Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Brother! Why don't you take people to the river? If this continues, we will not be able to cross the river. (You can find this site)" The speaker is Liu Guoneng's seventh brother, who was sworn by Liu Guoneng when he started his family Of the ten brothers, only the seventh, Jin Xiong, is by his side now.

Liu Guoneng smiled wryly and shook his head: "Back of hand, draw lots to be the youngest, let's wait slowly!" In fact, Liu Guoneng is not a person who follows the rules, but his strength is too damaged. There are only less than three thousand, so I can only swallow my anger like this.

It is the night of the second day of November in the ninth year of Chongzhen. At this time, 10,000+ talents of the Peasant Army have just rushed to the Han River.Due to the lack of pontoons and boats, only tens of thousands of people have crossed now.It is estimated that it will take two or three days to cross the river completely.

And four to fifty miles behind them, Yu, Zuo Lianjun and Runing Army have also approached in two directions.As the last peasant army to cross the river, Liu Guoneng felt that he was already in danger.

"Then how can it be possible? Discuss with the other great kings, let them squeeze out some boats, and let you cross the river first!" Jin Xiong said again.

Liu Guoneng leaned on the back of the chair all of a sudden, his whole body softened, as if resigned to his fate, he shook his head and said, "Someone has to cut off the heir! Life and death are fate! Besides, there are only you and me left among our ten brothers. Back then, the fifth and ninth brothers were all broken for us, and I don’t want to abandon my brothers anymore.”

"Brother! If you keep the green hills, you're not afraid of running out of firewood!" Jin Xiong was a little anxious, and his voice became louder, "No matter what, with Big Brother here, the pole can be pulled up. If you want to stay, you should keep me!"

Suddenly there was a coughing sound from the inner tent, Liu Guoneng immediately gestured for Jin Xiong to keep his voice down, he is a dutiful son, and Liu Guoneng's mother was resting in the inner tent.

Liu Guoneng lowered his voice.He said to Jin Xiong: "Old Seven, you know your loyalty. You have worked really hard to provide supplies in the camp these years, but you are really not made for war. If it is really wrong, you take the gold leaf we hid and take it with you." My old lady goes first. No matter what, I have to block the officers and soldiers who are chasing me!" [

"But... but how can you live without aunt? Really not! You can take aunt away alone. We have earned enough in these years, so find a place to be a landlord safely!" Jin Xiong persuaded again road.

"Where else in the world can be safe?" Liu Guoneng also felt a little helpless, "Besides, we have brought so much wealth, isn't it a source of covetousness and disaster!"

"Let's not talk about it! Butcher Wu's place is good. The shopkeeper Lin who traded with me told me about it!" Jin Xiong replied blurted out.

"Puchi" Liu Guoneng laughed out loud.Jin Xiong also scratched his head embarrassingly because he said something wrong.

But with a smile, Liu Guoneng's expression suddenly became serious. Seeing that his elder brother's expression was wrong, Jin Xiong asked with concern: "Elder brother! Is there something wrong?"

Liu Guoneng ignored Jin Xiong's concern at all, he leaned over and asked, "Is Shopkeeper Lin still with you?"

"Didn't elder brother ask me to protect him well?" Jin Xiong asked Liu Guoneng a little strangely. "He's in our camp now!"

"Hahaha!" Liu Guoneng burst out laughing, "Hurry up! Please come in, Manager Lin."

Lin Yufei is a shopkeeper of Sihai Commercial Bank stationed in Xiangyang.But he also has a secret identity.He is a senior spy dispatched to Huguang by the Shanchuan Division.In recent days, he also organized a caravan to trade with the peasant army and the official army in Huguang many times. He actually got some information and got to know some leaders of the peasant army.

But in recent days, Lin Yufei has been unlucky.Because the operation of the Runing Army was relatively secretive this time, it was not until before the war.He just got the news of the retreat.But it was too late for Lin Yufei to withdraw back to Runing, so he could only hide in his own storehouse in Xiangyang City.

Lin Yufei was not very worried about the peasant army's siege.Anyway, I am just a businessman.The peasant army will not massacre the city, at most it will lose some property, and its own life safety is still guaranteed.

But when the peasant army attacked the city, with the escape of King Xiang, all the civil and military personnel in the city fled, so those rout soldiers immediately lost their restraint and burned, killed and looted in the city.

Unfortunately, Lin Yufei's Four Seas Commercial Branch was also spotted by a group of defeated soldiers.In order to save a fellow who was blocking the robbery, Lin Yufei put himself in danger.

Fortunately, when the rout was about to attack Lin Yufei and the others, the peasant army invaded Xiangyang, and the rout immediately fled in all directions.Coincidentally, Lin Yufei met Liu Guoneng and his party who entered the city first.

Lin Yufei had also done business with Liu Guoneng's peasant army before, so Liu Guoneng, Jin Xiong and others also knew Lin Yufei.Seeing that Lin Yufei was in distress, Liu Guoneng immediately ordered Lin Yufei to be protected. [

Like the Manchus outside the customs, the peasant army welcomed merchants very much. They did not plunder merchants, and sometimes they took the initiative to protect the safety of caravans.

But Liu Guoneng's purpose is not only that.For Lin Yufei, a big businessman who can provide weapons, medicinal materials and other contraband, Liu Guoneng will definitely inquire about the background.Of course he knew that the Runing Army was standing behind the Four Seas Commercial Bank, so at that time Liu Guoneng just took the next step and prepared to have a chance to contact the Runing Army through Lin Yufei.

Unexpectedly, now that idle hands have become Tesuji, Liu Guoneng is immediately ready to establish contact with the Runing Army.So when he saw Lin Yufei, Liu Guoneng immediately cupped his hands and smiled, "Mr. Lin! I'm busy with military affairs. I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm sorry."

After being imprisoned for so many days, Lin Yufei was of course very disturbed.And the soldiers of the Peasant Army didn't keep it secret from him, so he also knew that the Runing Army defeated the Peasant Army, especially Liu Guoneng's battalion, which suffered a lot in the night attack of the Runing Army.

So when Jin Xiong invited him today, he was still afraid that Liu Guoneng would find himself to vent his anger because of the defeat of the peasant army, but seeing Liu Guoneng's polite attitude, Lin Yufei was relieved for the time being, and bowed his hands in return: "Your Majesty Liu! You're welcome. .I don’t know why you came to find me today?”

Liu Guoneng still had a smile on his face, and he said: "Listen to my old seven, our camp still owes my husband more than 3000 taels of silver. Let's round it up! Let's say 4000 taels. Today I came to settle the bill for my husband. To tell you the truth, Mr. , our battalion will leave Huguang for a while, it will be a long time, and I hope that the husband will take care of our business in the future."

"Hahaha——!" Lin Yufei suddenly burst into laughter.It's so funny, I've never seen anyone repay a debt with a faceless face.

But Liu Guoneng seemed to be deaf to Lin Yufei's ridicule, he still said with a smile on his face: "If Mr. Lin thinks it is not enough, I will give him another 5000 taels as a deposit, and I hope he will accept it!" (To be continued...)