Zhang Gongwei, Marquis of Longping, is a descendant of Zhang Xin, the hero of Jingjing.

After Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, Zhang Xin, who was the capital of Beiping, accepted the secret edict and was ordered to arrest Zhu Di, the king of Yan. Zhang Xin visited Yan Di three times, but King Yan did not see him. Zhang Xin stubbornly requested, and finally entered the Yanwang Mansion, met him by the bedside, and told Zhu Di the news.

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately summoned the generals to plan and attack the nine gates of Beiping. Jing was successful, Zhu Di entered Nanjing, rewarded meritorious deeds, Zhang Xin was promoted to the governor of the capital, was named the Marquis of Longping, and ate thousands of stones, inherited from generation to generation.

Passed to Zhang Gongwei's generation, it is already the tenth generation, and one hundred and ninety years have passed unconsciously.

Among the military dignitaries in Nanjing, Xu Hongji, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, the father-in-law of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and the descendant of Xu Da, the grandfather of Ming Renzong, was in charge of the Jiangnan Water Division, and Zhang Gongwei was in charge of the Jiangnan Land Division, so in the face of Xu Hongji's question and Zhang Gongwei's hopeful eyes, Zhu Daolin did not have the slightest reservation, and said confidently:

"I don't dare to say that it is barely possible to recruit 15,000 new soldiers and rebuild Jiangnan Sanwei. If Uncle Zhang is willing, the little nephew will immediately start this matter, and let the ironsmith workshop work overtime to build 15,000 new steel knives for Jiangnan Sanwei, but I don't have a set of clothes and armor here, and I have to rely on Uncle Zhang to figure out a way by himself. ”

Before the words fell, he exclaimed.

Zhang Gongwei was overjoyed: "You can do me a great favor!" Say, how can I thank you? ”

"Outside, aren't you? The little nephew is not only for the seniors, the little nephew is the same as the seniors, and what he thinks about the most is my Daming country! ”

After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he bowed to the north very solemnly.

A group of generals wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, Zhang Gongwei was in a good mood: "The emperor is wise!" Giving such a heavy responsibility to the virtuous nephew is really far-sighted! ”

Seeing Zhu Daolin and Zhang Gongwei looking at each other and laughing. Xu Hongji, who happened to be short of ships at hand, was red-eyed, unceremoniously grabbed Zhu Daolin's hand, and pointed to the two 500-ton Galen ships that were being maintained at the dock:

"I want these two warships, your Shangyuan Qianhu Office has just started recruiting new soldiers, and I can't get on the ship for at least half a year, so I'll use it first. I'll give you a good batch of timber when I get back. ”

Zhu Daolin said with a smile: "It's not that the little nephew is reluctant, but this kind of Galen warship is specially made for sea operations, and it is full of soft sails, and a sail raising action requires fifty or sixty people to cooperate closely to do it, which is completely different from the control method of my Daming Sailor warship, can the predecessors use it when they take it back?" ”

"Without the guidance of the Francophone and more than half a year of training, the seniors can't use it even if they take it back! To this end, the little nephew specially entrusted the Francophone merchant to recruit dozens of retired Western naval officers and soldiers on his behalf to train the recruits under his command for the little nephew. The Franc Robot arrived soon. ”

Zhu Daolin's explanation sounds reasonable, in fact, he has already made up his mind to keep it for his own use, these two ninety percent of the new Galen warship is very unusual, it is a new type of armed merchant ship that has been gradually improved after a hundred years of practice, and the finalization time is less than 20 years, it is currently the most mature and practical three-masted sail warship in the world, and it is also the main warship commonly used in European countries today, so how can Zhu Daolin be willing to send it away?

Where did Xu Hongji, who was accustomed to hard sails, know these things. felt that Zhu Daolin's explanation was very reasonable, and looked up. The dense cables on Galen's ship made him feel dizzy, and it was indeed difficult for his men to control such a strange and complex warship.

