I have a cornucopia

Chapter 148 The Era of Proud Soldiers and Heroic Generals
Nanjing.

Jubaomen.

Among the people waiting to enter the city, Du Li frowned and looked ahead...

"Damn it, a scholar is amazing, even a scholar has to pay money!"

An officer kicked to the ground a scholar who was trying to enter the city without paying taxes.

But the latter has obviously not yet switched from the state of being superior to others.

"You bitch, how dare you hit me? I am the Imperial College Student Supervisor, I am the Imperial College Student Supervisor..."

He howled angrily as he scrambled to his feet.

The next moment, the officer whipped him directly and deliberately hit him in the face. The face was instantly torn and disfigured. The prison guard screamed and fell down again. The two slaves behind him hurriedly stepped forward to try to protect him, but they were immediately followed by others. The soldier's scabbard fell, and the two slaves held their heads and screamed. The officer stepped forward and stepped on the prison guard, lowered his head and pulled off the wallet from his waist, weighed it, and pulled off a jade pendant. Then he threw the wallet into the box next to him and put the jade pendant directly into his arms.

"You are a poor man, you are still a prison student, you only have a few pennies, you can't even pay taxes.

"General, general, my girl is from Dong Ningbo's house."

They also followed the servants and maids. The servant was obviously sensible. He quickly took an ingot of at least five taels of silver and handed it to He Baihu humbly. He Baihu took it and signaled that they could pass. The servant quickly thanked him with a smile on his face. At the same time, he motioned to the coachman to come over. The carriage immediately moved forward, but just as it passed in front of He Baihu, he suddenly reached out and opened the curtains, and then his eyes widened.

He simply pulled out the blunderbuss, opened the faucet and pulled the trigger...

He Baihu said that he stretched his hand towards her, and the beauty inside dodged in fear, but her dodging obviously made He Baihu happier. His hands kept groping inside and even grabbed her clothes and tore them. The beauty was crying and screaming inside, and the servants were also crying and trying to pull away. He Baihu raised his foot and kicked her down. The soldiers laughed, and two soldiers grabbed the maidservant, who was also screaming. Pretend to frisk.

he said hurriedly.

"Hurry up, let He Baihu search."

Then He Baihu started to take action, and the woman was so frightened that she screamed and hid, but at this moment, a person inside came over led by a soldier...

Du Li finally couldn't bear it anymore.

The surrounding pedestrians were as silent as cicadas.

The latter hurriedly stepped forward with blood on his face, helped up the supervisor who was still screaming, and then hurriedly walked into the city.

He Baihu waved his hand in displeasure.

The soldier who came with him winked at He Baihu.

He said.

He stared at the beautiful woman inside and said with a salivating expression.

A businessman behind him quickly handed over a piece of silver with a smile on his face. The officer took it with satisfaction and waved his hand. The businessman entered the city as quickly as possible. Behind him was a young woman with a servant and a maid. Donkey, she stepped forward tremblingly...

I paid it for you. "

The young women waiting to enter the city turned around in fear.

"Next!"

Then he swallowed.

the servant said in panic.

"Look at the bulging bags on his body, there are a lot of things hidden there. He might be a spy."

She said.

The prison guard covered his bloody face and screamed, having no idea what he was talking about.

"Why, isn't she just a concubine, played by Uncle Dong Ning, I can't even take a look at it? I suspect that she has secret messages between Jianlu and Jianlu hidden in her body. She needs to be searched. Come on, little lady, come out and let me search her. Just search, and I’ll let you go after searching.”

the officer shouted.

……

The key component of the flintlock gun is the spring, and the key to making the spring is steel, and steel is certainly not worth mentioning to Yang Feng. What he has is modern steel from the cornucopia. But manufacturing still requires excellent craftsmen, so at least the current output is extremely low, but Du Li, as a key member of the Yang Feng system, still has this thing.

"boom!"

The officer shouted at the two house slaves who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.

"That won't work either. Ning Nanbo's military order is to strictly guard against spies. Every door must be carefully interrogated. Come on, come forward and let me search you."

"Take your young master away quickly!"

Forget it, give me this broken stone.

The latter was so frightened that he quickly covered his face with a fan.

The officer said with a smile on his face.

Flint-haired short musket.

"Master Jun, I have a fortune in the city."

"General He, General He, this is my daughter. She just returned from her uncle's house in Pukou. I and Xu Dusi just had wine yesterday."

Behind her was a carriage.

The soldiers said with laughter.

"This little lady is so lovely!"

The woman ran over in fear and tears.

The sudden sound of gunfire caused everyone to stop.

He Baihu's hands were still in the woman's arms, and he turned to look at him in astonishment.

