Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

This is the "workshop" for refining fire nitrate, because the nitrate collected from the "pigsty nitrate pool" is not high in purity, so it must be purified here to obtain crystalline fire nitrate.The method of purifying fire nitrate is of course an indigenous method, but as long as you strictly follow the procedures designed by Zhu Hesheng step by step, you can still get high-purity fire nitrate——Zhu Hesheng has used it from other places (stables, chicken and duck sheds, toilets, etc.) before. Experiments were carried out on the nitrate soil scraped from the ground, and three or four catties of fire nitrate with good purity were successfully obtained.

However, the "nitrate workshop" has not started work today, because there is no nitrate available for use!So there was no one in the workshop, only a half-sized man with a thick head and a thick brain, who was sitting in front of a small stove "boiling sugar water". Gloves on.But accidentally, the "sugar water" was scorched. If the small copper pot with a long wooden handle was not removed from the small stove in time, it might be "fried sugar"!

Knowing that he made a mistake, and that he was caught by Zhu Hesheng, the half-child had no choice but to stand up with a sad face and look at Zhu Hesheng like a kid who made a mistake.

Zhu Hesheng didn't get angry, but just said to the boy kindly: "Ah Huzi, it's okay if you boil the sugar water...but it's wrong if you don't wear a mask, gloves, and goggles. Safety production must be the first priority." Also, what about the sand used to put out the fire? Why not put it within easy reach? Boiling sugar water is very dangerous, don’t you know?”

"Brother, I..." Zhu Hesheng said a lot to this kid, he was quite wronged, he was stuttering and unable to speak, and he called Zhu Hesheng "Brother".It turned out that he was the son of Qiu Hui, who was only 12 years old this year.

Probably because he was too careless in studying, which annoyed his father, so he was sent to his brother-in-law Zhu Hesheng to go to the "technical school" - there were 30 people who came with him, all sons of the big brother Hui Qinbing , Come to Zhu Hesheng to learn "boiling sugar", that is, making sweet gunpowder.

However, the master Zhu Hesheng regarded most of them (all except Qiu Hu) as cheap labor, and only taught them half an hour a day (half an hour a day is enough for real teaching). But let them go to the "Nitrate Field" construction site to do manual labor for five and a half hours, and not pay a penny of wages... The faults of this black-hearted capitalist have not been corrected!

Qiu Hu is Qiu Hui's son and Zhu Hesheng's brother-in-law. Of course, he needs special care. Not only does he not need to work hard, but he can also "open a small stove" to practice his craft, and Zhu Hesheng also passed on his craft of making granulated black powder.

But this kid is not a handicraft material, he is clumsy, he has practiced more than others, and he is slower than others in learning.What makes Zhu Hesheng even more troublesome is that this kid has a very bad temper, and he will flatter others if he disagrees with him. That is to say, Zhu Hesheng (actually the original Zhu Qipao) who is "as fierce as a tiger and as evil as a wolf" can subdue him.

Zhu Hesheng said a few words to Qiu Hu, and then ordered: "Wash the copper pot, be careful not to burn it... When you get back, copy the 'Sugar Water Jue' and 'Black Sesame Jue' to me. Remember, you must The handwriting is neat!"

The so-called "Sugar Water Jue" and "Black Sesame Jue" are actually formulas for making sweet gunpowder and granulated black gunpowder—because most of the children Qiu Hui sent couldn't read and couldn't take notes.Therefore, Zhu Hesheng had no choice but to compile the sequence, precautions, etc. of making sweet gunpowder and granular black powder into catchy doggerel, which is also called "mouth formula".

As soon as he heard that he needed to write neatly, Qiu Hu promised with a crying sound, but he didn't dare to contradict Zhu Hesheng - that is the cannon Zhu who is as fierce as a tiger and as vicious as a wolf!

Seeing that Qiu Hu obediently agreed, Zhu Hesheng continued to lead Yang Qilong into a carpentry workshop - this was originally a main room for entertaining guests, but now it has become a workshop for Zhu Hesheng to do carpentry work.Inside, there were several carpenters invited from Gucheng Village to work. Seeing Zhu Hesheng coming in, they did not stop their work and continued to work.

Zhu Hesheng said to Yang Qilong with a smile: "Master, this was originally a living room, but now it's my carpentry room... Let's go a few steps inside and talk to the study."

