In terms of playing scoundrels, Wanli, a little scoundrel, is really not afraid of that group of old scoundrels.

Especially when it comes to making money, the fat house is simply professional-level, and it can take shamelessness to the extreme.

An advance slip directly transferred the tax revenue of Weihui Mansion this year to the Inner Palace, so that this year's palace expenditure will be 30,000 taels more.

Meizizi has to go back to the harem to play with girls.

This Weihui Mansion can complete the tax collection at the end of the year, which is more than half a year earlier than the general state capital, and it can be remitted directly to the capital.

It's also very easy to use!

But this made Tobe angry enough.

In this way, as a result, the household department also lost money, and the key household department was already short of silver, and the silver tax revenue of the four prefectures in Henan was very important.

But they can't help it, the tax revenue of the four mansions is in Wanli's hands.

They no longer dare to do anything on the carrier, and if it goes on like this, Wanli is estimated to be able to borrow the tax revenue of Kaifeng Mansion.

This kid is a little too ruthless.

However, Guo Dan's side also began to fight back.

Wuqing Houfu.

"Master Hou, we have been tricked."

When Chen Yinzhao saw Li Gao, he hung his head and shouted.

"Medium?"

Li Gao looked confused and said, "What's the plan?" ”

Chen Yinzhao said: "I just received a letter from Caoyun, in one day, if Yinuoya announced that they would no longer buy any grain and grass, but they did not receive any grain and grass at all before. ”

Li Gao was surprised: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Before the words fell, Mo Ruoyou ran in in a panic, panting and said, "Master Hou, uncle, have you read today's life newspaper?" ”

Chen Yinzhao and Li Gao looked at Mo Ruoyou in astonishment.

Mo Ruoyou said: "It turns out that Guo Dan's kid has secretly ordered people to go to Huguang, Sichuan, and Guizhou to buy grain and grass before His Majesty decides whether to send troops to Banzhou, and all of them... They also purchased 50,000 koku of grain from large households in Banshu. ”

It's really no one in the world who doesn't trade.

On the one hand, Guo Dan sold armaments to Banzhou, but on the other hand, he also bought grain and grass from Banzhou.

It's just that this battle is full of weirdness from the beginning.

The two sides are you and me, and I have you.

Li Gao was surprised: "How do you know? ”

Mo Ruoyou held a newspaper and trembled vigorously, "He has published it in the Life Daily, and he has already purchased grain and grass worth 800,000 taels in three places, as well as 200,000 taels of logistics materials." ”

Li Gao snatched the life newspaper, looked at it for a long time, stomped his foot hard, and slammed the life newspaper to the ground, "This big profiteer." ”

Chen Yinzhao hurriedly said: "Master Hou, we have purchased so much grain and grass, while the price has not fallen yet, we have to throw it out quickly!" ”

"Wait."

Li Gao said: "Maybe this is just Guo Dan's trick, and its purpose is to make us throw out the grain." ”

Chen Yinzhao said: "This shouldn't be possible, because... Because the Banshu side has already started fighting, if the logistics and food and grass are insufficient, how dare they rush into the army, but I have already sent someone to Sichuan to inquire about the news. ”

That being said, he already felt something was wrong.

.....．

Zhenyuan Mansion, which belongs to Guizhou, is the passage from Huguang to Guizhou and Yunnan, and it is the key point of transportation, and at this time, the military flag of the Shenji Battalion has been fluttering in Zhenyuan Mansion.

You must know that less than a month ago, the Banzhou army had already occupied eighteen fortresses in Huguang.

Yang Yinglong's strategy was very clear, that is, to strike first, expand his defensive circle, hold Huguang with a small number of troops, and then concentrate the main force to attack Chongqing and seize the granary.

He thought that with these fortresses, he could resist the offensive of Li Rusong's side with a small number of troops, and when he took Chongqing, he could endanger the entire Sichuan, which was absolutely unacceptable to the Central Plains Dynasty.

But the result was that Li Rusong led an army of 30,000 troops, pushed all the way, and counterattacked to Guizhou in one fell swoop.

In the face of the day and night artillery bombardment of the Ming army, those fortresses are simply a grave, although this artillery can indeed not kill a few people, the hit rate is very touching, but the price is long range, loud sound, this day and night bombardment, Banzhou defenders can not sleep.

Although the Banzhou defenders are all strong, they have always fought with cold weapons, although they have also seen firearms, but they are very few, and it is the first time they have encountered such a large-scale firearms team.

I didn't know how to fight for a while.

Guarding the fortress is the turtle in the urn, standing at the pass to rush and kill, and immediately being taught to be a man by the rows of birds.

So, they decisively chose to retreat.

Zhenyuan Mansion.

Bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

In a clearing, gunshots rang out one after another, some people were measuring their heights, some recruits were training to use bird guns, and many recruits were lining up to receive the uniforms of the Shenji Battalion.

