Chapter 106: One Praise and One Depreciation

It seems that the interest group headed by Xiang Feng has already touched its tentacles to the materials of armaments; But there is now a lack of any plausible evidence. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

The troublemakers in Beicheng can only be said to be the family members of Wu Shicheng's mansion from the point of view, but as long as Wu Shicheng says that they are temporarily hired "temporary workers", or arrogantly put it aside, at most he can tell Lin Yimu for this small role.

Other people related to him have no direct evidence to prove that these things are directly related to them, and taking him down will not have any impact on the overall situation, but will surprise the snake and miss the opportunity.

Of course, what happened tonight will not end there, Su Zedong will not, and the party that gains will definitely not either.

Su Zedong has always let people follow this clue and continue to track it down, and the party that gains will definitely not let go of Su Zedong's stumbling block easily, and they who have been suppressed will definitely try to get the invincible Juyi Hall Master in their eyes!

He really doesn't know how to understand the world!

The day after the incident, the Mongol cavalry, having rested all night, then launched a fierce attack on the outskirts of Gaoyoucheng.

Zhang Shicheng couldn't sit still any longer, and at the temporary meeting of the upper dynasty, he could not pay any attention to the cynicism of Wu Shicheng, Tan Zhen and others against Su Zedong, but severely reprimanded them for not doing their job.

Thinking about fighting in the nest all day long, he scolded Wu Shicheng, who said Su Zedong was the most miserable and inhumane, as a waste!

As for Wu Shicheng, Liu Ming, Tan Zhen and others who chose to work against Su Zedong at this time, even their righteous brother Lu Zhen felt ashamed, it was unreasonable!

If you want to talk about their brains, their interests have been impacted, and their IQ has become negative; When it comes to timing and conspiracy, they are definitely reckless and mediocre.

Hearing them being scolded, Su Zedong was happy in his heart, and he kept smiling at Wu Shicheng's ugly face when he was scolded, while the latter looked at Su Zedong with angry eyes.

Su Zedong was overjoyed in his heart, and secretly thought: "Very good, you just want to look at me like this!" It's not wrong to stare at me, it's just to be full of anger at me, you just want to hate me, you just want me to resent me, you just want me to die! ”

According to Su Zedong's reasoning, Wu Shicheng, who started selling salt, only came up with the uprising under the leadership of Zhang Shicheng.

According to on-the-spot visits and investigations, before Wu Shicheng followed Zhang Shicheng to do things, his profession was that of a thug, a ruffian hooligan with extremely low cultural quality and no morality to speak of.

Su Zedong believes that the emotions of people like him are easy to be aroused, and they don't have any plans, but they just have a natural arrogant but humble mentality, even if they are self-aware, they will be prepared to find other reasons or things to cover up.

As long as Wu Shicheng is defeated at this point, other people and things will be easy to handle, even if he can think that Su Zedong and his Juyi Hall and the ghost soldiers have already laid a net, he will still break through.

And as long as Wu Shicheng makes a move without hesitation, Xiang Feng, who has a similar personality to him but has a very different background, will also have the same choice as him;

When Xiang Feng, who was the external rope and benefit output of the criminal group around Zhang Shicheng, tried his best to join forces with Wu Shicheng to bring down Su Zedong, they would definitely not ignore it, and would definitely cooperate in all aspects, thinking of completely bringing down Su Zedong.

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At this temporary court meeting, Zhang Shicheng not only "praised Su and belittled Wu," but also greatly appreciated the actual situation of the strategic deployment of Lu Zhen, Pan Yuanming, and others.

Zhang Shicheng openly stated in front of everyone: If they had not come forward to encourage the people to form a militia to cooperate with the soldiers of the army to resist, the suburbs of Gaoyou City would not have been able to withstand the attack of the Mongolian iron cavalry for a day!

Subsequently, Zhang Shicheng analyzed the current situation in Gaoyou City, and it was generally unclear: the armies of the other rebel armies entrenched in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces either did not specifically state whether they would come to support, or they were pressed to death by the Mongol army, and it was difficult for the mud bodhisattvas to cross the river themselves;

However, this did not have a big impact, because Su Zedong had already transported enough grain, grass and weapons to Gaoyou City through the north-south trade road of Juyitang and the trade road with He Zhen.