Your wood shop?

Hearing what Zhu Hesheng said, Yang Qilong realized that there were still desks and chairs in the carpentry room, and there were four treasures of the study on the desks, and a row of strange "line drawing paintings" hanging on the side, all of which were wooden utensils of unknown origin. There are also several copper-cast small round hammers.

Yang Qi Longxin said: "Why does the Third Grandson of Zhu share the same hobby as Emperor Ximiao? Could it be that he is a grandson of carpentry? Can you count on a carpenter for the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty?"

Chapter 043 Grandson Zhu San, give Wu Sangui an order!

"This edict is... must be fake!"

In the study room, Zhu Hesheng had already read the "Chongzhen Legacy" brought by Yang Qilong, and immediately made the most correct judgment - this legacy was a fake as soon as he saw it!

If it's true, you can't just write it on a piece of white paper, and put it in an envelope made of yellow paper!

And the above content is too nonsense-how could Emperor Chongzhen issue an edict to Wu Sangui immediately after the city of Beijing was broken, asking him to assist Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding who had secretly left the city, to revive the Ming Dynasty?

If Emperor Chongzhen really believed in Wu Sangui so much, why didn't he run to Tianjin before the city of Beijing was destroyed?

Wu Sangui's army had already left Shanhaiguan and marched westward at that time. If Emperor Chongzhen retreated to Tianjin and Wu Sangui was faithful and reliable, he could turn south halfway.He will definitely join Chongzhen before Li Zicheng's army reaches Tianjin... Chongzhen's doing so is much more reliable than fighting in Beijing when Li Zicheng is approaching.

The reason why Chongzhen didn't do this was mostly because he didn't trust Wu Sangui, the military leader.

In addition, this posthumous edict was sent by Yang Qilong, the "fake Third Prince Zhu", so it is most likely a fake.

Yang Qilong, the fake Third Prince Zhu, is so capable of fooling around!

You are a big fool, so you can't believe what you say...Zhu Hesheng has been doing "high imitation" for more than [-] years, and he knows the importance of "seeing people".

"This is a copy," Yang Qilong said with an extremely solemn expression, "The original copy has been given by Xiong, the imperial envoy, Xue Zhang, the prefect of Chaozhou, and the others took them to Beijing day and night... If they were in a hurry, Xuan Ye might have read it by now." Finished the original copy of Chongzhen's last edict!"

What?The original edict is still there, and it is still sent to Emperor Kangxi in Beijing?

Does Yang Qilong want to kill my father, a colleague?Zhu Hesheng immediately thought of "hate between peers"!

This Yang Qilong and the Heavenly King Zhu Ke are both in the business of the Third Prince Zhu... Although the Heavenly King Zhu may be the real Third Prince Zhu, and Yang Qilong is definitely the fake Third Prince Zhu, they still go together after all!

Thinking of this, Zhu Hesheng glared at Yang Qilong, the "fake third prince of Zhu", and asked in a cold tone: "Monk Yang, why did you forge such a majestic edict to harm my father?"

Yang Qilong was stunned by Zhu Hesheng's words, and thought to himself: "You third grandson of Zhu, can't you read? Is this edict framed for your father? It was clearly used to deceive Wu Yingxiong's father, Wu Sangui!"

But Yang Qilong can't tell Zhu Hesheng the truth!

How can he admit that this will is his own handwriting?After admitting him, how do you meet with the third prince Zhu of Chaozhou?

In addition, if the news that Wu Sangui and Wu Yingxiong suffered from his forging the imperial edict of Chongzhen came out from Zhu Hesheng and let that old traitor Wu Sangui know, then would he still have it?How could his dream come true by instigating the Manchu Qing Dynasty and San Francisco in an attempt to restore the Han Dynasty?

"Why is your highness like this?"

Yang Qilong looked at Zhu Hesheng in amazement, "Qilong copied the imperial edict of Wei Temple from Shang Zhixin with the sincerity of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and also took the certificate of Chongzhen's inspection left by the master of Wei Temple. Printed... how can you say such a thing?"

Speaking of which, Yang Qilong took out a small object wrapped in bright yellow satin from the middle of the monk's robe, held it in both hands, and placed it on the desk in front of Zhu Hesheng, "My son may as well take a look at this."

