It is said that after the military order of the Ministry of War reached Liu Renyu's hands, Hong Chengchou immediately sent 100,000 taels of silver, that is, the 100,000 taels of silver that Liu Renyu gave to Hong Chengchou as a salary.

For the use of these silver, Hong Junmen wrote a special letter to Liu Renyu, saying that the 100,000 taels were originally Liaoyu, because Shanxi was not peaceful, and Yansui was not peaceful, so it was never transported to Beijing, and now it is just transported back to make reinforced concrete for Liu Renyu to build a city in Liaodong.

Liu Renyu couldn't cry or laugh when he received this money, fortunately he had already transported the reinforced concrete to Liaodong for several months, otherwise Hong Chengchou would not have sent the money until this time, the reinforced concrete that made a fart and built a fart city.

However, this money is coming, just to enrich the treasury, continue to roll out the construction project of Liujiabao, at this time, the city wall of Liujiabao has been completed, and then Liu Renyu specially ordered Zhao to strike iron, do not rush to pave the road, repair the house, to make a plan first.

In the future, according to Liu Renyu's vision, Liujiabao will be divided into four districts, commercial and residential areas, administrative areas, industrial areas, and military areas. Among them, in the commercial area, residential houses and shops are combined; In the administrative district, all kinds of schools, hospitals, warehouses, and yamen were built; industrial zones, construction of industrial manufacturing plants and their subordinate manufacturing plants; There is no question of the military district, the construction of barracks.

The road connecting the four districts should be wide, capable of carrying four carriages in parallel, and it should be of the hardened concrete type; If the houses are all built into a frame structure, they can be built with three floors; There should be greening projects to decorate this castle; In the municipal government, in addition to planting street lights, the most important thing is to repair sewers and sewers with strong drainage capacity.

Liu Renyu doesn't want to look at the sea in Liujiabao during the rainstorm.

Therefore, he deliberately emphasized to Father Zhao that after making a good plan, he would build the sewer first. The specification of this sewer, Liu Renyu's requirement is to be able to at least walk a carriage.

Liu Renyu put forward the basic idea, as for how to build, he didn't understand, this own craftsmen and technicians to complete, in his own things he didn't understand, he chose to fully believe in the ancients, because the ancients were still very wise.

After explaining all the matters related to the construction of Liujiabao, Liu Renyu ordered all the generals under his command to gather in the barracks with their own troops, and then swore to go to the army.

In view of the fact that this campaign was an expedition of laborers, and the Jingbian Fort army had a high degree of mule and horse-riding, and the military rations and winter clothes were all brought by the carriages, so no civilian auxiliary soldiers were arranged to transport grain for the army.

And in view of the current financial difficulties in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Renyu did not expect to be able to get food for free in other places, so he still followed the old rules and ordered He Ergou to bring some grain and grass by himself, and also bring some silver taels, so that he could buy food when necessary.

When everything was ready to stop, Liu Renyu led a group of his subordinates to say goodbye to the family members who saw them off, and explored the road according to the cavalry, with the tiger chariot on the outermost side, the baggage carriage on the innermost side, and the rest of the soldiers sandwiched between the two in a formation all the way to the south.

The reason why we go south is because it is already spring at this time, and the frozen Yellow River has thawed, and it is impossible to find a random place to step on the ice like in winter, so we can only find a ferry to cross the Yellow River.

Originally, there was a Longmen ferry in Hancheng, which was very close to Jingbian Fort, but it was mostly mountainous, the road was difficult to walk, and the cavalry was difficult to walk, not to mention the chariots, you must know that Liu Renyu went out this time, but with a full 64 tiger heavy chariots, so Liu Renyu had to take his subordinates around a big circle, cross the river from the ferry of Fenglingdu, and then cross Shanxi, take the road in the Taihang Mountains, and go straight to Beizhili.

It is said that Liu Renyu Liu Renyu took a group of subordinates to Yan'an, all the way to the south, crossed the river from the Fengling Ferry, entered Jinnan, and then took the Taihang Eight Paths, all the way to the north Zhili, Li Jiye complained to Liu Renyu all the time, saying why he only brought a chariot on this expedition, and did not equip the chariot with artillery.

