Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. In the afternoon, as soon as Guo Song returned to the official room after lunch, he was blocked by Zhang Qiu'an, who had joined the army, and Ansha, the commander of the Ordnance Department affiliated with Tiance Mansion.
"Why, you two don't want me to take a nap?" Guo Song asked, pretending to be dissatisfied.
Ansha didn't dare to say anything, so Zhang Qiu'an said: "Your Highness, let's just ask, I heard that all the timber shipped from Huihe was given to the Shipping Department. Is this rumor true?"
"Is it an official from the Shipping Department who went to pick up the wood from you?" Guo Song asked calmly.
Ansha blushed and nodded.
"This rumor is half true and half false. To be precise, the first batch of timber was given to the Shipping Department, and then the second batch of wood was given to the Ordnance Department."
Zhang Qiuan was startled, there was actually a second batch of wood, how could he not know about it?
"Your Highness, is there any more wood shipped?"
"I plan to exchange the last batch of prisoners of war for He's wood. They have a lot of big pine trees. Let them send a batch of them, at least several thousand pine trees, and give them all to the Ordnance Department."
Zhang Qiu'an and Ansha looked at each other in confusion. The rumors they had been talking about for a long time were true, and His Highness really wanted to give all these good timbers to the Shipping Department.
Ansha was a little anxious and said quickly: "Your Highness, we also need old materials! Give half to them and half to us, okay?"
"What do you want with this old material?"
"Building large-scale siege engines and defensive weapons requires high-quality wood. This century-old wood is so rare that at least some of it must be reserved for us."
Guo Song glared at him and said with some dissatisfaction: "Wood is just a support for trebuchets and stone cannons. What kind of wood cannot be used? This kind of old material is different for shipbuilding, do you understand? For others, this kind of wood is
Key materials.”
"We need to make a battering ram, too!"
Jin Sha muttered in a low voice, "Materials are also very important."
"You have iron fire thunder, what else do you need as a battering ram?" Guo Song was really annoyed.
Zhang Qiu'an quickly winked at Ansha and told him to stop talking. Ansha had to lower his head with a frustrated look on his face.
Guo Song calmed himself down and said: "I know that because this batch of wood is used as military trophies, it should be given to the military, and the Shipping Department belongs to the government. All the military's trophies were taken away by the government deployment. It is people's fault."
I feel unhappy, and every department has its own interests. As long as such interests are not personal interests, there is nothing wrong with protecting the interests of your own department as an order.
But as the King of Jin, I must coordinate the overall situation and use the materials where they are most needed, so if you have objections to me, I don’t blame you, but you must obey my orders."
"I understand that I will definitely obey His Highness's orders."
Guo Song then comforted Jin Sha and said, "You are patiently waiting for the second batch of timber, but I hope you can take the initiative to give up the old timber so that I have a reason to commend you. Do you understand?"
Jinsha immediately understood that His Highness wanted to use commendation to compensate for himself. The dissatisfaction in his heart disappeared immediately, and he immediately said: "I understand my humble position. When I get back, I will immediately arrange to transport the wood to the Shipping Department."
"Go! Zhang Canjun, wait a moment."
Jin Sha bowed and left in a hurry. Guo Song glared at Zhang Qiu'an angrily, "What did you say?"
Zhang Qiu'an blushed and said a little embarrassedly: "He came to ask for help, so it's hard to refuse."
"What does it mean that it is difficult to refuse? I don't believe that your vision can be so narrow-minded? If we have to distinguish clearly between military affairs and government affairs, isn't it possible that the Iron Fire Thunder was not used in the mines? Similarly, although this batch of wood was given to the Shipbuilding Administration, they used it all
If you come to build warships, aren't you still serving the military? You should take more care of them!"
"Your Highness taught you the right lesson, but you know your mistakes because of your humble position."
Guo Song added: "Tomorrow you will inspect the shipyard. They have built the first three thousand stone warship. You must show your sincerity and reward them. Each person will be awarded an old sheepskin, and the craftsmen who participated in the shipbuilding will be awarded an additional one."
A sheep."
"I understand."
Guo Song walked to the map in the east and opened the curtain, revealing a map of the Central Plains and Jianghuai. He said to Zhang Qiu'an: "We will inevitably attack Hebei, the Central Plains and Jianghuai, especially Jianghuai in the future.
There are two major water systems over there, the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. Without a strong naval force, we would not be able to conquer it at all. Why could the imperial court fail to destroy Li Xilie repeatedly before, and Zhu Si could not kill Li Xilie? Isn't it because Li Xilie had hundreds of ships?
Do the warships firmly control the rivers and lakes?"
After saying that, Guo Song put down the wooden pole, looked at Zhang Qiu'an and said: "This is the fundamental reason why I want to build a warship. We will also need it to attack Lingnan in the future."
