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In fact, Liu Ruyi really didn't pay attention to the labor and military salaries that the gentry in Luoyang City could contribute!

In recent years, although Liu Ruyi led the Caishi Army to fight in the south and the north, and there was not much time to really operate various industries in Shandong, Liu Ruyi has always implemented a free economic policy with a strong tendency to protect the region in Caishi Town, Jinan City, and even the entire Shandong region under the actual control of the Caishi Army, which is similar to the prototype of the 'market economy system' in later generations!

Coupled with the strong support of the Great Huaxia Development Bank and the rapid development of Huaxia Ocean Trading Company, the economic level of Shandong has become rapidly prosperous and full of vitality!

Relying on the huge military supply of the Caishi Army, the investment of the Shandong gentry can often have a good income in a short period of time!

And the most important thing is that at present, the four places of the Ming Dynasty are full of smoke, but due to the strength of the Caishi Army, the land of Shandong is rarely disturbed by the shadow of war, and it is one of the few pure lands in the Ming Dynasty at the moment!

In addition, Liu Ruyi firmly controls the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty - the Grand Canal, in this kind of year, it is difficult to get rich or not!

This time, the Caishi Army went to the Central Plains, even if Liu Ruyi didn't want to pay for the military, he could casually inform these wealthy businessmen and giants in Jinan City and make up a military budget of one or two million taels, which would be an easy matter!

After all, in the land of Shandong, almost everyone is a beneficiary under Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army!

In this land, no one dares not to buy Liu Ruyi's face!

It's just that, for long-term considerations, in order to restore the construction of various infrastructure in the Central Plains as soon as possible, Liu Ruyi did not go all out to fish, but adopted a more gentle way of financing and collecting money!

After all, what Daming lacks most at the moment is not the 'false' prosperity of the economy, but the most tangible food that can fill the stomachs of the people first!

In later generations, the famous Yugoslav coach who brought the Chinese national football team into the World Cup for the only time once said, 'Attitude is everything!' ’

At this time, Liu Ruyi can understand the hardships in Luoyang City, but the figure of the labor army's salary obviously does not take Liu Ruyi and Caishijun to heart!

According to King Fu's family background, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it is a million taels or tens of millions of taels, so what's the difficulty?

But at the moment, at the top of the list, it is only 3,000 taels of the former Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Lu Weiqi, and King Fu is only 5,000 taels, and as for the gentry in the back, the sum is only 20,000 taels!

Although the silver can't explain the problem, even if Liu Ruyi can accept this attitude, how can the more than 50,000 colored stone soldiers under his command accept it?

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However, after all, Liu Ruyi is used to seeing strong winds and waves, although he is extremely dissatisfied with everyone in Luoyang City, Liu Ruyi is not in a hurry to make too many big moves!

For four days in a row, the camp of the Caishi Army has been as warm as water, and the armies only practiced their soldiers as usual and defended strictly, and did not launch any provocative offensive against the displaced army!

This made the outcasts extremely uncomfortable!

Originally, the arrival of Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army made them feel like they were facing a great enemy, and their nerves collapsed to their throats, for fear that if they were not careful, the Caishi Army would rush forward.

But after a few days, the Caishi Army had no intention of attacking Luoyang City at all, and these homeless soldiers couldn't help but gradually relax!

Many of the ragged exile soldiers had never seen such a drill method of the Caishi Army at all!

In recent days, they saw that the Caishi Army had no will to fight, and they were a lot more courageous, and even, many people, during the day, secretly gathered at the edge of the Caishi Army camp a hundred steps away, curiously watching the drills of the Caishi Army in the camp, and from time to time they also made a judgment!

Luoyang City, the Wandering Army, the Caishi Army, and the tripartite camp have strangely calmed down, forming a strange scene outside the battlefield that makes people laugh and cry!

For these exiled troops, Liu Ruyi did not take an extreme attitude, as long as they were not within a hundred steps of the Caishi army camp, Liu Ruyi let them watch from a distance, after all, the military literacy of the two sides is not on the same level at all!

Liu Ruyi is not afraid, the Wandering Army has learned the training method of the Caishi Army, and its combat power will be increased several times in an instant!

It's just that whenever it's time to eat, in the camp of the Caishi Army, the soldiers have vegetables and meat, eat and drink, and the thick aroma of broth can simply float ten miles away.

If it weren't for the fact that the Wandering People's Army had many old battalion supervisors carrying knives to monitor around, they would have been rushing at the food of the Caishi Army, and they would have surrendered to Liu Ruyi immediately!

However, behind the seemingly smooth battle situation of the soldiers, the bigwigs on both sides are brewing a big storm!

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The time is close to the twentieth day of the twelfth month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and it is about to reach the new year!

In the past few days, in Liu Ruyi's big tent, Liu Ruyi has met with Chen De, the son of Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Luoyang, to inquire about the news in Luoyang City!

And many scouts of the Caishi Army also inadvertently mixed into the camp of the Wandering Army, listening to the latest movements of the Wandering Army!

has reached such an extent, for the right to rule the land under their feet, a big war between the Caishi Army and the Liumin Army is inevitable!

It's just that the Wandering Army is afraid of the prestige of the world-famous Caishi Army, and they don't dare to act rashly!

And Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army is also a new army, and it also takes time to adapt to the compact situation on this battlefield, and the two sides are not clear, so they maintain a short strange balance!

But Liu Ruyi knew in his heart that the tranquility at this time was just for a more violent storm in the future!

Although Liu Ruyi didn't know what Li Zicheng was thinking at this time, but the New Year was approaching, 500,000 soldiers were eating horses, and Li Zicheng's food and salary were heavy, I was afraid that it would not last long!

