In the first three months of the ninth year of Chongzhen, not only was the weather warmer than Li Menglai's years, but the situation also looked better step by step, of course, the great famine in Shanxi, the drought and locust plague in Shanxi, and the epidemic in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province were ignored by everyone.

Most of the elite of King Gao Yingxiang was annihilated, and he retreated all the way to Henan with other departments, and was defeated by the troops led by Zuo Liangyu in the area of Zhuxian Town, and the battle came to an end.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi's chaotic people and rebels were almost irrepressible, and after entering Henan, the momentum increased more and more, and the Ming army was almost unstoppable to go wherever they wanted.

In these successive battles from the first month of this year to the beginning of February, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court finally raised their eyebrows, and defeated the strongest King Gao Yingxiang.

As soon as the news of the battle reached the imperial court, Emperor Chongzhen, who was in urgent need of victory to boost morale, ordered it to be sent to various places with fast horses, which was also the reason why Li Meng's side could see the news so early.

Although Jiaozhou City is remote, Yan Zhizhou and Zhou Juren and others are jubilant, and it is indeed a great victory, and the troops formed by such peasant armies are also very impressive, but they lack a kind of tenacity and foundation, and they often disappear after encountering a big defeat.

The so-called rabble is like this, but for Li Meng, he still has some modern knowledge and knows history, and these current victories are almost temporary phenomena, and the current situation is already irreversible, and the peasant army and the Eastern Jurchens have completely hollowed out this huge empire inside and out.

Li Meng is now not only a theory of what butterflies flap their wings, he came to this era, his influence is only implemented in Jiaozhou, and he can't see what has changed, what he does is what people in this era can do.

The weather is getting warmer, Zhu Yunyao doesn't have to worry about frostbite, and she starts to become lively again. It's just that when I saw Li Meng, I made a gentle appearance, arrogant and timid, Li Meng was almost used to having such a lively and excessive girl, seeing the other party so pretentious, I just felt uncomfortable all over my body, but I also felt very interesting, with such a girl by my side, it was really a pistachio.

In fact, for Zhu Yunyao, it is normal for the lord of the palace to not know much about many rules and etiquette of the people, but some basic girls also understand it in their hearts. The horse can't be an official, this is also one of the iron laws of the Ming Dynasty, she sees that Li Meng will not give up his position to marry her no matter what, and Li Meng's attitude towards himself has nothing to do with the love between men and women, this attitude is more familiar to girls, as if he picked up a puppy on the street, or the attitude of his father and brother when he doted on him, it is Li Meng's appearance.

The girl who wanted to understand this was very discouraged, Zhu Yunyao thought clearly, but she didn't know how to solve it, so she could only ask the craftsmen and family members around her who served her life, and these women had a good impression of this lively and lovely, innocent girl.

When I heard the girl's inquiry, I didn't hide that they all came up with ideas, and they all said some folk rules and the like, for example, girls can't run around like crazy, men like to be stable, and don't always wear men's clothes. After Zhu Yunyao heard this, she was also annoyed for a long time, and hurriedly made changes, but a person is used to what kind of style, and if he wants to change suddenly, it is actually even more awkward.

Especially Li Meng's expression when he looked at her did not change in the slightest, which made Zhu Yunyao even more depressed, it was impossible to take the initiative to ask the other party to marry him, in that case, the etiquette was not in line, not to mention the fact that the horse could not be a real power official.

And the girl also knew that Li Meng had always wanted to send her back to Kaifeng, speaking of which, after the waterway was opened and thawed, maybe Zhou Wangfu would come to pick her up.

Zhu Yunyao's mind Li Meng didn't know at all, in mid-March, the credit for exterminating the Qiu family and the Peng family bandits came down, and the reward was naturally pitiful, and Li Meng's garrison rose a level, from the Jiaozhou garrison to the capital, and the garrison was still in the southern part of Laizhou.

Li Meng re-fine-tuned the division of powers and responsibilities of his subordinates, the 2,500 veterans of the Jiaozhou battalion led by themselves, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng each led 1,000 people, Ma Gang was stationed in the east of Qingzhou Mansion, Zhao Neng was stationed in the northeast of Yanzhou Mansion, and the children of local tyrants and squires existed as auxiliaries, and selected the outstanding ones to be added to the Jiaozhou battalion.

Except for the officers at all levels, the rest of the Yanding led by Ma Gang and Zhao Neng are all newly recruited Yanding, and the training and other work are carried out by those veterans and experienced officers, and the combat effectiveness is also improving rapidly.

