Chapter 156: Swimming Against the Current
"Your Majesty!" Chen Hong finally reacted, screaming and pounced on Zhu Houxi. Chen Hong's martial arts are good, he looks like an old eunuch with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, but in fact, he is not only a political and military strategist, but also a good talent for governing the country, and he is also a martial artist. Therefore, Chen Hong belongs to the introverted person.
But at this time, Chen Hong, who was not alarmed, was out of proportion, taking three steps and making two steps, as if fleeing for his life, and even crawled to Zhu Houxi's side, forgetting any martial arts steps at this moment. Chen Hong picked up Zhu Houxi, looked at the blood on his hands, and then looked at the blood on the bed, and shouted hoarsely. Only one cry Chen Hong stopped, it turned out that Zhu Houxi was not dead, and his willpower was tenacious, he was picked up by Chen Hong for such a moment, but he opened his eyes and said: "Chen Hong save me, the palace maid stabbed me." ā
Chen Hong calmed down, knowing that it was not an assassin's assassination, so he hurriedly went to find the imperial doctor, but saw Zhu Houxi pointing to his belt, and said intermittently: "There is an antidote to a hundred poisons refined by Lu Bing in it, and it can detoxify and save your life if you take it." ā
Chen Hong knew Lu Bing's medical attainments and wonderful methods, and hurriedly opened the hidden buckle on the jade belt for Zhu Houxi, and then took out the pill and put it in Zhu Houxi's mouth. Zhu Houxi immediately asked Chen Hong to ask the imperial doctor, Baidu antidote can be used to save life, but if the blood runs dry, people will still die, and if they lose too much blood, even if they don't die, they will be wasted.
Chen Hong invited the imperial doctor to stop the bleeding for Zhu Houxi, and the imperial doctor was very surprised that the emperor could still live like this, and Lian Lian said that he was the true dragon emperor. Fortunately, there is a deposit of this pill. Zhu Houxi was able to save his life. Speaking of which, Zhu Houxi can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, if it weren't for the previous diligence, Zhu Houxi developed the habit of lying down in clothes. Even now, he is wearing clothes, otherwise how could Chen Hong quickly find the jade belt. If it weren't for the poison of Dongfang Ao's Ten Complete Pills before, Lu Bing gave Zhu Houyu two more antidotes to the hundred poisons, how could he have today's work, I am afraid that Zhu Houyu will die at the hands of a woman and die on the couch.
At the same time, it is also fortunate that Chen Hong came to report, otherwise he would only encounter a person who could not move because of blood loss. Then the blood flowed out of the dead Zhu Houxi. So Zhu Houxi can't say that this life is all unfortunate, at least he has been an emperor and reigns over the world. Enjoy three thousand beauties in the harem. In his life, Zhu Houxi is no longer a loss, and he has been helped by nobles in several major disasters, so as to turn the danger into a disaster. Although the sad thing is that most of the nobles are Lu Bing or related to Lu Bing.
Zhu Houxi gradually returned to peace. The imperial doctor retreated and ordered it to be kept secret, although it was fine, Zhu Houxi's face was still a little pale. Zhu Houxi asked, "Have those thieves been caught?" ā
"Someone has been sent to arrest him, and then he will be taken into custody and disposed of, and he will make a decision when the Holy Lord is well." Chen Hong replied.
Zhu Houxi smiled and said, "I am really useless, I was stabbed by a woman, and I ended up like this." Heaven doesn't help me. Even I didn't want to give me a life of drunkenness, dreams, death, and pleasure in the end, and in the end, it was Lu Bing's medicine that saved my life. It's ridiculous! Sad, sad! ā
"The Holy One is angry." Chen Hong said.
