Daming kill

Chapter 215
Zhang Xianzhong's surprise attack on Daye County shocked Li Ping into a cold sweat.

This guy was eager to steal Daye County before the main force had crossed the Yangtze River and he was only a light soldier who had just arrived in Wuchang County, and his intentions were completely revealed.

And the name "Li Rujing" also made Li Ping miss it.

But after searching from memory for a long time again, Li Ping regrettably didn't have much memory.

The name Li Rujing was first known to Li Ping when he was interrogating the prisoners in Qizhou.

This is the second of Zhang Xianzhong's four surviving adopted sons. He is also the greatest hero in the surprise attack on Xiangyang, and the vanguard of Zhang Xianzhong's series of military operations.

It is said that Li Rujing's reputation has already surpassed that of the eldest son Sun Kewang, and Zhang Xianzhong likes it very much.

At the same time, this also made him the focus of attention of officers above the middle level of Li Ping's department.

But Li Ping couldn't find any trace of such a fierce general in his mind's historical memory.

Among Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, Li Ping has no memory of anyone else except Li Dingwai, the god-like figure who had two famous kings in the history of the Anti-Qing Dynasty (killed Kong Youde and Nikan).

But the strange thing is that Li Ping checked all the interrogation records and personally interrogated some captives who had been thieves for a long time, but he couldn't find the one who was later regarded as the backbone of central Yunnan by the people of Yunnan and was picked up by Cai E and other famous revolutionaries in the late Qing Dynasty. Li Dingguo, the great god who is regarded as a role model.

Li Dingguo, this is a god-man who can't get around as long as he reads the history of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and he is also an existence that needs to be looked up to.

Kong Youde was forced to self-immolate in Guilin, and Nikan was killed in battle. He almost snatched back the southeast half of the Qing court from the hands of the Qing court by himself.

After reading the book and swallowing the jujube, it is impossible not to remember the name of such a passionate creator.

But it is a pity that Li Dingguo and Li Ping still only vaguely remember some brilliant achievements, and apart from knowing that he was Zhang Xianzhong's subordinate, he almost does not know anything about his early life.

However, this also made Li Ping pay great attention to all Zhang Xianzhong's generals surnamed Li.

Ding Guo!Ding Guo!
This kind of name with a clear meaning should not be his real name, but it is very likely that it was changed later.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates have basically found no generals surnamed Li worth mentioning.

Only this Li Rujing.

It is impossible for a god-man to be born out of thin air, and it is even more impossible for him to show his power suddenly from a mediocrity. He must have traces to follow.

If this Li Rujing is really the later Li Dingguo, it will be very scary, and the defense line of Daye and Yuanhu will be under unprecedented pressure if they want to play their due role.

Li Ping was extremely worried!

But no matter how worried he was, he could only bear it for now.

Zhou Wen, Ma Lan, and Yuan Ye are already the most witty, flexible, and unconventional combination he can think of, and Shi Lei, who was sent to suppress them, is also a ruthless character who can only provide divine assists and will never hold back. .

The only thing Li Ping could do was to ask the officials and gentry at all levels in Xingguo Prefecture to fully mobilize the local young and strong to join the army.

The full-scale mobilization of the people in one territory can only be done by a ruling power that sits on the ground, and it must be willing to do it and really work hard.

Li Ping urgently needs to expand his army and stronger forces.

But just when all the chaos was flying around, a merchant fleet composed of five large ships with deep draft strangely arrived from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Then the people in this merchant fleet are really merchants.

This was the first time since Zuo Liangyu withdrew from Wuchang and plundered along the river, there was a merchant ship going upstream in this section of the Yangtze River, and it was also the first time someone dared to trade on the river.

This cannot but be surprising.

And this merchant fleet also took the initiative to dock at the wharf in Fuchi Town.

After questioning, they found out that this merchant fleet actually came from Nanjing. They still don't know the news that Wuchang County has been occupied.They planned to enter Qizhou again, and then go straight to Hankou (Li Zicheng's troops withdrew shortly after arriving in Hankou, and built a defense line in Hanchuan).

The goods on board are mainly coarse salt, grain, silk products, needles, threads and brains and other urgently needed manufactured products.

Fuchi was the first stop of their plan, and they were willing to do business with Li Ping.

Li Ping was even more surprised when he heard the report.

The courage of these businessmen has refreshed his cognition, and then these people still seem to know him?

However, he didn't think too much about it.

He was too happy to have merchants coming, especially since these merchants brought a lot of goods that he obviously needed.

So he immediately ordered someone to go to Wujiaba to inform Song Baolai, and asked Song Baolai to pick and choose in person, and try to see if he could place an order.

If these businessmen were really from Nanjing, there were too many things he wanted in Nanjing.

But to his surprise, after Song Baolai left, he brought a businessman with a gift to visit Li Ping soon with a smile on his face.

It turned out that this businessman knew Song Baolai and was their regular customer.

The merchant's surname was Xu, and he was the biggest merchant who ate Li Ping's fine salt when he was in Xiangyang. Two of the five merchant ships that came here belonged to him.

The gifts they brought to the door were also a large bag of shredded tobacco, several peppers planted in pots, and an exquisite large clock with gears, which were very much in their favor, and it was also what Song Baolai expressed his hope to him when he was in Xiangyang.

The businessman actually remembered it all the time.

