Zhu Renzhong pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Liang, I think do you want to go to Liu to do one or two?" promised him about 30% of the benefits a year, and I am afraid that it will almost impress this person. Although my Zhu family is only a businessman, and there are several people behind it, Dong Ningbo Bo will not give no face at all? ”

"Zhu Dongzhu, with all due respect, it's useless." Liang Shifa has gone through many experiences and has grown a lot compared to before. Half a year ago, in front of a wealthy businessman like Zhu Renzhong, how could he speak? Don't say that the qualifications are not enough, that is, the qualifications are enough, and Liang Shifa must be submissive and doesn't know what to say.

The current Liang Shifa is quite calm and confident, but there is also a faint sadness between his eyebrows.

Regarding Liu Zeqing's actions, in fact, Min Yuanqi had already prepared.

Liang Shifa led a team of people to enter Huai'an, which was prepared at this time today.

has Yang Shili, a well-known opponent, and the other party is involved in Liu Zeqing, plus the income from Yanchi is enough to make a warlord like Liu Zeqing who has no bottom line red......

Min Yuanqi didn't expect his current official function to stop Liu Zeqing, this was a few years ago to assassinate and impeach the warlord in the matter, to the matter is a clear stream, in the Ming Dynasty officialdom system is second only to Hanlin, six or nine years to do in the matter, a transfer is the fourth grade Jingqing, put the place can directly become a third-grade magistrate, don't look at the low official position, in the Ming system, in the military affairs are given to the matter to speak in the matter is much greater than Hanlin.

Hanlin is to raise, and to fight in the matter, and to speak in matters big and small, and if you have something to say, you will soon be transferred to a military and political position, and become a party official or an important minister in the court.

How many high-ranking officials in the feudal territory are all born in the middle of things.

Liu Zeqing dared to assassinate such an official, and even a few months later, he sent a killer to assassinate Liu Zongzhou.

This is also extremely heartbreaking.

Liu Zongzhou is not only a top official of the Zuodu Imperial History, but also a famous Confucian in the sea, an important town of Confucianism, and his doctrine influences the scholars in the sea, and he is a Confucian and a famous Confucian who is older than Huang Daozhou.

Such a great Confucian Liu Zeqing is not in his eyes, let alone a guerrilla general who has just been appointed?

Broke the garrison of the Cloud Ladder Pass, took down the salt pool, and charged Min Yuanqi with a crime of banditry and theft, what kind of big deal is this? Ma Shiying or Shi Kefa will investigate, or do they have the strength to come to Huai'an to investigate thoroughly?

To put it bluntly, the world is different now, the old order is collapsing, Zhu Renzhong's words only caused Liang Shifa to smile and shake his head, this old man still hasn't fully understood.

"It's useless." Liang Shifa shook his head and smiled, and said: "Zhu Dongzhu thinks that compared with 400,000 silver a year, 100,000 a year, how will Dong Ningbo's temperament be chosen?" ”

Zhu Renzhong's face sank like water, and he also understood the meaning of the people who came from the cloud ladder in front of him.

Liu Zeqing's character, either he will get enough benefits before he does it, but now that he has decided to do it, he will never meet Zhu Renzhong's conditions of thirty percent.

"Isn't that the end?" Zhu Wanhe stomped his feet and said hurriedly: "The eldest brother is still in the Cloud Ladder Pass, father, we have to find a way to rescue the eldest brother." ”

"I think this can be assured that Zhu Dongzhu and Second Master Zhu can rest assured." Liang Shifa said very calmly: "Our adults sent me to Huai'an Mansion because we were worried about the safety of the two of us. Uncle Zhu is a good friend of our adults, and he has always been a great helper, and we will never let him be in danger and ignore him. ”

"That's right." At present, Zhu Renzhong has been in charge of power for many years, and he has also seen a lot of storms.

It is true that the Zhu family knows a lot of powerful people, and even some high-ranking officials in Nanjing are involved in salt goods, and the eunuchs who guard the town even take benefits from the Zhu family.

But these are all necessary moves for salt merchants to open up joints, and even the big salt merchants have more or less backgrounds.

It's just that after all, the strength comes from one's own family, and others can help at most, and when you really encounter a big event, you still have to rely on your own family.

There are now several children of the Zhu family who are local officials, and there are not no clansmen who were born in Jinshi.

If it is the season of peacetime, a general soldier is really nothing, and the trouble is excessive, and the Zhu family can buy a royal history impeachment for a few hundred taels of silver, and the unruly general soldier who is quasi-guaranteed is disgraced.

At this time, no matter how dull Zhu Renzhong is, he knows that it is not as good as in previous years, not to mention one or two imperial histories, even if he buys off dozens of imperial histories in Nanjing now, and impeaches Liu Zeqing with fierce feelings, it is definitely not possible to hurt a single hair of this person.

At a time like this, it is still the generals who have the force at hand to rely on, and everything else is vain.

"I wonder how sure Lord Min is about the war?"

Liang Shifa shook his head and said: "The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, who knows what will happen before the fight?" ”

When the Zhu family's father and son were depressed, Liang Shifa continued: "But before I left, we adults explained. Please let me tell the old proprietor Zhu and the second master of the Zhu family that Liu Zeqing must have a restless time, and if he sends troops to Yunti Pass, it will also be the time when our adults lead troops to compete with him. Our adults said that Liu Zeqing did not come to provoke, it was the Ming Domain, the Great Wall in the north, and the important town of Huaishang. If he raises troops, even if he is a fence, an important town, Yuntiguan does not have the reason to sit and be beaten without moving, morality is there, people's hearts are there, and there is also the convenience of the location, the battle is not said to win, but it will never fail, please rest assured that the old proprietor Zhu and Zhu Erye are. ”

Zhu Wanhe was a little excited, and his face looked much better.

