Three days later, at the Caishikou Execution Ground in Xuzhou, more than 20 criminals were tied to the temporary law enforcement platform, all of them shirtless, with a money rat tail on the back of their heads, who were captured by the full army. Several executioners armed with large knives were staring at them coldly.

As if knowing the fate they were about to face, a few timid Manchu soldiers were grunting in Manchu in horror.

"What are they talking about?" Zhu Hao asked a bald head next to him, this person's name is Chi Dekai, one of the few Han people left by Zhu Hao, he cut off his braids just after being captured, so he stayed by his side, this guy knows Manchu and is familiar with the affairs of Liaodong, it is said that Zhu Hao laughed for a long time when he heard the name of this benevolent brother.

"Back to the general, they are begging for mercy, saying that they want to be slaves to the general!" Chi Dekai said cautiously.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty had been founded, it was still at the end of the slave society, and the barbarians were barbarians, and the superiors and subordinates were generally called slave masters.

"It seems that the Manchurians also have a lot of soft bones, you tell them, it's nonsense, get ready to go on the road, who asked them to come to the Central Plains to harm my Ming people!" Zhu Hao grinned sarcastically.

Chi Dekai hurriedly ran forward and muttered to these full people, his expression was even more arrogant than Zhu Hao.

It may be that the Manchurians knew that they could not escape death, and they scolded one after another, which made Chi Dekai very embarrassed and didn't know how to translate for Zhu Hao.

"Don't tell me, let's get started!" Zhu Hao knew that there must be nothing good to say, so he directly ordered the trial to begin.

The process is very simple, after announcing the crimes of these people, Zhu Hao said loudly: "My soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the people, have you seen it, these people are the Manchu Hulu outside the Guan, these barbarians not only do not thank the country for their education, but instead raise troops to invade my rivers and mountains, kill my people, take my money, and destroy my homeland, how many parents have lost their children, how many children have lost their parents, how many families have been ruined, they have ruined our countless sisters, and robbed us of the family wealth that we have worked hard to save all our lives, Every one of these people is a vicious butcher and robber, what do you say about such beasts? ”

"Kill them!" "Blood debt and blood payment!" "Avenge the folks!"

Driven by Zhu Hao's special ambush in the audience, the crowd was boiling, countless people were red-eyed and roaring for revenge, and some people who had suffered accidents at home cried and wanted to squeeze onto the stage to kill these captives with their own hands, and many hawkers threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs in their hands at the captives, and the stage was suddenly in a mess.

"Folks, be quiet and listen to me!" It took Zhu Hao a lot of effort to make the boiling crowd gradually quiet down.

"I can understand everyone's feelings, today I will let these people bow down in front of all the common people, so that you can all watch the filthy heads of these invaders be cut off by the butcher's knife of justice. But I want to ask, today I brought the army back to arrest these criminals, but what if the army is not here one day? Are you going to continue to be honestly bullied by these invaders? Without an army, are you lambs to the slaughter? Speaking of this, Zhu Hao said sharply: "You tell me, the people of the Ming Dynasty, are my Han people so easy to be bullied?" If everyone takes up arms and unites to resist the invaders, who can bully us? ”

"If you really want to defend your homeland and your loved ones, and want to avenge your dead loved ones, then I give you a chance, and all the executioners put down their knives and stepped aside. Now there are a total of twenty-four criminals on the stage, and I allow you to take revenge on yourselves, one knife each, and execute it immediately, who dares to come? Zhu Hao stared at the people below with burning eyes, and instantly changed his mind.

"If no one dares to come, it proves that you are still a bad breed in the eyes of the Manchus, and the ten-year-old children of the Manchus dare to go out alone to hunt wild beasts, are we Han people all born bad breeds? Who would dare to come?! Zhu Hao saw that people didn't react much, and shouted loudly.

"I'm coming! My family is in Yanzhou Mansion, Shandong, two years ago, the family was ruined by the Tartars, and I made a poisonous oath to kill the Tartars for revenge in this life! The "childcare" in the crowd lost no time in playing a role.

I saw a grieving and angry man in the crowd jump on the stage, pick up the big knife on the ground, and cut off the head of a captive with a single breath!

This scene greatly stimulated people's nerves, and those who took the lead will do the trick, which is the consistent psychology of the Chinese.

First, one, two, and three sparse young men came to the stage and slashed with knives, and then it evolved into men, women, and children rushing to the stage crying and screaming, and several people were squeezed off the stage and were slightly injured. If it weren't for the efforts of the soldiers around him to maintain it, I am afraid that there would be deaths.

