Chapter 027: Basic Development

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According to the simple production process of high school physics, Chen Cao successfully made cement in the most primitive way, and then used cement and masonry as the structure to build the barracks of Nanjing Youwei.

Everything developed in an orderly manner according to Chen Cao's expectations.

After finishing the business, Chen Cao sat on the terrace drinking and eating, a plate of things on the table aroused his great enthusiasm, Zhao Xin also sat next to him and Xu Kaixian ate and drank, and when he saw Chen Cao picking up the plate, he said, "Don't you like this taro?" ”

"Taro?" Chen Cao picked up the potatoes of his time and looked at Zhao Xindao: "You call this taro?" ”

"My lord, there are two kinds of taro, one is the small one that the adult is holding now, and the other is the big one." Xu Kaixian interjected: "Many foreign envoys in Nanjing paid tribute, and the envoys of Manraka brought these things, and the Ministry of Rites didn't look down on these things, and it was not good to lose the face of the imperial court, so they sold these things to various grocery stores in the city, and each grocery store must amortize them..."

Oh...

Chen Cao nodded, knowing in his heart: "Then what is a big taro?" ”

Xu Kaixian frowned and said: "That thing has been eaten by subordinates, the raw one is a little crispy, and the big one is some sweet, but when it is cooked, it is very sweet, and it is a little sticky to the teeth. ”

Chen Cao understood, Xu Kaixian's so-called big taro was sweet potato, which was later called 'red lotus' in the south: "Don't eat it, take me to the grocery store in the city, I want to buy it, and I will vigorously buy this so-called big and small taro..."

Zhao Xin looked aggrieved: "My lord, the table of three taels of silver is the high-end of Nanjing, we haven't eaten half full of food, this..."

"I'll come back and pack my own food..."Chen Cao couldn't bear it, and took Xu Kaixian out of Qinhuai Building to do business.

There are more grocery stores in Nanjing, and the business is each other, Chen Cao took people to more than a dozen of them, and some directly indicated that they were sold out, Chen Cao was unwilling, and went all the way to Beicheng, and found the largest grocery store at the moment, and was about to enter the door, when he saw Xiao Er throwing the burlap bag out of the store.

"Yo, the guest officer wants to buy some daily necessities, this store is Jinling's big move, you have all you want, and the white sugar from Annan is also available, but it is expensive." The little second brother greeted Chen Cao skillfully.

Chen Cao opened the sack thrown by Xiao Er, and what caught his eye was the potatoes in his heart, but most of the bags of potatoes had sprouted: "Little Second Brother, why did you throw all this thing away?" ”

Xiao Er looked at the sack with a disgusted face: "The guest officer doesn't know, this is the goods of the Manraka tribute, these things are not valuable, I heard that they use this as a staple food over there, but it is not easy to plant, and those people didn't tell how to plant," said and looked at Chen Cao mysteriously: "The adults of the Ministry of Rites feel that they have suffered a loss, so let us share these big shops in Jinling, you say, is this it..."

"Xiao San'er..." A coquettish sound sounded, Xiao Er immediately shut up and didn't dare to continue, and hurriedly stepped aside.

Chen Cao heard the sound and left, only to see a young woman walk up to Chen Cao, first gave Chen Cao a salute, then turned his head to look at Xiao Er, and scolded: "You are a killer, do business and do business, let you throw something What nonsense are you talking about, you don't want this month's monthly money?" ”

Xiao Er complained bitterly, Chen Cao said: "Don't be angry, the boss, this little second brother is also telling the truth, it is really not good to let the people share the losses of the imperial court, but I believe that this is not what the emperor meant, it should be the dirty behavior of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites." ”

The proprietress also nodded after hearing this, but her years of experience made her very vigilant, and she dared to say bad things about the Ministry of Rites in the Jinling realm, either the dignitaries from the capital or the nobles of the Jinling realm, and she didn't dare to echo it at the moment, so she smiled and said: "Childe please do it in the store, if you want any supplies, just ask, this will be taken for you, kept and sent to the house." ”

Chen Cao didn't delay, pointed to the sack and said, "This thing still exists?" ”

The proprietress was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "As the son said, this thing is worthless, and the slave family is worried about how to sell it... What, what does Childe want this thing for? ”

"If you want to take it, you can take it, where did you get so much nonsense?" Xu Kaixian scolded immediately.

