When the Shun army passed through Fengyang, some of the old troops came to visit the commanders in the opposition.

Zhou Dongtian saw that there were a lot of herbs in Xu Ping's house, the bookcase was full of medical books, and there was a book spread out on the table, the host was in a hurry to go out to greet him just now, and he hurriedly closed it and put it away after returning with the guests, seeing this, Zhou Dongtian asked with concern: "Is the adult unwell?" ”

"I'm in good health," Xu Ping has nothing to do these days, dancing with a sword every day to strengthen his body, he pointed to these things at home and said: "I want to learn medicine, maybe I can cure diseases and save people in the future." ”

These days, Xu Ping also invited a few gentlemen to teach him various medical theories and herbal knowledge.

"If it's not a good look, it's a good doctor?" Zhou Dongtian guessed that Xu Ping felt that he would fight the world and kill people, so he would consider studying medicine, of course, he would not break this point: "But my subordinates are worried that no one will invite adults to see a doctor in the future." ”

"I'm not going to take a medical fee." Xu Ping retorted dissatisfiedly, Zhou Dongtian smiled and said nothing, Xu Ping also sighed after a long time, ordinary people are very afraid of high-ranking officials and nobles, and if they ask Xu Ping for various reasons, they will not really let him see a doctor, it is just a way of flattery: "Who knows what will happen in the future?" When Brother Zhou and I first met, who would have thought that we would be crowned marquis, let alone that we would personally destroy the Ming Dynasty for whom we had thought we were fighting. ”

"It's close, but it's almost there." Recently, the Shun army began to move southward, and the atmosphere there became more and more tense, and the Shun court officials in Huguang and Zhejiang repeatedly played to the central government, believing that the remnants of the Ming were about to move, and strongly recommended that they quickly prepare for battle.

"This is really an unnecessary battle, and there are deaths," Xu Ping resolutely opposed the war with Nanming, he never hid it, and it was even more unnecessary before Zhou Dongtian: "Did Your Majesty say that you want to fight hard and then gain fame?" ”

"The Lord does mean so." At present, the Shun army and the Ming army are still in a state of peace, so Li Zicheng did not publicly say things such as "the one who takes Quanzhou first", but many people in the Shun army are gearing up, intending to seize the last opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

"Labor the people and lose money, capture Fujian and Guangdong, and then divide the princes, why don't you simply persuade the Duke of Qi to surrender and cancel the title of the Remnant Ming Prison State, as for their nominal emperor, isn't he already our prisoner?" Xu Ping felt that since he wanted to seal the domain, it was better to simply make the Duke of Qi the vassal king, so that he would not even have to fight.

"My lord doesn't want to make meritorious contributions to seal the country, but others think, if Qi Gong really descends, then won't everyone have a chance to be crowned king?" Zhou Dongtian said with a smile.

"If Duke Qi refuses to surrender and then negotiate, I think Duke Qi doesn't want to fight with us, otherwise he won't support us in crusading against the Northern Captives." Xu Ping looked disapproving: "Your Majesty's rebels, isn't it just for the sake of *** the previous dynasty?" Together, the flames of this war will kill and wound many people. ”

"Haha," Zhou Dongtian laughed and said: "I deceived the adult, in fact, the lord also has this intention, the subordinates secretly tell the adult, the lord has sent a messenger to Fujian, if Qi Gong is willing to let the child go to the false name, this matter may not be impossible for the subordinates." ”

"Brother Zhou is really cunning." These words were very much in line with Xu Ping's mind, and he also laughed.

"The Lord will not force Qi Gong to be too hasty, so this envoy is not going to make a big show, that is, those of us who are around the Lord have heard a little bit of rumors."

"Then why did you go to Zhejiang?"

"Salute first and then soldiers, and there have been urgent reports in Zhejiang every month for almost a year, saying that Duke Qi is deploying troops again, and he has the intention of raiding us."

