serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 79 The Hostage Incident 3
Youshizheng has passed, from Sishi to now, Feng Tang, Dai Quan and Xia Shouzhong have been guarding outside the side hall.

The door creaked open.

Emperor Jianwu led the Supreme Emperor, followed by Jia Hu and others, and walked out from the side hall of Qianqing Palace.

The Supreme Emperor pushed the emperor away, and said softly: "You should take the matter of the Military Weapons Bureau to heart. What Jia Xiaozi said is good. He will give the craftsmen better salaries and encourage them to innovate. As for hiring Xiyi people, don't worry about it. The skills are much better than ours, and there is no leakage."

Paused, "You must be careful, the self-generated firecrackers must not happen again."

Emperor Jianwu: "Yes."

The Supreme Emperor turned to Jia Hu and the others again: "I leave the battle on the grassland to you, and the Emperor and I are waiting for your triumphant return!"

Jia Hu and the others replied in unison: "Yes."

The Supreme Emperor nodded, thought for a while, and said to Jia Hu: "The gunfire soldiers should be equipped with cloth armor. After all, it can bring a sense of security to the soldiers and help improve the morale of the army."

Jia Hu thought for a while before answering loudly: "Yes."

In the past few hours, everyone agreed on three major events:

One is the war against the Mongols. Wang Ziteng led 15 battalions to raid the Ikezhao League; Datong General Zhao Yi, King Zhongshun commander Datong Wei, Henan Wei, Anhui Wei, Hubei Wei, and some of the original five army battalions elite infantry and Qingqi, About [-] people left the pass from Zhangjiakou. Jia Hu, commander of the Yongwei Camp, captured Dongshengwei's Zhongqianhusuo and left the pass to the north to cooperate with the main force to clear the Chahar tribe.

The second is about firearms. This was proposed by the generals of the three provinces of Henan, Anhui, and Hubei. They have heard about the Military Weapons Bureau, and have seen the power of self-generated firearms. They also felt threatened and asked the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor Please order, I hope to be able to equip some self-generating guns to prevent rebellion that may occur at any time.

After discussing for more than half an hour, Emperor Jianwu had to face a reality, that is, the rise of self-generated firecrackers in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The enemies hiding behind already had a considerable number of self-generated firecrackers, which could easily defeat the local people. For the garrison, in order to balance the strength, the local army must be equipped with a certain number of self-generating guns as soon as possible.

In the end, the emperor decided to continue to expand the Weapons Bureau, restart the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau, increase the production of self-generated firearms, and complete the replacement of firearms within three to two years.

The third is the most important thing. The direction of the Great Zhou’s war against Mongolia in the future, under the auspices of the Supreme Emperor, finally decided to eliminate the Chahar and Ulanchabu Leagues, defeat the Yikezhao League, and win over and support the Xilin Gol League. Help them fight against the Zhelimu League and eliminate their feud Horqin tribe.

The Supreme Emperor turned his attention to the chief assistant Song Chengliang and the second assistant Zhang Shangwen: "The new policy is very good, you should help the emperor carry it out, but don't act too hastily, be steady." Then he helped Xia Shouzhong walk to the gate of Qianqing Palace.

The crowd quickly followed.

The palace gate opened with a click, and everyone escorted the Supreme Emperor out of Qianqing Palace.

"His Majesty!"

In the distance, Mr. Yang Ge led Li Jin, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and Yin of Shuntian Fu, and walked quickly.

Honor Hall

Jia's mother was lying on the couch, and Wang Xifeng was kneeling on the edge holding a bowl of ginseng soup, scooping up a spoonful of ginseng soup and feeding it into her mouth.

Except for Li Wan who had to take care of Mrs. Wang, all the female family members of the Jia family came, and the room was full of people.

Jia Mu shook her head, "I won't drink."

Wang Xifeng scooped up a spoonful of ginseng soup, blew carefully, and said with a smile: "Physician Wang specially ordered that the old lady take a few more sips."

Jia Rong hurried in.

You Shi, who was standing by the bed, greeted Jia Rong, and asked Jia Rong, "Any news?"

Jia Rong replied: "There is news, the elder asked me to report to the old lady." Having said that, she lowered her head.

Knowing this, You Shi took a look at Yingchun and the others. Everyone understood and retreated.

Jia Rong walked to the bed and whispered to Mother Jia: "Old ancestor, someone brought news of Uncle Bao."

Jia Mu's eyes lit up, and she quickly held his hand: "Really?!"

Jia Rong: "The news is very reliable. This person is a relative of the second wife's natal family."

Jia's mother was struggling to sit up, but Wang Xifeng hurriedly said, "Old lady, you lie down."

Jia Mu: "Help me up, I'm not sick!"

Wang Xifeng was helpless, and You Shi supported her on the high pillow.

Jia's mother asked Jia Rong, "Who is arranged to rescue Baoyu?"

Jia Rong: "The Eldest Master said, for Uncle Bao's safety, we can only save him in person."

