Chapter 183 The change of Gaoxu, the backward form of communication in the Ming Dynasty, was actually the change of Suiyang.In the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, in December of the first year of Hongguang in the Southern Ming Dynasty (1644), Shi Kefa arranged for Gao Jie, who was guarding Sizhou, Xuzhou, to lead the army north.When Xu Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of Henan, learned that Gao Jie's army was about to arrive in Suizhou, this made Xu Dingguo deeply frightened.Because Xu Dingguo and Gao Jie had a deep relationship, he knew that his troops were no match for Gao Jie, and he was afraid that his collusion with the Qing army would be known by Gao Jie and lead to death.He went out of the city to meet Gao Jie, and he was falsely respectful; While secretly plotting a way to deal with it.After Gao Jie heard the news that Xu Dingguo had sent his son to the Qing camp, in order to prevent him from leading his subordinates to dedicate the Suizhou region to the Qing court, he still wanted to use his superior forces to coerce Xu Dingguo and his subordinates to accompany the army to the west.On the 12th, Xu Dingguo held a feast in Suizhou City, nominally to wash the dust for Gao Jie, Yue Qijie, Chen Qianfu and others, but in fact he set up a Hongmen banquet to murder Gao Jie.In the face of Xu Dingguo's invitation, Yue Qijie and others, who were already aware of Xu Dingguo, advised Gao Jie not to enter Suizhou City easily to prevent accidents.But Gao Jie is strong in martial arts and has many powerful soldiers, and he thinks that Yuan Keli's son Yuan Shu is with him, and Xu Dingguo was once Yuan Keli's subordinate, and he has always been favored by Yuan Keli, so he will have a heart to repay the Yuan family and will not act rashly, so he did not listen to dissuasion, and only brought 300 personal soldiers into the city for the banquet.After Gao Jie and others entered Yuan Keli's Shangshu Mansion, Xu Dingguo was courteous during the banquet, using prostitutes to persuade him to drink, and drunk Gao Jie and others.In the middle of the night, Xu Dingguo's ambush suddenly killed Gao Jie and his entourage, and the accompanying Yue Qijie, Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu fled from Suizhou in panic.After Gao Jie's death, there was no master in the army, and his subordinates were in chaos.Huang Degong and others wanted to take the opportunity to carve up Gao Jie's troops and territory, and the two sides were tense.As the saying goes, guarding the river must be Huai, and the land of Henan and Jianghuai was lost in an instant in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and it also lost the opportunity to stand side by side with the north and south of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.Of course, in this ordinary world, the Manchus had absolutely no chance to enter the customs, this is inevitable.For Dong Xi, as a key figure in preventing Li Zicheng from occupying Guide Mansion, Quan Xu really didn't want him to leave class early because of himself.Dong Xi saw that the crisis was resolved, and he really put his mind at ease.He is different from ordinary brothers who are chicken feathers, he really takes care of Dong Qianli's half-brother, and he also has different emotions.Dong Xian lost his mother at the age of nine, and then his father returned to the right thousand households of Dewei Dong Mengen to continue the string, married Dong Qianli's mother Huang as the stepfamily, Dong Mengen is very strict, belongs to a typical strict father, is very strict with Dong Xi, once he learns martial arts to play, he must be served with sticks for a while, as long as he is naughty, starvation and punishment are commonplace.Once Dong Raid was punished by his father, the young Dong Qianli would secretly bring food or beg Dong Mengen not to punish Dong Raid, the two brothers have this kind of feeling, although they are not siblings of one mother, but they are better than brothers of one sibling.This time Dong Qianli got into trouble, he racked his brains, and thought of all ways to solve the crisis, on the one hand, he took more than 200 family soldiers to the gate of the Yuan Mansion, which is to tell the Yuan Mansion, don't force people too much, in case of a split in two, then Dong Raid will die, but it can also cause certain losses to the Yuan Mansion temporarily.At the same time, he also brought tens of thousands of taels of silver that he had accumulated, as well as some treasures, and came to spend money to avoid disasters.Quan Xu looked at the guards beside him and said: "Find a restaurant, set a table, and give Dong Qianhu a shock......
Although Yuan Shu looked down on Dong Xian, he smiled and said: "Brother Quan, where is this, how can you go out to eat when you come to Guide Mansion!"
”"Quan Gongzi, Yuan Gongzi, how dare you do this, it should be Dong Xi to make amends to the two sons!""
Okay, you're welcome, let's go, go in, let's talk while drinking!"
Dong Xiancheng said with trepidation: "The two sons are invited first, Dong Xian will also treat his brother's injuries!"
”At this time, although Dong Qianli had been simply bandaged, his body showed red bloodstains."
Big brother, the silver ......"
"Others respect us for a foot, and we must also respect others; Besides, climbing on this relationship will also be beneficial to the Dong family in the future. ”"Shall I have the silver brought over?""
The silver will also be sent, but I'm not busy taking it yet, I have something to discuss with you," Dong Xi thought for a while and said, "Do you know why you caused this trouble for so no reason?"
”Dong Xi is also wondering, Quan Xu is not the kind of person who is flying and domineering, and Dong Qianli is not a person who doesn't know what to do, but he is even more confused.Dong Qianli didn't dare to slack off, so he bought a few slaves on the dock, one of them was a young man named Huang Ergou who had just written the deed of sale, and while the guards were not paying attention, he jumped off the carriage and escaped, so he chased a few slaves to the dock, and in order to teach Huang Ergou a lesson, he let people whip him a few times......
At this time, Dong Xi smiled bitterly: "Qianli, you don't complain about these few knives!"
