(There should be another chapter in the early morning)
It was not until May 12th that Qin Zitan was escorted to Ouhai.
The drizzle continued in the afternoon, and before I knew it, the light had dimmed; raindrops fell from the eaves and hit the blue bricks of the steps. The pattering sound came in, and it sounded like there were still raindrops falling in my heart.
The Ordnance Superintendent sent a design drawing of the supply shovel and spread it out on the desk; Lin Fu took the sample shovel and studied it. It was not until the guards came in and lit the oil lamp that Lin Fu realized that it was getting late. He put the sample shovel on the desk.
, asked Song Jia: "The person should be escorted here, right?"
"Perhaps we have entered the city." Song Jia responded and looked out the window. The raindrops were like threads floating on the dark curtain, continuous.
"Go and have a look. We'll escort you and bring him over directly." Lin Fu said.
Song Jia's heart palpitated, and she looked at Lin Fu with confusion, and said: "Du Rong, you can stay without killing him, but can't you spare his life? Previously, everyone was their master, and they were loyal to their duties, so there is no reason to die! Qin Zi
Tan's talent and knowledge are not unique in the world, but they are rare. If Qin Zitan can be used by Huaidong, why not use him?"
"...Sigh," Lin Fu sighed softly and said, "If you don't want to see him, it's up to you..." He didn't say clearly whether he wanted to save Qin Zitan's life, but no matter what Song Jia said, it was with him.
When Qin Zitan met, people would always miss their old relationship, and Lin Fu didn't blame her for interceding for Qin Zitan.
Hu Zhiyong walked in at this time, and Song Jia stopped talking about Qin Zitan's affairs, but it was obvious that no one in the Huaidong official general was willing to intercede for Qin Zitan, including Gao Zongting.
Whether Qin Zitan lives or dies, it all depends on Lin Fu's thoughts.
Lin Fu didn't want to talk about Qin Zitan, so he beckoned Hu Zhiyong to sit over, handed him the supply shovel, and said: "The Ordnance Supervisor has finally tinkered with this thing, and it's not satisfactory. Come and see."
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Hu Zhiyong sat beside the case and saw Lin Fu demonstrating the use of the transport shovel.
The baggage shovel is about one foot and three inches long. When unfolded, it is no different from an ordinary shovel. However, one side is edged and can be used as an axe. The other side has sharp teeth for sawing wood. The handle is foldable and can be used for sawing.
Used as a hand shield, there is a ruler on the handle, which can be measured - Hu Zhiyong is good at political affairs, but knowing that Zhou Tongtong will be full of praise for the supply shovel, he immediately made thousands of them and sent them to him.
The whistle is used in the wild, when the situation is complicated, but you can't carry too many tools with you. Such a small shovel has multiple functions such as a knife, shovel, axe, and saw, and is very useful. Hu Zhiyong's only feeling about this is,
It’s just that the cost is too expensive. Let alone thousands of them, hundreds of them would be heartbreaking.
Hu Zhiyong took the specially made shovel, smacked his lips and said, "One shovel can make several Mo knives..." Lin Fu named this shovel the Trooping Shovel, thinking that he really wanted to give it to Huaidong.
As many as 120,000 supply soldiers under the jurisdiction of the work supply camp are equipped with such transport shovels, so Huaidong does not need to do other things.
"..." Lin Fu laughed and said, "Civil and martial arts are always at odds at this time - those who lead the troops in war want to make more magic weapons and weapons, send some inferior things over, scold their father and mother, in short, they have no good words.
"Those who are in charge of money and food only see the money flowing out like water, which makes them feel heartbroken!"
"Isn't that true?" Hu Zhiyong said with a bitter smile, "The war effort in southern Zhejiang is basically over. The land grant alone will cost 170,000 acres. If it is spread out on the account, it is a business at a loss. We still need to inventory the public land.
