More than a dozen boats went south along the Grand Canal, and when the people on the shore looked at the boats, most of them looked slightly stunned, and they were even a little overwhelmed in surprise. The official flag fluttering on the boat has the word "Ming" written on it, which is an official flag that has not been seen for many years. Compared with the casual children, some of the old people on the bank even hurriedly knelt down at the boats in the canal in their excitement, muttering words that only they knew.

For the changes on the shore, the soldiers on this Cao boat looked blind, and their eyes were also a little dazed, not to mention ordinary soldiers, it was Li Chengqian, the chief soldier of the Cao Guard, who would also look a little cramped and uneasy.

"I, I said Brother Sun, this, this Zhu Junmen, should, shouldn't you not see us because we are generals!"

Li Chengqian looked at Pan Ziqin and said a little crampedly,

He is different from Pan Ziqin, Pan Ziqin is a "remnant of the former dynasty" who was taken off his official hat and lived in the rivers and lakes, and he Li Chengqian was promoted to the general army of Cao Wei by virtue of his military exploits in sending the Qing army across the river, although the status of the Cao soldiers is far inferior to the green battalion, and the Cao soldiers only have a salary of eight dollars of silver a month, but he is also a "pseudo-official", although he has not killed the Han people with his own hands, but the Qing army that killed people was sent across the river by boat.

If it is investigated, let alone keeping the official position, it is whether this life can be saved, it is between the two.

When Pan Ziqin heard him say this, he immediately became happy. He looked at Li Chengqian and smiled.

"I said, Brother Li, you will only know that you are worried, why didn't you know to worry when you wore that red top when you first wore it?"

As soon as he said this, Li Chengqian's face suddenly turned red and white, and he smiled embarrassedly and reluctantly,

"When, didn't it at the beginning, it was also to support the family, one, I was confused for a while."

That's barely a reason!

When Li Chengqian was embarrassed, Pan Ziqin smiled.

"Come on, Brother Li, don't suffer from gains and losses, this time you went down to the Qinghe River and deceived Shanyang, you have made a great contribution, if you didn't order the Caoying brothers not to leave the camp, and later ordered someone to defraud Shanyang County, how can this Jiangbei be determined? I dare to say that from now on, there will be a place for your brother Li under the command of Zhu Junmen! ”

Li Chengqian has 5,000 soldiers under his command, and with this, he can serve with Zhu Junmen's subordinates, but what about himself? If Li Chengqian had some gains and losses before, then now, Pan Ziqin, who is connected to himself, has some gains and losses, after all, he is just the leader of the Cao Gang, even if he is under the command of the army, can he fill any position?

While the two of them were suffering from gains and losses, the fleet of more than ten boats still sailed south downstream.

When receiving the military information from Qinghe, the main force of the loyal and righteous army was still between Yangzhou and Qinghe, and crossing Yangzhou to take Qinghe and Shanyang was a military adventure in itself, and the most fundamental reason why Zhu Mingzhong was willing to take this risk was that he wanted to try Zheng Chunru and try the Cao Gang in his mouth.

The result was the same as he initially speculated - the Cao Gang, who had the ambition of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", did not hesitate to take refuge in themselves in the current situation, and even the five thousand Cao Ding turned around and surrendered under the leadership of his military gate.

Although it seems to be very smooth, but now the problem has also arisen, not to mention how those Cao Gang are settled, that is, how to place those Cao Ding and their military gates?

For Zhu Mingzhong, although the news of the restoration of Qinghe and Shanyang counties is indeed good news, it is not without hidden dangers, Cao Ding is not a group of people with any combat effectiveness, on the contrary, their combat effectiveness can even be described as low, after all, for hundreds of years, they are just a group of boatmen......

Boatman!

Suddenly, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes suddenly lit up, looking at these ships, he thought of Zheng Chenggong's huge naval army on the river outside Nanjing.

"Boatman, Boatman......"

"Pingchen, what do you think of us setting up a naval army?"

The sudden question from the military gate made Zhu Daxian slightly stunned, and quickly thought of Li Chengqian, Pan Ziqin and others who were about to come over.

"What the military gate said is extremely true, although my loyal army is long in land warfare, but not long in water warfare, although the canal Cao Ding only sails in the canal, but its generations of boats, the nature of the water is naturally better understood, if it can be used as a water army, in my loyal army must be like a tiger wings......"

Of course, Zhu Daxian immediately agreed with the proposal to set up a navy, and the same was true for others, of course, almost everyone knew very well that the reason for the establishment of the navy was precisely to settle Cao Ding, who had surrendered.

But Zhu Mingzhong has other ideas, maybe for the loyal army, these Cao Ding's combat effectiveness is very average, but they are the best sailors who are good at making ships, which makes them able to master the technology of navigating on the sea faster than others, and for Zhu Mingzhonglai, even until now, he has not given up the idea of colonizing Taiwan, after all, no matter what the future holds, Taiwan is always a way out.

When the boat docked on the dock, Pan Ziqin and Li Chengqian walked off the boat with Zheng Chunru, and the two of them saw a young military attache wearing a second-class military attache uniform, a somewhat young and somewhat surprisingly young military attaché, walking towards them.

