"The Oath of Naturalization" was passed in the hands of salt officials and salt merchants, and everyone quietly discussed, the words of the big old king still worked, the rich are more afraid of troubled times than the poor, especially those who are not clean, the thieves will definitely not let them go, and the court will also arrest people and raid their homes as soon as they turn their faces, and they can still find a way out if they make enough money like the big old king, in fact, everyone is envious in their hearts.

"Lord Wang, this "Naturalization Oath" is really good, but does it count or not, what if the Chief Soldier breaks the contract?"

"Naturalization has opened the town, and the imperial court has also sent a governor, the "Naturalization Oath" is completely inconsistent with the "Da Ming Law", the imperial court will never approve it, will the general soldier rebel?"

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The eldest king waved his hand and said with a little disdain: "Do you know how the chief soldier swears? That's killing the white horse and the black bull swearing to the sky, whoever dares not to obey will be punished by heaven, so it is not the that no one believes in your allegiance to the emperor and the court. Rest assured, Fengzhou and the Ming Kingdom are completely different things, the Fengzhou decree is only subject to the "Naturalization Oath", the "Ming Law" is a fart, respecting the emperor is just to give him a face, but the general army will never rebel, the Ming court is crumbling, do you still need to rebel? Otherwise, with the world's No. 1 Fengzhou Army, taking SX is like probing for things, even the Jingshi may not be guaranteed. ”

Everyone's emotions came up, and they looked at Master Liu, and the eldest Wang added: "In this year, there is a shortage of soldiers, and there is no insurance in the Guannei, I am fortunate to have transferred the money and family to Fengzhou early, so I have the opportunity to retreat, and now the people of the Hedong Salt Transport Envoy Division and the SX Taifu Temple Branch have also learned from me, this is called smart, you also think about the back road, who knows how long the imperial court can last?" ”

"It's done, Lao Tzu finally spent money to get a fat shortage, why should he finish with the court, Lord Wang, we will listen to you in the future!" Director Liu shouted with red eyes, and other salt officials and salt merchants also responded in unison.

The family of the big old king raised his fist and shouted, "Get rich, get rich, everyone get rich!" In the midst of a slogan, Fengzhou and Lingzhou Salt Division were in the same stream.

Shenshuitan, the old nest of Jinong, Ordos, passes through a large sandy land to the south from here, and can reach the border wall of Yulin Town, surrounded by the Yellow River on the east, west and north sides, with a radius of hundreds of miles, the fertile land along the river can be cultivated, and the rich pastures in the west can be grazing. After Mr. Wang Zheng came back from the inspection, he was pleasantly surprised to tell Li Yu that there are not only coal, iron, sulfur, and nitrate, but also a large number of saltwater, alkaline water, water conservancy, arable land, pastures, and minerals, and the conditions are even better than those of Fengzhou.

Li Yu, who picked up a big bargain, was not happy, Chahar Khan, the brother-in-law of the loser, fled to Ordos and did only two things, to pay homage to the mausoleum of the ancestor Genghis Khan, and by the way, he proclaimed himself Hutuktu Batulu Khan, and then swept away the people and livestock that could be seen. Chahar Khan scraped the ground too clean, and Du Hongtai felt a lot cold after crossing the river, and ordered to camp on the banks of the Yellow River, and go all out to grab potatoes - you must be able to survive first, otherwise you are ready to get out. The Ordos people who slipped through the net were even more miserable, the Fengzhou people who gathered in Shenshui Beach and looked at the river, wanted to rob, the weapons and training were far inferior to others, and they suffered a big loss every time they started, and they wanted to surrender, most of the other party were Han Chinese, and they really couldn't pull down their faces after more than 200 years of fighting. The Ordos people who couldn't beat and didn't want to surrender had to endure hard, seeing that the deadly snow was coming, they were almost desperate, but fortunately the savior Li Yu appeared, and the Ordos people almost cried and shouted and ran to run - Li Yu is the reincarnation of Altan Khan, the leader of the right-wing 30,000 households, and the Mongolian Humbatulu, and the Ordos people think that Li Yu has the obligation to save them from hunger and cold.

