Chapter 146: Change

Liaodong, Shengjing, Chongzhen 18 years, Shunzhi 2 years, Dashun 2 years, March.

Since the Manchu nobles and the Shunzhi imperial capital had moved to the capital, no one in the whole world paid attention to the situation in Liaodong, and no one even cared about the detailed work of various countries.

In the west of Shengjing, a secret musket workshop, more than 5,000 craftsmen are making muskets day and night, and they even use modern assembly line operations, each process is only responsible for the production of one part.

As a result, most of the craftsmen did not even know what the muskets they made looked like, but it was clear that the parts were different from the arquebuses of the past.

The workshop is fully militarized, and there is a team of elite troops with yellow flags stationed at the door, with thousands of people, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will.

There are exceptions, and the final process is the assembly of muskets, which is handled by more than 300 craftsmen, including a craftsman named Zhang Liang.

On this day, as usual, they worked overtime until late to come back, and through the inspection of the soldiers at the door of the workshop, the craftsmen were queuing up to search their bodies, and it was Zhang Liang's turn immediately, and he slipped a tael of silver from his sleeves, and secretly slipped into his hands by the cover of his sleeves, and stuffed it into the soldier who searched him.

"Miani, I heard that your daughter-in-law has just given birth, but you have to eat better, buy more Changbai Mountain ginseng to supplement, don't be stingy."

Zhang Liang smiled at the soldiers who searched him.

The soldier took the silver, looked left and right, put it in his pocket while no one was paying attention, and touched Zhang Liang's body again, he touched a long thing in Zhang Liang's arms, thought about it, and said: "Master Zhang, that's for sure, but we're just a small soldier, and we are very tight on hand, but we can't eat too well." ”

As he spoke, he gave Zhang Liang a look.

Zhang Liang passed quickly and said: "Hehe, Miani, you are so capable, it is a matter of time before you get rich, and the little one here wishes you an early promotion and fortune." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly left.

Zhang Liang returned to the courtyard where he lived, because he was a housekeeper, he had a separate small room, as soon as he arrived in the courtyard, Zhang Liang didn't have time to eat, hurriedly walked to his room, took out the barrel from his body, and quickly hid it under his quilt, and then, as if nothing happened, he went out to eat.

When he arrived in the courtyard, at a temporary dining table, three stewards had already prepared a meal for him, and all three people at the table looked at him nervously, their faces full of inquiring eyes, obviously, they had been waiting for him for a long time.

Zhang Liang gestured, everyone immediately relieved, happily picked up the dishes and chopsticks and began to eat, the four of them ate quickly without a word, Zhang Liang poked his head out, and said quietly: "Start acting at the third watch tonight." ”

The three of them nodded hurriedly and went back to their rooms.

As soon as Zhang Liang returned to the room, he hurriedly locked the door, and then, took out a wooden box from under the bed, constantly took out various parts from it, and finally, put on the barrel under the quilt, and a strange musket was formed, this gun is very different from ordinary muskets, there is no fire rope, instead of a metal trigger with a special shape.

Zhang Liang picked up the gun with satisfaction, then took out an ordinary green cloth from the box, carefully wrapped the musket layer by layer, and finally, tied it with hemp rope, put it at the head of the bed, and then lay on his back on the bed, waiting quietly.

At the time of the third watch, three strange cat meows sounded outside the window.

Zhang Liang sat up, picked up the musket, opened the window and jumped out.

Three figures appeared in the dark corner, Zhang Liang hurriedly walked over to meet, and the four of them gently walked to a particularly remote corner, removed the thorns piled up on the wall, and revealed a dog hole for only one person to pass through.

The four of them came out of the hole and into the street.

The four of them cautiously avoided the Eight Banners soldiers patrolling the street and walked towards the east gate.

At this time, Shengjing City was the rear of the Qing Dynasty, and there were only 1,000 soldiers guarding the city in peacetime, and they were still in shifts, and not every place on the city wall was guarded by soldiers.

The four of them walked to a dark corner in the southeast direction, one tied a triangle iron fork with a rope that had been prepared a long time ago, threw it on the city, and quietly climbed to the city head while the night was dark, and then collected the rope, quickly fixed the iron fork on the battlement in the direction of the field, threw the rope out of the city, and hung it out of the city along the rope.

As soon as their feet hit the ground, the four of them ran wildly all the way south, and ran for more than ten miles in one breath before they slowed down their pace out of breath and changed to slow walking.

