442 Luoyang is in danger

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On the one hand, Li Zixiao's order will delay their time and affect their earning of money.

On the other hand, they were worried that their ships would be used and damaged, but out of fear of Li Zixiao, they did not dare to oppose it openly.

These businessmen had no choice but to report these situations through the channels of the government and hoped to get some compensation.

Li Zixiao directly asked Huai'an to know Han Lushan, and appointed a lease and compensation agreement to plug the mouths of these merchants with silver.

At this time, Yao Xinyu, the prefect of Huai'an, had already been a public servant and was not in charge of affairs at all, and the court did not investigate his guilt again, and the new Huai'an prefect has not been able to take office.

Because, the imperial court even sent two Huai'an prefects, all of them died inexplicably halfway, and now the imperial court is not interested in the fat shortage of Huai'an prefects.

At this time, the person who replaced Yao Xinyu in charge of the Huai'an Mansion was the former Huai'an Tongzhi Han Lushan, and Han Lushan was very capable and low-key, and he was gradually valued by Li Zixiao and ready to be reused.

Soon, Han Lushan drafted a business agreement according to Li Zixiao's intentions.

In the name of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, Li Zixiao rented all the big ships of 400 materials in Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou, and paid the rent.

At the same time, the ships that each merchant was chartered would have a strict record.

The agreement stipulated that if their requisitioned ship was damaged or even lost afterwards, they could apply to the local government office for compensation, and the government would pay the compensation in silver.

This time, Li Zixiao acted completely in accordance with legal and reasonable rules, and even did not hesitate to take out tens of thousands of taels of silver to rent these big ships.

At this time, these businessmen were all relieved, at least Li Zixiao did not forcibly requisition their ships this time, and the charter and compensation rules formulated were completely in line with the tastes of their merchants.

For a while, the businessmen of Xuzhou, Huai'an and Yangzhou were a little puzzled, this is still the 'Li Butcher' who killed people without blinking an eye and loved to copy others!

To be honest, Li Zixiao was also distressed at this time, taking out tens of thousands of taels of silver in vain to rent these big ships, he could completely force these businessmen to execute, and he didn't need to pay a penny.

If it had been in the past, maybe Li Zixiao would have really done this, but now it can't.

After all, the land of the three prefectures in Jiangbei was built by Li Zixiao as a base, and all the people of this land, whether they were farmers or merchants, would be his people.

If he came to treat his own people, how could he continue to use the same violent methods as before, which would only arouse more local merchants to resent and resist him.

To treat the enemy ruthlessly, to treat the people amiably, in their own territory, everything must be rules, according to the law, this is Li Zixiao's philosophy.

When it is hot, it is impossible for Li Zixiao to fully implement the rule of law, after all, this is still a feudal society, and a privileged class like him will definitely exist, and this will be no exception in later generations.

But at least, under normal circumstances, Li Zixiao is in his own territory, and he can not use force, and he will try not to use force.

In the future, there will be more and more cooperation between the government and businessmen like this, and this kind of place where money should be spent, it will have to be spent.

As long as these businessmen are legitimate businessmen, he wants to protect, who has made them become Li Zixiao's people!

At least, these landlords and businessmen who accepted his 'land reform' policy, according to Li Zixiao, are not to blame for their past.

In the future, as long as they abide by the law, do business legally, and pay taxes, the White Dragon Army will protect them.

It took almost a week for Han Lushan to recruit more than 2,000 ships of more than 400 materials in Hongze Lake.

Only a large ship of this size can barely sail on the sea, otherwise a ship of small tonnage is prone to accidents after going to sea.

More than 13,000 soldiers of the White Dragon Army, nearly 2,000 war horses, as well as artillery, ammunition, baggage, grain and grass, etc., can be transported to Tamna Island at one time.

During this period, Lu Yuan led 2,000 sailors to garrison Tamna Island, while Hong Sheng led the navy fleet to return and stand by at the mouth of the Yellow River.

They needed to escort this huge fleet all the way north to Tamna.

For trivial matters such as the boarding of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao was all in charge of Wei Hong, Han Lushan was responsible for coordination, and Hong Sheng led the naval fleet to be responsible for protection.

It took four or five days of busy work for this mighty fleet to enter the Yellow River from Hongze Lake and into the sea in the east.

At this time, the time had entered the late November of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and the weather had begun to become very cold.

Li Zixiao also sat in a boat and headed north to Tamna Island at the same time.

Before Li Zixiao left, he finally received information sent back by Zhang Fugui about the battle situation in Luoyang at this time.

Li Zixiao knew that from the beginning of October, Li Zicheng led an army of 100,000 Liukou to launch an offensive against Luoyang in the north.

The first thing Li Zixiao wanted to capture was Yiyang, south of Luoyang, to obtain a stronghold to attack Luoyang, which would also be the logistics base of his army.

Li Zicheng also knew that it was not easy for him to take Luoyang this time, and I am afraid that it would not be possible to take it within a month or two, and he was ready to besiege Luoyang for a long time.

At this time, the imperial court was very helpless, and it was impossible to send elite soldiers to exterminate Li Zicheng, and all the elite border troops of the Ming Dynasty at this time were gathering in the Shanhaiguan area.

As for the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi and Shanxi, they were busy suppressing the Song Xiance headquarters that had fled to the south of Shanxi, and they had the troops to rescue Luoyang.

Needless to say, the only remaining complete army in Henan is also the White Dragon Army in Ruzhou City at this time, but unfortunately Qi Wei obeyed Li Zixiao's orders and did not plan to send troops.

Further west to Sichuan, and to the south to Huguang, at this time Yang Sichang there was competing with Zhang Xianzhong, and it was impossible to rescue Luoyang.

At this time, I have to say that the Guanwai Tartars helped Li Zicheng a lot.

Huang Taiji's idea of fighting Jinzhou at this time attracted all the elite of the Ming border army to the past, directly causing the emptiness of the original area, and there were no elite officers and soldiers, which could pose a threat to Li Zicheng.

Li Zixiao sometimes thinks that the Huang Taiji outside the gate is too good at picking the time, not fighting early or late, but plotting against Jinzhou at this time.

If it is said that Huang Taiji is not deliberately echoing the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng is a rogue army, Li Zixiao does not believe it.

In fact, the Tartars have always been paying attention to the army of rogues in the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Every time the imperial court wants to exterminate these rogues, it is also the time when the Tartars break through and invade.

This is not the case once or twice.