"It's not negotiable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info" Hu Dabiao said arrogantly.

Zhizhou Fan Jin is a person, he knows that as his wife and brother, Fan Jin does not dare to touch a single hair

Fan Jin opened his mouth and wanted to persuade him again, but Zhao Guohua patted him gently.

Glancing at him, Fan Jin silently stepped aside.

Looking coldly at the twenty or so squires and big businessmen in the house, Zhao Guohua said: "You are all celebrities in Zhuozhou, the tragic result after the Tartar broke the city, everyone knows that to defend Zhuozhou, everyone must work together, now I announce, those who are willing to contribute sit on the right, and those who are willing to pay sit on the left." ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned and looked at each other, but no one moved.

Zhizhou Fan Jin and the garrison Li Xian looked at Zhao Guohua quietly.

The three of them had already discussed, and Fan would invite the squires in the city to come to the state for a meeting with the merchants, and then Zhao Guohua would come out to deal with these squires and merchants.

Zhao ...... Captain Zhao, I don't know how much silver you have to pay? Liu Fucai asked cautiously.

Glancing at him, Zhao Guohua gritted his teeth and said: "The Tartars are too powerful, in order to hold Zhuozhou, we have to recruit at least 15,000 Ding Zhuang to help defend the city, I estimate that the defense of Zhuozhou will not end in a short time, these Ding Zhuang's wages and food expenses are not a decimal, each of you will donate 10,000 taels first, and after the Tartars leave, the rest will be returned to you." ”

"What? Ten thousand taels? The crowd exclaimed.

10,000 taels, which is equivalent to one-tenth of Zhuozhou's annual tax, not to mention that these people were surprised, even Zhizhou Fan Jin and the garrison Li Xian also stared at Zhao Guohua in surprise and looked at Zhao Guohua in surprise.

The two thought that Zhao Guohua would only receive three or four hundred taels per family, but they didn't want him to open his mouth, it was such a large amount.

"This amount is too big, I really can't take it out at home, so let's make some efforts in Xia." As he spoke, Liu Fucai sat on the right.

Seeing this, the other squires and merchants looked at each other and sat on their right.

Zhizhou Fan Jin and the garrison Li Xian looked at each other for a while, but they didn't say anything, they waited to see how Zhao Guohua dealt with this matter.

Looking at these people, Zhao Guohua sneered and said, "Okay! Since you have chosen to contribute, it is okay to see that your body is very strong and suitable for being a daredevil, come here, send them all to the daredevils in the barracks, each of them will be issued with a machete, and the drill will start tonight. If they don't listen, they will be served with sticks. ”

As soon as the words fell, dozens of volunteers rushed in, dragged these people out.

"Everyone, train hard, practice more skills When the Tartars come, the death squad is the first wave to rush up, you can rest assured, if you die in battle, Lord Zhizhou will not forget to give you a family pension. The pension is fifty taels, which is not much compared to your family wealth, but it is also a little compensation from the government for your sacrifice for the country. Zhao Guohua said with a gloomy face.

Thinking of the bloody battlefield and the severed limbs, the pain of the knife and spear piercing into the body, these iron roosters were afraid.

"The surname is Zhao, you can't mess around." Liu Fucai howled

Hu Dabiao struggled and said, "I'm going to Jingshi to sue you, I'm going to sue you." ”

Seeing this, the other squires and merchants hurriedly begged for mercy.

Zhao Guohua sneered and said: "Zhuozhou is our home, it depends on everyone to keep Zhuozhou, and there are absolutely no people in Zhuozhou who sit back and enjoy their success, for those who don't want to contribute money and don't want to contribute, then they can only ask their whole family to leave Zhuozhou, and Zhuozhou does not allow people who only take benefits and do not contribute." ”

"Let's go." Hu Dabiao said stiffly and walked out.

Liu Fucai and a few others hesitated, but also planned to follow him.

Glancing at them, Zhao Guohua said coldly: "It's okay if you want to leave, but if you go out of the city and meet the Tartars, don't blame me......

As soon as these words came out, Liu Fucai and the others' faces changed, and they hurriedly stopped, and Hu Dabiao didn't stop.

Seeing this, Zhao Guohua deliberately said loudly: "Come on, send a car to send a few staff members and their families out of the city." ”

At the sound of an order, more than a dozen volunteers came over, pushed Liu Fucai and the others out, and said while pushing: "Before the Tartars come, let's go." ”

Seeing that Zhao Guohua was hard, Liu Fucai suddenly softened.

His face changed sharply, although money is important, but it is not as important as life, and the death squad is the first wave to rush up, it is conceivable that as soon as he goes up, it is a dead end, no life, nothing

He quickly figured it out, hurriedly turned around, and said with a sneer: "Captain Zhao, Lord Fan, oh, and Li Shoubei, what happened just now, the old man was just joking, Captain Zhao is right: "Zhuozhou is our home, and only by holding Zhuozhou can we keep ourselves, for this I plan to donate 30,000 taels of silver, and please don't refuse." ”

"Huh? Thirty thousand taels? Fan Jin and Li Xian were dumbfounded when they heard this, and the squires and businessmen in the house were also stunned.

