Chapter 40: The Confused Case "Who was where and when did this happen?"
Zhu Chongjiu was shocked, his eyes widened, and he asked questions like a barrage of questions.
Since drinking the Yangtze River at the end of last year, the Huai'an Navy has carried out targeted attacks against water bandits roaming the river again and again.
Within the next year, more than 100 bandit dens were destroyed, and the total number of bandits killed or captured exceeded 10,000.
Nowadays, the larger gangs on the river have either been raided by Liting, or they have fled far upstream to the west of Wuchang.
The few small fish and shrimps that slipped through the net also fled far away after seeing Huaiyang's flag.
Who on earth dared to take the initiative to stroke the navy's beard?
"Cai Liang, deputy director of the Work Bureau, ranked fifth in the first scientific examination, and was just promoted to deputy director of the Ministry of Works at the beginning of this year."
Xu Hongsan reported without even thinking about it.
"He bought a shipload of iron ingots from a local big business in Dangtu three days ago.
He was probably worried that Baigongfang was in a hurry to use it, so he took the cargo ship back directly without waiting for the navy to escort him.
Unexpectedly, the ship just passed Hezhou.
They were hijacked by water thieves.
According to the guys who escaped, the water thieves sneaked onto the boat in the middle of the night.
They all covered their faces and only robbed Mr.
Cai and the goods without killing anyone."
"It must be Zhu Chongba's people who did it."
Huang Laowai immediately jumped up next to him and roared loudly.
"That guy has been spying on our secret method of making cannons for a long time.
Last time he sent someone to steal it and was caught, so he made excuses to get rid of it.
This time, he is still evil again."
"It's Zhu Chongba, it must be Zhu Chongba."
Several great craftsmen and officials from the Ministry of Industry around him also stood up one after another, filled with indignation.
In the entire Huaiyang General Manager's Office, apart from Zhu Chongjiu and Liu Bowen, there was almost no one who had a good impression of Hezhou Jun.
For a time, adjectives such as "ungrateful, despicable, insidious and cunning" were all pointed out unceremoniously.
When Zhu Chongjiu heard this, he was also very suspicious.
His respect for Zhu Yuanzhang comes entirely from historical data, and according to the traditional folk saying of another time and space, those who achieved great things in ancient times were all evil-minded, ruthless and thick-skinned.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang can be the emperor, he can naturally see the importance of firearms.
Then whether it is stealing or robbing, it falls into the category of small sections.
As long as he can achieve the final victory, he does not need to receive any condemnation.
Moreover, most of the current decrees of the Hezhou General Administration are clearly related to Huaiyang Jingwei.
The more equality between people is advocated in Yangzhou, the more order and ethics are promoted in Hezhou.
The more one side restricts clan power and cancels all kinds of preferential treatment for scholars and traditional gentry, the more respectful it becomes to scholar-bureaucrats there.
This made Zhu Chongjiu sometimes couldn't help but secretly wonder whether Zhu Chongba was deliberately going against him.
He forced himself to take the initiative to take action in order to gain the moral upper hand.
"The military bureau has formulated an emergency response plan and is preparing to bring back the Fifth Army Corps and march to the Wujiang River with General Manager Mao to force the Hezhou Army to surrender.
The Navy's fleet has also assembled urgently.
As long as the General Manager gives the order, they will Block all the ports of Hezhou Army and cut off the connection between Zhu Chong's Eight Dog Bandits and Jiangnan."
Seeing Zhu Chongjiu frowning and delaying making a decision, General Xu Hongsan raised his voice slightly and proactively reminded him.
"Don't be anxious yet, be careful because someone is framing you."
Zhu Chongjiu's heart suddenly shuddered and he waved his hand decisively.
"Hurry up and send someone to pass the order to the military bureau and the navy, so that everyone can calm down.
It doesn't matter what Zhu Chongba is like, but he is by no means a fool.
At times like this, he will do it again and again.
Take the initiative to stir up trouble.”
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"Yes" Xu Hongsan raised his hand in salute, turned around and left quickly.
As Zhu Chongjiu's most trusted captain of the bodyguard, he habitually did not question any of his lord's decisions.
However, the reaction of Huang Laowai, the director of the Industrial Bureau, was very different from Xu Hongsan.
He already had a lot of things to do here, and he was extremely busy every day.
It took a lot of effort to cultivate an arm that I could rely on, but it was amputated by someone inexplicably.
How could he endure this?
So before Xu Hongsan's back was far away, he turned to the front of Zhu Chongjiu and loudly admonished: "My lord, I am a humble minister.
I am a humble minister, please be brave.
Please stop indulging Zhu Chongba.
Even if he is separated from you."
My brother for many years, you have done enough to him in the past.
Today he dares to kidnap the director of the industrial bureau.
Who can guarantee that he will not target you personally tomorrow?"
"That's right."
Jiao Yu, the head of the Grand Craftsman Academy, was originally not on good terms with Huang Laowai, but today he rarely helped the latter.
"Although Master Cai is a scholar, he is rarely willing to lower his head to do things.
Zhu Pao and He already knows the secrets of the hydraulic boring machine.
If he can't survive Zhu Chongba's punishment, he and the state army will definitely become a serious problem for me in Huai'an in the future."
"My lord, make a decision quickly" "Lord, please send troops quickly to get Chief Cai back.
