As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

In addition, the people who go there need to have a considerable degree of adaptability, so as not to be overwhelmed when encountering some unexpected situations-for example, guys like Xu Dacheng and Lu Kun are obviously incompetent.

Therefore, based on various considerations, besides Huamanlou, Huai'anbo is the most appropriate place to go.

Hua Manlou glanced at Emperor Guangxing, smacked his lips a few times, and finally said: "Father, my father seems to be in poor health recently, why don't I go?"

When Hua Manlou said this, his heart was bleeding.

"Why, are you worried about your father?" Emperor Guangxing saw Hua Manlou's worry at a glance, and said, "Don't worry, your father is much more stable than you, and the Tatar matter is going well Is it?"

Hua Manlou smiled wryly: "I know, but I still worry about things that should be worried, not to mention... my father's recent emotions are really not quite right."

"Oh?" Emperor Guangxing was taken aback: "I saw him yesterday, didn't I notice any difference?"

Hua Manlou scratched his head, and said with a distressed expression: "How should I put it, my father's state recently seems to be that... the feeling that he has finished all the things he has to do in this life, and the whole person's energy It’s like dissipating a lot. In retrospect, he used to often talk about it, saying that if I get married and inherit the family business, he will have no regrets in this life. I thought it was just a sentence, but now I think think……"

Emperor Guangxing realized immediately when he heard the words, and his eyes were a little red: "The Huaqing family has lived a bit hard these years..."

Can you not be bitter, since Huamanlou's mother passed away, Uncle Huai'an has been both a father and a mother. .

But now Huamanlou has completely fulfilled Uncle Huai'an's wish, and has exceeded his expectations by many, many, and even in Uncle Huai'an's view, Huamanlou no longer needs him—there are two Huamanlou on the official journey. A powerful father-in-law, a stronger father-in-law, and a good daughter-in-law; the family business has earned more money in the past two years than generations of Huai'an Bofu have accumulated. Unhappy beating, earning faster than gambling...

And for a father, especially one who puts all his heart and soul into his son, the idea of ​​being 'not needed' is simply cruel.

So when Huamanlou got married, Uncle Huai'an, who was fine in the past two days, suddenly became extremely lonely. Yesterday, Huamanlou found that he had been sitting in the room where Mrs. Hua's spiritual tablet was placed. Looking like an empty-nester left behind in his hometown...

Of course, if he has a grandson in the future, he will look different, but right now, Hua Manlou won't be able to make a baby no matter what?

"Because of this, what Erchen is worried about is not the danger of my father's going, but that his mentality is prone to problems." Hua Manlou smiled bitterly: "So, why don't Erchen go there?"

Emperor Guangxing thought for a while, but suddenly sighed: "When will the prince feel so sorry for me..."

"Uh……"

Hua Manlou was a little speechless: It's been a day or two since Zhao Ren was a bastard, but is it time for us to talk about this?

Emperor Guangxing sighed, then looked at Huamanlou and said with a smile: "It's a good thing you have filial piety, but this time I have to ask your father to go."

Seeing that Hua Manlou wanted to say something, Emperor Guangxing waved his hands and smiled directly: "You said you underestimated your father? Don't worry, your father is not that hypocritical person. He just has nothing to do at the moment. After I find such things for him, he will definitely cheer up."

Hua Manlou looked at Emperor Guangxing suspiciously: "Father, are you serious?"

Emperor Guangxing gave him a contemptuous look: "Go away, go back and prepare something for your father!"

"Uh... yes."

514. Old Men Understand Old Men Better

Unintentionally, he found a big deal for his father, and Hua Manlou didn't know if it was considered cheating on his father.

"You're back?"

When Huamanlou returned home, he saw Uncle Huai'an sitting in the front hall, as if he had been waiting for him.

"Oh." Hua Manlou replied blankly.

Uncle Huai'an looked at him uneasily and said, "Your Majesty is looking for you for the matter of King Yiduan?"

His uneasiness, on the one hand, is that he is worried that Huamanlou will go out to fight again not long after he comes back; His half-life father was not summoned by the emperor, but his son, who had just entered the officialdom, was able to make decisions for the emperor, which was a bit of a blow to him.

Looking at his worried expression, Hua Manlou's eyes were filled with heat: "Father, I'm afraid you will have to work hard this time."

After explaining everything to Uncle Huai'an one by one, Hua Manlou said again: "I wanted to ask for my own life, but His Majesty said that you must go, but this matter is very difficult..."

