"Let's say that he is Li Shanchang, and that is well-founded. This good man, everything is good, but sometimes this speech is a little unrealistic, for example, he often says that five buckets and three liters of grain are nearly six buckets. What 3,800 old and weak is said to be 4,000 strong, in this regard, this Mr. Li is not as good as Mr. Lu. ”

Ma Xiuying said with a smile: "But this Mr. Lu looks a little less clever and a little more stupid than that Mr. Li." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Stay good! This person, it's good to stay a little, cute, honest, and reliable when it matters most. Li Shanchang Liu Bowen is smart, but he is too smart, especially Liu Bowen, we haven't finished this sentence yet, he understands everything. ”

"It's so sad for us. You say, when the master makes the courtiers guess everything, what dignity does this master have? When the benevolent elder told us about it, he said that the holy monarch is unpredictable. ”

"It's unpredictable, girl, do you understand?"

But looking at Ma Xiuying's white eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stopped talking.

"Well, don't talk about it, anyway, we're getting a big bargain today, haha."

Hearing this, Ma Xiuying said: "You said that Li Shanchang I don't object to it, anyway, I don't like him very much, but Liu Bowen is originally this kind of character, so if everyone is stupid, it will be to your liking?" ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but look at Ma Xiuying and said, "I said sister, you can't offend you because of Li Shanchang, you don't like people, right?" Let's say that he is well-founded, you women are completely based on your own preferences. If people offend you and Jun Tao, you don't like them, according to what you say, it's not all messed up. ”

Ma Xiuying didn't care and said: "I'm just a woman's family, what do I care about so much, anyway, I just don't like him Li Shanchang, it's not okay?" ”

Seeing that Ma Xiuying couldn't say it, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly said: "You have to get it, let's talk about you." If you don't like it, it's not pleasing to the eye, anyway, it has nothing to do with us. ”

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's happy face at the moment, Ma Xiuying suddenly said with a straight face: "Are you finished?" Then I'll talk about something. ”

After speaking, under Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, Ma Xiuying drove Yu'er downstairs, and then turned around and said: "Chongba, can you make an edict and allow the widows of those dead soldiers to remarry?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly became expressionless, and he said, "What are you talking about?" ”

Ma Xiuying explained: "Many of them are not yet 20 years old, so should they be widowed for a lifetime? ”

"They have in-laws, and they have small children, and their lives are hard."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "Bitter? Didn't the Home Affairs Department give them food and rice every month? And what kind of military uniforms and bows and crossbows they made, they were all given silver taels. ”

Ma Xiuying said: "Yes, the silver taels are given, but no matter how much the silver taels give, they can't replace their husbands after all, people are not grass and trees, and it is inevitable that they will have some other ideas after a long time, some of them just fall in love with who they love in their hearts, who they like, and they dare not say, let alone remarry, and some because the burden on the family is too heavy, they actually fornicate with the soldiers, and exchange their bodies for silver taels." ”

"Give them a decree that they may remarry, that they may have a new family, and that they may live a lively life for two days."

Faced with Ma Xiuying's request, Zhu Yuanzhang refused: "No! Men talk about righteousness, women have to talk about chastity, oh, if a man's bones are not cold, his wife will remarry, not to mention anything else, then are we worthy of those brothers who died? ”

"Don't forget, those brothers are all sent to the battlefield by us, who will raise their orphans, and who will honor their parents, no! Yes. ”

Ma Xiuying still persuaded him: "If they remarry, they can still honor their parents and take care of their children, you have to think about the living." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little angry when he heard this: "I'm just thinking about the living!" Oh, aren't the orphaned parents of those fallen brothers alive? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked at Ma Xiuying in front of him and said, "Oh, okay, you, sister, if we die in battle one day, you will also remarry?" ”

Ma Xiuying immediately said: "Don't let you talk nonsense!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Why don't you say it?" Girl, you are called dishonest, you want to tell me, I won't tell you yet. ”

After saying that, he walked downstairs with a glare.

