The rumor that the Japanese were going to kill them spread for a while, and the atmosphere in Suzhou was very tense, and the government had to post notices everywhere to calm the people's hearts.

The patrol battalion patrolled day and night, and the city had an early curfew every day, and as in the neighboring Nanjing, a large number of officers and soldiers were transferred into the city to defend in order to keep the city, while the countryside pinned its hopes on a small number of officers and soldiers and the towns and towns to be brave.

Ye Guyu's plan was delayed because of this, and the other party asked for an extension of the one-year period, and Ye Guyu was helpless about it.

In Shenjia Village, Shen Kan studied with the children in the village every day, Mr. Qianzhai's youngest son just had a big name, and Brother Wang named him Wang Pu, the word Shouchun.

The Shen family arranged a cook for the school, and the village also arranged a few women to help, and the supply of rice, flour, firewood, condiments, vegetables and vegetables was sufficient, and the students ate in the school at noon.

Mr. Qianzhai saw it in his eyes, and naturally he couldn't help but attach great importance to Shen Kan, so Shen Kan and Wang Pu read books in one day, and they went to other students for three days.

In his spare time, Shen Jiaji often comes over to talk poetry and essays with Mr. Qianzhai, or have a drink and chat.

However, in the past few days, there have been fewer people coming because of the Japanese Invaders, and Mr. Qianzhai is also worried about the foreign Kou, seeing that his disciple Shen Kan consciously organized the children in the village to practice martial arts, he greatly appreciated it, and at the same time gave the green light to the disciples' studies.

At night, Shen Kan came back with a tired body, and when he passed through the outer house, he saw the girls and daughters-in-law in the courtyard of the Zhengluo mansion carrying red lacquer food boxes or plates and other objects, running back and forth one by one.

"Guests?"

He was reading and exercising and had to worry about it, and his big head had already turned his muscles, and he walked over in a daze.

Under the eaves, three or four maids dressed in red and green nodded at him, and Shen Kan nodded while lifting the door curtain and stepping in.

The main hall was empty, and the big girl Caiyun was tidying up the table, and when she saw him coming, she bowed to the east house.

Shen Kan walked in, the room was as bright as day, the old lady was facing the door, sitting cross-legged on the backrest, standing beside Caixia and Shen Peiwen, Shen Peiwei and Shen Yuqin sitting on one side, and a few little girls stood around with their hands down.

This battle was undoubtedly a guest, Shen Kan quickly stopped and saw an old woman from the countryside sitting there.

The old lady smiled: "The old man hasn't been here for a long time, maybe two years, right?"

The old woman leaned forward and said with a smile: "I came to invite Mrs. Tai An in the spring of the year before last, but because my family was poor, it was inconvenient to go out without proper clothing, so I couldn't come often. Now I can't help but miss, one is to pay tribute to your old kindness, and the other is to see my sweet brother come. ”

"The old man bothered." The old lady laughed.

Shen Kan took a step back and asked Caiyun in a low voice, "Who is this?" Who's her sweetheart?"

"The eldest lady's maiden distant relative, the baby brother is naturally the eldest young master, I heard that I used to come often, but in recent years, the family has fallen into the middle of the road, so I don't come much." Caiyun said as he bit his ear.

"What about the eldest lady?"

"Didn't you just come from over there, my wife is probably busy taking care of the house, so she can't be free."

"Oh."

Shen Kan couldn't say goodbye, couldn't leave, so he had to stand and wait. Caiyun quietly handed over a bowl of steamed chicken cake, and Shen Kan took it and said with a smile: "I'm hungry, thank you."

"Phew, who uses you to thank you?" Caiyun gave him a blank look.

Then the old woman inside said, "There are no good things at home, but some poor people of our poor people!" In order for you to always eat fresh, I took a chicken basket of mushrooms and brought a little soft fragrant dumplings to my brother. ”

"It's good for the old man to come by himself, what else to take?" Gu Shi smiled and asked, "Where is Brother Jin?" I went and called. ”

Seeing this, Caiyun said loudly, "Yes." He turned around and ran out.

The boss is at home? Shen Kan has been so busy in the past few days that he has almost no idea about the affairs at home, and soon saw Shen Shi open the curtain and stride in.

"Big brother." Shen Kan gave up his hand.

"Hmm." Shen Shi nodded lightly and walked in directly.

Seeing her grandson coming, the old lady smiled and said, "Come on, your godmother sees you coming."

"Oh, my heart and liver have grown so big?"

The old woman got up and grabbed Shen Shi's hand, screamed again and again, and hugged the person into her arms, kissed it, and kept asking this and that.

Shen Kan and the big guy couldn't help laughing, but Shen Shi looked awkward, and it was difficult to refuse because of his grandmother's presence, so he was a little embarrassed to answer one by one.

