Outside Tongguan, on the official road, a carriage was coming, and an old eunuch sat on the wheel of the carriage, followed by a group of guards, but all of them were tired, and even worse, they were still injured.

This way Zhu Yujiao can be regarded as seeing the territory of the Ming Dynasty under the rule of his father, it is really a miserable, since the BJ, this road of homeless people, beggars everywhere, and there are countless bandits, if it weren't for the father to choose for himself are all good players in the army, I'm afraid she can't go to Lantian, she was caught by the homeless people, the thieves and the lady of the village.

Whenever I think of the wailing victims on the road, the skinny children, and the victims who broke their heads and bled for a bite of black food that I don't know what it was, Zhu Yujiao wept silently, sad for her father, obviously his father had worked so hard, why are there so many hungry people in the world.

Father-in-law Cao told her that they had actually taken the best road this way, and they didn't go to the places where they were really wandering, and those places were the real ones who changed their children and ate them, and that was the real misery.

Zhu Yujiao didn't have a concept of this before, but after seeing the victims of the Ming disaster all the way, she finally had a new understanding of the world under the rule of her father.

Zhu Yujiao is very sad to think about, she once asked Father-in-law Cao, whose fault is it in this world, Father-in-law Cao sighed: "It's the fault of the rogue, it's the fault of the corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty, and it's the fault of Lantian who is entrenched in one side, and he can't save the Ming Dynasty when he sees death, if Lantian saves the Ming Dynasty regardless of the cost, why is the entire Ming people here, but Lantian would rather use the grain they grow to make a profit, and refuse to help the victims of the Ming Dynasty, if you say who is the first thief in the Ming Dynasty, Li Chaosheng should be the first." ”

Zhu Yujiao thought so, and in her mind, she had already sketched a Lantian that was as rich as the capital, such a hero, if she was willing to help her father, why would her father be so difficult, and she came this time to feed the tiger with her body, hoping that Li Chaosheng, who could be exchanged for herself, would lend a helping hand to her father, and not let her father support it so difficult.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, there is Tongguan in front, and after passing Tongguan, you will enter the Lantian realm."

Hearing this, Zhu Yujiao opened the curtain, and then saw an incomparably majestic pass, the whole is gray, not to mention towering into the clouds, but it is also much higher than the BJ city wall.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, this is Tongguan, this Tongguan was not so majestic before, the last time the old slave came, it was a few points shorter than the capital, but now the princess, you see, Li Chaosheng's heart is not subordinate, it is obvious."

"Father-in-law, why is this wall gray?"

Zhu Yujiao asked, after hearing this, Cao Huachun said: "Oh, this is a special product of Lantian called cement, which has a very big role in construction, can be quickly solidified, and building a city wall or fortress can greatly reduce the construction time, and it has a great role in the military." ”

"Oh, then you can take some back and let the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry imitate it, so can you help my father?"

Zhu Yujiao asked, and after hearing this, Cao Huachun said: "The princess is really dedicated to Your Majesty, but the princess can rest assured, it is not difficult to imitate this thing, and there is no need to imitate it, Lantian has established cement factories in the capital, and many large state capitals have established cement factories, and the price sold there is lower than the cost of raw materials we make, so we don't need to imitate." ”

"Ah, it's lower than our raw materials, how did they do it?"

Zhu Yujiao's eyes widened and asked, Cao Huachun said: "If the scale is large, the scale is large, the production cost is low, the cost is low, and the price is naturally low." ”

"Ah, why don't we expand production?"

Zhu Yujiao asked Cao Huachun, Cao Huachun said with a wry smile when he heard this: "It takes money to expand the scale, and now the imperial court can't even pay the military salary, and there is still money to put into production this cement, and it is not difficult to make this thing seem to be systematic, let Lantian have some advantages first, and we can directly imitate it when we want to use it, and these factories pay taxes to the imperial court every year, we don't invest money, and there are taxes, why not?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yujiao nodded as if she didn't understand, so it seems that the court still made money.

Cao Huachun looked at Zhu Yujiao and said: "In fact, if Li Chaosheng is willing to hand over such a weapon for the benefit of the country, His Majesty will be able to raise 30,000 elite soldiers with this item, with these 30,000 elite soldiers, the defense of Liaodong can be stronger, and the counterinsurgency in Henan can also be smoother, but Li Chaosheng does not think about the imperial court, and he is only willing to invest money in the construction of this Lantian field, but no matter how good the construction of Lantian is, it is not His Majesty's." ”

"What my father-in-law said is that if I see Li Chaosheng, I will definitely persuade him to hand over these cement factories to my father and help him raise military salaries."

