The Xingyang Conference was a peasant rebel army congress that took place in the winter of the seventh year of Chongzhen, and according to the records of the wild history, a total of 72 battalions of rebels were present at this meeting, which was a successful and united congress. At this congress, the peasant rebel army made comprehensive arrangements and arranged the follow-up work, and Comrade Li Zicheng proposed to adhere to the development path of the peasant uprising with the characteristics of the late Ming Dynasty and promote the reform of the internal system of the peasant army...... Cough......

Well, no nonsense, serious storytelling!

After hearing what Yang Hong said, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately knew that this was the king of Chuang, Gao Yingxiang, was preparing for the "Xingyang Conference", as the influence of the Ming peasant uprising gradually expanded, the leaders of the rebel army also found that it was inappropriate to wander around and fight, so that the mess was easy to be broken by the officers and soldiers, and when grabbing the same piece of territory, it was also easy to cause conflicts of interest between the rebels and the rebels, resulting in internal discord. Some discerning leaders of the rebel army, such as Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, Li Zicheng, the general of Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king of Xiying, and Ma Shouying, Lao Huihui, have urgently needed the unified deployment of the rebel army, and they can no longer fight for the battlefield.

Under the impetus of such a force, all the rebel armies gathered towards Henan, and finally gathered in Xingyang in the winter of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the scale of this conference was unprecedentedly huge, not to mention the presence of all 36 battalions, and another 36 rebel armies that stood on their own, together with a total of 72 battalions, with a total strength of more than 200,000 people.

Of course, due to the birth of Zhu Yuanzhang, history has changed slightly, whether this conference will be held in Xingyang, and whether it will be held as scheduled. Then you can't tell.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Yang Hong asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, it's still spring, and there is still more than half a year before this conference, so we have enough time to consider whether to participate...... Brother I would like to start by saying what I think...... I don't think it's better not to go, for it is impossible for the imperial court not to react to such a large-scale gathering of rebels, and maybe it will be attacked by officers and soldiers at the same time as the meeting is held. ”

"Well, you're right, but...... We have to go! Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Huh? Must go? ”

"This is a major event for all the rebels in the world. If anyone doesn't go, his name will be lost on the rivers and lakes. Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Only by showing your strength at this conference can you make the world's righteous army use it to the fullest." ”

This congress was indeed very important, and Li Zicheng put forward the idea of "dividing the troops and orienting the troops" at this congress, which won the unanimous support of all the rebels, which brought him great prestige and laid the foundation for him to later become the leader of the 36th Battalion.

If you don't have ambition, of course, you can not go to a meeting like this and ask for peace. But anyone who is ambitious. When you encounter this kind of meeting, you must go even if a knife falls from the sky. Otherwise, An is safe, but the name is despised by the people of the rivers and lakes, then it will be completely finished.

Yang Hong quickly understood the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he nodded and said: "Since we are going, then we must make the fifteen thousand soldiers in our hands more elite in this year's time, and we must be able to suppress the 200,000 thieves." ”

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Just work hard in this direction." ”

While talking about the plan to strengthen training and improve the quality of soldiers, the two walked forward and walked a few steps. But seeing Li Qingshui and Xia Erduo coming over, Xia Erduo waved at Zhu Yuanzhang and said with a smile: "It turns out that the head of the sect is back." I heard that you went out with Xu Yuanwai to run a business, but I didn't expect to come back soon? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "There is Lord Cheng of Lao County, Xu Yuanwai and I went to Henan for a walk, but we didn't catch any good goods, and Xu Yuanwai changed his name and planned to go to Xi'an." Resell some celadon and green tea. ”

Xia Erduo didn't doubt him, and said with a smile: "Xu Yuanwai is really interesting, obviously a rice merchant, why did he start pounding celadon and green tea again?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Our white water, whether it is rice or millet, will not be produced." Now that all potatoes are produced, no one is willing to buy potatoes when they are shipped to other places, even if he wants to pound them, he has nothing to pound. ”

Of course, Xia Erduo knew that no one wanted potatoes, and sighed deeply, his face as black as charcoal.

Li Qingshui also sighed, and his face showed sadness: "Alas...... I've already sent three letters to my mentor and two letters to the governor, and I mentioned the benefits of taro, but neither of them paid much attention to them, and they wrote back and scolded me. If the potato can be promoted, Xu Yuanwai may be able to pound the potatoes. ”

"This is difficult...... Zhu Yuanzhang sank his face: "The imperial court is complacent, and no matter how many letters the county lord writes, it will not work." ”

Li Qingshui sighed deeply again, he didn't want to criticize his teacher, but he didn't say it, but he had a lot of words in his heart.

