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

As for propeller-powered steam engine wooden boats, there are many problems to be solved. Mass production is not possible in the short term, but if craftsmen are mobilized to carefully build the key parts with problems, it will not be so easy. Just like paddle-wheel steam engines, propeller-powered wooden steam engines still need to be tested to see how they work on the sea.

As for the armored steam engine ship, the most difficult thing is to build the armored ship. For now, it is okay to wrap wooden boats with iron sheets.

And all of this actually 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 cannons, how many cannons should be placed on a ship, and what impact does each cannon firing have on a steam engine ship? There are also gunpowder storage, sailor positions, etc.

The mass production of steam engine warships is actually not only about the hardware, but also about the quality and knowledge of the officers and soldiers on the ship, whose quality and knowledge level are higher than those required by the army. In addition, research on the tactics of new warships, etc., also need to be improved together. And all of these need to be explored slowly from now on, and there is no precedent for reference.

"If you want to use iron-clad steam warships to attack the Western barbarians, it will still take time!" Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself, and then left the shipyard.

Based on the population base of the Ming Dynasty, for now, as long as the country is adjusted well and has money, the speed of the violent troops, even with the current level of warships and ports to rely on, can still abuse the Western barbarians in Nanyang. For this Point, Emperor Chongzhen is still a little confident. As for the European mainland, when the Ming Dynasty's power expands, there will definitely be new warships.

Therefore, for now, Daming still needs to practice his internal skills and solve surrounding problems. For example, the current problems to be solved are the chieftain issue in Yunnan and the rebellion in Annan.

At this moment when Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, Tang Jingjie, a member of the Amizhou Wancailian sent to Kunming as an undercover agent, had been active in Kunming for several days. Perhaps it is because there are so few scholars in Yunnan Province that Tang Jiajia, a student who is everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, is prosperous even though he uses money to clear the way.

No, at this time, he was entertaining guests in the elegant room of the Yingbin Building, the best in Kunming. There are only two people, but there is a table full of signature dishes, including chicken, duck, and fish.

I saw Mr. Tang pick up the wine pot again and pour wine to his guest, a man in his forties with a long beard who looked like a Confucian scholar at first sight. At the same time, he said with a smile: "Master Liao, this wine is a welcome addition." The good wine collected in the guest house cannot be bought with money. It was Xiaosheng who talked so much that he finally took out the name of the Governor's Mansion, so he took advantage of you and bought it. Come on, come on, good wine must be tasted more A few drinks!”

When Master Liao heard this, he said with a smile: "How can you say that you have the credit of me? It should be the credit of the Governor! This wine is indeed a good wine, not bad, not bad!"

He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Then when he saw Tang Jiajia refilling the wine for him, Master Liao stretched out his hand to block the way: "Okay, okay, the Governor will summon me later. If he sees me smelling of alcohol, , This is not very good, this is not very good..."

"Haha, Master Liao has such a good drinking capacity, it's okay, it's okay!" Tang Binjian poured him a full bottle of wine again, still smiling and said: "You are only responsible for obeying the rules and regulations, and it is not a military or national event, so you can't miss it. What happened!"

When Master Liao heard this, he might have drank too much, and he obviously talked a lot more than when they first met: "My dear brother, please don't underestimate this violation of surrender! My dear brother, you know that this is the most important national policy of the imperial court. 1? Even in the wealthy land of Jiangnan, where wealthy merchants are everywhere and the rich are very wealthy, they still have to pay obediently under the imperial court's obedience. Otherwise, let them live in small households. Then It’s simply impossible.”

Having said this, he paused and then said with some emotion: "Fortunately, the money from the fines for obedience and violation of laws is used by the people! It can be seen that the money is used to build roads and bridges, build children's schools, etc." , and to gain a good reputation, only those wealthy business families would spend this money. But here in Yunnan, there are so few scholars and poor writing style. How can we, the Confucian scholars, not seize this opportunity to continue the work of the past saints? Unrivaled knowledge!"

