"The red sun is scorching like fire, the fields and rice are half scorched, the farmer's heart is like soup boiling, and the prince and grandson shake the fan ......"

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, it is already the summer of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, for the people, this is not a good year, last year the locust plague in the Central Plains covered the sun, and even extended to the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, resulting in Wujiang such a land of fish and rice, the price of rice is as expensive as four taels and one stone.

At this time, if it weren't for the cheap rice grain from Nanhaibo, I don't know how many people would starve to death!

However, Nanhaibo's strength is limited after all, and the coastal areas along the rivers, such as Nanzhili, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shandong, can transport hundreds of thousands of stones or even millions of stones of grain to stabilize the price of rice, and boil it into porridge for the screaming hungry people, but further north, the Central Plains, which has suffered from rogue and natural disasters, is even worse.

So for Li Zicheng, this is a rare good year.

At this time, Li Zicheng is no longer the rogue who is chased around, such as when people mention King Chuang today, no one will think of Gao Yingxiang, only Li Zicheng.

Kaifeng and Luoyang, not only that, but in the minds of the people of the Central Plains, he has also changed from a rogue to a "righteous teacher" today.

There is no other reason, just open a warehouse and release grain.

Looking at Niu Jinxing, who was asking the people in a soft voice, and looking at Li Yan, who put the rice bag on the people's shoulders with his own hands, Li Zicheng smiled proudly.

In his single eye, there was a glint of ambition.

One of his eyes was shot and wounded by the chief soldier Chen Yongfu in Kaifeng City last year. This made him tyrannical for a while, but under the persuasion of Niu Jinxing and Li Yan. He endured it after all.

Glancing at Li Yan again, Li Ziyan couldn't help but grin. He thought of what the other party said when he first met Li Yan, when Li Zicheng was at a low ebb, he was depressed and frightened, and Li Yan's words cheered him up.

The development of things in the past few years has also been as Li Yan expected.

"If you are swaying today. The heroes rose together, and the Son of Heaven was already like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and the emperor ordered not to leave the Forbidden City. The local magistrates have their own ghosts. The party is the same and the party is different, and there is a party within the party. Since Sun Jin and others used the "vast law" as the reason, Donglin, who boasted of being a clear stream, was in the same stream with the eunuchs and factory guards. There was chaos in the court. Jianlu repeatedly violated the border passes, seized Liaodong as the capital, and plundered Gyeonggi and Shandong'dong as a harvest, so the Jianyu became stronger and stronger, and the Ming Dynasty became weaker and weaker. The rebel army was rampant in the Central Plains, Huguang and Nanzhili, disturbing the Quartet, and the people rose from the wind, echoing each other from afar, shaking the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Nanhai Bo Yu Guozhen. Living far away in southern Guangdong, eyeing the gap in the world - this sincere hero opened the foundation of the world. The king of Chuang's voice moved the eight wildernesses, crisscrossing the universe, but he was defeated in a battle and entered the mountains and forests. If you are defeated again, you will escape to Hanzhong, why not, just because you don't accept the hearts of the people, and the people don't attach it! ”

"Therefore, it is a plan to break into the king, and it should be based on Guanlong first, since ancient times. Many generals in the western part of the country, out of the male army, according to the west, into enough to peep into the world, retreat enough to be the king. When the day changes, then directly send a letter to the Beijing Division, and when the day is stable, then slowly try to take Hanzhong and seek to occupy Bashu. Qin's strategy of unifying the six countries is still available today! ”

"If you want to take Guanlong, you must collect the hearts of the people, and if you want to collect the hearts of the people, you must help the people from hunger. Yu Guozhen is a child in the countryside, he can still dominate the South China Sea, what is it, only he helps the hungry, so the displaced people return to their hearts, and millions of people will raise tens of thousands of tigers! ”

At the beginning, Li Yan's words sounded in Li Zicheng's ears again, since the two met in the mountains of Hanzhong, Li Yan offered this "Longshangce", and the relationship between them has been extremely close. Li Zicheng trusted Li Yan, and despite the opposition of the old brothers, he directly promoted Li Yan to general, and Li Yan did not live up to Li Zicheng's trust, fabricated proverbs such as "Eighteen Sons, Main Artifact", and spread them in the Central Plains of Guanlong.

As a direct result, more and more people came to Li Zicheng, and he encountered fewer and fewer obstacles when attacking the prefectures and counties. Although Zhang Xianzhong has been killing in the south for the past two years, and it seems that he has become the strongest and most powerful among the rebels, in fact, Li Zicheng knows that he and Zhang Xianzhong have gradually become different.

"My lord, the people are returning to their hearts, which is the opportunity to expand the army. A hundred of the people who came with it were not as good as ten of their own brothers, and ten of their own brothers were not as good as one trained soldier. At the beginning, Yu Guozhen was able to break through the formation with hundreds of thousands of people, relying on ......"

When Li Zicheng was thinking about it, Li Yan came over again and spoke to him. But Li Yan was only halfway through his words, and he was interrupted: "Brother Li Yan, you mention Yu Guozhen at every turn, as far as I know, you have been to Yu Guozhen's Xinxiang at the beginning, and you always say that Xinxiang is well governed, why didn't you stay in Xinxiang at the beginning, and voted for Yu Guozhen, isn't he the master in your mouth?" ”

The only person who can say such harsh words in front of Li Zicheng is Liu Zongmin, a blacksmith.

He was originally the number one general under Li Zicheng, but with the arrival of Li Yan, the identity of the number one general was a little shaken, and his jealousy of Li Yan was almost undisguised, while Li Yan was magnanimous and did not argue with him.

