I have a cornucopia

Chapter 101 Emperor Dashun for thousands of years

During Yang Feng's hard work in farming, Sun Chuanting arrived in Ruzhou after walking for nearly a month.

As for the battle situation, it is no different from the original history.

Li Zicheng is still building fortifications in the triangle area of ​​Xiangcheng, Jiaxian, and Baofeng. Although this area is not a high mountain, it does have a large number of hills. The terrain is broken and crisscrossed with ravines. It is sandwiched in the triangle area where the Ru River and the Shah River converge. Small forts built in large numbers were easily defended.

Although Sun Chuanting personally supervised the battle and tried his best to conquer Baofeng, he even avoided the triangle area and went directly south to conquer Tanghe, and then massacred the families of Li Zicheng's men in the city...

Inspire Li Zicheng to attack.

But it's of no use.

Li Zicheng said that I have been soaking in the blood of the mountain of corpses for more than ten years, and you just use this to stimulate me? What rebel can't stand this excitement?

In the end, Sun Chuanting still had to fight with him in this triangle.

After that, Sun Chuanting stormed Jiaxian County and found two hundred mules and sheep in the city. His hungry green-eyed officers and soldiers ate them up. Then the autumn rain began, and the unlucky Ming army was hungry. With a full stomach, in the cold autumn rain, in the military camps where we sleep in the open air, the last bit of morale is also passing away with the rain like the warmth in the body...

But no matter what, these cans can still save many people.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you won't even be able to eat this at this time."

What's more, the fat also contains salt, which they also need money to buy, and sugar, which they can't afford.

This made the gentry who were waiting for her to distribute money in various places, and then the price of food quickly increased, were very sad.

But they had nothing to say. After all, this was Her Royal Highness's decision. Besides, Yang Feng had originally blackmailed Yang Feng from Chongzhen. It was reasonable for him to benefit from it. Ten thousand taels, and the remaining three hundred thousand will be directly turned into canned money. Due to production capacity issues, the last batch was just sent to Jinan yesterday. Although even so, it is inevitable that it will be stolen and sold by officials at all levels who handle it, but this is what happens.

For the common people at this time, it is better to just buy canned food if you give them money. One tael of silver per family is not enough for them to buy three buckets of brown rice. The price of rice in Shandong is currently four taels, but you can buy fifty kilograms of canned rice and three buckets of brown rice. The calories are definitely not comparable to the calories of fifty pounds of solidified fat.

Deputy Ambassador Yang also looked at the busy workers in the autumn wind and rain.

In fact, after Yang Feng's investigation, he found that the poor people who bought his cans were mixed with various wild vegetables, grass roots, bark, rice bran, etc., and some even bought them in partnership with several people, and then bought them back. Eat them separately to avoid spoilage over time. The calories provided by fats and sugars are not comparable to those of grains. In fact, the cans made today are made with as much oil as possible, and fish oil is sufficient. Therefore, the next step is to increase efforts to develop the whaling industry.

"Autumn wind and autumn rain are so sad!"

There's even plenty of spice.

Disaster relief is inevitable in the end.

So even if you get some grass roots and bark and mix it in, you can eat it for a month.

It is very convenient to get here from Huai'an, mainly because of the salt river. From Huai'an you can go directly to Banpu next to Haizhou, and it only takes a few hours from Haizhou to Andong Weishunfeng. Yangfeng's canning industry requires a lot of salt. It is not enough for Guangtaoluo Salt Field, which is purchased from Banpu and other salt fields. Moreover, the spices and sucrose he needs are also purchased from Huai'an, and then transported here by salt river.

Su Dunsheng was quite satisfied with the taste of whale meat.

When Sun Chuanting was hungry, he had just had a good harvest. A dozen whales came here for some unknown reason, and then they all stranded on the beach. Although they were just humpback whales, these whales weighed tens of thousands of kilograms. The behemoths still bring unexpected gains to the canning industry that is preparing for winter. Now the entire beach is cutting meat, and even soldiers are doing it. They must process it all before it rots. In the sheds not far from the beach, in the improved stoves, coal is burning brightly. The upper pot was full of oily whale meat tumbling.

Her Royal Highness is still waiting for Deputy Ambassador Yang to send troops to escort her, although the money she brought as a reward to the people has already become Yang Feng's.

In the end, Her Royal Highness was persuaded by Deputy Ambassador Yang to buy cans directly.

Money to buy cans.

Lu Zhenfei, who came here specially to visit, said.

"The taste is okay, except for the fishy taste. Adding more ingredients is enough. But the fat can be boiled out and used for frying fish later."

Behind him, Yang Ying and Her Royal Highness the Princess were retching at the smell coming out of the pot.

