Mountain armor and scale armor are all good armor that the most regular troops of the Ming Dynasty will equip with, a set of scale armor costs less than 100 taels, and a set of mountain armor is as high as 300 taels or more. Now that Jiangnan is in ruins, it is a command like Bao Wenda, and he can't get Shanwen armor, let alone their own soldiers, so this one hundred and eighty sets of armor are really precious, even above the nearly three thousand prisoners!

"Price, this ......"

"The price is naturally negotiable, eighty taels of scale armor, and two hundred and forty taels of mountain armor." Yu Guozhen quoted them a 20% discount.

These armors he had used by the guards during the war, like Qi Niu could be wounded by more than 30 without major problems, relying on the mountain armor. However, it was wartime, and now that the thieves had retreated into the mountains, if he had retained so much armor, those who did not like him could have planted a label for "bad intentions". Therefore, he reported a number that made Bao Wenda and others overjoyed, these armors can be offered to invite merit, or they can be reserved for themselves and their own soldiers, how can they let it go!

"Yu Gongzi is really refreshing, that's good, that's it!" The general arched his hand and said, "In a few days, I will bring the silver!" ”

He said simply, greeted Bao Wenda, turned around and left. Yu Guozhen didn't expect him to be so resolute, but Bao Wenda explained with a wry smile: "After this battle, it is said that the history of Senate will have to review and train the generals, saying that those who fail to make meritorious contributions in this battle will be deposed." He wanted to provoke the generals to enter the Yinghuo Mountains to fight the thieves, but our officers and soldiers ...... You also saw that this person had a good relationship with the lower officials, so he invited him to the lower officials' side, but he didn't show affection, and thought that Yu Gongzi might have a way, so he could only ask Senator Shi for leave to come and make trouble for Yu Gongzi. ”

Yu Guozhen smiled dumbly: "What's the trouble with making money, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't have a lot of seizures in my hands, you are welcome to add it!" ”

Bao Wenda saw that the general had gone far away, suddenly took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "Before the lower official came, he met with Mr. Zhang Chizhang, the guest of the Shi Senate. ”

Yu Guozhen's brows furrowed suddenly.

He and Shi Kefa reached a secret agreement at the beginning, except for the profit sharing to the fifth uncle, he didn't want anything else, let Shi Kefa distribute it. However, Shi Kefa wanted to fight for him, and moved the people, women, and children who were bound by the rogues and coerced from thieves, but did not last long, to Qinzhou. This is the most fundamental reason for Yu Guozhen's active participation in this war, and if he wants to build a base in Qinzhou that can support him to turn the tide, he must have a large population!

"What's the problem?" Yu Guozhen asked.

Mr. Zhang didn't say anything.

"Okay, thanks Commander Bao." Yu Guozhen arched his hand.

Bao Wenda also returned the courtesy, strictly speaking, Yu Guozhen had a life-saving grace for him, and he made outstanding achievements in this war, and he has been rated as the first military merit by Shi Kefa, and I don't know how much of it took advantage of Yu Guozhen. Therefore, he is full of gratitude and admiration for Yu Guozhen.

Sending Bao Wenda away, Yu Guozhen sighed.

No matter how high his intelligence is, he can't figure out what caused his secret date with Shi Kefa to change. Ye Wuya, Tian Boguang and others around him can give him advice on military strategy, but they have no clue about this issue.

At this time, if there is a staff officer who is familiar with the operation of the Ming officialdom, then the problem is easy to handle, maybe he should go to the fifth uncle?

The fifth uncle is still doing nothing, and those people who have been co-opted and forced to be thieves must be watched, so as not to give others a chance to start. Moreover, Yu Yixuan has not been in the officialdom for a long time, and he is still only a non-qualified inspection, and he may not be able to figure out anything.

"That's it, I have a backup plan anyway......" Yu Guozhen thought about it for a while and finally decided not to think about it anymore. He could also invite a curtain guest, but most of those who have some ability follow the officials, how will they follow him, and even if they do, there are a lot of things in Yu Guozhen's plan that are not suitable for people to know, and they can't tell the hired curtain guests at all.

After a few days, the officer who came with Bao Wenda really arrived here again, this time he was not just alone, but also with a large team of people, Yu Guozhen provided a relatively large amount of "goods", he could not eat alone, this time he came with another ** commander, deputy general and the like.

Since it was a group purchase, they naturally enjoyed the wholesale price from Yu Guozhen, and in the end, everyone was happy, they left 30,000 taels of silver, and Yu Guozhen exhausted the "inventory". He had already screened them, and the nearly 3,000 captives who were bought were all habitual cowards, all of them were cruel and lazy, and if they didn't suffer enough, they wouldn't wake up at all. Therefore, Yu Guozhen didn't care too much about whether they would be sacrificed as prisoners or would be taken off for meritorious service.

The arrival of this income made Yu Guozhen's gains in terms of money in this battle reach a considerable amount. All of them were converted into silver, and even after deducting the war expenses and pension expenses, Yu Guozhen also received no less than 500,000 taels.

Among them, 100,000 taels he plans to stay in Xiang'an and re-use the reconstruction funds of Xiliu Villa and Xiang'an Town. Another 100,000 will be used to dot along the inland waterway from Xiang'an to Qinzhou. In this way, he still has 300,000 taels of silver to use, and although his plan is less, as long as it is used properly, it can still achieve his goal.

