Gao Yihuan took advantage of Li Zicheng's proclamation as the emperor, and if he wanted to say that the situation in Runing should be relatively stable, but the inventory of acres and the regulation of land endowments would damage the interests of the gentry and the powerful to a certain extent.

Offending King Chong and offending the Zhu family is actually not very terrible, the Zhu family is just such a few people, without the cooperation of the official gentry, there is no wind and waves. The offended gentry are strong, but the situation is different, they have the ability to cause big things.

Seeing that after Li Zicheng's defeat, just the news came that the rule of the Chuang army in some areas of Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi collapsed in an instant, and it was worth the second brother Gao to be vigilant.

If it weren't for the fact that he was going to Shandong this time, the second brother might have left Liu Hongqi behind, but his trip to Shandong was very risky, and he didn't want to have any problems in the rear, so he had to borrow Liu Hongqi's head.

In February, the second brother defeated Liu Hongqi and killed the local tyrant Huang Shiren, which actually had a certain deterrent to the local area.

This time Liu Hongqi was beheaded, and the gentry and powerful saw that the giants who once had more than 100,000 people, because they robbed Gao Yihuan of a few carts of armor, they were beaten to the point of dying out, and their heads were in a different place, and they couldn't help but sigh for a while, and at the same time, they also raised their vigilance, and they couldn't offend Gao Yihuan, the leader of the thieves, and they all began to be careful.

After killing Liu Hongqi, Gao Yihuan met with several cottage leaders such as Yi Daosan and Yang Dongqing.

The second brother's original idea was that the leaders would all be cut off, and then the ordinary mountain bandits would be absorbed, so that many hidden dangers could be eliminated, but the two tied up Liu Hong and threw him up, and it seemed that it was a little unauthentic to kill him, which would affect the reputation of the second brother, so Gao Yihuan reluctantly left people behind.

Yang Dongqing is a dog-headed military advisor, he is an old talent, and it is a good arrangement, and the second brother gave him a civilian job. Yi Daosan, the leaders of the group, was not very relieved to stay in Runing, so he decided to stay with him to avoid them from colluding with his subordinates. When the second brother took them to Shandong for a turn, when they came back, more than 1,000 bandits had been reorganized, and then Gao Yihuan could use them with confidence.

At the end of May, outside the city of Runing, Gao Yihuan transferred the elite of various departments from more than 9,000 people, and temporarily organized a battalion of soldiers, totaling more than 3,000 people, carrying more than 10 carts of armor and banners of the Ming army, preparing to go east.

On the official road outside the city, nearly 200 cavalry rode in a row, guarding a large banner, and the infantry army with flags behind them walked beside the road, and in the middle was a large number of mule carts, marching towards Guide.

Gao Yihuan and others stood in the long pavilion on the side of the road, Lu Yifang looked at Gao Yihuan's posture, as if he was preparing to empty Shandong, smiled and hugged his fists, "I am willing to succeed in general~"

This time Gao Yihuan's trip to Shandong, although it was to go to Shandong to grab war horses, the motive was a little impure, but after all, it was to fight Tartars. When the officials and soldiers were afraid of the tiger, the second brother dared to touch the tiger's buttocks, which still made Lu Yifang a little admired.

Gao Yihuan smiled and arched his hand; "Borrowing the auspicious words of the king of Lu Mansion, the civil affairs of Runing, Yihuan will please the king of Lu Mansion."

"General rest assured, I will definitely do my best in the civil affairs of Runing." Lu Yifang solemnly gestured, trying his best to put on a look that reassured Gao Yihuan.

But the more he is like this, the more bottomless Gao Yihuan's heart becomes, the second brother is very suspicious and sick now, and he is not very relieved about these demotion officials, and he always feels that they still have the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, and they are still a little unconfident in themselves.

The second brother nodded, and then turned his head to look at Zhao Daxian on the side, "Daxian, I am not here during this time, you have to be optimistic about Runing." If there is any change in Zuo Liangyu in the south, you only need to monitor, only guard Wuyang Pass, and don't rush to send troops. Do you understand? ”

Zhao Daxian originally looked at Luyi, but Gao Yihuan transferred him back to Runing, and he was relieved to have this person of his own.