In fact, his industry has led to a large supporting industry group, including coal mining and iron smelting in Xuzhou. After all, his pot consumption is also very large. In addition, there are also clay pots and porcelain pots, and he has even begun to sell them to Glass jars have developed, and this one is in the Boshan area. Especially the glass jars. The Sun family of Yan Shen has produced cheap glass jars for him, but they are still in their old habits, and they are all opaque. The Sun family has made glass for the royal family for more than two hundred years, and they have all the skills to make glass. Required technology...

Of course, Deputy Ambassador Yang was a little unhappy when he thought that Sun Zhixian was also making his own money, but the problem was that Sun Zhixian was now a local eunuch, and among the piles of generational hairpins in that area, he was just Just an ordinary country official.

He can't find a chance!
But I believe that this kind of person will not always deny him a chance.

"Is Mr. Haoyue blaming the students for not being able to save their father? The students have no official position yet, but are just lifelong members. It is my father's duty to fight against the thieves for the country. The students can only burn incense day and night and pray for God's blessing. The officers and soldiers will soon redress the thieves and my father will be able to return in triumph. .”

Su Dunsheng said.

His father was Sun Chuanting's supervisor.

However, this time Su Jing was persuaded by Yang Feng and never caused trouble to Sun Chuanting. After all, he no longer considered an official career. Although he was indeed appreciated by Chongzhen before, now because his son is a core member of Yang Feng's group, this Don't expect Chongzhen to trust him anymore now that his identity is gone. So now Su Jing is just messing around with Sun Chuanting, and is even ready to escape. Su Dunsheng specially sent a team of retinues there. Once Sun Chuanting is defeated, he will immediately protect Su Jing and escape back to Shandong.

As for Lu Zhenfei...

"Mr. Haoyue, it's not that Yang doesn't want to do anything.

Your Majesty was so kind to me that in less than half a year, I prepared the army with raw soldiers. Yang was so grateful to Your Majesty that he was willing to go through fire and water, but I couldn't force Duke Yan Sheng to send troops.

The Shandong Tongshan Association has informed Your Majesty that the Knights of Confucius and Mencius were built by Confucian scholars from all over the country to protect the Confucian Temple. They only obey the orders of Yan Shenggong. Yan Shenggong refused to send troops. There is nothing I can do. As for my subordinates, although it is true that I hired them, but at this time, this area is full of refugees, and there are even former rebels, adding up to hundreds of thousands. If these cavalry are sent out, there will be no suppression, and it will be troublesome for these people to become chaotic.

The princess is still here.

I have to protect the princess. "

Yang Feng said.

Lu Zhenfei came to persuade him to send troops.

Yang Feng currently has five thousand followers, and they are all cavalry.

In addition, he can recruit at least 20,000 young warriors who can fight against each other. He was originally a bunch of bandits, but they were just surrendered by him.

If a legion of 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry marches westward from Andongwei, even if it is not participating in the war but just passing through Xuzhou, Li Zicheng will have to consider a decisive battle with Sun Chuanting. After all, if this legion really passes, the pressure on him will increase greatly. . But the problem is that Yang Feng refuses. Of course, it's not that Yang Feng refuses, but that his army is part of the Knights of Confucius and Mencius. The Knights of Confucius and Mencius only take orders from Duke Yan... Duke Yan: I am wronged. No, Deputy Ambassador Yang was wronged!
Duke Yansheng refused to give the order, and the Shandong Tongshan Association also made it clear that if the Knights of Confucius and Mencius had to send troops, then Chongzhen should pay the military expenses first. This is for us to protect Shandong. We have nothing to do with fighting in the province. If we want them to go out to fight in the province, you have to pay the military expenses first. It is a reasonable request. After all, there is a precedent of the Tang Dynasty's Jiedu Envoy. Local regiment training is to protect the local area. There is no obligation to go out of the province to fight. If you want to go out to fight in the province, you must first pay off your military expenses.

This is customary.

As for this convention coming from those arrogant generals in the Tang Dynasty who liked to beat the emperor out of the capital, just ignore it.

Such was the case during the recruitment era.

Don't talk about feelings. Talking about feelings will hurt your money.

"Feng Sheng, don't talk nonsense. I am here to beg you today for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world. Sun Boya's battle is related to the Ming Dynasty. All the troops in the north are under his command. If this battle is defeated, the north will If there are no more troops available, if Li Zicheng goes north, the capital will be in danger."

Lu Zhenfei said.

As he spoke, he had to salute Yang Feng.

Yang Feng quickly supported him.

"Mr. Haoyue, since you said this, I can no longer refuse, but in what name should I send troops? If it is the Knights of Confucius and Mencius, it will need the order of Duke Yan Sheng. If it is the Qingyi army, it will have no right to leave the country. .”

Yang Feng said.

Lu Zhenfei looked at him with some surprise.

