Chapter 29 Shopping in Jiangnan
Qian Qianyi is in a very bad mood now, just now, Zhu Guozhi's housekeeper and a matchmaker came to visit, saying that Zhu Gongzi is a talent and is willing to marry the Qian family.
This Zhu Guozhi is known as Zhu Baidi, and the people of Jiangnan hate this person to the core, and they can't wait to eat his flesh. And I heard that this Zhu Gongzi was a bully, and a few days ago he openly robbed the people's girls on the street and took them home to be a maid. Everyone knows what it was like to snatch it back as a maid, and later heard that the woman couldn't bear it and committed suicide. But the people dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and no one dared to offend Zhu Guozhi. His daughter is like a flower, how can she marry into such a family of beasts!
"No! We know that we have already promised to be married! The old man can't repent of his marriage! When Qian Qianyi was still at a loss, Liu Ru walked out and refused on the spot.
The housekeeper of the Zhu Mansion touched his nose and had to leave with the matchmaker.
"Alas! This Zhu family is powerful, we offended him, what can we do in the future? If he knows that Zhi'er is not married, I'm afraid our Qian family will be in great trouble! Qian Qianyi sighed.
Liu said: "Didn't you say a few days ago that you would marry your daughter to Xibo?" ”
Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly: "The old man is talking about playing, how is it possible?" Nading Xibo doesn't know where he is now, so how can he marry Zhi'er to him? What's more, if it is known that we have married our daughter to a Haikou, I am afraid it will be a great crime to exterminate the Nine Clans! ”
Liu Ru said word by word: "How can the eldest husband be credible nonsense? Besides, Ding Xibo is not a sea coward, in the body and mind of the concubine, Zhi'er should be married to such a hero! ”
"But where are we going to find Siber now? What's more, maybe Na Ding Xibo already has a family! Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly, and then said, "The old man thinks that the son of the Zhao Yusen family in Wuxi is not bad, it is better for the old man to go to the Zhao family to ask, and also purchase goods for Mr. Cangshui by the way." ”
Liu Ruyi also felt that Ding Xibo probably already had a wife, and it was really unreasonable to send his beloved daughter over as a side room, so he agreed to Qian Qianyi's proposal.
The next day, Qian Qianyi went to Zhao Yusen's house in Wuxi.
"It's Lord Qian here! Students don't know, forgive sins! Zhao Yusen heard that Qian Qianyi was coming, and hurriedly greeted him.
Qian Qianyi's face turned red: "Don't call Lord Zhao Lord Qian, kill the old man!" The old man has already resigned, and he is a grass people! ”
"Where, where! Although Lord Qian returned to his hometown, the people of Jiangnan still regard Lord Qian as a good official! ”
Walk into the lobby and sit down as the guest of honor.
First casually exchanged a few words, when Zhao Yusen sent all his subordinates down, Qian Qianyi said that in fact, the Qing army was defeated in the first battle of Xiamen, not like Da Suchui.
Zhao Yusen was also very pleased: "Great! God has eyes! My old country is not exhausted, the Tartars have no luck for a hundred years, you and I still have the opportunity to see the day when I will restore my Ming Dynasty! ”
Qian Qianyi then said: "Lord Zhao, the son of Zhu Guozhi, let people come to the door to propose!" But the old man really didn't want to marry his daughter to the beast! ”
Zhao Yusen was shocked: "How is this good?" That Zhu Guozhi is a ruthless person! His son-in-law is not a good thing either! If he loses face, I'm afraid he will retaliate! ”
"I have heard that Zhao Gongzi is a talent, and his character is commendable. If Lord Zhao is interested, the little girl can be married to Zhao Gongzi! Qian Qianyi brought up the matter of getting married.
Zhao Yusen has long heard that Qian Qianyi's daughter looks like a fairy and is a famous beauty in Suzhou. Although it was not a descendant, it was born to Liu Ruyi, but the people in Jiangnan admired Liu Rushi very much. He is just a little Wupin Tongzhi, and his son can marry Qian Qianyi's daughter, which is a great thing! So Zhao Yusen agreed, and the two families became in-laws.
Then Qian Qianyi talked about buying ceramics, silk and tea.
This Zhao Yusen and Qian Qianyi are friends, and they are also the dark center Xiang Nanming, who secretly funded Zhang Huangyan.