Ma Xiuying chased out of the room, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was almost downstairs, and shouted: "Zhu Chongba!" It's not over! I'll tell you later! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily like a child: "When we die in battle, let's talk about it!" ”

For a whole day, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be deliberately avoiding Ma Xiuying, and the marshal's mansion did not dare to come back.

Evening.

Qi Heng took Junya to the Marshal's Mansion and came over for dinner according to Ma Xiuying's words.

As soon as I walked into the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, I saw that he was still playing with Zhu Biao in the courtyard, accompanied by Chang Yuchun's son Chang Mao and Tang He's eldest son Tang Ding.

Among Zhu Yuanzhang and his brothers, only Xu Da has been in the army all the year round and has never been married and has children.

Among this group of people, on the contrary, they are still the oldest, and they are like a big sister in this group of dolls, and they are crazy with this group of little dolls.

"You, Zhu Biao, come here. Tang Ding, you go over there, Chang Mao, stand here! ”

Listening to the boys in front of him as if he was dispatching troops, Qi Heng was quite interesting.

Just as Qi Heng walked towards here, he heard Ma Xiuying shouting loudly behind the courtyard: "Still! Biao'er! Where have you been? It's time to eat! ”

Hearing Ma Xiuying's shout, Qi Heng immediately spoke: "Sister, here!" ”

As Qi Heng's voice sounded, Ma Xiuying also came to the front yard, and at the same time still saw Qi Heng, ran over in surprise, and jumped into Qi Heng's arms.

"Brother Qi Heng!"

Qi Heng hugged her funny.

At this time, Zhu Biao walked over slowly, and said to him, who was not a few years older than him: "Auntie, we haven't finished playing yet, come on." ”

Hearing Zhu Biao's words, his face suddenly turned pale: "Didn't you hear your mother calling us to eat?" Go, call them all, and we're going to eat. ”

still gave orders like a little adult, which made Qi Heng laugh.

And Zhu Biao also listened to what he said, so he obediently came to Chang Mao's side and told them to walk towards the backyard together.

Coming to Ma Xiuying's side, Qi Heng said with a smile: "These little dolls are really interesting, sister, you must be very lively with them every day." ”

Ma Xiuying said: "What's so lively, it's noisy all day long, it's annoying, let's go, it's just time for dinner to be ready." ”

"Okay, let's go."

Come to the backyard.

As soon as he sat down, the meal was served, and seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was not there, Qi Heng asked, "What about the eldest brother, aren't you there?" ”

Ma Xiuying, who heard Qi Heng's question, suddenly said: "He should go to the barracks, today I wanted to discuss with him about letting the widows of those soldiers remarry, but after a quarrel, he ran away, and he hasn't come back yet." ”

Qi Heng was stunned: "The widow of the soldier remarried?" ”

Ma Xiuying nodded and told Qi Heng about what he was facing now.

As the battles grew, so did the number of soldiers killed.

In the past, it was easy to say that there were not many people under his command, but now there are more than 200,000 troops alone, almost 300,000.

Not to mention anything else, just the 8,000 soldiers who died with Hua Rong in Taiping Town before, according to the one-tenth marriage rate, there are nearly eight or nine hundred widows.

According to the rules of the army, these widows could not remarry after the death of the soldiers, and most of them were not very old.

This means that in the next few decades, most of her life will be in the state of a widow.

One person carries all the things of the whole family.

Therefore, Ma Xiuying thought that this was unreasonable, and wanted to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for an order to give these widows the freedom to marry again.

After all, if this problem is not solved, it will always exist, and the problem will become more and more serious.

Even if these widows loved their husbands again, they were able to hold on to them for decades to come.

But on the surface, you can't get married, and there will be fornication and messing around in private.

It's like a tumor on a person's body, if it is not removed, it will continue to grow.

Qi Heng thought about this question while eating the food in the bowl.

"Then why doesn't the big brother agree?"

Ma Xiuying said helplessly: "What else can it be, it's not because he has to take care of the feelings of those soldiers, once this order is issued, the soldiers are fighting on the front line, and they have to worry about a fire in the backyard." Moreover, many soldiers have to face the reality that their wives are with others at home, and how to deal with the orphans of their parents. ”

Qi Heng nodded.

