Water Margin Survival

"Brother, what kind of bird is that fellow?" Ruan Xiaoqi asked.Wang Lun was talking to outsiders just now, he has always been a quick-talking person, he held back for a long time without interrupting, when he waited for the person to leave, he immediately opened his mouth to ask.

"The younger brother of Houmeng, Minister of the Household Department of Tokyo!" Wang Lun smiled. Seeing the leaders who had already sat down, Wang Lun looked back at Wen Huanzhang and motioned for the chief military officer to introduce him. look at this person.

"This man's name is Hou Fa. He is the magistrate of Mingzhou on Liangzhe Road. He is going up the mountain at this time to recruit security!" Wen Huanzhang said slowly.

"This guy is so blind, he dared to come here to persuade my brother to surrender to the court! It's not good for me to be happy waiting here, but I sent it up to be taken care of by those big turbans, so I can't sleep well!" Li Kui scolded suddenly.

"It's just that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are all about eradicating evil and deceiving the saints. It's better than my straight clothes dyeing and making soap. How can washing and killing be clean!" Lu Zhishen also sighed, he knew Wang Lun would not recruit, but this When he mentioned this topic, he inadvertently brought out his feelings.

With these two in the lead, all the leaders started yelling, only the fiery Qin Ming remained silent, and Huang Xin beside him whispered: "The benefactor has to be careful, brother Wang Lun doesn't want to ask for peace. , when we were in Erlong Mountain back then, you and I didn’t know! Thinking that we were framed by Song Jiang, the court would not allow it at this time. Fortunately, Brother Wang Lun rescued him twice. The kindness is beyond heaven. He is the only one to follow!"

Qin Ming nodded, his face calmed down, and he said in a loud voice: "Qin Ming has a shelter right now, and it's all given by my brother! Since that's the case, if my brother says he wants to be safe, he will do so, and if he doesn't, he won't do so!"

As soon as Qin Ming finished speaking, Wang Jin and Yang Zhi in the wheelchair looked at each other and sighed, their faces were full of vicissitudes, and they seemed to be quite touched.

But at this time Tang Bin laughed and said: "My brother doesn't want to ask for peace, so all our brothers will live happily in this pool of water, but at this time, I don't know whose envoy they ran up the mountain to bump their noses. , but not funny?"

"His elder brother's life in the capital is not easy, so he has the time to come and hang out with me!" Sun Ding, who seldom speaks on such occasions, said.

When everyone heard this, they became interested and asked him why Hou Meng was having a hard time getting along. Sun Ding smiled and said: "I think the Zhao family once greeted Meng in private. What kind of person is this Cai Jing? Hou Meng replied." Let Jing be able to correct his mind, although the ancient sages, how can they add'? The officials thought so, so they asked Hou Mengmi to serve Cai Jing's actions, but Cai Jing heard about it, and hated Hou Meng so much! It’s a secret, but it’s spread all over Tokyo’s official circles, and I don’t know whose mouth it came from!”

"In this way, Hou Meng dares to tell the truth, but now that he is in danger of protecting himself, he even said that he would send his elder brother a fortune, which is really an anecdote!" Zhu Wu sighed.

"It was just perfunctory with him, so we can gain some buffer space! Let him keep this wealth for himself!" Wang Lun expressed his attitude.

Xiao Jiasui, who had been silent since waiting for Fa to enter the hall, suddenly said: "The new prefect of Yunzhou, isn't he the same person?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and Wang Lun sighed: "It is very likely that this is the case! At that time, Meng Yuan was in Tokyo, and Cai Jing was staring at him. It was enough to worry about him. How could there be time to meddle in other business? Xiao What the official said is right, such abnormal behavior of Hou Fa can be explained, it is very likely that Wang Ting asked Tong Guan to know about my cottage, it seems that the Hou family has a very close relationship with Tong Guan!"

Wang Lun remembered that the prefect of Yunzhou in the original trajectory should be Chen Wenzhao. At that time, Wu Song avenged his brother Wu Dalang and killed Ximen Qing. Dispatched to Mengzhou not far from the capital, this person, without being filial to Wu Song, can rely on his heart and adhere to the principle of punishing evil and promoting good, and he can be regarded as a very rare official who understands.

It seems that not only the affairs in the world have become unrecognizable and confusing, but even the promotion in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty has changed because of his arrival. Thinking of this, Wang Lun only felt that time was running out, and said to the leaders: "In the future The top priority of the Shanzhai is to train a team of elite soldiers, this matter is related to the future life and death of Liangshan, Wang Lun is here to ask all brothers!" After speaking, he got up and bowed to everyone.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly stood up to return the salute, and said in unison: "Don't you dare to do your best!"

At this time, Wang Jin, who had been silent all this time, said: "I have read the military training code issued by the village master. I don't know who wrote it. You are really a genius in the world!"

"It's all written by officials Xiao and Junshi Zhu!" Wang Lun laughed.To be affirmed by the No. [-] coach in the Forbidden Army, Wang Lun was completely at ease. .

Xiao Jiasui and Zhu Wu looked at each other and said with a smile: "Without my elder brother's outline, how can I write it? We really dare not take credit for it!"

Wang Lun smiled, and didn't continue the topic. He just told everyone to train their soldiers well. Jian and other five new leaders introduced to everyone, and informed the news that Hunjianglong Li Jun was recovering from his injuries, and asked Song Wan to throw a banquet immediately to cleanse the five heroes.

