Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

Although Wang Pu was born in a wealthy family, he still has the mentality of the people, and he has never felt that he is higher than the people around him. However, the lord of Yuanbao is an authentic nobleman, she really doesn't treat her subordinates as human beings, and she can punish her subordinates at will as long as she likes them.

Wang Pu left the Qin Palace, and when he found that his fiancée was not cute, and it was a little scary, he was devastated.

"Wang Jie, your face is not good, what's wrong? Outside the barracks, Xiang Bin stepped forward.

"Mr. Xiang, why are you here, please inside. Wang Pu hurriedly stepped forward to say.

"No, there are a lot of people in the barracks, let's go out and walk in the open space, we have something important to discuss with you. "

"Yes. Wang Pu followed Xiang Bin for a while, probably for the overseas colonization strategy mentioned in the morning, and said in his heart: Maybe Yang He has changed his mind.

"Wang Jie, do you have a shipbuilder? Xiang Bin asked suddenly.

"I, no, it's okay for me to build civilian ships,

I have a dock that can be converted into a shipyard, and shipbuilders can go to the south to ask for it, but they can only build ships less than 200 materials. Wang Pu replied.

"Give you 100,000 taels of silver, and will you be able to build a ship in two years?" "

"It doesn't seem right to put me in charge of the implementation of overseas colonization policies, I'm in the north, and there is no suitable timber around, shouldn't this kind of errand be handed over to the southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. "

"The court doesn't know. "

"You. Wang Pu subconsciously looked around, saw that there was no one, and said: "You are going to do such a big thing without hiding from the imperial court, aren't you?" Wang Pu couldn't find the right words for a while.

"Self-contained. Xiang Bin said with a smile.

"Yes. Wang Pu nodded.

"You should understand that Mr. Yang's time is running out. The thieves are inexhaustible, repeatedly surrendered and rebelled, and the king's favor and trust in him are gradually reduced, according to this situation, he will sooner or later exhaust the king's grace, and be convicted and imprisoned, but he will do something that is really beneficial to the country's society before this, and he will be worthy of his heart, give you 100,000 taels of silver, and implement the overseas colonial policy, which is the only good strategy that can save the Ming Dynasty. "

"One hundred thousand taels of water, five thousand taels for a sea ship, even if all of them are used for shipbuilding, it is only twenty. What can I use to top. "

"This money was originally used to settle the thieves, but now that it is given to you, General Yang has taken on a huge role, and there can't be more. Xiang Bin smiled bitterly.

"When will that be given to me. Wang Puxin said: Don't give the money to the door in vain.

"Give a fixed amount of 10,000 taels first, and then pay the balance when you build a sea boat. "

The trip to Xi'an can be described as a full return, Qin Shizi ordered four hot air balloons in one go, worth 200,000 taels of silver, sure enough, in the Ming Dynasty or the vassal kings are the most wealthy, the master will know if there is any, but this huge amount of silver is not a snowflake that drifts down from the world, you can catch it with your hand, you need to smelt a material that is light enough and strong enough, aluminum, Wang Pu remembers that aluminum was once extremely precious in history, and later a Western chemist found an electrolysis method to extract aluminum, which made it much cheaper. In this memory, Wang Pu came to two conclusions, one of which is that aluminum is more common in nature, and many ores contain aluminum. The second can be obtained by electricity. Therefore, he planned to go to Yanmen in person and cooperate with Lao Yang and others to find a formula for extracting aluminum. If he can't find a formula, he has to use the second plan, with rattan to weave a large basket for carrying people and fuel, but such a hot air balloon is too cheap, and it is easy to be imitated, it is difficult to sell at a good price, Wang Pu plans to wait for the thief army to sweep the northern provinces in the future, and sell his hot air balloon to the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang He's 100,000 taels of silver also have to try to get his hands on it, and it is difficult to find large wood in the north that can be used as the keel of sea ships, but Wang Pu has a large amount of cheap steel, and he may be able to use steel as a keel, which is highly malleable, and the keel can be made into many shapes, such as a trimaran. The draft of the wharf in Pinglu County was limited, and the ordinary style of sea ships could only be built with less than 200 materials, so it suffered a great loss in naval battles, because Wang Pu's artillery was good at range and accuracy, and the small boat had a large turbulence on the sea, which was not conducive to artillery aiming, and the trimaran was obviously more stable, which was suitable for Wang Pu's rifled guns to exert their power.

Wang Pu has always wanted to develop the steam engine, which is the milestone invention of the first industrial revolution, but unfortunately before the shortage of funds, he could only give priority to the manufacture of weapons, and now with the sponsorship of Qin Shizi and Yang He, the financial problem has finally been alleviated. When the steam engine is successfully developed, Wang Pu will be able to build the first steam-powered fleet in the history of mankind, and the benefits of steam-powered ships are self-evident, no longer bound by the monsoon, and they can make several round-trips a year, and the capacity is several times more, and overseas colonization can be more effective.

