Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 63 The meeting of heaven and earth?Not a gangster!

Watching the small boat they were on getting closer to the pier, and getting closer to Guangzhou city.

Li Mu couldn't help but turn around again and explained to the people behind him.

"Remember the purpose of our coming to Guangzhou."

"The first is to recruit craftsmen who can make firearms from Foshan and hire them to Guangxi to be used by the Ming Dynasty."

"The second is to find a way to get in touch with businessmen from the Western countries such as Fo Langji and Yingji in Haojing'ao."

"And try to purchase some guns and firearms from them. If possible, hire a mercenary from the West to fight for our Ming Dynasty."

"The third thing is to prepare to contact the Tiandihui forces in Guangdong, so as to pave the way for our Ming Dynasty to break out of Guangxi and attack Guangdong in the future."

"Do you understand everything?!"

Everyone heard the words and responded in unison.

"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I'll understand later!"

Li Mu led the team to Guangzhou this time and had a very heavy task.

The first is to hire craftsmen from Foshan. Needless to say, this is his most important task here.

The second point is to get in touch with businessmen in Western countries.

The purpose of purchasing firearms from those foreign merchants was to allow Ming Dynasty to have a physical reference when making its own firearms.

In this case, Ming's efficiency in developing firearms should be greatly improved.

The reason why mercenaries were hired was because Zhu Jing'an wanted to know what the current military level of Western countries was.

See if you can learn anything from those mercenaries.

There is nothing wrong with being humble and studious at any time.

It is actually easier to understand if we contact the forces of the Tiandihui.

The Tiandihui was originally established to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, although most of the members of the Tiandihui have long forgotten the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

They all switched careers and became the underworld.

But it is inevitable that some of them will not forget their original intentions. If we can contact these people, in the future when Ming Dynasty attacks Guangdong, there will be local people to help lead the way.

In addition, Zhu Jing'an also never forgets the channels of Tiandihui.

Because the Manchu and Qing government had control policies on the raw materials of gunpowder, medicinal materials, cloth, copper, salt and other materials.

Especially the raw materials for gunpowder.

No problem buying in small quantities!
But if you buy too much, you will most likely be banned.

Therefore, the importance of channels becomes apparent at this time.

Zhu Jing'an wanted to try to use the channels of Tongtiandihui to purchase various supplies in large quantities.

Although the gangster leaders of the Tiandihui, even if they are all anti-Qing elements, there is a high probability that they will not let them know the channels for prostitution.

But it’s nothing more than a matter of spending some money.

After the braid tax was levied, Ming Dynasty is not very short of money now!

Naturally, he doesn't mind spending some money to obtain the urgently needed supplies.

……

Li Mu and his party landed outside Guangzhou, and then lined up with the crowd to enter the city.

After entering the city, they didn't wander around like headless flies.

Instead, they found a beggar on the street, gave the beggar two taels of silver, and then asked the beggar to take them to the Incense Hall of the Tiandihui.

Under the guidance of the beggar, the group of people made many twists and turns, and after a lot of effort, they arrived at a rather hidden teahouse.

Beggar pointed at the teahouse and said.

"The Incense Hall of Hongmen is right here. You can just go in and pay homage!"

After that, he turned around and ran away, disappearing into the alley in the blink of an eye.

Li Mu looked at Beggar's disappearing figure and couldn't help laughing.

He secretly thought that he had found the right beggar.

If there is no local to lead the way, it will definitely not be easy for a group of outsiders to accurately find the Xiangtang of Tiandi Hui in an unfamiliar place in Guangzhou.

how to say?

Most of the leaders of the Tiandihui are famous characters on the government's wanted list.

Although the Heaven and Earth Society has a huge influence in Guangdong and Guangxi and is deeply intertwined, it is impossible to open the Xiangtang in Guangzhou openly and openly.

You have to cover up some of it!

Without a local to guide the way, most people really can’t find the place.

Li Mu looked up at the teahouse's plaque, which had four big characters written on it.

Qiankun Tea House!

Whoever does it, God.

Kun is the earth.

The incense hall of Tiandi Hui is named Qiankun Tea House, which is quite appropriate.

Li Mu strode forward, ready to go to the pier.

He stepped into the teahouse. As soon as he entered, the eyes from all around gathered on him.

