Zhang Jie has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, if tens of thousands of troops really run out of food, the consequences will be quite serious, because the soldiers are likely to mutiny if they have no food to eat!

Like the Ningyuan Mutiny from the end of the Apocalypse to the early years of Chongzhen, the Mutiny in Jizhou Town, and the Ganzhou Guard Mutiny, etc., were all caused by the lack of food and salary.

When the Apocalypse Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian did drag it out, and Lai passed, because Jinyiwei and Dongchang were under its control, a few people, dozens of people, and even hundreds of thousands of people entered Beijing to urge grain and grass to send him vegetables, and he would definitely be picked up and cramped to set an example, so in the end, the consequences of the mutiny were borne by Chongzhen.

When Chongzhen came to power, it was called a mess.

The Liaodong Army did not pay food and salary for several months, and Ningyuan mutinied;

Jizhou Town did not pay food for more than ten months, and Jizhou Town mutinied;

Ganzhou Wei did not pay food and salary for several years, and the Ganzhou army mutinied.

The two key figures in history who led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng was the commander of the Ganzhou Army, and it was precisely because of the Ganzhou Army Mutiny that he embarked on the road of rebellion, and the other, Wu Sangui, was from the Liaodong Army, perhaps the demise of the Ming Dynasty was from the early days of Chongzhen.

Zhang Jiezhen didn't realize how serious it was that tens of thousands of troops were cut off from food and salary, and he still wanted to delay it, but Zheng Zhilong didn't give him this opportunity.

Early the next morning, Zheng Zhilong came to the door again, and this time, he seemed a little anxious.

After the two hurriedly saluted, he hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, when will the food be paid?" ”

Zhang Jie still hesitated and said, "This, I don't have any money, or you can ask the household department for it." ”

This is an obvious trick to shirk, Zheng Zhilong didn't know if he was dizzy or what's wrong, he actually roared urgently: "Lord Governor, I haven't contacted the household department, why don't you write a letter to the household department and ask the household department to send us food and salary quickly." ”

When Zhang Jie heard this, he smiled secretly in his heart, okay, this stupid boy was fooled, he nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, okay, I'll write to you." ”

After that, he really took out an official document and wrote it with a pen, to the effect that he urged the household department to hurry up and distribute food and salary to the Fujian sailors under Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the official document carefully, and seemed satisfied, he couldn't help but urge: "My lord, you hurry up and let someone send it to the household department." ”

Zhang Jie nodded and shouted, "Come on." ”

A relative came in in response, and he pretended to urge: "Quick, send this to the post station quickly, and order them to rush to the capital for eight hundred miles." ”

The pro obeyed the order, took the official document and walked out, Zheng Zhilong didn't seem to be at ease, so he hurriedly arched his hand and followed the pro out.

Zhang Jie couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart: "Idiot, even if you send an official document to urge, where did the household department get so much money to pay you food, you can't blame me when the time comes." ”

He is called a disaster to the east, anyway, Bi Ziyan is not all the way with them, he has no money in charge of the household department!

At this time, Qi Yuangong happened to be here, Zhang Jie simply didn't do anything, and wrote an official document to Qi Yuangong's Qi Jiajun, asking people to send it to the capital household department in an expedited manner for 800 miles.

This seems to have been fooled like this, is it possible?

Of course it's impossible, Zheng Zhilong is here to find fault, can he be so fooled!

On the third day, Zheng Zhilong came again, and this time, this wholesale was not so polite.

He arched his hand slightly, made a salute, and then said in an unkind tone: "Lord Governor, you won't be fooling me, there are thousands of miles from here to the capital, and it takes five or six days to expedite eight hundred miles, and it will take one or two months to wait for the household department to send the silver over!" ”

Zhang Jie simply spread his hands and shirked: "The official can't help it, I really don't have any money." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his tone was even more unkind, and he said with a straight face: "Lord Governor, you can't keep dragging it like this, if you drag it out any longer, those brothers under me will have to rebel!" ”

Zhang Jie exclaimed: "Ah! It's not that serious, is it? ”

Zheng Zhilong said angrily: "People, once you don't have anything to eat, you can do everything, don't the thieves in the northwest rebel rebel because they don't have anything to eat, you should know this very well, right?" ”

This is the threat of Chiluoluo, Zhang Jie is also on fire, rebelling, there is a kind of you rebelling!

He also said angrily: "General Zheng, the rebellion is to destroy the nine clans." ”

Dare to threaten me, I'm worried that I have no excuse to make a biao!

