Daming Junior Scholar

It's okay if He Jiaan didn't say anything, when he said that, Chen Tong's face suddenly showed dissatisfaction, and he snorted disdainfully: "You young man is really a joke, so let me tell you, there are thousands of stones in this world. When it comes to small ships, there is no ship that I, Chen Tong, cannot build."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true." Chen Tong patted his chest proudly.

He Jiaan smiled and sat opposite Chen Tong, and suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "What if I want to build a warship?"

Uh?

Upon hearing He Jiaan's words, the expression on Chen Tong's face suddenly froze, and he looked at He Jiaan dully, as if to see if he was joking with him.

But looking left and right, this He Jia'an didn't mean to take back his words, Chen Tong finally swallowed a mouthful of spit, then shook his head and said: "You young man is too courageous, it's a business of beheading, don't say it I can't build the old man, even if I could build this boat, I wouldn't dare to build it for you, before the county magistrate comes, you'd better go quickly."

"Hehe." He Jia'an was very satisfied with Chen Tong's answer. If he really agreed to build the ship without even asking about his background, then I should be careful about him. Since he said so, I wouldn't play around with him anymore. , said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, the warships we want to build are for the Daming Navy, and are used to protect the Daming sea area from Japanese pirates."

The doubts on Chen Tong's face became more and more puzzled. How could he tell the Ming Navy and Japanese pirates? Of course, he would hate people like Japanese pirates to death, but how could he trust He Jiaan? Woolen cloth?

After hesitating for a while, Chen Tong finally asked: "You said you want to build warships to fight Japanese pirates?"

"Exactly." He Jiaan nodded.

"Then who are you, you can always tell me."

He Jiaan cleared his throat and said: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty and the Admiral of the Navy, and He Jiaan, the prefect of Pazhou."

"Ah?" Shock was written all over Chen Tong's face, and he suddenly pointed at He Jia'an and asked, "Could it be that you are the new prefect of He?"

"It's down."

Chapter 1193

Chapter 1193

As soon as He Jiaan agreed, Chen Tong became flustered in an instant. You must know that he is not a strong-tempered person, and even a small county catcher Ping Si can scare him to obediently give up the money. Fortunately, a senior official who was many times older than Ping Si was actually sitting opposite him, which made him not panic.

With a 'teng', Chen Tong stood up from the chair, looked at He Jiaan's bewildered look in a panic, and stammered: "Caomin... I have seen Mr. He."

Compared to the panicked Chen Tong, his grandson Chen Yi's behavior was much more natural, but he looked at He Jia'an with his mouth wide open, and couldn't help asking: "Are you really Mr. He?"

He Jiaan nodded with a smile and said, "I think in Paju, no one would dare to steal my name, right?"

This sentence really has a strong sense of self-confidence. He Jiaan's self-confidence comes from the fact that he often appears in front of ordinary people. I am afraid that many ordinary people have seen his face. If someone dares to pretend to be himself, it is estimated that he will It will be recognized in minutes.

After confirming that He Jiaan was indeed the magistrate of Pazhou, the pair of grandparents and grandchildren dared not even sit down. They looked at He Jiaan with a look of fear, and Chen Tong suddenly said: "Master He, don't worry, the little old tax banker will come back immediately." I will hand it in, and even a tael of silver won’t be bad.”

Why did this turn to the tax bank again? He Jiaan shook his head with a smile, and stretched out his hand to greet him: "Old man, sit down first, I really didn't come here for any tax bank this time."

Chen Tong reluctantly slapped half of his butt, but he was still a little puzzled after hearing what He Jiaan said, blinking his eyes and hesitatingly said: "Could it be that Mr. He really came here to build a warship?"

"Of course." He Jia'an nodded, just to let Chen Tong completely let go of his guard, and said: "As for the shipbuilding tax, don't worry, old man, the mansion has never raised a cent of money, if this fish pond The magistrate Hu of the county dared to mention this matter, and I have a way to shut him up."

In the past few days, the shipbuilding tax has become a big stone on the body of the grandparents of the Chen family. Now that they have received He Jiaan's promise, the two of them immediately feel a lot easier, and their speech is also a lot easier. .

After hesitating for a while, Chen Tong said with a wry smile: "Lord He, to be honest, when the little old man learned shipbuilding from his ancestors, he only saw warships. Although he learned all the steps, he never built one. I have come out, I am afraid that if it cannot be made, will it delay your business, my lord?"

This is not only what Chen Tong is worried about, He Jiaan is also worried, but he knows that the Daming Navy has been out of gear for so many years, and there are not many talents who can build warships. If even Chen Tong is not sure, then his majestic I am afraid that the plan will be killed in the cradle from the very beginning.

But at this time, Chen Yi on the side couldn't help but said: "Master He, I also learned how to build warships from my grandfather, why don't I do it."

"Bastard, there's no place for you to talk here, so don't step aside." When Chen Yi spoke, Chen Tong gave him a somewhat dissatisfied look.

He Jiaan ignored Chen Tong's words, and asked in surprise, "You really know how to build warships?"

"This..." Chen Yi hesitated for a moment, then sneaked a sideways glance at his grandfather, and said in a low voice, "The younger ones should be fine."