Most of the owners of these eyes are vicious people with several murders on their hands, and their eyes are full of murderous intent.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the teahouse was a little stagnant.

At this moment, a young man dressed as a waiter came out from behind the counter of the teahouse.

The young man cupped his fists at Li Mu, made a hidden incision with his hands, and then asked.

"I wonder why this guest came to our Qiankun Teahouse? Does he want to have tea? Or does he want to have a cup of tea?"

Now that the teahouse is open, it must welcome guests.

Normally, it is inevitable that guests who don't know where this place is come in and want to have tea, so the waiter can't chase them away.

Li Mu smiled at the waiter and told the incision of the Tiandihui that he had tried so hard to find out.

"The high hills caused by earthquakes create a beautiful scene of the Western Mountains that will last through the ages."

When the waiter heard this, his expression froze, but he immediately replied.

"The door faces the sea, and the three rivers flow together for thousands of years."

"Where does my friend come from?"

Li Mu waved his hand and said.

"I am not a member of the Heaven and Earth Society."

"But he is also running to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. He came to Guangzhou today because he wanted to make a deal with the Hong brothers from the Tiandi Society."

Seeing this, the waiter narrowed his eyes and said.

"What kind of business does my friend want to do with Hongmen? You might as well tell me."

Although the Tiandihui is such a large organization, its highest ideal is to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

But ideas are ideas and cannot be eaten as food.

Faced with the business that comes to them, they will definitely not refuse.

Seeing this, Li Mu didn't hesitate and spoke.

"My proprietor's surname is Ming. He is currently doing a big business in Guangxi and needs a batch of sulfur, pinstone, trauma medicinal materials, as well as muskets and artillery made by Westerners."

"If the Hong brothers in Guangzhou can provide it, my proprietor will certainly not be stingy with the money."

When the waiter heard this, his expression condensed, and he also had some guesses about Li Mu's identity.

The situation in Guangxi this year is unstable. There are several groups of anti-Qing rebels fighting against food and taxes. This is no secret.

Guangdong is close to Guangxi, so I naturally know something about the situation there.

He guessed that Li Mu might be someone sent by those anti-Qing rebels in Guangxi.

Such people don't care how much money they spend in order to get the supplies they urgently need.

The waiter couldn't help the greed in his heart and raised his eyebrows.

"How much do you need?"

Li Mu chuckled and spoke very calmly.

"The more the better, 1 to 8 taels is never too little, and [-] to [-] taels is never too much."

When the waiter heard this, he took a deep breath, knowing that this was a big customer in front of him.

He spoke immediately.

"Wait a minute, friend. I'm going to inform my hall master."

"The supplies you want are really too much, and you have to ask the hall master to come forward."

After saying that, the waiter clasped his fists and turned back to the back hall of the teahouse.

Not long after, I saw the waiter changing his clothes and walking out.

He was wearing a melon-skin cap and brocade clothes, and was playing with a folding fan in his hand. He looked elegant.

Seeing this, everyone in the teahouse stood up one after another and bowed to the young man.

"We have met the hall master!"

The young man walked up to Li Mu with a square step and held his fists in his arms.

"I am Fang Yuan, the master of Hongmen Hall in Guangzhou, whose courtesy name is Shiyu. I have met a friend."

"Friend, please follow me to the private room upstairs for a chat."

When Li Mu saw this, his eyes were obviously stunned.

He didn't expect that the waiter who had just spoken to him would change his clothes and become the leader of the Tiandi Club.

Facing Fang Shiyu's invitation, Li Mu naturally would not refuse and said.

"Respect is worse than obedience!"

……

Wuxuan County Government Office, Fang Kun was pacing in his study room, with a gloomy expression on his face that seemed to drip out of water.

Master Luo stood in front of him and told him the peace talks conditions proposed to him by the Ming Dynasty with an uneasy expression.

After Fang Kunzheng heard the three conditions, he angrily swept all the debris on the desk to the ground and said through gritted teeth.

"You thief, how dare you humiliate me like this!"

"The worst case scenario is that we will fight to the death. Even if I am willing to give up this official robe and risk being dismissed from my position by the court, I will definitely ask the court to send troops to suppress the bandits in Jintian Town!"

