The iron casting process at the end of the Ming Dynasty was actually no less than that of Britain during the Industrial Revolution!

Han Chinese, in fact, are not stupider than Europeans and Americans!

However, the level of science and technology in the Ming and Qing dynasties is really indescribable!

Wang Li feels that the only thing that the Han people lack is basic scientific research!

Of course, there is also the problem of the "system" - the minds of the people are strictly imprisoned, and life is difficult!

Under such soil, it is absolutely impossible to give birth to "inventions and creations", let alone an industrial revolution!

Wang Li really wanted to "invent" the steam engine and the new cannon, but unfortunately he was impatient!

He just hastily assembled the steam engine, pointed out the areas that needed improvement, and then told the craftsman what he wanted;

In the end, he threw down the sentence "If you succeed, you will be rewarded" and hurried back to Chengdu.

Because, he is paying attention to Hanzhong!

In Shaanxi Province, Zhu Yiluo, the "King of Qin" at this time, is the tenth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang's second son, Zhu Zhang, and the same generation as Zhu Youzhen!

To assign the "Hanzhong Mansion of Shaanxi" to Sichuan, Hong Chengchou can't ask for it!

After all, four ancient plank roads are really difficult!

For the land of Guanzhong, Hanzhong Mansion is like an "enclave" south of the Qinling Mountains - the food is tasteless, it is better to give it up!

It's just that Hong Chengchou didn't dare to make his own claims on the major matter of geographical division, so he could only report to Zhu Youzhen;

What Hong Chengchou didn't expect was that Wang Li didn't wait for Zhu Youzhen's approval, and let himself go early!

At the beginning of this month, a group of "thieves" broke into Hanzhong Mansion, burning, killing and looting, and did all kinds of evil!

However, several ancient plank roads in the Qinling Mountains are really difficult!

Except for the "Ziyang King" Zhu Fuchen's family, there are more than 100 people, and no other Zhu clan relatives have fled back to Shaanxi!

In fact, the "thief" deliberately spared Zhu Fucheng's life - according to the people of Hanzhong Mansion, this Ziyang King has a generous personality and never oppresses the people!

In the past few years, Zhu Fuqian has opened the warehouse three times to release grain, and he is deeply loved by the people!

Immediately afterwards, at the same time that several "thieves" blocked the plank road out of Sichuan, the successful experience of Sichuan's "pilot law change" was rapidly promoted in Hanzhong Prefecture!

With the big granary of the "Land of Abundance" and the big granary of the "Hanzhong Plain", Wang Li has more confidence!

The construction of several plank road fortifications marks the basic completion of the goal of "building a nest"!

"Factory man, we have fortifications on Chencang Road, Bao Shute Road and Fu Luo Road, why do we only ignore Meridian Road?"

"Meridian Road, the closest to Xi'an!

One day I'm happy, I can go to Shaanxi from the Meridian Road and find my big brother Hong for a drink! ”

Wang Li smiled, although Song Zhe was puzzled, he didn't ask more.

In fact, Wang Li deliberately did not fortify the Meridian Road, which actually has a deep meaning!

In his opinion, the Shu Han forces in the Three Kingdoms era have never blocked the exit of the plank road, in addition to showing their determination to the Northern Expedition, the huge project is also one of the reasons!

At this time, the population of Sichuan registered in the Yellow Book has more than 9 million, which is more than ten times that of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period!

It can be said that you want money and money, and you want people!

Coupled with the power of gunpowder to open mountains and stones, and the ability of cement to build quickly, it was a breeze to build a city in the right place at the southern end of the boardwalk!

Put a few more cannons, and that will be "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open"!

However, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Huang Taiji are not fools - knowing that there are cities and artillery at the exit location, who would stupidly come over and send them to death?

Therefore, wouldn't it be pleasant to leave an "undefended" plank road and put the enemy soldiers in the direction of Shaanxi into Hanzhong to fight?

According to Jinyiwei's report, the Meridian Road is even more difficult to travel than any passage out of the river!

Not to mention Wei Yan in the Three Kingdoms era, even if it is the current Jinyiwei, he can't "arrive in Chang'an within ten days"!

The most important thing is that there are many places on the Meridian Road that can only allow one person to pass through!

The transportation of grain, grass, war horses and attack equipment is very difficult!

If you want to transport cannons from Shaanxi to Hanzhong, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky!

No matter who dares to enter the Han from the Meridian Road, he will inevitably be tired and tired, and it will be difficult to continue with food and grass!

