Qin Jin introduced Qing Xuzi to Zheng Xianli and asked him to arrange for this person to go to the Ordnance Superintendent's workshop to manufacture gunpowder on a large scale. However www.biquge.info Zheng Xianli was somewhat embarrassed.

"The envoy, the ordnance supervisor is seven or eight out of ten who escape, I am afraid that he will not be able to meet the requirements of the envoy. ”

Qin Jin waved his hand and said:

"There are as many people as you can find, in short, do what you can, and build as many as possible. ”

At this time, an entourage entered to report that the prince summoned Cui Guangyuan. Cui Guangyuan didn't dare to delay, and left in a hurry after retreating. Until there were only Qin Jin and Zheng Xianli left in the room, Zheng Xianli suddenly slapped his head, as if he remembered an extremely important matter.

"I almost forgot that when I was outside the city, I saw many children of the royal family scattered, so if you stick to Chang'an, you must not ignore these people. ”

Zheng Xianli's opinion is also surprisingly consistent with Qin Jin, that is, the cohesion of the people's hearts is indispensable to the support of the Li Tang royal family. Otherwise, there are countless heroes and powerful people in Guanzhong, who is willing to listen to the orders of a person who has no foundation?

Even if Qin Jin used means to subdue these people, I am afraid it will not be possible in a short time, but Sun Xiaozhe's rebel army is in front of him, either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and he will arrive at Chang'an City immediately. How could he have the extra experience to put on his own people?

After getting the news of this situation, Qin Jin suddenly became interested and asked:

"Has Brother Zheng ever been in contact with them, how many people are there, and which one of them are from?"

Zheng Xianli shook his head.

"I have also been a Beijing official for a long time, and I know some children of the royal family, I can see a lot of familiar faces along the way to escape and return, most of them are dragging their families, I am afraid that I will follow the Son of Heaven to Shuzhong!"

Qin Jin smiled bitterly, if these people make this plan, I am afraid that eighty percent of them will have to freeze and starve to death on the road, there is not enough food supply, and the officials and governments along the way will flee, scatter, and the soldiers will be in chaos, who will care about these troubled and useless princes and grandsons?

However, others don't care, but he Qin Jin can't ignore it, in order to firmly establish the banner of righteousness in the Shenwu Army, even if he is pretentious, he must show some sincerity to treat these royal children.

"Without further ado, Brother Zheng will not go to the Ordnance Prison first, and follow me to find those people outside the city. ”

Zheng Xianli said:

"It's getting late, the lights are dark, and the soldiers are in chaos, so it's probably not appropriate for you to go out of the city overnight!"

Qin Jin said:

"It's also that we are short of manpower, and now everyone has a task to be solved urgently, and only Qin is idle, who will I not let go? Besides, those low-level generals and colonels are all military soldiers, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with the relationship between the emperor's relatives and relatives. ”

Zheng Xianli nodded, this is also the reason, it has always been the most troublesome for the royal family, and only Qin Jin is qualified to suppress those people in the Shenwu army.

After ordering the two hundred guards, Qin Jin and Zheng Xianli galloped out of Chang'an City one after another, and there were indeed many people fleeing along the way, Qin Jin had already seen it when he went to the west and returned, but he never noticed that it was mixed with the children of the royal family.

The sound of hurried horses' hooves broke the seemingly calm night, and Zheng Xianli pointed to the places where the void was missing.

"Secretly, I don't know how many people are hiding, just waiting to see a weak convoy to grab a handful. I don't know how many of our 200 cavalry are staring!"

Qin Jin really didn't know much about the situation of the people outside the city, and now listening to Zheng Xianli's story, he was shocked that the people who had lost the constraints of the government could become bandits in groups in a few days.

Suddenly, there was a fire in front of them, and the sharp-eyed ones soon found that it was a group of torches gathered together, and it seemed that there was a lot of conflict between them.

"That must be the rioters and bandits robbing, so let's go and take a look!"

Even if Zheng Xianli didn't say it, Qin Jin also had this intention, so he urged the war horse under his crotch to turn and accelerate, and the two hundred strange soldiers went straight to the firelight.

The arrival of the cavalry really caused panic, and the light of the torches gathered together scattered in all directions, but Qin Jin brought with them all the most elite cavalry of the Tongluo Division, how could they let the bandits escape easily? In just a quarter of an hour, those people were driven back in groups like sheep.

This is indeed an illegal robbery by the chaotic people gathered together under the cover of night. Qin Jin didn't ask much, and ordered someone to take out dozens of leaders who gathered to behead them directly, and the bloody scene under the firelight made everyone tremble with fear.

These people bully the unarmed people like vicious dogs, but when they encounter an army that is a hundred times more fierce than them, they immediately become sheep that look extremely pitiful.

Zheng Xianli counted the people who were robbed, there were as many as 100 people, and the robbers were more than 1,000 people, many of whom were dressed in brocade and silk, obviously not the homes of ordinary people, no wonder so many robbers were attracted.

"The general is the Shenwu General Qin Jin?"

An old voice came from the crowd. Qin Jin was stunned when he heard this, he did still have the title of Shenwu General, but most people were still commensurate with him as the official of Feng Yijun Taishou, and later he was ordered to control the soldiers and horses of the East River in the name of staying behind, and some people were also commensurate with the commander.

