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

Blocking Huamanlou at the gate of the city is to show him off, with so many people around watching, if Huamanlou is a little weak, then Liu Zhixian can take advantage of the situation and scold him, and then turn Huamanlou's busy work overnight "Ruoding, the commanding officer of Tianjin county magistrate, not only rescued Huamanlou, a thousand households in Xishan, but also captured many cult leaders." But who knew that Huamanlou was so stubborn?

This is a good time, he is Liu Zhixian, and the people around him have already started to point fingers.

Hua Manlou sneered and ignored this guy, what he was thinking in his heart: If you have the ability, let's go to Uncle Zhao and clarify it clearly, if you can really argue that the young master loses his official position, you have the ability--that one from before... As for the one who didn't impeach, but made himself notorious and seemed to have gone to Liaodong to beg all the way back, then if you, County Magistrate Liu, have a good mood, you might as well give it a try and see who is more miserable.

At this moment, Xuanwu Guard Tianjin Qianhu and Tianjin Sanwei Commander are both present at the moment, and at the same time he is standing Qianhu Shao Lang, who has been Huamanlou's boss for a few days, so Huamanlou left Liu Zhixian alone. Going to the generals camp to talk, walked up to him and smiled before saying anything: "Brother Shao, it's been a long time!"

It has to be said that there is no one who can hang out in the inner city of the capital who is not a human being, Shao Lang, who was still a little nervous when he saw Hua Manlou's attitude, immediately laughed and said: "Your brother can make it easy for me to find you! Seeing my virtuous brother is safe, the stone in my heart can be regarded as falling to the ground!"

To be honest, when Qi Wanrong set off yesterday, Shao Lang didn't want to and didn't dare to follow at all, but the reason he left Beijing this time was Hua Manlou, and he was originally afraid that Hua Manlou would think too much - others didn't know, but he was You know, his immediate boss's immediate boss, Lu Kun, was scolded bloody by Emperor Guangxing because of Huamanlou, so what is he with a thousand households in the inner city?

So now seeing that Huamanlou has no grievances, he instantly feels like a spring breeze, and he is about to cry with joy: "Huamanlou is so evil, we don't want to get any glory, but please don't let him miss it, otherwise How will you live in the future?

Seeing his cooperation, Hua Manlou immediately said with a smile: "Brother Shao worked hard, thanks to your boss... and the blessings of the commanders, the younger brother finally escaped safely, and it is true that the nobles deployed defenses on the outside last night. Did you help me a lot?" Letting a Bailian bandit leader escape, so after today's affairs, don't I rush over to thank you right away?"

To be honest, Tianjin Sanwei Commander and Xuanwuwei Qianhu didn't like Huamanlou at first. Although they have little relationship with Huamanlou, they still say the same thing: this is their land, and you spend thousands of dollars on it. It always caused a storm all over the city, let everyone live?

But as soon as Hua Manlou said this, the elders were immediately overjoyed: It's a good perimeter defense, aren't our guards just in the 'periphery'?

But not far away, Liu Zhixian, who was left to the sidelines, became even more annoyed when he heard the words: Arm your grandma's legs!How many of you are still on defense?Pooh!

The Tianjin Zuowei Commander didn't care about Liu Zhixian's face, he laughed and patted Hua Manlou on the shoulder: "It's all from my own family, why thank you? My brother escaped from danger, so I'll come here immediately and prepare to give Have you accepted the wind and washed away the bad luck?"

The Tianjin Youwei Commander agreed: "It's extremely extreme. Put aside the other side first. It's true to go to the bad luck. Today I will not return until I am not drunk!"

Hua Manlou immediately responded politely, and the atmosphere here became extremely warm, and Liu Zhixian was so angry that he walked away on the spot...

So, it's better to be kind, tearing one's face is bad for everyone, isn't it?

After all, you see, Huamanlou himself has no shortage of credit, and before he came, he wanted to push this matter to Tianjin, because the Japanese pirates must cooperate with this group of people in Tianjin. It's easy to act in the future, right?

Originally it was hello, hello, hello, everyone, but you, Liu Zhixian, don't have eyes, so who can you blame?

(and in the evening...probably)

197. Brother Yu Has Been Taught!

Rewarding is actually a pretty hard job.

I don’t know since when, the entertainment of Guochao must have wine, and there are a series of so-called etiquette rules on the wine table, such as the seating of the host and the host, the speech of the toast, pouring wine, clinking glasses, etc. It is true that people are not used to this. People with this social form are bald and restless.

