Fenghou

Guo Wei's daughter was married to the Sun family in Zhuozhou, but died of illness within a few years of her marriage. Guo Wei believed that the Sun family did not take good care of his daughter, and he has always had a grudge against the Sun family.

If it weren't for the great importance of this gathering, he would not have met the Sun family.

"Okay! I'll trouble the second master Lao Bao to arrange it."

"Please invite Guo Ye's team to follow me."

Guo Wei saw that the eight warriors behind Zhang Bao were all tall, powerful, and majestic, and couldn't help but praise: "The warriors of the Zhang family are really good!"

"Let Master Guo laugh!"

Zhang Baohe and his subordinates immediately opened the way ahead, and the Guo family team surrounded the carriage and drove towards the Silver Lake Grange a few miles away.

The first thousand 390 chapter planning

As soon as they entered the yard, hundreds of crossbowmen ambushed around the high wall fired their arrows together, and there was a lot of screams in the yard. Before Guo Wei, his son and ten warriors could understand what was going on, they died under the random arrows. More than a dozen arrows shot through his body, his mouth was wide open, his eyes were round, and his eyes had lost their luster. His son Huaide lay on the ground and was nailed to the ground by more than a dozen arrows.

Not only them, the patriarchs of the seven wealthy families were killed every time they came. On the [-]th and [-]th of January, the seven wealthy families on Yanshan Road secretly arrived in Pingzhou and disappeared likewise.

Together with Zhang Wo and his son Zhang Mingqian, they were secretly executed by the inner guards. The government immediately confiscated all Zhang Wo's manor and family property, turning the manor into official land.

But this was only the first step. Niu Gao immediately dispatched troops to arrest the children of the seven wealthy families on a large scale in various places on Yanshan Road. All the children were executed.

Even Niu Gao also felt that the methods of the inner guard soldiers were too cruel, but he also understood that Yanshan Road would never be peaceful if they were not cruel and ruthless. Once the powerful forces threatening the Western Army disappear, no one else will be worried.

Immediately, the government began to confiscate the land and family properties of the eight giants on a large scale. All the Zhuang Ding were disbanded, and all the weapons and armor stored in secret were also confiscated. The situation that made officials feel insecure finally eased.

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The handsome hall in Yuguan is also called the Dashiwu. It was built on the westernmost side of Guancheng. It is made of all stones and covers an area of ​​half an acre. Hu Yun, the appeasement envoy of Yunlu, Wang Duo, the general of Yuguan, Zhong Huan, the commander of the internal guards, Cao Kai, the commander of the Yanshan Road Intelligence Department, and Pang Guangji, the head of the intelligence station who just came from Liaodong.

Everyone knew the task, and took the family of Yang Qin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War of the Kingdom of Jin, to Yanshan Road. Pang Guangji said to everyone: "I have already contacted Yang Qin. It was revealed that he was suspended at home, pending the investigation by the court of the Kingdom of Jin. The investigation was just an excuse. In fact, he had seen the results of the struggle between Yan Chang and Wanyan Wushu. Now Wanyan Wushu led the army to attack Goryeo. It is said that the battle went smoothly. , Five battles and five victories, more than [-] Goryeo troops have been wiped out. The smoother Wanyan Wushu is on the battlefield, the greater the pressure on Wanyanchang, and the more dangerous Yang Qin's fate will be. Their whole family was rescued from Liaodong, Wanyan Wushu will come back in March, it is very likely that he will be operated on first."

"Where is Yang Qin now?" Hu Yun asked.

"Currently in Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo, there is a team of ten soldiers guarding him under house arrest. He communicates with the outside world through one of his old servants."

Cao Kaidao, ordered by the Yanshan Road Intelligence Department: "First of all, coming out of the house is the first pass, leaving the city is the second pass, and leaving Liaodong is the third pass. The pass is dangerous. Our people must go to Liaoyang City, otherwise they will not even pass the gate. Can't get out."

Everyone in the middle looked at Zhong Huan, escorting Yang Qin's family out of the city safely, they could only rely on the inner guards.

Zhong Huan pondered for a moment and asked, "How many troops are there in Liaoyang City?"

Pang Guangji said slowly: "About 3 people, all of them are Jurchen soldiers."

"Is the control of entering and exiting the city strict? I mean, Han people entering and exiting the city." Zhong Huan asked again.

"Of course there are. There are quite a few people. The Han people are basically craftsmen and businessmen. They can also go out of the city and into the city, but they have to check the signs when entering and leaving the city. The Jurchens have bronze medals, and other Donghu people have iron medals. The signs are unobstructed."

