PS: Commuter pass! Pass!

After laying Kaifeng, Yingcheng County Mansion became Cao Cao's stay, what Yuwangtai, Iron Tower, Daxiangguo Temple, Yanqing Temple and other places are good places for him to play. What Kaifeng xiaolongbao, clear soup Dongpo meat, white grilled tofu, three fresh lotus cakes, five-spiced rabbit meat, Kaifeng set of four treasures, carp baked noodles, chrysanthemum hot pot, Ma Yuxing bucket chicken, yellow croaker fried cold noodles, Jiangmi cut cake, skin shrimp and other Kaifeng famous dishes and snacks are Luo Rucai's nourished brain is full of fat, and his face is flushed.

Escorted by a group of pro-soldier generals, Luo Rucai rode his horse and ran on the embankment of the Yellow River for a while, self-deprecatingly wiping the hot sweat from his forehead and hair, "No!" Missed! After staying in Kaifeng for a few days, the horse couldn't ride! ”

A group of generals under him had to take advantage of the situation to boast a few words, Luo Rucai heard it with a big mouth, laughing so that his small eyes narrowed into a slit, he untied the tie of his cloak, let the wind with a strong smell of water on the river blow on his face, on his chest, looking at the westerly sun, looked at the goods and grain piled up under the river embankment like a hill, and couldn't help but be full of pride.

"Wang Lung, how many cannons and firecrackers are coming?"

Wang Long, who was in charge of this matter in Cao Ying, picked up the reins of the horse and came to Luo Rucai's side, "Uncle, there are sixty cannons, and there are forty big Buddha machines in them." There are 3,000 guns in the fire, and the medicine and the guns are complete! ”

"What about the others?"

"The grain has been delivered 600,000 stones, and there are still 400,000 stones to Kaifeng in the past few days. The 50,000 people we promised to hand over to them will take the empty boat back to Shandong tonight. ”

Wang Lung pointed to the men and women who had just finished their work in front of dozens of makeshift houses bustling under the embankment, scrambling for hot rice porridge and steamed buns mixed with grains. After they had eaten the meal, they would be sent by the whole team to the boat carrying the grain and sail down the river. Go to Shandong to fight their fate.

With these dozens of cannons, the quantity and quality of the artillery of the two families have jumped to a new stage. The first battle of Kaifeng made Cao Ying and the generals of the camp realize the power of the concentrated use of artillery fire, and their enthusiasm for collecting artillery and establishing an artillery team reached an unprecedented height.

"We've ordered 500 pieces of artillery together with the camp! How did you get to the sixty gates? Our Lao Tzu paid the price of the goods at one time with real gold! Cao Cao rolled his eyelids a little dissatisfied.

"Uncle, you can't blame others for this, one. It is impossible for the entire Ming Dynasty to come up with so many artillery pieces at once, even if it is the Nanyue Army, it has to be cast one by one, right? It's not that my nephew is boasting here, these artillery, or my friends in the Shenji Battalion, for the sake of my face, transferred a lot of them from the existing artillery. Both, as Master Li said, even if there are so many artillery, we don't have so many gunners, it's a bunch of waste, a waste in vain! It's better to train the gunners first! ”

"Let's go. Go see our cannons! Luo Rucai snorted, which was more agreeable to Wang Lung's answer, and a group of people rode down the embankment and rushed straight to the mat shed built by the reed mats where the cannons and firearms were stored.

Wu Ruyi, the commander of the Chinese army who broke into the camp, was handing over the number of firearms and ammunition with Chen Guoxi here.

Looking at Wu Ruyi, who was holding the account book in his hand and was checking the number of grains, rice, firearms, artillery, ammunition, armor and weapons and other items one by one with the big treasurer Chen Guoxi, Cao Cao's eyelids suddenly jumped twice without any signs, and his eyebrows moved twice almost imperceptibly.

"Xiao Wu! Why are you here? What about the Generalissimo? Didn't you say that the generalissimo would come here to meet the cannons?! Wang Long, the little rabbit cub, also kidnapped a few gunners from Shandong to help us teach the artillery team. The generalissimo does not come. Our old Cao can't hold the scene! ”

Wu Ruyi closed the thick account book and saluted Luo Rucai with a smile on his face. "General, to tell you the truth, the generalissimo was about to go out, but there was an urgent military situation, and the generalissimo rushed to deal with it. I apologize to the General! ”

"What's going on?" Hearing the military situation, Luo Rucai was relieved. Something that can make Li Zicheng rush to deal with it. This is by no means an ordinary officer-military situation.

"Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, could not survive in the Huguang area, there was a shortage of grain and grass, and there was an epidemic in the place, so he came from Huguang to Henan. I was going to go to the area of Ying and Huoshan to partner with Lao Hui Ma Shouying, but I didn't want to bump into Zuo Liangyu! The army and horses of the Eight Kings were defeated. There is news that the Eight Kings are coming to Kaifeng. King Chuang is going to arrange for people to meet him! ”

Hearing that his old partner Zhang Xianzhong was once again used by his old opponent Zuo Liangyu to brush up on his experience and make up for his achievements, Luo Rucai couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart. Thinking of his various experiences during the period after breaking up with Zhang Xianzhong, I don't know whether to be happy or sympathetic.

"The Generalissimo is also really in a hurry! Jing Xuan's army was defeated, and he didn't tell us Lao Cao a word about such a major event! Let's go, go to see the generalissimo, our old Cao has to complain about the generalissimo a few words! ”

Accompanied by Wu Ruyi, Luo Rucai's hundreds of personal soldiers rolled up a puff of smoke and went to Kaifeng City, which was eight miles away.

"Young marshal, please stay!" Wang Lung was about to whip the horse to catch up, but was pulled by the reins of the horse by Ji Jue, a military advisor under Cao Cao's account.

"This trip to Jinan, the young marshal has made great contributions." First, he gave Wang Lung a few high hats, and as soon as Ji Jue changed his words, he went straight to the point.

"I don't know what military moves there are in Jinan?"

Wang Lung took off his helmet and let the wind blow through his somewhat hot hair, so that his mind was clearer.

"What does Mr. Ji mean?"

"Will the Li family come to beat us?"

"Absolutely not!" Wang Lung replied categorically. "The imperial court made a decree and appointed Hou Sui Lao'er as a supervisor to control Yang Wenyue, Shandong and other departments in Baoding. At present, the troops that can be defeated by the various armies in Shandong, in addition to the Beijing camp, are the Nanyue Army under the command of Li Dagongzi. How can the Li family prepare their own food, pay soldiers and horses, and help the old man to make contributions? ”

"Then, what about the soldiers and horses of the Jingying?"

"Jingying?" Wang Lung pursed his lips and remembered the words of the people in Jingying when they saw him off. "Our brother will never make a move on you! You just have to beat Zuo Liangyu! ”

"That's it! Even if there is a military order from the imperial court, our brothers in the Beijing camp will leave slowly, leaving room for you to evacuate! ”

Listening to Wang Long's relays of the words of the generals of the Beijing camp, Ji Jue twisted his sparse beard, but his eyes flashed with light.

"So, Jingying people. We don't have to worry about it? ”

"That's nature, otherwise they wouldn't have given us gunners!"

"So, what about Master Li? But what is the saying? ”

Wang Lung scratched his scalp and searched hard for every word Li Huayu said to him that day. However, there seems to be nothing to do with the fighting.

"Grand Master Li just said, let me come back and ask the generalissimo and uncle for instructions. In the future, when the goods of the Nanyue Army are marketed on our territory, can they be exempted from taxes? Also, ask us, if this year's wheat comes down and he is willing to sell it to the Nanyue Army, he is willing to exchange one liter of wheat for two liters of rice. ”

Well? Rao is Ji Jue is usually conceited, smart and witty, and at this time he can't guess the meaning of the young marshal of the Nanyue Army.

Tax-free? Wheat for rice? Ji Jue muttered to himself, but he didn't realize that Wang Lung and the others were far away.

Suddenly, a smug smile appeared on Ji Jue's face. Obviously, he had already guessed the deep meaning contained in Li Huayu's words, and proudly waved the horsewhip in his hand, and under the escort of seven or eight personal soldiers, he urged the horse to chase Cao Cao and the others.

At night, the lights were lit in the palace of Yingcheng County, but there was no female music and wine banquet in the past. Cao Cao, who had returned from Li Zicheng's deliberations, ordered someone to bring supper. Sitting opposite Ji Jue, the two of them discussed Cao Ying's future together.

"I was reported last night that I broke into the camp. The eight kings suffered a big defeat in the south of Fuyang and Taihe, and there were eight sentinels in the west camp scattered in the area of Jieshou and Shenqiu, preparing to surrender to the official army. King Chuang didn't discuss with our Cao Ying, so he sent people to fly horses to Luyi County overnight, and ordered Gu Ying and Gu Zijie, who were guarding there, to go to the head of the realm to recruit these eight sentinels. But if they refuse to come, then destroy them cleanly. They were never allowed to surrender to the official army, nor were they allowed to harass the people under the banner of Zhang Jingshuai's Xiying, and plastered Zhang Shuai's face. ”

Cao Cao held the silver wine cup in his hand, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face, but his tone was full of resentment.

