Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 570 Qi Hefengyun 3
The third call came from the Luoyang team.After two years of friction-anti-friction-again friction-again anti-friction——to put it crudely, it was death-hanging-beating-again death-hanging again, the gang of prefects and prefects in Luoyang finally worshiped Xue Siming Under his leather boots, he was heartbroken, weeping bitterly, and expressed his pain that he would follow in the footsteps of Boss Xue from then on. Without explaining, the construction of Luoyang's industrial zone was on the right track, and Luoyang's infrastructure construction was fully rolled out, which was earth-shattering.By the way, even Fu Wang was itching to see it, and spent money to set up a large paper factory, specializing in the production of Xuan paper and mulberry paper.Xuan paper is the best of all papers and is the favorite of countless calligraphers and painters, while mulberry paper is flexible and strong, and has strong moisture resistance. In the era when there is no plastic sheet, it is the most ideal material for packaging. It is very suitable for military and civilian use.In addition, he also spent money to set up three hotels and two inns. Many officials in Luoyang also clamored that he was competing with the people for profit. He will spend money to build a large furniture factory or something... There is no way, there must be not enough land for so many refugees. If we don't build more factories, where will they be resettled?

Following the example of his nephew in Nanyang, King Fu also donated [-] hectares of land to Xue Siming to resettle the refugees.In order to convince him, Xue Siming took some troubles.

And the setback was to sneak into the palace in the middle of the night and nail a dagger to King Fu's pillow.When King Fu woke up, he was so frightened that he almost lost control of his bladder and bowels. He looked at the dagger less than one centimeter away from his neck, and at Xue Siming who was dozing off in the recliner. He was completely convinced.

King Fu made such a big sacrifice, and the local government was too embarrassed to bully him too much. Let this fat man go to Nanyang to watch the fun, so let him go. Anyway, with so many officials following him, what kind of trouble can he cause?Therefore, King Fu took his two sons and one grandson, and appeared in front of Yang Menglong in a malevolent manner.As soon as he appeared, he put tremendous pressure on Yang Menglong!

too fat!
The neck is as thick as his thighs!
Not only Fu Wang himself is fat, but his son is also surprisingly fat. Even his little grandson, who is only eight or nine years old, is also a big fat man. He weighs more than 90 catties no matter what!Hey, if this family slaughters any one at random, it will be enough for the whole camp to improve their food!No wonder Li Zicheng slaughtered King Fu after conquering Luoyang. This fat body is so attractive to the peasant army who can't eat meat once a year!
King Fu looked at Yang Menglong, panting, eyes narrowed, and said: "I have heard about the name of Champion Hou for a long time, but when I saw it today, I saw that he is indeed heroic and majestic. The Ming Dynasty has a pillar like Champion Hou, who is as stable as Mount Tai!" "He asked someone to give him a box of gifts, and he said cheerfully: "It's just a small gift, but it's not respectful. I beg the champion to accept it!"

Yang Menglong opened it and took a look, wow, a purple-red coral plant more than a foot high, several high-quality jades, and two expensive mink fur jackets!Tsk tsk, this fat man is really generous, Yang Menglong's affection for him has skyrocketed!He took Fu Wang's hand and said, "My lord, don't say anything. From now on, your business will be my business!"

King Fu was about to speak, when the chubby man next to him said inappropriately: "Grandpa, I'm hungry!"

King Fu looked unkind: "How can it make sense? Didn't you just eat and you're hungry again so soon?"

The little chubby said pitifully, "I'm really hungry!"

Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Go eat when you are hungry. I have prepared dozens of dishes, and I am waiting for you, my lord, to taste them."

The little fat man's eyes suddenly lit up, he clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, okay, take me to eat quickly!"

King Fu and his two sons are also drooling...

Everyone is a foodie!
Of course, Yang Menglong himself is also a foodie, so he met a strong opponent at the dinner table. Prince Fu and his grandsons were also more fierce than wolf dogs when they grabbed things, and they were on par with him in terms of momentum. Four against one, he It is definitely a disadvantage.After a meal, the table was full of people on their backs, and all five of them had their faces covered with vegetable juices, and they lost all poise.