What if, when the enemy army is attacking, there happens to be an iron cavalry at the exit, waiting for work?

Hey!

It's wonderful to think about!

Even if the enemy army has millions of people, they can only line up to give away their heads!

"Report ...... Factory Gong: The thief leader Li Zicheng tied his whole body, cried bitterly in Governor Chen's tent, kowtowed, please surrender! ”

"What...... What...... What...... ......"

Wang Li couldn't believe his ears and took the letter!

"Smack......

A slap in the face that hurts hotly!

I'll go!

It's not a dream!

What the hell is going on?

Li Zicheng, why did he surrender?

History, has it really changed?

"Factory father, the intelligence of the brocade spies will never go wrong!"

Song Zhe took the letter, and after reading it carefully, he was slightly worried: "What if...... As long as Governor Chen is cautious, there is still the possibility of annihilating the thieves! ”

Song Zhe's worries and changes in attitude made Wang Li even more puzzled: "My second master, you were full of confidence in the total annihilation of the thieves a few days ago!" Why is it that at this time, it has become less confident? ”

"Factory father, what I said a while ago was "total annihilation", not surrender!

What I mean is that if Governor Chen guards the Carriage Gorge and annihilates the thieves in one fell swoop when they run out of food, he will definitely be able to quell the thieves' rebellion! ”

Oh, yes!

Total annihilation and surrender are completely different things!

Remember, when Yang He was the governor of the three sides, didn't all the thieves in Shaanxi surrender!

The result?

Therefore, even if you really want to surrender, you must cut off all the thieves, and then talk about surrender!

At this time, the northwest is not providing disaster relief!

As long as the thief is killed, the people under his command receive relief food, and there should be no more rebellion!

No, no one can guarantee it!

Killed a Li Zicheng, and possibly Zhang Zicheng and Wang Zicheng!

As long as the Xiaoice River period has not passed, as long as there is still famine and oppression, the thieves will rise again!

"Factory father, this is only one aspect!

Have you forgotten that enclosure four months ago? ”

Four months ago?

Wang Li was stunned again!

Because history can't be changed, these days I only care about "trying cases" and making money, and I don't pay much attention to the extermination of thieves!

I only know that hundreds of thousands of thieves were surrounded by Hong Chengchou, Zuo Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao and Wang Pu, but they failed to wipe them out!

Immediately afterwards, the thieves fled in panic in three ways!

One of the way, he was blocked by Qin Liangyu in Kuizhou Mansion, and was frightened by the Jinyi guard who was on an expedition to Taiwan!

"Factory father, we are the West Factory!

If Long Live delves into this matter, we will all be more or less responsible! ”

Song Zhe sighed lightly and smiled helplessly: "At that time, all kinds of thieves were surrounded, and there was basically a dead end!"

Unexpectedly, they stuffed silver into General Wang's soldiers and made a fake surrender! ”

Depend on!

Wang immediately bounced up, unable to believe his ears: "Is there really such a thing?"

The general soldier Wang you are talking about is the one hand-picked by the Long Live Lord, the chief soldier of the Beijing Division, Wang Pu? ”

"That's right! That's him!

He accepted tens of thousands of taels of silver from the thief's head, thinking that he had surrendered the thief's head, and he would be able to return to Beijing to invite merit immediately!

Unexpectedly, the thief was cunning and played a trick!

And then he fled!

Among them, there are Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong! ”

"I'll ...... This dog's day Wang Pu! Do you even dare to accept the silver of the thief's head? What a disaster for the country and the people! ”

Wang Li was so angry that he stomped his feet, and his fists clenched!

At this moment, only Wang Li will know - Wang Pu, this damn guy, what is wrong!

Even if he is cut with a thousand knives, put him in the oil pot, and crush his bones and ashes, it is not an exaggeration!

Alas!

Silver, everybody likes it!

It's not your fault that you collect some bribes, I often take them!

However, after you received the money, you chopped Li Zicheng with a knife, can't you?

If there is no Li Zicheng, how many more years can Lao Tzu fish?

Alas!

This dog's day, I have stayed in the flower world of Jingshi for too long, and I don't know the sinister way of the world outside!

But, this guy ...... Even if you haven't seen the world, even if you don't know that there is the word "fraud", don't you have a brain?

Think about it with your heels!

When will you have to pay a bribe if you surrender?

Oops, I'll you!

It's the first time I've heard of such a thing!

I'm going to blow up my lungs!

After a long time, Wang Li relieved himself slightly.

