Yuanyuan said slowly, "Brother Feng, do you want to take troops to the capital?" ”

Zhang Feng said: "Yuanyuan, I'm thinking about this matter. ”

Chen Yuanyuan said: "Brother Feng, don't go ahead?" It's too dangerous to go to war, in case you ......"

Zhang Feng felt Chen Yuanyuan's concern, moved in his heart, took Chen Yuanyuan's soft little hand, looked at Chen Yuanyuan's delicate and beautiful face, Zhang Feng said: "Yuanyuan, although it is very dangerous, this is also a rare opportunity for me." ”

Chen Yuanyuan's eyes were slightly red, Zhang Feng gently hugged Chen Yuanyuan, kissed Chen Yuanyuan lightly on Chen Yuanyuan's smooth forehead, and said slowly: "Yuanyuan, I have thought it through, I want to lead the troops to Beijing, rest assured, I will pay attention to safety, and I will definitely come back intact." ”

After such a period of getting along, Chen Yuanyuan gradually got to know Zhang Feng and knew that once Zhang Feng made a decision, he would definitely not change it easily.

Chen Yuanyuan knew that it was useless to persuade Zhang Feng again, so he said quietly: "Brother Feng, Yuanyuan is waiting for you to come back." ”

Zhang Feng gently hugged Chen Yuanyuan, smelled the faint fragrance, and said firmly: "Yuanyuan, I will definitely come back, after I come back, we will get married, and I will use the eight-lift sedan chair to marry you." ”

Chen Yuanyuan knew that he was born as a courtesan and belonged to a lowly family, but Zhang Feng was so good to himself, eight sedan chairs, and Ming Media was marrying, Chen Yuanyuan had tears in his eyes, and he was so moved.

"Brother Feng......"

A low groan, seemingly filled with infinite attraction.

Zhang Feng's heart was hot, coupled with the beauty in his arms, warm nephrite, Zhang Feng kissed it lightly and kissed Chen Yuanyuan's delicate lips......

Although the two have been together for a while, they have stopped holding hands at most, and even Zhang Feng kissed Chen Yuanyuan's forehead very rarely, this time, it was a matter of course, and the two hugged and kissed together.

Everything around seemed to stand still, and there were only two people left in the whole world, both of whom were lost in this long kiss, Chen Yuanyuan was rusty at first, and then went from skilled to active......

I don't know how long it took, maybe it was one or two minutes, maybe three or five minutes, and both of them forgot the time until they woke up with an exclamation.

"Miss, you see I picked some flowers......"

Chen Yuanyuan's personal maid Fluttershy, holding a bouquet of freshly picked flowers in her hand, jumped up and ran in happily, and her voice stopped abruptly when she saw Zhang Feng and Chen Yuanyuan.

Fluttershy is stunned at first, then her mouth wide open, and she quickly reacts, her face flushes, and she turns around and walks out with her head down, and then runs away without a trace.

Chen Yuanyuan, who reacted, blushed slightly, looked at his slightly messy clothes, and glanced at Zhang Feng with disgust, "Look, it's all your fault, even Fluttershy has seen it." ”

Zhang Feng laughed!

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