As for firearms and artillery, Su Zedong and his Dongzhen Company have already completed and passed the audit, and the next step is to place them at the four gates of Gaoyou City and conduct actual combat drills.

Of course, in the production of artillery and firearms of Dongzhen Company, Wu Shicheng, Xiang Feng and others did not send people to sabotage, but the technical level of the craftsmen and blacksmiths sent was limited, and it was really unclear what Liu Zhenming was doing with people all day long.

Xiang Feng and others also sent the people of the Killing Alliance to the tent where Liu Zhenming and others were conducting research, wanting to do sabotage, but instead of thinking about it, it became a trial tool for others, that is, as long as the black shadow of the killer of the Alliance appeared in the area of the research site, there would be a "bang";

Then the killer of the Killing Alliance will definitely spurt out intestines and flesh foam from his stomach, and his chest will definitely show his skeleton, and his death will be quite bloody.

After one or two times, after seeing that the killers of the Killing Alliance sent out would die tragically and be quietly thrown in his own mansion the next day, Xiang Feng didn't dare to make another attempt.

The black one can't get through, Wu Shicheng wants to have some white ones; He colluded with Tan Zhen, Liu Ming and others, and jointly reported Su Zedong and Liu Zhenming and their Dongzhen mansions for embezzling taxes and preying on the common people in the name of making firearms and artillery......

When they spoke, they didn't care about King Cheng's face getting darker and darker, and they didn't want to think about it at all, the person who appointed Su Zedong to be in charge of armaments, firearms and artillery planning was sitting on the high platform of the imperial court, listening to Zhang Shicheng himself, who was messing around!

Wu Shicheng, Tan Zhen and others jointly said that Su Zedong and the people up and down the Dongzhen Mansion are not, isn't this a slap in the face of him Zhang Shicheng!

What's more, Zhang Shicheng will naturally pay attention to such an important matter as the production of firearms and artillery, and Su Zedong and Liu Zhenming are also very interested in cooperating with the work, and can even send someone to hand over the expenditure schedule to him on time without reservation!

As their eldest brother, Lu Zhen's face is becoming more and more ugly, as Zhang Shicheng's cronies, he knows more about the entire process of firearms production, and he also knows that Su Zedong is frank and has an excellent reputation, but he is not so shameless as his brother said.

So before Zhang Shicheng could speak, Lu Zhen walked out from Zhang Shicheng's side and scolded them not to talk nonsense, listen to the wind is rain, scold them for not doing their jobs, etc......

They did not give up immediately after being frustrated, so they had to contact other gangs in Gaoyou City except for the Qingzhu Gang, and wanted to make some trouble from the route of their raw material transportation, but they were too lacking in vision and foresight, and the gangs they chose to do things were too poor.

The people in Juyitang don't say that they are 100% proficient in martial arts, but at least 99% of them are, except for Xiao Qi'er's three-legged cat, even Su Sanliang can dance with knives and sticks!

So for the Qinglong Gang and the White Knife Gang formed by children in their teens and twenties, basically after killing a large number of people, no gang dares to take this piece of fat anymore.

Of course, there are no gangs that are not afraid of accidents, and when they see the money, they form some bullshit alliance, and hundreds of people come together to make trouble.

However, it was very unfortunate that they happened to encounter that the manufacture of firearms and artillery required a lot of raw materials, so the first 120 or so people of the ghost army sent a quarter of them to protect them, and 30 people wiped out all the rabble of 100.

After learning about this, Su Zedong still felt that it was not enjoyable, and after going to discuss with the most dominant Qingzhu Gang bosses in Gaoyou City, he decided to put out 100 people from Dongzhen's mansion and 500 people from the Qingzhu Gang in the name of rectifying the chaotic alleys of West Street;

A large-scale clean-up of the gangs on West Street was carried out, and the regular army encountered ruffians and hooligans, and the result was, of course, that 18 of the more than 20 gangs in West Street were wiped out, and the remaining five confessed and belonged to the Qingzhu Gang.

After all three tricks didn't work, these people who grew up eating wolf milk were willing to give up!

