438 made a deal, 100,000 rogues

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Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zixiao looked like he was still suffering, and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, and only then did he know in his heart that Li Zixiao was difficult to deal with.

"Okay, two million taels is two million taels, and this king bought it." In the end, Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Haha, it's still the king's atmosphere, okay, it's decided."

Li Zixiao was also very happy when he heard that Li Zicheng had agreed, laughed and said.

Li Zicheng knew that he had been wronged, but he still agreed.

These ordnance are not to mention second-hand, even if they are newly built, at most 500,000 taels of silver will reach the sky, but now Li Zixiao opened his mouth and asked for two million taels.

If this were someone else, he would definitely refuse, but Li Zicheng had no choice.

Because he knew that what Li Zixiao said was right, at this time, except for him, no one dared to sell him so many weapons at one time, even if someone had the courage, they didn't have the capital.

At this time, Li Zicheng's soldiers were sufficient, and they had exceeded 100,000.

But these 100,000 people, except for the old camp bandits with less than 10,000 people, who were given priority by Li Zicheng to be equipped with armor, the rest of the rogues were still wearing the rags of ordinary people.

Previously, Li Zicheng had broken through many county towns, defeated Lu Xiangsheng's army, and captured a lot of armor and weapons.

Let some of his old bandits get a broken knife or a spear as a weapon each.

However, he was the first to expand the new formation, tens of thousands of rogue recruits, and they could only hold spears and long sticks in their hands.

With such a team, Li Zicheng really didn't dare to storm Luoyang, and this ordnance was not food, and there was nowhere to buy it if he really had money.

Therefore, at this time, Li Zicheng knew that Li Zixiao's asking price was too outrageous, but he still agreed.

In Li Zicheng's opinion, as long as he can capture Luoyang City, what about two million taels, and when he finishes looting Luoyang City, it will be enough to make up for the loss of two million taels, and it can also make his strength expand dramatically.

It's not a loss!

"Okay, so we're done talking. Now let's talk about how we divide the interests after you lay down Luoyang. ”

Li Zixiao said with a smile.

"Lord Li, with the help of our hands, you can take the opportunity to land in Ruzhou and preserve our strength, while we capture Luoyang, we each take what we need, how can we take Luoyang and share it equally with Lord Li?"

At this time, Niu Jinxing spoke again, he was worried that Li Zicheng would be surrounded by Li Zixiao again, and at this time, Niu Jinxing could be regarded as seeing Li Zixiao's shamelessness and greed.

I secretly admired in my heart, worthy of being able to hold heavy troops at a young age, being in a high position, black enough, shameless enough, and shameless enough.

"King Chuang, you, the first strategist under him, are a little unworthy of his name, let King Chuang tell me, compared with your victory over the rich city of Luoyang, what I have gained is only to preserve my strength.

And I not only brought the food and ordnance needed for the siege of the city, but also did not hinder you, and afterwards you want to enjoy Luoyang alone, without me, do you think it is possible?

If that's the case, Ben will rather accept Governor Lu's order and lead his troops north to Luoyang, I believe that as long as I help Lord Lu to defend Luoyang, the imperial court will definitely give me more than you.

So it seems that this cooperation with King Chuang will be forgotten, and the previous deal will be stopped, and he will leave! ”

As he spoke, Li Zicheng stood up from the dilapidated stone pavilion, clenched his fists and said to Li Zicheng, ready to leave.

"Hey, General Li stays, there is something to discuss, don't go, don't go."

Li Zicheng saw that Li Zixiao was about to leave directly, and he was in a hurry, so he quickly stood up to stop him, and even his tone of voice became much kinder.

At the same time, Li Zicheng also glared at Niu Jinxing, disgusted that he shouldn't interject.

After seeing this scene, Niu Jinxing secretly sighed, he knew that from the beginning, Li Zixiao had already choked Li Zicheng's life.

Li Zixiao has completely controlled the initiative since the two sides met and talked, they have always been led by Li Zixiao's nose, and in the face of the conditions he offered, they couldn't refuse at all.

Now in the face of Li Zixiao's harsh request, they can't refuse.

Li Zixiao saw Li Zicheng personally get up to stop him, with a kind attitude and a smile on his face, how could he have the hatred he had before.

