At the banquet held in the North Palace of the Chu Palace for the navy generals to wash away their dust, Zhang Ning had the illusion of traveling through time again. The female family members were dressed quite normally, with flowing red and green skirts and colorful skirts; but the generals wore new hair.
The uniforms have completely broken away from the traditional style.
Before that, the clothes of the Suzaku Army had metal buttons on the breasts, which were no longer the same as the robes. But now the navy's new uniform design completely imitates the modern uniform. It has a dome-shaped wide cloth hat and a small cyan top.
The collar is double-breasted, with six buttons underneath. The collar is very stiff and has a sailboat pattern embroidered on it. A snap belt is tied around the waist. The wide, light gray trousers are just trousers, without leg skirts, and leather boots. The fabric is flat and hard.
, coupled with gold and silver belt buttons and embroidery, it looks no longer essentially different from modern military uniforms.
This thing may be a strange outfit when worn on the body, but when many people wear it together, the herd mentality makes it easier for them to accept it, and Zhang Ning is also wearing a navy uniform. A group of military generals may think that even the King of Xiang wears a new army uniform, and it doesn’t matter.
; But Zhang Ning was really excited. He felt that an officer wearing such a uniform was indeed more powerful than a robe.
In addition to the external innovation, Zhang Ning began to go into battle in person during the next two months of training, further instilling new words and deeds in the generals through day and night interactions. The early training was divided into two modes. Team drills were held in the morning, and the instructors were used to study.
How to conduct military training? Zhang Ning followed the same example and conducted military training for more than 20 generals. In the afternoon, there was a lecture course. The navy planned to focus on artillery warfare, so the course focused on understanding ballistics.
After more than twenty people gathered in front of the arrow tower, Zhang Ning asked: "Why does anything like a pear in the air fall down instead of flying up to the sky?"
All the generals immediately looked at each other, confused. Many of them saw Zhang Ning for the first time and did not understand him. As soon as they arrived in Wuchang, they encountered many strange things. First, they were ordered to wear clothes of unknown origin.
Later, everyone got used to wearing it together, and now I am asking this question... My mother's pear was thrown in the air, how could it fly upward without wings? Who would ask such a question!
But seeing Zhang Ning standing in front of him with a serious face and no intention of messing around, everyone was speechless and could only stand there, not daring to speak.
"Because there is always a gravitational force on the ground, which is called universal gravity." Zhang Ning walked up, stood in front of Zhao Hu and pulled him. Zhao Hu was pulled out of the queue without paying attention, "Zhao Hu is standing here.
, there is no force on the horizontal line, so he is standing well. As soon as I pull him, he comes over. If an object is in the air and there is nothing pulling it, it should float there instead of falling down immediately. "
Everyone looked confused, and Zhao Hu asked: "Your Majesty, what hand is pulling that pear?"
"A force, gravity, you think of it as an invisible hand, always pulling things into your arms." Zhang Ning said.
Many people couldn't understand it for a while. Zhang Ning just mentioned it and stopped talking about it. Then he started to take a lead bead and put it on a piece of smooth marble to talk about rest and uniform motion.
For some reason, the first lesson he took was very difficult. Many of the principles he thought were simple could not be understood by everyone after a long lecture.
...Maybe it's because I don't have the talent and qualifications to be a teacher? Or maybe it's because those military generals are all adults and have formed their own way of thinking, which is difficult to change for a while; and most of these people have not read much, except for Zhu Guangyang and others.
A few people only know the words.
After the school was dismissed, Zhang Ning returned to the cabinet study to reflect on himself. Xu Wenjun was still here. On a whim, he told Xu Wenjun what he had said today. Unexpectedly, Wenjun understood it as soon as he heard it. He suddenly realized that it was probably someone
The reason why some generals are too stubborn in their thinking is not their own fault.
Seeing that he was happy, Xu Wenjun took the opportunity to say, "I met Miss Luo today. She has something to ask for."
Zhang Ning asked casually: "Where did you see it?"
"It's in the cabinet. She came into the palace somehow. Maybe she followed Mr. Yang, or maybe she found Chunmei. I didn't ask." Xu Wenjun said, "Miss Luo said that there is a way to save Xiao Qing's father, just look at the prince.
Are you really willing to help her?"
After hearing this, Zhang Ning said: "She asked me for something. Instead of doing it herself, she asked you to tell her." He paced a few steps, thinking about Luo Yaoniang's promise of her body, but he was not even willing to do such a small thing?
And she did promise Xiao Qing to save her father, but there was nothing she could do at the time.
After thinking that it was still too early for him to see the weather, he simply took advantage of today to get things done. Immediately, it was reported that Xin Wei had not left the palace, so he invited Luo Yaoniang and Xiao Qing to the Chu Palace and asked them what they could do.
After waiting for a while, Luo Yaoniang and the other two came to the cabinet study. They suddenly saw Zhang Ning's dress and couldn't help being stunned. Luo Yaoniang joked: "Your Majesty is going to sing an opera, so what kind of opera do you want to sing?"
Woolen cloth?"
Only then did Zhang Ning realize that he had just returned from the military academy and had not changed his clothes. He did not want to waste any more words and said, "I would like to ask you what song you want to sing. I heard from Wen Jun that there is a good way to save Doctor Xiao?"
