Chapter 53: Buying Hearts and Minds
Qinglong raised his eyebrows, and thought to himself:
"Sure enough, it's Fan Yongdou's caravan, and the news is very reliable."
Ignoring Fan Fu's crookedness, Qinglong waved his hand to the Jinyi guards under his command:
"Immediately inspect the caravan goods to see if there are any goods that the imperial court prohibits from buying."
"Yes"
A small leader of the brocade guards agreed, and led a group of brocade guards to begin to inspect the caravan goods.
Fan Fu, who was still chattering crookedly just now, immediately turned blue when he saw Jinyiwei inspecting the caravan's items, and unknown liquid began to flow out of his trouser legs.
Jin Yiwei didn't kill him just now, he still had a trace of illusion, and now he felt that it was over.
The things that the caravan transported, if found by the Jinyi Guard, would be enough for him to die a hundred times.
Even if he escapes back, it is estimated that Fan Yongdou will not spare him, so it is better to run away, and the farther away the better.
Once a person feels that his life is under great threat, his potential will be fully activated in order to escape.
Fan Fu, whose legs were trembling just now, suddenly ran away, faster than a rabbit.
It's a pity that all the hunters he met today were hunters, and the rabbit couldn't escape death even if it was fast.
Seeing Fan Fu running away, a sneer appeared on the corner of Qinglong's mouth:
"I wanted to spare your life for another half an hour, but since you want to die so much, this commander will do good deeds and fulfill you."
"Whoosh......"
Before Qinglong could finish speaking, he raised his foot and kicked a spear on the ground, the spear seemed to have eyes, and flew towards Fan Fu with a strong wind.
"Poof...... Ah......h
Fan Fu himself is very average in martial arts, and he can be the captain of the caravan by relying on his three-inch tongue.
Obviously he heard the strong wind coming behind him, but he had no ability to dodge it at all, and the spear kicked away by the green dragon pierced directly through the back of the heart.
A scream came, and the huge inertia of the spear took Fan Fu and ran forward a few meters before he was forced to nail him to a tree.
"My lord, look at what they're transporting, these people are so daring."
The Jinyi Guard, who was in charge of the inspection, had just opened the caravan's large box sealed with wooden planks, and reported loudly to Qinglong.
In fact, Qinglong had long thought that there were contraband transported by the caravan, otherwise when the Jingshi was short of manpower, the emperor would not let him make a special trip.
"All boxes are open."
"Yes"
When Qinglong saw a box of salt, he immediately ordered all the boxes to be opened and inspected.
When all the boxes were opened, Qinglong's face changed drastically, and his eyes were about to burst into flames.
The goods transported by the caravan included not only salt, grain, grass, cloth, bows and arrows, knives and guns, but also weapons.
There were also gunpowder and Vulcan guns, and in the end, five red-coated cannons were found tightly wrapped.
These firearms are not brand new, they have been used at first glance, and who can have these firearms except for the imperial army.
Could it be that they resold the firearms of the Ming army to the Eastern Prisoners, and let the Eastern Prisoners use the firearms of the Ming Dynasty to attack the Ming Dynasty?
Thinking of the possible outcome, Qinglong couldn't help but scold:
"Bastard, damn it, Jinnyima, these traitors who have lost their conscience are actually selling weapons and firearms to the East captivity."
"Your Excellency guessed right, and your subordinates also think so, what should I do with these military supplies?"
The Centurion of the Brocade Guard asked the Green Dragon again for instructions, and they didn't know what to do with the substances.
Qinglong did not answer the questions of his subordinates, but asked them rhetorically:
"Whose sphere of influence is Zhangjiakou in?"
"Lord Hui, after the leader of the Liukou was killed, they surrendered to the imperial court, and now they belong to the Ming Dynasty."
Qinglong was overjoyed when he heard it:
"All the materials will not move in place, leave some of the brocade guards to guard, and the others will follow me, and after dealing with the eight imperial merchants, they will be pulled back to the capital division." ”
The caravan was so large that they couldn't take it away, and there was no place to put it.