Zhu Yujiao said very seriously, she felt that she, a princess, had this weight.

It was also instilled by Cao Huachun along the way, didn't you Li Chaosheng always erect your image as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty? I see that Princess Daming has made a request to you, how can you refuse.

Stomp ......

As the two were talking, they suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, as if a large group of cavalry was coming, Zhu Yujiao's face changed and said: "Father-in-law, but a bandit?" ”

Cao Huachun narrowed his eyes and said: "Princess, don't panic, this is the boundary of Tongguan, and there are no bandits around here who dare to go wild." ”

"Is it because of Lantian?"

Zhu Yujiao asked, Cao Huachun was silent, not because Lantian can do anything, Lantian in order to ensure the smooth trade route into Lantian, Lantian's militia will patrol within a hundred miles of the pass near Lantian, and if they find bandits, they will be exterminated, and if they find Liukou, they will be incorporated back to repair the reservoir, it can be said that as long as they enter Lantian within 100 miles, it is a safe area, and there are no bandits, rogues, dare to spread wild here.

But can Cao Huachun say it? No, what he wants is to scandalize Lantian, so Cao Huachun said: "What do you have to do with Lantian, this is the work of Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Tongguan in the Ming Dynasty." ”

"General Left?"

Zhu Yujiao muttered, Cao Huachun said: "Of course, Lantian has been willing to stay in Tongguan honestly all these years, and it is all the credit of the Zuo General Army, if there is no Zuo General Soldier, I am afraid that the Lantian Army has already killed Henan." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yujiao said: "It seems that General Zuo is better at using soldiers than Lantian Li Chaosheng." ”

Cao Huachun twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, fortunately, the old eunuch has a thick face, otherwise it would be really guilty to deceive such a stupid girl, Zuo Liangyu is better at using soldiers than Li Chaosheng, I am afraid that only the naïve Zhu Yujiao thinks so.

Stomp ......

The cavalry approached quickly, Cao Huachun squinted his eyes slightly, saw the banner behind him and said, "It's the left general soldier." ”

Zhu Yujiao's eyes tried to widen, wanting to see what kind of person this chief soldier could trap Li Chaosheng in Lantian.

Soon came to the front, only to see a horse sitting on a strong man with one eye blind, looking strong and quite in line with the image of the military general in Zhu Yujiao's mind, followed by a white-robed young general, and the crotch was also a white horse, it was Zuo Liangyu's son, Zuo Mengeng, the two of them took a hundred horses to the front, followed by Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng dismounted and knelt on one knee together: "Tongguan General Zuo Liangyu has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yujiao lost her mind slightly, and Cao Huachun on the side said, "Well, let's be flat." ”

"Princess Xie."

Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng got up, and Cao Huachun said, "What are you two doing here?" ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Father-in-law, the two of us are here to welcome the princess, by the way, resign to the princess, Your Majesty's will, the princess enters Lantian, and our department will enter Henan and overcome the thieves with Sun Chuanting." ”

"Oh, General Zuo is fortunate, princess."

Hearing this, Zhu Yujiao reacted and said, "Come on, give wine." ”

"Princess Xie."

Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng clasped their fists, drank the two cups of Zhuangxing wine given by the princess in one gulp, their faces were full of joy, not because they felt honored by drinking Zhu Yujiao's wine, but because the two of them could finally leave this devilish land.

The ghost knows how they have lived in this Tongguan over the years, and with more than 10,000 people under their command, they have to face tens of thousands of Tongguan defenders in Lantian every day, as well as an unknown number of militia groups.

What's even more terrifying is that they were once cleaned up by a militia regiment and never fought.

That is to say, they are on the edge of Tongguan, that is the meat on the eucalyptus board, but Li Chaosheng doesn't want to eat them, if they want to eat them, they have to be honest, Zuo Liangyu once said that if Li Chaosheng attacks them, he will be the first to take the lead in surrendering, maybe he can get back a life.

And he has already understood the hatred with Lantian, when he was blind and wanted to plot with Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru in Lantian County, as a result, the family was killed, and he was blind in one eye.

Zuo Liangyu hated this back then, and hated that he couldn't kill Li Chaosheng immediately, but now he was afraid, the more he knew about Lantian, the more he was afraid, Lantian was no longer a simple SX province, it was a terrorist force that controlled at least one-third of the country's wealth and had hundreds of thousands or even millions of soldiers.