Hu Yun frowned and asked, "What does the Han brand look like, and where can I get it?"

Pang Guangji took a bag from under his feet, dumped it on the table, and said, "Wow! I saw a pile of wooden signs poured out, and said with a smile: "I bought these on the black market in Liaoyang, two yuan for one yuan, and I bought 30 yuan, all of which are men's names."

Everyone was overjoyed, they didn't expect Pang Guangji to be so thoughtful and even prepared the signboard.

"When will Liaohe thaw?" Hu Yun asked again.

"It probably started in early February, and basically all thawed in the middle of February."

Hu Yun said to everyone: "The plan I'm considering is to go by water. If I go by land, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the pass in Jinzhou, so I have to board the boat before Jinzhou and go down the Liaohe River. The navy will meet it at the mouth of the Liaohe River."

Chong Huan hesitated and asked, "Is there a navy of the Kingdom of Jin on the Liaohe River?"

Hu Yun nodded, "There are patrol ships, mainly to prevent our naval forces from entering the Liaohe River by sea. Generally, they will not interfere with civilian ships. If there is no accident, they will not be inspected, but we still have to take precautions and choose good water quality. The internal guards are going, and all kinds of combat materials must be prepared."

Everyone discussed the details again, and finally finalized the whole plan.

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After the end of January, Jingzhao began to feel a bit of spring. The ice and snow melted, and the Qujiang Pond began to thaw. The willow trees by the lake appeared green buds. In the freshly thawed river, groups of white ducks were swimming happily. The birds in the sky were chirping and chirping, and they flew into Jingzhao City in groups from the outskirts of the forest.

In the field, the wheat seedlings that have survived the winter began to grow vigorously, and the farmers began to fertilize and loosen the soil in the fields, and they were busy.

The originally deserted official road has also become lively, and a continuous stream of caravans come to Jingzhao from all directions. If everyone is asked to rate Yong, the highest score is probably the businessman. Yong is not just for businessmen to get civilians. Quan, in fact, the Northern Song Dynasty did a good job, but Yongguo gave merchants a very good business environment, low business tax, merchants pay taxes immediately after buying goods, and then travel all over the world with a single tax bill, without any kind of manipulation along the way. Take the level of the merchant, and there is no war.

It is precisely because of the very good business environment in Yongguo that the commerce and transportation industries in various places have flourished.

In the morning, a convoy of several carriages, escorted by cavalry, came to Guangyuntan outside the east city. Guangyuntan was a huge artificial lake dug by Shanzhou prefect Wei Jian during the Kaiyuan period. Cargo ships can directly transport goods to Chang'an, which has great military and economic value.

After the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Guangyun Lake gradually dried up. Later, it was re-excavated and introduced into the Chan River, but it was still too small and could only be barely used. After the Sanmenxia reef was blown up and dredged last year, a cargo ship of five thousand shi could also pass through Sanmenxia, ​​and the transportation capacity increased greatly. Chen Qing also ordered to organize 20 people to expand Guangyuntan and widen the Caohe River, so that the five-thousand-stone ship can sail to Chang'an smoothly.

After five full months of busy work, the huge water conservancy project was finally completed, and the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. Chen Qing and the councilors from the Internal Affairs Hall specially came to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new pier.

Gongs and drums were beating on the pier, colorful flags were fluttering, and tens of thousands of people surrounded the pier from a distance. Soldiers maintained order, and the size of Guangyun Lake was tripled, from a small lake to a large lake with waves and waves , The lake is full of large ships, including military ships and cargo ships, and the pier has also expanded to a length of one mile. Originally, only three cargo ships could berthed at the same time, but now ten [-]-stone cargo ships can berthed at the same time.

The inauguration ceremony was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and Lu Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, served as the master of ceremonies. Chen Qing offered incense to sacrifice to the river god, and threw the prepared three animals into the pool. Amidst the sound of fierce firecrackers, the simple inauguration ceremony was completed. A [-] shi cargo ship with a red belt slowly entered the wharf, followed by nine large ships. These were ten [-] shi official ships, but they were not from the Yellow River, but from Yaozhou. Ten large ships of briquettes.

The Yellow River has not completely thawed, and it will be thawed in early February, but the Weishui can be sailed.

"Unload the ship!"

The steward yelled, and thousands of civilians who had been waiting for a long time rushed up on the pier, and many of them were pulling new-style wooden carts. It was this new-style wooden cart that Chen Qing became very interested in.

