Lu Ming

When Biyu, who has the temperament of a strong woman in later generations, heard this, she knew that she had ordered Guan Gong to "send the captives" with great fanfare, and the thoughts behind it had been seen through.

But there is no way around this: the government has always had a bad reputation, and if little people like them who "sell the seller for glory" don't make things big, they might be quietly tricked by the government and the army afterwards.

"Little girl, thank Master Ding for taking care of me!" Biyu quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up, get up." Ding Liqiu is now more and more appreciative of this girl: "You can go to receive the reward later. Well, I don't know what plans you two have in the future?"

"If you sell the Lin family, you won't be able to stay here any longer." Having said this, Biyu took a look at Guan Gong and continued, "I want to go back to my mother's house in Zhangzhou and avoid it for now."

Hearing this, Ding Liqiu chuckled: "You were sold to the mountains by your natal family back then, and now you two escaped and returned with thousands of taels of silver, isn't this a case of sheep going into the mouth of a tiger?"

"Go, sir, the General's Mansion will keep you safe." Ding Liqiu said to the girl earnestly at this time: "Bi Yu, you are literate, knowledgeable, and ambitious. You are exactly the talent that the General's Mansion urgently needs!"

"Slave maid is a little girl, what kind of talent is she?" Biyu was a little shy at this moment.

"Hehe, you probably don't know that there are female officers under the general's command." Ding Liqiu shook off his cheeks at this time, and tried to blow the big officers... including schools, female students, and female civil servants. This is the most suitable for Biyu. Road, Ding Liqiu explained them one by one.

After listening to Master Ding's spare no effort to preach, Biyu became curious about the senior officials, her face was smeared with pot ashes, a pair of bright eyes seemed to be fancied, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Forget it, I'll be a good person and do it to the end. Who told me to take care of you?" Ding Liqiu picked up the writing brush on the table at this moment: "I'll just write a book, you take my letter, and you will meet with me in two days. The big troops set off together, so the road will be more convenient. When you arrive at Dayuan, there will naturally be someone to welcome you."

By this time, it was clear that the two had no choice.So Biyu secretly pulled Guan Gong again, and the two of them fell to their knees again: "Thank you, master, for fulfilling your wish!"

……

The matter of suppressing the bandits in Longyan came to an end here.

In the future, as the local public security situation improves day by day, the pace of a certain force's development of this mountainous mineral deposit will become faster and faster.In addition, for travelers, there is actually another kind of mineral deposit in impoverished mountainous areas like Longyan - "people".

The tenacious and hardworking mountain people are the best manpower whether they go to South Asia to open up plantations or go to Brazil to graze. Why should they stay in this poor valley and get moldy?

The people who travel through will definitely take the people on this land out of the mountains to develop the vast world.

As for the soldiers of the first company... After taking down the Lin family stockade, their mission this time is considered to be successfully completed.

The time also just came to the end of October.

So after resting at Lin's house for a day, Yilian officially handed over the follow-up work to the reinforcements, and then set off in full gear, with their unique original red rifles and some special characters such as Jasper, and returned to Longyan county seat.

After starting from Longyan County, because the waterways along the way were still dredging and dredging, the large troops could only walk a section of the mountain road first.

It was not until Jinshan County downstream that everyone boarded the boat and traveled along the river to Zhangzhou Prefecture.

After staying overnight in Zhangzhou Mansion, the troops finally returned to their home territory: Xiamen the next morning.

Chapter 303 Organization ([-])

From the mountainous Longyan mountainous area to the coastal area of ​​Xiamen with a wide view, the soldiers of the company immediately felt much better. These people have become accustomed to training on the sand of Dayuan Island, accompanied by the sea breeze and fishing boats.

After arriving in Xiamen, everything is convenient.This place seems to be the private territory of the traversing forces, and all the rules are the same as those on the other side of the strait.

The gunboat "Monitor" and its companion ship were already waiting for a company of soldiers to board at the Xiamen military port.

The "Monitor" is the fourth ship of the Youguang class, and it is also the latest and largest ship.After the end of the Xiamen Pirates Campaign, the reputation of Cao's strong ships and guns was greatly shaken, and the prestige has spread throughout the South China Sea.

Considering that the existing three Youguang-class and other light frigates are enough to suppress the situation and wipe out the Chinese pirates, the navy began to improve the follow-up main battleship-the imaginary enemy of the "Monitor" is a dense ship with a thick hull. Ribbed Western battleship.

