After gathering people's support in the Baochao Division for a while, Chen Kan came to the Ordnance Supervisor and repeated what the Baochao Division did.
After a visit to the Baochao Department and the Ordnance Inspector, Chen Kan successfully gained the loyalty of a large number of skilled craftsmen.
These people are the guarantee for Chen Kan's future happy life.
On the way back, Li Si came up and asked: "Master Marquis, don't we already have many craftsmen in our house, why do we still need to recruit these craftsmen?"
Chen Kan looked at him sideways: "Do I still need to report to you what I have done?"
Staring at Chen Kan's cold eyes, Li Si suddenly shuddered.
"Don't dare, I'm too talkative."
Li Rang slapped himself on the mouth, his eyes full of innocence.
After a while, Chen Kan's expression changed from gloomy to clear. He suddenly looked at Li Si and asked, "Li Si, have you been with me for some time?"
Li Rang responded honestly: "Back to Lord Marquis, it has been four years since my subordinates have been following you when they were in Jinyi Guards."
"Yeah, before I knew it, it had been four years."
Chen Kan sighed with emotion and continued to ask: "I remember that you are from Jiangnan. You grew up by the sea and are the best at boating, right?"
"The Marquis has a very good memory. It's true. When it comes to sailing boats, among the brothers, my subordinates say he is second, but no one dares to say he is first."
Li Si responded quite contentedly, then looked at Chen Kan and asked, "Does the Marquis want to form a fleet to go to sea?"
Chen Kan nodded slightly. He had already planned to form a fleet, but he was delayed due to various trivial matters.
But now is the time.
Seeing Chen Kan nod, Li Si suddenly smiled and said: "To be honest with you, Lord Marquis, I have waited too long for this day."
Li Si was telling the truth. Most of the brothers who came to start a business with Chen Kan from Jinyiwei to Wucheng Bingma Division now have places to go.
Xing Fang is now a member of the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities, and Shi Wen is the commander of the Military and Horse Department.
Even Wang Long and Li Hu are now said to have firmly established themselves in the military in Guizhou.
For example, Fang Xu has the potential to replace Zhou Shi in the Three Thousand Battalions and become the real leader of the Three Thousand Battalions.
He was the only one left standing beside Chen Kan.
Although being Chen Kan's personal bodyguard is not bad, what man doesn't have the heart to make contributions.
John Doe is no exception.
Seeing the excitement on Li Si's face, Chen Kan also smiled.
He found that few of the people around him were without ambition.
But this suits Chen Kan's taste. His title is Marquis Jinghai, so his final destination must be the sea.
Li Si is a smart and intelligent person, and he grew up at sea. Chen Kan wants to arrange an escape route, and Li Si is the most suitable person.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Kan said calmly: "Let's talk about it when we get back!"
The group entered the capital on horseback, and Chen Kan's return to the capital was all settled.
I returned to the guest room of the Hou Mansion and took a look at Chen Qia. Now Chen Qia has finally stopped going on a hunger strike. He has gradually regained his energy. I guess he has figured it out.
After reading Chen Qia, Chen Kan went into the study and sat there all day.
The next day, Chen Kan's bodyguard was replaced by a burly man named Zhang Dong.
As for Li Si, he disappeared together with Chen Kan's treasure ship.
...
The weather in Jiangnan was getting colder and colder. Chen Kan got out of bed early in the morning.
Zheng's body is thin and weak and cannot bear the cold, so Chen Kan needs to get up early to make a fire.
Put a lot of charcoal into the stove and light it with a fire stick. After a while, the charcoal will start to burn brightly.
Chen Kan didn't go anywhere these days, just chatting with the old man at Fang Mansion to relieve his boredom.
After lighting the fire, Chen Kan finished washing and started cooking porridge in a clay pot.
Since Chen Kan moved into Fang Mansion, the two sisters-in-law no longer have to get up in the early morning to come to Fang Mansion to cook for Zheng.
Everything is done by Chen Kan.
Today is the seventh day since Chen Kan returned to the capital. Four days have passed like this for Chen Kan.
After making the porridge, Chen Kan helped Zheng to lie down on the couch next to the brazier as usual. After personally feeding Zheng a bowl of millet porridge, he hugged the clay pot and started to feast.
After eating porridge and chatting with Zheng for a while, Chen Kan went out when Fang Zhongxian arrived at Fang Mansion.
On the seventh day, Dr. Zhang was going to the Hou Mansion to change Chen Qia's dressing. He was going to have a look. If nothing happened after changing the dressing, he would be ready to return to Beijing.
It’s not a problem to stay in Nanjing all the time.
In the past few days, the story that Chen Kan burned down Jinyiwei and imprisoned him, after so many days of fermentation, inevitably spread among the people.
Although Jin Yiwei repeatedly refuted rumors that it was caused by dry weather and water flowing out, Chen Kan's horse attack on Jin Yiwei that day was seen by so many people.
So everyone still believes in the so-called truth they see.
The commander of the Jinyiwei wanted to deprive Marquis Jinghai of his great contribution in bringing him back to Benshiyali, so Marquis Jinghai deliberately retaliated.
Anyway, it is said that it has a nose and eyes.
The direct result was that Ji Gang's already bad reputation became even worse.
