The brigade of men and horses went south along the canal, Tongzhou, Linqing, Jining, Huai'an, Qingjiangpu, and cities of all sizes along the way, all vying to witness the successive northward Qinwang, many times to destroy the Jiannu, and behead the leader of the Jiannu. The commander was recently canonized by the emperor as Ning Yuanbo's style of the Southern Guangdong Army.

Especially on the ground in Shandong, from the governor down, King De and other princes of the clan went out of the city for hundreds of miles to greet them.

King De helped up Li Shouhan, who was a little stunned, "The marshal doesn't need to be polite, this lord just received the emperor's edict a few days ago, and ordered the king and the little dog, the general of Zhenguo and others to go to Fengyang, and go to the ancestors to study and think about it behind closed doors in front of the ancestors." ”

Shouhan understood at that time that this was Chongzhen's disguised disposal of these royal clansmen who had been captured by Jiannu. not only punished these unlucky princes, but also retained the royal dignity.

Ben Jue and the others were grateful for the virtue of the marshal who helped him that day, and felt that they owed the marshal a lot. Remembering that the marshal bought the land of the grange on my Qilu ground that day, although Benjue and the others did not dare to boast of their wealth compared to the marshal, there were still a number of thin fields in various places, so they simply gave them to the general! I also hope that the handsome man will laugh at it! ”

Shouhan didn't understand why this was at first, but when he thought about it, he understood.

As a guilty clan, these people were sent to the Fengyang Imperial City, and they immediately faced the trap that was not a captivity, and they had to be blackmailed and humiliated by the eunuchs guarding the tomb, and these real estate properties would have to change their surnames sooner or later. It's not so much that someone is blackmailing, but that it's better to give it to yourself. With the well-known relationship between the Nanyue Army and the eunuchs, those eunuchs guarding the tomb will also recite some incense, and they will also throw some rat traps when they are blackmailed.

"Then, Ben Bo will be ashamed on behalf of the soldiers of the whole army!" The Han Shou ordered the man to take a book of inventory held by the young son of King De. A few pages were hastily flipped through, and the details of the fields, manors, shops, workshops and other real estate offered by the captured clans in Jinan were registered. What excites Shouhan the most is that in Jining, Dongying, Liaocheng, Xiajin, Wucheng, Binzhou, Tai'an, Heze, Pingyuan, Dezhou, and Qingzhou, more than two-thirds of the land is owned by these clans.

"A Shandong is like this, no wonder the people of the Ming Dynasty are going to rebel!"

muttered in his heart, but on the surface, he still had to deal with these officials, guilty clans, and wrongdoers.

After resting in Jinan for two days, King De and others packed up their bags and went south with the army, and went to read and think about the past in front of the ancestors of Fengyang! However, Shouhan quietly ordered someone to send 20,000 silver dollars to King De and gave him an explanation. If there is a eunuch who bullies and blackmails him. Just write to him and tell him. "Ben Bo will naturally seek justice for the prince!" The rest of the clans also gave different amounts of silver depending on the situation.

It has always been more icing on the cake and less charcoal in the snow. This move made this group of guilty clans cry grateful to this uncle Li who was arrogant and arrogant from all over the government and the opposition.

"Shuai Li. The Gentleman of the Ancients! ”

But. The generals who went south along the banks of the canal. But he was confused about Shouhan's move. Previously, Yue Tuo and Du Du were exchanged for this group of clans, and there were quite a lot of complaints in the army, and today they have obtained a large amount of land from these people. And a lot of the land is very low in food production. For the officers and men of the Nanyue Army, who do not lack land or food, these lands are chicken ribs.

At the instigation of several brigade commanders and regiment commanders, Li Huabao, the second son of Shouhan, quietly went to his father to find out the truth.

After listening to his son's intention, Shouhan didn't say anything, took a piece of his own clothes from the side and threw it in front of Hua Bao.

"Tell Daddy, what is this?!"

"Daddy's clothes."

Huabao was honest, so he just said it.

"What do you do?"

"Made of muslin from my southern region."

"Where does the cotton come from?"

"Cotton cloth is cotton yarn that is made into cotton yarn through woollen and fine spinning, and cotton yarn is then spun." Although Hua Bao was born with fine clothes and jade food, he also followed his mother Yan Mei'er everywhere countless times, either to give medicine to new immigrants, or to visit widows and lonely in villages and towns. Therefore, it is not enough to say that the cotton cloth was bought from the merchants.