Zheng Zhilong stepped forward directly, raised his hand and slapped it on the table, and roared angrily: "Destroy the Nine Clans? There is a kind of coming, we pirates have been doing it for so many years, and we are afraid that you will destroy the Nine Clans! ”

Zhang Jie was taken aback, and then remembered that he was originally a pirate, and he was afraid of exterminating the Nine Clans!

He hurriedly withdrew his elongated face and said with a smile: "General Zheng, don't get excited, I didn't mean that, I just said that rebellion is not good, everyone has something to say." ”

Zheng Zhilong is all soaring, how can he brake, he directly pointed at Zhang Jie's nose and scolded: "Sani is chirping, you still want to play me, I haven't seen a tael of silver for three days, are you an idiot?" ”

This guy was so excited that he even burst out of the local dialect, Zhang Jie didn't know what he was scolding at all, but this guy was obviously very angry, and he quickly explained: "General Zheng, I really don't have any money, I've only been here for a few days, where did I get the money!" ”

Zheng Zhilong seemed to be too excited, so he grabbed him by the collar, picked him up from the chair, and sprayed in his face: "No money? You've only been here for a few days and you've copied the family of the commander and the same Zhisun, will you have no money? ”

As he spoke, he started to move, and Zhang Jie shouted in fright: "Someone, someone." ”

Did he call someone?

Of course I can't shout, Zheng Zhilong is here to go crazy today, how could he not be prepared.

At this time, the four "generals" he brought were standing outside the door staring coldly at Zhang Jie's two entourage, just when Zheng Zhilong slapped the table and cursed, these two entourages actually wanted to go in, but they were deterred by these four fierce generals wearing fish scale armor, and when they heard Zhang Jie shouting inside, they finally mustered up the courage to rush in.

As a result, before they could run two steps, their arms were grabbed, and the four brought by Zheng Zhilong were all masters among pirates, like the goods that Wen Tiren sent to Zhang Jie, they could kill more than a dozen of them.

Before these two relatives could understand what was going on, they were dragged by the arms of the four thugs brought by Zheng Zhilong and slammed them to the ground, and when they pressed them, they were beaten violently, and they screamed and begged for mercy again and again.

Zheng Zhilong grabbed Zhang Jie's collar inside and sneered: "What? Do you want to catch me together? ”

Zhang Jie hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, General Zheng, don't be excited, you have something to say." ”

Zheng Zhilong then sneered: "Have something to say? I want Master Sun to talk to you well, I'm afraid I will be arrested by you a long time ago, right? ”

Why did this pull Sun Bingru again, Zhang Jie hurriedly explained: "No, General Zheng, I really didn't want to arrest you, Sun Bingru was seriously corrupt, so I arrested him." ”

Zheng Zhilong suddenly asked with interest: "Oh, serious corruption? How much money was greedy? ”

Zhang Jie subconsciously wanted to say tens of thousands of taels to slander Sun Bingru, but when he saw Zheng Zhilong's enthusiastic appearance, he immediately reacted, he dared to say that Sun Bingru was greedy for tens of thousands of taels, and this guy had to let him take it out immediately as food!

He could only say honestly: "Sun Bingru is greedy for more than eight hundred taels in total. ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he suddenly changed his face again, his face pulled, and he scolded angrily: "More than eight hundred taels is also called greedy!" People have been in command of the second grade for nine years, is it strange that there are hundreds of taels? You are clearly referring to the deer as a horse, wronging a good person! ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and as he spoke, he raised his hand and was a big ear!

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and a palm print suddenly appeared on Zhang Jie's face.

Zhang Jie was beaten like a pig and howled: "You, you dare to beat me? ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't stop doing anything, and his backhand was a big ear, and he covered the other side of his face with a big red handprint, and then pointed to his nose and continued to scold angrily: "Say, do you have a grudge against Lord Sun and deliberately frame him!" ”

Zhang Jie followed and roared: "You dare to beat the imperial court officials, you are dead, I tell you, you are dead!" ”

"Smack", Zheng Zhilong's backhand is another big-eared man, Zhang Jie still stared at him angrily, and seemed to want to open his mouth to scold.

"Slap", Zheng Zhilong sent it with a big ear again, this time, Zhang Jie was finally honest, he covered his face and wailed: "Don't fight, don't fight, I'll release people, can't I release people?" ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he stopped and said coldly: "In broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, you dare to refer to the deer as a horse and frame a good person, hurry up, order someone to release Master Sun, otherwise you will be beaten to death!" ”

Zhang Jie looked at him pitifully, and said in a low voice: "My people can't come in, how can I give an order." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he turned his head and yelled outside: "Don't fight, throw someone who can still walk in." ”

As soon as his words fell, two vicious pirates came in with a person, and without saying a word, they threw Zhang Jie's entourage to the ground, and then retreated.