"Second brother, don't worry, I know how powerful." Zhao Daxian hugged his fists and said: "Brothers, wait for the second brother to return with a full load." After speaking, he glanced at Gao Yihuan and added, "Da Juanzi also looks forward to the second brother coming back as soon as possible." ”

Gao Yihuan heard that his scalp was numb, and as soon as he hurriedly gave up his hand, he turned over and got on the horse in a little panic, leading Jin Shenghuan, Jin Xiangang, Zhao Zhuzi, Huang San and other generals, and galloped towards Guide.

Last year, Liu Heizi asked Gao Yihuan in Nanyang, and after taking the scriptures, he returned to Guide and began to divide the land among the people.

There are a lot of fields in Guidefu, and the gentry landlords were tortured and squeezed by Zhao Yingyuan for more than half a year, either killed or fled, so Liu Heizi did not have a lot of land in his hands.

This division of land has really attracted the hearts of many poor people, and many victims who fled from Kaifeng have chosen to settle here. Even the people under the rule of several other governors of Guide Mansion also fled to Shangqiu and Yongcheng, which were controlled by Liu Heizi.

Gao Yihuan led the men and horses to Luyi first, and the original old city wall was gone, replaced by a red prismatic fortress. The square city of Luyi has been transformed into a polygon on its back, with each corner sticking out, a bit like a huge five-pointed star.

In the original city wall, the enemy would only suffer a counterattack from one defender when attacking one side, but now no matter which side is attacked, the enemy will be flanked by the tentacles that extend from the wall, and will be hit by multiple blows from the crossfire of two or three walls.

In addition to the great change in the shape of the city wall, the city uses the way of moats to form a moat, so that without reducing the height of the city wall, half of the wall, under the ground level, the wall exposed to the ground is much lower than the original city wall, which greatly improves the ability of the city wall to defend artillery.

At this time, the whole fortress has begun to take shape, but it is not yet fully completed, and there are still many masons and people who are busy on the fortress wall.

After the second brother arrived in Luyi, the people took a short rest, and he, accompanied by Sun Yucheng, checked the construction of the entire fortress, and found that it was still a little different from what he thought, and there were many more styles of the Ming Dynasty when it was built.

The construction of the entire fortress is almost a year, and it is estimated that it will be completely completed in June, and then only the supporting artillery will be needed.

Gao Yihuan rested in Luyi for two days, looked at the fortress, and checked the wheat fields on the banks of the Vortex River, and then set off from a new place and entered the area under Liu Heizi's rule.

Along the way, the army met from time to time, a group of wheelbarrows, covered in pitch black, young and strong, they transported the coal to Luyi, and then loaded grain from Luyi and transported it back to Dehe Yongcheng.

In fact, now the output of coal in Yongcheng is not small, but due to the limitation of transportation costs, most of the coal can only be transported to Luyi, Chenzhou and other places, and it is not cost-effective to increase the transportation cost farther away.

It is precisely because of this that the second brother Gao only built forts in Luyi, Chenzhou and other places, and did not plan to build forts in Runing, because the cost of transporting coal from Yongcheng to Runing was relatively high, and he could only transport some for the smelting and forging of fine iron, firearms, and weapons, and could only burn some low-temperature bricks to build some warehouses and workshops.

Two days after leaving Luyi, Gao Yihuan rode a black horse and led the army to the outside of Shangqiu City, where the fields were divided by Liu Heizi, and a lot of land was planted without catching up with the planting of winter wheat, so a season of spring wheat, as well as beans and vegetables.

The second brother rode a horse and looked at the busy crowd in the field, and knew that Liu Heizi would not have to worry about food and clothing this year.

"Second brother, Liu Heizi is here to welcome us!" Zhao Zhuzi's horsewhip pointed to the long pavilion in front of him, and suddenly spoke.

Gao Yihuan looked up, and sure enough, outside the pavilion in front of him, a group of people gathered, led by a black charcoal, which was the mighty general Liu Heizi~

(End of chapter)