The process continues, but the land occupied by the She family has been ordered by the military commander to redeem it with money as long as the owner comes forward. Although the land price can be lowered, in southern Zhejiang to make up for the shortage of land grant, the military commander is expected to have to pay for it.
More than 100,000 taels of silver will come out. Let’s talk about wound medicine. Now Ouhai has set up a medical bureau, and 20,000 taels of silver will be invested every month..."
"Yes, yes," Lin Fu quickly stopped Hu Zhiyong's words and said with a smile, "I don't have time to listen to your complaints today. This supply shovel seems to be expensive, but I didn't say how many will be built at once. Speaking of
Smelting, forging and other crafts are all connected. Let's just say that the shovel body forging is also very useful in making armor. The armor pieces used in the scale armor are as dense as fish scales. They look good and have strong protective power, but they are too
Ten skilled craftsmen may not be able to make a pair of scale armor in a year. What if the small armor pieces are replaced by this large armor piece?" Lin Fu took the supply shovel and put it on his chest.
As a protective mirror, he said, "All progress comes from every detail of effort. What do you think?"
"I don't worry about that. I came to see you to talk about other things..." Hu Zhiyong said.
Living within one's means, how many things the military commander wants to do depends on how much money the military commander can get every year. Lin Fu has a lot of fantastic ideas, but when it comes to implementation, the first person who gets stuck is Lin Mengde. For no other reason than the lack of ideas.
Yinzi. Hu Zhiyong then played a trick and turned to the business of coming to see Lin Fu, saying: "Your Excellency is going to select children from poor families in southern Zhejiang and send them to Chongzhou to study in a new style school. Food and accommodation will be free of charge, and they will be treated the same as generals.
After this notice was posted, applicants gathered. As of today, there are more than 400 qualified people, which is twice as many as originally expected. Yang Zichen, Liu Wenzhong and others, including Mr. Gao, want to accept all the opinions.
, this idea needs adults to come up with it..."
"In the end, it's not a matter of money?" Lin Fu said with a smile, "It will be determined based on the number of people today. Any shortfall will be made up by the internal treasury to save you from coming to me for another lawsuit..."
To control southern Zhejiang, expand the scale of army recruitment, and determine the status of military households in the local area is one method, but in the end, we still have to rely on officials to govern the local area.
The selection of officials at that time mainly relied on the imperial examination.
At present, the war is not over, Huaidong has every reason to carry out semi-military control over eastern Zhejiang, southern Zhejiang and other places. Except for a few key officials who need to be appointed through Jiangning, ordinary officials in charge of the local areas are directly appointed by the Huaidong Military Division
, or even direct military control.
As time goes by, the selection and appointment of local officials will return to the normal track. However, as long as Huaidong does this, a large number of qualified officials will be accepted by the local government, filling the hole. In the future, Jiangning will be in
If local governments implement the imperial examination system, their influence will be greatly weakened.
Huaidong needs a large number of qualified officials; moreover, Huaidong needs to strengthen its control over southern and eastern Zhejiang, and the most effective method is to have a relationship of interests, so it is necessary to promote a large number of children from Zhejiang as officials.
In order to meet the needs of cultivating talents, in addition to combat training schools, Lin Fu has successively established many enlightenment schools and specialized schools based on miscellaneous studies in Chongzhou and other places in the past two years.
After the war in southern Zhejiang ended, Lin Fu planned to select a group of students from poor families in southern Zhejiang and bring them back to Chongzhou, where they would be sent to a new-style school for two or three years to be trained, and then sent to the local area to serve as officials.
Reading and literacy are still a very heavy burden for the poorest families. The so-called children from poor families who study are actually mainly children from small and medium-sized landowners and people with land and property.
During the long-term war, the gentry and wealthy families took advantage of the situation, and they were the targets of the She family's control of the local area. The poor families had nothing to lose. The most serious losses were caused by the strata who had some land but not enough to protect themselves.