"Li Zicheng is self-bound, crying and begging, when did it happen?"

"Uh...... If it is news from the south, and it is news that does not matter, it is generally sent to the southern capital, and it is sent to Sichuan once every half a month;

The news of the Northwest Crackdown on the thieves, if it has nothing to do with General Cao, it is also news that does not matter;

This kind of letter is generally sent to the Jinyi Guard Command Post in Nanyang, and it is delivered once every seven days!

There is no date on this letter, it must have been eleven to eighteen days ago! ”

Hearing Song Zhe's words, Wang Li wanted to die!

I wanted to give Chen Qiyu a letter and let him chop Li Zicheng with one sword!

Judging by the time, it should be too late!

It's too late to send Jinyiwei to the Carriage Gorge!

Because, from the carriage gorge to Chengdu Mansion, it takes about four days for fast horses!

That's four days, enough time for a lot to happen!

I only hope that Governor Chen, who is good at planning and winning every battle, will not let himself down!

If you chop Li Zicheng, I will quietly give you five million in my personal name!

Word!

"Report ...... Factory father, there is another letter here: more than 100,000 thieves escaped from the carriage gorge and disappeared without a trace! ”

"Huh?"

"Boom!"

Wang Li's head is almost about to explode!

In one breath, I almost didn't slow down!

Presumably, the lungs have exploded!

Seeing that Wang Li had no master, Song Zhe hurriedly took the letter, turned his head and reprimanded: "Why did you send it one by one?" Hurry up and send all the letters you receive! ”

"Uh...... ......"

Alas!

There are so many letters sent from all over the country!

Sometimes, there are two or three hundred in a day!

All sorts of news are available!

It is impossible for every letter to be sent by Kuaima, and it is impossible for every letter to be passed on by a pigeon!

You can only prioritize it!

There are really a lot of letters sent to Chengdu!

Wang Li really couldn't dismantle it, so he asked Song Zhe to help.

However, Song Zhe couldn't open it, so he could only open the "important" letter in person!

Those "not very important" letters will be handed over to the literate Jinyiwei for help!

Soon, more than a dozen letters were opened one by one, and the escape of the thieves was basically clarified!

The besieged thieves ran out of food and grass, and more than half of them died in twenty days!

With Wang Pu's previous experience, Chen Qiyu originally had no intention of surrendering!

When Li Zicheng asked to surrender, he didn't believe his sincerity: "If he really wants to surrender, he will tie himself up and come over in person!" ”

Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng really tied himself up!

Crying bitterly in front of Chen Qiyu's tent!

The benevolence of this Governor Chen was ignited!

The key is that the generals under Chen Qiyu all helped Li Zicheng intercede - the Jinyi Wei spies have enough evidence to prove that they received Li Zicheng's money!

It was enough for his subordinates to help intercede, and Li Zicheng also made a promise to Chen Qiyu: for every thief who accepts the surrender of a thief, he will give fifty taels of silver!

In the carriage gorge, there are 40,000 people under Li Zicheng's command!

If all of them are reduced, it will be two million taels!

Back then, Yang He recruited thieves and spent more than 100,000 silver!

At this moment, if you recruit the thieves yourself, you can still earn two million!

What a good thing!

Under the double offensive of silver and feelings, Chen Qiyu has completely fallen!

Of course, Chen Qiyu is very careful about the surrender, and he has enough sincerity!

He organized a hundred thieves into a team and assigned a pacification officer to escort them back to their hometowns;

issued a document asking the states and counties passing through to provide grain and grass for assistance;

Orders were also issued requiring generals everywhere not to intercept;

Unexpectedly, this time it was another fraud!

It was only a few dozen miles away from the carriage gorge, and dozens of pacification officers were killed cleanly!

By the time the Ming armies from all walks of life came over, the thieves would have long since disappeared!

After sorting out the experience, Wang Li's eyes were dark, and he couldn't breathe anymore!

In a trance, I could only hear Song Zhe's exclamation!

Like, still slapping your face!

God, isn't it dark?

So sleepy!

"Whoa......

Wang Li was a spirit, and he only felt cold!

Cool from head to toe!

I want to get up, but unfortunately my whole body is weak!

I can't even open my mouth!

I'll go!

This guy just poured two basins of cold water in a row, and he was still pressing Lao Tzu's chest!

I couldn't breathe anymore, but when I was pressed like this, I couldn't breathe even more!

I'll go!

You're a little lighter!

Press Lao Tzu's ribs, don't do it, you two masters!