Chen Yi is not a god who can calculate and calculate.

All the judgments he made are basically situational analysis based on existing information.

To calculate the accounts, during this period, the Qi army stationed along the Huai River had probably suffered casualties of several thousand people.

This number can no longer be described as a result of injury, or even a missing arm and leg.

If you defeat yourself to the point of "little remnant", no matter what orders the Northern Qi court issued to this Southern Expedition Army, the performance of the Southern Expedition Army was enough to make an agreement with their court.

In other words, before the subsequent troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty arrived, as long as the commander of the Southern Army was not stupid, he would no longer consume his troops out of thin air.

Of course, the reason why Chen Yi was so sure was not only because he was simply based on his own speculation, but also some intelligence summary from Di Baosi and Neiwei to make such a judgment.

Sure enough, after Chen Yi and others left the Hongze Lake Camp and returned to their own Huaian defense line, the Huaihe River defense line was calm for half a month, and there was no war. Even the spies from Northern Qi were not as many as before.

Mr. Chen was able to return to the imperial envoy headquarters, rested steadily for a few days, and made up for all the energy he had lost during this period.

Now it is already the autumn of Hongde's eleventh year.

It gradually became colder on the edge of the Huai River.

In Chen Yi's imperial envoy's study room, a young man in a blanket stood in front of Chen Yi, bowed his head slightly to Chen Yi, and bowed, "Young Master, this trip, a total of fifty telescopes were sent, all of which were just made and adjusted."

Of course, there is no one else who calls Mr. Chen Yi and can send the telescope to him. Only Xu Fu, a huge merchant in Jiankang.

After Xu Fu paused, he continued: "This batch of telescopes is more clear than the previous batch, and it should be helpful to the young master."

Speaking of this, he paused and continued, "There is also the winter clothes that the young master wants. I have already sent some of them in advance and put them in the military warehouse."

Chen Yi was writing a letter at this moment. After listening to Xu Fu's report, he pointed to the chair in the study and signaled him to sit down and speak.

After Xu Fu sat down, Chen Yi rubbed his eyes, yawned, and then said: "Originally, cotton coats and other things should be the responsibility of the Ministry of War or other yamen in the court, but if they are afraid that they will make any mistakes, I ask you to send some in advance to prevent problems."

Chen Yi asked with a smile: "It won't affect Zixing's business?"

Xu Fu shook his head quickly: "Some small money is not a problem. The young master may not know that Liulichang's business is very good."

Chen Yi nodded and thoughtfully: "I rarely stayed in Jiankang during this period. I really don't know the situation of Jiankang. What is Liulichang now?"

Xu Fu thought about it for a while, then said with a smile: "After talking to the young master, during the period when the young master was not in Jiankang, at least ten families of officials above the third rank have come to Liulichang to find me."

He paused and continued, "Basically, we are going to invest in the dry stock."

"Don't worry about the tits."

Mr. Chen rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Didn't it all the time you saw that you made money and were jealous. He went to ask for money with a gun?"

Xu Fu smiled and said, "Young Master can scold them like this. I dare not offend those masters."

"You are an imperial merchant, what are you afraid of?"

Xu Fu nodded and said with a smile: "After knowing that it was a business in the palace, everyone gave up. Some of them even gave me money, saying that they just pretended that they had never been here."

Mr. Chen curled his lips.

"Fly camp and dog."

After saying "Sharp Comment", Chen Yi looked at Xu Fu and asked, "Have you learned all the things from those two foreigners?"

"It's seven or eight."

Xu Fu said, "They don't need them to make glass anymore. They are just some new things, and they still need to study them."

“That’s good.”

Chen Yi smiled and said, "From the future, get a few more foreigners to come here, learn all the good things they have on them, and turn them into your own use."

"I'm here this time to tell the young master about this."

Xu Fu stood up, walked to Chen Yi's table, reached out to pour Chen Yi a cup of tea, and then whispered: "Although I have been in Jiankang for the past few months, the business of Dazhong Tea House and Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce going overseas has never stopped."

"Our second batch of merchant ships going to sea have already docked in Fuzhou Prefecture."

He looked at Chen Yi and smiled and said, "This time, he brought back more than a dozen Westerners, and he should have the talents that the young master wants."

Chen Yi's eyes lit up.

What he wanted most was naturally the talents who could build guns and cannons.

However, in the past two years, as his status gradually increased, his understanding of military weapons has become deeper than before.

Although Westerners' muskets and cannons may be much more powerful than those on China's land, at least now, the level of firearms on both sides can only be said to be half a pound.

The only difference is that until now, neither the Northern Qi nor the Southern Chen have paid special attention to the development of firearms.

Since the firearms of both sides are of the same level, Chen Yi is not so passionate about the firearm craftsmen of the Westerners. What he wants more now is scientists among the Westerners to use for the future and leave some seeds of modern science on this eastern land.

However, it is also a good thing to have Western gun craftsmen.

Mr. Chen has a good status. With his current status, he can come with the court to ask for a group of firearm craftsmen. At that time, let them gather together and "combining Chinese and Western" may improve the musket.

You don’t need guns of the level of later generations. You only need to reach the level of flintlock rifle to be applied on the battlefield on a small scale.

Of course, this may take a long time, two or three years, or twenty or thirty years.

But everything, hope is always better than having no hope at all.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi looked at Xu Fu and said in a deep voice: "These Westerners have all tried to send them to Jiankang and find a yard for them to live in."

"And then ask clearly what they know and what abilities they have."

Xu Fu nodded and said, "Young Master, you value these Westerners. You have sent someone to pick them up to Jiankang in your heart. It is expected that you will definitely be able to arrive in Jiankang before the end of the year."

Chen Yi nodded.

"This is not urgent. Just do it step by step. It's not urgent."

Xu Fu nodded deeply and should be right.

In the next time, the two of them talked about a lot of specific things. It was not until half an hour later that Xu Fu took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Yi. He bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Young Master, this is a letter from Fuzhou. Because it cannot be delivered to Brother Jiang, it was delivered to me and asked me to hand it over to the young master."

Chen Yi took the letter silently and glanced at the word "ye" on the envelope. His brows jumped. After taking apart the letter, Mr. Chen closed the letter and looked at Xu Fu, feeling helpless: "She..."

"Why are you coming to Jiankang suddenly?"

"The business of the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce is very good, and the business is gradually getting bigger."

Xu Fu thought about it and replied honestly: "I guess I am here in Jiankang and I have business to do."

When Chen Yi heard this, he rubbed his temples with some headaches and said, "Okay, I understand."

He looked up at Xu Fu and said, "Zixing has worked hard all the way. Let's go and rest first. If you have any questions, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Xu Fu bowed and left Chen Yi's study.

After Xu Fu left, Mr. Chen was still dazed in his study, and his door was knocked again.

"Si Zheng, subordinate Luo Yong..."

Mr. Chen came to his senses and coughed: "Come in."

Luo Yong carefully pushed the door and walked in, handed several envelopes in front of Chen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said, "Si Zheng, this is the information collected by brothers about the reinforcements of the Northern Qi army."

"Please check it out."

Chen Yi unfolded, after looking at it, he frowned slightly and took a long deep breath.

“It’s coming so fast…”

He looked north and murmured, thinking.

"King of Wei Zhao Kai..."
Chapter completed!