On October 27, Huang Taiji led more than 100,000 troops to invade Xifengkou, although Wang Pu and Yuan Chonghuan had issued warnings in advance, but the Ming court still did nothing, and the Donglin Party's consistent style was to concentrate on party struggle, and had no time to worry about military affairs, and finally bore bad results at this time. Jizhen "fell into ruins, and the army was in ruins", and the Houjin army did not encounter any strong resistance and successfully broke through the Great Wall.

This is just the beginning, Yuan Chonghuan knew that he had made a big disaster, in order to get rid of the crime, he urgently ordered the Pingliao general Zhao Shujiao to rush to help Zunhua,

but this is really a faint move, Xifengkou to Zunhua is only fifty miles, and Shanhaiguan to Zunhua is two hundred and sixty miles, how can Zhao Shuijiao catch up, it can be seen that Yuan Chonghuan in order to save the defeat, is desperate, not hesitating to let Zhao Shujiao to do the risk of nine deaths, pity the four thousand Ming most elite cavalry in the Santun camp ambush, the whole army was annihilated, a generation of good generals Zhao Shujiao died in battle.

After Jin eliminated the elite of the Ming army,

there was no worries, all the way straight in, pointing to the Beijing division, a large number of people did not have time to hear the wind to dodge, they were blocked in the village by the Houjin army, and the silver was plundered and miserated, and hundreds of people of the Ming Dynasty were plundered to the outside of the pass and became slaves of the Tartars. This event is known in history as a change in history.

Wang Pu learned of this on November 1, and he was working on the aluminum-smelting formula with the Yanmen guards and craftsmen, but unfortunately he had no clue for many days, and tried all kinds of ore he could get, grind it into powder, and electrify the water, but nothing happened. What the hell is electrolysis?

Hearing the news of Houjin's entry into the Kou, Wang Pu was not surprised, but his Shenjia battalion was not around, stayed in Tongguan

, Datong General Mangui was worried that the thief army in Shaanxi and Gansu would enter Shanxi, so he asked him to defend Tongguan, who would have expected that the enemy army came from the north, Wang Pu's Shenjia battalion was temporarily unable to catch up, Tongguan was at least more than a thousand miles away from the capital.

Wang Pu hurriedly released the carrier pigeon, so that Liu Yishan quickly moved to Yanmen, in the battle of Yichuan, captured more than 100 horses, plus the original 900, at this time the Shenjia battalion has a total of 1,000 horses and 100 horses, the speed of the march is not slow, rushed to Yanmen on the 13th, it is a big crime to move the division without authorization, but Chongzhen promulgated the edict of King Qin at the beginning of the month, to justify the edict of King Qin, the officials along the way have nothing to say, the road of the Shenjia camp is unimpeded.

However, it is said that Gyeonggi is already in flames at this time, and after the Houjin should open the city gate to earn Zunhua, he will break through the Santun camp on the seventh day of the first month to the east, and the emperor Taiji ordered to leave 800 troops to guard Zunhua, and the Jin army went south after the unification and approached Jizhou. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan also led nine thousand Guanning iron cavalry to Jizhou, but a jaw-dropping scene appeared, Huang Taiji actually dived through Jizhou under Yuan Chonghuan's nose, when the Ming court monarchs and ministers got this urgent report in the main hall, looked at each other, their first thought was that Yuan Chonghuan and Houjin secretly colluded, such suspicions are very reasonable, as long as you know a little bit about military affairs, you know that diving is extremely risky, and the back road is not smooth, and you will be cut off by the enemy at any time, and fall into a desperate situation. Chongzhen even remembered that Zhao Shujiao was martyred in an ambush, and the Houjin army obviously knew that Zhao Shujiao was coming, so he could set up an ambush on the way, and the person who could leak the news to Houjin in advance was Yuan Chonghuan the most suspicious. But why did Yuan Chonghuan collude with Houjin, Chongzhen never figured out how much he trusted him.

"The minister thought that Yuan Chonghuan's collusion with the captives was really incredible, and it was difficult to justify himself, probably because the slave chieftain underestimated the enemy and did not take Inspector Yuan in his eyes. "The king of the military department Shangshu said in Jinjin. These words made the court lose their voice for a long time, which means that five years of Pingliao is not a funny joke at all, and people don't treat Yuan Chonghuan as a green onion at all.

"What about Man Gui, I still have Man Gui. Chongzhen seemed to grasp a life-saving straw and roared.

"According to yesterday's report, the Manchu General Army and Hou Shilu joined forces to arrive in Yanqing, and now it is estimated that they are within 50 miles of the Beijing Division according to the distance. "Wang Zaijin is now on the cusp of the storm, and he has to save himself with his heart.

On the 15th, the Datong General Soldier Man Gui and the Xuanfu General Soldier Hou Shilu allied army a total of 10,000 cavalry in Shunyi received Chongzhen's holy decree, ordered Mangui to garrison Shunyi, Hou Shilu to garrison Sanhe, these two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, the emperor's heart was in turmoil, their troops were insufficient, how to divide the troops, but the emperor's order was difficult to disobey.

