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There is snow in the air, the night of Tuanfeng Town looks miserable and miserable, into the night, there are no pedestrians on this street, only the heart of the town entrance street can see some red scarves, wearing yellow clothes Taiping officers and soldiers, these Taiping soldiers on the yellow clothes, like filial piety clothes in a piece of long cloth to dig out a hole, to the body of a set, and then use a piece of yellow cloth as a belt, because of the ugliness of the simple to become the number of clothes.

Such a simple costume is not uncommon in the Taiping army, in fact, at this time, except for a few prince's cronies, other Taiping officers and soldiers can't even mix a piece of yellow cloth, only the red scarf on the head as a status symbol.

The reason why this town looks miserable is simple: according to the order, the town will be banned after dark - violators will be killed!

And the heads of a few second-rate idlers hanging on the edge of the town reminded everyone that this is true. Located outside the door of the Zhou family's mansion in the town, this will be lit in the lantern as in the past, even if it is a big family like the Zhou family, the lantern in front of the door in the past is not necessarily lit day and night, but now, this lamp is facing down, day and night, the reason why it is so generous is not that the Zhou family is willing, but the "guest" of the dove occupies the magpie's nest.

Not only did the dove occupy the magpie's nest at night, but even the main room of the Zhou family was occupied by the "guests", which also interpreted the word "dove occupying the magpie's nest".

The oil lamp shone dimly, and the light looked extremely dim.

On the table under the oil lamp, there was a map, at this time, Li Ziyuan was standing there, he looked at this map full of foreign characters, although he couldn't read foreign languages, but through the Chinese characters marked by the owner, he still recognized that this was a map along the river.

"Boss, you are ......"

Looking at the names of places along the river, Li Ziyuan looked up at the owner with some puzzlement, why did the owner let him see this map, could it be that the owner had any plans?

"Zilin, what do you think of when you see this map?"

The owner's question made Li Ziyuan look at the map on the table again in confusion, and he even deliberately picked up the oil lamp and shone it, so as not to ignore anything under the lamp.

"Isn't this just a map?"

What comes to mind when you see a map?

Wuchang, Hanyang, Hankou, Huangzhou......

Looking at the names of the places that had been specially marked one by one, and then carefully looking at them and the locations on the map, he soon noticed something that he had neglected before—all of these places were located along the river, and more importantly, the Taiping army down the river would definitely capture these cities, or have already taken them, or have given them up.

"Host, if I'm not mistaken, these places are borderlands now!"

Borderlands!

It only took a moment for Li Ziyuan to say such a sentence, and when he saw the owner smiling and nodding, he knew that he had guessed correctly.

"The cities along the river are now occupied by the Taiping army, and the local officials have been killed and escaped, and even the gentry in the city have fled one after another because of the Taiping army's "vanguard" trip......

The so-called "fighting the vanguard" is actually similar to the "fighting local tyrants" that later generations were familiar with, that is, they sent money to the landlords and wealthy people in a coercive way, and confiscated all the property of the Qing bureaucrats. In fact, it is also a raid, regardless of its identity, as long as it is a rich family, it will be raided, and the worst will be killed. On the way to the army, the Taiping army often sent a lightly armed advance force to put up notices in the camp in advance to "mobilize" the masses to receive food and wages. Therefore, those "local tyrants" who are in danger of their lives often run faster than officials, and because of this, most of the cities abandoned by the Taiping army are "borderless" to some extent.

"Zhucheng was abandoned by the Taiping army, now there is no official government in the city, and there is no local rich gentry, only ignorant poor people remain, and a small number of local ruffians who have not joined the Taiping army, even if the official army follows all the way to recover, it is also unable to maintain the situation in the city, after all, the current military strength in Hubei is limited, it is impossible to scatter the soldiers in the cities like sesame seeds, so the cities can only be maintained until the court appoints new officials, and before the arrival of the new officials of the court, these places can only be maintained by a few gentry at most, and the newly appointed officials of the court take office, It takes months to walk on the road and a year to ......."

Li Ziyuan, who originally intended for the imperial examination, naturally knew the current system of employing officials, and also knew some habits in the officialdom, and it was normal for a local official to walk on the road for a year and a half, and this was still the case on weekdays, let alone in this chaotic time.

"And now in the midst of chaos, these people are naturally reluctant to go too fast, after all, no one knows whether the local situation is calm or not......