Obviously, he was really angered by the three conditions for peace talks proposed by Zhu Jing'an.

If he really did what Zhu Jing'an said.Wouldn't he, a dignified scholar and disciple of the Emperor, become an accomplice of the thieves?

How could he have the face to meet the emperor in the future?

Seeing this, Master Luo sighed and persuaded helplessly from the side.

"Why should my boss be angry about this? Even though the thieves in Jintian Town are arrogant now, they won't be arrogant for long. Sooner or later, they will be dispatched by the imperial court to annihilate them."

"For my boss, the most important thing now is not to vent your anger on the traitor, but to find a way to get rid of the remaining six months of your term in Wuxuan County, so that you can transfer next year."

"My boss must understand that if you want to be loyal to the emperor, be patriotic, and contribute to the Qing Dynasty, you must first be an official."

"If you lose your official position this time, I'm afraid you won't have the qualifications to be loyal and patriotic in the future..."

"Be patient for a while, take a step back and the world will be brighter for you."

When Fang Kunzheng heard this, the expression on his face was uncertain.

He sat down on the chair, lowered his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked uncertain in thought.

After a long time, Fang Kunzheng raised his head, his eyes full of red bloodshot eyes, and said through gritted teeth.

"I'll leave this matter to Master You. I will definitely reach a peace negotiation with the thieves in Jintian Town to ensure that nothing will happen to me during my term in Wuxuan County."

"I really can't trust other people."

"However, Master, you must also be careful not to leak any information when doing things."

"Otherwise, it will not be a good thing for you or me."

When Master Luo heard this, he nodded to show that he understood and spoke.

"Don't worry, boss, the students know what to do!"

……

On the official road from Jintian Town to Zijing Mountain, Zhu Jing'an rode on horseback.

Beside him, Zhu Jianzhuo sat in a sedan carried by four people, following Zhu Jing'an closely.

Zhu Jing'an slowed down his horse as much as possible and talked to Zhu Jianzhuo beside him.

"Are I sure that the so-called converter can produce good steel?"

"If this comes true, then our Ming Dynasty can use high-quality steel to build ordnance and equip the army. The combat effectiveness of our Ming Dynasty King's Division will definitely be greatly improved."

Zhu Jing'an nodded at the side.

"Father's words are true!"

"Steel is fighting power, this is true."

Just now, Guo Dashan sent someone to Jintian Town to deliver a message, saying that the molten steel in the converter was almost ready.

Zhu Jing'an immediately decided to go into the mountain to witness the first batch of molten steel coming out of the furnace.

Seeing this, Zhu Jianzhuo also expressed that he was going.

Then, the father and son set off together, starting from Jintian Town and heading straight for Bauhinia Mountain.

Looking at his son's tall and heroic posture on horseback, Zhu Jianzhuo asked tentatively.

"My son is not young anymore this year. What are your plans for your marriage?"

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, he turned his head to look at his father and asked in a curious tone.

"What does the father mean by this?"

"Is there a suitable candidate to marry me?"

Zhu Jing'an is 17 years old this year. In future generations, he will only be a high school student.

But in this era, it is already old enough to get married.

As far as he knows, many of his peers are already fathers.

In line with the idea of ​​​​doing as the Romans do, Zhu Jing'an will naturally not resist getting married!

Instead of resisting, there was a hint of expectation.

As for love...

As a mature political animal, Zhu Jing'an, so-called love is just an adjustment in life for him.

It's best if you have it, it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

Although arranged marriage sounds feudal, free love is not necessarily reliable.

never mind.

Anyway, judging from Zhu Jianzhuo's appearance, his marriage is most likely a political marriage.

As long as the benefits are in place, as for love...

Get on the bus first and pay for your ticket later!
Zhu Jiazhuo nodded and said.

"There are two candidates."

"The first is the granddaughter of He Shou and He Shangshu. She is fifteen years old. She has beautiful appearance, dignified and steady behavior, and a kind and virtuous character. She will be a good match."

"The first is Zeng Zongbing's daughter. She is fourteen years old. She has a gentle personality, an elegant appearance, and is very good-looking."

"Which one does my son like?"

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an lowered his head and began to think deeply.

