The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 273 Cloudy
After Ning Yuan took the people away, Song Qingyue was a little apprehensive, and when there was no one around, she asked Zeng Maozhi in a low voice: "I'm ashamed of Mr. Ning like this today, and the fourth Mr. Ning won't do anything to me, right?" ?”

Song Qingyue was always timid when it was over, Zeng Maozhi held back a smile and said, "Don't worry, the concubine, the fourth son of Ning will not dare. Unless he can guarantee to kill all of us hidden guards at once. As long as we have a brother If he is alive, everything he has done will be exposed. Not to mention Your Highness, even the prince will not spare him."

Zeng Maozhi acted very confidently. Song Qingyue blinked his big almond eyes a few times, and said still worriedly: "Maybe one day he will lose his mind, so he will do it? Aren't there only fifteen of you? Is it difficult to deal with?"

Zeng Maozhi raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.

Song Qingyue glanced at him first, then reacted, and looked at Zeng Maozhi with wide eyes: "That kid Qin Jifu didn't tell me the truth, there are more than fifteen?"

Zeng Maozhi rubbed his nose and said nicely, "You are the person on the top of His Highness's heart, Your Highness... Your Highness is also worried about you. Besides our group, there is another group of secret guards, Eunuch Qin, who doesn't know about it, and his subordinates don't fully know about it." Where are they exactly? In addition, the prince has also sent several people to protect you. Unless there is a large-scale siege, it is impossible for ordinary assassinations to hurt the princess. Please rest assured!"

Song Qingyue nodded. With so many people, safety is safety, but it feels weird. If someone she doesn't know suddenly comes out from under the bed in the middle of the night, she won't be scared to death...

~

Time passed quickly, and it was November in a blink of an eye. Prince Jing finally reached an agreement with the Ministry of Household Affairs, received 50 taels of funds, and led an army of [-] to Jiangnan to clean up the mess.

While the Northwest cold monsoon was blowing in the East China Sea, Li Zhao stood on the iron-clad steam warship, using a tripod-fixed ultra-high-power telescope to watch a group of merchant ships slowly sailing towards Japan in the distance, showing his big white teeth.

The lenses of the telescope are all polished by jade craftsmen, and the effect is very good.

When the old man banned the sea, he probably had the idea of ​​cutting off the source of income of the Lingnan Navy.

But the sea ban can only ban the ships of ordinary sea merchants, but not the ships of the palace.

The crazy rise in prices of raw silk, wood, spices, porcelain and other goods caused by the sea ban will only make Su Wang's mansion more full.

Li Zhao heard that at the end of September, after his fourth uncle King Jing went to Jiangnan, he had already killed several local officials of the fourth grade or above. No wonder it was November, and there were still cargo ships going out to sea regardless of the wind and waves to do business— —I didn’t dare to do it in summer, so I could only risk being overturned by wind and waves in winter, avoiding Prince Jing’s eyes and ears and smuggling secretly.

Li Zhao licked the corner of his lips.

Since it is smuggling, then forgive him for being rude!

The sea surface in winter is very stormy, and it is not common to encounter a shipwreck and never return?
The new conical cannonball, whose shape was modified by Song Qingyue's golden finger, swirled, cut through the wet and cold sea wind, broke through the rough sea surface, and flew past the side of the last merchant ship.

In the narrow field of view of the ultra-high-power telescope, Li Zhao could clearly see the flustered expression on the helmsman's face.

"Full speed ahead! Let's take down all ten cargo ships!"

Li Zhao raised his fist, and amidst the cheers of the sailors behind him, thick black smoke rose from the thick and big chimneys, and three black ships without sails and wheels rushed forward like ghosts. The cargo ship drifted away.

"It's a water bandit, a water bandit! Fire, fire!"

The watchman on the high mast of the cargo ship shouted hoarsely, waved his arms, and gestured for firing.

But the captain thought he was crazy. With such a long distance, their shells couldn't even touch the side of the other side's ship!

Li Zhao's side was advancing at full speed without fear. The traditional cannonball was just an iron bump that wouldn't bloom. Not to mention it couldn't reach their boat at all, even if it did land on their boat, nothing would happen.

call out--!
Another cone-shaped shell cut through the salty and damp air and flew towards the front row of the cargo ship.

boom!
The cannonball landed on the side of the mainmast of the opponent's ship. Just as the opponent was patted on his chest and thanked that the mast was not hit, there was a loud bang, and the cannonball that landed on the deck exploded!

The huge shock wave directly blasted a big hole in the wooden deck, and the main mast lost its support and fell down.

The mast fell with a huge white canvas and covered the deck, and the crew who lost their vision suddenly fell into panic.

