Chapter 265: Royal Driver
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The plaque of the golden Luzhou Marquis Mansion has been hung high, and the buildings here have been repaired by carpenters and stonemasons, which looks magnificent. (Please search, the novel is better and faster!)
There is a river near the Hou Mansion, which originates from the mountains and flows to the Annam Kingdom through the Hou Mansion and the county seat. On both sides of the river was a makeshift workshop, which grew in size to become no less than a village.
Huge orders fell here, countless mahogany was piled up in the newly built warehouse, and the carpenters began to process the mahogany, because they had previous experience in processing the handle of the firearm, so that they were almost comfortable in making furniture, and the tools in their hands were also good, and the planers, saws, and axes specially used for processing were all specially made, so everyone was handy.
Each craftsman brought a few apprentices, and it was also convenient for them to do some chores, and at the same time, they would occasionally teach some skills on a whim.
Compared with the ease of the carpenters, the pressure of the blacksmiths is not small, there are too many orders for ironware, the axe alone is more than 1,300 handles, although the molds are ready-made, the molten iron is also a pot out, the piston in the blower uses rubber, making the wind stronger, and the time to smelt the molten iron is also greatly shortened, but the demand of those merchants is too great, and the mountain people are also in urgent need of tools, therefore, many blacksmiths have to surround the blast furnace, day and night three shifts.
On the blacksmith's side, the biggest complaint is the group of stonemasons, these guys are now repairing houses and building blast furnaces, so easily, but the degree of new blast furnaces is far lower than expected for them, and many people are very annoyed.
At this time, the Xi County Commander and Zhao Wangren had already arrived here.
Zhu Gaosui has always wanted to come over, but the matter has just settled, and the Xi County Order is absolutely unwilling to let King Zhao out of the county, and finally survived until now, Langshan is really peaceful, and King Zhao asked to come over, and Prince Chen is quite tragic. This time I was frightened, and I didn't know what the situation in Annan was, and I was worried, but His Royal Highness King Zhao was freehand in his heart, and he seemed to go out of the city with a relaxed and happy mood, Prince Chen naturally didn't dare to do it, and came together obediently.
So a group of dozens of people arrived at the Hou Mansion. Zhu Gaosui's face was fresh, looking east and west, and when Hao Fenglou came out, he said with a face: "Hao Fenglou, I saw many blast furnaces on the way here, what." Do you have to make firearms? Give me as much as you can make with your firecracker. ”
Hao Fenglou immediately said: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this, how dare I make firearms privately?" The things I make here are clearly farm tools, Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can go and see it. ”
This Zhu Gaosui immediately looked disappointed, got off the horse, and said, "It seems that there is something wrong with the Hou Mansion being built here." Why not in the county seat? ”
Seeing that Zhu Gaosui was talking confusedly, Xi County Ling couldn't help but interject, and said, "Lord Hao, there was news just now, can you go inside and talk?" ”
As soon as Hao Fenglou heard the news, he saw that Xi County's face was cold, but he didn't dare to continue to talk nonsense with Zhu Gaosui, and leaned to the side: "Please come in and talk." ”
Walked into the Hou Mansion as if he were looking at the flowers. There are a lot of buildings in this Hou Mansion, but unfortunately there are almost no pavilions and flower beds, which do not look like a wealthy mansion at all, but more like a huge functional courtyard.
When I arrived at a small hall, there were no maids here, so naturally a five-size-fits-six thick firecracker poured tea in his hand, and everyone's eyes were straight. The county magistrate suspected that there was mud in the cracks of the firecrackers' hands, and hesitated whether to drink this tea, but when he saw Hao Fenglou moving the tea cup with a disapproving look, he had to cry out bitterly in his heart. Take a bite of it.
Tea is definitely good tea, after all, it was copied from the Liu family, and since it is a giant like the Liu family, it is naturally not far behind. Xi Xianling is also a good tea person, but he still can't help frowning, no matter how good the tea is, the person who brews it is not level, and it will not be successful.
He shook his head secretly in his heart, although this is a poor and remote mountain, but Lord Hao doesn't have to embarrass himself like this.
Hao Fenglou said: "Xi County Order, I don't know what news there is?" ”
Xi Xian Ling immediately cheered up and said: "There is news from the imperial court, saying that it is His Majesty's personal expedition, and he has brought thousands of iron tools all the way south, this is the news more than half a month ago, where His Majesty's Luan has gone, but I don't know, but the following officials' predictions that His Majesty is a southern expedition, and it will inevitably pass through Luzhou, and when the time comes, it will ...... Hey......"
