"Don't even think about it!" Wang Chengen glared at Hong Chengchou and said, "At this moment, that Tartar is on the front line from Shanhaiguan to Xuanda, and we can't increase our troops, how can we allow you to mobilize the old troops to go to Jiangnan with you?" ”

"That's not the end of it." Hong Chengchou chuckled, "The lower official is ordered to supervise Jiangnan, and there must be a battalion of soldiers and horses in his hands, otherwise how to control those unruly arrogant generals, Zuo Liangyu and his subordinate officials also know very well, this person is arrogant and arrogant, although the subordinate is his old superior, but now this person is full-fledged, if the old man does not have an elite division in his hands, how can he control this person, Could it be that his father-in-law thought that with the old face of Hong and the royal flag of the emperor's reward, he could make those gentry, soldiers, and ruffians in Jiangnan obediently obey their orders? ”

To tell the truth, Hong Chengchou's words can be said to be very presumptuous, but Wang Chengen is not angry, as a eunuch who has served Chongzhen since Chongzhen was the king of letters, Wang Chengen's feelings for Chongzhen are very complicated, very much the friendship of master and servant, and a bit like the love that father and son only see, since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has also seen the hard work of these years in his eyes and is anxious in his heart, seeing that the country's state affairs are gradually eroding, not only Chongzhen, even Wang Chengen is not comfortable.

Now the imperial court has sent Hong Chengchou to Jiangnan to supervise the division, Hong Chengchou proposed to bring a group of men and horses down, in fact, this request is not too much, the hero still has to help three people, not to mention the number of provincial soldiers and horses that go down to supervise the division.

"Okay, let's go talk to the emperor." After groaning for a while, Wang Chengen finally nodded lightly, and sighed helplessly: "You, you always cause trouble for our family, what kind of people and horses are not good, but you want the people and horses of the Shenji Battalion, this is not to make the emperor embarrassed." ”

Seeing that the most favored eunuch in front of Chongzhen finally nodded, Hong Chengchou was overjoyed in his heart, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law is righteous, and the lower officials will thank their father-in-law first." ”

Wang Chengen waved his hand and said lightly: "Come on, whether it is successful or not, our family will leave." ”

After that, Wang Chengen waved his hand lightly and walked out of the gate of the military department.

After watching Wang Chengen walk out of the door, Hong Chengchou turned around and walked towards the signing room where he worked. When he came to the bookcase and sat down, a middle-aged man about forty years old, with a big black mole on the corner of his mouth, and facing a somewhat gloomy staff, walked over and whispered to Hong Chengchou: "My lord, this will of the imperial court came very suddenly. The emperor didn't ask the adults what they meant, and there was no warning in the court, why did the holy decree come down so suddenly? Could it be that the matter is really so urgent that there is no time to summon the adults? ”

This middle-aged man's name is Ding Qun, a native of Shaoxing Mansion, Zhejiang, because the imperial examination is hopeless, so he has to be a master under Hong Chengchou like many Shaoxing scholars, and it has been more than ten years.

"Definitely." Hong Chengchou shook his head, "This official thinks that this must be the emperor's temporary decision, otherwise there should be some clues in it." Since the emperor's decree is so urgent, it can be seen that he has indeed endured the situation in Jiangnan. ”

"But you proposed to the emperor to mobilize the Shenji Battalion to Jiangnan, this move may provoke criticism and criticism from all the nobles, not to mention the combat power of those Shenji Battalion soldiers" Speaking of this, Ding Qun snorted a few times, obviously despising the Shenji Battalion, which had been reduced to gambling all day long.