这艘战舰的吨位比它的姐妹舰要高出一截，排水量达到了500吨。和之前那些安装了10门12磅拿破仑炮的战舰不同，监视号上口径最小的都是18磅海军长炮，火炮门数因此缩减到了4—6门。

Recently, this battleship is testing different caliber cannon combinations with live ammunition in the strait... This time it happened to be returning to the crew to rest, so I took a company of soldiers home along the way.

……

On the morning of November 1628, 11, the well-ordered troops finally set foot on the deck, and the "Monitor" and the 1-ton frigate "Zeng Wenxi" then lifted anchor and set off.

The special fleet does not need to be marshalled across the strait with civilian ships. After departure, the fleet's speed quickly reached a high speed of 12 knots and headed straight for Dayuan.

The distance between Xiamen and Tainan is 200 kilometers. At the current speed of the fleet, it takes about 10 hours to arrive at the station.

By this time, the Army soldiers finally relaxed.After living in the "enemy-occupied area" for more than a month, everyone can finally chat openly.The deck was full of army boys who had come out to let the air go, and they were blowing with the young sailors.

Yang Er leaned on the stern rail of Zeng Wenxi, looking at the rolling waves under his feet, his face was full of melancholy.

Ever since he brought back Lin Shiwan's head that day, the young man seemed to mature overnight.Those frivolous and frivolous manners before are no longer there, replaced by calmness—young people have also begun to learn to be careful.

"I heard that you took the head of the bandit leader?"

Just when Yang Er was staring at the sea in a daze, a question came from beside him.Yang Er heard the sound and turned his head to look: it turned out to be this guy!

Standing in front of him was a short officer in the uniform of a naval ensign: Mao Wu.

Mao Wu and Yang Er were born at the same time.When they were in the new barracks, their beds were separated by an aisle, and they were brothers who shared weal and woe—everyone in the new barracks was beaten every day.

However, the relationship between the two of them can only be described as mediocre.Mao Wu is a born soldier with a rigorous and meticulous style, so he has a little disdain for Yang Er's sloppy look.As for Yang Er... a gangster who was born as a beggar is very sensitive to the contempt of others, so in the end, the friendship between the two is not only not deep, but also a bit competitive.

Later, Mao Wu went to the navy, and Yang Er went to the army.

Both later rose to prominence in their respective fields.Needless to say, Yang Er, his various skills are top-notch in the army; as for Mao Wu... this dwarf has now become the first officer and acting captain of the Zeng Wenxi.

This is also impossible. Among the 200-odd cross-travelers, even if the ticket holders are counted, there are only [-] or [-] people in the navy—this manpower simply cannot satisfy the ever-expanding imperial navy system.

Under such circumstances, the navy can barely move its manpower to the level of capital ship captain and fleet commander.As for other small boats and scattered ships, they can only be handled by the natives.

So Mao Wu and his group came in handy.Although it is a bit of a spoiler, the grim situation can no longer be taken care of so much: the power cannot be handed over to those old bastards who surrendered, and they are the elite "soldiers" with red seedlings who are the cornerstone of the great cause of the empire.

……

"I heard that you took the head of the bandit leader?"

After Yang Er heard this sentence, he couldn't help showing that cynical expression on his face again: "You are quite well informed!"

"The whole deck is yelling, but I'm not deaf." Mao Wu's face was calm. He was wearing a neat indigo hard canvas navy officer's uniform with a small lapel and shiny leather shoes under his feet. It is full of the word "standard", which fully interprets the term "professional soldier".

"That's not as good as you, you're already the captain." Yang Er grinned and showed a narrow smile when he said this: "Taoism, promotion is fast!"

The nickname "Mr. Taoism" was privately given to Mao Wuqi by Yang Er in the recruit camp.Now that he heard this nickname again, no one dared to mention it, Mao Wu couldn't help frowning: "Pay attention to the military appearance, be free and undisciplined!"

Since we couldn't have a pleasant conversation, we had no choice but to break up... After Mao Wu finished speaking, he turned around and left.

"Go back and treat you to roasted deer kidneys!" Yang Er, who was leaning against the railing with his buckle open, felt inexplicably better when he saw Mao Wu retreating.

……

A fleet of two warships crossed the strait and entered the Taijiang waterway at 5 pm.

The soldiers on the ship started shouting from the moment they entered the channel, as if they had been wandering away from home for ten years... In fact, they had only been away from the captain for less than two months.

In addition to Haidilao, which has remained unchanged since ancient times, the bustling Taijiang Riverside can be said to be changing with each passing day and extremely prosperous.

