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Liu Ruyi swept over everyone with a smile, but his eyes focused on Ma Deqiang's body and stayed for a few more seconds.

All the way from the bottom to the current position, how can Liu Ruyi not know about Ma Deqiang's thoughts?

The so-called 'sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!' ’

Although Ma Deqiang's current business is not small, he is also a small family asset, and he maintains a good relationship with Liu Ruyi's back house, but after all, he is from a humble background, compared with these wealthy businessmen who have been in business for decades or even hundreds of years, he is still a little tender, just like a wanderer in the wind, it seems to be high, but the foundation is unstable, and a slight gust of wind may knock him back to his original shape!

If he wants to go further and achieve a higher political position, he must have strong support!

And Liu Ruyi is undoubtedly his best choice!

As far as Liu Ruyi is concerned, at this time, he also needs someone among these wealthy businessmen to stand up and implement his will to the end!

At this time, Ma Deqiang is undoubtedly Liu Ruyi's best choice!

Hegel said, 'To be is to be reasonable!' ’

In fact, the opportunity is equal in front of everyone, but whether you can seize it depends on whether you are fully prepared!

"Huh! Shopkeeper, tell me, let's go all the way, have you found business opportunities on this road? Liu Ruyi smiled and said to Ma Deqiang.

Ma Deqiang was flattered, he knew that his opportunity had finally come, so he knelt down respectfully in front of Liu Ruyi, thought for a moment, and then said: "The words of the grandfather who returned to China, according to what the villain saw with his own eyes, since we went west from Linqing City, the people's livelihood has gradually withered, and the land is very barren, the more west, the more serious this situation is!" Just like Dongming, where we are camping today, there is not a single village within a radius of dozens of miles, what a pity for these lands! ”

Ma Deqiang paused for a moment, and then said: "The villain only now understands what Grandpa Guo meant!" It would be a pity that these lands were so barren! If it is, the businessmen of Caishi Town, our businessmen in Shandong, can use the funds in their hands to take down these lands and resume production, then ~~, not only can solve the current tide of displaced people who are constantly pouring into my Shandong, and supply the military rations of our Caishi Army, and even, it is also very helpful to me the food shortage in the Ming Dynasty at this time! As for the silver, the villain is trading with Grandpa Guo, presumably, Grandpa Guo will definitely not treat the villain badly! ”

After Ma Deqiang finished speaking, he looked at Liu Ruyi with a smile and said.

Liu Ruyi couldn't help but laugh, "Hehe! Horse shopkeeper, you are going to be my army! I'm afraid I'll lose your money in advance! ”

"The villain doesn't dare! The villain only knows how to say his heartfelt words, follow behind the grandfather of the country, share the worries of the grandfather, and the villain can also earn some silver to make ends meet and fill his stomach! Ma Deqiang smiled.

Liu Ruyi nodded, "Pony, although you are a little slippery, you understand this truth!" Everyone, you are all the pillars of my Shandong, elite talents, what Xiaoma said, I think you should also know it in your hearts! In everything, if you are prepared, you will be established, and if you are not prepared, you will be wasted! At the moment, the purchase of these lands seems to be a loss of some silver! But in the long run, it will be beneficial and harmless! When the land is produced, you will be able to experience the benefits! ”

Everyone couldn't help but whisper and talk.

If it is really according to what Grandpa Guo said, then this transaction should really be profitable and loss-free!

Although the output of land sales is slower than that of overseas trade, this one is stable!

With the guarantee of the grandfather of the country, coupled with the combat power of the Caishi Army, this is already a certainty!

"Grandpa Guo, I'll figure it out! I, the royal family of Jinan, am willing to give 500,000 taels of silver to support Grandpa Guo's policy! ”

"Grandpa Guo, my Jiaozhou Gao family, I am willing to give 300,000 taels of silver......"

"I, the Huang family in Tai'an, am willing to give 600,000 taels of silver......"

With one person taking the lead, everyone immediately responded loudly, for fear that if they were a little slower, they would fall behind others, and Grandpa Guo would not see their loyalty!

Liu Ruyi smiled and waved his hand to everyone, "You and others are all heroes who know the general situation and know the big wrong!" This matter was handed over to Zhang Laocai to make unified planning and statistics, and if you have any requirements, you can say it to him clearly! ”

Zhang Laocai was prepared, took out an account book from his arms with a smile, and said to everyone: "Everyone, don't squeeze, come one by one, you haven't entered Henan yet, and when we enter Henan, you have to see if your pockets are enough!" ”

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Getting rid of these wealthy businessmen, Liu Ruyi couldn't help but breathe a deep sigh of relief!

Although even Li Zicheng shouted the slogan of 'Juntian free grain', Liu Ruyi knew that this kind of thing was too formalized and idealistic, and it would not work at all in the land of China!

For 5,000 years in China, ruling the world with 'scholars' has long been deeply rooted, and it is difficult for future generations to get rid of this shackle!

In the Ming Dynasty, the 'scholars' almost occupied more than 90 percent of the wealth and land, they received the best education, and their quality and ability were far higher than those of ordinary people!