At the same time, Du Li took another flint-hair blunderbuss from his wife Ji Yinghuai. He had the flint-hair blunderbuss still smoking from the muzzle, and pointed the flint-hair blunderbuss at He Baihu with the faucet open in his other hand...

"Is this how Uncle Ning Nan taught you to be soldiers?"

he said angrily.

He Baihu was so frightened that he hurriedly dragged his subordinates to block him.

Although he had never seen a flintlock gun, the other one in Du Li's hand already told him what it was.

"Spies, spies, traitors, capture them quickly!"

he yelled, hiding behind his men.

The subordinate struggled in fear as well.

The surrounding soldiers raised various weapons in confusion.

But at the same time, more than fifty followers behind Du Li also pulled out short muskets, but theirs were not flint-haired short muskets, but the wheel-type ignition that was already widely used in the Knights of Confucius and Mencius at this time, but these They were all protecting Du Li and his wife, so they were all strung up and ready to shoot at any time. The more than fifty gun muzzles caused confusion among the soldiers in front of the city gate.

Although there are artillery on the city wall, it is impossible for the artillery to hit this position.

Not enough depression angle.

And these gatekeepers don't have firearms, they are just cold weapons.

"Jianlu spies? These two short muskets have killed more than twenty Jianlu people. Each of the brothers behind me has several Jianlu lives in their hands. Do you think I am a Jianlu spy? Qiu Lei doesn’t dare to make mistakes in front of me, who do you think you are?”

Du Li shouted.

"Who fired the gun!"

There was an angry roar from behind the soldiers, and then a general-looking man rushed out with his men.

But when he saw this scene, he was so frightened that he quickly dragged a subordinate beside him.

I have to say they are all very clever.

"Du Li, a knight of the Shandong Confucius and Mencius Knights and the commander of Juzhou Suzitang, was ordered to study at the Nanjing Imperial College. If you don't know who I am, then ask Qiu Lei."

Du Li said.

Although he is just a scholar, he is a core member of the Knights of Confucius and Mencius. Qiu Lei really has to lower his profile in front of him. After all, Qiu Lei's little strength may not be able to defeat his Su Zitang in a real fight. . This was the first batch of soldiers who followed Yang Feng to pursue the Qing army. They were composed of scholars from Yi and Ju states. They were the third most powerful in the Knights of Confucius and Mencius after Yang Feng and Denglai. There were more than 2,000 and at least one ordinary soldier from Eight Banners Manchuria. level of retinue. Although Qiu Lei has tens of thousands of men, he can only fight a thousand men. His core servants are only four to five hundred, and Du Li himself has three hundred followers.

The general was stunned for a moment. Then he put on a smile...

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it turns out to be Knight Du, you guys, why don't you get out of the way quickly?"

he shouted.

Of course, it was definitely not Du Li that he was afraid of.

It was Yang Feng behind Du Li and the military group that had just defeated Jianlu.

Du Li did have dozens of followers, but if he was really hurt, it would be Yang Feng's army that came to take revenge.

Du Li waved his hand and led his retinue forward, and the concubine of the Dongning Bo Mansion quickly followed. They entered the treasure-gathering gate amidst the groveling of the general, but the retinues were always alert. These were the soldiers who fought many bloody battles with the Qing army. It is difficult to say anything else about the soldiers under Zuo Liangyu. You can still tell who is scary. The temperament of these subordinates is different from them.

As soon as Du Li walked out of the last city gate, he saw his uncle waiting by the roadside with an embarrassed look on his face.

Of course, there are dozens of scholars.

These were all here to pick him up, but they didn't dare to step forward.

But the soldiers on the roadside looked at them unscrupulously and laughed from time to time.

In fact, not only them, but also the city in front of them looked a little strange. The streets were obviously much more deserted, and many shops were closed. However, you could see soldiers walking by from time to time, holding clearly... The looted property, and even a group of soldiers dragging a struggling woman...

"Nandu Qunxian doesn't want to give us three million. I wonder how much Zuo Liangyu wants?"

Du Li said to his uncle with ridicule.

Ji Yingzhong, the once high-spirited Ming Dynasty talent who was the leader of Nanjing's restoration of society, sighed sadly.

The scholars behind him also obviously experienced many vicissitudes of life, just like they were under the suppression of foreigners a year later in history.

And right now.

Grand View Tower.

"Eight million taels!"

Yang Feng looked at Huang Degong in front of him.

The latter was very happy to invite him. Lao Huang had a bad temper, but in terms of psychological cognition, he really regarded himself as a soldier of the Ming Dynasty. When there were enemies, he was willing to do his duty and fight to defend the country. , he is also willing to respect and maintain the Ming Dynasty system. To put it simply, he has not really switched to the state of a warlord in troubled times mentally. He is just a Ming Dynasty general living in the past.

