The Old Woman Takes Charge
Chapter 282:The Old Woman Takes Charge
On the country road in Zhejiang, more than 30 of the road riding fast coastal fields next to the road is running fast forward.The sun is already setting, there is still a sunny sun on the mountain, and there is no sun under the mountain.
After passing a hillside, a knight immediately turned his head and looked around, suddenly sneered, and hurriedly strangled Ma Yan.The chief of Jian Maang hissed and stood up, and before and after dozens of riders immediately waited.
The man got off the horse, went to the side of the road to look at the land on the hillside, looked at the half-sun, and suddenly turned to the others to ask for a knife, squatting on the hillside to dig up.
The spread of the verbs were dialed aside, and the man took out more than a dozen large and small red stem-shaped fruits from a ridge of earth, and happily took them to the side of the creek, washed them with cool river water, and then took a bite of a "click", and then greeted others with great interest.
An old farmer carrying a hoe did not know where he turned out, and when he saw this situation, he immediately raised his hoe and rushed over indignantly, and drank from a distance: "What?How do you steal crops?”
A big man with a croaky face tugged at his big voice and said, “Who steals the crops?”We are big... the big man is to taste this thing is delicious, you old man . . .
A young man said, “Big stick hammer, shut up!”He said, walking over and laughing, "Old man, can't stand it, pass here on the way down, look at the rareness of this crop, not our original species, so dig it out and try it."
He looked around and smiled, “This is your old land, isn’t it?”Well, the hammer, pay half the hanging money to the old man.”
The old man looked at the young man's eyebrows, handsome, not only the silk robe is very expensive, and there are so many family members to follow, it seems that a very historical son-in-law, the anger on his face will converge.
He put down his hoe and said, "This son, a little thing in the house of the dealer, is not worth the two money, the old man seems to be... huh, so afraid of harming things."This thing is called sweet potatoes, sweet, the prince likes to eat more, not valuable, do not pay."
Yang Ling took the copper money from the hands of the big hammer, hard tucked into the old man's hand, and smiled: "But no, the old people's crops are also hard."To tell you the truth, I have seen this thing, I have heard that Zhejiang is now only planted in the military Tuntian, why do you have it here?"
The old man smiled and squinted: "The son-in-law does not know, my seedlings are still from the military."My son-in-law is a captain of the guard, and has been following a man named Min to promote these things everywhere, and when he heard that the yield was high, he made some seedlings and let the old man try it.”
"I also can't afford to mess up, this hillside was all weeds, not much growing crops, I will open this, hey, you don't care, don't care, it's very good, in addition to pouring a few clumps of water at the beginning, the old man did not so much to make it, nor did he have to get fat, crazy."
You see the two ridges on the side, shorter, only three feet long, the two ridges on the two ridges on the more than half pocket, enough for the whole family to eat for several days, this thing is delicious, the children at home are usually fruit to eat."
Yang Ling smiled and said, “You can’t just eat this thing, three meals a day is not tired of panicking?”
The old man smiled happily and said, "Of course, and other food and eat it, this is still now, in time for the disaster, who is still pay attention to it?"The grass-roots bark Guanyin soil is all used to stuff the stomach, hungry even people eat, and can pick things and choose the east and the west?"
He sighed, "Six years ago, the big locust disaster, the place where the grass is not born, if there was such a thing at that time, the village as to starve so many people?"Alas!Good thing, the people in the village know that this crop is good to wait, high yield, do not grab the good fields, the old man told them the method of cutting, now several have been reclamation of the desert beach land to try it, last month planted, in two months to estimate that it will grow."
Yang Ling nodded with joy, and he pointed to another piece of the ground: "That ... also got it from the military canton, right?"“Is it called Potatoes?”
The old man turned to look and smiled, “Is that a potato?”The thing is long and like beans, is a big head, plus growing in the soil, so we call it potatoes here, that thing is not as good as sweet potatoes, cooked dip sauce when the dishes eat well, the old man thought about waiting to be cooked and dried into noodles, leaving the reserve."