Li Zhao used the binoculars to admire the other party's terrified shit for a while, and loudly ordered the five iron-cored copper-bodied human rifled guns on the side of the warship to fire in unison.

Huh - bang!

Huh - bang!

Huh - bang!

After a round of bombardment, Li Zhao observed with a telescope and found that the opposite ship was still trying to escape!

After being met by him, you still want to run?

What are you dreaming about?
Li Zhao pointed to the fastest escaped boat and said, "Facing that one, concentrate on bombing it!" Li Zhao ordered loudly.

The orderly began to signal.

After another three rounds of shelling, several masts of the smuggling fleet fell down.

Li Zhao laughed excitedly, and ordered to bombard the cannons on those ships: "Try to blow out all their cannons!"

The crew members on those merchant ships had already started crying, and they had never seen a cannon with such a long range!
And those shells don't know what's going on. Not only are they fast, but they also have a spin. The hard ship plank is similar to an egg shell in front of this kind of shells, and it is too fragile to withstand a single blow.

After several rounds of heavy bombardment, the ten merchant ships in the caravan were too frightened to move.

After the three armored warships on Li Zhao's side approached the cargo ship at an alarming speed, the loudest crew member on the ship shouted through a loudspeaker: "Hey! Surrender quickly! Surrender without killing! Put it down!" Weapons, surrender and don’t kill!”

The sailor beside him was carrying a hand-cranked generator on his back, shaking the handle vigorously.

The other two black ironclad warships outflanked and went to the front of the fleet, blocking their way.

After realizing the disparity in combat power, ten huge cargo ships with copper cannons, like big fat sheep driven by sheepdogs, were surrounded by three iron-clad steamships that looked a size smaller than them. Aggrieved and huddled together.

"Put down the uh~stab~stab~the investment bank! the stab~the stab~put down the uh~the stab~the stab~the investment bank!the stab~the stab~......"

The electric loudspeaker again made its unpleasant noise intermittently.

……

Half a month later, Li Zhao exchanged ten boats of silk fabrics, medicinal materials, various porcelain, spices, and soap from the Wa Kingdom for more than 250 million taels of high-quality Wadao silver cakes, more than [-] taels of gold cakes, and Several ships of high-purity quartz, limestone, and timber returned to his stronghold in Xiaoliuqiu.

Of course, there are ten large cargo ships picked up for nothing and more than 1000 captive merchant seamen.

Along the way, he also sank two Japanese pirate warships wandering in the East China Sea, doing something good for the people of Zhejiang as compensation.

As time entered the twelfth lunar month, several rows of cement and brick houses appeared at the foot of Baoen Temple.

There is an earthen kiln for burning charcoal in the yard, and Zeng Maozhi is leading his men to put the dried shrub branches into the earthen kiln to simmer. After these branches are carbonized, they will carry them all up the mountain to the imperial concubine and her adopted children They are used for winter.

In a hurry, it had been more than a year since Li Zhao left, and the weather was so cold that Song Qingyue couldn't cheer up. She didn't want to compile science textbooks, and she didn't want to read the account books.

She wanted to give her mind a break, so she sat by the fire and sewed panties on the still-no-talker.

Does she miss him?

I think a little bit, but not particularly.

Sometimes she even felt that living a life like this alone was more comfortable than living with that dead ghost by her side.

There is no great joy, no great sorrow, no need to rack your brains to act coquettishly, to please him, no need to worry about what to do when he suddenly changes his mind, no need to face his annoying concubines, just relax and feel comfortable by yourself, and live a fulfilling and interesting life every day .

Why do you want a man?
Of course, she also knew that the reason she was so comfortable now was because the dead ghost was still alive.

In this damn ancient society, if there is no one to support her, no matter what she does, someone will dare to bully her casually.

~
On the day of Laba, the rich and powerful families in the capital cooked Laba porridge early, and began to put porridge at dawn.

This year, the porridge shed in Shenjun Prince's Mansion is so big and conspicuous that it was built on Yujie!
It is said that this porridge donation was appreciated by the emperor, and the ministers of the cabinet were called into the emperor's bedroom to discuss the promotion of Prince Shenjun to the title of prince.

Mr. Wu was terrified because of this. It was not dark yet, so he hurriedly went to find Song Jianming who was still recovering from illness at home.

What is Song Jianming doing at home?
With his talents as a prodigy, he is plucking up his courage to write a military essay for his in-laws, and now he has written the fourth edition.

The first version is to accuse the eldest prince of having no talent, no virtue, and unworthy to be a king;
The second version is to crusade against Wang Xin's wolf ambitions, the mansion of Jing State who did many evils, and the mansion of Su Wang's mansion who raised troops only to defend the father and the Qing Dynasty;
The third version is almost exactly the same as the second version, except that King Xin is changed to King Yu.

The version I am writing now is prepared for Prince Jing.