Don't look at the four major legions on the surface of Lantian, which together are less than 100,000 people, but what about the militia?

Lantian can now have a population of 8 million, of which at least the militia can have 780,000, and these militia training is stronger than their own elites, don't believe it, the last time Zuo Mengeng clashed with the people's regiment is the best example.

In the case of equal numbers, being beaten into a fool, that is, crushing, a militia regiment has, muskets, and they are all the most advanced Lantian flintlock guns, and they can also take out grenades and other big killing weapons, you let Zuo Liangyu these soldiers who still use the most primitive three-eyed guns, big waist knives, bows and arrows of the Ming Dynasty how to fight, how to fight with these open militia.

And recently, there is another news that Zuo Liangyu has woken up from his dreams, the first batch of artillery in Lantian has begun to be decommissioned, and the regular army of Lantian has now changed to the most advanced breech smoothbore gun instead of the old sleeve artillery before.

And according to the consistent military urine of Lantian, the weapons that are not used by the main army, and the second-hand equipment that are eliminated are all directly equipped to the militia, my God, do you know how terrifying this is?

The 800,000 militia in Lantian are equipped with artillery, is that still a militia? Have you ever seen a militia that crushes the elite of the Ming Dynasty in terms of equipment and training?

As for Zuo Liangyu saying that his army is the elite of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with this, right?

Of course, if Lu Xiangsheng was still there, his Tianxiong Army would be the first elite of the Ming Dynasty, and secondly, the Liaodong Army would also be considered the elite, so now the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the Liaodong Army, can not compete with Sun Chuanting's Qin Army with his own army?

The top three armies in the world are not as good as the militia in Lantian, what do you think about Zuo Liangyu, and hit a hammer, Zuo Liangyu stayed in Tongguan for a day, and he felt that he was a little mouse, staying next to a cat the size of a tiger, and the other party looked at him with teasing eyes, and he didn't even dare to fart.

Because as soon as he made a noise, he made people unhappy, and the other party could slap himself to death by raising his hand.

And now, our wise majesty has sent his precious daughter, wanting to use the broad heart of a delicate woman to influence a hero who holds the most elite army in the world.

Zuo Liangyu felt that this was impossible, if Li Chaosheng didn't say that Chongzhen sent his daughter, he would send his harem beauties, daughter-in-law, and mother, and he wouldn't be soft.

What is a woman compared to the world?

Love beauty and don't love the country, that's the story in the book, how can the real hero give up the world because of the personal feelings of his children.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu felt that Chongzhen's move was that the meat bun beat the dog and there was no return, if he slept with the princess, he would still rebel and beat you when he turned around, as for the public opinion in the world, who disobeyed Lao Tzu and killed him with a knife.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu was not optimistic about this matter at all, but he agreed with a hundred hands.

He didn't know if Chongzhen's move could contain Li Chaosheng, but the only thing he knew was that he could leave Lantian and Tongguan.

Some people say, is it okay to leave Tongguan? When you leave Tongguan, you will enter Henan, and you will have a big battle with the world's giants, Li Zicheng, which is not even more tragic.

But in Zuo Liangyu's opinion, Li Zicheng is a hammer, Li Zicheng is a slightly bigger mouse in front of Li Chaosheng, and he Zuo Liangyu is also a mouse, even if Li Zicheng is a little older than him, what can he do, fighting with him is just a battle of the same level.

And let Zuo Liangyu fight with Li Chaosheng, he is afraid that he is not even qualified to do it, Li Chaosheng is a giant cat, and all the major forces in the world are rats, even Chongzhen, who is sitting on the throne of the capital, is also a giant mouse, at most he is a rat emperor.

And Li Chaosheng is a cat, and they are not the same species at all, and they are giant cats in the world, and the whole world is just a mouthful of cat food for him Li Chaosheng sooner or later.

So the princess came, he was free, and he worked tirelessly to come over and thank the princess for saving her life, which is true.

Zuo Mengeng looked at the princess's beautiful face, and thought to himself, it's a pity for the beauty, but he dares to take a second look, because no matter how this woman is marked by Li Chaosheng, it is not the kind that a little person can think about, and it is not good to take a second look.

As they thought so, suddenly there was another puff of smoke and dust in the distance, and another wave of cavalry arrived.

Cao Huachun asked, "Is it Lord Zuo's soldiers?" ”

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu said: "No, I'm afraid it's the Lantian cavalry." ”