Because Wang Xifeng was bitten to death, he wanted to wait for Jia Zhen to come to the house on his own initiative before taking the opportunity to mention the attack on Jue, so Laijia had to temporarily cease all activities.

However, the intrusion of the Wuxi people into the coastal areas became more and more serious.

On the fourth day of May in the third year of Longyuan, the Wuxi fleet suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River and launched an attack on the two counties of Haiding and Haizhen that controlled the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Fortunately, there are a large number of coastal forts built in Haiding County.

The two sides fought fiercely for two days, but Wuxi's fleet failed to gain much benefit, and because it was worried about supply problems, it had to temporarily withdraw south.

By the end of May, the Usi people even lifted the blockade of Yangcheng Port and instead sent envoys to negotiate with officials from Guangdong and Guangxi.

It is hoped that the Xia Kingdom can resume trade with the Wuxi Kingdom, compensate the officials and merchants of the Wuxi Kingdom for losses, and at the same time allow some special medicines that produce their own poisons to enter the Xia Kingdom for public sale.

Such unreasonable requests were flatly rejected by the court.

However, the uproar and doubts caused by this did not disappear because of the tough attitude of the imperial court - after all, Daxia had never suffered such a big loss in the more than 60 years since its founding.

And as a lot of information became public, people's views on Taizu's aggressive military campaign and preparations for the establishment of the "Blue Sea Division" have also undergone a 180-degree turn.

Especially after discovering that the forts in Haiding and Haizhen counties were both built during the reign of Taizu, public opinion praising Taizu for his far-sightedness became noisy.

In contrast, Emperor Sejong's reputation was greatly reduced - since being militaristic became far-sighted, being considerate of the people's sentiments naturally became short-sighted.

Even though the court guided and suppressed public opinion to a certain extent, it was still difficult to reverse the trend among the people.

However, this trend has not yet passed. Today, news about the Ministry of Works and the Navy's intention to reform the Ministry of Works and the Navy has occupied all major pages in June.

Generally speaking, the ministers in the DPRK and the Central Committee also agree that the Ministry of Industry and the Navy need to carry out reforms to a certain extent in order to re-establish a fleet capable of competing with foreign barbarians while greatly improving the quality of warships.

But on some small details, the emperor and his ministers had different opinions.

For example, the emperor intended to split the Yu Heng Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Works into the Hundred Works Department and the Ordnance Department, and promoted some craftsmen in these two departments to serve as middle-level officials.

The civil servants had little objection to the splitting of the Yu Heng Qing Li Department, and they were reluctant to accept the regret that the name of the new department was not elegant enough.

However, there is quite a bit of criticism about the fact that an extremely skilled craftsman serves as a middle-level official in the Ministry of Industry.

Since Emperor Sejong, although there are still some skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry who have been awarded official positions, they can generally only serve as minor officials of the ninth rank, the ninth rank, or even the lower ranks.

Those who can reach the eighth level in their lifetime are very rare.

According to Emperor Longyuan's wishes, the ceiling for craftsmen to be officials was to be raised again to the level of a sixth-grade chief or even a fifth-grade doctor.

This touched the taste of civil servants.

So from the end of June, various newspapers began to publish anonymous articles, criticizing the imperial court for its inversion of dignity and humiliation of politeness.

After these articles had been published for a period of time, some people in the court elevated them to "public opinion" and jointly signed a petition in mid-July, imploring the emperor to think twice before acting against public opinion.

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As the moon rises, I come to my small courtyard.

Lai Shun rolled up the Chong Er essay in his hand in displeasure, secretly scolding the authors these days for being really cheating.

"Liu Bei", which only publishes 5,000 words every three issues [half a month], suddenly announced the postponement. The author was so shameless that he published an argumentative article praising and criticizing current affairs.

The content is not surprising, but it also accuses the imperial court of being superior to craftsmen, which is a ridiculous and degrading act.

Haven't they all signed the petition together?

Why isn't it over yet?

This author either received black money or is a stakeholder himself.

Well……

Could this be written by Jia Zheng?

A ridiculous idea came to Laishun's mind and he couldn't help but laugh.

"Shun'er, let's go out to eat!"

At this time, Mrs. Xu's call came from the hall.