Zhao Xin and Xu Kaixian next to him had a murderous aura, the proprietress was alert, and hurriedly made amends, and then personally took people in, and from time to time a few handymen came out with sacks.

"Childe, you see, the small ones are all here, and the big ones are still inside, and this thing can be preserved, but it sprouts when it comes to spring, and everyone knows that the sprouted things can't be eaten..."The proprietress smiled flatteringly.

This proprietress smiled very beautifully, compared to Liu Huier, Chen Cao is a good young woman, and she couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the proprietress by name?" ”

The proprietress was stunned for a moment, and then saluted politely: "The slave Shen family is the owner of this Shen Ji grocery store." ”

"Boss Shen is polite." Chen Cao clenched his fists: "I want all the sizes of these things, you say the price." ”

"Hey, where..." Shen covered his mouth and smiled: "It's only twenty taels for all these things, and if they are broken, give them ten taels, what about two big cars, and if you can get some capital back, you can also earn Le..."

"Zhao Xin, give Boss Shen thirty taels of silver..."

"Thank you, thank you, Childe..."

Chen Cao couldn't help grabbing Shen's hand and said solemnly: "Boss Shen, we will definitely have a chance to meet one day." ”

Shen blushed and lowered his head embarrassedly.

Chen Cao left with the goods full of joy, in addition to seeing the beauties, the important thing is the harvest of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Chen Cao walked in the front, Zhao Xin and Xu Kaixian walked behind with the goods, Zhao Xin looked at Xu Kaixian and said: "Old Xu, you wait for the goods to go back with the adults first, I will call my brother to go to the Shen Ji grocery store." ”

Xu Kaixian grabbed Zhao Xin's hand and said, "What, you want to eat black and eat black?" Don't you see what the adults are interested in that woman? ”

Zhao Xin scolded: "You idiot, that's why I'll go and ask the adults to see what the situation is." ”

"Yours, go..."

Chen Cao was born in a poor family in the countryside at that time, and practice makes perfect for planting these things, so when he returned to Zhuangzi, he gathered more than a dozen families to teach them how to plant these two species, and let them free up at least ten acres of land to try planting.

In the evening, Zhao Xin hurriedly walked into Chenjiazhuang and saw Chen Cao in the front hall: "My lord, my subordinates have inquired." ”

"What?" Chen Cao was nibbling on a leg of lamb sprinkled with pepper powder and salt: "It's a little fishy, do you want to eat it?" ”

"The subordinates don't eat," Zhao Xin shook his hand: "The subordinate of the Shen family that the adult saw at noon has figured it out for the adult." ”

Seeing Zhao Xin's flattering smile, Chen Cao smiled and said: "You are a killer, if I am the emperor in the future, you will be a typical minister..."

"Huh?" Zhao Xin was surprised by the first half of the sentence, so he stopped: "Your Excellency, these words must not be nonsense, it will be a disaster of death..."

"How?" Chen Cao lowered his head and looked at Zhao Xin in a low and mysterious voice: "I will be your confidant, let me ask you, if I have the intention to rebel and become the emperor one day, do you want to be the next 'Duke of Wei'?" ”

Zhao Xin saw that Chen Cao's eyes were determined, and he took a deep breath and knelt down: "My subordinates are loyal to your lord to death..."

"Get up..."Chen Cao stretched out his hand to help him, and then scolded: "Wei Zhongxian's old dog is uneducated, and the old man who harmed him has become a joke in the officialdom of the capital, and now it has become a big joke in the officialdom of Nanjing, saying that I am attached to Wei Zhongxian, and I am the first minister under him, these bastard things, three years after the apocalypse, you see if these grandsons dare to say these words." ”

"Why do you want to wait for three years after the apocalypse?" Zhao Xin asked curiously.

"At that time, I had already led the troops in Liaodong to block one side..."Chen Cao said to himself, then looked at Zhao Xin and said, "What did you hear?" ”

Zhao Xin reacted, and said: "The subordinates changed their clothes and took their brothers to the Shen family, and the Shen family trembled with fear when they saw our Jinyi guards coming to the door.

