When the general of Fort Victory learned that the Manchurian soldiers had taken away the soldiers who had left the city, he was so anxious that his palms were full of sweat.

The "thousand households" who were robbed were actually cronies around the general soldiers, called Man Goose.

Man Goose is a Mongolian, and when Man Gui was the chief soldier of Datong, he was Man Gui's family member, and followed Man Gui's surname Man. In the second year of Chongzhen, Man Ge followed the general army of Man Gui to be born and died outside Beijing, and fought more than 20 bloody battles with Dongdazi.

With the military exploits of the full goose, it is more than enough to be a thousand households, or even a guerrilla. But Man Goose and Man Gui have a temper, and they exchanged their military exploits for silver.

After the death of Man Gui, Man Ge returned to Datong alone and became a member of the Ma family.

Thanks to Man Shuai's rectification of military affairs during the Datong period, the old man Ma did not let Man Goose change his surname.

Man Goose has been following the old man Ma, and his position is that of an ordinary family, but no one in the entire Datong Town dares to take Man Goose seriously.

The general of Fort Victory wanted to send troops to snatch the goose back several times, but resisted the impulse several times.

As a result, the Manchu goose, escorted by the Manchurian soldiers, staggered back with a cow on its own.

"General, tell you first, this cow was given to me by Manchurian Khan, and it will be raised in your Victory Fort first, and I will come back to get it. The gift you prepared Manchurian Khan is not good, and you will return it. I ate one of the baked cakes on the way, and you can count the rest, and quickly let people return the satin to the shop. ”

The general said happily: "Full goose, to tell you the truth, I'm ready to burn paper for you!" ”

"What are you doing with that unjust money! I'll tell you, I died three years ago, and now I earn every extra day, so you might as well take the paper burning money and treat me to a drink." ”

The general promised again and again: "It's decided, but when the time comes, you can't say that you can't be busy." You went out for a walk, what's going on outside? ”

Man Goose replied: "The Manchurian soldiers are still bearish, and the Manchurian horses are very thin. Their grain and grass can't be helped, so I have to hurry back to Datong to tell the old man. ”

The goose returned to Datong late at night. Ma Zongbing slept not long because he was late socializing with the two governors. But Mr. Ma left a message before going to bed, as long as the goose came back, he would come to see him immediately.

The old man was dressed in clothes, and he described everything he saw outside his mouth.

Ma Zongbing came to the same conclusion, the Manchurian soldiers ran out of food.

If there is no food, a man can eat cattle and sheep when he is hungry, but a horse can eat no meat when he is hungry. The large area of Manchurian horses lost weight, indicating that the first Manchurian army had no horse food, and the second Manchurian army had no time to herd horses.

Looking at Manchurian Khan's reply again, Ma Zongbing already had a plan in his heart.

As you get older, you get less sleepy.

Ma Zongbing simply didn't sleep, and the day after tomorrow was brightened after arrangement.

Ma Zongbing took advantage of the earlier to go to Datong's Huihui Hall.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he returned to the world. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the world and stipulated that people with color eyes were not allowed to marry each other, but Hui Hui was not prohibited.

Datong Town has returned a lot. Datong and the right guard each have a Hui Hui Hall, and there is a Hui Hui tomb outside the side wall of Datong Town. However, the Ma family's own ancestral grave is in the right guard, and the Ma family will be buried back to the ancestral grave if they die in foreign battles.

By the time General Ma finished listening to the scriptures and came to the governor's yamen with a reply from Manchurian Khan, Governor Zhang had already gotten up to do business, and Governor Chen was also wearing an official uniform.

Chen Qiyu opened his eyes last night, and he wanted to take a good look at Zhang Tinggong's way of governorship.

After Zhang Tinggong heard that Dongnu had no food and grass and no time, he agreed with Ma Zongbing's idea, but added: "Whether this matter can be promoted or not depends on Gonggong Liu." If you want to move Gonggong Liu, you have to come forward with Mr. Ma. ”

Ma Zongbing went out of the governor's yamen and went to the eunuch's mansion in Datong.

Liu Wenzhong, the eunuch of Datong, accompanied the king to fight quails yesterday, won a lot of money, played late, and got up early in the morning without reading the official documents.

Ma Zongbing directly took out the letter written by Manchurian Khan to the lieutenant of Datong and handed it over, Liu Wenzhong was furious when he saw it: "What kind of bullshit is written here, how dare you be so disrespectful to the emperor!" ”

Ma Zongbing said yes again and again.