”He thought to himself, those scholars, no matter how secretly they steal men and prostitutes, but on the surface they open their mouths to be benevolent and righteous, and shut up about morality, in Quan Xu's eyes, Dong Qianliken is the kind of villain who bullies people.Dong Qianli was stunned, he really didn't know what to do."
Qianli, you take someone back, go back to treat your injuries first!""
Big brother, you ......"
"I'm fine!"
Dong Xi has always been very worried, even if Quan Xu doesn't want to pursue the conflict with Dong Qianli, there is really no need to pay attention to him as a mere official.Hurriedly led people to send 10,000 taels of silver, as well as a thousand silver coins that Quan Xu threw to Dong Qianli, as well as 30 horses of silk, a mutton fat white jade pendant, and two famous horses of jujube red into the Yuan Mansion.He took the gift list, and under the leadership of the servants of the Yuan Mansion, he entered the banquet hall of the Yuan Yan Atrium.Quan Xu looked at the gift list and asked puzzledly: "Dong Qianhu, what do you mean by this?"
”"To Quan Gongzi, Yuan Gongzi excuse the crime, a small meaning, not a tribute!"
Quan Xu looked at Dong Xi and said, "I didn't lie before, if that's the case......
Dong Qianhu go back!
”Dong Xi was a little embarrassed and hurriedly put away the gift list.A family like Yuan Keli will definitely not easily accept Dong Xi's gift.Officialdom is very knowledgeable in gift-giving, even if they are greedy, they don't accept everyone's money, aren't they afraid of giving gifts on the front foot and denounce on the back foot?
The relationship between the two sides has not yet reached that point.Seeing Dong Xi put away the gift list, Quan Xu looked at Yuan Shu and said, "Brother Yuan, Xu asked Dong Qianhu to come in, there is something he wants to please!"
”Dong Xi hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"
”"There's one thing!"
Quan Xu groaned: "I like calligraphy and painting differently from Brother Yuan, I like fireworks more, so I hire a group of skilled craftsmen to create some fireworks." ”Yuan Shu was a little puzzled: "Aren't there more skilled craftsmen in Jingshi?"
”"Although there are many skilled craftsmen in Beijing, most of their craftsmanship is well-known, and Quan is a little selfish and wants to take the lead among his classmates in Guozijian!"
Yuan Shu suddenly realized: "No wonder ......" what fireworks Quan Xu created, it was naturally a lie, his real purpose was to improve the Hundred Tigers Rocket, this Hundred Tigers Rocket, just like the Katyusha of later generations, took a launch vehicle, loaded with more than 100 rockets, and used gunpowder as a thrust to launch the rocket.Although the accuracy is a little poor, the problem is that this kind of widely dispersed and dense firepower is a very sharp weapon.However, the current effect of the Hundred Tigers running together is not satisfactory, first of all, the range is too close, and secondly, the power is too small, and the damage to heavy armored targets is limited.However, these craftsmen were either subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, the Inner Government Supervisor, the Ordnance Bureau, the War Bureau, the Gunpowder Bureau and other departments of the imperial court, and it was difficult for private individuals to obtain such professional craftsmen.Of course, another channel is the local health offices, which have some craftsmen who are proficient in gunpowder production and firearms making.Dong Xi said in order to be able to catch up with the relationship of the Yuan Mansion: "Rest assured, Dong Xian's command has a hundred households named Ge Erfu, especially good at making fireworks and firecrackers!"
”"Wouldn't it be inconvenient for him to be a military household?""
No, no, it's very convenient!"
Dong Xian said: "He is three in his Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and his son is fifteen years old, and he can inherit his father's business!"
”"Thank you so much Dong Qianhu!"
…… Quan Xu's goal has been achieved, although it is said that promoting Dong Xi is not to promote him to any official, as long as Dong Xi enters the Yuan Mansion and eats a meal in the Yuan Mansion, the effect will be fine.The officialdom is full of people who are good at observing words and feelings, and not everyone can enter the Yuan Mansion.Dong Xi's efficiency was very fast, and after lunch, Quan Xu resigned to Yuan's wife Yuan Yang and Yuan Shu and went north, of course, for a strong reason, and went north to study.In fact, Quan Xu was worried that Qin Chengzu would not be able to withstand the attack of the imperial army, after all, Yuan Chonghuan's death was a bit of a big blow to Chongzhen, and the young Chongzhen Emperor hated Qin Chengzu to death, the culprit, and had to cut him with a thousand knives.Although Yuan Shu really wanted to discuss calligraphy and painting with Quan Xu, it was a pity that Quan Xu really didn't have any goods in his stomach, and most of the chat content was searched on the knowledge network, checking the information, and memorizing the information, which made Quan Xu very uncomfortable.In this way, Quan Xu left Guide Mansion and went east by boat.At this time, Dong Xi led the trial of Baige Erfu and more than 40 craftsmen, waiting for Quan Xu at the dock.In order to prove that Ge Erfu's craftsmanship and the craftsmen are not in vain, Dong Xi also asked Ge Erfu to demonstrate how to make fireworks on the spot.Quan Xu was very satisfied with Dong Xi's attitude: "I have given you the opportunity, take advantage of it!"
”"Dong Xi understands, the whole son is very gracious, Dong Xi is unforgettable!""
Alright, ready to go!"
Although the Flying Fish No. 2 was only a small boat, plus Ge Erfu and others, it seemed a little crowded, so Quan Xu had to rent two more small boats and follow the Flying Fish No. 2 down the river.Quan Xu stood on the deck of the Flying Fish 2 and looked at the water, very anxious in his heart, the delay of the news, which made Quan Xu feel very passive.Accustomed to timely communication through the Internet and telephone, Quan Xu had some difficulty adapting to the backward form of communication in the Ming Dynasty.