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Although Ye Yingwu knows very well that black tea is the best for tea tasting in winter, it is a pity that the earliest black tea in this era - Zhengshan Xiaozhong - does not know whether it has been domesticated and cultivated in Wuyi Mountain, let alone other black teas, so Ye Yingwu can only use green tea to deal with it first.

Biluochun is the tea given by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the first few excellent Biluochun plants are directly tributed to the royal family, ordinary people are not qualified to taste even how rich they are, at most they can only buy some of the freshness that has just been planted recently, so it is an honor to be entertained by Ye Yingwu with Biluochun.

However, it is obvious that Guo Shoujing, who is sitting opposite Ye Yingwu now, is not in such a good mood to savor the beauty and aftertaste of this royal tribute tea, and looks at the drawings placed on Ye Yingwu's table with blazing eyes. Guo Shoujing's expression made Ye Yingwu sure that if he dared to say the word "no", I am afraid that he would not have to go out of this door today.

The drawings that Guo Shoujing drew for Ye Yingwu were very simple, and in Ye Yingwu's time, this thing was called a "hot air balloon".

Although Guo Shoujing has outstanding ability and is a master of the country who will go down in history, after all, he is limited by the entire era, so it is far from being possible to see so far, and the idea of designing a hot air balloon was actually inadvertently said by Ye Yingwu.

It's just that Ye Yingwu only vaguely understood the principle of hot air balloons, and it was also because he considered that the Northern Expedition would inevitably go deep into the grasslands and deserts in the future, and the hot air balloon would be a good reconnaissance tool at that time, so he told Guo Shoujing a rough idea.

But who would have thought that Guo Shoujing kept Ye Yingwu's unintentional words in mind at that time, and now the Grand Canal dredging project had to be temporarily interrupted because of the freezing in the north and the cold weather, waiting for the spring to warm and freeze, so Guo Shoujing also temporarily made time, and the energy that had nowhere to vent naturally fell on this hot air balloon that could be lifted into the sky.

Guo Shoujing was a competitive man, he designed treasure ships to conquer the sea, dredged canals to conquer the lakes and rivers on the earth, and designed firearms and artillery to dominate the entire battlefield, and now he is naturally not satisfied with continuing to limit his eyes here, but to the sky.

As long as Ye Yingwu, the emperor and son of heaven, agrees to his plan, then Guo Shoujing is confident that he can design a flying tool that he can rely on.

If there is any ultimate dream hidden in the hearts of generations of Chinese craftsmen, I am afraid that "Feitian" can be regarded as the last one. In the past, the glory created by the Mohists in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, future generations naturally wanted to copy and redesign the great inventions that could only be found in the history books.

After being silent for a long time, Ye Yingwu didn't speak, he didn't know if he should agree. Because although Ye Yingwu is not very clear about the principle of hot air balloons, he knows very well what price human beings have paid for the invention of hot air balloons.

For the current Da Ming, he has stood at the forefront of science and technology, and Ye Yingwu also believes that he will continue to guide the development of science and technology and the progress of civilization in the past few hundred years, but it does not mean that Ye Yingwu is in a hurry to invent all industrialized things, first, because he himself has no knowledge at all, and second, because Ye Yingwu does not want to watch Da Ming start experimenting with new things when all kinds of technologies are in the experimental stage or have not yet fully matured.

Because this often means that more indispensable talents will suffer, even if such sacrifices are inevitable in the process of technological development.

Guo Shoujing slowly stood up and bowed deeply at Ye Yingwu.

The benefits of hot air balloons Ye Yingwu knew better than him, and Guo Shoujing also knew very well that he was not good at words, so he didn't explain much at all.

Taking a sip of tea, Ye Yingwu said slowly, "I have allowed it." ”

"Minister, thank you, Your Majesty!" Guo Shoujing saluted again with some excitement.

