Originally, Lu Baozhong and Guan Mingke had discussed, but since Beijing had this intention, the two of them decided to settle Zhou Lei lukewarmly first, and then pinch his neck from the aspect of military food and materials. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

How do you know that Zhou Lei has not arrived, and the silver has arrived first. 500 taels of silver with white flowers in front of him, Zhou Lei bragged about Yulin Bay again, and took Wang Kezong and Zhou Chongde as examples to make all kinds of promises to the two of them. didn't drink three glasses of wine, and the two of them threw Beijing's instructions out of the clouds and called Zhou Lei brothers.

"Brother Zhou is really a cheerful person." Guan Mingke was half drunk, "It's still your Hainan Wei official, the weather is not cold, and there is a lot of silver, which is like us, drinking the northwest wind here every day." ”

"Don't worry about it, two adults." Zhou Lei also pretended to be drunk, "When the elder brother settles down, we can also make a fortune together." ”

Brother Zhou laughed. Lu Baozhong said with a smile, "Our place is poor and remote, but it is not as good as your Hainan Wei, and there is nowhere to make a fortune." ”

"Lord Lu, don't worry." Zhou Lei pulled out a 95 bayonet from under his ribs, "How about this knife, my lord?" ”

Lu Baozhong took it and looked at it for a while, with a look of surprise on his face: "This knife is very good, where did Brother Zhou get it?" ”

"We made it ourselves." Zhou Lei took out another handcuff, "Two adults, take a look at this." ”

"It's really good." Lu Baozhong took the handcuff and asked, "You also made this yourself?" ”

"Exactly." Zhou Lei said with a smile, "Two adults, if we make some fine weapons together, will these surrounding guards pay for the money to buy them?" ”

The two committees were of the view that it would be time-consuming and laborious to transport arms from Yulin Bay to Datong and Xuanfu. Anyway, there are coal mines and iron mines in these two places, so by the way, Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang were given a task to open an arsenal in the local area as much as possible to achieve self-sufficiency in weapons. The task for Wang Zhaoxing was even more arduous, because Dengzhou was very close to the Yellow River estuary in later generations, so Wang Zhaoxing wanted to go to the Yellow River estuary, that is, the Shengli Oilfield in later generations to find oil.

Since the matter of finding oil was handed over to Gao Pengju, there has been little progress, and the subsequent committees have gradually faded the matter. But now that the warship for Zheng Zhilong is about to be delivered, in order to prevent Zheng Zhilong's turnaround, it is best for the No. 777 missile speedboat to move again, so oil is on the agenda again.

"Haha, Brother Zhou is really a shrewd person." Lu Baozhong picked up his wine glass again, "Weapon-making, this is our business, brother just let it go." ”

"Brother Zhou brought more than 1,000 horses this time." Guan Mingke put down his wine glass and asked seemingly casually, "But the imperial court doesn't have any arrangements, and there are no vacancies in the various guards on our Xiabei Road, why don't you follow this official and be stationed in Longmen City?" ”

"Thank you for your kindness." Zhou Lei replied, "We, the soldiers of the Hainan Guard, are not very suitable for the weather and diet in the north, and we are afraid that being stationed in Longmen City will bring a lot of inconvenience to adults." I hope that the two adults can let the lower officials be stationed alone. ”

"Alone?" Lu Baozhong hesitated a little, "But now there are no vacancies in the forts, I don't know where my brother wants to station?" ”

"Don't disturb the forts." Zhou Lei said slowly, "We built the city and stationed it ourselves. ”

"You're going to build your own city?" Guan Mingke was surprised, "Brother Zhou, Xuanfu Town is not as good as you Hainan Wei, you have more than 1,000 people, do you know how much food it costs to build a city here?" ”

"It's up to the two adults to help." Zhou Lei said with a smile, "The manpower and materials we used to build the city, the lower officials asked the two adults to purchase them on their behalf." Well, we will pay for the silver, and we will pay a lot. ”

Lu Baozhong and Guan Mingke were secretly surprised in their hearts, both of them knew that it would cost nearly 4,000 taels of money and grain to build a small castle with a circumference of one mile here in Xuanfu Town. And this is an army of more than a thousand people, if they were all stationed in one castle, it would be impossible without more than 10,000 or 20,000 taels of silver. Are these remnants of the Song Dynasty so rich?