A large number of ships shuttled along the sea along the navigation mark, and workers like ants gathered on the construction section. The tower cranes and continuously increasing buildings on both sides of the Taijiang River were unique in the 17th century.

After the "Monitor" fleet entered Taijiang, it did not stop at the military pier near Chikan, but went directly to the Taijiang shipyard wharf-there will be a very heavy naval gun modification task in the future.

The soldiers were still very excited on their way to the shipyard.They greedily looked at the villa area along the coast of Chikan, imagining that one day they could own a villa there.

However, this is impossible - just like a suite in Haizi, you can't buy it even if you have money.

In the special area that has been forcibly transformed into green shade, old trees, and small villas on the coast, most of the time-traversing people now live.

What the soldiers on the ship didn't know was that as they looked at it, it was also staring at them.

... The villa complex with nearly 200 houses occupies a large area.This is a well-functioning community: the villa area not only has an internal supermarket, restaurant, bar, but also a gym, KTV, and a bathing center.

Speaking of entertainment facilities, the most famous bar in the villa area is "Old Man's Bar".The name was given by Feng Guanjie, who was responsible for the infrastructure construction at the time. The reason is that this guy still has a little bit of youthful thinking after time travel. In addition, this person has been in France for a few years. He is a licking dog, so the French Double Man Bar It was transplanted.

Of course, the old man's bar cannot be in European style: when it was first built, it was built according to the simplest and roughest natural style of Chinese logs.Now, because the first batch of barley has already matured, people across the world can finally drink pure self-brewed barley beer.As a result, old man's bar, where self-brewed beer lovers often come to communicate with each other, has become the most popular place in the villa area.

In the backyard of the old man's bar, there is a relatively high gazebo.People sitting in this pavilion can easily enjoy the beautiful scenery of Taijiang River - the pavilion is called "Fengbo Pavilion".

Originally, this gazebo had no name.The reason why it became famous is that one day after the failure of the "parliamentary struggle" in the imperial city, a group of minority party members who were kicked out gathered in this pavilion to discuss countermeasures while drinking dark beer.

At that time, a group of angry people not only yelled at the princes in this pavilion, but some even clamored to find Cao Chuan, wanting to question the emperor, "Do you want to watch the loyal and righteous people be punished by powerful ministers?" Persecuted to death?"... If so, then everyone will treat this place as a storm pavilion today...

Of course, no one dared to question Emperor Cao in the end, but the name "Storm Pavilion" was retained because of this.In the future, this pavilion will also become a special place for discussion and plotting by the minority party bosses.

At this moment, in the gazebo, there are two people silently watching the Surveillance and Newport Creek slowly passing by the shore.

One of them is Bai Hongda.This person was one of the first group of five to cross over, and he naturally liked to poke the leader's chrysanthemum. In other words, it can also be understood as defying power.Later, after the ban on the party was lifted, Bai Hongda was like a fish in water, professionally opposed to Xia Xianze, and now he is the spiritual leader of the "Huanghan faction" and the number one boss of the opposition party.

Lying on the cool chair opposite Bai Hongda was a tall black man.This person is Wei Hu, who looks like an accountant on the surface, but his hidden occupation is the party leader of the "Tang Riding Club".

When these two people stay together, there are usually no idlers waiting around the Storm Pavilion—the leaders of the two opposition parties are here, there must be all kinds of shady plots, and the poisonous gas is overflowing.

After watching the two gunboats on the sea go away, Wei Hu, who was reclined on the cool chair, took a sip of beer first, and then said leisurely: "There are only 10 days left, and the results we are talking about now, I think Cao It may be difficult for the emperor to ascend the throne."

"Cut, the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry." Bai Hongda, who is not tall, raised the corners of his mouth and stared at the sea: "If you can't ascend the throne, Xia is the head of the administration. If he doesn't take the blame, who will take the blame?"

"It's not our turn." Bai Hongda also picked up the beer bottle and took a sip at this time: "It's a good thing, and let everyone see the real coordination ability of some people."

"According to this, we don't need to make any concessions at all." Wei Hu laughed when he heard this: "I'm afraid I really missed Double Eleven!"

"It's over, it's over, isn't there still Double Twelve."

Bai Hongda said with a smile.

Chapter 304 Organizational System ([-])

While some people were drinking beer and brewing a conspiracy, in a small meeting room in the imperial city, a haggard Xia was also gathering the backbone of the party to discuss countermeasures.

