Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 146

As the saying goes, if the heart is not enough, the snake swallows the elephant. Our Young Master Zhang is such a very typical best.Obviously there are primitive flintlock muskets, as well as triangular thorns and rifled barrels that are far ahead of the times, but Young Master Zhang is not satisfied. In the next few days, Young Master Zhang will join the Royal Academy of Sciences whenever he has time. , Racking their brains, trying to use the existing technology and materials to further transform the weapon so that it can increase its power to a greater extent.At the same time, I have to admit that these things are really in line with our young master Zhang, whose heart is darker than coal. After pondering over and over again, young master Zhang suddenly came up with two wicked ideas that would make the ancestral grave smoke.

The first wicked idea is to add a little powdered red lead to molten steel when forging a triangular bayonet. This kind of red lead produced in Gansu and Mongolia is actually chromium lead ore, which is rich in metal chromium, chromium Both oral administration and contact have almost no harmful effects on the human body, even if taken in large amounts, it can be excreted through normal human metabolism - the bad thing is that once the metal ions come into contact with the wound, it will be troublesome, and it can effectively prevent the wound from healing naturally , causing the wound to bleed continuously. If you want to heal the wound, you must dig out the injured part completely, so that there is no chromium ion left in the wound, and the wound can heal.Although Young Master Zhang couldn't plate chrome on the bayonet, adding powdered chrome-lead ore to the blade still had a slight poisoning effect.

The second wicked idea is aimed at the firing speed of the musket. The most troublesome point of the original front-loading musket is the charge. It takes a long time and it is not easy to master the charge, which seriously affects the shooting speed.Young Master Zhang thought hard, and finally came up with a genius idea. Press the gunpowder into a cylindrical shape, usually wrap it tightly with oil paper, tear off the oil paper when using it, insert the powder column into the gun barrel, and then use a cleaning rod to hammer it into place before use. , In this way, not only can the gunpowder loading speed be much faster, but the amount of charge can also be controlled very accurately. Another advantage is that the ammunition is much more convenient to carry and transport.After making all these arrangements, Young Master Zhang smiled so hard that his triangular eyes narrowed, and he murmured: "Gou Jiannu, just wait, we will meet again next time, Master, I will give you a big surprise." gone."

On the afternoon of May [-]th, in the flower hall of the Royal Academy of Sciences outside the Shenwu Gate of the Imperial Palace, Young Master Zhang was discussing with Bo Jue whether a sniper rifle with a scope could be developed, when three people rushed in from outside the hall, leading the A fat and black middle-aged man shouted loudly: "Tanhualang, you are so mean. Your elder brother came back from Liaodong and expected you to meet him at the gate of the city. What happened? But Tan Hua Lang is nowhere to be seen, this makes the old brother very sad!"

"Master Gao?!" Young Master Zhang exclaimed in surprise. It turned out that the person who came was none other than Gaodi Gaodu, the most pustulous envoy of the Liaodong Economic Strategy in history, and Master Zhang's comrades-in-arms in Jinzhou, Ma Shilong and Ji Yong. .The old friend reunited, Young Master Zhang couldn't help but rushed forward to salute, and explained: "Master Gao, Brother Ma, Eunuch Ji, I'm really sorry, I've been really busy these days, two days and two nights You didn't go home, and you didn't hear the exact date of your return to Beijing, so you didn't go to the city gate to meet you, it's a death penalty, a death penalty."

"Hehe, I'm joking, but we actually wanted to surprise Tanhua Lang, so we deliberately didn't send you a letter first." Gao Di was still so honest and kind, and quickly admitted that it was his fault.Young Master Zhang laughed, first introduced Xu Guangqi and Bo Jue to Gaodi and others, and introduced the identities and names of the two people, and then Young Master Zhang immediately shouted: "Not much nonsense, Youlong Xifeng and Winter Melon Cup in Dexing Building are both That’s right, I’ll call Liu Ruozai, Yu Huang, Xiao Chuan, and Song Jin over again, and today we’re going to drink until we’re not drunk!” Gao Di, Ma Shilong and the others applauded loudly, and hurriedly surrounded Young Master Zhang and rushed to the nearby De Xinglou Banquet.