Hong Chengchou smiled slightly, and said to Ding Qun: "Mr. Ding, do you think that this official is dizzy, so he will ask those masters of the Shenji Battalion to be transferred to Jiangnan?" ”

Ding Qun shook his head: "Naturally not, the student thinks that adults have their own considerations, but the student is stupid, but he can't see it." ”

"Okay, don't guess." Hong Chengchou showed a sly smile and said softly: "Actually, you are right, the people in the Shenji Battalion are indeed rotten, but the equipment of the Shenji Battalion is not erosive, on the contrary, the equipment of the Shenji Battalion is the best and the latest in the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Oh? Are you going to "

Ding Qun's expression moved, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Hong Chengchou continued, "Now that the Tartars are eyeing the outside of the Guan, the emperor will naturally not transfer the soldiers and horses from Guanning, Shanhaiguan and Xuanda to the official, and the thieves are also ready to move in Shaanxi, if the only thing in the capital that can still make the official look at it is only those firearms in the Shenji Battalion, as for those old soldiers, as long as the official takes them to Jiangnan to experience it, the official will not believe that they can't be tempered!" ”

"Oh, I see, my lord is wise."

After figuring out his boss's thoughts, Ding Qun's face showed admiration. He understood Hong Chengchou's plan, it is true that the men and horses of the Shenji Battalion are corrupt and degenerate, but after all, the Shenji Battalion is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and his equipment has always been leveraged, such as their guns and artillery, which are all high-quality products created by the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Industry, and there is absolutely no situation where the guns are blown up and the artillery cannot be fired that often occurs in other armies of the Ming Dynasty. After all, this army is also the face of the royal family, and the emperor will sometimes go to inspect it on a whim, if they are dressed in tatters and hold shabby firearms, what do you think the emperor will think, so this is also very similar to some places in later generations, no matter how hard you can't be a hard cadre, no matter how poor you can't be poor to the Shenji Battalion.

Hong Chengchou wants to pull them to the south of the Yangtze River to beat them and temper them into a strong team, even if he returns to the capital in the future, he can be regarded as a descendant of Hong Chengchou in the capital.

Soon, Chongzhen's instructions came down, and Hong Chengchou's request to mobilize the Shenji Battalion to follow him to Jiangnan was approved!

On April 29, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou, the new governor of Jiangnan, took more than 5,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and more than 60 artillery pieces, including red-coated cannons, general cannons, and Shenwu cannons, to the south of the Yangtze River on a big boat.

At this time, Pang Gang, who was busy looking for tungsten ore in Jiangxi, couldn't help but cry and laugh when he got the news, specially, Hong Chengchou, you really think that Lao Tzu didn't cut off your luck and treated Lao Tzu as a sick cat, if it weren't for the fact that you can still be a target and attract the enemy's firepower, Lao Tzu would have cut off your luck and let you drink the northwest wind, and now it's a bit arrogant to do so.

Just as Pang Gang was pondering whether to send a few warships to the river in Nanjing to demonstrate, there was a commotion outside.

"Jiang Laohan, you can't go in, the prince is approving official documents."

An old voice sounded outside: "Get out of the way, the old man has something important to report to the prince." ”

"No, even if you want to give birth to a child, you have to wait until the prince is done." This is the voice of Philip Steward.

As soon as Shi Bowen said this, the old voice immediately shouted loudly outside: "Prince, prince, I found it, tungsten ore has been found!" ”

As soon as Jiang Laohan's words were finished, he heard a "crackling" sound from the house, and after a while, he saw Pang Gangxing rushing out of the house in a hurry, and soon ran outside the house.

It turned out that this person was the old man Jiang in Laizhou, Pang Gang mobilized people to Jiangxi to search for minerals, this old man Jiang volunteered to follow the surprise, in his words, I said that the old man has also dug tungsten ore for a few years, other big things can not be done, run errands, so he came over like this, I didn't expect that today he actually ran over and said that he found tungsten ore, which can make Pang Gang happy.

Pang Gang hurriedly shouted to Shi Bowen: "Bowen, you quickly let go of the old man." ”

Seeing that Pang Gang had spoken, Shi Bowen let Jiang Laohan come over, Jiang Laohan knelt down at Pang Gang excitedly, raised his hands and said excitedly: "Lord Wang, the old man is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has found the ore you want!" ”

Jiang Laohan's hands slowly opened, and a piece of swarthy ore emitted a strange light in the noon sun, this is tungsten ore, which is definitely a genuine tungsten ore.