Preliminary results: This woman's name is Shen Zhuangling, Chinese New Year's Eve, her hometown is Kunming Province, Yunnan, she came alone in Nanzhili, there are more than a dozen people in the family, all of whom have filed in Yingtianfu, and the grocery store she is now operating is the largest one in Beicheng. ”

"Kunming..."Chen Cao said himself: "Jinling City is mixed with dragons and snakes, all high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but if such a big shop is opened in the inner city and is still safe and sound, there must be a big relationship behind him..."

Zhao Xin also nodded, and said, "My lord, is there any secret behind her?" ”

Chen Cao shook his head: "Kunming Mansion? By the way, the Qianguo Mansion is in Kunming. ”

"Yes..."

Chen Cao seemed to understand something: "Does Uncle Hou stay in Beijing?" ”

Zhao Xin nodded: "The Qianguo Mansion is in the East Inner City, two streets away from the Wei Mansion..."

Chen Cao understood now, but in order to verify it, he still ordered: "You arrange for someone to summon all her nursing home members to the yamen of the Thousand Households to inquire about it, and see if it is from the military." ”

"My subordinates understand."

...

A middle-aged man in the workshop was reporting to Chen Cao: "The cement pile made by the adult, the small ones experimented yesterday, it is extremely hard, and there is no trace of erosion after blistering. ”

Chen Cao nodded, and then instructed, "What's your name?" ”

The man replied, "Little Li Maocai." ”

"Li Maocai, from now on, this official will appoint you as the ninth product of Nanjing Youwei Cement Workshop, and you will be in charge of this workshop in the future, you will do it well."

Li Maocai is a craftsman lowly household, the biggest thing he boasted about in his life was to participate in the renovation of the Xiaoling Ming Palace, and after being expelled, he went back to his hometown to work for the government. ”

"From now on, vigorously recruit personnel, your monthly money is three taels of silver, the technical solid is one tael of silver, and the monthly salary of the newly recruited apprentices is five dollars of silver, be sure to build me the barracks of the Nanjing Right Guard within three months, and come to the official if you are short of money." Just as he was about to leave, Chen Caoyou said: "Don't start with the workers' monthly money because of greed, don't forget that this official is from Jinyiwei, and he hates the people who embezzle the money of his subordinates the most." ”

Li Maocai clenched his fists in fear: "The small one will definitely live up to the trust of adults." ”

After Chen Cao and Li Xiang got married, Li Xiang's Juxianju naturally became Chen Cao's industry, and Zhou Decai was also very satisfied that he could become Chen Cao's subordinate, at least he would not be starved to death if he followed this literary family, and Chen Cao didn't have to care too much about whether there would be dividends, because now everything about Li Xiang is his.

"The husband is really a great talent," Li Xiang watched Chen Cao dictate in Juxian's residence, and the second part of the second part of the book, which she was responsible for, was full of praise: "No wonder the husband can charm so many girls, this writing, even Bai Mengsheng is not as good as the husband." ”

Speaking of Bai Mengsheng, Chen Cao remembered the magnolia again, and then said: "Whether the husband can achieve great things in the future depends on these novels, you can write it with confidence, there are three parts of this Chinese ghost story, the first one can be a big seller, and the second and third parts can still be." That's right. After it is printed, prepare ten copies for me, and I will give them away. ”

Naturally, it was sent to the emperor of the capital and the friends of the princes in Nanjing.

"My lord," Zhao Xin walked into the guest hall and said, "My lord, the people from Jiangxi are back, Song Yingxing has been arrested, and he is making a big fuss in the Qianhu Institute at the moment." ”

Chen Cao: "......"

When Chen Cao arrived at the Qianhu Office, Song Yingxing was making a fuss, he was stunned and was not afraid of Jinyiwei, but thought that once he was framed and mutilated by Jinyiwei, he could still have a good reputation in history, so he went out and smashed the tables and chairs in the lobby.

