Chapter 174 The Navy
Feng Jian finally saw his eyes turning to the man sitting in the chair and smiling at him. He was moved and said, "Why is Brother Hu coming? It's really a terrifying brother."
Hu Dadao, who was sitting in the chair, smiled and said, "How can I be the eldest brother absent on your happy day? Besides, the wound on my body has healed."
The front hall of the Bingbei Mansion was noisy and lively, but the bridal chamber in the back hall was quiet. The ground was covered with thick carpets, the gauze lamps in the house were all pink, and a pair of dragon, phoenix red candles on the joy table were lit and shining. The joy bed where the bride and groom were sleeping was also dyed into a bright red under the pink light.
At this time, a woman wearing a phoenix crown and a robe was sitting on the bed. At this time, the red veil was lifted open to her side, and the phoenix crown and a robe looked more beautiful and colorful.
According to local custom, after entering the bridal chamber, a woman with good and longevity and good life knocked the bride's head with a scale rod, and then picked off the "veil tent", indicating "satisfaction", which means "please ask for a square scarf". The groom sat out and left.
The woman was the bride Chen Lilan. She was whispering to the little hairpin that was dressed up on the side. As Chen Lilan's personal maid, Xiao Zhang came to dowry. The two of them said that their faces were full of flushing.
There were four or five maids who were brought to serve from the prefectural palace in the bridal chamber. These maids were also smart people. They did not visit the situation outside and informed their ladies in time.
Chen Lilan looked a little dazed. From the time he met Feng Jiandao, he got married today, he initially regarded this man as a bandit. After contacting him, he gradually discovered many unique features of this man, and gradually became curious about this man. He began to inquire about this man's words and deeds, but he felt more and more that the man was as difficult as a mystery...
Thinking of the New Year when he brought someone to send him back to Pingdu when he was attacked by a bandit in Xiaohuakou, what he said to him is still in his ears: "As long as I, Feng Jian, are here, you will definitely not be hurt at all!" Every time I think of this sentence that is not a vow but is ten thousand times more heavy than a vow, and is not a love word but is more touching than a love word, Chen Lilan will think and play with it for a long time. This is the man's promise!
Suddenly, Xiaozhang beside him asked, "Miss, you and Guan Feng are going to bridal chamber tonight, where should Xiaozhang sleep in!"
Chen Lilan's face flushed again and she whispered: "Silly girl, go to Feng Jian's thighs to sleep and warm his quilt."
At this moment, in the office room of Feng Jian of Huluyan Court Hall, there was a woman with tears on her face sitting beside the simple wooden table. At this moment, her face was filled with tears, but she kept her mouth shut and she kept her heart from showing her sorrow.
She gently stroked the pair of emerald jade bracelets on her hand and said to herself: "Sister Li Lan can help you, but Su'er can also help you! You said that you will not forget Su'er! In the end, you forgot Su'er, oh!"
The bright eyes were teardrops, and the mouth was humming softly: "You must separate unless the sky does the earth. You must separate. Unless the east does the west... You must divide the time, you cannot divide me. I must separate the time, you cannot separate you. Even if you die in the underworld, you cannot separate the ghost..."
As she sang, she could no longer resist the grievance and sorrow in her heart. The girl cried bitterly.
Standing outside the house, Su Su's mother couldn't help but burst into tears as she listened to her daughter crying sadly. Alas, Su'er didn't have the fate to be a wife for others. Then she had to have a side room!
On the eighth day of July 19, the fourth year of Chongzhen, Feng Jian held a grand wedding again at the garrison palace! The bride was Feng Jian's first confidante, Su Su.
Since Feng Jian had negotiated with Chen Lilan in advance and obtained Chen So-he's understanding, Feng Jian announced in public that Su Su was also his wife.
When I heard this news, the most happy person was the leading figures in Huluyan's military and political aspects. Because Su Su was born in Huluyan, she had a natural sense of intimacy with them, but she had a great sense of distance from Chen Lilan, the daughter of a daughter.
On the night of the bridal chamber, Feng Jian stripped Su Su into a Little Aries several times to conquer Su Su suddenly saw tears in his eyes, and he couldn't help panic.
Su Su saw Feng Jian's panic expression in tears and couldn't help laughing: "You big villain always bullies Su'er! You always make Su'er worried!"
Feng Jian blinked his eyes and reacted, hugged the beautiful ketone body in his arms with both hands, and whispered: "I have said a long time ago that I will never forget my baby Su'er, and this sentence will never change until death!"
On August 18, the fourth year of Chongzhen, the governance of Jiaolaihe, the south of the city of Pingdu Prefecture, was completed. A total of 10,000 people were mobilized for this unblocking and control of the Nanjiaolai River. It lasted nine months from the twelfth month of the third year of Chongzhen. A total of 53,843 taels of silver were spent, and all silver was issued by Feng Jian's Office.
Pingdu Prefecture invited experienced river officials to comprehensively plan and dredge the Nanjiaolai Canal to connect the surrounding water systems to divert the water around the Jiaolai River and increase the water potential of the Jiaolai Canal. At the same time, nine sluice gates were built during the Jiajing period to re-reinforce and transform them to adjust the water level of the surrounding rivers.
By the time the dredging was completed, the entire Nanjiaolai River had returned to the scale of the channel during the Jiajing period.
At this time, the bright red gold-edged flag of Zhenshan Camp was planted on the north bank of the river, and rows of soldiers from Zhenshan Camp stood neatly under the flags. In front of the soldiers of Zhenshan Camp were filled with major military and political figures of Zhenshan Camp and the main officials of Pingdu Prefecture.
