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Chapter 291

On the second day of December in the 15th year of Chongzhen, in the morning, Wuchang.

In the midst of the winter wind, the governor of Minghuguang, who was given the surname of Krupp Zhu Shuren, rarely put on military armor, with a well-crafted top-quality Japanese sword hanging from his waist, and a shiny gold-coated six-shot revolver on his left and right sides. , I personally boarded a large river boat of [-] materials, ready to set sail.

A large ship of [-] materials is almost impossible to navigate in the Yellow River or Huaihe River, but in the Yangtze River, it is not a big deal, and it can be used in both rivers and seas.

This big ship is also Zhu Shuren's flagship, and it was also filially owned by his younger brother Zheng Chenggong.In the waters north of the Yangtze River, the Zheng family's boats are useless, but just on the Yangtze River, the Zheng family's boats can still be bigger than the Shen family's.

Fang Kongxuan and Wang Gonggong will not leave so soon for the time being, they have to wait for a few more days, firstly, they are tired from the long journey and need to rest, secondly, they don't have any troops at hand, and it is useless to go with a bare-handed commander.

We have to wait for Zhu Shuren to gain a firm foothold around Chongqing, and it will be their turn to take over after ten or eight days.

However, Fang's family will still come to the wharf to practice with Zhu Shuren's family.

The eyes of Zhu Shuren's several concubines were slightly red, but they were afraid of bad luck, so they didn't dare to cry, and just pestered him to take care.

Especially when Bian Yujing had only been with him for three days and was about to separate, he felt even more resentful.

Chen Yuanyuan knew that she was embarrassed to speak, so she had to help the sisters and asked together: "Young master, I don't know how long we will leave our sisters behind."

Zhu Shuren also made a big promise: "Okay, it's not a big deal. This time is different from going to Changsha or Kaifeng before, and I won't leave you behind for several months.

In a few months at most, I will gain a firm foothold in Chongqing, and I will send a boat to pick you up. If you are lucky, you will be able to reunite in Chongqing for the New Year.I have already told my father-in-law that after the liberation of Chongqing, I will temporarily move to Chongqing and may not return to Huguang for a while.

If all goes well, after the first month of next year, my cousin Zuo Mi's brother will be in charge of Huguang military preparations, so that when I am in Chongqing, there will be a civil servant to coordinate and coordinate the military defense here. "

I heard that after only being separated for more than half a month, the four daughters calmed down a bit, and smiled forcefully again, so that Zhu Shuren didn't have to worry about the family.

Zhu Shuren hugged and comforted all the girls one by one to say goodbye, and saw that Bian Yujing was different from the other three girls. He asked his personal maid to carry a package when he went out today, so he couldn't help laughing:

"What is this for? Could it be that you made up your mind at first, if I really leave you guys behind for a few months, you want to sneak onto the boat and go to Chongqing with you? The luggage is all packed."

Bian Yujing blushed, but quickly retorted confidently: "The slave family is so unambitious and greedy for intimacy, the young master doesn't want to take us, there is a reason for not bringing us, the slave family and sisters just stay at home and guard.

This is not luggage, but a set of "Historical Records", several volumes of "New/Old Tang Book", and several volumes of "New/Old History of the Five Dynasties".The Nu family knew that sister Ziling would definitely come to see them off soon, so they made an appointment with her to exchange some books. "

Since the relationship between the two parties was clarified yesterday, the relationship between Fang Ziling and the women in Zhu Shuren's family has become a little more mellow, especially with Bian Yujing, and it's a matter of course that they have a tacit understanding of reading history and criticizing together, and the results are immediate and immediate.

Zhu Shuren was puzzled: "You underestimate Ziling too much. She has read more poems and books than you. Why should you lend her these books?"

Bian Yujing: "It's in exchange! It's not borrowing!"

Zhu Shuren: "What's the point?"

Bian Yujing: "Of course there is. My book has my own comments and annotations. Of course, sister Ziling's book also has her notes and annotations. Only by looking at it can I know how different interpretations are. The more you buy, the less you get."

