Daming Junior Scholar

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He Jiaan arched his hands and said: "Your Majesty, if your Majesty intends to let your ministers go to the West, there is nothing wrong with it, but..." After a pause, He Jiaan smiled bitterly: "It's just that I only have a few warships at the moment, and there are many officers and soldiers under him. It would be very difficult to go to the West without going through strong winds and waves."

"I can understand what He Aiqing said, and the voyage to the Western Seas I mentioned may not happen soon. How about this, I will allocate 300 million taels of money for you, and Aiqing will use the money to build more warships immediately. I'll give you two years, and after two years, Ai Qing can set off with these ships and go straight to the west."

"Two years?" This point in time seems to be a bit sensitive, He Jia'an calculated it, if counting two years from now, it should be the 12th year of Zhengde, I don't remember other things clearly, but the only thing I can remember What is clear is that King Ning probably rebelled at that time point. The previous King Ning was not strong enough to threaten Daming's country, and he was even arrested and released. He fought again. In hand, will the war be as one-sided as before?

I am afraid that even He Jiaan dare not give a final answer to this question. I originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to deploy defenses on the Yangtze River, and with the warship in my hand, I should be able to stop King Ning's attack, but there was such a fork Head, what if King Ning rebelled while he was away?

Going to the West is not something that can be returned after a year of loading, just in case...

Thinking of this, He Jiaan suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, who came up with such a good idea?"

It happened that Zhang Yong came in from the outside, Zhengde smiled slightly, pointed at him and said, "That's him."

Chapter 1328 As if in a dream

Chapter 1328 As if in a dream

This is the first time, and probably the last time I will live in the Leopard Room.

After chatting with Zhengde for a long time, He Jiaan and Lin Shuying finally got a chance to rest, but after seeing the room Zhang Yong prepared for them, Lin Shuying's pretty face turned red.

Without it, it's just because Zhang Yong prepared only one room for the two of them.

Although I have already planned to follow He Jia'an in this life, but this progress is too fast, and this kind of scene gives me an extremely unreal feeling. I lived in the house of the White Lotus Sect last night, but today I actually Being able to sleep in the leopard room, I am afraid that there are not many people who have such an experience.

He Jiaan looked at Lin Shuying, who was shy, and smiled to himself: "Shuying, you've been tired all day, you'd better rest early, I'll go to Eunuch Zhang and ask for a room."

Seeing that He Jiaan turned around and was about to leave, Lin Shuying reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes, biting her lips in embarrassment, and murmured: "Forget it, what time is it, where are you going to find Zhang?" Father-in-law, at worst, at worst, you just need to be more honest."

He Jia'an grinned when he heard this. In fact, it's already this hour, where should he go to find Zhang Yong? Since Lin Shuying agreed, he didn't leave anymore, but quickly took off his outer clothes, and then got into the room. In the quilt, it didn't take long for a meeting to make a slight sound.

Even though she is used to countless big scenes, Lin Shuying is still a little nervous at this time today. Looking at He Jiaan with her eyes closed, she always feels that he is pretending to be asleep on purpose, but this is also good, so that she does not know How should I face him.

Gently taking off her coat, Lin Shuying lay down on the bed carefully, her body was deliberately far away from He Jiaan, and after a while when she felt that He Jiaan hadn't moved, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling tired all over her body suddenly. He got up, and then fell into a drowsy sleep.

This sleep seems to be the most comfortable sleep I have ever slept in. In the dream, there are not so many swords, swords, intrigues, and only warm sunshine and green grass. I am running around like a child, but always Did not feel tired.

I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly woke up from the dream, probably because of habit. When Lin Shuying opened her eyes, she looked at the bed board above her head, her mind was blank, and she couldn't figure out where she was. Called out habitually: "Qiqiao."

"Qiqiao is not here, do you want me to wait for you to get up?" In the middle of the haze, Lin Shuying suddenly heard a man's voice ringing in her ears, she was stunned for a moment, her body snapped He jumped up from the bed, and slashed towards the direction of the sound with his right palm like a knife.