Although he was offered the same treatment as recruiting soldiers, considering the profound influence of his background in the imperial examination, Lin Fu had only expected to recruit 200 people from southern Zhejiang back to Chongzhou, but he did not expect that the situation would be more optimistic than he thought.
The number of people has more than doubled than expected, and the previous funds allocated for this project were seriously insufficient. Now Huaidong is living within its means, with more than 200 people, nearly 4,000 taels of silver a year.
The cost may not seem like much, but it has to be squeezed out from elsewhere.
In order not to listen to Lin Mengde complain again, Lin Fu simply made up for the shortfall from the internal treasury.
This incident also shows from the side that the Huaidong Army's series of military victories in southern Zhejiang and the many new policies it implemented are very popular among the people. Huaidong was able to finally capture Qin Zitan precisely because Huaidong was more popular among the people in southern Zhejiang.
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Under the protection of his retinue, Qin Zitan had escaped from the search range of the Huaidong Army in the Nanxiyuan Valley, but he had to cross Kuocang Mountain to escape back to Xianju or other areas controlled by the Zhejiang and Fujian armies. Under the protection of his retinue, Qin Zitan
When crossing the Kuocang Mountain between Yongjia and Taizhou, they were blocked by mountain people.
Qin Zitan promised the mountain people that they would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins for escorting them back to their fairyland. In comparison, the reward offered by the Huaidong Army to the mountain people for one prisoner in exchange for one thousand copper dollars or three acres of dry land seemed very inadequate——
Who would have thought that Qin Zitan, who was very eloquent, would be kidnapped by the mountain people with two of his followers and sent to the Huaidong military camp.
The guard pushed the door open and walked in to report: "Qin Zitan has been escorted into the city, will you bring him over?"
"..." Lin Fu was frowning and thinking, when Song Jia stood up and said, "I'm going down first..." and moved behind the screen.
Lin Fu ordered: "Bring the people here."
Hu Zhiyong moved to sit next to the case, turned his head and looked at the door, waiting for others to bring Qin Zitan up.
After the She family abandoned land and went to sea in their early years, they controlled the bandit forces in the East China Sea and invaded the coasts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Qin Zitan played a great role here.
Chongzhou was invaded by Donghai bandits and suffered heavy losses twice. Therefore, Hu Zhiyong had no good impression of Qin Zitan and advocated that Qin Zitan be beheaded. However, Lin Fu never expressed his position on how to deal with Qin Zitan. Others
It’s hard to say anything.
The overall situation is the most important, and public and private grievances can be ignored; in the end, how to deal with Qin Zitan must put the overall interests of Huaidong first.
After a while, Qin Zitan was brought up.
Qin Zitan had unkempt hair, dirty clothes, a broken arm, and an empty sleeve hanging from a tube. He limped to the front of the hall with difficulty. The flesh on his face was trembling with pain; he must have suffered a serious leg injury.
, and Nanxiyuan Military Camp did not give him good treatment when receiving the prisoner.
Compared with when Jiang Ning met, Qin Zitan was much thinner at this time, with white hair mixed in his unkempt hair. If you think about it, Qin Zitan is still under thirty years old this year.
Qin Zitan raised his head and looked at Lin Fu calmly, but not at Hu Zhiyong who was sitting next to him. Although he looked disgraceful, his expression was calm. Before Lin Fu could speak, he spoke first: "Shi
It is also because of my bad luck that I, Qin Zitan, fell into your hands today. I have nothing to say nonsense, but I hope you die quickly!"
"Are you asking for a quick death?" Lin Fu smiled faintly and said, "You came down from Kuocang Mountain and were escorted to Ouhai today. You had four days. You could have asked for death. Why bother to endure it? Just to meet me.
Say this?"
Qin Zitan opened his mouth to wait until he spoke again. At this time, Song Jia sighed softly and walked out from behind the screen.
Qin Zitan suddenly seemed to have had all his energy and energy drained out of him. He slumped down and uttered a mournful whisper: "Young madam... I should have thought of this!"