"This ......," Dolgon turned his gaze to the Manchu in front of the Emperor's Gate. The matter of his Gege marrying the prince of the Ming Dynasty is not only a state affair, but also a family affair of Aixin Jueluo, and he has to listen to the opinions of the Manchu ministers, especially several princes.

"Old fifteen," Dorgon asked his brother Dodor first, "tell me first." ”

"Brother Fourteen," Duoduo said, "the Han people all talk about marriage, so it can be seen that marriage can be discussed, so you might as well talk about it with the prince of the Zhu family first." He is also a person who wants to be the emperor, and if he can succeed, he will not be dishonored by Dongor. ”

Dorgon nodded slightly. He has no son, and with this one daughter, he naturally hopes that she will marry well. And although Zhu Cihong is a strong enemy of the Qing Dynasty, but from another angle, it also shows that he is very likely to keep half of the Ming Dynasty, and he is naturally the king of a country, and he is certainly worthy of Togo Gege in Dolgon.

"Lord Wang!" At this time, someone suddenly came out from among the Hanban courtiers, and Dolgon saluted, "The minister thinks that the matter of harmony is not appropriate!" ”

Dolgon followed the prestige and saw a Han Chen in his fifties, Jin Zhijun, a soldier of the military department.

"What's wrong?" Duoduo asked.

"Now the weather is cold and arid, and the northwest, the Central Plains, Hebei and other places have been suffering from famine for many years, and there are not many of them, all of which depend on the help of the south of the Yangtze River. Since the Li Chuang Trouble, the rice grain in the southeast has not reached the Beijing Division, so that the price of rice in the north has risen day by day. If the imperial court can't get Jiangnan, the transportation will be blocked, and the north will be chaotic because of the lack of food! Therefore, the minister implored the prince to plan for the people of the north, and also to seek unification and calm the remnants. ”

Dolgon frowned: "Zhu Cihong is also the lord of the revival, how can he say that he is unified?" But if you have an inch, you have an inch, and if you have a ruler, you have a ruler. ”

"Lord Wang, the prince of the Zhu family is eloquent, but the people in Jiangnan are weak and vulnerable." Sun Zhiqi said, "As long as my Qing Heavenly Soldiers arrive, they will inevitably fall apart!" ”

"Lord, the minister also thinks that the southeast is fragile, and the prince of the Zhu family is suspected of usurping, and it is difficult to get the support of Shilin, my Qing Dynasty is invincible, and the southeast can be flattened!"

"The Qing Dynasty is invincible, and the southeast is not worthy of a blow!"

Sun Zhiqi and Jin Zhijun took the lead, and a group of civil officials who were three ministers finally let go of their words, and almost everyone had the same meaning - the southeast must be leveled and the remnants of the Ming must be extinguished!

But Dolgon won't believe them, a bunch of civil officials, not as civil and military as Hong Chengchou, know what a fart! If you can't listen to them about war, you will definitely lose your country.

"King Pingxi!" Dolgon saw that Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, was still squinting there, "You are the general of the former Ming Dynasty, you can tell me." ”

Wu Sangui has already shaved his hair and is easy to wear, so standing in the pile of Manchen, there are those who are weak, and they are sluggish when they look at it.

He is now in Taoguang and has sent all his troops back to his hometown in western Liaoning, so that they can first take care of the fields that have been deserted for a while. At the same time, according to the organizational method of the Eight Banners, the 30,000 or 40,000 households under his command were organized and turned into a "Wu Banner" independent of the Eight Banners. And he himself was on the fold not long ago, asking to go back to Ningyuan, Liaoxi, to pacify the people, and not stay in Beijing.

Hearing Dolgon's question, Wu Sangui had to cheer up, strode out of the ranks, and said after a salute: "Lord Wang, the minister's ancestral home is Gaoyou County, Nanzhili. Qi Wuyi, ancestral home in Chuzhou, Nanzhili. Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty, a native of Fengyang, Nanzhili. ”

Dorgon nodded, "That's right...... It seems that there is no shortage of strong and brave people among the southerners!

However, now the north does need rice from the southeast, otherwise the price of rice is expensive, and the people have no food and clothing, how can the rivers and mountains of the Qing Dynasty be stable? King Pingxi, what do you say should be done? ”

"The minister thinks," Wu Sangui paused, "You can ask the Southern Dynasty for 4 million stone of rice, which is the same as Cao rice." ”

"So be it!" Dolgon pointed at Jin Zhijun, "Jin Shilang, you and Sun Shilang will go to Jiangnan together, and you can go in the name of the envoy." ”

He thought for a while, and said: "As long as the Southern Dynasty pays 4 million stone rice grains and cedes Datong Mansion, this king will marry Gege to the prince of the Zhu family, but Gege is only 6 years old this year, and he can't get married, so he will raise it for a few more years, and when he is 13 years old, he will marry and send him to Nanjing."

