Chen Mu, the general banner who only entered Qingyuan City once in half a year, was introduced to Qingyuan City four times in three days after the bomb crushed the miners.

Every time, there are no exceptions, it is nothing more than being reprimanded by the officials who are dissatisfied with his practices, and he is noisy but there is no substantive punishment, and he is tired of being tired of the noise. In three days, he took the Qingyuan Guard from the command to the Qingcheng Qianhu, and the officers of all sizes knew enough, and everyone knew that there was such a number one person as Chen Mu, the general banner under the command of the Qingcheng Qianhu.

As for the reason why he became famous, it was because of his unusual methods when dealing with the bullet pressure miners, and the problem that was originally solved by indiscriminate killing was fraudulently taken out by him from the mouth of the tax collector with one mouth and ten taels of silver to give compensation to the dead and injured military households under the 100 yamen in Qingyuan Gorge. Although the matter was handled better in the end, Chen Mu's unconventional handling methods were unanimously called 'risky' by the senior officers of the guard.

It is difficult to have a double method in the world, and I want everyone to be satisfied, and I want to be satisfied with everything, and most of the final results are that everyone is not satisfied.

After being reprimanded by the guard in Qingyuan City, Chen Mu walked listlessly back to the newly built courtyard next to Anyuan Station, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Bai Yuanjie standing in the courtyard and looking at himself with a smile, and said, "Complained again?" ”

"What else?" Wei Balang went to tie the horse to him, Chen Mu helplessly spread his hands, scooped a scoop of cold white and drank it with a tired face, and then wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "These chiefs all have the same meaning, when they encounter a civil uprising, they are directly suppressed, the mine owner is killed, and the miners are then removed, and a basket of heads is transported back to the guard station, and all the officials are added to the knighthood, as if there is no problem with this treatment!" ”

Chen Mu shook his head one after another, as if he had been wronged, which made Bai Yuanjie laugh, and then said: "Okay, don't be wronged, you do things well This is something that all the officers in the guard house know, they are all human spirits, who still can't understand this matter, what good is it to the officers of the guard station to make civil unrevolts everywhere?" Their rebuke is nothing more than a sense of protection and fear. I really can't see that you still have the ability to lobbyist. ”

Chen Mu's behavior in the mine not only surprised the generals of the guard, but even Bai Yuanjie was surprised. What surprised him was not that Chen Mu could do things without killing anyone, but that Chen Mu didn't think about killing anyone.

Doing things like Zhang Yongshou is the true character of the officers of the guard, even if the miners do not rebel, the flag army will force them to rebel when they go, the head is both a meritorious service and a silver tael, who wouldn't do this?

"Although the effort is thankless, Bai thinks that you are doing the right thing and is very good." Bai Yuanjie wanted to say something more, but when the words came to his lips, he asked Chen Mu: "Say, I don't usually see you go to the Qianhu Yamen, and it must be something to send someone to find Bai today, let's talk about it, do you want Bai to go to Qingyuan Gorge on your behalf to say something for you?" ”

Qingyuan Gorge?

Chen Muleng reacted after a pause, Bai Yuanjie was referring to him offending Zhang Yongshou, but then he didn't think it was a big deal, waved his hand and smiled: "If Chen had gone to Qianhu for this matter, how would he dare to bother Qianhu to come here in person." The subordinates want to ask, do thousands of households know Tan Kaifu, the governor of Liangguang? ”

Chen Mu was referring to Tan Lun, the governor of Liangguang.

Bai Yuanjie narrowed her eyes, and when she heard Chen Mu mention Tan Lun's official position and name, the originally slightly loose sitting posture also became serious, and said: "A few years ago, I had a relationship in Fujian, but now in Zhaoqing, I don't know if I can talk, what are you doing asking about this?" ”

Chen Mu heard that Bai Yuanjie did know Tan Lun, although it was only a one-sided relationship, he was also overjoyed, opened his hand and asked Bai Yuanjie to wait for a while, turned back into the room and took out a wooden box in front of Bai Yuanjie, handed it to him and said: "Qianhu, please look at this thing, my subordinates want to borrow the hand of Qianhu and dedicate it to the governor's yamen." ”

"What is this?" What Chen Mu took out was the monocular polished by Guan Yuangu under his command, Bai Yuanjie took it in his hand and looked left and right, stretched and dragged it away, but there was no way, so he had to look at Chen Mu, and heard him say: "This thing is called a telescope, and it was made by chance and asked a craftsman." If you want to use it like this, please see that although it is difficult to see things thoroughly, if there is a slight trace of the enemy in twenty or thirty miles, you can see the clues. ”

Chen Mu demonstrated the use of the telescope in front of Bai Yuanjie's eyes, and then handed it over, and saw Bai Yuanjie looking at the telescope at the distant mountains in amazement.