Ye Yingwu could only shake his head helplessly. He knew that in this era of great development, he had no way to stop Guo Shoujing's curiosity and desire to explore.

What's more, Ye Yingwu didn't want to be many years later, the history teacher pointed to the portrait in the textbook that he didn't know what it looked like, saying that this person "hindered the development of Chinese science and technology and stifled the germ of science". It's ridiculous to imagine that.

"Pay attention to safety, and the Ministry of Industry should be able to bear the other funds that are needed, right?" Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice. The current Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty is actually somewhat similar to the arms companies owned by the country in later generations, and the Ministry of War will directly use the money obtained from the war to purchase more equipment from the Ministry of Industry to support a war with a greater harvest, and the money obtained by the Ministry of Industry will be seventy-three points with the treasury of the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry will have a large balance for the production of equipment that does not cost much at this stage.

For scientific research maniacs like Guo Shoujing and Chen Yuanliang, this money does not mean much in front of them at all, and only investing in the research of more advanced and novel equipment is the best way to consume it, so Ye Yingwu dared to guarantee the ticket, and Guo Shoujing ran to submit sketches and plans in front of him, naturally he had already made a calculation.

Guo Shoujing replied solemnly: "Please rest assured that Your Majesty will not consume one gold and one silver from the household department." ”

Looking at Guo Shoujing's satisfied appearance, Ye Yingwu sighed softly and muttered, "I'm afraid that the household department won't be able to take out a gold and a silver now." ”

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The battle that broke out in a small town north of Jeju that was not even mapped was short and rapid, but it seemed to trigger a chain reaction.

After being driven out by the Ming soldiers and the people of the town, this Mongolian cavalry finally came to its senses and launched another onslaught on the town in humiliation. And the Mongol cavalry, which had been plundering for more than ten miles, also received the news of resistance here, and gathered in this direction. Naturally, the two Huai armies, which arrived one after another, were not to be outdone, and after committing a brigade, they immediately transferred most of the first army and brought out all the large firearms carried by the whole army, so that they had the posture of fighting a decisive battle with the Mongol Tatars here.

In the previous Northern Expedition battle, the two Huai armies have always been in the position of giving the high-flying Tianwu Army and the Zhen Navy, it is impossible to say that the soldiers do not have the slightest grievance in their hearts, everyone is the main force of the Ming Dynasty, those guys are just relying on the army to form a relatively early time, not only have their own military numbers, but also be able to undertake more tasks and glory when the war breaks out, which is naturally unfair to the two Huai armies.

Fighting on the battlefield is sometimes just to fight for this breath.

In Jeju Prefecture, there is already a lot of noise.

The Mongolian Tatar cavalry of five or six thousand people directly attacked the border towns of the Ming Dynasty, which is definitely not a trivial matter, especially now that the two Huai armies have begun to assemble, the two sides have opened a posture in the ice and snow, and there is a big fight, which naturally seriously hinders the progress of disaster relief and the distribution of disaster relief food by the imperial court, and even the team that distributes food has to consider whether it will be robbed by the Mongolian Tatars.

Shandong Province appeased Song Yinglong and pressed his hand on the table, and said with a gloomy face: "If it starts now, according to the original disaster relief plan, there will be no one to rescue the two affected state capitals in the west and south of Jeju Prefecture, which will cause more people to freeze and starve, and even more people will die, so I don't agree to send troops now!" ”

"That's the same view." Jiang Duo said in a deep voice, he was the grain and grass officer of the Tianwu Army step by step to today's position, and he naturally didn't care about the people as much as Song Yinglong, and naturally understood the urgency of the Ming soldiers to seek war, but standing in his position as the governor of Shandong, he had to put the people first, "The two Huai armies can escort the grain team, as long as the food is distributed, the disaster relief can still be carried out, and the Mongolian Tatars can't grab anything in the autumn wind, so they will naturally retreat." ”