But Song Jianming took a pen and thought for a whole morning, but he couldn't find anything worthy of attacking His Highness the Fourth Prince, and he was in trouble.

"Brother Song, Brother Song! Something has happened, something has happened! Your Majesty said today that he will be promoted to the title of Prince Shen County!!"

Old Wu Ge barged in bluffing.

When Song Jianming heard about this, he put down his pen calmly, and suppressed several essays with a copy of "Mencius". The old god smiled and said, "Old Brother Wu is here!"

"Ahem!" Wu Shangshu consciously lost his composure, cleared his throat, straightened the scarf and Taoist robe on his head, and said, "How is Brother Song? Is he well?"

"Maybe I ate too much seafood when I was in the south, my back hurts, my legs hurt, and my whole body hurts in winter." Song Jianming made nonsense.

Wu Shangshu came into the study room, looked him up and down, and said excitedly: "Let's not say whether you have a headache or a footache, His Majesty said personally today that the eldest prince is benevolent and filial. You don’t know, at the court meeting today, His Majesty mentioned in front of all the ministers that the eldest prince is the queen’s heir, and then the cabinet wants us to discuss the matter of the eldest prince’s promotion! The meaning of Yan’s capital is Reinstate the crown prince directly, and the other elders feel that it is better to be promoted to the prince first, and then restore the crown prince after a while."

Song Jianming still sat firmly on the ground, and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, don't worry, you just watch it, it doesn't matter if it's the prince or the prince, you won't be promoted."

The next day, there was snowflakes in the sky, and the Governor of Shuntian Mansion entered the palace gate sweating profusely, but was stopped by a young Jin Yiwei on the way.

"Master Xiao Feng, this is an important matter, you'd better not stop the old man." Shi Fuyin said with a serious face.

Feng Jin bowed his hands respectfully to Shifu Yin and said: "What is the important matter that embarrasses the master of the Futai? The lower official is not stopping you, but you know the emperor's condition, so there is no room for loss. Is there anything that the cabinet can't do?" I have to ask the emperor to deal with it personally? If you get angry again, will you be in charge or I will be in charge?"

Feng Jin deliberately used the title "Emperor" which is closer to His Majesty than His Majesty. His father has been with the Emperor since he was a child and even saved the Emperor's life. His relationship is probably closer than that of a brother.

Having said that, Shi Fuyin immediately hesitated, hesitated for a long time but couldn't make up his mind, and said in a low voice: "Master Xiao Feng, His Royal Highness is involved in this matter, do you think I should report it or not?"

The deposed prince Li Chi hates being called "Shen Junwang" by others. The word "shen" is an insult to him. It seems to remind him all the time of the mistakes he has made, so the deposed prince can't call him even more. , so Shi Fuyin used the title "His Royal Highness".

Now, except for the firm King Su faction and the firm King Yu faction, everyone in the court is very cautious.

This Shifu Yin was a coward. He looked at Feng Jin anxiously, and said, "Your Majesty Feng is well-informed. You have also heard about what happened with Dou Liangyuan's natal family in His Royal Highness's residence, right?"

Feng Jin pretended to be stupid: "What's the matter? How do I know?"

"Hey! What time is it? Don't make fun of Uncle Shi!" Shi Fuyin grabbed Feng Jin's wrist and took him to a cooler place to talk, "The Dou family puts Feng Jin in the capital and the Zhili area. Usury, not only lending loan sharks, but also occupying other people’s property if they don’t pay, forcing good people to become prostitutes, killing people! Even if killing people, there are more than one family! More than a dozen families joined hands to come to Shuntian Mansion to beat drums and complain, and there was a lot of trouble The capital is full of uproar, you say that I..."

Shi Fuyin wiped the sweat from his head, not sure if it was hot or anxious.

Feng Jin looked surprised, and said seriously: "If this is the case, you can't let the emperor know. You know what the emperor is thinking, and the whole court knows. The emperor exaggerated His Highness's filial piety the day before yesterday. His Majesty's praise is so high, this is a slap in the face!"

"Isn't that right!" Shi Fuyin stomped his feet.

Feng Jin seemed to think about it seriously for a while, before he said: "I think it's better not to let the emperor know about this matter, you should first find a way to suppress and stabilize those families. I have a bigger and more serious one here. If something ridiculous happens, the people in the capital may forget about the Dou family."

"What's the matter?" Shi Fuyin had an ominous premonition.

Feng Jin leaned into his ear and whispered: "His Royal Highness Xin Wang often goes over the wall of Prince Yu's residence in the middle of the night!"

Shi Fuyin's expression turned serious, goosebumps came out all over his body, what kind of bloody gossip is this?

"Do...what?"