However, Chen Mu himself shook his head in his heart, for no other reason, the effectiveness of this telescope disappointed Chen Mu very much. The three lenses can indeed make the image upright, but perhaps because the hand-polished lenses are not smooth enough, with some scratches on them, the image is blurry when viewed ten miles away, and it cannot meet Chen Mu's expectations.

But this is enough, it doesn't have to be as clear as the eyes, as long as you can see the rough deployment of the enemy army from a distance of ten miles and anticipate the enemy first, the telescope can already achieve Chen Mu's goal.

As for the need to refine the development of this in the future, whether it is directly fired into shapes or hired a glazer to buy some special utensils for polishing, it can be considered. However, Chen Mu estimated that it would not be his turn to do it afterwards, since he decided to send it out, in the future, the structure would definitely not only have his own, but also something with no technical content, and it would be popular in the hands of Ming army generals everywhere in a few years.

Bai Yuanjie stood in the courtyard with a telescope and looked around, and then craned his neck and tiptoed to look in the direction of the Qianhu House in Qingcheng, looked at it for a while before he reluctantly put it down, pursed his lips and thought for a moment, sat back and asked Chen Mu: "This strange thing, you want to use Bai's hand to present it to the Governor of Liangguang, why?" Why Bai, why is it the governor of Liangguang? ”

"Thousands of households have a great kindness to me, the Black Ridge battlefield saved me, blocked Zhang Yongshou from robbing my head, if there were no thousands of households, how could there be Chen today? Even my silly brother Mangworm asked me to send ten taels of silver to a thousand households for filial piety, but my subordinates thought that what thousands of households lacked was not silver. Chen Mu pointed to the telescope and smiled, and then said: "Governor of Liangguang, I heard that the imperial court is going to summon him and General Qi to go north to guard against Hu Lu to garrison Jizhen, Hu Ma comes and goes like the wind, if there is this material enemy first, it can also make the officers and soldiers of the Nine Sides less killed and injured - something that benefits the country and the people and himself, Chen wants to do." ”

"Benefiting the country and the people, but also benefiting oneself? Ha, Bai should take this matter, but there is one more thing. Bai Yuanjie was amused by Chen Mu's great wish to benefit the country, the people and himself on the small object of the telescope, knocked the wooden box twice, and then said to Chen Mu: "Since this is what you did, make one more, no, make two more, Bai likes to count me as one." The Governor of Liangguang doesn't need to be in a hurry, but there is someone you should send out now to be more self-interested. ”

"Who?"

"Yu Zhifu, the general soldier of Guangdong, who was impeached and removed from office last year, and the governor of Liangguang is there, even if the imperial court decides that he will send it when he goes on the road, it doesn't matter; Last year, when Bai went to Shaozhou to recruit soldiers, he heard that Li Yayuan's rebellion was gradually gaining momentum, and General Yu would probably rise again. Bai Yuanjie raised two fingers and pointed to the wooden box and said, "This is the best time to dedicate it to him." ”

Yu Zhifu was referring to Yu Dayou in the southeast, Chen Mu's eyes lit up, but then he said with a bitter face: "Qianhu, this thing can't be made, two crystals cost more than thirty taels, I asked someone to buy five pieces from Guangcheng, and I made this pair!" ”

"So expensive?" Bai Yuanjie played with his unattractive telescope and looked at Chen Mu with a playful look, "Chen Erlang, you are very courageous!" ”

Note: Chief - from Ming Feng Menglong's "Ancient and Modern Tan Overview", in which the people call the general surnamed Wei Suo Luo as Chief Luo.

Glaze craftsman - from the "Ministry of Industry Factory Warehouse Instructions", there is a glaze factory in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, and the daily salary of the glazer is seven cents of silver, which is equal to the salary of the civil carpenter of the Shenmu Factory, more than twenty-five taels a year, much more expensive than the military craftsman of the guard.