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Chapter 1109 Spying
By the evening, Emperor Chongzhen had a basic understanding of the progress of the steam ship.Regardless of the fact that today's test seems to be good, the actual situation shows that there are fewer problems to be solved for the paddle steam engine ship, and it is estimated that it will be put into mass production within a year.But this only refers to inland rivers. As for the sea, we still need to experiment to obtain actual data before we can draw a conclusion.

However, the steam engine wooden boat powered by propellers has more problems to be solved.There is no possibility of mass production in the short term, but if the craftsmen are mobilized to carefully craft the key parts with problems, it will not be so easy to lie down.Just like the paddle wheel steam engine ship, how well the propeller-powered steam engine wooden ship is at sea still needs to be tested.

As for the iron-clad steam engine ship, the most difficult thing is the construction of the iron-clad ship.At present, it is possible to wrap wooden boats with iron sheets.

And all of this has nothing to do with battleships.If it is to be used in the military, there are even more things to consider.For example, the design of the cannon, how many cannons should be placed on a ship, and how does each cannon fire affect the steam engine ship?There are also the storage of gunpowder, the positions of sailors and so on.

The mass production of steam engine warships is actually not only the hardware, but also the quality and knowledge of the soldiers on board are higher than the requirements of the army.In addition, the research on the tactics of new warships, etc., must also be perfected together.And all of these need to be explored slowly from now on, and there are no previous examples for reference.

"It will take time to use iron-clad steam warships to torture Xiyi!" Emperor Chongzhen thought, and left the shipyard.

Based on the population base of Ming Dynasty, at present, as long as the country is well adjusted and rich, the speed of the violent soldiers, even with the current level of warships, and there are ports to rely on, can still abuse the Western Yi in Nanyang. At this point, Emperor Chongzhen is still a little confident.As for the mainland of Europe, when the power of the Ming Dynasty expands, there will definitely be new warships.

So, for now, Daming still needs to practice internal strength and solve peripheral problems.For example, the current problems to be solved are the Tusi problem in Yunnan and the Annan rebellion.

At the time when Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, Tang Jiajie, a student sent by Wancailian of Ami Prefecture to go to Kunming as an undercover agent, had been active in Kunming for several days.Or it is really because of the lack of scholars in Yunnan Province, Tang Jiajie, a student who is everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, is doing well even when he uses money to clear the way.

No, at this time, he was entertaining guests in the best Yingbin building in Kunming.It's just two people, but it's a table's signature dishes, chicken, duck, fish, everything you expect.

I saw Guest Tang picking up the jug again, and pouring wine to his guest, a man in his 40s with a long beard who looked like a Confucian scholar, and said with a smile: "Master Liao, this wine is for welcoming guests." The good wines collected by Lou cannot be bought with money. It was Xiaosheng who talked about it, and finally he insisted on using the name of the Governor's Mansion, so he got your credit. It is considered to be bought. Come, come, good wine. Taste a few more cup!"

Upon hearing this, Master Liao said with a smile: "How can you say that I have been honored? It should be the Governor's honor! This wine is indeed good wine, not bad, not bad!"

He picked up the wine glass and drank it down, and when he saw Tang Jiabin filling him up again, Master Liao stretched out his hand to block the way: "It's okay, it's okay, the governor will summon me later, if he sees that I smell like alcohol , this is not good, not good..."

"Hehe, Mr. Liao is such a good drinker, it's okay, it's okay!" Tang Jiabin insisted on filling him with wine again, and said with a smile: "You are only responsible for the violation of the rules of the service, and it is not a military matter. You can't miss it." What's the matter!"

When Master Liao heard this, he might have been drinking too much, and he talked a lot more than when they first met: "My dear brother, don't underestimate this obedience! You know, my dear brother, that this is one of the most important national policies of the imperial court." One? Even in the rich Jiangnan, rich merchants are everywhere, and the rich are very rich, but under the imperial court's obedience, they have to pay obediently, or let them live in small households, then It's simply impossible."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, then seemed to say with emotion: "It's also fortunate that the money from the violations of these clothing houses was used for the people! Building roads and bridges, building children's schools, etc., can be seen. , and gain a good reputation, those rich merchant families will pay this money. But here in Yunnan, there are so few scholars, and the style of writing is not smooth. Absolutely!"