Mother Jia hurriedly asked, "Where's your second uncle?"

Jia Rong: "The campaign for the Qianqing Palace is not over yet, but Mr. Jiao has already gone to the imperial city to wait with the master's handwritten letter."

Jia Mu understood immediately, and instead of asking any further questions, she asked who had brought the news about Baoyu.

It turned out that the Wang family had a relative in Tongzhou. His ancestor had been a small official in the capital. Later, his family fell into poverty. He had only one son named Wang Cheng. But he also escaped a catastrophe.

Wang Cheng died of illness not long ago, leaving only one son named Gou'er.Gou'er also had a son named Ban'er, his first wife Liu Shi, and a daughter named Qing'er.A family of four engaged in farming. Because Ban'er and Qing'er were left unattended, they brought their mother-in-law, Grandma Liu, to live together.

It was also fate, two years ago Zhou Rui competed with others to buy land in Tongzhou, this dog helped a lot, after coming and going, the two families got in touch, and Grandma Liu also got to know Zhou Rui.

Their village is relatively remote, with only a dozen families. The barren village on the other side of the river was suddenly inhabited by people two days ago. Grandma Liu is a good person and likes to join in the fun. The person who moved from Shaanxi was already warm and hospitable, and when he met the eloquent Grandma Liu, the two sides became acquainted.

After dinner, she had nothing to do, so she took her grandson and granddaughter to the deserted village to wander around, and inquired about the conditions of each family by the way. While hanging out with a few old people, she accidentally found Zhou Rui who was tied up in the backyard.

How shrewd was Grandma Liu, she immediately understood that something had happened to Zhou Rui, so she found an excuse and went home, and then rode into the city on a mule.

After Zhou Rui's family heard the news, they immediately took Grandma Liu to see Jia Amnesty, and just like that, Jia's family got the whereabouts of Baoyu and the others.

荒村
It was getting dark.

A small oil lamp illuminated the thatched cottage dizzily.

The messenger sat cross-legged under the lamp.

"Master, I'm back." A report came from outside.

The messenger slowly opened his eyes: "Come in."

After a while, a bald man came in and slapped thousands, "Our two strongholds in the city have all been taken away, and the person in charge of contacting the Beijing Palace has also disappeared."

Messenger: "It seems that he is determined to kill him."

The bald man: "Now Tongzhou is full of servants from Shuntian Mansion and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Shall we avoid it?"

The messenger shook his head and asked, "How is the arrangement?"

The bald man: "We have already contacted the people from the White Lotus Sect in Tongzhou, and they will help us get out of the customs."

"You weren't being followed?"

"Master, don't worry, the slave deliberately took a detour to come back."

At this time, another report came from outside the door: "Master, the deputy envoy is here."

Messenger: "Come in."

As soon as the door opened, the Deputy Envoy walked in from the dark front yard.

Messenger: "What is it?"

The deputy envoy glanced at the bald man.

Messenger: "Speak."

Deputy envoy: "That fat man seems to be dying!"

The messenger frowned: "Did you give him medicine?"

"That fat man is a drunkard. He looks strong, but he is actually weak."

The deputy envoy hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Although the fat man is just an imperial merchant, behind him are the Jia and Wang families. If he dies here, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the subsequent negotiations."

The messenger stood up and walked away slowly. Although Xue Pan said he was mean, he still had a bit of blood at the critical moment. In the confusion, he blocked the knife for Baoyu. The knife pierced through the abdomen directly, but fortunately it did not hurt the internal organs inside. , but the injury was very serious.

Because of the lack of medicinal materials, the military doctor just performed a simple hemostatic bandage on him, trying to prevent him from dying of excessive blood loss.

In the evening, Xue Pan felt hot all over, and his wound was infected.

At this time, you can't offend Da Zhou Xungui's military to death. This person can't die in your own hands.

Thinking of this, he said to the deputy envoy: "Hang him with ginseng soup first, and we will set off at midnight, and then we will pay the people in the village to take him to Beijing in a car."

Outside Tongzhou City
The captain of the guards of the Beijing Prince's Mansion stood in the woods with a gloomy face, behind him was a group of strong men in night clothes and holding steel knives.

At this time, a man came over and said in a low voice, "The people from the White Lotus Sect have recruited!"

The chief guard's eyes lit up: "Okay."

A temporary military tent was set up outside Tieshan Temple.

This is the family temple of Jia's family, which is used for parking, offering sacrifices and saving the coffins of the deceased clansmen.

This place is less than three miles away from Grandma Liu's home, and there is a Shuiyue nunnery not far away. Because the steamed buns in the temple are well made, it got a nickname, "Mantou nunnery", which is also the family temple of Jia's family.

One after another torches illuminate the inside of the tent.

Thousands of soldiers stood quietly outside the military tent, and even the horses beside them were silent, and each horse's hoof was wrapped with thick linen.

(End of this chapter)