Li Zicheng is not a fool, the fierce storm is likely to come violently inadvertently!

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In the big tent, Liu Ruyi was leaning on the tiger skin soft couch and closed his eyes to recuperate.

A personal soldier respectfully knelt on the ground and reported: "General, our second batch of grain and grass has passed the Yan Division, and we will be able to reach the camp by this evening at the latest!" ”

Liu Ruyi's eyes slammed into it, and he said sternly: "You must be very careful in this matter, and you must not make a mistake!" Inform Huolang that he will send someone to greet him in person at night! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers hurried away!

But in a moment, another soldier entered the tent and reported: "General, the prince of the supervising army, ask to see the general!" It is said that there is an emergency military intelligence consultation! ”

Liu Ruyi took a deep breath, "No! You go tell him! In this war, General Ben has his own plans! The results will be available soon! Let him not worry! ”

"Yes!"

Watching the soldiers leave, Liu Ruyi rubbed his temples tiredly!

At present, a very important reason why Liu Ruyi did not let the army immediately break through the defense line of the Liumin Army and enter Luoyang City is that the Caishi Army is too eager to go out this time, the grain and grass are heavy, and the preparation is not sufficient!

The water in Luoyang City is too muddy, if you blindly enter the city, it is likely that you will fall into a disadvantageous situation!

At this time, what is hateful is not actually these homeless army in front of them, those huge moths in Luoyang City are more terrible, ten times more hateful, ten times more hateful, a hundred times more hateful!

War is too cruel and bloody!

Even if Liu Ruyi's family has a big business, it will definitely not be able to bear the price of 'Waterloo'!

In this battle, what Liu Ruyi wants is not just a military victory, but - Luoyang, the entire Heluo region, the entire Central Plains, and even, the hearts of the entire Ming Dynasty!

At the bottom of this Luoyang City, Liu Ruyi wants the entire people of Daming to see the true combat power of the Caishi Army!

And with the arrival of the second batch of grain and grass of the Caishi Army, everything is ready......

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At this time, in Li Zicheng's big tent, the generals of the Exile Army gathered and were also discussing the countermeasures for this battle!

However, at this time, due to the 'old return' Ma Shouying, who led more than 10,000 exiles from Huguang to surrender, the momentum of the exiled army instantly increased a lot!

This also made the generals of the exile army have a great increase in their confidence!

In the big tent, in a big cauldron, a thin little lamb is stewed, exuding a faint smell of mutton, and all the generals of the exile army are staring closely at the pot, and a few people have poor concentration, and they have begun to drool!

Although the Wandering People's Army is huge at this time, its family background is very thin!

In the past year, although they swept through western Henan, southern Henan and southern Shaanxi, and grabbed a lot of silver taels, due to the unlimited expansion of the size of the team, they were very short of food and materials on hand!

After all, in this era, according to the reputation of the exile army, it is difficult to buy food even if there is silver!

Not to mention, the most critical waterway of the Grand Canal has been firmly controlled by Liu Ruyi!

Even if they want to buy grain from Jiangnan, due to the relationship between the road, the price and cost will be increased several times, which Li Zicheng absolutely cannot afford!

The only source of food and grass they can get is by the word 'grab'!

At this time, this little lamb in the big tent was already the last livestock in the camp of the Wandering Army! This is still to entertain Ma Shouying's arrival, Li Zicheng is 'bleeding'!

Seeing everyone's appearance, Li Zicheng smiled, waved his hand and said, "Everyone, the military situation can be discussed later, but the brothers can't go hungry!" Come on, let's eat! Serve a bowl to Brother Ma first! ”

Everyone couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Thank you King Chuang!" ”

"Chuang Wang Yingming!"

These generals of the exile army, where can they take care of anything else, between the wind and the clouds, this poor little lamb will not even have bones and slag left!

Ma Shouying patted his belly with satisfaction, and arched his hand: "King Chuang, Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army, although it seems to be powerful, but in fact, they have 50,000 people, and there are at least more than 40,000 new troops!" This is definitely a great time for us! We can't delay any longer, to deal with people like Liu Ruyi, the only way is to solve it quickly! Rely on the superiority of our military strength and numbers to completely defeat it! Otherwise, there will be many dreams at night! ”

Ma Shouying in Huguang, due to being squeezed out by Zhang Xianzhong, life was not easy, at this time, although he had just come to Li Zicheng's camp, he was eager to make a meritorious achievement!

From the beginning of Chongzhen's early years, the rise of the Wandering Army, to the end of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, although the Wandering Army has many leaders, but to this extent, it has basically divided the order!

Since the death of Lao Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, in the exile army, Zhang Xianzhong's department is basically the one who carries the banner, but due to the rise of Li Zicheng this year, he quietly replaced Zhang Xianzhong's top spot and forced Lao Zhang to the position of the second!

Like Ma Shouying, he also understands that now that the general trend has been decided, it is impossible for him to surpass Li Zicheng's momentum, so he simply wants to fight for a good future in Li Zicheng's camp!

Ma Shouying has a good personal relationship with Li Zicheng, and he is a fellow villager, plus he is a lot older, and Lao Cheng is serious, Li Zicheng trusts him very much.

At this time, hearing what Ma Shouying said, Li Zicheng was also a little moved, and hurriedly said: "Brother Ma, what you said, I also know!" It's just that Liu Ruyi is too famous after all, and in a certain heart, he still has some scruples! ”

Ma Shouying couldn't help but laugh at Ha Lu, "King Chuang, you are wise!" It's a pity that I can't see the essence clearly when I am in the game! All we need to do is ......"

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