In the afternoon, the Privy Council sent the military order papers, as well as a few southern guides. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Naturally, the camp is packing up and preparing to go south early tomorrow morning. Zheng Zhi wrote back to Cangzhou in the big tent, this time to Li Gang, that is, to ask Li Gang to start rectifying the government affairs of the four prefectures on behalf of the Jingluo Mansion and implement Cangzhou's land policy.

Now that the situation can no longer be delayed, there is only one attitude conveyed in the letter, that is, the action must be fast and the means must be strong. Lead the troops to suppress it, but if there is resistance, kill it.

Zheng Zhi can't care so much now, and his attitude is getting harder and harder. Zheng Zhi always had a lot of concerns about internal affairs, but now, everything is a race against time, and only by force, other means are too slow.

At this time, Zhu Long reported to the account: "Xianggong, at this time, the army is going south, and the materials in the army must be insufficient. ”

Zheng Zhi looked down at the letter written by Wu Yong, and waved his hand in the air and said, "If it's not enough, go to the local state capital along the road to collect it." ”

Tong Guan gave more than one million yuan before his head, and if Tong Guan wanted to give it again, he didn't need Zheng Zhi to ask for it. It is also time-consuming and labor-intensive to buy food with money along the way, and it is bound to be too late.

Wu Yong frowned when he heard this, and said: "Xianggong, if you want to do it like this, I'm afraid that the state capital yamen along the way won't buy it." ”

Zheng Zhi's eyes lit up, he picked up the letter he had read, and after confirming that it was correct, he slowly folded it and said, "If you don't give it, you will enter the yamen and rob it." ”

Wu Yong listened to the words, and stopped talking, he wanted to say that he was worried in his heart, but he couldn't say it because he saw the ferocity on Zheng Zhi's face. I also know in my heart that this Zheng Xianggong is a smart person, he should be confident, and he will definitely not really do stupid things.

Now that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are about to face the dispute between Wang Huang and Cai Jing, Wang Huang of Yushitai is concerned about Cai Jing, and the Qingliu generation will also volunteer to bring down this treacherous Cai Jing. Where do you still have the heart to care about Zheng Zhi's, as long as you don't kill people, set fires, raise flags and rebel, and rob the treasury of the state capital to serve as military funds, who has time to take care of it.

Even if someone is impeached, there are Tong Guan who defends himself, and Zhao Ji is naturally anxious about Cai Jing's matter, so he will naturally ignore this matter. What's more, Zheng Zhi has a very good impression in Zhao Ji's heart, and the biggest gain from this trip to Tokyo is that Zheng Zhi and Emperor Zhao Ji have an intersection.

Zhao Ji is really this kind of nepotism.

Zhu Long doesn't care about this, the matter has been reported, and Zheng Xianggong also has countermeasures, which is enough. As for the rest, that is, to do what is told.

Master Li was directly sent to Tongguan Mansion to live temporarily, and naturally left a sum of money with Master Li. In Tokyo, there is a child Guan Zhao, and Master Li must be worry-free.

Zheng Zhi was also relieved, everything was arranged properly, and the second day was bright, and the army went south, everything was a race against time.

From Bianliang to Hangzhou, all the way through the Great Song Dynasty Nanjing Yingtianfu (Henan Shangqiu) into Huainan East, to Yangzhou, Jiangning (Nanjing), and then south to Hangzhou. The road is actually much farther than Bianliang to Cangzhou, but there are waterways along the road.

But Zheng Zhi was surrounded by cavalry, with more than 3,000 war horses, and war horses could not stay in the ship for a long time, especially this kind of ship with many cabins, and long-distance transportation of horses was almost the life of the horse. Another is that Zheng Zhi still has to raise military rations along the way, so he has to run along the official road.

The official roads in the south are naturally better built than in the north, but the water network is dense, and from time to time you have to cross the river by boat.

After only three days, when he set up camp, Zhu Long came to Zheng Zhidao again: "Xianggong, there is not much food in the army." ”

"You go to the nearby towns to buy some military rations first, and then you can go to Tianfu and then find the state capitals along the way to raise them." Zheng Zhi is still a little cautious after all, even if he wants to forcibly levy food and wages, he must first go out of Nanjing Yingtianfu, otherwise it will be too close to Tokyo, and I am afraid that it will not be safe.

Zhu Long naturally went down to arrange these things.

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The words were divided into two ends, Li Gang, who was in Cangzhou, received a letter from Tokyo, and when he unfolded the letter, he frowned.

However, Li Gang also noticed the date of the payment, and the letter was sent from Tokyo to Li Gang's hand, and it was only five days in total.

Along the way, five or six fast horses rotated, day and night. It took five days to arrive in Cangzhou.

After reading the letter, Li Gang folded the letter into his arms, got up and went straight to Jingluo Mansion.