When the news came out, Hao Fenglou couldn't help but be taken aback, and said, "Your Majesty has been recruited?" Why do you want to be in person? It stands to reason that it doesn't make sense. ”
He couldn't figure it out for a while, but he didn't think much about it, but he remembered just a detail, His Majesty only brought thousands of iron horsemen out, which was really different from the previous pro-expeditions, in the past, Emperor Lao Tzu went out on the expedition, and it took at least several months to prepare alone, and His Majesty did this, could it be that he expected the events of Langshan County......
Xi Xian Ling said: "As for Annan's side, there is chaos again, and the commander Zhang Fu was attacked, so he had to retreat to Maizhou with the remnants of the army. As for the deputy general Mu Sheng, he has lost contact, he does not have many soldiers and horses on hand, and he has been stationed in Charong, but I heard that the rebels colluded with Annan rebels to occupy Charong, but I don't know if General Mu has escaped. ”
Hao Fenglou couldn't help but say, "Is there any news of my father?" ”
Xi County ordered: "What did the lord say about the Marquis of Luzhou and the guerrilla general Hao Zheng? General Hao was in charge of supervising the grain and grass, although he was also attacked, but he had already joined up with General Zhang Fu Zhang, who was now in Maizhou, and the situation in Annam was erosive, and the rebels who rebelled this time were more than 13,000 people. It's just that they attacked suddenly, and some forces within Annam who were ready to move also colluded with them to act together, and now they have gathered 100,000 people, and the wind has swept through Annam, and the army and horses of the imperial court are all fragmented and isolated, so they have to retreat in various strongholds and cities, waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court. Ay...... I really didn't expect the situation to erode to this point, it was too sudden. At present, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life have gathered 10,000 people in Luzhou City, and Lord Liang, the commander of the Guangxi Metropolitan Command, has personally arrived in Luzhou, but he is not moving at the moment, and His Majesty has come. ”
Hao Fenglou couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, in a sense, that imperial envoy was really the bane, if he didn't have to make a big deal and report it, why would the situation be like this. But in other words, where the duty of the people is, there is nothing wrong, he is the imperial envoy, he does this thing, and he also puts his life on the line, which shows that he is a rare loyal minister, but he is not very smart.
If a smart person is replaced to deal with this matter, then it should be settled after the autumn, and without any preparation in the imperial court, the dog is forced to jump over the wall, so that the entire imperial court, as well as tens of thousands of Ming troops, fell into the most dangerous situation.
Previously, Xi County Ling did not disclose these two news to Prince Chen, and Prince Chen only learned the news now, and was immediately shocked, just a little bit, his dream of returning to the country was realized, but he didn't think that there was one more variable now, he couldn't help but say: "What should I do now?" ”
Hao Fenglou squinted and said, "Since my father rode out lightly, it is expected that he will almost arrive in Guangxi at this time." I know the character of my father, once I think of what to do, I have always refused to hang unresolved, this time since I left Beijing in a hurry, after all, it is a rush along the way, and more than half a month of hard work is enough. I'm afraid there will be news in the next day or two, so let's wait here and get ready to catch up. ”
Although he said this, Hao Fenglou's heart still couldn't help but worry about his father's safety, although Hao Zheng and Zhang Fu had retreated to Maizhou, which is also one of the important fortresses in Annan, and the defense will probably not be bad, the rebels will not be able to take Maizhou so quickly, but the soldiers are in danger and fierce, and many things are unpredictable.
But Hao Fenglou understood that the three hundred people he had at hand were really useless, and it was okay to use them for defense, so he took the initiative to clean up the tens of thousands of rebels outside Maizhou City, which was simply a sheep's mouth, or he would have gone to help Hao Zheng a long time ago.
He couldn't help sighing, his mood was complicated, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
Zhu Gaosui was still giggling, but now he also understood Hao Fenglou's mood, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my father is coming, and once my father arrives, Ling Zun will definitely not be in danger." Besides, Zhang Fu is the boss, and he has personal guards to protect him, all of whom are the elite of my Ming Dynasty, and he is holding on to the city wall, so there will be no mistakes. ”
Hao Fenglou smiled reluctantly: "Thank you for your kindness, don't worry, I know how to measure." ”
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Thundered...... Thundered......
A horse team passed like a whirlwind from the official road in Guangxi at this time.
Ahead is Luzhou City. Because the situation in Annan has deteriorated, Luzhou has become tense again. There weren't many people on the official road, and this cavalry was particularly eye-catching.
The cavalry is half a mile long, the number of people is not less than a thousand, the horses are extremely wonderful, all of them are dressed in pro-army fish suits, but everyone is the appearance of dust and dust, so that people can see that many people have not rested.
They did not carry any flags, nor did they have any fancy reliance, but galloped all the way to a certain county and a certain government, ordered people to enter the city, and ordered the local people to prepare food and horse food immediately, and then the people went directly to find a place to sleep, and after two or three hours, when the wine and food in the place were ready, and after eating, the horses were fed, and the people continued to go out, and did not stay.
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