The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 558

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Qin Liangyu and several nephews of her natal family, Qin Gongming, Qin Yongming, etc., were listening to Ma Xiangling reading letters from Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming in the back hall of the Shizhu Tusi official's office.

Qiqian Shizhu's children participated in the war in Liaodong, and of course the elders in their hometown were concerned, and Qin Liangyu was no exception.

Besides, there is still the lingering shadow of the bloody battle in Hunhe.Qin Liangyu is a female general with actual combat experience. She naturally knows Jiannu's combat effectiveness. Whenever there is a letter from Liaodong, she immediately asks Ma Xiangling to read it carefully.

In the past, the remote Liaodong had to use official posts to communicate with Sichuan. It might not be realistic for ordinary people to mail letters.Thanks to the Huang family's river-ocean combined transport and the "Huaxia Post Office", ordinary soldiers can send letters to their relatives for ten cents, and even post money orders to their wives and children.

When seven thousand white soldiers were fighting in Liaodong, the "Huaxia Post Office" specially launched express mail, with a new type of sentinel boat for mail delivery. It took less than 20 days to send letters to Shizhu, Sichuan, and reply letters down the river in eleven or twelve days. sufficient.

After hearing her daughter read the letter, Qin Liangyu knew that the Ming army was only in the stage of confrontation with Jiannu, and that the Ming army under the command of Nan Guogong was just a little cheaper.

Qin Liangyu said: "It's not easy to use the public soldiers in the Southern Kingdom! Jiannu started to suffer as soon as they fought against each other. Master Huang was able to send someone to fly into Jinzhou City to deliver the news. It's unbelievable!"

Qin Gongming looked forward to it and said: "My brother's letter didn't explain how to fly into Jinzhou City. I really want to see such a miraculous thing with my own eyes!"

Ma Xiangling said with a blushing face, "Mother, it's a pity that you didn't fight alongside Nan Guogong, he is really a fake "God of War", he can come up with any unexpected ideas, and he can definitely count as exhaustive in every battle. Every time, it was able to achieve great results with limited casualties of soldiers."

Qin Liangyu looked at his daughter with a half-smile, and said, "So you decided to send a thousand stone pillar disciples to Mr. Huang?"

Ma Xiangling said coquettishly: "Mother, Mr. Nanguo has treated our family well. You look at the four steel cannons we brought back, don't you laugh from ear to ear?"

In order to thank the Qin brothers for leaving behind a thousand white soldiers, Huang Sheng gave them four six-pound field muskets and [-] muskets. He also sent more than [-] instructors to Shizhu to help train the firearms troops. Qin Liangyu He couldn't put it down to these firearms, and he was very respectful to the Huang family teacher.

Qin Liangyu admitted: "Those four cannons are really good things. The key is that a few people can disassemble them and push them around on a wheelbarrow. With this big killer, how much less sacrifice will my Shizhu disciples have to attack the rebels' stronghold in the future?" !"

Ma Xiangling said: "Mr. Nanguo never told our family, how good are those muskets, they can be fired directly without lighting a match. Those Huang family teachers who came to Shizhu are not only capable but also arrogant. Our white soldiers I like the people sent by the Huang family..."

Qin Liangyu found that her daughter was always absent-minded when she came home this time, and she often talked about Huang Sheng, and she was full of praise, and she felt it in her heart.

It's just a pity that this Master Huang Sheng is already an extremely human minister, and the beautiful wife and concubine at home can be described as hugging left and right, and his daughter is probably doomed to wishful thinking.

Qin Liangyu looked at his daughter, sighed in his heart, and said, "Xiangling, mother never forced you to marry, but you will soon turn 20, and you have to make up your own mind! Some things are often illusory, you Can't be photographed!"

Ma Xiangling's face was flushed, she lowered her head for a long time, and suddenly said firmly: "Mother, my daughter wants to take her troops to Liaodong to join the battle with her brother, please allow me."

Qin Gongming and Qin Yongming had a great time fighting with Huang Sheng last time. Seeing their cousin begging for each other, they immediately asked to go to Liaodong to fight with their father and brother.

