While taking off the pair of gold-rimmed glasses given to him by Professor Li, he carefully wiped them with a soft cloth - Qian Qianyi really liked these glasses very much, and even the maintenance work was done by himself, even the most trusted old servants were not allowed to interfere...... He smiled casually: "...... By the way, Chen Xiaoyou, these days the old man is chatting with colleagues in the Ministry of Rites, and when it comes to these glasses, everyone is quite envious, and there are a lot of things that they want to buy, but I heard that this thing is not something that can be used at home, but is quite unique? People don't know the truth and the truth, so it's not easy to move......"

"Well, the main thing is that the spectacle lenses should be configured separately according to each person's myopia degree, and we have an optician here who specializes in this, and they only need to come to the door to measure the myopia degree."

Chen Tao first responded casually, but then saw Qian Qianyi's smiling expression, he was stunned for a moment, finally a little enlightened, and hurriedly added: "Of course, we can come to the door to provide service - I'll bring the optician over in a few days." If you need it, you will have it tested, and then come back to polish the lenses and send them over. ”

Qian Qianyi smiled at this time, nodded and said: "This is very good, the old man is also thinking of ideas in the ministry, squeeze a sum of money out, and buy a batch of them in a unified manner, which can be regarded as for official use." ”

Chen Tao was overjoyed when he heard the words - small money is not as good as big money, and big money is not as good as public money! No matter what kind of product can enter the government procurement system, it is like jumping into the rice basket of rats, although it is safe to eat - this is true throughout the ages. He hurriedly thanked the old man of Qian Ge, but the latter just waved his hand vainly: "You're welcome, it's still your things good, the big guys want to buy them, and the old man just takes advantage of the situation." ”

After a while, he sighed faintly: "Actually, with your financial resources, you don't have to work this little money...... If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, the old man has also entered the cabinet, so he knows how difficult the country is and how difficult the state is! ”

After a few deep sighs, Qian Qianyi began to gradually mention the recent movements in the court as if chatting......

Beginning in February, the Shaanxi Liukou began to wander around, all the way into Hebei, successively conquered Zhaozhou, Xishan, Shunde, Zhending and other places, killed several garrisons, chief books and other local officials, and even defeated Zuo Liangyu's troops who went to encircle and suppress.

Another group of rogues entered Henan, and its leader was named Li Zicheng! This person's status among many rogues was not high, and he could only be regarded as a small lock. It was only with several big leaders ranked before him, such as Zijin Liang, Wang Ziyong and others, who were either killed or died of illness, that his position slowly became important. In this year, Li Zicheng annexed more than 20,000 of Wang Ziyong's subordinates, another big chieftain, and his strength suddenly grew.

In a recent battle, he first set up an ambush to kill Yang Yuchun, a general who was carelessly besieged, and then used the captured Ming army clothing and banners to raid and defeat the Sichuan army general Deng Qi's department in one fell swoop, and his arrogance was very arrogant. At this time, the Ming court did not regard Li Zicheng as too important - compared to other exile army, this person's current power is not great. However, Qian Qianyi has already realized that among the many bandit leaders, it is probably the most cunning to act with this person.

The Liukou were already so troublesome, and the Jurchens in Manchuria on the periphery were even more unstoppable - in July, the Later Jin army sent troops to attack Lushun. The commander of this Houjin army is not someone else, it is the former Ming rebel general, Kong Youde, the culprit of the Dengzhou Rebellion!

I have to say that Kong Youde is indeed a great general. Previously, when he learned that Dengzhou's nest had been raided and the whole army was ready to turn back and fight with the "Qiong Navy" that suddenly appeared, he had already asked his henchmen to secretly prepare some sea ships on the sea north of Huang County.

By the time the first battle in Huangxian County was over, tens of thousands of people were beaten by the other party's mere two or three thousand, and the situation suddenly became sinister: Laizhou Mansion in front could not be attacked, Dengzhou Laowo in the rear was copied, and in the hinterland of the interior was a poor mountain and bad water, and in the north was a vast ocean. For an army of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000, it can be regarded as a desperate situation. But for the hundred and ten henchmen who had been prepared by Kong Youde for a long time, there was still a way back - in the end, they also used those seaside boats to escape. And then it was like in real history: Manchuria was thrown.

However, compared with history, Kong Youde's situation in this time and space is much more embarrassing: his good friend Geng Zhongming hangs up, not to mention what technical weapons such as cannons he carries, and in the end, only more than 100 people can escape from the mainland with him. Naturally, Houjin's treatment of him is unlikely to be as good as in history. Feng Wang is counting on it, it would be good to be able to save his life, and even some people initially advocated that these hundreds of Han people should be scattered and distributed to each family as clothed slaves, and they would be dragged to the Great Northern Wilderness to reclaim and farm.

