It was already early, so Luo Jian and the others had to delay for a day in Shashan and stay in a nearby town for a night.

Yan Yingyuan arranged everything overnight, Luo Jian talked to him for a long time yesterday, and he was going to go to Yangzhou with Luo Jian tomorrow.

Two guards were left to escort Yan Yingyuan's family, and Luo Jian and his party went back to Nanjing directly after breakfast.

After resting in Danyang for a night, he arranged for an escort to go to Jiangyin, and asked Huang Fei to send a boat to return to Jiangyin to pick up people, and the next morning everyone went to Nanjing non-stop.

By the time I got back to the palace, it was already dark.

Led Yan Yingyuan into the house, Liu Lan and Wang Qiang stepped forward to say hello, and neither of them was as curious about Yan Yingyuan as they were about Gu Yanwu and Zheng Chenggong.

After dinner, Luo Jian couldn't care about the pain all over his body, and drove to Shi Kefa's mansion again.

"Xinghua, are you back, have you done anything about the water master?" Shi Kefa has been worried about seeing that Luo Jian has been gone for so many days, and he is very happy to see that Luo Jian has come back safely.

"Brother Xian, this matter will be done on the same day." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"And where have you been all these days?" Shi Kefa stared at Luo Jian and asked.

"I went to Jiangyin and invited someone back." Luo Jian said happily.

"Is there anyone in Jiangyin who is worthy of your personal invitation?" Shi Kefa asked suspiciously.

"Brother Xian, don't worry about this, anyway, the people I invited won't let you down."

Luo Jian didn't show Shi Kefa history books, although Shi Kefa knew that the Ming Dynasty finally fell in real history, but he didn't know the specific process, and of course he didn't know the heroes in real history.

If Shi Kefa is explained with something that has not happened, but it can't be explained clearly, Luo Jian simply makes a fuzzy treatment.

"Brother Xian, I think we will rush back to Yangzhou tomorrow and plan a campaign against Zuo Mengeng's army." Luo Jian said.

"Alas, Xinghua, if you come back a day earlier, you will go back to Yangzhou, and now you want to go back tomorrow, it will be impossible." Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

"Brother Xian, what's going on?" Luo Jian was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"Xinghua, the first emperor Princess Changping fled to Nanjing." Shi Kefa said, a pained look on his face.

"But Princess Changping who lost an arm?" Luo Jian was also surprised.

"Exactly, there are eunuchs in the palace in the palace in Beijing, and it has been confirmed that she has said nothing wrong about the royal affairs, and it should be true."

Only then did Shi Kefa tell in detail how Princess Changping escaped from Beijing.

Zhu Yujiao was cut off by Chongzhen's arm at the beginning, but she did not die, and was later captured by Li Zicheng's Dashun army, Li Zicheng did not embarrass her, and handed her over to Zhou Kui, the national abbot.

After Dolgon led the Qing troops into Beijing, Zhou Kui took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Dolgon saw that she was only a former princess with a broken arm, and did not embarrass her, allowing her to live in Zhou Kui's mansion.

When the news from the south gradually spread to Beijing, Princess Changping had been planning to escape from Beijing, and finally with the secret help of several former Hanchens, she escaped from Beijing and traveled all the way to Nanjing.

"How did the emperor deal with it?"

"The emperor has named her the eldest princess, and he has also set up a mansion for her in Nanjing, but..."

"Just what?" Seeing that Shi Kefa wanted to speak and stopped, Luo Jian asked anxiously.

"Alas, Xinghua, I'll tell you the truth. Yesterday the eldest princess came to my house and told me something. When Shi Kefa said this, his spirit was a little trance-like, and he seemed to be extremely embarrassed.

"Oh, I said, Brother Xian, can't you tell me anything yet? Isn't it uncomfortable for you to be stuffy alone? Luo Jian was a little anxious.

"The eldest princess said that she heard that the fifth brother Yongwang Cihuan is still alive, and begged me to send someone to find him back."

"Oh, is it really? Did she ever tell the emperor? ”

Luo Jian is not surprised that Zhu Cihuan is still alive, in history, Zhu Cihuan lived incognito in Zhejiang and lived until he was over seventy years old before he was betrayed by his friends, and his whole family was killed by Kangxi.

Now Luo Jian is worried that if she makes this matter public, it will inevitably cause shocks in the DPRK and China, although the court has no enterprising spirit at this time, it is still stable, and it can also provide a stable rear and sufficient food and salary for the Yangzhou army.

"That's not true, the eldest princess still trusts me, but she just told me in private."

Hearing Shi Kefa say this, Luo Jian suddenly relaxed.

"Brother Xian, what are you going to do?"

"Alas, the foolish brother is also extremely embarrassed, if he finds the return of the eternal king, where will he put the emperor?"

"I said Brother Xian, you are too worried, we should send someone to find this Yongwang, whether this can be found or not is still two words, even if you find it, it is not a matter of a day or two, we must solve the matter in front of us first before it is true."

"Xinghua, you're right, deal with the matter in front of you first, oh, by the way, there is still news from Yangzhou."

After Shi Kefa finished speaking, he took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Luo Jian.

Luo Jian took a look at it, and it was an analysis of the situation summarized by the General Staff Department in light of the situation in all aspects.

Yangzhou is conducting intensive training for the troops, and Duoduo in Xuzhou is not idle.

Feeling that the combat effectiveness of the newly surrendered Han army was too poor, the first thing Duoduo did when he returned to Xuzhou was to let these Ming soldiers shave their hair and make it easy to obey.

This is the suggestion put forward by Kong Youde, who said that although shaving hair and changing clothes cannot directly improve combat effectiveness, at least it can make these Han troops inseparable from other Qing soldiers, and their sense of belonging must be enhanced.