Both of these have good reasons, but both have drawbacks, and no matter how they are changed, they are sure to displease one side.

Qi Heng also understood the contradiction of the quarrel between the two.

Just when Qi Heng was chatting with Ma Xiuying at the dinner table while eating.

On the other side, the warship construction ground.

Under the moonlight, the craftsmen went home to rest, still staying here to catch up with the deadline.

The warship is the main means of transportation for the next battle with Chen Youliang, and it is a must-have thing.

Therefore, if you want to fight Chen Youliang head-on, you must have enough warships.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had nowhere to go, wandered here, wanting to inspect how the progress was.

But after inspecting around, Zhu Yuanzhang's face became more and more solemn, and he pulled a craftsman over and asked, "Why is the progress on your side so slow?" ”

The craftsman spread his hands and said, "I don't know." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that it was useless to ask him, so he asked directly: "What about Li Shanchang?" ”

The craftsman said: "I said that I was promoting the division." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already a little angry at this time, suddenly said: "Promote the Division, I want to see how he is promoted!" ”

As he spoke, he took the two tigers behind him and walked towards the promotion division angrily.

At this moment, in the promotion department, Li Shanchang was summoning all the people in charge of building warships to lecture in the room: "Now, every day, every hour! It was all exchanged for the life of General Hong, and there are still eighty-three days, and all the soldiers and horses have to go up the river to meet Chen Youliang, just waiting for our warship! ”

Speaking of excitement, Li Shanchang slapped the table.

"But where are we? The six-zhang boat is still crooked on the bow, and the eight-zhang boat has not been launched yet! At this rate, everyone will have to lose their heads! ”

Listening to Li Shanchang's reprimand in the room, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly walked in.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang walking in, Li Shanchang hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Superior." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Shanchang expressionlessly, and then said to the people in charge around him: "You all return to your place first, and we will see you in person in a while." ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's angry words, the responsible persons agreed one after another and walked out of the house.

And it wasn't until they all left the house that Zhu Yuanzhang slowly said to Li Shanchang: "Mr. Li, you once promised us that fifty ships will be sent out every day, and our hundreds of thousands of brothers are waiting to board the ship." Only when they are all on the boat can they train in water warfare, attack and defend water warfare. ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Shanchang said nervously: "Superior, this will definitely be slower at the beginning, and it will be faster and faster in the future." ”

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't listen to these truths, and shouted angrily: "Even if Chen Youliang's warship is faster than ours, Chen Youliang's dispatch speed is faster than ours!" ”

In the face of Zhu Yuanzhang's reprimand, Li Shanchang arched his hand and said: "The upper position, I am guilty below." ”

Seeing that Li Shanchang admitted his mistake, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't reprimand anything more, so he could only hold back his anger and say: "Manpower, is it enough?" ”

Li Shanchang said: "Of course, the more the better." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Catch up with Ming'er, and give you another 5,000 strong men to give your craftsmen a hand." ”

Li Shanchang didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to say this, and hurriedly said: "It's really good." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask: "Also, what about money, wood, copper and iron, silk and linen?" ”

"These, these have been arranged below. What is missing is time. ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang immediately shouted: "Time can't be given to you!" Let's estimate that Chen Youliang has now begun to attack Hongdu, and Zhu Wenzheng's side will lose hundreds of soldiers every day, or even thousands of soldiers, and it will be thousands or tens of thousands in ten days! ”

Speaking of the death of the soldiers, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang so angry for the first time, Li Shanchang hurriedly said: "Down, understand." ”

Holding back the anger in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his finger and pointed at Li Shanchang a few times, and said, "You just said that it will be faster and faster in the future?" ”

"Yes."

"Thanks, we'll see."

After speaking, he waved his sleeves and walked towards the outside of the house.

Watching Zhu Yuanzhang leave, Li Shanchang, who was already sweating at the moment, breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched out his sleeve and wiped it on his forehead.

