In October of the twelfth year of Li Chongzhen, after Li Tianyang resigned several times, he finally obtained Xiong Wencan's approval, and returned with the Hongtang army, which had recovered to the size of 10,000 people, along the route he had come before.

In the end, he was able to be released by Xiong Wencan, and Li Tianyang also paid some price, and the artillery of the Hongtang Field Artillery Team was sold by Li Tianyang to Shangshu Xiong Wencan at a price of 2,000 taels of silver each, so that he could supplement the weakness of the Henan soldiers in the lack of firearms.

And Hong Tang's flintlock musket was also sold by Li Tianyang for more than 2,000 to Xiong Wencan at a high price of tens of taels.

Although he got a lot of money in exchange, but to be honest, Li Tianyang was not very reluctant, the technical threshold of flintlock pistols is actually not very high, after Xiong Wencan got this batch of flintlock pistols, he looked for skilled craftsmen to specialize in it, and it was not very difficult to imitate it; On the contrary, it is a field artillery with huge power and seemingly poor craftsmanship, but it is very difficult for Xiong Wencan to imitate it, and the stainless steel raw materials for casting field cannons are not something that the current Ming Dynasty craftsmen can solve.

Fortunately, these flintlock pistols and artillery, for Hong Tang, go back and need to be replaced, rebuilt, this time so frequently used firearms, for this time the raw materials still do not meet the requirements of alloy steel in later generations, where is it possible to use a flintlock pistol hundreds of times without the slightest problem.

In countless battles, the rifling of the flintlock pistols in the hands of the fighters was almost worn out, and the muzzles of the guns were also stretched out by a few millimeters, and it was normal for the strength and toughness to weaken.

After Li Tianyang told Shangshu Xiong Wencan about these possible problems, Xiong Wencan still ignored it, and asked Li Tianyang to support his work and sell some of it to himself.

However, Xiong Wencan can also be regarded as a grateful report, Li Tianyang's outstanding ability made him make up his mind to have a good relationship, cultivate the friendship between the two sides, after the report to the court was answered, although Li Tianyang's own real difference has been temporarily promoted, but the false lord reward and the like, Xiong Wencan is generous to the court, giving Li Tianyang a lot of benefits, such as Li Tianyang's young son has the identity of a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and his mother Sanniang has a three-grade fate, etc., It can be regarded as hanging an official skin on Li Tianyang's family, all of which are some small ways to buy people's hearts, and with Li Tianyang's and other achievements, Li Tianyang also accepts it with a clear conscience.

Among them, Li Tianyang also introduced Peng Zhihai, who had just been the leader of the surrender, to Xiong Wencan, pretending that he had lured Peng Zhihai to surrender at the beginning, and had promised the other party a position such as deputy chief soldier, etc., plus Peng Zhihai himself had more than 10,000 peasant troops in his hands, but under Li Tianyang's operation, it was easy for Xiong Wencan to accept Peng Zhihai and let him serve under his command.

Even if Xiong Wencan experienced Zhang Xianzhong's deception and rebellion, so that he almost became the reason for his opponent Yang Sichang's attack, he still couldn't change his established strangulation policy to deal with the army.

With the help of Li Tianyang with the excuse that a gentleman is difficult to chase after him, although Peng Zhihai did not ascend to the sky in one step to become a deputy commander-in-chief, he also became a general with real power, and he was only one step away from the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief.

Yiyi said goodbye to Li Tianyang and his group, looking at the chariots and horses of the Hongtang army that were gradually moving away, Xiong Wencan, the secretary of the military department, sighed and muttered to himself: "It's a pity that the great talents and heroes are not used by me!" ”

Fan Jin, a staff member on the side, was the tip of his ears, and when he heard Xiong Wencan's words of regret, he hurriedly comforted him: "My lord, looking at the style of this Lord Li and others, even you who are the secretary of the military department can't accept his loyalty for your use, presumably in this world except for the current majesty, I am afraid that no one else can buy him!" ”

"In that case, as long as we maintain a good relationship now, we don't have to worry that the other party will become our enemy, right?"

Fan Jin's words are to the point, in the past few months, Xiong Wencan has deliberately been close to Li Tianyang, has a close relationship with him, and has a deeper understanding of his personality and ability, and in the case of knowing that there is no hope of buying, Xiong Wencan is not too disappointed, but gives him more small favors, maintains goodwill between each other, and lays a good foundation for future friendships.

"I hope so!"

Xiong Wencan's slightly regretful expression, and at the same time, a complicated look of waiting was revealed, but Li Tianyang and the others had already gone away, and Fan Jin and the others were standing behind Xiong Wencan, but they didn't find it: "I'm only worried that our talented and powerful Fujian Penghu General Soldier will have other lofty ideals!" ”

Xiong Wencan and others are not unreasonable, to their status, they see people and things from a high position, long-term vision, from the contact with Li Tianyang, Xiong Wencan felt that Li Tianyang thought that he was hiding a very deep ambition, where is the ultimate point of this ambition, but this is what Lord Xiong Wencan can not guess.

"I just hope that he is really as loyal and patriotic as he has shown, otherwise the country will be in danger!!"

Of course, Xiong Wencan's worry was also a whim, and he quickly collected it to the deepest part of his heart.

Thanks to Li Tianyang's great help, Henan Province is now completely free from the threat of the peasant army, although in the end this thief Li Zicheng entered the border of Sichuan, which happened to be the territory of Yang Sichang, who was a scholar and his opponent, and he Yang Sichang had to deal with and be upset, but he was able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and at the same time it was indispensable to take eye medicine with the court!

Not to mention that after saying goodbye to Xiong Wencan, Li Tianyang and their return this time boarded the inland river fleet of Hongmen and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce that had been waiting for a long time at Hongze Lake along the old road, and went all the way south, but it took more than half a month to return to the South China Sea, which belonged to Hongmen's own territory.

"Has anything big happened in the family lately?"

What Li Tianyang is most concerned about is naturally that he is not in these days, the development and movement of Dayuan Island, and he chatted with Wu Jie, who came to pick him up this time.

"What's the big deal, our brothers are all idle now, how can you have a good time every day!"

Wu Jie has a grudge in his mouth, he is very unhappy with Li Tianyang letting him sit on Dayuan Island to prevent all kinds of misdeeds and other things, although he is a middle-aged man in his forties, but he still yearns for the fierce scene of fighting on the battlefield, this is his nature, and it cannot be changed.

There is no major event for Li Tianyang, it is the best news, since even the most trusted Wu Jie said so, then there must really be no big problems in the family, and Li Tianyang, who was finally relieved, began to talk to Wu Jie about the countless battles along the way, and Wu Jie, a militant who hooked up, shouted again and again.