Laishun put the newspaper under his pillow, lifted the curtain and went outside. He saw Mrs. Xu putting a soup basin on the table, and holding her ears with both hands to breathe vertically.

"mother."

Laishun couldn't help but persuade him: "You have been busy all day, just make two things at night, why are you making soup?"

"What's going on?"

Xu handed the bowls and chopsticks to her husband and son respectively, and said: "You have been running to the shop every day these days. Today you are in the south of the city and tomorrow you are in the north. I am afraid that your legs are almost thin. If you don't mend them, how can you do it?"

"

"He is now the general manager."

Before his son could open his mouth, Lai Wang interjected: "Can the stewards in the shops starve him? He's used to eating and drinking every day, so it's better to get something light when he goes home."

Laishun also hurriedly echoed.

Later, Lai Wang sat down on the main seat and asked Xu whether the stove in the east chamber was completely extinguished. After receiving a positive answer, he invited his wife and children to sit down and have dinner.

Since there was only a family of three in this courtyard, it seemed a bit deserted.

In addition, August was approaching and the tire shop was about to officially open. No matter how hard I tried to calm down, my uneasy mood still lingered.

Probably in order to ease the heavy atmosphere, Lai Wang took the initiative to break the rule of not saying anything: "Today I took the time to go to the Military Selection and Cleaning Department and found out that the first attack on the Lord has not happened for more than ten years.

, if it really comes to that point, this may be a gimmick that can be used."

Due to the hereditary titles of this dynasty, a batch was only sold wholesale when Emperor Sejong ascended the throne. Fifty-six or seven years have passed since then.

If the youngest person who was granted the title at the time was still alive, he would be at least seventy-five.

What's more, those who were granted the title in the first generation were mostly middle-aged and elderly people with high positions, and many of them have been passed down for three generations.

Some have even been demoted to the rank of Baiting, and have been completely removed from the Lord's circle.

Like Jiao Da, the first generation of conferees who have not yet passed on their title, I am afraid this is the only one in the court, and there is no other family.

Laishun swallowed the food in his mouth, nodded and said: "Then after we finish eating, we will revise the manuscript? Or simply say 'shocked'. A strange thing that has been unique in the past twenty years has happened again recently.

The Ministry of War can also make a title."

"Well……"

Although he has already experienced his son's "shocked body" in the past two months, Lai Wang still has some difficulty adapting to it.

After pondering for a long time, he hesitantly suggested: "How about finding a scholar to help polish it? This whole article is full of exaggerated vernacular, but I'm afraid there is something wrong with it."

"father!"

Lai Shun insisted on his opinion: "We are contacting all the tabloids. We use this kind of exaggerated vernacular to get the news out as quickly as possible!"

After a pause, he added: "Besides, if the news leaks out, wouldn't it be self-defeating?"

He didn't look up to the literati of these days. Instead, he despised these old literati more and more because of the nonsense articles published in newspapers recently, except for their writing style.

Of course, this is mainly because it is almost impossible for Lai Shun to gain fame by himself, otherwise he will have to change his face when he comes to someone else.

"well……"

Seeing that his opinion was rejected by his son, Lai Wang couldn't help but feel like a father who couldn't control his son's growth.

But then, he began to worry about the sales of pneumatic tires: "I don't know if the shop will be able to meet your expectations after it opens. If it doesn't reach the point of making a lot of money, let alone how the government will react, then Uncle Zhen

I'm afraid they won't come to you on their own initiative."

"Don't worry."

Laishun was already used to his father's constant hesitation.

He chewed the twice-cooked pork and said, "A few days ago, in the name of the government, I sent 500 tires to famous people in the capital. Most of the feedbacks received are good, and many people made a special trip to inquire.

When will our pneumatic tires be put on sale?"

Since it was scheduled to open on the fifth day of August, and it was already July 26th, there was no practical significance in hiding the pneumatic tires.

What's more, this thing still has some technical barriers. If you want to imitate it and sell it in batches, it will take at least half a year - after all, with the power of Rongguo Mansion, Wang Family, and Xue Family, it also took nearly nine months.

Complete this process.

Therefore, Lai Shun made the final decision and offered a big reward in advance, hoping to create a head start.

Laiwang was just doubtful out of habit, but he felt relieved after hearing his son's assurance.

As a result, the family of three said nothing more, and the whole courtyard fell silent again.
Chapter completed!