There was not even a place to hide under the city wall, and the Qing army watched as the earth-shattering thunder fell under their feet, followed by a loud bang. When the smoke cleared, Bu Congshan's hundreds of generals had already gone to the next half, and even Bu Congshan himself was embedded in his left leg by a piece of shrapnel and had to flee in a hurry.

No sooner had they turned around than they had taken a few steps when the platoon on the city sounded.

In fact, there are only more than 2,000 earth-shattering thunders in Pinghu City, if you use it like this, I am afraid that it will be exhausted in less than half a day, but Bu Congshan's encounter soon spread among the Qing army, and for a while, the task of storming the ladder became a hot potato, and no one dared to approach the city casually.

Huang Ding was frustrated in several sieges, and had no choice but to order the small Pinghu City to be besieged, and then sent a letter to Nanjing, asking Hong Chengchou for artillery

At the same time as Jianyu attacked Pinghu in a big way, the 30,000 troops of the Dragon Guard Army and the main force of the Broken Battalion were passing through Nanhui.

This is the famous Pudong New Area of Shanghai, and it is also the easternmost side of Songjiang Mansion, close to the East China Sea.

The "Dai Guogong Guo Ziyi" is a more than 100-ton rushing boat, which is at the moment moored on the shore more than 50 miles south of Nanhui with more than 20 other ships of the Qiantang Water Division.

The ship's original cannons were left in Pinghu, but this allowed it to carry more grain and grass. The task of these more than 20 ships was to transport grain and grass for the Ming army who were heading north along the coastline, but since they left Wucaoyu, they had only unloaded grain once to the shore, and the rest of the time they were carrying large bags of grain and rice into the ship's hold.

Miao Xu jumped into the transmission boat, untied the cable tied to the "Guo Ziyi", and shouted to several other sailors, "Let's go"

Then the six people on the boat paddled together, and the boat sailed quickly towards the shore.

"How much open space is there on our ship," asked a sailor with thick eyebrows, turning his head, "I heard that the Li Gang was filled yesterday, and even the powder hold was full of grain. ”

Miao Ji said, "Our bilge is also full, and there are still some piles on the deck." ”

"It is said that yesterday the people of Xin Changli alone sent 60 stone of grain and rice" Another person said, "If we had known that the people were so enthusiastic about transporting grain, where would our sailors still need to follow"

Miao Ji smiled: "Brother Liao, this is wrong. The people carried them on their shoulders and were slow in their movements, and if they were taught to send food and grass into the army, the march of the army would be slowed down. ”

The sailor surnamed Liao also smiled, "This time we are responsible for collecting grain." ”

Several people had rowed to the shore while talking, and hundreds of nearby villagers had already carried large bags and small baskets in their hands, or drove donkey carts, all of which brought grain, rice, vegetables, etc. to the boat. In the past few days, the sailors have been like this, receiving food from the people along the coast, and then Yang Fan caught up with the Ming army brigade in front.

A man in his thirties wearing a hat handed a bag of grain to Miao Ji, hesitated for a long time, and finally blushed and plucked up the courage to ask, "Master Jun, I heard that we are going to levy three salaries and one donation."

"Three salaries and one donation," Miao Ji was surprised.

"My mother died under the sword of Jiannu, and the court beat Jiannu, I must subscribe" The man with the hat said busily, "I just want to ask how much I have to pay, so I can prepare in advance." ”

"Where did you come from, there is no matter of salaries and donations," Miao Ji waved his hand and said, "His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King has already made it clear that the people only pay a single tax, four percent." Whoever dares to collect other taxes and donates hehe"

As he spoke, he glanced at the sailor on the side, who continued, "At that time in June, Shicheng County overcharged three hundred taels of Lu faction, and as a result, from the county order to the lord, all of them were dismissed from their posts and their fame was removed. ”

His words immediately attracted many people to come around, "take it seriously"

"So strict"

"That's not what Zhao Lizheng said."

"He must have deliberately deceived us because we were unwilling to pay the donation."

"Yes, eighty percent."

When the people saw that these sailors were still good at talking, someone immediately stepped forward, but they spoke a string of dialects that Miao Ji and others could not understand.

The man in the hat hurriedly helped the translator and said, "Master Jun, Brother Zhao asks you, I heard that in order to prevent some people from disobeying the government's dispatch and not paying food on time, the imperial court sent troops to various villages and checked from house to house every day. It seems to be called a policeman."

Miao Ji and the others laughed again, "In order to scare everyone, Jiannu really lets out any fart."

"This policeman, in order to maintain local law and order, the imperial court is paid by the military department, oh no, salary, mainly responsible for arresting thieves and arresting evil."

"The police have replaced the original patrol battalion, but it is better than the patrol battalion." The sailor, surnamed Liao, added, "If the family loses a cow or a chicken, they can help find it, and even if the beam of the house is broken, as long as they have manpower, they will come to help repair it." ”

A group of people all widened their eyes and said in surprise, "The real and fake are not here to supervise us."

Miao Jidao: "Brother, I was a fisherman in Niutianchang before I joined the water division, and I often saw the police patrolling along the street. The fishing nets of Huang Laohan at the entrance of the village were lost, and they were also recovered by the police, but they have never been seen to be as powerful as the previous inspection department. ”

Zhu Linmi's police system set up with reference to later generations has strict management regulations and a special department responsible for supervision and assessment. Although it is not as good as the real modern police agency, in the 17th century, as long as the security department did not beat people at will and did not eat and take cards everywhere, it was a "friend of the people". If they can do a little more to help the people, the people will simply treat them as relatives.

When everyone heard this, they discussed more enthusiastically, "I only hoped that the Ming army would come and not have to shave my hair and change clothes, but I didn't expect the court to be so sympathetic to the people now."

"It seems that not only can my third uncle's revenge be avenged, but he will also be able to live a better life in the future."

"That is, even if half of what this military master said is true, it can be a hundred times better than now."

"I didn't say it, I'll continue to deliver food tomorrow"

"Go back and talk to the folks, Zhao Li is lying to us"

Seeing this, Miao Ji hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Let's put the grain on the ship first, I'm afraid that it will delay the sailor's trip." When the Propaganda Department sends missionaries back, everyone will be able to understand the terms of the imperial court. ”

"What is mission?" was immediately asked.

"This," Miao Ji thought for a while and said, "It's about letting everyone listen to the play for free, and piggybacking on the new things in the Ming Dynasty, or the notice of the imperial court."

"You don't need money to listen to the play"

"And this kind of good thing"

"Master Jun, just rush here, you have to hurry up and drive Jiannu away"

The people who delivered the grain suddenly became more energetic, and in a short time several small boats were already filled with food. Subsequently, the "Guo Ziyi" and other warships went upwind and chased the main force of the Long Wei Army and the Broken Battalion towards Nanhui.

In the east of Nanhui County, puffs of smoke rose from the temporary camp of the Longwei Army.

A soldier with thick eyebrows and big eyes picked up a piece of fish meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and then said to the older soldier next to him, "Commander Kong, you said that we fought in the vicinity of Jiaxing a while ago, why did we suddenly drive to Nanhui?"

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