Qilu, in front of the yamen of the Qingzhou prefect, boxes of silver ingots were piled up in the open space, and under the sun, the silver light shone brightly, like a silver mountain.

"Good fellow, so much silver, I've never seen so much silver in my life." Li Shixuan looked at Yinshan and was completely stupid.

Li Shiyuan next to him, as well as He Yongqing, the prefect of Qingzhou, could still hold back the surging in their hearts. But both of them turned red.

In the current situation, the entire rule of the Ming Dynasty in Qilu has fallen apart, and the northwest has fallen into the hands of Li Thief, and after Hou Guoan lost Quancheng, he led people to retreat to Tai'an and restrained Guo Thief's hands and feet, otherwise Guo Sheng's army would have entered Qingzhou long ago. And in such a stormy time in Qingzhou, how can the army led by Guo Sheng resist it?

Earlier, He Yongqing and Li Shiyuan had already decided to go to Denglai with King Heng's family.

Although Denglai was also empty, whether it was Denglai's local soldiers and horses, or the Zheng army, the main force drove to King Qinwang of Jinmen to rescue him. But Dengzhou City is much stronger than Qingzhou City.

Na Cheng thought that the situation had changed suddenly in a short period of time, and Guo Sheng's offensive against Qingzhou had changed from being ready to go straight to a passing cloud, and their Qingzhou had ushered in a lot of money, food, and ordnance support.

100,000 taels of silver, 50,000 stone of grain and rice, as well as firearms and armor. The Qingzhou Army suddenly changed from ordinary people to a large wealthy family in Qilu.

"I heard that Annanbo made a windfall in Beijing and Tianjin, and now it looks like this." That's too generous. Not to mention firearms and armor, which are things that are difficult to buy with money at the moment.

He Yongqing was overjoyed.

Qingzhou, as a large mansion connecting Denglai and Ludong, connects Laizhou Bay in the north, the Yellow Sea in the south, and Qilu in the north and south. Its northern region is indeed a rare plain and wide land in Qilu, but the central and southern parts are all mountainous and hilly terrain, which is entangled with Yimeng Mountain in a broad sense, and is not rich on the whole. Especially in recent years of natural and man-made disasters, Qingzhou has only recovered some vitality in the past two years.

He Yongqing is not a shameless person who has no discipline, he still has a loyalty to Daming. If he could, how could he not be willing to do his part for Da Ming? Qingzhou originally had strong troops, although there were not many, but it had a foundation; Li Shiyuan can also be said to be a strong general, and he followed Zheng Zhilong to see the world at the beginning, and his performance was very good.

But what about Qingzhou's finances? Recruiting soldiers and horses, whether it is the consumption of money and food or the construction of armor, is not something that Qingzhou's financial resources can support.

However, the largest sitting tiger king in Qingzhou is in the vein, but he is bent on learning from King Lu.

The Ming Dynasty is not in the north, but there is still half of the country in the south. King Heng's father and son were determined to go to Jinling, and when they got there, even if they could no longer have a fief, at least they were still princes. Relying on their family's savings, they can continue to live their own glory and wealth until the Ming Dynasty is completely destroyed, or the Ming Dynasty is prosperous again.

However, no matter what the result is, it is better than staying in Qingzhou City and waiting for death.

Guo Sheng's army swept the land of Qilu, and the whole process was too smooth, and the governor Wang Guobin's untold departure and Liu Zeqing's escape from the south greatly hit the confidence of the Qilu officials.

The fault is not that Yanjing suddenly gave birth to a big change, Wu Sangui actually led the Tartars into the customs, causing Li Zicheng to suffer a heavy setback, and Guo Sheng's army may have already hit Qingzhou City.

In Qingzhou in history, Guo Sheng only led 500 people to capture Qingzhou City without blood. He Yongqing saw that the general trend was irretrievable, so he left his post and went directly to become a monk in frustration. Li Shiyuan surrendered. The father and son of King Heng, who are not weak in Qingzhou, and the father and son of King Heng, who were recruiting soldiers when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the fortress, also obediently stayed in the palace and waited for disposal.

All of that is because of the change of hands in Shenjing, Emperor Chongzhen's family was killed, Li Zicheng's Dashun Dynasty has become a general trend, and then sweep the world, clean up the rivers and mountains, in the case of Emperor Chongzhen's family being wiped out, when Nanming has not yet established a new emperor, it is completely the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, and the country is determined.

The performance of King Heng's father and son, He Yongqing, Li Shiyuan and others all show that they have completely lost hope for the future of the Ming Dynasty, and they only bow their heads and admit defeat in their hearts.

But now?

Emperor Chongzhen is not dead, the prince is still there, and Nanming has already appeared on stage in Jinling. On the day Emperor Chongzhen entered Jinling, he howled and cried in front of the Ming Tomb, pointing to heaven and vowing to restore the rivers and mountains of the north and restore the foundation of his ancestors.

In this way, those officials who have their hearts towards the Ming Dynasty have ignited hope and new hope one by one on how to Yongqing and the like.

And it was at this time that the news of Li Zicheng's defeat at Shanhaiguan reached Qilu. An individual was stunned to find that there was a new chess player in the big chess game of the Central Plains Flower World. The Manchu Qing stepped in and kicked Li Zicheng, who was still imposing not long ago, out of Yanjing with an extremely tough attitude.

Clear-eyed people will not take Wu Sangui's 'borrowing teachers to help suppress' seriously, it is easy to ask God to send God, can the Tartar be compared with the flower world inside the Guan?

