The Constitutional Court was finally established after several vetoes, and Xia Yang, Shi Xianyang, Xu Lang and others were secretly excited. Xu Lang secretly turned his head to look at Cheng Yiyi, who was sitting on the side, but saw Cheng Yiyi looking at him with a smile.

Xia Yang took out a bill: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is jointly submitted by the committee, the Bureau of Commerce, and the Bureau of Industry, requiring the establishment of a joint-stock construction company and a transportation company to build a highway around the island. ”

The proposal was much less responsive than the Constitutional Court, and most people understood that the benefits of building a roundabout highway were great, but that the question of money was the only way to solve it.

Liu Guannan gave a detailed account of the tax collection situation in several prefectures and counties and the reaction of the local people, repeatedly stressing that without such a highway, it would be difficult to control the entire Hainan Island. The conference finally decided to establish the Qiongzhou Construction Company and the Qiongzhou Transportation Company, and issue shares to raise funds, and the scope of issuance was for everyone, including mainland and Westerners.

Sun Tianhao was appointed general manager of the transportation company, and Di Chong was appointed general manager of the construction company, and the two companies are aiming to start operations by the end of the year.

During the Xiaoice River period, the wind howls in the northeast of Shaanxi in November, and the weather is cold. Tao Min was wearing a monk's robe and walking on the way to Longzhou, it has been almost two months since he came out, and the batch of guns should have been transported to Guihua City.

According to the historical materials of the previous life, Li Zicheng should be attacking Longzhou now, and the next step is to defeat Ningqiang. For the sake of safety and confidentiality, he only arranged two guards to follow him from afar in disguise as the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he returned to Shaanxi alone, and he didn't know if he could see Li Zicheng.

Tao Min's heart was thinking about something, and the pace under his feet unconsciously accelerated.

The sky gradually darkened, Tao Min walked very sleepy, looked around, saw that there was nowhere to go, and sighed secretly, it seems that tonight is going to stay overnight in the wilderness.

Tao Min walked forward for a while, found a relatively flat boulder on the side of the road and sat down, opened the package behind him, took out a kettle and two dough cakes, and ate them.

As soon as he had eaten two bites, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and more than a dozen knights and horses ran in front of Tao Min.

Tao Min pretended to be casual, still eating the bread, but the corner of his eye swept towards the knight who ran over.

"Phew." One of the knights at the head grabbed the horse, turned the horse's head and returned to Tao Min's side, "Where are you a monk, why are you staying here at this time?" Where have you come from and where are you going? ”

"Amitabha." Tao Min stood up, "The poor monk comes from where he comes from, and he goes where he goes. ”

"Where do you come from, I ask you where you are a monk." The knight stared at Tao Min, "Aren't you a spy of the Ming Army?" ”

"Travel the world, take the four seas as your home, put on your robe, and put down the dust."

The knight was in a fog by Tao Min's words: "You monk, you are good to speak." ”

"Donor." Tao Min gave a salute, "Please take the poor monk to see King Chuang, the poor monk has something important to report to King Chuang." ”

The knight pointed at Tao Min: "What's the matter with you, how can you see King Chuang casually." ”

Tao Min smiled: "You can't say it, you can't say it." ”

The knight was a little annoyed by Tao Min, jumped off the horse and drew his waist knife: "I'll tell you, monk." Now explain the words to the master, otherwise your head will fall to the ground. ”

Tao Min looked at the steel knife in the knight's hand and still smiled: "I missed the big event of the king, but I am afraid that the blood will be splashed on the spot, and it is the donor." ”

"I'll let you see who's splattering the blood on the spot." The knight raised his sword, but was stopped by another knight who also jumped off the horse, "This monk is a little strange, why don't we take him back to General Liu first, in case he really has something, it's not good to kill him." ”

The knight who raised the knife put down the knife and glared at Tao Min: "Take him back and hand it over to General Liu." ”

Tao Min glanced at the road in the distance and obediently followed the knights.

After walking a few miles, I saw the large camp of the peasant army in the distance. The knight at the head reined in his horse and threw Tao Min from his horse on the ground: "Come on, send him to General Liu." ”

Liu Zongmin was discussing things with Li Guo in the camp tent, and several sergeants from the old battalion advanced a monk.

"General, we caught a monk who said he had something to see King Chuang."

Liu Zongmin looked Tao Min up and down: "Where are you a monk, what do you want to see our king." ”

Tao Min clasped his hands together: "Amitabha, the donor is General Jiexuan?" ”

"You, monk, how do you know the name of this general?" Liu Zongmin was a little strange, "What do you want to find King Chuang?" ”

"The poor monk has a big gift to give to King Chuang, I wonder if the general can give him a recommendation?"

"Someone, search for him first." Li Guo instructed on the side, "Let's see what kind of gift he has." ”

The sergeant came up and touched around, but found nothing but a few taels of silver, a change of clothes in the package, and a pair of monk's shoes.

