"Don't be a sycophant." Zhu Cihong stood up, and his face was also worried.

Xuzhou Gaojie has not yet solved it, Zhu Dadian and Fang Kongzhao are considered to be the most capable bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty, but in the current situation, it is difficult to say how much the two of them can do.

Zuo Liangyu is still in trouble, there is no improvement in finances, the gentry class in Jiangnan is very powerful, and all kinds of counterattacks are also very fierce, especially the people he uses, they are inextricably linked with this class, and they can't get rid of it. The two people in front of him are considered outliers in the class, and they have made up their minds to follow them to the end, but other people are very difficult to say.

"Summoning Wei Yue, Ren Shang, Wang Yuanlai. Gather the direct guards, gather the cavalry in the army, prepare the pine torches, and hurry overnight. ”

Zhu Cihong's disposition was bright and decisive, and the two people present naturally obeyed secretly, but Zheng Yuanxun thought that Wang Yuan's killing talent would also go to Yangzhou, and if it became chaotic together, when the army was entangled, whether it would be good and bad, killing and slashing, it was really difficult to reverse the consequences.

It's just that at this moment, even if he is in turmoil, he can't persuade him, so he has to respond with Gong Dingyu and go out to do things according to the prince's orders.

When the two of them left one after another, a middle-aged man quietly turned out of the house, and when he arrived in front of Zhu Cihong, he didn't say anything, just stood with his hands down.

This person's face is featureless, and the pile of people is also inconspicuous, only the eyes turn, only occasionally the essence flashes, and at this time, it is called extraordinary.

"Wu Yun, your errand is not bad. Now it seems that there will be salt merchants in Yangzhou who will gather to strike the market, or gather to besiege the ministers of the country. ”

At this time, Zhu Cihong's face was pale, where was the kind of leisure that was not shocked?

Ninety percent of the spies of the Internal Affairs Bureau are now in the eastern part of Xuhuai Mountain, and if there is a disturbance in the area of Zhu Cihong in the country, then all the spies of the entire Internal Affairs Bureau can be hanged.

Finding that the overall situation in Yangzhou was unstable, and the salt merchants had the possibility of gathering to make trouble, the Yangzhou Station of the Internal Affairs Bureau immediately came in person by Wu Yun, a thousand households, and then knocked on the report, just before Zheng Yuanxun and Gong Dingyu arrived, Zhu Cihong already knew about it, and decided to go to the bomb in person!

In the late Ming Dynasty, there were many records of citizens gathering and making trouble, Suzhou and Kunming, both of which were tens of thousands of people, and it was not once that the tax supervisor sent by the emperor was killed on the spot.

However, the salt merchants also dared to make such a fuss, and possibly besieged the ministers of the imperial court, which was the first time in the world.

"If it's not a thunderbolt method, can't it be suppressed?"

Just as he also got up to put on his armor, Zhu Cihong's mind was also like lightning, crossing such a thought.

What should I do about the salt merchant and the matter of soliciting donations?

The large-scale killing and large-scale expedition can of course eradicate most of the Huaiyang salt merchant forces. It can also be used to deter the Jiangnan gentry.

But after this incident, what is his image, and what can he do about the morale of the people and the army in the Huaiyang area? Although there are many unscrupulous businessmen, but the involvement is wide, can they really be killed?

How many people do you need to kill, Huaiyang's vitality is half in the salt class, how to restore the industry and get profits?

The top priority now is to train troops and build momentum on the Northern Expedition to influence the southward movement of the eastern captives.

Stationed in Tunhuai, is there nothing else to do except train troops? And acting on your own, breaking the situation with force, and subduing everything with soldiers, can this kind of behavior be persistent?

How to break the current situation?

"Your Highness, the soldiers and horses are ready."

While pondering, Wang Yuan, who was covered in iron armor and murderous, rushed in, and all the direct guards below Liu Zhaohui around him were also in iron armor, with murderous aura on his body, soaring into the sky.

The generals who followed Zhu Cihong were all loyal, and they fought out of the sea of blood in Yanjing City, and when they heard that there were salt dogs who wanted to make trouble, what else could they say?

Wang Yuan saw that Zhu Cihong was silent, and just shouted: "Those scholars don't talk nonsense, and the salt dogs dare to their tails?" Who has always treated them as human beings? Back then, in Beijing, eunuchs, Xun Qi, which one didn't ride on their heads to find hair? One by one, they honestly sent the silver to the Jingshi, and now they haven't told them anything, so they dare to make trouble? Don't worry, I Wang Yuan will not follow the first one, who dares to make trouble, just ask me the axe in my hand. ”

"Wang Yuan, in front of Your Highness, don't talk nonsense!"

Wei Yue also rushed over, he didn't care about the matter of Yanzheng at all, he had been soaking in the camp recently, and everyone had lost weight a few times, and when he saw Wang Yuan yelling, he subconsciously scolded.

After drinking Wang Yuan, Wei Yue just said: "Your Highness, if you want to quell the chaos, the current strength is enough." The cavalry of the first team of direct guards, there are more than 2,000 war horses of Liu Zeqing in the army, plus those sent by Huaiyang Town, we searched for them ourselves, there are more than 3,600 war horses, mules and horses are not counted, according to His Royal Highness's orders, we have also built a lot of cars, Huai'an and Yangzhou are very close to each other, and the road is good, now set off, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses can arrive tomorrow morning...... After practicing for so long, if you take this opportunity to let the new army see blood, it will not be bad. ”

As a general, this layer is right.