"Haha, that's right, that's right!" Tang Jiabin nodded in agreement after hearing this. But then he showed a little worry, as if he was a little worried for Master Liao: "But Yunnan is full of chieftains, and they don't allow ordinary people to study. It can be said that if the imperial court spends illegal money in Yunnan, The chieftains may not appreciate the idea of ​​opening a children's school, and I'm afraid it won't be easy for them to come up with the money, right?"

When Master Liao heard this, he suddenly slammed the table with a "pop" sound, which made the dishes and plates jump. He shouted with a blush on his face: "Is it the king's land in the whole world? On the shore of the land, could it be the royal ministers! How can these ignorant chieftains oppose the national policy of the imperial court? "

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

"Exactly!" Master Liao seemed to still be angry and said in a loud voice, "The Emperor has issued a strict decree, saying that Yunnan is not very satisfied with the illegal service standards and has built too few children's schools. Mr. Governor They were all reprimanded, so the chieftains were summoned.”

After hearing this, Tang Binjin nodded with a hint of worry, and asked Master Liao: "But now that the rebellion in southern Yunnan has not been put down, and if the Governor's Mansion does this, has it prepared the troops to deal with possible things? ?”

At this point, when he saw Master Liao looking at him, he quickly explained: "Master Liao doesn't know something. The chieftains here in Yunnan are actually very unreasonable. They only care about the size of their fists. If the Governor-General wants to use reason, I’m afraid it’s impossible to accept it!”

"Humph, they're just a bunch of barbarians!" After hearing this, Master Liao cursed bitterly. This time, there was no need for Mr. Tang to persuade him to drink. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then slammed the glass onto the table. He paused and said, "Don't think you can be arrogant now. When the court calms down, whoever dares to cause trouble will not be spared lightly!"

Hearing this, Tang Binbin quickly asked: "Master Liao, what do you mean by waiting for the court to calm down? Some students are also curious, why has the south been rebelling for so long, but the Governor's Office has not mobilized heavy troops to suppress it?"

Hearing his question, Master Liao, who was very angry just now, suddenly felt like a deflated rubber ball. He sighed and said: "If there were strong soldiers who could suppress the rebellion, they would have suppressed it long ago. You don't know, the governor thinks that , Pu Mingming strengthened his troops by participating in the suppression of the She'an Rebellion, and rebelled only when he had the strength. If this time, in order to suppress Pu Mingming, other chieftains are mobilized to suppress it, the Governor is afraid that there will be a second Pu Mingming !”

Hearing this, Mr. Tang couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but naturally he would not show it on the surface. Instead, he asked with concern: "Then what does the Governor's Mansion mean? We can't let rebellion go unpunished, right? Could it be... … Could it be that the Governor-General’s Office is currently recruiting troops and training them before going to counter the rebellion?”

"Alas, you don't understand!" Master Liao listened and pointed at him and then explained, "The imperial court thought that during the rebellion between Dongwu and the surrounding chieftains, Mr. Min Ge quelled the rebellion through military training. Of course, with the governor's ability, it is also possible. In this way, not only can it solve the problem of refugees and disaster victims in Yunnan, but it can also be suppressed without relying on chieftains. It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone. Therefore, Cai Yan ordered the governor's office to do the same. But they don’t know that all the available troops in Yunnan have been recruited by Mr. Min Ge. Mr. Governor, it’s really hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice right now!”

At this point, he didn't wait for Mr. Tang to speak, and then continued: "The imperial court wants the horse to run away, but it doesn't give the horse grass. From what I see, this time the Governor's Mansion summoned the chieftain to convey the illegal submission. Things will probably have no effect 80% of the time!”

Tang Jingbin was very happy after hearing this, but his face showed a look of consideration for Master Liao. He frowned and asked, "What about the surrounding garrison troops? Aren't these us available troops?"