Not only that, it is said that there are also a small amount of corn, peanuts, potatoes, tomatoes and sunflowers on his boat, and Song Baolai has verified them all with his own eyes.

The businessman was so powerful, and the businessman made it clear that he wanted to meet Li Ping, the hero in his heart, so Song Baolai specially brought him to introduce him.

Hearing Song Baolai's uncontrollable excitement, Li Ping was also overjoyed, no matter how devastated he was, he had to give it to him.

When we met for the first time, Li Ping's tanned face due to always traveling outside these days, his unconsciously loud voice when he frequently gave various orders, and his habitually serious expression these days made it easier for us to meet. The businessman surnamed Xu, who was used to rough weather, was a little cautious.

And Li Ping casually put aside the exquisite gear clock that should have been placed with high hopes, which made the businessman surnamed Xu a little more cautious.

It wasn't until Li Ping marveled at the red peppers that had just begun to ripen for a long time, and then remembered to have tea, and then he and Song Baolai smoked cigarettes that had been out of supply for a long time, that the businessman surnamed Xu finally Relax and smile.

The conversation between the two sides was completely opened at this time.

Only then did Li Ping know that his illustrious martial arts in capturing Qizhou and the military discipline of his troops had been spread throughout the Nanjing official circles, and everyone was admiring them.

The businessman surnamed Xu, whose full name is Xu Keran, ran several small and large businesses in Nanjing, and had some friendship with Nanjing officials.

Because of this coincidence, his boss formed a deep friendship with Xu Wenqi, who was working as Fang Langzhong in the Nanjing Military Department.

Xu Wenqi had just been appointed as an official at that time and was working under Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. It was a time when officials were soft-spoken and could only deal with small and medium businessmen.

Since then, they have been in close contact.

And as Xu Wenqi was promoted all the way, the relationship naturally became closer.

Xu Keran's next stop is Qizhou this time. The business is small, and more is to see if he can help Xu Wenqi.

Of course, he and his boss were very grateful to Li Ping for rescuing Xu Wenqi.

As for them daring to take risks to do business at this time, it is also a helpless move.

After all, there are not those high-ranking officials and royal relatives hanging directly behind his boss's house. If the business wants to be the first-class scale, you can't even imagine it. You can only drink some people's soup on the ground in Nanjing and its surrounding areas. Sustaining to the second class is very difficult.

If it is not safe, in fact, the second class will not be able to hold on.That's why he took the risk to go to Xiangyang at the beginning, including the plan to go to Wuchang now.

Big families are often unwilling to do such risky business, because it is unnecessary and generally unnecessary, and this is what makes them small and medium-sized businessmen.

The situation of the three boats was similar to that of his family. This time, his family was the convener and sent the most boats.

Of course, it was Zuo Liangyu's rebellious army that was completely calmed down by Li Banghua and has been completely subdued by Li Banghua, and Qizhou was captured by Li Ping in the end that made them dare to go east along the river.

Also, Xu Wenqi is still alive.

"But Wuchang County was conquered by Zhang Xianzhong. You may not be able to go to Hankou. Zhang Xianzhong does not treat all merchants with courtesy like Li Zicheng." Li Ping said quietly after listening to a cigarette.

"That's right! Only in Hankou can the goods we bring be sold at the best price, and all of them can be eaten. We brought too much salt." The rich Xu Keran was really worried.

There is little salt in the interior, and the war has cut off commercial routes. The more you go to the inland, the more indispensable and easy to sell and generate huge profits. Salt is almost the best and least risky choice for merchants. .

Although food is also in short supply, the profiteering property cannot be compared with salt, and it is prone to great risks in areas where hunger is common.

But the biggest problem in Qizhou and Xingguo Prefecture is that their ability to digest and people who are willing to pay a large price are very limited.

"How is fine salt sold in Nanjing?" Li Ping asked seemingly casually after puffing on a cigarette.

Xu Keran was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes flashed a gleam of joy and said: "Of course, and it is very tight. Now that the scope of the rebellion is so large, and Jianyi is making rebellion in the north, the source of fine salt has dropped sharply. I am not afraid of the general's blame. Let's go." Hankou, we also want to see if we can get a batch of fine salt."

This is a frank and slightly cryptic answer.

It is almost an open secret that the peasant army has a large amount of high-quality fine salt and has been exporting it secretly.

Of course, this so-called large number is only relatively speaking, and it is actually very rare.The domestic salt used in the area ruled by the Peasant Army is still coarse salt, and it is mainly imported from the outside world.

However, Li Ping, a young general who has no connection with well salt and rock salt merchants, happens to have a large amount of the best quality fine salt, which cannot but be suspected.

Especially when Li Ping asks now, it means that there are still goods on hand.

But this does not affect Xu Keran's belief that Li Ping is a staunch anti-thief faction. It is very common for officials and thieves to exchange some supplies through private channels at this time. After all, everyone has to live.

Moreover, Li Ping has always been far away from Li Zicheng's army, and the channel has turned several corners. The possibility of doing business directly with Li Zicheng's army is not great.

"That's good. You don't have to go to Hankou. I can satisfy you with fine salt here. I can't say how much you want, but it should be enough. But you have to wait a little longer." Li Ping said in a good mood.

"Ah!" Song Baolai exclaimed in surprise.

Li Ping had already spoken, and he couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.How can there be such a business, isn't this self-defeating?

"Enough? Just wait a little longer?" Xu Keran's body trembled.

(End of this chapter)