"What great victory?" The wine girl didn't hear clearly.
"The Great Victory over the Hun River." The young man's face turned red with excitement. "My Ming Dynasty soldiers of 25,000 soldiers plus 5,000 Korean troops defeated more than 100,000 Jiannu, horse and infantry troops on the south bank of the Hun River."
The young man has obviously become enlightened and has read history books.
The development of handicraft industry that Chongzhen vigorously promoted in Jiangnan is bearing fruit in various fields. The spillover effect in the cultural field is that the number of Mongolian children who have the opportunity to study in Mongolia has greatly increased.
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Two or three years ago, a young man like this would have had no chance to study.
Their small tavern had difficulty maintaining a family's livelihood, so it was impossible to spend five or even ten taels of silver per year to teach him.
But the marginal effect of handicraft industry is still limited after all.
The cost of handicraft printing workshops is still relatively high.
School-age children at the lower end of the class still cannot afford to buy books or pay for education.
Only when the steam engine is put into practical use and printing workshops evolve from handicraft workshops to machine factories will the price of books drop significantly, and then everyone will be able to read.
"Really?" The wine lady looked surprised after hearing this.
Winning a war is always pleasant. As long as you are a decent person, who would want your country to lose a war?
But what makes the wine lady even more happy is the profit, because the wine lady discovered that the last time Concubine Li won a battle in eastern Sichuan, the business of the tavern improved a lot. Later, Yan Gaijian won another battle in Dagukou, and now
There were even more scholars and members drinking in the tavern. Now that the Ming army had won another battle in Liaodong, the business of the tavern would only get better.
The wine girl has even foreseen those scholars, merchants and friends coming to drink with their friends.
If I can earn an extra few dozen taels of silver this month, I can buy a small courtyard with three entrances on Gongyuan Street.
The Construction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has built a row of more than a dozen small courtyards on Gongyuan Street. She has already gone to see them and really likes them, but she is short of dozens of taels, otherwise she would have sold them long ago.
Yes, that’s right, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun to get involved in real estate.
However, the original intention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get involved in real estate was not to make money.
On the contrary, the Ministry of Internal Affairs got involved in real estate to stabilize housing prices.
Because with the rapid development of Nanjing's handicraft industry, the number of workshops has increased dramatically, and the increase in workshops has led to a sharp increase in employment, so Nanjing's permanent population has experienced explosive growth.
Conservative estimates suggest that Nanjing's current population has exceeded two million.
The massive influx of people has led to housing shortages, and merchants with a keen sense of smell immediately set their sights on real estate and built and sold houses to make profits, causing housing prices to rise rapidly.
Seeing this, Chongzhen immediately ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to intervene strongly.
When the price of land was close to the bargain price, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent 18 million taels of silver to buy most of the land in Nanjing. In addition to the confiscated land, it accumulated a large amount of land.
After receiving the order, Ma Mingluan immediately established the Construction Department to build houses.
Within half a year, housing prices in Nanjing were reduced to cabbage prices.
It’s so cheap that the lower class can afford a small courtyard.
Even the lowest-level migrant workers can easily afford the rent of a single room.
The merchants who tried to make huge profits lost all their money, but the people of Nanjing praised them.
Back to business, the wine lady said happily: "Great, Ming Dynasty won another great victory."
"It's not trustworthy, it's not trustworthy." Huang Daozhou waved his hand and said, "This must be a false report of military exploits by the general."
"It must be a false report of military exploits." Qian Qianyi said with deep understanding. "Although those border generals were greedy in the past, they had to be controlled by civil servants. Even if they were false reports of military exploits, they would not dare to go too far. But now the commander of the army
These diligent princes and scholars, relying on the support of the Holy One, really dare to say anything. Twenty-five thousand Ming troops defeated more than 100,000 slaves, and they fought in the field on the south bank of the Hun River? Do they really dare to say that they are truly the best in the world?
Are they all fools? What a tragedy, what a tragedy."
"I won't allow you to insult the Ming War God with words!" The young man was furious when he heard this.
"Hey, you're not young but you're quite popular." Qian Qianyi exclaimed, "Who is the Ming God of War?"
The young man put his hands on his hips and said indignantly: "It was Xu Gei who led our Ming Dynasty soldiers to win the great victory over the Hun River in Liaodong to admonish Duke Ying. He struck more with less and killed more than 12,000 slaves and captured 8,000 alive.
The rest of us, even Wei Huo Zaishi, are nothing more than this, aren’t they worthy of being called the Ming God of War?”
"It's getting more and more nonsense." Qian Qianyi really couldn't stand listening.
Huang Daozhou also said angrily: "It's shocking enough that 25,000 Ming troops and 5,000 Korean troops defeated the hundreds of thousands of Jiannu's horse and infantry troops. Now they actually dare to boast brazenly that they killed 10,000 Jiannu.
There are more than 2,000 levels, and there are more than 8,000 prisoners alive. Only you and other idiots can believe such crazy words."
"You..." the young man said angrily, "just wait for me."
After saying that, the young man turned around and ran out of the alley.
At this time, the cheers outside the alley became louder and louder.
Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou were somewhat dubious. Could it be that they really achieved a great victory over the Hunhe River?
While he was in shock and doubt, the young man had already run back, slapped a newspaper on the wine table, and said loudly: "Look, did our Heavenly Soldiers achieve a great victory on the south bank of the Hun River?"