"It's Qin'......"

Qin Jin did not hide his identity, and while answering, he searched the crowd for the person who spoke, and in the end, he fixed his gaze on an old man with white hair.

"The old man is Zong Zhengqing Li Xuan!"

Zong Zhengqing, Li Xuan, Qin Jin had indeed heard of him, and he had a relationship with him. His father is the fourth son of Gaozong Li Zhi, and he is also the half-brother of Li Longji's father, Ruizong Li Dan, and Li Longji should be cousins in terms of generation. At this time, Li Longji's own brothers had all died, and Zong Zhengqing and Li Xuan were among the best in the Li Tang royal family.

However, Qin Jin is also strange, it is said that with Li Xuan's status and status, although he can't do anything, he is still more than enough to protect himself, and he won't go out of the city as a fleeing refugee?

After looking at it carefully for a while, through the unkempt beard, I saw that this person was vaguely what he remembered in his memory.

Qin Jin was overjoyed, and he didn't expect that he would have a big harvest as soon as he left the city. He hurriedly dismounted and came to Li Xuan's approach.

"Why did Zong Zhengqing go outside the city?"

Li Xuan had obviously recognized Qin Jin a long time ago, and the reason why he only revealed his identity now should be because he had doubts before, so he only let out a long sigh.

"The general doesn't know, if it weren't for these dolls, the old man wouldn't have come out to bear this heart and suffer this sin. ”

Qin Jin looked at the people behind Li Xuan by the light of the torch, and found that they were all men and women in their twenties and even teenagers.

"W-why?"

Zong Zhengqing Li Xuan's gray hair trembled, and he sighed heavily.

"It's not the Ten Kings' Mansion yet! It's too eye-catching, and the rebels first robbed Nannei, and then flocked to take advantage of the situation...... The older princes and grandchildren all went out early to take refuge, and they took pity on these dolls who had just set up a door......"

The reason why Li Longji raised all the princes and grandchildren together and did not let them become vassals was to prevent these people from having the opportunity to cultivate their wings, so that they would naturally not be bothered by rebellion.

However, there is an advantage and a disadvantage, although the princes and grandchildren will not rebel, but the long-term captivity has also made them a waste that feeds all day long, and once the world is in trouble, they can only be slaughtered.

Qin Jin said secretly, it seems that Li Xuan rescued them and took these people to take refuge outside the city. Counting Li Xuan is three years older than Li Longji, it is really difficult for this old man. I didn't expect to see a responsible figure in Li Tang's royal family, which made him sigh.

Even though the Li Tang royal family was suppressed in the Wu Zetian era, there were still many talented people, and today was not also a small Linzi king? It's a pity that after a long 50 years, the people of that generation have already died, and the few remaining ones are all old men in their last years.

Qin Jin sighed, the withering of talents in the Li Tang royal family should also be one of the reasons why An Lushan was able to pull the flag and rebel!

"The old man heard that the general was escorting the prince back to Chang'an, so he took these dolls back to the city overnight, not wanting to be targeted by those thieves. ”

Zheng Xianli asked from the side:

"Why doesn't Zong Zhengqing wait for dawn to come back? Without the cover of the night, those thieves can restrain a lot!"

Zong Zhengqing and Li Xuan glanced at Zheng Xianli.

"Counting that Sun Xiaozhe's rebels will arrive in this day or two, the old man is afraid that it will be too late tomorrow at dawn......"

Qin Jin Dao:

"In addition to these, are there any lost princes and grandsons out there?"

Li Xuan shook his head.

"There may be, but the old man doesn't know, but all the dolls brought out by the old man are here! There are only three princes who have just reached adulthood, and the rest are mostly royal grandchildren, and there are many princesses and county lords......

Qin Jin asked Zheng Xianli to count the specific number of people again, so as to prevent anyone from being separated after entering the city.

Li Xuan waved his old hand, "You don't have to count, plus some palace maids and eunuchs, a total of one hundred and seventy-one people!"

Zheng Xianli smiled, still counted it, and sure enough, it was one hundred and seventy-one people, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Qin Jin ordered Zheng Xianli to take a hundred cavalry to personally escort Li Xuan and others back to Chang'an, and he took the remaining one hundred cavalry to search outside the city for two hours, but found nothing, only encountered some robbers on the road, and did not lead the crowd back until midnight.

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Li Heng couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that Qin Jin had rescued more than 100 people from outside the city, but at the same time, he was drenched in a cold sweat. These people are all Li Tang's foundation, and if they are scattered and let Sun Xiaozhe's rebels arrive, their fate can be imagined.

As soon as he learned the news, he didn't even care about sleeping, and took Li Fuguo and Li Mi to greet Zong Zhengqing and Li Xuan in person. According to the seniority, Li Xuan is Li Heng's cousin, although there is also the status of a monarch and a minister between the two, but after Li Heng saw Li Xuan, he only performed the gift of uncle and nephew, and completely put away the prince's shelf.

This trip Lao Zongzheng was moved to tears, he was not very optimistic about the somewhat cowardly and rigid Li Heng before, but now he can see that he can resolutely pick up the burden of a thousand jun when he is in danger, and he can't help but feel relieved!