"This is..." Zhu Hesheng saw Yang Qilong "giving him a gift", so he picked up the thing and peeled off the bright yellow satin outside, only to find that there was a gold seal inside.

Zhu Hesheng turned the golden seal upside down and looked at it, and found that the words "Chongzhen Youjian" were engraved on the seal-obviously, this was the private seal of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian.

But is it true?

Seeing Zhu Hesheng's puzzled face, Yang Qilong took the initiative to explain: "This is the seal of Emperor Weimiao. Although it is not one of the 24 treasures (24 jade seals), it is often used by Emperor Weimiao to reward his courtiers with calligraphy brushes. Signed, so I know a lot of people."

Emperor Chongzhen's calligraphy is very good, and both cursive and regular scripts have reached a relatively high level, so he likes to write big characters as gifts.In Chongzhen's calligraphy works, the treasure of "Chongzhen Jianji" or "Chongzhen Youjian" is generally used.

"I see," Zhu Hesheng nodded, "I don't know where the mage got this seal from?"

"Shang Zhixin got it from your family's Dananshan Tianwangzhai!" Yang Qilong opened his eyes and said nonsense, "It was he who asked the poor monk to return this seal to His Royal Highness."

But his nonsense is not nonsense.

If this seal did not come from Danan Mountain, how would Yang Qilong explain its origin?

At this time, Zhu Hesheng didn't know that his family's Tianwangzhai was safe and sound, so he was skeptical about Yang Qilong's words.

"Why did Shang Zhixin give me back this seal?" Zhu Hesheng looked at Yang Qilong and asked.

"Because Chongzhen's edict will soon be known all over the world..." Yang Qilong said with a smile, "At that time, His Royal Highness will have to use this seal to issue an order to King Pingxi."

"What did you say?" Zhu Hesheng was almost amused by Yang Qilong, "I gave Wu Sangui an order? Why? Can he listen to me?"

"His Royal Highness," Yang Qilong said with a smile, "Of course Wu Sangui won't listen to you, but he may need your edict... Maybe he will need it soon!"

Zhu Hesheng said: "Emperor Kangxi is not going to cut down the feudal clan right now? If Kangxi doesn't cut down the feudal clan, will Wu Sangui tear himself apart with Kangxi?"

Yang Qilong shook his head and said: "If there was no Chongzhen's edict, Wu Sangui might not raise troops soon, but now...he can't help himself!"

"Really?" Although Zhu Hesheng asked the question, he already had the answer in his heart.

If the "Chongzhen Legacy Edict" really came into the hands of Emperor Kangxi and made it known to the world...then Wu Sangui really had to go against it!

Seeing Zhu Hesheng's expression, Yang Qilong didn't explain any more, but took out a draft that had been prepared, and handed it to Zhu Hesheng with both hands.

Zhu Hesheng took the manuscript and unfolded it. It turned out to be a "Taisun Decree" to encourage Wu Sangui to rebel.

"Your Highness," Yang Qilong said, "If you think the decree I drafted is okay, please copy a copy and use the treasure of 'Chongzhen Yujian'... I will take a risky trip to Yunnan."

Zhu Hesheng smiled, "Master Yang doesn't think that I don't even have anyone who can write the grandson's decree, does he?"

"Ah, that's right," Yang Qilong laughed immediately, "How come Qilong forgot that there is a factory owner on the side of Shizi... the decree drafted by the old man must be better and more compliant than the poor monk!"

Zhu Hesheng just smiled, then changed the subject and asked, "Did Master bring the deployment of the Qing army?"

"That's right," Yang Qilong said, "Shang Zhixin wanted to support the bandits, he was worried that His Royal Highness, with few soldiers, would not be able to withstand the army mobilized by the imperial envoy Mi Sihan, so he asked the poor monk to pass some news to His Highness. "

"Mi Sihan?" Zhu Hesheng asked, "Who is he?"

"He is a Manchurian, from the Fucha family. He was a descendant of the general family. Before he came to Guangdong, he was an official worshiper of the household department and a minister of state affairs. He was Xuan Ye's confidant, and he strongly advocated the reduction of the feudal clan."

