On the day the news came out, Xu Xiang took two large orders for firearms, and at the same time, a large amount of real money and silver were actually transported into Lu Haoshan's silver warehouse, which was only a deposit, and the rest was required to be replaced by grain and horses.

Now Fan Yongdou is a little depressed, feeling that every battle is like smashing silver, and a huge amount of money will be spent on a battle, which is shocking, but it is difficult to ride a tiger, because it cannot be guaranteed that the Dashun army does not use firearms, and compared with life, the world and money and silver, of course, the first two items are more important, and whether it is Li Zicheng or Dolgon, the money and silver in their hands are obtained by robbing the common people, and they don't need to save hard one by one, this kind of money and silver is easy to come by, and it will naturally not be heartache to spend.

On the night of getting the big order, Lu Haoshan and Li Nian raised their glasses and drank at Jianmen Pass, and the two of them drank a whole jar of high-grade bamboo leaf green wine.

Relying on the sale of arms, Lu Haoshan made a lot of money, and with money in his hands, various welfare undertakings in Sichuan also began to develop, such as building roads and bridges, giving porridge and scattering medicine, such things as doing a lot of things, getting free medical treatment when sick, the government organizing various prize activities, helping the poor people, etc., greatly enhancing the happiness and pride of the Sichuan military and civilians, however, this is a troubled time, and not every place has such a good situation as Sichuan.

If Sichuan is said to be heaven, then many Central Plains lands outside Sichuan are as terrible as Shura hell.

Together, the most tragic is the people, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, the troubled times officially opened, there is no restraint of law and discipline, no moral criticism, no restraint of behavior, as long as your fist is big, you can do whatever you want, for a time bandits are everywhere, the mountains are numerous, some people are robbed by different forces several times a day is not strange, hooligans, thieves, bandits, officers and soldiers of the former court guards, evil slaves of wealthy families, Dashun army, Manchu Tartars, etc., can be said to be miserable.

In order to escape for their lives, the Dashun army even used the silk and brocade forging to wrap around the trees and place the treasures and antiques on the side of the road, hoping to hinder the marching speed of the Manchu iron cavalry, after all, the Dashun army also had to carry the people, officials, grain, grass, gold and silver goods, etc., and the marching speed was slow, and in order to survive, they could only give up some goods.

The Qing army caught up with the Dashun army in the capital city, the two sides fought fiercely, the Qing army won a big victory and killed the senior general Zeng Ying of Dashun, Dashun was forced to retreat, and fought another battle in Zhending, and ended with a great victory for the Qing army, after the battle of Zhending, the Dashun army retreated into Shanxi, and the Qing army was also tired and tired, unable to pursue and kill, first, the grain and grass supplies could not keep up, and secondly, they had to consolidate the occupation of the Jingshi and Jifu regions, so both sides had tacit understanding to collect troops, the Dashun army retreated to Shanxi, and the Qing army returned to Beijing in the north.

This decision was the beginning of the confrontation between the two sides, and at this time, both sides coincidentally aimed at Lu Haoshan in Sichuan, and spent a lot of money to buy firearms from Lu Haoshan, This is where Hong Chengchou made his fortune, and now there are still many cronies who hold great power, or take refuge in Dashun, or occupy the mountain as the king, and as soon as they receive Hong Chengchou's recruitment, most of them will accept it, even if they don't accept it, they don't dare to face him head-on, and some of them take the initiative to open the door to greet him when they hear that he is coming.

After about half a year of competition and competition, the two faintly took the Yellow River as the boundary, north of the Yellow River is the world of Manchu iron cavalry, and the south of the Yellow River is firmly in the hands of the Dashun army.

Of course, Sichuan is an exception, it is Lu Haoshan's forbidden body, with a firm pass and sharp firearms, Li Zicheng and Dolgon dare not touch it for the time being.

The Dashun army and the Manchu Eight Banners fought inextricably, there were victories and defeats against each other, many cities, passes frequently changed owners, the Sichuan army united with Wan'er Shawan Huchang Pubu, the war of the Western Expedition was about to break out, and the Central Plains was shrouded in a dense cloud of war, and at this time, even Dezhou in Shandong was not calm.

In a quiet compound in the west of Texas City, the night was very late, but the study was still lit with oil lamps, and outside the study, there were a few people who looked like people hiding in the dark, staring vigilantly outside, for fear that someone would eavesdrop, and it was obvious that a very secret thing was being discussed inside.

In the study, the oil lamps flickered, and the dim light shone on several tense faces, which were so tight that they could freeze.

There are five sitting in the study, put it in the past, they are all people with heads and faces in Dezhou City, it is said that it was before, that is, their honor is from the previous dynasty, sitting in the middle is the Ming Dynasty's imperial historian Lu Shihe, Zhao Jiding, Cheng Xianzhen, the director of Texas, Li Zanming, and Xie Majesty, so many big officials are a little strange, but it is a little strange to think that the Xie family is a famous family of the De family, and Xie Sheng, a university scholar, is the elder brother of Xie Majesty, that is, these two layers of relationship, Xie Majesty can sit here and discuss big things with these big people.

