open sea

Chapter 195
Before the imperial court's reward arrived, Li Shu came.

"In the 31st year of Jiajing, I was appointed, and successively served as the magistrate of Jin County, Zhejiang Province, and the magistrate of Poyang County. The year before last, I returned to my hometown for retirement. I was entrusted by Chen Zhixian to prepare and compile "Qingyuan County Chronicles". Hope Qianhu Haihan."

Li Shu is very old, otherwise he would not have returned to his hometown for retirement. Compared with him, Chen Mu is a young man. Chen Mu has always respected the elders. What's more, this is editing the county chronicles. Doesn't it mean that Master Chen will be written down? Jin Zhili?Hurry up to the seat.

"Old gentleman, hurry up and take your seat, Qingyuan County Chronicle, the younger generation is also considered to have grown up in Qingyuan, and you will definitely help wherever you can find it useful."

Chen Mu had a pleasant smile. He was very curious about what kind of role he was in the eyes of others.

Mr. Li seems to be easy to get along with. Although he was invited to the upper seat, he didn't feel arrogant about it. There are 76 categories in four volumes, including settings, schools, sacrifices, customs, food and goods, military defense, rank officials, elections, figures, magazines, etc. This time, I heard what Bai Qianhu said in Qingcheng. I am here to ask for the maps of thousands of households."

Li Shu clasped his hands, with a smile on his face, and said: "Secondly, to record Chen Qianhu's life in the journal, there are not many military incidents in Qingyuan, and in recent years, it was only the Japanese invasion. Chen Qianhu once went out of the city with Bai Qianhu To face the battle, the old man also came to inquire about the situation of the battle, so that he can record it, and I also ask Chen Qianhu for help."

"Obviously." Chen Mu smiled, waved his family soldiers to fetch the map in his house, and said with a smile: "The younger generation did make a map of Qingcheng, but it was not detailed. Deng Qianhu is a master mapmaker. I have also been to Qingcheng, if the old man is not in a hurry, you can wait a few days, after Deng Qianhu polishes it, Chen will send someone to Qingcheng, what do you think?"

"It couldn't be better!"

Compilation of county chronicles is usually a complicated matter, but there will be no major obstacles in terms of personnel. Everyone wants to leave a name in history, and those who are approached are overjoyed, so how can they refuse their small request.

Li Shu, with his entourage in green clothes and caps, rummaged through the bamboo-backed box and found a book, opened it and searched for a while, then handed it to Chen Mu and said, "This is the account of the attack on the Japanese pirates outside Qingyuan City, according to the dictation of Bai Qianhu in Qingcheng City." Please take a look at it.”

"In that battle, the Japanese invaders had more troops than the Banner Army. The commander summoned five thousand households to gather troops in Qingyuan. Chen still remembers it vividly. If it wasn't for Brother Jingchen..."

Chen Mu took the book with a smile, read it while talking, frowned, and stopped talking abruptly.

The manuscript was not made of good paper, so I saw black and white characters on the yellow paper describing the situation at that time:
In the winter and November of the 45th year of Jiajing, Japanese invaders from Guangdong broke through the Qingyuan Gorge and approached the Acropolis. The police in Qingcheng were terrified.The command gathered five soldiers to fortify the wall and clear the field, and the bandits set up an ambush under the city to challenge. Bai Yuanjie, a hundred households in Qingcheng, went out to fight in the field without fear. Chen Mu, a small flag, was brave.

Turning over the annals of the characters again, in the section that belongs to him, it’s like staying overnight in Heiling and traveling together are afraid of not being able to sleep at night, but Wei Mu is calm and calm, fighting Zhang Zhiyong’s hand to count the thieves, causing the thieves to retreat; Don't do too many things like killing the Japanese leader without a false attack, the whole ancient warrior will come to life on paper.

