But Liu Haojia underestimated his discipline, martial arts and courage in inviting those who refused to accept him! Those old men who refused to accept them naturally regarded these bandits as military merits, and led the young men to fight without mercy! And those bandits who only bully ordinary people are no match for Ye Bushou, who is armed to the teeth!
So often when two people meet, they will be torn into pieces by the excited young men! By the time the brigade of soldiers arrived, all that was left was to push the goods back to Tianjin and bury the bodies! But Ye Bushou were proudly displaying their power in Tianjin with a string of heads hung on their horses!
After receiving the angry accusations from the officers below, Liu Haojia had to force Ye Bushou to surround but not attack the bandits when he discovered them! As a result, an even more ridiculous scene occurred. Lao Ye Bu Shuang made full use of Liu Haojia's "surround" order. They directly killed the sentries and "surrounded" the bandits face to face!
So when the bandits found themselves surrounded by a large group of night warriors, they actually surrendered! This is good, because the Wu'an Army soldiers who came behind excitedly didn't even have the job of recovering the goods and burying the bodies. The anticipated work of suppressing bandits turned into an armed training!
However, after some renovations, the city of Tianjin and its surroundings became such that households were not closed at night and people did not pick up lost objects on the road. It actually made the people of Tianjin happy for a long time!
However, Liu Haojia still took some time to rush to the capital before the year, and this time he brought another 1 million taels of silver to Emperor Wanli! As for Zhang Peijia and Tan Cuiying, they can only be entrusted to Zhang Shunping to take care of them. Anyway, he is busy with business in Tianjin and cannot return to Nanjing.
When Liu Haojia returned to the capital, he was naturally warmly received by Emperor Wanli! No matter who sends two million taels of silver in three months, they will be warmly received! So Liu Haojia had lunch with Emperor Wanli in the palace that day. Read the book
Since we are eating in the palace, everyone cannot sit at the same table. However, Emperor Wanli also gave Liu Haojia the greatest honor, that is, his menu was exactly the same as Emperor Wanli's! Moreover, Zhang Jia also got the opportunity to sit down and have a meal because of his meritorious service in assisting Liu Haojia. This is a rare favor!
However, Zhang Jia's treatment was not as good as that of Liu Haojia. His dishes were all rewarded by Emperor Wanli after eating them. However, in a palace with strict rules, the fact that he, a personal eunuch, could sit and eat with Emperor Wanli was enough to show that Emperor Wanli favored him.
The three of them were chatting and laughing very happily, especially when Liu Haojia told the story about dealing with bandits, which made Emperor Wanli laugh and joked: "If that's the case, why don't I give you a decree to help the surrounding people?" There are still a lot of bandits in the province, and I have gone to exterminate them, so this is just for training!"
Liu Haojia smiled bitterly and said, "Long live my lord, I also want to do this, but I can't do it!"
Emperor Wanli was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed and said: "Yes, you can't pass the Ministry of War test alone! These people who are in the corpse position can't do things themselves, but they don't let others do it!"
This is not a joke, Ming Dynasty is very sensitive to the mobilization of troops. In particular, the mobilization of troops across provinces is simply unacceptable in the eyes of civilian officials!
On the one hand, this is too risky. If the soldiers and horses are not controlled, it will easily cause big trouble! Secondly, if the provincial officials cannot solve the problems in this province, doesn’t it mean that they are very incompetent!
So even if they knew they couldn't deal with these bandits, they wouldn't let others destroy them! Maybe as soon as Emperor Wanli passed the decree, a document reporting victory would be handed over from below, telling him that the banditry in the province had been eliminated! As for the bandits who were wiped out, they suddenly turned into new bandits!
Upon seeing this, Liu Haojia hurriedly said: "Long live my lord, there is no need to worry. From what I just said, we can see that these bandits are just scabies, but they are just unwilling to take action seriously! If we want to wipe them out, their Death can only happen in the blink of an eye!"
Emperor Wanli shook his head, raised his glass and said, "Don't talk about this, come on, drink!"
After the three people put down their wine glasses, Emperor Wanli continued: "Let's not talk about the frustrating things just now. Why don't you tell me about artillery? I only know that artillery shoots out solid shells. I have never heard of it. There are also flower bombs!"
Liu Haojia explained the principle of blooming to him, and also described another new weapon to him, that is,
It is what is historically known as the Congreve Rocket!
According to legend, that thing is a large Sky Monkey, which relies on gunpowder to propel itself towards the enemy, and then explodes to cause damage! The power is not small, but as for the accuracy, it all depends on God’s will! But at least it's a ranged weapon of destruction!
This kind of Congreve rocket was once all the rage in Europe! Before every battle, if you don't shoot hundreds or even thousands of them into the opponent's camp, it wouldn't be a battle!
Just when Liu Haojia was describing the future of firearms in a dazzling way, and Emperor Wanli and Zhang Jia were intoxicated, a eunuch came in from outside and bowed and said: "Long live my lord, the Queen Mother has sent Miss Zijuan. "
Although Emperor Wanli felt a little unhappy because his illusion was broken, he still did not have an attack, but ordered the eunuch to bring in the girl Zicuckoo.
There are four daughters and maids around Queen Mother Li who she often uses as confidants, and Zijuan is one of them! Even Emperor Wanli didn't want to offend such a person unnecessarily.
After a while, the eunuch came in with three people. The first person should be the girl Zicuckoo mentioned by the eunuch. The other two were low-grade palace maids, but they each held a plate in their hands, covered with a layer of yellow. Silk, can't see what's inside.
Seeing people coming in, Liu Haojia and Zhang Jia stood up to greet them. Emperor Wanli would naturally not get up. And Miss Zijuan was also a smart person. She did not rely on herself to act arrogantly around the Queen Mother. Instead, she bowed to Emperor Wanli in a polite manner and only got up after receiving permission.
Then Emperor Wanli asked: "I wonder what the queen sent you to do?"
Zijuan said: "Long live my lord, I was sent by the empress to deliver something to Hou Wu Ning."
Emperor Wanli originally wanted to ask what the gift was, but he thought he would know soon, so he raised his hand to indicate to her to do whatever she needed to do.
When Zijuan saw Emperor Wanli's signal, she turned around and said to Liu Haojia: "The empress said that Marquis Wu Ning worked hard for the royal family. He prepared two million taels of silver just for the wedding of Wanzai Lord. It can be said that he is very loyal. Jia! That’s why I’m giving you a pair of Yu Ruyi!”
When Liu Haojia heard this, he wanted to kneel down and thank him immediately, but as soon as his mind moved, he immediately turned to look at Emperor Wanli, with a look of inquiry in his eyes.