Four or five thousand haggard-faced and ragged Ordos people gathered around, the leading man hugged Zhang Ding and cried, Meng Ke screamed and cried, and finally pulled Li Yu to accompany the tears - the horse thief Bao Jung, who had not been seen for many years, appeared. This guy even howled and complained to Li Yu: The nobles of Ordos were taken away by Chahar Khan, he was young and strong, able to fight and kill, and there was a group of brothers under him, and he became the leader of Shenshuitan, he thought that he could live a life of prestige and fortune, but the people were too poor, and they could only ask him for food and clothing, and since then bad luck has come, how can Bao Rongge have the ability to turn into food, cattle and sheep, and he can't sleep when he is so worried, the people are still pestering him every day, and he can't run away if he wants to, since he became the leader, he has not had a good life, Even the little money he had accumulated over the years had been lost, and Bao Rongge cried and said to Li Yu that he could do whatever he wanted in the future, just don't let him take care of the people. Du Hongtai was also very sad when he heard it, he understood this horse thief too well, and he wanted to be alone after crossing the river, but the reality was too cruel, the most basic food and clothing were overwhelming, and it was too difficult to be an official in Fengzhou! Now that we're finally free, let the Grand Commander have nightmares.

Li Yu entered the Shenshui Beach in the cheers of the people, and the bitterness had to be borne by himself, but fortunately, his nerves were strong enough - since he had a memory, hunger had always plagued him, in Wula Mountain to find food for the people of the tribe, in Fengzhou to break out for more people to survive, the good memories were in the Jin country, where it was not his turn to worry, and he could eat food, Li Yu sometimes even wondered, was the old Khan tortured to the point of madness in the last few years? Don't end up in the same situation.

When the snow began to fall, Li Yu's situation was even worse, and there was an endless stream of defectors, including the displaced people in the Guannai who had been scattered by the official army, and those who had escaped from Chahar Khan. Du Hongtai is also at a loss, the little potatoes that are planted are not enough to eat, Fengzhou is also unable to provide too much assistance, more than 40,000 people have a meal without a meal, the predicament forced him to ask for help in the Guannei, even Hong Chengchou did not let go, although people have already given food, cloth, Li Yu blushed when he looked at the letter, covered his head and sighed that he was the same as Chahar Khan.

Chahar Khan was also asking for food during this time, but Hong Chengchou was a ruthless character, and if he didn't give it, he had to drive him away. The winter outside the NX border was not good, and Chahar Khan took up the idea of his eldest brother-in-law, and sent someone to send a letter, praising Li Yu for repelling the Jin army, and boasting that Li Yu was the greatest hero in the history of the steppe, and at the same time scolded Ming Guo for being stingy, and did not pull out a dime for his ally, asking for some money and food for him to survive the winter, and also hinted that he would come back to live with his brother-in-law after the beginning of spring. Li Yu was furious and immediately replied to him: You still have to be shameless, I can recognize you as the Great Khan, but will the Mongols who were abandoned by you still recognize you? If you still have the blood of your ancestors in your body, please muster up the courage to pull out your sword and re-open a piece of your own world, you are still embarrassed to reach out to me, Ordos has been scraped by you, where do I still have food and property? Come back if you want, let's starve to death together.

When the Chinese New Year was approaching, the eldest king came back triumphantly, he not only dragged a group of people from the Lingzhou Salt Division into the water in Zhenbeitai, but also boldly went to Yulin City and his hometown Suide to hang around, Zhang Ding took him back, followed by dozens of carts and a large group of people.

"Yuzi, uncle didn't run in vain this time, our salt will not be sold in the future, the villagers heard that you suffered, and sent a lot of things, don't underestimate these miscellaneous grains and used clothes and quilts, use them on top! You see, they've come to see you. The eldest king said excitedly, Li Yu looked behind him, every cart was full, and the villagers were walking towards him, led by Uncle Ma and Uncle Qin from Yulin City.

"Uncle Ma, Brother Danian is gone, I buried him at the foot of the Barbarian Mountain, I'm sorry for your old man." Li Yu knelt in front of Uncle Ma and sobbed.

"The baby is not happy to cry, our northwest people have fought for more than 200 years, which family has not died, more than 10,000 people have died in Salhu alone, this time we finally won, the big year died well, our Ma family feels glorious," Uncle Ma burst into tears, pulled up Li Yu and looked at it carefully, "Our baby is thinner than when I saw it last time, if there is a difficulty, we should say it early, the people of Yulin Town know how bad it is, and they will not bear to watch their children suffer and starve." ”

"Brother Ma, our baby is out of the way, he became the chief soldier of the town at a young age, and it is worth it to follow him in the year and die in battle, our old military families are still envious, Yuzi, you tell my boy Qin Hu, you can't be cowardly when you are a soldier and eat food, if you do something embarrassing, don't want to enter the gate of the old Qin family in the future." Uncle Qin said.