Zhu Shuren was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

People in the Ming and Qing Dynasties also liked to read between the lines of engraved characters, annotating and posting book reviews. "Dream of Red Mansions" has Zhiyanzhai's Zhiyanzhai edition, and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has Mao Zonggang's edition.In the earlier era, "Three Kingdoms" and Pei's annotations were all based on this principle.

It was not uncommon for a girl in the Boudoir Middle School who was rich and rich to send book reviews and barrage among her girlfriends at that time.

Wu Shufu, a Hangzhou literati in the Kangxi period of the later Qing Dynasty, had two marriages and had three wives. Every time a new wife came in, he would find a book full of book reviews and barrages when he tidied up the relics of his former wife. pavilion",
Then the bride continued to read and post book reviews on the posthumous works of her predecessors, and communicated with her deceased friends, forming an annotated version of "The Peony Pavilion", which is known in history as "Wu's Three Wives Jointly Comment on the Peony Pavilion".

Zhu Shuren's era was of course several decades earlier than Wu Shufu's.It is estimated that in this life, there will be a bunch of "Fang Bian Heping XXX" left in the future. Maybe it is not limited to history books, and even female frequency romance drama librettos will produce a lot of joint commentaries to complain about each other.

It seems that women have some common interests and hobbies, which is also helpful for the harmony of the harem.They all go to complain about the bad writing of the ancients, so they don't have so much energy to compete and be jealous.

This kind of hobby can be encouraged and cultivated, and conditions must be created for them to toss about, so that they will not count on their husbands every day.

Zhu Shuren thought to himself.

He was distracted, and soon Fang's family and Wang Gonggong also came to practice, and Zhu Shuren also hurried up to see the ceremony, no need to mention the details.

Fang Ziling couldn't help saying something personal to him again, telling him to take care.

In the end, the maid next to him and Bian Yujing's maid were asked to hand in the book with one hand and the other hand in the book like a club, and then sneaked away.

Zhu Shuren had already set sail at that time, watching the two women's transactions on the shore from the deck, he was also deeply moved: In this world, women read books and comment on the ancients, and they act like thieves. In the future, the Shen family will set up rules, and these things are clear. That's it.

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After the fleet set sail, they headed upstream slowly, and they could travel about one or two hundred miles a day.In winter, there is less water in the Yangtze River, and the flow rate is slower. Going upstream is not as troublesome as summer and autumn.

Calculate the itinerary, you can only arrive at Jiangling on the sixth day, Yiling on the seventh day, and then enter the Three Gorges. The speed of the flow speeds up, and the journey will be slower.It takes only six or seven days to travel [-] miles from Yiling to Fengjie.It is not bad to be able to reach Baidi City before the twelfth lunar month and a half.

On the flagship, Zhu Shuren is idle and bored every day. Apart from reading in the cabin, he goes out of the cabin to patrol around and talk with the soldiers.Or set up arrow stacks on the deck to practice archery and cultivate one's morality.

Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong also sailed with him.

Although Liu Guoneng has been with Zhu Shuren for two years, he has never fought under Zhu Shuren's direct command before, and he formed his own army, adapting to changes.Therefore, I don't know much about the daily life style of this immediate boss.

In Liu Guoneng's stereotyped impression, although Zhu Shuren is well versed in strategic strategy, commanding well, and predicting the enemy thousands of miles away, he should most likely be a Confucian general.

In the end, he saw Zhu Shuren shooting arrows on the deck in person, and his archery skills were not bad, which really refreshed Liu Guoneng's knowledge.

Yuan Shizhong was even more cautious, fearing that his previous experience as a thief would be looked down upon.This time Master Futai was so confiding that he was on the same boat with them, and he didn't worry about their emotional instability at all, which really made Yuan Shizhong very grateful.

It made him even more nervous, always wanting to perform well, fearing that his subordinates would behave wrongly and lose their composure, showing a traitorous habit.

After a few days, everyone slowly got to know each other, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

It was already the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the fleet had just passed Yiling and was going to Zigui through Xiling Gorge.

The river gradually became narrow and turbulent, and it was already difficult for the boats to move forward relying on their own paddling power and wind power.

Fortunately, the army was also prepared, and a sufficient number of civilian men were organized in advance to tie thick hemp ropes to the foremast and bow girders of the big ship, so that the trackers could pull the fibers through.