They have a lot of wealth, they have the most dingkou, they have the appeal that can shake the world!

Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army, although in terms of military strength, can almost run rampant in the Ming Dynasty, but when it comes to economic construction, if you still have to count on this group of people!

At present, this era is the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Renaissance boom has just faded, the Age of Discovery has just begun, and the industrial revolution ~ life is brewing in the belly, which can be said to be the best era!

If the Chinese nation wants to catch up with the tide of the times, it must need the greatest wealth condensation and the strongest military guarantee!

Only when wealth and strength are condensed to a certain extent, can Liu Ruyi have enough financial resources and time to change people's livelihood again!

After all, the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny!

If you want to accomplish your goals, the first and most important thing is to let yourself live first, and have enough strength to speak and change!

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The army rested for the night, and soon embarked on the journey again, hurrying in the direction of Luoyang City!

However, the closer he got to Luoyang, the more Liu Ruyi deliberately slowed down the speed of the army!

After all, there are too many new troops in the Caishi Army, and they have not experienced the test of real war, Liu Ruyi must reserve enough time for them to adapt to, accept, this sense of oppression and tension when they are about to fight!

Ten days later, on the twenty-third day of the twelfth month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Liu Ruyi's Caishi army came to the northeast of Luoyang ten miles away!

Here, you can already clearly see the towering city walls of Luoyang City, and to the north, the Yellow River flowing eastward!

The Liumin army quickly reacted, as if facing a great enemy, tens of thousands of elites rushed to the eastern front of Luoyang City, and waited for it!

Liu Ruyi was not in a hurry, he was not in a hurry to enter the city immediately and join the defenders in Luoyang City, but ordered the soldiers to set up camp on the spot and defend them strictly!

The two sides are in a confrontation state, who does not dare to take the lead in making a move!

But at this time, the Ming army in Luoyang City was cheering, although the reinforcements could not enter the city immediately, but Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army was famous all over the world, even Huang Taiji was not his opponent, let alone Li Zicheng's mud legs?

For a time, in Luoyang City, the army's morale was greatly boosted!

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At this time, the weather is extremely cold, affected by the dry season, the water level of the Yellow River has been less than half, three feet of ice, and the snowflakes that have been fluttering and sprinkling, the closer to the Central Plains, the more stumbling, to the outside of Luoyang City, has disappeared clean!

In the camp of the Caishi Army, Liu Ruyi boarded a high-raised lookout and looked down on the scene outside Luoyang City condescendingly!

Luoyang City is open, magnificent, the city is high and the walls are thick, looking from afar, it is like a huge castle of blue gray, except for the Beijing Division, this can be said to be the second giant city that Liu Ruyi saw in Daming!

However, at this time, the outside of Luoyang City is a withered city, outside the east gate, the city gate is closed, and some buildings, houses and trees outside the city have already been demolished!

The Wandering People's Army built dozens of huge ladders outside the east gate, aiming at the direction of Luoyang City!

But with the arrival of Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army, the original siege of the Liumin Army has stopped, and it quickly turned the spearhead, nervously confronting the camp of the Caishi Army!

Liu Ruyi held a clairvoyant mirror in his hand and quietly glanced at the camp of the exiled people's army!

Unlike the Caishi Army, the camp of the Wandering Army is extremely casual, and there are not so many military tents, many people are leaning together in groups of three or five, relying on each other's body temperature to keep warm with the help of the remains of some buildings outside the original city!

On them, not to mention armor, it is difficult to find even a decent shirt!

Most of the weapons are mainly broadswords and spears, which Liu Ruyi is very familiar with, this is the orthodox configuration of the Ming military army!

Presumably, this is the result of these exile armies in the past year!

However, if you look closely, except for a very small number of people who are tall and strong, they can have swords and spears that seem to be extremely luxurious configurations, and most of the outcasts, many of them, have no weapons at all, or in other words, hoes and shovels can also be regarded as weapons!

Liu Ruyi couldn't help but shake his head slightly and sighed deeply!

"Big brother, these outcasts, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's not as good as a thief, right?" Huolang also shook his head with a wry smile on the side.

Liu Ruyi glanced at Huolang, "Hehe, but these people are the ones who have made my Ming Dynasty unstable for three hundred years!" ”

Huo Lang nodded thoughtfully, "It is especially important to deal with these people and kill the thief leader!" Otherwise, as long as there is wind, they will be able to take advantage of the momentum! ”

On the side, Chunwa was a little unimpressed, "General, Chunwa, you can't help but think too highly of the combat power of these homeless people, right?" General, as long as you give me an hour, my Suzaku Battalion will be able to clear the east gate! ”

Although Liu Ruyi has been promoted to the Duke of Qi, among the generals in the army, he still calls Liu Ruyi 'General'!

Liu Ruyi glanced at Chunwa and said a little sternly: "Proud, but I can't help it!" The arrogant army will be defeated! The people you see in front of you are afraid that they are just Li Zicheng's cannon fodder, the real elite, in it! ”

After Liu Ruyi finished speaking, he pointed to the continuous tent in the camp of the Wandering People's Army!

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