"Reporting, Navy Commander Zhu Chengxiu is here to see you."
With a loud shout, Zhu Chengxiu, the former Tianjin Navy Commander who had no choice but to become a thief, stood in front of the Revolutionary Army's High Command. When he heard someone shouting 'come in' from inside, he lifted the curtain and walked in.
Zhou Qingfeng was in charge of the Revolutionary Army and was the commander of this organization. He was also in charge of the armed forces of this organization. He was not only in charge of the Imperial Guard but also the navy. This time he called Zhu Chengxiu, who was in charge of the navy, for one thing. "Brother Zhu, sit, sit, sit first."
There were maps and books everywhere in the office. Zhu Chengxiu sat on the chair close to his butt. Zhou Qingfeng said to him happily, "I plan to change the navy to the navy, set up a navy school, and adjust the navy. In view of Brother Zhu's excellent performance in the navy, the soul and spirit that were forcibly detained before are now returned. "
In order to control Zhu Chengxiu, Zhou Qingfeng used a dirty trick. Now that the soul and spirit were returned, Zhu Chengxiu was confused. Zhou Qingfeng continued, "It's winter now. Brother Zhu hasn't been home for a long time. It just so happens that I'll give you a month's leave after this restructuring. Now go and hand over your work and mission. When Brother Zhu comes back, I will promote you. "
With these words, Zhu Chengxiu was asked to leave the office again. Along the way, he felt confused and confused, but he suddenly felt relaxed. One of his souls and one of his spirits were back. Was he going to let him go?
Zhu Chengxiu was a navy commander in the Revolutionary Army. In fact, he spent most of his time as a fishing commander. At most, he commanded more than 30 ships to fish in the coastal waters. In order to ensure that the Revolutionary Army had enough meat, he had done his duty.
It snowed in October in Liaodong. Now in November, it was even colder. The sea near the camp was frozen. In addition, Lushun didn't have enough transport capacity, so a large number of ships were transferred to transport ships. Zhou Qingfeng said to take the opportunity to reform and send Zhu Chengxiu on vacation. It was really confusing.
Currently, Zhu Chengxiu did not have any work or missions, so it was easy for her to leave. With only a box of carry-on luggage, he happily took the carriage from the intercity courier station to Lüshun, and then took a boat back to Tianjin. Not mentioning the journey, he only knelt down in front of the door with tears in his eyes when he got home. When the servants outside saw this, they cried out in alarm and reported to the Zhu family's old master.
The Zhu family mingled with the navy, it was just that there were many yamen in Tianjin, and each official was higher than the other. Their family was not as good as the top, but they were more than enough to compete with the bottom. When Old Master Zhu saw that his grandson had returned, he immediately opened the door to welcome him.
The whole family cried bitterly when they saw each other. Zhu Chengxiu kowtowed to the elders one by one before slowly telling them about her experience as a thief. After he finished, he asked the Old Master nervously, "Grandfather, did I make a big deal out of being a thief?"
"Big my ass. No one cares about you at all. If you hadn't sent someone to deliver a letter to us a month ago, we would have thought that you would never come back. " The Zhu family's old master sat high up in the hall and sneered, "Nowadays, there is no one in charge of Daming's court. There has been a shortage of cabinet elders for many years, more than half of the six ministries are missing, and a large number of memorials are ignored. If there is nothing important, the Emperor is too lazy to go to court. "
The result of Wanli's neglect wasn't that he was the only one slacking off, but that the entire country's administrative system collapsed. Daming's court slowly became a deaf and mute giant with feet made of mud.
Hearing that there was nothing serious, Zhu Chengxiu felt relieved. He lived comfortably at home for a few days, but found that his family wasn't happy because of his return. Instead, they ran around every day as if plotting something. Until one day, when he woke up early in the morning, he was dragged to his ancestral hall. Old Master Zhu pointed at the ancestral tablets and shouted, "Kneel!"
Something bad seemed to be happening!
Zhu Chengxiu turned around and saw his parents' sorrowful expressions. He immediately felt his hair stand on end. He kowtowed several times in front of the ancestral tablets and heard his grandfather reporting to the ancestral tablets, "All the ancestors above, the Zhu family has a son, Cheng Xiu, who fell into the trap and became a thief, it is a disgrace to the family name. In order to avoid disaster, from today onwards, his name will be removed from the ancestral records, and he will no longer be listed in the family. "
Zhu Chengxiu was still kowtowing. When he heard this, he was so frightened that he burst into tears, "Grandfather, grandson knows he was wrong. Grandfather, don't drive me away, I really didn't mean to become a thief. I've already turned over a new leaf. In the future, I'd rather die than be associated with those thieves. "Being removed from the ancestral records was a huge stain on his name. It was worse than death. He hugged his grandfather's thigh and wailed loudly.
The Zhu family's old master finished paying respects to the ancestors, then kicked Zhu Chengxiu away and shouted, "Fool, driving you away is for your own good."
Ah?!
Zhu Chengxiu was pulled up by his parents with tears in their eyes. He was already dumbfounded.
The Zhu family's old master continued, "Our Zhu family has been in Tianjin for more than a hundred years. Our ancestors have worked hard to manage it, but there hasn't been any improvement. You following the 'Revolutionary Army' is an opportunity. We can't let it go. "
What …. Becoming a thief is still an opportunity?
"Do you know how many branches the Zhuge family had during the Three Kingdoms period?" The Zhu family's old master began to talk about the ancient times.