After hearing Qian Qianyi say that he wanted to buy these goods, Zhao Yusen said without hesitation: "The students are also willing to donate 3,000 taels to buy goods for the rebels!" ”
"Lord Zhao cherishes his homeland and understands the righteousness so well, the old man thanked Mr. Cangshui for his lordship."
"Lord Qian has won the prize! The students also have great admiration for Mr. Cangshui! It's a pity that you can't do Mr. Cangshui's integrity! Zhao Yusen sighed and said, "Even compared to Master Qian, the students are not as good as themselves!" In the past few years, Lord Qian can be said to have scattered all his family wealth to fund the rebels! ”
"Of course! The old man has always cherished his homeland! I can't wait for the righteous army to go on an early Northern Expedition and recover my Ming Dynasty! Qian Qianyi said righteously.
In fact, it is Liu Ruyi's credit to fund the righteous army, but this Qian Qianyi is a thick-skinned person, otherwise Nanjing would not have been broken back then, Liu Ruyi wanted to pull Qian Qianyi to martyr the country together, Qian Qianyi originally agreed, but when it was time to be martyred, he said that the water was too cold and could not go down. Liu Ru jumped down and was also pulled up by him. and that itchy scalp, so when I shaved my hair, I became the laughing stock of those loyal people after dinner.
Zhao Yusen said one more thing: "Then Wei Geng also came to Wuxi, did Master Qian go to meet him?" ”
Qian Qianyi was overjoyed: "Where can the people in Baishan be?" The old man hasn't seen him for a long time! ”
"Master Qian doesn't need to worry, the student has already made arrangements."
Qian Qianyi has always had a secret connection with Wei Geng, who is an important figure in the "Tonghai Case". Originally, Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition failed, and Wei Geng, like Qian Qianyi and others, was already disheartened, but in the battle of Xiamen, the Southern Ming army won a complete victory, which inspired these righteous men who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.
The next day, in a mountain villa on the edge of Taihu Lake, Qian Qianyi and Zhao Yusen met Wei Geng.
With Wei Geng, there was also a mage who looked like a monk.
"Mr. White-clothed Mountaineer, is this one?" Qian Qianyi asked.
"This is the Supreme Master, whose real name is Cai Jiuyi! It's also my own people! Wei Geng said.
Cai Jiuyi clasped her hands together and saluted: "Amitabha, poor monk Cai Jiuyi, the number is the best." Now it is under the command of the king of Yanping to do things, and today he protects Mr. Baiyi Shanren to come to Wuxi. ”
Next, let's get straight to the point.
Cai Jiuyi said: "King Yanping has established the Heaven and Earth Society, and the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society is Mr. Chen Jinnan. The poor monks came to Jiangnan to contact the anti-Qing and Ming restoration aspirants in Jiangnan, and prepare to wait for an opportunity to revolt and respond to Wang Shi during the Northern Expedition. ”
Zhao Yusen was overjoyed: "Great! I am expected to restore the country! ”
Qian Qianyi was very worried: "Master Zhishan, if you move too much, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of the imperial court and affect many people." ”
Cai Jiuyi said with a smile: "Please rest assured, Mr. Qian!" No one will know about the various branches we have set up secretly. If it happens, it won't affect you! You don't need to worry about the Heaven and Earth Society, just follow what Mr. Cangshui said, purchase the goods and hand them over to Mr. Baiyi Shanren," Cai Jiuyi means that the address of each branch is impossible for everyone here to know, as long as they contribute capital, once something happens, it will not affect Qian Qianyi and them.
After the matter was arranged, Qian Qianyi began to move around, asking the gentry in Jiangnan to support Nanming to pay the money, and then Qian Qianyi and others would buy the goods, and finally hand them over to Wei Geng to deal with.
At that time, there were many Jiangnan gentry who hated the Qing court's shaving and easy to wear, but under the butcher's knife of the Manchu government, they had to bow their heads in humiliation and accept the shaving and easy clothes. But these people were not convinced, and they all secretly supported Zhang Huangyan's Zhejiang Righteous Army.
Qian Qianyi still has a certain way, he and Liu Ru are two people raised money everywhere and raised a lot of funds.
Subsequently, people sent by Wei Geng and Zhang Huangyan were active in the Jiangnan area and purchased a large number of goods. The things bought were all exported goods such as silk, ceramics, tea, raw silk, cloth, and flax. In order to support the rebels, many Jiangnan gentry who had been officials in the previous dynasty donated all the official kiln porcelain left by their predecessors in the family and handed them over to Wei Geng.