Seeing that his son said almost the entire process of the cotton spinning industry in one breath, although there were some loose omissions in the middle, it was probably very clear. Shouhan nodded slightly.

"Son! Do you know where this first cotton came from? ”

"This?" Huabao was speechless for a while. "I am rich in products in Nanzhong, but cotton is not produced, and most of this thing comes from Tianzhu. or trade with swords, guns, gunpowder, armor and other things with the kings of the land everywhere, or plant them on a large scale in the places occupied by our Nanyue army in Tianzhu. In addition to cotton, it is wheat. In the past few years, my son heard that because of the war in Tianzhu, warlords and towns have risen everywhere, and the demand for weapons in my southern middle school has soared, and the vassal kings everywhere are increasing the cotton planting area in a large amount, and there is a lot of grain in the goods exported to Tianzhu to supplement the food shortage in Tianzhu. ”

Over the course of a few years, the Telugu dynasty and the Mughal dynasty, the descendants of Timur the lame, fought fiercely, and on the Deccan plateau, warriors of various religions used the same weapons to cut each other off their horses. The scale and brutality of the war are getting bigger and bigger, and the demand for arms from South China across the sea is also increasing. Coupled with the fact that the Portuguese Restoration Army was stirring up trouble on the Indian continent, even the princes who were not involved in the war had to increase their armaments to prevent their nearby ill-intentioned neighbors from suddenly breaking into their courtyards.

As a result, there are those who exchange large tracts of land for armaments, those who exchange untouchable slaves for armaments, and those who exchange gold, silver, jewelry, trees, and native products for armaments.

"However, you have to remember that where there is a war, everything is unstable. From the eighth year of Chongzhen to the present few years, the source and origin of cotton have been changing every year, and in order to be able to gain the upper hand in the war, the first thing each prince will do is to burn the cotton fields once he invades the territory of the other party. Strike at the war potential of the opposing side. ”

"The son seems to understand the meaning of the father, the meaning of the father, but to be cunning? Or, as those Furry say, can't put all your money in one box? Can't we rely on Tianzhu alone to provide our cotton sources? ”

"Not bad. But not quite. Shouhan glanced at his son approvingly and praised his son's analytical ability.

"At present, the momentum of our Nanyue Army is good, and the internal and external expansion must be launched. A large amount of iron and steel is used in the construction of various places, and steel products are also exported to various places in exchange for all kinds of materials we need. In this way, it is inevitable that it will be a little stretched. How to deal with such a thing? ”

"As soon as I get together, my father can only choose to plant cotton in this Qilu land, especially in Jiaodong Denglaiqing Sanfu, so as to ensure the needs of thousands of sets of spinning and weaving machinery in my Nanzhong."

Li Huabao was somewhat skeptical about whether the large-scale planting of cotton in the three prefectures of Denglaiqing, especially in Dezhou and Heze in Shandong, would be successful. If someone else is faced with Shouhan's decision, it is natural to "implement what you understand, and implement what you don't understand." "But. After all, it is the father and son who say some private words in front of him, and Huabao is not taboo at the moment. When even raised their own suspicions.

"Father, occupy some places in Shandong and use them to build a stronghold for our Southern Guangdong Army to go north. This is the same as going to rob and make eyes. It is the art of war in secret combination. It's just that the son is worried. Can this cotton be successfully planted in Shandong? If we don't succeed, we will resettle at least hundreds of thousands of people in Shandong, and it will be another burden. To ensure the food rations of these people? ”

Dare to raise objections to his son. Shouhan didn't think it was angry, but was quite happy. A son's ability to think independently of authority is the most valuable quality for a potential successor.

But how could Shouhan tell his son that Shandong Province was the main cotton producing area in the future? Is the long-staple cotton produced in this area of the best quality? Is it that in the future, Xinjiang's cotton will be promoted to the whole country after it is successfully planted in Shandong?

"Bao, have you ever thought about managing a matter like your eldest brother and eldest sister? You see, your eldest sister now leads sailors to walk all over the sea, or escort merchant ships, or fight pirates. Your eldest brother Huayu is now the prefect of Taiwan, and it can be seen from the official documents and his family letters that your eldest brother is making great progress. How are you going to be? ”

"This, my son has never thought about it."