Chen Suwen, the governor of Pingdu Prefecture, Feng Jian, the guardian of the Xun Camp in Pingdu Prefecture, and Fang Zengwei, the governor of Pingdu Prefecture, stood side by side at the front of the line. Without exception, their eyes looked along the Jiaolai River channel towards Jiaozhou Bay.
On the south bank of Jiaolai River, there are crowds of people watching the fun. I heard that the Jiaolai River will be dredged and stored in water today, and a large ship will be launched from the Dengzhou Navy, and the sea transportation connecting Jiaozhou Bay will be started.
People living nearby naturally know how much benefits this sea route will bring to them after the opening of this sea route. A hundred years ago, the people around them would not have to worry about food and drink when guarding this waterway. Unfortunately, due to neglecting management and repair, this golden waterway gradually became a discarded river channel that could not be shipped. People along the coast guarded the treasure pot, but lived a poor and poor life!
Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Look, the boat is here!"
In an instant, the onlookers burst into a trembling cheer: "The boat is here! The Nanjiaolai River can open the boat!"
On the north bank of Jiaolai River, Feng Jian and others stared at the two flat-headed big lucky ships sailing towards Jiaolai River with excitement.
The Dafu ship gradually sailed into the Nanjiaolai River channel. Seeing that the speed of driving was significantly slowed down, it was obviously due to the unfamiliarity with the waters that were traveling for the first time.
Looking at the No. 1 Big Blessing Boat sailing from afar, Chen Suo sighed: "Qi Jiguang once told people that the blessing boat is as tall as a city, and cannot be driven by human power. It depends entirely on the wind. The Japanese ship is as short as my little Cang boat. Therefore, the blessing boat rides the wind and presses down like a car crushing a mantis, fighting the power of the boat rather than human power. Now when you see the real big blessing boat, you know that what Qi Shaobao said is not false!"
Fang Zengwei, the head of the state, stood beside him, obviously had some knowledge of the navy's blessing ship. He stroked his head and said, "In "The Secret of the Sea", Yu Dayou recorded that the blessing ship was powerful and was able to rush to the waves of plowing seas. The bottom was pointed and the top was wide, the head was raised and the tail was high, the draught was one or two zhang, the helm tower was three, the mast was three, and the plate was protected. The ship was equipped with twenty doors of the Folang machine, ten doors of the bowl gun, one hundred bird guns, sixty doors of sleeve guns, two hundred rattan boards, sixty long spears, one thousand dart guns, one hundred pairs of iron armor, one hundred helmets, and three hundred waist knives."
Feng Jian said: "According to the organization of the Xun Camp in our province, the navy of the camp organized two posts, with a total of 510 people, with a total of ten large, medium and small warships, a total of four first guns, a total of 4 Folang machine guns, and a total of 30 guns. The total number of guns was 74, and the number of naval officers and soldiers on the ship was 510. In this way, the military equipment on these two big blessing ships would be more than enough."
Chen Suwen nodded and said, "This is all due to Governor Sun's care. Only in your state's Xun Camp has such a lucky ship. Governor Sun will arrive later. You must thank Governor Sun."
Feng Jian's eyes remained unchanged, and the two tall and majestic blessed ships secretly curled their lips: "The son-in-law will know!"
Then he suddenly frowned and said, "How to deal with the navy officers and soldiers on the two lucky boats?"
Chen Suwen also realized this problem, and it was obvious that Sun Yuanhua did not explain this issue clearly in advance.
Chen Suwen pondered and said, "You have to ask the Governor to know this. If the Governor really wants to use these 500 naval officers and soldiers as officers and soldiers of your state Xun Camp, then the food and money for your state Xun Camp will only be distributed to the naval officers and soldiers!" The implication is that your guards under Feng Feng will not get food and money.
Feng Jian was not worried about the food and salary of the five hundred navy soldiers. Zhenshan Camp is now full of food and supplies, so how could they take the food and salary of the Zhouxun Camp in the eyes?
However, Zhenshan Camp is now short of naval commanders. With these 500 naval commanders joining, it is a matter that cannot be obtained.
Later, he used the Nanjiaolai River as a base and gradually expanded his naval ranks. Therefore, Feng Jian found that he hoped that Sun Yuanhua would keep the naval officers and soldiers of the two lucky ships.
Feng Jian rubbed his chin and said, "The current Zhouxun Camp is equivalent to an empty shell. My son-in-law hopes that Governor Sun will keep these 500 naval officers and soldiers in Zhouxun Camp."
All the officials from Pingdu Prefecture, including Chen Suwen, looked at Feng Jian in discomfort.
Nowadays, holding the quota of soldiers in your hands means that there is endless money and food to eat and drink. Only he knows how many soldiers the military generals raise, but he receives military pay according to the rated number of soldiers. It is common to eat empty salary and drink soldiers' blood.
On the surface, Sun Yuanhua generously transferred the two great blessing ships to Feng Jian's command, and probably took the opportunity to squeeze out the number of troops in the Feng Jianzhou Xun Camp.
There are 500 military quotas, how come Feng Jian really doesn’t care?
Chen Suwen stared at Feng Jian and said, "What are your plans?"
Feng Jian said half-truely: "The Nanjiaolai River navigation route is opened, and Pingdu City will soon become a place for cargo distribution in the surrounding area, and prosperity is just around the corner. As the guard of the Zhouxun Camp, the son-in-law cannot let the rioters destroy this golden waterway and destroy the prosperous and lively situation in Pingdu City. The son-in-law decided to ask the Governor Sun to stay in the Zhouxun Camp with the navy officers and soldiers to station in the Nanjiaolai River!"
Chen heard that Feng Jian was a person who had never been willing to suffer losses. There must be a reason for this statement this time, so he stopped talking and turned around to see the two big lucky ships that were almost docked.
Chapter completed!