At night, Tang Xidong entered the door and saw Liu Lianqing sitting there staring at the red candle in a daze.

There was a hint of guilt on his face.

"It's a good day, and you've been wronged."

Liu Lianqing turned her head when she heard the voice, and smiled: "No." ”

"It's not early, let's rest!"

Tang Xidong looked at the woman in front of him gently, from today on, she is his wife, and she is the person who accompanies her all her life.

The cave room is full of candles, and the peach blossoms in the world are blooming, like a spirit and a dream, like a white head.

Holding the woman in his arms, Tang Xidong couldn't close his eyes no matter what, and all kinds of thoughts were turning over the river and the sea in his mind.

"Xianggong, do we really want to take refuge in the imperial court?"

Tang Xidong was silent.

After a long time, he spoke: "It's just a good face for each other for the time being." ”

"There always needs to be a ruler in the world, who used to be the Ming royal family, and may also become a king in the Shaanxi rebel army in the future."

"Nowadays, our relationship with Daming and the Shaanxi anti-army is to play with each other, with a pleasant face on the surface, and a stirring up turmoil in secret."

"Since the Ming Court wants to give us the entire Pingyang Mansion, why don't you accept it, as for the conditions proposed, you can make a show of fighting the Shaanxi rebels, and giving them firearms is an empty word, promising them for the husband is just a delay, and when the next year, the Pingyang Mansion has been taken over the whole territory, and then the Ming Court can help me?"

Liu Lianqing breathed a sigh of relief.

"I just hope that Xianggong won't be blinded by fame and fortune."

"No, it won't!" Tang Xidong said that no one knew the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty better than him.

Daming is unreliable, the anti-army is unreliable, he doesn't know who can be unreliable, he only knows that he has to carry the cavalry and artillery of Houjin, and he must not let the Tartars fight the country.

The night is past the dawn.

Tang Xidong waited for Jia Huaizhong to negotiate with Liu Yunzhong.

He believed that the Ming court must be clear in his heart, and this time the appeasement was just a short honeymoon period.

Whether the other party will accept their conditions depends on how many backhands the other party has.

If the Ming court accepts it with full authority, then it will not be a good thing for Tang Xidong, because no one is willing to suffer a loss, and if he suffers a loss, he will definitely return it with interest next time.

In the afternoon, Jia Huaizhong finally came to report.

Everything was negotiated, but Liu Yunzhong hoped to bring a batch of firearms back to Liaodong in advance.

Tang Xidong was relieved, there are no fools in the world, and it is impossible for the other party to give the entire Pingyang Mansion to him for nothing.

If you want to drag it, people will inevitably get what you want most.

After thinking about it, Tang Xidong agreed.

Five artillery pieces were sent to the imperial court.

There is no way to use flintlock pistols, the reason is that flintlock pistols are difficult to make, and the new army under his command has not yet been equipped, and it is only a month to build five, but there is really none.

The reason is a bit of a joke, but everyone understands people, even if he doesn't have a flintlock pistol in his hand and says any nonsense, Liu Yunzhong will agree.

And artillery, Tang Xidong also hid a hand.

Artillery, only artillery.

The barrel and carriage have no aiming scales, no rifling, and no steel.

There were only two shells.

Leaning on five time-delay shells, five iron cannons.

It will take time for Daming to develop it, and what Tang Xidong provides is just a design idea.

But think about it, before, between the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin, one side had sharp artillery, and the other side had cavalry, relying on the superiority of weapons did not prevent the Houjin from entering the customs.

Because of what?

Because of the serious financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty, it was unable to build artillery in large quantities.

Because the system of R&D and manufacturing of Daming firearms has long been corrupted.

There is probably only Emperor Chongzhen in this world, and he naively thinks that as long as there are samples, countless artillery pieces can be made, and the Ming army can be invincible.

Artillery was not made up of utopian ideas, but was built little by little.

Day 2.

Tang Xidong burned incense and bathed, set down the desk, completed a complete set of etiquette, and accepted the holy decree and the official uniform in Liu Yunzhong's hand.

From this moment on, Tang Xidong was nominally an official of the Ming Dynasty.

After the rice paper, Liu Yunzhong hurried out of the city with five artillery pieces and cannonballs.

Tang Xidong stood at the gate of the city, looked at the figure in the distance, and laughed loudly.

He's laughing, and self-deception in this world turns out to be like this.

He was laughing, from today onwards, he Tang Xidong could do something for the people of Pingyang Mansion openly.

Seeing Liu Yunzhong away, Tang Xidong returned to the city non-stop and convened a meeting.

From today onwards, everyone is an official of the Ming Dynasty, and their identities are innocent.

However, everything in Binh Duong City and the previous eight cities remained unchanged.

Then he asked Li Shangquan, Jia Hu, Zhang Xiahai, and Zhang Sanshi to lead the army to the rest of the cities in Pingyang Mansion to receive them.

After receiving Zhongcheng, Tang Xidong was faced with other things.

There is only half a year to spare, and Tang Xidong needs to build the entire Pingyang Mansion into an impregnable wall in half a year to meet the raging storm after that.

Stand in front of the terrain sand table in Binh Duong.

Tang Xidong pondered.

In half a year, he needs to connect the real Pingyang Mansion together, and build a strong enough defense chain with Pingyang City as the core in the north, south, east and west.

Tang Xidong's hand crossed from north to south: Lingshi, Huozhou, Pingyang, Quwo, Anyi, Pinglu, which are important cities on the middle line.

Yueyang, Fushan, Yicheng, Yuanqu, this is the eastern line.

Shilou, Daning, Jizhou, Hejin, Linjin, Puzhou, this is the western line.

Tang Xidong wants to set up 16 important cities in Pingyang Mansion and divide the east, west, and central lines.

With the five cities of Lingshi, Pingyang, Anyi, Fushan and Jizhou as the core, relying on the surrounding cities, a defensive circle is set up.

The sixteen cities were centered on five cities, and except for the sixteen cities, all the other cities were abolished, and the population moved to live in the cities, and according to the model of Binh Duong City, on the basis of the original old city, it continued to expand.

Time was of the essence, and it was difficult to rebuild the new city.

In addition to the sixteen new cities, roads were to be built along with the cities, as well as roads between the important passes and the cities.

Sixteen cities have been put on guard since the day they were accepted, and their household registrations have been improved.

All wealthy merchants, gentry and bureaucrats are under the watchful eye of the family, and no more than 50 members are allowed in the family.

All personnel work intensively, requisition and manpower, and solve the problem of food and clothing.

Those who disobeyed were severely punished, civilians were escorted to work in the mines, and wealthy squires were directly imprisoned.

A large number of new troops should be recruited, and the total number of combat readiness personnel should reach 100,000, and all new troops should be disorganized in different places after intensive training.

Each city operates according to the previous administrative model.

After all the political reforms were completed, it was deepened step by step according to the Binh Duong City model.

Tang Xidong knew that half a year was the time left for him to fully control Pingyang Mansion, if he missed the sweet period of half a year.

Ming Ting came back.

Then, all the efforts will be in vain again.

He still has to be confined in Pingyang City, and at that time, maybe he has been attacked by the Ming army and the Shaanxi rebel army from both sides, trapped in Pingyang City.