Liu Wenzhong scolded happily and asked, "Mr. Ma, what do you mean by sending this thing?" ”

"Dongnu begs for peace every year, and the court does not pay attention to it every year, which is enough to show that Dongnu has no sincerity. But since Dongnu handed us the beggars and letters, we must submit them upward, otherwise we will be bullying the king. If we present such a disrespectful thing, we will be furious; If we only put it in simple terms in the cantata, we will be deceived by the Holy Hearing. We were in a dilemma, so we had to trouble Grandpa Liu. Father-in-law Liu is the eyes and ears of the emperor, and the letter is handed over by the father-in-law, and after the emperor is angry, he naturally remembers that his father-in-law does his best. ”

"That's the truth. Let me ask you, Mr. Ma opened his mouth and closed his mouth about ours, does this also mean Governor Zhang? ”

"I really can't hide anything from my father-in-law. Governor Zhang felt that it was better to stay behind closed doors at this stall, so he ...... Hi! Gonggong Liu, you also know that the stinky temper of the literati is just that. ”

"He didn't want to befriend me. Forget it, don't bother with him. I ask you, what are you going to do? ”

"If the emperor wants to negotiate peace, he naturally listens to the emperor. Before the emperor spoke, he resolutely fought with Dong Dazi! ”

Liu Wenzhong nodded with satisfaction.

"Isn't that what it is...... I'm afraid I can't beat Dongdazi! ”

Liu Wenzhong almost choked to death with spit.

"Father-in-law, you also know that Liaozhen and Jizhen can't beat Dongdazi after spending so much money on the emperor, so let our Datong Town and Dongdazi fight, I'm afraid the result will not be much better."

"Mr. Ma, what do you mean? To fight or not to fight? ”

"If you can't fight, you won't fight, and if you can't fight without fighting, you will fight to death! Even if you smash all the towns of Datong, you have to repay the emperor! ”

"That's what it sounds like."

"Father-in-law, if you want to prepare for the fight, you have to prepare silver, and the acting king is still bothering the father-in-law to come forward."

Liu Wenzhong stood up suddenly, "General Ma!" Don't go overboard! The palms and backs of your hands are all the emperor's silver, and I don't think I saw you deduct the Lu Mi of the palace as a military expense. If you force the king again, the king's mansion will die! ”

"The father-in-law laughed, on behalf of the Wang family, the great cause is big, take some silver out, and pull out the roots."

"The king's family is big, and the king is to support a large family. The acting king's karma is not as big as you think, and the poor relatives of the acting king are also so poor that they are waiting for the rice to go to the pot like others. Ma Zongbing, I warn you, if you starve to death one or two clans, your Ma family will wash your neck and wait for your head to move. ”

Of course, Ma Zongbing, the head snake, knew the situation in the palace of the acting king.

The branches of the palace are indeed uneven, the rich are flowing oil, and the poor can't sell straw shoes like the emperor's uncle Liu Bei. However, the clan system of the Ming Dynasty did not allow them to fend for themselves, and as a result, the poor clan could only survive.

"What can I do?" Ma Zongbing looked very embarrassed. "Father-in-law, you look at one thing first."

Ma Zongbing took out a pomegranate thunder and made a speech, and finally concluded: "If Datong Town wants to defend it, this thing must be this thing!" ”

Liu Wenzhong carefully played with the pomegranate thunder, "If this little thing is really as powerful as you said, it should be dedicated to the emperor." ”

"Don't hide it from my father-in-law, I think so too. As a courtier, I'd better try it before offering it to the emperor, so as not to bully the king. As the eyes and ears of the emperor, the father-in-law can report the news first, which is due diligence. ”

Liu Wenzhong threw the pomegranate thunder into the air, caught it again, and said resolutely: "It's best to dedicate the production method of this pomegranate thunder to the emperor." ”

"It's a bit of a dilemma. Pomegranate thunder is owned by the people of Saiwai Natives, and it is said that the electricity from the sky is injected into the pool, and then applied to the salt to become thunder. The natives are not in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the production method is so weird, it can only be slowly drawn. For today's plan, the only way to buy it at a high price is to solve the urgent need. ”

"Is it too late?"

"But if there is silver, I will ask my nephew to go to the stars and nights, even if he vomits blood and dies of exhaustion, he must buy back a sufficient number of pomegranate thunder before Dongdazi starts the war!"

In fact, when killing Hukou Ma, the pomegranate thunder and watermelon lei were all ready-made, and last night Ma Zongbing had sent a full goose to kill Hukou and escort it.

Gonggong Liu finally spit out: "In this way, the payment for Chahar in the three horse markets of Desheng Fort, Shoukou Fort, and Xinping Fort, General Ma will take it for urgent use first." At the king's place, I went to the theater with him in the afternoon. ”

That's what Mr. Ma was waiting for.