Of course, Li Zixiao didn't plan to really leave, he just wanted to stimulate Li Zicheng, he believed that Li Zicheng had already entered the pit at this time, and he would never give up that batch of food and ordnance easily.

Li Zixiao promised to provide him with a large sum of food and ordnance, which simply made Li Zicheng suffer from a long drought!

Li Zixiao had a cold face, sat down on the stone bench again, and stopped talking.

This time, it was Li Zicheng on the other side who took the lead in speaking: "General Li, he proposed to wait for us to divide the gains in Luoyang City with us after we conquer Luoyang City, and this king thinks it is also deserved."

Even, if you propose to let Lu Xiangsheng go, take over all the craftsmen in the city, and ensure their safety, this king can also agree to these two points, and promise to do it absolutely.

However, if you open your mouth and take away 10 million taels of silver, this king will not dare to agree.

It's really too much 10 million taels, even if the king takes Luoyang City, his subordinates are estimated to have a lot of casualties, and then the king will also need a large amount of money and food to appease his soldiers.

Besides, even if this king defeats Luoyang, I'm afraid he won't be able to scavenge 10 million taels of silver, and your request is really difficult for a strong man. ”

"Huh."

After listening to Li Zicheng's words, Li Zixiao sneered twice.

He simply sneered at Li Zicheng's words, what is it to defeat Luoyang City, I am afraid that he will not be able to loot 10 million taels of silver.

The scale of Luoyang City, at this time in the Ming Dynasty, is estimated to be second only to the capital, and there are many wealthy gentry in it, nobles, and merchants.

The money and silver in King Fu's mansion alone are enough to support all of Li Zicheng's military expenditures in the next few years.

Li Zixiao's later generations did not see how much silver Li Zicheng copied from King Fu's Mansion after he conquered Luoyang, anyway, it was thousands of people who used a cart to pull it for several days.

Perhaps, this is a bit exaggerated, but Li Zixiao believes that Li Zicheng wants to copy out the wealth worth millions of taels of silver from the Fuwang Mansion, and there is absolutely no problem at all.

You must know that this Fu Wang is the most favored son of Mingshenzong, and even wanted to make him the crown prince for a while, but in the end he was forced to give up due to external pressure, so he had to be named the Fu King and the fief Luoyang.

Mingshenzong can't let his favorite son be the emperor, so he can only supplement it from other aspects.

This blessed king is really blessed, relying on the favor of the Mingshen Sect, when he got married, the wedding fee was as high as 300,000 taels.

In his fiefdom Luoyang, it cost 280,000 taels to build a mansion, which is ten times more than the cost of the ordinary royal system.

Even, the Mingshen Sect sent eunuchs to collect 'mining taxes', and the hundreds of millions of money looted were all into the Fu Wangfu.

This Fu Wang couldn't be the emperor, but he became the emperor of the soil in Luoyang, and began to enjoy his inexhaustible glory and wealth, drunk and dreamed of death, drank wine all day long, spent all day drinking, and finally gained more than 300 kilograms.

In his fiefdom, public order was chaotic, thieves were rampant, and in the past two years, locust plagues and droughts broke out in Henan one after another, and the people were struggling to make a living.

But King Fu turned a blind eye to this, and still levied violently, and did not even provide basic disaster relief, which made the people in Luoyang hate this King Zhu Changxun at this time.

When Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, he captured King Fu alive, directly ordered someone to cut it down, and even ordered someone to strip King Fu naked, and put it in a pot with a few slaughtered deer.

A banquet was held in Luoyang Xiguan Zhougong Temple, and he ate with his subordinates, called "Fulu Banquet", and the people celebrated Li Zicheng's killing of King Fu, which shows how much the people hate King Fu.

In addition to a fat and oily Fu King in Luoyang, there are also many wealthy gentry and merchant families, who use Li Zicheng's goose plucking and scraping the ground to scavenge the ground.

After the capture of Luoyang, it was determined that these big families would be copied again, and if they couldn't copy the treasures worth twenty or thirty million taels of silver from these people, Li Zixiao walked upside down.

