Wang Chengen here is still thinking about what to say, and Zhu Youzhen over there is already impatient.

He suddenly found another question, and hurriedly asked, "Why are the people who go to recruit strong men from the Beijing camp soldiers, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp go to recruit people, isn't that forcing the people to be strong men?" ”

"What about Li Qiyuan, the head of the household department? What the hell is he doing? ”

This Wang Chengen took a look at Zhu Youzhen and knew that he would never be able to express the resentment of the people in the capital against the soldiers in the Beijing camp.

Because it is impossible for him to tell Zhu Youzhen, because the soldiers of the Beijing camp raped and plundered in the city, his reputation of Zhu Youzhen has been completely rotten in the capital, and even now his reputation of Zhu Youzhen is even worse than that of Zhu Youxiao.

Because now he told Zhu Youzhen about these things, with Zhu Youzhen's character, he would definitely have trouble with Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo.

Wang Chengen knows very well that now Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, is the one who controls the army, and if Zhu Youzhen falls out with the Duke of Chengguo, he will definitely suffer.

Wang Chengen also saw clearly that although their emperor Zhu Youzhen was ambitious, he was a little too naïve and romantic.

The most important thing for them now is to overcome the difficulties in front of them first, and when this matter is over, how to deal with the soldiers who committed crimes in the Beijing camp is another way.

Wang Chengen could only say euphemistically, "Your Majesty, there are not many people in this household, and if they rely on themselves, they will definitely not be able to finish the matter, and they can only ask the soldiers of the Beijing camp for help." ”

"Some people are stupid, and if we suddenly let them go to the city to defend the city, it will definitely be in danger, and it is normal for the people to spare their lives."

"If there are too many of these timid people, they will gather together to make trouble, so this matter cannot be blamed entirely on the princes of the country."

Zhu Youzhen always felt that there was something in this that he had never mastered, but he did trust Wang Chengen a lot, since Wang Chengen said so, then he had nothing to say.

He just said with a little regret: "Then this thing can't be done anymore, and if it continues to do this, it will ruin my reputation in vain." ”

"I am determined to be a great benevolent monarch, and such a cruel thing to the people, if it is not done by the benevolent monarch, it will have a great impact on my reputation."

Wang Chengen didn't know how to respond, and Zhu Youzhen didn't embarrass him, but asked tolerantly: "In that case, how many strong men have they recruited now?" ”

Wang Chengen said directly: "Now we have recruited 18,000 people. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Eighteen thousand people is not a lot, there are originally fifty or sixty thousand troops in the Beijing camp, plus more than 18,000 strong men, you can keep this Shuntian Mansion impregnable, this matter is like this for the time being, don't continue to recruit people to serve as strong men." ”

Wang Chengen nodded, and respectfully bowed his hand to Zhu Youzhen, "The people will definitely praise Your Majesty when they know this matter, Your Majesty is really a benevolent monarch!" ”

Zhu Youzhen's favorite thing to listen to is these words, and this Wang Chengen's understanding of him is very profound.

It's just that Zhu Youzhen waved his hand a little embarrassedly, he can't be like Zhu Youxiao now, listening to a lot of sycophants and not changing his face.

"It's nothing, it's just for the people, as long as the people can be happy, I will not hesitate to do it."

Zhu Chunchen's army constantly strengthened the city defenses, and they recovered a large number of stones and a large number of rolling logs from outside the city, and also received a batch of sulfur gunpowder sent by the Jin merchants, as well as solid iron shells for artillery.

All such materials are given away for free, the eight Jin merchants are good at trading, they know what is most beneficial to them, and the materials we sent this time are at least worth more than one million taels.

Zhu Chunchen picked up the gunpowder in his hand, and the powder of this gunpowder soon stuck to his fingers.

Judging by the quality of these gunpowders, they were excellent, as well as those solid shells, all because they had already been processed and could be put into use immediately.

In addition, the Jin merchants also sent them knives, spears and other weapons, and even some armor.

When Zhu Chunchen received these armors. They were shocked in their hearts, they didn't expect that Jin Shang could even build these armors, what a terrifying strength this was.

But when Zhu Chunchen opened these boxes, he saw the imprints on them, and he couldn't help but scold secretly, "He is a mother!" ”

These weapons have their own armor. All of them were built by the Ministry of Industry, that is to say, the Ministry of Industry created a batch of weapons and armor, and then sold this batch of weapons and armor to Jin merchants.

It is possible that the Jin merchants wanted to sell these materials to Liaodong, or to Mongolia, but now the situation is urgent, and they have to make a big deal, so they sent these materials back to Zhu Chunchen's hands.

To be honest, this Zhu Chunchen was a little sad in his heart, because he found the weapons and armor used by ordinary soldiers in his Beijing camp. It's not as good as the armor sent by Jin Shang.

The Ministry of Industry is more concerned about the armor built by the people of the Jin Merchants than they are to build by their own people.

That's normal, after all, the people of the Jin merchants gave more silver, and they had already fed the Ministry of Industry to their fullest.

However, this time it was also a big gamble for the eight Jin merchants.

In fact, Zhu Chunchen could guess that there were mainly two groups behind the Donglin Party in the past, one was the eight families of the Jin merchants, and the other was the wealthy families and maritime merchants in the southeast.

Now the practice of the eight Jin merchants is basically equivalent to directly participating in the rebellion.

If they win this time, that's it, if they fail this time, the loss of the eight Jin Shang families will definitely not be small, and I am afraid that the entire family will fall apart because of this.

But this is worthy of the Jin Shang's technique, knowing how to take risks, daring to take risks, and being good at taking risks.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao's army continued to move south, and this place was only a hundred miles away from Beizhili.

For the units of later generations, it is actually about 50 kilometers.

It can also be said that this place has entered the broad scope of Beizhili.

Zhu Youxiao ordered on the spot to rest here for a day first, and then continue to march to the capital tomorrow.

He also didn't want the army to rush too quickly, it would be easy to pull eggs, and when the army was very tired, they would have to go into battle immediately, which would be very unfavorable to the battle.

At the same time, Sun Yunhe happened to come back from the river and entered the barracks, with several Dongchang fans behind him.

These Dongchang fans still have shovels in their hands and war knives pinned to their waists.

The soldiers had already returned to the barracks, and Sun Yunhe was walking towards the big tent in the center of the barracks.

After he entered Zhu Youxiao's battle, he bowed down to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Your Majesty, today's execution is over. ”

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.