At this time, Xu Renjie had already taken off the generalissimo's outfit, changed back into his businessman's coat, and walked over with a folding fan. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Qingshui together, he smiled and came over, and said, "Lord County is fine, Lord County Cheng is also here, what are you talking to the head teacher?" ”

Li Qingshui and Xia Erduo didn't answer, their faces were ugly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "We are talking about resting on our laurels...... Forget it, let's not talk about this for now...... Chen Yuanwai, you pound celadon and green tea, I can't accompany you......"

When Xu Renjie heard him say this, he understood in his heart, turned to Xia Erduo and said, "Lord County, I heard that your potato planting technique was learned from Liangguang, and the source is Western......

"That's right!" Xia Erduo nodded: "I got potatoes from a Cantonese merchant, and according to him, a Western merchant sold them to him. ”

"I wonder if you can take it down and meet with the Western merchants?" Xu Renjie shook his fan and said: "I plan to pound celadon and green tea this time, think about it, Westerners are stupid and have a lot of money, and these two things are still the most profitable to sell to Westerners." ”

Xia Erduo hesitated for a moment, and Li Qingshui spoke first: "Westerners are far away in Guangdong, you take my county to such a far place, and I lose my right hand, how can it be good?" Can't let you take ......."

Everyone laughed, Li Qingshui is a person who attaches great importance to people's livelihood, in his eyes, Xia Erduo, a talent who can bring "food" to the people, is a treasure, how can he let him go.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew his psychology, so he interjected with a smile: "Lord County, I often hear people say that there are many novel crops along the coast of Guangdong, not only good things like taro, but also something called sweet potato, which has a sweet taste, the taste is not inferior to the taro, and it is easy to plant, so we should introduce it and plant it together with the taro." ”

"Oh? And this kind of goodies? Li Qingshui's eyes really lit up, if someone told him that there were any new crops before he had seen the taro, he would not believe it, but after having seen the taro, his vision and thinking were also opened up a lot, once he heard that there were new varieties of crops, the first thing he thought of was to try it.

Xia Erduo nodded at Li Qingshui, and said with a sincere smile: "There are indeed sweet potatoes in Guangdong, we generally call them sweet potatoes, according to businessmen I know, sweet potatoes were introduced to Guangdong in the twenty-first year of Wanli, and they have not yet spread on a large scale...... If the prefectural lord is interested, I'll go and bring it back. ”

Li Qingshui was overjoyed: "Of course I'm interested, go get it!" I'll give you directions right away. ”

Seeing him take the bait, Zhu Yuanzhang said quietly: "It is said that Westerners still have many strange things in their hands, if we invite a few to come, maybe we can find out a lot of useful things......

"This ......" Li Qingshui hesitated, after all, he is a member of the Donglin Party, and the idea of the Heavenly Empire is always a little bit, in his eyes, Westerners are all barbarians, what are the benefits of dealing with them?

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "After the Westerners are invited, the county lord doesn't have to pay attention to them, and let Xu Yuanwai be in charge of the reception, so as not to weaken the face of our Ming Dynasty." ”

"That's fine!" Li Qingshui nodded and erased the matter.

Seeing that Li Qingshui had no problem, Xu Renjie smiled at Xia Erduo: "Lord County, then I'm bothering you to come along, I'm going to Xi'an to get some celadon and green tea first, do you want to go together?" ”

Xia Erduo's eyes flashed: "I want to go...... I want to learn more about how to do big business from Xu Yuanwai...... I don't know if you would like to teach me...... "This guy was really happy when he first became a county officer, but he actually had a bit of opportunism and adventurism in his bones, which can be seen from the fact that he had the courage to engage in the potato business.

Xu Renjie smiled: "No problem, if you want to learn anything about running a business, just look for me, I will teach you all the problem." ”

The two of them looked at each other and planned to leave. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly grabbed Xu Renjie and whispered in his ear: "This trip to Guangdong, you have to go back quickly, there is a big deal this winter......

"Big deal?" Xu Renjie was in high spirits, he knew that the big deal Zhu Yuanzhang said was definitely not a commercial deal, but a big deal in war, so he was in high spirits: "What is a good thing?" ”

"This winter, all the rebels will gather together for a general assembly...... Let's go too! Zhu Yuanzhang said that there is no need to say this, with Xu Renjie's intelligence, he can deduce other things by himself.

Sure enough, Xu Renjie was stunned, and he was immediately overjoyed: "I understand, Brother Zhu, this trip to Guangdong, I will use the fastest speed to go back and forth, and try to get the things we need from Westerners, it will be convenient to use in winter, hehehehehe......"

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