"Fengsheng, this is easy. If Fengsheng is willing to send troops, I will report to your majesty and set up a separate governor in Xuhai. Give Fengsheng the Shangfang sword. The governor of Xuhai will send troops to reinforce Sun Boya. Of course, Qing, Yi and other states will also Returned to Xuhai as governor."

He said.

He actually came to beg for Chongzhen.

Of course Chongzhen couldn't ask Yang Feng himself, but he also knew that Sun Chuanting couldn't lose, so he asked Lu Zhenfei to come, because if you want Yang Feng to send troops, you have to give him something. Money will definitely be useless, and Chongzhen has no money now. Everything he squeezed out of Xungui has already been given to Sun Chuanting. And the princess is already here, so she can't use a woman. She can't send another daughter here. The only thing left is to give her an official position or territory. Xuzhou was originally controlled by Yang Feng, but now Xuzhou relies entirely on his canned goods. Nearly half of the refugees under him are from Xuzhou and eastern Henan, and the same is true for Haizhou. His new crops are mainly promoted to the Haizhou area, especially rice. . In this case, just give it to him together.

The governorship of the Ming Dynasty was not limited to one province.

The governor of Yunyang even spanned four provinces. The main body was in Huguang, but he governed Nanyang in Henan, Kuizhou in Sichuan, and Hanzhong in Shaanxi.

Therefore, it is enough to divide Xuzhou and Haizhou in southern Zhili and make Yang Feng the governor.

"Well, this junior was just a student half a year ago. Is it a little too hasty to be the governor now?"

Yang Feng said in shock.

"It is natural that things can no longer be business as usual during wartime."

Lu Zhenfei said quickly.

"Then I don't dare to refuse anymore, I'm going to leave now."

Yang Feng said.

"I really saw you right!"

Lu Zhenfei said happily.

Then, accompanied by Anton Wei, he continued to visit new crops.

It was late autumn at this time, and the corn was about to be harvested. Although the yield was completely incomparable with modern times due to fertility problems, because the seeds were the same, the yield was still more than three times that of corn at this time. After all, the corn yield at this time was too high. Low. Although sweet potatoes are still a while away, they are actually not that particular. Now there are sweet potatoes that can be eaten. Her Highness the Princess and Yang Ying often sneak away to grill them and eat them these days.

She doesn't have a deep relationship with Yang Xiu...

The main reason is that the latter is too similar to her, or to the peers she was familiar with in the past, but he has a very good relationship with Yang Ying.

After all, the latter is already in flight.

The yields of other crops, especially new rice varieties, have obviously increased significantly.

"Really sending troops?"

Su Dunsheng asked.

"Of course we have to send troops. Believe me, Sun Chuanting won't even be able to survive the day we step out of Shandong."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

The whole process from Sun Chuanting's arrival in Ruzhou to his final defeat was less than twenty days.

According to the normal timetable, not to mention waiting for his reinforcements to leave Shandong, Lu Zhenfei would report to Chongzhen, and Chongzhen would then give Yang Feng the imperial edict. Before this imperial edict was delivered to Yang Feng, Sun Chuanting would suffer a disastrous defeat. So Yang Feng actually used this opportunity to defraud the governor from Chongzhen. Even Chongzhen's asking price was known to him in advance. The current chief assistant was still Fan Fucui. Old Fan had already written to Yang Feng in advance.

In fact, his calculations were optimistic.

Just five days later, he received the news that Sun Chuanting had been defeated in the Battle of Jiaxian three days ago. Because there was really no food, Sun Chuanting had to order the heads of various departments to get food, or find ways to plunder it himself. Li Zicheng took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, using his The standard cavalry wave attack crushed the Ming army in Jiaxian County. Bai Guangen was the first to flee, and Gao Jie was defeated. Sun Chuanting went south to prepare to move to Nanyang to raise food and meet up with the Ming army that had previously conquered Tanghe. However, Chen Yongfu, whom he arranged as a rear guard, fled without a fight.

The entire battle in Jiaxian was like a death struggle, a struggle that everyone in the army knew was destined to fail.

You lose from the moment you arrive on the battlefield.

In the process of walking from Shaanxi to Ruzhou, they had already eaten up the little grain that Sun Chuanting had tried his best to raise.

Although the food route was cut off by Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng only attacked Baisha. It is not that there is only one road from Yichuan to Ruzhou, not to mention that Li Zicheng sent troops from Xiangcheng to attack Baisha. He had to walk more than three hundred miles, and Ruzhou The Ming Army in Zhouzhou is only dozens of miles away from Baisha, and Ruzhou is the base camp of the Ming Army. It can't even deal with a small cavalry group dozens of miles away?
Are you kidding?
In fact, there is no food.

At this point, Li Zicheng's destiny mode is completely unlocked.

(End of this chapter)