"Hanlin Daily?" Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou looked at each other.
Looking at the front page headline of Hanlin Daily, it clearly says the Great Victory at Hunhe River.
"This..." Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou were completely stupid. Is this true?
This is because Hanlin Daily is a newspaper run by the Hanlin Academy. The Hanlin Academy is different from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the eagle dog of the Holy Emperor, but the Hanlin Academy has always upheld integrity and never flattered the Holy Emperor.
Therefore, the Hanlin Daily article is still credible.
The Ming army actually defeated Jiannu in a field battle?
And it’s an unprecedented victory?
Behead 12,000 and capture 8,000 alive?
It's unbelievable.
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Let's talk about Shi Jiuke. He rushed back to Xinchang from Nanjing in only five days. He didn't have time to go back to his home in Huangtan, so he went straight to the Xu family in Laodong.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Shi Jiuke arrived, the Xu family was sitting around having dinner.
"Jiuke, why are you here? But something happened to the Shi family in Huangtan?" Xu Shiyi was a little surprised, thinking that he was old and shameless. Why did the Shi family's uncle come to Dongshan?
"No, no, nothing happened to our Shi family, it was your Xu family."
Shi Jiuke had not yet fully breathed, so he only spoke half of the words.
Xu Shiyi's heart skipped a beat and his expression changed drastically: "Could it be Ying Wei..."
Mrs. Xu next to her shook her hand and quickly fell to the ground. Tears instantly welled up in Shi Sanniang's beautiful eyes. They also said that Xu Yingwei had sacrificed his life for the Ming Dynasty, and Shi Jiu had come to report the funeral.
"No, where are you thinking?" Shi Jiuke realized that the atmosphere was not right.
Immediately he stamped his feet and said, "Ying Wei is fine, but the military department is in trouble. What can happen to him?"
When Shi Sanniang heard this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but Mrs. Xu cried out: "So something happened to Yinglong?"
"Oh, where did you think your mother-in-law was? Yinglong is fine, and the two brothers are fine." Shi Jiuke didn't dare to say any more words now, and said it in one breath, "I spent five days and nights driving non-stop from Nanjing.
When I came back to Grandpa, I came specifically to wish you a happy family. Ying Wei has made great achievements and won a great victory in Liaodong!"
"Nothing happened to either of them, that's good." Mrs. Xu felt relieved.
Xu Shiyi also picked up a piece of fat meat and stuffed it into his mouth. While chewing, he said: "Isn't it just a victory? Just send someone back with a message. I asked you to travel day and night to come back. It's not necessary."
"My father-in-law, are you listening to me?" Shi Jiuke said, "This is a big victory."
"A big victory?" Xu Shiyi said disdainfully, "How big can it be? Isn't it just guarding the camp and killing hundreds of slaves, holding a thousand swords against the sky, or killing a Baelor?"
"Father-in-law, please listen carefully." Shi Jiuke said word by word.
"Ying Wei led 25,000 Ming troops plus 5,000 Korean troops on their way from Shenyang to Gaizhou Guards. On the south bank of the Hun River, they encountered an army of hundreds of thousands of Jiannu, horse and foot. After a day and night of field battles, they killed 10,000 Jiannu.
With more than 2,000 levels and more than 8,000 prisoners alive, this is our Ming Dynasty's greatest external victory since the Xuande Dynasty!"
After a pause, Shi Jiuke said again: "Based on this battle, Ying Wei dare not say that he will directly pursue Wei Huo, but his name will go down in history, and it is inevitable that he will be able to enjoy the Ancestral Temple in the future. This is incredible."
Xu Shiyi's eyes suddenly widened, and then there was a sudden sound in his throat.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm choking." Mrs. Xu said anxiously, "Ying Xiong, please help your father, hurry up."
Xu Yingxiong quickly rushed to Xu Shiyi, slapped Xu Shiyi on the back, and breathed into his chest. After struggling for a while, Xu Shiyi finally swallowed the fat stuck in his throat.
"My ancestors, my ancestors, there is really smoke coming out of the ancestral graves."
"Our Xu family is going to have a general, our Xu family is going to have a general!"
Xu Shiyi jumped up immediately and said to Xu Yingxiong: "Yingxiong, go and ask the housekeeper to prepare the sacrifice, and then you and I will go to the ancestral graveyard overnight to pay homage to our ancestors."
Xu Yingxiong felt a little conflicted in his heart: "Dad, what time is it now?"
"You know nothing." Xu Shiyi bluntly struck Xu Yingxiong on the head and cursed, "You don't even know how wise our ancestors of the Xu family are. You are so unfilial, and our ancestors don't care about you.
"
Xu Yingxiong was not afraid of his ancestors, but he was afraid of being beaten by his own father, so he died immediately.
Xu Shiyi said to Shi Jiuke again: "Jiuke, you have really worked hard this time."
Shi Jiuke was really tired this time, but he said: "My father-in-law, it's nothing."
"You can spend the night in the guest room first, and I will drive you back to Huangtan early tomorrow morning." After Xu Shiyi finished speaking, he turned around and told his daughter-in-law, "Hurry up and clear out the guest room."
After settling the stone, Xu Shiyi and his son went straight to the ancestral tomb mountain with the sacrifices.
This old official had an almost paranoid superstition about his ancestors. He firmly believed that Xu Yingwei's achievements today were all due to the blessings of his ancestors, so he had to pay tribute to his ancestors as soon as possible.