"I have been to Xinxiang, only when I have been here can I know the size of the world and the breadth of the four seas, and I can learn the art of warfare through business." Li Yan smiled and said: "If it weren't for this, our brothers would have to loot as before, where would the silver money be used as military salaries, and how could we use this rice and grain to win the hearts of the people?" ”

Li Yan didn't stay in Xinxiang for a long time, and in such a short period of time, his biggest experience was that Xinxiang was rich. Through trade, Xinxiang made huge profits, which he used to maintain his elite troops. After he found Li Zicheng, he lobbied again and again, and Li Zicheng tried to open a trade route to Mobei and Moxi. Originally, Li Zicheng's subordinates were born with many horse thieves, and they were not unfamiliar with these two roads, and the silk they looted and the porcelain that could only be smashed were sold at a good price in Mobei and Moxi, in exchange for cow wool skins, and then after those bold Shu merchants changed hands, they became silver and silk.

The profit in this made the robbers sigh, it turned out that making money was so easy.

"As for me not to take refuge in Yu Guozhen, I don't hide it from my brothers, I originally went with the idea of taking refuge, the Ming Dynasty is almost over, the world needs the master, at the beginning I thought that Yu Guozhen was the master. But after arriving in Xinxiang, I heard that he was named Nanhai Bo by the imperial court and won the title of Ming Dynasty, so I knew that he was like that. ”

"Oh, why so?" Even Li Zicheng is also curious about this.

"After getting the title of Daming, if he starts again, he will be a chaotic minister and thief, although I Li Yan is not talented, how can I be a chaotic minister and thief? What's more, he clearly has the strength to stand on his own, but he accepts the title of the imperial court, which is really stupid, and since then, he has been subject to others everywhere. Otherwise, with the strength of his Chongzhen 12 years, he could have been promoted to Beijing and Dingding Central Plains at that time, where would it be like now, and he would have to go to the Wa Kingdom and Luzon to open up the territory and expand the territory! ”

Everyone listened very happily, and they all praised Li Yan for saying well, even Liu Zongmin, and nodded vigorously. King Chuang's subordinates have a grudge against Yu Guozhen, so although they haven't fought again for all these years, they still don't have any good feelings for Yu Guozhen.

Li Zicheng's expression was a little strange, he took Li Yan's hand and said with a smile: "Brothers, I still have to discuss with Brother Li Yan, brothers should disperse first!" ”

After sending away the generals, Li Zicheng stared at Li Yan: "Brother Li Yan, the people we sent...... It's supposed to be there, right? ”

"It's been more than two months, and it should have arrived, and I heard that now from Jinling to Xinxiang, there is only less than half a month's journey."

"You say, how will Yu Guozhen treat our envoy?"

"King Chuang rest assured, Yu Guozhen, the first hate, the first hate, the second hate, the rogue, now that we act, it is already the style of the righteous army, he will not be embarrassed. I am the head of the Quanzi Dao again, he is very decent in front of Yu Guozhen, and he wants to be courteous. ”

"Guo'er is my nephew, I have never had a child, and I have the idea of establishing a son as an heir, if you don't say that the matter is important this time, I won't send him there." Li Zicheng sighed: "I hope it is as you say." ”

"It is the lord who regards the little general as a son, so his subordinates suggested sending him, the little general wants to inherit the lord's inheritance, and if he doesn't go to Xinxiang to see it, how to compete with Yu Guozhen in the future?" Li Yan said in a low voice: "Even if the lord has a son-in-law in the future, he also needs the support of the little general!" ”

"Yes, you think long-term." Li Zicheng said this, but there was still a flash of worry in his eyes.

He was not unreasonably worried, because his nephew, who was also a battle-hardened general, didn't even dare to breathe in front of Yu Guozhen.

In terms of age, Li Guo is older than Yu Guozhen, but when Yu Guozhen's eyes are fixed on him, he feels like a child stared at by strict elders.

"Li Guo, a tiger?" Yu Guozhen stared at Li Guo and asked.

"It's a tiger under the bandit." Li Guogong said.

"You must have worked very hard all the way."

Yu Guozhen laughed, the kind of pressure like a mountain was less than half, Li Guo quietly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Guozhen.

The distance between the two sides is only less than two feet, and there is only a desk between them, if he flies forward at this moment and stabs with a blade, then the biggest obstacle to his uncle's competition for the world that Li Yan said will become a thing of the past......

This thought floated to him, and Li Guo felt as if he was being targeted by a fierce tiger, and his body could barely move.

Then he noticed Qi Niu, although Qi Niu's body was tall and majestic, as long as Yu Guozhen was there, the first thing others paid attention to must be Yu Guozhen, and he seemed inconspicuous.

"It's okay, it's okay, Meng Nanhai Bo cares, and I'm not very grateful." Li Guo only felt cold sweat on his forehead, and he said in a low voice: "The section from Kansai to Jinling is the most difficult, but it is better to get to Jinling, get on Nanhaibo's ship, and no one dares to check on the road." Nanhai Boweiyi, I finally saw it below! ”

"You are Li Mou, Li Yan's brother?" Yu Guozhen turned to the young man who had come with Li Guo again.

The young man was a bee-waisted ape-backed man with vigorous movements, and he looked like a fierce general. He looked at Yu Guozhen, and he also did not have the slightest arrogance, but said respectfully: "The villain is Li Mou, my brother has mentioned more than once that Nanhai Bo is the first-class hero today, and he wants the villain to see Nanhai Bo and greet him for him." ”

"Hmm...... What did King Chuang want when he sent you to me? Yu Guozhen laughed and went straight to the point. (To be continued)