"Jing Xuan's eight sentinels broke to the border of the head of the realm. There were about 20,000 horses. The dragons have no leader, and whoever gives the grain and grass will belong to whom. When encountering such an opportunity, Zicheng refused to even say hello to me, and sent someone overnight. With such a long time, there is only a chance to break into the camp to increase the number of people, and there is no time for us to add people to the Cao camp! ”

Ji Jue nodded, rolled his eyes, the black mole and a few long hairs on his right eyebrow moved a few times, and said with a slight sneer: "This is not what we expected. There will be more such things in the future. Since we are headed by the king, we cannot fight with him openly, nor can we say two words. There are no certain rules in the world, and the most important thing is to adapt to changes. The trick is fake, see who plays well. Are we just going to sit still and watch him break into the camp and keep adding more people? ”

"For our Cao Ying, it is conducive to the coexistence of the heroes and the control of each other, and it is not conducive to unification under the banner of one person. It is difficult to say whether Jing Shuai will be defeated from then on. We must send some people to the mountains around Yingshan, Huoshan, and Fuyang to listen to the news, and if we can save him, we must rescue him quickly. As long as there is a person who is Jingshuai, his western camp will not be destroyed, and it will not be difficult to regain his strength. ”

As long as Zhang Xianzhong's banner is still there, then the peasant army will still be in the situation of breaking into the three families of Cao Xi, and Cao Ying will still be firmly in the situation of Diaoyutai.

"Dashuai, the student has a big matter to ask Dashuai for an explanation." Ji Jue's eyes were moved by the lights, shining with a strange brilliance.

"Ziyu, just talk about it!"

Immediately, Ji Jue explained the intentions of the Nanyue Army that he had speculated from Li Huayu's words.

"The words of the Li family's father and son are just testing whether the marshal and King Chuang have the intention of staying in the Central Plains for a long time, or even sending officials to occupy the state and county to govern! However, if you want to cover up, the students should persuade the handsome to plan for Cao Ying, and also for the long-term wealth and prosperity of the handsome, you might as well open a mansion in this Central Plains! ”

"The marshal must know that only by occupying the place and opening the government can there be tax revenue, and now my Cao camp and Chuang camp, most of the source of military salary is the income from attacking the city and plundering the land everywhere, and how much money is obtained from collecting taxes? Li Dagongzi repeatedly asked General Wang Long to ask the marshal and King Chuang to agree that in the future, the commercial goods of the Nanyue army would be exempted from taxation in the area controlled by our army. This is clearly self-defeating! It reminded the students, Da Shuai, and the students dared to speak to Da Shuai, so they might as well follow the story of Yelu Chucai! ”

Who Yelu Chucai is, Luo Rucai doesn't know, so he has to ask Ji Jue to explain it carefully to Luo Rucai.

According to the "History of the Yuan Dynasty", the close attendant Bei Die and others asserted: "The Han people are useless to the country." It can be emptied of people, and it is considered pastureland. ”

This was obviously an extremely terrifying policy, killing or driving out the Han people, turning the entire Central Plains into pastureland, that is, transforming all agricultural civilization into nomadic civilization.

In order to stop this claim, Yelu Chucai calculated an account for Wokotai. It is said that the 500,000 taels of silver, 400,000 stone of grain, and 80,000 horses of silk that we need every year all come from the Central Plains' taxes and salt, wine, iron smelting and other industries. Ogedai asked Yelu Chucai to provide proof of this, to convince the conservative Mongol soldiers in the imperial court. In the second year, Yelu Chucai did provide a large amount of wealth to the imperial court by means of taxation, which made Ogedai very happy.

"Now we are guarding the Yellow River, and we have the benefits of the Yellow River's water transportation, so that the goods can flow smoothly. At present, although there are hungry people everywhere in Henan. But as long as there is a little relief and the farming mulberry is cleaned up, it is not Hanzhong, Bashu and other places that Han Gaozu relied on to fight for the world! The students dare to assert that as long as the last season of wheat and a season of autumn grain are safely harvested, Henan will be able to make a big decision! Handsome, the wisdom of man, who is inferior to me? What the students can think of, how could Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and others under the command of King Li Chuang not think of it? In order to prevent the Henan provinces from falling into the hands of the Chuang Ying family. The student implored the handsome to make a plan early! ”

Luo Rucai put down the chopsticks in his hand and closed his eyes slightly. After careful consideration, the air in the room became very quiet.