Uncle Huai'an had been listening quietly, but when Hua Manlou said this, he sneered: "You? Do you think you can come up with some bad ideas, and if you happen to be able to beat the Japanese, Da Zhao can't live without you? Or, Do you think your father is old and can't do it anymore, so you have to do everything?"

Hua Manlou blinked: "No, mainly this time..."

"Okay, don't bother me." Uncle Huai An waved his hand directly: "Go and do your work."

Hua Manlou suddenly felt that what Emperor Guangxing said was right: one cannot be idle, there must always be something pressing on and thinking about in one's mind, otherwise one would fall into an inexplicable loneliness.

Looking at Uncle Huai'an now, isn't he immediately refreshed?

So should it be said that, after all, old men know old men better?

……

After the matter was settled, it was time for Huamanlou to get busy, and the next day he brought a group of young wives back to Xishan to start preparations.

When Emperor Guangxing was assassinated, someone in the Xuanwu Guard was also suspected of cooperating with King Yiduan's actions, so Hua Manlou felt that it would be better to entrust Xishan Guard with the job of guarding Uncle Huai'an—even Emperor Guangxing thought so.

Therefore, this time, Huamanlou mobilized more than [-] young soldiers to follow Uncle Huai'an, including a large number of early-stage veterans. Song Jie and Peng Guang, the dog's leg who followed Huamanlou the first time.

Peng Guang's role is only to be in charge of logistics. Anyway, he is also in charge of logistics in Xishan, so it is quite reliable to ask him to help Uncle Huai'an.

And Song Jie's role is very important, even Huamanlou can't predict what strange things he will do, so Huamanlou even maliciously hopes that this guy can instigate a few core members of the Yiduanwang Group Characters—Of course, if he can abduct King Yiduan's daughter back.

Except for the generals and soldiers, Huamanlou packed everything that Huai'anbo brought with him, including almost all the special products of Xishan: each soldier was equipped with two long and two short guns, as many bullets and Purdue as he could take. , and Huamanlou also planned to send a batch of equipment to them every once in a while for replacement and supplementation.

The Kinov team would take it with them, as would the sniper team that performed well on the day Emperor Guangxing was assassinated, and a military doctor team who had been studying at the Polytechnic University for nearly a year would also go with the team.If it wasn't for the fact that the recently formed special operations team was really hard to come by, Hua Manlou would probably send them there too—maybe they could get into King Yiduan's mansion to do a beheading tactic?

That's right, it's a special warfare team. After Song Jie kidnapped Mr. Qin back, the conditions for forming a special warfare team were fulfilled. It's just that the time for forming a special warfare team was too short. At present, this team of only 50 people didn't even understand what it meant. Special Operations—Of course, Hua Manlou doesn't know much about it, and everything has to be learned slowly, so they can't be sent to the battlefield as soon as they get started.

In addition, the ration of the new-style trolley cannons is [-], and the tiger squat cannon is [-] - yes, this thing is similar to the combination of individual bazookas and tiger squat cannons used by Qi's army in the Ming Dynasty, so it is It is directly called the Tiger Crouching Cannon, and it is a new type of weapon that Xishan has only mass-produced recently.

From Hua Manlou's point of view, although this weapon is less powerful and has a shorter range, it can play a very good role in street fighting. At least...it's no problem to blast open the gate of the palace.

Finally, Hua Manlou dispatched a special team that had never been used before.

This team was secretly organized by Wen Liang after Huamanlou was hijacked by the White Lotus Sect for the second time. The number of people is only thirty, and they don't show up on a daily basis. Even most people in Xishan don't know that there is such a team. A group of people exists.

Their task is very simple, that is, to mix among the crowd to collect information-this kind of thing is also done by Xuanwuwei, and they are very experienced, but Huamanlou did not ask for people from them, but trained them by themselves.

These people hang out in Xishan every day. Judging from their identities, they are just ordinary craftsmen, farmers, soldiers, and even sneakers. The ordinary cannot be ordinary, but all of these people are masters of clichés, and all of them are well-connected and thoughtful. Delicate and flexible.

But in terms of actual achievements, this group of people actually found out a few spies of the White Lotus Sect from the crowd, and even found an elder...

The role of this special team is not limited to this. They can even spread some rumors at critical times. Although rumors do not seem to have much offensive power, it has to be said that rumors are very deadly under certain circumstances. Huamanlou was able to marry Wenliang thanks to these rumors...

The task Huamanlou gave them this time was to collect and analyze various information about King Yiduan for Uncle Huai'an to use. Be unscrupulous.