"This is my loyal army!"

Zheng Chunru's mind made Pan Ziqin and Li Chengqian hurriedly walk forward, and then hurriedly knelt down and said.

"The sinner general (grass people) knocks on the military gate!"

When the two of them just knelt down, Zhu Mingzhong had already hurriedly held the arms of the two and said.

"General Li, Gang Master Sun, both of you are my heroes of the Ming Dynasty, why do you need to make this great gift when you see Zhu."

"The military gate is benevolent and righteous, but how can the criminal general not know his own crimes, and the criminal will be captured in front of him, it is really shameless to face the Ming court, and please punish the military gate!"

Even if he was holding his arm, Li Chengqian still knelt down, for him who has been in the sea for many years, he naturally knows when to say something, and now his net worth and future will be on Zhu Mingzhong's body, so he naturally does not dare to slack off in the slightest. As for the reason why Pan Ziqin knelt down and showed a submissive appearance, it was because he was also not even sure about his future, hoping to get a good background.

"Where did General Li start with this, it was because of Bai Yongfu's surrender that he was forced to surrender the prisoners, and the general returned today with righteousness, not washing away the stigma of being forced to be captured!"

Although Li Chengqian led the Cao soldiers to send the Qing army across the Yangtze River, at least he did not have the blood of the Chinese people directly on his hands, and he was able to repent in a hurry and return with righteousness, so he was reluctant to accept it, but despite this, it does not mean that Zhu Mingzhong will rest assured of him, after all, after these people have had the experience of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, who knows if they will surrender in the future.

But now, for Zhu Mingzhong, who has just arrived in Jiangbei and has an unstable foothold, he needs to use these demos to stabilize Jiangbei as soon as possible, and only by stabilizing the Huaiyang Second Mansion in Jiangbei can he take Jiangbei as the foundation and prepare for the future.

"Hurry up, Zhu has prepared a banquet in this restaurant, one is to wash the dust for the two, as for these two, it is also to celebrate two more generals under Zhu!"

Two generals!

Zhu Mingzhong's words made Pan Ziqin only feel his breath suddenly, he looked at the military gate in surprise, and there was only one thought left in his heart - isn't this the origin he wants to seek?

As for Li Chengqian, although he already knew that after surrendering, he could temporarily keep his net worth, but he was still a little worried about the future.

Zhu Mingzhong, who knew that he still needed to give them a reassuring pill, helped them and said.

"Both of them are from Caowei, and the generations of the family are even longer than sailing boats, although the loyal and righteous army under Zhu has a reputation for bravery, but it is not a long water war, and he can't do without the naval army in the Northern Expedition, so the establishment of the naval army by the loyal and righteous army, Zhu can only ask the two generals, and ask the two generals not to shirk......"

For Pan Ziqin, this is exactly the origin he dreamed of, although Zhu Mingzhong has not promised an official position now, but he believes that this official position will not be worse than Li Chengqian, and for Li Chengqian, the establishment of this naval army is undoubtedly a reassuring pill, enough to make him completely relieved of his worries about the future future.

Isn't the water army exactly what Cao Ding does?

It's just those little ones...... Thinking of Cao Ding's cowardly appearance in the army, and then thinking of the brave Li Chengqian of the loyal and righteous army, he secretly beat the drum in his heart, and suddenly he gritted his teeth suddenly, and then said.

"Back to the military gate, we can get the military gate without remembering the past suspicions, entrusted with the important task, it is really our luck, but, but Cao Ding is really useless, if the military gate wants to be used for Cao Ding, you have to go to its old and weak, stay strong, and the general will send a strong general to drill ......it."

looked at Li Chengqian seriously, whether his words were true or not, but what was certain was that this person was a smart man, no wonder he could be reused by the Manchus after surrendering, such a smart man...... Will it backfire to stay?

After experiencing a betrayal, Zhu Mingzhong has always put the loyalty of his subordinates first, and Li Chengqian has been in the past to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and now he is surrendering himself, so the future ......

Despite all kinds of thoughts churning in his heart, Zhu Mingzhong still smiled,

"The general understands the righteousness, and the matter of training sailors will be talked about in the coming day, Zhu is good at land warfare and is not good at water warfare.

Turning his face to look at Pan Ziqin, who seemed to be a little envious of Li Chengqian, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"The Cao Gang brothers are also from Cao Wei, if the Cao Gang brothers are willing to join my loyal army, Zhu will naturally welcome them with both hands, this guarding Huai and guarding the river is inseparable from the water army, and when the time comes, Zhu will rely on the two of them on this water!"

Zhu Mingzhong is not polite, but is saying the truth, whether it is defense or other Japanese offense, it is inseparable from the naval army, at least, this Grand Canal can solve most of the logistics problems, and this requires that he must establish a naval army.

"The military gate, the villain, no, the last general, the military gate has something, although the last general is instructed, the last general does not, and everyone dare not obey the ......"

Seeing Pan Ziqin's nervous appearance, Zhu Mingzhong laughed and said,

"Don't say it, Zhu really has one thing, I have to help you!"