In addition, the Qing Dynasty will not invade Shandong...... The representative of Datong can go to Jinan to be the king of Qi! The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are bounded by the Daqing River and the Yellow River, as well as the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture and Henan Prefecture, which is always okay, right? ”

......

When Li Zicheng and Dolgon both sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong, the de facto head of the Ming Dynasty, was guarding Emperor Chongzhen in Yangzhou Mansion.

Boxes and pouches containing munitions were being moved down from two large warships that combined Chinese and Western wars that arrived at the Yangtze River wharf in Guazhou Town. Thousands of soldiers of the New Army were carrying these life-saving munitions on their shoulders under the command of the officers, and the Yangtze River Wharf in Guazhou Town was even more heavily guarded.

Liu Liang and Li Shi, the two thousand-household officials of the military, political and guard, carried a few documents, sweating profusely, comparing the weapons and ammunition sent by the Zheng family in the same way - these two thousand households are all civil to military, and Liu Liang is still a Jinshi in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen! It was only because he had studied mathematics, chemistry and artillery with Western missionaries that he was arranged by Zhu Cihong to become a military attaché, and now he is in charge of the equipment department.

Although Li Shi has not been admitted to the Jinshi, he was previously an official of the Qintian Prison and a civil official. Now together with his father Li Zubai (who is also an official of the Qin Tianjian Prison), he is in charge of the craftsman office under the Quartermaster Department of the Military and Political Guards, which is actually in charge of the military arsenal.

There were also some craftsmen in Zhu Cihong's Xingchao brigade, all of whom were craftsmen who followed from Tianjin Wei, mainly blacksmiths, but also some carpenters and shipwrights. However, their craftsmanship is very bad, and they can't create qualified cannons and firearms.

Zhu Cihong raised them mainly to repair instruments, cast lead bullets, and build spurs - because there was no standardized large industry in those years, the guns were all non-standard equipment produced by manual workshops. Therefore, the lead bullets and spurs used can only be non-standard. Among them, the spurs even need to be customized. That is, according to the different specifications of each firecracker, a separate spear can be installed. Moreover, these spines are generally of poor quality and are often damaged, so they need to be repaired or rebuilt in a timely manner. In this way, the artisan battalion that moves with the army is also indispensable!

Zhu Cihong stood in the corner of the pier, walking around casually with his senior brother Zheng Sen, opening a box from time to time and taking out various different types of firecrackers to play with. Zheng Sen beside him will tell Zhu Cihong the model, origin and price of this firearm in time.

"Chitose Lord, this is a national friend iron cannon, produced in the Imperial Iron Cannon Forge in Edo Castle, Japan. Although its shooting is far less than the turtledove foot fire gun and Lumi gun produced in Foshan Province, the workmanship is more refined, and it can fire seven guns in a row, and it is relatively lightweight, easy to carry, and there is no need for a bracket when sending guns......"

"Chitose Lord, this is a Tanegashima iron cannon, produced in the Satsuma Domain of Japan, and it is a relic of Japan's troubled times, but it is well maintained and can be used."

"Chitose Lord, this is a cannon, produced in the Kishu Domain of Japan, and it is also a relic of Japan's troubled times, it has been forty or fifty years, but it is still usable."

"Chitose Lord, this is also an old item from Japan, and it looks like an old-fashioned Guoyou iron cannon...... At the end of the so-called Warring States Troubled Period in Japan, a large number of firearms were used, so many old goods were left behind. There is a way in the courtier's house, and you can buy it in large quantities. Because Chitose was in urgent need of firecrackers, he didn't have time to purchase new guns from Foshan, so he simply bought old guns from Japan. Although these old guns are decades old, they are all well maintained, and the texture is passable, and the price is cheap. ”

"Three to five taels of silver?" Zhu Cihong was stunned when he heard this price, "So cheap?" ”

Zheng Sen smiled, "It's not cheap, Foshan's high-grade turtledove's foot firecracker is also at this price, and the power of the turtledove's foot firearm is much more powerful than the Japanese iron gun." It's just that it takes time and effort to build, and a blacksmith workshop with dozens of people, equipped with fifteen drilling rigs, can make ten turtledove foot guns or Japanese bird guns in a month...... Chitose Ye wants 10,000 pieces, and there must be a thousand workshops busy for a month, and there are not so many workshops in Japan that can make lighters, so I can only buy some old goods. But even if my father tried his best, he only got 5,000 at the moment. The rest will have to wait another year and a half before it can be all together. ”