As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Huang Zichao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he immediately bowed to Huamanlou: "Please give me your advice, my lord!"

Hua Manlou just nodded, not daring to make a sound.

After sending Mr. Ying out of the mansion, Hua Manlou couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: I just want to be a salted fish, why is it so difficult to be a salted fish?Calculated and calculated...

Hua Manlou was a little dazed before he finished sighing: By the way, Ying Guogong only said that he and Huang Zichao were tinkering with firearms, so does this organization belong to Xuanwuwei or Shenjiying?

21. Forget it, you say yes

Hua Manlou felt as if he had been tricked.

I don't know who was tricked, but in short, he was tricked. Not only did he have to make firecrackers for the Shenji Camp like voluntary labor, but he was also very likely to be taken to Datong to participate in the war...

That's war, it's not just a joke!

Now that things are in this situation, Huamanlou feels that he needs to take care of himself: in the morning, because of the air leak in the room, he left the Baihu office; and because he left the Baihu office, he was arrested by Miss Qi's family and sent to Shenji Camp; It was because the Miss Qi family was talking nonsense in the Shenji Camp that I made three shots, and then attracted Ying Guogong; and because the arrival of Ying Guogong revealed the way to escape from Xuanwuwei, so I arrived. This point...

So fundamentally, it's all because of the air leakage in the room?

Come on, that shriveled brat who said that being an official doesn't fix the government has grown up, young master and you are at odds with each other!

Hua Manlou, who had been depressed for a while, made up his mind to try his best to instill firecracker-related things into Huang Zichao in the past few days. If the Shenjiying really went to support Datong by then, then he would say that he had already spent all he could. Yes, the rest need to go to the casino to think about it... Bah, think about it in the study.

Now he is very glad that the things he picked are all superficial: the fixed charge is easy to understand, the iron rod is already available, but the musket and the trigger device are more troublesome to tinker with, and it is estimated that it will not be able to keep up with this war. , so maybe you can stay in Beijing on the grounds of developing a new type of firecracker?

Thinking of this, Hua Manlou cheered up: "I can still be saved!"

"What can help?"

After sending Ying Guogong away, Uncle Huai'an went back to the house alone, and he didn't know if he really cried a lot, but it took a long time before he came to find Huamanlou.

Hua Manlou who was convulsing quickly stood up: "Father, you... are here..."

"En." Uncle Huai'an responded, and didn't care about Huamanlou's convulsions before. After walking into the study and sitting down, he looked straight at Huamanlou with a sigh of relief.

Hua Manlou was uncomfortable being watched by the cheap father, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to stand aside obediently and pretend to be a quail.

Seeing his cowardice, Uncle Huai'an misunderstood: Could it be that he was really too harsh on him in the past?Speaking of which, since his mother passed away, this kid seems to be a different person. I don't even know when he started to gamble, let alone talk to him properly. Seeing him like this now, he cringes when he sees me , this is really...

For a moment, Uncle Huai'an actually felt guilty.

Gathering his mind, Uncle Huai'an felt that he should have a good talk with Hua Manlou, so he pointed to the stool beside him with a pleasant face and said, "Sit down, Dad has something to ask you."

Huamanlou was a little delighted with Uncle Huai'an's change of attitude: Today's performance is actually a little bit good, this cheap father thinks I can still be saved now, right?Very good, very good, as long as my father doesn't make trouble, then many things can be done more steadily, maybe I can ask him to transfer me to the Jingwei command department in a few days?There's also the matter of getting married. I don't know if the old man has given up on his crazy idea?

I was thinking wildly, but I heard Uncle Huai An say: "There are no outsiders now, so tell Dad, how did you come up with the method of firecracker warfare and improvement?"

Hua Manlou froze: Speaking of which, this matter hasn't been resolved yet!

"This..." Hua Manlou really didn't know how to fool her.

Uncle Huai'an frowned: "Why, you can't talk to Dad?"