And for some reason, the word "drinking" is always inevitable in the social life of the Celestial Dynasty, which also disgusts some people who don't drink alcohol or even hate drinking. But where in the rivers and lakes can everything come true?

In the final analysis, Huamanlou really doesn't understand those who like to drink, because wine doesn't necessarily taste good, and drinking too much will make you feel uncomfortable. Isn't this spending money to buy sin?

But I have to say that the communication that starts with wine is really smooth. This may be because the people of the Celestial Dynasty are naturally reserved, so they need a little alcohol to let themselves relax, so...

After drinking for three rounds, Tianjin Zuowei Commander Geng Tiancheng was about to pull Huamanlou to do obeisance: "Your brother is worthy of being the empress of Huai'an Bo, who is so capable at such a young age. He is fighting against Wala and suppressing Bailian. My brother admires it." Ah! How can people like us waste half of our lives and fail to produce anything decent... Shame, shame!"

Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Brother Geng was joking, Tianjin Sanwei is located in an important place, and it is also the gateway to Gyeonggi Province, staying here is an achievement, why waste it?"

He Qing, commander of the Tianjin right guard, pointed at Huamanlou and said with a smile: "You are not a scholar, you are too talented. These two sentences say, hey, even I almost believe it, but you don't even think about it, who is guarding this place in Tianjin?" Huh? The days have passed and the birds are fading away!"

Hua Manlou frowned: "Brother He thinks this peaceful life is not good?"

As he said this, Hua Manlou sighed in his heart: Da Zhao has not even set up a fort in Dagu, and Tianjin is also in the process of gradually becoming prosperous, and people in this era are not aware of this. The world may be about to change dramatically.

But if something from another time and space also happened in this world, then within 400 years, the group of people from the west would have invaded, and they would have invaded from Tianjin, and thus opened the century-old history of humiliation of the Chinese Empire.

Who doesn't worry about the flower-planting rabbit?Even if it's a salted fish rabbit, you should have a conscience, right?

What makes Huamanlou even more worried is that although Da Zhao has a navy in Tianjin, the Tianjin navy...not to mention Tianjin, even the Fujian navy that often faces Japanese pirates does not have the ability to sail in the ocean. Daily drills are also limited to river courses or coastal waters, and sea power can be described as a vacuum.

In addition, let’s say it’s a navy, but the navy still uses the guard system. The so-called Tianjin Navy is nothing more than a coastal water village. So, so...

Can this kind of junk be called a navy?

If he hadn’t been to Tianjin, Huamanlou wouldn’t have thought about these things, but now that he’s in Tianjin, the famous Dagu and Beitang are a few miles away, so as a flower-growing rabbit with red seedlings, Huamanlou can Don't you worry?

He Qing listened to Hua Manlou's question, and he drank a toast as if venting, and then said: "Life in peace is good, but don't those of us who are soldiers just want to enshrine our wives and sons, honor our ancestors, and honor our ancestors? But we don't have a title If so, where do you go to seal your wife and son? If you want a title, you have to fight, but Tianjin Wei... I'm not afraid of your jokes. I waited at the door today just to get a piece of the pie from you and get some credit , see if I can hang out in another place, this Tianjin Wei has no future..."

This is the truth. Geng Tiancheng and Hao Liangcai, the conductor of the Tianjin Zhongwei, were tangled and depressed—the tangled thing was that they didn’t know whether Huamanlou would mind if they told the story, and the depressed thing was said by He Qing Exactly...

Several commanders of the third-rank guards wanted to steal the credit of a thousand households of the fifth rank, and it was also the credit of a thousand households who were valued by the emperor. , in the future, once people make great progress...

But Hua Manlou didn't mind this at all, and he also felt that He Qing was quite honest - conferring his wife Yinzi is in line with the general values ​​of generals in this era, if he said it was just to repay the emperor's kindness or something no?

Ever since, Hua Manlou thought for a while and said, "Since Brother He has this self-motivated spirit...then I have a bit immature suggestion."

He Qing was taken aback for a moment, then immediately said: "What suggestion?"

It has to be said that Shao Lang hinted to the three guard commanders the importance of Huamanlou in Emperor Guangxing's heart before the banquet, and the story of Huamanlou's battle against Wala, offering Pudu, and even the victory of Datong was spread early. When they arrived in Tianjin Wei, the commanders of the guards did not dare to treat Hua Manlou as an ordinary Qianhu, and they were quite convinced of him, so when they heard his suggestion, not only He Qing, but the other two also immediately agreed. He raised his ears.

