Chapter 416 The Way of a Spy and the Way of an Official
The Han boy opened his eyes and carefully put down the box. Without saying a word, he knelt down in front of the kang and kowtowed to Mang Gurtai and Mu Zaohua.
"This slave pays his respects to Master Beile and Master Erzhen."
Mang Gurtai removed his cigarette holder, turned his head and said to Mu Zaohua: "Hey, this Nikan bastard is quite good at shouting the right title. I know you are serious."
Mu Zaohua sneered and said to the young man lying on the ground like a toad: "You slave, don't you remember grudges against me?"
Mang Gurtai frowned and said, "Why, has he offended you?"
"It's not like he offended me, he's just a filial son. Last time, his mother was writhing with stomachache, and he came to steal my aphrodisiac shell medicine residue, so I ordered someone to give him a severe whip. Sanbeile
, the things that Dahan has used, even if they are medicine dregs, it is not the turn of the Nikan dog slave to lick them, right?"
Mu Zaohua deliberately said the last few sentences through gritted teeth while staring at Zhang Da's reaction.
The silent one lowered his shoulders, put his forehead to the ground, and the rat tail on the back of his head trembled slightly.
Mang Gurtai was like a cat appreciating the mouse in its paws, saying with great interest: "Little slave, do you remember the lesson of Master Zaohua?"
When the eldest master spoke, the slave, who had humbled himself to the dust, dared to respond: "Go back, Master Beile, this slave has remembered it since he received the whip."
Then he immediately turned his head slightly and said to Mu Zaohua: "How could this slave hold grudges against Master Ezhen? It's too late for me to be grateful. If the master hadn't taught the slave a good lesson, he would still be an ignorant fool. How could he be as big as he is today?
I am so blessed to be able to sew such precious armor for Lord Baelor."
After saying that, he kowtowed to Mu Zaohua several times.
Mu Zaohua said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you're so verbose. Hurry up and show Sanbeile your armor."
Zhang Da stood up quickly, and he and another coat carefully took out the cloth-covered iron-nailed war robe.
This is the second layer of protection that a banner leader like Mang Gurtai wears inside heavy armor when he goes into battle.
Mu Zaohua took advantage of the situation and leaned over, observing and muttering: "This is not enough. Let me and the craftsmen work it out later. How can we produce Mingren's kind of hundred-forged steel, make a breast shield, and sew it on this for Baile?"
On cloth armor."
Mang Gurtai took back the cigarette rod, looked at the woman's expression of missing her hero with satisfaction, and said in a gentle tone: "You are good at this, I will listen to you."
Mu Zaohua responded, then looked at Zhang Da who was always hunched over: "Little bastard, you are so skinny, it will be of no use if you go out to fight in the west. I see that you are quite sensible and obedient, and your craftsmanship is okay. Otherwise, I
I'll ask Sanbeile for a favor for you, and you'll become an apprentice to the Nikan blacksmiths in our house?"
When Zhang Da heard this, he hurriedly took a few steps back and threw himself on the ground: "Slave Shebele, master, is so kind to me. Thank you for the promotion!"
The Han boy spoke so excitedly and sincerely that the drake's throat, which was changing his voice, started to tremble.
Mu Zaohua said to Mang Gurtai in a teasing tone: "Sanbeile, you see, there are quite a few Ming people among us, and they are quite useful, right? I'll get you copper, I'll get you divine crow ointment, here you go
It's hard work, forging iron and sewing armor. You, from now on, be kind to the Ming people in the flag, and don't kill a few Han people to express your anger whenever you are unhappy."
Mang Gurtai half-closed his eyes, and in the comfort of enjoying the divine crow ointment, he faintly replied: "Well, okay, yes, you guys know how to use your brains. Come back, give me more children."
Brother, it’s even better.”
Mu Zaohua sneered in her heart: Mang Gurtai, Mrs. Zheng said that if a man absorbs too much of this apiao ointment, he will become incapacitated. I will go out to Hetuala for a run during this period, and I will take a look when I get back.
, are you a pig that has been groomed with the coats, and have the same virtue?
Mu Zaohua leaned over and beat Mang Gurtai's leg in front of her, raising her hand to signal the two wrappers in front of the kang to get out of bed.
Zhang Da and his companions hurriedly bowed their bodies humbly and exited the house.
Mu Zaohua glanced at Zhang Da's back.
After the boy was caned last year, Mu Zaohua heard that his mother died after suffering severe abdominal pain for two days.
Furong shell soup can stop diarrhea and relieve pain, but it cannot cure all diseases. Mu Zaohua believes that the illness of the old woman in the Zhang family is completely different from the diarrhea suffered by the Dege family after eating croton, and it is not a furong soup.
