Seeing that Li Yan led people away, at this time Daniel Zhang ordered to withdraw the battle, the team continued to advance, Yang Xin compared a capital praise to Daniel Zhang, and Daniel Zhang raised his head proudly.

The princess also saw Yang Xin and the others on the side of the road, and looked at Yang Xin reluctantly until she couldn't see it.

Liu Zongmin's army finally got out of the city, the princess and others also escaped smoothly, in the afternoon, Li Yan gathered nearly 500 recruits from the entire Beida Battalion outside the east gate, and in the open space outside the city, more than 300 captured 100 households and deserters were tied, and behind each person stood a knife and axe hand.

More than 300 people beheaded at the same time, the scene was so magnificent, one by one the deserters were frightened and their faces were colorless, and they begged loudly.

Li Yan didn't even look at them, stood in the center, and said loudly to Yang Xin and other recruits: "Everyone, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has entered the customs, and this marshal knows that you are afraid, but since ancient times, as a soldier, it is natural for him to be shrouded in horse leather and die on the battlefield, not to mention that this time we are in such an important place in the capital, and we are fighting against hundreds of thousands of foreign Tatars, even if the whole army is destroyed, it will definitely leave a name for eternity!" ”

He spoke generously and looked serious, unlike Li Shanyi before, in order to boost morale, he also claimed that Li Zongmin's army would help defend the city, but he told the truth, bluntly saying that the enemy was hundreds of thousands, and it was likely that the whole army would be destroyed.

"Zhuangzhi is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood, I am a dignified Han family, why am I afraid of foreign Tatars? Even if you stand on the battlefield, you can't fall into the demeanor of your ancestors, and these people are the shame of our Han family's sons, I, Li Yan, swear here, swear to defend the capital to the death, and will live and die with the capital! ”

Li Yan said loudly.

The soldiers under his command were also excited, shouting loudly: "Swear to defend the capital to the death, and live and die with the capital!" ”

Even many recruits were inspired by Li Yan's words, and shouted later, even Yang Xin was moved by Li Yan's words, and admired him in his heart.

Even the bound deserters, many of them showed shame on their faces, and none of them begged for mercy again.

Yang Xin didn't expect that Li Yan had already sprouted his will to die, he believed that Li Yan would fulfill his promise to keep it, and he was really a generation of famous generals, loyal and brave people, these words finally inspired the fighting courage of the recruits, and even Du Datou's face was uncertain, and he seemed to be very encouraged in his heart.

"Execution!"

With a wave of Li Yan's hand, more than 300 heads fell to the ground and were hung on the city gates.

On the way back, Yang Xin and the others were silent, and some of the hundreds of households even thought about staying with Li Yan in their hearts, although Yang Xin admired Li Yan very much, he was not stupid enough to die with him.

The three days passed quickly, and Yang Xin was rotated and returned to the camp to rest.

At this time, there were only thirty musketeers left in the third small banner, and there were still twenty led by Wei Wu who stayed behind and did not intend to escape, and there were more than a hundred shareholders and family members, who added up to nearly two hundred, all of whom were going to stay.

Back on Temple Street, the princess had left, Yang Xin's heart was empty, and he was not very energetic in the morning.

At this time, Uncle Tian was speaking, and said: "General, the money bank we opened has not had a single business so far, should we think of other businesses?" There is also what the general said before, how to operate the money village after the Qing army enters the city, and the general is free now, can he give some guidance. ”

Yang Xin only came back to his senses at this time, his original plan was to learn from the Swiss bank, hoping to receive some fleeing rich people's deposits before the city was broken, but the rich people in the capital were almost wiped out by Li Zicheng's army, and the rest of the people like the Fan family, most of them had surrendered to the Manchus in private, and others had backers, so naturally they would not deposit silver for him.

I couldn't help but think in my heart, it seemed that I was thinking wrong, the steps were too big, and I was pulling the egg, but at this time, I pretended to be profound, and said: "Well, don't rush now, business is not the key, the key is to get through this dangerous period safely, this money village can be used as our cover for the time being, so many of you also have a place to stay, and you will definitely not be able to stay in the barracks after the city is broken." ”

Once the Qing army entered the city, the barracks of the Dashun army were naturally the first place of attack of the Qing army, and they were not waiting to die there.

Uncle Tian thought that he had guessed correctly, the general didn't want to open a money bank in the first place, so there were those strange regulations.

So he nodded and said, "It's okay to do this, but in two days, our grain will be sold out, and if you do some business next, please ask the general to show us." ”

Regarding this issue, the real situation is that Yang Xin doesn't have time to think about it at all, these days are all kinds of turbulent waves, where is the mind?

What's more, what Yang Xin wants to do is a profiteering business like Wanli, and he has no interest in ordinary businesses that make pocket money, but when he turns his head and thinks about it, the two hundred people who stay behind can't eat and work for nothing, so wouldn't he have to sit and eat nothing?

After thinking about it for a while, I finally thought of a business.

So he hurriedly said: "That's it, Tian Lao, you organize, go to various streets, buy cheap houses for General Ben, and then open a few houses, before the city is broken, only buy and not sell, and after the city is broken, the Qing army enters the city, the situation in the capital has stabilized, and the house price has risen and then slowly sold." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, the business that the general thought about was always so strange, Uncle Tian said worriedly: "General, the war is coming, and when the war comes, I am afraid that many houses are not safe, and I heard that the Qing army also likes to rob like the Dashun army, what should I do if we rob our house when the time comes?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said: "So, we have to buy a little more, even if some are destroyed in the war, most of them can still stay, as for the Qing army, we have an agreement with Dolgon, I believe they will not rob our house." ”

The Qing army entered the customs, all relying on traitors, a few surrendered Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, etc. have all been crowned kings, if they want to take the world, it is absolutely impossible without the support of the Han elite, that is, the rich, so, from this point, Yang Xin concluded that Dolgon would not be treacherous and rob his own house.

Of course, his power can't be compared with these big traitors, this house speculation business, or try to do it, can't invest too much, so he said: "Don't buy too much, just buy a house of 100,000 taels of silver first, don't buy too luxurious, just the kind of mid-range house of about 1,000 taels, too good a house is easy to be favored by the Qing army high-level, come to a forcible seizure, we can't stand it, don't buy too bad, too poor houses are surrounded by poor people, easy to mess!" ”

Now that the city is about to be destroyed, the house is naturally cheap, and it can't even reach half of the usual price, and a courtyard that usually costs thousands of taels can now be bought for three or four hundred taels of silver.

Everyone was dumbfounded, but Yang Xin's words were very reasonable, now the war is low, and when the Qing army enters the city, the housing price will definitely rise, so they hurriedly agreed, and they all began to think about how to choose a house.