"Boss Zhang, it's no good, go slowly!"

The last one shouted quietly.

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Wealth and danger are sought, Ge Shifa, you can't bear this hardship, how can you make a fortune?" ”

When Ge Shifa heard that he had made a fortune, he suddenly had the strength, and immediately sped up and followed.

"Boss Zhang, is Daxing really the same as the legend and gives very good treatment to craftsmen?"

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "It should be true, a few of my craftsmen are from Shandong, Shandong side of the country said, Daxing's hired workers are surprisingly good, that is, to help repair the city, there is no technical content, some coolies, there is also a monthly salary of one or two silver a month, we stole the latest musket of the Qing Dynasty this time, with this technology, I don't believe that Daxing will not give high salaries, and if you can't mix a national identity, then you will climb to the sky in one step, where is compared with this Daqing, tired like a cow all day long, just work hard and don't take silver." ”

The four of them traveled day and night, arrived at Lushun, rented a fishing boat in the fishing village near the wharf, and went directly to Weihaiwei.

At this time, Weihaiwei Wharf has been broken into prosperity, because Daxing's treatment of hired workers is the highest among the countries, so many people come to try their luck to see if they can find a job under Daxing's rule.

This month, Daxing openly recruited 10,000 mercenaries from other countries, and even more people came.

There is also a trade agreement between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, many businessmen from these two countries come to Daxing to do business, especially the rich merchants in Jiangnan come the most, Daxing lacks a lot of materials, such as iron, cloth, silk, tea, etc., because Daxing people do not lack silver in their hands, consumption is very large, so many are out of stock, businessmen will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.

The new city of Weihaiwei is getting bigger and bigger, there are already a lot of merchants settled in, the yard and shops here belong to the Daxing imperial court, for this reason, the yard and the shop are not for sale, but Daxing is allowed to rent, which is naturally an income.

Zhang Liang and the four of them were dizzying, and they didn't know who to look for, so they simply walked directly to the sailor soldiers patrolling the dock.

A small flag walked by with ten people, all carrying muskets and marching in a neat line.

"This military master, please wait a moment!"

Zhang Liang hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Xiaoqi often patrols the docks, and at a glance he knew that he was here to ask for directions, and he was not arrogant, so he stopped and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Zhang Liang took out five coins of broken silver from his pocket, handed it over with a smile, and said: "Master Jun, a few young people have just come to Weihai and want to defect to the Daxing Imperial Court, I don't know if Master Jun can recommend me?" ”

Xiaoqi unceremoniously accepted the money, he did not violate the rules by doing so, as long as he did not take the initiative to ask for it, the reward for asking for directions would not be traced, resulting in patrolling the dock these days to become the sailor's sweetheart, and everyone was vying to come over.

Xiao Qi looked at the four of them and asked, "What talents do you have, and what yamen do you want to take refuge into?" ”

Zhang Liang took out the musket from his back, but he didn't open the wrapped cloth, and said: "The little one brings a new musket, which doesn't need a fire rope, and it can be fired on a rainy day, and the speed of reloading is more than twice as fast as what you are carrying in the military master, I don't know what yamen to take refuge in?" ”

When Xiao Qi heard this, he was taken aback, there was such an advanced musket in this world, and he was not stupid, as soon as he heard it, it was a military secret, so naturally he couldn't display it on the spot in a crowded place like the dock, so he hurriedly said: "If that's the case, the four of you, please follow me to the Maritime Safety Bureau to see Lord Zhao!" ”

After speaking, he didn't even dare to ask for the silver, and returned it to Zhang Liang, no matter what Zhang Liang said, he didn't dare to accept it.

Xiaoqi personally brought four people to the Maritime Safety Bureau, and as soon as it was transmitted, Zhao Yuan did not dare to slack off and met with the four people in person.

Zhao Yuan asked Zhang Liang to try this new musket in the courtyard of the Maritime Safety Bureau, and sure enough, you can shoot without a fire rope, just this one, it saves the time to light the fire rope and install the fire rope, and the loading speed is much faster, and it is not afraid of rainy days to fight, which greatly improves the battlefield adaptation of the fire gun to the environment.

Zhao Yuan was overjoyed, knowing that this matter was not trivial, so he personally arranged it overnight and took them to Laiyang.