"If I am allowed to go out, I will definitely sue him in front of the academic and political masters, and let him make a good evaluation, can Jin Yiwei do anything wrong, if I cheat in the imperial examination, I would have been arrested a long time ago, and it will be your turn to talk about things in the second year?" Song Yingxing sat on the chair breathlessly and scolded.

Chen Cao walked into the lobby and saw that this elegant middle-aged man in his thirties still had such skills, so he clapped his hands: "Mr. Song, don't be angry, I am Chen Cao, at the request of your teacher Bi Maokang, I asked you to come to Jinling to assist him in his errands." ”

Song Yingxing looked dazed, and then said: "Nonsense, you went to Jiangxi to arrest me for cheating in the imperial examination, what does it have to do with my teacher?" ”

Chen Cao knew that these scholars were admitting death, so he said: "Master Bi has arrived at the Longjiang ferry at this moment, and he will arrive at the city of Nanjing tonight, if Mr. doesn't believe it, you can go with me to meet you halfway..."

"Okay," Song Yingxing stood up and patted his robe: "Let's go and see what you eagle dogs can do." ”

Bi Maokang submitted his resignation on the second day after Chen Cao left Beijing, and found Zhang Wenda, with the right of Zhang Wenda's official department, he was simply transferred to Nanjing, and served as the director of the Nanjing Right Guard Zhengbapin Firearms Factory as a civil official. It is a real deficiency in the eyes of many unsatisfactory officials.

Chen Cao ordered Liao Yaowen to pick him up, and he did meet Bi Maokang's carriage in four cars halfway, thinking that Bi Maokang was to take his family to Nanjing.

Song Yingxing was very excited after seeing Bi Maokang's face, and after Bi Maokang's explanation, Song Yingxing immediately expressed his willingness to go to Nanjing to be an official and polish the nine products of the firearms factory.

"Lord Chen, the lower official has something that he wants to consult with the lower official, and he also asks the adult to solve the doubts of the lower official." Arriving at the camp of Nanjing Right Guard, in the tent of the temporary workshop, Bi Maokang looked at Chen Cao seriously and said.

Chen Cao ordered Xu Kaixian to stay outside without anyone disturbing him, only himself and Bi Maokang were in the tent, so he whispered: "The situation in Liaodong is not erosive, and the imperial court is no longer able to deal with it, I am a person with lofty ideals, and I can't bear the destruction of the foundation established by Emperor Taizu in the hands of our generation, so it is of great use to build this firearms factory." ”

"Why would the princes of the DPRK and China tolerate your lordship, and you, as a commander, still set up a firearms factory in the name of the guard?" Bi Maokang then asked.

Chen Cao said mysteriously: "Li Maohui, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, is my father-in-law, and Zhang Wendanai, the secretary of the ministry, is my uncle, not to mention, I gave Wei Zhongxian 100,000 taels of silver, and promised to dedicate the novels I wrote to His Majesty every month." ”

"No wonder..."Bi Maokang sighed, and looked at Chen Cao with some amusement: "My lord is not in vain in his reputation as a minister..."

Chen Cao: "......"

Six days later, the Jingshi passed the Nanjing Tang report, Liaoyang fell, Liaodong Jinglu Yuan Yingtai committed suicide and martyrdom, the Liaohe River to the east, north and south of Gaizhou Wei all lost, Liaodong armies retreated to Gaizhou and Haizhou.

Three days later, after the court decided to appoint Sun Chengzong as the governor of Liaodong and go to Guangning to guard the town.

Another two days...

"My lord, I'm back..."

When Zhao Xin found Chen Cao, Chen Cao was telling Bi Maokang about the flintlock pistol in the firearms factory and showed him the drawings, while Song Yingxing knew how to hammer the gun and forged the barrel by Song Yingxing, and he told Bi Maokang about the principle of the gun.

"Who's back?" Chen Cao looked up, his face was a little dark, because he had just looked at the fine parts of the forged flintlock pistol from the workshop.

"Song Zongqi is back."

"Song Che?" Chen Cao was surprised, and said, "Take me quickly." ”

Song Che did not enter the city, but waited next to the official road post station outside Zhengyang Gate, when Chen Cao saw Song Che again, this young man who was only one year older than himself actually grew a beard, and his face was obviously a lot darker.

"Shi Xiu..."

