Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Don't mention the indecent gesture that Xue Lian made to Xue Chenglin's child.

After Xue Lian was carried away, Wang Chengen returned to Emperor Chongzhen.Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be thinking about something. When he saw Wang Chengen coming in, he asked Wang Chengen: "Wang Banban, I received a memorial a few days ago, and the minister who submitted the memorial suggested that the post stations in various places should be abolished. In this way If so, the court can save 10,000+ taels of silver every year. Wang Banban, what do you think about this matter?"

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's question, Wang Chengen quickly laughed and said: "The emperor's question can kill this old slave. How can this old slave know anything about state affairs."

Emperor Chongzhen was quite satisfied with Wang Chengen's attitude, and he also smiled and asked: "It's okay. Just tell me your opinion."

Wang Chengen still replied with a smile: "The old slave is so bold. The old slave reckons that the policy proposed by those loyal old masters in the court will not be seriously wrong."

"The old slave also only has the knowledge of a small family. In a small family, if a family wants to prosper, the words 'diligence' and 'thrift' are always inseparable. Seeing that the emperor has been busy with state affairs every day since he came to the throne, he can't even eat. I can't care about it. Then the emperor will definitely become the king of Zhongxing, the king of Yao and Shun."

Wang Chengen's words obviously scratched Emperor Chongzhen's itch, and Emperor Chongzhen laughed and scolded: "You old bastard. If I want you to talk about things, you are going to flatter me."

Wang Chengen also smiled and said: "Actually, this old slave is also a little cautious. The old slave thinks that when the old slave gets old, he won't be able to serve the emperor anymore. Please allow the emperor to let the old slave go back to his hometown once. Let the old slave also Shake your prestige in front of those mud-legged people in your hometown. Let them know that this old slave is also someone who served before the King of Yao and Shun."

Wang Chengen's words made Emperor Chongzhen laugh out loud.Wang Chengen, who was laughing at the side, thought to himself: "Whether the post station is abolished or not, I don't care. Serving the emperor's happiness, that is the job of our eunuchs."

After Emperor Chongzhen's laughter came to an end, Wang Chengen continued: "But your majesty, you should also pay attention to your body. You have been working so hard these days, and this old slave's heart hurts."

"Ah—!" Emperor Chongzhen sighed, "Wang Banban, I know how much you care about me. However, Cao Lao's affairs are difficult for the country!"

"I didn't know until after I ascended the throne that the Ming Dynasty has been riddled with holes by that bastard Wei Zhongxian. The Ministry of Households can hardly provide any silver taels. Only when you are in charge will you know that Chai Mi is expensive. I have decided. Just The memorial for the dismantling of the inn was approved. However, Wei Zhongxian’s party must be wiped out first. Wang Ban, look, we..."

In the station, Li Zicheng returned home happily after a busy day.When I was working as a postman today, I happened to get a reward of more than sixty cash.Li Zicheng happily bought some food and wine and returned home.He didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen was about to abolish the post station.His stable days as a postman will soon be over.

And Wu Shigong in Guide has not been idle these days.However, the first thing he did these days was to accept a dog leg.

These days, Chang Meng who followed Wu Shigong here and there saw Wu Shigong's majesty, and Wu Shigong rewarded Chang Meng very generously.So one day, he knelt in front of Wu Shigong and kowtowed, asking to be Wu Shigong's long-term follower.Wu Shigong thought to himself: I really need someone who is familiar with the local conditions to run errands for me.Therefore, Chang Meng was taken away.

Then, Wu Shigong arranged affairs for Zheng Zhen.The construction of the fortress of the Thousand Households cannot rely on labor alone.Some carpenters and plasterers will also need to be hired locally.

With so many carpenters and plasterers, it must be impossible to get them together in a small town.Therefore, Wu Shigong asked Chang Meng to lead the way, and asked Zheng Zhen to take Yinliang to a county about ten miles away from the town to hire, and also to buy some building materials.

But at this time, Xiaojie fell ill.The little girl had traveled such a long distance, and she was frightened on the way to Guide.Therefore, as soon as he arrived in the town, he developed a high fever and fell ill.

That Chang Meng was eager to claim credit in front of his new master, so he immediately found Xiaojie a... godly man! ?

Na Changmeng said to Wu Shigong: That divine man is very skilled in spells. He is a branch president of the famous Holy Spirit Society in several counties nearby.As long as you have taken his magical medicine, you can basically cure your illness.

Wu Shigong is a person from modern times, how could he believe in these things?After the godly man left, Wu Shigong threw away all the magic medicine.He also asked Chang Meng to find a better doctor in the county.Don't be afraid to spend money.

Fortunately, Xiaojie's illness was only an emergency, and the doctor he invited was also good at medicine.After drinking a few doses of medicine, Xiaojie's high fever subsided.Next, rest is enough.This made Zhao Ruya and Wu Shigong both heave a sigh of relief.

After the incident, Wu Shigong became curious and asked Chang Meng about the news of the Holy Spirit Society.

Chang Meng told Wu Shigong: The Holy Spirit Society also worships Bodhisattvas.Leading the way are several masters dressed as monks.Their teachings are to advocate helping the poor and the weak, and helping fellow believers.Therefore, there are many reliefs for the poor, and people are often sent to the doctor to ask for medicine.