In fact, the three counties of Yiling County, Zigui County, and Wu County have existed since ancient times, and the population size obviously exceeds the scale that the local arable land can support; an important reason is that a large part of the local people are in the slack. Part-time job as a tracker.

Earn some hard money from passing business travelers, pull a boat for dozens of miles and pass through the canyon, and get a bucket or two of coarse grains, and you can live for several days.

But now the folks and common people in Zigui County don’t originally live in this land, at least they definitely didn’t live in this land a year ago, but Zhang Huangyan just organized emigration here a month ago .

There is no other reason. Originally, the people of Zigui and Wu counties had already been eaten up and wiped clean and their bones sucked out during the time when Zhang Xianzhong was entrenched here and there was an extreme shortage of food.
Either he served Zhang Xianzhong as a soldier from a thief, and barely had a way to survive, while those who refused to serve as soldiers or had no physical strength and qualifications to serve as soldiers had long been wiped out.

When Zhang Huangyan recovered this place, what he got was almost no man's land.In order to stretch the strength of the coming army, they had to immigrate in advance.

Fortunately, Zhang Huangyan's level of internal affairs is not bad, and he has done a solid job in household registration rectification. In addition, the Jingzhou Mansion he took over before is one of the few mansions in Huguang that has not been destroyed by military disasters.After all, it was where Fang Kongzhang was stationed when he was the governor of Huguang. It was densely populated, and some of them were landless peasants.

Zhang Huangyan gave priority to immigrants from landless poor peasants. He mainly used incentives to induce volunteers. He promised to eat military rations for a few months when they came, and they would be raised by the government until the end of the spring famine next year.

In the spring of next year, they will be able to freely cultivate the fields left by the local residents, and the government will re-register and register the land rights.

With these two preferential conditions, tens of thousands of people were attracted in a short period of time, and they scattered their families to live in Zigui and Wu counties.

At this moment, looking at these skinny trackers, Zhu Shuren felt a little embarrassed,

So he ordered the soldiers to unload their equipment and leave them on board while the boat was approaching the shore to tie the ropes. Except for the sailors, all other horse infantry soldiers disembarked and walked along the banks of the Yangtze River. Horses could be pulled down and walked. , and it happens to be a horse.

After everyone gets off the boat, the boat can also become half lighter, making it easier to pull the fiber.

This move moved Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong who were accompanying him even more.

The two were moved to tears: "My lord really loves the people like a son. If all the civil servants in my Ming Dynasty were like your lord, there would be no thieves, alas."

Zhu Shuren didn't take it seriously: "What's the matter? At least I can ride a horse, and those infantry soldiers have worked hard. After so many days in the boat, the horse races exercise their muscles and bones, and they feel well.

The arrow stacks on the boat were also tired of shooting, and it was just refreshing to go ashore and shoot some wild animals.The mountain will soon be covered by heavy snow, and if the beasts cannot find food, they will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry. Maybe they will still dare to rush out when they see a large group of people.

Anyway, those wild beasts that will rush out will definitely starve to death this winter. Letting them use waste so as not to starve and lose weight before death is considered compassionate. "

Liu Guoneng sighed in admiration: "Your Excellency is both civil and military, so adept at martial arts, this is the only thing I have ever seen in my life. I have dealt with court officials for so many years, and no one is as good as Your Excellency... What is this called? You are full of wine, and you are still full of courage. Shoot the tiger yourself, see Sun Lang?"

Zhu Shuren was surprised: "Yo? Old Liu, you can read the text? You also know the words of Layman Dongpo."

Liu Guoneng laughed awkwardly: "My incompetent son, when he was studying with Mr. Meicun in Nanjing, wrote me a family report. After dragging out these few sentences, we felt that we had momentum, so we forcibly wrote them down. I really don't know anything else. You can speak a few words. It is said that Mr. Dongpo also cared about the world back then, but he was reduced to Huangzhou Tuanlian, which coincides with the place where you started from, my lord."

Zhu Shuren smiled and praised a few words, thinking that Liu Guoneng wanted to change his vulgar background, and that was really costing money.

This kind of person, you can rest assured when you use it.

(End of this chapter)