Liukou broke through Lin County and defeated the 6,000 Sichuan Army led by Chief Officer Deng Xi, and the prestige was great, and a large number of people and food were replenished in this basin, and the momentum was huge.

Relying on the favorable terrain of the mountains at the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains, they continued to attack the prefectures and counties north of the Yellow River in Henan, and the snowballing speed was amazing.

Liukou has lost Wang Jiayin, Wang Jiayun, Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong and other thief bones, and today's chief scoop should be led by King Gao Yingxiang of Geli Yanhe Yilong, Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Cao Cao Luo Rucai, and the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong and others.

Li Zicheng is not the king of Chuang now, he is Gao Yingxiang's follower and one of Gao Yingxiang's right-hand men, nicknamed "Chuang General". Zhang Xianzhong's strength is not ranked high now, not as good as Gao Yingxiang, Ge Liyan, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai, etc.

When the time came for hundreds of thousands of rogues with a large number of people, the officers and men in the interior often could not figure out what was false and what was wrong, and they were repeatedly killed, and these gang of gangs were tantamount to the captains of the transport brigade, and they sent weapons, armor, mules, horses, and supplies to the rogues in vain.

Several big thieves who were able to fight easily went to Huaiqing Mansion City Hanoi, Jiyuan, Xiuwu and other counties to plunder, and once approached Huojia County, which was less than sixty miles away from Weihui Mansion City, where Luwangfu was located.

King Lu was frightened, and immediately sent 600 li to Beijing to send an urgent report, asking the governor of Henan to be stationed in Weihui Mansion to command the suppression of Kou, and asking the emperor to order the Marquis of Dongping to lead the "Red Banner Army" to garrison Weihui City.

Seeing that millions of acres of fertile land are about to be harvested, and half of the grain is left for the tun people and farmers, Huang Han can still get half of the harvest.

Being able to solve a large amount of food used to save the hungry people on the spot is definitely an addition, and the effect is self-evident, and the next step will be to deal with the hundreds of thousands of homeless people who have been abandoned by the gangsters.

The amount of silver seized by the Liukou reached more than 500,000 taels, and the value of other precious metals, jewelry, and goods was not lower than this amount, and Huang Han had already settled the taxes and land rent with the prince and the landlord with the silver, so he was able to get half of the grain into the warehouse.

The coal mines in this area are rich, and there are many small coal kilns near Houjiazhuang, and with the "Red Banner Army" giving a fair price for large-scale purchases, all the kilns have resumed production.

During this time, all the nearby brick kilns were operating at full capacity, and under the guidance of dozens of craftsmen sent by Tiger's Nest City, more than a dozen kilns were also completed and put into operation.

Displaced people are everywhere, there is a shortage of food here, and there is no shortage of labor, and in the chaotic times, who would be stupid enough to build a new house?

It is impossible for Houjiazhuang to sell a large number of bricks, cement, and lime, and Huang Han did not expect these labor-intensive industries to make money in recent years, just to provide tens of thousands of jobs.

Since most of the displaced people did not have overnight food, the "Red Banner Army" promised to get paid on the day of work in order to provide convenience, and could choose to take grain, copper coins, and silver.

No one minds having to work to survive, and the homeless people flock to it, even the elderly, women, and children over the age of 10 are trying to save food and silver.

Gradually, the displaced people adapted to the management mode of the "Red Banner Army" and knew how to obey the orders of the chief, the captain of the 100-man squad, the leader of the 300-man squadron, and the captain of the 1,000-man man, who had been promoted because of their outstanding work performance.

Under the relatively fair management of the "Red Banner Army," it has become a common practice to receive remuneration according to work.

Brick making, crushing limestone, moving bricks, digging coal, quarrying, etc., are all piecework, and the homeless people have also shown their ingenuity in fighting for more remuneration as a family unit.

They are rationally matched so that the strong labor, women, the elderly, and children can all maximize efficiency.

Mass-produced bricks, cement, lime will of course come in handy.

Not only is there a lot of construction in Houjiazhuang, but the fortress "Zhongyi Fort", which covers an area of less than one square kilometer, is growing taller every day, and the excavated moat and the canal that runs through the fortress have been completed, and the excavated soil has become the raw material for firing bricks and tiles and filling the city wall.

"Zhongyi Fort" will become the base camp of the "Red Banner Army" in northern Henan, and it will never give up here!

Many buildings in the fort are in full swing, the first important is the construction of barrel granaries, the second is the construction of deep-processed potatoes, sweet potato vermicelli, vermicelli workshops, and of course, brewing workshops are also indispensable in advance.

After the autumn, these workshops should put into production to carry out as much deep processing of potatoes and sweet potatoes as possible, so that the potatoes and sweet potatoes will not be lost in vain due to the inconvenience of transportation, and they will never be frozen or rotten after being turned into vermicelli, vermicelli and spirits.

Huang Han knew that it was not easy for the common people, there was a lot of food here, I don't know how many people were staring at it, maybe it was very possible for the officials and generals who felt that it was no good to deliberately let the Kou cross the defense area to loot Houjiazhuang.

Civilian, military and military generals are smart, there are too many generals in history who deliberately follow the rogues and Jiannu who refuse to attack, and follow behind to pick up leaks, often picking up a lot of gold, silver, treasures and grain without losing people and horses.

The "Red Banner Army" is stationed in Houjiazhuang, and only by having its own Houye Town can it avoid the fruits of labor being wasted.

As long as the displaced people who stayed here this year saw with their own eyes that Dongping Hou had fulfilled his promise, they would really be able to get half of the grain they had harvested, and their trust in the "Red Banner Army" would be completely different.

In these years, it is the greatest happiness to be able to not go hungry, and to be able to be blessed without being scooped by the bandits, officials and soldiers, this place is heaven.

In winter, it is easy to form a consensus that the displaced people who have been given land cultivation take up ash poles and spears to receive military training, and that all people are soldiers to defend vested interests.

In the spring of next year, there will be more than 5,000 township warrior armed forces united with the left-behind men and horses of the "Red Banner Army" as the core, and the number of people who can hold ash poles and spears to pierce will exceed 20,000.

In the future, a virtuous circle will be formed, the nearby landlords and old fortunes will find that they are armed and strong, and they will bring their families to Houjiazhuang and "Zhongyi Fort" to avoid military disasters, and after forming a market, they will naturally be able to invigorate the economy, and will attract many people to come.

As the population increases, the self-defense armed forces will, of course, rise to the top, and more civilians will participate in military training, and the area covered will also expand, so it is very likely that they will not be able to cross the Yellow River to expand their forces and defend Henan's southern gate leading to Beizhili and the seaside.

King Lu was Chongzhen's cousin, and it was not too much for him to ask the governor and the "Red Banner Army" to guard the feudal state.

Chongzhen still cares more about his relatives, as long as he does not challenge the imperial power, he basically responds to his needs.

He really ordered Henan Governor Xuan Mo to go to Weihui Mansion to take command nearby, and ordered Lu Xiangsheng, who had just been appointed as the governor of Yunyang, to lead the Tianxiong army into Henan to participate in the suppression of the Kou, and ordered the Marquis of Dongping to ensure that the vassal king was safe and sound.