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"Oh? I don't remember this happening. Does Aiqing want to be the chief soldier?" Zhu Youjian moved his eyes away, not intending to look at Tan Wen at all.

"Since the emperor has forgotten, let the three of us be appointed as general soldiers." Tan Hong said through gritted teeth.

"The imperial court's military system, how can you just give it if you say it?" Zhu Youjian poured a tea bowl of hot water on Tan Hong's face.

"That's up to you today, this is our Tan family's territory." Tan Hong jumped up so hot that his face was covered with tea leaves.

After Tan Hong finished speaking, he lit his knives, and the four or five soldiers who followed closely behind their brothers also lit their knives.Tan Yi behind him also drew his knife, and countless soldiers immediately appeared from the warships on the entire river, and they all lit up.

"I advise the emperor to go to the other side of the river with us first, and everyone sit down and have a good chat." Tan Wen pretended to be very calm, showing the demeanor of a general.

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Youjian stared at Tan Wen, refreshing the other party's three views once again.Things have come to this point, the brothers of the Tan family unexpectedly found that the emperor's guards still hadn't drawn their swords, and even the guards in the cabin didn't rush out.

They originally thought that as long as their weapons were on, the emperor's guards would fight to the death to protect the emperor.

"Since you want to talk, then you brothers can stay with me on this boat and have a chat." After Zhu Youjian said this, he stood up, and quickly pulled out the pistol from his arms.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." A series of firecrackers rang out, and Tan Yi who was standing outside was immediately smashed into a sieve.The soldiers around Tan Wen also fell to the ground, with blood bubbles constantly bubbling from their bodies.

While Ji Biao's two-handed pistols were still smoking, Tan Hong's kneecaps had been broken, and he was kneeling on the ground grinning hoarsely in pain.

Zhu Youjian stood up, pointed his pistol at Tan Wen's head and said, "Should I chat with me here, or across the river?"

All this happened so suddenly that the Tan brothers' subordinates hadn't realized it yet, they were still making noise outside with their knives.

"Your Majesty, please spare me!" Tan Wen knelt down and kept kowtowing.Poverty limited his imagination, and his concept still kept war in the era of swords and guns.

After Zhu Youjian finished all this, the guards on the ship's deck still didn't move, only the lower cabin had a few shooting holes the size of eggs emitting green smoke.

Chapter 298:

Zhu Youjian controlled the three Tan brothers, but he couldn't be sure how much control Tan Wen had over his subordinates.

Most of these small warlord troops are disorganized, with no military discipline and loyalty at all.The Tan brothers were trapped here, so it was hard to guarantee that others would not take the opportunity to fan the flames and create chaos.

"Order, tell your men not to go back to Jiangnan tonight. Stay here honestly." Zhu Youjian pressed a firecracker against Tan Wen's chin, forcing him to issue a military order.

Tan Wen's hands trembled. He knew that if he didn't do it, he would die immediately.The weapon in the emperor's hand was too terrifying. He had never seen this kind of firecracker, and it could be fired without a matchlock.

The reason why Tan Wen was so bold was not that he hadn't thought about firecrackers, but that all firecrackers he understood had to use matchlocks.

Fortunately, Tan Wen's subordinates are very few capable people, and everyone's imagination is also lacking.Few of them knew the truth of the matter, and it was impossible for Tan Wen to tell people with great fanfare that he wanted to hijack the emperor before the matter failed.

Zhang Qianfeng, who knows the truth, is just a low-level officer with little influence.

The night was safe and sound, but a lot of delicious food was delivered from the other side of the river.Zhu Youjian was also polite, feasting on a roast chicken.

"Come on, you should eat some meat after a busy day." Zhu Youjian pushed the leftover chicken bones and chicken butts in front of Tan Wen, and pouted.

Tan Wen turned his head stubbornly, but couldn't hide the hunger in his stomach, and a gurgling sound came from his stomach.He never thought that roast chicken would be so delicious.

"I rewarded you, do you want to resist the order?" Zhu Youjian pretended to be angry.

Resisting the decree and disrespecting it is a serious crime of beheading.Tan Wen didn't dare to defy him anymore, and started to gnaw on the bones.Even that piece of chicken butt, he also ate it up.

After a day and two nights in such a safe place, Zhu Youjian didn't dare to step out of the cabin, and locked the three Tan brothers in the cabin to guard them together.Calculating the time, Zhu Youjian estimated that Dang Shousu should also come.

When the sun emerged from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River on the third day, a group of soldiers in Ming army uniform rushed down the hillside on the north bank.

"Your Majesty, Dangshou has come." Ji Biao excitedly came over to report, he could tell from the flag alone that there were at least 3000 Ming troops coming.