Yang Ling excitedly and the old man stood on the field for a while and talked for a while, to understand the local situation in addition to the Jingzheng bandits and military canon, after sending away the old man Yang Ling looked around the crops and said with joy: "Look, this thing is in our Daming is stuck in our feet, Shaanxi Hunan side is more mature than here later, but it should also be harvested, this year's harvest, no official government.
Now a little natural and man-made disaster, the biggest impact on the people, is the harvest.The people take food as the sky, the top priority, huh, with these high-yield coarse grains to supplement, the court in the civil affairs to pay attention to protection and support, the people's food problem should be solved to a considerable extent."
Liu stick wink with a pair of green bean eyes, swallowed the spit: "solve it, solve it, I say handsome, look at the sun are down, let's hurry?"If we don’t get to Xianxia Ling tonight, our accommodation and eating problems will not solve, wow.”
Yang Ling looked at him with a good mood and funny, laughing and scolding: "Tell you that it is to play the piano to the cow, get on the horse, let's speed up the process."
Infraid of Southeast Xianxiaguan, outside Fujian Litongjing.The 500-mile Xianxia ancient road, which was opened by the Yellow Nest of the General, was the only way to communicate with Zhejiang Min to draw closer to two broad roads.A fast horse disappeared on the horizon with the last sunset.
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In the military camp outside Fujian.
There was a pool in front, and Aditye was standing by the pool, holding the raised thick plank in her hand, and looking at the water with his waist.The water was very turbid, but also very calm, just then suddenly "bomb" a loud noise, Adity subconsciously shrank her head, and then probed to see, only to see the waves in the pool surge, a two feet high water column has just fallen.
The cat has been hiding behind the isolation of the wooden plank Zheng Lao and Chengqi rhyme also poached the head, Zheng Lao looked at the ups and downs of the water: "so powerful, according to this appearance to build a few times bigger than the guy, as long as the bombardment is, the ship's down to get a big hole, the enemy's warship will be sunk."
This thing is good, sixty-two silver coins to make a mine, you can destroy a ship worth tens of thousands of dollars, equipped with artillery and hundreds of dry soldiers, but also do not hurt their own soldiers, yo, the old man played a lifetime of firearms, how can not think of the use of firearms underwater, the whim of the adults really like a man."
He shook the drop of water on his trembling flaps and smiled, “What a man, it’s your old man.”I also thought of flying in the sky in a carriage, if you were really made, would you also want to boast of my whimsy as a man of heaven?Oh, the adults also said that the day, the boat can also travel underwater, you say it is possible?"
Zheng Laofuzi smiled: "The car and boat are flying in the sky, and the water is downstream, it is a bit strange, unimaginable, unimaginable."But . . . this water-blade law, the old man listened to the adults, he felt reliable, just because it is a firearm, before no one really thought about letting this firearm into the water, or adults dared to think of others dare not think of it.”
Cheng Qian Yun said with a hidden voice: "What dares others do not dare to think, I think I am fearless!"
Cheng Qiao Yun dared to open Yang Ling's joke, Zheng Laofuzi dare not, he smiled and said: "No matter what, now I see this thing is groping a little bit to create, my heart is happy!" 」
Adennie looked unheard of the water, frowned for half a day, shook her head: "Mrs. Yang's idea is indeed clever, I have never heard of attacking enemy ships underwater, if you create an appropriate mine, more than a hundred mines will be worth more than a hundred warships."But the Rays we’re making today are still of little use.”
She pointed to the water surface and said, "You see, first of all, we have to understand the depth of the enemy ship's water, the depth of the sea, only these two in the unfamiliar sea to do war, it is difficult to have enough time to measure in advance."Moreover, it is pulled by ropes, the effective range of the gun is at least 140 feet, which requires how long the rope, so long rope with the wave, it is likely that the enemy ship did not arrive before the mine.Most importantly, how do we ensure that enemy ships follow the route of mine?As long as it is a few feet away, it will be difficult to blow through the enemy ship.”
