Of the six big families in Miyun Town, only the Qiao family and the Wen family are willing to follow the Dashun army, although the two families have more than 200 families, most of whom are nearby villagers, and the real combat effectiveness is dozens of stragglers.

The Qiao family left Miyun Town because the Qiao family was doing business in Miyun Town, and they didn't have much land, so they could take silver and baggage and withdraw to Shanxi, while the Wen family had a feud with the Qing army.

The Wen family was worried that the Qing army would retaliate, so they packed their luggage overnight and sold the land and houses to other families at a low price.

The representative of the Qiao family is the eldest son Qiao Delong, who studied in a private school for a few years in his early years, and also understands some family and country hatreds, and the representative of the Wen family is the youngest son Wen Bu, the two young men got together, discussed for a while, and went home, let the subordinates carry dozens of big boxes, came to the outside of the barracks, and told the soldiers that they were the Qiao family and the Wang family in Miyun Town, and specially came to visit Huang Qianzong.

At this time, it was the sergeant of the cavalry battalion who was standing guard in front of the barracks, and one of them asked: "Mr. Huang Qian?" Which Huang Qian? ”

Qiao Delong hurriedly said: "It's Huang Daozhong and Huang Qianzong, I heard that the army is about to leave for Shanxi, and the two of us want to go together, so we specially prepared some supplies and sent them to the soldiers." ”

It just so happened that Ling Jingyang and Leng Rutie rode their horses outside the barracks to see where the rebels had gone, and saw two gorgeously dressed men who were stopped by the sergeant of the cavalry battalion, so they stepped forward and asked the sergeant what was going on?

The sergeant replied to him that these two people were from Miyun Town, and said that they were going to Shanxi, and they also sent supplies to Huang Qianzong.

Ling Jingyang and Leng Ru Tie have a good heart, Leng Ru Tie Ce stepped forward immediately, and Qiao Delong, Wen Bu said: "This is my family Ling Du Lieutenant, Huang Qian in your mouth announced his allegiance to my Dashun today, and he has been appointed as the flag under Ling Du Wei. ”

Wen Bu was full of thoughts, and when he heard that Huang Qian was always a subordinate of Ling Du Wei, he hurriedly said: "Ling Du Wei, my Wen family, and the Qiao family can't bear the Jiannu occupation of Miyun, so they specially brought supplies to all the soldiers of Miyun Town, and asked Ling Du Wei to take our two families with them." “

Qiao Delong on the side hurriedly agreed, the Wen family also had people in the army in the early years, and they also participated in the war against Jiannu outside the Guan, and they had long been inseparable from Jiannu, if Jiannu was killed, wouldn't the Wen family be exterminated?

Ling Jingyang wished that the two families would go together, but on the surface he said lukewarmly: "How many years are the early years, the Qing army is coming soon, why don't you withdraw earlier?" ”

Qiao Delong kept slapping his mouth, saying that he didn't know that the Dashun army was defeated by the Qing army before, thinking that the Dashun army was still fighting with the Qing army in the capital, and he really didn't know that the Dashun army withdrew a few days ago, and he knew that he would withdraw with the Shun army.

Wenbu question also hurriedly made a move, expressing his willingness to provide a thousand stone grain and grass to the soldiers, Qiao Delong's heart was entangled, on the way to Wenbu question told him, the Wen family provided five hundred stone grain and grass to the soldiers of Miyun Town, why did it double in a while?

He was not far behind, and Ling Jingyang said that the Qiao family was willing to provide 1,500 stone of grain and grass, and asked the soldiers to take care of them along the way.

Leng Rutie suddenly asked coldly: "The two of you put the great family property of Miyun Town to Shanxi, presumably there is also a family industry in Shanxi, right?" ”

Wen Budi and Qiao Delong's faces were hot, the two families really had a business in Shanxi, and the business was not small, the Qiao family sold Shanxi grain and grass to Miyun Town, and smuggled Miyun Town's weapons and armor to Shanxi, and they could earn 10,000 taels of silver every year.

The Wen family is more ruthless than the Qiao family, they are engaged in the illegal salt business, smuggling illegal salt from the coastal areas, selling it to Shanxi, and then buying grain from Shanxi at a low price, and selling it at a high price to the hungry Ming army border army, which can earn seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver every year.

It's just that neither of them dares to say that one sells illicit salt and the other sells weapons, this is a family secret, and if you say it, you will be killed.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Ling Jingyang understood very well that these two people must have something unsightly, and said to the two of them: "As long as you follow my Dashun army together, my Dashun army soldiers and horses have the obligation to protect you, and the morning after tomorrow, the whole army will go northwest to Xuanfu Town, you bring your luggage and supplies together." ”

Wen Bu and Qiao Delong were very grateful, in order to express their gratitude, the two asked their subordinates to put down the supplies, patted their chests and promised to send the grain and grass over tonight, Ling Jingyang nodded lightly, meaning that the two of them did a good job.

The two got up and went back, but were stopped by Ling Jingyang, who asked the two of them what were the attitudes of the other major families in Miyun Town?

Qiao Delong has been traveling south and north for many years, how could he not hear what Ling Jingyang said, and excitedly told Ling Jingyang that he and the Wen family sold the land and real estate to these families at a low price this evening, and the small ones thought that if the big families wanted to leave, they would not buy these land and real estate, right?

Leng Ru Iron muffled: "I don't want to leave my homeland, I think I want to surrender to the Qing army and be a dog, right?" ”

He asked Ling Jingyang to immediately lead the troops to confiscate the property of the family that intended to surrender to the Qing army to prevent funding the Qing army.

Ling Jingyang thought so, and with Wen Bu, Qiao Delong said: "The two of you will spend the night in the barracks tonight, and later, you two will lead the soldiers to take those families who are unwilling to leave and want to surrender to the Qing army." ”

Qiao Delong and Wen Bu are overjoyed, in Miyun Town for many years, and other families are also peeling each other's sores, eager to destroy other families, even if it is the Qiao family and the Wen family, the relationship is not much better, but they are afraid of being robbed of their property by the Qing army, so they have to pinch their noses and come together, and when they wait until Shanxi, they are still facing the sky, each going to one side.

Ling Jingyang saw from the demeanor of the two of them that these families in Miyun Town were separated by a hill, and in order to prevent the leakage of secrets, the subordinates who followed the two were also dragged to the military camp to spend the night together.

Ling Jingyang then asked Leng Rutie to take the cavalry to the outside of the barracks to prevent the rebels from coming back, he returned to the barracks, kicked Wang Hong awake, Wang Hong was almost awake, and quickly got up, looked at Ling Jingyang and looked at him coldly, so frightened that he hurriedly put on his armor, and followed Ling Jingyang to the room where Huang Daozhong and Jiang Chaotian slept.

This time Huang Daozhong and Jiang Chaotian finally sobered up, and when they saw Ling Jingyang looking at them with a smile, their minds were suddenly clear, Huang Daozhong scolded himself for drinking too much at this time, didn't this leave a bad impression on Ling Jingyang?

Jiang Chaotian didn't care, anyway, he was following Huang Daozhong, Ling Jingyang didn't say anything else, and talked to the two of them that he was going to serve the other major families in Miyun Town tonight.