Yang Qilong said: "So he became the imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs of Guangdong and Fujian, which will make many people sleepless... Besides, apart from the banner troops of Xushun Duke's Mansion and Haicheng Duke Mansion (Huangwu), Mi Sihan is I will not trust other Han troops or green camps stationed in Fujian and Guangdong for a long time. If the prince wants to break the siege of Guiyu, it is best to do it as soon as possible. If Mi Sihan transfers hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers from the north, the hearts of the people in Guangdong and Fujian I'm afraid it's about to change!"

"What?" Zhu Hesheng was taken aback, "A few hundred Eight Banners soldiers?"

"Yes," Yang Qilong looked worried, "The Eight Banners soldiers themselves may not be very powerful, but the Green Battalion and the Han Army everywhere are afraid of the Manchurian Eight Banners. Once they are escorted by them, they will fight fiercely!"

But Zhu Hesheng smiled slightly: "Master, I am not afraid of the Qing soldiers...because I am the most vicious person in the whole world!"

The most vicious in the world?

Yang Qilong couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, he has stayed in Beijing for so many years, what kind of murderer has he never seen?No matter how you look at Zhu Hesheng's fierceness, it can't be called "the most", right?

But Da Boling's eyes lit up—it turns out that Huo Pao Zhu is still super fierce!

Yang Qilong also nodded at this time, took out another envelope, and handed it to Zhu Hesheng with both hands, "This is a pass token of Pingnan Palace, which I got from Shang Zhixin, you may need it!"

Zhu Hesheng was overjoyed when he heard the words, immediately took the envelope, and cupped his hands at Yang Qilong again, "This is great, with this token, I will be more confident!"

Chapter 044

Of course Zhu Hesheng is super fierce!

Because he is now a big warlord with a territory, an army, and even a "military industry system"!

His father, Zhu Jushan, originally owned two lands, Tianwangzhai in Dananshan and Jinghaibao at the foot of Dananshan, near Haimen Bay. Zhu Jushan was the former Ministry of King Tang who ran out from Wen'an City.

A few days ago, Zhu Hesheng also got the false news that Tianwangzhai was breached by Shang Zhixin, and later sent Yongmeng Su with more than 100 "armies" to take a look.On the third day after Yang Qilong left Gucheng Village, he just "returned triumphantly".Oh, it's actually not a triumph, because nothing happened at Tianwangzhai, it was a false alarm.

Jinghai Fort is a pirate village, and the villagers are all old relatives of Su Dadu (Su Li). After Da Boling and Yongmeng Su took refuge in Dananshan Tianwang Fort, they slowly gathered in Jinghai Fort.However, most of these Suli's old relatives were old and weak, women and children (most of the strong men had died in battle) and some half-sized men, so they could not send many soldiers.

Moreover, these "pirates" don't go to sea very much now, and mainly live by farming the coastal plains at the foot of Danan Mountain-although the early years of Kangxi were not a prosperous time, but because the population lost a lot at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the population and land There are almost no contradictions (unless artificially created by coastal relocation), so it is relatively easy to plan food from the land.

In addition to the two villages of Tianwangzhai and Jinghaibao, Zhu Hesheng also took over the three villages of Longjingdu, Longtiandu and Naritadu from Da Laohui.

Although these three "capitals" are so-called "township capitals", Zhu Hesheng, who is used to having "14 billion brothers and sisters", believes that the population of these three township capitals is placed in the Chaoshan area of ​​later generations, that is, a village .

The combined total population of these three townships is [-] to [-]... There are also a lot of children among them. I don't know if there are [-] adults or not?

So Zhu Hesheng, the warlord who owns the five villages of Tianwangzhai, Jinghaibao, Longjingdu, Longtiandu, and Naritadu, seems to have a sense of sight of a Japanese village chief daimyo in the Warring States Period!

Moreover, this warlord Zhu's current control over the three villages of Longjingdu, Longtiandu, and Naritadu is still a bit weak, because these three villages are all one village and one clan!

Longjing has the surname of Ma, Longtian has the surname of Li, and Narita has the surname of Lin. All the men in a village have the same surname, and they all live in large and small enclosures and are armed.

With the order of the patriarchs of the three surnames, one or two hundred men can be mobilized to guard the enclosure!

In addition, the three surnames of Ma, Li, and Lin are still intermarried and united with each other, and they are connected with each other. At that time, each family often fought with each other for land and water.However, after the border was moved along the coast, the population of Longjingdu, Longtiandu, and Naritadu dropped sharply, and land and water sources were no longer scarce.

