"It must be Lu Butang's defeat of the Tartars, and the envoy of the imperial court is coming."

Lei Xianling was a little excited, although Lu Xiangsheng was a civilian official, but he had not tasted defeat since he commanded the army, and now he commanded the elite soldiers of the imperial court with great hope of defeating the Tartar army. But the so-called messenger of the victory galloped closer, but Lei County Ling was disappointed to find that the person on the horse was like a mourner, waiting for the soap to help him off the horse, but he listened to his breathless intermittent words: "Lu Butang was defeated, the two Tartar soldiers have joined forces in Tongzhou, and the emperor has a decree to order the people and horses of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan to immediately go north to King Qin." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was like a basin of cold water poured on everyone's head, and a trace of the illusion of victory was smashed by the ruthless reality. Sun Chengzong waved his hand and motioned for Sun Jiaerlang to take Li Xin first. Lei County Lingqing fell to a low point, looked at the backs of Sun Ergongzi and Li Xin, and said, "The cabinet really plans to use this prisoner?" ”

Sun Chengzong's originally squinted eyes suddenly opened, and his tone was aggravated: "Since ancient times, heroes don't ask where they come from, and they should use talents in an eventful season without sticking to one pattern, and they must not miss state affairs because of prejudice!" ”

"Yes, yes, the lesson of the cabinet is that the lower officials are confused."

It was the first time that Lei Xianling had heard of such heavy words from this old man, but then Sun Chengzong's words changed.

"But the tea kung fu, then the words of the future life will be fulfilled, Changping is defeated, Tartar Tongzhou is united, and time is getting more and more urgent. Zhibo is the parent official of this county, do you have any opinions on relocation? ”

The air suddenly froze again, this topic was the last thing Lei Xianling wanted to mention, but since Sun Chengzong asked, he had to answer stubbornly: "Back to the cabinet department, forgive the official for saying bluntly, the matter of moving the people must not be done, and if you are not careful, you will lose the hearts of the 50,000 people in Gaoyang!" ”

After that, Lei County ordered Ai Ai to look at the reaction of the old man in front of him, but Sun Chengzong did not pick up the stubble, but stroked his beard and said earnestly: "Zhibo has been a parent official in Gaoyang for three years, right?" The husband who is waiting to be relocated can recommend a letter for you. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lei Xianling was stunned, but he didn't expect Sun Chengzong to make up his mind to move the people just by listening to the words of the horse thief, and he didn't expect Sun Chengzong to make a deal with him. He doesn't say whether a returning cabinet minister still has this energy, but he made it clear that as long as he cooperates with the relocation of the people, he will let himself leave the dangerous city of Gaoyang, and accept it himself or not? Is the horse thief reliable?

Gaoyang is a small county, the so-called pavilion post is actually a post station before the abolition, Chongzhen in the early years of the country's large-scale abolition of the post station, but the post station also bears the task of ushering in the local ushering, once cut will undoubtedly increase the burden of the magistrate, so many small counties privately in various names to survive, Gaoyang is no exception. The second son of the Sun family is a kind person, although Li Xin was a prisoner before, but his father ordered him to entertain him according to the highest standards.

Li Xin has lived in Gaoyang Prison for a few months, and he has already resisted all kinds of harsh environments, and the environment of Gaoyang Pavilion is simply heaven compared to it, but he doesn't care about it, and he can't wait to put forward a request to Sun Ergongzi just after being arranged in the upper room.

"Second son, now I need some equipment and materials, a grinding mill, a wok, clay, quicklime, gypsum, charcoal, and a few bamboo chips." Li Xin crossed his fingers and said what he needed. Sun Ergongzi hurriedly spread his hands and said: "Wait a minute, Little Brother Li said so much in one breath for fear of missing it, so it is better to remember it more solidly." Li Xinde's father valued it, and it was not good to call him for a while, so he followed up and called the folk brother who did not commit taboos.

The servant who followed Sun Ergongzi was very discerning, and when he heard the master speak, he had already opened the small bag he was carrying, spread a piece of paper on the table, opened the pen and ink box and sharpened the ink cleanly. After a while, Sun Ergongzi wrote down the things that Li Xin asked for one by one, checked with Li Xin again, and then carefully dried the ink, carefully folded it and put it in the cloth bag carried by the servant. Then he said to Li Xin:

"Little Brother Li will rest for a day, and tomorrow I will personally deliver the things I need one by one."

Where can Li Xin wait until tomorrow, Jiannu may be killed one day, how can he do it unhurriedly! These second-generation officials are used to eating and drinking, and they pay attention to stability in everything.

"If it's convenient for the second son, can I send it today, anyway, it's still early, Li Xin can't be idle, Tartar doesn't wait for anyone, let the cabinet see the results one point earlier, and make a plan one point earlier!" Then Li Xin suddenly patted his head and said suddenly: "Forget jì and ask the second son how to call the name of the second son!" ”

As soon as these words came out, he saw the servant holding the cloth bag and immediately raised his eyebrows angrily. The second son of Sun was first stunned, and then said with a smile: "My surname is Sun, my name is 鉁, and the words are introduced." "Sun Ji is the second in the Sun family, six out of forty this year, in his early years, he was generous, and he has been at home to assist his mother in running the house, so he has not gone out to be an official. In the Ming Dynasty, the first time you meet, you should ask for advice, even if you forget it, you should learn about it in private afterwards, and it is really rude to ask in person like Li Xin. What's more, there is a huge disparity between the identities of the two, Sun Jiaozhong is a person of merit, while Li Xin is a prisoner, so Li Xin's behavior can be regarded as an unforgivable offense. If you were someone else, you might have turned your face in person, but Sun Ji didn't care, after all, the other party was a rough man, and he couldn't force etiquette too much, and the big thing that his father explained fell on this person, and he could still tell which was more important.