"Is this the gift you want to give to King Chuang?" Liu Zongmin waved his hand, "Drag it out and cut it." ”

"Hahahaha." Tao Min looked up to the sky and laughed, turned around and walked out of the tent, saying as he walked, "It seems that you don't want to revenge King Gaochuang's deep hatred, and the poor monk has exhausted his mind." Die without complaint. ”

"Wait." Li Guo shouted to the sergeant, "Monk, you know something. ”

"In the battle of Yanchang County, the Yulin Army deliberately let go of King Gao Chuang to confuse King Chuang, but he was killed in Heishuiyu. Poor King Gao Chuang I died in the hands of a few thieves, and this kind of deep hatred and hatred are not shared. ”

"You all go out first." Li Guo waved his hand and drove a few sergeants out of the camp, walked up to Tao Min and gave a deep salute, "Master, don't blame us for being reckless just now, how can we not want to take revenge." If the master has anything to say, please tell me in person, and I will get better and tell the king. ”

"The general." Tao Min didn't know Li Guo, "The Yulin army is now stationed in Yanchang County, and the strength is only a few thousand, and the poor monks don't understand why you are so close but you can't do anything." ”

"The master said it lightly." Liu Zongmin snorted, "At the beginning, we besieged Yanchang County with the tens of thousands of troops of King Gao Chuang, but we also failed to capture it, and their firearms were very powerful. ”

"This is exactly the gift I want to give to King Chuang." Tao Min said with a smile, "I wonder if General Liu has 3,000 muskets and 6 heavy artillery, will he take Yanchang County to avenge King Gao Chuang?" ”

"3,000 muskets, 6 heavy guns?" Liu Zongmin's eyes widened, "Where are they, where are these firearms?" ”

Tao Min clasped his hands together again: "Amitabha, I wonder if the poor monk may see King Chuang?" ”

A day later, Tao Min met Li Zicheng in a tent outside Longzhou. Tao Min looked at Li Zicheng carefully, and unconsciously compared the portrait of the person in front of him with the portrait of the future generations.

"Master." Li Zicheng's tone was very polite, "I don't know what the master has to do with King Ben Chuang?" ”

"The poor monk is here to give gifts to King Chuang." Tao Min looked at Li Zicheng and said with a smile, "3,000 muskets, 6 artillery pieces." ”

"The master is very polite, but I don't know where the etiquette is?"

"Naturally not here." Tao Min simply drew a map on the ground, pointed to one of the dots and said, "King Chuang can send someone here, and you can naturally find the great gift that the poor monk said when digging three feet into the ground." ”

Tao Min told Li Zicheng what he had thought of nonsense. said that he was originally a monk in Henan, and the temple was ransacked by the Ming army, so he was forced to travel around. A while ago, Mongolia fell back to the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming army buried a batch of firearms in the ground when they retreated from the area around Guihua City. It was also a coincidence that I was bumped into by myself, so I came to report to King Chuang.

Li Zicheng didn't speak after listening to Tao Min's words, he was skeptical of these words. If what Tao Min said was true, how could he have bumped into this incident and not be noticed by the Ming army; If Tao Min was telling a lie, why did he come all the way to deceive himself. That's 3,000 muskets and 6 guns, and if you have them, you won't be able to do the same thing.

Tao Min saw Li Zicheng's hesitation, and said: "King Chuang, the poor monk still has a word. ”

"Master, please speak."

"Since the beginning of the army, King Chuang has fought a lot, but there has never been a foothold, and the Ming army can only withdraw as soon as it comes. I don't know why King Chuang didn't find a place to develop slowly as his foundation. In the past, Emperor Taizu adopted the advice of the strategist Zhu Sheng, built a high wall, accumulated grain, and slowly became the king, which led to the 300-year Jiangshan Sheji of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Li Zicheng was a little moved by Tao Min's words: "I don't know where to be the root of King Benchuang, and I ask the master to teach me." ”

"Far away, close at hand." Tao Min said, "King Chuang is a Mizhi person, and most of King Chuang's subordinates are also from Shaanxi, so it is difficult to leave his homeland. Today, the Yulin army occupies Yanchang County, the city is high and the ditch is deep, there is a lot of grain, and there are a lot of firearms. But his defenders were not many, only a few thousand. If King Chuang can take Yanchang County, first, he can avenge the blood and hatred of King Gao Chuang, and second, he can take Yanchang County as the foundation, and then capture Yan'an Mansion, Yulin in the north, and Xi'an in the south. Even if you can't create the foundation of the Han Gaozu back then, you can still compete with the Ming court. ”

"The master said it well." Before Li Zicheng could speak, Li Guo shouted first, "This plan is very good, we can have no worries if we occupy Xi'an." ”

Li Zicheng got up from his chair: "King Benchuang has thanked the master." I also ask the master to stay with us for a few days, and when King Benchuang brings back the firearms, he will thank the master again. ”

"Don't worry." Tao Min said with a smile, "Before those firearms are brought back, the poor monks will not leave the camp of King Chuang." ”

Tao Min was arranged to rest, and Liu Zongmin asked, "King Chuang, is this monk's words credible?" ”

"Don't worry if it's credible or not." Li Zicheng instructed, "Li Guo, you immediately ask this monk to draw a detailed map, send a cavalry to take a look, if there is really this batch of firearms, no matter what, find a way to get it back." With them, none of us are afraid. ”

It's December, and there are less than 20 days left before the New Year, and there is already a busy scene in Yanchang County. Xin Jiaju has returned to Dengzhou, and Lin Zhaolong has returned to Yanchang County. Gu Yunkun hired a large number of refugees from the surrounding area to extract oil, and everyone was not only in charge of food and shelter, but also wages, although the wages were much lower than those in Yulin Bay. The standard of living in Yanchang County is now the highest in the whole of Yan'an Province and even in Shaanxi Province, which also makes the atmosphere at the end of the year lively. [.]