Since Su Zedong and his Dongzhen Company withstood all the pressure and completed the task, they naturally had verbal praise and material encouragement.

is like this, "one praise and one depreciation" in the hall, and the contradiction between Su Zedong and Wu Shicheng can be regarded as intensifying.

However, Zhang Shicheng didn't want Su Zedong to swell up with this, there were already so many uncontrollable and misbehaving generals beside him, and if there was one more Su Zedong, he would be worried about his position.

Therefore, after Zhang Shicheng praised and rewarded Su Zedong, he also put pressure on him, saying: "Su Boudoir, the artillery matter is indeed well prepared, but in terms of actual combat, we still need to work harder!" ”

"Weichen will definitely not live up to King Cheng's trust, and will definitely let the Mongolian cavalry taste the power of artillery and not dare to make too many times!" After Su Zedong glanced at Wu Shicheng, who wanted to speak sarcastically, he said: "The power of the fire gun can also deter the cavalry!" ”

After Wu Shicheng heard the first half of Su Zedong's sentence, he did catch the loophole in it and wanted to be sarcastic, but after listening to the second half of the sentence, he was so angry that he couldn't say it.

The matter of finding the ruffian hooligans and Xiang Feng was planned by Wu Shicheng and handled by the chief housekeeper in the mansion, but the result was a charred corpse after being hit by a fire gun!

Wu Shicheng can indeed catch Zhang Shicheng and himself have not seen the power of the artillery made by Su Zedong and others and sarcastically say a few words, but he has seen the power of its firecracker!

This ability to talk nonsense with his eyes open, he Wu Shicheng still thinks that no matter how much he says, he is a general, and he can't learn anything......

Zhang Shicheng's words made Su Zedong a little nervous, and at the same time, he also felt that this was indeed an opportunity, if he could take advantage of the hot iron to arrange for the people of the ghost army to enter Zhang Shicheng's army system, so as to join the war with the Mongols.

As long as he takes the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, he can gain a foothold in Zhang Shicheng's team, so that even when he retreats after the war or is not so reused, the people around him can still do things under Zhang Shicheng.

Moreover, in view of the current situation in troubled times, if you are a military attachΓ©, you will definitely be much easier to mix than a civilian official at this time, and if there is no major event, your work will be stable, and your status will naturally rise but not fall.

Thinking of this, Su Zedong didn't delay any longer, and said: "Weichen also wants to make a contribution to better protect this city for the people of Gaoyou City, so as not to be destroyed in the war, and also for the people to be able to live and work here in peace and contentment, and avoid the destruction of the city!" ”

"I want to recommend one person and lead the hundred generals in the house to form a cavalry battalion, hoping to get the favor of King Cheng!"

Zhang Shicheng was worried for a moment, and said: "Form a cavalry battalion?!" ”

Su Zedong saw that Zhang Shicheng had doubts, so he said again: "If King Cheng can allow a cavalry battalion to be assembled, then in addition to the soldiers defending the city and the infantry fighting directly, there will be a new team after that, which will have a new impact on the Mongolian soldiers and camps." ”

Without waiting for Zhang Shicheng, who was still worried, to speak, Lu Zhen on the side said first: "We also have cavalry, but we are not enough in combat experience and numbers, and the equipment is relatively backward. ”

Lu Zhen's words were very pertinent, Zhang Shicheng's troops did not lack cavalry, so he was still worried when he heard Su Zedong's proposal to form a cavalry battalion, he didn't want to raise Su Zedong's status in the court too much, which would hurt the hearts of his cronies too much.

Moreover, Zhang Shicheng also wants to give Pan Yuanming and Lu Zhen more opportunities to perform, after all, judging from the performance of these two, they are absolutely loyal to themselves, and they are also very strong in combat and leading troops, which is a rare talent.

But since Lu Zhen came forward to speak, several of his sworn brothers were naturally speechless, looking at Tan Zhen and Zhou Yan standing under the steps with bitter faces, and there was something to say in his heart, Zhang Shicheng still didn't want to make a decision immediately, after all, these things still involved the army.

Lu Zhen saw that Zhang Shicheng was still worried, so he hinted at Pan Yuanming with his eyes and motioned for him to stand in line.

