People die for money, birds die for food!

The old saying never deceives people, and it is precisely because of this that Zheng Xiaru will take advantage of the night to leave Yangzhou on a sampan. At this time, he was no longer wearing the satin robe of the past, but a coarse cloth robe with white shampooing, which looked no different from an ordinary down-and-out scholar.

"As long as this matter is completed, the Zheng family will be able to enjoy all the glory from now on!"

In his opinion, he was not a second minister because he received the favor of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he could not be clear, but his son did not receive the favor of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally did not need to worry.

Perhaps, when witnessing the tyranny of the new dynasty, he also had the idea of "Zhongxing Daming" more than once, but he was not willing to accompany all his life for this idea. And this time, the reason why he was willing to gamble on his net worth, in addition to Jiangnan Province, was almost completely recovered by the Ming army, because he felt that the Ming Dynasty was promising, so he wanted to seize this opportunity to change the fate of the Zheng family in one fell swoop.

You can get glory and wealth, and you can be the lord of Zhongxing, such a thing of two benefits, although there is a risk, but what is not a risk?

In this world, the greater the risk, the greater the return. Just like a gambler, sometimes, people always have to gamble.

There's always an opportunity right now!

Why not wait until the situation is clear. Make a decision again?

When the situation is clear, will there be so much benefit?

The world is like this, how can there be any benefits if you don't take risks in advance? Of course, the more important point is!

He believes that Daming will be able to prosper!

Hope...... Thinking in his heart, Zheng Xiaru thought a lot in his mind, he thought of the beginning of forming a righteous army with his friends, and thought of the impassioned spirit at the beginning.

At that time, he was also full of enthusiasm to try to defend the world of the Ming Dynasty, and after the defeat and capture, if it were not for the Qing army generals, I am afraid that he would have lost his life long ago. And this time, for what?

Is it for personal gain? Or for the world in my heart! Or is it the last bit of faith for those who read?

In fact, Zheng Xiaru himself didn't know what drove him, and he was willing to bet all his net worth before this game was clear.

Is it for selfishness? Or for the country?

Sometimes people make unexpected decisions!

In this way, after the ship left the dock, Zheng Xiaru has been lying in the cabin, thinking about various questions, but there are no answers!

And this small sampan boat went straight down the river, breaking the waves and heading towards the Yangtze River. In the second place, when Zheng Xiaru was still sleeping in the cabin with his clothes, the boatman who was holding the boat over there looked at the movement on the river and immediately shouted,

"There is a ...... on the river There are officers and soldiers! ”

The river is densely packed with hundreds of sampans of different sizes, and there are several large ships with many pulp. When the ship's family was very nervous, for fear that the ship would be plundered, Fu Quan, who came out with the master, had already shouted urgently into the cabin.

"Master, it's not good, I've met the official army in front!"

Officers and soldiers? What officers and soldiers?

Zheng Xiaru, who hadn't slept all night, suddenly became shocked, and her face changed instantly.

"Impossible! I didn't hear that the officers and troops had already fought here!"

Where did the officers and soldiers come from?

How could there be officials and troops on the Yangtze River, didn't it mean that they were all defeated by Zheng Yanping?

Almost subconsciously, Zheng Xiaru was still affected by the rule of the past 14 years, and he almost took it for granted that this officer and soldier were Qing troops.

The cat walked out of the cabin with his waist down, Zheng Xiaru stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the hundreds of sampans on the river, in addition to the officials and soldiers, who else would have so many ships?

Wrong!

This is not an officer!

It's not a warship!

When he got closer, after seeing the soldiers on the ship and the flag raised on the ship, Zheng Xiaru's face finally returned to normal, or became excited.

Don't look at anything else, just look at the red clothes and red armor of the soldiers, they must be soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that the fluttering banner also has the words "Loyal and Righteous Army" written on it!

The mood was a little excited for him, and after taking a deep breath, he took the initiative to shout.

"May I ask if this ship is my Ming Loyal Army?"

When Zheng Xiaru shouted, there were already several sampans around there, and the accents of the soldiers on the ship were all Jiangnan accents, and their checking, after confirming that it was the Ming Loyal Army on this ship, Zheng Xiaru, who secretly screamed for joy, hurriedly said.

"Zheng Xiaru, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Hongguang Dynasty, asked to see Zhu Junmen, and please pass it on his behalf!"

Xu is used to doing business, and when he took out the official seal that he had been reluctant to discard as a proof of identity, Zheng Xiaru took out another silver ingot.

"There is Lao, this military master! With a little heart, invite a few military masters to tea...... Yes! ”

But the next moment, Zheng Xiaru regretted it, the soldiers who originally seemed polite, looked at the silver ingots, the faces of these soldiers suddenly changed, and one of them even slammed his left leg with the barrel of a spear. In the scream, Zheng Xiaru was beaten and knelt down.

"Old man......"

Fu Quan was just about to move, but he was caught there. As he struggled to resist.

"Don't move!"

Zheng Xiaru, who was suffering from pain, hurriedly stopped Fuquan's resistance, for fear that the other party would kill him. After all, these people don't make much sense! Even if you kill the wrong one, what's the matter?