Hua Manlou pondered and said: "Before, Your Majesty had talked with... cough, and my father about some of the things that worried him, the most serious of which were two things: Japanese pirates and Southwest Tusi. Brothers, things in the Southwest are quite complicated. But the pirates..."

He Qing said in horror: "You mean, let me invite you to fight and fight against the Japanese pirates? But... the Japanese pirates have never come to Tianjin. They have always been active in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Could it be that you want me to invite you to Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"

Hua Manlou shook his head and sighed, "Didn't I just ask about the navy? The Tianjin navy is like this, and the Quanzhou and Fujian navy are not much better, so the elder brothers think Based on the current situation of the Navy, can the Japanese pirates be suppressed?"

The three of He Qing knew the situation of the navy, so they couldn't help but look at each other when they heard Hua Manlou say that, and finally Geng Tiancheng said, "My dear brother, don't try to trick me, what do you want me to do?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "If there is no reliable navy for fighting the Japanese pirates, then Sun Wu's resurrection will be helpless. Therefore, a navy capable of fighting is necessary."

Hao Liangcai frowned and said: "But the court doesn't say whether it wants to build a new navy, it just wants to build a new navy, where does the money come from?"

Hua Manlou didn't answer directly, but instead asked He Qing, "Brother He said just now that Sanwei in Tianjin has been idle here, right?"

"Uh... huh?"

"Then why don't you three ask yourself to abolish the three guards and merge the navy, in exchange for a new navy capable of fighting at the lowest price?"

Geng Tiancheng was stunned: "This...doesn't seem right?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "What's wrong? To be honest, His Majesty has thought about reforming the military system before... Oh, this is what my father said. At that time, His Majesty wanted to use the Shenji Battalion as a pilot, but then the younger brother went wrong. I messed with the firecracker by mistake, so His Majesty put the matter on hold."

After a pause, Hua Manlou said in a bewitching tone: "Three elder brothers, Your Majesty is just shelving, not because he doesn't want to do something, so at this moment, the three of you will apply for the abolition of the three guards and make a new one." The Tianjin Navy, in this way, not only has a pilot reform according to His Majesty's wishes, but also gives His Majesty the hope of dealing with Japanese pirates, so..."

He Qing took a deep breath: "Hiss... Brother Yu is a great talent, brother Yu has been taught!"

198. Glamorously Get Another Thing For Himself

He Qing thinks very little, he only thinks that if he can fight, he will be meritorious, and if he has meritorious service, he will be able to seal his wife and son - anyway, in war, who is not fighting?

But the other two thought a little too much, Hao Liangcai and Geng Tiancheng looked at each other, and then tentatively said: "My dear brother, I'm afraid this matter is... a bit embarrassing, if the three guards are one guard, then you Say, which of the three of us stays here?"

This is a relatively critical issue. To put it bluntly, it is a question of interests.You said that there is a well-known guard commander, and suddenly three guards and one guard, one person's position remains the same, and the other two are suddenly downgraded to commanders, who knows what?

In addition, where does the interest of the local health center come from?Isn't it land?

I said earlier that the soldiers in the guards are the soldiers of the field. To put it bluntly, they are called soldiers. To put it bluntly, they are farmers. Some of them have even basically become private slaves of officers. Become a sailor, where does the benefit come from?

In addition, the phenomenon of empty pay in the guards is very serious. Often the number of people on the roster is greater than the actual number of people on the list. Wouldn't the extra share go into the pockets of the officers?

In this way, wouldn't these gray incomes disappear after the restructuring?

So although Hao Liangcai was asking about his position, he was actually talking about his interests.

Regarding this, Hua Manlou felt like a mirror in his heart, but he didn't say anything at all, but said with a smile: "Brother Hao, although the court has not taken any action yet, it is imperative to change the system. After all, the first thing your majesty considers is the army. Combat strength. Then think about it, if you follow His Majesty's thinking at this time, will His Majesty treat you badly? Or do you want to wait for His Majesty to make a move and be forced to change the system?"

"Hiss... this..." Hao Liang seemed to realize something.

