Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

No one is blind.When the fleet of the Runing Army was drifting down the Yangtze River in mighty force, the official and peasant armies on both sides of the Yangtze River learned about this army.

First, Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the five provinces, asked the Runing Army to suspend operations and wait for Xiong Wencan's rendezvous.The Wang Jiazhen only left Xiong Wencan with [-] to [-] old and weak remnants, and these troops would also be stationed in the major cities in Huguang, so Xiong Wencan couldn't wait to master a mobile army.

Then came Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing.He asked the Runing Army to go ashore as soon as possible in the south of the Yangtze River, and assist the officers and troops in the south of the Yangtze River to catch the combined forces of Zhang and Luo who were playing hide-and-seek.

Lu Jiude is indeed ruthless enough, he no longer cares about the Liu Guoneng Department that is active near Nanjing.After all, Liu Guoneng is in Jiangbei, and he will not be able to defeat Nanjing for a while, so Lu Jiude has actually given up Jiangbei.

Lu Jiude has already made up his mind: as long as the city of Nanjing is not lost, as long as Zhang Xianzhong, the tycoon who captured Fengyang, can be wiped out, then any disaster will be wiped away in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

But Xue Yong didn't care about them, he still went his own way.The major purpose of the Runing Army in this dispatch was to establish footholds along Huguang and the Yangtze River, so it was destined that the Runing Army would only operate in Jiangbei.Besides, Xue Yong still has to herd Liu Guoneng.He needs to drive Liu Guoneng to the predetermined area to recruit and resettle him on the spot.

At this time, Huang Degong also lost the meaning of staying in Hanshan County.They didn't dare to go out of the city at first, for fear of encountering Liu Guoneng's department again, but now with the company of Runing Army, Huang Degong's department can finally withdraw to Nanjing City.

So Huang Degong immediately contacted the Runing Army, and got the consent of the Runing Army.After that, Huang Degong's troops marched along the coast and withdrew to Nanjing under the cover of the Runing Army.

In fact, the Runing Army is not willing to have such an extra army in Jiangbei, it will bring a lot of changes to Liu Guoneng's recruitment, and let them stay where they are cool!

At this moment, Guo Zeng'an and Lu Jianchen arrived.They brought news of the emergency in Yangzhou to the Runing Army.

"You two gentlemen, you have to evade me. It's really impossible." Xue Yong's attitude was very kind, but he also firmly refused, "My lord has ordered that our Runing Army came here this time to help, and we can't leave you. Ning is too far away. Besides, the Prime Minister and Eunuch Lu want us to go to Jiangbei to fight, so it’s really embarrassing for me! How about you two try to find Mr. Huang on the shore?”

In fact, in his heart, Xue Yong has an attitude of nothing to do with rushing to help Yangzhou.The reason why he refused was because he was afraid that something might happen.Besides, if you pretend to be in a good state, you need more appearance fees.

"We have already asked Mr. Huang, and he refused! Now we are looking forward to General Xue to save the whole city of Yangzhou from fire and water. General! Please show mercy! Show mercy!"

Huang Degong's Ming army is already very war-weary.So of course Huang Degong declined the invitation of Guo and Lu.

Now Guo Zeng'an and Lu Jianchen became anxious.It's not a big deal to lose face in front of Yangzhou salt merchants, but the two of them and their family are still in Yangzhou city.

"Is there no reason?" Xue Yong spread his hands.The Runing Army's dispatch of troops to Huguang was already playing the sidelines, and now it is actually rejecting Xiong Wencan and Lu Jiude.Crossed Nanjing and sent troops to Yangzhou.No matter what, the court will be suspicious.You know, the arrest of Wu Shigong has not passed yet.

"We will deal with the official documents of the imperial court, and the general will definitely send troops on order!" Hearing Xue Yong's tone slow down, Guo Zeng'an immediately patted his chest and said.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, the power of salt merchants in Yangzhou had developed to a heinous level.The income of Nanjing officialdom is not much, among which the contribution of salt merchants accounts for a large part.Therefore, it can influence the decision-making of Nanjing officialdom to a large extent.Therefore, it is a piece of cake for salt merchants to make a troop transfer order.

But Lu Jianchen is a relatively mature person, and he was still frowning when he saw Xue Yong, so he knew that the Runing Army still needed some personal reasons.

So Lu Jianchen continued: "General! If you save me, everyone in Yangzhou will be grateful, and our colleagues in the salt industry will not be stingy. I will make the decision first, and add 1 taels to the original conditions. To the general You also have another generous gift."

"That's all for me personally. But for such a long journey, people eat horse chews..."

"Then add another 1 taels."

"One price! Eighty thousand!"

"to make!"

After mercilessly extorting a sum of money, Xue Yong decided to send troops to Yangzhou.One of the missions of the Runing Army is to take care of Liu Guoneng. Since Liu Guoneng is playing in Yangzhou, let's go!So the Runing army went all the way down the river and first came to the river next to Nanjing City.

On the head of Nanjing City, a group of scholars looked at the fleet of the Runing Army and pointed, while Hou Fangyu was impassioned in the middle.

