marquis of jingan

Chapter 817
Shen Yi is not a god who can pinch and count.

All the judgments he made were basically situational analysis based on existing information.

After all the calculations, during this period of time, the number of casualties of the Southern Conscript Army stationed along the Huaihe River by the Qi people may have been tens of thousands to several thousand.

This number can no longer be described as broken, or even broken.

Beat yourself to the point of "little disability", no matter what orders the Northern Qi court gave to the Southern Conscript Army, the performance of the Southern Conscript Army was enough to hand over to their court.

In other words, before the Northern Qi's follow-up army arrived, as long as the leader of the Southern Army was not stupid, he would not waste his troops out of thin air.

Of course, the reason why Shen Yi can be so sure is not only purely relying on his own speculation, but also some intelligence from the Palace Reporting Department and the internal guards to make such a judgment.

Sure enough, after Shen Yi and the others left the Hongze Lake camp and returned to their Huai'an line of defense, the Huaihe line of defense remained calm for half a month without any further fighting.

As for Master Shen, he was also able to return to the imperial envoy's office, and took a solid rest for a few days, making up for the energy lost during this period of time.

At this moment, it is the autumn of Hongde's 11th year.

On the edge of the Huaihe River, it is gradually getting colder.

In the Xingyuan study room of Shen Yi's imperial envoy, a young man in common clothes stood in front of Shen Yi, bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi, cupped his hands and said: "Young master, a total of fifty telescopes have been sent this trip, all of which have just been adjusted. OK."

The person who called Mr. Shen Yi and who was able to send a telescope over was naturally no one else but Jiankang giant Xu Fu.

After Xu Fu paused, he continued: "Compared with the previous batch, this batch of binoculars is clearer, and it should be helpful to you."

Having said that, he paused, and continued: "There is also the winter clothes that the young master wants. I have already delivered some in advance and put them in the military warehouse."

Shen Yi was writing a letter at the moment. After listening to Xu Fu's report, he pointed to the chair in the study and motioned him to sit down and talk.

After Xu Fu took his seat, Shen Yi rubbed his eyes, yawned, and then said: "Originally, the Ministry of War or other yamen in the imperial court should be responsible for things like cotton clothes, but I'm afraid that they might miss something. , let you send some in advance to prevent problems."

Shen Yi smiled and asked, "Isn't it affecting Zixing's business?"

Xu Fu shook his head hastily: "A little money, it's not a hindrance, the young master may not know that Liulichang's business is very good."

Shen Yi nodded, thoughtfully: "I've rarely been in Jiankang during this time, and I really don't know the situation in Jiankang. What does Liulichang look like now?"

Xu Fu thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "Let's tell you this, the young master, during the time when the young master is not in Jiankang, at least ten family members of officials above the third rank have come to Liulichang to look for me."

He paused, and continued: "Basically, they are here to invest in dry stocks."

"Bullshit into dry stock."

Master Shen rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Isn't it because you are jealous when you see you earn money. Are you going to ask for money with a face?"

Xu Fu said with a smile: "Young master can scold them like that, but I dare not offend those elders."

"You are an imperial merchant, what are you afraid of?"

Xu Fu nodded and said with a smile: "After knowing that it was business in the palace, they all retreated in spite of the difficulties, and some even gave me money, saying that they had never been here before."

Master Shen pouted.

"Fly camp dog dog."

After saying "Sharp Comment", Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu and asked, "Have you learned everything from those two foreigners?"

"It's seven or eight."

Xu Fu said, "I don't need them anymore for glass making. It's just some new things, and I need to study with them."

"That's fine."

Shen Yi said with a smile: "In the future, bring a few more foreigners over, learn all the good things from them, and use them for yourself."

"I'm here this time to tell the young master about this matter."

Xu Fu stood up, walked to Shen Yi's table, poured a cup of tea for Shen Yi, and said softly: "In the past few months, although I have been in Jiankang and have not left, the Dazhong Tea Shop and the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce went to sea. Business has never stopped."

"Our second batch of merchant ships have already docked in Fuzhou."

He looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said: "This time, I brought back a dozen or so Westerners, and there should be talents you want."

Shen Yi's eyes lit up.

What he wanted most in the first place was naturally talents who could make guns and cannons.

However, in the past two years, as his status has gradually climbed, his understanding of military weapons has become deeper than before.

Although in the future, the guns and artillery of the Westerners may be much more powerful than the guns on the land of China, but at least for now, the level of firearms on both sides can only be said to be half a catty.

The only difference is that so far, neither the Northern Qi nor the Southern Chen have paid special attention to the development of firearms.

Since the level of firearms of the two sides is equal, Shen Yi is not so enthusiastic about the Westerners' firearms craftsmen. What he wants now is the scientists among the Westerners. A little seed of modern science.

However, it is also a good thing to have Western gunsmiths.

Master Shen's status is not low. With his current status, he can ask the court for a group of firearms craftsmen from the Bingzhang Bureau. When the time comes, let them get together and "combine Chinese and Western", maybe they can improve the firearms.

There is no need for guns of the same level as later generations, and only need to reach the level of flintlock guns, and then they can be used on the battlefield on a small scale.

Of course, this may take a long time, maybe two or three years, or maybe two or 30 years.

But with everything, hope is always better than no hope at all.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu and said in a deep voice, "These Westerners have tried their best to send them to Jiankang, and find a yard for them to live in."

"Then ask clearly what each of them knows and what they are capable of."

Xu Fu nodded, and said, "You know, my lord, you value these Westerners, and you have already sent someone to pick them up in Jiankang. It is estimated that they will be able to arrive in Jiankang before the end of the year."

Shen Yi nodded.

"It's not urgent, just do it step by step, and there is no rush."

Xu Fu nodded deeply.

In the following time, the two chatted about a lot of specific things. It was not until half an hour later that Xu Fu took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Yi. The letter from Fuzhou, because it couldn’t be delivered to brother Jiang, was delivered to me, and I was asked to pass it on to the young master.”

Shen Yi took the letter silently, glanced at the word "Ye" on the envelope, his brows twitched, opened the letter and read it again, and Master Shen closed the letter.Looking at Xu Fu, she felt helpless: "She..."

"Why are you coming to Jiankang all of a sudden?"

"The business of the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce is very good, and the business is gradually growing."

Xu Fu thought for a while, and replied honestly: "I guess I came to Jiankang, and I have business to do."

Hearing this, Shen Yi rubbed his temples with some headaches, and said, "Okay, I see."

He looked up at Xu Fu, and said, "Zixing has been hard on this journey, go and rest first, let's talk tomorrow if there is anything else."

Xu Fu bowed his hands and left Shen Yi's study.

After Xu Fu left, Master Shen was still in a daze in his study, when his door was knocked again.

"Sizheng, your subordinate Luo Yong..."

Master Shen came back to his senses and coughed: "Come in."

Luo Yong cautiously opened the door and walked in, handed several envelopes in front of Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said, "Si Zheng, this is the information collected by brothers about the Northern Qi reinforcements."

"Please take a closer look."

Shen Yi unfolded it, and after reading it once, he frowned slightly and took a long, deep breath.

"It came so fast..."

He looked to the north, murmured, thoughtful.

"Wei Wang Zhao Kai..."

(End of this chapter)