Jinling Imperial Palace, Taiye Chinan, Wu Gong Mansion.

Yuhu, Yulong and seven or eight little fathers-in-law moved a few wooden boxes and cardboard boxes to the center of the main hall.

Zhu Daolin took the initiative to step forward, opened the big wooden box with Yuhu and Yulong, and erected a mahogany pendulum clock with a height of 1.8 meters, which immediately blinded the little fathers-in-law.

Father-in-law Wu was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered to swing to the red sandalwood low cabinet in front of the entrance on the left, and carefully watched Zhu Daolin open the glass door on the front of the big pendulum clock, take out the pocket watch to check the time, skillfully adjust the hour and minute hands, and take out the key attached to the inside to wind up.

Next is a large polished mirror that is also one person high.

Gonggong Wu ordered to lean directly in front of the entrance next to the large grandfather clock, walked over to carefully examine the self-image in the mirror, turned around and praised for a long time before coming back and sitting down.

"The remaining two cartons you always turn around and open it, inside is Longjing tea and a set of enamel porcelain tableware worth 300 taels of silver, the whole Ming Dynasty is currently no one to make it, look back at your old look at it to understand, in the afternoon Francophone people want to buy me I don't sell, if you always want to give away, go back and send you two sets over, no more."

Zhu Daolin and Wu Jingxian were very relaxed together, and they spoke very casually.

Wu Jingxian was very satisfied, and he was not in a hurry to open the last two cardboard boxes, pointed to the big mirror in front of the entrance and told Zhu Daolin: "Tomorrow I will pack and take it away, and send it to the capital together with the 50 boxes of copper coins that I just made. ”

Zhu Daolin was slightly taken aback: "This kind of escort matter, why does it require your old man to come out in person?" ”

"What if I don't go? Jingli wrote to me that Gao Qiqian's father-in-law Gao was transferred by the emperor to supervise the army in Shandong, and commanded the Fifth Route Army to encircle and suppress the anti-thief Kong Youde. So at the end of next month at the latest, Yang Jinchao Yang Gonggong will enter Beijing and take over as the imperial horse eunuch, I don't hurry up and down to make a little bit up and down in Beijing, and show loyalty to the emperor, what if someone takes the lead? ”

Wu Jingxian's expression looked very relaxed. But he still couldn't hide the worry in his eyes.

Zhu Daolin nodded thoughtfully: "In that case, I'll send a few more big mirrors early tomorrow morning...... In addition, there are still hundreds of tons of copper in the backyard of my villa, and I will transport another 100 tons to come. ”

"How much is 100 tons of copper?" Wu Jingxian couldn't sit still.

Zhu Daolin was already very familiar with the daimyo jin tael, so he opened his mouth and replied: "100 tons is equal to about 168,350 catties of the Ming Dynasty, do you think it is enough?" ”

Wu Jingxian stood up and grabbed Zhu Daolin's hand excitedly: "Enough, enough!" There are 168,000 catties of copper. No problems! Daolin, you've done me a great favor! ”

Zhu Daolin pursed his mouth: "You always sit down and talk, this little thing depends on your excitement...... In the afternoon, the Franc machine promised me that by three months at the latest, more than 100 iron and bronze cannons would be delivered, about half of which were more than 18-pound general cannons, and the main reason for coming to your old man today was for this matter. ”

"The Francophone is willing to use civilian ships to deliver goods to Jinling Wharf, and I am worried that Wei Guogong and Longping Hou also want to separate a few doors. I was worried that you wouldn't have enough, so I didn't go to them! ”

"If the imperial court does not allow the ships of the Francophiles to enter the Yangtze River. That's no problem, it's also delivered at Baoshan Wharf at the mouth of the Yangtze River or Liujiagang in the north of Taicang, and those two port wharves are stationed under the command of Wei Guogong. ”

Wu Jingxian still hesitated, and with a red face, he confirmed to Zhu Daolin again: "Can it really be shipped in three months?" Don't make any mistakes, I'm going to report this to the emperor! ”

"Don't worry. At the same time, I also ordered 200 steel cannons from Tianshu Pavilion, of which 50 are general cannons, which can be quietly shipped to me in June at the latest. ”

"Let's talk about it first. At that time, I will spend money to buy two 2,000-stone ships with artillery, copper materials, and iron ingots, and I will spend money to buy them for use as cargo ships at Shangyuan Wharf, if I can really become the commander under the command of the Duke of Wei, I will convert them into warships for use, otherwise what will I use to protect my Hushan Manor and Shangyuan Wharf? ”

Zhu Daolin said everything that should be said.

Wu Jingxian laughed: "This thing is too easy to do, according to the rules set by Taizu and Chengzu of this dynasty, the naval guards are equipped with two warships, and other smaller speedboats, centipede boats, fire dragon boats, fighting boats, inland river cargo sand boats, etc., can have up to 18 to 24 ships, you can do it boldly!" ”

"The day after tomorrow at the latest, the 220 shipbuilders I got for you will be able to send them to Hushan Manor, but you have to work harder to open an ironwork workshop and a shipbuilding workshop as soon as possible."

"Also, once your shipbuilding workshop is up, I'm afraid that the shipbuilding wood you have been buying in the past two months will not be enough, you can think of more ways to find those Bashu merchants, and I will also help you get some back."

"Thank you, uncle! Is there anything else I need to prepare? There are also two pocket watches with sterling silver shells at home, and if you want to give them away, I'll have them bring them to you tomorrow morning. ”

Zhu Daolin, in line with the intention of sending the Buddha to the West, was very generous.

"I don't need to send it, I'll go there in person tomorrow morning, and by the way, I will transport the 168,000 catties of copper to the wharf together, and load the goods directly at your Shangyuan wharf."

"When the time comes, you will prepare those large mirrors and pocket watches, and I will send them to the palace to present to the emperor...... In these years, there are external troubles, the people are not happy, not only the emperor suffers, but the mothers and concubines are also affected, I heard that from last summer to now, the emperor and the harem of the mothers and concubines have not added a new clothes! ”

Wu Jingxian sighed and stood up: "I'm going to go to the Duke of Wei's mansion and ask him to borrow two better sand boats to transport copper into Beijing, otherwise I won't be able to catch up tomorrow, do you want to go with you?" ”

"No, I have to go back to Zizhuyuan to see, I haven't gone back to see it until I left on the night of the Lantern Festival, and I don't know how scared they were."

Zhu Daolin sighed, stood up and shook his hem and was about to leave.

Wu Jingxian grabbed Zhu Daolin: "Listen to my uncle's words, don't come nonsense, I have written down all the children of the Zhou family and the few who took the lead in making trouble, especially that Zhang Pu and Hou Fangyu, Daolin, you can't move them, when I become the eunuch of Nanjing, I will help you slowly torture them, even if you flee to the capital and hide under the wings of those Wenchen, I have a way to clean up one by one, and the others will also be together!" ”

Zhu Daolin bowed deeply: "Thank you, uncle!" I won't get into trouble with those literati, I'll just slowly compete with the heroes behind them in business. ”

Wu Jingxian smiled with satisfaction and helped Zhu Daolin up: "Daolin, you have always had a calm personality, and your strategy and ad-hoc response are good, but I am worried that you will be angry for a while, and now I am relieved to see you like this." ”

"Stay at home, find Wei Guogong if you have something, don't take it alone, I will instruct my subordinates to take care of you secretly, and your Hushan main courtyard, you have to be watched every day, and other things will be discussed when I come back from Beijing."

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