Zheng Lao listened and could not help but lock his eyebrows and caressed the white beard: "The girl's statement is very reasonable, it seems that this kind of mine, even if successfully developed, is of no use."
Aditye shook her head: "Otherwise, if this kind of mine is arranged near the port dock, then the water level and route are fixed, the soldiers are maneuvered in the shore bunker, the enemy ship can not be seen at sea, can not find, even if there is no heavy soldiers and artillery on the shore, it can also prevent the enemy ship from approaching, the use is absolutely not small, but not suitable for the sea operation."
Zheng Lao must say, "If this thunder can go to sea to fight, it seems that you can't use the iron anchor to fix the water level, and you can't use manpower to manipulate the explosion."
He pedaled in the same place as a chant, his mouth constantly repeating "to be able to automatically locate the depth, to be able to touch the enemy ship when the automatic explosion", muttered for half a day, Zheng Lao suddenly mentioned the robe crazy rush up, while running and shouting: "dog, small Luo, quickly put the 'pillar incense', 'mine', 'moorum' to move me quickly."
Adity to follow the past, Cheng Yue smiled and stopped: "Zheng Lao must have some heart, do not disturb him, the machine is manufacturing him is a master, or let him ponder it, wait for things to have a look, let us see how the effect is."
Adity stopped her words, and the two women slowly pedaled back into the shade, sat down in the kennel chair, and took up a cup to drink tea.Adity looked at the rhyme and asked with some shame: “Sister Yun, Yang, when will you be back?”
He smiled at her and said, “What?I haven’t seen him in a few days?”
Adney blushed and said, “I didn’t, just... just...”
Cheng Qian Yun smiled slightly and said, “I know, I know your mood, although the people here treat you well, but you also know that it is because of Mr. Yang’s relationship.”Without him, even if others like you... but that person may not care about your talents at all, and will not respect you like Mr. Yang, you will never know that tomorrow has gone there, and the heart is full of loneliness and fear.
Aditye's eyes were bright, and she was surprised: "Yes, that's how it feels, sister, you can really see through the heart, so I've always been afraid of your eyes." 」Why do you understand so well?Have smart people like me ever?
Cheng Zhen Zhen smiled sadly, gently took her hand, softly said: "Stupid girl, your fate is a hundred times stronger than I want, if you do not meet Mr. Yang, I do not know what I will be now."
She looked up at the corner of the void and said slowly: "This world is a man's, and a woman's cleverness and beauty can only be used to add to the man."If you are lucky, you can meet a man who loves you and loves you, which is already a blessing for several generations of cultivation.Women cannot control their own destiny.”
She sighed, and suddenly said to Adity with curiosity, "I have heard the Lord say that in your country a man can only marry a woman, even the king, is it?"It's hard to imagine that the men there are... so great."
Aditye said with a smile: "Yes, they only marry a woman to go home, but there are many lovers outside, these lovers ... many women who are still others."
The two women were silent, and suddenly they laughed.
He smiled and said, “Men are all fishy cats, as long as you give him a chance.”huh!Man, there is nothing good!”
Aditye smiled and said, "If Yang is a good thing that doesn't steal, will her sister still laugh so much today?"
“Ah?”The face of the rhyme was red, and there was a hint of shame in his eyes: “This dead girl...”
She bit her silver teeth and opened the topic with her face: "Adity, you grew up in that place, and now in a place like Daming, you want to have a husband with others, do you really want to have a husband with others?" 」
Aditye mused for a moment and nodded solemnly, “I do!”
"Sister Yun, if you have been floating at sea for three years, have survived three years in all kinds of dangers, when you come to a completely strange place, when you can never go back to your hometown, then you will not complain about the difference between the customs and your own hometown."
You will only be grateful, grateful that God has arranged a safe place for you, a person who loves you, someone who can give you happiness.When God closes a door, he will open a window, and I am willing to believe and obey God’s arrangements and hold fast to the happiness He has given me.So, I love Yang, and I am willing to accompany him without complaint..., it is as simple as that.”
