"Can I design a ship myself?" Yun Er was very excited when his elder brother talked about shipbuilding.
Yun Zheng frowned and said: "Of course you can, but I suddenly remembered a joke. It was said in a book that there was a king in England who personally designed a battleship. This battleship had unparalleled fierce firepower and extremely luxurious internal structure. The result was...
Great, the ship sank just after it was launched...
I think you should leave things like shipbuilding to specialized talents. The craftsmanship of the super craftsmen of the Song Dynasty is not comparable to that of a boy like you who has a thorough knowledge of physics. In fact, they also know some physics knowledge, but because of their knowledge
It's not enough, so I can't explain it completely.
Do you still remember the "Mengxi Bi Tan" you learned in the textbook when you were a child? Now Shen Kuo is writing it, but I don't recommend that you get in touch with this guy. Zhang Fangping's evaluation of Shen Kuo is that the book is worth reading and the quality is excellent! Once it is stained with regret,
Three lives.
You also know how vicious Zhang Fangping is when he looks at people. Back then, he said that Zhou Tong could not bear to be friends for a long time. Now it has come true. He said that Cui Da was born to do business. Now it has come true. When others doubt me,
When I was about to become another powerful minister, this old guy discovered that I had no interest in the court, and volunteered to come to Sichuan to serve as a county guard in order to gain the extraordinary ability of guarding a big tiger. He is a real old thief.
"
Yun Er laughed and said: "When I was studying in the Imperial College, I met a lot of strange people with different temperaments. But in general, the teachings of Confucius and Mencius still lead people to do good. As long as they are not too unconventional, it is easy to get along with them.
Everyone becomes friends.
Shen Kuo was already in his last year when I entered the Imperial College. I didn't like his flattering manner, so I didn't have much contact with him. Su Shi had a very good relationship with him. This guy was really good at studying things.
I just don’t understand why this person was not put in prison as a general, but I was put in prison as a general.”
Yun Zheng smiled and said nothing.
Yun Er smiled bitterly and said: "Is this your arrangement? I originally wanted to be a county magistrate. I have had the official addiction of a county magistrate."
"It wasn't arranged by me, it was arranged by your sister-in-law. She doesn't want you to go out and suffer hardships. It's a matter of debate whether the fourteen-year-old county magistrate can obey the public. It's better to be a prisoner."
As long as Lu Qingqing was mentioned, Yun Er was completely speechless. Lu Qingqing, who didn't know the details, really treated him like a child. He raised his hand to hit him when he was unhappy, and pinched his face to praise him when he was happy. Yun Zheng
Earlier, Nian was worried about arousing Yun Er's rebellious mentality. Unexpectedly, the relationship between him and his sister-in-law was gradually established through discipline and pretending to be disciplined.
Yun Er picked another basket of mulberries, then went under the mulberry tree with Yun Da, and took the children back to the village. It was very comfortable to step on the bluestone warmed by the sun with his bare feet.
There are four fast horses galloping on the mountainside opposite, with flags hanging on the backs of the knights. This is a method used in the army to rush for eight hundred miles.
Yun Er looked at the knight halfway up the mountain and said with a smile: "Cao Rong can't bear it any longer. He has already used the 800-mile rush. I don't know whose banner it is this time."
Yun Zheng stood barefoot on the small bridge and shook his head and said: "The Yongxing Army has been corrupted over the years. Some Dali troops and some bandits have left him helpless. I don't know how he got here all these years. Emperor
Giving new land to this guy is a terrible mistake."
Seeing his eldest brother standing on the small bridge, Yun Er seemed to have no intention of letting the messenger enter the village, so he laughed and took the children back to the village with Ge Qiuyan.
Han Niu and Monkey, who were haying the war horses, also saw the messenger halfway up the mountain. Han Niu came behind Yunzheng with a guillotine. All three of them were wearing coarse clothes, just like three rough men in the mountains.
The war horses soon arrived at the small bridge. Cao Xing, the leader of the Cao Rong clan, was about to yell to give way when he saw Yun Zheng standing on the small bridge with a gloomy face. He quickly reined in the war horses and knelt down on one knee: "Qi Yun
Hou, Jianchang Prefecture is reporting urgently. Jianchang Prefecture’s Bacui Tribe, Luolan Tribe, and Ma Tribe are killing the Ma Tribe and rallying the masses to rebel. Cao Rong of the Prefecture is now in danger of holding on to Mukui City. Please rescue Yunhou immediately!"
Yun Zheng silently took the eight hundred miles from his hand and asked Han Niu to cut the paint on the outside with a guillotine. After opening it, he took a look and said: "Where is the seal of the Privy Council? How could it be the queen's seal? Since it is
It's eight hundred miles away, so why not hand it over to Zhang Fangping, the prefect of Chengdu? What's the point of giving it to me? Sending troops privately is a grave crime against the nine tribes. Doesn't the Queen not know?"
Cao Xing said anxiously: "The letter was a request for help to the capital, but the Privy Council believed that the Yongxing Army's 18,000 troops were enough to defend Jianchang Mansion, and only ordered Cao Rong to quickly put down the rebellion, so no military orders were issued.
The empress couldn't bear to see Cao Rong defeated, so she had to write this letter with her own hands, begging Marquis Yun to show mercy and save my cousin."