"Two adults." Seeing that neither of them spoke, Zhou Lei asked, "If the lower officials want to build a castle with a circumference of five miles and a height of four zhang, how much more silver will it cost?" ”

Guan Mingke looked at Lu Baozhong and didn't speak, Lu Baozhong thought for a while: "All the consumption is converted into silver, which is about 25,000 taels." ”

"Oh, thank you, sir." Zhou Lei replied lightly.

Lu Baozhong thought that his price was too high, so he persuaded: "Brother Zhou doesn't have to worry, this price is still negotiable, the key is to see what kind of castle Brother Zhou wants to build and what materials to use." ”

Zhou Lei took out a picture from his body and unfolded it: "Two adults, please look, is it a problem if the castle is built like this?" ”

Zhou Lei's picture is completely drawn according to the pattern of a prismatic castle, although it is different from the traditional Chinese city, but Lu Baozhong and Guan Mingke can still see it.

"Brother Zhou." Guan Mingke said, "This kind of castle is indeed better than our Xuanfu Town, but the cost is also high, Brother Zhou really wants to build this kind of castle?" ”

"My lord, twenty thousand taels of silver." Zhou Lei stretched out two fingers, "All the craftsmen, we take care of the rice." ”

"Deal." Guan Mingke grabbed Zhou Lei's two fingers violently.

Guan Mingke knew that the building materials of this castle were more than 10,000 taels of silver, and the rest was the craftsman's salary and food expenses. Now that Zhou Lei has to take care of the food, he can save a lot of money just for the food expenses. If you operate this project by yourself, you will earn at least 5,000 taels in it.

"Ahem." Lu Baozhong coughed dryly, Guan Mingke realized that he had lost his temper, and arched his hand to Lu Baozhong embarrassedly, "It's all up to the adults." ”

"General Guan doesn't have to worry too much." Lu Baozhong said with a smile, "Since Brother Zhou has the heart to build a city, then the official will agree." Just do the general to arrange. ”

"Thank you, Lord Lu." Guan Mingke secretly said in his heart, "The official level crushes people to death, I will contribute, and you have to take the big head." ”

After some discussion, the three of them decided to find a suitable place to build a new castle in the middle of Longmen City and Changzhong Bunker on Xiabei Road for Zhou Lei to station. The name of the new castle was given to Yulin Castle.

Wang Qianxiang's second regiment did not go as smoothly as Zhou Lei. As soon as they entered the territory of HENAN, an overwhelming number of refugees poured in.

In the winter of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the officials and troops of Baoding, Henan, and Shanxi to encircle and suppress the peasant army. On November 24 of that year, the peasant army broke out of the encirclement by crossing the frozen flight of the Yellow River; The three counties of Liankemichi, Lushi and Yiyang enter the south of He from Shaanxi. Yuan Mo, the governor of Henan, intercepted it with heavy troops, and the peasant army turned south, passing through Ruzhou to Xichuan, Neixiang, Guanghua, and Nanyang.

When Wang Qianxiang entered Henan, it was just in time for the end of the sixth year of Chongzhen, and the whole Henan was in full swing, and the officers and soldiers and the peasant army were mixed together, and no one knew where there were officers and soldiers, and where there were rogues.

Wang Qianxiang spread the scouts out of 10 li, and strictly ordered that the distance between the battalions should not exceed half a li, and they should go steadily and never rush in.

On this day, the officers and men of the 2nd Regiment were marching along the avenue, and the scouts came to report: "A team of rogues has been found in front of them besieging the Ming army. ”

"Where are we now?" Wang Qianxiang asked.

Zheng Zhongjun, who had been promoted to regimental sergeant major behind him, opened the map: "Report to the chief, we are still 30 miles away from the county seat of Mianchi. ”

"How many rogues are there, and how far away are they?"

"Back to sir." The scout replied, "The Liukou are 10 miles away from the army, and the number of people is about 3,000, and the number of the Ming army is about 800. ”

"Revisit."

