Zhou Xian was thinking about his plan, but he didn't want Chongzhen to overhear his thoughts.

Chongzhen immediately restrained his smile: "Although the thieves have retreated now, it has also taught me a great lesson, although it is important to appease the army and the people, it is also urgent to purge the army."

If it is not controlled, it is inevitable that there will be no second and third thieves.

I immediately asked the Ministry of War to recruit steel mills from all over the country, increase the forging of soldiers' armor and weapons, and put new clothes and weapons on my Ming army as soon as possible! ”

Wang Jiayan was overjoyed when he heard it.

The emperor is no longer stupid, and knows that the purging of the three armies, strengthening the promotion of firearms, and improving the combat capability of the army are really a dose of strength for the dying Ming Dynasty.

He immediately clenched his fists excitedly and knelt down: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister will never give up!" ”

Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "Zhou Xian, I remember that the imperial court has a large steelmaking plant in Datong, Shanxi, which has been supplying the steel of the imperial court. ”

Zhou Xian relived his life, he wanted to show his skills, and now that the siege of the capital has been resolved, it is also a good thing that Chongzhen sent him to Shanxi.

Although he did not study weapons in modern times, he was at least able to develop or improve firearms that were more advanced and easier to use than they are today.

As for the marriage with Princess Changping, he is not in a hurry.

After all, he is a person who has experienced the baptism of free marriage, and he doesn't want to marry a strange woman in a daze.

After receiving the holy decree, Zhou Xian rushed to the Shenji Camp, called Zhao Laofu and some craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, and then drove to Datong, Shaanxi.

Since Princess Changping met Zhou Xian, she was attracted by Zhou Xian's heroism, and when she heard that he was leading troops out of Beijing, she wanted to follow secretly, but before she stepped out of the palace gate, she was pulled back.

After all, there is chaos outside, and if the princess has an accident, it will be Daming's face that will be lost.

Arrived at Datong Mansion.

Zhou Xian ordered the army to garrison thirty miles outside the city, and at the same time sent Zhao Laofu to go to the government to inquire about the reality of the steel mill, and learned that Li Zicheng and the rest of the army were a group of reckless men, who were not interested in the steel mill, and rarely asked about the steel mill, so the equipment inside was well preserved.

However, since the army of thieves marched to Beijing, a group of rogues have flowed into Datong Mansion, burning and looting from time to time to make a living.

Now that there are no soldiers available in Datong Mansion, there is no way to deal with those gangsters, so they can only watch them do evil.

After Zhou Xian found out, he immediately led people to Monkey Mountain, intending to exterminate this gang of rogues.

It's just that it's easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a flat land, which is very suitable for training the army, and it is a good place to quickly garrison troops.

Zhou Xian and Zhao Laofu reconnoitred the terrain, but they were not in a hurry to make a move, and planned to salute first and then soldier.

First of all, he asked Tieli to write a letter of Zhao'an, the general content of which was to let them accept Zhao'an, and the men could work in the steel factory, while the women would work in the quilt factory, and the treatment would be the same as that of other people.

If not, they will be annihilated on the spot.

Zhao Ling, the leader of this rogue gangster, never expected that before he could do anything, these people from the government would come to the door by themselves.

Especially this edict, there is not even a little sincerity, this is completely an order, and a miner is like a great gift, it is simply unreasonable!

"Beat the drums!"

"Assemble!"

Zhao Ling slapped the table and snorted coldly.

The drums sounded, and several small leaders in the cottage immediately put down what they were doing and ran to the hall in the cottage to gather.

This is a relatively decent building in the cottage, and in just a few moments, more than thirty people are crowded.

Threes and threes exchanged ears and chatted with each other.

Zhao Ling saw that people were almost here, so he took out Zhou Xian's edict letter and asked the military advisors around him who had read books to read it to everyone.

However, the tone of this military advisor was too vivid, and he forcibly read a letter of Zhao'an into a family letter.

This military advisor was originally a teacher at the foot of the mountain, because his wife was seriously ill, he borrowed a sum of money, and later he was unable to repay it, and he was collected for debts.

After he sent his wife and daughter away, he wanted to die, but later the thieves broke through Datong Mansion, and he was also taken to the mountains by this gang of robbers, and he became a military advisor inexplicably.

Now that the army was defeated in Shuntian, he was scattered and collapsed, and he received this edict again, he naturally wanted to be edicted by the imperial court and live a normal life again.

He actually knew that Zhao Ling, the big boss, was not happy, but he also knew that most of the people present were forced to go up the mountain to be bandits, and now that they have a good life, who doesn't want to go back?

After the military advisor read the letter, the people below began to talk about it, and most of them fantasized about being able to live a good life again, and they were really tired of this kind of bloody life.

"This is a good thing, over the years, we have been hiding from officers and soldiers, and then we have invaded the army more, and the days of Tibet in the east have long been tired, and now the court is willing to give us one or two silver a month, which is not many times better than those Qiu Bahao!"

"Moreover, these two are the most unproductive, and I heard that if you do a good job, there are even more than twenty taels a month!"

"Wife and children are hot on the kang, who doesn't want to live this kind of life."

Zhao Ling also knew that he couldn't stop so many people, he thought for a while, and said, "Don't say anything else, I want to accept Zhao'an's raise your hand!" ”

When the people below saw the military advisor raise their hands, they all raised their hands one by one, only a few people swayed.

Zhao Ling asked: "Luo San, if you don't accept Zhao'an, you can't stay in this cottage, what are your plans?" ”

Luo San said: "I have also saved some money over the years, and I want to go home and buy some land, so that I can live the rest of my life in peace." ”

Zhao Ling looked at the other person again: "What about you, the fourth?" ”

The fourth child shook his head: "I listen to the big master, I will do what you do, in short, you say a word, we will go wherever you go!" ”

Zhao Ling stood up, touched his chin, and paced back and forth: "I'm going to go down the mountain to see how that imperial army is." ”

Zhao Ling said, put on his battle armor, and quickly descended the mountain with a personal guard.

It's just that it's good that he doesn't go down the mountain, but now when he goes down the mountain and sees Zhou Xian's elite army, he can't help but feel numb in his scalp.

I saw that one by one the Ming troops took off their armor, some dug trenches, some cut down trees, and some were on guard all around.

But judging from the temperament, you know that this is an elite!

Absolutely powerful elite!