And in the same way, the Manchu Eight Banners are very sharp, and the army is going, with the current situation of Qilu, who dares to guarantee that they can defend the city?

This wasn't two years ago.

Under such circumstances, Li Shiyuan can still stay in Qingzhou City wholeheartedly, and the biggest hope is Zheng Zhilong. He believes that Zheng Zhilong will not forget his original promise, and he believes that Zheng Zhilong will not forget himself.

And that's exactly what happened.

The money, food, and armor sent by Zheng Zhilong were inhumane as soon as they were shot, 100,000 taels of silver and swords, guns, guns, armor, and armor, and they looked at Li Shiyuan's eyes blindly.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shiyuan pulled out his waist knife and slashed at the chest of a wooden statue covered in armor, the blade was directly blocked on the iron sheet, and even the iron willow leaf was not cut, and there was a layer of leather underneath, and there was a layer of overcoat under the leather.

"It's all good, it's all good." After putting the knife back into its sheath, he said to He Yongqing on the side: "According to what I said, Annanbo will do more than that." Rather than let the silver rust in the treasury of those dignitaries, it would be better to fall into the hands of Annanbo. At least Annanbo is sincere for the country, and no matter how much money he makes, it is also for the sake of war. ”

Although Li Shiyuan felt that Zheng Zhilong would not forget him, he never imagined that Zheng Zhilong would be able to send so much money, food, and military funds at one time.

From this, we can know how fat Zheng Zhilong is now. But he also believed that Zheng Zhilong hadn't made a lot of money in Beijing and Tianjin, and he couldn't be so generous. It's all about money. What was the reward given by the imperial court after Zhang Qiuzhen after World War I? Li Shiyuan still remembers it clearly. Is it because today I really don't know that I will lose the morale of the army and lose my fighting spirit? But what if you don't have money in your pocket?

He also wants to thank those dignitaries who are full of fat intestines.

He Yongqing thought further, those nobles were slaughtered at will by Zheng Zhilong as flying pigs, but they were not the place to die that attracted the hatred of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military, how could there be a foothold for Annanbo in this court in the future?

In the long run, it will be unfavorable to Annanbo and unfavorable to the dynasty.

But now it's too late to say this, according to the person who escorted the money and food, the gold and silver that was transported by the fleet from Jinmen to Zhifu Island were piled up high on the dock, and that was the real gold and silver mountain.

The wood has been completed, and Zheng Zhilong has already offended people to death.

But He Yongqing can't help but admit that if so much money and grain are scattered by Annan in Qilu, no matter when the Tartars go south, it will not be smooth.

Thinking of Juehua Island outside the Guan, as well as Jinmen on the edge of the capital, plus Denglai in Qilu, and even their wave-Annanbo asked them to recruit troops as much as possible, and while sticking to Qingzhou, they also had to set up camp in the Yimeng Mountains. Waiting for the Tartar army to come, this Qingzhou city can't hold it, so it is better to retreat to Yimeng Mountain.

At that time, as long as they can still stick to Yimeng Mountain under the banner, the Tartars will not want to fall into Qilu.

He Yongqing thought of some of the situations introduced in Zheng Zhilong's letter, as well as some of his speculations, if they were all true, then it would be really difficult for Qilu to be peaceful in the future. If there is a team of them swaggering in the Yitai Mountain District, they will definitely be able to drag down the hind legs of the Tartars!

And how many people are there in the Tartars? When their Eight Banners soldiers are finished, the Tartars will be finished. I can't be sure, this is three or five years of hard work.

"Then I will be ......"

He Yongqing couldn't help but start a beautiful reverie. Because the foreground drawn by Zheng Zhilong is really beautiful, very beautiful.

The Tartars are strong but few in number, which is their biggest and most obvious flaw.

Think about the huge northland, if the beacon fire is everywhere, isn't it a piece of cake to lose 8,000 yuan a year? Two more tough battles, and in a few years the Tartars will roll the ball themselves.

"Come on, post these notices and drawings, and the officials want the fathers and people of Qingzhou to see and hear them all."

Squandering money and food to recruit soldiers is one, so that the people and gentry can see the ferocity of the Tartars is the second, so that everyone up and down can see what money is rat tail is the third.

He Yongqing is also going to gather the hunters in the central and southern counties to study the reckless mountains in the central and southern parts of Qingzhou. He is now as energetic as Li Shiyuan.

……

At the same time, outside the gate of Qingzhou East City, Zhu Youdi, the king of Heng, and his son Zhu Citong stood on the side of the road, looking at Qingzhou City behind them, their faces were full of reluctance. The Heng Domain who left Qingzhou is the king of the landless domain, and he is the rootless Ping. Even if the emperor of Jinling City took advantage of this excuse to take the throne of his family, it was logical.

However, although Zhu Youdi knows this very well, how can he dare to stay in Qingzhou now?

"Father,......" Zhu Citong looked depressed.

Before, King Heng was about to leave, but he was stopped by He Yongqing and Li Shiyuan, but now the shadows of the two have been seen, but they only took a picture and disappeared. This contrast is also ......

Zhu Citong is the prince of King Heng, so he naturally feels that his stomach is full of anger.

"Let's go. This time and that time. When you go to Jinling, you can sleep peacefully, stay here, you don't know where your head is left. ”

He Yongqing and Li Shiyuan have obviously reported new thighs, and at this time, they are more brisk when they are gone.