"Brother Li is right, it's Sun Jiao who doesn't think about it, and he can't delay major events."

"Second son, wait, I'll go with you." Li Xin didn't even change his clothes before he wanted to go with him, Sun Ji didn't bother anymore, and took him straight to the county treasury to find those few things. Quicklime, charcoal and other things are common things, and there are many of them in the county treasury. As for the clay, there are brick kilns outside the city, which are simply inexhaustible. However, it was useless for the government to prepare the grinding mills, so I had to go to the farmhouse to buy them.

Gaoyang County Treasury is three big houses, roughly looking at the size of thousands of square meters, but the things in it are very unscientific, and various types of things are stacked randomly, Sun Ji obviously doesn't know much about these things, and leads Li Xin to look at them one by one, and most of the things can't be explained.

"These things, Brother Shili, see what you need, you just need to register and make a book, and you can withdraw them at will."

As the three rooms walked down, Li Xin was a little overwhelmed, especially when he saw the bundle of muskets bundled together in the second big warehouse, his eyes were straight. Roughly calculated, there are always about five hundred. There are more than a dozen baskets next to it, covered with oiled paper, so you don't have to think that it must be gunpowder.

"This batch of firecrackers was originally prepared for the last time the Tartars were plugged in, but nine times out of ten there was a problem with the explosion of the chamber, and the soldiers did not dare to use it, so they had no choice but to pile it up in the warehouse." Speaking of firearms, Sun Jiao turned his head to the Tao, and it seems that he was influenced by Sun Chengzong a lot.

Li Xin suddenly thought of a question, the county treasury is a state-owned asset of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Sun Ji has no right and name to use it even if it is Sun Chengzong himself, how do you see the situation Sun Ji not only comes and goes casually, but can also make a decision? But I couldn't ask this, so I had to keep wandering in my head. There is also a solution to the emergency situation of the fire gun explosion, and it seems that we have to find an opportunity to give Sun Chengzong advice.

Li Xin knew that Sun Chengzong's attitude towards him was still relatively cautious, and he did not intend to hand over major matters involving armaments and civil affairs to himself at all, and he was already particularly important to be able to make cement on a trial basis, but this set of methods for defending the city was interlocking, and as long as there was a problem in one ring, I was afraid that it would fall short. For example, the transformation of the city wall requires the manpower of the whole county, and it is absolutely impossible not to relocate the people only with the thousands of people in the county seat, and the battle of Gaoyang can only be a battle carried out by the people of Gaoyang to defend their homeland, and only in this way can the war potential of Gaoyang, a small city, be unlimitedly excavated, and can it block the tens of thousands of elites of the Qing army. People also need to have suitable weapons, and the use of firearms is a big problem, can the government rest assured that a horse thief will be in charge of the army? But in any case, we must take over the project of renovating the city wall first, after all, the first step will be much easier to do later.

This Sun Jiao's subordinates are really efficient, and in less than an hour, all kinds of materials are ready, Li Xin looked at the materials in the yard of the county treasury, rolled his arms and sleeves and was about to do a big job, when suddenly someone came with a solemn look and called Sun Ji away. For a while, the people who originally accompanied Li Xin to the county treasury were all gone, and only one old soap who was looking at the library was still there. But looking at his back, which is more curved than a prawn, I'm afraid it won't help much.

Li Xin, who was at a loss, looked at the huge county treasury compound and patted his head, why bother to go back to the pavilion, isn't this the best test place, what do you want in the warehouse next to you, it is said that it is a registration and a book, and now who is watching? Thinking of this, Li Xinqing rose again. But one thing to note is that one of the large rooms was full of gunpowder, and the calcination should never be done in the courtyard, but in an open area outside the courtyard......

In the main hall of the Sun family's mansion, Sun Ji, who was in charge of the overall housekeeping, was called back, and as soon as he entered the house, he felt a sense of urgency rushing to his face. He knew that there must be bad news.

"The Tatars passed through Tongzhou, several county towns in Gyeonggi were looted, the imperial court was uncertain, and Lu Jiandou suffered a defeat...... Let that later life be right......"

Sun Jiao was surprised that the imperial court had no power to fight back in front of the Tartars, and it was no more than three hundred miles from Tongzhou to Gaoyang, how long would it take for Gaoyang to face the Tartar soldiers if it continued like this? Although the Tartar soldiers also came once before, they only attacked the city in Gyeonggi, and when they came to Gaoyang, they plundered around the county seat, and there was no decent siege at all. But Lu Xiangsheng, who had not tasted defeat this time, was also defeated, and the ominous premonition continued to strengthen, he quietly listened to his father's nagging, and his father was in a hurry to summon him back, not to talk about the defeat of the imperial court, "Erlang, I have wronged you for so many years!" ”

Sun Ji never expected his father's face to be strict, and his mouth turned out to be a child's affection, and his heart was sour, his father has been majestic for so many years, when did he have such warmth. He knew that this meant that he had been helping his mother to run the family in Gaoyang, and he had lost the opportunity to be an official, but this was something he was willing to do. But then the ominous premonition became stronger, and sure enough, it was.

"The Tartar army has besieged Zhuozhou......"

Sun Jiao's heart trembled, Zhuozhou is the gateway of Baoding Mansion and an important town in Gyeonggi. The only explanation for the Tartars' determination to attack the fortification was that they planned to march south, and at that time the entire Zhili would probably be ...... Charcoal... He didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"For the sake of my father, I can't walk anymore, so you take your mother and brothers to Shandong to take refuge!"