Pei Xuan and Zhu Wu stayed in Cangzhou, and when they saw Li Gang coming, they hurriedly welcomed them into the small hall.

Before Li Gang could sit down, he said: "Zheng Xiang sent me to lead the troops to the land of Qizhou in Yunzhou, measure the acres of land, and collect tax evasion. I also hope that the two of you will support you. ”

When Zhu Wu heard this, he stepped forward and said: "Governor Li, yesterday we also received a letter from Tokyo, and we are also going south to take over the defense of the three states. ”

"Mr. Zhu, you are the military advisor of Zheng Xianggong, and you have also been to Yunzhou, and you are here to ask Mr. for advice, where should you start this time to collect tax evasion in Yunzhou?" Li Gang is now familiar with this job, and in a place, if the work is to be carried out smoothly, it is necessary to grasp a typical example. This typical must be the largest family force in the local area, which family is powerful and which family will be used to open the knife, so that the chicken can be killed and the monkey can be executed, and the work can be carried out with the greatest efficiency.

While speaking, Li Gang took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Zhu Wu. Zhu Wu spread out the letter and read it quickly, and Zhu Wu naturally felt the attitude in the letter clearly. I also understood what Li Gang meant when he asked where to start.

"Governor Li, there is a Zengtou City in Yunzhou, you can start from here." Although Zhu Wu's words came out, his brows were furrowed. Zengtou City is an unusual place, if you are not careful, it will be a big battle, and this matter is really not so easy to deal with.

This matter is just like Zheng Zhi's arrival in Cangzhou, he broke this Chaijiazhuang with his hands, and instantly controlled the situation in Cangzhou, and Li Gang did not have great resistance to go down to do errands, that is, these families knew the methods in the yamen.

But this Zengtou City is obviously different, although Zengtou City is not a thief like Liangshan. But it's more difficult to deal with than Liangshan, who just raises troops to fight. Zengtou City is not, although it is also a big clan in the fish and meat township, a good horse crosses the border, and he dares to directly rob it, without taking the national law in his eyes.

But this Zengtou City is still a family after all, not a strongman and a thief. The people of Zengtou City are also ordinary people, good people who farm and weave cloth.

"Okay, I will select and transfer the officials in the yamen now, and go to Yunzhou tomorrow morning, and ask for more help from the Jingluo Mansion at this time." With Zhu Wu, who is familiar with the way, Li Gang will also have a lot less trouble, and his errands will be much smoother.

"Governor Li is polite, what kind of relationship do you have with my family, there is no need for this, but wherever it is useful, the prefect will directly order." Li Gang was polite, Zhu Wu didn't dare to hold it up, no matter whose errand it was, it was Zheng Zhi's order, and Zhu Wu naturally didn't dare to slack off.

Three thousand iron horses through the Tianfu, then into Bozhou (Anhui Bozhou), the county is the city of Bozhou, the army went straight to the county seat.

The iron cavalry did not stop, and the dust on the official road was flying.

At the north gate of Qian County, several soldiers guarding the city looked at the dust in the distance, and they were dumbfounded, this Qiao County has never seen such a scene for hundreds of years.

A soldier looked in front of him with a spear, and forgot about his errand to check on the people who entered the city, and muttered to the leader of the team next to him: "Team leader, look at the dust in the north?" Didn't there be a storm? ”

The leader of the team also looked at the sky in the distance, but replied: "Nonsense, how can we have a storm in Bozhou?" ”

"Team leader, it's not a storm, what's that?"

The leader of the team also frowned and pondered.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound, and the ground trembled.

The leader of the team had some insight, and hurriedly shouted: "The earth dragon has turned over, the earth dragon has turned over, run。。。。。 ”

The earth dragon turned over and it was an earthquake, and at this time, the leader of the team felt the shaking of the ground, and thought it was an earthquake, so he pulled his legs and ran to the open space outside the city gate.

The left and right were shocked, more than a dozen soldiers and the people who entered and left the city all ran out of the city, the earth dragon turned over, where could he still stay under the building, and he could only escape to the open space.

In the midst of everyone's panic, the dust in the distance was getting closer and closer, and the prototype of the iron-armored horse was finally revealed.

The soldiers, who were still in a panic just now, hurriedly ran to the side of the team leader, swallowed their saliva and said: "Team leader, it's not the earth dragon that has turned over, it's the generals from Tokyo, you see those people, all the strong horses and iron armor, must be from Tokyo." ”

This soldier was a little clever, and thought that the generals with such equipment came from the north, and they must only be found in Tokyo, where the emperor is here.

The leader of the team looked left and right, and also felt that he had lost face, and pretended to be a little angry and said: "It's not that I didn't see it, and I want you to say that there are people in the south who are rebelling, and Tokyo will naturally send troops to suppress it, so don't mess with me... ”