Hua Manlou continued: "Even if you are a commander of the Tianjin Navy for a while, is this command and knowledge the same as the general command and knowledge? Think about it, once Tianjin Wei makes some achievements, Jiangsu and Zhejiang After the reorganization of the One Guards Office, do you think His Majesty will find someone who doesn't know how to preside over the overall situation, or let someone who has already achieved results in Tianjin Guard take care of it? To put it bluntly, Jane's chance in the heart of the Emperor is at hand, Brother Hao unexpectedly Worried about the future?"

Hearing this, Hao Liangcai was instantly excited: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? You are worthy of being a good brother!"

Can you not be excited?

Jane is in the heart of the emperor!Some people have no skills at all, but because Jane is in the heart of the emperor, it is not uncommon for them to rise to the top. After all, leaving an impression in the mind of the leader is the necessary channel for promotion and salary increase. If you are unknown, who knows who is you? Onion?

As for the benefits in front of me...

It's all in the heart of the emperor, who would value these three melons and two dates?

Geng Tiancheng who was on the side was also very excited, but he still raised another important question: "Then, brother, tell me, how should the navy make achievements? Restructuring is easy to handle. With the management of our three brothers in Tianjin Let’s see that there shouldn’t be anything wrong, but the navy... we don’t understand either!”

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Brother Geng, you know better than me what the navy looks like now, but just because the navy is like this, it's easier to achieve some results than a big victory, right? Well, first of all, there must be a ship, right? Call some craftsmen who know how to build ships to build large ships that can enter the open sea, and then make more improvements according to the situation, and let the soldiers get used to fighting at sea by the way, and then... what did my Xishan build, three Brother Wei, do you have an impression?"

Geng Tiancheng's eyes lit up: "Firearms?"

"That's right, firearms." Hua Manlou said with a smile: "At this stage, Xishan is developing cannons. When the time comes, this thing will be installed on the warships, and the Japanese pirates who can only wield samurai swords... I don't think it is difficult. Bar?"

Geng Tiancheng patted the table: "Wonderful!"

Seeing this, Hua Manlou smiled cheerfully, "Are there any questions?"

……

It has to be said that under the influence of alcohol, there will always be some strange deviations in people's thinking, and some changes in emotions.

For example, some people will chatter after drinking, some people will cry bitterly, and some people will look sober, but he will do some things that are completely incomprehensible, such as...

Huamanlou's love saint who taught him how to attack girls in his previous life was a scumbag who couldn't pass the fourth grade, but once he was too drunk, he was holding an English version of Harry Potter in the dormitory with pure The London accent read aloud for half an hour, and there was not a single mistake in the reading; another time, after drinking too much, this guy lay down at the table and did dozens of high-level math problems. , it was all right...

But Huamanlou doesn't have this function. He will only sleep obediently after drinking too much, and often feels very clear-headed before drinking too much-at least he himself feels sober.

The same is true today. He was very happy after explaining his suggestion to the three guard commanders, thinking that he is simply a genius: on the one hand, the abolition of the three guards can give an example to the reform of the military system. If it succeeds here, it will make people hesitate Emperor Guangxing had some confidence in reform; on the other hand, he asked for abolition to reduce the resistance to reform. After all, the abolition of the local guards would affect the interests of many people.

In addition, the combat strength of the guards varies. If such a reform is made, the soldiers who cannot fight at all in the three guards will be retired to concentrate on farming, and the more capable soldiers will be selected to become professional soldiers. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the navy will at least not be too high. It makes people speechless.And now, whether you like it or not, you have to study artillery, so if this is the case, the navy to be built by Sanwei will directly turn them into gunboats, when the time comes...

Maybe it can really create a navy that shocks the world?

So with this navy, not to mention being able to resist the barbarians who may cause trouble in the Far East, at least going to sea to deal with the Japanese pirates has become a possibility-this is much better than passively defending on the shore. ?

Therefore, Hua Manlou, with a 'clear mind', felt that he had done a lot of things in one fell swoop, and he didn't realize that his cheap mouth attribute was working again: first of all, artillery on land and artillery on ships are basically two different things. Moreover, the manufacture of gunboats and the configuration of artillery all need to be handled by himself, so this move is equivalent to taking another job for himself; secondly, Emperor Guangxing had no clue about the reform of the military system. At that time, it was as if he bumped into it by himself and figured it out for others.Now that we have figured it out, how do we proceed? Even if Emperor Guangxing doesn't leave this matter to him, don't ask him what he thinks when dealing with it?

