The cool breeze in the early morning blows through the mist, on the surface of the Xiangjiang River, there are densely packed with all kinds of fishing boats, sand boats, and merchant ships flying on it, and the bow of the ship is inserted with the square yellow flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the captains on the ship shout the trumpet, fighting with the Xiangjiang River rapids, after all kinds of boats are close side by side, the Taiping soldiers wrapped in red turbans on the boat quickly fix the boats with wooden planks.

Several bowl mouth thick giant rope through the orange island (also known as water and land continent) and the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, on both ends of the shore there are hundreds of shirtless strong men pulling the giant rope, under the unified number shouting, dragging hard, the rope stops the Xiangjiang River, the boats are connected with the giant rope one by one, and soon a pontoon bridge that communicates the east and west banks of the Xiangjiang River emerges on the Xiangjiang River.

Since the Taiping army entered Hunan, Sai Shang'a, Xiang Rong and others have ordered to burn all the large and small boats on the water along the Xiangjiang River, so as not to use these boats by long-haired thieves. After the soldiers and horses of the Xiwang Department conquered Changsha, although many official ships and civilian ships fled at night, half of the ships were still stranded, including the merchant ships of the Baoqing Gang.

On the wharf of Xiahe Street outside the West Gate, Xiao Yungui was dressed in a yellow robe, wearing a yellow scarf, holding a pergola and looking at the lively scene on the river, secretly sighing that the working ability of the mud legs in this era is not ordinarily strong, and some understand why such a magnificent building as the Great Wall can be built in ancient times, these mud legs are indeed the most hard-working and hard-working.

"His Royal Highness the King of the West, He Yuanlun of the Baoqing Gang is here." Tang Erniu's voice came from behind, and when Xiao Yungui looked back, he saw He Yuanlun coming quickly with a few of his subordinates, and several merchant ships of the Baoqing Gang on the dock were ready to go. After the Baoqing gang donated commercial taxes and a lot of money and grain, they also bought the goods they wanted, and the goods they brought had already been sold out, He Yuanlun had long wanted to leave Changsha and go back, but the Taiping army had not opened the ban for a long time, so he had to wait.

finally waited for Changsha City to open the ban, He Yuanlun hurriedly prepared to leave, but Xiao Yungui was not in the city, and was stopped by Zeng Shuiyuan, He Yuanlun was so angry that he almost turned his face. After Xiao Yungui returned to the city, he signed a business certificate for He Yuanlun to go out of the city, and prepared for a day, He Yuanlun took the people to prepare to leave by water.

"King Xi, the old man is gone." He Yuanlun hugged his fists and said with a smile, without the slightest intention of being angry, the reason was very simple, Xiao Yungui allocated 50,000 taels of silver from the holy treasury and handed it to He Yuanlun as a fixed money, so that he could help purchase sulfur, pig iron, medicines and other things.

Among the ordnance of the Taiping Army, firearms are used a lot, the amount of red medicine is the largest, and among the red medicine ingredients, saltpeter can be obtained by dividing the soil of the dung pit or the sinking soil of the courtyard wall, and the charcoal is also simple, many people in the Taiping Army are born in charcoal, but the sulfur is not easy to obtain, and there is no sulfur origin in the territory occupied now, only the purchase of sulfur dressing. Before this, the Taiping army was more likely to buy ready-made red medicine or seize the supply of the Qing army, Xiao Yungui suspected that the red medicine purchased and seized was not very powerful, and the cost of purchasing finished red medicine was also high, so he planned to buy only sulfur, and later he could prepare more powerful red medicine.

According to the use, red medicine can be divided into push and explosive, and the ratio of the three substances in the two types of red medicine is also different. There are many miners in the Taiping army who play with gunpowder all year round, and Xiao Yungui believes that even if he doesn't remember the ratio, after letting these people debug, they will always find the best ratio, but all this requires sulfur.

