"Mr. Li, what has been the recent movement in the imperial court?" In the study, Lu Haoshan asked while sipping tea.

Li Nian replied with a straight face: "If you go back to the east, according to the intelligence, after the traitors crossed the Yellow River, they first flowed everywhere, and now they are mainly divided into three routes, all the way back to Shaanxi, all the way north to Shanxi, and all the way east to Fengyang. ”

"What's going on with that Zhang Xianzhong?"

"Intelligence says that Zhang Xianzhong is the main force in Fengyang in the east, but their life is not easy, the officials and soldiers have been desperately chasing and killing, in the end, they are like rats crossing the street."

Escaped the Yellow River, only temporarily dodged the fatal knife, and then put as far away as possible from the butcher's knife of the official army, and did not get out of danger, the righteous army can cross the river, the official army can also cross the river, and unconsciously more than half a year has passed, when they are recuperating, the official army and the righteous army do not know how many battles and how many bloody battles.

Lu Haoshan said strangely: "There are east, west, and north, why is there less south, the land of lakes is the land of fish and rice, and the people are relatively rich, why does no one go south?" ”

"Dong Weng, it's good to have money, but you also have to have a life to spend" Li Nian explained: "Huguang is ripe, the world is full, Huguang can be said to be the granary of the imperial court, can there be no heavy soldiers?" Besides, Huguang is mostly a plain area, easy to plant but not easy to hide, if those thieves arrive in Huguang, it is easy for the officials and soldiers to surround them, where can two feet run more than four legs, they are all fine. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Lu Haoshan suddenly realized, he thought they were stupid, but he didn't expect that it was himself who was stupid, and the righteous army would rather go back to Shaanxi, which was full of disasters and difficulties, than go south, indicating that in the early days of the uprising, the terrain that was easy to hide and escape was the most important thing for the righteous army.

Lu Haoshan's head immediately turned at high speed, if his estimation was correct, Zhang Xianzhong, a guy with little energy and a bad stomach, should remember the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family, and the ancients attached great importance to feng shui. Zhang Xianzhong wanted to break the "dragon vein" of the old Zhu family, and he also broke Fengyang in history, and when Fengyang was frantically pursued by the official army, he attacked Sichuan.

Attacking Sichuan, that is, attacking himself, Lu Haoshan suddenly thought of Han Wendeng, and a sneer appeared on his lips: Han Wendeng can take advantage of the situation to replace his original boss Guo Feng, why can't he replace Han Wendeng?

The big husband should take advantage of the momentum, and if there is no momentum, then build his own momentum.

"Mr. Lee. There is a saying that I don't know if you have heard, hunting geese all day long......."

Li Nian immediately picked up and said, "I will also be blinded by the pecking of geese." ”

After saying that, the two looked at each other, and then laughed, needless to say, they both thought of going together.

Isn't Zhang Xianzhong going to Sichuan? Then let him in, and then find an opportunity for him to let Han Wendeng's men and horses fight, watch the fire on the other side, and wait until they are almost fighting before coming out to clean up. In these years, whoever has the power of the army will have a hard fist, and for this day, Lu Haoshan has put in too much effort.

Laughing. Lu Haoshan said with a straight face: "Mr. Li" What should we do now, and ask Mr. Li to teach me. ”

"As long as you do three things well, Sichuan will change its course, and it will be overnight."

"Please advise."

Li Nian twisted his beard slightly. He said confidently: "First of all, Dong Weng should enhance his own strength, expand his scale, train his soldiers diligently, and raise grain and grass. By the way, the new firearm is powerful, and it is necessary to speed up and arm your subordinates, this is a magic weapon that can determine the outcome of the battlefield. ”

"Second, do not skimp on coins and befriend all forces, such as generals with heavy troops, local tycoons, etc., after all, to gain a firm foothold, their support is indispensable, even if they do not support, it is a kind of help for us to maintain the center in the process of our struggle; Finally, it is the Thirteen Yellow Shakers, which is a chess piece for us and an important variable, as long as we play this chess piece well, the benefits are innumerable. ”

Lu Haoshan nodded again and again when he heard this, this Li Nian analyzed it well, it seems that he has put a lot of effort into this aspect, and he has invited the master this time.

"Zhang Rui has now won the trust of Huang Harrier's uncle and nephew, and has successfully provoked the relationship between Huang Hongming and another important leader, and the heat is almost over" Lu Haoshan's eyes flashed a hint of fierceness, and he said: "Mr. Li, send a message to Zhang Rui and ask him to take a bigger step, if there are any requirements, we will fully cooperate." ”

It took a lot of manpower and material resources, and I didn't do anything against my will, and it took more than half a year of hard work, if I couldn't even take a small bandit, I might as well go home and wash and sleep.

"Yes, Dong Weng, the student will do it immediately." Li Nian immediately responded.

Lu Haoshan suddenly asked, "Mr. Li, the shadow secret team has been established for so long, and it should have collected a lot of interesting things." ”

Knowing the importance of intelligence, Lu Haoshan established a capable intelligence team as early as possible, and when he founded the intelligence team, he was reluctant to play the role of the Zhao family's eyes and ears, and also for the needs of the future, he established an intelligence team that was not used for military purposes, that is, an intelligence team that specialized in collecting unfavorable evidence from officials and wealthy families, so that it could be used to blackmail at the right time.