"I am the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty! This little general, please pass it on to ......"

Now the great ships in front of him were getting closer and closer, and before he could defend himself, the soldier dragged him onto one of the great ships.

"This, why is this, I am the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, and I ask to see Zhu Junmen, why do you treat me like this!"

Zheng Xiaruyi, who protested repeatedly, got on the boat, but was pushed to the ground, and then heard the soldiers say.

"Report to the military judge, this person claims to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Hongguang Dynasty, this is the seal letter he took out, but when he took out the seal letter, he also took out the silver to bribe me and wait! We were afraid that he was a spy, so we took him here! ”

Bribe us and wait!

Listening to the words of the soldiers, Zheng Xiaru almost couldn't believe all this, he had seen the Ming army, and he had also formed a righteous army. Of course, I have also dealt with the Qing army, and I have never seen soldiers who don't love silver!

But today, instead of accepting the silver, the soldiers of the loyal and righteous army captured him because he took out the money to ask for a convenient one!

This loyal army is really extraordinary!

sighed in his heart, at this moment, Zheng Xiaru no longer even felt that he was taking a risk, the loyal soldiers were like this, how could they not win?

After taking the bronze official seal, Shi Lei didn't even look at it, like this seal, Hongguang Chao didn't know how many they were sent back then, but looked at the middle-aged man who was kneeling on the ground, and then said to Zhu Mingzhong who walked out of the cabin.

"Junmen, it seems that there are remnants to vote."

The remnants came to vote, since leaving Nanjing, there are always remnants to vote, including both young men who came to join the army, as well as self-recommended scholars and scholars, for those people, he naturally will not refuse. Zhu Mingzhong is no stranger to this, looking at the middle-aged man who was kneeling on the deck, this is the first time that the "remnants of the old officials" have defected.

When he was in Nanjing, he didn't see "remnants of old officials" like him, but they all defected to Zheng Chenggong.

"Raise your head!"

As soon as Zheng Xia raised his head, he saw a young general in front of him surrounded by people, and when he was surprised by the other party's youth, he was even more surprised when he saw the person standing next to him, and looked at Zhang Guojiu carefully, and then hurriedly said excitedly.

"Brother Yushan, the little brother is Zheng Xiaru, and the little brother is Zheng Xiaru! You and I are the same year! ”

Being shouted by Zheng Xia like this, Zhang Guojiu took a closer look, still recognized Xu Chunru, and hurriedly said to Zhu Mingzhong.

"Qibing Junmen, this person is indeed the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the former dynasty, and he is a friend of the same year as the lower official!"

That is, the identity of this person was proven, and Zhu Mingzhong immediately ordered the release of the person.

At that moment, Zheng Xiaru first saluted Zhu Mingzhong, and then thanked Zhang Guojiu.

"I didn't expect Nanjing to say goodbye in a hurry, I just thought that I would never be able to see Brother Yushan again in this life, but I didn't expect to meet in this situation today,"

Referring to the old things more than ten years ago, Zheng Xiaru and Zhang Guojiu were both emotional. After a period of greetings, looking at Zheng Xiaru, Zhang Guojiu said with a smile.

"The two of us old friends can meet in this situation is also fate, this is in the army, you can't drink, after you get to the shore, you and I have a good chat, I don't know where Shijie is going to cross the river, if the younger brother is not mistaken, Shisuke's family is in Yangzhou!"

deliberately mentioned that Zheng Xiaru's family was in Yangzhou, Zhang Guojiu did not forget to say.

"The military gate doesn't know anything, Shijie doesn't seem to be from a poor family, his family is a salt merchant in Yangzhou, and he is rich and not an ordinary family!"

"Oh!"

This man is a salt merchant!

Looking at Zheng Xiaru, this is the first time Zhu Mingzhong has met a salt merchant, in the film and television dramas he has watched, he only knows that Yangzhou salt merchant is rich in the world, and he can't help but be curious about the person dressed as a down-and-out scholar in front of him.

Feeling the surprise in the eyes of the military gate, Zheng Xiaru knew that his dress was a little strange.

"Yushan, it's not a secret, in fact, the reason why the younger brother crossed the river this time was not for it, it was precisely to ask to see the military gate!"

Turning his gaze to Zhu Mingzhong, Zheng Xia said deeply.

"I heard that the military gate wanted to wave the northern expedition, so I deliberately left Yangzhou to go south, in order to be able to meet the military gate, I never thought that I could meet the military gate, it is really a blessing in the next, and it is also the luck of 100,000 people in Yangzhou!"

The luck of 100,000 people in Yangzhou!

Zheng Xiaru's words did not have the slightest politeness, in his opinion, he was here for the people of Yangzhou!

Zheng Xiaru's words made Zhu Mingzhong look at the person in front of him carefully, if he just came to defect to himself, it would be easy to say, but now it seems that it will never be so simple, otherwise, how could he say such a sentence?

The luck of 100,000 people in Yangzhou!

What is it that can involve 100,000 people in Yangzhou? That's too much, isn't it?

"Oh, I don't know how fortunate the people of Yangzhou are, and I also ask Shijie to talk to this town!"