"Hehe, that is, that is!" Tang Jiabin listened and nodded in agreement.But then he showed a little worried look, as if he was a little worried for Master Liao and said: "But this Yunnan is full of chieftains, and they don't allow ordinary people to study. It can be said that if the imperial court uses money in Yunnan To open a children's school, the chieftains may not appreciate it, so it's not easy for them to spend the money, right?"

When Master Liao heard this, he suddenly slammed the table down, making a "snap" sound, which made the dishes bounce, and he blushed and shouted: "Under the whole world, is it the king's land? Is it possible that the land is on the shore of the king! How can these shallow chieftains object to the national policy of the court?"

He came here suddenly, Tang Jiabin didn't expect it, and he was taken aback.While cursing furiously in his heart, he showed agreement on the surface, and then said angrily: "Master Liao is absolutely right, Yunnan is not a place outside the law! This time the Governor's Mansion summoned so many chieftains to discuss matters, it is also because of this obedience. Illegal?"

"Exactly!" Mr. Liao seemed to be still angry, and said in a loud voice, "The emperor has a strict decree, saying that the uniforms in Yunnan are not very satisfactory, and there are too few children's schools built. Your Excellency Governor They were all reprimanded, so they summoned the chieftain to come."

Guest Tang listened, nodded and showed a hint of worry, and asked Master Liao, "But now that the rebellion in southern Yunnan has not been resolved, and if the Governor's Mansion does this, is it ready to deal with those possible incidents?" ?”

Speaking of this, when he saw Mr. Liao looking at him, he quickly explained: "Master Liao doesn't know something. Our chieftains in Yunnan are actually very unreasonable. They only care about the size of their fists. If the Governor's Mansion wants to use reason Admit it, I'm afraid it's impossible!"

"Hmph, it's just a bunch of barbarians!" Hearing this, Master Liao cursed bitterly. This time, he didn't need to be persuaded by the guests to drink. He paused and said, "Don't think that you can be rampant now, when the court calms down, whoever dares to make trouble will never be lightly forgiven!"

Hearing this, Tang Jiabao quickly asked: "Master Liao, what do you mean by waiting for the court to calm down? I am a little bit strange. Why has the South rebelled for so long, but the Governor's Mansion has not mobilized heavy troops to suppress it?"

Hearing his question, Master Liao, who was still very angry just now, suddenly sighed like a deflated ball, "If there were heavy troops who could put down the rebellion, they would have put down the rebellion long ago. You don't know, the governor thought , Pu Mingsheng gained strength by participating in the suppression of the She'an Rebellion, and rebelled only when he had strength. If this time, in order to suppress Pu Mingsheng, he mobilized other chieftains to suppress it, the governor may have a second Pu Mingren !"

Hearing this, Tang Jiabin couldn't help secretly delighting in his heart, but on the surface he naturally didn't show it, but asked with concern: "Then what does the Governor's Mansion mean? You can't let rebels go unpunished, right? Shouldn't... …Could it be that the Governor’s Mansion is currently recruiting troops and training them before going to suppress the rebellion?”

"Oh, you don't understand!" Master Liao listened, pointed at him, and then explained, "The imperial court thought that the rebellion between Dongwu and the surrounding chieftains was caused by Mr. Min Ge's military training to suppress the rebellion. Of course, it can be done with the governor's ability. In this way, not only can the problem of refugees and disaster victims in Yunnan be solved, but it can also be suppressed without relying on chieftains. But they don't know that in Yunnan, the source of soldiers that can be recruited has long been recruited by Elder Min Ge. Your Excellency Governor, right now, it's really hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!"

Speaking of this, he didn't wait for Guest Tang to speak, and then continued: "The imperial court wants the horse to run, but doesn't give the horse grass. In my opinion, this time the governor's mansion summoned the chieftain to convey the instructions of obeying the rules. Things, [-]% will not have any effect!"

Tang Jiabin was very happy when he heard this, but his face showed a look of consideration for Master Liao, and he frowned and asked, "What about the surrounding guard troops? Isn't this a usable soldier?"