And these people will not set off with the team, but go to Lanzhou Prefecture with various excuses. For example, a certain artisan family set off directly after formally reporting to the academy under the pretext of prospecting.

Looking at Xishanwei who was ready to go, Hua Manlou muttered to himself: "Is this enough?"

It is said that mothers are worried when children travel thousands of miles, but fathers also worry about children traveling thousands of miles.

Wen Liang, who accompanied Hua Manlou in the preparations, looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he reached out to hold Hua Manlou's hand, and gave him a warm smile: "Don't worry, follow your plan." It is not difficult to say this, and King Yiduan may not dare to directly attack the imperial envoy, as long as father pays attention to it, there will be no problem."

Hua Manlou sighed, "I hope so."

Wen Liang saw that Hua Manlou was still frowning, so she smiled and said, "This time I see you off, does my husband have any new works? Do you want another song to see you off in the mountains?"

Hua Manlou: "...let's talk about it when it's delivered."

515. Sending Father Again

The main force brought by Uncle Huai'an this time is Xishanwei, and the rest are part of the concealed forbidden army and the Fusi of Xuanwuwei Nanzhen, because he will go to Lanzhou Prefecture as an imperial envoy.

And if King Yiduan raises his troops at that time, Uncle Huai'an will become the governor of Lanzhou, and has the right to mobilize the frontier troops in Shaanxi and Ningxia to keep King Yiduan firmly in the area of ​​​​Lanzhou Prefecture, and just wait for the imperial army to come to help.

So in theory, as long as there is no unexpected situation, Uncle Huai'an will never encounter too much trouble this time.

By August [-]th, everything that should be prepared was ready.

On the day of departure, Huamanlou took a group of young daughter-in-laws to send Uncle Huai'an out of the city, and before departure, Emperor Guangxing also came to visit in person—ordinarily, Emperor Guangxing would not be able to see him off in person for such a suspected task of patrolling the border , but in fact Uncle Huai'an's going here is equivalent to fighting a counter-insurgency war, so he should be sent or have to be sent.

"Aiqing, I will leave the Lanzhou government affairs to you..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best..."

Emperor Guangxing and Huai'an Boyi said goodbye, and the two talked nonsense.

Hua Manlou stood aside boredly, waiting for the two of them to finish talking about the scene.This is for other people present to confirm the legitimacy of the trip - after all, many things are taboo after going to Lanzhou Mansion, and in order to dispel most of the doubts of the people in the team, such a Play is the way to go.

After the scene was finished, Emperor Guangxing took a sword from Xu Dacheng behind him and handed it to Uncle Huai'an: "This is the Sword of the Son of Heaven. With this sword in hand, some things can be done cheaply by Ai Qing."

The so-called doing things cheaply is basically planning for something in advance... Well, Emperor Guangxing just thought that if there was a chance, Uncle Huai'an would just find a reason to kill King Yiduan, and it would cost a lot of money to fight. ?

Uncle Huai'an took it over solemnly, without saying anything.

When Hua Manlou was about to go up to talk to his father, Emperor Guangxing suddenly looked at Hua Manlou and said with a smile, "This time your father is going out, why don't you compose a poem to see him off?"

Huamanlou: Why do you keep doing this?

Wen Chaogong's life is difficult. When Hua Manlou was in the bridal chamber before, he almost revealed his secrets. When Wen Liang mentioned the farewell poem a few days ago, he recalled it specially - thanks to his solid foundation, otherwise he would have to show his timidity today.

Anyway, when Huamanlou saw Emperor Guangxing's words, not only a few young daughters-in-law looked at him with admiration, but even Bo Huai'an looked at him with some expectation, so he sighed: "The sad place in the world , Toilao sees off the guest pavilion. The autumn wind knows the bitterness of farewell, and does not send the wicker green."

This poem resolutely plagiarized Shixian's masterpiece, but it was just to change the spring breeze to autumn breeze to meet the scene.

The Lao Lao Pavilion was built during the Three Kingdoms period. Its former site is in the south of Nanjing City.As for Liu Tongliu, since ancient times, when sending off willows, he usually broke willows to show his reluctance, especially people in the Tang Dynasty loved to do this, and the trend of breaking willows at Baqiao came about like this.

I just don’t know who willows are offended by so many people seeing off people on the edge of the Baqiao every year...

In short, the meaning of Huamanlou taking this poem is very obvious, that is, he is reluctant to leave his father.

