At the beginning of March, Ningyuan City.

Zu Dashou stood on the wall of Ningyuan City and looked into the city, only to see that hundreds of soldiers of the Han Army Zhenglan Banner brought by him were searching from house to house, forcibly taking away one by one Han people.

"What are you doing, what royal law have I violated, why should you arrest me!"

"I'm a Shunmin of the Manchurian Master, where are you going to arrest me, I'm a Shunmin!"

The news that the Qing Dynasty was going to rebuild the banners of the Han army had spread all over Liaodong as early as ten days ago, and then all kinds of news were flying all over the sky, and it was said that Liaoyang, Haizhou, Gaizhou and other big cities had begun large-scale forced conscription.

At this time, Ningyuan City was also in chaos, and there were soldiers and horses of the Han army with blue flags everywhere arresting people, such a scene, even Zu Dashou couldn't help frowning, and he was vaguely unbearable in his heart.

Suddenly, a miserable cry came, which immediately attracted Zu Dashou's attention.

It was a private house not far from the city wall, and a woman in her twenties rushed out screaming, threw herself to the ground, hugged the leg of a Han soldier who was leading the team, and cried and said: "My lord, the slut and her husband have only been married for a short time, don't let my husband carry the flag, the slut begs the adult!" ”

The urging leader is the same as the hundreds of soldiers of the Han army's Zhenglan Banner, all of them are soldiers and horses left behind in Shengjing and other places by the banners of the Han army, and the number is not large, and each banner is only three or five hundred people.

Originally, these people were the most unpopular among the banners, but with the defeat of the Qing army in Yanqing Prefecture, these people became the lucky ones and became the backbone of the reconstruction of the banners of the Han army

The brutality of the atrocities up.

"Bastard slut!"

The leader kicked the woman away, and the woman curled up in pain, groaning in pain.

"The masters are very gracious, and carry your family into the blue flag of the Han army, no longer the identity of the Han people, you are a step to the sky, what a glory, you don't know how to do it, dare to make noise here, want to die!"

When the Zhuang Ding who was taken away saw that his wife was beaten, he was immediately furious, and roared loudly: "You two Tartars, the Qing army has been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, with more than 100,000 dead and wounded, even those Manmeng real Tartars are all filial piety, who still really works for the Tartars!" Raising the flag? It is a grace for you to carry the flag, but I regard it as a shame to carry the flag, and it is not appropriate to let the descendants of the Han family go, but I want to be a dog for the Tartars, I am sick! ”

The urging leader was scolded so that his face was blue for a while and white for a while, and he angrily drew his knife and stepped forward, directly hacked the strong man to death, and then wiped the blood on the blade, looked at the woman who was stunned by this scene, and said to the dozen or so soldiers under him: "This simple woman has been rewarded to you!" ”

No matter how the woman struggled and scolded, a dozen people just lifted her up and walked straight towards the house next to her.

On the city wall, Zu Dashou was furious, and the roar of the strong man just now was like a slap in the heart.

Yes, Liu Yan was born out of thin air, and the invincible Manchu Qing Dynasty was almost destroyed, who is willing to raise the flag and be a traitor now?

But is there a way out for the ancestral family?

Not long ago, all kinds of news from the Ming Dynasty also entered the Manchu Qing Dynasty along with the materials sold by the Jin merchants. Plus the Manchu Qing

The meticulous work all over the Ming Dynasty, and the "efforts" of black-hearted businessmen everywhere, the Manchu high-level also knew about the major events that happened within the Ming Dynasty during this time.

Liu Yan served as the first assistant to the Ming cabinet and began to implement the new reform policy in a big way.

Hong Chengchou was defeated in Xinzhou, and Wu Sangui surrendered to Li Zicheng together, and the chief military officer of Daming Shuzhen was killed in battle, and more than 100,000 elites of the nine sides were destroyed.

Even the turmoil in Beijing was known to the Manchu leadership.

In particular, Wu Sangui surrendered Li Zicheng, which was the most fatal for Zu Dashou, Daming no longer had a place for the ancestral family and the Wu family, and Zu Dashou's family had no chance to turn back.

"Alas!"

Zu Dashou pointed to the house in the city and said to the left and right: "Let that woman go!" ”

"Huh!"

Soon, the woman was released in rags, and Zu Dashou also took his family to the outside of the house and reprimanded the reminder in public.

"Hehe, master, the slave is also summoned, Your Majesty has limited the time, if the master fails to rebuild the blue flag of the Han army by then, how will the master deal with it?"

Zu Dashou said coldly: "How can I make a mistake, and I still need to report to you as a minion?" ”

"Oops!"

The leader hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "The slave doesn't dare, the slave is just loyal!" ”

"Palm!"

"Yes, slap mouth, the slave thanks the master for the reward!"

Then the urging began to smack his own mouth, Zu Dashou didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he went over to appease the woman, but saw that the woman's originally dull gaze suddenly became sharp, and then suddenly got up and rushed to the courtyard wall next to him, screaming, and crashed to death in Zu Da

Shou in front of him.

Zu Dashou looked at the dazzling scarlet on the wall, and his heart seemed to be stabbed by something, he never imagined that Liaodong, which was occupied by the Manchus, would still have such a strong Han people.

But then, Zu Dashou felt a chill in the back of his head, and his heart instantly sank to the bottom: yes, the whip has grown on his head, and there is no turning back!

"Bury them alive!"

"Huh!"

Zu Dashou turned over his horse with a gloomy face, and took the family of the brigade to the city mansion, and after entering the mansion, Zu Dale and Zu Kefa greeted him.

