The wine and banquet were dispersed, and the scholars had their own thoughts, but most of them had an instinctive antipathy and resistance to the eunuchs, and Li Xin was very cordial with his words, and the two were more like brothers, and even had a lot of criticism towards Li Xin. The Marquis of Zhenyu himself was a warrior, and he colluded with eunuchs, which was not a good phenomenon, although everyone had acquiesced to the control of the Three Guards on the defense of Nanjing, but it was still difficult to turn the corner at this point.

The Provisional Governor's Yamen, now it is already a cold court that can be crowded, and the scene of the busy traffic a few days ago is no longer seen. Zhang Fangyan's illness did not deteriorate because of the neglect of the governor's yamen, but on the contrary, there was a tendency to get better, and the low-grade fever had subsided for several days, and he could even walk a few steps into the courtyard with the support of his subordinates to stretch his muscles and bones. However, Wu Zhen, the former governor of Yangzhou, who was nested in the provisional governor's yamen, was in a panic all day long, and he cowered in his bedroom all day long and refused to go out.

Most of the 100 soaps recruited before have left, and only a few loyal and honest ones are left, refusing to leave. But this Wu Fuzun is also sneering, although Wu Zhen has always been very generous to the soap servants, but the nature of people is like this, seeing others fall high, and the status is like a cloud, I always like to step forward to step on a few feet, and then look at the jokes, in order to make a conversation after dinner.

Wu Zhen walked around the yard the day before yesterday and met a few soaps, who not only did not salute but also talked and laughed. Wu Zhen couldn't help but open his mouth to scold a few words, but what he didn't want to get in exchange was a white snatch from Soap Li.

"In what capacity do you warn us?"

Wu Zhen's words were stopped, and a few soap subordinates no longer paid attention to him, and hurriedly went, and some sarcastic words reached Wu Zhen's ears with the breeze, which was too insulting. But he himself is still difficult to protect, so how can he teach these soaps a lesson? Self-inflicted humiliation can be regarded as self-inflicted.

Because of this chance encounter, Yazhong Soap Li specially made it difficult for this Wu Fuzun, and ordered the miscellaneous servants who burned the fire in Yazhong not to bring him food for a whole day. It wasn't until the second day that Wu Zhen was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, so he asked the handyman to ask. The fire-burning handyman stammered, saying only that he had forgotten about his busy moment. Let Hou Cheng said with trepidation, "There is still a fire under the kitchen stove, the villain will do it now, do it now!" ”

Wu Zhen was furious, why was he so busy that he forgot, if he still held the executive power of the governor's yamen, these splashes dared to say that they had forgotten? It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs.

Thinking of these things, Wu Zhen's fear and anxiety were covered up a lot by anger, but his peace at this moment was quickly destroyed by the communiqué on the table. This was only the newspaper of three days ago, and although he received his money, he did not say that the newspaper had been delivered in the past two days. Since the episode of the last time he was rectified, Wu Zhen has also learned to be obedient, and he no longer makes a face to these soaps, and in the end he is still the one who suffers.

But even this chapter, the newspaper three days ago is enough to make Wu Zhen's six gods ownerless.

He had already inquired, and the day after the military newspaper was transmitted back to Nanjing, it was restored, and after publicizing the victory of Jiujiang in Jiangxi, he immediately commented on the defeat in Jiangbei in a conspicuous position on several pages, and demanded that the Ming princes in Nanjing be held accountable and punished with meritorious deeds. At the same time, it also serves as a warning to future generations to do their best for the court. Although he didn't name him, Wu Zhen could still see that every word in the "Communiqué" was directed at him and Zhang Fangyan, and it can be said that most of the accusations were directed at him and Wu someone.

Wu Zhen picked up the "Communiqué" in his hand and threw it on the case with hatred, he had read this newspaper dozens of times, and what he said during it was nothing more than to speak for Li Xin's family, maybe this was paving the way for public opinion to arrest him! Thinking of this, Wu Zhen felt that he was immeasurable and ridiculous, and the reflection of the past few days has made him recognize the gap between himself and Li Xin.

But now I realize this, it's too late to regret it, a good card in his hand has long been lost by him, all he can do at this moment is to wait, waiting for the sergeant who captured him to come to the door.

This kind of worrying torment is like an iron lock in the Hengjiang River, which makes Wu Zhen unable to go up or down, and the pain in his heart is really difficult for outsiders. And even Zhang Fangyan, who has always believed in him, began to gradually become estranged.

After Wu Zhen secretly vented his anger and scolded Zhang Fangyan for being such a downfall, he couldn't help but feel like a deflated pig's urine bubble, wilting on the chair, and his heart was extremely depressed. After the excitement, he himself knew that his actions had already affected Zhang Fangyan before, and now it was already very generous that people could tolerate him living in the provisional governor's yamen, how could he still fall into the well? He smiled bitterly and sighed, regretting that he shouldn't have done it in the first place.