Seeing that his grandmother was going to hold a banquet to entertain the guests, Shen Kan walked in to say hello, and after the old lady asked a few words casually, she said: "Our old sisters have to talk well tonight, and those who are willing to stay will stay, and those who can't sit still will go."

As soon as the words fell, Shen Peiwen immediately said: "I taught a day today, and I was tired, so the child and a few sisters retired first."

"Go, go, you guys will finish eating in the outer hall before leaving." Gu Shi waved his hand.

"I'm tired too." Shen Shi said with a bitter face.

Who knew that the old lady said unhappily: "There are no rules, your godmother finally came once, you can't go."

In this way, in Shen Shi's envious gaze, Shen Peiwen and several people walked out.

The maid kept passing in the wine and food, and the old lady pointed out a few dishes and sent them over.

Shen Peiwei finished washing her hands and came over and said with concern: "How is the matter with the widows?" We listened to the rumors, and we were really angry, angry, and afraid, obviously the Japanese country had already restrained the Japanese trouble, why did it come back from the ashes?"

"The second sister is really knowledgeable." Shen Kan rubbed his hands, "A strong central government is needed to restrain the people, but now that the Japanese ** lord has entered the state of war, the Ashikaga shogunate is in vain, and the trade system exists in name only. ”

Shen Peiwei said in surprise: "Why do you know so much?" The elders don't know why. ”

"yes!" Shen Peiwen also looked surprised.

Shen Kan frowned and said: "Now that the imperial court is forbidden to the sea, private maritime trade is very active, I am also quite interested in this, and I asked some maritime merchants in private, so it is naturally not difficult to understand the details." The elders in the family have always had little contact with businessmen from other places, and it is normal not to know about them. ”

Shen Peiwei looked at him with admiration and said, "Since the founding of the country, the Japanese have been repeatedly suppressed. Alas, is there a way to do it once and for all? Could it be that we are just waiting for others to kill us, so we are busy dispatching officers and troops to encircle and suppress them?"

Shen Peiwen also said: "The most pitiful thing is the people, and the Japanese people are too hateful."

"Of course there is." Shen Kan shook his head and didn't want to say anything when he said this, because it was useless.

With the population and national strength of the Ming Dynasty, what is the difficulty of crushing the Japanese state? If the huge fleet that went to the Western Ocean back then was still there, as long as it sailed mightily to the coastal waters of the Japanese Kingdom, without even firing a single shell, the Japanese would automatically help exterminate the Liukou.

No one knows the virtues of the Japanese people better than Shen Kan, always worshipping the strong and bullying the weak.

The problem is that the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army has been seriously reduced, and the fleet of the past has also decayed.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of vacancies in the guards in the south of the Yangtze River, and the remaining soldiers were mostly for officer service, and the training was lax, resulting in a Ming Dynasty with a large number of 2.8 million troops on paper, but in fact they could fight very limited.

Although the Japanese lack unified command, they often use small forces to kill people and goods, but the customs and systems of the upper and lower levels are tight, so that the Japanese have strict management and good military quality.

In addition, the Japanese relied on erratic cunning tactics, bird guns made of imitation of Portuguese muskets, and a large number of Han pirate guidance, so they knew the actual situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty well, so they often won more with less.

Shen Kan is sad that he has no choice, who doesn't know that future generations of lovers who like history and military affairs? From a strategic point of view, the most effective way to quell the Japanese plague should be to immediately build a fleet that is stronger than the Japanese pirates, and with the level of shipbuilding during Zheng He's voyage to the West, it is reasonable to say that this can be done.

Annihilating the enemy at sea and deterring the Japanese country on the mainland is the fundamental way to defeat the other side. In addition, if the navy can be revitalized at this time, then it will also be just in time for the magnificent Age of Discovery.

Imagine! The fleet commanded by Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and other famous generals galloped across the major oceans, how magnificent it would be.

It's a pity that history can't assume that the traverser must also have the ability to have time and opportunity, and also have emotional intelligence and intelligence, plus an indispensable way of luck, but Shen Kan at this moment has nothing.

Of course, he was not worried about the Japanese invaders, because there were Qi Jiguang and other soldiers and countless Han people, and the Japanese plagues on the southeast coast in history were finally pacified.

The sad thing is that those old and weak women and children who are about to be murdered make him feel a sense of guilt that he can't use, if he can have a submachine gun?

Shen Peiwen Shen Peiwei looked at him with a frown, sometimes gritting her teeth, sometimes looking melancholy, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Shen Peiwen's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be ...... Are you planning to abandon your pen and follow Rong?"

"Nope." Shen Peiwen was suddenly startled, and blurted out without thinking about it, "I will never allow you to kill the enemy, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, absolutely not." ”

Shen Yuqin shouted excitedly: "Fourth brother is good, you are going to join the army, that is my big hero."

"Shut up." Shen Peiwen was furious.