After hearing this, Master Liao stretched out his hands to pick up some vegetables, and sighed at the same time: "The meaning of the imperial court, I have already said that what I want is to kill multiple birds with one stone! Besides, the reform of the military system of the guards is now popular all over the country. In the process of development, the troops of the various guards are not so easy to deploy. That's why I said just now that we need to wait for the court to calm down. In fact, this is what I mean. After the reform of the guards' military system is completed, weed out the weak and retain the strong, and get a strong army. , then don’t be afraid that these chieftains have evil intentions. At that time, the chaos of popular reputation will be nothing, and once the imperial court’s army of one million arrives, they will be able to crush Ami Prefecture immediately!”

Hearing this, Guest Tang couldn't help feeling relieved, A Mizhou was afraid that the imperial court would immediately send troops to suppress it.But now it seems that this worry is unnecessary.However, he was still a little worried, so he asked Mr. Liao again: "Ah, the imperial court is true. Now that the north and the south are in chaos, why is it necessary to reform the military system of the guard at this time? You can't wait until the war in the north is settled." What's wrong? By the way, it seems that I haven't seen the mansion newspaper in the past few months, and I don't know what's going on in the north?"

When Master Liao heard this, he also showed a trace of puzzlement and said: "Who says it's not! Could it be that there is another rebellion somewhere, blocking the road? If the residence newspaper is gone, it will be gone. Anyway, Daming is like this!"

Speaking of which, he took the initiative to fetch the jug, poured himself the wine and held up the wine glass and said, "Come, come, the state affairs are like this, we can only do our best, with the Governor in charge, it's no big deal, Come, come, drink, drink..."

After listening to guest Tang, he quickly toasted, as if he was drinking to soothe his sorrows and lament for state affairs just like Master Liao!
During this period, he used words to test again, and the result he got was similar to the information he got before.Under the joy in my heart, I couldn't help but drank a little too much.In the end, he called for someone to help Mr. Liao back to the Governor's Mansion.And he himself immediately ordered his confidant servant to send a letter to Ami Prefecture to report the situation he heard to Pu Mingsheng and Wan Cailian. If you are dissatisfied, I will do my best to take advantage of this opportunity to add chaos to the imperial court!"

However, he didn't know that when his servant went out, there were several pairs of eyes watching him from outside.

"Master Qianhu, do you want to take this person down and see what news he sends out?"

After hearing this, Han Wu shook his head and said, "No, I just want him to spread the news about the Governor's Mansion. We just need to keep an eye on Guest Tang and see who he contacts!"

"Obey!" His subordinate Captain Jinyiwei listened, although he was a little puzzled, he still obeyed the order.

On the other side, at the Governor's Mansion, when the drunken Master Liao was handed over to the people in the Governor's Mansion, after entering a few courtyards, it was impossible for outsiders to see him, and suddenly he saw Master Liao awake, without any help from others. Go to the back office of the governor's mansion by himself.

"Boss, the student is back!" Master Liao said after seeing Zhu Xieyuan.

When Zhu Xieyuan saw it, he heard the smell of alcohol and asked with a smile: "The news about Jin Yiwei is correct?"

"That's right!" Master Liao replied immediately, "This person does have a problem, and he has ulterior motives! The student has passed the news to him according to the Governor's intention in advance."

Speaking of this, he reported the main content of his conversation with Tang Jiabin, and finally said with a little worry: "Master, the court is so weak, if there are too many rebellious chieftains, it will be difficult to deal with it, right? "

"Hehe, there is no need to worry about this!" Zhu Xieyuan replied with a smile after hearing this, and said with a relaxed expression: "Since the imperial court has deployed in this way, it is natural that they have prepared heavy troops, just waiting for those who have already harbored ulterior motives to jump out!"

Having said that, he pointed to the texts on his desktop and said, "The new issue of the Di Bao has also arrived, you can take a look."

Because he himself has the channel of the chat group, he doesn't need to read the contents of the mansion newspaper, and knows more details.But others are different. Not to mention the long distance, it is still difficult to travel. If you want to know the news from the outside at the first time, the only way is to report to the mansion.

Master Liao just knew that the situation would not be that bad, but he was always a little worried. Hearing what the governor said, he apologized, and hurried forward to get the mansion newspaper and read it.

This mansion newspaper cannot leave this door, this is a strict order from the governor, and he knows this.

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It's okay not to read the mansion newspaper, but when he saw it, he lost his mind for a moment and couldn't help but let out an "ah"!
(End of this chapter)