The first thousand 390 chapters and two inspirations

Lu Wei asked the steward of the dock to drag a wooden cart over. The wooden cart was pulled by a donkey. The wheels were tall and looked very strong. If you look closely, it was a miniature version of a large-wheeled carriage. The large carts are light and strong, which is very consistent with the principles of mechanics. Unless the iron production is rapidly increased, and all the wheels and axles are replaced with iron, there is little room for improvement. This is not a problem of craftsmanship, but a problem of national strength.

But what interested Chen Qing was that each car had a wheel and a wooden axle hanging on the back.

You must know that after a long period of use of wooden wheeled vehicles, the wheels and axles are easily deformed and broken, and replacement is very troublesome, requiring professional craftsmen to do it. Troublesome, so on the official road, you can often see carts abandoned after the wheels are damaged, and finally picked up by nearby farmers and burned as firewood.

But what does it mean to hang a wheel on the back of the wooden wheeled cart? Can it be repaired by yourself?

The manager of the dock explained with a smile: "It is said that this is a new type of wooden wheeled cart developed by Taixue. Every new car has a wheel and an axle on the back."

Chen Qing was surprised and delighted at the same time, because the limitation of national power could not change the overall quality of the cart for the time being, so he started from the simplicity, as if he opened a window when he couldn't push the door, and let people see the infinite In the future, we must reward the Taixue craftsmen who came up with this method.

"Have someone dismantle and replace it, I want to see how easy it is?"

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Back in the official room, Chen Qing was still thinking about the scene where the coachman installed the wheels and axles. With three clicks, the coachman completed the replacement within an incense stick, which left a deep impression on Chen Qing.

At this time, a member of the army said at the door: "Your Highness, Lu Shilang is here!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Let him in!"

After a while, Lu Wei quickly walked into the official room, bowed and saluted, "See Your Highness!"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Sit down and talk!"

Lu Wei sat down on a chair at the side, and Chen Qing said with a smile: "You have performed well in the past six months. The Ministry of Industry has just been established, and it has managed the Sanmenxia river and plank road, and repaired the Caohe River and Guangyun Lake. Facts have proved that you are in charge of the Ministry of Industry. , is a very correct decision.”

Lu Wei hurriedly said: "The real credit should be attributed to His Highness. If His Highness hadn't approved the use of iron fire thunder to blow up the reef, and if His Highness hadn't allocated enough money and goods from the treasury, the effect would not have been so good, nor would it have been so smooth... ..."

"Okay! Don't brag about me. I didn't ask you to come to hear your bragging."

Chen Qing interrupted Lu Wei with a smile, "I called you here to talk about what you will do in the future? Do you know that you have considered it?"

"Which aspect is Your Highness referring to? My personal future, or what to do with the affairs of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Of course it's the latter. If you do the work of the Ministry of Industry well, your personal future will not be a problem."

Lu Wei sighed and said: "Actually, I have also considered it. I think the affairs of the Ministry of Industry are very cumbersome and messy. Sometimes I don't know where to start. The dredging of the river this time is due to His Highness's arrangement. How about finishing this? Then I don’t know what to do next.”

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "It is the Ministry of Industry's job to deploy the plan to improve the river course, and the actual implementation of the plan is the job of the Metropolitan Water Supervision Department. This dredging of the river should be the job of the Metropolitan Water Supervision Department, but I haven't seen any from the Metropolitan Water Supervision Department." People are busy, but they see officials from the Ministry of Industry running around."

"Your Highness, the Capital Water Supervisor has not been established yet!"

"That's the problem. You are busy doing things all day long, so how can you have time to think about what to do next? You are the minister of the Ministry of Industry, not the order of the Metropolitan Water Supervision. The Metropolitan Water Supervision has not yet been established, so you have to hurry up Put forward a plan to request the Ministry of Internal Affairs to establish a Metropolitan Water Supervision Department, and as the head of the Ministry of Works, you also have the right to recommend candidates for the Metropolitan Water Supervision Order to the Internal Affairs Department.”

"I would like to recommend Zhang Yuanlang, the Metropolitan Water Superintendent of Henan Road, as the Metropolitan Water Superintendent. To tell you the truth, the treatment of the Sanmen Gorge and the dredging of the Caohe River are the plans formulated by Zhang Yuanlang. He has rich experience in water control, and even Taixue invites him to attend classes."

