The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 98 The river will be full at noon the day after tomorrow

After the conversation, Queen Zhang also recorded her thoughts.

She wrote: Although Empress Pan has magical powers of transformation, she still cherishes her golden body and appearance just like a mortal woman.In addition, Pan Niangniang seems to have read the fate of Baozhu in a mortal book, and there are many regrets in her words...

While Empress Zhang was writing, the eunuch Zhang Dehai heard a noise downstairs and walked to the stairs to listen carefully.

After he came back, he smiled and said, "It's Axiu who was telling me the names of the dishes. Today I had stir-fried beef tongue with lotus root tips, cold fungus, and some fried bacon...Axiu can't remember clearly either."

Empress Zhang smiled when she heard this, and then she stopped writing and said, "Then let's go down quickly, don't let Young Master Fang wait."

Queen Zhang went downstairs holding up her skirt.

Halfway through, I remembered something again and frowned unconsciously.

Zhang Dehai knew what was on her mind and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't be impatient, your majesty. Although your majesty has entrusted you, you can't rush for a while. As long as we treat her sincerely, we will have good news over time."

Zhang Dehai's "good news" refers to Fang Yu's attitude. To be precise, it is Fang Yu's good attitude towards Emperor Chongzhen.

Empress Zhang and her party, as representatives of Emperor Chongzhen, had been here for several days, but Mr. Fang rarely talked about Emperor Chongzhen with them.

The only comment that Queen Zhang and Zhang Dehai remembered clearly was that Mr. Fang said: "Emperor Chongzhen is a good man."

This sounds like a good thing, but it doesn't sound like a good thing...

What does Mr. Fang mean?

For this reason, both Queen Zhang and Zhang Dehai have repeatedly considered this sentence, but they have never come up with an answer... It is really puzzling.

Several dishes were already placed on the dinner table, including stir-fried beef tongue with lotus root tips, stir-fried bacon with tea tree mushrooms, and cold fungus. Compared to the past, there was also a small plate of fried, crispy and golden fish and shrimp.

Before eating, Fang Yu discussed the matter with Queen Zhang, and wanted to use her name to send letters to the states and counties downstream of the Juma River, asking them to prepare for flood control.

What's more, Queen Zhang brought a Beijing camp guard of 200 people with her when she came, and they are still staying in Laishui County.

These people are useless in fighting, but they are more than enough to guard the river and scare the people.

Queen Zhang was still a little dazed when she first heard it.

Then she knew that this was a great thing for the Ming Dynasty...

Yizhou, Maoshanwei.

Three years later, Sun Chuanting settled in Maoshanwei again, and now thousands of camps have been set up here.

In the middle of the military governor's tent, Sun Chuanting had just lost his temper and dropped the documents from the Ministry of War on the ground.

He called the Chinese and North Korean civil servants "all snakes, insects, rats, and ants."

He also scolded Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, for "not thinking about his family and country but only pursuing personal gain. He is incompetent and even more shameless!"

There were two other people in the military tent, one was Gao Jie, the deputy commander-in-chief of Jizhou; the other was a middle-aged scholar-looking man named Feng Rong, who was Sun Chuanting's early disciple.

The governor cursed the civil servants, and both Gao Jie and Feng Rong stared at the ground, pretending not to see or hear anything.

News of Sun Chuanting's sudden wealth had already spread throughout the government and the public, so his request for a large amount of weapons and gunpowder from the Ministry of War was "put on hold" during the first round of court discussions.

In the past two years, cabinet ministers, ministers, and ministers have all come and go like a revolving door. Almost all positions are filled with "newcomers."

They are neither familiar with the business nor dare to do things, so the efficiency of the court meeting is getting lower and lower.

Any big issue can go to the second and third rounds of court discussions, and in the end you have to "beg for the Holy Judgment."

But this time, their movements were surprisingly fast and their attitudes were surprisingly neat. How else could they have made Sun Chuanting so angry?As for the reason, everyone knows it: it was the 2000 million taels of silver that caused the trouble.

