Along the paved road paved with gravel, the officer led the peasants through Hsinchu City. Although Hsinchu City has just been built, it is already quite large, with four gates four stories high and wide doorways underneath. The eight-mile-long earthen walls of the siege have been repaired, and the crossroads in the city are paved with bluestone slabs. Like Tianjing New Town, there are drainage ditches on both sides of the road in Hsinchu City, and there are garbage cans every 200 steps on the road.

Compared with the dirty county towns of Cangzhou, Hsinchu City is much cleaner and tidier. Yao Minle walked on the neat and wide road, and there was a feeling of walking in a paradise. In the center of the city, there is a mighty and decent "Yanwang Mansion", and the two big stone lions at the door are taller than one person. The officer told the peasants that the place to do business was not here, and that the place to go to the government was in the "general office" in the south of the city, where Lord Zheng was seated. This Yanwang Mansion is Yang Peng's mansion.

At this time, Hsinchu City had just been built, and there were not many shops in the city. The more lively is the cheap grain store in the middle of the city, where farmers who have a good harvest of early rice come to sell their rice in large carts. The peasants, who had sold their grain, got the money and happily searched the city for something. Therefore, the shops on both sides of the cheap grain store are doing very well.

Yao Minle looked at the small shops on both sides of the cheap grain store, and saw that there were butcher shops selling meat, tea, tobacco, soju and rice wine, and even children's toys. These shops were crowded at this time, and the gates were full of farmers who had harvested a good harvest and carried silver.

Yao Minle secretly sighed that Taiwan's peasants were really rich. Walking through Hsinchu City, the farmers walked into a temporary settlement. The settlement was built into several large courtyards on a small hill, covered with rows of brick houses. Yao Minle held his daughter-in-law with his left hand and his daughter with his right hand, and as soon as he walked into the settlement, his face smiled happily.

Look at the sturdy house, look at the rows of wood-framed bunk beds in that house, look at the full set of sheets, pillows and other items on the bed, this is simply the life of the old man. And that's just a "temporary" settlement. If you officially settle down in the future, what kind of good life will you live?

As soon as the officers brought a hundred peasants into the settlement, they began to assign them rooms and beds. In the resettlement site, 16 people are housed, and the husband and wife are separated, and the men and women are placed in different courtyards. The first thing you do after allocating a bed is to take a shower.

The peasants were taken to the large baths by the officers. As soon as Yao Minle entered, he was startled by the misty bathhouse. When he looked closely, he saw that there was a large pool of water in the bathhouse, which was filled with warm water and constantly emitted water vapor. Dozens of men were rubbing in the bathhouse.

The officer gave each peasant a bar of soap, explained how to use it a little, and then asked the peasants to take off their old and tattered clothes. Old clothes were thrown into a large basket. Yao Minle asked the officer, how to use the old clothes? The officer replied: "Burn it!" Yao Minle secretly shook his tongue and jumped into the bathhouse to take a clean bath.

After taking a shower and walking out of the bath, Yao Minle had just wiped his body clean when he saw a clerk walking in with a large basket of new clothes. The clerk walked up to Yao Minle and asked, "How tall?" "Five feet two inches." The clerk took out two sets of brand-new Chinese coats from the basket, and two sets of brand-new cotton round necks were stuffed into Yao Minle, and said, "Put it away!" ”

This is a new outfit? Yao Minle grabbed the new clothes in his hand, his face couldn't be suppressed, and he showed a full smile.

Yao Minle worked in Hsinchu for a month, and every day he followed the team leader to burn wasteland, level the land, dig and ram the earth to build canals. Although it was hard work, Yao Minle worked very hard, because the resettlement site had enough food to eat, and the temporary resettlement site managed three meals a day, snow-white rice, a lot of vegetables, and occasionally meat and meat.

At dinner on September 15, the day Yao Minle's family of three ate meat, Yao Minle cried. This is the life of people, in Cangzhou before, even if it was the New Year, a family of three was reluctant to cut a piece of meat. The daughter-in-law followed her for three years, gave birth to children for herself, and after three years of hard life, she didn't eat meat for three years, which made Yao Minle feel very guilty. However, when he arrived in Hsinchu, it was just an ordinary meal, and the uncle gave the land reclamation team meat to eat.