Chen Qing remembered that Zhang Yuenlang was responsible for widening the Caihe River into the new Bianhe River, dredging the Biankou, and calling on the government and the people to plant trees in the flooded areas of the Yellow River and change the salinity of the soil.

"Yes! I also agree to the appointment of Zhang Yuanlang as the Metropolitan Superintendent, but you haven't answered my previous question. What do you plan to do as a minister of the Ministry of Industry?"

Lu Wei already understood that it was not what he wanted to do, but His Royal Highness King Yong had already prepared the answer for himself. He bowed and said, "Your Highness is stupid, please clarify!"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "I saw that easy-to-disassemble truck on the pier today, and I was thinking in my heart, why didn't such a good truck be promoted to all over the world immediately? But who will promote it? In fact, it should be the workers. Ministry of Industry, if people are expected to promote it spontaneously, it will take at least 20 years or even longer, while government promotion will be promoted in two to three years, so I think the promotion of new technologies is a very important task for the Ministry of Industry."

Chen Qing took two steps behind his back and said: "In fact, the most important thing for us now is to restore the former prosperity and population. Every department has a lot to do, and the Ministry of Industry is no exception. Take the governance of Sanmenxia as an example. , What is the purpose of our governance of Sanmenxia? It is to pass more and bigger ships more safely and improve transportation capacity.

So the question is, can we continue to use large iron fire mines to blow up the stone islands in the Sanmenxia, ​​so that the Yellow River channel will become wider and the water flow more gentle?It can pass through the Wanshi ship and extend it one step further. Can the Wanshi ship directly reach Jingzhao?

Here comes the question again, what should I do if the number of Wanshi ships is too small?We want to build more sea-going ships, stronger and cheaper ships, where will the craftsmen come from?Where do the ingredients come from?Where does better technology come from?These are things that the Ministry of Industry must consider.

For example, Taixue's equipment class is now divided into several groups to develop steam engines. Once successful, we can build large ships of 20 shi or [-] shi, and we can reach Yangzhou in a few days by boat. Has the Ministry of Industry paid attention to Taixue? this project?

We talked about the Yellow River just now, but what about the Yangtze River?We use Danshui to extend the water transport from Xiangyang to Shangluo County. Can we continue to extend the water transport to the north for a hundred miles, build the canal to the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, and then build a canal on the other side to connect Jingzhao, and then in the north and south of Zhongnan Mountain? A transit warehouse group will be built at each end, and the actual land route will only pass through Zhongnan Mountain, so the transportation capacity will be greatly enhanced. "

After saying so much in one breath, Chen Qing said with a smile: "I have thought of so many things to do right now, but you feel at a loss. This is not a qualified minister of the Ministry of Industry."

Lu Wei was ashamed, stood up and bowed: "Your Highness's words made the lowly post understand!"

"You go back and call the officials of the Ministry of Industry to discuss the matter, and tell everyone what I said today. There is one last sentence to tell everyone. Tools are the extension of manpower, and vehicles and boats are the extension of human legs. What the Ministry of Industry has to do is how to Extend human hands and human legs longer and farther.”

……

Chen Qing taught Lu Wei a good lesson. Lu Wei is the chief official of the Ministry of Industry, and the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry is to make plans, deploy various large projects, and require the promotion of various new technologies. Simply put, the Ministry of Industry is a dispatcher , Responsible for allocating resources, arranging projects, and making long-term plans. If even the head of the Ministry of Industry is confused, has no clear thinking, and doesn't know what to do, then nothing can be done in the end.

There is no doubt that Lu Wei is more capable of handling affairs, but Chen Qing has higher demands on him. To become a thinker and planner, he must have a long-term vision and a higher level of thinking.

Obviously, Lu Wei is not qualified for the time being. If after half a year, Lu Wei is still in a state of confusion and has not really paid attention to his intentions, then the minister of the Ministry of Industry will be replaced.

The first thousand and 390 chapter three rescue

In mid-February, the Liaohe River had completely thawed. That night, under the cover of darkness, three cargo ships of [-] shi sailed silently on the river. There were also many civilian ships on the river, but they all docked at night. Without sailing again, these civilian ships are weak against wind and waves, cannot enter the Bohai Sea, and can only transport goods and personnel on the Liaohe River.

Of course, there are also military ships. There are more than a hundred patrol ships, all of which are small boats of about a hundred stones. They don't come out at night, they only come out to patrol during the day.

These three cargo ships were the 20 internal guard soldiers led by Zhong Huan. The ship berthed at a distance of [-] miles from Liaoyang Fuyue. Meeting at the Black Tiger Inn outside the city, ten people walking together is too eye-catching, it is better to walk separately.