Cheng Qian Yun was suddenly touched by her words, although the two people's encounters are different, in fact, there are too many of the same, there are also many women do not have the high talent and beauty, the same is the heart is higher than the sky, the life is thinner than the paper, the same is the end of the world.
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After a while, the two men’s hearts recovered.Cheng Qiyun said softly: "After the adults solve the crisis in the South China Sea, they will leave for a tour of Sichuan, Guizhou, and will not return to Jinling for the time being."The puppy girl is coming soon, and the adults are taking advantage of the military affairs, waiting for the opportunity of Beijing Zhong's will to visit.The adult left privately, so he would never dare to return for a long time, and I think these days should come back.”
At this time, a bodyguard rushed to the door and said with a fist: "Adult, why the general soldier asked you to go with Adelie girl."
Cheng Zhen Yun and Adity hurried to get up, and followed him to the chief commander's account.Although the commander's account is called the account, because the barracks is a resident barracks, the account of the general army camp is a tile house, divided into three front, the first three, the front is the drum gathering will be the place to order the army.In the middle is where the staff analyzes the military situation and plans the strategy.At the end is the manager’s library.
Cheng Qian Yun and Adenyi hurried into the big account, the front account was empty, and only four guards were guarding the door.In the second floor of the room, but see the left side is the sand plate, the right is a huge concave sink, floating many small boat models floating on the water, Han Wu and Peng Shark and other seafarers are surrounding the sink Muji troupe.
He Bingwen also stood in the midst of the ship model that was being manipulated by both sides, and when she saw her two men enter, He Bingwen's micro-branch gesture, but did not speak, and the two people also lighted their footsteps and walked over.
Just listen to Peng Shark said: "Our new battleship of the Ming Water Division is equipped with a flag gun, which is naturally enough to fight against the Western gunboats, but if there is a better way, there is no need to pay such a big price."Moreover, our small ships and old-style guns cannot be abandoned.”
Han Wu nodded: "Grandpa Peng said, and now the military spending is tight, continue to cast new guns, new ships, at least for now, there are some stretched, once the war, we should still make full use of the original weapons, let them all play a role."
Peng Shark said: "Donglong Island World War II details, the old man has heard, when the Western ship has used our No. 2 lucky ship hull too big turn to the weakness of the weak, if not because of our warship too many, it is inevitable to suffer."
Now we have equipped twelve new ships, the remaining military expenses can be built three, according to the return of the spies, full of pirates used four warships to seize the island, but then the land has been rushed to six warships, plus Pedro eat our secret losses, for a while to understand our strength, and now lead the fleet to rely on the past.
In addition, Miyamoto surrendered to them, and the total number of their ships was seventeen, slightly more than us, plus the skill of the artillery and the experience of naval warfare were superior to our sailors, and if we fought hard with new warships, the chances of victory were still very small.Our advantage is that there are many ships and many types of warships, and we should make full use of them.”
A relatively unfamiliar general of the water division said: "After we repeated the situation of the Battle of Doudom Island, analyzed the other side's tactics and the characteristics of the battleship, as well as the artillery lethality, we feel that with more than the boat, there is still a way to win."
"Gentlemen, please see, if the two sides once the sea war, we use the No. 4, No. 5 Fu ship quickly rushed into the enemy array, the Western warships are divided, the small ship fast, turn to the dexterity, you can try to avoid the Western ship's porter, and many directions at the same time to attack, just like this . .
He leaned over the water to move the imitation of the Western three-masted ship model, a few times smaller than the number of the number of the ship to wrap it up from a different angle, like a plum, Daming warship is a petal, and the Western ship is divided into a short-circlement is the middle of the flower.
In any case, the Western ship turned, the number of the dominant Ming battleship has seized a number of favorable positions, artillery fire can always be in the attack state, Adity is the Taoist, she only imagined in her mind that once the battleships on both sides really formed this offensive and defensive situation, the face changed.
She had absolutely no sympathy or pity for the Western pirates, but the warships of these pirates were no different from the regular Portuguese navy, and the pride of being a soldier made her reluctant to admit that her army would be so vulnerable.
