At the end of Yu Xin's report, it was mentioned that several members of the puppet royal family who had recently been captured were assassinated on the way to escort, and he suspected that it was the East China Sea Ministry.

Zhu Linmiao asked the messenger, "They only killed the thieves, but did they hurt others?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the assassins were extremely accurate and did not hurt our people. At most, some people will be knocked unconscious by them. ”

Is it the woman from the East China Sea Varkhabe? Zhu Linmiao remembered that Arjuna had mentioned that she had a grudge against the Jianzhou Jurchens, and shook her head slightly, "Forget it, the East China Sea Department has meritorious service to the imperial court, so let them kill a few enemies to vent their anger." ”

He also thought about Arjuna's influence in the Twelve Divisions of the East China Sea now, and she was faintly the leader of the East China Sea Alliance, and couldn't help laughing: "It's just that this girl is too angry, maybe she should find her an in-law and take good care of it." ”

It's just that who can stop this cheetah-like woman? He thought about it for a while, and suddenly a person appeared in his mind, Zhu Youling, who had fought with him in Jiangxi.

"It's just the king of Luochuan County. He was also killed among thousands of troops, so let him be married. ”

Although the number of people in the East China Sea Department is small, and the total number of twelve tribes is only 14500 strong men, they are alone in the extreme east, and they must be somewhat restrained.

Zhu Youling is a serious king of Daming County, and it is said that the East China Sea Department and his marriage do not know how many levels he has climbed, which can be regarded as a kind of reward for the previous achievements of the East China Sea Department. And with this level of relationship, the East China Sea Department is bound to be more of one heart and one mind with the imperial court.

The messenger departed, and Zhu Linmiao was bored sitting on the wooden rail car, so he recruited Fang Yizhi, the attendant of the Ministry of Works, to discuss with him the construction of the Daming transportation network.

"A few strategic paths are the top priority." Zhu Linmiao took out the map and pointed out, "From Jinzhou to Shenyang, it is the key to controlling Liaodong. In the future, when the treasury is abundant, it will be repaired all the way to Siberia. ”

Fang Yizhi's eyelids jumped, and he said in his heart that the saint was really ambitious, but further north was a bitter cold land, but he didn't know why he spent so much silver to pass through the wooden track.

Zhu Linmiao pointed to the area outside the Saiwai area, "There are two wooden rails to be repaired here." One of them is through Chahar to Mobei, the imperial court will soon use troops in Mobei, this wooden track is the main road to ensure the weight of grain and grass. ”

After the previous battle with Teng Jisi, the Khalkha tribes were at a time when their vitality was greatly damaged, and it was the so-called taking advantage of his illness to kill him. Zhu Linmiao estimated that if the logistics were guaranteed, at most 15,600 Ming field troops would be able to sweep away Mobei, and at most some men and horses from the Chahar Department would be transferred to accompany them, which would be foolproof.

"The other is to go west, out of Hami and directly to Dzungar. After all these years of recuperation, the Warat will soon be restless, and we should prepare in advance. ”

Fang Yizhi didn't have time to digest such a large amount of information, so he just nodded, desperately calculating the silver taels needed to build the wooden track in his heart, and finally said: "Your Majesty, if these roads are all completed, I'm afraid it will cost seven or eight million taels of silver." ”

"This is the plan for the next few years, and it is divided into each year, and the amount is not very large." Zhu Linmiao waved his hand indifferently, and pointed to the Huguang area, "After the strategic road is finished, let's continue to talk about the passage of the important town in the Ming Dynasty." For example, this is from Wuchang to Changsha, and Changsha to Nanchang ......"

Fang Yizhi took a deep breath, cheered up and listened carefully, and secretly said in his heart, it seems that at least in the next ten years, the Ministry of Industry will be busy.

The sky is getting dark, and on the wooden track in Shandong, a car heading for Nanjing is brightly lit. In the car, the two Ming monarchs and ministers talked happily until dawn the next day.

……

In the second year of Hanxing, the third day of August.

Nanjing city is quite lively, the south of the city and the east of the city are doing happy events at the same time, the status of the two families is very unusual, and they are the sons of heaven to marry, it can be said that the glory has been extreme, most of the city of Nanjing is full of firecrackers, gongs and drums.

To the south of the city is Shi Lin, the commander of the imperial camp of today's son, and to marry Zilu, the personal palace maid of today's imperial concubine.

Zhu Linmiao had long known that the two of them were secretly in love, and Shi Lin was not young, so after returning from Liaodong this time, he directly assigned them a marriage.

The groom in the east of the city is also the head of the household department and the commercial department, and his name is housewarming. Although his official position is not large, he has another identity, that is, the first treasurer of the new "Daming Royal Bank" established by the imperial court.

And what he wants to take is to be today's personal maid, Chanyi. The second daughter also has another identity, the chief treasurer who manages the private property of the Son of Heaven.

They were previously busy in Guangdong, Fujing and other places for the Son of Heaven industry, and they came and went for a long time. At first, Chan relied on her identity and didn't dare to mention it to Zhu Linmiao.

It was the last time the queen gave birth to the prince, they came to congratulate, so that Mu Zhiqing saw the clue, and took the two to talk to the emperor.

Of course, Zhu Linmiao was happy to see it, so she gave them a generous gift and proposed marriage for them.

This Royal Bank is the shopkeeper of Qiao on the surface, but it is Chanyi who actually operates it. This time, they tied the knot, which is also convenient for their daily work.

In the south of the city, the generals of the dynasty and the Ming army who congratulated Shi Lin came one after another, and surrounded the Shifu so much that the officials below the fifth grade could only sit outside the mansion.

Not long after, the Son of Heaven and the imperial concubine Niangniang sent people to send congratulatory gifts. The bridegroom, dressed in a military uniform and wearing four medals on his chest, greeted him outside the door. Everyone present showed envious looks, and the atmosphere of the entire wedding scene reached its climax.

In the east of the city, although there are not many civil and military officials in Qiao's mansion, because the groom and bride are the king's treasurers, wealthy businessmen from all walks of life gathered, and some even came to congratulate them two months in advance.

There are also congratulatory gifts from the Son of Heaven, where have the merchants present seen such a pomp, and they immediately knelt all over the ground in Qiao's mansion, until the eunuch who gave the gift left, and then they got up one after another.

After the tedious wedding process was completed, the celebrant sang a song and sent the couple into the cave room, and the guests began to get up and say goodbye. Housewarming people with this status marry, the link of the hole house is also meaningful, basically everyone is at the door of the new house to make a gesture and leave.

However, some of the housekeepers quietly stopped some of the guests and invited them to a side hall of Qiao's mansion very politely.

Soon, seventeen or eighteen people had gathered in the hall. They looked at each other, and they couldn't help but be secretly surprised - all of them were extremely rich, and their net worth was more than 500,000 taels, not to mention.

After the tea time, the door of the hall was pushed open again, and a tall and sturdy man in his thirties stepped into the room and said to the housekeeper of Qiao's Mansion on the side: "Everyone has arrived, right?" ”

"My lord, I'm all invited."

"Okay, you go down."

There were people in the room who knew the man, and when he stood up with a surprised face, he said very respectfully: "The villain has seen General Ying!" ”

I didn't know each other and hurriedly whispered, "Brother Zhao, who is this adult?" ”

"You don't even know him? The logistics department of the Ministry of War supervises Ying Tianxiang, Ying Lord! ”

(End of chapter)