Chang Mao said dissatisfiedly: "Why is it easier than you? Do you know how difficult it is for me to go down the mountain this time?

I have been fighting for life and death several times."

Zhu Muying mocked, "Don't think I don't know. We all know how Yang Xun guides you."

Chang Mao suddenly became angry and said annoyed: "Yang Xun, why do you look like a girl?"

Yang Xun said helplessly: "Master Mao, don't be upset, we are forced too. You don't know how you are tied up on a tree and a row of musketeers practice guns at the incense burner on your head. It's so exciting."

Recalling the past, Yang Xun instantly possessed the actor, and tears flowed out.

Chang Mao was so angry that he said, "That's how you treat my benefactor Zhu Muying, you see what he wants."

A fist of four or four was hitting Zhu Muying's indescribable parts.

After some trouble, Zhang Lingfeng, who came to pick up the tea bowl, heard it and said coldly, "Are you so disrespectful?"

Chang Mao was so shameless that he turned to Zhang Lingfeng, and cried with tears in his eyes: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you must make the decision for me. In order to save Brother Zhen, Chang Mao tried his best to break through. As a result, this group of people arranged me here, and Brother Zhen didn't speak for me."

Zhu Muying repeatedly wanted to explain a few words, but was pushed away by Chang Mao with his hands and did not give him a chance.

Zhang Lingfeng was indeed grateful to Chang Mao. She turned to look at Zhu Zhen and said with a grievance when Zhu Zhen said, "I don't want to be with my business. I'm not that I don't interrupt, but I'm thinking about other things and don't know what they are talking about."

Zhang Lingfeng didn't care about so many brothers present, so she stepped forward to rub Zhu Zhen's head, her face full of worry.

"Husband, what are you worried about?

Hasn’t the matter of the civil servant been resolved?"

Yang Xun stood up next to him and said, "Yi Beizhi guessed that what Bo Ye was worried about was the word of mouth of the people, right?

I have also gone down the mountain several times recently. Not to mention Huai'an or the entire Jiangnan, I have spread the word that Bo Ye became a murderous devil.

Some old mothers even tell the naughty children at home that if they are disobedient, Zhu Zhen from Shanyang will be able to eat his brain."

"Then what?

"Chang Mao asked in confusion.

"The child who was originally crying is naturally more lively now."

Speaking of this, Yang Xun looked at Zhu Zhen, and saw that Zhu Zhen was still calm and gentle, he continued, "There is also the dilemma of Mr. Shen. Mr. Shen transported a large number of supplies from Nanyang. Not only did everyone in Huai'an resist, but he often stole food and grass. Now, many of the food sold on the market are simply the food sold by Mr. Shen from overseas to use for disaster relief.

Even those aristocratic families are doing such crazy things secretly. I think they don’t see the lives and death of these refugees. Instead, they can steal a car or a ship, and even some local governments secretly cooperate with them.

However, now that my uncle is winning a lot in Huai'an, he has some illusions about this matter, but he has not been able to fundamentally change it."

Qi Bin said from the side: "The meat eater is despised, and the herbivore Wu, now it seems, is a bird of a feather. After all, this Huai'an is the Huai'an of Master. Could it be that they don't want to survive?"

Yang Xun shook his head and said, “So what?

The ability of the aristocratic families is not enough. Although they cannot defeat Boye in military terms, they can still do it by bribing the government and secretly colluding with them. After all, being an official in the local area depends on the expression of the aristocratic family.

These people stole food and destroyed the traces afterwards. Even if Mr. Chen had our people on the side to support him, he felt helpless.

Especially when this aristocratic race acts, someone plans and coordinates the overall situation. Afterwards, the evidence is completely eliminated. Even if the bulk food they stole, they will not be sold in Huai'an.

At present, the people of Huai'an are afraid of the uncle like a tiger. If we have no evidence, we will do it easily, which will make our prestige worse.

It is naturally even more difficult for us to govern in Huai'an."

Zhu Zhen is indeed troubled by this matter.

A soft knife is much more difficult to deal with than a hard knife.

After all, Zhu Zhen, a aristocratic clan in Huai'an, did not see it, but if he lost his credibility to the people of Huai'an, all his previous efforts would disappear.