At this time, Zhang Jie's relatives had been beaten and his nose and face were swollen, but fortunately, he didn't seem to have been beaten much on his feet, and after being thrown on the ground, he got up quickly, although he was shaky, he didn't fall down yet.

Zhang Jie hurriedly glanced at him, and then shouted: "Quick, go and order someone to release Sun Bingru." ”

What he meant by this was not to let people go, but to let this relative go and call someone to clean up Zheng Zhilong.

He arched his hand with bared teeth and was about to withdraw, when Zheng Zhilong suddenly shouted again: "Slow." ”

Zhang Jie panicked: "What's the matter, General Zheng?" ”

He thought that Zheng Zhilong had seen through his conspiracy, and his heart and liver were about to jump out of his mouth, but unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong asked: "You seem to have arrested Master Sun's family, what do you mean by just letting Master Sun go?" ”

Zhang Jie hurriedly changed his words and said: "Look at my memory, go, let Sun Bingru's whole family go." ”

The kiss agreed, said yes, turned around and ran out.

Zhang Jie thought that the entourage would bring a large group of people to save him later, so he endured this anger and honestly covered his face and pretended to be cowardly.

Zheng Zhilong didn't relent: "Your Excellency, when will the food be paid?" ”

Zhang Jie hurriedly said vaguely: "I'll find a way later, and I'll find a way later." ”

If you want to delay time, how can it be so easy, Zheng Zhilong grabbed his collar and shouted, "You have to wait?" Now, right now, give me a way! ”

Zhang Jie is helpless, what can he do, he thought about it, but still delayed: "Or, I'll let people notify Master Shi Fan Shi to find a way to raise money?" ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he shouted outside again: "Throw another one in." ”

Soon, two more vicious pirates came in with another of Zhang Jie's relatives and threw them on the ground.

This guy was beaten badly, and he hummed on the ground for a long time before he could barely get up.

Zhang Jie thought that this kid was pretending to be dead and delaying time, he showed an appreciative gaze, and pretended to urge: "Quick, go and let Master Shi raise money." ”

When the relatives heard this, they hurriedly said yes, and then staggered out.

At this time, outsiders actually knew that something was going on here, and even the deaf could hear such a big movement.

However, there are people from the Dusi Yamen nearby, they are all Hong Xianchun's subordinates, how can they take care of Zheng Zhilong's affairs, Zhang Jie and Shi Fan's subordinates, most of them are guarding and torturing Sun Bingru in the prison at this time.

The first person who was beaten ran to the prison with him, and sure enough, instead of asking for the release of Sun Bingru and his family, he pulled more than a dozen brothers who were guarding the prison and ran back to seek revenge on Zheng Zhilong and his four men.

After a while, there was another sound of fighting outside Zhang Jie's study, Zheng Zhilong looked at Zhang Jie with a mocking face, and sneered: "It seems that you are still not convinced, you want to be more than people with me, believe it or not, I brought tens of thousands of people to surround the entire city of Fuzhou?" ”

Zhang Jie didn't speak, the hero doesn't suffer the immediate loss, he is a powerless civil official who is no match for Zheng Zhilong, a pirate, so he can only wait for his subordinates to overturn the four people brought by Zheng Zhilong, come in and clean up this guy before making plans.

It's a pity that Wen Tiren's shrimp soldiers and crab generals are not the opponents of Zheng Zhilong's pirates at all, and soon, the fighting outside stopped, and only a miserable howl remained.

Zhang Jie's face couldn't help showing a look of hope, but unfortunately, after waiting for a while, no one broke in, Zheng Zhilong slapped his face and said with disdain: "Lord Governor, you can't fight alone, and you can't fight in a group, don't just think about these useless things, let's think about how to raise money to pay me." ”

What can I do now, this group of pirates is simply lawless, he can't beat it, he can't fool it, he can't fool him, he is a scoundrel with others, people are more scoundrels than him, he is really out of line, just when he fell into despair, Shi Fan's voice suddenly sounded outside: "Everyone, everyone, if you have something to say, don't do it, don't do it." ”

There was really no sound of fighting outside, and it seemed that the four pirate masters who were guarding the door had also let Shi Fan and the others in, what was going on?

It turned out that when Shi Fan saw Zhang Jie's relatives being beaten, his nose and face were swollen, and his head was full of bags, he was scared and asked him to save Zhang Jie, he really didn't dare, those pirates killed people without blinking.

He thought about it, and thought of Qi Yuangong, the Qi family army is the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and it takes officers and soldiers to fight pirates.

So, he hurriedly ordered someone to call Qi Yuangong, who was also waiting for food, and asked Qi Yuangong to dissuade Zheng Zhilong.