"How's the deal with the Constitutional Committee? Are they still not budging?"

... Recently, around the formulation of various rules before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it can be said that the struggle for power within the Transit Congregation has reached a fever pitch.

Politics, economics, military affairs, diplomacy, religion... In short, no one escaped anyone who could speak out. They were all used as shells to quarrel with each other, and they quarreled endlessly every day.

In this case, the constitutional committee responsible for designing the national framework has completely become a vegetable market.Although the "Dinger Party", that is, the Conservative Party, has a numerical advantage in this key department, it does not seem to matter - this is constitution-making, and a simple majority does not apply.

If all these clauses cannot be passed within the committee, don’t even think about getting them to vote at the General Assembly of Travelers: in order to finally turn the clauses into a bill, at least three-quarters of the people need to agree.

In addition, you have to pass the level of the hidden boss: Emperor Cao.

So things froze here: if the vested interest group headed by Xia Xianze does not give enough benefits to the emperors in the future political structure, then the draft constitution will not be passed...

Since the constitution cannot be passed, some people at the lower level, where the rule committee is dominated by the imperial Han, are even more arrogant.

The rules committee is mainly in charge of trivial matters: the revision of the calendar, the banning of various folk customs, the sub-organizations of the future government and parliament, and the revision of the secondary legal framework, etc...

Seeing that Double Eleven is approaching, except for those insignificant little things, none of the other big things have been finalized-everyone knows the answers to these things, but the emperors are stuck at the last step and do not vote for it .

So things gradually went from bad to worse.

"Yes, there is still no compromise on both sides." After Xia Xianze finished asking, a middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses and a rather bookish air replied.

This person is Deng Xin. He was a library researcher before time travel, and has been working as the director of the big office since time travel. Now he also serves as the vice chairman of the Constitutional Committee.

"Still entangled in those problems?" Xia Xianze frowned upon hearing this.

"Well, they're asking for three cabinet seats, one of which has to be a big four minister of state."

The four ministers of state, traditionally, are the so-called prime minister, chancellor of the exchequer, foreign minister, and interior minister.

These four positions can also be called Chief Assistant, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, and Internal Minister.The name is different, but the connotation is the same—these are the four core power positions of the government department, and they are the symbol of the country's public power, which cannot be compared with any minister of sports and culture.

What the emperors are asking for now is one of these four positions.

However, there were only three of these four positions left... Xia Xianze's chief assistant position had been determined by default, that is to say, the emperors had to choose one of the three, and win the chicken by the tiger's mouth.

Of course this cannot be tolerated.

Originally according to the plan of the Conservative Party, in order to show unity, the emperors will eventually get one or two insignificant positions in the cabinet: to manage health and culture, a low-ranking secondary assistant, and to manage transportation after being a big deal. up.

However, now it seems that the original wish may not be realized... The emperors are too arrogant, not greedy enough, and make too many demands.

It was impossible for Xia Xianze and the others to agree to these requests.You must know that it is the 17th century now, and the current establishment of the time-traversing congregation is just a small pocket regime with very few seats.

Many jobs don’t exist yet—for example, digitization, employment, and pensions. These jobs have been established in later generations of constitutional monarchy countries, but they don’t exist at all these days.

Therefore, there are not many cabinet seats.The regime established by the time-traveling people is called learning both Chinese and Western at best, but it is a mixture of native and foreign at worst.

In Xia Xianze's plan, the first cabinet he formed was actually not many people, and four or five sub-ministers were enough—each of them was in charge of a share, similar to the deputy prime minister model of the Turkish Communist Party.

In this situation, the demands of the emperors seem to be a lion's mouth.

After listening to Deng Xin's report, Xia Xianze first rolled his eyes, and then opened his mouth to ask: "There's no time. According to your judgment, within a couple of days, can those bastards stop thinking about it and reach an agreement honestly? "

"Impossible!" Deng Xin shook his head resolutely: "Those people are just waiting to see our jokes."

"It's not about us, it's about my joke!" Xia Xianze let out a long sigh at this moment, raised his head and silently studied the ceiling.

Following his movements, the meeting room also became quiet.

The next moment, a guy sitting in the back row said harshly: "It's better to drive all these troublemakers out of the committee."

"Nonsense!" After hearing this sentence, Lao Xia, who was originally looking up, immediately came back to his senses, smashed the table with his fist, and shouted angrily: "If you can't afford it, just lift the table? When will you kill the whole family? Let's start, do you think it's not your turn?"