A group of unscrupulous officials rushed to the Dexing Building, first rounded up the second floor, and then ordered a few tables of the best food and drinks, and then threw off their cheeks and ate and drank. During this period, Liu Ruozai, Yu Huang, Lu Wanling and others heard the news one after another Arriving, the scene will inevitably become more lively.When the wine was at its peak, Gaudi, who was already half drunk, took Young Master Zhang's hand and said, "Tanhualang, thanks to you, really thanks to you, I, Gaudi, was able to become the first one from the Liaodong Classic." The official who has retreated from his position, without you, I, Gaudi, really don't know what to do. Come, let's have another drink, brother, I thank you."

"What? Master Gao, you don't plan to be the Liaodong Supervisor anymore?" Young Master Zhang asked quickly when he heard something wrong.Gao Di, who was blushing and thick-necked, nodded, sighed, shook his wine glass and said with a wry smile: "Let's take it when you see it, and take advantage of the glory of you, Brother Zhang, to retreat quickly. Otherwise, you will follow in the footsteps of Supervisor Sun Well, if you follow in the footsteps of Wang Huazhen and Yuan Yingtai, you won’t be able to cry. To tell you the truth, Brother Zhang, I just returned to Beijing, and I immediately handed over the memorial to resign due to illness.”

"Master Gao, don't you think about it anymore?" Young Master Zhang asked tentatively—Gao Di is indeed weak and cowardly, but he also has the advantage of being good at taking suggestions from his subordinates, and his personality is more stable. I really want Young Master Zhang to choose However, Young Master Zhang is still willing to have a boss like Gaodi.Gao Di resolutely shook his head, smiled sadly and said: "Don't think about it, I understand how much I have, and you understand it, brother Zhang, so don't try to persuade me. Now that Liaodong has been beaten into a favorable situation by you, I still It’s better to retreat quickly, if I delay for a while, I’m afraid I can’t retreat if I want to.”

"What happened in Liaodong? What made you so frustrated, Mr. Gao?" Young Master Zhang put down his wine glass, stared at Gaodi and asked.Gaodi avoided Young Master Zhang's gaze and didn't answer, but Ma Shilong interjected: "Brother Zhang, you should know that it is common practice for Liaodong Jingfu to discord. The former governor Yu Anxing was dismissed, but Ning Qiandao When I stepped forward, I was against Master Gao in everything, and most of the Liaodong generals stood on the side of Ningqian Road. Gao Du was restrained in everything he did, no one listened to his orders, and he couldn't get out of Shanhaiguan."

"It's him again? What's he doing again?" Young Master Zhang asked, frowning.Ma Shilong shrugged his shoulders and replied: "This time you succeeded in attacking Shengjing and set fire to Jiannu's last granary in Shengjing. Liaodong Jiannu has run out of food. The high governor decided to adopt the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness. He adopted your suggestion and decided to abandon Jinzhou." , let the Jiannu have no food to plunder, and were wasted by the famine. But Ning Qiandao insisted not to abandon Jinzhou, saying that the construction of the Ningjin Line of Defense was the Liaodong strategy left by Sun Dushi, and abandoning Jinzhou was tantamount to wasting all previous efforts. He also asked the high governor to ask for money from the imperial court to rebuild the city of Jinzhou."

"Rebuild Jinzhou City? Hasn't he squandered enough money in the treasury?" Young Master Zhang sneered, and then asked Ma Shilong: "Brother Ma, the Jinzhou army is in your hands. The high governor ordered you to retreat. You lead Jinzhou The soldiers and civilians have retreated to Shanhaiguan, does he still dare to send troops to stop it?"

"He didn't dare to send troops to stop it." Ma Shilong replied sullenly: "But he dared to encourage the people of Jinzhou not to withdraw, and the troops in his hands are all locals in Liaodong, so it is convenient to communicate with the people of Jinzhou. He said he wanted to abandon Jinzhou, so he sent people to Jinzhou to spread rumors, saying that once the people of Jinzhou withdrew to Shanhaiguan, they would have no food to eat and no land to grow. He also said that once the high governor withdrew the Jinzhou army, he would lead The army went north to take over Jinzhou, vowing not to lose an inch of the country. As a result, alas...!"