Zhu Houxi shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, I am not angry." Let these women go, it's wrong for me to assassinate me, if you don't kill me, I'll torture them to death sooner or later. ā
"The saint repays the grievances with virtue, and the house is kind-hearted, and it is really holy." Chen Hong flattered that now it is to give Zhu Houxi relief, how to deal with these palace maids who assassinated Zhu Houyu is harmless and has nothing to do with the overall situation, although torture can be severely punished, the law can be corrected, and those who plot against evil will be intimidated. But now that the danger is in danger, there is little point in doing this again, and no one will pay too much attention to this matter, because whether the Lu Jiajun can survive or not is still said twice, how can he still take care of the emperor and the majesty of the royal system and national law. Moreover, the news of the emperor's injury cannot be spread, otherwise it will definitely be a chaotic army and defeated without a fight, and it will be meaningless to severely punish the palace maids except for relieving hatred.
Zhu Houxi asked: "Chen Hong, just now there was a cannon sound outside, the sound of killing shook the sky, what is going on, the enemy army is coming?" ā
"Han Sufa suddenly appeared, no one noticed their arrival, other parties were fighting against the Lu family rebels, and there was no military report of Han Sufa's actions, these people seemed to appear under the city of Chengdu out of thin air. As for the details, His Majesty will find out and tell the truth, and the Holy One does not need to worry, so that he can recuperate and recover with peace of mind. If you are well, then it is a blessing to all people. Chen Hong clasped his fists and said: "There is an old slave, please rest assured." ā
"Well, I'll rest assured that I'll hold on to Chengdu Mansion and wait for the reinforcements to come back and we'll hold on to Chengdu endlessly, even if they want to win, they can't be so light. Okay, you go back first, I'm going to sleep, I'm bleeding too much, I'm dizzy. Zhu Houxi said and closed his eyes.
Chen Hong raised his fists above his head, bowed his body upside down and walked out of the emperor's bedroom, not daring to have the slightest slackness and acting according to the rules of etiquette, Chen Hong can be said to be loyal to Zhu Houxi.
Han Sufa was staying outside Chengdu at this time, directing the soldiers' attack, but he was still a little anxious if he couldn't attack for a long time. This time Lu Bing's reuse was something Han Sufa did not expect, and before the Chinese New Year, Han Sufa suddenly received an order to assemble troops. Although Han Sufa knew that the war was urgent, he led all the athletes who made the rivers and tides, and although it was not ambiguous to fight on land, he still couldn't use himself for a while according to the national strength.
Another point also made Han Sufa feel strange, that is, the place of the war was far away in Bashu and Wusizang, and he had to equip a large number of horses if he wanted to go, and the horses of the Marine Corps were not enough to see, and the superiors did not send horses to practice, so what did he gather for. Since the founding ceremony, Han Sufa has been in a state of semi-retirement. After listening to Wu Ling's words before, and then Lu Yi also talked to him once, Han Sufa accepted his ambitions, no longer continued to seek power and profit, less power and more moderation, and lived his own small life in peace and security.
Han Sufa married a relative, originally he had a wife, but then died, although there have been a lot of romances over the years, but there has been no Ming media to marry, and now it is a continuation. On weekdays, he went to command and train soldiers. Running between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, he occasionally went to the lake to inspect the inland river division, and he was diligent in his work. In addition, he was born as a water bandit in Taihu Lake Village. He is very familiar with various tactics and methods of water warfare, and he is quite familiar with his work. In addition, his wife and children are hot on the kang, and he doesn't do much else, and he doesn't have much contact with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and he is only loyal to Lu Bing. Lu Bing has always disliked laymen leading insiders, and the combat ability of rivers and lakes is Han Sufa's strength, although he is not a talented person. But he did a good job in this position.
Although Han Sufa does not have a dragon body chair above the main hall, his status is not low, and he holds a lot of power. With high salary and great power, he can be regarded as the number one person in the new country. In addition, his low-key behavior after the founding of the People's Republic of China made Lu Bing very satisfied, and Lu Bing hated the clever power-grabbing behavior of others under his nose, whether it was Lu Bing or Lu Yi. At the beginning, I thought about replacing Han Sufa after the war. But Han Sufa was very fortunate to stay in the position of the governor of the inland water division. Han Sufa, who was a man with his tail between his legs, lived a very happy life, was busy with work, and his wife's pregnancy made him feel happy and fulfilled.