There are very few natural sulfur mines in China, and only Sichuan, Guizhou, Gansu, Qinghai and other provinces have production areas, so Xiao Yungui asked He Yuanlun to go up the Yangtze River and go to Sichuan to purchase sulfur. …,

Xiao Yungui replied with a smile and said: "Old hero He is going to Bashu here, the road is difficult and dangerous, and the road is safe." Sichuan is the land of the Pao Brothers' Association, and I asked Brother He Bin to take the people from the Pao Brothers Association here to go with you, and I believe that the road will be smoother. ”

He Yuanlun was overjoyed when he heard this, and went into Sichuan by the river, and most of the slender men who pulled the fiber along the way were people from the Pao Brothers' Association. At that moment, he hugged his fists and said: "It's still the West King's thoughtful thinking, there are many capable people under the West King, and the old man admires it." ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and called He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao, who had been standing behind him, and said, "This is a long way to go, the two brothers should be careful." Then he stepped forward and whispered: "Remember that we will worship the heroes of the Sichuan Central Brotherhood for this king, and we will need their great help in advancing into Sichuan in the future, and you will distribute the gifts yourself, and you don't have to save them." ”

He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao bowed down and agreed, Xiao Yungui had already explained the purpose of this trip to the two in the barracks last night, and 50,000 taels was not a small amount, so someone also needed to go with He Yuanlun, and at the same time, they also had to contact the Pao Brothers Association in Sichuan to pave the way for entering Sichuan in the future, so He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao in the Robe Brothers Club were the best candidates.

After a string of firecrackers to open the boat, the merchant ships of the nine Baoqing Gang slowly went down the river and headed for Dongting Lake. As for how to avoid the Qing army sailors on the Yangtze River, He Yuanlun has his own way.

Soon after sending off the merchant ship, several yellow vests and blue side of the Wing King's subordinate swordsmen clapped their horses and rushed to make the system, reporting that Li Yiwen had an urgent military situation sent to the north, and the Wing King asked the King of the West to return to the governor's yamen to discuss the military.

Xiao Yungui was overjoyed in his heart, there must be news on the North Road, and he immediately rushed to the city with Tang Erniu and other pro-guard brand swordsmen.

returned to the mansion non-stop, only to see Shi Dakai, Zhang Suimou, and Huang Yukun all in the lobby, and Hong Yuner, Lin Fengxiang, and Li Kaifang were also there. When everyone saw Xiao Yungui coming, they got up and saluted. Xiao Yungui said anxiously: "It's all my own brothers, so I don't have to do these false courtesies, let's talk about it, what news is there from Li Yiwen?" ”

Hong Yun'er handed over a letter and said with a solemn face: "Take a look, this is a reply from the Qing Demon Zhang Liangji to you." ”

Xiao Yungui unfolded the letter and looked at it, the above words are exquisite and eloquent, nine times out of ten they are scolding Xiao Yungui, a traitor and a long-haired thief, how to poison the people, how to have no king and no father, how to die is not a pity, and boasted that the Qing court has mobilized reinforcements from Sichuan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi to Chu, so that Xiao Yungui can surrender as soon as possible, and he can intercede with the court to save Xiao Yungui from dying. Regarding Xiao Yungui's mention of redeeming Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue with silver taels, Zhang Liangji didn't say anything at all, but just said that the court posthumously gifted the two of them to the dead festival, and then there was no follow-up.

After Xiao Yungui read it, he naturally filtered out those senseless boasting and persuasion words, and Zuihou understood that the Qing court had already regarded Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue as two dead people, and after reading it, Xiao Yungui laughed angrily and said: "Xianfeng, the dog emperor, really ignored his ministers, and posthumously presented Luo Bingzhang and the two, obviously when the two of them were dead, there was something to burn paper." ”

Hong Yun'er pursed her lips and smiled: "Qing Demon Law, those who lose their land are beheaded, do you really think that Xianfeng will have mercy on his ministers?" ”

Shi Dakai also smiled: "It seems that even if Luo Bingzhang doesn't kill him this time, he has only one way to kill himself." ”

Frowning and looking at Shi Dakai, Xiao Yungui suddenly said: "Since Zhang Liangji doesn't care about Luo Bingzhang and Weng Tongjue, tomorrow I will ask my brother to be the supervisor and behead the two dog officials." These two dog officials burned down the official warehouse, the crime is extremely heinous, and keeping it will only waste rice and grain, and they can be punished canonically. ”…,

Hong Yun'er was slightly stunned, knowing that Xiao Yungui wanted to open an outlet for their parallel Shijie Shi Da, in the history of their shijie, Shi Kaida was lured by Luo Bingzhang to surrender, zuihou Luo Bingzhang reversed his word, not only killed all the surrendered Taiping soldiers, but also sentenced Shi Dakai to Ling Chi torture, Shi Dakai said before he died: "In this life, you killed me, but in the next life, I didn't kill you?" Xiao Yungui must be to fulfill this wish for Shi Dakai.