"Mr. Li, this battle is really unfought."

As a deputy general, Ma Gui looked at the groups of recruits, shook his head and said to Li Rusong: "We are getting stronger and stronger the more we fight, but the enemy is getting weaker and weaker. ”

Li Rusong said happily: "This is what Guo Dan said, productivity will determine war." ”

The biggest advantage of firearms is not how powerful they are, but how fast they can be equipped, as long as the productivity can keep up, they can quickly equip a huge army, of course, as long as the Weihui Mansion is broken, this army will immediately lose its combat effectiveness.

Therefore, Wanli is very relieved about this.

"But this also requires Yang Yinglong to cooperate with us." Ma Gui said with a smile: "If it weren't for Yang Yinglong's army burning, killing, looting, and enslaving the local people in this generation, these people would not have joined us so actively. ”

Li Rusong said with emotion: "This is all Guo Dan's life!" He was always able to meet this kind of opponent, and this time he made a lot of money again. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the big tents in the distance, the scale of which was almost up to the barracks, and those were all workshops.

Due to this expedition, the logistics team was all merchants, and all the looms were carried with them, and wherever they went, the workshops were built.

In this generation, the Banshu army burned, killed and looted, bringing devastating disasters to the local people, and by the way, it also wiped out a lot of local toast.

This is what Guo Dan hopes to see the most.

Now as soon as the Ming army arrived, it was immediately warmly welcomed by the local people.

The officers and men of the Ming army were all handsome, not to mention, and they all abided by military discipline, compared with the Banzhou army, it was a world of difference, not only did not rob them, but also gave them some tents and daily necessities.

It's all because Guo Dan over there is already madness in order to stimulate production, which leads to the abundance of supplies for the Ming army, and some of the old ones are given to some local people.

And rob their?

How can it be.

Not only that, but it also provides a lot of employment for the local area.

Among them, medicine, tea, and mulberry are the mainstays, because these can be produced immediately.

It's really a one-stop service to the end.

Before the war ended, the local area was already very lively, and some local specialties had been sold to the Central Plains through Yinuoya Shop.

This is the charm of capital.

And the surrounding officials could only look dryly, and scolded Yang Yinglong in their hearts for being a waste, we help you like this, and even tell you the movements of the Ming army, you can all fight like this, but it's really a dog.

In fact, Yang Yinglong is really not to blame, it's useless for you to tell him this kind of thing, the problem is that they can't beat the artillery, unless they also send Yang Yinglong thousands of artillery fire!

It's not that those officials don't want to send it to them, but they don't have to.

They are now unable to protect themselves, because they suddenly found that they have been completely hollowed out, and they can't control anything, and it is the army and the head of Yinuoya that have the final say.

What's even more odious is that Yinuoya issued a new household registration in front of them, which is really murderous.

Banshu, Yuqing.

At this time, it was already the third watch, and I saw more than a dozen people in black cloaks, taking advantage of the night to come to a cottage on the mountainside.

"Everyone, this is Chen Dou, the director of Yinuoya Xingbo Prefecture."

A middle-aged man with a beard on his face pointed to a thin young man beside him.

More than a dozen people in the audience listened with gloomy faces.

"Director Banshu?"

One of the burly men said: "Your army has not yet entered Banzhou, but I want to ask you, which land is in charge of Banzhou?" ”

This person's name is Yuan Shang, and he is the Tusi of Banzhou, and the rest of the people are also Banzhou Tusi, or big landlords, and the beard who introduced Chen Dou is Mao Shoujue, who is wanted by Yang Yinglong.

Chen Dou smiled: "It's only a matter of time, don't you have any other opinions on this?" ”

"You're ......!"

Yuan Shang opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

Whether the Ming army is strong or not, they don't know, but the momentum is indeed very huge, everywhere it hits, there is thunder and earth-shattering, and they know that the Ming army is coming across several mountains.

Mao Shoujue hurriedly said: "Everyone, let's be angry, we are here to discuss cooperation today, don't hurt the harmony for this title." ”

Yuan Shang snorted.

Chen Dou smiled and said: "Everyone, after our army captures Banzhou, Banzhou will contract to us Yinuoyaxing, I believe you have all heard the ...... Yinuoyaxing!" ”

None of the toasts in the room made a sound, apparently they had all heard it.

Chen Dou continued: "At that time, our proprietor will keep your fields, mulberry forests, and all your property, but at the same time we will abolish the Tusi system ....... ”

"Why are you?"

Yuan Shang suddenly jumped like thunder.

If you say in front of a group of toasts that you want to abolish the toast system, we don't want to lose face!

Mao Shoujue hurriedly said: "Brother Yuan, don't be excited, yes, although the Tusi system is abolished, at least our fields and mountains have been preserved, and we will not be asked for an extra inch of land, and we can also engage in business at that time."

