Daming Junior Scholar

Ma Liu touched one end along the center, and when the torch in his hand illuminated one end of the thick tube, he was startled, and then seemed to have realized something, and said in surprise: "This, this is not Fran Cannon?"

"Fran cannon? What is it?" Ma Qi still didn't understand what it was, and looked at Ma Liu with blinking eyes.

Ma Liu didn't understand why there was a Franc cannon here, and after he took a photo of the tail of the cannon, he became more determined, and explained in a low voice: "When Mr. He passed through Suzhou last year, he brought many guns with him. At that time, the young gang leader pestered him to open his eyes to such a cannon, and he even covered it up for us a little bit. You didn’t see the power of this cannon. After five hundred steps, even a stone as tall as a person was blown to pieces. "

"Cut, it's strange to believe you." Ma Qi only thought that Brother Six was exaggerating, this thing is only so big, how could it be so powerful, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it.

Seeing that Ma Qi didn't believe it, Ma Liu didn't have time to explain it now. After thinking about it, he reached out and touched the tail of the Franco cannon. After a short time, he touched a sub-gun.

"Brother Six, what are you doing with this? This is iron, not silver." Ma Qi reminded kindly.

"I know." Ma Liu responded, and ignored Ma Qi. The two of them searched around again, and after finding nothing, they sneaked out again with the blunderbuss. Before finally escaping back to shore.

At dawn, Jiang Mubai finally got the gun. Sitting in his academy, Jiang Mubai looked it over carefully, nodded and said: "The sixth is right, this is indeed the Franc machine gun Master He once demonstrated it to me, but how did this thing appear on Prince Ning's ship?"

After much deliberation, Jiang Mubai couldn't figure out what was going on, so he simply ordered: "How about this, Lao Liu, you go to Paju and give this thing to Mr. He, and see what he says."

Chapter 1294 Amazing news

Chapter 1294 Amazing news

The stampede at the palace gate did not just disappear with the passage of time, on the contrary, it became more and more serious.

Some put the blame on He Jia'an, saying that he had killed too much, which caused the wrath of God.

Some people put the blame on those drunken officials, who blocked the road because they ran around at the palace gate, and they must be found out and punished first if they are to be punished.

What's more, he dared to directly blame Zhengde, not only accusing him of being indifferent to the incident when it happened, but also putting on an attitude of indifference after the incident, not taking life seriously at all .

With Zhengde's personality, naturally he would not take this kind of papers seriously, and he would throw them away without knowing where they were thrown. On the contrary, those officials were so angry with Zhengde that they kept handing the papers in front of Zhengde, just to force him to confess. It's okay to admit that you are wrong.

Just when the chaos was flying around, He Jiaan quietly left the capital with his family. In order to take care of the two newborn sons, he specially hired a big boat and sailed slowly to the south along the Grand Canal. .

Because they were not in a hurry, it was not until about half a month before the group arrived in Suzhou. After arriving in Suzhou, they had to change into the sea boat that had been prepared and continue to Paju, while the He Jiaan family disembarked for a short time. Rest in Baoyue Villa for a few days first.

As a local local snake, when He Jiaan got off the boat, Jiang Mubai had already received the news from his subordinates. This was not because he sent people to guard the pier on a whim, but because Maliu brought them with him after he returned from Paju. With the news of He Jiaan going to the capital, Jiang Mubai was not sure when He Jiaan would be able to pass by here, so he sent people to Beijing to inquire, and at the same time had people squatting at the pier, unexpectedly he was caught.

He has been to Baoyue Villa himself many times, and even Jiang Mubai has a long-term rented building here. As soon as he heard the news that He Jiaan got off the boat, he immediately came to Baoyue Villa and asked to see He Jiaan directly.

When he heard that it was Jiang Mubai, He Jiaan didn't see anyone, and waited directly in his small building. The moment he saw Jiang Mubai, He Jiaan couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, "Brother Jiang has a long enough nose. It's only been a while since I arrived in Suzhou, why did you catch up? It's just right, I brought all my babies here, shouldn't you give me some greetings as an uncle?"