"As a result, the people of Jinzhou are unable to leave their homeland and refuse to retreat? Governor Gao, you are afraid of taking the responsibility of humiliating the country, so you don't dare to insist too much?" Young Master Zhang asked in a deep voice.Gaudy nodded gloomily, as an acknowledgment.Young Master Zhang was so angry that he punched the table hard and gnashed his teeth for a long time before Young Master Zhang said bitterly: "If this person is not eliminated, there will never be peace in Liaodong!"

"Shh, keep your voice down." Gaodi made a gesture, looked around, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, don't make such an idea. Although his official position is not high, he is the main general of the Liaodong Army. Most of them are his buddies. If you dare to move him, the army will dare to mutiny. At that time, even Brother Zhang, you will not be able to bear that responsibility. Besides, he insists on not giving up Jinzhou's strategy, and there are also some people in the court. There are many supportive voices, the emperor and Jiuqiantui dare not bear the infamy of losing the country, even if our lawsuit goes to the court, the emperor and Jiuqiantui may not dare to side with us."

Young Master Zhang was silent again, and after a long time he slapped the table again, gritted his teeth and said, "Canker! This kid is the biggest cancer in Liaodong! For the sake of his reputation and power, he doesn't care about trading land for time." Whether the strategy is correct or not, if you see the weakness of the imperial court to care about face, you will be determined to fight against you. No matter which strategy the imperial court adopts, he will be able to gain a good reputation for defending his family and the country! Maybe he can also use this Opportunity to get promoted and get rich, and further to gain more power! What is treachery and loyalty? This kid is the real traitor and loyalty!"

"Brother also knows that he is treacherous and loyal, but there is no way to expose him." Gaodi said sullenly: "Brother was awarded the title when he returned to Beijing to report on his duties. He is afraid that I will take the opportunity to invite the imperial edict, so he has already given up his opposition to Jinzhou Sent it into the capital, let’s see, there will be another quarrel in the court. And with the experience of my brother and I as an official for many years, this debate will probably be protracted. When the court comes up with a decision, Jinzhou will be withdrawn. It's too late, and his wish will come true. At that time, once Jiannu attacks Jinzhou and defends it, it proves that his strategy is correct and he has merit; if he can't defend him, there is even more to say, saying that the court did not adopt his plan in time. The correct strategy has delayed the opportunity to renovate the Jinzhou city defense, and the fault is entirely on me." Speaking of this, Gaodi also slapped the table, gritted his teeth and said: "I just saw through his sinister intentions, so I resolutely resigned. He's fooling around, whatever he wants to do!"

"He's dreaming, and only I, Zhang Haogu, still have breath, so he can't even think about becoming the king of Liaodong!" Young Master Zhang said bitterly: "Master Gao, I think it's better for you not to resign. Go back to Liaodong, but the new station must be very close to Shanhaiguan, I will give you advice behind the scenes, and help you kill that bastard!" After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang added, "Besides, the emperor and Jiu Qiansui probably also I won't agree with your resignation, after all, after you leave, there will be no one who can replace you, the emperor and Jiuqiantui won't let that kid take over, will they?"

"Brother Zhang, don't try to persuade me. Brother, I have self-knowledge. I know that my character is weak. I can't control those Qiuba in Liaodong. If I stay in the position of Liaodong supervisor, I'm afraid I will end up worse than Wang Huazhen and Yuan Yingtai in the future. " Gaodi shook his head resolutely, and smiled again: "As for the attitude of the emperor and Jiuqiantui, you may be wrong this time. After I proposed to resign to Jiuqiantui today, Jiuqiantui not only did not scold me, but also said Let me wait a few days before submitting my resignation to the cabinet—it is estimated that Nine Thousand Years must prepare my successor first, so as not to be caught off guard."