Chen Xinjia, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, actually had a good relationship with Sun Chuanting, but even he said in the letter: In view of the urgency of the discussion between the government and the public, he had no choice but to pay (money) to the national treasury if he was a public servant.

Sun Chuanting laughed angrily when he saw the last sentence. What's the difference between handing it to the treasury and handing it to their pockets?

After Sun Chuanting scolded someone and slapped the table, his anger was almost gone.

In fact, he had already expected the reaction of the court. He just tried it with the attitude of "if there is a date or no date, hit the pole."

To put it bluntly, he just wanted to save some money and get some free supplies.

Does Sun Chuanting want anything now?Even if it's weapons that Young Master Fang doesn't have, can't he make them himself?

Of course, the Ministry of War and those civil servants are not stupid idiots. Sun Chuanting is fighting a life-or-death battle.

What they call "shelving" is to express a message: Sun Chuanting, don't cut yourself off from the officials, and hand over the money to the treasury as soon as possible, otherwise the emperor and officials will be very unhappy with you!
If Sun Chuanting really doesn't want to pay money...there won't be any free stuff, but you can buy it with money.

Didn't you see that the Ministry of War included quotations for bird guns, three-eyed guns, Folang machines and other items in the document, and the prices didn't go up too much.

But Sun Chuanting only glanced at it and threw it aside.

Since you have to spend your own money to buy it, who would want to buy those crappy goods?

When Gao Jie saw that the governor's face softened, his hearing and eyesight were restored. He reported: "Yesterday, the number of recruits from various states and counties was reported. A total of 3478 recruits were recruited from the five recruitment stations in Baoding Prefecture."

Feng Rong over there quickly picked up a pen and counted on the paper, and then told Sun Chuanting: "Baoding Prefecture already has more than 27200 recruits. There was also news yesterday that Hejian Prefecture has recruited more than 5900 recruits."

Sun Chuanting was recruiting troops in Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Shaanxi, and Shanxi at the same time. Naturally, there was news from Baoding Prefecture every day.

As for Shaanxi and Shanxi, the news has not yet arrived.

But with food and money, there is no need to worry about recruiting soldiers.

On the contrary, Mr. Fang had promised to provide 1200 standard gunshots per month, and he wanted to go and have a look.

Because it is easy to make cold weapons such as knives, guns, and shields by yourself, but it is too slow to make blunderbuss. (A skilled craftsman can only deliver one in 27 days)
If Young Master Fang couldn't deliver, then Sun Chuanting would have no choice but to bite the bullet and buy the junk from the imperial court.

Better to have crap than nothing, right?
Just when he was thinking about going to Laishui County, General Luo Shangwen came from Laishui County.

Sun Chuanting looked at the sky. It was already dark. Luo Shangwen came in a hurry... There must be news related to Young Master Fang.

Sun Chuanting immediately sat up straight.

Sure enough, Luo Shangwen's first words when he came in were: "My Lord Governor, I have brought you the instructions from Mr. Fang."

"Today Mr. Fang arrived outside the garrison. He first inspected the blacksmith workshop by the river, and finally got the news and hurriedly went to see him..."

Luo Shangwen told the story in great detail, even including Axiu having a piece of wet mud thrown on her clothes, her sophomore year getting angry, and the conversation between Fang Yu and Hong Qi, a villager in Hongjia Village... Well, it's just too long-winded. Extremely!

But Sun Chuanting, Gao Jie and Feng Rong were all listening carefully and had no intention of interrupting him.

Because this is what Sun Chuanting has repeatedly requested, "There are no details about Mr. Fang's matters, so we must report them as soon as possible."

After a while, Luo Shangwen finally said: "... Mr. Fang will inform the governor and ask the governor to co-sign with Mr. Yang, the governor of Baoding, to send a letter to all the states and counties in the lower reaches of the Juma River.

All states and counties are required to ensure that the ditches and tributaries along the river are completely unblocked before noon the day after tomorrow, because the Juma River will be full! "

　It’s too late to come back. This chapter is from yesterday and will be updated as usual today.
　　
　
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