"Hehe, big brother!"

"Father!"

When Zu Dashou saw the two of them, he didn't give a good face, and said coldly: "You guys aren't busy recruiting their respective flags, what are you doing here!" ”

According to Dolgon's deployment, areas were demarcated for each banner of the Han army, and the solid mountain of each banner of the Han army could only recruit Dingkou to carry the flag in a fixed area, so as to avoid the banners of the Han army competing for population with each other and causing unnecessary trouble.

Zu Dale said with a smile: "Big brother, don't worry, the matter of my Han army setting a white flag is almost over, and the rest of the things are really hard to worry about." ”

Zu Kefa also said: "Father, it's the same with the red flag of my Han army, and the number of troops is almost the same as that of Dingkou. ”

The three of them walked to the main hall as they spoke, but Zu Dashou still didn't have a good face, and said, "Then you shouldn't come to see me!" ”

"Big brother, what do you mean?"

Zu Dale was puzzled in his heart, and then said with a little sentimentality: "Our ancestor family changed the court to the Qing Dynasty, and now he is in charge of the three banners of the Han army, which can be regarded as powerful, presumably there is Zerun Spring."

Know, you can also look at it! ”

mentioned Zu Zerun's son, Zu Dashou was also sad, and then his tone slowed down, let Zu Dale and Zu Kefa sit down, and said: "It is precisely because our ancestral family controls three of the eight banners of the Han army, which is already too conspicuous, we should be careful everywhere, and always think about avoiding suspicion!" ”

"The Qing Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty, we are in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how prominent our identity is, our family is also a slave, understand? To be a slave, you must have the consciousness of being a slave, don't think that you are still a general in the Ming Dynasty, and you can no longer engage in the self-respecting and family-oriented faction, which will lead to the disaster of extermination! ”

Listening to Zu Dashou's words, Zu Dale and Zu Kefa's faces suddenly changed greatly, and they also realized that what they had done was wrong at this moment.

"Alas!"

Zu Dashou sighed and said: "Forget it, anyway, you are all here, and then we will discuss the matter of preparing for the establishment of flag soldiers, and each of us will play to the masters of each flag, this matter cannot be hidden, so as not to cause trouble." ”

"Yes."

Zu Dale and Zu Kefa glanced at each other, and said secretly in their hearts: "Being an official in the Qing Dynasty is really different from the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Tell me, you're coming together, what's the matter?"

Zu Dale said: "Big brother, Your Majesty asked us to rebuild the banners of the Han Army this time, but only gave the number of cattle records for each banner, and did not stipulate the quota of specific troops. How will the drills in our flags be carried out? ”

Zu Kefa also leaned over and said, "Father, I thought I could prepare more cavalry and heavy armor, and then match firearms, what does my father think?" ”

Zu Dashou thought for a while and said: "I see that Your Majesty's sharp intention has changed, and the banners of the Han army should be dominated by firearms

is like Liu Yan's new army. So when you go back, you're going to have to train more gunners and gunners, understand? ”

Zu Dale and Zu Kefa were both stunned, and then asked, "But do you have so many firearms in the Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Not now, but with the power of the Qing Dynasty, it will definitely be able to be built on a large scale."

Zu Dashou said: "Liu Yan is just a corner of Shandong, and at the beginning, there was even only one corner of Lingshanwei, didn't he also train an army of more than 100,000 elite firearms?" The Qing Dynasty was rich in Liaodong, and with the support of the Jin merchants, as long as there was the support of His Majesty, it was not difficult to build sophisticated firearms on a large scale. ”

Zu Dale sighed: "If this is the case, then our ability will be useless." ”

Zukoffa also said; "Yes, firearms are the main weapons for combat, and all kinds of skills on the battlefield are going to change greatly, it seems that we have to start from scratch."

Zu Dashou saw the two sighing, so he said: "Yes, in my opinion, it will be a three-legged situation in the future: the Ming Dynasty led by Liu Yan, the million-strong army of Li Zicheng, and our Qing Dynasty, in the world of the tripartite melee, firearms should be the key, and we must also change in time, otherwise it will be the end of defeat and death!" ”

Zu Dale said with a smile: "Hehe, the eldest brother said so, then we really have to follow Your Majesty to change, and I will find some military books on firearms to read after I go back." ”

Zu Kefa said: "I don't know how many troops Your Majesty will give us for each banner?" ”

Zu Dashou said: "Don't think about this, the two of you will rush back now, and then give it as soon as possible."

The respective masters have excerpts to explain today's situation, and they must not hide it. ”

Zu Dale and Zu Kefa bowed and left at the same time.

Just when the banners of the Han army were catching people and carrying the flags with great fanfare, outside the city of Zhangjiakou, a huge caravan slowly headed north, along the trade route towards the mouth.

In the caravan, in addition to more than two hundred carts and dozens of pack horses, there was also a four-wheeled carriage, on which a man dressed in gorgeous satin clothes sat and looked through the caravan's manifests.

"Huh? There was so much iron, charcoal and sulfur in this shipment? ”

"Hehe, yes, Mrs. Fan, the demand outside the gate has suddenly changed, from grain, iron, and medicine, to iron, charcoal, and sulfur, and the price is considerable, two percent higher than the market price!"

This gorgeously dressed man is the head of the Fan family among the Jin merchants, Fan Yongdou.

"Twenty percent higher?"

Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "Okay, it seems that this time the old man came with him, or he came to the right place, this year is another bumper harvest year!" ”