Liu Renyu was also very helpless about this problem, but there were only 10 Franc machines in the entire Jingbian Fort, and only 20 tiger squat artillery, because the artillery was seriously insufficient, and in the end, the 1,000 artillery soldiers originally recruited by Li Jiye were seriously overnumbered, and all the many artillery soldiers simply changed their careers to other generals on errands.

So when he went out on this expedition, although Liu Renyu brought 64 chariots, he didn't bring a single cannon, after all, there were only a few cannons in Jingbian Fort, and the field army took them away, and the defending army was still mixed, so Liu Renyu thought that it would be better to take the empty car and go to the capital to ask for dozens of cannons to use, after all, he was also going out for the country, and the Ministry of Engineering would allocate artillery to himself anyway.

Liu Renyu told Li Jiye these thoughts, and Li Jiye finally stopped being a broken mouth and resentful wife and restored his true character as a man.

In fact, there was some delay in crossing the river from Fengling to Liaodong, but the Jingbianbao army under Liu Renyu was a mule-horse and highly mobile army, and it only took more than 20 days for the Jingbianbao army to arrive near the left side of the Beijing division.

Liu Renyu led his subordinates to the left side of the Beijing Division, and found that many places near the left side of the Beijing Division were still broken and desolate, and it was obvious that they had not recovered from the incident of Houjin's entry into the Kou that year.

The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, who was responsible for the defense of the capital, found that Liu Renyu's men and horses had come to the capital, so they sent an officer to send someone to inquire clearly, after all, if the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not follow the military order and came to the capital without authorization, it could be regarded as a rebellion.

Liu Renyu took the military order of the military department and showed it to the officers of the Soldiers and Horses Division of the five cities, and the officer reported it to the military department, and the military department specially ordered Liu Renyu to be stationed in Liangxiang, and the army's military rations were solved by Liangxiang County.

Liu Renyu got the military order, so he took a group of subordinates to Liangxiang City, but said that the county order of Liangxiang County also said that this group of officers and soldiers came to Liangxiang to eat, and was so frightened that they closed the city gate in broad daylight, and worked together with a group of squires to mobilize the fast hands in the city, the people were strong, and the government officials were on duty at the head of the city, looking like they were facing a great enemy.

But he said that Liu Renyu couldn't help but be a little funny when he saw the officials and people of Liangxiang County behaving like this, and he felt that the people in Liangxiang County were too eye-catching.

The officers and soldiers of their Jingbianbao Army, all of them were freshly dressed and angry, full of spirit, and their faces were ruddy, which were very different from the ordinary Ming army that seemed to be reincarnated as evil ghosts, so they naturally would not do anything like wanton looting.

However, Liu Renyu didn't say anything about this matter, and the officials and gentry in Liangxiang might not know about it, so he specially ordered Sun Wuxian to take someone to tell the officials and people in the city, just rest assured that the city would be opened, and their Jingbian Fort Army would definitely not do anything to loot.

But Sun Wuxian has already said that the sky is falling, his throat is smoking, his tonsils are drooping, and he doesn't see any special reaction from the good country fathers and elders in the city, their expressions have never changed, if you use one sentence to describe this kind of expression, that is: "Lao Tzu believes in you, Lao Tzu is a mallet." ”

The county commander was also afraid that the Jingbian Fort Army would have any radical actions because of annoyance and anger, so he said to Sun Wuzhi and others with both soft and hard measures: "There is no food to raise in the good township, please ask the heavenly soldiers to move to the town to eat, if the heavenly soldiers do not listen to me, they will definitely break the city and loot wantonly, this is the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the sword soldiers are used without permission, which is no different from rebellion, and please think about it yourself." ”

Sun Wuxian was stunned for a moment.