Unlike Wu Zhen's desperation and despair, Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, has been extraordinarily active in the past few days. Previously, he had been hit by the treasure pressure in the battle against Wu Zhen, and the Marquis of Zhenyu really reciprocated the favor by making him responsible for the mining of iron and iron ore in the iron factory. There was an iron mine in the west of Yingtianfu, but it had been destroyed in the Wanli period, and it was not easy to restore it at first sight. The first thing to do is to look for the old miners who are still alive to find out what is going on. Then, the hardest part of this comparison is the refining of iron ore. Because according to the official documents of the Wanli period, although Nanzhili produces iron ore, the level of craftsmen is limited, and the hardness of the iron smelted is not enough. Therefore, the iron mine was gradually closed and abandoned.

If this problem is not solved, it is still equivalent to not completing the task assigned to him by the Marquis of Zhenyu. Moreover, what makes Xiong Mingyu a little headache is that because several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have also fallen into war this year, including salt tax and commercial tax, they are more than half less than in previous years, and now there are too many places to use money, he moved the east wall and the west wall, and even embezzled the silver that was ready to be sent to Jingshi, but it was still overstretched. Fortunately, the north-south traffic was cut off, and I went to Beijing to solve the silver, but I am afraid it will not be possible this year.

As the saying goes, you have to eat the food one bite at a time, and the wine has to be drunk one by one. If you want to gain something in this troubled world, you can't hold the attitude of not biting people if you have more lice, and not worrying about people if you have more debts. Slowly solve one by one, and there will always be a day to emerge.

No, Xiong Mingyu heard that the West is good at making firearms, and firearms are made of fine iron, so he decided that they must also be superior in ironmaking. And Li Xin's Three Guards Army has all kinds of people, even the red hair of the West is not uncommon, and there are still many people who serve as deputy generals of the general army. Just like the veteran of the Three Guards who he came to see today, the battalion officer of the First Artillery Battalion and the adjutant general of the Three Guards Heisenberg.

Heisenberg's style of action made Xiong Mingyu feel deeply refreshed, this person spoke vigorously and resolutely, there was no empty talk in officialdom at all, and almost every word was implemented. This is not even as good as the other Han generals of the Three Guards.

I heard that Xiong Mingyu asked him for advice on how to make the smelted iron meet the requirements of building weapons, and Heisenberg did not hide his selfishness, which he also had to investigate on the spot, after all, ironmaking and cannon making involved artillery, and he couldn't ignore it.

"The problem of Ying Tianfu Iron Works should be the iron ore itself, perhaps because there are too many impurities, so it is difficult for the iron smelted to meet the required standards. But I don't know the specific situation, I believe that I can get a solution by consulting an experienced old ironworker. ”

Heisenberg's answer made Xiong Mingyu a little disappointed, but after all, he got a little clue, the problem is still in the iron ore itself, if there are too many impurities, can't you think of a way to get these damn impurities out? It seems that we have to visit experienced ironworkers in Nanzhili to study it carefully.

Don't look at Xiong Mingyu, who has passed the destiny of heaven, but his curiosity has not diminished at all, after talking about the ironworks, he pulled Heisenberg to ask questions, and he actually had a strong curiosity about all kinds of novelties in the West.

Heisenberg was not tired of it, and answered them one by one. "What? It is equivalent to a few states and counties in my Ming Dynasty is a country? Isn't the West owned by thousands of countries? ”

"It's not like that, only in my hometown of the Holy Roman Empire, it's more chaotic, but there is also a monarch who is nominally equivalent to my Ming Emperor, and the monarch can nominally command all countries, but he is also constrained by his own strength. It was jointly elected by several Xuan Emperor and Marquis. Many words do not have a corresponding evil content in Chinese, and Heisenberg had to make up some on the spot to explain, and I don't know if Xiong Mingyu could understand it.

Xiong Mingyu nodded again and again, "In this way, Your Excellency's hometown should be similar to my Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Son of Heaven is in decline, and the heroes are competing for hegemony!" Speaking of this, he was keenly aware that this person's words gave people an indescribable feeling, and his intuition told him that the origin of this Heisenberg in that even mule horse empire was definitely not simple, corresponding to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, at least he was also from a background above the Qing Dynasty, maybe he was still a down-and-out prince.

The two of them said goodbye until it was time to hold the lamp.

Li Xin has been rare and leisurely these days, and accompanied Gao Shiming to visit the scenery near Nanjing. In fact, he was thinking about the iron factory and the military port, where did he have the heart to travel in the mountains and rivers, if he hadn't been pulled by Gao Shi Mingqiang, he wouldn't have delayed these days. He knew that although Gao Shiming kept saying that he wanted to go to Huguang to share the emperor's worries and solve problems for the imperial court. In fact, what he had in mind was the idea of staying in Nanjing, but he couldn't say it explicitly.

As far as the truth is concerned, Gao Shiming's stay is beneficial to the Three Guards, so Li Xin is also happy to see it, and he doesn't say anything about it.

At this time, the governor of Nanzhili was in a hurry to find the Purple Mountain, Li Xin saw that his face was pale, and he decided that something big had happened, and he just wanted to ask what happened. Sun Ji glared at him first, threw down a "communiqué", and asked again: "Look at it, look at the good things you have done!" ”