Yao Minle was reluctant to eat that large piece of meat, wiped a handful of tears, and gave the piece of meat to his daughter-in-law, saying, "I don't like to eat meat, daughter-in-law, you eat!" Yao Minle's daughter-in-law smiled, gave the meat to her daughter, and said, "The finch eats meat!" The finch looked at the two large pieces of pork belly in the bowl and said, "The finch has meat!" ”

Yao Minle's daughter-in-law touched her daughter's head and said, "The finches' meat is eaten by the finches, and the meat of the father is also eaten by the finches." Yao Minle's daughter laughed happily and took a bite on the pork belly, eating so deliciously. Seeing his daughter's happy face, Yao Minle shed a few more tears. He secretly said that he would work harder to repay his uncle's kindness.

What shocked Yao Minle even more was that on October 10, Yao Minle was about to go to work after breakfast, but he heard the captain shouting and saying: "Go to the yard and send monthly money!" "Yao Minle was stupid at that time, giving out monthly money? What kind of monthly money do you have to open up the wasteland, have a brick house to live in, have food to eat, have new clothes to wear, and have meat to eat, and you have to send monthly money to yourself?

Seeing Yao Minle standing there in a daze, the team leader pushed Yao Minle and said, "Yao nerd, why don't you hurry up and get the money?" If you don't want it, give me the money." Yao Minle put away the shovel and shovel in his hand, and ran out to receive the monthly money.

Inside the courtyard, hundreds of farmers gathered in front of the small high platform in the courtyard, waiting for the captain standing on the high platform to hand out money.

The captain shouted: "You peasants who have cleared the wasteland have been transported to Taiwan by the prince's fleet, and the prince of Yan has organized to distribute new clothes for rice, and you have a decent house to live in and meat to eat, how are you doing?" ”

The peasants below shouted in unison: "Well done!" "Good day!" The captain who sent the money said: "Not only that, but the prince will also send you a monthly payment." Two taels of silver a month for one person. If you work hard this month, there will be a bonus! When the farmers below heard this, their faces were full of surprise, and their eyes lit up.

After the captain finished speaking, he began to call names. One by one, the peasants who were called by name went up to receive the money. When Yao Minle was called, he walked up to the captain and saw the captain stuffing an envelope into his hand: "Yao Minle, you work hard, your performance is classified as superior, and you will be given two or two months' money, five dollars in bonuses, a total of two taels and five dollars in silver." ”

Yao Minle was a little nervous. He shuddered and took the envelope and stepped off the platform. He opened the envelope and saw that it contained two taels and five pieces of silver. Yao Minle is working in Shandong with his back to the loess, when did he hold so much silver in his hands? I just feel that I have a huge amount of money in my hand. He took a hard bite of the silver, only to feel that the silver was soft and in excellent condition.

Yao Minle felt that the surprises that Taiwan gave him were really one after another. Yao Minle was excited there, but suddenly saw more than a dozen Zhenhai regiment soldiers rushing into the courtyard, checking the courtyard back and forth, confirming that no one in the courtyard was holding offensive weapons, and then controlled the entrance and exit of the courtyard. After a short while, two soldiers wearing gilded armor stood at the gate of the courtyard and shouted:

"The Prime Minister has arrived!" Seeing this posture, the captain was the first to kneel on the ground. Under his leadership, the peasants who had cleared the wasteland all knelt on the ground and kowtowed. In the middle of the night, the guards walked into the courtyard with gorgeous flags and gourds. Xing Guobo hugged in front of him, rode a tall horse under the escort of hundreds of personal guards, and walked in under the guidance of Lord Guan in the big red official robe. In the middle of the courtyard, Lin Qing'er jumped off the horse and looked at the farmers who were clearing the wasteland with interest.

