In the fifth year of Chongzhen (A.D. 1632), March!

Zhu Yuanzhang and the leaders took control of Baishui, desperately sat in Chengcheng, and as for the old village of Huanglongshan, it was left to Uncle De and the poodle to manage. (I forgot who Uncle De is a friend, please refer to Chapter 140, welcome to the road.) Zhu Yuanzhang's army has now sorted out what everyone is good at and what should be done, and the whole army is developing in a very healthy way.

The new recruits, after several months of training, now have a bit of a basic appearance, but their weapons and equipment are not all in place, and there are too many troops added at one time, and Li Chujiu, the captain of the logistics brigade, is really worried. He was a little short of money, and it was not easy to get enough pig iron from the smugglers with a limited amount of silver. I had to give each of the recruits a wooden stick, and let them sharpen the head of the stick to use as a spear.

It's okay to give one or two people wooden sticks, it's okay to give wooden sticks to one or two hundred people, and it becomes a joke to give wooden sticks to thousands of people, and the soldiers and ruffians gave Li Chujiu a nickname, called "Wooden Stick Chief", this name was secretly spread among the soldiers at first, and then slowly spread to the ears of the squad leaders, and then even the leaders knew it.

By chance, Xu Renjie's big mouth leaked out, letting Li Chujiu know his new nickname, and he was so angry that the chief manager almost vomited blood, and he didn't go out for two days.

It wasn't until the third day that Li Chujiu came out of his small room with dark circles under his eyes, and slapped a piece of paper full of numbers on Xu Renjie's face: "Generalissimo Leader, it's time to harvest the spring endowment again, last year Zhu Bugs sent you to lead the troops to collect taxes from the rich people in Luochuan, presumably it will be you this year...... I wrote on the paper that if we were to give all the recruits the silver for the vacant weapons, you should find a way to recover that much silver......"

Xu Renjie rolled his eyes, took the paper and looked at it, and immediately gasped: "This ...... So much? ”

"You think it's easy to arm a few thousand recruits?" Li Chujiu said indignantly: "You dare to give me the nickname of the head of the wooden stick, it's really infuriating, I don't know that oil and rice are expensive." ”

Xu Renjie smiled bitterly: "It was given to you by ignorant soldiers, what are you anxious about me......"

"The soldiers are not under my control, and they are not under the control of you leading generals, who am I not looking for you?" Li Chujiu said indignantly: "With my current identity, is it appropriate to go to those recruits to vent their anger?" Of course, I want to pour my anger on you......"

Xu Renjie smiled bitterly and spread his hands...... A few days later, Xu Renjie really took 800 people and went to Luochuan in the west to collect taxes, because he went to Luochuan last year, and of course let him visit his old place again this year. Yang Hong led another 800 men and horses to Pucheng in the south to collect taxes.

A few more days passed...... Zhu Yuanzhang was discussing with Li Chujiu at home about the use of money, food, and weapons, when suddenly a herald ran in and shouted urgently: "Brother Zhu, something is wrong, the generalissimo leader sent back an urgent report from Luochuan, saying that the situation over there is very complicated, and there are two rebel armies flowing into Luochuan, and these two rebel armies have a lot of troops...... The leader of Xu Renjie only brought 800 soldiers, I am afraid it is not enough to protect the local wealthy, please hurry up and bring reinforcements! ”

"Oh? Which two rebels? Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"One of them is the Red Flag, a city, and a cloud, and the other is the Monkey Division."

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, it turns out that these two rebel armies have fled to Luochuan? Closing his eyes, he recalled the geographical map of mountains and rivers in his mind, and he was immediately relieved, the last time he received the news of the Mixed Sky Monkey, it was said that the Mixed Sky Monkey had attacked Ganquan County, and Ganquan was close to Luochuan, and it was reasonable for him to wander into Luochuan. As for the Red Flag, a city, and a cloud, the last news of the rebel army said that it was in Anding, and it was not far from Luochuan.

This time it's really a storm in Kyushu! Why did they all go to this place in Luochuan?

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly ordered: "Tell Wang Er, Miao Mei, Feishan Tiger, and Big Red Wolf to hurry up and prepare, the ninth day of the first month, this time you stay in Baishui ......"

"Yes!" Li Chujiu hurriedly responded, since Baishui was already relatively stable, leaving him as a clerk here was enough to guard it, and the situation on Luochuan's side was complicated, so Zhu Yuanzhang had to bring all the leaders who could fight this time.

Everyone hurriedly prepared, and the elite soldiers were transferred to 2,000, and the new Ding was transferred to 3,000, a total of 5,000 men, and the momentum was huge. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to take so many people out, especially the three thousand recruits, and it would not be useful to bring them out, but considering that there were two rogue bandits coming at the same time, there must be a lot of rogue troops. If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to avoid conflict as much as possible and scare away the enemy, it would be more advantageous to bring more soldiers.

After the soldiers were assembled, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly waved his troops north, rushing straight to Luochuan...... just when Zhu Yuanzhang hurried to Baishui, Xu Renjie's side had already begun to run into trouble.