……

Wangfu, Yang Xin has had a very moist life this month, he is really a newlywed Yan'er, it is not sweet, and the princess and Fan Yuxuan are miraculously peaceful, he is even more satisfied.

This night, as usual, after having dinner with the princess, because she was with the princess last night, the princess was already unbearable tonight, so she had to push Yang Xin to Fan Yuxuan unwillingly.

Because the princess's combat effectiveness is too poor, Fan Yuxuan has been cheaper this month, which has made her spend more time with Yang Xin.

At this moment, Fan Yuxuan looked at the table full of dishes but didn't make a move, and when she saw Yang Xin coming in, she was angry and said: "It's like this every time, I accompany the princess when I eat, and if I want to make it bad after eating, I will come to the palace, you conscienceless thing." ”

Yang Xin was the same, and naturally did Fan Yuxuan's side, hugged her waist, and said with a smile: "Why are you so angry today, you don't even eat?" ”

Fan Yuxuan suddenly covered her mouth and retched, and the peach blossom on the side hurriedly handed over the basin to catch it.

Yang Xin was startled, and hurriedly patted her on the back and said, "What's wrong?" I ate my stomach badly, why did I still vomit! ”

Fan Yuxuan glanced at him and said, "There is also a face to say, it's all your fault, just now the imperial doctor came to see it, and the palace already has it!" ”

Yang Xin was stunned for a moment, scratched the back of his head, and said, "No, it's so fast, it's only been less than a month!" ”

Fan Yuxuan angrily stretched out her hand and grabbed his arm, and said coquettishly: "I'm embarrassed to say, in the past month, when have you stopped, haven't you come over every night to toss so much that you can't sleep in the palace?" ”

Yang Xin laughed and said, "I didn't expect the princess to have any movement on her side, but you're still on it!" ”

Fan Yuxuan glanced at him and said, "Anyway, I don't care, this palace is pregnant first, if it is a man, then you have to make him the son of Daxing!" ”

Yang Xin smiled awkwardly on his face, "This is still very early, let's talk about it when I am born." ”

In his heart, he smiled bitterly, he naturally wanted to inherit Daxing with the first boy born to the princess, and said secretly: "God forbid, don't give birth to a boy!" ”

If Fan Yuxuan knew what he was thinking, I am afraid that he would even have the urge to cut people.

At this time, the soldiers outside the door came to report.

"King Xing, the military intelligence department has an urgent military situation, the Qing Southern Expeditionary Army has broken Chongzhen's army, and has captured Nanjing, Chongzhen led 50,000 remnants to flee to Hangzhou, the Qing army is like a broken bamboo, and the Ming Dynasty is afraid that it will be over!"

"What!"

Yang Xin couldn't believe his ears and stood up excitedly.

How can this Chongzhen say that he also crossed over, before Nanjing guarded for several months, I thought the situation was stable, but I didn't expect that in the end I couldn't hold it, and even Nanjing was lost.

"This Chongzhen is too useless!"

Yang Xin scolded, no matter how you say it, you have also crossed over, or the emperor, you can actually mix up like such a bird, it is really a shame for the face of the traverser, even Li Zicheng is not as good.

Fan Yuxuan on the side was overjoyed, Daqing won again, and his position in the Daxing court was more stable, and he could steadily overpower the princess, and now that he is pregnant, it is really a double happiness.

Fan Yuxuan pulled Yang Xin to sit down, and said with a smile: "What are you panicking about?" Isn't there a palace, Daxing has a good relationship with Daqing, and this is not bad news. ”

Yang Xin sat down dejectedly, he was a little worried about the princess, he was afraid that he would be heartbroken when he heard the news, so he hurriedly said: "The situation has changed greatly, I will go to the ministers to discuss and see how Daxing responds, you are pregnant, just rest in the palace, and I won't bother you tonight." ”

Fan Yuxuan glanced at him and said, "Bengong sees that you know that Bengong is pregnant, and you can't make it bad, so which fox spirit is you going to find, right?" ”

Yang Xin hurriedly helped her shoulder, and said with a smile: "What did Madam say, what kind of person is this king, you must take good care of the baby, raise our first baby to be white and fat, eat more, don't lose your body." ”

As he spoke, he took a bear paw with chopsticks and fed it to Fan Yuxuan.

Fan Yuxuan turned her anger into joy, ate happily, and said angrily: "Okay, don't pretend, you have to go quickly, this palace knows how to eat." ”

Yang Xin hurriedly walked out of Fan Yuxuan's Duanfei Palace and went to the princess's Concubine Defei Palace.

