Xie Qianhu led his soldiers into the ranks of refugees like wolves and tigers, and when they saw the strong ones, they pushed them out of the ranks and let them stand in the crops on the side of the road.

Peng Shanhu's eyes shrank at the moment, because he found that the boundary where those soldiers rushed over was the location of himself and the others.

His henchmen were a little anxious at the moment, Peng Shanhu made a look, and everyone quieted down, making a look like no different from others, and let these soldiers choose.

Fang Laosan was tall and strong, like a cow, so he was naturally selected directly and pushed to the side of the road to stand.

Then it was Peng Shanhu's turn, and the soldier tilted his head and pinched Peng Shanhu's shoulder, pressed his chest again, and then kicked him in the thighs and calves with his toes.

Peng Shanhu had a humble smile on his face, and when he was kicked, he trembled in fear, but he didn't dare to resist.

"The figure is quite strong, is this the face?" The soldier looked at Peng Shanhu's sallow face and shook his head: "What a fucking bad luck, fucking sick man!" ”

As he spoke, Peng Shanhu thought that he would not be selected, but he didn't expect the soldier to go around his back, and suddenly kicked him in the knee socket, Peng Shanhu was caught off guard, and the instinct was that his body shook, and the whole person's knee moved slightly, which was to unload the force, but when he moved in his heart, his body leaned forward, and the whole person looked like he almost fell to the ground, and it was easy to stabilize his body.

There was a cold glint in his eyes. It's already murderous.

However, there are thousands of soldiers on the other side, how dare they act rashly? Naturally, they are all honestly at the mercy of others.

When the soldier saw that he was making a fool of himself, he laughed: "He looks like a sick ghost, but he still has a few strengths, count your luck, get out and stand on the side of the road!" ”

Peng Shanhu hurriedly smiled and walked to the side of the road and stood.

In the end, Peng Shanhu, Fang's third and most of his henchmen were selected. But Xiao Qi, Qi Laosi, and some henchmen were not selected.

Just take advantage of the short time for these soldiers to select people. But they also set a secret code to meet somewhere.

By the time everyone had finished choosing, it was already sunset, and Zhang Qiu and Qi Zhao exchanged pleasantries for a while. He took his leave, took the 30,000 untouchables he had elected, and headed north.

Peng Shanhu and the others didn't dare to show the slightest abnormality, and they all followed honestly.

Fortunately, the speed of these soldiers was not fast, much slower than when they saw them just now, as if to take care of the speed of their untouchables, the cavalry was allowed to walk slowly.

Along the way, Peng Shanhu's heart was even more frightened - it had been two hours since they separated from the large army, and the sun was already setting in the west. There was a brilliant sunset on the horizon, but these soldiers never stopped to rest. You know, they are not untouchables, they are poor and white. They didn't carry anything, they were wearing armor and holding weapons, and each of them had a big package on their backs, and the weight of the baggage was not light.

These soldiers are so good!

Peng Shanhu's eyes rolled slightly. Some self-deprecation thought: "Why is it so unlucky to get this Wu Yibo's territory?" Wu Yijun's name is known all over the world, can he rebel on his territory be a good idea? You Xu Hongru is ambitious, so you can try it here? I have long heard that the general of Liaobei is mediocre and cruel, but he is an incompetent person, and he can't say that when the time comes, he has to point at you, Brother Xu. ”…,

Peng Shanhu clearly felt that the difference between these Wu Yi troops and the officers and soldiers who escorted him before was not only in terms of combat effectiveness, but also as a whole.

They only divided a cavalry with a general flag to escort them on both sides, but these cavalrymen did not insult or urge as if they did not see them, but when these untouchables saw those foot soldiers with such a heavy load walking in front of them, they also unconsciously stepped away from their already sore legs.

When the sky was dark, I finally saw the mighty Songhua River.

The river is very stable, and the banks of the river are also very gentle, as if the land is slowly sliding into the river.

At this time, on the riverside, there were already many big boats, hundreds, and many boatmen were waiting on the boats, but they were all wearing big red fat jackets and dressed as Ming soldiers.

These are the sailors of Wu Yijun.

It's just that compared with the powerful army of Wu Yijun, the sailor can indeed be said to be better than nothing, and these four words are very appropriate.

Since Lian Zining's secret agreement with Zakhrev, he has begun to build a water division, because he knows that the Russians are different from the Jurchens, and the Jurchens have only regarded themselves as a local government until now, and this definition of themselves means that they only occasionally invade the Ming Dynasty in a small fight, but the Russians' desire for territory has always been extremely strong, and they will do everything they can to invade the south, invade the south, invade the south!

