"Win!"

Foshan Iron Pond, the hydraulic forging hammer in the reciprocating pillar under the propulsion, booming up and down, craftsmen sandwiched the red iron pipe, skillfully sent to the water hammer, the clanging loud sound with pieces of sparks splashing.

But this call responded in all directions, and soon overpowered the sound of the bell, and a large number of people gathered outside the workshop, discussing excitedly, "Shaozhou", "Yingde", "forty or fifty thousand" and other words drilled into the gap of the forging sound and floated into everyone's ears.

"Old rice, but shout, if you don't hurry up the work of this batch of barrels, it will be too late, where can you have so much time to spare your teeth."

Tian Dayu Chaozheng, who was instructing the supervisor to inspect the finished product, shouted.

"There are guns and cannons we made, and the soft-footed soldiers in the imperial court are more or less in vain!"

Guan Fengsheng shook his head and lamented for the craftsmen who made a fuss, he was really uninformed.

"But...... What a win! Have a good drink with me in the evening! ”

Tian Dayou patted Guan Fengsheng, who also grinned and laughed heartily.

"Did you win? Don't give me any time to watch the jokes of those officials and masters in Guangzhou......"

Qingpu, Guangzhou, Fan Jin shook his head helplessly, and a dark-skinned man in front of him stared, and the shock on his face couldn't be hidden.

"I told you a long time ago, let's fight, that's a matter of deciding the winner face to face. It's not that Shaozhou can't be opened, I think Li Tianwang ...... General Division, solve the tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, that is, a matter of one day. ”

Zheng Yong, who was beside Fan Jin, said lightly to the swarthy man, now he is the deputy commander of Nanying, guarding Qingpu with the Nine Dragon Wing and the Dapeng Wing. And the swarthy man is the thief of the South China Sea, Bai Yanzi, who turned war into jade silk with him, and invited him to join hands to do great things. Originally, Bai Yanzi was not convinced that Li Shi was such a young man, and just wanted to come to Qingpu first to see Li Shi's situation, but unexpectedly, he received a battle report from Li Shi in Shaozhou and Yingde to break the Qing army.

A total of 40,000 Qing soldiers, just disappeared, the first batch of captives have arrived in Qingpu with the ship, Bai Yanzi was naturally shocked, he was more than the size of the force, to come to form an alliance with Li Shi, now it seems that although Li Shi's sea power has not yet been shown, but he can gnaw the Qing court army head-on, whether it is heart or strength, he is not comparable.

"Could it be that I really have the possibility of returning to my hometown and galloping on the field?"

Bai Yanzi's heart is burning loudly, his ancestors are also from the former Ming Water Master, and even have a grudge with the Zheng family, although he is displaced from Nanyang, he always has a heart to return to his hometown.

"It seems that you have to weigh Li Shi's strength carefully, if he really has such strength, even if he is like this Zheng Yong, living under his roof, it is not a right path."

White Swallow thought so.

"Win!"

Outside the Xiguan in Guangzhou, outside the newly built Heavenly Temple, the crowd of people who were waiting to worship no longer had the solemn and solemn atmosphere, and they were smiling and talking in a low voice.

Xu Lingti, who was wearing a plain green robe, stood at the gate of the hall, looking at the slight movement of the crowd disappreciatively, and secretly said in his heart, what is the joy of this? Hold the thunder of the heavens, what demons can't cleanse?

"I think this Li Tianwang is the reincarnation of Li Jing, the Tota Heavenly King who subdued demons and eliminated demons!"

An old man said tremblingly, there were faint tears in his eyes, Xu Lingfu recognized this old man, he was a survivor of the Guangzhou massacre more than sixty years ago, at that time he was estimated to be a baby, a family died, and he was rescued by a monk.

"What is the Heavenly King of Tota, according to the saints we have lined up all the way, I think he is the saint of this world who guards the Dao!"