Hua Manlou, who was forced to the corner, gritted his teeth and closed his eyes: "I... I was just thinking about it at the gambling table!"

Uncle Huai'an's breath stagnated, but when he was about to get angry, he remembered that he should not be too harsh, so he took a deep breath and said slowly: "Are you fooling the ghost? Dad is not old enough, you need to pay attention to making up nonsense."

Hua Manlou tried his best not to look like a fool: "Father, this is really not fooling you. The so-called one way, ten thousand ways, and the so-called understanding by analogy... No, think about it, gambling is not related to it." Isn't there anything similar in war?"

Uncle Huai An suppressed his eagerness to twitch and said, "What's the similarity?"

"You see, the so-called knowing yourself and the enemy is invincible in every battle. In a war, you must figure out the mind of the opponent's general, and only when you understand the opponent's intentions can you make targeted deployments. Isn't this the same as trying to figure out the mind of a gambling opponent?" Hua Manlou started serious nonsense. Gossip: "Take Pai Gow for example. Not only do you have to count the cards, but you also have to count the cards in the opponent's hand. You can even find some clues from the opponent's expression. Some people show joy when they hold a good card, and some old and cunning people Even holding a pair of Supremes and pretending to be a tiger head, copper hammer or something, you need to analyze the situation from the whole scene, pay attention to the game, and pay attention to the character and mentality of the opponent. Isn't this different from fighting? "

Conscience of heaven and earth, Hua Manlou himself doesn't even play Doudizhu very much, because he doesn't know how to count cards at all, so he always loses, so he can find a sense of superiority in IQ when playing against the computer.As for the art of war, he didn't even know much about it. In his previous life, he didn't even play real-time strategy games very much.

But now, in order to fool Daddy Cheap, Hua Manlou searched hard and pulled these two things together forcefully, and it sounded like that...

Uncle Huai'an was stunned, and it took him a long time to realize: "Father asked you about firearms, who told you about the art of war?"

Hua Manlou had a good time: "I was about to talk about this! You see, when you play Pai Gow, you always think that you can get a good pair of cards, right? These good cards are good soldiers, sufficient food and grass in war. Is it military equipment? But elite soldiers need to be trained, food and grass must be saved, but military equipment can make a big fuss. So children often think, if there is one thing that can be like the supreme card in Pai Gow, it can wipe out the enemy at once With hundreds of thousands of generals, wouldn’t it be invincible? So after thinking about it, I thought of the firearm, and then I had an idea..."

This nonsense was made up by Huamanlou, and Huamanlou himself almost believed it. Although Uncle Huai'an felt a little unbelievable, he couldn't help being half-believing when he heard Huamanlou's convincing words: "...Forget it, just say so."

When encountering such unreasonable things, parents generally believe their children. Even if they don't believe it, as long as the result is good, why bother to get to the bottom of it?

Hearing what he said, Hua Manlou let out a sigh of relief: This test has been passed, and I don't know how Daddy is feeling now?Shouldn't we talk about not wanting to get married now?

And when Huamanlou fooled Uncle Huai'an...

Royal Palace.

Supervisor Bingbi and Duke Dongchang stepped into the imperial study room, bowed obsequiously to Emperor Guangxing, who was composing the manuscript, and said, "Your Majesty, please see the Duke."

Emperor Guangxing raised his head from the memorial: "Well, Qi Qing's family is here? Xuan!"

(Oh, I almost fell off the essay post... Big brothers, please click, just flip through a few chapters, this is really important, I kneel down to everyone~~)

22. Does this name sound familiar?

In recent days, Emperor Guangxing's spirit has not been very good.

There is a big difference between a diligent emperor and a non-diligent emperor. The former is always tired like a dog. Not only is he always busy with state affairs, but there are also N people planning to add some trouble to him.On the other hand, looking at the latter, it is almost the same as the salted fish realm that Hua Manlou pursues, such as Emperor Wanli who has not been in court for decades...