They are all wearing gray cloth jackets, with goods on their shoulders, bamboo hats on their heads, and a copper bell in their hands. They are no different from the shopkeepers that can be seen everywhere in the Liaodong area. Of course, they all carry swords, which are hidden in the poles. , and a dagger, and a pair of bows and arrows hidden in the middle of the cargo load.

Not long after, Zhong Huan brought three of his men to the Black Tiger Inn, an inn run by the Liaodong Intelligence Station, which was convenient for monitoring the movements of the Jinbing soldiers outside the city.

Chong Huan met Pang Guangji, the director of the intelligence station here, and Pang Guangji asked Zhong Huan to sit down and served tea to the shopkeeper.

"It's relatively smooth!"

Zhong Huan said with a smile: "I didn't see any Jin soldiers or patrols along the way. It's really surprising that Jin's defense is lax."

Pang Guangji shook his head, "The general saw the Liaoyang Mansion. You can see it when you go to Shangjing. The defense is tight, and there are troops everywhere. All Han people are registered, including the origin of their parents. They have to be checked every month. Once there are new unregistered Han Chinese, we will be arrested immediately, and our intelligence station will not be able to gain a foothold in Shangjing, but only in Liaoyang. The general saw that there were no soldiers in Liaoyang, mainly the Jin army from Liaoyang Prefecture. So February is the last chance, and Jin Bing came back to rest in March, and he couldn’t leave even if he wanted to.”

"Is there still someone monitoring Yang Qin's house?"

"Of course there is, and it is very strict. Twenty Jurchen soldiers monitor their family. The family of five and an old servant live in a yard. Every day the old servant comes out to buy vegetables and cook. There is also a Jurchen soldier who follows him, but the Jurchen The soldiers did not understand Chinese, so the news got out."

"You mean to say that the twenty Jurchen soldiers are not outside the gate of the mansion, but live in his mansion?"

"That's right, at the beginning it was outside the mansion, but now it's getting worse."

Zhong Huan nodded, "We will go to the city tomorrow morning!"

At this time, the shopkeeper came to report that six soldiers from the Western Army had arrived. This was the arrival of several other soldiers from Zhong Huan. The shopkeeper arranged for them to stay and move out early tomorrow morning.

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Early the next morning, Pang Guangji set off with ten people. This time they were no longer shopkeepers, but pretended to be craftsmen who built houses. They carried a few large logs and drove a cart full of bricks. Pang Guangji built a house. The application to the government has been approved, so when he goes out of the city to transport wood and bricks, the guards will not interrogate him.

They don't need to carry their weapons anymore. There are all kinds of weapons in the city, so it is safer to enter the city. Except for Zhong Huan, the ten soldiers are not tall, and they are all very thin. These are specially selected inner guard soldiers. Jurchens are generally short in stature, and tall inner guards are easy to be targeted.

Although the selected internal guard soldiers were all thin and small, their martial arts were not weak at all. On the contrary, they were all masters, and the tall ordinary soldiers were far from their opponents.

Not long after, a group of people came to the gate of the city. Pang Guangji negotiated with the Jin soldiers guarding the city in skilled Jurchen dialect, showed them the government's building, and secretly gave the leader of the Jin soldiers a lot of money. Carrying the raw materials for building a house, he had a wooden identity card on his waist. Perhaps the heavy bag of copper coins made him feel good, so with a wave of his hand, everyone carried the wood into the city.

Yang Qin's mansion was near the city gate, and Pang Guangji rented a house behind his mansion. The two houses were only separated by an alley, and ten people lived in the house.

"I originally planned to dig a tunnel, pick them up from the tunnel, and then take them out of the city. Now it's impossible, so I can only go to the mansion to rescue them."

Pang Guangji hesitated and said again: "Maybe a fierce battle cannot be avoided!"

Of course Chong Huan didn't care whether the battle was fierce or not. If it was easy, he didn't need them. He thought for a while and said, "Are you sure the opponent is 20 people?"

"It is certain that we have used many methods to find out that there are 20 people. Our people even dressed up as guys to deliver wine to them and counted their number."

Zhong Huan nodded, "It's not too late, let's act tonight!"

……

At five o'clock, Zhong Huan led ten men to climb up the fence of Yang's mansion, and easily climbed in. They hid in a big tree during the day and observed for a long time, and they knew the terrain of the back house like the back of their hands.