"General, make a lot of money!" Jin Yufei walked into the state office excitedly and shouted to Ren Siqi, who was looking at the Jiaozhou book. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What's wrong?" Ren Siqi raised his head.

"I didn't expect this small Jiaozhou to have so many materials in the warehouse, take a look." Jin Yufei said and handed a thin booklet to Ren Siqi.

Ren Siqi asked Jin Yufei to cooperate with Huang Fengwu to count the seizures, but he didn't expect the result to come out so quickly.

More than 500 stone of grain, 3,000 taels of silver, 1,200 spears, 500 bows and arrows, and 320 guns were seized from the storehouse. Fifteen artillery pieces were sent at the head of the city, and 100 stone of gunpowder was seized. The variety of other substances is innumerable.

Sure enough, fighting a war is the most profitable business, Ren Siqi closed the book with a general feeling. He was instructed to leave the requisitioned men and load the material onto the ship.

"By the way, General, in the past two days, many nearby Ming troops have come to Jiaozhou and asked us to help them attack other cities." Jin Yu Feidao.

Ren Siqi thought for a moment and shook his head. The purpose of coming to Shandong this time was to recruit soldiers and civilians, not to conquer cities. Shandong is too close to Beijing, and if the movement is too big, it will be very troublesome to provoke Beijing's full army.

Moreover, with the current strength of the Daishan army, with less than 2,000 troops, I am afraid that no city can be defeated, and it is pure luck to be able to take Jiaozhou. If Ke Yongsheng did not try to attack at night, but defended the city with all his might, I am afraid that the strength of the Daishan army would not be able to defeat Jiaozhou at all.

"Refuse them, but you can give them some weapons and food." Ren Siqi commanded.

captured a city, and the first thing Ren Siqi did was to control military discipline and pacify the people in the city. Soldiers from Shandong were sent to the streets to repeatedly inform the people that the Daishan Army was a regular army of the Ming Dynasty and was here to rescue them, so that they did not have to be afraid.

In less than a year, Jiaozhou from the Ming army to the Shun army, then to the Qing army, and finally back to the Ming Dynasty, the people have long been numb, as long as the soldiers who occupy Jiaozhou do not harass them, they will be Amitabha. As for the rescue preached by the Daishan Army, they did not believe it at all.

In the eyes of sober-minded people, the capture of Jiaozhou by the Daishan Army can only attract Qing soldiers and bring them greater disasters!

Of course, there are only a few people with such knowledge, and only those gentry who have read and learned a lot.

Therefore, these gentry neither opposed nor supported the entry of the Daishan army into the city, but adopted a very indifferent attitude. Except for sending people to send some food and silver taels at the beginning, most of them will not go out in the future, and they will not have any intersection with the Daishan Army.

Ren Siqi naturally knew the thoughts of these people, but he was afraid that the Daishan army would not stay in Jiaozhou for a long time, and he was afraid that he would cause a blow from the Qing soldiers in the future, so he didn't dare to get too close to the Daishan army. There is also the fact that Ke Yongsheng is a member of the gentry, and his killing also makes the gentry sad.

At first, Ren Siqi didn't plan to pay attention to these people, but two days, without the support of these gentry, the Daishan army was struggling in Jiaozhou City, no one was willing to recruit soldiers, and no one was willing to come if they wanted to recruit literati and craftsmen.

The gentry's grip on the lower classes was unusually strong! In the Ming Dynasty, on the surface, it was the rule of the imperial court, but below, in the countryside, the real rulers were these gentry. The imperial power does not go to the countryside, this is the status quo in all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

Last time, the reason why Ren Siqi was able to recruit thousands of people was because most of the people he recruited were homeless. In Jiaozhou City today, these are all people with families, and it is too difficult to let them leave their hometown and go to the far south.

The recruiting point set up in the city did not recruit a few soldiers at all within two days, and even if the person in charge of recruiting troops said it well, and praised Daishan to the sky, not many people were willing to go. It is difficult to leave the homeland, this is the thought of most people.

can't go on like this, Ren Siqi secretly thought that the news of the fall of Jiaozhou must have spread, and Wang Ao Yongfang Dayou of Jinan should send people to attack soon, leaving not much time for himself.

Since the people in the city are unwilling to follow to Jiaozhou, then recruit the people in the countryside. In Shandong, there are so many people who are so poor that Ren Siqi doesn't believe that no one wants to apply.

As for these stubborn gentry, Ren Siqi naturally will not let them go easily, and these gentry have huge power, and there are many tenants of the fields in their hands, although they have their residences in Jiaozhou City, their roots are in the countryside near Jiaozhou.

The gentry in Jiaozhou City are naturally easy to deal with, but if they attack easily and cause chaos among the gentry in the entire vicinity, if they incite the people, with the current strength of the Daishan Army, I am afraid it will not be easy to deal with.

Recruiting the people was the biggest thing, and the rest of Ren Siqi decided to put it aside first.

However, Ren Siqi will not let go of these gentry easily. Didn't he now have the fuse of the governor of Denglai in his hand, and immediately in the name of the governor of Denglai, he sent an official letter to all the gentry in Jiaozhou City, asking them to go to the state government in the afternoon to discuss matters.

Living under the rule of the Ming Dynasty all their lives, the vast majority of the gentry still consider themselves to be Ming people, although they know that the rule of the Ming Dynasty is almost falling apart, and I am afraid that it will be a full world in the future, but in the face of the official document printed with the seal of the governor of Denglai, the gentry still dare not slack off, and they all came to the Jiaozhou Prefecture.

In the back hall of the state government, Ren Siqi sat on the main seat and looked coldly at the gentry who were called.

The Zhang family, the Li family, the Liu family, the Ma family, and the gentry with the highest prestige in Jiaozhou City all arrived.

In order to show his tough attitude, Ren Siqi didn't even give them tea, and a bowl of water was placed in front of everyone.

"This general, may I ask where is Lord Zeng, the governor of Denglai?" The head of the gentry, the head of the Zhang family, stood up and asked Ren Siqi on the main seat.

The reason why everyone came was to see the face of the governor of Denglai, and as for the young general on the throne, it was not in their eyes.

"Master Zeng has gone south, not in Jiaozhou." Ren Siqi said lightly, "However, he left me the governor's seal letter and entrusted me to handle the affairs of the two prefectures of Denglai on his behalf." ”

"What? Isn't Master Zeng here? ”

"I heard that Zeng Hualong escaped from Dengzhou by boat, and sure enough!"

In the lobby, the gentry were talking.

The head of the Zhang family raised his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet.

After the conversation was quiet, he questioned Ren Siqi again.

"The position of governor is appointed by the imperial court, how can his seal be privately conferred! This general, please redeem the old and rude, and take his leave! ”

After saying a word, the head of the Zhang family turned around and left. The other gentry also stood up, some following him, while others looked at Ren Siqi worriedly and fidgeted.

"Smack!" Ren Siqi slapped the table heavily, causing everyone to turn around.

"You have to think clearly, out of this gate, you will be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty from now on!" (To be continued.) )