Another middle-aged man shook his head, dissatisfied with the old man's monk's spirit, this is a scholar, an old boy, failed the imperial examination, turned into a doctor, and later entered the Yingci Academy for further study. Now he is not only a surgeon, but also mixed with Yiming Lao Dao and Xu Lingti, tinkering with Catholic things.

"There is no saint in the world, Li Tianwang is afraid that he doesn't want to be looked at like this......"

An even younger scholar muttered, this is a merchant's child, and he can't pass the imperial examination, he went to the Yingde Business School to study, and bought a store outside the Yingci Academy, and started a medical equipment business.

"Who cares about those who are holy or not, we will know that Li Tianwang has won, and the sky in Guangdong is one level higher!"

The man who looked like a porter couldn't get used to seeing these two scholars sour, so he interjected directly, and everyone nodded with a low smile.

"Higher...... It's still a blue sky......"

Someone else sighed in a low voice, and the word "green" had another interpretation in everyone's ears, and the originally happy faces changed to different looks.

Xu Lingti also felt a slight wave in his heart, which was both regretful and cheering up. Since he was a child, he has had a bit of Han spirit in his heart, although he won the show, he didn't think about taking the road of the eunuch. When I was a child, I read books, and every time I read the deeds of the former Ming pile, I just sighed with emotion, sighing that the destiny of heaven is reincarnated, and the creation is unpredictable.

He is a genius, after touching the edge of the Heavenly Dao and breaking free from the shackles that bound his heart, he couldn't help but think deeply, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that this Manchu Qing was really a dynasty that went against the Heavenly Dao.

He wants to follow Yiming Lao Tao to study Catholicism, and what he wants is to open the eyes of the world. Doctors can only treat diseases, scholars seek to be officials, and soldiers kill enemies, not to mention what he is good at. And this Catholicism is the indoctrination of the general public, and if he wants to do it, he has to do this great cause!

Now Li Shi has defeated the Qing court army, as the man said, the sky in Guangdong is one layer higher, but after all, it is still the "Qing" sky, Li Xi is using blood and fire to break the sky step by step, he also wants to help Li Shi, with this Catholicism to pull down the way of heaven, keep people's hearts, and let Lang Lang Qiankun reappear in the world.

Although the "Qing" sky is there, if it is broken, he still has his own credit, and he Xu Lingti, who is born with intelligence, is truly worthy of God and his ancestors.

"It doesn't matter what color it is! The sky is high and the birds fly, this Guangdong is the paradise of our businessmen! ”

At the wharf of Qingpu Cargo Station, the teahouse restaurant was full of people, not only the guests laughed and laughed, but the boss and Xiao Er were all happy. Many teahouses and restaurants have also launched special entertainment, just for the good news just received. There are even restaurants that have hung up a sign that says "free orders" today, of course, they didn't forget to mark a line of small words: "100 people only".

An Jinzhi took a group of close business friends to this place where he should not be where he should be now, all he wanted was to have fun with everyone, and when he heard this, Zhengse shook his head.

"Don't forget Yu Song! That guy is going to make our Cantonese businessmen miserable! My son-in-law was furious and beckoned the workshop owners from Foshan and Dongguan into the Chamber of Commerce, and we businessmen had a lot less weight to speak! ”

An Jinzhi's words made everyone sigh, and no one pointed it out, An Jinzhi himself is also a big workshop owner.

"The situation in Guangdong has changed, and my son-in-law said that not only the membership fee of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce should be adjusted, but also the industrial and commercial tax of the local county government must be shared by the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce.

An Jinzhi was blowing the wind in advance, and the faces of the businessmen did not change with joy.

"Well received! If you don't deal with the imperial court anymore, let's discuss it ourselves! Li Shi...... It's like the big brother who helps us protect the street, it was a matter of guarding Qingpu before, and now it is another case of fighting Shaozhou with the imperial court, and we are not ambiguous at all about the silver that should be paid! ”

Many businessmen slapped the table, very happy, the Cantonese Merchants Association was established, the greater the power of Li Shi, the more comfortable they were to do business. That membership fee is nothing compared to the silver of the previous filial piety to the government. Even if he bears a little more, Li Xi is different from the government, he has to do real things after receiving money, and he can even beat them to the ground.