Li Ziyuan's quite methodical remarks proved Zhu Yifeng's judgment - the judgment of the borderland.

"Zilin, since this is the case, have you ever thought about achieving a career?"

When the words full of temptation sounded in Li Ziyuan's ears, Zhu Yifeng continued.

"Look, since this is a borderless land, why don't you and I lead our troops away and take this borderless land, I don't know what Zilin thinks?"

When the thunderous words sounded in Li Ziyuan's ears, he only felt a roar in his head, the sentence "lead the troops away and take this borderless land", so that in the end, he just looked at Zhu Yifeng dumbfounded, he couldn't speak, he couldn't speak, but now Zhu Yifeng has endless words.

"Zilin, you see, Huangzhou, which is dozens of miles away, has been captured by the Taiping Army, and now, the Taiping Army's brigade has passed, if my expectations are not bad, it is estimated that the Taiping Army in Huangzhou City should abandon the city and flee in the near future, that is, it is an empty city, rather than waiting for others to regain it, it is better for us to regain it, as long as we have the territory of Huangzhou in hand, when the time comes, we will recruit troops and horses, with soldiers, with territory, whether it is the court of the Manchu Dynasty, or the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it will not be easy to provoke ......us in the future."

In a word, it is to be a warlord, what is the most important thing for a warlord? It's a soldier, it's a territory. With soldiers, there is territory, in the same way, with territory, there are soldiers, just like in this Tuanfeng town, as long as he wants, Zhu Yifeng can recruit a team of no less than 1,000 people at any time.

"East, East, East......"

Li Ziyuan looked at the owner in horror, his eyes were full of surprise, what happened to the owner?

"We, we're businessmen......"

"Lu Buwei is also a businessman!"

Snorted coldly, Zhu Yifeng didn't say what he really thought in his heart, for him, the most important thing now is to fool the people around him into the "boat" that leads to the "grand cause", and then say, as for the future, when he gets on the boat, he doesn't have to worry about anything else.

As for the many chain reaction-like impacts brought about by the so-called "timeline adjustment", it seems that it has little to do with itself, anyway, I am insured, and I will not cripple myself anyway, at most, that is, a few more storms, what's the big deal? Could it be that because of a few storms, he nested in the concession and became a foot valley man?

Of course not!

But what kind of help can that artificial intelligence bring to itself? This is the question that Zhu Yifeng is most concerned about, but it is also the most annoying place, he didn't answer at all, and then just like last time, he disappeared, he has been helping himself? How does it help?

Isn't that?

"He Lu Buwei is a strange goods to live in Zichu, but we, the strange goods are this territory along the river, with half a year, and then there are two million taels of silver, Zilin, why worry that you and I can't achieve a career, and ......"

Staring at Li Ziyuan, Zhu Yifeng smiled bitterly again.

"Now I don't know when the "Pacific" will arrive here, and the Taiping army has been down the river all the way, cutting off our way home, and I will always be responsible for the lives of more than 200 brothers. ”

Survival!

Zhu Yifeng, who understands Li Ziyuan's character, doesn't know the other party's thoughts, maybe he doesn't necessarily dare to think about any "grand cause", but he will definitely not let himself lose his life in vain.

"This ......"

A sentence of saving his life fell on Li Ziyuan's ears, only to make his whole person's mind suddenly confused, isn't it, now that the Taiping army is going down the river, who knows that they will hit there, in case of Anhui, Jiangsu, the rogue has become a sitting coward, how will everyone go back to Shanghai at that time? If you can't go back to Shanghai, not to mention anything else, just a "collusion with bandits" can be convicted of punishing the nine clans if they are investigated deeply.

What kind of business is this, it's simply ...... After thinking about it carefully, Li Ziyuan realized that he was afraid that he had already stepped on the thief ship, and now he ......

"If you want to be an official, kill people and set fires to be recruited! Zilin, right now, it's a great opportunity! ”

Saying such a sentence slowly, Zhu Yifeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a straight face.

"What a time to lose! Zilin, if you miss it, you and I ......."

"The owner, Ziyuan has long been determined to follow the owner, and this matter is naturally up to the owner!"

Smart people speak and do things with cleverness, just like now, even if he is in the thief ship, Li Ziyuan still puts himself in the role of repaying his gratitude, of course, this is just a back road that he subconsciously left for himself.

"I don't know what the owner plans to do next?"