Lin Qing'er walked into the farmer's house and inspected the living environment of the farmer before walking back to the yard. Lin Qing'er looked at the kneeling peasants, and suddenly asked Yao Minle, "What's your name?" Yao Minle raised his head and looked, and when he saw Lin Qing'er looking at him, he quickly replied: "The little one is called Yao Minle!" ”

Lin Qing'er asked, "Yao Minle, you stand up and speak, what did you eat this morning?" Yao Minle stood up, swallowed his saliva, and replied a little nervously: "The small one eats two large bowls of white rice porridge and an egg." ”

Lin Qing'er nodded and asked, "Are the days of clearing the wasteland hard?" Yao Minle shook his head and said: "Eat well, dress well, live well, and pay monthly money, it's a good day with a lantern and nowhere to be found, and it's not bitter at all." Guan Shan, who was standing behind Lin Qing'er, shouted loudly: "Yao Minle, the prince has given you such a good day, how will you repay the prince in the future?" ”

Yao Minle's face turned red, and he said with some excitement: "Uncle gave Yao Minle such a good day, Yao Minle will definitely work hard in the future." Uncle asked Yao Minle to go east, Yao Minle would never dare to go west! When Lin Qing'er heard Yao Minle's words, she laughed, waved her hand and said to the farmers, "Get up." "The peasants got up from the ground.

Lin Qing'er didn't stay long, and under the support of the guards, she stepped on the horse again and rode away from the yard.

Lin Qing'er rode out of the temporary resettlement site, and said to Guan Shan with a smile: "Guan Shan, you are very well organized in Taiwan, and you are meritorious!" Guan Shan arched his hand and said: "Hsinchu can be built like this, all relying on the supply of materials from the prince, and Guan Shan does not dare to take credit." ”

Lin Qing'er asked, "Is there any problem?" Guan Shan thought for a while and replied: "There is a problem, that is, the red hair covets our Hsinchu wealth and always wants to rob it." From last year to this year, the Zhenhai regiment has repelled the red-haired team twice. Lin Qing'er listened to Zheng Hui's words and said lightly: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different!" Hongmao has the city of Relansha in the southern part of the island of Taiwan, and it is convenient to drive the boat to Hsinchu to rob it. ”

After thinking about it, Lin Qing'er said: "There are 2,000 soldiers of the Trapping Regiment who came to Taiwan with me this time, plus 1,000 soldiers of the Zhenhai Regiment stationed in Hsinchu, there are 3,000 soldiers. Let's go to Geranza and pull out the stronghold of the red hair! Guan Shan arched his hand and said: "The prime minister is wise, if Hongmao has no stronghold in Taiwan, he will not worry about the wealth of Hsinchu." ”

On October 21, Lin Qing'er's fleet of twenty large ships sailed ten miles north of the city of Geranza, from where it landed and headed for the city of Geranza.

The troops participating in the battle this time not only had 2,000 soldiers of the trapped regiment, 1,000 soldiers stationed in Hsinchu, but also 1,000 naval artillerymen. The crossbowmen unloaded the 100 18-strong crossbows on the ship from the fleet and became marines, accompanying Lin Qing'er to conquer Reranza.

Lin Qing'er wants to officially start a war with the red-haired people who plundered the southeast coast. The red-haired people are not a small enemy, you know, it can be said that it is the century of the red-haired people.

The Red Hair had previously dominated the European continent in Europe, and gained independence from Spain, developing into the number one maritime and trade power of this century. At this time, the number of merchant ships of Hongmao exceeded the number of merchant ships of all European countries combined, and he was known as the "coachman of the sea". After a fierce battle.

There was no defense in the Fort of Geranza at this time, and as soon as Lin Qing'er's army arrived, the gate of Fort Geranza was opened. The remaining more than 100 red-haired crossbowmen, women and children in the fort knelt on the ground, begging Lin Qing'er to let them live. Lin Qing'er waved her hand and said: "These red-haired are all habitual pirates, I don't know how many places they have robbed and how many Han people they have killed. The women and children were left behind, and the soldiers were all shot. ”

Two hundred soldiers of the trapping regiment rushed forward, tied up the crossbowmen, and took them outside the fort to be shot. The rest of the soldiers searched the fort to see what the red-haired people had left behind in the fort. In the end, Lin Qing'er found 110,000 taels of silver in the fort. The silver was probably earned from the Japanese trade, and it was all Japanese-style dingyin. With a wave of her hand, Lin Qing'er gave five taels of silver to each of the 3,000 soldiers and 2,000 fleet artillerymen who participated in the battle, and cheered the soldiers happily.

Only one soldier was wounded in this battle, and the others were not injured at all, so it was a joy to have a bonus. After taking down the Fort of Geranza, Lin Qing'er was not ready to occupy him. Capturing such a fortress, which requires at least a few hundred people to defend, is a heavy expense. Lin Qinger has a stronghold in Hsinchu, whether it is southbound or northbound, there is a transit station in Hsinchu, and there is no need to add a foothold like Relansha.