As for things like meeting gifts, they are all intentions, how could they ask for them in person, Jiang Mubai also laughed, and said generously: "Don't tell me, Brother He, I really brought you a gift this time. And it's a gift that you really like."

"Oh?" He Jiaan was a little surprised. He opened his eyes and watched as Jiang Mubai took a cloth-wrapped object from the attendant behind him, put it on the table and slowly opened it. When he saw the object clearly After that, He Jiaan's eyes straightened, and he carefully looked at the things on the table. After confirming that they were correct, the expression on his face immediately became serious: "Where did Brother Jiang get this thing?"

Seeing the expression on He Jiaan's face, Jiang Mubai knew that he had guessed correctly about this item, this item must be very important to He Jiaan.

Hearing He Jiaan's question, Jiang Mubai turned around and called Ma Liu who was behind him over. He didn't mean to hide it, and directly talked to He Jiaan about what happened on the pier that day, bluntly saying that he was dissatisfied with Prince Ning at the time Arrogant, that's why Ma Liu took the initiative to teach him a lesson.

Next, it was Ma Liu who told the story in person, including all the things about the empty boats, until finally, he found something like the Franc cannon in a box in the cabin , I brought the gun back by myself.

When He Jiaan heard that this thing was mixed in Zhu Yi's fleet, He Jia'an immediately understood, no wonder Zhu Yi ran so fast, he was not worried about Concubine Lou's body, he clearly got what he wanted, that's why he did it. He left in such a hurry, and those empty boats were all covering for him. He didn't expect that he would take all precautions, and in the end Zhu Yi got his hands.

After listening to Ma Liu's words, He Jia'an finally realized that there is not much time left for him. After King Ning has the Fran cannon, it will not take long to imitate it. There must be a lot of Fran cannons. If calculated in this way, within two or three years at most, King Ning should be able to accumulate a large number of artillery, and then he will raise troops against the Ming Dynasty.

What can I do in just two or three years?He Jiaan seemed to have fallen into deep thought.

Seeing that He Jiaan didn't speak for a long time, Jiang Mubai over there didn't have any intention of urging him. After waiting for a while, He Jiaan finally woke up again. When he looked at Jiang Mubai again, there seemed to be more smiles on his face. After a few minutes, he patted him on the shoulder and thought about it, then suddenly asked: "Brother Jiang, have you ever heard of perfume?"

perfume?

Jiang Mubai suddenly felt his eyelids twitch, this kind of thing is only circulated among the upper class people in Suzhou, and the quantity is very rare, every bottle will be sold at a very high price, but he himself got a bottle and gave it to himself The oiran she likes makes her who has always been cold-faced towards her become enthusiastic.

But, why did Master He mention this perfume?

Jiang Mubai nodded: "Of course I've heard that, now the perfume in the Suzhou market has been sold for tens of taels of silver a bottle, but the supply is still in short supply. The person behind this perfume has made a fortune."

After sighing, Jiang Mubai suddenly seemed to understand something, blinked and stared at He Jiaan, and suddenly said in surprise: "Master He, don't you mean that you are the owner behind this perfume?"

He Jiaan smiled, but did not deny it, nodded slowly and said: "I did make this perfume, but I don't have the right to sell it right now. If brother Jiang is interested, this perfume from Suzhou I can get the right to sell it for you, but the quantity may not be too many."

Jiang Mubai's eyes widened at once. This is not a small deal. A bottle of that perfume can be sold for dozens of taels. In Suzhou alone, thousands of bottles can be sold in a year. It's just the beginning, and the more people you know, the bigger the business will be. It's not doing business for yourself, it's clearly stuffing money into your own pocket.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mubai suddenly showed a shy expression on his face, rubbed his hands together and smiled embarrassedly: "Master He knows me well, so I won't say much about other polite words, since Master He So straightforward, that little brother is not that hypocritical person, as long as it is about this canal, Mr. He can come to me, if I, Jiang Mubai, say nothing, I will be raised by my little mother."

This is a bit too much, He Jiaan shook his head with a smile, patted Jiang Mubai's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "If you want to, brother, please take a look for me to see if there are any ships passing by. Those who transport iron and gunpowder in the south, if there are any, write down their names, and then go to Paju and tell me, my brother will definitely reward you."

