The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

In mid-October, Yuhang.

Yuhang is not as cold as Beijing, but we can't expect the weather to be warm even in October.

Ji Heng has always been afraid of the cold. After giving birth, he probably took good care of him, and his health is better than before, and he is not as afraid of the cold as he was when he was a teenager.

He was wearing an official uniform, not even a cloak, and walked quickly to the barracks.

On the way, I happened to meet two generals who were also going to the school grounds. One was Zhao Zhili, who had been promoted to be the commander of the capital, and his deputy, Cai Cangping.

Ji Heng slowed down, cupped his hands at Zhao Zhili and Cai Cangping, "I just happened to go to see the bird gun that was delivered a few days ago, let's go together."

Ji Heng is the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and inspects the military and civil affairs of the two provinces. However, he mainly assists the governor Wang Bingzhi in combating Japanese pirates and pirates, and does not care about civil affairs.

Zhao Zhili was just the commander, and when facing Ji Heng, he smiled back and said, "I went to see the newly made bird guns yesterday, and they are very good to use. Compared with the previous bird guns, they are more accurate and more convenient."

Cai Cangping was a man of few words, and he also said at this time, "Master Futai kept those Japanese people, and now he sees the benefits."

Ji Heng said, "With this new bird gun, I have an explanation to Mr. Wang."

When Ji Heng first went to the southeast, he encountered Japanese criminals in Wenzhou. The Wenzhou acquaintance Huang Jianzhang defended the city gate and fought to the death, buying time for the Zhao army who came to rescue them. It is not a big victory, but a warship of the Japanese pirates was captured. Among them were the civilian men and women captured by the Japanese pirates from the inland, and there were dozens of Japanese pirates, and a dozen of them happened to be craftsmen. He hated the Japanese people even more, so he was going to be beheaded to show the public at that time.

But Ji Heng stopped Wang Bingzhi at this time, wanting to save the lives of these craftsmen.

As a result, Ji Heng and Wang Bingzhi had an unpleasant quarrel at the beginning, but Ji Heng was the emperor's bedside person, and Wang Bingzhi was ordered by the emperor to take care of him, so he just held his breath and was very angry with Ji Heng, and there was nothing he could do about it. In the end, Ji Heng had to give these a dozen Japanese people, and all the other Japanese people were beheaded for public display, and their heads were hung at the gate of Wenzhou city.

A senior official like Wang Bingzhi naturally looked down on craftsmen, but Ji Heng knew their great usefulness.

Immediately go to interrogate these people what kind of skills they have, so they are arranged on the warship.

Among these Japanese people, there are a few who can make and repair bird guns, some can repair ships, and some can repair ship cannons.

Ji Heng has already seen that the bird guns used by the Japanese are much better than the fire guns used by the imperial officers and soldiers, but he doesn't know much about weapons, but he knows that the advantages of weapons are very important, so he kept these craftsmen I came to make the bird guns used by the Japanese, and I went to learn from the fire gun making craftsmen of the imperial court. Even Ji Heng went to check whenever he had time. In this way, in just a few months, several batches of Japanese guns were produced. But Ji Heng is still dissatisfied with this, and wants the craftsmen to find a way to make more useful firecrackers.

The new batch that came out now, it is said to be a batch, but in fact there are only a few of them, they are the latest remodeled firecrackers. Ji Heng was busy before, and he just returned to Yuhang yesterday.

When the first few batches of bird guns came out, Ji Heng had already reported to Mr. Wang, but Mr. Wang couldn't keep his face, so he didn't say anything. Ji Heng thought about releasing a new bird gun, so he went to Wang Bingzhi again.

Several people went to the school field together, which was specially used for experimenting with the blunderbuss, not a place for soldiers to practice, so it seemed empty and there were not many soldiers.

The firecracker making workshop is not far from the school grounds, and several craftsmen and officers and soldiers are already waiting there with new firecrackers.

Zhao Zhili had other things to do, but he was not in a hurry to do it now, he just followed behind Ji Heng.

After the craftsman and officers and soldiers saluted Ji Heng, Zhao Zhili and others, they started talking about business.

As a civil servant, Ji Heng also looks weak, and his temperament is not too bold, but he has a good relationship with these soldiers and craftsmen.

The Yong Dynasty did not value craftsmen, so the status of craftsmen was very low, even the craftsmen who made firecrackers, but Ji Heng treated these people very preferentially, and even asked the emperor to add officials to them, and the emperor approved it, so these craftsmen He is very motivated to make and transform firecrackers. Not long ago, two craftsmen and a soldier died due to the explosion of firecrackers. Ji Heng gave them generous pensions, which made these craftsmen love Ji Heng even more. stand up.

Ji Heng knew that he was too young to be able to suppress others, so he always dressed up as a grown-up, most of the time he was not smiling, but because he was very convincing in his actions, those who despised him at first were also convincing him now.

Besides, as the governor, he has a high position and authority, and it is their blessing to be able to see these craftsmen more. Ji Heng sometimes discusses with them the method of making firecrackers in person, so they can't make them work hard with gratitude.

The head of the workshop among the craftsmen is a thin and silent man in his 30s, named Ding Tong.

He brought the sample to Ji Heng, and told Ji Heng what improvements he had made to the gun this time and what the test results were.