"It's good! And don't rush it. On the way back, it's good to think about it. Your uncle sent a letter to prepare to join us in Liudu, and then go to sea together via Songjiang. During this time, you can think about it, or ask your second uncle. ”

"My son knows that when he sees his second uncle, he will definitely ask him for advice."

In the dead of night, only the occasional lights in the camp flickered and the sound of the canal in the distance.

Within a few days, the team came to the ground in Yangzhou.

The accompanying Cao gang had already explained to Shouhan that when they arrived in Yangzhou, they would go to another home of the Nanyue army, and from here to Songjiang Mansion, all the supply expenses of the army were completely handled by the two gangs of Yancao and Cao, and the army did not work out a copper plate.

This is also a reward for the close cooperation between the two sides and the Yancao gang over the years. From the beginning of Shouhan's sale of refined salt to the mainland through the Yancao and Cao gangs, the income of the two families increased significantly. For more than 20 years, the bitter people who worked for the salt merchants have turned over and become masters.

The salt merchants, who were accustomed to making huge profits by selling official salt monopolization and leading the shore, had no choice but to whisper to the salt gang and propose to wholesale some fine salt to buy it so that they could make some money.

Not only that, in the process of going north to Qinwang, because the Cao Gang helped the Qinwang army on the ground in Shandong, or carried grain, grass and ammunition, or towed heavy ships, and there were brave people, each with a knife and a gun, on the battlefield to help the Nanyue army kill the enemy, treat the wounded, and take prisoners.

On the occasion of rewarding meritorious deeds afterwards, the Shouhan Shao was not allowed to report hundreds of Cao gang leaders as helping the righteous people in the war, and asked the emperor to give them a reward.

Because there are requests for others, not to mention digging other people's corners, it is necessary to bridge the rift between the two sides, and the list and requirements put forward by Shouhan, from the cabinet to the celebrant to Chongzhen himself, are all full and three. What's more, it's just a fictitious title of some military attachés of the guard.

As a result, the people of the Salt Gang and the Cao Gang all added titles such as Wei Qianhu, Garrison, and General Banner in front of their names, and the one with the largest official rank was the general of the river defense battalion.

For a time, on the wharf of Yangzhou, there were many honor guards and flags, and there were former gang leaders dressed in beast patches everywhere. This scene is hot to see those salt merchants who have also spent a lot of money to get various official titles. I couldn't help but scold, "Mu monkey and crown." ”

The Sima gang leader of the Yan Gang and the Tian gang leader of the Cao Gang have also been dissatisfied with this group of fat guys for a long time, and the fundamental interests of the two sides are conflicting, so naturally they will not have a harmonious relationship. However, there is still a lot of harmony in front of you.

At the moment, it is indispensable to proudly show off the story of the origin of his family and Ning Yuanbo, and render the day in Changqing, leading his subordinates to wait thousands of miles to help. The story of the bloody battle with Jiannu. Hearing this, everyone had a green light in their eyes, and they cursed in their hearts.

"I knew that Lu Dao was like this, and Lao Tzu also went to Shandong that day."

The umbrella covers the flag, and the earl's guard of honor is from far and near. Coming down the canal. The first to crash into everyone's eyes. It's a huge flag. The pole is two feet high. Fine wood and steel for it, the flag is big, and the red satin is for it. The gold silk is the edge, and the tasseled head is decorated with beads, which is extremely gorgeous. In the four directions of the flag, there are green dragons, white tigers, vermilion birds, and Xuanwu patterns, and in the middle of the flag, it is the golden waves and sun and moon patterns. When the wind and waves blow, the flag churns. It gives people a feeling of passion and blood boiling.

This big flag, placed on the cart, was firmly fastened to the cart with steel fasteners, and was pulled by four horses, and came slowly. Around the big flag car, there are four drum cars, each of which is equipped with a large drum side, all of which are made of whole cowhide, and the surrounding area is full of copper nails. Several drummers were bare-chested, waving drumsticks, using the drums to adjust the pace of the troops' advance, and convey the commander's orders to the battalions and teams.

The team of nearly 10,000 people came in unison with the pace of 10,000 people in the rumbling drums.

"Hex! It must be sorcery! ”

A guy who prides himself on knowing soldiers on weekdays, and always talks about how to lead soldiers to fight in the public before the banquet, completely lost the spirit of talking about soldiers and swords in the past, and pointed to the pale exclamation of the Nanyue army who came from afar.