Taking a sneak peek at the group of scholars, Gu Hengbo smiled "hee hee" and said, "Sister Liu, look at Mr. Hou's appearance. I didn't expect him to really come. Hee hee——!"

"Little hooves are looking forward to spring." Liu Rushi immediately teased, "In fact, Wu Runing is not bad. He comes from a wealthy family, rich and powerful, and is not very old. He is really a good match for Sister Gu~~ah~~~!"

At the end, Liu Rushi sang along with the tune, and even made a gesture of swinging his sleeves.

"Just like him? Is he worthy of me?" Gu Hengbo also made a stage move.Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo both wore men's clothes because they were going to show their faces today, "Xiaosheng sees that Sister Liu's heart has sprouted, and she put so much effort into rehearsing the play, and thinks of Ru Ning acting?"

Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo knew they had lost when they learned that the Runing army was going down the river, but they didn't care about losing the bet, so they just used this as an excuse to rehearse the new play written by Ruan Dacheng, and they wanted to rehearse the new play written by Ruan Dacheng. Create a new era of Qinhuai Entertainment.

"Ah!" Wu Shigong sneezed heavily in Runing, he thought to himself: "Who is speaking ill of me behind my back? It must be Fei'er and her two sons who stayed in the capital. However, I also want to They!"

"Grandpa Hou! Mother! Lin'er is leaving first, and Master Wang is waiting in the schoolyard." Xue Chenglin, who has just returned from studying in the study, has already changed into a sword sleeve, and the years of upbringing have completely turned him into a young adult. Appearance, the movement of saluting is also meticulous.

"Hurry up!" Xue Yufei sat dignifiedly, her youthful face had faded away, and she had completely turned into a mature woman.Seeing that her eldest son was about to leave, Xue Yufei suddenly felt a pain in her chest, and she couldn't help but remind her: "Be careful when practicing martial arts."

Watching his eldest grandson leave, Xue Lian also remained silent for a long time.It wasn't until Mrs. Zhang came in that Xue Lian let out a long sigh.

Seeing her father, who had gray hair and wrinkled face even though he was under fifty, Xue Yufei's nose was sore, and she cried, "Father...!" and cried and couldn't speak.

Xue Lian was also quite sad, and said fiercely: "I have only been blind once in my life, and that is because I found a good son-in-law."

Xue Lian's words are both ironic and not ironic, and the meaning is quite rich.But these words made Xue Yufei even more sad.

"Master Hou!" Mrs. Zhang quickly winked at Xue Lian.

But Xue Lian said regardless: "We are old and can't bear the pain of leaving our hometown. But we have to find a way to send you three out." After a pause, Xue Lian felt that it was very difficult, so he Immediately lowered the standard and said: "At least send Ping'er away."

At this moment, there was a burst of laughter at the door, and Xue Chengping ran in holding a big apple.Seeing his grandparents and mother, Xue Chengping immediately laughed "giggling". He lifted the bitten apple and brought it to Xue Lian...

After passing through Nanjing, the Runing Army left Huang Degong's troops staying in Nanjing and went straight to Yangzhou.But Liu Guoneng, who had already arrived near Yangzhou, didn't seem to feel the arrival of this official army, and was still making noise near Yangzhou.

Of course Liu Guoneng was not afraid, because it was the Runing Army who came.They still need to get new instructions from the Runing Army, so they are very confident in looting around Yangzhou.

"How do you do things? Can't you spend money to buy land? Those rich landowners in the country refuse to buy it, so they can go to the local government? Don't they want to collect money? If you spend money, you will also smash the government!"

Years of being in a high position has changed Chang Meng's temperament drastically. Training a group of senior executives of a land reclamation firm is like training a group of gray grandchildren.Especially those guard leaders of the commercial firm. Although the guards had seen blood when they plundered the "Unowned Land", none of them dared to breathe heavily in the face of Chang Meng who was angry.

This time, Chang Meng went south with a large amount of silver and [-] commercial escorts, and came to Huanggang, Lu'an, Tongcheng and other areas in the name of the Runing Army's auxiliary soldiers.For this reason, the Reclamation Commercial Bank added another branch, and used this branch to issue new stocks on the stock exchange to raise a large amount of funds.

Of course, these funds are not used to buy land at market value.The land reclamation firm will also use the cabbage price to buy the government confiscated land and "unowned land" of those "bandits" according to the old technique of the Runing Army.

But everything went well in other places, but encountered resistance in Lu'an.The local government ignored the wasteland reclamation business at all, and even the local gentry were unwilling to sell their land to the wasteland reclamation business.

In fact, all the gentry and government in this area are unwilling to cooperate with the Runing Army.The massacre in Huanggang brought them a feeling of sorrow, and they were afraid that the Runing Army would use drastic means to deprive them of their land.

That is to say, the gold and yuan offensive of the reclamation firm was too fierce, and the lesson of the Miemen tragedy was too profound. Therefore, with Chang Meng's hard work, areas such as Huanggang and Tongcheng "fell" one after another, and only Lu'an was nailed like a nail. there. (To be continued..)