Li Yu chatted with the villagers for a while, someone came over and coughed a few times, and the villagers said hello and dispersed to do their own things. The person who came walked up to Li Yu with his hands behind his back, looked at Li Yu who was still stunned with a smile and said, "Yuzi, don't you recognize the uncle?" ”

"I didn't expect Uncle Wang to come here, why didn't anyone report it, so I could pick you up." Li Yu smiled embarrassedly and saluted, the person who came was actually Wang Shiqin, the former commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan who had returned to his hometown.

"I don't come forward, how can so many people get out of customs? It just so happens that I have something to look for you, so by the way, we are our own family, so we don't need to be so polite. Wang Shiqin walked along the sea of Shenshuitan, and said to Li Yu while enjoying the scenery, "Shenshuitan, I came here when I was young to pound the nest of the taokou, but unfortunately it was a war, I don't care about looking closely, it's a good place!" At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chahan Naoerwei was located in this area, and he couldn't stand and retreated, just because he lost this land, the Yulin people and the Mongols fought for two hundred years, you come and go, I don't know how many people died, and now it falls into your hands, and I can't afford to lose it anymore! ”

"What my predecessors can't do, it's difficult for me to do it, and it's indispensable to build water conservancy and open up wasteland for farming, which must invest a lot of manpower and material resources, and I'm afraid I won't be able to last long." Li Yu shook his head and sighed.

"You must hold on, with you staying here, Yulin will be as solid as a rock, if necessary, it is still a way out for the people of Yulin to make a living, and you must not give up, even if you lose Fengzhou, you will not hesitate," Wang Shiqin waved his hand with a serious expression, and then patted Li Yu's shoulder and whispered, "Brother Tao Wu (Du Wenhuan) has a letter, the more the court suppresses, the more we have to have our own territory, but unfortunately Yulin Jiangmen has no successor, now I can only rely on you, I have discussed with Yulin Jiangmen's mansions, no matter what, I have to support you no matter what, There are 5,000 taels of silver hidden in the cart behind, which is not much but can also save the emergency, and I will think of other ways in the future. Yuzi, this is a troubled era of heroes, it is difficult to say what will happen in the future, grit your teeth and survive this pass, if necessary, we will accept you to enter the customs, the northwest should be our northwest people, and only we love this land the most, the court will get out! ”

Wang Shiqin then preached to Li Yu that the current situation of Yulin Jiangmen is not good, and there is only one person in charge of the general army of the general town, You Shiwei, who has just been transferred from the general army of Changping to the general army of Shanhaiguan, but the two towns of Guan and Ning are actually controlled by the hands of the Liaoxi generals headed by Zu Dashou, You Shiwei is lonely, and sooner or later he will be driven home, You Shilu and You Renjun father and son were invited by Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, to help suppress the thief, which is only equivalent to doing odd jobs, Zhang Yingchang is slightly better, but he was recently accused of being a thief, and he was in a panic, and everyone else stayed at home. The heyday of Yulin Jiangmen was suppressed to the point of dying, the only bright spot was Li Yu from the Du family, and Li Yu, who was lawless and mastered the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry, became the last capital of Yulin Jiangmen.

Li Yu's headache was broken, Yulin Jiangmen was fighting the ghost idea again, and the idea was hit on him, but these northwest snakes could not be offended, and he had a nightmare that night, dreaming that Yulin Jiangmen was using a knife to force him to rebel. Li Yu woke up from his dream, couldn't sleep anymore, and began to miss Fengzhou, his wife and children.

The Commander's Office is also trying to help Ordos, but unfortunately their little money and food are always beyond their means, Namur ordered to start the propaganda machine, Wang Fang took the people of the Mission Department to run around, playing the slogan of "Ordos is the second home", calling on the people to donate food and materials, the people of Fengzhou are reasonable, they all understand that the situation in Fengzhou is sinister, the commander is taking precautions to find a way out in the future, everyone should support, you donate a liter of food, he donated a piece of clothing, gathered hundreds of carts of things, and sent them to Shenshuitan before the fifteenth day of the first month.