Yang Feng was the governor of Jiliao, and he had been controlled by the governor of Jiliao for a long time in the past.

This is Shangguan.

Of course he would come if the superior officer invited him.

Of course, he still looks down on Gao Jie.

That's a thief.

"After Zuo Liangyu entered the southern capital, he let his subordinates control all the city gates and prohibited the officials and nobles in the city from leaving. As for the banner of course, he was to track down the rebels who colluded with the Jianlu. Then he asked Shi Kefa for the latter to To raise eight million taels of military expenses, he had already made it clear that if Shi Kefa couldn't afford it, he could borrow it from the nobles in Nandu, and he was willing to help Shi Kefa borrow it from Wei Guogong and others. As for his generals and soldiers, he had already started. They robbed wantonly and even robbed women in the city. In addition, they collected taxes from every door and had to pay for entry and exit.

Look, I want three million taels, but they don’t want to give it to me.

Now Zuo Liangyu wants eight million. "

Yang Feng said.

Zuo Liangyu’s price is very reasonable.

After all, Wu Sangui made eight million in the capital, so he can't be less than Wu Sangui.

Poor Gonggun princes in the capital, they finally saw what it means to be a proud and powerful general. In less than ten days, Zuo Liangyu's 30,000 troops destroyed Nanjing as if it had been a year in history. Those rebels did all kinds of evil in Nanjing. Some generals even openly occupied the gardens of nobles, and some directly broke into the houses of the uncles and demanded gold, silver and beauties.

Hao Xiaozhong, a general from Zuo Liangyu's tribe, even broke into the house of Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi to see the latter's newly married Kou Baimen.

Poor Zhu Guobi sent him away with five maids and two thousand taels of gold.

It just depends on Hou Fangyu's face.

Otherwise, Hao Xiaozhong would have gone into Zhu Guobi's inner house to meet Kou Meiren.

"What does Shaobao want Huang to do?"

Huang Degong said.

"Old Huang, although I know you look down on me, I still want to say a few words to you now. This Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty of the past. People with soldiers and horses now have the final say. Wu Sangui understands and leads the troops. He went to the capital to get eight million taels. Now Zuo Liangyu also understood that he led his troops into the south to get eight million taels.

What about us?

Are we just going to watch this?

You, Huang Chuangzi, want to be famous forever, and your brothers have to support their families.

You can't ignore them. "

Gao Jie said.

Huang Degong sneered.

"Don't talk nonsense, you can't open your mouth and keep talking about money.

Of course, the brothers really can't ignore it.

I have already said that I want three million taels. This is what the brothers at the front paid for with their lives. I want it for them. As for five million, the rest is meant to be distributed to you, but Now Zuo Liangyu is not doing the right thing. It is understandable that he wants money, but he cannot keep it to himself like this!

He has drained the nobles of Nandu, who should we ask for in the future? "

Yang Feng said.

It's like he didn't keep his mouth shut.

"Huang was promoted by Lord Long Live, and he only listens to Lord Long Live."

Huang Degong said simply.

"Imperial decree? That's easy to say. What do you want and how much do you want?"

Gao Jie said contemptuously.

Yang Feng looked at Huang Degong with a smile...

"So, as long as there is an imperial edict, you will obey it?"

he asked.

"Huang Mou said that Huang Mou was promoted by Lord Wan live. The four generals of my Yongwei camp were cultivated by Lord Wan live. They only listen to Lord Wan live."

Huang Degong said.

"Okay, then go back and wait for the imperial decree!"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

Huang Degong silently stood up, bowed and left.

"I want to be a cousin but also want to build a memorial arch."

Looking at his back, Gao Jie said contemptuously.

Yang Feng smiled slightly...

"I have to write a letter to Li Zicheng quickly!"

He said.

Of course it was impossible for Lao Huang to refuse.

Just like Gao Jie said, if he doesn't want to steal money, then those people under him won't do it either! But he just needs someone who can make him feel justified. This is of course very simple, it is nothing more than asking Li Zicheng to send an imperial edict. Now Yang Feng is very curious. If an imperial edict comes from Chongzhen and he legitimately orders Zuo Liangyu to withdraw from Nanjing and hand over the property looted in Nanjing, what will Zuo Liangyu do?
More importantly, he always felt that Zuo Liangyu's purpose was not that simple.

He should know very well that this is outrageous.

Even if he earns eight million in Nanjing, it will be difficult for him to bring him back to Wuchang safely. After all, this amount is enough to make other warlords jealous. It is common for Ming generals to cheat and cheat. He will not be without this awareness. .

(End of this chapter)