"Stealing people!" Feng Jin winked mischievously at him, "Princess Yu is no longer favored after giving birth to two daughters in a row. The side concubine gave birth to the eldest son, and King Yu just fell in love with an oiran named Nanxiang in Yichun Tower This Princess Yu came and went back and forth to give birth to a son, hehehe! Now the one in Princess Yu's belly, maybe Her Royal Highness Yu's son is the seed of King Xin!"

"This, this is impossible!" Shi Fuyin shook his head repeatedly.

Feng Jin, however, continued to gossip about the bloody gossip with an excited face: "How is it impossible? Princess Yu is a girl from the Duke of Jing's mansion. She has often entered the palace since she was a child. She is also beautiful. It's also a love affair since childhood. Besides, the Confidence King's disfigurement, the imperial concubine and the Duke of Jing have completely given up on His Highness Xin Wang, and under his anger, he used a cuckold to take revenge on his younger brother, which makes perfect sense!"

Shi Fuyin covered his ears and shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, I didn't hear anything today! Young Master Feng, I'm taking my leave! I'm leaving!"

Shifu Yin is a dignified official of the third rank, two ranks higher than Feng Jin, and now he is so frightened that the word "lower official" pops out.

That night, Eunuch Yang, who was beside King Su, took a group of hidden guards in disguise to escort the dozen or so families who jointly beat drums and complained of grievances out of Beijing secretly, and went to Shandong to avoid the limelight.

In the capital city, in the kitchen of Chengnan Shushu School, half a pig's pork cubes were stewed in a large iron pot, as well as sour cabbage that had been pickled in autumn, and sweet potato vermicelli that Song Qingyue brought from her own village, gurgling, Fragrant and warm.

Aunt Wang, Aunt Liu, Aunt Ma, Mo Ping, and Mo Lan gathered behind the stove, eating melon seeds and chatting while enjoying the fire.

"Have you heard?"

"What did you hear?" Aunt Ma asked.

"It's the dozen or so families who beat drums together to complain about grievances!" Mo Ping said.

"Oh! A few days ago, the streets and alleys were so noisy!" Aunt Liu spat out the melon seed shells, shook her head and sighed: "They are all poor people!"

Aunt Liu empathized and said: "If they had borrowed money from the Empress Concubine, they wouldn't have been forced into such a situation! It's so pitiful!"

Mo Lan said: "But don't you find it strange? A dozen or so families all disappeared overnight!"

"Hiss!" Several aunts gasped at the same time.

Aunt Ma said: "Could it be that the waste prince gave..." She made a gesture of wiping her neck.

Mo Ping hurriedly made a hissing gesture: "Don't say it! That useless prince went to Jiangnan to play a few years ago, greedy for the money to repair the embankment, and tens of thousands of people died when the flood season came! Isn’t it true that the county king is well-behaved? Our concubine said that the useless prince stayed in the emperor’s palace all day to wait on the sick, do you know what this means?”

"What do you mean?" Several aunts asked immediately.

"The emperor wants to restore the deposed prince!"

"Hey! That's not allowed, not allowed! How can such a person be a prince? Not allowed, not allowed!" Several aunts shook their heads and sighed.

……

However, within three days, rumors spread everywhere in Beijing, saying that the dozen or so families who beat the drum together to sue Prince Liangdi's family had already been secretly dealt with by the Shenjun Prince's Mansion!

How else to explain their disappearance overnight?

As for the matter that the prince traveled to the south of the Yangtze River with beauties many years ago and embezzled the funds for river repair without authorization, which caused the death of tens of thousands of people, it was also brought up again.

Rumors of how unkind and unrighteous the abolished crown prince was have been widely circulated among the common people, and there were also some compliments on the benevolence of King Su's mansion.

Naturally, some officials discussed this matter, but they were not as naive as the common people. They all knew that this was a battle between several princes.

As for Song Jianming, suddenly he recovered from his illness, and went to the Yamen as usual every day, and the cabinet also went, but continued to be his sculpture, and no one asked him for his opinion, so he just kept his mouth shut.

But his very presence is a signal.

Today, he also sat on the ground under Yan Shoufu's subordinates, without saying a word, and Yan Shoufu was also a little silent today, but his eyes when looking at Song Jianming became more and more unfriendly.

After leaving the office, Wu Shangshu pulled Song Jianming aside, and asked him quietly: "Brother Song, tell me the truth, what happened in Beijing recently, is King Su playing tricks?"

Song Jianming chuckled and said, "What do you think? It's King Yu who can't tell."

This is really annoying!Wu Shangshu snorted.

As for the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Yin is much more relaxed. It is a good thing that the troublesome dozen or so families have disappeared!He didn't need to judge the case, he was relaxed, as for whether they died or escaped, or what happened, it had nothing to do with him.

(End of this chapter)