Yun Zheng cursed angrily: "Can't all 18,000 people huddle in Mukui City? Aren't they too crowded in a city that is three miles in size?
The Bacui Tribe and the Luolan Tribe had few people killed by Di Shuai in the early years, so why did they suddenly rebel? They were just a group of bandits, but they actually forced Cao Rong to use 800 miles to rush. This was a shame for the Song Dynasty army.
No wonder the Privy Council refused to send reinforcements."
Cao Xing's face turned pale, and he could only kowtow repeatedly and beg Yun Zheng to send troops quickly, otherwise Cao Rong would definitely lose his life.
Yun Zheng beat his temples to calm down and said slowly: "I have always been on good terms with Cao Rong. If I can save him, I will naturally send troops.
Monkey, come and tell Cao Xing how many soldiers and horses we still have in hand."
The monkey coughed and said: "The army is on the grassland, and we only have 72 generals, 61 civil servants, and 183 guards."
When Cao Xing heard what the monkey said, he burst into tears. He understood that Yun Zheng was telling the truth. When he passed by the Chengdu Prefecture, Zhang Fangping told him that the imperial court had mobilized all the troops in the Chengdu Prefecture.
Most of them are Xiang soldiers who can only participate in labor, and those people cannot be used to fight at all.
As for Yun Zheng, I am afraid he does not have the extra troops to participate in the rescue. The western Yunnan grassland has just been pacified and requires a large number of manpower to participate in the guarding. Now he heard the truth from the monkey's mouth, thinking that Cao Rong was hiding in Mukui City day and night, waiting for reinforcements.
, I can’t help but feel sad.
"Eighteen thousand soldiers, this configuration is not too high. The Yongxing Army is also one of the most capable troops in the Song Dynasty. What's more, they are equipped with a large number of firearms. Why can they only hide in Mukui City?
Looking for reinforcements?"
Cao Xing grunted: "The rebels came roaring from all over the mountains and plains. The bandits violently attacked Mukui City. Some bandits even had siege equipment. The general had no choice but to order the entire army to shrink and defend Mukui City."
Yun Zheng snorted coldly: "I don't have an army. If Cao Rong wants to survive, he should fight back quickly. If the morale of the army is weakened, he will wait to die!"
"Marquis Yun didn't know that the army in Mukui City did not have 18,000 people, but less than 8,000. The rest of the soldiers went to the copper mines to mine, and a large part of the gunpowder bombs were also brought
The mine has exploded, this is indeed the reality in Mukui City."
When Cao Xing saw that the situation was irreversible, he gritted his teeth and told the actual situation, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Yun Zheng was not surprised by this situation. Cao Rong had made a lot of money in these years. If he only used local people to mine and smelt copper, he would never be able to produce so many copper ingots. If he wanted to make a fortune quickly, using soldiers was a quick way.
The six thousand soldiers of the Song Dynasty were enough to defeat the stragglers. The only reason why they huddled in the city and did not move was because the soldiers below were dissatisfied with the general.
Regarding the situation in Jianchang Mansion, Yun Zheng knew even more than Cao Xing now. The Yun family's caravan went in and out of Dali, and followed the ancient Tang-Tibet road as far as the Tubo Plateau, and then passed through Nepal from the Tubo Plateau and finally arrived at
Tianzhu, how could he not know the situation in Jianchang Mansion opposite.
Cao Rong won over the generals in the army and conspired to use the soldiers to make money and treat the soldiers as cattle and horses. It is said that because of the collapse of the mine, countless soldiers were killed and injured, so the lowest level soldiers were exposed to the crisis in Mukui City.
Turn a blind eye.
In these years, Cao Rong implemented military control in Jianchang Mansion. Anyone who could move was captured by his subordinates and sent to the mines to mine day and night.
And the income he earns every year is enough to support the expenses of the entire Cao family. The reason why the queen can win the support of most people in the court is inseparable from the wealthy and powerful natal family behind her, so there is
The queen took the risk and gave orders directly to Yun Zheng, hoping that he could send troops to rescue Cao Rong.
"Marquis Yun, the Queen has said it herself, if Marquis Yun can save my cousin's life, the Cao family will have retribution." Cao Xing stood up and revealed his biggest trump card.
He believed that Yun Zheng's foresight would not leave him an army that could be mobilized at any time. This army might even be the Yun family's private army.
"The Cao Rong I know is not such a vicious person. He still knows how to advance and retreat, and how to win over his subordinates. In this regard, he did a good job in Shu in his early years. Even though he was not good at commanding the army, Yongxing
The subordinates of the army are still good, at least they can fight. Cao Xing, tell me why Cao Rong has such a big change?
I think the person who can speak effectively in Jianchang Mansion is probably not Cao Rong, right?"
Cao Xing closed his mouth and said nothing. Yun Zheng sat cross-legged on the small bridge, looked behind the mulberry tree coldly and said: "You have been listening for so long, it's time to come out, right?"
Han Lin, who had white hair and a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, put his hands in his sleeves and slowly walked out from behind the mulberry tree and said with a smile: "Marquis Yun, I haven't seen you for a long time! Let your brother put down the crossbow in his hand. His little ability is not enough.
, but he can sense my arrival, and it seems that Xiaolin has taught him attentively." (To be continued)