Although He Jiaan has a bit of kung fu background, but when facing a master like Lin Shuying, he is no match for them at all. When he saw Lin Shuying jumping up suddenly, he felt something was wrong, and quickly shouted: "Shuying Shadow, stop."

The hand knife stopped less than two punches away from He Jiaan. He Jiaan seemed to feel a cold wind blowing over his face. Seeing Lin Shuying's eyes gradually clearing up, he couldn't help but let out a long breath , complained: "You are trying to murder your husband."

"Ah!" Seeing that the person in front of him was He Jia'an, Lin Shuying finally woke up, stuck out her tongue mischievously, and asked with concern: "Jia'an, are you okay? This is my problem, when I just woke up There is always a moment of confusion, and Qiqiao knows it too."

"She knows it, but it doesn't mean I know it too. Maybe this is the reason why the days were not peaceful." After thinking about it, He Jia'an also understood the formation of Lin Shuying's problem. They all felt like someone was trying to harm her, so she had already formed the habit of sleeping with one eye open and one eye closed.

And this kind of habit cannot be changed in a short while, and it is not difficult to cure it. After a long period of peaceful life, it will naturally change back.

Patting Lin Shuying's head fondly, He Jia'an pointed to the water basin that had been brought in and said, "Wash your face first, and I will take you to taste the breakfast in this palace later, I don't know that the emperor eats it in the morning." What, if possible, we should eat more."

It wasn't until after washing her face that Lin Shuying finally had a sense of reality. Compared with He Jiaan's indifferent face, she had to be more careful. She followed behind him and kept observing the surrounding scenery. When there were indeed tigers and leopards in the leopard room, his eyes widened a lot.

"What's so interesting about these? Let's go eat first. After a while, the silver car will enter the city. It will open your eyes." He Jiaan confidently walked Lin Shuying away, but finally tasted this leopard. The taste of breakfast in the room.

After tasting it, I couldn't help being a little disappointed. The porridge was a little cold, and the pastry was a little too dry. Although the name sounds nice, the taste is not as good as the one made at home.

Compared with He Jiaan, Lin Shuying next to her did not pretend to be pretending. He Jiaan felt that these were not delicious, but she ate them like a delicacy. I'm full and talking.

Shaking his head helplessly, He Jia'an seemed to have seen Lin Shuying's gradually fattening body. It seemed that after going back, he had to make a house rule to limit everyone's daily food intake.

Lin Shuying didn't know that He Jia'an had already started thinking about how to limit her appetite, so she wasn't very worried. Accompanied by a young eunuch, the two circled around the leopard room for a few more times, and it was almost noon. At that moment, a eunuch finally rushed over and told the two that the silver car had arrived at the door of Leopard's room.

This is probably the busiest time in the capital in recent years. Almost all the people in the capital were shocked by this news. Mr. He just took a trip to Guangzhou, and found almost 1000 million taels of private money. My God, How much does so much silver add up to?

This time, all the common people finally saw the concept of more than 1000 million taels of silver. Even Zhengde, who was already prepared in his heart, was stunned by the size of the box in front of him.

"He Aiqing, is that all there is?"

"Uh..." He Jia'an took a piece of paper handed over by someone beside him, looked at the number recorded on it, and said, "If I remember correctly, there should be a good box, and His Majesty can check it now."

This first box must be opened by Zhengde himself. He picked a box at random, and after tearing off the seal on it, He Jiaan opened the box with a key. became shiny.

"Come here, quickly count the silver and send it to the silver vault for safekeeping."

Chapter 1329

Chapter 1329

Compared with the past, the marriage between He Jiaan and Lin Shuying this time is extremely crude. The problem is not whether there is a lack of money, but because Lin Shuying's identity is really difficult to disclose. He Jiaan deliberately created the scene of feigning death I just don't want Lin Shuying to be missed by the people of the White Lotus Sect. How come there are not many spies from the White Lotus Sect in such a big capital.