In short, Emperor Guangxing was as tired as a dog's master. In the past two days, he was so worried that he couldn't sleep because of the Tatars going south.

It has not been a day or two since Da Zhao's military system has been corrupted, but what happened in Datong a few days ago still shocked Emperor Guangxing.In the words of some people, if the imperial court allocates one or two taels of silver, half of the money in the hands of the soldiers will be regarded as sympathetic to the officials. This shows what kind of life the low-level soldiers are living.

In the final analysis, this is the fault of the Weisuo system.

The concept of the guard actually originated from the military system of the government. Simply put, it is to set up a field army, which is a farmer in daily life and a soldier in wartime.Military households are hereditary, and their main obligation is to send a male from the military household to serve as a regular soldier in the guard, and another male to serve as a military surplus to assist the regular army in life.Because of the heavy burden on military households, the main army will be exempted from conscripts and assigned fields, and the rest of the battalion and Yiding under their original hometowns will also be exempted from conscripts.

The idea of ​​the guard station system is good. For example, the sergeant is in the battalion, divided into two parts: the garrison and the field. The ratio is not fixed, and they take turns on time. The field is fixed and handed over food to supply the garrison and officials. Its goal is to raise troops without consuming national financial resources. This method can reclaim countless wastelands.

But the fact is that it has become a common practice for guard officers to occupy the army's farmland and private sergeants to farm. Soldiers have directly become the officers' servants, and their lives are not as good as dogs.Under such circumstances, Da Zhao can still stand firm, which is enough to prove...

Zhao Taizu's ancestral tomb is buried in a good location?

In short, military officers' embezzlement of army farmland has become a bad practice in official circles, just like civil servants, but literati are literati after all, and they know how to cover up this. blood...

If that's the case, it's okay, after all, the bad practice represents a practice that everyone recognizes, but the situation in Datong is more complicated: it is too much to smuggle salt and iron, kill the good and pretend to be meritorious.

After the incident was revealed, the furious Emperor Guangxing showed no mercy, and all the generals and officials involved in the incident were sent to the guillotine one by one.But the troubles did not stop at the beheading, but just started: the civil and military chiefs of Datong Mansion all lost their heads, and at this time the military and government there were in chaos.

If it was normal, the matter of officials selection by the Ministry of Officials would slowly subside after the new officials took office, but at this time the Tatars were coming, and from the point of view of time, it was too late for Da Zhao to slowly digest the matter of Datong Son.

After the early court today, Ying Guogong, Ning Guogong and others discussed and discussed with the three elders and Emperor Guangxing, and finally came to an unavoidable conclusion: send the governor to bring reinforcements to Datong.

The governor is the governor, and the governor is the governor. The official position of the governor belongs to the military and political officials. Generally speaking, the imperial court will never appoint it easily, and even if the appointment will take many measures, the time of taking office will not be too long. Otherwise...

Either the court is finished, or the governor is finished.

But in this emergency situation, does Emperor Guangxing have a choice?Now he can only send a person with reliable ability, prestige, and loyalty to Datong, but Emperor Guangxing is a little hesitant about the candidate-this is a governor after all, if he is a fool, he probably will be in Datong within two months. Gone……

So although Emperor Guangxing seemed to be approving the memorial at this time, his mind was full of Datong. It had been more than half an hour, and he hadn't even read the three manuscripts.

Throwing down the notebook in his hand, Emperor Guangxing raised his eyes and saw Duke Ying walking in, so he said casually: "Excuse me. Come here and give me a seat."

The tacit understanding between the emperor and his ministers for many years, Emperor Guangxing knew that Ying Guogong's entry into the palace at this time was naturally for the sake of Datong, so he didn't talk too much nonsense, and went directly to the topic: "Is there someone to choose for Aiqing?"

Duke Ying laughed and said, "Return to Your Majesty, I will talk about the selection of candidates later, and now I am here to announce the good news."