"YCIS..."

The two saw each other and hugged each other vigorously, if it was a woman, at least someone would cry, but now the two were laughing and holding hands.

In the lobby of Chen Cao's mansion, Song Che was chatting with his sister Song Yin, and Song Yin, who was crying, looked very beautiful, but in front of Song Che, Chen Cao didn't dare to show it: "Okay, let's have a drink tonight and go to Qinhuai Tower." ”

In the box, sat Chen Cao, Song Che and five henchmen under Chen Cao.

"I have seriously given a lecture to Lord Yuan, asking the Mongols and Jurchens who surrendered to Cheng and my Ming soldiers and civilians to go out of Liaoyang and set up another battalion, but they didn't listen, only the general Li Shaokuan thought that what I said made sense; At that time, because of the fall of Shenyang, I had been promoted to the guerrilla of the Cheng Army, but the southern city was opened by the Mongolian refugees and Jurchen Neiying that night, and many generals were killed in guerrilla battles, the city was broken, and Lord Yuan would rather die than leave, and finally hanged himself on the tower of the urn city in the east city. ”

"How many people are there in Jiannu?" Chen Cao asked.

"There were about 30,000 of them, and nearly 50,000 of them." Song Che said: "The enemy's offensive is fierce, if it weren't for the strong combat effectiveness of the Shizhu Tusi soldiers and the Qi family's army, covering the retreat of the large army, I am afraid that even I will not be able to come back." ”

"Stone Pillar Toast? Qi Jiajun? Chen Cao frowned: "Shizhu Toast is Qin Liangyu?" Is the Qi family army still in charge of the surname Qi? ”

Song Che drank a glass of wine and sighed: "The stone pillar white pole soldier is Qin Liangyu, but the Qi family army is not, the guerrilla of the Qi family army is called Cao Wenzhao, this person is the first to rush in every time he engages with Jiannu, and the last to rush out, and the battle is extremely brave." ”

Zhao Xin interjected: "Qi Shaobao's soldiers stayed in Liaodong when they were in Wanliye, and the Mongols who fought in Liaodong with the tactics of Qi's army fled in the wilderness. ”

Song Che nodded: "That Cao Wenzhao is from Shanxi, he is in the army of Liaodong, and he happened to enter the Qi family's army, but this battle is basically gone, they are desperately covering our evacuation, real man." ”

Chen Cao nodded in his heart, and then asked, "Shi Xiu, can you get Cao Wenzhao into my Nanjing right guard?" ”

Song Che shook his head without thinking about it: "That's impossible, he is now a guerrilla general, the commander of the Liaodong Border Army died a lot in this battle, he should be promoted, if you didn't ask Jinyiwei to notify me to come back, I wouldn't have come back." ”

So it turned out, Chen Cao had an evil plan brewing in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this matter, let you come back because now I am also the commander of the right guard of Nanjing, and I will use troops against Liaodong in the future, but now Zhao Xin and a few I don't dare to transfer out of the Zhenfu Division, so I will let you take the position of commander and acquaintance." ”

Song Che was moved for a while, and then clenched his fists: "The last general will definitely live up to the life of the adult." ”

Chen Cao grabbed Song Che's fist: "You and my brother are people who are going to do great things in the future, and the few people present are my confidants and can be trusted, so you don't have to be so polite with me." He said and said: "I have new training methods and tactics, and when the time comes, after the soldiers are all found, you and Qi Xianzong will train these soldiers together." ”

Zhao Xin arched his hand: "My lord, the recruitment you ordered has been completed, and two thousand five hundred people have been selected among the displaced people, and I heard that there is money and food, and these people are all very active, all of them are young and strong from seventeen to twenty-five years old. ”

Chen Cao nodded and said: "You kid did a good job, I will reward you well in the future, by the way, after Qi Xianzong recruits troops back, all the staff will be stationed in the right guard camp," he said and looked at Song Che and said: "These days, you will go back to the city to live, the right guard will be full of firearms troops in the future, as soon as the soldiers arrive, you have to stay in the camp, you may insist." ”

Song Che said with a smile: "Compared with Liaodong, Nanjing is heaven here, and hell is over there. ”

"Hahaha..."