"Let everyone be on alert." Zhu Youjian finished coldly, and then continued to hold Tan Wen's forehead with a firecracker and said, "Let your subordinates also be on alert, and they will follow my orders later."

Tan Wen was taken aback, he had also seen the situation outside, and he was sure that the person who came was not his subordinate.Judging from the expressions of the guards around the emperor, it should be the emperor's rescue, but why is the emperor nervous instead?

Dang Shousu and his men approached the river, and Ji Biao stood at the bow of the boat and stopped them seriously.

"The commander-in-chief has an order: Only one general of the party can board the boat. The rest stop immediately." Ji Biao's expression was very indifferent, with an unquestionable expression. Walking posture.

Dang Shousu was taken aback for a moment, then asked: "Where is the general order?"

"Here." Ji Biao threw a silk cloth at Dang Shousu.

Dang Shousu opened it, and there was only one seal on it, obviously the order was genuine.Without saying a word, he untied his saber and handed it to the people around him, and then followed Ji Biao onto the boat with great strides.

This scene fell into Tan Wen's eyes without hesitation.When Tan Wen saw Dang Shousu's behavior, he closed his eyes in disappointment.Tan Wen understood one thing: he didn't complain about his defeat at all, the emperor was not something he could handle.

The largest force on the Three Gorges waterway has been incorporated, and the other small forces are simply vulnerable.The rest is how to integrate the "chants" from all over the place.

Ten days later, when the first batch of naval warships arrived in Fengjie safely through Kuimen, Zhang Dazhong hurriedly got off the boat, and he went ashore with nearly twenty officials transferred from Yiling.

"Long live the report, Weichen has successfully arrived in Kuizhou with [-] warships." Zhang Dazhong has had a prosperous official career since he was lucky enough to meet Tianyan last year. It is an important transshipment place for transporting materials from Nanjing into Shizhu.

Judging from the experience of later generations, Jingzhou's status has gradually declined, and it can only become a grain producing area, while Yiling's status has become prominent, becoming an important throat guarding the entry and exit of Sichuan.At this time, it is necessary to upgrade Yiling to the government system.

In addition, Yiling has suffered little damage from wars over the years, so its potential is huge.Zhang Dazhong, the new prefect, followed suit and became an important official in Hubei.

"Zhang Aiqing, I have an important matter to entrust to you. I wonder if you dare to accept it?" Zhu Youjian stared at Zhang Dazhong and said.

"Despite the emperor's orders, I will do my best to serve the emperor." Zhang Dazhong was very happy, as long as he heard that Zhu Youjian wanted to order something, it meant that he was going to be promoted again.

"I want to remove your official position and let you always be the boss of the ship." Zhu Youjian smiled slightly.

"Ah!" Zhang Dazhong trembled in fright, he thought quickly, did he do something wrong?After thinking about it, he just couldn't figure out what was wrong with him.

"Don't be nervous. I'm going to organize these ship gangs and Sichuan Haozis on the Three Gorges Channel to form an organization similar to water transportation, and let you be the shipping supervisor."

Zhu Youjian estimated that Zhang Dazhong might not be able to understand the direct throwing of the shipping company's signboard.He can only cite the example of water transportation to convince Zhang Dazhong.

Zhang Dazhong was overjoyed when he heard that, all the governors of water transportation in the past dynasties were officials at the rank of minister.

This is a fat job!

"You have no rank as a supervisor!" Zhu Youjian turned around and said something that frustrated Zhang Dazhong.

"What do I need to do?" Zhang Dazhong was puzzled. Since he was the emperor's supervisor, why is there no rank?

Zhu Youjian can't give the officials of state-owned enterprises a higher level now. He hasn't had the energy to make major changes to the Ming Dynasty's political system, so he can only talk about establishing the unit first.

"Lead these people to complete the tasks entrusted by the court, and at the same time ensure the smooth flow of the Three Gorges waterway so that the private shipping cannot be interrupted." Zhu Youjian pointed to the outside, where nearly a hundred Sichuan chants were kneeling.

"My minister is willing to do it." Zhang Dazhong thought about it for a while. He also had contact with this matter when he was the magistrate of Yiling, so he understood some basic information.

"Father Fu, come and talk to Mr. Zhang about the situation." Zhu Youjian was able to control these "heads" in his own hands because he had the first-hand information from the old man Fu.

"Master Zhang, there are nearly 300 chant heads and more than 7000 trackers on the Three Gorges Channel..."

After the old man Fu finished speaking, Zhu Youjian saw that Zhang Dazhong was not very interested. He guessed that Zhang Dazhong underestimated the number of people and treated them as ordinary people.