It has to be said that Ying Guogong is really good at speaking skills, especially the skills of talking to the emperor - because Emperor Guangxing has vaguely moved the idea of ​​reforming the military system in the Datong incident, and he also took the three major battalions into consideration. I'm a little dissatisfied, if it's something about the improvement of the combat power of the Refreshing Machine Battalion who came in and blatantly covered their faces, wouldn't they be scolding?

But if the reported matter is technically processed into a happy event, and then a gimmick is made, then things will be much easier to handle.

"Oh?" Emperor Guangxing was really interested, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Where does the joy come from?"

Ying Guogong smiled and said: "Happiness comes from a young man. Your Majesty, I have heard that heroes have given birth to young men since ancient times, but I don't take it seriously in my heart. For example, those rebellious sons in my family, don't say heroes, they are young Adding some obstacles to a humble official is considered a great achievement!"

Emperor Guangxing immediately agreed when he heard the words: "It makes sense! Look at the crown prince, if it weren't for the busy state affairs, I would have wished to teach this little bastard myself! Are you still a hero? Don't be a bear and defeat the ancestors, I can die in peace Already!"

Ying Guogong didn't agree with this, but said again: "But... But today I agree with the saying that heroes are born young. Your Majesty, if I tell you, someone will use the combat power of the Shenji Battalion in a few words. With the simplest method, it has been improved by two or three levels, does your majesty believe it?"

Emperor Guangxing was taken aback for a moment, and then said in surprise: "What the hell? Raise two or three levels?"

"Exactly." Ying Guogong cheerfully recounted the matter of Huamanlou's improved tactics and firecrackers, but he never jacquard the words "Humanlou" from the beginning to the end—this is Ying Guogong. Public gimmick.

In fact, Ying Guogong made such a statement firstly to whet the emperor's appetite for him to listen, and secondly to lay the groundwork for recommending the Shenji Camp to Datong for support, so as to eliminate some of the emperor's dissatisfaction with the three major camps. So he kept blowing flowers all over the building, making it look like a foreign evildoer...

Sure enough, Emperor Guangxing became interested: "Ai Qing, don't lie to me, this is really a young man's proposal? Don't pretend to be the name of the elders in the family, right?"

There is no shortage of things like impostors throughout the ages. In Huamanlou's previous life, there was an example of parents handing over their research results to their children in elementary school for publication...

Duke Ying said helplessly: "At first, I thought so too, but after it was verified, I had no choice but to be convinced. This son is indeed capable."

Emperor Guangxing couldn't help laughing and said: "After talking for a long time, who is this person?"

"The son of Uncle Huai'an, the building is full of flowers."

"This name... sounds familiar?"

23. Factory guards are so annoying

Hua Manlou didn't know that he was being used as a gimmick to listen to Datian again. When Ying Guogong was fooling the emperor, he was also doing the last fooling: "Father, you want to ask me why I understand so much, but still lose from time to time. Are you clean?"

This is the last difficulty. As long as this problem is solved, Huamanlou feels that he can reverse his bad impression in the heart of Daddy Cheap, and then let him do less tricky things in the future-so far Huamanlou I don't know that I was arranged by the emperor...

Uncle Huai'an nodded slowly: "You said you want to count the cards, and you said you want to figure out the opponent's intentions, but the result is that you lose every time. Is this justified?"

Hua Manlou pulled himself together and prepared to make the final blow: "You also know that ten bets and nine cheats, how can there be any reason to win money when you enter a gambling house? Basically, the dealer takes all, and most of the others have occasional small wins. Losing most of the time..."

Uncle Huai'an's eyes widened when he heard the words: "You know how to gamble and cheat, but you still want to give money to others? What's wrong with that?"

Hua Manlou argued ... and explained: "Father, think about it, if you only play with familiar people, how can you practice the ability to read people's hearts? But there are all kinds of people in the gambling shop, what kind of people can't you see? In order to learn more, I had to go to the casino to pay the tuition."

It sounds like that's the case, but Uncle Huai'an is still a little depressed: For this matter, is it worth selling his mother's dowry?

