"Everyone stop it!"
A voice that is not loud, but is cold enough to stop possible conflicts.
The officials of Huang Song Dynasty immediately imitated the voice and looked over, only to find Li Ning standing behind them.
They excitedly swarmed around Li Ning, as if they had seen the savior.
Li Ning just bowed his hand politely, then came to Cleitas and asked in classical Greek, which was already relatively fluent: "What happened?"
Cleitas has a rude and upright temperament, and his impression of Li Ning is relatively average, so he is not very particular when speaking.
"I'm talking about you guy with skin as yellow as parchment. Since the king trusts your strategy so much, you should go with him to become that damn general logistics officer."
In later generations, one of the most likely sources of intensification of racial issues is the difference in skin color.
So Li Ning subconsciously cared about Cleitas's description, but he quickly figured it out. This was caused by his later understanding, and the other party may not have such thoughts.
So he calmed down a little and began to answer Cleitas's questions.
"There is nothing to criticize in having a smart man in charge of logistics. I don't know what you are complaining about. A smart man may be able to use his talents more easily on the front line, but our king is not a fool. I don't know what you are saying. What evidence do you have to accuse me?"
Cletus was speechless when he said this. He had grown up with Alexander and had been accustomed to respect him from an early age. And Alexander is indeed good enough. He is not a fool, and he did not make mistakes in the appointment of Li Ning.
"But he is in big trouble now." However, Cleitas was not without reason. After all, the purpose of coming here was to find Li Ning for help. "Halicarnassus has three siege cities, and it is very difficult to attack them." Difficulty. The king did not wish to remain too long beneath this fortified city, for he would be despised by the Persians."
"I understand what the king means, and I understand what you mean, but impatience will not solve anything."
An impatient person hates being called impatient, so Cleitas shouted even more impatiently: "Then what can solve the problem? Are you covered in dirt?"
"These dirts can't, but other dirts can. I found them in the cave and used them as one of the raw materials to create a mysterious weapon."
"What mysterious weapon?"
"Enough weapons to help us win the war!"
"Is it really that powerful?"
"Of course, I am your chief logistics officer. Since the war continues on the front line, I cannot be idle and develop one or two new weapons. It is also my duty."
"That's great, hurry up and bring your new weapons, and let's return to Halicarnassus together."
"No, the new weapon is not ready yet, he still needs time."
"Then what do we do?"
"Wait a minute!" Li Ning slowly touched his non-existent beard and said with some sadness, "I have to think about some issues again."
Cleitas finally calmed down. He now has no other choice but to wait for Li Ning's final result.
Soon after, he was arranged to live in a small house next to the customs. Next door was the office where Li Ning often went. However, both rooms were on the other side of the light curtain and Quanzhou City could not be seen.
In Quanzhou City, Pang Ji suddenly received shocking news.
Mr. Boya. The figure that even the emperor was concerned about had already set off south.
This news was transmitted by flying pigeons, flying from Bianjing to Quanzhou within ten days.
The wings of a pigeon are of course much faster than Mr. Boya's legs, so Pang Ji was prepared in advance. Of course, he did not let the pigeon run back, but applied to the Privy Council to mobilize the existing gunpowder inventory on Fujian Road.
There are actually a lot of gunpowder stocks on Fujian Road, but Pang Ji in peacetime didn't care about them, and Li Ning didn't know this when he first arrived.
The reason why there is such a reserve is mainly because the mysterious scholar presented thirteen strategies.
Because that incident happened during the Ming Dynasty, and the scholar's thirteen strategies seemed to be a very clever interpretation of the great road between heaven and earth. Therefore, later people are more and more willing to use the name Mingdao Thirteen Strategies to refer to the content of the thirteen strategies.
However, those 13 policies also put forward very strict requirements for the control of ordnance.
Therefore, even the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Strategy, which is far away from the border, still needs to apply to the Privy Council when using gunpowder.
Fortunately, among those 13 strategies, there are also measures on how to speed up the transmission of military information, among which the use of birds such as homing pigeons is a very important measure. Nowadays, various communication animals, including pigeons and even eagles, are found throughout the south, including within Fujian.
Li Ning didn't know at this time that Huang Song already had a certain foundation before his time traveler arrived.
, and these foundations all come from the mysterious scholar.
There are many speculations that the scholar is Mr. Boya.
Li Ning didn't know if it was right, and even Emperor Zhao Zhen didn't know if it was right, but Emperor Zhao Zhen was certain of one thing. Missing that mysterious scholar was the biggest regret in his life.
So when bidding farewell to Song Minqiu and heading south, he once again confided in him: "Missing Mr. Boya is a lifelong regret of mine, so I can't miss Li Ning again. You have to keep an eye on him for me."
"Don't worry, officials! I will settle down there when I die. From then on, the Luoyang Song family has another branch in Fujian."
Song Shou was in tears beside him. He was reluctant to let his son go to such a far place. He even wrote a letter early and asked Cai Qi to deliver it to Pang Ji, so that his son would not be without support on the Fujian Road.
The only good thing is that Pang Ji is an official who likes to interact with young people.
Shi Zhongli, who was secretly sent to Fujian Road by the government, was simply a child who had not grown up.
With these two guys here, the development of young people will definitely be smoother.
But his son is already relatively lucky, after all, he still has a father who cares about him all the time.
Another person on the road with his son was not so lucky.
Xue Xiang relied on his grandfather's kindness in the past few years. He got the official title of Taimiao Zhailang, and then he got the job of traveling around, and Song Shou still didn't know where he was running.
The reason why he appeared in Bianjing this time was because taking Bianjing was a very fast way to go to Fujian from where he took office.
Bianjing is the best place. At least it's an important channel. As long as it is not a big circle, usually when officials are transferred, Bianjing will be added to the route.
However, it was good this way, as there was someone who was already an official outside traveling with him, so Song Shou didn't have to worry about what would happen to his son on the way.
Therefore, Song Shou had a cordial and friendly conversation with Xue Xiang, and hinted that he could fight for him in the official position.
The cunning Xue Xiang neither agreed nor disagreed. He just patted his chest and promised that he would take good care of Song Minqiu, his little brother.
Zhao Zhen, who went on patrol in plain clothes, was very dissatisfied with Xue Xiang's performance. He felt that this guy was slick and just a despicable person.
For this reason, he even said a few words to Song Minqiu, his mother-in-law, but the other party just politely said that he would be more careful on the road.
In fact, neither of them knew that Song Shou was very happy at this time because Xue Xiang understood his hint and gave him the answer he wanted.
The north wind inside slapped the back, and the warmth of the south seemed particularly worth looking forward to, so the two young people embarked on the journey south, leaving their relatives and friends to watch from a distance.
At the same time, Mr. Boya, who had set out a few days ago, had already completed nearly half of the journey.
Starting from Bianjing, you can take a boat directly south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and you can complete half of the canal's journey in three to five days.
After arriving in Hangzhou, he can change to a sea ship and continue south.
That section of the journey is said to be particularly smooth in winter. After all, with the blessing of the north wind, it is naturally much smoother for merchant ships going south.
However, things don't go so smoothly for some people.
No matter how fast the homing pigeon flies, it will still take half a month to come and go. This is still a relatively optimistic estimate.
Cleitas was impatient to wait and would go to Li Ning every day to urge him. The two sides even had a big quarrel about it.
This incident later reached Pang Ji's ears. He particularly hated Cleitas' appearance as a plague god, and didn't want him to cause any trouble in Quanzhou, so he resorted to some tricks and wrote in the relevant material cashier's account book. The date 15 days after the order was placed, and the amount of 200 kilograms of gunpowder.