Although the wedding was extremely simple, the guests who came were more distinguished than the last. The officiant was the emperor of the dynasty. The six academicians and six ministers of the dynasty came here together. On this occasion, those six ministers The waiter didn't seem to have a strong sense of presence, so he gathered a few tables, seeing Zhengde's messy appearance, everyone wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so they could only hold back their expressions and continue the marriage.

Marriages in which Lord Long Live decides are probably rare in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He Jiaan showed his face in a small way, but the military situation was urgent. After seven days of marriage, he had brought his troops and horses to deposit a large sum of money. A large amount of silver left the capital and rushed to Paju by sea.

The Guangzhou naval battle can be said to be a naval battle that re-proved the strength of the Ming army, and these news were not deliberately blocked. In addition, there were not many people who escaped from the naval battle, so countless news spread from Guangzhou. Following the footsteps of the caravan, it began to spread in all directions.

After seven or eight days, the news finally reached Nanchang. After receiving the news, King Ning Zhu Chenhao couldn't sit still.

Originally, I thought that with the Franco cannon, my army would be considered an invincible army. As long as I gave myself enough time to produce enough Franco machine guns, my army would quickly sweep the world. As for He Jiaan and his ilk, the main force he built was all on battleships, plus the so-called coastal defense cannons, how much strength can he have.

Therefore, in Zhu Chenhao's conception, as long as he is given two or three years to develop, he will soon be able to cast thousands of Fran cannons. By then, not to mention He Jia'an, I am afraid that the artillery of the entire Ming Dynasty will add up. Not as much as my own, even if I can't beat the Yangtze River, it is enough to rule across the river, occupy half of the Ming Dynasty, and I can taste what it is like to be an emperor.

When he first received the news from Guangzhou, he was still a little careless. After reading it from beginning to end, Zhu Chenhao finally panicked. He never imagined that it took only a year for He Jiaan to have Such an invincible fleet, although the fleet of those smugglers did not have such advanced weapons as Francois machine guns, but they couldn't stand up to the large number of them. Hundreds of warships were actually defeated by He Jiaan's twenty or so ships. , This also proves a problem from the side, the Fran cannon in his hand is definitely much more than what he thinks.

Thinking of this, Zhu Chenhao finally couldn't sit still. He didn't even have the patience to wait any longer, so he directly found Wang Lun with the information. Under Wang Lun's surprised eyes, Zhu Chenhao handed over the information to Wang Lun. In front of him: "Deyan, read this line of news first."

Wang Lun received the message, and quickly read it from beginning to end. After reading it, his face changed, his brows were involuntarily twisted, and he raised his head worriedly: "The prince is worried that He Jiaan's strength is too tyrannical?"

Zhu Chenhao nodded slowly, and sighed worriedly: "The last time Yi'er went to Paju, He Jia'an's cannon-making factory had just been destroyed, so how long has he been able to make such a gun?" With the arrival of Dover cannons, if they can arm twenty ships, there must be as many as three or four hundred. If the production continues at this rate, within two years, our artillery may not be as many as his. ah."

Wang Lun calculated in his mind. According to the current production rate of about [-] cannons per month, in two years, there will be only about [-] cannons. Now He Jiaan already has hundreds of cannons. After that, it was really not as good as him.

Since it is not as good as it is, what should we do?

If you want to catch up with He Jiaan in terms of quantity, the only way now is to increase the scale of casting cannons, but as the scale increases, the problem will naturally increase. Is there enough craftsmen?Do you have enough ironware?The most important thing is whether the money in hand is enough.

You know, casting cannons is not as easy as it seems. The silver dropped every day is almost equivalent to the monthly expenses of hundreds of ordinary people. The artillery of the year was about to rebel, not because he didn't want to make more, but because he really had no money.

And Zhu Chenhao also knew this, so he came to Wang Lun to think of a way, either to help him make more cannons than He Jiaan, or to get more money.

It's just these two points, neither of which is so easy to achieve.

Just when Zhu Chenhao was full of thoughts, Wang Lun rolled his eyes and came up with a good idea. He nodded and said with a smile: "My lord, don't be impatient, I will come up with a solution."

"What way?" Zhu Chenhao asked impatiently.