marquis of jingan

Chapter 471
After staying in the dock for more than half an hour, Shen Yi accompanied Qian Fantai to leave. At this time, Master Shen no longer had the arrogance he had at the beginning, and he called himself an official one by one.

After all, he now has a "handle" and is in Qian Qing's hands.

After sending Qian Fantai away, Shen Yi did not follow Qian Qing to leave, but returned to the dock and took a look at the big ship with only a keel.

Master Shen looked at the big ship and frowned: "I haven't been here for a few days, why is the ship's progress so slow?"

A middle-aged craftsman came over, stood behind Shen Yi, and looked at the big ship together with Shen Yi. He lowered his head slightly and said: "Master Shen, the brothers under his command said that this batch of ingredients is enough for three ships." The keel, because the material is sufficient, so the brothers are rushing to make the keel of the third ship these days, and this ship has not been moved much."

Shen Yi frowned when he heard this.

Yes, the ship he showed Qian Fantai was not the first ship of the Anti-Japanese Army, but the second ship.

Although the first ship has not yet been completed, it is already in the stage of laying the deck, and it is only a matter of time before it is launched.

The ship in front of me is actually the second ship of the Anti-Japanese Army, and there is a third ship under construction at the same time.

Master Shen silently glanced at the middle-aged craftsman beside him.

This person is a master craftsman among the artisans of the Ministry of Industry, his surname is Xie, his name is Xie Qing, and he is also the speaker of the artisans of the Ministry of Industry.

Now the person in charge of the Anti-Japanese Army Shipyard.

Shen Yi was basically talking to him.

Master Shen said slowly: "After building three ships, don't build a fourth one."

"The fourth ship, I hope is better."

In this era of shipbuilding, it is impossible to iterate as quickly as in another era, because of the lack of basic science, naturally there is no application.

Under the premise that science does not develop, it is impossible for these craftsmen to build any powerful warships in a short period of time. What Shen Yi said "better" means that after the three ships were launched, the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army were put on board. After the ship has been trained for a period of time, a warship more suitable for the anti-Japanese army will be designed.

After staying in the dock for half an hour, after confirming that there was nothing he needed to solve, Shen Yi left the dock and rushed back to Yueqing.

It was almost evening now, Jiang Youde, the prefect of Wenzhou, held a banquet in Yueqing County, and invited Qian Fantai from the province, and Shen Yi was also invited by the way.

Shen Yi was not very good at taking the face of the magistrate Jiang and the masters of Fantai, so he could only have a meal with these Zhejiang officials, because he was eating with the big leaders, and he inevitably drank some wine at the dinner table. When I lived in the residence, I was already four or five points drunk.

It was already late autumn and early winter, Shen Yi took a basin of cold water by himself, and after washing his face, he immediately became sober. He walked to his study room, sat in his chair alone, and was lost in thought for a while.

Now, he still doesn't know why the chief envoy of Zhejiang came to Yueqing suddenly.

But even though he didn't know Qian Qing's reason for coming, Shen Yi treated him as an "enemy".

Because he suspected that this Qian Fantai came to investigate the truth of the anti-Japanese army on behalf of some people in the imperial court.

Although, as a senior member of the second rank of Qian Qing, it is unlikely that he is the running dog of some people in the court, but it is entirely possible that he has reached some cooperation with some people in the court.

For example, Zhao Clan.

Just in the first half of this year, the Anti-Japanese Army was still inconspicuous, a bit like a local armed for fun, but after several big victories and crazy recruitment, the number of the current Anti-Japanese Army has reached 5000 people.

In other words, the establishment given by the imperial court is already full.

As long as the imperial court expands the Anti-Japanese Army into a capital, the Anti-Japanese Army will soon become a huge army of tens of thousands of people.

The appearance of this kind of army undoubtedly poses a great threat to some people in the court.

Therefore, even though Shen Yi didn't know the specific purpose of Qian Fantai's visit, he still dealt with the Zhejiang chief envoy in the same way he dealt with the enemy.