Some of the inhabitants of the town next to Chikan Fort were found to be 2,400 Han Chinese, 300 Chinese traders, and 1,100 Southeast Asians who had been reduced to red-haired slaves. Of course, the Han slaves were immediately restored to their freedom, and those who were willing to go to Hsinchu could go to Hsinchu with Lin Qing'er, and those who did not want to go to Hsinchu should go to Hsinchu first to wait, and then take a boat back to Fujian. But it is expected that after these people see the richness of Hsinchu, the vast majority of them will stay in Hsinchu.

The same is true for Chinese traders. One thousand and one thousand Southeast Asians remained in Geranza and were responsible for the demolition of the forts of Geranza and Chikan. Although Lin Qing'er was not prepared to occupy this stronghold, he did not want the Dutch to make a comeback and occupy it again. Southeast Asians were temporarily used as hard labor by Lin Qing'er, doing the manual work of demolishing the city. After demolishing the castle, Lin Qing'er will load these Southeast Asians into Hirado. Hirado had a merchant house for the Red-Haired people, from where Southeast Asians could return to the Red-haired colony.

Lin Qing'er dealt with the Dutch in Geranzaborg, and there was nothing to do in Taiwan, and he returned to Tianjing New City with the fleet.

The gaze turned back to the capital of Liao. Yelu Guanyin frowned and said, "I'm worried that this operation won't go very smoothly. I don't know why, I always have a faint worry in my heart, but I can't think of what the problem is! Looking at Yang Peng, "Big brother, come and help me think about it, is there something I haven't considered?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Your plan is perfect, there will be no problem!" You're just a little nervous! Yelu Guanyin smiled. Yang Peng said: "Don't worry about anything, we have planned for so long, there will never be a problem!" Yelu Guanyin nodded, and then said with a wistful expression: "Everything is ready, and my Da Liao will be reborn here!" Yang Peng asked, "Xiao Duli has already gone to the Beiying military camp?" Yelu Guanyin nodded, "As long as this side succeeds, his side will immediately take action, and then Beiying will be controlled by me!" ”

"Where's Jeruchun?" "His army has been secretly mobilized." Yang Peng pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "It seems that there will be no problems!" "Absolutely not! I don't allow problems to happen! ”

Happy times are always short-lived, and the hustle and bustle of the day gradually falls silent, and before you know it, night falls. Everyone camped in the wilderness, and people who couldn't get enough of it danced and sang around the campfire. Empress Dowager Xiao's huge tent was located on the only high hill in the middle of the plain, and the tents of the royal family, princes, nobles and ministers surrounded it, like the stars holding the moon. And the tents of the people were scattered all about. From a distance, the grassland is dotted with fire, reflecting the starry sky. Suddenly, people can't tell whether they are in the world or above the stars?

Yang Peng was talking with Yelu Guanyin in the big tent, and an officer under Yelu Guanyin rushed in and saluted, "Your Highness, Empress Dowager Xiao did not return to her tent, but stayed in the imperial tent. ”

Yelu Guanyin frowned and looked at Yang Peng, "He hasn't left his mother's side all day, this is not normal!" ”

Yang Peng pondered: "I think it's very likely that he has discovered something!" Hurriedly looked up at Yelu Guanyin, "Little sister, I think we should change our plans!" "What does Big Brother think we should do?" Yang Peng said: "Immediately send someone to notify the outside army to come in, directly attack and kill the Empress Dowager Xiao, and then ask the Empress Dowager Xiao to entrust the important task of the military state to the little sister." At the same time, people were sent to Beiying to investigate the situation. If there is no abnormality, immediately order Xiao Duli to seize the north camp, if there is an abnormality, wait for the end of this side, and then gather the army of the west camp and the east camp to suppress it! ”

Yelu Guanyin hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Just do as the eldest brother wants!" He immediately called a few cronies and guards, and ordered them to inform the Xiying and Dongying armies to take action tonight, raid the camp, kill Xiao Tianzuo, and at the same time order another person to go to the Beiying to check the situation. A few of his cronies and guards took the order and ran down.

Yang Peng said to Yelu Guanyin: "Little sister, I will also go down to prepare, and I will come back during the second watch." Yelu Guanyin nodded. Yang Peng left Yelu Guanyin's camp and returned to his camp at the foot of the mountain. Pacing back and forth in the tent, his brow furrowed tightly.