These goods were dispersed by Wei Geng, transported to Ningbo in pieces, and then handed over to Zhang Huangyan's Zhejiang army who came to meet them, and then secretly loaded them into small boats at night, and took advantage of the cover of night to go to sea from Yongjiang.
At the same time that Jiangnan Shizi secretly helped Zhang Huangyan purchase goods, Tiandi Clubs across the country were also being formed.
Cai Jiuyi personally carried out activities in Jiangnan, contacted many anti-Qing and Ming aspirants, and began to secretly form various branches and rudders of the Heaven and Earth Society, and determined the contact code. At the same time, Cai Jiuyi explained to those masters of the rivers and lakes, so that they only need to collect intelligence, do not need to launch an armed uprising, and first of all, to maintain their strength.
Chen Jinnan took the initiative to shave his hair and change clothes, and became the appearance of "Shunmin of the Qing Dynasty", and after leaving Xiamen Island, he went to Guangxi. There, he contacted Fang Yizhi.
With the help of Fang Yizhi, many anti-Qing and Ming restoration righteous people who had been left in Guangxi by Li Dingguo joined the Heaven and Earth Society.
In Shandong, Henan and other places, some people from the White Lotus Sect organization also secretly entered the Heaven and Earth Society.
The White Lotus Sect also contacted the Heaven and Earth Society, and the two sides secretly formed an alliance and regarded the Manchus as common enemies.
For a time, the branches and rudders of the Heaven and Earth Society sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and after a few months, the members of the Heaven and Earth Society grew to as many as 100,000 people. Of course, that's another story.
At the same time as the establishment of the Heaven and Earth Society, the number of special combat teams was also expanding. With the addition of new forces from Zhejiang, there are now 36 members of the Navy Division's special combat team, 72 people from the Land Division's special combat team, and 48 people from the Tiandihui Special Operations Team. The training of the special combat team has also achieved the results that it wants, and many unqualified people have been eliminated, and these are the remaining elites.
The special combat team of the naval division mainly trains to drive various ships, hide in the water, climb onto the enemy's ships to launch sneak attacks, sneak attack on the enemy's port batteries, arrange mines and other training; The special combat team of the Marine Division mainly conducts various trainings such as fighting, shooting, long-distance shooting, tree climbing, horseback riding, and arranging traps. The training of the Tiandihui Secret Service Team is shooting, fighting, assassination, poisoning, and all kinds of flying eaves and wall training.
In fact, the kind of eaves and walls in the movie are all made up in martial arts novels and martial arts films, and it is impossible for real martial arts masters to fly around. However, with the help of tools, masters like Hong Xiguan and others can still complete the cornices and walls. For example, with a rope or a grappling hook, you can easily climb over the wall, climb onto the roof, move quickly on the roof, evacuate quickly, and break through the heavily guarded fence into the compound.
Although the special forces and special combat teams have already taken shape, the four special combat artifacts that Wang Xinyu asked for have no eyebrows at all.
Chen Shuijie looked at a broken Minny gun and sighed: "Alas! Failed again! It's hard to make a rifled gun in it! ”
The manufacture of the Mini rifle was very complicated, and Chen Shuijie did not know how to engrave rifling on the inside of the chamber, so he had to use the old method: first cast an iron plate, then engrave the rifling, and then beat the iron plate into the barrel. However, this method is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and has a very low success rate.
During this time, the blacksmith has made five mini-shots, but all of them are scrap, some of them are stuffed with bullets, and after only two or three shots, the rifling is worn out. There are also guns, in the process of building, after heating, put on a cylinder to build an iron plate, as a result, the barrel is beaten, and the rifling inside is also wasted.
Not only did the manufacture of Minnie rifles fail, but the blacksmith also made ten electric switches during this time, and all of them were scrapped: most of them were so bad that they could not be used at all; There was even a gun that had a problem connecting the barrel to the sub-gun, and during the test firing, the sub-gun was ejected, which resulted in an injury to a craftsman.
As for individual rockets and repeating handcuffs, there are problems of one kind or another. Twenty individual rockets were made, either the range was too close, or they were scattered everywhere after launching, and some of them blew up the launcher after ignition, but fortunately, the craftsman ran away after igniting the fire, so he was not injured. And there are serious problems with the handcuffs, because the structure is too complex and difficult to manufacture, two craftsmen have been building for more than half a month, and even a third of the accessories have not been done.