Du Ke remembered why the scene just now was so familiar. It happened just over two months ago. So now, looking at the guards in front of him, Du Ke suddenly had some thoughts. Could it be that Qin Fang sent someone again? Du Ke thought about it and thought that this should be impossible. "What is the matter in the mansion that you come to see me?"
The guard said respectfully: "General Qin of Yunxiang County sent someone to see you, saying that there is something important and asks you to return to the mansion."
Du Ke felt that his mind was broken, or there was something wrong with his hearing. How did he get involved with Qin Fang again? He felt that getting involved with Qin Fang would never be good for him.
The first time he got involved with Qin Fang was when some barbarians in the Yongzhou military camp surrendered, and then he was sent to the Yongzhou military camp. The journey was long and he was exhausted.
The second time Qin Fang was involved was about Huanshui County. Then he was sent to Huanshui County again. The journey was not far, but he was still exhausted. He was exhausted to death when he went to Yongzhou because the journey was long, but after arriving in Yongzhou, he didn't have much to do. But even if the journey to Huanshui County was not far, he was still tired because there were many things to do.
What's the matter this time?
Du Ke wanted to curse.
However, every time Qin Fang was involved, it seemed to be a good thing. The first time, the barbarian surrendered, the second time, the bandit was suppressed, what about this time? Although Du Ke was disgusted, he could not deny that he was looking forward to it in his heart and was very curious.
Because it was an important matter, Du Ke had to leave his duty early. As soon as he returned to the Du Mansion, he met Tao Shan. Tao Shan respectfully took out a letter and a memorial from his arms.
Du Ke raised his eyebrows when he saw this behavior. He knew what Qin Fang meant. However, Qin Fang was a military general. In Qi State, if a military general stationed outside had local affairs to report, generally speaking, the memorial would first go to the Ministry of War. So there was no problem with Qin Fang sending this memorial to him. But Du Ke knew that Qin Fang didn't mean that. He wanted him to take a look. He was trying to get close to him. What
a shameless thing.
Although he thought Qin Fang was shameless, Du Ke was in a good mood. However, this good mood was not good at all when he took out the letter.
Let me ask you, who can write so many things in a letter? Qin Fang's letter took up more than ten pages. If Qin Fang was a master of calligraphy, he would just look at his calligraphy, but Qin Fang was not. Although the handwriting was quite correct, in his eyes, it was still childish, very bad.
Du Ke said, "Is your general very free recently? There are a lot of trivial things in Yunxiang County?" Otherwise, where did Qin Fang get the time and energy to write so much?
Tao Shan didn't know why Lord Du asked this, but seeing that Lord Du didn't seem angry, he answered honestly: "The general has not rested since he arrived in Yunxiang County. He first settled the barbarians... No, the general said that they are already the citizens of Qi State and can no longer be called barbarians. They can be called the new citizens of Qi State.
After settling the new citizens of Qi State, the general repaired the county wall and set up a military camp. After that, he checked the Beast Mountain. There were a lot of things to do. When I came, the general was still busy all night."
Du Ke was very satisfied when he heard it: "He is thoughtful." The new citizens of Qi State, this title is really good. However, repairing the county wall and setting up military camps, although they are also serious matters, they are not important matters in his opinion. Then, Du Ke did not say anything, but read Qin Fang's letter.
In the letter, Qin Fang first talked about the settlement of the new citizens of Qi State, and then said that he would recruit 300 new citizens of Qi State as the garrison force of Yunxiang County. Although this move is bold and somewhat inconsistent with the policy of breaking up the whole into parts, the soldiers' relatives are in the countryside. For the safety of their relatives, they will not do anything. It is okay.
The second thing is about using military pay to buy land and using the grain and crops on the land to feed the soldiers. Seeing this, Du Ke was shocked. This is really a good thing. Who would have thought that soldiers could be raised in this way?
The court has always been harsh on military commanders. The money allocated by the court to the military camps is always very little. The court is always worried that the money is inflated, and is afraid that the money will be embezzled by the military commanders or used for other purposes. At the same time, the money and food given by the court are all collected from taxes. Once the taxes cannot be collected, the court will be poor, without money and food.