"Yu Song's kind of people, as well as those Jiangxi businessmen, everyone hates them, you can rest assured, tell your son-in-law, we businessmen themselves are also exchanging voices, whoever has any movement, they will communicate with the people of the Praetorian Guard."

This is a matter agreed upon by many businessmen on their own, Li Shi did not pressure them, they themselves agreed to each other according to the region, the Cantonese businessmen will always come and go freely, if they don't want to do business, they will leave, and if they want to stay here and move their hearts, it will be bad for everyone's career, and the relevant people are obliged to denounce such people.

"Li Tianwang's hands are really black, I heard that this battle wiped out 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in the four provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Guangxi! But the imperial court has more than these soldiers, there are 100,000 soldiers in Fujian and Zhejiang. ”

There are also businessmen who are worried, but these words have attracted ridicule from everyone, and they are still beaten? When the imperial court transfers these 100,000 soldiers, Li Xi is afraid that he will be able to have 20,000 soldiers, ten against one can't be beaten, and five against one can be beaten?

"In addition to the membership fee, let's donate silver to Li Tianwang again! He only has 10,000 soldiers under his command, and he can open up a world in Guangdong and help him train 100,000 soldiers, do you think he will take the whole world! ”

The other hot-blooded merchant drank a little too much and slammed the table, a proposal that caused a fire to rise in the merchant's heart.

"This ...... It's hard to say about this in the world, but our silver is useful after all. ”

An Jinzhi hurriedly led the topic to the practical level, and everyone nodded one after another.

"If only I could change the color of the sky......

Some people still have some knots, look up at the sky, and sigh lowly.

"This god is still called Daqing! Are you going to rebel!? ”

In a village in Huaxian County, north of Guangzhou, Master Qian Liang was leading his servants to confront a group of farmers. Hearing that the farmers mentioned what Li Shi and what retribution, Master Qian Liang was angry. These mud-legged people refused to pay the money and grain at the beginning of the year, and the surrounding squires were all focused on the business in Guangzhou, and they also broke the relationship with the mud-legged people and no longer forced them to pay. The magistrate of Huaxian County asked him to personally bring people to recover it, and said that he would take some of the most stubborn mud legs for surgery.

This village actually dared to resist the official errand with a nail rake and hoe, which was really good as a chicken to kill for the monkeys.

"When is Li Xi going to speak for you mud-legged people? Don't be wishful thinking, he's a businessman, he's an official! Don't you know that he is actually the magistrate of Nanhai County!? Shaozhou war!? It's your business! Whoever wins and who loses, you can't lose a penny of money and food that you should pay! ”

Master Qian Liang roared, but he actually didn't know the bottom in his heart. Li Xi defeated the two imperial armies in Shaozhou and Yingde, and I heard that the corpses of the officers and soldiers were blocked in the Beijiang River, and other places are not clear. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that if the sky is changed, these mud-legged people dare to fight against the government, and they naturally have something to rely on.

But looking at Li Shi's hands and feet for so many years, he doesn't care about mud legs at all, his own words, perhaps, should, maybe, are not a bluff.

"If the sky changes, we have to collect money and food! Less, so much! ”

Xu officials also shouted, many Xu officials have been passed down from generation to generation, from the Ming to the Qing Dynasty, they are all holding money and grain to urge, and then change the last round, they always feel that their work can not be changed.

"Then Li Xi is Li Tianwang! Some people say that after he broke into the king, he spoke for us poor people! ”

"The Yingci Yuan he runs, the poor people have no money to treat, and he also killed a circle of corrupt officials before, people like you, is it possible that he will still protect it!?"

"We will pay the imperial grain that should be paid, but the unclear things on the account will be collected after the food is clear!"

