At the beginning of July of the seventh year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

The market of Pengcheng has not been so prosperous and lively for many years, and the prosperous ones have overflowed the majestic and magnificent Pengcheng Da Ridge Fort, forming a huge market in the northwest of the Ridge Fort, called Pengcheng North City.

Pengcheng North City was built from the dam on the south bank of the Yellow River, and at the top of the dam is the busy Pengcheng Wharf. Seventy or eighty percent of the logistics materials of the more than 100,000 Ming troops placed on the battlefield in Henan are now being transferred through the Yellow River waterway through this wharf. The boats traveling westward through the Yellow River are all against the current, and there is no wind power to rely on, so the boats must be dragged by human and animal power. The old camp of the people who dragged the boats was under the Pengcheng wharf, because these people had a high income and a certain consumption capacity, and the Xuzhou Transit Division (which was responsible for the logistics of the Henan army) would also purchase some miscellaneous items in Pengcheng to supply the army, so the Pengcheng North City below the Pengcheng wharf came into being and prospered in a very short time.

At the turn of the summer and autumn of the seventh year of Hongxing, more than a dozen straight streets have appeared under the Yellow River dam, and large areas are neatly arranged. The barracks-like camps, the shops and liquor stores along the streets, and the large and small warehouses, as well as the four-wheeled carriages coming and going on the streets, are enough to become the vivid picture of the rise of a city.

When the "Guanwai Mission" led by Ao Bai crossed the Yellow River accompanied by Zu Dashou and Zu Kefa, and went down from the Pengcheng Wharf crowded with wooden boats to Pengcheng North City, they were also shocked by the prosperity here.

Ao Bai sighed with emotion: "I don't want this to be so prosperous!" ”

The elderly Zu Dashou said with a smile: "This is just because of the supply of the Henan army and prospered, not for a long time, the real prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is still in the south of the Huai River, and when the future Governor Guan goes to Nanjing to be an official, you can really appreciate the richness of the southeast." ”

"Admiral Guan?" Ao Bai was stunned for a moment, "Who is Admiral Guan?" ”

"You're Admiral Guan!" Zu Dashou touched Bai Huahua's beard and said with a smile, "Your surname is Guan!" ”

"My surname is Guan?" Ao Bai was stunned and stunned, and said in his heart: This ancestor is confused! Why did I get my last name?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Zukefa. Zu Kefa explained with a smile: "King Gong has just played the imperial court and asked to give the eight major surnames of Manchuria the surname Han, and the surname Tong Jia; Ma Jia gave the surname Ma; Suo Xue Luo gave the surname Suo; The Hesheri clan gave the surname He; The Fucha family gave the surname Fu; Nala gave the surname Ra...... No, that's it; Niu Hulu gave the surname Lang; If you are from the Guerjia clan, you will be given the surname Guan, so you will be Guan Ao from now on. ”

"Oh, give the surname Guan, and the second master Guan has the same surname, good!" Ao Bai nodded again and again, "What about Aixin Jueluo?" ”

"Give the surname Jin," Zu Dashou said, "King Gong's name is Jin Fulin, and Uncle Huang will be called Jin Duoduo in the future...... How festive! ”

"Jin Duoduo...... Good name! Ao Bai nodded, "Sounds very rich!" ”

Now Duoduo is poor, and you must like the name "Jin Duoduo" when you hear it!

As the three of them spoke, they had already descended from the Yellow River Dam, which had stairs built from top to bottom, allowing them to go down on foot. Along the downward staircase, there were already Ming troops armed with spears, cuirasses, and helmets under martial law, blocking a "VIP passage". Below the passage, there is a straight road, paved with bluestone slabs, all the way to the Pengcheng fortress.

Several carriages and a team of "Yanmar soldiers" were already guarding there, and Zu Kefa said to Aobai: "Admiral Guan, let's get in the car...... Your Majesty is on Yunlong Mountain, let's take a car over, and by the way, have a meal in Pengcheng City, and we can go to Yunlong Mountain in the afternoon. ”

Ao Bai looked at the "Yanmar soldiers" and took a deep breath, their oceanic horses were obviously "imported goods", and the impact speed was incomparable to that of Mongolian horses...... If the Manchurian Iron Cavalry encounters such a cavalry in a dignified array, there is really no trick!