However, the court has never thought about growing land to support the army. Seeing what Qin Fang wrote in the letter, using military pay to buy land and using the income from the land to support the soldiers, this is what his wife wants, and Du Ke thinks it is normal. Only the women who deal with the affairs of the inner house would think of such things.
Du Ke continued to look down, and when he saw the Shoushan Changshou Taoist Temple, the Iron Chain Man, and Qin Fang's suspicion that it was related to King Liang, his eyes sank.
Du Ke didn't have a deep impression of King Liang this year, but he did have an impression. He was thirty-eight this year. Twenty years ago, although he was already eighteen years old, King Liang had already gone to Renzhou, and he had never paid attention to a powerless King Liang. Du Ke thought that he might have to ask his father about King Liang. Du Ke continued to look down, and then saw the sulfur mine and saltpeter mine.
Qin Fang wrote about sulfur and saltpeter mines. According to my understanding, sulfur and saltpeter are the main materials for making firecrackers. If the court uses sulfur and saltpeter to make big firecrackers, then if we use big firecrackers in war, will we have a huge advantage in the war?
Qin Fang did not mention Yang Haiyan. Although he did not favor boys over girls, nor did he look down on his wife, he knew that if a woman participated in such a major event of the court, she would eventually be talked about. So Qin Fang did not mention Yang Haiyan here. As for the land of the military camp, it was related to the inner house, so Qin Fang told it truthfully.
Du Ke naturally knew about sulfur and saltpeter. The court had also thought about this big firecracker, but there was not enough sulfur and saltpeter, so this idea had to be suspended. He didn't expect that Qin Fang actually found sulfur and saltpeter mines.
According to Qin Fang's letter, the King of Liang had already found sulfur and saltpeter mines 20 years ago, but the King of Liang didn't tell the court because he wanted to make elixirs, and finally the King of Liang died of illness. But if the King of Liang didn't have this selfishness 20 years ago, then the Qi Kingdom 20 years later might have unified the world.
On the other hand, the King of Liang concealed the sulfur and saltpeter mines 20 years ago, just because he used sulfur and saltpeter to make elixirs? No one would believe this. Is the King of Liang sick in the head? How much sulfur and saltpeter can be used to make elixirs? According to Qin Fang's description, these two mines are so big that even if they are eaten as meals, they can make the King of Liang eat for a lifetime.
Du Ke has a conspiracy theory. Could it be that King Liang is not dead?
Thinking of this, Du Ke stood up and went to find Grandpa Du.
Although Grandpa Du has not retired yet, he is already in a retired state. He is just a figurehead and will retire when he is old enough. The reason why Grandpa Du did this is also for Master Du. This is very common in aristocratic families. It is impossible for both father and son to hold heavy fists, so the father will give way to his son because the father is old.
Du Ke showed Qin Fang's letter to Grandpa Du: "Father, what do you think about this? The glass mine and saltpeter mine must be real. Qin Fang said that based on the crazy words of the iron chain man, it can be judged that this iron chain man is most likely the Taoist priest who was captured by King Liang to make elixir 20 years ago. But my son thinks that things are not that simple. Did King Liang really hide such a large sulfur mine and saltpeter mine for the so-called elixir? Would he..."
Old Master Du shook his head, read the letter, and returned it to Du Ke: "Prince Liang is indeed dead. Prince Liang is not favored by his father. His biological mother is a powerless maid. It was because of the favor of the emperor that Prince Liang was born. The reason why Prince Liang was named Prince Liang was because Prince Liang's biological mother's surname was Liang. It can be seen that the emperor had no expectations for him.
Renzhou is the fiefdom given to him by the emperor, and it is also the hometown of his biological mother. When he was fifteen and passed the age of dancing spoons, the emperor let him go to the fiefdom. Later, when the emperor passed away and the late emperor succeeded to the throne, he came back once, and never came back again. The next time we heard about Prince Liang was when he died of illness. If Prince Liang's death was faked, then What is it? There is no movement of such a large sulfur ore and nitrate ore?
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's sense of responsibility is different .
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