The princess didn't know about it yet, she had just come out of the shower and changed her clothes, and when she saw Yang Xin going and returning, she was a little strange, and asked, "Brother Yang, why are you back again, were you rejected by that Fan Yuxuan today?" ”

There was still a little joy in her heart, after all, Yang Xin had no choice but to find Fan Yuxuan.

Yang Xin smiled bitterly, walked over, held the princess's shoulder, and said, "Hey...... When you receive a bad news, you must resist it, your father and emperor have been defeated again, and even the city of Nanjing has been lost, and the Ming Dynasty may not be able to hold it. ”

When the princess heard this, her face turned pale, and tears flowed unconsciously.

Yang Xin hugged her tightly in his arms and said to the maidservant outside the door: "Don't let anyone in, if someone comes, they will talk about it tomorrow!" ”

The handmaid promised to go out.

Yang Xin knew that there would definitely be important ministers looking for him at this stall, but it was important to comfort the princess at this time, and he had no intention of discussing the government with them.

……

Here, Zhao Yuan hurriedly ran to see Yang Xin, but was informed that King Xing and Concubine Zhu had slept peacefully, and he didn't want to be disturbed, so he asked him to come back tomorrow.

With such important information, Zhao Yuan waited until tomorrow, and he had an idea, found Duanfei Palace, and saw Fan Yuxuan.

Fan Yuxuan had dealings with these courtiers before, and she also sent silver, so she just told Fan Yuxuan about this, hoping that she could help her find Yang Xin.

Fan Yuxuan had a bad appetite and was still forcing herself to eat slowly, when Peach Blossom came to report, and Zhao Yuan of the Maritime Safety Bureau asked to see her.

Fan Yuxuan was stunned, why was it so late, Zhao Yuan would find him, so he said, "Call him in!" ”

Zhao Yuan hurriedly rushed in, knelt down when he saw Fan Yuxuan, and said, "Weichen Zhao Yuan see Concubine Fan!" ”

Fan Yuxuan saw that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Senator Zhao is flat, I don't know what is the important matter of looking for this palace in such a hurry?" ”

Zhao Yuan hurriedly said about the new musket, and then said: "This new musket is amazingly powerful, once it appears on the battlefield, I am afraid it will change the pattern of the war in the world, I don't know if Concubine Fan can let Weichen meet King Xing on the horse." ”

Fan Yuxuan smiled when she heard this, I don't know what day it is today, I ran over to find myself one by one, and said: "You don't have to find the king for this matter, the palace can handle it, you hand it over to the palace, and the palace will place them in the musket workshop of Yuxin Commerce, and the palace will talk to the king about this matter tomorrow." ”

Zhao Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and there was still this operation, so he smiled awkwardly: "Concubine Fan, I'm afraid it's not in line with the rules to do this, right?" ”

Fan Yuxuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, this palace has its own opinions, peach blossom, Senator Zhao has worked hard from afar, give Senator Zhao a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, and then send someone to place the four craftsmen, so that Fan likes to entertain them, treat them as guests, and tomorrow the palace will personally go to the musket workshop to arrange a position for them." ”

Zhao Yuan had to go as promised, he didn't dare to offend Fan Yuxuan.

Now the Fan family's musket workshop has already been assigned to the Yuxin trade established by Fan Yuxuan, and at Yang Xin's request, the treatment is also the same as that of Daxing business, Yang Xin doesn't want Fan Yuxuan to ruin his reputation, after all, the current Yuxin business is under the banner of Yang Xin.

However, Fan Yuxuan didn't come to send silver to Daxing officialdom, but it made a good court a little smoky, and these Ming officials who surrendered were happy to do so, and they didn't care at all, and the silver was also very happy.

After Zhao Yuan left, Fan Yuxuan said to Taohua: "How is the implementation of Qinhuaihe's plan?" ”

Peach Blossom nodded and said: "Back to the master, I have found a girl named Kou Baimen, who looks really beautiful and fragrant, and is still a chick, and is on the way to Daxing, and it is estimated that she will be able to arrive in Laiyang tomorrow night." ”

Fan Yuxuan nodded and said, "Very good, dress her up nicely tomorrow and be a personal maid by the side of the palace." ”

Peach Blossom said again: "Master, will it be inappropriate to do this?" What if the king is obsessed with her? ”