"Brother Shilu must not rely on the city to defend to the death, the cavalry is conducive to going out of the city to fight, and you can still get out if you are defeated. Before leaving, Man Gui admonished.

"Hehe, Brother Man don't worry, Hou can handle it. Hou Shilu replied freely, hugged his fists and rode away.

As a result, Hou Shilu was ambushed by the Houjin general Abatai on the way, and retreated to Shunyi in a heavy defeat. Man Gui and Hou Shilu joined forces to fight with Abatai's subordinates, and the Houjin general Yue Tuo arrived in time, and the Ming army was defeated again, so they had to retreat all the way south to the capital.

Yuan Chonghuan's 9,000 Guanning iron cavalry also rushed to the capital, and the three most elite field armies of the Ming Dynasty, the Datong Army, the Xuanfu Army and the Guanning Army, joined forces at Deshengmen. Chongzhen felt a little at ease, but at this time he did an extremely stupid thing, he added Mangui as a martial arts strategy, commanded all the troops of King Qin, and took out 10,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury to reward him. The emperor's idea was almost coming out, and everyone could see that Yuan Chonghuan had fallen out of favor, and Man Gui would replace him.

On the 17th, more than 100,000 troops of the Houjin army finally followed, only to see the banners rolling, the neighing of horses, the bows and feathers, the swords and guns like forests, the armor is vast, and there is no edge in sight. Huang Taiji saw the three Ming armies under the city wall, and couldn't help sneering: "It's still these old acquaintances, Yue Tuo, how do you think you should break the enemy." "

"Back to the Great Khan, the three cavalry of the Southern Barbarians are different, the Xuanfu army is the weakest, the Datong army of Mangui is good at attacking, but the lack of troops is not enough to worry, but the Guanning army is more tricky, we can feint to attack Mangui, lure the Guanning army to rescue, and then fiercely attack the Ningjun army and kill it to the bottom. Yue Tuo replied.

"Yue Tuo, you should put yourself in Yuan Chonghuan's shoes and think about what good it would be for him to save Man Gui. Huang Taiji smiled.

"The Great Khan is saying that Yuan Chonghuan will not go to save Man Gui, why is this. Yue Tuo was a little confused, his simple brain really couldn't figure out why he didn't save the friendly army when he was in trouble.

"Hmph, ghost thoughts, it's not

necessarily a bad thing if you can't figure it out, let's bet, if you lead your troops to attack Mangui with all your might, the Xuanfu army will come to the rescue, and the Guan Ning army will only wait and see, and will not make a move. Huang Taiji smiled.

"Nacheng, let's bet, what if the Great Khan loses. "

"Give you a hundred Han slaves, take your pick. "

"No, I want a hundred pairs of armor. "

"Yes, if I win, you will give me a hundred slaves. "

"Hehe, Nanban is full of people, as many slaves as you want, and the Great Khan intends to give me benefits. Yue Tuo laughed heartily and spurred his horse away.

After the Jin army was

arrogant, actually against the artillery fire on the head of the city, stormed the Mangui department, and once again Mangui and Hou Shilu fought the defeat and retreat, Mangui intended to gradually move closer to the Guanning army, he just worshiped as a martial arts strategy, with the authorization of the emperor, can mobilize the Guanning army, this is the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

The Guanning army

spends four million taels of silver every year, which is the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who can only be nurtured by digging meat and crying blood, Yue Tuo is afraid of the Guanning army, and does not dare to go all out, which gives Man Gui a chance to breathe, he issued an urgent order to the Guanning army several times, but Yuan Chonghuan has always sunk like water and ignored it. Man Gui thought that Yuan Chonghuan was awkward, after all, the literati have always been high-spirited, and it is not surprising that the dignified Jiliao Inspector should be subject to the martial arts, and it is not surprising that it is regarded as a great shame, but at this time, this scene still makes a small temperament, and it is a little too much to know the priorities.

Man Gui

had no choice but to ask for help in person, when he approached the Guan Ning army, there was an arrow feather shot over, these are three stone strong crossbows, can penetrate the heavy armor, Man Gui fell to the ground with several arrows in the body and died, the officers and soldiers of the Datong army were heartbroken when they saw that the master would be killed by friendly troops, and the cry alarmed the Ming army at the head of the city, there was a young general of the defenders of the capital who saw it clearly, Man Gui was shot by the Guan Ning army, and he lost his soul and went into the palace and said to Chongzhen.

"Inspector, you see, the Datong Army has sent someone into the palace to complain, and we will not be able to deal with it this time. Zu Dashou was a little weak-hearted, and said in a cold sweat.

"Man Gui is dead, Zhao Shujiao's eight calves are also dead, Guan Ningjun is the only barrier of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor he doesn't dare to do anything to us. Yuan Chonghuan smiled confidently.

"This is also true, the superintendent is wise, Mao Wenlong is dead, the emperor doesn't even dare to hold him accountable, it can be seen that this time is not a big deal, after all, the official rank of Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao traitors is not comparable to Mao Wenlong. "Zu Dashou is a little bolder.