Qin Liangyu had a lot of money in the past two years, which was all due to the business cooperation with the Huang family. In Liaodong, her nephew was about to fight hard and become a slave, and she was actually very concerned about it.

The imperial court did not write again to send reinforcements to the Shizhu soldiers. Of course, she could not send troops without permission. After thinking about it, she decided to send her daughter and two nephews with 500 people to go down the river and go to Shanhaiguan by sea in the name of escorting the goods of the old laborers in her hometown.

Seeing Ma Xiangling's excited appearance, Qin Liangyu couldn't help fantasizing that Nanguo Duke Huang Sheng would soon become the Duke of the county. She had already seen that her daughter had a secret affection for that "God of War".

It's just that how can the daughter of the majestic chieftain of Shizhu be a concubine, even if she marries the Duke of Nanguo as a concubine, but if she gets the status of a side princess, she can consider it.

Qin Liangyu actually admired Huang Sheng quite a lot. It would be a good thing if this strange man who was famous all over the world could become her son-in-law. She decided not to care about her daughter, but to rely on God's will.

The mansion of the British Duke of the capital is very lively, where Wu Xiang, Zhu Dacheng and other dignitaries are having fun.

Wu Xiang suggested after drinking three rounds: "Several young lords, young lords, I want to take everyone to Liaodong a few years ago, I wonder if you have the guts?"

Zhu Dacheng glanced at Wu Xiang and said: "My uncle has been climbing the ice, laying on the snow and fighting against Jiannu for several years. Our brothers have heard of it, but my brothers are not good-looking. We have all been to Liaodong twice. He made meritorious deeds every time and paid back. If he went and went, how could a mere Jian slave get me, Daming 'God of War'?"

Wu Xiang said: "Life in the capital is as dull as water. I am going to go out to play. We call on the nobles to donate generously and prepare some military supplies to be sent to Shanhaiguan before the end of the year. I think the emperor will be very happy. The soldiers and people in Beizhili will definitely Thumbs up too."

Zhang Zhiji said: "Good idea, you won't spend a lot of money, and you will get a lot of money for a good reputation. It's feasible! It's a pity that I can't go. Now that I have an official position, I can't help myself! I can only watch you go to Liaodong to make military achievements!"

Zhu Dacheng put down his wine glass and said, "Go, of course we're going, brothers, don't drink, let's separate and make preparations, how about making the city full of storms again when we leave?"

A group of dandies came to their senses, and they split up to contribute money and materials with extremely high efficiency.

Because their strengths are completely different this time, with the merchant general Wu Xiang, there are rules and regulations for handling affairs and dispatching money and food. It can be seen that Wu Xiang is not good at fighting, and it is more than enough to be a general in charge of logistics.

The news that the nobles gathered more than 1000 horse-drawn carriages to go out to comfort the soldiers spread to the Forbidden City. The Emperor Chongzhen, Longyan Dayue, issued a high-profile decree to praise the many nobles who had contributed money and food. He also called on all officials to help pay.

It's a pity that the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was very stingy and had little effect. The Ministry of Households did not receive much donations.

However, there are two donations that can be seen. One is that Lan Shangyi actively responded to the emperor's call to donate [-] Huaxia Tongbao silver coins in the name of the crew, and the other is North Korea Xin Haijun entrusted the "Huaxia Big Bank" to donate [-] silver coins.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that all the civil servants and military generals were unwilling to give up their money, but Xin Haijun and a crew of North Korea donated generously without hesitation. He couldn't help but feel disappointed with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

Zhu Youjian thought carefully about Liaodong when Huang Sheng was not there, and the civil servants and military generals of the court would have been afraid to avoid it. Now that the slave soldiers are approaching the city of Jinzhou, all the nobles actually ran to Zhongmingbao to work in Zhongmingbao with their own money.

Chongzhen shook his head and sighed, people are really not comparable!At this moment, his heart is also in a mess, the image of Huang Sheng is always lingering in his heart, he knows that Huang Sheng is a capable minister and a man of action, but how can he allow others to snore and sleep beside the couch?
(End of this chapter)