In the end, Huang Taiji was quite wise, and he still accepted Kong Youde's surrendered army and incorporated it into the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Compared with the history of Huang Taiji personally out of the city to greet, meet and hug cordially, and named him "Gongshun King" at the beginning, the road to the post-Jin Shitu of Kong Youde in this time and space is much more bumpy. But there is one aspect where he is stronger than in history, and that is the application and insight of firearms.

The battlefield is the best classroom, and the lessons learned with blood are always profound. Wu Sangui still felt that he had gained a lot as a bystander, and Kong Youde, an opponent who had personally experienced the firepower intensity of the Qiong Navy, naturally realized more. At least, when most people in this time and space are still skeptical about where firearms can go after all, Kong Youde has clearly seen the future development path of firearms - he has been smashed on the head by rocket artillery, as long as he is not stupid, he will definitely be able to open his mind.

Now he has defected to Houjin and brought these insights with him to Manchuria. However, he didn't have a physical object at hand, not even a single artillery, so he could only rely on two mouths to ask the new master for merit and sell it. With the Manchurian Jurchens' consistent contempt for the Han Chinese and their preference for the cavalry tactics handed down by their ancestors, the theory of firearms victory propagated by Kong Youde should have had little market here.

――You must know that even the "King of Shengming" like Kangxi in later generations did not have a good impression of Dai Zi, the inventor who created the Lianzhu Fire Hammer, and directly sent him to the Great Northern Wilderness to farm. Can it be ...... Now Houjin's family is Huang Taiji! This guy who obviously opened a plug-in actually made the arrangement that could give full play to his ability just by relying on Kong Youde's words......

Huang Taiji gathered all the troops that used firearms in the Houjin Army and formed a separate army. In the name of the army, the old name of the previous "Nikan Chaoha" (Han Army) was not used, but it was called "Wuzhen Chaoha" (Firearms Army). The titular commander-in-chief was Tong Yangxing - he certainly couldn't have given the reins to a general in the first place. However, in terms of specific army construction, he let Kong Youde go all out.

At first, he only asked Kong Youde to command a Niu Lu, that is, a force of more than 300 people - basically all of his old subordinates who fled from Shandong with him. But soon, as this person's ability gradually appeared, Huang Taiji used him more and more, and soon let him command a Jiala, that is, five Niu Lu more than a thousand troops.

Kong Youde also urgently needed to prove his ability to Huang Taiji, so after the initial completion of army construction, he asked for troops to attack Lushunkou. Lushunkou is now under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town, Phi Island, and Huang Long, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, is personally stationed there.

The Dongjiang Army has repeatedly harassed the hinterland of Liaodong since the time of Mao Wenlong, which is a major problem for the Houjin. The Jurchens tried to pull out the nail several times, but they never succeeded. This time, I heard that Kong Youde wanted to attack Dongjiang with just more than 1,000 people, and those Jurchen relatives and nobles all laughed loudly.

But they don't want to stop it at all, anyway, it's a dog-eat-dog between the Han people, and they're happy to watch a good show.

And since Kong Youde dared to propose to attack Lushun, he was naturally confident -- as the godson of Mao Wenlong, the founder of Dongjiang Town, and Mao Yongshi, the cadre of Dongjiang at that time, he knew too well the details of this army and the way of fighting. Don't look at the Dongjiang Army's claim to have "tens of thousands of tigers" every time it asks for supplies from the Ming Dynasty, and the propaganda of Manchuria is even more than hundreds of thousands of bragging, in fact, the main force that can really fight is only a few thousand, and the rest are all old, weak, sick and disabled. The more than 1,000 people under Kong Youde were already strong, and after some intensive training, they were completely sure to deal with three to four times the Ming army, not to mention a weak brigade like Dongjiang that knew the roots.

Moreover, since the death of Mao Wenlong, the Ming court has strictly lacked supplies for the Dongjiang army, and it is difficult to guarantee even the minimum supply of military rations. The reason why Huang Long wanted to go to Lushun to station in person was not because of anything else, but to prevent the defenders here from making trouble because of lack of food! - They've done this before, more than once. Not to mention that although Kong Youde has now invested in Houjin, he still has some old acquaintances and relationships in the Dongjiang Army, and he can persuade him to surrender by about thousands.

All in all...... In Kong Youde's view, today's Dongjiang Army is like a crumbling thatched house, as long as he kicks hard at the gate, the whole house will collapse, so he is very sure to fight.

Of course, the Ming did not know the details, but they soon received a distress letter from Lushun. Fortunately, Kong Youde's men were not manpowered, so he didn't dare to attack too fast. Huang Long resisted desperately, and at the same time sent people to the mainland one after another to ask for help, and in just a few days, three or four waves of messengers had been sent to Dengzhou and Jingshi, and the situation was very critical.

In the face of such a crisis, if it was a normal court, it should have responded immediately. But now, there is also a mess within the court, and this is not the case at all...... No response.

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