She could not help but say: "Gentlemen, this is just a paper soldier, in order to achieve this attack effect, the need for close cooperation between the ships, the sailors need to be superb shipboarding skills, need to be able to communicate between the ships at any time, that is, like the arm ...
But in fact, we have to equip the new type of artillery, as long as we can build it, we can equip the army at any time, and to train such an army out, it may take three years or even longer.Therefore, once this tactic fails, the enemy ship jumps out of the encirclement, and under strong and dense fire, these small ships with weak firepower will be destroyed one by one!”
Adityney mercilessly pointed out the biggest loophole in this ideal plan: the quality of the soldiers, unable to meet the tactical requirements of the commander, the generals suddenly silent.
"The girl is right, so it's not enough for this alone, and fight indiscriminately!"We have to fight indiscriminately!The old man has been good at fighting indiscriminate battles all his life!”Peng said plainly and proudly, grabbing a few small boats and putting them next to the Western ship.
Adity rolled her eyes and asked in amazement, “General Peng, what does this mean?”
Peng replied with a belly, "This is a fireboat and a chain of tripters, which can burn and burn, and can be entangled, and they are there to hinder their hands and feet, which is enough to offset the slowness of our cooperation."
Adity thought about it, this is very feasible.In fact, although their ships there also have horns, because pirates and navies are both across the sea and living a life of adventure at sea, it is impossible to take with the ship with a small boat that can be abandoned and burned at any time, so it has never been thought of using the ship as a weapon.
She grinned and shrugged, “If that’s the case, I think it’s possible.”
He Bingwen has been silent, until this time only smiled: "Well, then you have to think about it, from Shuangyu and Turtle Island now to get back a large number of ships, are blocked in the harbor, you can choose some spare from it."
He said that he made a look at the rhyme and Adney, and turned into the inner study first.Cheng Yu Yun and Adity followed into the inside, and saw a military attaché dressed in green official sitting on a chair, embroidered with a seahorse.
The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty showed the rank of "crown beasts", embroidered with birds on civilian clothes, embroidered with animals on the coats of arms, embroidered sea horses, and the ninth grade of the military attaché.I don't know how this little officer can sit in the handsome account of the general soldier, and the look is a little surprised.
When the captain saw He Bingwen and they came in, he immediately got up and saluted and respectfully said, “Adult General.”
He Bingwen sat down behind the handsome chair and waved: "No need to be restrained, sit down and say things and these two girls in detail."
Cheng Yuen and Adity looked at each other, sitting in the chair, the nine-pin military attaché promised respectfully, and sat back in the chair again, saying: "The inferiority is the worm mirror road to make the master Yue's lieutenant colonel Zhu Lu, ordered to report to the chief of the general soldier to the Buddha Lang machine information."
The spirit of Emerald and Adity was suddenly bouncing, leaning slightly forward, listening to him.
Limu mirror (Macau), also known as worm mirror Australia, is an important port, because this Australia has two mountains opposite the door, so also known as Macao, the court in this place has a sea lane to govern the past mooring ships and island residents.
About five or six years ago, a group of foreign people with high-nosed red hair berthed in Macau, fading as a foreign tribute, hoping that local officials would allow them to go ashore and dry because of the sea wet the tribute items.At that time, Ren Lishihai Dao was a crooge official, who accepted their jewelry gifts and promised to let them land.
After these people came ashore, they first took a canvas tent, and then gradually got into the foot, the bricks were moved, the houses were settled, and the scale was slowly expanded.The so-called messengers who temporarily dried the tributes gradually became permanent residents.
These folang machine people have no survey, can not and the court name and right to do business, naturally have to engage in some smuggling and sale, good in foreign countries rabbits also know the truth of not eating nests, for the local residents are very kind, often give small grace, and do not dare to do evil in the worm mirror, since the sea lane so that the following officials have accepted their bribes, this is also a closed eye.
