Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong felt that his lungs were going to explode, and he felt that he might lose control of his emotions if he stayed here any longer, so Wu Shigong hugged Xue Chengping and walked towards the outside of the inner house without looking back.

Seeing Wu Shigong leave, Li Xin's face was flustered, she was about to pull Wu Shigong, but she hesitated when she thought of Wu Chengying behind her.But after such a hesitation, Wu Shigong had already stepped out of the door and disappeared.

Wu Shigong stepped on the snow on the school field step by step, making a "click, click, click" sound.Chi Ming's personal guards followed Wu Shigong closely, seeing Wu Shigong's gloomy face, they just followed and no one dared to make a sound.It wasn't until they passed through the entire camp and came to Li Yuenu's house that the guards stopped and still guarded outside the house.

Seeing Wu Shigong's sudden arrival, Li Yuenu said in surprise, "Master, why are you here?"

Wu Shigong touched Xue Chengping's little head, and said, "This is Ping'er, and I will raise it with you in the future. Ping'er is called Aunt Yue!"

But Xue Chengping burst into tears again with a "Wow!"Wu Shigong didn't understand immediately, so he asked anxiously: "Ping'er, what's the matter with you?"

"Mother... my lord, don't... Ping'er! Father... don't... Ping'er!" Xue Chengping cried more and more sadly, sobbing that he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Wu Shigong felt very sad when he thought of Ping'er's experience.He hurriedly comforted him: "Who said daddy doesn't want you anymore? Today daddy will be with you and tell you the story of little white dragon. Do you want to listen? Be good, Ping'er! Be brave like little white dragon." Big boy!"

After finally comforting Xue Chengping, Xue Chengping was still a little worried. He asked with tears in his eyes, "Father, can Ping'er still play with his brothers and sisters? Ping'er still wants to set off firecrackers."

Wu Shigong almost spat out a mouthful of blood.It's true that children don't hold grudges!I was so worried about them, but in a blink of an eye, Xue Chengping only cared about playing.What's the matter?

But looking at Xue Chengping's expectant eyes.Wu Shigong also had no choice but to agree: "Play when you want to play, but let Aunt Yue follow. Don't play those dangerous games."

Li Yuenu arranged for the maid to coax Xue Chengping to play, and then she immediately stuck to Wu Shigong's side, and asked with a smile: "Master! Will Ping'er live in this slave's house from now on?"

Wu Shigong nodded and replied: "Didn't you always want to raise a child? Take Ping'er first! When he grows up, let him be filial to you."

Li Yuenu was pleasantly surprised again: "Really!?" Then she immediately clung to Wu Shigong's ear and whispered: "Actually, there are osmanthus flowers too."

"That's not good? Having more children means more blessings! Wouldn't it be possible for you to support two children with this little family property?" Wu Shigong was immediately in a good mood.

"That's right! Osmanthus doesn't know if it's a boy or a girl yet. I really want a kid!" Li Yuenu replied.

"Don't send the sweet-scented osmanthus away at that time. Motherless children are always pitiful. Hey!" Wu Shigong couldn't help thinking of Xue Chengping again.

"Okay! Master!" Li Yuenu immediately nodded and agreed, "Is the master staying here today?"

"Just prepare it and save it for dinner!" Wu Shigong ordered, "I'll go home when Ping'er falls asleep."

Today was not an accident caused by Wu Chengying on purpose, it is understandable for children to be timid.So it was okay for Wu Shigong to give a face when he ran away from home, but it would be too much if he didn't return all night.

"Then I'm going to cook now!" Li Yuenu walked out happily.

It was already late at night when we returned to the inner house, but as soon as Wu Shigong entered, he saw Li Xin waiting for him at the door.After meeting Wu Shigong.Li Xin probed behind him, then asked, "Where's Ping'er?"

"Not back!" Wu Shigong took Li Xin's hand.She felt her hands were cold.I also felt a little distressed, so I blamed: "It's such a cold day, don't wait outside."

Hearing Wu Shigong's concern, Li Xin felt her nose sore and couldn't help but shed tears.She sniffled and said, "Ying'er has been waiting for daddy until she falls asleep. She's still crying."

"Hey!" Wu Shigong let out a long sigh, "I have a bad temper, so don't take it to heart. But in the future, we must make Yinger look like an older brother." While talking, Wu Shigong took Li Xin's hand go to the house.

"Why doesn't Ke Ping'er go home? Is your husband still angry with his concubine?" Li Xin was still a little worried.

"When it's over, it's over! Living outside. It's actually good for you." Wu Shigong replied.

"But the concubine is afraid that someone will gossip! It's not easy to explain to Madam!"

"If Ping'er is injured, then it's really difficult to explain. Whatever outsiders say, let him go. What do they do?"

"Hey!" Li Xin also let out a long sigh.

The reason why Wu Shigong asked Xue Chengping to live separately was to avoid suspicion.Because Xue Yufei didn't live here, if Xue Chengping had an accident, no matter whether it was related to Li Xin or not, she would always be suspicious.So living separately now will save a lot of trouble.