Yinuo Yaxing has promised us that our property will only increase, not decrease, and if you look at the situation in Zhenyuan Mansion, you will know that Yang Yinglong is not the opponent of the Ming army at all. Or do you want to accompany Yang Yinglong's brutal and unkind guy to die. ”

Although he is also a toast, but his ancestral grave was dug up by Yang Yinglong and whipped the corpse, he only begged Yang Yinglong to die, it doesn't matter if the toast is not right.

Yuan Shang and the other toasts glanced at each other and were silent.

The reason why they came here to negotiate with Mao Shoujue was that Yang Yinglong began to force them to donate food, and the people who enslaved them escorted food, and they had already donated a lot before, they felt that if they continued like this, Yang Yinglong would be forced to die sooner or later, just as Ye Mengxiong threw an olive branch.

Dude, let's talk.

Ye Mengxiong's current generals are all former Banzhou Tusi, because of Yang Yinglong's oppressive policy, many Tusi have gone to Ye Mengxiong, and their main way is to work behind enemy lines.

And Yang Yinglong was fighting Wu Weizhong in Qijiang, Chongqing at this time, and he couldn't take care of the rear.

On the Chongqing side, the Banzhou army occupies the absolute initiative, Yang Yinglong concentrated 50,000 elites, originally thought that Chongqing was in the bag, he used to take Chongqing, at any time, no one could stop him, but Yang Yinglong never thought that Huguang could not hold it, and Chongqing could not take it.

The two ends do not land.

Wu Weizhong defended the Qijiang River with 10,000 Shenji battalions and 20,000 Sichuan soldiers, and the two sides fought here for more than a month, and Yang Yinglong did not enter an inch of land.

Of course, Wu Weizhong didn't dare to advance, after all, the Banzhou army was not a vegetarian, and if it was a sports war, it might not be able to win, but the defense was still easy.

The reason lies in the artillery array of the Ming army, although the Banzhou army occupies the advantage of strength and geography, but they do not know how to charge in the face of artillery.

On the other hand, Wu Weizhong's morale is high, and he still doesn't believe in evil, although Ye Mengxiong told him several times that the Sichuan soldiers are a group of wrecks, and they can only let them send food, and don't let them go to the battlefield, but Wu Weizhong believes that this is due to the disagreement between Guizhou officials and Sichuan and Shu officials on the issue of Banzhou, and the formation of prejudice.

He recruited a large number of Sichuan soldiers in the local area, because the Shenji battalion was equipped with firearms in the whole army, and it still needed infantry cover, and the ratio was one to two.

However, he was right, the combat effectiveness of these Sichuan soldiers was even better than that of the Shenji Battalion from Huguanglai, because they had suffered from the Miao people over the years, they were not here to fight, but to take revenge, and now they have a strong backing, and they have also burst out with amazing combat effectiveness.

Nanmu Mountain.

This is Yang Yinglong's base camp.

"How can this be reasonable, doesn't it mean that this cannon can't be fired on a rainy day? As a result, their cannons were not affected at all, but our crossbowmen could not use them, but could only throw pike spears, which were no match for artillery. ”

Yang Yinglong's face was full of frustration.

On a rainy day, cold weapons could not fight, so Yang Yinglong chose to launch an offensive on a rainy day, and the result was that their bows and arrows weakened a lot, and the opponent's artillery was not affected at all.

Tan Dongji calmly analyzed: "General, according to my observation, their artillery is hidden in the car, and there may be waterproof mechanisms in it, but their bird guns really can't be deployed, and the firepower is obviously not as sweet as Qingtian, so it can be seen that rainy days still have a great impact on them." ”

"The problem is that this artillery is too bad, it can scare people and horses out of their guts, how can this be frightened." Yang Yinglong said with annoyance.

Although the court officials wrote to them several times, telling them that the most important feature of this army was that it was equipped with a large number of firearms, but this was a war across the ages, and it was impossible to appreciate the power of firearms just by saying a few words on the letter.

As long as they have experienced it firsthand, they are still unprepared.

Tan Dongji said: "General, the current situation is gradually unfavorable to us, we have missed the best opportunity, fortunately, so far, the officers and soldiers have not entered Banzhou, and we have not lost anything, we will first withdraw our troops back to Banzhou, and then write to the imperial court, saying that the bandits have been exterminated by the officers and soldiers, and then take some money out, to express gratitude to the officers and soldiers for protecting Banzhou." ”

Yang Yinglong was silent for a while, and then said, "You hurry up and write to those officials." ”

He is still very open-minded, leaving the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, the key is that he has no intention of really rebelling, winning the Central Plains, he just wants to occupy the entire southwest corner.

If you can't beat it, beg for mercy!