"I said that there was no movement for a year, so it can be seen that it is not true." Xu Ping thinks that this is mostly Zhejiang's civil and military greed and wants to take advantage of it

This war has won merit for himself: "I only hope that Zhejiang will not open a border provocation without permission." ”

"It's better to believe it, tens of thousands of troops have driven to Zhejiang, and the Lord's envoy and the King of Qi are easy to speak." Zhou Dongtian secretly told Xu Ping an inside information that King Shun planned to complete the unification as soon as possible, and then ascended the throne as emperor: "Although some people say that if they do not completely eliminate the Duke of Qi, it will definitely be a disaster for future generations, but the lord does not see it that way, he thinks that the doctors who have died in the country cannot say that they can survive, as long as the remnants of the Ming Dynasty remove their false names, then they will no longer have Yu Yong to bear." ”

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Although the Duke of Qi has looked less and less like a loyal minister in recent years, he still has endless sympathy for Zhu Cihong, the area that finally insisted on the Ming banner, and Xu Ping sometimes came to visit him for a long time, which made Zhu Cihong a little worried: "My cousin is afraid that he will be framed by the villain if he acts like this." ”

"It's okay, King Shun knows my background, even if someone secretly accuses me of communicating with the royal family of the former dynasty and plotting against me, but King Shun naturally knows what is going on in his heart." When Huang Naiming left the north, Xu Ping was no longer in the court, and he didn't come to see him when he passed by Fengyang, although he knew that Huang Naiming had his concerns, but Xu Ping still regretted it in his heart, fortunately after moving to Fengyang, every time he saw the Song Wang family, especially the young son of Song Wang, Xu Ping would like it from the bottom of his heart: "This is my nephew, my relative, I can watch him grow up." ”

"You see, it's better to be honest with King Shun, otherwise I won't be able to come to the door all the time, and I have to beware of King Shun being suspicious," Xu Ping said to Zhu Cihong proudly, and in front of him, Xu Ping considered changing some titles for Li Zicheng: "If I don't tell the truth, I'm afraid I won't agree to come to King Shun in Fengyang." ”

The two have basically the same view of Nanming, Xu Ping does not have Zhu Cihong's strong feelings for his homeland, on the contrary, his feelings for Shun are very deep, so he is even more optimistic about Nanming, the latter just thinks that it is difficult to compete with China with the land of projectiles, and Xu Ping emphasized: "If the monarch and the ministers are united, it is smaller than the territory of the Duke of Qi, and it is not impossible to survive." However, the Duke of Qi is not human, and the government is not in danger, so they attack each other on weekdays, and it is estimated that it will collapse when the strong enemy presses the territory. ”

Zhu Cihong also admitted that Xu Ping was very reasonable, the two of them did not have any newspapers in the Southern Ming Dynasty to read - these newspapers generally have to collect money, and Fengyang is far away and is not an important city, so they can't find it, and there are very few newspapers in Shunting, and some of them also copy the edicts of the imperial court in full.

So the source of the two people is completely "Liaodong People's Observer", this newspaper has an increasing circulation, in order to expand its influence and publicize the loyalty and wisdom of the Liao King, *** has an agreement with many book owners, he provides them with this newspaper for free, and even sticks money to them, so as to ensure that the Liaomin Observer can be widely circulated as widely as possible.

The newspaper was rich in content, and would also have commentary articles on major events, much better than the usual dry imperial palace newspapers, and Xu Ping and Zhu Cihong had long discussed and re-commented on the comments of Liaomin observers. And as the atmosphere in Shunming has become increasingly tense, Liaomin observers have been carefully analyzing Nanming's weaknesses recently.

What Xu Ping just said was what Liaomin observers had repeatedly pointed out, saying that the officials of Nanming, and even the feudal officials of a province, had no prestige in the eyes of the people. Ma Ma Deng, a well-known critic of the Liaomin Observer, wrote: Let me ask you, how can a mere four provinces that are all wine bags and rice bags, and who have been perceived, hated, and despised by the people with clear hearts and eyes, be able to compete with the vigorous and unanimous holy dynasty?

Liaomin observers also revealed that when the doctors of the Qing Yuan in the past abused each other, many people threatened to defect to each other. After seeing these reports, Xu Ping knew that Nanming was finished - if it became a custom to hang up on the enemy and go unpunished, it only meant that the hearts of the people in this court had been completely dissipated.

In the end, Xu Ping also saw many achievements through this newspaper, such as the Liaodong Gun Factory and the Gunpowder Factory were completed with the voluntary donations of the people, and the people of Shenyang not only donated, but also organized themselves, and went to the construction sites in the suburbs for free for several hours every day. Liaomin observers proudly claim that Liaodong can not only effectively support Shunting's military supplies, but also show the Shun people and the unity of the army and the people to the barbarians in the Quartet.

Xu Ping thought that the Liaomin observers were right, and he used to think that he had done a good job in Henan, but when he was in Henan, the people never donated money to him to build an arsenal, let alone work for free for a long time.