Hearing his grandson's boastful words, Chen Tong quickly said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to his words, even the little old man is not sure how to build a warship, so how can he do it, so the matter of shipbuilding still needs to be discussed in a long-term way. "

If possible, I would like to think long-term, but time does not allow me to delay for a long time. On the one hand, the Japanese pirates have become more and more active recently, and on the other hand, I am boasting in front of Zhengde. , Even oneself will be implicated.

After thinking for a while, He Jia'an said, "If there is an identical warship for you to imitate, will you have greater confidence?"

"This..." Hearing this, Chen Tong felt somewhat confident. He hesitated for a while, but he didn't insist. He just said that he had to see it first.

The warship is parked at the wharf in Yutang County, and you can watch it at any time. He Jiaan couldn't wait to stand up, and led a group of people out of Chenjiazhuang again, but when they got outside the village, the road leading to the wharf was still blocked. Ping Si was tightly blocked.

Just now, I was still a little interested in joking with Ping Si, but now He Jia'an, who wanted to get the result, was too lazy to talk nonsense with Ping Si, so he stood in front of Ping Si and asked with a dignified expression: "Magistrate Hu Why haven't you come yet?"

"This..." Ping Si is still not sure who this Mr. He is. Although some yamen servants guessed whether he might be the new magistrate from Paju just now, Ping Si doesn't believe it in his heart. The key is This young man is also too young. At his age, let alone a prefect, even a county magistrate may not be easy to become.

However, He Jia'an's aura frightened Ping Si, he hesitated for a moment, and he still smiled a little disappointedly and said: "My lord, wait a moment, my lord will be here soon."

"Let me wait a moment?" He Jiaan's mouth slanted disdainfully, and he continued: "I still have something important to go to the pier, you should send someone to notify Magistrate Hu first, and then take you people to the pier with me to maintain it order."

what?

I heard that right, I brought people out to collect tax money, why did you make such an arrangement, and instead became a servant?

Ping Si originally wanted to stay stuck here until Master Hu came, but then he thought that since he asked him to follow, then he would follow, as long as he can't run away.

Thinking of this, Ping Si immediately sent someone to inform Master Hu to change the route, and he himself led the troops to follow He Jiaan and the others, but the carriage was missing, and the journey back to the pier was quite long, almost one hour. Hours later, the thirsty and hungry group finally arrived at the pier.

When he was still far away from the pier, Ping Si had already noticed the giant ship parked on the pier. When he saw such a majestic giant ship, Ping Si suddenly panicked. Whose ship is it?

Apart from the Japanese pirates, it seems that I heard that Mr. He, who took office a few days ago, arrived on a big ship. Could it be that this one is really the magistrate He of Paju?

Thinking of this, Ping Si felt more and more uneasy, and quietly moved to He Jiaan's side, and said with a smile: "Master He, this boat..."

He Jiaan glanced at him sideways, nodded and said, "I brought it here, why, is there a problem?"

"No, no." There was no luck in his heart, and now Ping Sike was finally dumbfounded, why was he so unlucky, didn't he just come here to ask for a few hundred taels of silver, why did he meet such a difficult master, this is good, He could hear everything he said clearly, and it didn't matter if he fell, but if Master Hu was involved, then he would have to skin him.

The group finally came to the pier, when suddenly a man trotted over from the pier, rolled up his sleeves in front of He Jiaan, and said loudly, "Hu Buyong, magistrate of Xiaguan Yutang County, has seen Mr. He."

Chapter 1194 I Will Give It a Try

Chapter 1194 I Will Give It a Try

Hu Buyong was so courteous that it didn't matter, but he frightened Ping Si on the side. If he had just doubted it just now, he was completely sure that this young man who followed him all the way was the newly appointed prefect of Paju. He Jiaan.

Thinking of what he said just now and his own actions, Ping Si would not be lucky. He knelt down in front of He Jiaan with a plop, and said repeatedly: "Master He, please forgive me. The villain is just confused for a while. This matter has nothing to do with it." Master Hu has nothing to do with it."

At this time, He Jiaan finally revealed his arrogance, looked at the two people in front of him sternly, turned his gaze directly to Hu Buyong, and asked indifferently: "Master Hu, just now I heard that the shipbuilding tax in Yutang County has been doubled several times , I don’t know if it’s true or not?”

Although Hu Buyong has never met He Jiaan, but when he rushed to the pier and saw this warship, he already understood who the Master He that Ping Si said would be. An official who can mobilize such a majestic warship at any time, so when He Jiaan appeared, he immediately went up to meet him. He didn't want He Jiaan to open his mouth, and the expression on his face was stunned.

I don't know what Ping Si is going to do. If he didn't have his backing, he wouldn't dare to go to Chenjiazhuang to ask for tax money with Ping's forty guts, but he doesn't know how it happened so coincidentally, Mr. He Leaving Paju in good condition, he had to run to his own territory, and happened to go to Chenjiazhuang, and directly caught Ping Si.

Now it's really embarrassing for me, how should I answer Mr. He's words?Said that he received an order from above?But now the above is in front of his eyes.If he said that he gave the order, didn't he include himself in it?