Therefore, in the future, there will certainly not be much chance of peaceful coexistence with the Russians.

And once that time comes, we must grasp the Songhua River-Heilongjiang artery, this broad artery is like the Yangtze River during the confrontation between the north and the south, and the areas on both sides of it are not only the most fertile and fertile land in the northeast, but also the most critical and convenient transportation link. In the Northeast, where there are almost no artificially constructed roads, river transportation is a good option.

And it is also convenient, saving a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

Therefore, forming a strong sailor is an inevitable choice.

In the past few days, Lian Zining has begun to form a naval army with Xie Deqing of the Recruit Department, but there has been little progress.

The land of the Northeast is really incomparable with the prosperous land, Jiangnan has been inhabited since seven or eight thousand years ago, and has developed for thousands of years since then, and has been prosperous for a long time. The shipbuilding industry is extremely developed. Along the way, the political envoys and counties were from Chongqing Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion of Sichuan Political Envoy Division, to Jingzhou Mansion, Yuezhou Mansion, Huangzhou Mansion and Wuchang Mansion of Huguang Political Envoy Division, and then down to Jiujiang Mansion and Nanchang Mansion of Jiangxi Political Envoy Division, and then to Luzhou Mansion, Yingtian Mansion, Chuzhou Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion in Nanzhili, the most downstream place into the sea, and so on. These important towns along the river are all extremely developed in the shipbuilding industry. There are a large number of shipyards on a large scale.

Not to mention anything else, it was only the Longjiang Shipyard that built a big treasure ship for Zheng He, who went to the West seven times during the Yongle period. It can be said that the scale is the largest in the whole world, and its scope "reaches Chenghao in the east and Qinhuai Wei and civilians in the west." Northwest to Yifengmen No. 1 Civilian Housing Guanlang Fang Base, south to the Left Right Guard Barracks Base, north to Nanjing Military Department Alfalfa Land and Pengcheng Bo Zhangtian", east to west and wide, covering an area of more than 500,000 square meters -- if you have no concept of this number, then by comparison, the area of the Forbidden City is only 720,000 square meters.

Among them, there are seven large docks and dozens of small docks, among which the largest dock is about 25 zhang wide. It is more than 200 zhang long, and it is connected to the Yangtze River in the west. After many years of desertion, the dockyard was already full of silt, but the water was still about five feet deep, and it looked like a great river from a distance.

Until the Zhengde Dynasty. Longjiang Shipyard still has tens of thousands of acres of woodland in Nanjing, all of which are specially planted for shipbuilding, which were planted in Hongwu year, and now they are all big trees that can only be hugged by several people. According to the record of "Hongwu Jingcheng Map", in order to prepare raw materials such as tung oil and palm cables for shipbuilding, lacquer gardens, tung gardens, palm gardens and other gardens were opened up in Zhongshan, Nanjing. Tens of thousands of trees were planted. …,

This scale is unimaginable in Europe, and even more so in the Northeast. In this undeveloped virgin land, as far as Lian Zining knows, there are probably only two shipyards in Jiahewei and Tunhewei, which are under the jurisdiction of the general of Liaobei, but there is no one under his own jurisdiction.

Moreover, it is also very difficult to build a shipyard, and the required manpower and so on have to be found from the Kannai, and it is not a shelf that can be pulled up in a while.

Therefore, all the fishermen in this section of the Songhua River were conscripted into the army, and at least a sailor was set up, with a total of more than 700 fishing boats, and 2,000 soldiers who had been converted from fishermen, and even the establishment of a guard was not enough.

These two sailors of the Thousand Households Institute have always been under the name of the New Army, the scale is too small, and the role is even more limited, and there is no one who even connects Zining

These fishermen still do their jobs, fishing, and when something happens, they gather them together - for example, now.

These fishermen are also very happy about this kind of errand, they have nothing to do when they are idle, and they are the same as before, and after joining the army, they can also receive a reward of three coins of silver from Wu Yijun every month - for them, Lian Zining is naturally not very generous, and it is unfair to give more.

Wu Yijun's road to the sailor is destined to be a long mountain and a long road.

Seeing the army coming, a man in his forties, with a dark complexion and a fishy smell on his body, came out of the boatmen, and knew that he was a character who had been mixing on the river all year round.

This man was one of the hundred families of the sailors, and he was in charge of these fishermen, but he was also one of the fishermen, and he was selected on the spot.