But I heard Hua Manlou say again: "Now that I have achieved a little, I don't need to go to the casino to learn about it, and father doesn't have to worry about me being prodigal in the future."

As soon as Uncle Huai An heard this, he put all doubts behind him, stared at Hua Manlou and asked depressedly: "...Why didn't you tell Dad about these things today?"

Hua Manlou answered very bachelorly: "I'm afraid of being beaten."

Uncle Huai'an thought so too. After all, when he saw Hua Manlou in the past, he either reprimanded or beat him, and even beat him until he didn't get out of bed for more than half a month. Therefore, he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of guilt after hearing the words. It hit my heart: I should have listened to that old guy Ying Guogong...

He opened his mouth to apologize, but how can a father apologize to his son these days?Where is the majesty of the father?So he just hummed to indicate that he knew, then stood up and said: "You are tired today, go to rest early, you will still have to work tomorrow."

Huamanlou hurriedly got up to send Uncle Huai'an out. When he got to the door, the latter suddenly turned his head, looked at Huamanlou carefully, and then patted him on the shoulder: "In the future... If you have any ideas, please talk to Dad, don't you?" beat you."

Seemingly a conditioned reflex from his predecessor, Hua Manlou habitually dodged when Uncle Huai'an raised his hand, and only stood still when he realized that Daddy Cheap didn't intend to beat him up.

The atmosphere was a little awkward now, Hua Manlou wanted to apologize, but he opened his mouth as soon as his brain twitched: "This...how embarrassing?"

Uncle Huai'an patted Hua Manlou's hand for a moment, and then felt even more guilty: Look, this kid is going to be scared out of his wits by me!

Uncle Huai An sighed and left, Hua ManLou stayed for a while, and then he was very happy: After passing this test today, life will be much easier in the future, right?After the Shenji camp is settled, no one will stop the young master from rushing all the way to Xianyu!Although his performance was a bit poor at the last moment, but the flaws are not hidden, today's performance is still remarkable, right?

Sitting dumbfounded and giggling, Qin'er came in.

The little girl held some pastries and a cup of hot tea and put them in Hua Manlou's hand, seeing his happy face, she asked, "Master, did something good happen?"

Hua Manlou couldn't explain his happiness to the little girl, so he started to tease Luo with a smile: "Oh, it's nothing, the young master just thought of a joke."

"What joke?"

Hua Manlou calmed down and said: "It is said that a man from Chu country accidentally dropped his sword into the river when he was crossing the river in a boat. He hastily carved it on the boat with his knife. The boatman asked strangely: What are you doing? : The sword fell from this place, I will make a mark and find it on the shore..."

Qin'er smiled and said: "Young master, I know, this is a story about carving a boat and seeking a sword, right? That man jumped off the boat to retrieve the sword, but found nothing in the end!"

Hua Manlou shook his head and smiled: "No, because the boatman turned his face on the spot and said: "Engrave the mark and engrave the mark. As for digging such a big hole? It's all so missed hahahahahahaha..."

Qin'er stared blankly at Hua Manlou, and after a long time, she smiled: "...haha...haha..."

It can be seen that the little girl has made some progress, at least she didn't rush out all the way to say that Huamanlou had run into an evil spirit.

But in the end, I still need to be trained...Teaching, otherwise it would be boring?

……

The next morning, Huamanlou went to Shenji Camp.

He originally planned to fish in Xuanwuwei, and made up his mind that he would not leave the public house no matter how leaky it was, but who would have thought that Peng Guang would come here early in the morning, and this guy told Huamanlou the bad news: "Huamanlou Commander, I issued an order yesterday for all the top thousand households. The 30 people below the commanding officer, including those under the bid, were seconded by the Shenji camp. From now on, we only need to go to the Shenji camp instead of going to the hundred households. .”

Grass... is a plant.

Hua Manlou was completely depressed when he heard the words: Did the co-author yesterday throw a stone at his jio?Or lost his wife and lost his army?