"Three branches, Wei, Shu, and Wu." Zhu Chengxiu was the son of an official, so he understood this matter. He seemed to understand something, "Grandfather, you don't want me to …"
The Zhu family's old master nodded slightly, "This' Revolutionary Army 'is powerful and aggressive, rarely seen in the world. You can feel it just by looking at the ships that arrive in Tianjin every day. "He ordered someone to bring a wooden bowl and asked," Do you recognize this bowl? "
The 'Revolutionary Army' commanded hundreds of thousands of people. For a time, there were so many people that they didn't even have a bowl to eat. But the wood processing factory's semi-mechanical processing ability really couldn't be compared to manual work. Not waiting for the entire factory to finish construction, the supply of simple wood products quickly increased. Bowls and chopsticks were really a piece of cake.
As long as one went to the 'Revolutionary Army' factory, they would be shocked by the huge processing ability. But there was no need to go to the factory to see, far away in Tianjin, they could feel the unstoppable power of this industrial torrent.
The Zhu family's old master took out a wooden bowl, how could Zhu Chengxiu not recognize it? He nodded and said, "The bowls and chopsticks of that group of rebels are all the same, all of them are the same style."
After the Zhu family's old master got the confirmation, he let out a long sigh, and even the family members in the ancestral hall were discussing it. Zhu Chengxiu was still confused, "What does this have to do with me being expelled from the family?"
"What does it have to do with? It's a big deal. " The Zhu family's old master took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Chengxiu, "Last month, your 'Revolutionary Army's' young commander sent a letter. The letter didn't say anything special, just that everything is fine and you can come back soon. This is obviously colluding with us. "
"Now that grandson is back, grandfather doesn't need to pay attention to it."
"Don't need to pay attention to it?" The Zhu family's old master picked up the wooden bowl and said, "Do you know how long it takes for a carpenter to make this bowl?"
How could Zhu Chengxiu know this? She could only shake her head.
The Zhu family's old master asked again, "Do you know how many of these wooden bowls have been shipped over from Lushun in the last half month?"
Zhu Chengxiu didn't know.
"It's overwhelming!" The Zhu family's old master had an extremely frightened expression, "Just this kind of unremarkable wooden bowl was shipped over in half a month. This bowl was sold in Zheng Guozhang's shop. At first, everyone didn't take it seriously, thinking it was cheap to buy a few. Later, everyone discovered that the number of bowls was uncountable, and even the people of our Tianjin commander's yamen were alarmed.
The imperial court even personally sent people to check the storeroom and count these bowls. After confirming the number, everyone was shocked. Everyone in the imperial court was speechless. At first, there were people who wanted to exterminate that group of rebels, but now no one has this confidence. "
"Why?" Zhu Chengxiu was confused, "Isn't it just a bowl?"
"What's strange isn't just a bowl, but that in the last few days, the 'Revolutionary Army' has actually shipped over tens of thousands of similar bowls. These bowls aren't selling well in Tianjin, but they're still selling well in other places. Zheng Guozhang was very happy about this. Making money is a small matter, but this is really surprising. "
"Grandpa, I really don't know what's so strange about this bowl, please enlighten me."
"Making a bowl is so easy, how about making arrows?"
Ah …?
Zhu Chengxiu really hadn't thought about this question.
It was very difficult to make arrows in ancient times, and it was not easy to get a straight wooden shaft. It was impossible to get tens of thousands of the same wooden shaft to make arrows. If the length, weight, and thickness of the arrows were different, the accuracy of the shooting couldn't be guaranteed. The technique of processing a wooden bowl on a lathe was the same as processing an arrow shaft.
The Zhu family's old master lowered his voice and said, "We asked many craftsmen, and they all said that the 'Revolutionary Army' must have mastered some secret technique to make a bowl to such an extreme. It's absolutely easy to make arrows. If it's so easy to make arrows, isn't it even easier to make weapons?
Not long ago, a merchant named Wang Kai from the 'Revolutionary Army' sent a set of armor to Zheng Guozhang, saying it was a small congratulatory gift. Zheng Guozhang treated it as a treasure and invited many famous people in the capital to appreciate it. He even publicly let people hack it. Guess what happened? "
Zhu Chengxiu shook his head again.
"None of the ministers and generals in the capital could hack it open until they invited a real master to use ten layers of magical power to open a hole. Zheng Guozhang laughed heartily upon hearing this, feeling that he now had a backer. Recently, there are people in the court secretly saying that they want to recruit this group of rebels, and the Zheng family that had lost power has risen again. "
Zhu Chengxiu didn't think of so many things, but he also said in a low voice, "Grandpa, the 'Revolutionary Army' is indeed good at strange and obscene tricks. But they are extremely bad to the nobles, almost killing them on sight without mercy. "
The old master nodded slightly and sighed, "I also know about this. In the past, when the dynasty changed, the aristocratic families of the nobles all became dust. The nobles of the Daming dynasty are all a pile of mud, no matter who comes to seize the country, they are not willing to carry this burden. Although the 'Revolutionary Army' seems to be reckless, it is actually very clever. In the short term, it is a bit troublesome, but in the long term, who knows how many less constraints.
The 'Revolutionary Army's' power is strong, I'm afraid they are going to reform. So it is time for our Zhu family to prepare for a rainy day. Go to Liaodong and spread the leaves, at least make friends with the young marshal of the 'Revolutionary Army'. This person has the bearing of a dragon and a tiger, unfathomable, he must be a hero of the generation. It is a good thing that you can be the commander of the navy now.
If one day the 'Revolutionary Army' really wants to sweep the world and kill all the nobles in the world. Remember, you must not save them. Even if they want to kill me, grandpa, don't come. Do you hear me? You have already been removed from the family tree, you have nothing to do with us. "
Zhu Chengxiu was shocked and dumbstruck.
"Grandpa, aren't you too anxious? Wait for a few years when the situation is clear, isn't it better? "
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