The financial situation of the Jiaozhou battalion only became better in late March, and the sale of green salt and the increase in production were all supplements, but the idle silver taels in Li Meng's hands were about a few thousand taels, because the expenses were too great, firearms, weapons, armor, horses, military salaries, grain and grass, all of which cost a lot of money.

On March 27, according to the report of the fast horse at the ferry port of Fengmeng Town, it was said that the guards of the Zhou Wangfu had already arrived at the ferry with a few boats, and because they went ashore to enter the city, it was estimated that the city was also closed, so they entered the city tomorrow.

When reporting the news, Zhu Yunyao had dinner with Li Meng in the inner hall, and now the girl finally knew that there were some defenses between men and women in front of others, for example, when eating, there was a screen on the other side of the dining table, but the sound outside was clearly heard.

After the soldier finished reporting, he saluted, and Li Meng returned to the dining table, but found Zhu Yunyao staring at the dishes and chopsticks in front of him blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Let the girl follow the boat of the palace back, this is Li Meng's early conclusion, and Zhu Yunyao also knows it, but the child's temperament has always been to cover his ears and pretend not to know, and he lives day by day.

When the two of them eat together, it is often Zhu Yunyao who chatters, and Li Meng is silent, but the dinner table is quiet at this time, Li Meng naturally doesn't care, eats by himself, and hears a slight sobbing sound from the other party after eating a few bites.

Looking up, the girl lowered her head, two lines of tears slipped down her smooth cheeks, maybe she felt the movement of Li Meng on the other side, Zhu Yunyao raised her head, looked at Li Meng with tears in her eyes, the eyes of the two sides met, looking at the pleading look in the girl's eyes, Li Meng naturally understood what it meant.

The identity of the county lord of Zhou Wang is too sensitive, put it in his own hands, although he is a peerless beauty, and his personality is also the closest to modern times, but it is also a big trouble, weighing the pros and cons, it can only be a pity.

Although the sadness of the beauty has another style, Li Meng just smiled and picked up the rice bowl again. Zhu Yunyao, who had an exposed personality, didn't say anything in the face of Li Meng's reaction, just reached out to wipe away her tears, and also lowered her head to eat, naturally, the atmosphere of this meal was sullen.

The girls from ordinary families may come back to entangle, but the county lord from the palace naturally observed the situation very thoroughly, and Zhu Yunyao also understood that Li Meng was determined to send him away, even if it was crying and entanglement, it was meaningless, so after Zhu Yunyao finished eating, he also silently returned to his house and did not speak.

Facing the girl, Li Meng could only sigh, there was nothing to say, the title and name of the lord of the vassal lord were too heavy and too risky.

Early the next morning, Li Meng led the team by horse, Zhu Yunyao sat in a carriage, and the group headed towards Fengmeng Town.

When I arrived at the Li family manor, it was already noon, and as soon as I saw Li Meng coming, a soldier in charge came to report, this soldier had sweat stains on his forehead, he looked like he had been busy all morning, holding the account book in his hand, and said in a low voice:

"Three ships of saltpeter gunpowder, as well as fifteen pairs of horse armor, ten sets of mountain armor, three-eyed guns and four rods have already been verified, and there is no tiger squat cannon we needed last time."

Li Meng nodded, it is already an unexpected joy to be able to come so many things, it seems that the matter of the prince's relatives going out of the city is indeed a big crime, otherwise the other party would not be so panicked, the value of these things he needs is not too high, but it is very sensitive, and the Zhou Wangfu actually prepared most of it.

I thought that after the report was over, Li Meng was about to enter the village, originally to meet in Jiaozhou City, but then Li Meng thought that he wanted to let people take it away anyway, so why bother with more twists and turns, and directly lead people to this ferry, which is more convenient.

The soldier stopped Li Meng again behind him, and said solemnly:

"There is also a ship that is not loaded with goods, we have also sent people to see it, but these people from the palace are very tightly guarded, and the brothers on the other side of the ferry said that the draft of this boat is too deep, and I suspect that there is something strange in it, and there is a team of people watching over there!"

Li Meng nodded, at present, there are thousands of soldiers stationed in Fengmeng Town, and they are not afraid that these timid and cowardly palace guards will make trouble, as soon as they walked into Zhuangzi, they saw the leaders of the guards who came last time, but they came this time, and these leaders of the guards saw Li Meng coming, and they all stepped forward to say hello respectfully.

If you want to talk about the grade, maybe these leaders are much higher than Li Meng, but they are so weak that they are still hard, the two sides simply exchanged a few polite words, and Zhu Yunyao also stepped down from the carriage and followed behind Li Meng.

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