"It's impossible to clear the wilderness now!" Chen Zhihuo turned around, with anger in his voice, "The Mongolian Tatars come and go with cavalry, fast as the wind, and want to distribute food while clearing the wilderness, this is simply a fool's dream, the only way now is to concentrate all the troops and beat the Mongolian Tatars to pain, so that they don't have the courage to snoop, so that we can send the food down and rescue as many people as possible!" ”

Song Yinglong immediately replied without hesitation: "But if the war starts, it is very likely that Jeju Prefecture and even the entire Shandong Province will be involved in the military disaster, and now the Shandong Province does not have much grain reserves, and the support in the south is still far away, so Shandong Province does not have the capital to start a war, and it can't even draw enough military food to supply the two Huai armies to fight, and it can't send enough people to transport equipment and grain and grass for the two Huai armies!" ”

"Is Song Anfu threatening a certain and threatening two Huai armies?!" Chen Bing was not polite, and did not even call Song Yinglong "Song Xianggong", but called him by his name. Seeing Song Yinglong frowning slightly, Chen Zhi immediately took off his saber and slapped it heavily on the table, which frightened the officials and soldiers in the hall all trembled, "The Mongolian Tartars have entered the Kou, how can I sit idly by and let them come and go at will?" Your Majesty took us and other Daming Erlang to fight in the north and south, and opened up this world, isn't it just to be able to protect the people of the world? Now that the Mongolian Tartars have put their butcher knives on the necks of the people, but the two Huai armies can only transport grain and grass on the side, Song Anfu, do you know what your decision means?! ”

The two commanders of the two Huai armies standing behind Chen Jiong took a step forward at the same time.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, border officials should lead the army and civilians to wait for reinforcements when they encounter foreign invasions, and if there is a main army stationed in the territory, they should fully cooperate with the main army to counterattack.

If you don't follow it, you can be convicted of "treason"!

If the charge of treason is pressed, even if the credit is great, it will not be washed away, and it is no different from sinners through the ages. So Song Yinglong took a breath lightly, looked at Chen Jiong, frowned, but didn't dare to answer on this.

"Supervisor Chen is overly heavy." The fighting method of the two deputies was out of control, and Jiang Duo naturally had to stand up and play a round, and said with a smile, "What Song Anfu and Supervisor Chen said has its truth in the eyes of this official. And the two ministers can rest assured, everyone is personally selected by His Majesty, and they must also be able to take on this important task in His Majesty's heart, so there will definitely be no rebellion and betrayal, and loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and the people of this party is also the sun and the moon, so don't be angry, they should be like-minded colleagues in the same boat, why quarrel? ”

Jiang Duo stood up, although he didn't actually say anything, but after all, he was the governor of Shandong, the number one in Shandong Province, and the old minister of Conglong, so everyone had to sell him a face, and at that moment, Song Yinglong and Chen Ji glanced at each other, and took a step back indignantly.

"Enough is enough." Wang Anjie, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating on the sidelines, said lightly, "Such a meaningless quarrel will not work at all. ”

The entire hall was silent, and all eyes fell on Jiang Duo and Wang Anjie, the two big men who had the real decision-making power.

Wang Anjie walked straight to the front of the map, stretched out his hand and pointed to three places in a row on the map, and said in a deep voice: "The north of Jeju Mansion is Yangsanluo, the northeast is Yanzhou, and the northwest is Yunzhou. According to the news from the front, the Mongol Tatars mainly came from the northwest, along Yanggu and Shouzhang all the way south, harassing the border of Jeju Province, and now because of the battle of Hecai Town, a large number of Mongol Tatars were attracted to the northwest side of Jeju not far away, which was not a good opportunity for the two Huai armies, which were mainly foot soldiers. ”

Wang Anjie was only a stop there, and he was as steady as a mountain, and his years of marching career had created his unique military prestige. Although Song Yinglong wanted to say something, he was still dragged by Jiang Duo, looking at Jiang Duo shaking his head slightly, Song Yinglong could only hold back.