After sitting behind the desk for a while, Shen Yi suddenly knocked on the table and said, "Jiang Sheng, Jiang Sheng."

Jiang Sheng, who was in the yard, immediately ran all the way to the door of Shen Yi's study, and lowered his voice: "Young master, the little one is here."

"Now go to the anti-Japanese army camp immediately and find Xue Wei."

"Tell him, in the future, just like today..."

Without any hesitation, Jiang Sheng immediately bowed his head and said, "Young one, let's go."

He was about to turn around and leave when Shen Yi stopped him suddenly.

At this time, the door of the study opened, and Shen Yi, who had already put on a heavy coat, stepped out. Master Shen was silent for a while, and then slowly shook his head: "Forget it, you are my side, so don't go now .”

"I'll find someone else to deliver the message."

Shen Yi patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "Go and rest."

Jiang Sheng hesitated for a moment, bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes."

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A few days later, several letters from Yueqing were sent to Jiankang City.

Some of these letters were sent to Yang Xiang's mansion, some were sent to Anping Hou's mansion, and more letters were sent to the imperial city and handed over to the desk of Eunuch Gao of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

At this time, because it has entered winter, most of the halls in the palace have already lit stoves, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is no exception. Standing up from his seat, he looked at a blue-clothed eunuch serving at the side, and asked, "Where is Your Majesty now?"

The eunuch in blue looked respectful, lowered his head and said: "Back to the ancestors, Your Majesty just came out from the empress's place, and now he should be returning to the Ganlu Palace soon."

As the year approaches, the queen's belly is getting bigger day by day. Seeing that the month of childbirth is approaching, even His Majesty the emperor, who was arranged to marry, is also thinking about his own queen. Basically, every two days, he will Go to the Queen's Palace and take a look, take a look.

Even for this reason, His Majesty the Emperor has been out of the palace less often in the past month or so.

After the high eunuch nodded, he got up and left the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and walked towards the Ganlu Hall. Not long after, the high eunuch entered the Ganlu Hall and served the emperor.

Seeing Gao Ming walking in, His Majesty the Emperor raised his head and glanced at him.

"What happened again?"

"It's not a big deal."

Eunuch Gao squeezed out a flattering, professional smile on his face, stood beside the emperor, and said, "The news from the Wenzhou government, Qian Qing, the chief minister of Zhejiang, went to visit the emperor a few days ago. Yueqing, Wenzhou Prefecture, and asked Mr. Shen to take him to see the anti-Japanese army camp and the dock where the anti-Japanese army built warships."

Only then did the emperor look up at Gao Ming, thoughtfully: "Did Shen Yi report it?"

Gao Ming took out a few documents from his sleeve, bowed his head and said, "Not only Shen Yi, but also the internal guards of Wenzhou Mansion and the Bureau of the Mansion have news."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and said: "Zhejiang chief envoy, it seems reasonable to go to Wenzhou mansion. Shen Yi also reported this kind of thing?"

Gao Ming accompanied him with a smiling face, and said: "The servants read Mr. Shen's memorial. What he meant was that the chief envoy of Zhejiang Province is a civil servant, so he shouldn't have come to inquire about the anti-Japanese army, and the anti-Japanese army is an imperial envoy." The master is supervised by the Ministry of War, and has nothing to do with the local yamen."

"So he felt a little strange."

"I also find it a little strange."

His Majesty the Emperor glanced at the letters in front of him, but did not open them, but said lazily, "Send the inner guards to check on Qian Qing."

Gao Ming immediately lowered his head and said, "Your servant obeys."

The emperor found the letter written by Shen Yi from a pile of letters, opened it and read it, then threw it aside again.

"It seems that Shen Qi's errands are handled very carefully, and she is careful in everything she does."

Eunuch Gao smiled, and replied: "He is not an imperial envoy after all, so he should be careful when doing things."

"Ah."

The emperor looked at Gao Ming, and said lightly: "Jiankang, watch carefully here, don't let Shen Qi underestimate me."

Gao Ming quickly lowered his head.

"The servant understands."

(End of this chapter)