Pang Gang took over the tungsten ore with a slightly trembling hand, watching its unique black crystals sparkling in the sun, and couldn't help but get excited in his heart, "Finally found tungsten ore again, Lao Tzu's great cause is guaranteed!" ”

It wasn't until after a while that Pang just remembered that there was still a group of people standing in front of him, and he couldn't help but say to Jiang Laohan with some apologies: "Old man, it's really hard for you this time, where did you find these tungsten ores?" ”

Jiang Laohan said with a smile: "How can I have any hard work, we are just looking around near Yuxian County according to your instructions, we have thousands of people looking for more than half a month, and finally found this thing in a village in the suburbs, good guy, there are too many ores there, how many years, no one knows what they do, this is enough for us to mine for a long time." ”

"Good!" Pang Gan couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, nodded and said, "Okay!" Old man, thank you for your hard work, please tell everyone that every person who is looking for ore will go to the account office to receive two hundred taels of silver, and as for your old man, he will receive five hundred taels, and then you will quickly call for people to open the mine, and after the mining is completed, it will be transported to Shandong by boat. ”

"Yes, the little old man thanked the prince for the reward!" Jiang Laohan didn't refuse, with this money, he could push the family's old house to be rebuilt, and there would be a surplus.

Watching Jiang Laohan walk to the front account room under the leadership of a personal soldier, Pang Gang rubbed his hands happily and kept walking around the courtyard.

Although Pang Gang also has a weapons workshop, it is okay to create some cold weapons such as spears and spears or knives and axes, but if you want to build a mini rifle equipped with a rifleman and mass production of mini bullets, this kind of thing that can only be mass-produced after the industrialization process begins is not something that Pang Gang can produce now.

There are more soldiers and horses under his hands, and the demand for weapons is naturally more, not to mention that the rifle also has a service life, a Mini rifle will be scrapped after firing about 500 bullets, which is also a great consumption, therefore, when Pang Gang heard that the tungsten mine near Laizhou was about to be exhausted, he wanted to kill people, for the tungsten ore, Pang Gang almost did not hesitate to wave the army to launch an attack on Jiangxi, and now it is finally worth the effort, and finally find a new source of minerals.

"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, you have finally achieved your wish!"

Shi Bowen on the side saw Pang Gang's happy smile, and congratulated Pang Gang with a smile on the side. Smart he naturally knows that Pang Gang attaches great importance to tungsten ore, when he was in Qingzhou, every once in a while there will be a batch of tungsten ore transported to the huge warehouse of Lingshanwei, it stands to reason that those tungsten ore that can neither be used nor eaten can find a place to pour, but Pang Gang solemnly sent someone to build a huge warehouse to store it, and it can only enter and not go out, the security of this warehouse is also very strict, even if he is Pang Gang's personal guard, he has no right to approach. Seeing such a situation, if Shi Bowen didn't understand the important surname of this tungsten ore to the prince, he would have lived in vain, but he was smart and never asked Pang Gang about these things, because he knew that if he couldn't control his mouth, he would definitely end up miserable.

Pang Gang turned around, looked at the captain of the pro-soldier who had been following him for several years, and had gradually matured Shi Bowen, his heart moved, and he asked with a smile: "Bowen, how long have you been following this official?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, I have been following you for three years!"

"Not three years."

Pang Gang thought for a while and asked, "Bowen, do you want to experience the troops below?" Now there is still a garrison of soldiers and horses in Nanchang City, are you willing to give in? ”

"Nanchang soldiers and horses garrison?" Shi Bowen was stunned for a moment, the Nanchang soldiers and horses garrison was a third-grade official, and he was also the largest military attache in Nanchang Mansion, could he be competent?

