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Chapter 378 Mao Wenlong is ready to risk himself

The water surface of Taiye Pond was still rippling, the fishing rod in Yang Reform's hand finally moved, and the float sank from time to time, Yang Reform was delighted to see it, and said: "Finally a fish has taken the bait. "

After finishing speaking, he pulled the fishing rod and felt that the end of the silk thread was a little heavy, so he knew that the fish was firmly biting. When he pulled the thread, a silver fish jumped out of the water. Yang Reform stretched out his hand, caught the thread, and lifted it up. At first glance, it was a fish about two or three inches long.

While taking the fish off the hook, Yang Reform said with a smile, "I'm lucky today, I've been fishing for a while, and some fish took the bait. It's much better than my luck a few days ago, hehe, Maybe it's still in your light..."

The emperor seemed to say something casually, but Zheng Zhilong was making countless interpretations. Could it be that the emperor was talking about me?Compare me with a fish?You said you caught a fish, didn't you mean you caught me?If I were that fish, it would be too small, why is it only two or three inches long?It must be more than one foot.

Zheng Zhilong was thinking wildly, and Yang Reform said again: "An official! When you came to the capital, which places have you visited? Are there any places you haven't visited?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Cao Min followed Lord Lin to Liuli Street, went to see Da Nei Zao, went to the quilt field, and went to see the New Army. As for where else to go, Cao Min doesn't know..." Zheng Zhilong As soon as he arrived in the capital, he was led by Lin Qian to visit these places.

"Oh, that's right! Then you can continue to visit. After the visit, I will talk to you again..." Yang Reform said while throwing the fish into the fish basket.

"The grassroots obey." Zheng Zhilong replied.

"Oh, that's right, an official! Since you have been a general manager of the Netherlands and know the bottom line of the Dutch, then write down everything you know about the Dutch, including Nanyang, including the organizational structure of the Dutch, Language, customs, habits, warships, artillery, how to fight, how to sail, how to act, etc. Anyway, record everything you know, I am most interested in overseas customs, hehe, remember, It must be detailed, if there is something, there is something, if there is no, you must explain if you are not sure..." Yang Reform said to Zheng Zhilong with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong was dumbfounded. He is a big and rough man, and being able to read and write is a big deal. The emperor actually asked him to write a book. Can't write a book! Here, the grassroots are really helpless..." Zheng Zhilong felt that he could finally reject the emperor openly, and the emperor would not embarrass him for this matter.

Yang Reform smiled and said: "It's okay, you can't write, as long as you can speak, you can ask Lin Qian to find you a book office, you can dictate, and let the book office write it for you, write as soon as possible, I am anxious to read it ..., remember, don't miss out what you've seen and what you know, I'm waiting to see exotic customs!" Yang Reform looked eager to get in touch with the outside world.

"Here, the grassroots obey the decree..." Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to follow the emperor since the emperor said that this was up to him.

Yang Reform smiled and said to Wang Cheng'en: "Big companion, send a message to Lin Qian, ask him to find a book office, and help Zheng Zhilong write a book about the Dutch and Nanyang. Remember, don't write too advanced a book, all in vernacular Write it as if you were writing a novel, don’t make me feel headaches, just say that I am very interested in exotic customs and want to see the customs and customs of Nanyang. It can be used for entertainment..."

"I obey, Your Majesty, I will do it now." Wang Chengen readily agreed, this is not a big deal, the emperor is bored in the palace all year round, and he has not been out of the capital as far as he can, so he wants to know about the outside world Not too much.

"Okay, sir, take a good rest after you go back, and prepare for the next visit. Hehe, don't forget to write a book for me. The sooner the better, go, go..." Yang Reform waved his hand, urging Zheng Zhilong leave.

Zheng Zhilong smiled wryly but didn't cry. He didn't know whether the emperor was scheming or immature. In short, the contrast between the emperor and others was too great. A while ago, he felt like an unfathomable emperor. A handsome young man who is very interested in new affairs.

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Zheng Zhilong left, while Yang Reform continued to fish.

Wang Cheng'en walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty, my mother's younger brother, Wen Yao has come to ask for stocks. Your Majesty, should I give it or not?"

