However, the lonely king is poor, and the military budget is tight, so from tomorrow, those who enter and leave the city, but wear different clothes, will be charged three copper coins, and those who keep their hair in braids will be charged two ...... of military expenses."

……

Zhu Cijiong once read a modern poem:

Life is precious, but freedom is more valuable......

He wanted to change two sentences - as long as the money comes, you can do whatever you want.

He does not interfere with personal freedom, but no one can interfere with his freedom unless he is killed!

……

Niu Erwa took two hundred soldiers and went to Erlangmiao Township.

Zhang Ruotai said that there are all mountainous areas, the mountains rise into the clouds, and the road is very difficult to walk, so that the Erlang Temple is almost a place outside the world.

Even, apart from salt and iron, that place does not have much contact with the outside world......

Zhu Cijiong had a guess, and the herald was afraid that he would be more auspicious.

So, he sent Niu Erwa to Erlang Temple, and Zhang Ruotai led the way with the army.

For a local township fort, Zhu Cijiong didn't care, his muskets had reached half of the proportion, and against a local little snake, if Niu Erwa, one of the nineteen knights who followed him all the way back from Beijing, he couldn't even handle it......

Then Niu Erwa should not be mixed in the army.

Zhu Cijiong took 500 soldiers and let nearly 2,000 local villagers and security chiefs follow, but he headed for Bowang.

Bowang is the birthplace of the Zhang family in Fangcheng.

There were two big names here in the Han Dynasty, and even, the rise of the Baishui Zhang family was because of the Zhang family in Fangcheng.

It's just that the later Fangcheng Zhang clan gradually declined.

Even, had to be attached to the wings of the Zhang family in Nanyang.

The county wang system is difficult to understand in the eyes of later generations, and they will only be very disgusted by someone who talks about the glory of their ancestors.

In fact, in the eyes of the ancients, it is beneficial to be attached to everyone in this way.

In an era of careless human life, there is a prominent background, and there will be a lot less tribulation.

This is also why the county wang system is still talked about even though the county wang system exists in name only after the martial fools are mixed with the water family.

Bowang has decayed.

Although Nanyang is the midpoint of the South Ship and the North Horse, there are two of the four famous towns in Henan, namely Credit Store and Bauhinia Pass, but the decline of some ancient cities is inevitable.

(The four famous towns of Henan Province, Zhuxian Town, Huiguo Town, Jingziguan Town).

Bowang Street is narrow, the eaves are low, and even pedestrians will touch the eaves if they don't pay attention to it, but there are relics of Han and Tang Dynasty monuments such as the White Horse Temple, the one-step three-eye well, the four-step three-hole bridge, the Zhangqian Bridge, and the ancient thorn tree of Bowangpo that burned to burn the Bowangpo.

A tree that is pitch black and can only be hugged by two or three people stands on the bank of the official road.

Zhu Cijiong bent down and bowed to the ancient tree.

Everyone was puzzled, and they didn't know what this third highness, who was said to be the widow of the former Ming, was going to do.

Someone pushed the three village elders of Bowang Town, and after pushing several times, the three stood up, and someone said:

"Wang, king, this is Shi Zheshu, it is said that when Zhuge Liang burned Xinye, the only one survived, we don't know if this statement is accurate......"

Zhu Cijiong smiled, what does it matter if you are allowed or not?

All he wanted was a statement.

Besides, the Zhe tree is notoriously slow to grow, even if it is a hundred years old, it is only an arm thick!

The diameter of this tree has exceeded two meters, and even, under the autumn wind, there are red ovoid leaves of the tree, hanging on the branches of ten meters high.

Zhu Cijiong opened his mouth and said: "Back then, the Han family was weak, Liu Bei led the army to Xinye, in order to block Cao Cao's pursuers, a fire burned this place, burned Cao Cao's pursuers, and then there was a matter of the Han family continuing for fifty years. ”

The crowd was skeptical.

After all, this is just a legend, and no one can say whether this is the ancient battlefield of the past!

Zhu Cijiong asked people to bring shovels and dig up on the ground.

Only a few meters deep, a thick layer of black soil was dug up, and if you looked closely, there were carbon-like branches that had not been burned......

There was an uproar.

Could it be that this place is really the place where Bowang was burned?

Some people only think about superficial problems, while others think further.

At that time, Liu Bei was a member of the Han family, and he raised troops for the Han family.

The one in front of you today is said to be the third prince of Zhu Ming Chongzhen.

Even, I heard that the Zhang family and the Li family of Baishui all approved of this matter!

Then, Zhu Cijiong's every move is worth pondering!

Zhu Cijiong took a deep breath and faced everyone, he slowly spoke, but the words clearly reached everyone's ears:

"The lone king was originally a descendant of the emperor Ming, the world was turbulent, and when the lone king fled into Nanyang, the Hongguang Dynasty had been established.

Moreover, at that time, the Qing army controlled Jiangbei, and the front line of Xiangyang was the headquarters of the peasant army.

For the sake of the world, the lonely king had to endure it. ”

Everyone looked at each other, this Zhu Cijiong can really bear it!

Zhu Cijiong continued: "Gu Zhe stands proudly, witnessing countless stories of the rise and fall of the world, today the lonely king in front of all the townspeople, hereby swears - as long as Zhu is still alive, he will definitely overthrow the Tatar Qing and restore China as his own responsibility!" ”

The squires looked at each other, what Zhu Cijiong meant, they naturally understood, this was forcing them to swear allegiance!

It's just that......

No one wants to cross this hurdle.

The Qing court is powerful, I didn't see that those Zhu family Nanming emperors have failed!

If they swore allegiance in public, if they failed, they would be dead.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the squire in front of him with a smile, but the soldiers around him had already helped the handle of the knife in his hand.

"Isn't it true that all the sages of the country still remember the Manchu Qing Dynasty?"

Zhu Cijiong chuckled, and there was indescribable ice in his words:

"The lonely king is determined to help China and restore the Han family, don't you recognize it?"

His gaze was like a substance, scanning the faces of the people.

The surrounding soldiers have taken a step forward in unison, and some of them have even half-drawn the big knife in their hands.

"Great, king, laughing, I, we are willing to offer money and food......"

Some people couldn't bear it, and immediately opened their mouths to express their willingness to join the army.

Zhu Cijiong sneered: "You are all heroes in the township, that is a character who walks with wind and speaks with nails, isn't it in this major event of recovering the Han family, but you want to be raised by a little mother?" ”

He glanced at a man in the crowd dressed in navy blue and wearing a black hat:

"Baochang Wu, what do you think?"

was named by Zhu Cijiong as the chief of a village.

Don't look at this as just a village, in fact, it really has a bit of history.

The village where he is located is called Hanwangtai!

This place was originally a high platform left by Emperor Guangwu when he sealed the altar and worshiped the generals......