Shi Dakai was slightly stunned, although he was suspicious in his heart, and he didn't understand why Xiao Yungui was determined to let himself be beheaded, but he would not shirk if he killed the demon dog official, and immediately hugged his fists to take his life.

Hong Yun'er continued: "There is also good news, the Qing court ordered the arrest of Saishan'a, Luo Raodian and other officials, and sent them to the capital for trial. ”

Shi Dakai said with a smile: "The Qing Demon destroyed the Great Wall and killed many dog officials for us, and I was really happy in my heart." ”

Zhang Suimou interjected: "However, the Qing Demon's move is so that Zhang Liangji and the others will fight to the death. ”

Xiao Yungui waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, those green battalion soldiers of the Qing Demon are not material for war, only Zhang Liangji and those who are officials are in danger." Any other news? ”

Hong Yun'er smiled and handed over a notice and said: "Emperor Xianfeng Dog issued an edict to sin himself and advertise the world, this is a notice intercepted by Li Yiwen and them, and what it said is really tearful." Everyone laughed together, originally Xianfeng's guilty edict should have been issued after the Taiping army captured Yuezhou, but it was issued in advance because Xiao Yungui captured Changsha.

Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "The Xianfeng Dog Emperor is really good at putting on a show, let's also send a notice to laugh at this Dog Emperor, and there will be Lauda in this matter, you are outstanding, you will definitely scold Xianfeng for being a bloody dog." ”

Shi Dakai responded with a smile, and said: "Li Yiwen also said that under their leadership, the local group training has robbed many large rural households in a row, and many large households are in danger of themselves. ”

Xiao Yungui licked his lips and said with a smile: "This is called moving stones to shoot yourself in the foot, since the people south of Xiangyin have obeyed the orders of my heavenly kingdom, they can also greatly advance if they want to come to the northern defense line." Da Brother, in addition to the dangerous place outside the north gate, you can quickly send people and horses to the north, replace Li Yiwen, and let the left army build a fortification on the Xiangyin line, so that the Qing demon does not dare to go south, but be careful to beware of the Qing demon Hu Linyi, the soldiers commanded by this person are used to fighting. ”

Shi Dakai received the order loudly, and after everyone discussed some military and political matters, the Wing King led his subordinates away.

After the Wing King left, Li Kaifang frowned and said, "King Xi, the younger brother has never understood, why did you let the left army go out of the north road of the town?" Xiang Rong, He Chun, Qin Dingsan, and Jiang Zhongyuan, the Qing demon army led by the demon leaders are in the south, and sooner or later they will come to the south road. Most of the new recruits in our former army are now, but I am afraid that they are not opponents. ”

Lin Fengxiang said: "I think we should let the recruits fight a few more battles, so that they can become tough as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Yungui muttered: "The Qing Demon on the South Road is indeed stronger, our former army wants to be where the Qing Demon is powerful, we will appear there, the soldiers and horses under my West King are dedicated to gnawing hard bones, and sharing worries for the Kingdom of Heaven is what my West King should do." ”

Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang glanced at each other, and bowed deeply together: "The king of the West is a matter of heaven, and he has no selfish intentions, we will respect, and we will lead the troops to follow him to the death." ”

Xiao Yungui nodded with satisfaction, and after the second general retired and left, Hong Yun'er said with a slight smile: "There is one more thing, when the people of the city were found in the south of the city today, a suspicious figure was held, and after Lin Fengxiang personally interrogated, he found that this person was perverse, so he handed it over to me, I tried it first, guess who we are holding?" ”

Xiao Yungui asked with some curiosity, "Who is it?" ”

Hong Yun'er replied: "One of the founders of the Hunan Army - Guo Songtao! ”

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