The common people did not know that he beat up a group of censors in the court, but the courtiers discovered that since Chen Kan took action, the group of mad dog-like censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate had calmed down a lot.
I don't know if he is afraid of being beaten, or if he is holding back some big move.
Chen Kan didn't pay attention to these rumors. He was leaving the capital soon anyway, so any rumors spread in the capital would not affect him.
As for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in Chen Kan's opinion, he is just a grasshopper after the fall. He can't jump around for a few days, and there is no need to take care of it. Whether he is holding back his big move or is weak, Chen Kan will still be Zhu Di's for one day. Son-in-law, Chen Ying can't do anything to him for just one day.
When Chen Kan arrived at the Hou Mansion, Zhang He had already arrived.
All capable people have tempers, and Zhang He is no exception.
Chen Kan has always been tolerant of capable people, so even though Zhang He ordered him to act like a servant, Chen Kan obeyed them all.
Chen Kan handed over the scissors when removing the bandage, carried hot water when cleaning the scabs, and carried the medicine box when applying medicine.
Obviously there are so many servants in the Marquis Mansion, but Zhang He wants Chen Kan to do it. I don't know what the purpose is.
Finally, after some tiger-like operations, Chen Qia's face successfully turned from green to white.
Zhang He wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned to look at Chen Kan and warned: "Okay, Mr. Hou, nothing will happen next. The patient only needs to rest."
After saying that, he took out a pen and paper and began to write down a lot of names of Chinese medicines.
After handing it to Chen Kan, he warned: "Take the medicine according to the prescription. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl. Take one bowl every day for one month. I will keep him alive and well."
Chen Kan cupped his hands and said thanks: "Thank you!"
Then he looked at Zhang Dong beside him.
Zhang Dong understood and immediately took out a plate of silver nuggets covered with red cloth and handed it to Zhang Heshen: "Mr. Zhang, please accept this insignificant token of gratitude."
Zhang He took it expressionlessly and walked away.
After seeing off Zhang He, Chen Kan waved his hand to dismiss everyone, then came to sit down beside Chen Qia's bed and said calmly: "I will return to Beijing soon. Mr. Chen, should you go with me, or should you recover from your injuries in Nanjing?" Come over by yourself later?"
Chen Qia was silent for a moment and asked, "Master Hou, can you tell me what exactly the Marquis is planning?"
Chen Kan looked at Chen Qia in surprise, then shook his head and said, "I can't tell you yet. You will understand when you arrive in Liaodong."
Chen Qia frowned slightly and said, "Why?"
Chen Kan smiled and said: "The capital has too many ears."
Chen Qia was stunned for a moment, then nodded gently: "In that case, I will go with the Marquis. Anyway, I can maintain my health on the boat."
"Okay, then you have a good rest and I will make arrangements."
After asking Chen Qia for his opinion and giving some instructions to Zhang Dong, Chen Kan rode back to Fang Mansion.
At Fang Mansion, the two sisters-in-law have already arrived, and they have cooked a large table of dishes, which are delicious.
Chen Kan finished three bowls of rice in a row before he burped with satisfaction.
In the afternoon, the two elder brothers also finished their business and came to Fang Mansion to accompany Mrs. Zheng.
When everyone finally arrived, Chen Kan smiled and told a few people that he was about to leave the capital and return to Beijing.
After Chen Kan finished speaking, the atmosphere in Fang's mansion suddenly became dull.
Fang Zhongxian asked: "Do I have to go back to Beijing? Can't I stay in the capital for a while longer?"
Fang Zhongyu's face was full of reluctance. The Fang family itself was very thin. Chen Kan finally came back once, and now he has to leave again. Everyone was reluctant to part with him.
Zheng's face was also a little sad. She had raised several children. Now her two daughters were married and their young apprentices had moved to the capital. Although the two sons came to see him every day, they had their own families after all.
Fang Xiaoru is in prison again and she doesn’t know when she will be released.
The strong reluctance of several people towards him made Chen Kan's nose feel a little sore, but it would only be a waste of time for him to continue to stay in the capital.
After returning to Beijing, he had the energy to implement some of the plans he had in mind.
So he still nodded and said: "Senior Brother, I must return to Beijing. You also know that there is no order from His Majesty when I return to the capital this time. In view of past friendship, Your Majesty did not care about me, but there is always friendship. A wasted day.”
As soon as Chen Kan said this, everyone fell silent.
They didn't know Chen Kan's concerns, but it was human nature to miss family members.
After a while, Mrs. Zheng suddenly said: "In that case, then Yuansheng, you can leave. The capital is not a kind place, so you might as well go as far away as possible."
Chen Kan pursed his lips and was about to comfort a few people when he heard a sudden call from outside the door.
"Is Marquis Jinghai in the mansion?"
"Who?"
Several people had confused expressions on their faces at the same time. Since Fang Xiaoru was imprisoned, no one has visited Fang's house for a long time.
Chen Kan frowned, and then said, "Master's wife, I'll go out and take a look."
"Um!"
Mrs. Zheng nodded, and the Fang brothers accompanied Chen Kan out of the room.
A man dressed as a servant was looking at the furnishings in the courtyard. Seeing Chen Kan appear, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Master Marquis, I am the steward of Prince Zhao's Mansion. My prince sent me to invite you to the mansion for a banquet. "