Although he has become an officer, he is still a small citizen in his human nature, and he has an instinctive fear of officers and soldiers, so he came to Zhang Qiuma, knelt on the ground in a hurry, kowtowed and said: "The small stone flower Zhang kowtows to the adult, my lord, the small ship has been prepared." Do you want to cross the river now? ”

"Hurry up." Zhang Qiu waved his hand to get him up, looked at the sky, and Wen Yan asked, "If you cross the river at night, it's okay, right?" ”

Shi Huazhang hurriedly said: "It's not in the way, the water flow of the Songhua River is very slow at this time, and you can swim over if you change the water with good quality, and the small one is lucky enough to take the adults across the river, and has already sent people to cross the river before, and after a while, a bonfire will be lit on the north bank of the river, and you can see it clearly at night." ”

Zhang Qiu praised: "You are thoughtful. ”

Shi Huazhang hurriedly thanked him.

Zhang Qiu said: "I came all the way, but I was quite hungry in my stomach, so I ate here first, and then crossed the river later." ”

He glanced back at his soldiers and said, "My soldiers are all northerners, I'm afraid I haven't seen much water, and I guess I'll have to vomit after a while, and I will vomit again after eating, so it's always more comfortable." ”

"The adult is sympathetic, what a good official!" Shi Huazhang hurriedly complimented again.

Zhang Qiu's order was passed down, and the soldiers dismounted one after another. The foot soldiers also found a clean place, and prepared to start burying the pot and cooking with small flags as a unit.

Some went to fetch water, some started digging pits, and some went to collect firewood.

When everything was ready, the soldiers put the baggage on their backs, and there were two large leather bags inside. The sewing is very tight, and half of the grease inside can't leak out. One of the smaller ones was the marching dry food prepared by Wu Yijun for the soldiers. There was a bag full of rice, which had been soaked in broth and glowed with a charming yellow glow. Fragrant. On top of the rice, there is a thick layer of pork slices, all of which are fine pork belly, oily and fragrant. This kind of food, if you don't have time to cook on the march, you can eat it directly, it is even better.

The soldiers set the bag aside, but opened the slightly larger leather bag. Inside is dried rice, dried meat and other things. …,

Put the rice in the pot, throw the jerky into it, and light the bonfire below.

Countless flames rose in the field, illuminating the night of Heshan.

Soon. The water boiled, and the tantalizing smell of meat wafted out.

The firelight reflected Peng Shanhu's face, cloudy and uncertain, half-light and half-dark, weird and inexplicable.

They lit a fire, but they didn't have much to eat. I didn't get an order, and I didn't dare to go fishing and hunting on my own. None of the untouchables dared to say anything, but sat down silently, smelling the fragrance and swallowing their saliva.

Shihua Zhang looked around and said, "Lord Zhang, it's okay to be idle today, we caught a lot of fish, and give one to the military masters under your hands?" ”

Zhang Qiu smiled: "That's really tiring." ”

Shi Hua Zhang won his praise, and happily, he went away, and after a while, the fishermen carried down a lot of fresh fish from the boat in a large basket and delivered them to the soldiers.

Zhang Qiu looked at it, and then ordered: "Go and send some to those people too!" ”

When the untouchables looked at the fish in their hands, their faces were full of disbelief and incredulity - they have always been bullied, no one has ever looked at them squarely, all the way through, it was those officers and soldiers who escorted them to ask for this and that, bullying them at will, and these Wu Yijun would even give them something to eat?

Impressions are spreading.

Although it takes an average of three people to have a fish, it is also excellent for them to throw it in a pot and boil a pot of fish soup to drink.

What's more, this behavior is enough to make them realize that Wu Yijun is different from other troops!

Suddenly, I don't know who knelt on the ground and shouted: "Let's thank Master Wu Yijun!" ”

Everyone was quiet, and then they shouted: "The old man is benevolent! ”

"We're kowtowing to you~!"

After eating, the re-departure, there are too many people, and the number of ships is limited, even if a boat is squeezed to death, that is, less than twenty people are transported, so it is necessary to set off in batches, fortunately, the river is not very wide, only five or six miles, and it is not very difficult to go back and forth. First transported some soldiers of the Wu Yi Army, and then loaded the untouchables into batches, and when they got on the boat, the officers and soldiers who escorted them pointed to the side and said: "There are farm tools over there, each person has an iron catalpa and a hoe, go and get it yourself!" ”

Peng Shanhu took a look at it, only to find that the black and slimy place he had seen before was full of farm tools, similar to Xiaoshan'er.

These farm tools were all transported by the Lian chaebol from the Guannei to Lian Zining, and the Lian chaebol sent a series of caravans to the northeast every month, transporting a large number of materials and equipment needed by Lian Zining and the entire Wu Yi Army, which gave great help to the Wu Yi Army, which had just begun to make the situation bigger a few years ago. However, now, Lian Zining's dependence on the customs is much smaller, and the scale of the large iron mines and copper mines within the Mining Supervision Bureau has expanded several times, and the daily output of copper and iron ingots is calculated as 100,000 catties, which is enough to supply the two large metal consumers of the Ordnance Bureau and Liu's workshop.

