The speaker was a woman, who was in her thirties just like Liu Shixiu. She was equally elegant and fair, but she was shorter. She had the unique plump forehead of Jiangnan people and was very smooth.
The woman's surname is Yu, and she is a native of Guangling. She has no family background, but seeing how she can stand next to Wang Ze and speak without any scruples, you can tell that her origins are not simple.
Like Mrs. Ximen, she is an old member of Du Fuwei.
There are female soldiers in Du Fuwei's department, most of them are the family members of some of the sergeants. When the army fights, they will carry food and grass from behind. If the fight is too severe, they will still come forward with swords to fight together.
In the standard peasant army model, no matter whether you are male or female, old or young, if you dare not fight the enemy with all your strength, then you are of little use. In the peasant army battle, you will be eliminated soon.
The more afraid people are of death, the less likely they will live long. This old saying applies especially to the peasant army.
Yu Jiangnu's father was a shipwright, but he was killed due to an error in the ninth year of Daye's reign. Her mother then surrendered to the river, leaving two brothers and three sisters struggling.
However, the world became more and more chaotic day by day. One of the two brothers was killed by bandits, the other starved to death. In the end, only one of the three sisters survived, Yu Jiangnu.
The family's life was originally better than others, but in the end only one survived. This also shows the tragedy of the war in the late Sui Dynasty.
When Yu Jiangnv was a teenager, she joined a rebel army with her eldest sister and brother-in-law, and worked as water bandits near Jiangdu. The rebels were all children of local fishermen in Jiangdu. They were all good at water and their methods were extremely cruel.
Stealing a canal is the most dangerous. There are not enough of them, so they only rob passers-by. After the robbery, no one is left alive. The boat and people all sink into the river. Then everyone roars away and hides in a secret place in the waterway, waiting.
The next opportunity to commit a crime.
At that time, Miss Yu Jiang was not like she is now. Her appearance showed that she was used to being pampered and pampered. People who didn't know her background would think she was the daughter of some family's boudoir.
At that time, Yu Jiangnu was a dark and skinny person, with eyes as fierce as hell, and she had more than one or two lives in her hands.
Later, there were fewer people sailing the boats, and the water bandits finally came up with the idea of sailing the boats. After the battle, they felt the power of the official army. Only seven or eight water bandits survived out of a team of twenty or thirty people.
Yu Jiangnv's eldest sister and her brother-in-law were buried in the river. Yu Jiangnv escaped faster and was good at swimming. She jumped into the river and became a fish that slipped through the net.
She was only eighteen or nineteen at that time, but her hands were already bloody and she didn't take human life seriously.
Her family was completely gone, and she had nothing to worry about, so she turned around and joined Shen Faxing's navy. When Shen Faxing and Du Fuwei fought for Liyang, Yu Jiangnv was captured.
One of Du Fuwei's generals named Lu Da fell in love with her and took her as his concubine. It was almost like you had to agree even if you didn't agree. People in the rebel army never told you anything about love and love.
Enter the bridal chamber.
Yu Jiangnu was fine, she thought she had found a backer, and maybe she would be able to rely on her in the future.
But what I didn't expect was that Lu Da was killed within two days, perhaps because her fate was too tough.
People in the rebel army are cold and loyal. I can only tell you when you are alive. Once you die, no one will shed a tear for you. They will happily divide your belongings and then disperse in a hurry.
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Women like Yu Jiang belong to Lu Da's property. If she were replaced by an honest woman, that would be it. If she were replaced by a man, no one would have any idea of ending up in the world.
But Yu Jiangnv was not happy anymore. She felt that it was unreliable to live by a man, so she picked up the knife again without hesitation and joined Du Fuwei's female army.
Because she was brave in battle and could also use ships, because her father was a shipbuilder and was no stranger to the shipbuilding business, she gradually became more important in the navy.
In Du Fuwei's army, Yu Jiangnv experienced two major battles, numerous small battles, and went to sea three times with Du Fuwei. Her qualifications were no worse than Aunt Ximen's.
Du Fuwei originally went to Shandong to lead troops to sea, and Yu Jiangnv's transfer order had been sent to Guangling, but this aunt was unwilling to leave her homeland. She had lived here since she was a child, and had not left Jiangzuo territory for many years, fighting with the Ximen family and others.
Others are different.
She was prepared to bury herself here and did not want to go far away. If she died one day and could not return to her hometown, wouldn't she become a wandering ghost?
Therefore, she now serves as the Supervisor, responsible for supervising the construction of ships, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the General Administration. After Dou Gui, the Minister of War, came to Guangling, she became Dou Gui's subordinate.
With such a position, he is actually considered to be one of the few figures in Guangling City.
She had no scruples about talking to Wang Ze at this time. She was not very optimistic about the shipyard in Hailing. It used to be Miao Haichao's home base. Now that Miao Haichao has been working in Shandong for a few years, there are not many people left in Hailing.
Wang Ze smiled and shook his head and said: "Auntie, I don't know, but I heard that the imperial court should put more emphasis on shipbuilding this year. Last year, ditches were being dredged everywhere to make plans for water transportation.
With water transportation, where does the ship come from? Have you ever thought about it?"