This team is mainly composed of capable scouts and the eyes and ears of the Zhao clan, and there are no more than five people who know their identities, but there is no record on the roster, and it is an intelligence team hidden in the dark, so it is also called the shadow team.

The crows in the world are as black as the crows, and there are really few officials in the late Ming Dynasty who have clean buttocks.

AS SOON AS HE TALKED ABOUT THE SHADOW SECRET TEAM, LI NIAN SMILED, SMILED VERY MUCH, AND SAID WITH A SMILE: "THERE ARE INDEED A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS, THOSE MATERIALS ARE MORE THAN THREE FEET HIGH, IT CAN BE SAID THAT IT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT, BUT IF THESE THINGS ARE SCATTERED, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE UNLUCKY." ”

After speaking, Li Nian gritted his teeth and said: "Those officials and wealthy families, on the surface, are gentlemen, benevolent, righteous and courteous, but in fact, men and women are prostitutes, snakes and rats are a nest, not to mention bullying men and women, and stealing and robbing, many people also collude with thieves and bandits to secretly share the spoils, which is simply a great crime." ”

"Oh, that sounds interesting, show me the materials."

"Yes, Dong On."

Soon, Lu Haoshan picked up the black materials that Yingmi secretly collected, but he didn't expect that these black materials were quite rich, ranging from generals occupying Tuntian and colluding with bandits, to a certain squire picking up ashes, a certain small official and his boss's concubine cheating, all varied, which is breathtaking.

This black material is enough to write a book on the dark side of humanity.

What made Lu Haoshan most curious was that there was evidence of the embezzlement of Tuntian by the generals of the Shaowei Institute, and with these evidences, Lu Haoshan smiled like a wolf grandmother.

"Mr. Li, I heard that our Dong Jian and Dong Yan are in charge of Tuntian?"

"That's right, this Tuntian is a fat man, he has so many Tuntian in his hands, it is just right to hold this position."

Lu Haoshan said with a smile: "Our Dong is too idle, and it is not easy for such a big family to feed, so let's send him some credit and oil and water." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Knock him, let him go to thoroughly investigate those restless guards generals, help him get a little clear, look, my subordinate is so considerate of him, hahaha" After laughing, Lu Haoshan said to himself: "If you want him to die, you must let him go crazy first, well, it seems that you have to go back to your old business again." ”

His own Dong Weng is really evil, that Dong Jian's butt was not clean, and he asked him to check on others, didn't he push him into the fire? In addition, those Tuntian are the lifeblood and forbidden of those generals, if they move it, don't those generals hate Dong Jian to the bones?

Dong Jian is Han Wendeng's brother-in-law, in this way, even Han Wendeng also holds a grudge, losing the support of these generals, something really happened, I am afraid that I am .......

The good sentence "If you want him to die, you must let him go crazy first", the owner is simply a demon, and it is estimated that he was uneasy and kind when he secretly planned the shadow team.

As for how Lu Haoshan implemented it, Lu Haoshan didn't say, and Li Nian didn't ask, in Li Nian's heart, since Dong Weng said that he wanted to make him "crazy", he must have his own method. 、

Li Nianna is convinced of this.

The two conspired in the study for a long time, and then Li Nian withdrew from the study and began to do things according to Lu Haoshan's instructions, Lu Haoshan's plan was fully launched, and the preparations were naturally no less, including sending a letter to the Zhao family in Jiangyou, asking them to recruit 2,000 more people for training in the way of nursing homes.

After Li Nian went out, Lu Haoshan breathed a long sigh of relief, and a look of excitement appeared on his face, he had been in the Ming Dynasty for so long and had prepared so many things, and now he finally decided to launch it in an all-round way, and there was a faint feeling that he was exhausted.

Taking this step, you can only go on without hesitation, because there is no way back behind you.

After sitting in the study for a while, Lu Haoshan suddenly stood up, went out without saying a word and asked people to prepare horses, and then galloped all the way to Wenchong Qianhu, and did not rest when he arrived at Wenchong Qianhu, but went straight to the Secret Weapons Research Institute to see the construction of those new firearms.

"Bang, bang, bang"

"When, when"

"Here's... Z"

As soon as I entered the research institute, the sound of hammering, percussion and grinding was endless, and the craftsmen performed their duties, some casting, some grinding, some hammering the butt, some grinding the firing pin, some sawing the tail sheath, and some testing the fire door, one by one, the finished products, semi-finished products, and parts of the new fire gun fell to the ground in a chaotic and orderly manner, and everyone worked attentively, so that outsiders did not know when they came.

Xu Xiang, the master craftsman in charge of the entire research institute, was fiddling with a freshly assembled new firearm in a corner, trying to shoot it from time to time, with a serious expression, as if in his world there was only the storage of the firearm in his hand.

Obviously, he adopted the assembly line method mentioned by Lu Haoshan, subdividing the work, and then integrating it, effectively improving the quality and efficiency of the product.

Lu Haoshan motioned to the craftsmen who found him to continue working, and did not go to Xu Xiang to ask questions, but silently retreated.

Not long after, Lu Haoshan returned to the backyard where he used to live, which has always been kept, so that he can come back to inspect at any time, and after retreating, he took out the set of self-made tools from the hidden corner of the study, picked up the forged token of the brocade clothes and guarded the hundred households, looked at it, smiled slightly, put it aside, and picked up a small hammer with a claw.

In order to complete his plan, he had to go back to his old business again. (To be continued......)