However, if he didn't get anything from Zhu Daolin, who was rich and rivaled the country, Xu Hongji felt very unwilling, and after thinking about it, he pointed directly to the direction of the shipbuilding workshop in the south:

"Your shipyard No. 2 and No. 3 have two ships that are almost finished, about the same size as the ones I use. It looks much thicker than my warship, so you can give me those two ships!" ”

Zhu Daolin reluctantly explained: "Those two warships are based on the Fu ship, and the new warship is improved by borrowing the advantages of the Galen warship, and the thickness of the ship's side and keel is almost twice that of the ordinary Fu ship, even if it is equipped with 12 great generals' cannons. In addition, the 12 Franc machine cannons will not affect the hull structure, which is much better than the warship that the predecessors took on, since the predecessors have taken a fancy to it, after a few days of construction, the predecessors will drive away one, to be honest, my heart hurts a little! ”

Everyone burst into laughter, thinking that Zhu Daolin was too interesting, and Zhu Daolin still had a straight face when telling jokes, which made everyone feel funny.

Who knew that Xu Hongji was not satisfied, and pointed to the two Galen ships leaning on the edge of the dock again: "I don't have artillery, the guns on your two ships will lend me first, and I will find a way to get tens of thousands of catties of pig iron for you when I go back, I don't want you in vain." ”

"Huh!? It's not for nothing, huh? Do you know how many cannons there are on my two ships? There are a total of 60 brand-new long-barreled copper cannons on the two ships, and they are more than 50,000 catties when they are broken. At least 60 five-zhang long pieces of shipbuilding timber must be given to me! ”

Zhu Daolin complained unwillingly, causing bursts of laughter again, and finally Xu Hongji himself laughed embarrassedly.

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, and his generals laughed for a while before they called out Xu Wentao, the deputy of the Shangyuan Thousand Households Institute, a sailor specially selected for Zhu Daolin, and sent them to Zhu Daolin.

Zhu Daolin hurriedly saluted each other, and looked at Xu Wentao, who was tall and had a deep nose in front of him, amicably: "Listening to the accent of the world brother, it seems that I have lived in Beizhili for many years. ”

At the same time, Xu Wentao, a descendant of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, politely explained: "The generation of the foolish brother's great-grandfather has been transferred to the capital with the Zhongdu Fei Xiongwei, and several generations have lived in the capital. ”

"Foolish brother grew up in the Beijing camp, eight years ago my father was unfortunately martyred, foolish brother inherited the title, transferred to Liaodong Guangning Zhongwei, who knows that a defeat and defeat without achievement, last year due to injury returned to the capital to recuperate."

"Because my mother was weak and sick, she couldn't endure the cold weather in the north, and under the care of my uncle and many elders in Beijing, the family moved back to Jinling after the Spring Festival to live in peace.

"What are you talking about? Dao Lin is a cheerful person, the simpler you say, the more he likes to listen, in his words, time is money, you are verbose, how much silver should you have? ”

Xu Hongji's few words of joke once again caused a burst of laughter from everyone.

Xu Wentao, who was in his prime, was very in awe of his cousin Xu Hongji, so he bowed resignedly, took two steps back and stood solemnly, without a smile on his face or the slightest embarrassment.

Zhu Daolin secretly gave birth to a vigilant heart, feeling that this pampering and humiliation is not shocking and scheming Xu Wentao is not simple, his noble descendants were born in the Beijing camp without worrying about food and clothing, but he dared to go to Guangning Zhongwei, who had been confronting the Manchu army for many years, and he had been there for seven years, which shows that this person is not only courageous, but also has a tough personality, but I don't know if it is pleasant to work together?

If he is diligent and loyal, with one heart and one mind, Zhu Daolin does not mind Xu Wentao's deep background and background, and will definitely be reused, if he wants to become a nail in the army, Zhu Daolin will definitely kick him away unceremoniously and let him go back where he came from. (To be continued......)