And how to survive in the cracks between the remnant forces represented by Da Laohui and the Manchu government is the biggest problem facing the three surnamed clans.

Zhu Hesheng is now the latest and most difficult problem faced by the patriarchs of the three surnames!

Third grandson of Zhu!

Good king of the mountain, you don't do it, but you just play the banner of the third prince Zhu and the third grandson of Zhu... And according to the news from the son of Li who went to Puning and Jieyang to smuggle salt, this third grandson of Zhu who has just become the "Great Warlord of the Five Villages" Mostly true!

This is really a disaster of extermination!

Gucheng Village, Zhu’s Wai Building, in the lobby, Zhu Hesheng, who is wearing a Taoist robe (not Taoist clothing, but a kind of common clothing of the Ming Dynasty), is using a kind of gentle smile that weasels only have when they pay New Year’s greetings to chickens. Looking at the patriarch of the three surnames led in by Da Boling.

The head of the Ma family is a scholar named Jackie Chan.He's not very old, he's just a gentle and gentle scholar... But Zhu Hesheng knew that this humble scholar was a bit ruthless.

Because Longjing Ma's family has the largest number of people among the three surnames, and his family has the most turtledove foot muskets!

The head of the Li family is an old man named Li Youcai. He has a high forehead and looks like an old birthday star. He always has a friendly smile on his face.But Eunuch Pang had already told Zhu Hesheng that this Mr. Li Youcai is actually a big salt lord... a ruthless person!

The patriarch of the Lin family looked like a dutiful farmer, with a face tanned by the sun, he looked honest and honest, not like a villain.But people should not be judged by their appearance!This man's real name is Lin Ahu, and his nickname is "Tiger Lin". He is 40 years old, and he has old acquaintances with Yongmeng Su and Da Boling.After Dadusu's defeat, he took some comrades along with two cannons and went to his hometown Narita to live in seclusion.

Therefore, the Longjing Ma family and the Longtian Li family all relied on turtledove-footed muskets to pretend to resist the Qing soldiers, while the Narita Lin family, which was at the forefront (the location of Narita is the northernmost and is relatively close to Puning County controlled by Qing officers and soldiers), It is to put the cannon directly on the enclosure!

Relying on these two cannons, Lin Ahu had fought back many Qing soldiers who were "forced to relocate", and he was the best among the three tribes of Ma, Li and Lin!

So now Ma Xiucai and old man Li are pushing him to the front to be the first bird.

Zhu Hesheng looked at Lin Huhu's amazing face, and was ready to take him down first.

After taking him down, Ma Xiucai and old man Li would not dare to sing against each other in person.

So Zhu Hesheng asked Da Boling to show Lin Ahu the granulated black powder he had just prepared.

"Auntie, bring Brother Ah Hu a bowl of gunpowder to reduce the fire!"

"What? Use gunpowder to reduce the fire? What do you mean?" Lin Huo became furious when he heard this, and his eyes were about to explode.

"Ahulin, why don't you take a look at this gunpowder first?" Da Boling smiled and took out a pack of granulated black powder that had been prepared a long time ago, then poured it into an empty iron bowl, and put the bowl of gunpowder Push it to Lin Ahu.

"This..." Lin Huo glanced at it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Not bad! Where did it come from?"

Of course not bad!This is black granulated gunpowder, which Zhu and Sheng took a lot of effort to make.Because this thing needs to be granulated, it is much more difficult to get than sweet gunpowder.

"Point!"

Zhu Hesheng is also a person who doesn't talk too much harshly now, so he directly asked Da Boling to set him on fire.

I saw Da Boling took out a fire pack that looked a bit like a cigar, pulled out the lid and blew it a few times to make the originally "stuffy" flame burn more vigorously.Then she directly tore off a piece of burning hemp paper, threw it into the bowl, "boomed", and lit the bowl of gunpowder.

When gunpowder meets fire, of course it burns violently, and a lot of white smoke comes out.

Seeing the color of the smoke, Lin A'hu's mouth was rounded.

The "cleaner" the color of the smoke, the higher the purity of the gunpowder. High purity not only burns vigorously and fiercely, but also has fewer impurities, which is not easy to corrode the barrel.