After hearing this, Master Liao stretched out his hands to pick up vegetables and sighed: "What the imperial court wants, as I said just now, is to achieve multiple goals with one stone! Furthermore, the reform of the military system of the guards is now taking place all over the country. In the process of unfolding, it is not so easy to mobilize the troops of various garrison stations. That’s why I just said that we need to wait for the court to calm down. In fact, this is what I mean. When the reform of the garrison military system is completed, we will eliminate the weak and retain the strong, so as to obtain a strong army. , then we won’t be afraid that these chieftains have evil intentions. At that time, the chaos in the general reputation will be nothing, as soon as the imperial court’s millions of troops arrive, they will immediately conquer the Ami Province!”

Tang Jingbin couldn't help but feel relieved after hearing this. Amizhou was afraid that the imperial court would send troops to suppress it immediately. But now it seems that this worry is unnecessary. However, he was still a little worried, so he asked Master Liao again: "Yeah, it's true for the imperial court. Now that the north and the south are in chaos, why should we carry out any reform of the military system at this time? We can't wait until the war in the north is settled. What's going on? By the way, it seems that I haven't seen the Di 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 hint of puzzlement and said: "Who says it's not the case! Could it be that there is another rebellion somewhere, blocking the road? If the Di Bao is gone, it will be gone. Anyway, that's what happened in the Ming Dynasty!"

Having said this, he took the initiative to fetch the jug, poured himself wine and then raised the glass and said: "Come on, come on, the state affairs are like this, we can only do our best. With the Governor on our side, it's not a big deal. Come on, come on, drink, drink..."

After hearing this, Mr. Tang quickly raised his glass, as if he was just like Mr. Liao, drinking to drown his sorrows and lamenting about national affairs!

During this period, he used words to test again, and the results he obtained were similar to the information he had obtained before. I was secretly happy, and I couldn't help but feel that I had drunk a little too much. At the end, he called someone to help Master Liao back to the Governor's Mansion. And he himself immediately ordered his close servants to send a message to Ami Province immediately and report the situation to Pu Mingming and Wan Cailian. At the same time, he also expressed his position: "Based on the current situation, the chieftains from various places have many objections to the imperial court. If you are dissatisfied, I will do my best and take this opportunity to cause more chaos to the court!"

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

"Master Qianhu, do you want to capture this person and see what message he sends?"

After hearing this, Han Wu shook his head and said: "No, we just want him to spread the news about the Governor's Mansion. We just need to keep an eye on Tang Jiajin and see who he comes into contact with!"

"Follow the order!" His Jinyi Guards Captain heard this. Although he was a little puzzled, he still obeyed the order.

On the other side, at the Governor's Mansion, when the drunk Master Liao was handed over to the people of the Governor's Mansion, and after entering a few courtyards where he could not be seen by outsiders, he suddenly saw Master Liao suddenly sobering up, and he didn't need anyone else to help him. Go to the back office of the Governor's Palace alone.

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

When Zhu Xieyuan saw him and smelled the smell of alcohol, he smiled and asked, "Is Jin Yiwei's news correct?"

"That's right!" Master Liao immediately replied, "There is indeed something wrong with this person and he has ulterior motives! The student has passed the news to him in accordance with the Governor's prior wishes."

At this point, he reported the main content of his conversation with Tang Jianjia. Finally, he said a little worriedly: "My boss, the court is showing such weakness. If there are too many rebellious chieftains, it will be difficult to deal with it, right? "

"Haha, there is no need to worry about this!" After hearing this, Zhu Xieyuan replied with a smile and said in a relaxed manner: "Since the imperial court has deployed in this way, it is natural to prepare heavy troops, waiting for those who have ulterior motives to jump out!"

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

Because he has the chat group channel, he doesn't even need to read the content in the Di newspaper, and he knows more about it in detail. But others are different. The road is far away and difficult to travel. If you want to know the news from outside as soon as possible, the only way is Di Bao.

Master Liao just knew that the situation would definitely not be that bad, but he was still a little worried in his heart. When he heard the Governor's words, he apologized and quickly went forward to get the newspaper from the residence and read it.

This person cannot leave this door. This is a strict order from the Governor, and he knows this.

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It was okay not to read the newspaper, but when he looked at it, he got carried away and couldn't help but let out an "ah" sound!