golden scales

Tang Ruowang was punched and kicked, his eyes were covered with a black cloth, and he was thrown into the car.He can only roughly calculate the time from the food he put in and his own hunger and sleepiness.After about two days of turbulence, the box he was in was thrown on board, the waves were high, and it was obviously not a canal but the sea.

After being tossed by coma and vomiting for several days, Tang Ruowang was finally dumped out of the box and carried into the carriage.When the black cloth in front of him was finally removed, his eyes were almost blinded by the sunlight.Two fierce soldiers kicked him in the knee joints, knocking him to his knees.In front of his eyes was a blurry figure, which gradually became clear.

"Emperor, Prince's Hall, Your Highness..." Tang Ruowang unexpectedly discovered that the person in front of him turned out to be Crown Prince Huang Ming, who had met once in the Forbidden City.It is said that this prince is good at military affairs, which is very different from the image of the previous scientist.However, at this moment, the prince has a new part-time job: bandit.

"Tang Ruowang, are you convicted?" Zhu Cihong asked coldly.

"Chen... I don't know..." Tang Ruowang was dripping with cold sweat. On the one hand, it was because he had been physically weak for many days, and on the other hand, he was really aware of the mistakes he made.

Because of their special surnames in this era, officials from Lingtai and Qintianjian are Class A transfer targets.As Tang Ruowang, a well-known Taixi Confucian, one of the few foreigners in Qintianjian, how could he not receive a transfer order?But Tang Ruowang hid in the cellar of the believers in order to avoid being recruited, and did not show up until Zhu Cihong completely withdrew from Yanjing.

How did he know that Xu Dun had already brought the Jinlin Club to Yanjing and had gained a firm foothold under the protection of Song Hongye.That day when Zhu Cihong piled up the Yin Chengtian Gate, he naturally did not take less, if he wanted money and someone, wouldn't it be easy to kidnap a Thai or Westerner?

After Song Hongye "surrendered" to the robbers, he jumped from the head of the Ministry of War to become a servant, who was in charge of public security and defense in Yanjing. He was a typical local snake and protective umbrella.

"You have betrayed the country." Zhu Cihong said coldly.

"I know this is against the virtue of loyalty, but I am a servant of God, and I cannot leave the herd entrusted to me by the Lord." Tang Ruowang replied while rubbing his chest, entangled in pain.

"You short-sighted fool!" Zhu Cihong scolded unceremoniously: "You never thought about what your behavior would be if I regained Yanjing! This is a betrayal! I can completely let the Catholic Church in this land Disappear! I can send weapons to the Ottomans, and even send troops to attack Europa with them! You have made me angry like I have never been before!"

Tang Ruowang was shocked.He never expected that the crown prince not only had the ambition to restore the country, but also had such a world vision, and even knew that the Ottomans who believed in the "Koran" could be wooed.

"Your ignorance puts the entire church in danger, and the good situation created by Mr. Ricci faces collapse." Zhu Cihong suppressed his anger: "Should I throw you in a mine in the mountains, waiting for everyone who wears a cross?" A missionary with you?"

Tang Ruowang was horrified. If it is said that conquering Europa is more difficult than reaching the sky, then his personal safety is now in the hands of the crown prince.

"But I'm a kind person," Zhu Cihuang said with a sigh of relief. "Your old friend Wang Zheng is in Laizhou, and he was ordered to form the Royal Institute of Technology. You can only kneel here alive because of his pleading. I hope you can know how grateful you are." .If you can help him, I can forgive you and your church’s sins as appropriate. If you can give me some surprises, I can even let you enjoy the same treatment as Buddhism and Taoism. This is your last chance. "

"Your Highness!" Of course Tang Ruowang was not really a fool, he knelt on the ground and kissed the floor tiles: "Thank you for your kindness, I am willing to pay the price for my cowardice and greed!"

"Very good," Zhu Cihong leaned back, "I appreciate your cannon-casting ability, but that efficiency is too low."

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Tang Ruowang was ordered to set up a factory and cast cannons with Western methods. Indeed, they were cast as the most advanced artillery in Europe at that time.It's just that only twenty doors were cast in two years, such a speed is unacceptable to Zhu Cihong.However, this is also due to the lack of materials and technological processes. If we cooperate with Zhu Cihong's "Management" and "Material Manufacturing", we should be able to make great progress.