When Xiao Qing heard that he was no longer interested in Luo Yaoniang's bickering, he hurriedly said: "Last time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs used me as a bait to arrest those imperial assassins, there was a woman among them, and I suddenly remembered that I could use her to get involved with Lu Qian.
Substitute." Zhang Ning did not interrupt, but listened attentively. Sure enough, she continued: "The female assassin who was captured was originally a Japanese pirate named Mochizuki Hongying; she also has a sister named Mochizuki Qianxue, who should now be
Around Lu Qianshi. These two Japanese girls are twin sisters who were adopted by the Japanese pirates when they were young. They are not only proficient in ambush and assassination, but also the art of bewitching... Lu Qianshi likes Mochizuki Qianxue very much and often asks her to sleep with her. Now Hongying
In the hands of the prince, Qianxue will definitely want to save her sister; if Qianxue's relationship is used at this time, Lu Qianshi will definitely be willing to find a way to exchange my father for this person."
Zhang Ning frowned and said, "Lu Qianshi is willing to go to prison to establish relations with a Japanese pirate?"
Xiao Qing nodded vigorously: "Lu Qianshi loves Qianxue very much. As long as we can tell her her willingness to exchange, she will definitely help us deal with it. I betrayed Jin Yiwei's people in Wuchang. If we don't find a way as soon as possible, my father will
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"In this case, I should give it a try at least." Zhang Ning said magnanimously. He was indeed kind enough. Not only did he not care about Xiao Qing, but now he wanted to replace him with another assassin.
He had never met a foreigner in the Ming Dynasty. He heard that some of the captured assassins were Japanese, and he became interested for a while. Moreover, he was also very interested in Japan. He heard that heavy metals there were very rich.
The Ming Dynasty has not yet established trade routes with the Americas. Sea trade is mainly through Japanese trade routes, and most of the gold and silver imported come from Japan.
Immediately, he asked Xin Wei to go to Chunmei, the Changshi of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She had the authority to interrogate the assassins and happened to go to meet the Japanese pirates together.
The group of people arrived at the courtyard where the prisoners were detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The surrounding area was heavily guarded. Zhang Ning and others first sat in a hall and waited for people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take them out. While waiting, Chunmei approached behind Zhang Ning.
He whispered: "Your Majesty saw the female Japanese pirate today. He shouldn't have brought so many people here, otherwise it would be fun."
Zhang Ning asked casually: "What's so fun?"
Chunmei smiled and whispered: "This kind of Japanese pirate is not protected by law in the Ming Dynasty or the Japanese country. Once caught, you can treat her how you want. You can humiliate and torture her as much as you want without any responsibility. Generally caught
All of them are male bandits, so we can only kill them, but catching the female ones is very rare."
As he was talking, he heard the sound of iron chains being dragged on the ground. After a while, he saw a petite girl being brought into the hall. The girl was small and looked like she was only ten years old, but she might be more than that.
The ancient Japanese were short, so they looked small, otherwise they wouldn't be called Japanese. This girl should be the Mochizuki Hongying mentioned before, with big eyes and small mouth, she is indeed pretty good-looking, and her upper body is covered with
The ropes are tied up in five ways, and the chest is more conspicuous because of the tying, and it looks well developed.
"Untie her," Zhang Ning ordered. The guard hurriedly said, "My lord, she is a Japanese pirate, so be careful."
Zhang Ning smiled but didn't answer. He didn't believe that he was a Japanese pirate or a ninja who could fly into the sky with shackles on his feet! He was not cruel by nature and was willing to be polite before fighting. As long as Hongying cooperated, there was no need to use severe torture to force him.
Hongying stared with her big eyes, and her attention was immediately attracted to Zhang Ning. He was the only man in the room, and he was called the prince, so he was obviously a powerful person.
Zhang Ning said nicely: "The Jinyiwei want to assassinate me, but you are just a tool for them to use. I don't have to fight against you and use it as a tool to vent my anger. Do you understand Chinese?"
Hongying said, "Sir, I understand." She spoke fluently, although her accent was a bit strange.
Zhang Ning suddenly had a few words about flax falling in his mind. He couldn't help but smile, and then he gradually calmed down and asked casually: "Do you know what the current situation in Japan is?"
"What do you want to know, sir?" Hongying answered carefully.
Zhang Ning said: "Is it the rule of the shogunate? Can the internal daimyo be restrained by the shogunate, or are they fighting each other?"
He really knew very little about ancient Japanese history, and had no idea when Japan's Warring States Period began. He only remembered the names of figures such as Tokugawa Ieyasu Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Hongying said: "The current general conquering barbarians is Ashikaga Yoshitsune, the sixth-generation general of the shogunate... I don't know much about national affairs. I only know that the sixth-generation general took office not long ago. Japan | Our country used to be divided into Southern and Northern Dynasties, but it was divided into two dynasties a few decades ago.
Unified, daimyo? They should obey the shogunate, right? It’s just that the villain secretly heard some things on the ship, and the Kamakura Duke and Kyushu Ouchi clan in the Kanto region are not very obedient."
Zhang Ning nodded. He couldn't hear a comprehensive description from a woman. He could only guess in a few words that there seemed to be no civil strife in the Japanese country now, and that it was a situation where the shogun ruled the country. Of course, he just saw an opportunity.
I casually learned that for the time being, Zhang Ning has no plans to spy on Japan's own country. Now Zhang Ning's primary goal is to resolve the civil war and seize the political power of the Ming Dynasty.