I feel a little dizzy.

At this moment, a subordinate steward walked in and said to Li Shanchang: "Dadushi, eat something, you haven't eaten for a day." ”

But Li Shanchang didn't look at him, slowly sat on the chair, and said to the person in front of him: "Old Song, did the superior leave Lu Chang behind?" ”

Lao Song nodded and said, "Yes, Lu Chang is a great sage, and he will be our household secretary in the future." ”

Li Shanchang was taken aback and said, "What about people? ”

Lao Song said: "The Lixian Pavilion has allocated two rooms for Lu Chang to live in. ”

Li Shanchang sighed and said, "Hey, the Lixian Pavilion, it's really getting more and more crowded." ”

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Zhu Yuanzhang, who walked out of the promotion division, considered the progress of the warship now, and was still a little worried for a while.

But after thinking about it, there is no one else who can solve this matter now.

Then he said to the two tigers beside him: "Send someone to ask where Jun Tao is." ”

Hearing this, Erhu said directly: "When I came out today, I heard my wife say to the general that I would go to the Shuai's Mansion for dinner tonight, and it should be in the Shuai's Mansion at this time." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this.

"What's wrong with this, it's not in the Shuaifu."

But thinking about it, the things created by this warship are uncomfortable in my heart.

I had to say helplessly: "Forget it, go home." ”

As he spoke, he and the two tigers walked towards the Marshal's Mansion.

In the backyard of the Marshal's Mansion.

Qi Heng was eating with Ma Xiuying and Zhu Biao's children, Ma Xiuying instructed Zhu Biao to eat honestly, and at the same time played with Qi Heng.

From time to time, he also said that he wanted Qi Heng to start a family quickly.

And also to introduce Yu'er to him.

Although Yu'er had a little bit of a relationship with that Huarong before, it was limited to verbal chats.

So not even a widow.

And I haven't really given this family business.

In order to find a good family for Yu'er, Ma Xiuying looked around, but still felt that her own brother was the most reliable.

The most important thing is that Yu'er is indeed well-behaved and a very good woman.

Although she is not qualified to be a wife to Qi Heng, it is still possible to be a concubine.

Faced with Ma Xiuying stuffing a woman here again and asking him to get married quickly, Qi Heng was also helpless.

Just as he hurriedly ate and was about to flee, a person suddenly broke in outside the door.

Everyone looked up and saw that it was Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly appear, Ma Xiuying was first surprised and then teased: "Yo, I thought you avoided me today." ”

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had just lost his temper in the construction workshop before, he was helpless in the face of his sister-in-law.

What's more, Qi Heng is still here.

A face that was black a second ago was suddenly full of laughter.

came to Ma Xiuying with a smiling face, immediately changed the topic, looked at the good dishes on the table and said, "I said sister, you have made so many good dishes?" We don't usually have this treatment at home. You're too favoritism, aren't you? ”

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's stupid eyes, Ma Xiuying said: "No, I'm still waiting for when you die in battle and I will remarry." ”

As soon as Ma Xiuying said this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly swallowed.

At this moment, the people who were eating on the side were still happy, and even the dolls with Zhu Biao were also stupidly happy.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was embarrassed, immediately pointed the finger at them and said: "Go and go, if you are full, go outside to play when you are full, don't stay here and make trouble." ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Biao didn't dare to speak, only he still put down the dishes and chopsticks and grimaced at Zhu Yuanzhang and ran out.

Zhu Biao ran out after a few people.

And after a few small ones left, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ma Xiuying with a smile and said: "Sister, look at what you said, don't we know you sister, don't you say that we are not dead in battle now, even if we really die in battle, sister, you will never remarry." ”

Although Ma Xiuying was also angry by what he said, she said: "That maybe." ”

After being silly at Ma Xiuying for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Qi Heng on the side and said, "Jun Tao, we have something to do now, and you have to think of a way for us." ”

Qi Heng raised his head and said, "What's the matter, big brother, just say it." ”

After speaking, he seemed to think of something, and said, "Big brother, you haven't eaten yet, Yu'er, go and serve a bowl of rice." ”

Yu'er obediently retreated.