There are more people who come to Ordos, and the Naturalization Mansion and the guards have sent people, and after discussing with Wu Langha, Wulan and Wu Langha also brought their children to accompany Li Yu for a period of time, and the group was led by Namur as the leader, and the young sentry of the Flying Tiger Battalion in Hadari accompanied the guards, and drove the carriage and sleigh to Dongshengwei. Batu prepared a batch of supplies and was about to send them across the river, but seeing this scene, he simply took his family on the road, saying that he was going to spend the fifteenth day of the first lunar month with Li Yu's family.

The team waded through the ice and crossed the river, and was immediately warmly welcomed, and the people were excited, the brothers from Hedong had not forgotten us and came to visit us, and the sound of gongs and drums and cheers rang out in one place. Li Yu personally went to the river to greet him, and hugged Batu and Namur tightly, Hadari and his friends also surrounded him, this guy was inlaid with two wolf heads on his chest, and the other Richard brothers, Ma Shizhong, Li Xuan and Liu Shishi's younger brother Liu Shuangxi also had a wolf head on their chests - they are all officers of the Flying Tiger Battalion Youth Outpost, this team composed of the eldest children of the Wuxuan Battalion Boys' Sentry and the bereaved relatives of the fallen soldiers, although it is not included in the official establishment of the Flying Tiger Battalion, but the future Flying Tiger Battalion will definitely be theirs.

Li Yu ignored Hadari, but stared at his hand, Hadari's face turned red, and he hurriedly let go of his hand - his hand was holding a little girl just now, Batu asked Li Yu if he still remembered his daughter Wuya, Li Yu smiled and nodded, thinking in his heart that Hadari is eighteen years old this year, and it is time to open up a family affair for him.

Qitu commanded several cars to come, Wulan and Wu Langha shouted Li Yu when they got out of the car, and Gao Yizhi followed behind them happily, pulling Li Jin with one hand and holding Li Qin in his arms. Li Yu greeted him and took Li Qin from the old man, it was strange why he didn't go into the customs for the winter at such an old age, Gao Yizhi replied with a smile, the mountains and rivers here are good, and the people are better, and the old man can live here for a few more years.

In the next few days, the camp of Shenshuitan was full of laughter, the common people each family got one or two buckets of food, a few old clothes and quilts, although there are not many things, but it makes people's hearts warm, and the severe cold has become no longer terrible, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Han and Mongolians also got together to eat a rare full meal, Li Yu walked among the people, and assured everyone that the future days will be better and better, and the people feel that they have hope, and their hearts are more happy.

Namur came this time with the official document of the Great Commander's Palace, and the Council of the Great Commander's House agreed to set up the Chahan Nao'er Guard, temporarily compiling five thousand households, formally appointing Du Hongtai as the commander of the guard, Wang Dengdao as the servant, and Bao Rongge as the garrison, and also decided to entrust the reconstruction of the Naturalization Mansion to the merchants, and the Grand Commander's Office concentrated its financial resources on Ordos, and must gain a foothold here, and build it into a "second home", Mr. Wang Zheng was entrusted with the two positions of Tongzhi of the Department of Industry and Commerce and Chahan Naoerwei, specializing in the affairs of agriculture, animal husbandry and industry and commerce in Ordos. In order to reduce the burden of the old gentleman, he also deliberately transferred Dong Shengwei to teach Nuo Min to Chahan Naoerwei to assist the old gentleman in handling government affairs.

The big thing is arranged, Li Yu specially asked the old man to talk, this person's hometown is in Suide, he is very well-connected in Yansui and can do things, don't be a pity, but he is a huge greed in the Ming Kingdom, Li Yu is very afraid that this guy will make the same old mistake again, so he still has to remind him first.

"Uncle, you know, Fengzhou is not a good official, but he has to work hard to do things for everyone, I have never been able to punish officials, and I don't want to punish anyone in the future, can you give me a face, don't embarrass me in the future." Li Yu said in a hurry.

"Yuzi, you look at my uncle like this! Yes, I used to be greedy for a lot of money, but it was in the Ming Kingdom, everyone else is making money, whoever is honest should not want to mix in the officialdom, the uncle is a person with a conscience, only greedy for the money of the court and officials, when did you hear about my idea of beating the people? The eldest king felt very aggrieved, patted his chest and promised loudly, "In the future, if you find out that I am greedy for ink, you will cut off my head and kick it as a ball, so you don't need to be embarrassed." ”