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Chapter 767 Assassination (Part [-])
At the wharf of Nanjing City, the prison cars parked here are empty, and there are no prisoners in them.Yesterday, these prisoners were escorted to the galleons going to Yizhou and Nanyang, and embarked on the road of exile.But they should be glad that Chu Yun didn't send them to more distant Oceania...

However, the number of soldiers patrolling the docks of Nanjing City has not decreased but has increased, because the army leader Chu Yun, who was stranded in the south of the Yangtze River, led a group of high-level officials to leave Nanjing City today.

Outside the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion where Chu Yun was temporarily staying, a group of officials from the Jianghuai Chief Secretary gathered to bid farewell to him. The leader was Zhang Yandeng, the Civil Affairs Officer of the Jianghuai Province.Most of these officials looked relaxed.They also knew about the "assassination of envoys" and thought that Chu Yun was trying to frighten cronies. As long as he kept his own place, it would not be Chu Yun's turn to cause trouble for him. They also saw that Chu Yun was leaving Jiangnan, so the matter had nothing to do with him. I feel a lot more at ease.

"I heard that Qian Qianyi and others will be dispatched to dig oil on a deserted island in the South China Sea thousands of miles away. People living there are all indigenous tribesmen. I don't know if they can come back alive."

"Don't talk about them, 20 years, even you and I don't know if we can live to that time."

"Bah, you won't live until that time."

While waiting to see Chu Yun off, the officials of the Jianghuai Chief Secretary privately talked about those who had been exiled.

"The military commander has ordered that it's office hours now. Except for Master Zhang Yandeng and a few other adults, everyone else should go back to the government office to deal with government affairs. There is no need to wait outside the government office." Yu Cheng came out and said.

"This..." The officials of Jianghuai Chief Secretary looked at each other in blank dismay.

"You guys go back first." Zhang Yandeng had a clear understanding of Chu Yun's character. The new ruler seemed to dislike these ostentations, and he didn't even bring much personal guards.

If Nelson of the Admiralty hadn't insisted on sending troops to patrol the pier, maybe Chu Yun would have quietly led the high-level officials aboard the Victory without saying hello, and then walked away.

The officials of the Jianghuai Chief Secretary had no choice but to leave in groups, and the periphery of the Zhongshan Palace was completely empty.

Zhang Yandeng, the prosecutor, chief soldier, law enforcement officer and other high-ranking officials of Jianghuai Chief Department waited for a while outside the palace, and then Chu Yun came out with Aila, Yu Cheng, Zhao Youguang and other high-level officials from the Nine Provinces Army.But Xiao Xiu'er, Ge Ya, Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan and other women who did not have positions in the Kyushu Army fell behind, and they just went to the capital along the way.

"Mr. Zhang, you and the adults don't have to wait early. I just want to have a casual chat with you before I leave." Chu Yun was shocked when he learned that Jianghuai Chief Secretary was mobilized to see him off. .

"The military master came to Jianghuai to inspect, if our Jianghuai implements the disadvantages of the new policy, please beat the military master more." Zhang Yandeng said.

"In addition to continuing to implement the new policy, the entrance examination for the Academy of Sciences in October this year is of great importance, not only in Nanjing City, but also in Guangzhou, Xiangyang, Chengdu, Beijing, Xi'an and other places. However, the two provinces of Jianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang have the most scholars. The competition is also the fiercest. I don't want to see any mistakes or bribery of the examiners. At that time, I will send people from the Supervision Office, the Intelligence Office, and the Ministry of Officials to supervise. If anyone dares to become corrupt, I will send him to Nanyang In the primitive tribes in the rainforest, they will serve as slaves to the aborigines," Chu Yun said.

"The veteran must tell..." Zhang Yandeng sweated profusely. This punishment seemed to be much more serious than exile to dig oil.

"How can a thermal power plant achieve power supply?" Chu Yun asked the Jianghuai Chief Secretary in charge of power construction.

This official was trained and dispatched from the Academy of Sciences to the Jianghuai Chief Secretary to take up the post. Letting an official of the Ming Dynasty who has no concept of electricity be in charge of this project may confuse them.

"If it is only to provide electricity for the main streets of the city, the power provided by the current thermal power plants is sufficient. The main reason is that it takes time to lay lines and prepare enough coal. It is expected that Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou will be the first to be electrified next year ’” said the official.

It will take nearly a year to get electricity, and the railway from Nanjing to Suzhou will take another two years to open to traffic.Chu Yun found that the infrastructure construction was too long. It was just to provide electricity for street lighting, so it took three years to prepare.The construction of the railway was even longer.

Chu Yun talked with some officials of the Jianghuai Chief Secretary while walking and talking about some issues he was still worried about.

There is still a distance from Zhongshan Palace to the pier.On both sides of the dirt road in Nanjing City, there are some residents of Nanjing City watching the excitement.If there were no yamen servants to maintain order, these residents would have surrounded the streets with water.

A carriage came from the north of the city, driven by a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat.

The carriage was going well at first, but after getting close to Chu Yun and the others, the horse pulling the carriage galloped forward as if frightened.

"The horses are startled, get out of the way, get out of the way!" The middle-aged man shouted.

The residents of Nanjing City who were originally blocked on the northern section of the road retreated to both sides in panic.

"What's going on in front? Go and check." Yu Cheng saw that the crowd in front suddenly became agitated, so he ordered one of his men to go and check.

"Woooo..." A little girl who was only five or six years old fell to the ground and cried.

"Child, how did you get in?" The servants who discovered the existence of the little girl walked over.

At this moment, the frightened horses pulled the cart to disperse the crowd, and it was very likely that they would step over the little girl!
"Hurry up and save her!" Chu Yun said immediately when he saw such a scene.

Some yamen servants and the guards around Chu Yun rushed to pick up the little girl.

Da da!The horseshoe flew by, but luckily the little girl was rescued in advance!

Chu Yun, Yu Cheng and others all hid to one side to avoid the carriage.

Seeing that the carriage was about to pass by, Aila was suspicious, so she took a step forward and stood in front of Chu Yun.

Chu Yun noticed that there was a middle-aged man on the frightened carriage, one of his hands had been buried in the cloth bag beside him, and he felt a bad premonition.

"Be careful!" Chu Yun took a step forward, instead protecting Ayla behind his back, and then pulled out a revolver that had never been used in actual combat, almost at the same time as the middle-aged man on the carriage!

bang bang!Two gunshots resounded through the streets of Nanjing!
The middle-aged man was shot and fell from the carriage.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" the residents of Nanjing who had been onlookers screamed and became a mess.The sudden assassination made them panic!
"Military Master!" Yu Cheng and others shouted hysterically, protecting Chu Yun in the middle.

Aila did not expect that Chu Yun would pull herself back at a critical moment. At this time, there was a smear of red blood on her cheek, but it was not her blood, but Chu Yun's blood.

Her face suddenly turned pale.

(End of this chapter)