Full of wine and food, Yang Menglong and Fu Wang burped and sat on the recliner to chat.Yang Menglong asked: "My lord, you are a nobleman of the royal family, how does it feel to be a son of a phoenix and a grandson of a dragon?"

Fu Wang said: "It's very boring. There is nothing else to do except eat and sleep all day long. There are a lot of people staring at you. You are not allowed to do this or that. It is so depressing! If you have a choice, This king would rather not be this prince, wouldn't it be more comfortable to be a comfortable rich man?"

This is definitely the voice of the vast majority of vassal kings.They were sentenced to life imprisonment when they were born, and the prisons where they were imprisoned were those cities.

Two days later, Lu Xiangsheng also arrived with hundreds of people, and gave Yang Menglong five solid, tall and handsome iron-hoofed horses.These iron-shoe horses ran to the Central Plains and were dedicated to him by the wandering Mongolian caravan. There were ten horses in total. Running like flying on the ground, it is even more wild, and can smash the head of a wolf with one kick.It is an exaggeration to say that it can travel thousands of miles a day, but it is not a problem at all to travel three hundred miles a day.Of course these famous horses should be shared with good friends, so Lu Xiangsheng brought five horses here.Needless to say, Yang Menglong was so happy that his nose was bubbling. When he was happy, he gave Lu Xiangsheng three 85mm howitzers and two 120mm long-barreled mortars.

Now Lu Xiangsheng is a bit regretful why he didn't bring the remaining five iron-shoeed horses here, one horse for one cannon, where can he find such a profitable business?
Jingxiang, Wuhan and other places also sent people over.Although there are rebels, it does not prevent people from Hubei from coming to join in the fun. People in those areas said: Since the rebels rebelled, our lives have become much easier!

"Nanyang is really prosperous! When it comes to managing the place, I'm really not as good as you." Lu Xiangsheng sipped his tea, recalling what he saw and heard after entering Nanyang, and let out a sigh.

Yang Menglong said: "Don't flatter me, you have done a great job, Daming, Shunde, and Guangning are not rich places, but you have managed to make the whole of Beizhili a paradise with a dense population and an endless stream of business travelers. What you want to manage are three mansions, but I only manage one mansion, so I'm afraid I can't do as well as you do."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "You are too modest. By the way, how do you plan to suppress the rebellion next year? Do you need help?"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "You can concentrate on cutting down the Mongolian Tartars, and you don't have to worry about putting down the Huguang rebellion."

Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be smiling, but said nothing.Of course he could see the dirty tricks of the Huguang rebellion, and many people could even vaguely guess it, but they just didn't reveal it.There are some things that you just need to know. If you tell them, it will be bad. He is also happy to see the success of this Huguang rebellion.

While chatting, there was an angry roar from outside: "I want to see the champion! I want to see the champion!" Yang Menglong became angry: "Zaji, go and see which bastard is yelling outside and sweeping us away!" Xing!"

Zaji ran out to take a look, and then ran back, and there was a loud roar outside.Zaji said: "My lord, it's Shopkeeper Fan!"

Yang Menglong said: "I don't care whether he is the shopkeeper or the boss. Now we have to get down to business. Go and throw him far away. Don't bother us!"

Zaji said to Weng: "My lord, it's Fan Jian, shopkeeper Fan, the one who bought [-] catties of gunpowder from us!"

Yang Menglong remembered: "So it's that bitch, what is he talking about? Tell him to come in for me!"

Zaghi rushed down to invite someone.

Lu Xiangsheng asked with a smile: "What's the matter? Who did you have a conflict with?"

Yang Menglong shrugged his shoulders and said, "I made a deal with him, and now that guy is dissatisfied and has come to argue with me."

Just as he was talking, Fan Jian walked in angrily with a bag, threw the bag in front of Yang Menglong with a bang, his eyes spitting fire, and said sternly: "Champion Hou, what on earth do you mean?"

Yang Menglong asked slowly, "What's wrong?"

Fan Jian almost made him vomit blood: "What's the matter!? I spent 15 taels of silver to buy [-] jin of gunpowder from you, and it turned out...you dared to deceive me with powder that would never explode! Are you It's not too much!"