"Jiu Qiansui agrees to your resignation?" Young Master Zhang, who has always been a master of things, was taken aback, and asked in surprise, "If you are let go, who will take over Liaodong?"

"How do I know that?" Gao Yi shrugged, glanced at Young Master Zhang and smiled, "Brother Zhang, I doubt it's you, you are not only the nine-thousand-year-old son, but also the number one contributor to the Liaodong Great Victory. , brave and resourceful, only by handing over Liaodong to you, Nine Thousand Years and the court can rest assured, right?"

"Me? Impossible!" Young Master Zhang shook his head resolutely, seeing that no one was eavesdropping, he leaned into Gaodi's ear and whispered: "To tell you the truth, I was promoted too fast. If I skip the ranks like this, my dear My father's reputation is not good either. So I have already discussed with my own father, this time I will only be promoted to one level, and I will be the governor of Jimen, and the candidate for Liaodong will definitely not be me."

"It's not you, who is that? Cui Chengxiu will never go, does that kid dare to go?" Gaodi asked in surprise.Young Master Zhang shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, and replied, "I don't know about that. I hope my father will discuss it with me before deciding on the new envoy of the Liaodong Economic Strategy. Don't let a waste like Wang Huazhen go up."

During this banquet, Young Master Zhang, Gao Di and others drank until the evening before leaving. When they parted, Gao Di, Ma Shilong, and Ji Yong, who were drunk, insisted on visiting Young Master Zhang's parents, saying that it was because of us. To make friends with Young Master Zhang's comrades-in-arms, not to visit Young Master Zhang's parents, Gao Tang was too sorry for his friend, and said that he had already prepared the gifts, Young Master Zhang was also very happy, and agreed with a few polite words.At the moment Young Master Zhang paid the bill, a group of unscrupulous officials and eunuchs got off the Dexing Building, called a few more carriages, rushed to Prime Minister Wen's alley, and continued to make trouble when they returned home.

When the carriage arrived at the alley, Young Master Zhang and his party got out of the carriage. As soon as they entered the alley, a group of people chased up from behind and blocked the way.He bowed to a tall, middle-aged beautiful woman, and asked Young Master Zhang in blunt official language: "My little brother, may I ask, where did the former Jinzhou soldier Zhang Haogu live?"

"Zhang Haogu? Why are you looking for him?" Young Master Zhang sized up the visitor with fascinated eyes, and found that this middle-aged beautiful woman was wearing a dark red cloak, with a sword hanging down her waist, majestic and majestic. Holding the sword, with his back straight, he looked like Lao Qiuba from the army.The middle-aged beautiful woman said impatiently: "Of course I have something to do with him, you just need to tell me where his home is."

"I'm Zhang Haogu. If you dare to ask this lady's surname Gao, what can I do for you?" Young Master Zhang said while hiccupping and pointing to his nose.Before the words were finished, the middle-aged beautiful woman's face changed, she first looked at Young Master Zhang up and down, and then shouted: "Take it!"

"Madam, what did you say?" Young Master Zhang thought he had heard wrong.But before Young Master Zhang had any other reaction, the soldiers brought by the middle-aged beautiful woman had rushed forward and pushed Young Master Zhang to the ground in the blink of an eye. Shi Shi even rushed forward to grab Young Master Zhang, but unfortunately he was outnumbered, and was beaten to the ground by the soldiers brought by the middle-aged beautiful woman two or three times.Ji Yong first came to his senses, and screamed: "You are so brave, who are you? How dare you kidnap Tanhualang? Do you know who Tanhualang is? Let him go, or our family will call you I can't eat and walk around!"

"Dog eunuch, go away!" The middle-aged beautiful woman raised her long legs and kicked Ji Yong to the ground.At this time, Zhang Laocai, who was wandering around the alley for food after dinner, also rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing his only son being pushed to the ground, Zhang Laocai was so frightened that he almost cried, and quickly shouted: "Don't! Don't kill my son. Are you kidnapping? I’ll give you how much money you want. I’m just such a son. Don’t kill him!”