The result is self-evident, the power of the Chinese people being completely enraged is terrifying, the corpses of the twenty-four captives were almost chopped into meat sauce, everyone was still unsatisfied, and many people also took away the minced meat on the corpses, shouting to go home to make soup and drink, which made Zhu Hao, who had reached the original intention, couldn't help but stand on end!

The overall results of this public trial are still quite satisfactory, but the old problems of the Chinese will not be changed for a while and a half, and this "nursery" will still spread on a large scale, so that it is convenient to lead the masses, arouse their enthusiasm, and carry out work. It seems that more ideological and political talents should be discovered!

When Zhu Hao returned to the army, he immediately ordered all departments to send a group of soldiers who were good at studying, flexible, and eloquent to form a political work office to receive unified training, and after the training was completed, they would be assigned to various counties to lead the mass work. However, this teacher has to be served by himself for the time being, after all, there are no talents like later generations in this era.

It has been a month since the expedition, and the industries brought by Chen Xiyao have also taken root in Xuzhou, Xuzhou is an important transportation place in the north and south, and the business is developed, if it is not affected by the war in the north, the degree of prosperity is no less than that of the south of the Yangtze River.

After the invention of assembly line operation, the production speed of firearms in the armory room was greatly improved, and Zhu Hao invested all the remaining looted money into military production, and now the production of muskets can reach 3,000 per month, 100,000 bullets, nearly 100 artillery pieces of various types, and 10,000 grenades. Zhu Hao planned to expand the army by about 50,000 within two years, and to form a large combat strength within three years, at least to ensure the stability of the Xuhuai region. Although there are some soldiers, it is not advisable to expand them too quickly, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

The iron ore in Xuzhou has been mined, and Zhu Hao has bought out one of the largest veins, so the material is not a problem. Zhu Hao also plans to mine coal to make iron, and at the same time improve iron-smelting technology to smelt high-quality steel. Thinking of this, Zhu Hao felt that there were too few people, but with his current influence, he couldn't recruit high-end talents, so he could only wait and talk about it, first ask Li Dong and Du Qishan to search for general talents who understand technology.

Wang Keren of Yangzhou had already gone to Xuzhou a few days ago to join him, and Zhu Hao encouraged him and appointed him as the person in charge of Huainan of the Intelligence Department, and asked him to study with Du Qishan for a period of time, and then go back to develop intelligence work in Yangzhou and other places.

Hu Jianye took the time to come and report to him on the preparations of the sailors, the soldiers were almost trained, and now they were sending the documents of the imperial court and the official warships, Zhu Hao also had a headache, so he asked him to go back first and continue to recruit sailors, and he would allocate a batch of funds to build the warships as soon as possible.

Just as Zhu Hao was busy sorting out various tasks, news came from Beijing, and a messenger of eunuchs arrived in Xuzhou.

The target of Emperor Chongzhen's holy decree is, of course, Zhu Hao, and the content is nothing more than praise, and then he sets off to Beijing to face the saint. The little eunuch who passed the decree finished reading the decree with a smile, and Zhu Hao was not too surprised, this time he was famous, and it was reasonable to be summoned by the emperor, but Wang Yinzu and others were envious, and they felt that this General Zhu had a bright future.

Zhu Hao didn't care about their sycophants, took out a hundred taels of silver tickets and put them in the hands of the little eunuch, and said: "My father-in-law has come all the way to work hard, this is a coil on the road, please laugh." ”

"Oh, general, you can torture the slave!" The little eunuch Le's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he naturally put the silver ticket into his arms.

"My father-in-law is polite, this time the young general is not familiar with the place of life in Beijing, and there are some things that I don't understand, and I have to bother my father-in-law to guide me." Zhu Hao said with a smile, he didn't have a good impression of these eunuchs, but he didn't have much disgust, they were all pitiful people, there was no need to be bitter and hateful, and these people might be the emperor's eyes and ears, and there was no harm in making friends.

"The general is polite, if there is anything undecided, just ask the slave maid, don't dare to say anything else, the slave and maid still know something about the affairs in the capital." The little eunuch patted his chest and promised.

Zhu Hao wanted to leave the little eunuch to eat, but the little eunuch refused on the grounds of rushing back to restore his life.

After the little eunuch left, Zhu Hao immediately arranged the relevant work, this time it was not a war, Liu Ru was inconvenient to follow, Zhu Hao left her to deal with general military affairs, Chen Xiyao took care of business and foreign affairs, Luo Yunqu presided over the daily training of the army, and the division of labor was clear. He only brought Li Dong, Liu's uncle and nephew, and a hundred guards into Beijing.