Syllable!

In the Beijing teahouse, the storyteller woke up and patted the wood, saliva splashed, a pair of eyes swept everyone, and his tone was long:

"Suddenly, the wind and thunder on the hall, the sand and stones flying outside the hall, the whole palace feather is filled with murderous aura and despair, Liu Taishi saw that the saint was leaving, his body immediately rose from the ground, and flew directly to the bronze crane used to protect the immortals in the main hall, in ancient times, there was a co-worker head hit the Zhou Mountain, and there was Liu Taishi in the world to grab the crane with his head, and the blood was on the spot! That scene was really a sacrifice to the community and a river of blood. ”

There were people in the audience who served tea and drank water, ate a sweet potato seed, and some cats listened fascinated in the aisle, crowded with people, crowded up and down the teahouse.

"The next time, Grandpa Guo will return to Beijing to fight the Taishi, and go to southern Xinjiang in defeat."

"I know what will happen next, please listen to the next breakdown."

After the storyteller finished speaking, he took a step back, and the audience bowed.

"What's going on here? Dog eunuch! ”

"Don't stop, another plate of melon seeds!"

"Good work, be rewarded!"

"One more!"

The applause, applause, and scolding from the audience came and went, and they all wanted to listen to a plate of melon seed money again.

"This storyteller is really bold, and the officials of the imperial court dare to arrange it randomly," the VIP seat on the second floor of the teahouse, two men who looked like scholars sat opposite each other and drank tea.

Now that all parties in the imperial court are competing, both inside and outside the capital, whether they are officials or not, are interested in saying a word or two about family and state affairs.

"I heard that Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others have already written a confession to the emperor, and at the same time confessed to Wang Qi, the Duke of Langguo, and will be released from prison in a few days," the man in the brocade robe pinched a handful of crispy peanuts in his hand, licked them into his mouth one by one, and made a crisp sound while talking: "The meaning of the palace, the Donglin faction in the court, all of them are depreciated, most of them are Shangshu, Shilang, and Yushi go to Nanjing to serve as idle posts, and the rest are sent to Yunnan, Guizhou, Liangguang, Qiongzhou and other places. ”

"After this battle, there is no longer the name of Donglin in the court, why bother?" The companion nodded sympathetically: "We are fortunate not to participate in the team to denounce Lang Guogong this time, otherwise, there will definitely be you and me on the southward list."

"There is one more thing," the brocade-robed man's eyes moved slightly, and he looked left and right before he said softly: "It is rumored that the prince of Xin is also involved in this court struggle, and His Majesty seems to be very dissatisfied with this, and has made three decrees to let King Xin leave Beijing within a month!" ”

"Huzhou's mansion and domain haven't been built yet, right?" The companion snorted softly, puzzled.

"So what? Let's leave Beijing first! An idle prince, bold enough to participate in the battle of the court, and he is also the opposite of the saint, if he is replaced by any other saint, it is possible to be directly imprisoned for life, His Majesty just let him step up the vassal, and it is already in the deep sense of brotherhood! The brocade-robed man smiled, took the teacup and poured it into his mouth, smacking it at the end, as if tasting some aftertaste.

"After this battle, the two generals Han Yi and Liu Yijing were damaged, tsk tsk, you say, the Donglin faction, will they admit defeat?"

The brocade-robed man glanced at his companion and chuckled: "As long as Wang Qi is in the capital for one day, within three or five years, don't think about turning over!" ”

Syllable!!!

The storyteller wakes up in his hand to shoot the case.

"The book is picked up last time, Grandpa Guo has immeasurable powers, and Taishi Liu is powerless to make up for the sky!"

Suddenly, the whole hall burst into applause, and the whole hall applauded.

The two officials in the VIP table also turned their heads with interest: "It's interesting."

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When the chaos in the capital gradually subsided, Wang Qi, who was far away in Jizhou Mansion, was also ready to return to Beijing.

The reconstruction of Jizhou Mansion after the war and the resettlement of refugees in Liaodong, Wang Qi and Xu Guangqi put things on the right track step by step.

Some of the more than 30,000 refugees from Liaodong stayed in Gyeonggi to provide relief for work, and a land boundary was set aside to resettle people from Liaodong.

The other part, went north and returned to Liaodong, after the Jin retreated, a large amount of land and uninhabited wasteland were vacant in Liaodong, enough for the people of Liaodong to live, and at the same time, the court had also promulgated regulations to exempt Liaodong from the north of Shanhaiguan for three years of taxes, including fields, grain tax, commercial tax, poll tax and part of the forced labor.

At the same time, Wang Huazhen, the governor of Shandong, also played the imperial court, and Denglai opened a trade route with North Korea and the Japanese state, and in the future, Denglai and southern Liaoning will become the center of trade in the entire Northeast Asia, which will attract more people and merchants to promote the recovery of agriculture and commerce in eastern Liaodong.

"It's time for me to go back to Beijing," Wang Qi had nothing to do today, and sat down with Xu Guangqi to drink two glasses.

"In the rest of the month, Jizhou Mansion has gradually settled down, but the court has turned the world upside down," Xu Guangqi stroked his white beard: "Especially for Lang Guogong's accusations, the old man feels that Yang Lian and others will not give up, after all, Han Yi's death was in Jizhou Mansion, but that Liu Yijing really died in the main hall, and now there are rumors in the capital, saying everything, if Lang Guogong returns to Beijing, it is better to be careful." ”

"Thank you Mr. Xuanhu for reminding me," Wang Qi nodded, turned the conversation, and returned to the firearm: "First of all, a few days ago, I mentioned that the fire gun, with our technology, can it be improved on a large scale?" ”

"After returning to Beijing, I will mobilize craftsmen, and now improve the forging method, and then experiment, after all, the mold created by the current cast iron process has too many impurities, which is easy to explode and crack, and the smoothness also requires a lot of manpower to be manually grinded, which takes a while."

In Jizhou Mansion these days, Wang Qi and Xu Guangqi's relationship has been that of teacher and friend, and both of them have a great interest in new firearms and agricultural improvements.

Xu Guangqi has knowledge, but there is no money, and no one to support him, the whole court is busy with party fighting, collecting money, and marrying his aunt, Xu Guangqi's reform is almost always forgotten in the corner, Emperor Tianqi has asked a few words, but when he heard that it may take several years or even decades to experiment and develop, he immediately lacked interest and had no afterwords.

And Wang Qi's arrival can just provide him with manpower and financial help.

The trade between the seven families of the Jin merchants and Horqin, and Wang Huazhen's contacts in Jiaodong's Korea and the Wa Kingdom, all brought Wang Qi a steady stream of silver and profits, and Wang Qi didn't need this money, what he wanted was a bright industrial pearl that could one day appear in the land of the Han people.

The two hit it off.

"I will leave for Beijing tomorrow, and when the time comes, this matter will all depend on Mr." Wang Qi picked up the teacup and said to Xu Guangqi.

"Lang Guogong rest assured, the old man doesn't dare to boast about anything else, but this metallurgy, agriculture, a little research, give me time, we can also build a long machine gun!"

(End of chapter)