Lu Shihe looked at the four of them with a nervous expression, and said with a smile: "Everyone, please rest assured, this place is in a remote location, surrounded by Lu's relatives, there is no ear of the wall, and you can talk freely about anything." ”

"Sitting here, who was not persecuted by the Li thief and harmed by the king of Hades, Lord Lu, you take the lead, we will all listen to you, and kill these mud legs directly." Li Zanming, the magistrate on the side, said with an indignant face.

Zhao Jiding frowned and said, "What can we do if we reverse Dashun?" Now Li Zicheng has a million troops, we are not his opponents, the Manchu Eight Banners are thirsty for killing, although the king of Hades is easy to deal with, he is only afraid of attracting the crazy retribution of the Dashun army, this is too dangerous, we still have to think in the long run. ”

The original name of the king of Hades in the mouth of the people was Yan Jie, because of the thirst for killing, so he got a nickname of the king of Hades, Yan Jie is the martial arts defense envoy of Dashun in Shandong, this person was originally a peaceful and self-guarding people, but was forced by the government to follow Li Zicheng in desperation, because he fought bravely, repeatedly made military exploits, and was sent here by Li Zicheng as a martial arts defense envoy, he and Dezhou Mu Wu Zhengwen are like-minded, especially ruthless to the squire landlord, in Texas can be said to do all evil, using the movement of recovering stolen goods, which is not pleasing to the eye to chase stolen goods, often ruins other people's families, Yan Jie is so rich that he can't wait to turn over other people's ancestral graves; And Wu Zhengwen is lustful, and he especially likes to play with the female dependents of those official families and wealthy families, these two can be said to have become the disaster stars of the Texas gentry class, and which one is unlucky.

The people present were more or less enmity with Yan Jie and Wu Zhengwen, and when they saw Lu Shihe's invitation to discuss the plan, they hesitated for a moment, and finally came.

"If you want to be rich, you naturally want to take millet from the fire" Cheng Xianzhen said in a calm voice: "Back then, Li Zicheng said that he didn't pay for food, and we felt that it was unreliable, and he was not a heavenly soldier or a god, nor was he a god who turned stones into gold, what did so many people and horses eat?" Now compared with the Qing Dynasty, it has become shameful, although the Manchu Qing is a foreigner, but they also know the etiquette, on the third day of entering Beijing, they ordered to hold a grand burial ceremony for the emperor, the whole city mourned for three days, ordered to pardon the former officials and the crime of contact with the Great Shun, stabilized the situation, and also announced that all the land confiscated by the Great Shun army, will be returned to the owner, this is the natural good news, you think about it, if we can get back the land passed down from our ancestors, then the revival of the family business, it will not be far away, that is, under the death of Jiuquan, There are also faces to meet the ancestors. ”

"What?" Li Zanming said with a look of surprise: "Then the Manchu Eight Banners are so good? Not only did they not investigate the guilt of those officials who took refuge in the ministers and bury the old lord of my former dynasty, but also returned the land products that were divided by mud feet to their original habitat? This, this can't be a lie, right? ”

"Li Tuiguan, this is true" At this time, Xie Ma, who had rarely spoken, echoed: "The student is not talented, there is still a little relationship in the capital, as far as I know, there is indeed no major move or massacre in the capital, Dolgon with the assistance of Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng, engaged in the gatekeeping of buying people's hearts, and thickened the emperor, and also posted a list to call for the conquest of the Dashun army, and those who oppose the Dashun surrender to the Qing Dynasty are rewarded heavily, and there are storms in various places. ”

Lu Shihe nodded and said: "That's right, this person broke his word and became fat, if it weren't for us, Da Shun would have been able to take this place so smoothly?" It's good now, before he can gain a firm foothold, he uses the campaign to recover the stolen goods to loot these people who helped him in the past, and he still says that he will not pay food, but in order to buy firearms, he will ask the people for tax money, and if he can't pay it, he will have to be scolded, and some of them are even more ruthless than the government of the previous dynasty, and it is time to clean him up. ”

"On the contrary, there is no rush these days, it is better to fight."

"It makes sense, and the big husband should take advantage of the trend."

"In order to fight against the fierce Manchu Eight Banners, most of the troops have been transferred, which is just right for us to get into trouble."

"From the perspective of topography, the location of Shandong is good, it is far away from the lake, Li Zicheng can't come for a while, even if there is something, we can also retreat calmly from the sea."

"It would be great if we could take back the farmland."

"These people are rampant when they gain power, it is better to take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, at least the family business can be preserved."

Everyone quickly reached a consensus, but Lu Shihe suddenly said: "This idea is good, maybe what name do we use?" The teacher is unknown, and everything is not smooth. ”

His Majesty squinted his eyes and said: "This is easy to do, Zhu Shuai of the former dynasty clan is still there, we will push him as the king of Ji, in his name, he will definitely respond to every call, and the prince of the previous dynasty has fallen into the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and as soon as the prince is recruited, we will have steps down." ”R1152