He sighed, withdrew his gaze, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a few wooden poles erected high, and he didn't know what they were for.

Ao Bai listened to the curiosity, so he turned his head to look, and when he looked at it, he actually found an acquaintance on the wooden pole! It seems to be Fan Wencheng...... No, it's a part of Fan Wencheng, just a head, with hideous facial features, not blinding, looking at himself!

"This, this is Fan Wencheng? He, why is he hanging on it? ”

Zu Dashou listened to Aobai's question and sighed: "He deserves it...... I cut off 3,000 knives, cut off my head again, and hang it here for public display! ”

"He, what's his sin?" Ao Bai was a little weak-hearted.

"He has treason, aiding the captives, making enemies, betraying the alliance, plundering, and massacring, a total of six major crimes, and one major crime is sentenced to 1,000 knives."

"That's six thousand dollars!" Ao Bai is a bit strange, one thousand times six is six thousand, why did this Fan Wencheng suffer three thousand less? Is there nowhere to go under the knife, or is the executioner illiterate?

Zu Kefa said in an envious tone: "It's not that she is a good lady, that Kong Sizhen has difficulties with him, and he has three thousand knives." ”

"What? Kong Sizhen ......: "Ao Bai is shocked to hear it!" How much sin can Kong Sizhen be with a little girl? She's cut it all, so ...... herself Why is his sin greater than Kong Sizhen?

"By the way," Zu Dashou sighed again, "there are also people who are going to be cut today...... You are very familiar with Governor Guan, who was the Yellow Flag Han Army Melle Ezhen Li Shuitai, he was sentenced to a Ling Chi, that is, a thousand knives, because of the crime of Tu Datong, he was cut this afternoon, let's hurry up, and we can send him. ”

The work of eliminating traitors continues, and Fan Wencheng, Geng Jimao, and Xu Dingguo, who once held heavy troops, have all been killed. Now it's the turn of the traitors who were caught by Shi Kefa on the battlefield to be stabbed - there were also many traitors in the army of Duoduo and Fulin, some of whom were killed and some were captured when they were defeated, and some of them were enough to be stabbed, and they were all lining up to be stabbed during this time.

There are Shi Tingzhu, who surrendered with Sun Degong (he is a Manchurian, but he is a man in the Ming Dynasty, so he is worthy of treason, and there are several other major crimes), Ma Guangyuan, who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the third year of Chongzhen, Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xushun, and his brother Shen Yongxing, but there are still many who are waiting patiently...... Today's turn is Li Shutai.

In fact, he is not the main culprit of Tu Datong, the main culprit is Dorgon, he is just a coerced pawn, but his father Li Yongfang is the first among the traitors! Now that he is dead, of course he has to inherit a little bit of this sin, so Li Shutai, who was not enough for Ling Chi, is also qualified to receive a thousand knives.

Aobai's breath became short, "This, this, this ......"

When he was stammering, he saw the head of an acquaintance, also hanging high, it was Sun Degong's son Sun Sike.

"Sun, Sun Sike is also ......"

"Two thousand knives!" Zukoffa said, "I cut it seven days ago...... Admiral Guan, you have a good relationship with him, right? Do you want to burn some paper money? ”

"Is that okay?" Worship with a weak heart!

"Yes, you can burn it...... Burning paper money is not illegal. Zu Kefa smiled, "I heard that you are coming, I have prepared several large boxes of paper money for you!" ”

"Prepare paper money for me......" Ao Bai gasped, why did this sound so scary?

"I don't need paper money!" Ao Bai said.

"You can use it, you can use it...... Zu Dashou sighed, "Others are coming, and we are not ready yet, it is you...... Your brother Zhuo Butai's head is also in Xuzhou, you can lend it to pay tribute, burn some paper money, and let him live better below. ”

Zhuo Butai was killed in the Battle of Guanyintang, and his head was cut off, salted, and then dried in the sun for long-term preservation.

However, since Ao Bai is here, he can still lend his head for a use......

Hearing the exact news of his brother's death, and knowing that his good friend was being chopped today, Aobai's mood was not good, so he sighed and got into the carriage and went to Pengcheng Fortress.