"Are you Zhang Haogu's father?" The middle-aged beautiful woman asked Zhang Laocai squinting.Zhang Laocai bowed and said: "Yes, I am Zhang Haogu's father, a heroine, do you want money? How about 1 taels of silver? Let my son go, and I will go home and get the money for you!"

"1 taels? Your Zhang family is quite rich." The middle-aged beautiful woman finally showed some smiles, and the next sentence almost made Zhang Laocai and the young master Zhang faint, "Okay, from now on your son will send my daughter When the matchmaker hires you, I will ask your family for a gift of 1 taels of silver."

"What?" Zhang Laocai exclaimed in shock.The middle-aged beautiful woman lowered her face and asked Zhang Laocai, "What? Didn't your son tell you about him bullying my daughter? Let me tell you, our Ma family is not easy to mess with. Your son bullied me." My daughter, don't think about it!"

"I know!" Young Master Zhang finally came to his senses, struggling and shouting: "So you are General Qin Liangyu Qin, one of the only two female generals in our Ming Dynasty!"

"You have a little vision." Qin Liangyu snorted coldly, and asked again: "Zhang Haogu, what do you say about my daughter? I came to you directly when I just arrived in the capital. If you don't give me an explanation today , old lady, I will chop you right now!"

"Qin Liangyu? Shizhu Qin Zongbing?!" Gao Di, Ma Shilong and others were all dumbfounded.Only Zhang Laocai's eyes lit up, and he quickly cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said: "It turns out that my mother-in-law arrived, and I was far away to greet her, and I asked my mother-in-law to forgive me."

"Your son bullied my daughter, what are you going to do?" Qin Liangyu asked Zhang Laocai with a straight face.Zhang Laocai jumped three feet high, and shouted with a smile on his face: "Responsible! Of course responsible to the end! The ten generations of our Zhang family are just such a single seedling. I have urged him to get married for not a year or two. He just doesn't care. Listen, now that he is looking for a wife, and he is looking for such a well-matched wife, our Zhang family must be responsible to the end! Mother-in-law, please come inside, please come and sit down at home, we will discuss the marriage between the dog and your girl tonight It's set, the mother-in-law just ask how much dowry you want, although our Zhang family is not very rich, we can still get 2 taels of silver."

"Father, I didn't. I didn't bully her daughter. That's a misunderstanding!" Young Master Zhang also yelled loudly, saying that he didn't want to attract the most fierce mother-in-law in the whole world for himself-this sentence is not an exaggeration at all!Before Qin Liangyu could get angry, Zhang Laocai had already slapped his son on the face, and shouted: "Don't be so wordy! You're not too young anymore, don't care if he misunderstood, you can marry my daughter-in-law first!"

Saying that, Zhang Laocai bowed to Qin Liangyu again, and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, how about my dog ​​and your daughter's marriage being scheduled on May 28? I read the imperial calendar every day, and those two months are the best." By the way, I will send someone to hire someone tomorrow. My mother-in-law, do you want a private matchmaker or a court official as a matchmaker? I don’t know the grade of court officials. Two families? Master Liu of Shuntian Mansion and us..." Then naturally, eleven old ladies of Young Master Zhang also ran out after hearing the news. When they heard that Qin Liangyu was here to arrest his son and marry his wife, the eleven old ladies of Young Master Zhang ran out. Immediately, the old lady was overjoyed again, and surrounded Qin Liangyu like a star holding the moon, urging Qin Liangyu to marry his daughter to Young Master Zhang as soon as possible, making Qin Liangyu sweat profusely.

"Where is Zhang Haogu? Where is it?!" Just as Zhang Laocai and his wife were holding Qin Liangyu's sleeves and eagerly discussing their children's marriage, there was another thunderous roar from the entrance of the alley. When the young master turned his head to look at the situation, he saw two more carriages stopped at the entrance of the alley, a tall and burly old man with gray beard jumped off one of the carriages, and drove away the onlookers like a bull, and squeezed into the alley Seeing Young Master Zhang at a glance, he rushed over like a tank, and his two bear-like arms parted left and right, and the white soldiers who grabbed Young Master Zhang immediately flew away like clouds and fog.The old man grabbed Young Master Zhang by the collar again, lifted Young Master Zhang up like an eagle lifting a chick, and shouted: "Zhang Haogu, little bastard, I finally caught you!"