As Yu'er came back with a bowl of rice again, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed hungry, and he didn't dislike that these dishes had been eaten, so he picked them up and sent them to his stomach with rice.

While eating, he also said to Qi Heng: "Jun Tao, you also know that we are going to have a decisive battle with Chen Youliang now, and now Wen Zheng and Deng Yuzheng in Hongdu City are defending the city with their lives, but now the construction of our warships here has not made much progress." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Li Shanchang and said: "Let's tell my sister today that Li Shanchang is not telling the truth, so let's talk about it, what he promised us was to launch fifty warships a day." ”

"But now, not even one has been launched, and there are still problems with those who have been launched. It's not okay to delay it like this, our hundreds of thousands of troops are still waiting to get on the ship to train in water warfare, and now the warship has not made much progress, which will definitely delay the training of the soldiers, and the soldiers who have not been trained will not be able to get any benefits from fighting with that Chen Youliang, and our troops are originally less than that Chen Youliang. ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Qi Heng also understood, and said directly: "Big brother, just say it directly, what do you want me to do?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Nothing else, we saw those ships you had there when we were on Anfeng Road, not to mention the speed, they are so big, they can fit a lot of people, let's just think, if we want to stop the things on the side of Anfeng Road, transfer these ships to us, and convert them into warships, it should save a lot of effort." ”

Qi Heng didn't think much about it, and said directly: "How many ships do you need, big brother?" ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he folded his fingers and counted for a long time, and said: "According to the progress of Li Shanchang's side now, there should be at least half of the gap according to the estimated date." ”

"Let's listen to the reports of the soldiers on the front line, Chen Youliang's 680,000 army has built a total of more than 500 warships, and our 30 soldiers and horses must have 300 ships, so the task we set for Li Shanchang is 300 ships, and according to half of the calculations, it should be 150 ships."

"How's that, can it be done?"

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's expectant gaze, Qi Heng was about to speak, but Ma Xiuying suddenly said: "Wait, Jun Tao, don't promise him yet, let him promise me to give those soldiers and widows freedom before agreeing to him." Your brother-in-law is a dog-faced, you have to solve this matter for him, I don't know when he will be able to agree to this matter here, maybe he won't see anyone again. ”

Listening to Ma Xiuying's words, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally full of anticipation, said helplessly: "Ouch, I said sister, don't make trouble for us at this time, let's discuss big things here." If something goes wrong with the war on our front, your interior secretary will not be too busy to die. ”

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's surrender, Ma Xiuying couldn't help laughing.

And after Qi Heng smiled, he directly agreed: "If there are one hundred and fifty ships, there should be no problem, when do you want it, big brother?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, but he didn't expect Qi Heng to respond easily.

"Really!"

Qi Heng said helplessly: "Naturally, it's true." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang danced excitedly, and couldn't wait to come up and kiss Qi Heng's head.

"Okay, good, you can achieve it, you can achieve it, Jun Tao, you can solve one of our big problems! You don't know, today, after seeing the speed created by Li Shanchang, we are not angry, you must know that many people die every hour behind us. ”

After finishing excitedly, he suddenly remembered the matter and hurriedly said: "We don't know how long this modification will take, fifty days, fifty days is enough?" What we told Wen Zheng and them was to hold on for a hundred days, but we still have to train sailors, and the remaining fifty days don't know if they are enough for training. ”

"It would have been better if it had been earlier."

Zhu Yuanzhang can't say how long it will take, after all, he has just said it, and the time required is short, and he feels a bit harsh.

It's been a long time, and it's not enough for yourself.

simply handed it over to Qi Heng and let him say it himself.

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Qi Heng thought for a while and said, "That's it, big brother, I'll order someone to send an order to Anfeng Road in a while, let them prepare under the stars, and strive to complete it within a month, how about it?" ”

Hearing Qi Heng say that it would only take a month, Zhu Yuanzhang understood that Qi Heng was not Li Shanchang.