At this time, Xu Renjie was stationed in Luochuan Old Temple Town, the reason why this place is called the old temple is because there is a temple in the town that has been built for hundreds of years, the name is called "Old Temple", the monks in the temple are profound in Buddhism, and they are very famous in several towns and villages near and far. If the local people encounter some sores and diseases, disasters and disasters, they will come to the old temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha.

At this time, Xu Renjie's 800 soldiers had already protected Laomiao Town like an iron bucket, and there were several layers of sentinels inside and out, and the scouts were scattered five miles away, and the news kept coming and going, showing a sense of nervousness.

In the center of Laomiao Town, there are dozens of wealthy families gathered together, and under the protection of Xu Renjiejun, they dare not go out of the town. Originally...... As soon as Xu Renjie arrived in Luochuan, he was about to regain his sharpness, when he heard the locals say that two streams of rogue bandits had entered the country, burning and looting everywhere...... Xu Renjie recalled that Zhu Baba had repelled Wang Zuojiao and protected the rich households in Baishui, so he didn't plan to stay out of the matter and immediately protected the local rich households.

As soon as the news came out, the rich families and squires from ten miles and eight towns all ran to Laomiao Town, just like hiding on the hill when a flood came, and in a blink of an eye, Laomiao Town was stuffed to the brim.

At this time, Xu Renjie was sitting on the second floor of a restaurant in the center of Laomiao Town, looking south from there. This restaurant is the highest in this town...... So it was requisitioned by Xu Renjie to make a conning tower!

A businessman named Zheng Feng ran up from the first floor, stepped on the stairs to the ground, and when he arrived in front of Xu Renjie, Zheng Feng bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Generalissimo Leader, haven't our reinforcements arrived yet?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Xu Renjie said impatiently: "Reinforcements are coming from Baishui, not so fast!" ”

Zheng Feng's body was slightly fat, there was a lot of fat, and he was already sweating when he ran the stairs, so he touched his handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and said with a bitter face: "How is this good...... The Monkey is a well-known murderer, and it is said that he plundered the warehouse in Ganquan County and robbed 108,000 taels of official silver...... Oh my God, if this guy enters my house, I'm afraid I'm going to tear down the walls and move out......"

It turned out that this guy's home was dozens of miles away to the north, and he didn't know who the Mixed Sky Monkey was, but he heard that a guy called the Mixed Sky Monkey was coming, so he hurriedly abandoned the house and fled to Laomiao Town with his family...... I only hope that the reinforcements brought by Baishui Zhu's eighth brother will arrive as soon as possible, so as to drive away the chaotic monkey and let him go home and count the silver.

Xu Renjie looked at Zheng Feng, and a sense of superiority rose in his heart, he is also a businessman, how boring Zheng Feng is, how chic is my Xu Renjie's life? This person is really incomparable, haha! He was proud in his heart, and his mouth naturally began to blow: "Don't worry, if the reinforcements don't come for a long time, I will rely on these eight hundred brothers, plus your thousand village bravery, I can also drive away the chaotic monkey, the red flag, a city and a cloud." ”

"Then thank you to the generalissimo leader...... Zheng Feng stretched out his hand, tremblingly took out a fist-sized piece of gold, and put it in Xu Renjie's hand: "This bit of gold is not a tribute, and I ask the generalissimo leader to bear it more." ”

Zheng Feng's shot is not ungenerous, this fist-sized gold, I am afraid that there are dozens of taels, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a huge amount of money, and it is used for Miao Mei, Feishan Tiger, Big Red Wolf, Liodle or something, I am afraid that they can really smash it.

But he used the silver to smash Xu Renjie, then he made the wrong object, the Xu family has been running a rice shop for many years, the family has a solid family, and he himself is a war madman, except for the war, he is not interested in anything, and he doesn't care about money at all, he took Zheng Feng's gold and weighed it in his hand, and then smiled: "I am embarrassed to take out such a little money to bribe, there is no sincerity at all...... Come, bring me my gold. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a henchman of the Xu family ran over next to him, and put a small box in front of Zheng Feng with a bang, and the lid of the box was opened, and it was full of gold ingots. This is a private money that he let his confidants always carry with him for emergency purposes.

Xu Renjie waved his hand: "Zheng Feng, I've rewarded you!" ”

Zheng Feng: "......"

The henchman who came out with the gold was stunned, attached it to Xu Renjie's ear, and said in a low voice: "Master, let's protect his safety, why do we want to reward him with gold?" ”

"Cut! I'm going to let him know the gap between Uncle Ben and him! Xu Renjie said with a smile: "Although Uncle Ben is a businessman like him, he can not only make money, but also fight, be generous, and look handsome. ”

"But...... He didn't know that you were also a businessman, and you were masked, so he didn't know that you were handsome or something. Jia Ding Khan said.

Xu Renjie: "......"

At this moment, a fast horse galloped in from the gate of the town, it was the scout who was in contact with him regularly, he ran to the bottom of the restaurant, stood in the middle of the road, and shouted to Xu Renjie at the window on the second floor: "Generalissimo leader...... The Mixed Sky Monkey Department is five miles to the north......"

(To be continued)