What is certain is that this poem is much more brilliant than that one "Send Father off in the Mountains", but it is also a gift, and the artistic conception is very different-although the previous poem is nonsense, it dilutes the parting emotion , but the latter one is to make the meaning of parting more tragic.

So Emperor Guangxing sighed slightly after hearing this, and patted Hua Manlou on the shoulder to express his comfort - in his opinion, this was purely because Hua Manlou was worried about the safety of his relatives, after all, the situation this time It was much more complicated than the time he went to the grassland, and it was pure filial piety for him to feel this way.

But Uncle Huai'an felt that Hua Manlou was still underestimating him, so he smiled and said, "It's really not as good as the last song. This time it's not about life and death, why do you act like a child?"

Hua Manlou curled her lips: "If Dad doesn't like it, then the last two sentences should be replaced with 'I'm going to send my relatives back again, I'm full of love'?"

Uncle Huai'an had black lines on his hair: "...Well, it's much better."

Emperor Guangxing almost couldn't hold back his laughter, coughed twice to cover up his impoliteness: Shuzi bastard, do you really want to faint your father so that you can stay here in the capital?

Uncle Huai'an glared at Hua Manlou angrily, and then said to Emperor Guangxing, "Your Majesty, I'm leaving now."

……

After seeing off Uncle Huai'an, Hua Manlou returned to Xishan in a state of depression.

In fact, there are many farewell poems that are more suitable for the occasion, and there are even classics such as "Mo Chou has no confidant in the future, no one in the world knows the king", but it is useless to spend a lot of money.

Without him, it's just because although he has made a lot of preparations for his father this time, Hua Manlou still feels that he is not safe at all, and his mood is not the kind that is strong and intense - the difference from before is that this time he There is no sense of victory.

King Yiduan was no stronger than the prairie people, no more manpower than the Japanese pirates, and he didn't even have an army that belonged to him, but Hua Manlou didn't know him at all, nor did he know the situation of the entire Lanzhou Prefecture.

The reason is very simple, whether it is grassland or Japanese pirates, there is a comparison with the history of Ming Dynasty in the same period. opponent.

King Yiduan...

In the history of Ming Dynasty, there seems to be no prince who rebelled from Lanzhou Mansion.

The report was already lacking, but the opponent he met was a scheming and extremely cunning guy. If he got off the hook, his father would really be gone...

Based on the whole incident, Hua Manlou deeply felt that there was something wrong with his salted fish path - salted fish didn't lie flat and let it be trampled on, a salted fish is called a salted fish if it is alive, and a salted fish is called a dead salted fish if it is dead.

If he had never been integrated into this world, Hua Manlou could do whatever he wanted by himself, and no one cared about him anyway.But now in this situation, there are many people of all kinds around him. In this situation, he will be attracted to some things consciously or unconsciously——in a lifetime, no one can be really selfish enough to live only for himself. live?

What happened this time was a wake-up call for Huamanlou, and there will definitely be more things like this in the future - Zhao Ren will definitely come to power in the future, what if someone refuses to accept him and continues to rebel?According to his temperament, this thing seems to happen with a high probability...

In addition, Da Zhao's ocean trade has already reached Southeast Asia. What if he meets a European with a higher level of development, is he really anxious to be beaten ashore?

Or more bluntly, what if you encounter smallpox, plague or even viral flu?

After learning from the pain, Hua Manlou felt that she was about to get nervous.

516. The dean is here and you still keep your mouth shut?

It has to be said that after a person's mentality changes, many things begin to change, so Hua Manlou began to re-examine his own hard power.

It is said that it is hard power, but in fact, the one who can really be called his direct line is the Xishan lineage.

The foundation of Xishan lies in the Royal Institute of Technology. Currently, the largest college of the Polytechnic University is the School of Metallurgy, which just represents the strongest place of Huamanlou.At present, this college has not only developed multiple disciplines such as prospecting, smelting, casting, ordnance, but also several laboratories similar to alloy research. The lineup can be described as luxurious.

Of course, this is mainly because the development of Xishan has been dominated by blacksmiths from the very beginning, which is a problem left over from history.

Besides the School of Metallurgy, the most powerful one is the School of Medicine.

Although the medical school was only supported by Wan Chengyanran at the beginning, and the students were only the group of female disciples she accepted, but with the joining of several famous doctors later, the medical school gradually became stronger.

It has to be said that the position of the medical school in Xishan is very detached. After all, no one can guarantee that he will not get sick, and those few genius doctors are also regarded as virtuous and talented, and...