Yang Reform was concentrating on fishing. When Wang Chengen spoke, the fishing rod moved again, and the float sank. Yang Reform brought the fish out of the water with a smile on his face, and took a look at it. , is a small fish less than two inches, Yang Reform sighed: "This fish is really small!" After finishing speaking, Yang Reform took the fish down again and threw it into the basket.

Wang Chengen was waiting for the emperor's order, but he heard a word that Yu'er was very small, and was about to ask again.The emperor spoke.

"Big companion! I know about this, and I have already promised Wan'er, you can give Wen Yao as much stock as you can see how much money he has taken..." Yang Reform said casually.

"Your Majesty, how much is it?" Wang Chengen asked again.

"Oh, how much is it for Zhang Guoji now?" Yang Reform said casually.

"Return to Your Majesty, the one for Zhang Guoji is 200 taels." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Oh, 200 taels? That's the price for Wen Yao."

The matter of stocks has slowly entered a climax. While selling stocks, people are buying stocks at the same time. The difference in price has already made many people jealous.Chinese people have always had a tradition of chasing ups. The more things go up, the more people follow suit. More and more people think it is more cost-effective to exchange their money into stocks. In any case, holding stocks can save you from Liulizhai received a large amount of dividends, which is much better than money piled up at home and moldy. If someone pays a high price to buy it, they can still sell it. Wasn’t it only 1000 taels of silver at the beginning?Now it's sold for 300 taels, and it has increased by 300% in the blink of an eye, with a net profit of [-] taels.

"Your maidservant obeys, let's do it now." Seeing the emperor's promise, Wang Chengen went to do it immediately.

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Zhou Wenyao is the younger brother of Empress Zhou. His elder brother and father were sent by the emperor to buy land in Guangxi, and he was left here alone in the capital. Because the empress was favored and gave birth again, it was very likely that a prince would be born. Therefore, he The days are fairly comfortable.

He also knows something about Liulizhai's stocks. He still has some stocks in his hand, which were specially given to him by his sister because he was afraid that he would have no money to spend. However, the stocks in his hand have already been sold out. God, someone even pushed him, since Queen Yi'an's father, Zhang Guoji, can ask Queen Yi'an to get stocks, and your sister is also a queen, and she is deeply favored by the emperor, why don't you ask the emperor for some stocks?You only need to get it, and you can make a lot of money as soon as you change hands.

Zhou Wenyao couldn't be bothered by his group of cronies, so he found a chance and went to the palace to mention this matter to his sister, so Zhou Wan'er mentioned this matter to Yang Reform again. Well, the two of them were also selling, so it didn't matter. So, Zhou Wenyao also came to sell stocks.

Zhou House.

As soon as Zhou Wenyao entered, a group of cronies surrounded him.

"Brother Yao, did you get it?"

"Brother Yao, how are you doing? Have you got the stock yet?"

A group of people immediately gathered around and asked about the stock.

Zhou Wenyao smiled quite "imposingly" and said: "Haha... I, Zhou Wenyao, made a move, how could it fail? A brand new one hundred stocks... I got it..." Zhou Wenyao immediately pulled out the stock as soon as he entered the room. The stock in the sleeves is used to show one's ability.

Everyone hurriedly took over the stock for inspection, and seeing that it was indeed a genuine stock, they repeatedly praised Zhou Wenyao for his ability and ability.

After arguing for a while, Zhou Wenyao realized that it was time for him to divide the shares, and said again: "Since the money is shared by everyone, then the shares will be divided according to the shares. I, Zhou Wenyao, took 500 yuan." [-] taels, you have to take ten,... Brother Chun, this is your share... Brother Cheng, this is your share..."

Zhou Wenyao was proud of sharing the stocks. He bought stocks from the emperor for only 200 taels per share, and gave them to his friends for 250 taels. He bought a total of 5000 stocks from the emperor, and only ten were His own money and others belonged to his friends. He earned 300 taels of hard work from his friends, but he just took the stocks home from the palace. Making money is so easy, and those of his Friends, if you sell those stocks on the market, you can sell them for 50 taels, and they can earn 1000 taels from it. If you sell [-] stocks, you can start with [-] taels. Making money is so easy. , Anyone who has a connection, anyone who has a little energy, and anyone who has a relationship, starts to seek out, looking for people with stocks everywhere, and some people find out the way to go to the harem. Since the stock comes out of the harem, then, It would definitely work if he followed the path of the harem again, so Zhou Wenyao, the queen's younger brother, became a favorite, so Zhou Wenyao went to the palace to resell stocks.