Among these two people, He Shou was the representative of the Hakka people in the Ming Dynasty, and now served as the Minister of Punishment in the Ming Dynasty.

Zeng Zongbing was a representative of the Tujia people in the Ming Dynasty. The reason why he became the general soldier was because he brought his own militia to join the Ming Dynasty.

If you bring money into the group, the treatment will naturally be extraordinary.

After surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, he was awarded the official position of General Soldier by Zhu Jianzhuo. He is currently regarded as the representative of the Tujia people in the Ming Army.

The granddaughters and daughters of these two people will be in trouble no matter who they choose or not.

Because, for the Hakka and Tujia factions in the Ming army, what Zhu Jing'an had to do was not to choose one to support, but to balance the two.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Jing'an spoke.

"Children make choices, and I want them all!"

But when he said this, Zhu Jing'an felt a little guilty in his heart.

Because both of them were a little too young, one was fifteen and the other fourteen, so he really couldn't do it.

When Zhu Jianzhuo heard this, he stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Hahaha, my son is so brave. I want to be with my father."

As if he remembered something, Zhu Jing'an turned around and asked again.

"By the way, Father, neither of these two people have their feet bound, right?"

"If anyone has bound feet, let them get a new one without bound feet as soon as possible. I can't stand those three-inch golden lotus..."

Zhu Jing'an can't accept the perverted aesthetics of people in this era.

Binding feet?

What the fuck!
Wouldn't it be scary to see a person's feet curled into that weird shape, with all the bones broken?

People who like three-inch golden lotus have some problems with their brains. They are really the most perverted of perverts.

Zhu Jing'an couldn't understand.

Of course, it’s not just Easterners who are perverted.

Westerners at the same time were even more perverted.

Some smeared highly toxic lead powder on their faces to whiten themselves, poisoning themselves to death, and some wore tight corsets that strangled themselves until their ribs were broken and their internal organs exploded.

The perverts here in the East are perverts, but at least they are not life-threatening.

But in the West, they actually use their lives to explain what abnormal aesthetics is...

Zhu Jianzhuo nodded after hearing this.

"Father doesn't know either. I'll ask you later."

"Anyway, things haven't been settled yet, so it's not a big deal to ask."

Zhu Jing'an nodded and said yes.

In fact, Zhu Jiazhuo doesn't like foot binding either.

Originally he didn't care, until his daughter Yaya reached the age where her feet were bound.

When I saw my daughter's feet being bound, she shed tears of pain, kept screaming, and had a crying expression on her face.

Zhu Jianzhuo, who was somewhat of a slave to his daughter, felt sorry for his daughter. He really couldn't bear to let anyone continue, so he simply gave up the idea of ​​binding his daughter's feet.

After that, he no longer had a good impression of foot binding.

Whose daughter is not the daughter of both father and mother? Isn’t it a crime to torment a female child like this?
In his opinion, his son's liking for Tianzu was due to his influence.

Don’t think it’s strange either!
The father and son chatted all the way and soon arrived at the arms workshop in Bauhinia Mountain.

Guo Dashan was waiting at the entrance of the ordnance workshop early.

Seeing Zhu Jianzhuo and Zhu Jing'an approaching, he stepped forward to greet them.

"Welcoming ministers, please see His Royal Highness the Supervisor of the Kingdom, and please see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhu Jing'an said nothing, Zhu Jiazhuo nodded slightly.

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Minister Guo, for taking me to see the operation of the steel-making furnace."

Guo Dashan stood up from the ground and began to lead the way.

He took Zhu Jing'an and his son towards the direction of the steel-making furnace.

Along the way, Guo Dashan kept telling them the specific process of steelmaking.

Zhu Jianzhuo was confused, but Zhu Jing'an was enjoying it.

Because he used to be a man in science and engineering, and what he was most interested in was all kinds of data.

After a while, Zhu Jing'an asked.

"Guo Shangshu, are the molds for casting weapons and armor ready?"

Hearing this, Guo Dashan nodded.

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, everything is ready."

"The sand molds are all of the highest quality, and the moisture in the molds has been dried in advance. There will be absolutely no problems with the weapons that are cast."

Zhu Jing'an nodded to express satisfaction.

After listening to Guo Dashan's report, the group quickly arrived at the steel-making furnace.

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