Pan Yuanming has seen Su Zedong's appeal, and he knows deeply that this person is powerful, the reason why Zhang Shicheng did not immediately express his position now is probably waiting for the statements of the generals of the DPRK and China, Wu Shicheng, Zhou Yan, Tan Zhen and others naturally needless to say, they are definitely opposed.

And their eldest brother Lu Zhen actually stood up to speak for Su Zedong, which is a bit intriguing?

Could it be that Lu Zhen was worried that the cavalry in the current army would not be able to resist the attack of the Mongol cavalry, and would be punished by Zhang Shicheng?

After thinking for a while, Pan Yuanming shook his head and thought secretly: "No! Absolutely not, as far as Lu Zhen's power in the army is concerned, even if the cavalry in the army is wiped out, King Cheng will not say anything, after all, the difference in strength is very obvious......"

The corners of Pan Yuanming's eyes and mouth turned up slightly, and after his eyes turned for a while, he immediately said: "Master Su is really a capable person, his martial arts are still good, he is talented, and he is really a rare talent. ”

"And there are so many capable people and good generals in your mansion, if you really want to help our army, it would be good! King Cheng looked at ......"

Zhang Shicheng saw that his two confidants and favorite generals stood up and spoke for Su Zedong, so he naturally couldn't care about the opposition of other people in the court, so he agreed to Su Zedong's request, and also instructed the generals of Dongzhen's mansion to report to the army in time.

Seeing Su Zedong's triumphant appearance, Wu Shicheng was angry and hateful, but after hearing King Cheng's instructions, it was meaningful to think about it, what he said was that the family of Dongzhen Mansion was going to report to the army, but he didn't say that he was going to take a hundred people to go, which was debatable.

Su Zedong was also stunned when he heard this order, thinking that since it was the family general who joined Zhang Shicheng's team with the members of the ghost team, since he agreed, why did he only say that he wanted the family general to report alone?

As a later generation, although Su Zedong can grasp the aorta of history and know the direction it has fixed, he also has a disadvantage, that is, he has a grasp of the details, that is, he does not know the explicit and unspoken rules of Zhang Shicheng's army, and even does not know the establishment of it.......

After listening to this instruction, Lu Zhen, who was standing next to Zhang Shicheng, also felt that it was meaningful, perhaps he had not completely let down his guard against Su Zedong, but when he saw Wu Shicheng standing below with a look of sudden realization, his heart was a little uneasy.

Subsequently, Lu Zhen immediately added: "As for the other generals of Dongzhen Mansion, they will also report to the army before noon tomorrow!" And since he is a capable person in Lord Su's mansion, how about being directly arranged in our army? ”

Lu Zhen's words first made Zhang Shicheng feel a little shocked and puzzled, Su Zedong is just a businessman, it is his duty to make money, and it is normal for a few people with excellent martial arts in the family to help him take care of the family and nursing home, why is this Lu Zhen so important?

Zhang Shicheng was puzzled, Zhou Yan, Tan Zhen, Wu Shicheng and others were even more incomprehensible, being able to join Lu Zhen's army was equivalent to becoming his generals, and in terms of seniority, they were just one level worse than their veterans who were born and died!

This steady rise is too fast, so fast that Wu Shicheng, who thought that Zhang Shicheng wanted to make himself sarcastic of the Dongzhen Mansion, felt that he was slapped in the face again!

As for Tan Zhen, Zhou Yan and others, they can be regarded as completely aware of Lu Zhen's intention to win over, but even if everyone is a righteous brother, they have different aspirations, and they are in different camps, Lu Zhen is in Zhang Shicheng's camp, and they are in Zhang Shixin's camp.

Although there is no difference between the two sides in the general direction, they still have different views on the attitude towards the people.

In other words, Zhang Shicheng advocates loving the people, establishing political power for the people, and sitting firmly in the world; However, Zhang Shide and Zhang Shixin believe that they should sit firmly in the world and love the people, but it is a bit exaggerated to serve the people, and as ordinary people, they should be used reasonably, after all, they have been sheltered.

Therefore, Xinhe Zhang Shide's idea was to reasonably exploit the common people, peasants, and ordinary businessmen of the ordinary class, that is, to obtain more benefits from them, and then form an alliance with the big businessmen, let them become officials in the court, and provide military salaries and materials in a timely manner.