"Brother Nian, why do you say that?"

A few members of the club next to him were a little confused and supported his body as he staggered to the side.

"The people who train soldiers in this dynasty are no more than Qi Shaobao, but Qi Shaobao's new book on military training and other emperor's masterpieces have also said that with the Zhejiang soldiers of that day, they must stop and rectify every few steps before they can ensure that the formation is not chaotic or scattered."

"Friends, please see, this generation of Nanyue Army, dozens of miles to travel, if the left leg is out, thousands of people will come out of the left leg together, if the right leg is out of the right leg, the right leg will be out of the right leg. This is far from being comparable to the Zhejiang soldiers of that year. Please think about it, could it be that Ning Yuanbo's training skills are stronger than Qi Shaobao's? ”

"When a certain family read the newspaper, they paid attention to such words, and confronted Jiannu, braving Jiannu's arrows and fires to walk within twenty or thirty paces before firing. Is this what flesh and blood can bear? If it weren't for the Southern Barbarian Demon Technique, it would be a puppet technique, using evil methods to control people's minds, so that it would have this effect! This method can only be broken by black dog blood and women's menstrual blood! As a member of the community, you can go home quickly and set up toilets and other things at the door of the mansion. Just in case! ”

This guy's words were very pretentious, reasonable, and well-founded, and when he heard the people around him, he couldn't help but change color, and he didn't care about looking at the majesty of Ning Yuanbo's army, so they fled to the city with their legs.

Soon, this rumor spread in Yangzhou City. For a while, Yangzhou City was only afraid that except for the two things that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Yang wanted to give wives to the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army and Emperor Zhengde wanted to cause Lalang to match in Yangzhou beauty pageant, there had never been such a panicked move in Yangzhou City. Overnight, the Slender West Lake was full of toilets, and at both ends of the 24th Bridge, Cuoda, who was carrying women's menstrual blood, shook his head there.

In his spare time, Ben Bo also read the articles and poems of the sages, which contain a lot of poems about Yangzhou, what twenty-four bridges and bright moon nights, where the jade people teach. What is the moonlight in the world, and the three-point scoundrel is in Yangzhou. This time I had the opportunity to go south, and I was going to have a good look at it, but I didn't want to see the moonlight in the world, but two-thirds of the toilets in the world did! ”

In the line prepared by the civil and military officials and wealthy families in Yangzhou for guarding the Han Dynasty, the freshly baked Ning Yuanbo couldn't help but sneer at the civil and military officials.

Originally, Li Huabao, who grew up eating the deformed Huaiyang dishes and dim sum carefully cooked by several chefs brought back by Li Peiting from Yangzhou back then, was even more angry. Originally, I planned to go to Yangzhou, which is said to be a blessed land, and I could enjoy the wind and moon of Huaiyang, but I didn't want to appreciate this fragrance, but the city was full of stinking.

With this taste, how can you taste the taste of stewed crab roe lion's head, boiled dried shreds, three sets of duck, crystal meat, squirrel fish, Liangxi crispy eel, eight treasure gourd, grilled pig's head, colorful butterfly flying, Yangzhou Wuting Bridge, pipa prawn, chrysanthemum conch?

How can you eat the essence of the three-headed feast and the whole lotus root feast?

What "crab fat paste is rich and the meat is beautiful, and the stewed silver carp head in the wok is delicious in the world." The double jade is charged on the plate, and the fresh and mellow pig's head is sandwiched, and the taste is left. "In this city full of grains and grains, in an environment full of yellow and white things, how can we taste the three flavors?

"I have long heard the elders say that Yangzhou is a good place, the so-called Yang Yi Yi Two, what waist around 100,000 to ride a crane down Yangzhou. I can even hear Yangzhou pu basket crab, bamboo cage shrimp, wicker fish, the official and the father have nothing to do but eat and drink. However, Yangzhou treats my father and son like this! ”

Li Huabao's words made many leading figures in Yangzhou sweat profusely, and they swore that they had no intention of waiting to resist the marshal, and the rootless rumors came out of nowhere, so that the city was lined with toilets overnight!

A few years later, when an official learned of the source of the rumor, he had the intention of killing someone. Just because at that time, the outside of the city was already full of enemy flags.

And that day, Ning Yuanbo's father and son had already left in anger. Crossed the Yangtze River and went straight to Liudu. (To be continued......)