After all, once he didn't have Jiang Duo's support, he couldn't speak alone, and there was no way to convince Wang Anjie and Chen Jiong.

After all, Jiang Duo is a person who has been in the Tianwu Army for a long time, especially since he also personally participated in the mighty Battle of Xiangyang, seeing Wang Anjie's gesture, he has already made it clear: "General Wang is planning to take the opportunity to teach the Mongolian Tartars a lesson in Hecai Town?" ”

"Garrison Hecai Town with a lone army to attract the Mongol Tartars, and then most of the rest will go directly from Jeju Prefecture to the west and then to the north, from the area of Leize to the flank of Hecai Town, and a certain will also send a cavalry to directly bypass Liangshanluo and outflank the back road of the Mongol Tatars." Wang Anjie said in a deep voice, "If you don't fight, it's enough, since you have decided to fight, you can't procrastinate, compared to the two ministers, we don't know that we have time to kill and delay now, this battle, we must completely solve the harassment of the Mongolian Tatars on the border, even at the cost of a small amount of sacrifice and adventure into the territory of the Mongolian Tatars!" ”

Frowning, Jiang Duo looked directly at Wang Anjie: "How many days does it take?" ”

"Within three days, the battle must be resolved and the goal must be achieved." Wang Anjie replied in a deep voice, "I don't know how long Shandong Province can support it, although I don't dare to pack a ticket for three days, but with the ability of the two Huai armies, it should be eight or nine and ten." ”

"It is estimated that it will take four to five days for the follow-up grain, grass and reinforcements of the imperial court to arrive, if we continue to dry up like this, we will not be able to support the help of the imperial court at all, not to mention that I am afraid that everyone present does not want to be called 'incompetent' because of waiting for the orders of the imperial court, right?" Jiang Duo's gaze swept over the civil and military officials around him, and these officials all subconsciously straightened their waists, "So this official hopes that this time the two Huai armies will give it a go, and Shandong Province will be able to withstand it behind." If this victory is won, the glory of the two Huai armies is indispensable, and the credit of Shandong Province is indispensable! ”

"The last general (subordinate) obeys!" A group of officials hurriedly responded.

When Song Yinglong and Chen Ji left with the officials and generals, Jiang Duo took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Bocheng (Song Yinglong's cousin) is also for the sake of the people, and I hope General Wang will not take it to heart." ”

Wang Anjie chuckled: "How many of those who can be selected by His Majesty to support a world for the Ming Dynasty here are idle people?" A certain Wang Anjie, especially the kind of person with a small belly, Yanping (Chen Zhibiao's character) temperament Jiang Xianggong also knows that when two straightforward people collide together, it is inevitable that there will be some disputes. ”

Jiang Duo nodded, but he didn't say anything about the quarrel just now, and when he talked to someone in a high position like Wang Anjie, everyone could understand each other until they clicked, and sometimes it was useless to talk too much: "The news from the south, the heavy snow has closed the roads, the canal is frozen, and the assistance of the imperial court wants to arrive, I'm afraid it will take a while, but it is said that His Majesty has dispatched the Praetorian Guard and the Jinling Medical College to the north, if this group of people can arrive, thank God." ”

Wang Anjie has walked the road from Lianghuai to Shandong, how long does it take to come from Nanjing, Wang Anjie himself is actually very clear in his heart, and the four or five days that Jiang Duo said just now are actually optimistic estimates. Perhaps Shandong Province needs to be supported for a longer time.

"At this time, I hope that the imperial court will rescue, or Heluo, Lianghuai and other places can send charcoal in the snow, but there is not much hope, I have to rely on myself." Jiang Duo muttered.

"So this battle can't be fought, and it can't be won." Wang Anjie squinted his eyes and looked at the situation on the map.

Maybe he was thinking about how this battle would be fought if Ye Yingwu came in person. (To be continued.) )