For some useless Han troops, Duoduo still made up his mind to dismantle, and under the threat of the Qing army's butcher's knife, no general dared to come out to oppose it.

Now the number of Duoduo's soldiers and horses has decreased a lot, the original 2340,000 horses are now only 1560,000, all the Han troops have been incorporated into the Han army banner, and even Kong Youde feels that the military strength has improved a lot.

What particularly pleased Duoduo was that Beijing had already shipped thirty red-coated cannons, and I heard that there were more to come, and they were being shipped one after another.

In addition, the quality of the newly issued firearms has been significantly improved, and its range and power have been significantly improved, and the soldiers basically don't have to worry about exploding the chamber anymore, which shows that the Jingzhong Governor is very attentive.

According to Kong Youde's idea, he couldn't wait for the Yangzhou army to recover, and he should march towards Yangzhou now and destroy the Yangzhou army in one fell swoop.

But this idea was unanimously opposed by all the Manchu generals, for the simple reason that the weather was too hot.

The current weather is unbearable hot even if you only wear a single shirt in the house, not to mention the helmet and armor riding a horse in the scorching sun.

If only the Han army was allowed to dispatch, Duoduo would definitely not be at ease, so he could only wait for the weather to turn cooler, and then raise a large army to march to Yangzhou.

The Zhun Tower Department in the direction of Huai'an has also been greatly strengthened by the Qing court, and its troops and equipment have also been greatly improved, and the Qing court has even transported some red-coated cannons to the Zhun Tower Department, preparing to forcibly capture Huai'an.

Luo Jian read the intelligence and situation analysis of the Qing army, and felt a lot of pressure in his heart.

What worries Luo Jian is that in history, the Qing soldiers did not attach importance to the use of firearms, but now, under the stimulation of Luo Jian's new weapons, they attach so much importance to artillery and firearms, which will definitely bring great changes to the form of warfare in the future.

In this regard, if Yangzhou does not take the lead and only relies on its own dozen rifles and grenades, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Qing army.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty completely received the Ming Dynasty's generals in Beijing, and its production capacity and raw material sources were incomparable to Yangzhou.

If Yangzhou wants to obtain these, it must also get the support of the imperial court, and the imperial court now has a defensive heart against the Yangzhou army, and it may be difficult to get the full support of the imperial court.

Today, Yangzhou's jurisdiction is very small, the strategic detour space is narrow, and the resources are extremely scarce, which is also one of the reasons why Luo Jian is in a hurry to march to Jiujiang and eliminate the left department.

After discussing with Shi Kefa for a long time, Shi Kefa also thought that while the weather was hot, the Qing troops would not have the opportunity to go south for the time being, and they must use the fastest speed to solve the threat from the west.

By the time Luo Jian returned to the house, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and Liu Lan and Wang Qiang were still talking vigorously with Yan Yingyuan in the hall, which made Luo Jian a little curious, how did these two have a common topic with Yan Yingyuan?

"What are you talking about? Talking so vigorously? ”

"Brother Luo, it's so right that you invited Brother Yan here, I admire him completely now." Liu Lan said to Luo Jian.

"Oh, why?" Luo Jian was even more curious.

Liu Lan waved her hand and let all the servants go out, and then she spoke:

Xiao Wang explained the current situation to Brother Yan, and Brother Yan said that we must solve the worries first, and suggested that we solve the left part of Jiujiang first. Isn't that what you want to go with? ”

"Oh, what does Brother Liheng think? How? Luo Jian was also very curious when he saw that Yan Yingyuan, who had been staying in Jiangyin, had such a strategic vision.

"Grandpa Guo, I think so, the enemy in Yangzhou is Duoduo, and its soldiers are now strong and strong, and they are molested into a group, with the strength of Yangzhou now, it is impossible to start, and the Tartars will go south after the autumn, if the left part of the west goes down the river again, Yangzhou will be attacked on both sides, and it will be difficult to defend."

As soon as Yan Yingyuan told him about the situation, Luo Jian secretly applauded in his heart when he heard it.

Luo Jian pointed out the door with his finger, indicating that this was not the time to discuss these things.

"Brother Luo, you must be tired after riding the horse for these days, right?" Liu Lan asked.

"How can you not be tired? I felt like my whole body was going to fall apart. Luo Jian felt extremely sore at this time, and wanted to fall asleep on the bed.

"Brother Liheng has also worked hard for two days, let's rest early, by the way, Liu Lan, has Brother Yan's room been arranged?"

"It's been arranged a long time ago, you can rest assured."

After taking a bath, Luo Jian lay on the bed and wanted to analyze the situation again, but he couldn't control his eyelids, and he fell asleep after a while.

After a good night's sleep, Luo Jian woke up on time in the early morning, although his body was still sore, but his spirit had fully recovered.

Just after breakfast, Steward Li came to report that Miss Ruan was here.

Luo Jian is a little strange, what is this Miss Ruan Fu doing in the house?

Liu Lan said beside her: "This Miss Ruan is here to find me, we are going to see the store together, the shop has been done a few days ago, and I have found a craftsman to decorate it for a few days, and today I am going to put the goods on the table, and I will open it for a few days first." ”

"Oh, you're running a chain? It looks like you're going to have to cover all of our expenses. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"That's going to be fine, little thing." Liu Lan said proudly.

"Then I'll take a look, you have to hurry, we have to rush back to Yangzhou as soon as possible." Luo Jian wanted to hurry up and finish the matter of Liulan, so he wanted to follow and take a look.

was about to go out, and Shi Kefa sent someone outside the door, saying that he was inviting Luo Jian to go to the house to discuss matters.

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