Lu Bing also rewarded Han Sufa for his hard work and knowledge of current affairs, gave him the title of Protector of the Country, and gave Han Sufa's wife the title of Mrs. Yipin. Han Sufa's life is summed up, and it can be regarded as a generation of heroes worthy of the ancestors, at least now in Han Sufa's hometown. He can be regarded as a famous man who honors his ancestors.
I thought that this life would be like this, and I would stop here in peace. Anyway, the fame is also profitable, but Lu Bing's next actions rekindled Han Sufa's fighting spirit, making him feel that he might be able to talk about the old man and be a teenager, and he will go one step further.
After Han Sufa received the order to board the river ship, he found that the sailors from all over the country were rushing here, Han Sufa didn't know why, the emperor was going to have another exercise? But this is obviously still a war, how can it be possible to spend a lot of military money on exercises? Han Sufa really couldn't understand the emperor's thoughts, but he also laughed at himself secretly, if he could understand it, he would not have almost betrayed back then, and now he would not just stop at the position of a river governor who is neither high nor low.
But when the materials came next, Han Sufa was stunned, this time there were more than 30 new steam ships built by Jiangnan Shipyard, and these ships could spew smoke to drive the bearings to operate immediately after burning fuel. At the beginning of the construction, Han Sufa also let Han Sufa visit, Han Sufa proposed to build yƬ, to add two rows of small water wheels on both sides of the boat not only rely on the large water wheels on both sides of the boat to pull water, to facilitate the rotation of the bow and stern, and once the middle water wheel is destroyed, there can also be other power support. In addition, Han Sufa also built yƬ to increase artificial power, not simply relying on mechanical power, because the rivers and lakes are no better than the sea, there are many reefs and complex currents, and manual paddles seem to be troublesome, but the soldiers can completely slide down when they are not fighting. Once encountering complex waters, the speed is too fast is easy to have an accident, manual dialing of the oar can control the speed, and the oar can also be used to detect the surrounding reefs, so the artificial machinery and the two parties cooperate with each other to play the greatest effect, and at the same time can ensure the safety of the hull, but also leave the back hand so that the fuel is exhausted, the boat can not move at all. Thus the oars, sails, and steam engines were all used in one boat, which was a combination of all sorts of subtlety. After Han Sufa's construction was adopted, Lu Bing gave Han Sufa 2,000 taels of silver in accordance with the reward standard of the Creation Bureau, and allocated another 1,000 taels from his private property to Han Sufa as a reward.
Originally, Han Sufa thought that it would take seven or eight years to build this kind of ship. However, the administrative capacity of the new country and the ability to control it are very fast, and after an order is issued, it is immediately assigned to do it, test the actual yĆ n launching test, modify and then test, then solicit opinions, and finally in the revision, and finally put it into the army. This qiÄ only took seven or eight months of effort, which made Han Sufa breathtaking, and now there are more than 30 ships, which shocked Han Sufa even more, and had to admire the efficiency and abundant national strength of the new country.
Previously, Han Sufa's Yangtze River Sailor was also equipped with three such steam ships, but they were far less advanced than they are now, and they could only be regarded as a junior version, but they could always be regarded as operating. And Lu Bing thought very comprehensively this time, and each ship sent technicians to repair and guide the operation to help the soldiers operate this new type of ship. In addition to these thirty or so steamships, which many people have never seen before, there are dozens of small boats, clippers, and some mill ships for transporting goods.
Han Sufa was even more confused, what the hell did Lu Bing do, he had gathered so many troops, such an advanced fleet, not to mention in the inland river, even if it was more than enough to fight at sea. But when Han Sufa saw the large number of war horses and all kinds of artillery weapons that did not belong to the ship's land, Han Sufa finally suddenly realized, and then surprise and admiration arose.
Lu Bing wants to use the power of manpower and machinery to fight against nature and the potential of the water flowing down, so as to go up the Yangtze River and go straight to the realm of Bashu! (To be continued......)