Zhu Renzhong was not moved by a few words, but asked in a deep voice: "Lord Min, how is the troop strength?" I think there are three or four thousand troops in this city, and there are still more than 1,000 cavalry, most of them are elite soldiers in the inner ding, plus they will be transferred to accompany them outside, and it is estimated that Liu Zeqing will send more than 10,000 troops in this battle. I also know about Min Yuan's military expansion, but I don't know how many troops are there? ”

Liang Shifa knew that this was the key, so he immediately said with a smile: "This matter can't be hidden from the old proprietor Zhu, after our last battle, after a while of silver money, the adults immediately recruited a battalion of soldiers, two thousand headquarters of nearly four thousand people. Later, about 3,000 people were recruited in the local area, and we also have 7,000 troops. With our adults' ability to train troops, it is to build armor, weapons, firearms and other things, and there are high-grade fine iron, Suzhou steel, war horses, nitrate and other things purchased by the old proprietor Zhu Lao, and a few days ago the Zhu family helped to purchase 30 Franc machines and artillery battalions and craftsmen from Nanjing. ”

"I'm really relieved this way!"

Zhu Renzhong raised his eyebrows, and he was really relieved.

In this matter at hand, if Liu Zeqing's soldiers destroyed the garrison of Yunti Pass with a thunderous blow and easily took down Min Yuanqi, the imperial court would not say anything, and Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa would not stand up for Yunti Pass, so as not to harm Liu Zeqing, affect the defense of Huaishang, and destroy the pattern of the four towns garrisoning Jiangbei.

Even Zhou Lianggong, the Huaiyang Dao, is now taking advantage of the east wind of the Min family, and his presence in Jiangbei officialdom is much stronger, and it is reported that many bigwig-level figures in Nanjing are writing letters to Zhou Lianggong to show their respects.

If Liu Zeqing was tied up and sent to Xishi at this time, it is estimated that thousands of Huaishang people would flock to eat his flesh and skin him.

Renhe is on Min Yuanqi's side, and in terms of geographical advantages, it is actually a bit far-fetched.

Liu Zeqing's troops had been stationed in various prefectures and counties in Huai'an for several months, and they had divided their troops to collect food and salaries everywhere, and basically had a clear understanding of the local roads and rivers.

The area around Yuntiguan is all near the beach flat, there are a large number of sandy saline-alkali land and wetland swamps, the whole Yancheng area was originally the place with the most tidal flat swamp wetlands in China, and there were several large-scale coastal ecological and wetland reserves in later generations.

In the future, Jiangsu's long coastline, the port city can only be regarded as Lianyungang, that is, the current Haizhou, in addition to Lianyungang, the rest of the place can not form a large-scale port, more is a barren beach and tidal flats, there is no scenery and no port, such a coastal line is meaningless.

Yuntiguan Qianhu is arranged along the Huai River, the main defense place is the original Huai River estuary, there are still a large number of sea ships here at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, after the rise of the sea ban and the sea ban, here has been basically deserted.

From the Huai'an Mansion City, along the Huaihe River all the way to the east, until the Huaihe River estuary area is where the Yunti Pass Thousand Households are located.

Since then, the mouth of the Huai River has gradually silted up, and a large amount of accumulated sediment has been continuously filled into the sea, which is also the origin of the large tidal flats.

Not far from the south of Huai'an, there is the Guan River, and then to the south is the Lixia River, several big rivers are like blood, connecting a large area of the original blank area together, and gradually the households gather, forming a village market town.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, except for the garrison of the guard, it was almost an empty and uninhabited no-man's land.

Several official roads connect the states and counties, there are no mountains, there are no hills, except for a Huaguo Mountain in Haizhou, Huai'an, Jiangbei, Yancheng this place, there is not even a hill more than ten meters high.

The village is hidden in the acres of fields, which stretch along the rivers and channels, and there are many trees planted along the official roads and canal paths.

If it's a clear day, you can see far away at a glance, and there is no place to block your view except for the wooded houses.

Such a geographical advantage, to be honest, is quite reluctant, and the effect of fighting with the guest soldiers by taking advantage of the geographical advantage is very limited.

However, Min Yuanqi and his subordinates are more familiar with the local geographical environment, and they are more familiar with rivers, branch canals, and trails.

With more than 7,000 troops, Min Yuanqi also has the unstoppable courage in the eyes of Zhu Renzhong, and for these old figures, except for Qi Jiguang, the generals are all leading by example and bravely charging to drive the fighting style of the family. The impression of Min Yuanqi is also that he is brave and strong, and he is a pure martial artist who is bold and bold.

With such a strong general with thousands of people, people and location, it is really not impossible to fight.

Zhu Renda was very happy, and said with a smile to Liang Shifa and Zhu Wanhe: "There are thousands of soldiers and horses, relying on people and geographical advantages, this battle can be fought." As long as it is carried for half a month, Huaishang will fight fiercely and affect the overall situation, and the imperial court will not be able to ignore it, and will send a large official to Huai'an to reconcile. No matter how violent and ruthless Liu Zeqing is, he can't mess up the overall situation of the Four Towns Gongwei Nanjing, he can't take it, he can't swallow it, he can only admit it. As long as this battle is resisted, Yuntiguan will be brought to Guannan, Yancheng, two thousand households, more than 30 market towns, four or five hundred villages, and more than 600,000 people, even if they all fall into the hands of Lord Min. After that, we will recruit and train troops, sit firmly in guerrillas, and then look at the generals and hold the territory steadily, and there is hope for the general army in the future. ”