Rise From the Humble

Luo Longwen was worthy of being Yan Shifan's iron leg. Not long after Yan Shifan returned home, Luo Longwen took the contents of Suzhou Prefecture's victory report copied from the General Affairs Department and trotted into Yan's residence.

Luo Longwen's work efficiency is simply top-notch, especially his attitude of executing Yan Shifan's orders as an imperial edict, which is the best among all licking dogs.

It's true that Yan Shifan went to his house every now and then to help him comfort his lovely wives and concubines.

"East Building, Suzhou's good news has been transcribed, word for word." Luo Longwen handed the copied good news to Yan Shifan with both hands, looking like a good dog holding back the Frisbee and waiting for its owner to perform.

"Yes, can someone else send someone to send the transcript?" Yan Shifan asked.

"I sent people to deliver them to everyone before they left the General Affairs Office, and now they have almost all been received."

Luo Longwen said with a look of praise.

"good."

Yan Shifan satisfied him and praised him.

Suddenly, Luo Longwen felt refreshed and refreshed, as if he had drank some fairy wine. He felt like he could go back and forth to the General Affairs Department without losing his breath.

"You can greet yourself as you like, I'll take a look at the content of the good news first."

Yan Shifan waved his hand, indicating to Luo Longwen to greet him, while he sat down to read the content of the victory report.

Yan Shifan frowned while reading the content of the good news, and finally put the good news aside with a gloomy expression.

The content of the victory report was more detailed, describing in detail the beginning and end of the Suzhou self-defense counterattack. Zhu Pingan did not achieve the 40,000 victory in one battle, but achieved it in several consecutive battles. There are two main reasons why the Zhejiang Army achieved such a brilliant victory. .

First, when the Japanese pirates attacked Fengqiao Camp, the Zhejiang Army buried a large amount of gunpowder in front of the position, killing all ten thousand Japanese pirates in one fell swoop.

Second, the Japanese pirates were careless when they retreated, and were ambushed by Zhu Pingan. Zhu Pingan used fire attacks and burned to death 20,000 to 30,000 Japanese pirates in the river and woods. Only a few hundred remnants of the Japanese escaped with their lives in embarrassment.

Yan Shifan touched his chin with one hand and knocked on the table with the other. He was still skeptical about the content of Suzhou's good news.

This good news seems to be self-explanatory and makes sense, but if you examine it carefully, you will find many unreasonable things.

An explosion could kill tens of thousands of Japanese pirates? !

How big of a hole would you have to dig and how much explosives would you need to bury? ! Can explosives be so powerful? !

If it is so powerful and can achieve such results, why has gunpowder been around for hundreds of years and has never had such a large amount of destruction? No matter in history books or unofficial history, there is no record of gunpowder injuring more than 100 people in one explosion. It is even more ridiculous to say that one explosion can kill nearly 10,000 Japanese pirates!

Also, when the Japanese pirates retreated, they were ambushed by Zhu Pingan, and twenty or thirty thousand people were burned to death by Zhu Pingan? !

There are only 2,000 Zhejiang troops under Zhu Ping'an's command. Even if there are conspiracies and tricks to ambush the Japanese pirates, how much advantage can they take? !

Burning to death twenty or thirty thousand people in one fire? !

Even if the Japanese pirates are as stupid as pigs, it is impossible for twenty or thirty thousand of them to be burned to death in a fire. Wouldn't they run away? !

Twenty to thirty thousand Japanese pirates fled, and Zhu Ping'an only had two thousand men. How could he stop them? !

Even Zhuge Liang, who was as smart as a demon and a master of arson, had two to three thousand Liu Bei's troops and set fire to Bowangpo, but he only burned more than a thousand Cao's troops to death.

Zhu Pingan actually burned to death 20,000 to 30,000 Japanese pirates? ! He is dozens of times better than Zhuge Liang. Is this possible?

No matter how you look at it, Yan Shifan feels that the good news is quite problematic and unreasonable.

Soon, Yan Maoqing and others rushed over. Yan Song and his son greeted each other. Naturally, they did not dare to delay. They didn't even sit in the sedan, and they rushed all the way.

"You have all received the copy of Suzhou's good news. What do you think of this good news?" Yan Shifan asked them what they thought.

"There is definitely something wrong with this good news! It's not a small problem. This time, Zhu Ping'an will suffer a big fall!" Yan Maoqing said without hesitation.

"Yes, there must be something wrong. I have been in Jiangnan for half a year, and I have fought against Japanese pirates. Japanese pirates are famous for being fierce and good at fighting. I am not afraid of your jokes. Three thousand of us fought against more than 500 Japanese pirates, and we were killed by Japanese pirates. The people fell on their backs. If I hadn't run so fast, I would have been killed by the Japanese pirates. Just talking about Suzhou's good news is nonsense, let alone the annihilation of 40,000 Japanese pirates, even 400 Japanese pirates. That's not even a thing. Easy thing.”

"He Zhu Ping'an first used gunpowder to blow up nearly 10,000 Japanese pirates?! Then he used fire to burn about 30,000 Japanese pirates to death?! This is a memorial, this is simply a storybook novel, no, even a storybook novel would not dare to write like this."

It immediately resonated with everyone.

"My brother-in-law is from the War Bureau. He manages firearms. When I received the copy of the victory report, my brother-in-law happened to come to my house to deliver a Boxing Day gift. I specifically asked him if he could bury gunpowder to kill tens of thousands of people. He was very sure. He shook his head. He said that the power of gunpowder is limited. It mostly scares people and rarely kills people. Even if the Jin people record thunder in the sky, it is far from enough. The Jin people advocated their thunder in the sky, "holding the medicine in iron cans and igniting it with fire." , the cannon burst into flames, and its sound was like thunder, which could be heard hundreds of miles away, and the fire was burning over half an acre, and the armor and iron were all penetrated.' But in fact, it was an exaggeration, and it could not hurt dozens of people. Now there are improvements in the war bureau. The Sky-shaking Thunder is claimed to be much more powerful than the Golden Man, but its power is only that high. When the enemies gathered together, it killed more than a hundred people. It was also inconvenient to use. If it was buried underground, its power would be greatly reduced. ." There was an official who had obviously done his homework, and what he said was well-founded and coherent.

Yan Shifan listened and nodded approvingly.

With this precedent, everyone's explanations will be more detailed and well-founded.

While Yan Shifan listened to people's opinions, he arranged for Luo Longwen to record everyone's opinions.

While Yan Shifan and others were discussing, another regular guest, or quasi-uncle, came to the Yan Mansion - Ouyang Zishi.

Ouyang Zishi brought a servant, and the servant came to the door carrying a bunch of gifts.

"My parents have agreed, why should she not agree!"

Ouyang Zishi came to the door angrily. As soon as he entered, he went straight to the backyard of Yan's mansion.

He couldn't be more familiar with Yan's Mansion, and he quickly arrived at the backyard of Yan's Mansion.

The servants in charge of Yan's Mansion are also very familiar with Ouyang Zishi. Ouyang Zishi often came to Yan's Mansion when he was a child. Although he came less when he grew up, Ouyang Zishi did not come less during this period, even Yan Song and his son. They all tacitly allowed Ouyang Zishi to enter and leave the backyard freely, so naturally these servants would not stop Ouyang Zishi without being quick-sighted.

What's more, Ouyang Zishi is definitely the son-in-law of the Yan family. The two families have agreed and the ceremony will be made soon.

A son-in-law and half a son is also their master. It is too late for them to please Ouyang Zishi.