Therefore, the Holy Spirit will develop very quickly.It's better on Guide's side.There are many people who believe in Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion.Almost every county has a branch, and even many big families donate money to the Holy Spirit Society.

Wu Shigong immediately understood.The Holy Spirit Society is also a reactionary Taoist alliance organization that cheats money and seduces.However, the Holy Spirit Society has little to do with Wu Shigong, so Wu Shigong has no spare time to take care of those matters.

And in these days, the days of Yang Goudan can be lived comfortably.Although, he was unwilling to leave the capital at that time.However, Yang Goudan's nerves seem to be particularly large.After arriving in Guide, it will be safe as long as it comes.

Although Wu Shigong tied Yang Goudan to Guide, he did not treat him badly in terms of treatment.Moreover, Yang Goudan was given 40 taels of silver every month.Of course, Yang Goudan's apprentice's monthly fee will also be paid from the 40 taels of silver.

But even so, Yang Goudan can be regarded as stepping into the ranks of wealthy families.Moreover, he doesn't need to work now, and that Yang Goudan is living a happy life with a little wine every day. If his wife doesn't take care of her tightly, he almost wants to marry another concubine.

Wu Shigong looked at Yang Goudan's sloppy look, and felt that this would not work.However, now I don't have a blacksmith workshop, and I can't arrange Yang Goudan to work.

Knowing Wu Shigong's problem, the role of Chang Meng's dog leg was brought into play.He suggested to Wu Shigong: There is also a blacksmith workshop in that small town, and Li Tiejiang of that blacksmith workshop, his ancestors were the blacksmiths of Qianhusuo, and later moved to the small town and became a private household, and has been in the small town Working as a blacksmith.

However, in a strict sense, blacksmith Li can also be said to be a military household of Qianhusuo, and the blacksmith workshop can also be said to be a blacksmith workshop of Qianhusuo.

Is there such a good thing?After Wu Shigong heard this, without further ado, he ordered fifty guards and rushed to the blacksmith's workshop.

He laid out two paths in front of Blacksmith Li: one is that Blacksmith Li, as a deserter from Qianhusuo, should be beheaded immediately; the other is that Blacksmith Li's blacksmith workshop will be bought by Wu Shigong at a price.Li Tiejiang and his two apprentices will also follow Wu Shigong.

So does Blacksmith Li have any choice?However, the price Wu Shigong gave was very fair, and he also gave Blacksmith Li a considerable amount of monthly allowances.This is still Wu Shigong's idea from modern times: the idea of ​​emphasizing technical experts is at work.

After getting the blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong visited it and was very satisfied with the blacksmith workshop.This blacksmith workshop is relatively large.Moreover, it is close to the river, so it is very convenient to expand the workshop and fetch water when blacksmithing.

Therefore, Wu Shigong arranged with Yang Goudan and Li Tiejiang: Let them focus on two tasks at present.One is that the original fire guns are still manufactured.Another item is to make a prototype of a new kind of firecracker.

The firecracker that Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan to build in the capital was built in the style of a modern smoothbore shotgun.However, according to the level of craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty, the effective range of a firecracker of this size is only fifty steps.Therefore, Wu Shigong wanted to create a firecracker with a range of one hundred steps on the basis of keeping the power unchanged.

After hearing Wu Shigong's technical requirements for the new type of firecracker, Yang Goudan reminded Wu Shigong that there is no problem in building the new firecracker.But the new firecracker will be very big, and one person will have no strength to use it after holding it up and firing a few times.

Wu Shigong told Yang Goudan not to worry about this problem.Now, Wu Shigong mainly wants to solve the defense problem of Qianhusuo Fortress.No matter how heavy the firecracker is, it can be fired on the city wall, wouldn't it be enough?

After Wu Shigong finished talking with Yang Goudan, and after Wu Shigong sent Yang Goudan back to the inn where he was staying, Yang Rusong, Yang Goudan's eldest son, suddenly ran up to Wu Shigong and knelt down.He begged Wu Shigong: "My lord, the young one wants to be a soldier too. The young one will be accepted by the lord."

Hearing Yang Rusong's sudden vote, Wu Shigong was very happy.He thought: "The consciousness of the working class is still high!"

It turned out that Yang Rusong was seventeen or eighteen years old, the age at which he loved to dream of a "hero".On the way to Guide, seeing Wu Shigong and the others, when they attacked Zhuangzi, they were so majestic, and my heart was already itchy.

But Yang Rusong's actions surprised Yang Goudan.Yang Goudan raised his eldest son Yang Rusong as his successor.Besides, Yang Goudan has been working as a blacksmith in Beijing for such a long time, so he still doesn't know what it was like to be a soldier in the Ming Dynasty?

So that Yang Goudan hurriedly went to Wu Shigong to intercede, telling Wu Shigong not to pay attention to that fool's nonsense.And not only Yang Goudan, even Yang Goudan's wife came out of the house to plead with Wu Shigong after hearing that her eldest son wanted to be a soldier.

Wu Shigong simply ignored the pleading couple.After all, there was such a person who was willing to serve as a soldier with Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong was too late to welcome him. How could he let this good start mascot escape?