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Liaodong, Zhenjiang Fort.

Mao Wenlong summoned his generals again to prepare for the final deployment.

"I called everyone here this time because I have something to tell you." Mao Wenlong said seriously.

"Commander please order." Everyone shouted together.

"This time there are 2 Tartars. This commander is going to follow His Majesty's instructions to drag the Tartars here in Liaodong and not let the Tartars go west..." Mao Wenlong looked at his generals, sons and grandchildren at this point. them.

Seeing that everyone was listening to him, he continued: "..., I thought, if the Zhenjiang Fort wants to attract the Tatars, it must have an attractive target, otherwise, when the Tatars arrive in Phoenix City, they will see you everywhere. There is no one, and you have to go back or go to other places. I am afraid that you will not come to Zhenjiang Fort. There needs to be a target that can attract the Tartars, so this commander decided to stay here and wait for the Tartars to attack..."

Before Mao Wenlong finished speaking, the people below started to make a fuss.

"Commander, the children will never agree with the commander-in-chief's risk. How can the commander-in-chief stay in Zhenjiang Fort? Once the Tartars besiege the city, how can the children want to fight outside? They will definitely come to the rescue. Isn't the commander-in-chief's arrangement completely complete?" Disrupted?" one of Mao Wenlong's generals said loudly.A large part of Mao Wenlong's generals are his "sons and grandchildren", which can be regarded as the characteristics of Dongjiang Town.

"Don't quarrel, listen to what I have to say." Mao Wenlong was dizzy from the noise of his subordinates and children.

The crowd quieted down.

"Do you think this commander is waiting to die in Zhenjiang Fort? No, on the contrary, everyone has seen the power of grenades. Everyone knows how powerful he is when defending the city with grenades. Thousands of people, I brought four or five thousand infantry in Zhenjiang Fort, relying on the city wall and relying on grenades. Do you think it is so easy for the Tartars to attack? Hehe, to put it bluntly, the Tartars are probably dreaming. His Majesty has prepared a lot of good things for us this time. There are tens of thousands of hand grenades alone. With these grenades, I will be able to defend Zhenjiang Fort. There are only [-] Tartars. Shuai has a lot of grenades, I just wounded him with one grenade, and the Tartars don’t have enough grenades to blow them up. Is it a dream to capture the city? Do you think so?” Mao Wenlong told everyone his thoughts.

Mao Wenlong is also considered an "expert" in warfare, especially in the use of firearms. Since the emperor sent grenades and demonstrated how to fight with grenades, he has been very concerned and began to think about how to "play" "The grenade is gone.Since the grenade is so powerful in defending the city, he, Mao Wenlong, will be the first to try it to see if the grenade will work after the large-scale siege of the city by the Tartars.

However, his subordinates obviously disagreed.

"Marshal, this is absolutely impossible. This Dongjiang town still depends on you. You still have to command all kinds of soldiers and horses to fight against the Tartars. You really stayed in Zhenjiang Fort and surrounded the Tartars. Then the outside What should the brothers do if they can't receive the commander's order? Commander, the entire Dongjiang Town, from Tieshan to Jinning, has more than a dozen attack directions. If the commander is not here, who shall we listen to? Ah? Marshal, isn’t this messed up?”

"Yes! Marshal, without you, who will command us? Your Majesty wants us to hold back the Tartars, and your old man even arranged for the brothers to attack ten times. If you don't sit in command, how can this be done, Marshal, You must not stay in Zhenjiang Fort, you should come out and find someone reliable to replace you..."

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The descendants and grandchildren of Mao Wenlong's subordinates firmly disagreed with Mao Wenlong staying in Zhenjiang Fort to take risks. The Tartars are already close at hand. Once they know that Mao Wenlong is in Zhenjiang Fort, they will definitely surround Zhenjiang Fort. It's broken, if the city breaks, it will be dangerous.The Tartars hated Mao Wenlong just like the people in Dongjiang Town hated the Tartars.