In the end, Huamanlou himself was hijacked to Tianjin Wei, and he had no business here at all, but even so, it was an accident to wipe out Tianjin Bailian, but I would like to point out that the Commander of the Three Guards acted according to the thinking of Emperor Guangxing It's beautiful to share his worries—isn't it beautiful?It didn't take two hours to get to Tianjin Wei. Isn't this better than Emperor Guangxing sending three or five imperial envoys?

So, in this way, do you think Emperor Guangxing will ignore his "loyalty to the emperor and serve the country", or will he rely more on him?

Of course, Hua Manlou, who was a little stupidly drunk on alcohol, didn't realize these things at all at this time. After being toasted by the three guards, he had already started to drift...

(Thank you for the reward from Asuka's No. 11 giant, and by the way, congratulations to Dujie for being promoted to V[-] giant! By the way, how much did it cost...)

199. This Tianjin Wei is simply poisonous

After a night of escape and pursuit, he came to Tianjin Wei and was given another drink. The exhausted Hua Manlou quickly fell asleep after fooling around with the command of the three guards. When he woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day. up.

After opening his eyes, Hua Manlou was in a trance for a long time before he regained his composure. Immediately afterwards, he felt hungry and thirsty, and the headache after a hangover was extremely strong, and he felt like he was about to vomit.

So, what's so good about wine?

"woke up?"

A soft voice came, and Hua Manlou turned his head to see Wan Cheng Yanran who was holding a book and sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals in the small hall of the bedroom.

Before entering the city yesterday, Hua Manlou told Wan Yanran to go back to the manor to wait, and did not let her accompany him into the city.

This young lady is too conspicuous. It was a bit pretentious to take her around to show off before talking to Emperor Guangxing—no matter what she did, but she is still a white lotus witch in her identity. Showing affection everywhere... or one-sidedly showing affection, it is estimated that there will be retribution.

In addition, Huamanlou also asked people from Xishan to spread rumors in the market that the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus was captured by the court and would soon be executed.After all, even Elder Niu, who has fled now, can't prove whether Wan Qi Yanran has apostate, so after the news is spread, Wan Qi Yan Ran's safety will be greatly improved-the traitor is really hated Well, in case the White Lotus Sect comes with endless killers or something, won't it be troublesome then?

After waking up, Hua Manlou's mind was still a little confused, and he looked at Wan Chengyan in a daze: "You...why are you in my room? By the way, where is this?"

Wan Yanran picked up a teacup and handed it to Hua Manlou, and said with a half-smile, "Here? This is your manor."

"……what?"

After being dazed for a long while, Huamanlou vaguely remembered a segment: That guy Geng Tiancheng said with his tongue out that he would give Huamanlou a meeting gift, the other two immediately agreed, and after the three of them summed up, they somehow talked about Huamanlou's future. Manlou will definitely come to Tianjin Wei to guide his work, so he needs a place to live. As far as he is concerned, he can't make do in a hotel, so...

The White Lotus Sect Manor, which had not yet been confiscated, became Huamanlou's private property, and he was not even allowed to come forward.

As for why you need to guide the work...

Hua Manlou, with a headache, recalled it for a long time, and suddenly felt that something seemed wrong: Yesterday... it seems that something extraordinary happened?

"It's no wonder everyone wants to be an official. This manor and the land outside the manor cost at least a thousand taels of silver, but you got it without any effort..." Wan Chengyan said in a rather persuasive way Said in a mocking tone: "Yesterday I was thinking about coming back to pack my things, would it be a taboo, but in the end these things became yours."

Hua Manlou stared at her blankly, then suddenly said in horror: "What the hell?"

He seemed to remember what stupid things he did yesterday, and he was deeply depressed: Why can't he control this broken mouth?

Hua Manlou fell into depression completely.

Thinking of how enthusiastically he wanted to help conductor Sanwei bring the playbook to Emperor Guangxing yesterday, he felt like dying. This incident not only directly proved that he could see the emperor at any time, but also indirectly showed that he was a close minister of the emperor. , and the Commander of the Three Guards has no doubts about this, after all...

Let's not talk about the other side, what kind of show is it to beat Wala in front of the emperor?The praise in the mansion newspaper is still vivid in my mind, this is really rare in the Guangxing Dynasty, and there is also a hint from the enthusiastic Shao Lang, how dare you say that the commander of the three guards underestimated Huamanlou?