After the seizure of the thorny man posing as a tribute in Guangdong was found to have escaped, the government made the thorny painting figure, and the ambassador saw the public paper with fear, so he hurriedly met the leader of this group of buddhas, and after receiving a lot of bribes again, told them that they were full of pirates and disturbed Ming, and asked them that they should not call themselves a buddha man after they were asked.
Ambassador Shukou helped them to get a new national name, "Big Dog Chicken", who came to the East early to venture, and the thorny Western pirates did not know each other.They are now smuggling business red and red fire, of course, do not want to be involved, so a promise.
However, after all, the ambassador was involved in this matter, so during this time he paid considerable attention to the movement of the court, the court's army, ships, grain and curvature gradually pointed to the south, and even the elite of the Zhejiang Mariners were transferred to Fujian, even the blind man also saw that the court was ready to help the country.
Ambassador Qiu worried about the war, in case someone showed that he had contained a large number of buddhas here, Yang beheading would find the door, and he would inevitably end up with Nguyen Dawen and Wang Feiling, so the sea lane messenger once again summoned the buddhas and asked them to immediately withdraw from wormholes.
These buddhas asked for money, women to give money to women, the figure is only to occupy a place to make money for profit, and now three times and five times down, even the painstaking smuggling base will be lost, they will not be willing to rest?
The cry for bribes could not be obtained, these folang machine people also caught fire, the two sides fought, the ambassador was bombarded with a musket, and the brute-bodied froze the wormster.
They fled in a hurry, drove the boat out to sea, because they were waiting for the Ming Army Marine Division in the direction of the thorns, they did not have much artillery on board, did not dare to break through, and the ships of the Haidao Department followed closely, so they fled all the way to the north, and now docked in Yunzhou Island opposite Fujian.
After half of the sea lanes, they dare not make every effort to go out, only to track the two fast ships, and these major events dare not be hidden, so they told the government to the government.The government also did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent the messenger to the governor's office again, asking Yang Ling to decide on the matter.
He inquired in detail about the situation of the folly, the number of the people and the number of the ship, and then staggered the eyebrows.What general soldiers waved his hand to let the lieutenant withdraw, and then he coughed: "Adult, Adity, this... Mr. Yang is not in the camp because some private matters are not in the camp, this thing is not convenient to go out, but these military aircraft events can not be delayed, please come to you, just want to discuss, you see what to do?"
Although these folls were not directly related to the pirates, after all, they were the same as their ancestors, and they killed only one person with the corrupt officials with the surname Jian.Now these folang machine people with their wives and children, most of the 800 people are women and children who have fled in a hurry, if they are slaughtered as much, will they give the population a reality?Insulting the fullness of pirates revenge?
When the adults leave, repeatedly do not fight the battle of uncertainty, do not fight the battle of no preparation, many of our preparations are still in the process of preparing, is it the most appropriate time to provoke the war?"
Although he asked the two people, his eyes had been looking at the rhyme, and Adely turned her head to the rhyme, and both pairs of eyes stared at her.
He rolled his eyes a little annoyed: “Look at me why, I’m not a roundworm in his stomach.”The two of you are the general soldier of Fujian, one is the governor's office counselor, you do not have an idea, this is to let me be at home or once out of the dew to make the old lady top the black pot?"
Although the wisdom of the hustle and money, but come up with the idea to put the top to adopt it, to let her take charge, bear such a great responsibility, her heart is also a little panicked.
Moreover, Yang Ling is no longer Wu Xia Amon, politically, militarily, more and more show unique views and their own opinions, sometimes looking at her longer than she, Cheng Yu Yun is no longer so confident in himself.
She thought about Yang Ling's words and deeds, bit by bit, and wondered what kind of psychology if he was here, how he would decide, what purpose she wanted to achieve, and gradually outlined a clearer wheel corridor in her heart.
He and Adity saw that the corners of her mouth slowly aroused, showing a cunning, and even with a little treacherous smile, she knew that she had a fixed plan, He Bingwen relaxed his tone, sitting back in the handsome chair and laughing: "Adults can have a belly case?"
He turned his eyes and smiled and said, “Adults are not at home, there is something to discuss.”Let me tell you, let’s make a decision.”
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