Yu Jiangnv chuckled, revealing a bit of gangsterism, but then it was hidden under her very confusing appearance, "I seem to have heard Minister Dou talk about this matter, and I didn't pay much attention to it at the time.
When the manager asks about it, of course there is a story. I can't imagine there are so many. I will do whatever the court tells me, and the rest is none of my business, right?"
Wang Ze and Liu Shixiu looked at each other for a moment, and both showed helpless smiles. This is the only time for women to become officials. After a while, there may be women who will become officials, but to reach the position of aunt, it will definitely be
It's impossible.
Liu Shixiu changed the subject. He felt that Wang Ze was more bookish than himself. How could he talk about important affairs of the country with someone like Aunt Yu? Even if she understood, she would still be a bit fussy. If you talk a little deeper, they won't pick on you.
, you are the one who is embarrassed.
It's so troublesome for a woman to become an official. She can make you unable to get up or down at any time...
"Shilang Dou has been here for a while. Madam, have you heard when Shilang will return to the court?"
Yu Jiangnv took a look at Liu Shixiu. She naturally didn't like scholars. She felt that scholars were too narrow-minded and looked like dogs in front of others. When facing the knife, each one cried more miserably than the other...
Moreover, scholars were all lackeys of the government. This was the consensus of the rebel soldiers at that time. Yu Jiangnv strongly agreed with this statement.
Of course, now that the big guys have become officials, it’s hard to say these things. Wouldn’t that mean you’re scolding yourself? But the idea won’t change. At most, the term “running dog” has become a dog fighting for power, which actually means the same thing.
"Does Liu Canjun want Minister Dou to leave quickly? What has he done to you? He belongs to the Dou family in Fufeng. Be careful if he gets angry and slaps you to death."
The muscles on Liu Shixiu's face twitched twice, but she suppressed her anger and turned her face away, not wanting to talk to this unreasonable woman at all.
Wang Ze also laughed awkwardly, saying something bitter in his heart, but he said, "Shilang Dou has been running on the river all day, and when he returned to Guangling a few days ago, he has lost a lot of weight.
Madam, you should also advise him. He is an imperial envoy, so don’t get sick from exhaustion. In that case, it will be difficult for us to tell each other, right?"
There was a smile on Yu Jiangnv's face, "I still admire him quite a lot. He comes from a wealthy family and is from Kansai. There is nothing wrong with him in getting things done. He just doesn't know how to sail. I have to follow him when he walks around.
, otherwise you won’t be able to find the clue.
You two don't need to chase people away. I don't think he will stay in Jiangzuo long. He may go back to Chang'an at some time. Now he just visits various shipyards and calculates the accounts so that he can go back and reply to the emperor..."
Listening to her nagging about Dou Shize, Liu Shixiu cursed, "Who doesn't know that you, a thief bitch, have fallen in love with me? I am stupid enough to mention Dou Shize to you. You are like a cat whose tail has been stepped on."
Jump up and catch someone.
We had been talking so much all day that Wang Ze couldn't say anything else. Could it be that he, the manager of Yangzhou, really wanted Dou Shize to get out of the house?
He and Dou Gui had no grievances. When Dou Gui was sent to Jiangzuo, he even sent a letter to the capital to ask people to inquire privately. It was not for external derogation, but for official business.
In other words, the minister of the Ministry of War is a real person, and the Fufeng Dou family is a wealthy family in Guanxi. He knows better than Yu Jiangnv, Liu Shixiu and others how hard the Dou family is to be trifled with.
With relatives from several dynasties, their children are spread all over the court and outside. It can be said that the Dou family is the most powerful family in Kansai. With the appearance of the Dou family, its power should be even greater than that of Dugu.
Among the two brothers Dou Gui, one serves as the minister of the Ministry of War and the other is a general. This does not include their cousins and their in-laws. Even if the Jinyang Wang family is called a wealthy family, compared with others, it is not.
It still pales in comparison. A few hundred years ago, there was nothing to fear from the Dou family.
In fact, the reason why the Dou family in Fufeng exists today is because many Xianbei people recognized the surname Dou. Otherwise, the Dou family in Fufeng itself would not be as popular as it is now.
This is no different from the Hongnong Yang family, who borrowed money from the Hu people to find their ancestors.
This is actually how the Dou Rail branch came about, but after several generations, people did not mention the past, and the Dou family also kept silent, recognizing these descendants of the Hu people.
Wang Ze had received Dou Gui several times in his palace and knew that he was a man who was capable of both civil and military affairs and was very talented.
Wang Ze never understood the reason for coming to Jiangzuo. How could a minister of the Ministry of War, who knew nothing about shipbuilding, come to Jiangzuo to inspect the shipyard and urge everyone to build ships?
Is it because their ancestral home is in Fufeng, so they are regarded as their hometown by His Majesty and entrusted with important tasks? Or is it because they offended someone that they were assigned this idle position?
But no matter what, if Dou Gui comes to his territory, he will not have any trouble with Dou Gui, nor will he make friends rashly. He is from Jin, and Dou Gui is from Kansai. Now he is in Jin Dynasty.
It's not easy to deal with people from Kansai.
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I posted it by mistake. I thought I had posted it all. Sorry.
This chapter has been completed!