"What, you don't have confidence in yourself?" Seeing Shi Bowen's stunned appearance, Pang Gang said: "The current Nanchang City is in ruins, and the city is mixed, it is not easy for you to govern such a big place, do you have this confidence?" ”

Shi Bowen was stunned for a long time and then knelt on the ground with a puff, and said in a trembling voice: "The adult is so respectful of his humble position, and his humble duty will be repaid to the death, and he will never live up to the cultivation of the adult!" ”

Pang Gang smiled and helped him up and said with a smile: "Okay, don't look like a mother-in-law, you are also an old man who has been with the official for a few years, how can you still be a little daughter, okay, let's do it, get ready, hand over the matter at hand to Zhao Jian (deputy captain of the cavalry), and then ask Cheng Kai for 3,000 people, and then start to take office!" ”

"Yes, thank you for the cultivation of the prince!"

Shi Bowen, who was so excited in his heart, knelt down again

At the beginning of May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, after completing the task of occupying Jiangxi, Pang Gang led Cheng Kai's Third Army to return to Qingzhou, in Qingzhou, Pang Gang was warmly welcomed by the soldiers and civilians of Qingzhou, and now the people of Shandong are also accustomed to Pang Gang's king

The sunset sun fell on the house, this room is very large, the most conspicuous place in the room is a big bed, at this time Pang Gang was lying on the big bed freely, and his body was covered with a thin quilt, but the quilt had a round bulge in one place, and it was slowly squirming.

After Pang Gang exhaled comfortably for a long time, then a slender figure came out of the quilt, and a delicate face appeared in front of Pang Gang, and then lay weakly in Pang Gang's arms. He muttered in his mouth: "Master, the slave is no good, come out first to breathe, or let the young lady come next." ”

Pang Gang gently stroked the smooth back of the beautiful woman and laughed: "Ling'er, you are not far behind, why did you surrender so quickly now?" That's not your style! ”

Ling'er glanced at Pang Gang shyly, "Who made the master so powerful, it seems that the master must be very suffocated this time." ”

Seeing Ling'er's innocent and shy appearance, Pang Gang's heart became hot again, and at this time, another Miaoman's figure came out of the quilt. The pink skin was red and smooth, as smooth as a baby, as soon as she came out, she gently bit Pang Gang's chest, and said shyly: "The husband is getting worse and worse, neither people nor Ling'er can deal with you, it seems that a few sisters still have to be added to the family." ”

Pang Gang smiled evilly: "Okay, as long as Ruolan is not jealous, the husband will go out and find a few more sisters to come back to be your companion." ”

"Miss!"

Ruolan hadn't spoken yet, but Ling'er on the side was anxious, and gently shook Ruolan's jade arm and said bitterly: "You still don't think there are many sisters in the family, and no matter how many there are, you can't fit it in the family." ”

Seeing Ling'er's anxious appearance, Pang Gang couldn't help laughing, and gently scratched her Qiong's nose and smiled: "Okay, you little girl, your young lady is not in a hurry, but you are in a hurry first, is this called the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry." ”

"The slave is not a eunuch, miss, you don't care about the master, let him always make fun of others!" Seeing Pang Gang's teasing, Ling'er shyly got into her young lady's arms and hid her hot little face inside.

Kong Ruolan patted Ling'er's fragrant shoulder angrily and funnily and comforted: "Okay, husband, that's joking with you." After speaking, he said to Pang Gang and Pang Gangjiao: "You, you are all fathers, and you are still so out of tune, why don't you hurry up and comfort Ling'er." ”

As he spoke, he pushed Ling'er in his arms to Pang Gang, and glanced at Pang Gang, who took Ling'er with a smile.

He understood what Kong Ruolan meant, although Ling'er was just a personal maid who married with her, and her identity was just a concubine, but she had also served him for so many years, without merit and hard work, it was time to give her a child, thinking of this, Pang Gang gave Kong Ruolan a bad look, Kong Ruolan's pink face suddenly turned red, and he slowly lay on the bed with a white look, Pang Gang put Ling'er in his arms on this charming body, overlapping the two together, and then pounced

(To be continued)