The raw materials are sufficient, and during this period of time, Liu's workshop has recruited a lot of iron-making experts from Shandong, craftsmen, etc., and the scale has expanded many times, and now Lian Zining has gradually transplanted the weapon casting to the Ordnance Bureau, and purchased a large number of agricultural tools from Liu's workshop.

Most of the farm tools used by farmers on this land today were made in Liu's workshop.

The ranks of the untouchables were quiet for a moment, and then burst into loud cheers. Earthquake in general.

They cheered and shouted loudly, and some of them had tears in their eyes! …,

On the way here again, they all guessed what they were doing after they came to the Northeast, and what was the plan of the big man above? Although they heard from the officials that most of the people who moved to the northeast were farming, they still couldn't believe it—for them, as untouchables, they were under the ranks of the farmers and industrialists. Being able to farm is a luxury!

But I didn't expect that now the extravagance has come true!

Wu Yijun, these old men, are clearly letting us go farming!

I think of a stable life in the future. Stable output in the earth, abundant food and clothing, no longer a life of being bullied and despised. They suddenly felt that there was a lot of hope in their hearts.

Peng Shanhu stood at the bow of the boat, independent in the wind, and the untouchables behind him were talking quietly, bursting into laughter from time to time, but his heart was getting heavier and heavier.

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On the official road leading to Zhenyuan Mansion, a long line was slowly marching.

This team is composed of countless caravans, and each caravan has hundreds of them. It is composed of dozens of carriages, which are much larger than ordinary carriages that pull people, and there are raised baffles on both sides, and the diameter of the wheels is also larger. At first glance, you can tell that it is specialized in transporting goods. This design does not carry more and is also conducive to passing through rough terrain such as mud ground.

I don't know how many caravans, let alone how many carriages, I only saw countless carriages like a long snake, spreading to the end of the sight. In this vast land, roll forward.

With so many caravans, I don't know how many people there are, naturally they are full of people and very lively.

On both sides of these caravans, there are still many Wu Yi army knights wearing cotton armor, carriage spears in their hands, and sabers hanging from their waists guarding, they are just on guard, and they don't care what the people of these caravans do.

These caravans are from Guannei and other places, and they rushed to the north after hearing about the corn harvest in the territory of General Songhuajiang in the Nuergan Governor's District. However, the most are the wealthy merchants in Shandong and Nanjing Yingtianfu, both of which are rich in sea salt, and the abacus is in line with the rules of the Ming court: transport grain to the border pass, and then exchange it for salt, and then go back to transport salt and sell it around.

Moreover, these wealthy businessmen from Shandong have eaten the sweetness of corn, so it is natural that they all come here.

However, no matter where they came from, whether they came early or late, they were all standing on the same starting line, fighting in the Northeast, and they were all blocked in the big city of Zhubang, which also caused the abnormal prosperity of the economy of the big city of Zhubang during that period. When the northeast stopped and the news of the war was understood, they hurriedly set off in a hurry. The reason why they are so anxious is because the idea in their hearts is to go a little further, and then directly contact the local gentry, village officials and others in the countryside to buy grain directly from the farmers.

In this way, dealing with those peasants, not only can the price be very low, but also there is no need to go deep into the northeast, and they will withdraw when the purchase is sufficient, and they are still very afraid of the war in the northeast after all.

So it's all scrambling.

They all want to walk less and walk more with their peers.

But unexpectedly, this wishful thinking was quickly shattered, not long after leaving the big city of Zhubang, they stopped a team of cavalry sent by Wu Yijun, and the cavalry Baihu directly showed the personal order of Lian Zining, the general of Wu Yi Bosong Huajiang, ordering them not to buy corn privately, and they must all rush to Zhenyuan Mansion, and the government will arrange the acquisition in a unified manner.

In other words, how much to buy, how much to buy, how much to buy, and when to sell to you, everyone has the final say.

Encountering such a situation, these wealthy businessmen are naturally very dissatisfied.

It's not that they haven't encountered such a situation before - this is the case in the Ming Dynasty, when a certain place is prosperous, it will always be arbitrarily intervened by the local government, especially when a certain local industry is monopolized by the government and the merchants have to deal with the government, which is even more miserable. Raise the price and limit the amount, this is commonplace, and it is not a problem to eat and take a card, and when you meet those with a thick face and a black heart, you can only make a hard-earned money if you run for nothing!