"Da Shun's hope is pinned on Liaodong," Xu Ping said to Zhu Cihong that it seems that the most loyal to the ideals of the Shun army is Wu Sangui, the king of Liao, and he is more thorough than the old man of the Shun army: "What really worries me is not that someone *** me, I am useless in the country, that is, if I am punished again, what else can King Shun punish away?" Isn't it just a few? ”

Now Xu Ping is worried that someone will *** Wu Sangui, thinking that he has made Liaodong so prosperous is a threat to Shunting, Xu Ping said to Zhu Cihong with some concern: "As long as the Liao Domain can continue to exist, then the blood flowing out of this troubled era may not be in vain." ”

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Fujian

Huangshi received several professors today, these schools were also the industries he founded in Fujian many years ago, during which Yang Zhiyuan had been taking care of them, although they are no longer under his name, but most of them still implement the same rules and regulations as when Huangshi was established.

These guys were brought in mainly for one purpose - to improve the flamethrower.

As the provincial courts and governor's palaces became more and more idle, he picked up the flamethrower that he had started a few years ago. When Huang Shi first proposed this idea, the people around him shouted loudly, saying that this was a magic weapon that could completely reverse the unfavorable situation on the battlefield.

In order to make this thing, Huangshi spent a lot of money, all the cylinders were specially manufactured, and a special factory was built for refining fire oil. After spending so much money, Huangshi was naturally reluctant to leave this thing behind, but when he wanted to continue his research work after the financial situation was a little more abundant recently, the Qingyuan clearly disagreed, and some people revealed that some of the participants were holding the idea that they would not earn money in vain, and they tried their best to praise his idea, and took the opportunity to falsely report the price to make a fortune.

Because Huang Shi had promised not to blame for the past, there was nothing he could do, and the court determined that this weapon was too expensive based on these confessions. Moreover, some officers also thought that it was probably not a decisive weapon, so the Secretary of State said that they did not agree to continue to invest huge sums of money in the development of it.

But out of respect for Huangshi, the Qing Yuan also left a back door, saying that if Qi Guogong could lower the price, and come up with a more feasible development plan, the power could be raised by a few more grades, then the Qing Yuan was still willing to support his idea.

After being rejected, Huang Shi was bent on asking this flamethrower to shine an advanced version, so that those who disagreed with him could take a good look, but Huang Shi also admitted that he would definitely not be able to make it with his own level of craftsmanship, and those accessories were all customized by the factory owner at a sky-high price, and Huang Shi himself must not even be able to make a steel bottle mouth.

One of these people invited by Yellowstone was a shipbuilder who had been researching and teaching about ship bottom manufacturing many years ago, which was not special, but what was special was that he tried to summarize the experience of ship bottom making into a set of theories - that is, to find out why ships were built this way, and why they were built in this way to save effort and speed.

On a whim, Huang Shi named the study he was studying "Fluid Mechanics", and he had just learned that the name of his course was "Ship Bottom Fabrication" almost thirty years earlier. This person has taught for so many years, not only Fujian, Guangdong, but also Japan, Nanyang also has many of his disciples, is already a grandmaster in the shipbuilding industry, this time to Europe Huang Naiming also brought back to this gentleman a lot of Western European ship models, craftsman sketches of ships under construction. After reading it, the scholar breathed a sigh of relief: Fujian and Guangdong have been catching up with Taixi's shipbuilding technology for 30 years, and now it can be said that they are neck and neck.

"In the past, when I was on Changsheng Island, Guogong asked Zai Xia to build a ship, and Zai Xia still remembers the scene when he first saw Guo Gong, which was when Guo Gong had just returned from Shanhaiguan, and Zai Xia was painting a fishing boat, and Guo Gong also came to take a look at the boat that got off again." The professor no longer uses the terms "adult" and "villain", and over the years he has been a peach and plum all over the world, and the students he has taught have built a large number of ships to safely transport a large number of goods and people thousands of miles away.

"Guogong made it again this time, and he wanted to let it go down again as a murder weapon." Because of this gentleman's popularity, Huang Shi felt that he could increase his confidence in asking for money from the Qing Yuan, and he really hoped that this person who had been dealing with fluids for decades could help him study how to spray fire oil farther.

"Over the years, what has been in my mind every day is that if we can build a stronger boat and walk faster, more people who go to sea can go home safely and reunite with their parents and wives." The professor apologized to the old chief and the former god in his mind decades ago: "How can this kind of murderous thing that the prince wants, and he doesn't want to think about it, can he create it?" ”

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