Since Qi Heng dared to say this time, it proved that he could at least advance it by about ten days in a month's time.

Otherwise he would never have said that.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "Cheng!" Just one month! Jun Tao, you have done us a great favor this time. After we finish this time, let's ask that Li Shanchang to kowtow to you, if it weren't for your help, we would have to cut off his head for this big thing! ”

Qi Heng smiled and said, "Big brother, what do you say, although Anfeng Road is in charge of me now, isn't it all your territory?" Speaking of which, the task of this construction should also have a share of Anfeng Road. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he happily patted Qi Heng's shoulder and said, "It's still Jun Tao's words, or we are a family." You don't know that we listen to Liu Bowen and a few of them every day, but we are sad to death, and we say something that I don't like all day long. ”

Qi Heng didn't say anything when he heard this, and continued to pick up the bowl and pick up the rice.

Maybe he was in a good mood after solving this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly looked at Ma Xiuying on the side and said: "Sister, don't be angry, or you look at it like this, when this war is over, after these things in front of us are done, let's talk about remarriage, what do you think?" ”

Ma Xiuying's eyes lit up: "This is what you said!" Don't disadmit it then! ”

"Of course, since we said it, we will definitely admit it."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and beckoned everyone to eat together.

The next day.

Outside the city of Hongdu.

As Zhu Yuanzhang guessed, the soldiers under Chen Youliang's command arrived outside Hongdu City yesterday after sailing for three days.

Chen Youliang, who had already made up his mind to attack Hongdu City, ordered the warship to dock while the soldiers rested.

After a night's rest, as soon as the morning dawned, a full 100,000 troops took turns to attack Hongdu City.

Although the materials used in Hongdu City are not as good as the cement concrete of Huanggang City.

But the craftsmanship of the ancient craftsmen is by no means simple.

Moreover, Hongdu City has always been a strong pass, so in the face of Chen Youliang's attack, relying on the equipment to defend the city, it was relatively easy to defend it.

Of course, the key is that Chen Youliang led a large army to come, and the warship did not carry any other heavy siege equipment at all except for simple siege equipment such as climbing ladders.

Therefore, in terms of the difficulty of defense, in addition to the fact that the opponent has too many troops, there is not much difficulty.

Of course, this is only the first day.

In addition, Qi Heng handed over to Zhu Wenzheng a full 30,000 elite soldiers, which was essentially different from the 8,000 that Chen Youliang had discovered in their intelligence.

However, it is still inevitable that the two sides will suffer losses in battle.

After the fierce battle on the first day, taking advantage of the fact that Chen Youliang's army was repulsed, Zhu Wenzheng personally stood on the head of the city and inspected the defensive equipment.

At the same time, the bodies of many fallen soldiers were also carried down.

Zhu Wenzheng, who was still a little timid in front of Zhu Yuanzhang before, is now completely different when he goes out alone to lead troops.

Without knowing it, no one would have doubted that it was the first time that he had led so many soldiers into battle as the main general.

Just when Zhu Wenzheng was looking around to check the defense, Deng Yu suddenly walked over.

Although Deng Yu's military position was much higher than Zhu Wenzheng's before, Zhu Wenzheng was only his son and nephew, although the two of them were almost the same age, Deng Yu was still very general.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhu Wenzheng to be the main general and he was the deputy general, he had to do his own thing.

"General, the Han army has retreated, and this time they have been retreating to the riverside."

But Zhu Wenzheng didn't care about this, and asked directly: "How many casualties?" ”

Deng Yu said: "More than 300 were injured and 80 people died. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Wenzheng immediately said: "It's too much! The seriously injured brothers will also die slowly, Brother Deng, this is the fourth day after our guard, and if we continue to consume like this, we won't be able to hold on for a hundred days. ”

At this time, Deng Yu said: "Wenzheng, you know the temper of the handsome, he said that he insisted on a hundred days, but in fact, after seventy or eighty days, he may arrive." ”

But Zhu Wenzheng said: "That's just a possibility, and now it seems that we can only live and die with Hongdu." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Wenzheng thought about it for a while and said: "In this way, demolish the houses, from the houses near the city one by one, and transport all the bricks, stones and timber to the city for me." I just saw that the Han army did not have heavy siege equipment, so they could only attack the city close to the city, and their bows and crossbows were useless at that time. ”

"And we just need to throw the stones and timber down and smash a bunch of people!"