"Uncle Xiong." Young Master Zhang was sweating all over his face, and asked with a mournful face, "You came back to the capital? When did you arrive?"

"I'm back!" The old man - Xiong Tingbi, of course, roared, and asked Young Master Zhang with a smirk, "You son of a bitch, are you planning to forget about it if we don't return to the capital? Go to Jiangxia to find our Xiong family? Find my daughter?"

"It was she who left me." When it came to Xiong Hu, Young Master Zhang felt sad for a while, turned away from looking at Xiong Tingbi, peeked out of the crowd, hoping to see Xiong Hu again.Young Master Zhang was not disappointed, a petite woman walked in from the crowd, her face was delicate and charming, who was not Xiong Hu who left without saying goodbye a year ago?Seeing Young Master Zhang being mentioned in mid-air by the tall Xiong Tingbi, Xiong Hu couldn't help but chuckle, and said to Young Master Zhang, "Brother Zhang, I'm back."

"What are you doing back?" Young Master Zhang yelled angrily, "At this time last year, you left quietly and lied to me when you left. You still have the face to come to see me? Go! Go away! I don't want to go away again!" see you!"

"You bastard, what are you talking about?" Xiong Tingbi was furious, and quickly raised his fist as big as a jar of vinegar.Xiong Hu hurriedly grabbed his father, and said softly: "Father, let him go, last time we were bad, we owed him so much favor, but we left without saying goodbye, let me talk to him alone."

"But..." Xiong Tingbi wanted to say something else at first, but when he saw his daughter's begging eyes and remembered the hard work of Young Master Zhang when he rescued him, he finally put down his fist and Master Zhang in resentment.Young Master Zhang was very stubborn, and said with a straight face: "I have nothing to talk to you, you left me and left alone, I have forgotten you. Also, I am about to get married, and there are more than one candidates for the woman." One, there is no place for you!"

"Really?" Xiong Hu was not angry, and tilted his head to Young Master Zhang with a smile: "I don't believe it, who would be so short-eyed and willing to marry his daughter to you, a full-fledged dude who eats, drinks, whores and gambles? Zhang Gou Shao?"

"Who said there is no?" Young Master Zhang screamed after being provoked by Xiong Hu, pointing to Qin Liangyu next to him and said, "Did you see that? This is one of the only two female generals in the Ming Dynasty, Shizhu Qin Zongbing of Sichuan, She came here today to discuss with my parents my marriage with her daughter Miss Ma!"

"Really?" Xiong Hu looked Qin Liangyu up and down, then glanced at Young Master Zhang, then turned and left.Young Master Zhang finally got anxious, he hurried to grab Xiong Hu and asked, "What? Are you leaving again?"

"You're going to get married, why should I stay?" Xiong Hu said blankly to Xiu'er who had just squeezed into the crowd with a baby in her arms: "Xiu'er, bring my son to me, let's go, I don’t see this heartless dog missing.”

"Son?" Young Master Zhang acted cleverly, let go of Xiong Hu and rushed to Xiu'er, snatched the child from Xiu'er's arms, looked at the baby's small face and shouted in surprise, "Son? My son? I have Son?!"

"It's not yours, it's mine." Xiong Hu came over pretending to snatch the child.Of course Young Master Zhang would not give it, "Come on, can you survive alone?" As he said that, Young Master Zhang threw the baby at his parents and shouted: "Father! Mother! Mother, second mother, third mother... Eighty-nine mothers Come and see your grandson!"

"Our grandson—!"

"Ouch!...Father, Liu Niang, don't step on my face, ah! Mom, you are stepping on my stomach—! Ouch, Mr. Gao, now I finally understand why Jiuqiantui agreed to your resignation, and also You know who will replace you!"

(End of this chapter)