Han Bing, Yang Xiong, Shi Ping, and Kou Yan opened the curtain and walked in, hugged their fists and said, "Be in charge!" Yang Peng stopped, glanced at them, and frowned, "I'm worried that things won't go the way we planned tonight!" Kou Yan hurriedly asked, "Did the head of the family find something?" Yang Peng said what he had just discussed with Yelu Guanyin. Kou Yan frowned and said, "The decision of the head of the family is very correct, and it is indeed possible that the situation has changed!" ”

Yang Peng said: "Although we still have an absolute advantage in terms of the current strength comparison, even if Empress Dowager Xiao finds something, it shouldn't be able to change the ending." But there are no absolutes, and we must prepare for the worst! ”

The four of them clasped their fists together and said, "Please be in charge!" Yang Peng said: "We have to assume that Xiao Tianzuo wins in the end, what should we do?" Our six hundred hidden kills must be ready to cover the evacuation of important people! Yang Xiong Kou Yan, you lead 400 men to the post station twenty miles to the south, prepare the horses, carriages, water, and dry food, and if there is an accident, we will come and meet you immediately. "Yes!"

"Shi Ping, Han Bing, you lead the remaining two hundred people to follow me." "Yes." "If there's no problem, let's all go down." The four of them glanced at each other, bowed to Yang Peng, and left quickly. As soon as the four of them left, a delicate maid dressed in grassland clothes came in, saw Yang Peng, and performed the etiquette of a grassland woman, "Boss Jin, the master invites you over." ”

Yang Peng glanced at her, "Are you the maid beside the imperial aunt?" The maid smiled and nodded, urging: "The master is waiting for Boss Jin, Boss Jin should come with me." Yang Peng nodded, followed the maid out of the tent, explained a few words to the hidden killing outside the tent, and followed the maid towards the hill.

After a while, I came to the tent full of Han style, the layout here, from the screen to the calligraphy and painting, to the guqin, to the Boshan furnace, everything is so exquisite, all the essence of Han culture; A palace beauty sits behind the guqin, like a peerless beauty from the Han nationality, if the green mountains are flowing and the clouds are in the sky, if the bright moon is in the sky, the beauty is incomprehensible.

Yang Peng couldn't help but secretly admire. The maid saluted and said, "Master, Boss Jin is here." Yelu Hanyu raised his head, saw Yang Peng, a smile appeared in his eyes, and then said to the maid: "You go down, no one is allowed to come in without my summons." The maid answered, glanced at Chen Xiao with a strange expression, and bowed down.

Yelu Hanyu stood up and walked in front of Yang Peng. Yang Peng was not polite, and hugged her slender waist. Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng, and then his delicate face turned red, and his beautiful eyes looked at Yang Peng, clearly rippling with infinite spring love. Yang Peng couldn't help but kiss her red lips, so he couldn't stop eating the marrow, and kissed from her red lips all the way down, Yelu Hanyu was about to speak, but **** came to his heart, and what he wanted to say had long been forgotten outside the clouds.

Yang Peng stopped, looked at the peerless beauty with red cheeks rippling in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Call me so late, could it be that you want to have a room with me?" Yelu Hanyu glanced at Chen Xiao and said angrily: "I was disturbed by you, and I almost forgot about the business!" Yang Peng stroked Yelutri's waist and smiled evilly: "I think this is the right thing!" ”

Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "It's all this time, you still have such a mind!" Yang Peng's heart moved, "What?" Did you find anything? Yelu Hanyu frowned and said: "You have to deal with Xiao Tianzuo, but today and all day including now, Xiao Tianzuo has never left the Queen Mother's side, and you have no chance to do it at all!" This thing is not normal! ”

Yang Peng nodded, "We think so too, so we plan to change the action plan." Then he told him what he had discussed with Yelu Guanyin. Yelu Hanyu pondered: "In this case, King Fengjin is actually the best, but I'm afraid that Mei'er's heart won't be able to pass that hurdle!" Yang Peng sighed, "Who said it wasn't!" So it's the next best thing! Yelu Hanyu said: "This is also a way to do it." After a pause, he frowned: "Judging from the current situation, although there have been some changes, it should be under your control!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.