Tang Ruowang said hastily: "I will definitely redouble my efforts and expand the scale."

"Not only that," Zhu Cihong added, "we also need to strictly select materials and cultivate talents. The reason why I can't bear to kill you is because I admire your knowledge. I hope you can teach excellent students. In my opinion Come on, the contribution made by the students is half as much as that of the teacher."

Tang Ruowang prostrated himself on the ground again, kissed the floor tiles, and expressed his thanks.

Zhu Cihong waved and ordered someone to take him to find Wang Zheng, which was a matter of concern.It has to be admitted that the "Chongzhen Almanac" that Tang Ruowang participated in compiling is not a simple perpetual calendar, but an encyclopedia that includes all aspects of knowledge such as astronomy, geography, optics, and mathematics.The celestial body movement records collected by Qin Tianjian and Lingtai are also the cornerstone of the development of astronomy, which directly affects the strength of navigation capabilities.

Although some people think that packing books is not as good as packing real gold and silver, these rare original materials are far more valuable to Zhu Cilang than gold and silver.

In particular, Shandong has one of the largest gold mines in the country, the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine.Now the gold mine has been discovered, but it is not in Zhaoyuan County, but in Qixia County, and the gold mine is accompanied by iron mines.This is also one of the main reasons why Zhu Cihong has a foothold in Jiaodong. With access and gold, even if there is a temporary lack of supplies, he will not be trapped to death.

In order to protect and excavate this gold mine, Tanning's preparatory camp is located in Zhaoyuan Mountain.This battalion should have been placed under the training department, responsible for training recruits, and then assigned to various units.Zhu Cihong decided to expand the series and form the third guard battalion as soon as possible, so he directly asked Dan Ning to come out to form the team, and Min Zhanlian was in charge of training.

Xiao Tugeng's troops were placed in Jiaozhou. After forming an army, they could directly attack Jiaoxi, connect to Nanzhili, and control the Huaihe River Basin.This will also open up the land channel for Sugang to enter Shandong and obtain sufficient sources of high-quality steel.Although Shandong itself has coal and iron, they are all in Jinan Prefecture. Zhu Cihong is not enough to directly control it. Cai Maode can only be sent to Laizhou as the governor of Shandong.

On April 17th of the 500th year of Chongzhen, the real Dong Xueli Department of the Dashun Army took [-] people south to Shandong.The call to arms spread to several counties in Jinan and Yanzhou, but was intercepted by Luo Yukun.

"What should I do?" Luo Yukun took the text on the sign and handed it to Chen Chong.

After Chen Chong finished reading, he was also a little dazed, and thought to himself: It seems that I still have to urge the higher-ups to send a staff officer as soon as possible. How do I know what to do about this matter?

"There aren't many others, and it's only one thousand and five. I'll drown him if I pee." Luo Yukun said, "I just don't know what the superiors are planning."

"Let's ask." Chen Chong hesitated.

Luo Yukun was used to Chen Chong's thoughtless appearance, what could he do?A man without eggs.He paced back and forth, raised his head and thought: "The higher-ups asked us to pretend to be the Dashun Army, just to defend this territory and do things that are inconvenient for the higher-ups. Or do as I said, just beat them! Let’s not admit it, right! Let’s say they are officers and soldiers! Then go to Yanzhou to finish the tasks assigned by the superiors, and the food is almost eaten, so we will go to Laizhou to continue to be our officers and soldiers.”

Inspired, Chen Chong quickly said, "Exactly, we beat him first, maybe Li Chuang can send someone over!"

"Then fight! Tanma sent out, don't run too far this time!" Luo Yukun said.

This mixed team of Sichuan soldiers and refugees has no military framework at all. Luo Yukun and Chen Chong are the big bosses in everyone's eyes, and everything can be resolved with one word.Luo Yukun also thought about assigning the general and capital of the Sichuan Army to the refugee camp to manage them.However, the refugee camp can only rush against the wind. Once the opponent forms a battle, the whole camp will inevitably flee.This kind of thing of selling teammates and officers is really itchy. Naturally, no Sichuan soldier officer is willing to do this kind of job.

Finally, a stable balance has been formed—the refugees eat with Luo Yukun, and Luo Yukun lets them go to die without any psychological pressure. (To be continued.)