Zhu Cihong only felt that his heart was numb, and he subconsciously said: "You don't have to lead the infantry army, the horse army that has been practicing for a while picks up a thousand people with good riding skills...... That's it, let's go down and prepare. ”

"Yes, the minister will go with Wang Yuan to prepare."

Several generals turned around and left, the iron armor on their bodies was still clanging far away, and then there was the sound of a copper whistle at the foot of the mountain not far away, which could be heard almost every night during this period of training, which was not surprising, but then the officers and soldiers of the brigade ran and gathered until the head of the official road, and then the detachment went to lead the horses, and in the middle of the night, the neighing of the horses, the sound of the nose, and then the sound of the weapons awarded to the soldiers by the War Bureau, the distance was very real.

At this time, even Hou Fangyu and the others were alarmed, all the officials and officials on duty came out of the house, and looked at the movement at the foot of the mountain in disbelief from a high place, and when they saw that someone gave the soldiers riding armor, and the auxiliary soldiers were hurriedly helping the cavalry to put on the armor, some people were already unconsciously surprised: "Is it a thief raid?" ”

Zhu Cihong himself did not wear armor, but changed into a robe, and strode towards the foot of the mountain surrounded by Zheng Yuanxun and others.

This incident also disrupted his plan, many things were in progress, and this sudden change also made him chaotic.

There are too many things to do, and they are stuck in the necks of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are Li Zicheng's soldiers in Xiangyang, which is not passable, in addition, that is, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the north, taking the road between Yangzhou and Qingjiang is the best trade.

No matter how chaotic the country is, the freight trade between the north and the south will not be broken.

The result? It's a mess on my side first!

"Let's go!" In the night, hundreds of torches have been lit one after another, and the air is full of the smell of choking pine torches.

In any case, the salt class must be rectified, and order must be restored, and this sum of money is indispensable, so the thunder method must also be used.

At this time, there were also voices not far away, it seemed that someone was riding over, it was already very late at this time, but I don't know who rushed to Zhu Cihong's side overnight?

It didn't take long to see Chen Zilong riding on a horse, with five or six attendants around him, beating horses and whipping, rushing over here.

Seeing that the battle here was so big, Chen Zilong was also a march, but the crown prince banner was in front of him, of course, he immediately rolled the saddle and dismounted, walked forward, and knelt down in front of Zhu Cihong.

"Hurry up." Zhu Cihong hasn't seen Chen Zilong for a while, and there is no need to ask Chen Zilong to stare at the things he builds, this person is not bad at military and political talents, but what is urgently needed now is agricultural talents, so he can only wronged Chen Zilong to be a farmer.

Fortunately, where the interest is, Chen Zilong is not resistant, this time he rides a horse around the countryside every day, and he also finds Zhu Cihong's waist bag and takes out a sum of silver, some of the seeds Qingjiang have, some don't, you need to go to the south or even to buy it, Chen Zilong himself is also desperate to spend money, just sweet potato seeds, I am afraid that there are more than 10,000 catties to buy.

Fortunately, the more he spent money like this, Zhu Cihong knew that this person was a knowledgeable person, and at this time, he saw that Chen Zilong's originally fair and handsome face had been completely tanned, and the clothes on his body were also tattered, as if he had not washed them for a long time, his face was dusty, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were a little deeper...... Such a person is worthy of the pillars of the world boasted by the Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also worthy of being a "scholar" in the eyes of the people?

sighed in his heart, with a smile on his face, he only patted Chen Zilong's shoulder with his hand to show encouragement.

He is a handsome and dashing teenager in his teens, patting the shoulder of the thirty-year-old strange uncle, the scene is naturally a little weird, fortunately, the identity is here, and others are not easy to say, at the moment Zhu Cihong just looked at Chen Zilong and said with a smile: "What, it's early and late, you still rushed over?" There must be something big to say! ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Chen Zilong didn't pay any attention to the military or anything now, took a look, and said with a smile: "It's really hard for His Highness to lead the troops to practice so late...... The minister rushed over, and there was indeed something important to return......"

As he spoke, he took out a few big sweet potatoes from the pockets on both sides of his horse, and said with a smile to Zhu Cihong: "Your Highness, the ministers have seen more than 10,000 acres of fields for a while, and the sweet potato seeds collected are probably more than 100,000 catties?" Anyway, I picked out a few of them, Your Highness, please see, this kind of sweet potato, the minister named it the King of Hearts, it is big, deep cultivation, according to what His Highness said, lift the vine and divide the stems, I'm afraid I can also collect it a few thousand catties? ”

Since Zhu Cihong and Chen Zilong had several in-depth conversations, saying that the important surname of grain, the director of the Department of Agriculture and Industry is also extremely responsible, every day in the field, Zhu Cihong is busy, and he can't take care of him, just ask people to give people, and ask for silver for silver.

Looking at it now, this gentleman smiled very brightly, and the few sweet potatoes in his hand, with red skin and red hearts, were also bigger than his fists, and it seemed that they were carefully selected from the seeds at that time.

(To be continued)