Mao Wenlong didn't care, and said: "Okay, I know everyone's thoughts, and I understand them all. I also know what you said, but I also have all the considerations, so I planned this way. Others Not to mention, if I was in Zhenjiang Fort, the Tartars would probably come to attack. He only has 5000 people, and I have [-] people in Dongjiang Town. If he wants to attack, it is naturally impossible to divide the troops. It's easy to do a few things. I will attract the main force of the Tartars here in Zhenjiang Fort, and you will take the opportunity to go outside and burn their cows, kill their old and weak, and rob their cattle and sheep. I'd like to see how the Tartars survive without the cattle and sheep. Humph, this year it's dry again, the harvest is not good, and the cattle and sheep die a lot. I'll show you in Zhenjiang Fort Attract the tartars, you burn them hard outside, hum, the tartars will naturally retreat before long, so my safety depends on whether you are working hard to burn the tartars, you guys The harder the burning, the safer I will be, understand?" Mao Wenlong made up his mind and decided to risk himself, using himself as a bait to attract the main force of the Tartars, and let other people go to burn the Tartars' enclosures and rob their cattle. sheep.

"Father, this really won't work! Your old man is the backbone of Dongjiang Town. Without you, wouldn't everyone be messed up?"

"Commander, it's better not to take risks like this. If we mess up outside, isn't the commander in danger? Besides, His Majesty will not agree with your old man staying in Zhenjiang Fort..."

Anyway, a group of people disagreed with Mao Wenlong staying in Zhenjiang Fort to attract the main force of the Tartars.

"Hey..., you guys! What this commander decides will not be changed. Don't worry, the Tartars don't have cannons. They want to rely on people to climb the city wall. I'm not afraid. This time, His Majesty gave it to me. Tens of thousands of hand grenades, I spent [-] to [-] to defend Zhenjiang Fort, I don’t believe there will be problems,...don’t say it so badly, even if you are not pleasing to the outside, I have prepared food for four months in Zhenjiang Fort , I don’t believe it anymore, the Tartars dare not leave when the mountains are covered by heavy snow, if that’s the case, I’ll give in to them...” Mao Wenlong and his subordinates began to reason, to convince others with reason, anyway, he decided to use Use yourself as a bait, and try to defend the city with grenades.

"Marshal, please, don't embarrass the children. We can't afford to worry about your old man having an accident. The brothers outside will take our skin off..." Mao Wenlong's children began to beg Mao Wenlong.

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"You worthless people, without me, Mao Wenlong, you wouldn't be able to walk? I, Mao Wenlong, am not a clay figurine, and it's not like I haven't seen blood. I defended Congyun Island last year. Didn't I also come here? At that time, for example How is it today? The Tartars have not done anything to us, now, we poor people have hand grenades from His Majesty, made by Ouchi, and even Frangji cannons, what are we afraid of?" Mao Wenlong said, Tears fell out of frustration, for no other reason, fighting to the death with the Tartars, which family didn't die?He, Mao Wenlong, was no exception.

As soon as Mao Wenlong wept, everyone present also wept, and some of them even started to cry.Mao Wenlong opened the town of Dongjiang, which is completely a history of blood and tears against the Qing Dynasty. There is no family of Dongjiang's children who has no blood feud with the Tartars.

It was originally a discussion, but it turned into a crying meeting, a crying meeting.

Mao Wenlong was sad for a while, wiped his tears, and said: "Okay, everyone who is worthless is not allowed to cry. This time, I, Mao Wenlong, will stick to Zhenjiang Fort and drag the Tartars back. You will give me a hand outside." If you burn more, kill more, and rob more Tartars, I, Mao Wenlong, will be happy and worth it, do you hear me?" Mao Wenlong was already roaring as he spoke.

"Commander, the general is willing to take his troops around Zhenjiang Fort to support him, so as not to let the Tartars concentrate on attacking the city..." Ma Teng also cried for a while, but seeing that the commander and everyone were very stiff, so he , came up with an idea.

"Marshal, I am also willing to bring my troops to support him..." As soon as everyone heard about it, they clamored to support around Zhenjiang Fort.

Mao Wenlong thought for a while, and said: "Okay, everyone, stop arguing, I have a good idea of ​​who will be around to support, Ma Teng, you can take your troops to support around Zhenjiang Fort, others wait , still doing their own things, who dares to be careless and hard-working, I exposed his skin..." Mao Wenlong broke out in his true colors, and yelled a few times decisively, which was considered to have settled the matter.

(End of this chapter)