"Brother speaks so well." Jiang Mubai climbed up the pole, slapped his chest, and said with a promise: "Your business is my business."

Chapter 1295 Diversion to Nanjing

Chapter 1295 Diversion to Nanjing

The Japanese pirates attacking the city last year was like a cloud of smog lingering over the heads of Nanjing people. It has been refusing to dissipate for a long time. The whole city is still in a state of deep anxiety, worrying all the time whether the Japanese pirates will suddenly Appeared in front of oneself again.

At the same time, a major event happened in Nanjing last year. Xu Yu, the Duke of Wei State for 50 years, died of illness. Before the funeral papers were sent out, Xu Kuibi, who had already decided to become a prince, did not know why. He immediately followed his old father. In this way, the Duke of Wei's title unexpectedly fell to Xu Pengju, who had just turned 16 years old.

Xu Pengju, who originally just wanted to be a playboy, never thought that such a big piece of pie fell from the sky, and he was completely in a state of sluggishness. It was the master in the mansion who drew up a funeral report for him. As soon as his will came, Xu Pengju became the latest Wei Guogong.

Naturally, this Wei Guogong is not so easy to be, especially every generation of Wei Guogong also has to serve as the defense of Nanjing, so when Xu Pengju came to power, someone would bring up the old matter with him, how to ensure the safety of Nanjing City.

There is no way, as long as He Jiaan's fleet is transferred to Changhai, and the Yangtze River estuary is blocked, the Japanese pirates can be completely blocked. A way, so Xu Pengju couldn't think of any good way. Originally, he was thinking that his old father had passed away. He took this opportunity to recognize Xiaoxiao back to Xu's family, and then he could leave a good impression on He Jiaan. This matter was settled, who knew that when I sent someone over to inquire, He Jiaan was not in Paju and had already returned to the capital.

With He Jiaan not around, he could only be greedy looking at the giant ships on the sea, Xu Pengju felt helpless in his heart, and could only wait for He Jiaan to come back in a few days before going to Paju himself again.

It's just that he never expected that He Jia'an, whom he couldn't find everywhere, suddenly appeared in front of the gate of his house.

"Repeat what you just said, who is it?" Xu Peng jumped up from the reclining chair, opened his mouth in surprise and looked at the servant who reported the message, with an incredulous look on his face.

"Going back to the lord, a few people came to the door, and the leader said his name is He Jia'an, begging to see the lord."

"Please, hurry up." When he heard that it was indeed He Jia'an, Xu Pengju immediately went out quickly regardless of his current status, until he came to the gate of the mansion and saw that it was indeed He Jia'an standing outside the mansion. , Xu Pengju immediately greeted him with a smile, and when he was about to greet He Jiaan, He Jiaan suddenly took a step back, widening the distance between the two of them, and bent down on his own initiative: "Your Majesty He Jiaan, I have met Wei Guogong. "

Uh……

Only then did Xu Pengju realize that his current identity had changed. He was no longer the little prince he used to be, but a serious Wei Guogong. It seemed inappropriate to come out to welcome guests like this. With a wry smile, he said: "Master He is polite, please come in quickly."

A group of people followed Xu Pengju into the Duke's Mansion. After entering the living room, He Jiaan said apologetically, "I don't have any news about the officials, and I don't know that such a big thing happened in the Duke's Mansion. Please ask Duke Wei to mourn."

Because the news is not very convenient to spread these days, there must be some people who don't know about it. Xu Pengju didn't mean to pursue it. The two of them sat down after a few words of politeness. Didn't your lord go to Beijing, and when did you come back?"

He Jiaan replied: "It's been more than ten days since I left Beijing after the Shangyuan Festival."

"Oh, so that's the case." Xu Pengju blinked his eyes, as if he felt something was wrong, and asked puzzledly: "Could it be that Mr. He didn't return to Paju, but came directly to Nanjing."

"Exactly." He Jiaan nodded.

"Then I don't know what your lord is doing in Nanjing?"