"Yes." The scout beat the horse and walked away.

"Commander, what should we do, to help or not to help?" Zheng Zhongjun asked.

Wang Qianxiang didn't answer, thinking secretly in his heart. Although Lu Lao had talked about the situation in Henan and Shanxi before leaving, but now the whole of Henan is disrupted, can there be a force of 3,000 people, whose army can it be?

Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang's trip to the north, the committee has made an assessment. The two of them, especially Wang Qianxiang, will definitely encounter the peasant army of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others because they are going to be stationed in Datong. For the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there is no objection to the crossing congress now, but for the peasant army, many people in the crossing congress still have a sympathetic attitude.

The final instruction given by the two committees to Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang was that on the basis of ensuring the security of their own troops, it would be best if they could be recruited. If it cannot be absorbed, it will try to avoid conflicts with the peasant army and act at the opportune time.

"Commander, what are we going to do?" Seeing that Wang Qianxiang didn't speak, Zheng Zhongjun asked again.

"Order, the army continues to advance." Wang Qianxiang decided to go and have a look.

On a small hill two miles away from the battlefield, Wang Qianxiang put down his binoculars. About seven or eight hundred Ming troops in front were surrounded by two or three thousand peasant troops in a valley, desperately resisting, and it seemed that they had been ambushed.

On the position of the peasant army, a big banner with the word "Chuang" was fluttering high.

"Li Zicheng or Gao Yingxiang?" Wang Qianxiang muttered secretly in his heart, "I really won the jackpot, and I met them for the first time." ”

Wang Qianxiang knew in his heart that at this time, the title of King Chuang still belonged to Gao Yingxiang, and Li Zicheng was just a general.

Wang Qianxiang's heart suddenly had a desire, he came to this turbulent era in a thousand years, no matter what, he had to deal with the celebrities of this era, otherwise it would be a big loss if he couldn't leave his name in the history books in the future.

"Herald." Wang Qianxiang shouted, "The right flank of the second battalion, the left flank of the third battalion, the first battalion and the artillery company are in the center, 100 meters apart, and advance forward. ”

More than a thousand Yulin soldiers began to march in unison with flintlock pistols.

"Uncle." Li Zicheng ran to the banner of Chuangzi and shouted to Gao Yingxiang, "A group of officers and soldiers came behind us, with a number of 1,000. ”

"Whose troops, who are the generals?"

"I don't know." Li Zicheng replied, "They didn't play the banner of generals, only the banner of Daming, but they were strangely dressed and looked like they had good firearms. ”

"Strange attire?" Gao Yingxiang asked, "What's strange?" ”

"They have no armor in their whole army, and their clothes don't look like Ming military uniforms."

"Let's go, let's see." Gao Yingxiang was a little confused by what his nephew said, where did such an army come from, even if the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not have armor, but the generals who led the team could not even have a piece of armor.

The Yulin army stopped advancing about half a mile from Gao Yingxiang. Gao Yingxiang put his hand on the pergola and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't understand in his heart, where did these people come from?

"Uncle." Li Zicheng suggested, "Since they have played the banner of the Ming Dynasty, let's rush them first." ”

Gao Yingxiang thought for a while and nodded: "Let Li Guo and them take people to rush to take a look, don't use the old camp people." ”

Wang Qianxiang rode on his horse and held a telescope to look at it for a while, he was eager to find which one was Li Zicheng. But Li Zicheng didn't find it, but saw about a few hundred ragged refugees on the opposite side holding various weapons in a messy manner.

"Commander, the Liukou are forming a team, and they want to charge at us." Zheng Zhongjun pointed ahead and shouted.

"I know." Wang Qianxiang replied lightly.

The people on the other side were not military at all, but refugees, and some even had only a wooden stick in their hands. Wang Qianxiang could imagine that after a while, these people would fall under the bullets in one piece, and Wang Qianxiang's heart suddenly felt a little unbearable.

"Order, the whole army maintains a defensive formation and retreats 50 meters."

"Retreat?" Zheng Zhongjun thought he had misheard.

"Retreat." (To be continued.) )