Listening to Zhu Wenzheng's words, Deng Yu said with some concern: "Do you remember the law?" The decrees issued by the commanders and generals themselves strictly prohibit harm to the people, and those who violate military law will be punished. ”

But Zhu Wenzheng immediately said: "I don't care about that, I'll take care of it, you just have to tell the people that if the city is broken, Chen Youliang will slaughter the city, young and old." If we defeat Chen Youliang, I, Zhu Wenzheng, will be responsible for building a new house for them! ”

Seeing that Zhu Wenzheng had made up his mind, Deng Yu didn't want to say anything more, and immediately said: "Obey!" ”

"Also, don't we have two million stone of grain? Open a warehouse, let the people eat, eat with an open stomach, but there is one point, you have to go to the city to help the war after eating, Brother Deng, you have to find a way to let every people, every baby, and even every dog in the city get to help! ”

Deng Yu nodded, bowed his hand and turned to leave.

Zhu Wen was shouting to Deng Yu in the distance: "By the way, all the death row inmates in the prison will be released and go to the city to help!" ”

Twenty days went by in a flash.

The warship construction workshop outside Jinling City, it has been almost a month since he Li Shanchang received the order to start building warships.

But looking at the speed of construction now, Li Shanchang has long lost his former calmness.

Listening to the progress reported by his subordinates, he suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "No! Listen, before sunset today, all fifty warships must be launched, and which battalion cannot do it, and which battalion will be beheaded by the commander of the promotion! ”

Looking at the people in charge who bowed their heads in fright, Li Shanchang continued: "Also, the boat that launches must be reliable, if there is a leak during the trial, hmph, I won't say anything more, you can do it yourself!" ”

At this moment, outside the door of the Dispatch Division, a person's shout suddenly came.

"Big things, big things!"

Looking at Lao Song, who was running in a panic, Li Shanchang suddenly scolded angrily: "Calm down! ”

The old Song hurriedly said: "It's a big deal, but it's a good thing!" The Jiangning County Yalai reported that the hundred warships they were responsible for had all been prepared! ”

But Li Shanchang angrily reprimanded: "Nonsense! Lying again! ”

But Lao Song said firmly: "And they have prepared an extra 120 warships, a total of 220!" ”

Hearing this, Li Shanchang suddenly asked, "Where is the ship!" ”

Lao Song said: "The boat is listening by the river!" ”

Hearing this, Li Shanchang didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly got up and walked with Lao Song towards the riverside where the warships were stationed.

When Li Shanchang came to the riverside where the warships were stationed under the leadership of Lao Song and looked at the dense warships on the river, a smile appeared on his face for the first time.

The fear in my heart finally dissipated at this moment.

Laughed happily.

When he saw Hu Weiyong, who was in charge of preparing the warship by the river, he immediately tidied up his clothes and walked towards the riverside.

When he came to Hu Weiyong's side, he suddenly said: "Weiyong." ”

Hearing Li Shanchang's voice, Hu Weiyong suddenly turned around, looked at Li Shanchang behind him, and immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed: "Teacher!" ”

Li Shanchang nodded with a smile, and hurriedly said, "Get up, get up, get up." ”

After Hu Weiyong got up, he asked again: "You did this?" ”

Hu Weiyong nodded.

Li Shanchang asked, "But I think most of these ships are old ships, not like new ships." ”

Hu Weiyong hurriedly said: "Grace Master, although they are not new ships, they are even better than those new ships. Because they have all been tested by strong winds and waves. ”

Li Shanchang said: "Then how did these ships come from?" ”

Hu Weiyong bowed his hand again and said: "Teacher, Weiyong has the courage to report that it is impossible for the county to complete the construction of a hundred warships within the time limit of most capital affairs. ”

Li Shanchang said with a smile: "I know this." ”

"Therefore, Wei Yong issued a notice to recruit ships from all over the rivers and seas, limited to more than five zhang, and the notice did not mention preparations for war, but only said that ships were to be recruited to carry stone and timber to be transported to the river, and all ships that were conscripted would be given fifty taels of silver per month."