It can save a life.
But at that time, Mu Zaohua was still feeling sorry for Zhang Da deep in her heart.
In order to help herself be trusted by the Tatars, she had to beat her compatriots teenagers black and blue.
When Mrs. Zheng said goodbye to her, she reminded her that being a spy in the enemy camp may be more difficult than being a general fighting with real swords and guns in the light of swords and blood.
You have to suppress the disgust of catering to the enemy, the difficulty of planning alone, and the intolerance of pretending to bully your compatriots with a higher belief, so that you can persevere with sobriety and agility.
Mu Zaohua realized this more and more. Even so, because of Zhang Da's back covered in blood, she still experienced real discomfort.
But today, apologies and discomfort have turned into vigilance.
How could this young man not feel any resentment when he saw him?
Was it because of the Tatars' cruel methods of subduing the Han people that they finally turned them into outright slaves?
Mu Zaohua then decided to get Zhang Da into territory that she could control first, and then take a look.
Just like A Xue, Ji Lan Tai, and Xia Wenming, a scholar recruited from Goose Fei City to work in Hetuala.
The further you go, the more dangerous things you have to do, and Mu Zaohua needs more helpers. Even if the imaginary helpers are confirmed to be stumbling blocks, there is still a way to turn this stumbling block into a stumbling block for herself.
Target for a gun.
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Thousands of miles away, in the capital, in the duty room of the Guowu Temple.
Zheng Haizhu, before leaving Beijing for Daning Town, took the time to hold a meeting with Shaoqing Hong Chengchou.
Ancient times are still ancient times after all.
Even in the late Ming Dynasty, when Xu Guangqi and others opened their eyes to the world, even though the reputation of the female chieftain Qin Liangyu had spread all over the world, even though there were many workshops with women running businesses all over the south of the Yangtze River, even though the merits and qualifications had been accumulated over the years.
, has prevented Zheng Haizhu from being regarded by the imperial civil servant group as a man who fell from the sky, but after the establishment of the new organization, Zheng Haizhu still will not be so carried away that he loses his usual sense of paying attention to subtle rhythms.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The first thing that needs to be managed carefully is the relationship with the Ministry of War.
After all, many middle-level bureaucrats in various ministries, and even those scribes who have already obtained imperial examinations and are just waiting to be "carried to the emperor's family", are all waiting to see the excitement of the fierce battle between Xiong Shilang of the Ministry of War and Zheng Siqing of the State Council.
Therefore, for more than a month, Zheng Haizhu instructed Hong Chengchou to visit Xiong Tingbi many times.
Although the two of them are one generation apart in age and two levels in class, they are both men, both are Jinshi, both are capable ministers who have served as local officials, and neither of them is Donglin, so they can still talk to each other.
At this moment, as usual, Zheng Haizhu did not exchange greetings and directly asked Hong Chengchou: "What does Xiong Tingbi say?"
Hong Chengchou said with certainty: "Shilang Xiong, like the temple minister, estimates that Nurhachi will open Yuanhe Tieling in the spring and summer of next year at the latest."
Zheng Haizhu nodded: "It's good that he believes it. Besides, you don't need to probe his mouth anymore."
"good."
"Hong Shaoqing, it's much easier for you to deal with various ministers and officials than me, which is a good thing. But later, sometimes you have to keep a tight lid on some information that our State Temple gets. Before I meet the saint directly, you can
Don't let it slip first. Then, the price of our yamen's examination will be reduced, right?"
Hong Chengchou continued to reply with the word "good".
On weekdays, even when discussing official matters, his interactions with the woman in front of him were cold, with no words to describe the affinity between colleagues.
After all, he had to succumb to being subordinate to a woman. How could he get used to it so quickly?
But being cold and being cold, Hong Chengchou still took to heart some of Zheng Haizhu's tips on how to be an official.
He was not stupid. He thought for a moment that Zheng Haizhu did have more experience in dealing with the emperor, Quan Jue, and important cabinet ministers than he did.
When Hong Chengchou was listening sincerely, he saw that Shangguan did not continue, so he reported again: "However, I heard that the report from Yang Junmen is that it is estimated that the Jin army will attack Fushun and Liaoyang again, and then Shenyang.
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Zheng Haizhu thought for a while and pursed his lips slightly: "That is, Yang Lian does not know the nature of the Tatars as hunters and is easily fooled by them. Fortunately, the military officer is not Donglin. Hong Shaoqing, after I go to Daning Town,
When you are in the capital, send me back the situation outside the customs in time, go to the imperial court to inform the emperor, and then keep an eye on it to see if the emperor trusts me and Shilang Xiong, or whether he trusts Yang Junmen more."