After discussing the major issues, it happened to be around lunch time. Wang Lun invited all the chiefs to sit down. Everyone was polite again. After more than an hour, the banquet was dismissed.Wang Lun had one thing in his heart all the time, so he called Meng Kang to stop him, and wanted to go with him to the shipyard at the foot of the mountain. Meng Kang said, "It's been a while since my brother came to my younger brother's shipyard. I thought you forgot this place. !"

Wang Lun laughed, and said: "I was negligent, brother, don't blame me! In the future, I will inevitably run to you!"

What Meng Kang said just now was a joke. He knew that Wang Lun was also busy, and all the affairs of the cottage were on his shoulders. How can I bother him with trivial matters? Suddenly hearing Wang Lun say this, he hurriedly asked: "Brother, do you want to expand the navy?"

Wang Lun shook his head and smiled, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly found many small workers carrying wood there. Wang Lun asked, "Will it take time to get the water out?"

"I don't want my brother to speak in the jargon! Yes, the wood needs to be dried in order to be of great use. Otherwise, if you use new wood to build a boat, the boat will break down after a long time! The wood that my brother saw They are all high-quality wood that has been stored for at least five or seven years. They were copied from a large family in Zhongdu County, Yunzhou. Originally, I didn’t take it if I thought it was too heavy, but my younger brother heard that he sent people down the mountain overnight, and they all moved up!”

Wang Lun nodded and said, "Leave all the wood here. I want to build a sea-going ship! Brother, do you have any good ideas?"

"Build a ship in this lake?" Meng Kang was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "It's useless if it's small, and it can't withstand the wind and waves on the sea, and it can't pass the Beiqing River when it's big. It should be the maximum limit of [-] yuan." !"

It has been a year and a half since Wang Lun came to this era, and he has some understanding of weights and measures at that time.According to the load capacity of one material is one stone meter, and one stone meter is about 12 kilograms, then the load capacity of two thousand materials is 120 kilograms, which is about [-] tons.It can be regarded as a relatively small specification among medium-sized ships of this era.

It's just that Meng Kang is an expert in shipbuilding. Since he said that [-] materials is the limit that Beiqinghe can bear, Wang Lun is convinced. He just sighed secretly. If there is a shipyard near the sea, then there is no need to consider these issues. .

"How much does it cost to build a ship with [-] materials?" Wang Lun asked.

Meng Kang replied: "The cost of building a ship is nothing more than materials and labor. Now that the wood is close by, there is no need to buy it, and the boatmen are all from the cottage, so there is not much cost! It's just that the wood in stock is used up. , when you go outside to purchase, it will be expensive! Some parts of sea-going ships are made of special materials, and ordinary wood is not suitable. For example, a kind of black wood is produced in Qinzhou, Guangxi Road. There are hundreds of sticks, but due to the difficulty in transportation, when they reach the seaside, the price immediately increases tenfold!"

Wang Lunjian said that he looked back at the warehouse and asked, "How many sea ships with [-] materials are enough in stock? Do you still need to buy special wood?"

Meng Kang made some estimates and said, "It's not necessary. After all, it's only a sea-going ship with two thousand materials. According to my younger brother, it should be easy to build five ships, but six ships are a bit tight. It's just that my younger brother has never built a sea-going ship. , I don’t have any ship samples (drawings), and I have to go down the mountain to invite some old boatmen who are used to building sea boats to go up the mountain!”

"Are you going to Fujian to invite someone?" Wang Lun was taken aback and asked.To say that the shipbuilding industry was the most developed in this era is Fujian Road.

"If my brother wants to build a big ship with thousands of materials, he must go to Fujian, but for the two thousand ships, he doesn't even need to go to Mingzhou in the two Zhejiang provinces. He only needs to go to Dengzhou! Let's go find the old boatman!" Meng Kang said.

"It's just right, you go to Du Qian's place to give 100 taels of gold, and be sure to invite some master craftsmen back! Also bring more people, and pay attention to safety along the way! If you have any troubles in Dengzhou, go to Dengyun Mountain to find Uncle and Nephew Zou! "Wang Lun enjoined.

Meng Kang nodded in agreement, and immediately asked his subordinates to seal up the wood, and said to Wang Lun: "Little brother will set off tomorrow, brother, don't worry!"

Wang Lun nodded, and suddenly saw a man covered in blood running ahead, followed by two brothers Zhu Gui and Zhu Fu.When Wang Lun saw this man, his heart skipped a beat, and he said secretly, "Wu Song is in danger!"

But who is this person?It turned out that it was Lin Chong's named apprentice, Cao Zheng, the knife wielding ghost, who was transferred to Yanggu County to open a shop, but he suddenly appeared at this time, covered in blood, why is it not surprising?Seeing Cao Zheng running to Wang Lun, he knelt down and cried, "Brother, I'm incompetent. I killed 37 brothers last night. I came back overnight to report the letter. Please ask my brother to avenge my brothers!"

Seeing his blood-stained clothes, Wang Lun hurriedly said: "Brother, tell me what happened in detail! Don't worry, these 37 people are all brothers from the Shanzhai Village. No matter what, I, Wang Lun, will take their place for them." To avenge this revenge, to comfort the soul in heaven! Also, is my brother Wu Song all right now?"

Cao Zheng wanted to cry but had no tears, his eyes were red like blood, so he calmed down and finally told the ins and outs of the matter in detail. (To be continued.)