It caused Chen Mu to feel in a trance that his memory was wrong. Although things seemed to be like this, he clearly remembered that other people's insomnia at night was due to vigilance, and his sound sleep was due to laziness rather than fearlessness.As for Guan Zhang's bravery, it is nonsense. Can Guan Zhang be tripped?
This is probably where Chen Mu feels the most weird. He only records things, and no one knows what kind of mentality he was at that time.

The first time he went into battle, his mind was blank, but now that he thinks about it, he only remembers being tripped when he retreated, being kicked in the stomach and not knowing the pain, and beating a bandit to death with his fist, that's all.

But looking at these words in the character annals, it is not the same feeling. Chen Mu feels that the memory lost due to nervousness at that time has been completed-was Master Chen so brave at that time?
I don't even know.

"Chen Qianhu, what's wrong, there's a mistake in the compilation of the annals?"

"Ah? This ambition, hehe." Chen Mu raised his head and brows naturally relieved, and was facing Li Shu's very serious question, closed the book and paused, and said with the same serious expression: "It's accurate, Jing What Brother Chen said is very pertinent."

To say the least.

Chen Mu happily talked with Li Shu about the nitrate holes in Qingyuan and what the old people wanted to know, and sent him away more easily, promising to send a copy to Qingyuan after Deng Zilong polished the map.

This is the right time to polish the map, because he is also planning to draw maps for the five counties of Xiangshan, Shunde, Xinhui, Xinning, and Nanhai, so that he can teach the flag officers in the future and use them for future military training and combat.

He hoped that the Ministry of War would hand over the five thousand households in the former Guanghaiwei hometown to him. If he could be the commander of Guanghai, he could at least ensure that the next three thousand households were his own, not to mention Xiangshan and Shunde. Well, Huang Dexiang from Xinhui is also considered an acquaintance. As long as the guards under him are promoted to a few thousand households, the five thousand household offices will be monolithic, and he will be invincible in this land in the future.

But the promotion of the imperial court is indeed a kind of torture to people. Even if Zhang Han is also the right servant of the Ministry of War, there is no guarantee that he can go wherever he wants.

The Fragrant Hill Society was built at the foot of the mountain not far from the Qianhu Yamen with the consent of the Great Master Xuezheng. Chen Mu was fine, and when his arm was healed in early September, he would review bow and horse every day, and only waited for Qiuyue to take the provincial examination.

He was idle, but the battalion soldiers in Guangdong were not idle. The officers of the Ministry of War heard that Zeng Yiyi had awarded the head, and the reward had not yet been determined, so they decided that it was time to take advantage of the victory and pursue them, wipe out all the thieves around the sea, and Chen Mu, Chen Lin and others brought them back. After the warship was repaired, it came in handy, and the officers and soldiers attacked everywhere to wipe out Lin Rong, Cheng Lao, Wang Lao and others.

They were all small characters under Zeng Yiben, and each had dozens of warships. Although they were equipped with guns and guns, none of them had the ability to pose a threat to the city. Zhang Han didn't care, and Chen Mu naturally didn't care. Since the commander-in-chief assigned the battalion to suppress, he was also happy to be quiet and not to interfere.

On September [-], it was reported in Guangcheng that Governor Xiong Wei's condition had worsened and he could not drink rice water. People speculated that the time limit for this famous anti-Japanese general during the Jiajing period was approaching.

Accompanied by this news, the court reward was finally discussed in the Ministry of War, and it was issued to Guangdong, and 580 eight people were rewarded wantonly. This is not enough, and Nanjing will escort 10 taels to Guangdong.

Under Xiangshan's thirteen departments, Baihu, two deputy Qianhu, and Qianshi were all rewarded. Chen Mu, who won the first meritorious service, was promoted to four ranks, and was awarded the rank of Zhaoyong General as the commander of the third rank.

On the day when the decree was delivered to Xiangshan, the governor's cronies from Zhaoqing came to the yamen of Qianhu Office in Xiangshan with a worried look on their faces.

"General Chen, the master is calling, please go to Zhaoqing, it is urgent."

　Good morning, General!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)