Zhao Guohua laughed, clapped his hands and said: "Okay, Liu Yuanwai took the lead in donating funds and reinforcements, this kind of behavior is commendable." Someone came, dressed in red and hung colors for Liu Yuanwai, and paraded the streets across the horse to show his praise. ”

Hit and pull, a few tricks down, have already made these misers lose their temper, with Liu Fucai at the beginning, the next thing is much easier, everyone donated silver.

There was no way, Hu Dabiao had to black his face, gritted his teeth, signed obediently, and pledged 30,000 taels of silver.

After all, in this era of war and chaos, it is safer to be in the city than outside the city.

"I can't believe it." After the squire and businessman in the house left, looking at the pledge figures of a total of 600,000 taels of silver on the pledge list, Fan Jin and Li Xianru were speechless for a long time in a dream.

"Captain Zhao, will this cause trouble?" Zhizhou Fan Jin said scaredly.

He clearly knows the forces behind these people,

Glancing at him, Zhao Guohua comforted: "Master Fan, don't worry, as long as you keep Zhuozhou, this matter will be a fart, and when the time comes, you will not only have no fault, but also merit." ”

"Okay, Zhuozhou will be handed over to you." Fan Jin said helplessly.

After getting the silver, Zhao Guohua ordered to recruit the young men in the city to form a support front team, responsible for carrying the equipment to defend the city, carrying the wounded, assisting in the defense of the city and a series of things, and announced that each person would have six big steamed buns per day, three cents of silver, and if he died in battle, the government would give the pension army fifty taels.

As soon as these conditions were announced, it was much easier to recruit Ding Zhuang.

Zhao Guohua recruited 15,000 Ding Zhuang, the strongest 5,000 people were drawn out to form a supplementary brigade, led by Liu Youtian, who was responsible for the rescue of the city tower with a spear in hand, and the others were divided into a fire brigade, a transportation brigade, an ambulance brigade, a transportation brigade responsible for carrying the equipment to defend the city, an ambulance brigade responsible for carrying the wounded, and a fire brigade responsible for extinguishing fires.

3,500 officers and soldiers, eliminated the old and weak, supplemented 2,000 strong and strong, mixed with Zhao Guohua's volunteer brigade, and the commando team was used as a killer weapon in the most critical time. The supplementary brigade is trained by volunteers, which is two actions, "Raise the gun!" Forward stab! Raise your gun! Forward stab! ”

If you don't do a good job, you will be rewarded with a penny of silver.

Watching the training of the volunteers on the supplementary brigade, the garrison Li Xian asked suspiciously: "Captain Zhao, is your method useful?" "He felt that the movements were a little too simple.

"Time is of the essence, so I have to train like this. But the simplest things are often the most effective. Zhao Guohua said.

Stimulated by the alternation of sticks and silver, and through several days of intensive training, the 5,000-strong supplementary brigade was already stabbed in shape.

I tried firearms again, and after experiments, there were 20 tiger squat cannons, two large copper guns weighing more than 1,300 pounds, 10 medium-sized copper and iron guns, and medium-sized copper and iron guns, each weighing about 200 pounds, all of which could still be used, but the others could not be used.

He sent people to carefully wipe these firearms anew, and the twenty tiger squat guns were also personally inspected.

"Come on, the famous Houjin Eight Banner soldiers, I am waiting for you in Zhuozhou, if I don't teach you a hard lesson, I will come over in vain." Zhao Guohua secretly swore in his heart.

In GA County, Yanguli is not idle, and is also deploying troops.

In order to completely suppress them, Yanguli transferred the firearms of the Han army to follow the expedition, and this firearms unit was artillery, which was called Wuzhen Chaoha in Manchu.

He knew that the firearms of the Ming army could only fight seventy or eighty paces, and in order to eliminate this militia group, he drew out a thousand white-armored soldiers to accompany him, and each of them wore two layers of armor.

Grain, grass, armor, soldiers, horses, gunpowder, Yanguli were all prepared, waiting for the day of revenge.

In the Qianqing Palace in the capital, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was angry and angry.

This morning, he asked the ministers how to deal with the Tartar army outside the city, but the ministers either did not speak, or they accused each other, or they couldn't say a suitable strategy to retreat from the enemy.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be angry with these people, you are angry and your body is broken, but it is the sin of the old slave, after all, capable people like Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangshengzhi are a minority!" Wang Chengen comforted,

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen slowly calmed down.

Glancing at the piles of concerts piled up like a hill on the imperial case, he frowned in annoyance, and asked with a tired face: "Big companion, didn't Lian have already ordered Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou to escort the thief Gao Yingxiang to Jingshi for disposal, why hasn't it arrived yet?" ”