"Ziyu, you're right. With a solid territory, the tax and grain we collect here every year can be similar to that of Bianliang City! That's what you said, chickens have eggs to eat every day. But a season of wheat. A season of autumn grain, how easy is it to play?! Running a state capital needs a scholar like you, and our subordinates are all fighting men, how can we do the things of money, grain, taxation, and civil administration? Although my old Cao's reputation is not bad, I want to convince those readers. Isn't that easy? Besides, although the situation is calm now, it is still not to be careless. Chongzhen Xiaoer lost Kaifeng and was defeated in Liaodong, how could he be willing to give up? I'm afraid that Zhang Jingxuan's defeat will block a knife for me and Zicheng, maybe in a few days, Zuo Liangyu's army will be pressing, and Li Shouhan in the east will be eyeing him, which is even more unfavorable to talent recruitment. Therefore, the matter of opening the government must at least wait until the war is over before it can be considered. After defeating Chongzhen Lao'er's army, I asked the generalissimo to see if he could open the imperial examination, and if he could recruit some people, it would not be too late to open the palace. ”

was enthusiastic, and was splashed with a bucket of ice water by the cruel reality. However, Ji Jue is also very clear that everything Cao Cao said is the truth, and the first thing at the moment is to answer Zhang Xianzhong and defeat Zuo Liangyu. The rest can only be put backwards.

However, Ji Jue did not gain nothing, at least Cao Cao gave him a power, that is, this matter could be quietly prepared. According to what was discussed when the two families partnered before, the proportion of the city and all the captured Cao Si was to conquer the city, then if the government was opened, at least more than forty percent of the officials should be appointed by Cao Ying. "These people are going to ask Ziyu to plan for recruitment on their behalf."

Zhuxian Town is a very famous town in Henan, and it has been famous since the Song and Jin Dynasty. In ancient times, there were two roads from the south to Kaifeng, or from Kaifeng to the south. The eastern route continues to the southeast of Guanzhou and Shangqiu, crosses the Huai River to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and then goes to Nanjing, or to Yangzhou, and the road is separated again. The west road passes through Zhuxian Town, from Xuchang, Yexian, Nanyang to Xiangyang, and then goes to Hunan and Liangguang via Wuchang, or to Jingzhou along the Yangtze River in Sichuan. The gentry, juzi, and merchants of Yunnan and Guizhou wanted to go to the north, also through Xiangyang, Nanyang, and Zhuxian Town, and then go north from Kaifeng across the Yellow River. As for the people of the prefectures and counties in southern Henan to go to the provincial capital, Beijing, or Shandong, Zhuxian Town is also the only way. Therefore, Zhu Xianzhen has been very famous since its origin, and it is not just because Yue Fei attacked the Golden Vulture that he had stationed troops here. Of course, Yue Fei's garrison added to the glory of Zhuxian Town's history, so that people with patriotic thoughts talked about it and aroused feelings of generosity.

When Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's standard camp pro-army entered Zhuxian Town, the sky was already bright. Although the fog was still heavy, the faces of people and the colors of horses could be discerned three or four feet away; The outlines of houses and trees more than a dozen feet away were also revealed in the fog. Under the illumination of the red sun in the east, it became clearer and clearer.

Along the way, I saw that the soldiers of the western camp were resting. Some are cooking, some are feeding the horses. The horse did not unsaddle it, only loosened the belly strap. The men were not disarmed, but because of the heat and the fact that they had just marched and fought, they were very tired, so many of the soldiers lay down in the streets and fell asleep. Some people still have bowls in their hands, and the bowls are still full of water, but they are already asleep. Of course, there are also many people who serve as guards outside the village to prevent the enemy from attacking and harassing.

Li Zicheng and Luo Ru had only gone far before they were seen by a junior colonel under Gu Ying, who ordered someone to report the news quickly, while leading them to the Yuewang Temple. When they dismounted, they ordered all those who accompanied them to stay outside the temple and went inside.

Yue Wang Temple is a very large temple, also known as Yue Wu Mu Temple. Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai walked through the main courtyard and entered the side courtyard, and when they were about to enter the Taoist room where the temple was lived, they heard Zhang Xianzhong Hongliang with a somewhat sly and smug laugh coming out of the upper room.

"Eight kings, you are really disobedient, you were hit by two arrow wounds, and you still don't go to sleep!" This is the barracks Shang Jiong in the camp blaming Zhang Xianzhong.

"Old immortal, wait a little longer, maybe the generalissimo, the generalissimo, my Brother Li and Brother Cao will be here soon." (To be continued......)