That shameless Zhu Chongba must be brave enough to use any tricks."
"If something happened near Hezhou, how could it have nothing to do with Zhu Chongba?"
"He competes with the master in everything.
How can there be wild water thieves on the ground?"
All the master craftsmen and officials from the Work Bureau spoke again.
I urge Zhu Chongjiu to use weapons as soon as possible to completely eliminate Zhu Chongjiu's shameless future troubles.
"Everyone should do his own thing.
I will consider whether to go to war with the Hezhou Army."
Zhu Chongjiu was so upset by the quarrel that he waved his hands and responded in a deep voice.
"A rifled cannon is not just as simple as pulling a few riflings.
Even if Mr.
Cai is captured, he will not be able to build a cannon like ours within a month or two.
If there is conclusive evidence, I will I will definitely not give up with him this time, but if there is no conclusive evidence, we, the Huai'an Army, cannot make excuses to accuse him."
"This minister obeys my order."
Although Huang Laowai and others were unwilling to give in, they did not have the courage to confront their lord.
They lowered their heads one by one and declared in a low voice.
"Xiao Cui, you go to the Military Intelligence Department and the Internal Security Department to send an order to Chen Ji and Zhang Song, the two chiefs, and their capable subordinates to wait for me in the council hall."
Seeing the dejected look of everyone, Zhu Chongjiu had no choice but to take the initiative to reveal himself next steps.
"It's impossible for such a big ship to disappear suddenly without leaving any traces.
The Military Intelligence Department and the Internal Security Department jointly investigated, but I don't believe that someone could hide the ship underwater."
"Yes."
Guards company commander Cui Sheng saluted and trotted away.
When Huang Laowai, Jiao Yu and others saw this, they felt a little relieved.
At least they can be sure that their lord will not tolerate Zhu Zhong as much as he did before.
As for Zhu Chongjiu himself, after he ordered someone to issue a summons order to the Military Intelligence and Internal Guard Divisions, he fell into deep thought again.
No matter how he thought about it, he felt that there were a lot of doubts about this matter.
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The Zhu Yuanzhang he knew could not be so reckless.
At least, Zhu Yuanzhang could not take the initiative to give Huaiyang an excuse to start a war until the Hezhou army did not have the strength to challenge the Huai'an army, or the Mongols did not attack again.
While he was wondering about the solution, he saw Xu Hongsan, the Guards brigade commander, running back in a hurry.
From a distance, he saluted everyone, and then reported with a blushing face, "This is a false alarm, my lord.
Chief Cai is back and has just entered the port with the cargo ship.
He is still following behind."
"This little bastard, I think your skin is itchy just from giving him some color."
Upon hearing this, Huang Laowai's face immediately turned red like a cockscomb flower.
Show your arms and roll up your sleeves, ready to rush out and teach your subordinates a lesson.
"My lord, please don't be angry.
I will bring him over to you now.
Should he be beaten with a military stick or fined with his salary, the work bureau will never intercede for him."
"Come back," Zhu Chongjiu glared and yelled, "The reason hasn't been found out yet.
What are you doing?
Just stay here and stay here, and you're not allowed to go anywhere."
After that, he quickly turned his attention to Xu Hongsan, "What else follows?
How long has he been missing in total, and where did he go during this period?"
"He, he" Xu Hong looked around, with a bit of a dumbfounded expression on his face, "He was followed by a group of women's soldiers, who said they were his unmarried wife and children from her mother's family.
He followed him all day and night after he disappeared.
Those women were together.
Su Changshi had already treated him and the women separately together with Director Zhang of the Internal Security Department, and specially sent someone to ask the lord to come back to the Grand Manager's Mansion to discuss how to deal with the matter."
"Ah" Huang Laowai and others looked at each other in shock.
All their thoughts of interceding for Cai Liang were washed away by Xu Hongsan's words.
Wife, mother-in-law, or a bunch of people.
How could this be kept secret from the outside world?
In the past two years, even a mouse in the work bureau, firearms workshop and master craftsman's yard has been jointly investigated by the internal security and military intelligence.
Who has ever heard of it?
However, Cai Liang, a junior official, also has a fiancée near Hezhou, and this fiancée is most likely from Green Forest, and all her relatives are good at sailing.
"As long as everyone is back safely, everything else can be figured out slowly."
Amidst the curious eyes, Zhu Chongjiu calmly decided.
"Everyone, continue your work.
I'll go back first and come back another day."
In fact, the shock in his heart at this moment was no less than that of everyone else.
After being robbed for a day and a night, and then returning with a large number of women's soldiers, Cai Liang, the deputy director of the Ministry of Works, was extremely charming.
But according to his impression, this person is clearly a fat little man.
Not only was he ordinary-looking, but he was also dull and taciturn.
No matter how you looked at him, he didn't have the potential to be kidnapped by a woman to become his husband.
Full of confusion, he hurriedly left Jiangwan New City.
He sat in the carriage specially made for himself and returned to the Grand Steward's Mansion as quickly as possible.
As soon as the person entered the courtyard, he heard a crisp soprano voice coming from the meeting hall, "You old man is so long-winded.
How many times have I told you.
I'm not attracted to him myself, but to my sister."
Come and propose marriage.
As long as you, the general manager, nod for him, from now on, I will ensure that you Huai'an people go sideways on all waterways in the south of the Yangtze River
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