"Then won't Ping'er come over in the future?" Xue Yufei asked again.

"When the family gets together during the holidays, he will always come over. If he wants to play with his brothers and sisters on weekdays, you...you don't want to show up!" Wu Shigong replied.

The 11th year of Chongzhen has come.In the past year, the Runing Army has been developing at a consistent high speed.But for Wu Shigong himself, it was a difficult year for everything.On New Year's Eve, listening to the deafening sound of firecrackers at midnight, Wu Shigong silently made a wish in his heart: I hope that everything you wish for this year will come true!

Maybe Wu Shigong's wish really came true. In the first half of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the development of the Runing Army and the situation of the Ming Dynasty were really smooth, and the entire Ming Dynasty also showed some signs of peace in the world.

The only military operation carried out by the Runing Army-the suppression of bandits in the Dabie Mountains was finally settled.Under the full siege of Jiaoji Town and Yuanyue Town, Drilling Mountain Leopard and its gang were all given their heads.However, the suppression of the bandits this time was also quite cruel. The Runing Army did not accept any surrender, and even the families of the bandits such as the Drilling Mountain Leopard were all wiped out.But in this way, the possibility of a resurgence of banditry in the Dabie Mountains was also eliminated.

Due to the long-term suppression of bandits and the need for a large amount of supplies for Tuntian Zhuangzi, the market established by Fengyang officials such as Yan Dingshan has become more and more prosperous.However, this prosperity turned out to be a major event. Somehow, this market was reported to the imperial court, and it became famous all over the world.Emperor Chongzhen learned that it was Longyan who was furious, and he immediately dismissed Fengyang Governor Zhu Dadian for investigation.On the contrary, it was Yan Dingshan and the others. Under the principle that the law does not blame the public, they are all safe and sound.Zhu Dadian is really unlucky.

Since the Wang family entered Runing to set up industries, the industry and commerce of the Runing Army has made another leap forward.Because the influence of the Runing Army has expanded to the Huguang area, the Four Seas Trading Company has opened up a large number of new markets.In addition, after the Qi family was abolished, Wu Shigong and the Lu family of Yangzhou salt merchants were in the honeymoon period again, so the fiscal revenue was steadily increasing.

What is even more gratifying is that this year is a rare good weather. In the summer harvest, the Runing army obtained a rare bumper harvest, and it is estimated that the situation of the autumn harvest is not much worse.

With the long-term key training and the support of the Runing Army's financial resources, more than forty people in the Runing Army system have successively become scholars, and three others have won the election.If you add the Runing, Guide Zhongju and Jinshi talents funded by Wu Shigong, the number will be even larger.The Runing Army finally cultivated a group of their own people in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

The only regret is that Mrs. Hou passed away because of his advanced age.This also made Wu Shigong and the Donglin Party lose a bridge, and made Hou Fangyu miss a scientific examination because of Ding You.You know, the Runing Army has already counted Hou Fangyu's place on its list.

Instead, it was Hou Xun, whose Ding You was abnormally robbed of his love by the court.Now he looks a bit like being held hostage by the court, and he is going to use him to hold Wu Shigong and Zuo Liangyu hostage.After Mrs. Hou's funeral, Hou Fangyu still went to Jinling to continue his study tour.Li Xiangjun's attraction is really great!

And the more than 6 soldiers and horses of the Runing Army have finally been prepared and trained.In addition to the 8000 people of the Nanyang Army, there are more than 4000 people in two towns in Huguang.And Shumo's Guide Association has five thousand soldiers and horses.Wu Shigong's headquarters has two towns, directly subordinate troops and personal troops with a total of 4000 people.

Following the style of the Lookout, the craftsmen of the Navy successively built three small sailboats that can be used on the Huaihe River, each equipped with eight cannons. Due to the adoption of a series of new techniques, the speed of these small sailboats is impressive. quite satisfied.

Only the relationship with Zheng Zhilong and the Zheng family has reached an impasse.Although the cooperation between the two parties is still going on, and the Zheng family has not seized the income from Wu Shigong's sea ship, the Zheng family has delayed the replacement of Huang Qifa and other marine regiments on the grounds of not having a ship, making Huang Qifa's return far away.

Because the finances are quite abundant, the horses, weapons and equipment of the Runing Army are basically in place.And the new plate armor has also begun to equip the Runing Army one after another.

For the production of the new plate armor, the final order unexpectedly fell into the hands of Nanyang Ironware.Because of Wu Shigong's letting go, the craftsmen of Nanyang ironware used their brains and worked together.

Because the key to manufacturing plate armor is hammering, they creatively used waterwheels, which greatly improved efficiency, reduced the cost of each plate armor to 18 taels of silver, and greatly shortened the production cycle.

But in this way, the workshops of the Runing Army began to break away from pure hand-made, and the germination of machine production began to appear, and the seeds of the industrial revolution broke out quietly. (To be continued..)