Ji Heng watched the soldiers shoot the target with guns, and then took it into his hands to test it. At this time, Zhao Zhili stepped forward, pressed his shoulder, and said, "You don't want to try it."

Ji Heng glanced at him and understood what he meant. After all, this is only a firecracker in the experimental stage. If it exploded like last time, it would be very dangerous for Ji Heng to try it.

Ding Tong also said, "My lord, this short gun has been test-fired 220 six rounds. Although nothing has happened so far, my lord should not take any risks."

Ji Heng nodded. He didn't have to try shooting, and then said, "This time the firecracker has a range of a few feet longer than before, and it's easier to aim. It's also much lighter in weight. Thank you for your hard work."

After he finished speaking, he went to talk to Ding Tong and the generals who managed the workshop about mass production, so Zhao Zhili said goodbye to Ji Heng and went to watch the soldiers practice.

Before leaving, he asked again, "When can you give me three hundred guns?"

Ji Heng said, "I will reply to you later."

Ji Heng rode directly from the school grounds to the governor's office, with Ding Tong at his side, and soldiers followed him with the firecrackers they made this time and a few of the previous batch of firecrackers.

Although Wang Bingzhi was ordered by the emperor to protect Ji Heng, he agreed very straightforwardly at that time, but because of this, he despised Ji Heng even more in his heart, thinking that he was going to the southeast to accumulate military achievements, of course, the more important point , thinking that Ji Heng wanted to come to protect the interests of the Ji family's faction who opened the port.

Ji Heng was still young, so Wang Bingzhi naturally didn't think highly of him. In addition, he had conflicts with Wang Bingzhi when he first arrived. Although Wang Bingzhi was very friendly with Ji Heng on the surface, Ji Heng also knew the grudge in his heart.

Fortunately, after Ji Heng, he really had a very insightful view of the Southeast China Sea, and it was only then that Wang Bingzhi looked at him with admiration.

When Ji Heng arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Wang Bingzhi didn't dare to trust him after being notified, so he went to the courtyard to greet him. Both of them were smiling and exchanging greetings. Ji Heng said, "Master Wang, Junqing is here, I just hope I didn't bother you."

Wang Bingzhi said, "Please come in quickly, the old man is waiting for my nephew."

So Ji Heng was welcomed in by him, and after sitting down, Ji Heng didn't beat around the bush, he just said that the workshop had made a batch of new firecrackers and asked Wang Bingzhi to test them.

Wang Bingzhi complied, and when he was about to get up, someone suddenly came running outside. As soon as he came in, he knelt down and said, "Report, my lord, Japanese pirates invaded Suzhou from Songjiang. Master Yang Mingli, the governor of Suzhou town, has died in battle. Liu Bing, the prefect of Suzhou Lord Liu sent someone to ask for help."

As soon as he said this, both Wang Bingzhi and Ji Heng stood up, and Wang Bingzhi asked, "When did it happen?"

The man said, "It happened yesterday morning."

Ji Heng asked again, "About how many Japanese pirates are there?"

The man replied, "I don't know the specifics, but it says there are more than three thousand."

Wang Bing looked straight at Ji Heng and said, "Nephew, you must send troops to rescue Suzhou immediately. So let Zhao Du command to go."

But Ji Heng said, "Master Wang, the city walls of Suzhou are strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. I'm afraid that Japanese pirates will not be able to attack Suzhou, and they will turn to invade the north and south, and the rivers around Suzhou are dense. Zhao Zhili is good at land warfare, not good at sea warfare. You have to reconsider before sending someone."

As he spoke, he said straight to Wang Bing again, "My lord, please summon some commanders and generals to discuss."

Wang Bingzhi is not a person who does not listen to what he has to say, he nodded after thinking about it, and asked someone to pass it on immediately.

And he and Ji Heng went to the study again. On the wall of the study was a coastal defense map of the southeast coast and a sand table.

Before the participating generals and commanders who stayed in Yuhang came, Ji Heng had already discussed with Wang Bingzhi pointing to the coastal defense map of the southeast coast. Fleeing to other places to cause disaster, and once they enter the sea, they have time to recuperate, so the power will continue."

Ji Heng said this because since he went to the southeast, when he found the Japanese pirates infested, the guards or town defenders in various places all focused on resisting or driving away the Japanese pirates, instead of chasing and killing them.

There are reasons why the guards and town guards in various places act like this. The officers and soldiers are stationed in one place, and they only care about their own place. They have no thoughts or intentions of chasing down the enemy, and they think that it should not be their own. Therefore, even if the Japanese pirates were repulsed and reported to the court as a victory, in fact they just drove the Japanese pirates away. The real big victory is the complete annihilation of the enemy pirates that Ji Heng thought. Since Ji Heng went to the southeast, Ji Heng Heng has not met once.

Wang Bingzhi understood what Ji Heng meant, and he also meant what Ji Heng meant.

It’s just that he has only taken over the position of governor of Fujian and Zhejiang for less than a year. During this period, the first is to check the situation in various places, the second is to build ships and train troops, and the training is divided into land soldiers and sailors. The bandits colluded and harassed the southeast coast seriously this year. He was commanding various battles, because the imperial court's combat power had not improved significantly in this short period of time, so it was impossible to completely wipe out the enemy. can achieve.