There were many refugees coming in Huai'an, and the local refugees and tenants were all tools of the Huai'an family.

People are blindly following.

A few days ago, a subordinate punished the thief who robbed food, but was jointly accused by the local people of robbing food and grass, causing turmoil among at least thousands of people.

The aristocratic family helped fuel the fire, and at least thousands of people surrounded the local government offices and demanded justice.

The originally just side was distorted and became the evil side.

Even if the local government clarifies it, it will be difficult to change the rumors that other people hear at the first time.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Zhen said to Hu Er: "I asked you to send someone to thank Mr. Liu, but are you back?"

Yang Xun previously felt that Zhu Zhen was at most relied on Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law to have his current status. Later, the incident of Huoshan refreshed his views and allowed him to see Zhu Zhen's strength.

As a businessman, Chen Wansan was unable to understand that he was transporting food from a ship to Huai'an without calculating the cost.

Even Liu Bowen, a scholar, would rather stand opposite the Huaian family than rescue Zhu Zhen, which made him feel very difficult to understand.

Hu Er thought for a while and said, "Mr. Liu said, look for an insider. The Liu family in Yancheng doesn't need to think about it. First, it's too conspicuous, and second, the people of the Liu family still have some resistance to Master now.

Mr. Liu also told me that if you don’t ask about this, don’t mention it to you.”

Zhu Zhen thought about it and said that the old man Liu Bowen was still a little conservative. He told Hu Er's men like this, but he was afraid that he would hate the Liu family in his heart and force the Liu family to do something with the momentum of victory.

Zhang Lingfeng said from the side: "I heard from my sister before that there is a family named Hu in Huai'an who has a connection with General Hu Dahai, and has dealings with us in paper and medicinal products?"

"Hu family?"

Zhu Zhen’s eyes were deep, how could he forget his old friends?

He said immediately: "Send someone to Jinling immediately and ask General Hu to send someone to talk to him."

It would be fine if everyone doesn’t like fighting each other, but secretly destroy my reputation?

I want you to leave without food - Zhu Zhen did not rush to Haizhou when he waited for the Hu family to come.

Instead, we continue to stay in Huoshan, where there are rich mineral deposits. If we don’t develop them well and build more production lines, it would be a pity.

Firearms are obviously the trend of future wars, while gunpowder is the lifeblood of firearms.

It can be said that whether the firearms can develop rapidly determines Zhu Zhen’s position in troubled times.

Of course, there are also the navy, because the strength of the navy also determines whether Huai'an has the strength to explore its own interests at sea.

The current technology is enough to build sea ships, but the tools to protect sea ships are still relatively primitive, and artillery with sufficient power is also the meaning of the question.

So Zhu Zhen also began to plan to build a new iron plant.

Firearms require iron, and building new cities also requires iron.

Iron and gunpowder will inevitably be strategic resources second only to food in troubled times.

In the era of cold weapons, the Mongol cavalry came and went like the wind. Relying on their strong mobility, they could effectively destroy the opponent's logistical support and unlimitedly destroy the opponent's will to war.

According to the history of entering the city, the Ming Dynasty spent his whole life to attack the grassland. In the end, it not only failed, but fell under the iron hoof of the Jurchens.

Of course, before this, Li Zicheng first stepped on the life gate, and the Jurchens were at most whipping the corpse.

However, even if he was whipped by the grassland, Zhu Zhen could not bear it.

How to completely eliminate cavalry and make the Central Plains the master of this world?

It is difficult to say, and it is simple to say.

Didn’t the Qing Dynasty’s cavalry, which claimed to be the best in the world, disappear in the end by Senggelinqin playing at Bali Bridge?

From the invention of firearms to the large-scale use and the appearance of artillery guns, the key to determining the outcome of the battlefield has shifted from the speed of the war horse to the range and rate of fire of the firearms.

A musketeer does not need long-term training and can shoot a cavalryman with a projectile for more than ten years in one or two months.

It has great lethality and easy replenishment, which is a very good choice.

For Zhu Zhen, it was too difficult to build a Czech machine gun based on current technology, and there was no need to think about submachine guns.

However, everyone worked together and accompanied by Zhu Zhen's guidance, it was easy to develop a rifled gun.
Chapter completed!