So Sun Wuxian had no choice but to go back and report to his general: "The father of the good country regards me like a thief and refuses to open the city. ”

When Liu Renyu heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Laughing to death, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the heavenly soldiers of the dignified court can't even get a bowl of rice, and they are so wary." That's it, if they don't open the city, they won't open it, and we can't think about going in, so when the camp is set up, you can take a few people with me to the capital to get cannons. ”

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In this way, Liu Renyu no longer paid attention to the nervous elders of the good country all day, and surrounded the tiger heavy chariot and the baggage carriage together to form a camp, and then according to the usual practice, dug a trench, set up a horse rejection, sprinkled iron thistle terrestris, set up light and dark sentinels, and released a sentry to guard the guard.

In fact, there will definitely be no enemy here, but the Jingbianbao army still follows the requirements of the "Infantry Army Drill Code", sets up camp step by step, and then conducts drills.

Liu Renyu waited until his subordinates had set up the camp, then took some treasures and played with them in his arms, and together with Sun Wuxian and others, he went straight to the direction of the Beijing Division.

When they arrived in the capital, they entered the city through the Fucheng Gate.

It is said that this capital is the capital of the Ming Empire, not only the city wall is tall and mighty, but also in the city, it is also a tide of pedestrians, shoulder to shoulder, all kinds of artists, phase teachers and warlocks, Lang hawkers are mixed among them, all the way to sell, sell art and sell goods, so lively.

Liu Renyu and his own guards arrived at such a crowded place, but they didn't dare to ride their horses and gallop, they could only control the speed of their horses and slowly march towards the military headquarters.

"General, are you going to take us straight to the Ministry of Engineering to tow the artillery?" When walking on the road, Sun Wuxian asked his own general in confusion.

"That's natural, let's go out for the country, ask the Ministry of Industry for a few cannons, can they still not give it?" Liu Renyu said righteously.

"General, the humble position has always felt that you are wise and wise, and you are really an immortal god, but the humble position has a question, but I want to ask the general." Sun Wuxi blinked his eyes and said with a puzzled expression.

"What's the matter, just ask." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Do you think it's appropriate for us to take the transfer order of the Ministry of War and go to the Ministry of Industry to ask for artillery? Will the Ministry of Industry give it to us? Sun Wuxian asked.

"This ........," Liu Renyu listened to Sun Wuxi's words, hesitated for a while, and then suddenly came to his senses: "Damn, I was spoiled by Yang Zhishuai and Hong Junmen in Shaanxi, and when I arrived in the capital, I still treated myself as a character, ridiculous, ridiculous." You're right, let's go to the Ministry of Industry like this, and nine times out of ten we will be kicked out. ”

"What the general said is very true, do you think we are looking for someone from the military department to get an order?" Sun Wuxian suggested.

"The military department, there is no acquaintance, it's not good." Liu Renyu shook his head and said.

"Then do you still remember Liu Chaoqing and Liu Gonggong, he is a person in the palace, maybe he can talk to the military department." Sun Wuxian suggested again.

"That's a good point, but since you find Gonggong Liu, it's better to do a big vote, don't ask for an order from the Ministry of War, and go directly to the emperor." Liu Renyu said.

"Looking for the emperor, I'll be obedient, general, long live the lord we can see casually." Sun Wuxi's eyes widened and he asked suspiciously.

"That's not necessarily true, you think, right now my Ming henchman is Jiannu, we are going out to fight Jiannu, and the emperor may see us. In addition to this, I have repeatedly pacified thieves in Yansui and Shaanxi in recent years, and I have just killed more than 400 northern captives, which are all things to give the emperor a face.

At that time, as long as the emperor's Chrysostom is opened, I will lead the holy decree to the Ministry of Industry to get the cannon, who dares not to take out the best cannon to us. Why should I go around in a big circle and go to the people in the military department to talk to me? Liu Renyu said in detail.

"What the general said is very true, but what if the emperor refuses to give him a view?" Sun Wuxian asked.

"Let's talk about it then, now let's go to Gonggong Liu." Liu Renyu said indifferently.

"Yes, General." Sun Wuxian agreed, and when he was about to follow Liu Renyu to find Father-in-law Liu, he was not wary of his own general, and suddenly smiled bitterly with a confused face: "Damn, I forgot to ask Father-in-law Liu where he lives last time, this is good, we can only find Father-in-law Liu first." ”

"Uh, yes, General." Sun replied without illness.