Knowing that their officials and businessmen colluded, it was impossible for Qinglong to bring the materials back to the government.
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Qianqing Palace
Zhu Youzhen is summoning Qi Jiguang, Sun Chuanting and other military gods, and Li Yan and his wife are also impressively listed.
This time they summoned Li Yan and his wife, not only they were deeply surprised, but even Qi Jiguang and others did not understand.
Zhu Youzhen saw everyone's doubts, he didn't explain, these people were all his loyal fans.
"Li Yan, how are your husband and wife's soldiers trained, and can they all be proficient in using new firearms?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Li Yan and his wife hurriedly got up and saluted:
"Back to the emperor, the grass people and their wives are training recruits all the time, thank you General Qi for personally guiding, now the recruits have made great progress, and they are also very loyal to the Ming Dynasty."
When Li Yan spoke, he also deliberately emphasized that the recruits were very loyal, because he was worried that the emperor would not believe them.
The recruits mentioned here are actually the surrenders of the rogues.
Later, some young people with strong bodies were selected to join.
Of course, there are also many of Zhu Youzhen's summoners, who can not only help the recruits improve their firearms skills, but also supervise them.
Zhu Youzhen understood what Li Yan meant, and he smiled slightly:
"Li Yan, you are not grass people anymore, from today onwards, I will appoint you as the chief soldier of Shaanxi, and the red lady as the second lady of the command, you should prepare well, and after a while, the army will be sent to Shaanxi to recover the lost territory."
"The thieves are dead, and the remaining rogues are nothing to fear, and I believe that you will succeed immediately."
Okay, Zhu Youzhen said a word, let Li Yan become the chief soldier of Shaanxi, and his wife was ordered by the second grade, which was the real court official canonized by the Ming Dynasty.
Li Yan and his wife stood still at that time, and they didn't react for a long time, and they didn't believe it was true at all.
When they returned to the Ming Dynasty, the two only wanted to save the surrendered rebels, and they were extremely disappointed in Li Zicheng.
They never thought that they would be officials in Daming, but they were still such big officials.
In fact, with Li Yan's talent and his wife's help, there is definitely no problem in being a general soldier.
Zhu Youzhen is convinced of this, without Li Yan's help, Li Zicheng would not be able to do much at all.
Seeing that Li Yan and his wife had been stunned, Qi Jiguang was secretly amused, he gently pulled Li Yan's shirt and said with a smile:
"Congratulations to Mr. Li and Mrs. Command, don't thank Lord Long En, haha......"
Everyone else also followed to congratulate Li Yan and his wife, which made Li Yanhong's lady react.
The two hurriedly prostrated in front of Zhu Youzhen, and their heads touched the ground and burst into tears:
"Li Yanhong's lady Xie Zhu Longen, how can my husband and wife be so rewarded!"
Zhu Youzhen laughed, raised his hand to signal the two of them to be flat, and spoke highly of them:
"Haha...... The two Aiqing quickly flattened their bodies, and they have long heard that Li Yan is talented, and the red lady is a heroine, and I will never bury any pillar of the country. ”
"Thank you Sheng Shanglongen, Li Yanhong Lady is determined to die for Daming."
Li Yan and his wife are really grateful to Zhu Youzhen, and they are determined to do whatever it takes for the Ming Dynasty to go to the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire.
Sun Chuanting Sun Chengzong knew Li Yan's talent, and after the couple left, they all got up to congratulate the emperor:
"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor for getting another pillar of talent."
Qi Jiguang and Li Cunxiao also clasped their fists and smiled:
"Your Majesty, we don't know how talented Li Yan and his wife are, but we all know one thing very well.
The emperor's use of Li Yan and his wife to recover the lost territory occupied by the Liukou is definitely the best policy, my lord is wise! ”