Zhang Qiu'an nodded silently. He could be the first civilian official in the army. Of course he had his own merits. He understood that what Guo Song said to him at this time had nothing to do with the timber incident. He put his
The long-term goal is to tell myself that I hope that I can cooperate. It is not enough to have warships. You must also have qualified naval forces. This is your own responsibility.
He pondered for a moment and said: "When I was sorting out the information in my humble position, I found that many of the 650,000 refugees fled from the Jianghuai River to escape Li Xilie's tyranny. They fled first to the Central Plains and then to Guanzhong. From among them
, maybe we can recruit a group of soldiers with good water properties."
Guo Song nodded happily, knowing the elegant meaning of the string. Zhang Qiuan understood his thoughts very well.
"You and Pan Liao should discuss this matter and implement it as soon as possible."
"I understand, I will drag Pan Liao to see the boat tomorrow."
Guo Song chuckled, "What a good idea!"
Zhang Qiu'an resigned and left, and Guo Song was no longer sleepy. He took several copies of Wang's ultimatum sent by Guan Nei Dao and began to approve them seriously.
The various state governments under the rule of the Jin Palace were still nominally the local government offices of the Tang Dynasty, but they were only nominally subordinate. They were actually subordinate to the Jin Palace, ranging from the appointment of governors to the arrangements of county officials, as well as the collection of taxes and the construction of roads and bridges.
, opening schools, encouraging learning and farming, etc., were all under the jurisdiction of the Jin Palace.
However, the state government has to write two documents, one is the annual report, which is given to the imperial court, and then the memorial on important matters in daily life, and the annual summary, which is for the Jin Palace. Of course, the memorial cannot be called a memorial, but is called a royal memorial.
An ultimatum to the Jin Palace.
At this time, a soldier ran over panting and said: "Your Highness, go back quickly, the little lady is about to give birth."
The little lady is Zhang Minqiu. Her fetal gas has been a bit unstable during the past two days, so she has been resting in Jinyang Palace to take care of her fetus.
Guo Song was shocked. Minqiu was only eight months old and she was about to give birth? That was a premature birth!
Guo Song couldn't sit down anymore, so he immediately got up and rushed back to the inner palace.
Guo Song hurried to the inner palace, and as soon as he entered the Yuqiong Pavilion, he faintly heard the cry of a baby. At this time, Guo Weiwei jumped up and ran over, smiling and saying: "Dad, I have another little brother."
"Ah! Have you seen it?"
"Of course I have met him. Mom said he looks like me."
Guo Song was overjoyed and said quickly: "Weiwei, take daddy to have a look."
"Father, follow me!"
Guo Weiwei led her father upstairs, and the baby's cries were getting closer and closer. In a room on the left side of the second floor, a large family was gathered together, including her son Guo Jincheng.
Dugu Youlan was holding a swaddling baby in her arms and was chatting and laughing with others. Zhang Minqiu was lying on the bed, in good spirits, but his face was a little pale.
Xue Tao sat next to Zhang Minqiu. When he saw Xiaowei and her husband coming in, he smiled and said: "The real master is here, Youlan, why don't you show your father the child quickly?"
Dugu Youlan handed the swaddling clothes to Guo Song, and Guo Song quickly took it carefully. The baby was very small and light, like a skinny kitten, but it cried loudly, and its features really looked like Xiaowei's.
"He must be hungry!"
After all, Guo Song has three children, so he understands a little bit.
Zhang Minqiu said: "Several midwives have said that it is good for the child to cry."
"Nonsense! Breastfeed quickly."
Guo Song handed the child to Zhang Minqiu. Zhang Minqiu opened his clothes and let the child inhale the semen, and he immediately became quiet.
Xue Tao winked at her husband, and Guo Song followed her out.
Guo Song looked back and said, "Min Qiu is going to have her confinement period, so she should find a wet nurse to help her!"
"That's the problem."
Xue Tao lowered his voice and said: "Wang Zhihe's imperial doctor said that the child was born more than a month prematurely and has some congenital defects. The mother must feed her carefully, otherwise it will be easy..."
Xue Tao didn't say any more, and Guo Song understood the word she didn't say, 'died in infancy!'
"You make the arrangements!"
Guo Song held his wife's hand and said apologetically: "I can only ask you!"
Xue Tao knew that her husband had no brothers and had few heirs, so he valued his children very much. She nodded, "I will do my best, husband, don't worry."
"If you need any precious medicinal materials or something, tell me and I'll get them!"
"Wang Zhihe and the imperial doctor prescribed a large tonic prescription for Min Qiu, and then used her to supplement the child. This is the best way. The medicinal materials are available in the palace, and... Husband had better give them
Children accumulate blessings."
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "I know, I will declare amnesty tomorrow!"