Just then, a big piece of news came.

Wen Tiren finally gave his respects.

"Wen Tiren really got it? Who are the Cabinet Fellows today? ”

In Jinling City, Zhou Yanru Huo Ran stood up and asked the person who came to report the news. When he asked this, he was very excited, his fists clenched slightly, and he only waited for his name to be spit out from the mouth.

"Wen Wenqi."

"It's him!" Zhou Yanru heard the name, sat back in the chair, thought about it for a long time, and was stunned.

Wen Wen is Wen Zhenmeng, this person is also a giant of Donglin, and he is still a lecturer today, he is a serious and square person, even if he is the Son of Heaven, he is a little afraid of him.

This person is the first assistant, which is exactly what Donglin means, which also means one thing, if Zhou Yanru wants to make a comeback, it is impossible.

"Tsk!" He shook his head with some regret before asking, "How did it go?" ”

The messenger laughed twice: "But it was the last time Zhang Tianru sent someone to Beijing to deliver a letter......

After retreating from the enemy, Zhang Pu and Shi Dian returned to Nan'jing, but Zhang Pu stayed in Nan'jing, but Shi Jingyan was not afraid of hardships and dangers, and went north overnight, and it took only eight days to enter the capital.

As soon as he entered Beijing, according to Zhang Pu's explanation, he first found a relationship to see Qian Qianyi, who was tied to prison, and after getting Qian Qianyi's handwriting, he went to ask for a lot of money to see Cao Huachun. His move was naturally transmitted to Wen Tiren's ears by the eyes and ears that had been staring at Qian Qianyi, Wen Tiren thought that Cao Huachun wanted to save Qian Qianyi, so he took the lead and instructed someone to accuse Cao Huachun of accepting bribes from Qian Qianyi.

The reason why Wen Tiren is like this is also due to the situation, Zhongdu Feng's Yang ancestral tomb was burned, and someone must be responsible for this. At the beginning, Zhou Yanru was deposed, the direct reason was that Sun Yuanhua lost Denglai, and now the responsibility for losing the ancestral tomb is much greater than the loss of Denglai, if he Wen Tiren does not provoke a storm and divert the anger of Emperor Chongzhen, the board will inevitably hit him on the head.

And Shi Jingyan's running in the Imperial Prison and Cao Huachun's actions was, in Wen Tiren's eyes, an excuse to divert the anger of the Son of Heaven.

But Wen Tiren still underestimated Chongzhen's trust in Cao Huachun, Chongzhen summoned Cao Huachun to confront him, and after Cao Huachun heard this, he sweated profusely and presented a letter.

However, it was a letter accusing Feng 'Yang Patrol of following the imperial history Wu Zhenying's paper, accusing him of ignoring the people's accusations, causing the indignant people to attract thieves to occupy Feng 'Yang.

At that time, Yu Guozhen had won the "Battle of Chao' County" and "The Battle of Wu'wei" in a row, and among the captives were the people of Zhongdu who were coerced.

Cao Huachun defended that Shi Jingyan came here to post this envelope, because the road in Beijing was blocked, so he could only ask Qian Qianyi, who was still in prison, and Qian Qianyi instructed him to find himself. Because of the importance of the matter, he did not dare to disturb the Son of Heaven immediately, so he has not yet reported it.

As soon as these words came out, Chongzhen was naturally furious, after losing the phoenix's yang, Wen Zhenmeng even asked him to make an edict against himself, although he praised it in his mouth, he didn't think that the loss of the phoenix's yang was his own responsibility, now it's okay, the real responsible person is here, how can he not dig deeper!

And at this time, Wen Tiren knows the plan!

There is no other reason, this Wu Zhenying is exactly what he recommended and appointed, and he can be regarded as his confidant!

In the imperial court, there was suddenly the imperial historian Wu Luzhong who impeached Wen Tiren, formed a party to appoint non-people, and framed Zhongliang and deceived the saint.

Previously, when the news of the loss of Feng'yang first entered the imperial court, He Wangsheng, the director of the Ministry of War, had already impeached Wen Tiren for this, but at that time, Chongzhen favored Wen Tiren and belittled He Wangsheng, and now Wu Luzhong took the opportunity to make trouble, followed by a group of officials who were not in harmony with Wen Tiren were impeached one after another, and Wen Tiren's party was silent in the face of this matter, even Wen Tiren himself was indefinite.

Chongzhen also needs someone to bear the responsibility for losing the ancestral tomb for him, a mere eunuch guarding the tomb plus a Feng'yang prefect is not enough, among the center, a military department is not enough, at least a cabinet bachelor.

Now that Wen Tiren was impeached, while Chongzhen was a little unbearable, it also relieved him.

"That's what happened, the master of the house ordered the villain to come and report the news, and only said so much."

Zhou Yanru nodded, and then he squinted slightly: "Since Donglin has won a big victory...... Why did the master send me this letter? ”

The messenger seemed to be prepared for this question: "The master of the house has spoken, and the master knows it in his heart. ”

"Good, good, good...... Reply to the master, this love, the old man wrote it down. Zhou Yanru said.

He knew that the owner of this messenger would understand what he meant, and in such a short time, he had reached another deal with Wu Changshi, who was one of the cores of the Restoration Society.

The previous deal was to deal with Wen Tiren together, but now in this deal, who is going to deal with together?

(To be continued)