The peasants shouted one after another, and the money and grain masters and the servants also hesitated.

"Master Huang, why don't you ask Master Fang to see what kind of way King Li is doing about this?"

The messenger suggested that the industrial and commercial masters of Qingyuan, Huaxian, Conghua and Fogang were said to be Li Shi's celebrities, and it should be a safe move to ask him about the situation.

"Changing the sky? How could you think so far ahead? ”

After dealing with the beginning and end of Shaozhou, he returned to Baicheng to comfort his three wives, and Li Xi came to Qingpu to effectively grasp the situation in Guangzhou.

Unexpectedly, the situation was not only very good, but also so good that it was out of his control, and the reports of Fan Jin, Peng Xianzhong, and Liu Xingchun at all levels showed that the Qing court's control in Guangdong was completely destroyed by this battle.

Not to mention the industry and commerce, the original unstable mentality was corrected by this battle, and even the ordinary grass people who got the news had some other thoughts. Stable Guangdong is boiling, there are chaos in various places to resist officials and even kill officials, as far as the prefectures and counties of Chaozhou in Gaozhou, the officials of the Qing court are cleaning up, and many people have already slipped away.

"The prefect of Huizhou and half of the county officials in Huizhou have sued for illness......"

Liu Xingchun explained the situation in Guangdong, and An Jinzhi came with news that the businessmen of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce were discussing donations, and he hoped that Li Xian could control the situation in the whole of Guangdong.

"If you don't run at this moment, when we raise the flag, they will run again, that is the crime of killing the head."

Duan Hongshi's voice sounded, and the old man also sensed the sudden change in the situation, and chased Li Shi to Qingpu.

"But let's ...... Can you raise the flag now? ”

Li Shi asked rhetorically.

Everyone was silent, emotionally speaking, there was only one answer in their hearts, the name was not right, they were always walking on a tightrope like this, it was very tiring, and there were too many things to show their hands and feet.

Intellectually, everyone shook their heads.

Li Shi's stall, the shelf has just been opened, and the skeleton has not been built. The reason why the skin of the Qing court has not been torn is because the skin can stabilize the farmers and industry and maintain the basic social order. Li Xi can attach to this layer of order and suck blood.

Once the flag is raised, Li Xi has to build his own order, and Li Xi attaches great importance to this order, no less than overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the two sides exert their efforts, that is, the situation of taking care of the head and ignoring the tail.

Therefore, if you can get involved in the Qing court for one more day, you will be more sure, and when the flesh and bones are solid, you can smoothly and naturally crack that layer of skin.

This is Li Shi's understanding, but other people's understanding is different.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty took control of the Central Plains and occupied the so-called "general trend", and even people like Liu Xingchun who accepted some of the ideas of Li Xi and Duan Hongshi felt that what they were doing was "going against the trend".

Even if Li Shi won consecutive battles, held strong troops, and tightened the grip of industry and commerce, opening up such a situation in Guangdong, it is still difficult for everyone to imagine what kind of hardship it would be to face the pressure of the Qing court from all sides. After all, the other party has too many cards to play, soldiers, the Qing court is endless, and the so-called "people's hearts" of the scholars are also in the Qing court.

It's best not to raise the flag, this is the idea of Liu Xingchun's brother Liu Xingzhao and other peripheral people, but this is just an illusion, the stronger Li Xian becomes, the more afraid the Qing court becomes, how can this layer of skin be torn.

The two sides of the mind are united, that is...... The later the better.

"yes, so every time you win, you have to have a headache."

Li Xian said as if he had a toothache.

"And this time, I don't know if Kangxi can cooperate."

This is Li Xian's worry, what if Kangxi is so scared that he can't care about his face anymore?

"In short, prepare for the worst-case scenario, don't think too seriously, the Qing court is really going to fight, and the time is still here."

Duan Hongshi said as he stared at the guards beside Li Shi, there was something strange in their eyes, and the old man was a little worried.

(To be continued)