I heard that the main general who came was actually a marquis, and the Liu patriarch was so weak that he almost fell down, but fortunately, his five little eyes were quick, and he hugged him to avoid embarrassment.

Patriarch Liu whispered to the people around him with a trembling voice: "It seems that Sun Liuzhuang can't escape this catastrophe, in the past, there was a thousand generals, and we all had to shed our skin, but today it was when the marquis brought here with these many soldiers, we may not be able to return to Zhuangzi tonight." ”

The five little Kongs of the Liu family are powerful, and they are one of the leaders of the Zhuangding armed forces, and he said viciously: "What's wrong with Master Hou, he also has to be reasonable, we have to have a number of taxes and donations, what if we really can't pay them?" Do you have to force thousands of people in our Sun Liuzhuang to kill officials and rebel? ”

Patriarch Liu suddenly exploded in anger, slapped his son on the thigh with a stick, and scolded: "We are all good people, we can't do unrighteous things even if we starve to death, and we can't be thieves. ”

Wuxiao was obviously not convinced, but his father's Jiwei still made him obediently shut up.

The second elementary school of the Liu family is obviously a scholar, and he said: "Father, fifth brother, don't you need to worry too much, don't you see the red flags waving in the wind?" I suspect that this Biao Centaur may be the legendary 'Red Banner Army' that starves to death and does not loot the common people. ”

Patriarch Liu felt incredulous, and he wondered: "Is there an army in the world that does not harm the common people?" Did the money and food they need fall from the sky? ”

Liu Erxiao said: "I don't know about this, all in all, the reputation of the 'Red Flag Army' is very good." Now we have seen those who are soldiers, don't you think it's different? ”

Liu Wu said: "It's definitely different, their war horses are as strong as calves." "Now I can ride a horse and love archery, and at this time I saw a lot of sturdy Arab war horses, and my eyes were straight.

Liu Er said: "You know that when you look at the horses, you didn't find that those officers and soldiers looked kind, and you didn't find that their military appearance was neat and their armor was bright, so it was obvious that this was a strong army with strict discipline." Dafan, such a team is unwilling to harass too much and ruin the reputation of the place. ”

Patriarch Liu's cloudy old eyes glowed when he heard his son say this, and he nodded: "Rao is so, I think I used to see the Qi family army when my father was young, and those who were soldiers were welcomed by the people wherever they went, and I have never heard of the Qi family army harassing places."

Alas! It's a pity that the world is declining, and the current officers and soldiers are already not as good as the generation! ”

Liu Er said: "It is rumored that the discipline of the 'Red Flag Army' is no less than that of the Qi Family's army, not only will they not harass the people, but they will also help the people, if my father doesn't believe it, he will see it later." ”

Patriarch Liu and his entourage did not see Dongpinghou, but saw Liu Zaiqi, the chief officer of the propaganda team who had Cong Sanpin, and he happily accepted the pigs, sheep and grain, expressed his gratitude and returned the gift.

The value of the gift was roughly the same as what Patriarch Liu had sent, which was canned sea fish, table salt, and a series of liquor from the Drunken Immortal series.

Huang Han did not deliberately sell illicit salt, but most of the salt needed in the system was purchased directly from the salt works by sea vessels, which was basically 10% higher than the cost price.

The salt farmers and salt diners in the salt works were miserable, and the dignitaries and nobles made money by monopolizing the salt trade and smuggling, and the salt farmers who got up early and were greedy for darkness were so poor that they were reluctant to wear pants when they worked.

What if the salt farmers have salt in their hands that can be exchanged for money and grain? They simply can't afford to sell it, and no unauthorised merchant would dare to buy it from the salt works.

But these rules and regulations could not stop Huang Han at all, and the "Red Banner Army" water camp went directly to the salt field to buy salt at a fair price, and transported it back by sea, and the salt merchants were rejoicing, and the salt merchants were helpless.

Because at present, no salt merchant dares to offend the "Sun and Moon Shipping" and the "Red Flag Army", otherwise the consequences will be very serious, and all the goods they transport from the sea, including sea ships, will disappear.

After the "Red Flag Army" took Jinzhou and won the Lushun mouth, it also arranged a small amount of salt production, which currently accounts for 30% of the total sales in the system, because the amount of salted seafood is very large, and 70% still chooses to go directly to the Daming government-run salt farm to purchase.

Huang Han is not ready to develop the salt industry, because both drying salt and boiling salt are labor-intensive, requiring too much labor, and there is no technical content here, and salt is not a shortage of commodities, and the salt produced by the major salt factories in the Ming Dynasty is enough to need.

Salt in the mainland is expensive, not because this thing is valuable, and it is not that it is scarce and expensive, but because the tax is too high.

The interests of salt involved the emperor, involving too many court officials and nobles, and Huang Han disdained to openly provoke the imperial power and vassal power for these unskilled interests, nor did he disdain to scrape the heads of the small people in Shengdou.

The only way to do this is to train steel, produce fierce oil lamps, flush toilets, ceramic tiles, cement, glass, table clocks, etc., and use these industries with technical content to make a lot of money from landlords, old wealth, officials and nobles.

The "Red Flag Army" entered the interior and carried a lot of salt, which was better than silver at the critical moment, and sent a few stones of salt to the people who came to the labor army in Sun Liuzhuang, and they all felt that they had picked up a big bargain as can be seen.

The actions of the officials and soldiers made Patriarch Liu so excited that he remembered a well-known name "Red Flag Army", knew the bright red flags fluttering, and also remembered the outfit of this group of men and horses.

Liu Zaiqi simply took four entourages and followed Patriarch Liu and his party to Zhuangzi to discuss major matters.

He told the current situation in front of the two patriarchs and the many clansmen who came to see the excitement, and told the old and young women and children of Sun Liuzhuang that the strength of today's rogues is not what it used to be, and it is impossible to keep Zhuangzi with less than a thousand young and strong men.

Now the Pingliao general Dongpinghou, who is dedicated to the country and the people, has taken a fancy to this place and is ready to send hundreds of general infantry to garrison Sun Liuzhuang, the purpose of which is to temporarily accept the homeless people who lack food and clothing, and prevent them from being coerced into becoming rogues.

There is no need for Sun Liuzhuang to spend a grain of grain, and all the consumption is borne by the "Red Banner Army".

The displaced people do not need to enter Sun Liuzhuang, they can just settle in the current camp of the army, and when they gather more than 2,000 people, there will be a "Red Banner Army" to organize them to go all the way east, Tianjin Wei to go to sea by boat, and rush to Tuntian in western Liaoning.

However, the "Red Banner Army" had to store food and military supplies in Zhuangzi, and if it was attacked by a large number of rogues, the "Red Flag Army" would temporarily put the displaced people who had been screened into Zhuangzi for shelter.

Liu Zaiqi communicated with the two patriarchs and more than a dozen clan elders in a consultative tone, telling them that now the "Red Banner Army" has fallen apart and the Jiannu have retreated.

There are tens of millions of acres of fertile land and mountainous land in the large and small basins of the western Liaoning Corridor and Yanshan Mountain, which can be cultivated with peace of mind, and the treatment and compensation system are clearly explained.

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