"That's five times the normal shipping cost. After that, Wei Yong sent out all the only dozen or so boats to pull stones, and each ship paid fifty taels of silver in advance. Once they Yang Fan, Li Ke passed on ten, ten to hundred, and river boats and sea boats from all over the country rushed to earn silver taels. ”

Listening to Hu Weiyong's strategy, Li Shanchang couldn't help but praise: "Wow! ”

And Hu Weiyong continued: "Teacher, you see, most of these are sea ships, and sea ships must be more solid than river boats, after all, the waves are bigger than the river waves, and they only need to be slightly modified to be used as war ships." ”

Seeing that Hu Weiyong had thought about all this, Li Shanchang couldn't help but say: "It's really good, the old man doesn't know how to thank you as a disciple." ”

Hu Weiyong immediately knelt on the ground and said: "Weiyong can have today, all of them rely on the support of his teacher, and doing these things is within his duty, how dare he ask his teacher to thank him." ”

Looking at Hu Weiyong's demeanor, Li Shanchang hurriedly pulled him up and said, "Go, go with me,"

Hu Weiyong looked at the boat behind him and said puzzledly: "Where does the teacher want to take me?" ”

Li Shanchang said happily: "Take you to see the handsome!" I would like to solemnly recommend you to Dashuai! ”

After that, there was another burst of laughter.

The Marshal's Mansion.

Inside the study.

After Li Shanchang informed Zhu Yuanzhang of the matter, Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the chair, looked at Hu Weiyong, who had had several encounters in front of him, and said, "Listen to your accent, where are the Huaixi people?" ”

Hu Weiyong hurriedly said: "My subordinates' ancestral hometown is Fengyang, Sanhe Town, and Juxiantun. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was happy when he heard this.

"Juxiantun? It's fifty miles away from our house, and we can make a round trip a day. ”

As he spoke, he handed the bowl of water in front of him to Hu Weiyong and said, "Come, drink." ”

After receiving the water handed by Zhu Yuanzhang, Hu Weiyong did not hesitate at all, and drank it directly.

Then respectfully returned the water bowl to Zhu Yuanzhang.

also said: "Dashuai, the parents and folks of his subordinates, but they are all grateful to Dashuai." ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Hu Weiyong, you have made a great contribution this time, and you have made a great contribution, but we have always wanted to ask you, you have to give fifty taels of silver per boat every month, do you have so many taels of silver in the county government?" What will you do in the future? ”

Hu Weiyong said: "Yu Dashuai, there is indeed not so much silver in the county, the subordinates think so, the silver is only given once, but the ship has to be detained to make a warship, if you defeat Chen Youliang, the handsome have everything, why worry about the silver, if it is defeated, it is Jinling is not guaranteed, and the general is dead, at that time, what is the use of the silver two." ”

"Moreover, most of these ships are from Zhejiang, and they are ships belonging to Zhang Shicheng, even if these ships defeat Chen Youliang, they don't have to be released. All of them were assigned to the Sailor Division and served the commander. ”

Listening to Hu Weiyong's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was happy and said: "Well said, what you said is too good!" ”

"In this way, Hu Weiyong, from tomorrow, you will move to the city and live in the Lixian Pavilion. Let's appoint you as the counselor of the Shuaifu, Wen Sipin, and assist the benevolent chief in managing all the government affairs of Jinling Mansion in the future. ”

Hu Weiyong, who heard this, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "The minister takes the order!" Xie Dashuai! ”

So saying, he knelt down.

And after Zhu Yuanzhang pulled him up, he also said: "From now on, don't call us handsome, just like the good man, call us to the top!" ”

At this time, Hu Weiyong didn't understand this, but nodded stunned when he heard this.

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