Yang Menglong still slowly opened the bag, no, it was a whole bag of dynamite, which had become popular in Heluo, Denglai and Daming Road.He picked up a pinch and put it in front of his nose to smell it, and said, "I sold it, that's right."

Fan Jian thought that he would refuse to admit it. Seeing that he admitted so simply, he was taken aback for a moment, and then became furious: "Just admit it! Then tell me, why didn't these gunpowder explode at all? Why!?" He really What's more, he was so angry that he spent 15 taels of silver to pick up the goods from Yang Menglong, and happily sent them to Shenyang, thinking that there would be a lot of rewards, but he never dreamed that no matter what method they used, these explosives would not be able to detonate !Huang Taijikong was overjoyed, his face was very ugly, although he didn't cut off his head, but his dissatisfaction with him was more obvious than the lice on the forehead of the bald donkey.Being swayed by Yang Menglong like this, he was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and rushed back to settle accounts with Yang Menglong!

Yang Menglong slapped his hand on the table and said sternly: "What a fool you are! You don't even have a detonator. It's a damn thing if it can explode! Your brain is caught in the door. You just bought explosives but not a detonator, and you don't have that." You can make a detonator to detonate it, do you blame me?"

Fan Jian froze for a moment: "Thunder...detonator!?"

Yang Menglong didn't bother to tell him, took out half of the bag of explosives, said to Zaji Chongweng, "Go get a detonator, and call some people to testify by the way", then rode out of the city with Fan Jian, and went straight to the outskirts of the city.This kind of experiment can't be done in the city. The explosive power of the dynamite explosion is not small. A sudden bombardment in such a densely populated city can easily lead to chaos.

Lu Xiangsheng and others also followed with great interest.They looked at Fan Jian very strangely, and there were three big characters clearly written: You are miserable!

When he arrived at the sparsely populated suburbs, Yang Menglong dug a hole and prepared to conduct experiments.At this time, Fang Yizhi, Zhu Yujian, Nanyang headhunter Wu Jizu and a group of officials and gentry all arrived, and the scene was very grand.Yang Menglong bowed to everyone and said, "Everyone took time out of their busy schedules to come here and trouble you all. I'm really sorry."

Wu Jizu said: "Master Hou is polite, your business is our business, how dare you talk about trouble?"

Fang Yizhi asked, "Why did you bring us here?"

Yang Menglong raised the pack of explosives in his hand, and said: "At the end of September, I made a deal with Shopkeeper Fan and sold him [-] catties of explosives at a price of five taels of silver per catty. Everyone has an impression of this deal, right? ?”

Everyone nodded.Selling [-] catties of explosives at once was an earth-shattering event, how could they not be impressed?I remember it was quite noisy at the time.

Yang Menglong said: "Now shopkeeper Fan rushed into the Hou's mansion with a big bag of explosives, saying that what I sold him was a counterfeit product that would not make a sound at all! What a great injustice, since when have I sold fake products! "

A group of businessmen scolded: "Fucking shit, Lord Hou has been in business for so long, which one of the goods is not of excellent quality? He will swear at people!"

Sweat broke out on Fan Jian's forehead, and he shouted, "How can I spit out blood? None of these explosives can explode loudly!"

Yang Menglong said: "You idiot, if you don't even buy a detonator, of course it won't blow up! Stand far away, and I will prove it to you!" He took the detonator and the fuse from Zaji Chongweng, and put it in front of everyone. Insert it into the dynamite bag, then light it, and throw it in the big pit———

boom!
A loud noise made everyone's ears buzzing, the blasted soil was splashed high, and some gravel was even splashed more than 100 meters away, which was very frightening.Fan Jian was so dumbfounded, Yang Menglong slapped him hard on the face, and said loudly: "Do you see clearly? I didn't sell fakes to you. This kind of explosive needs a detonator to detonate. It needs a detonator. It needs a detonator. It needs a detonator." ! Say the important thing three times, you idiot, have you remembered!"

Fan Jian finally came back to his senses. His arrogance and air were gone, and he said cautiously: "The common people are stupid and do not act well. They have wronged the champion. I am here to apologize to the champion! I don't know how much this detonator is." A piece of money?"

Yang Menglong sneered: "Before talking about the cost of a detonator, shouldn't we talk about something more important?"

(End of this chapter)