Now, Li Zicheng actually said that if he broke through Luoyang City, he might not even be able to scavenge a thousand taels of silver, how could Li Zixiao not sneer.

Li Zixiao is not Chongzhen, he is not so easy to fool, and Li Zicheng himself is in his heart, looking at Li Zixiao's sneer, he is also a little weak-hearted, he actually doesn't believe it.

"Hehe, 10 million is too much, at most three million taels." Li Zicheng laughed dryly and bargained.

"Forget it then." Li Zicheng is leaving again.

"Five million taels, no more." Li Zicheng said eagerly, Li Zixiao still didn't plan to stop.

"Six million taels, surnamed Li, don't go too far."

At this time, Li Zicheng saw Li Zixiao walking farther and farther, and he was also a little anxious, and shouted loudly.

Hearing Li Zicheng's shout, Li Zixiao finally stopped, turned around, and looked at Li Zicheng, who was originally cold, suddenly laughed, walked back and said, "Okay, then six million taels." ”

"Okay, then it's a deal." Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and said.

At the same time, he also thought in his heart at this time: Hmph, when Lao Tzu defeats Luoyang, it is not Lao Tzu who has the final say on whether to give the six million taels or not.

When the time comes, your surname Li will take the six hundred taels of silver from Lao Tzu's army if you have the ability!

How could Li Zicheng be willing to give Li Zixiao six million taels of silver at that time, at this time he agreed, it was impossible to stabilize Li Zixiao.

To ensure that this cooperation with Li Zixiao and successfully obtain that batch of food and ordnance, he had already made a plan in his heart, and he would turn his face and deny people afterwards.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao and Li Zicheng had a secret discussion, and then they took their own people away to find out where and how they traded grain.

"General, aren't you afraid that after Li Zicheng conquers Luoyang, he will go back on his word?"

When he went back, even Quartz, who had always been naïve, saw that something was wrong at this time and asked.

"Haha, don't worry, how can I believe in the promise of this group of rogues, I have other arrangements, when Li Zicheng wants to repent, he will have to pay a heavy price."

Li Zixiao said with a confident look on his face.

He had already expected this, how could he not prepare a few follow-up hands to deal with these treacherous and cunning rogues!

This meeting and meeting with Li Zicheng went very smoothly, so that Li Zixiao's plan has been carried out as expected.

After he returned to Ruzhou, on the one hand, he continued to pretend to pack up the march and prepare to go north to Luoyang.

In private, he sent people back to Xuzhou, and asked Dong Zhuang to transport 50,000 stone sweet potatoes in the shortest possible time, take the waterway, land in Kaifeng, and then send them to Ruzhou City.

As for that batch of ordnance, it is necessary to be more cautious, Li Zixiao will transport it to Ruzhou in batches and little by little in the next two or three months, and trade with Li Zicheng in private.

At that time, it was estimated that Li Zicheng would have sent a team of old, weak, sick and disabled people to attack Ruzhou City, and it would be safer for them to trade with each other at that time.

Li Zixiao admired himself at this time, and when he went out, he earned back more than two million taels of silver, and a large amount of 'final payment' in the follow-up, waiting to be received.

Sure enough, Li Zicheng's movements were very fast, and on the third day, he asked Li Guo and Liu Tichun, two generals, to lead an army of 30,000 'elite' rogues to 'attack' Ruzhou City.

It's just that the real appearance of these 30,000 'elite' rogues is really a bit miserable, not to mention that they don't even have swords and guns in their hands.

They are all holding bamboo and wooden sticks, this is simply a group of people called Hanako! After they came to Ruzhou, they directly made Li Zixiao dumbfounded.

Moreover, among these 'elite' rogue armies, there are basically no young and strong existences, all of them are a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, all of whom have been picked up.

"I'll rub, this Li Zicheng is too perfunctory, what kind of stuff are these people sent, these people can also fight, you just make a show, please make it real for Lao Tzu!"

At this time, Lao Zixiao looked at the rabble, the army of 30,000 rogues who looked similar to those homeless people and disaster victims, and said speechlessly for a while.

However, Li Zicheng did not fully irrigate the army, and among the 30,000 'elite' rogues army, there was really an elite team, with only three or four thousand people, led by Li Guo himself.

"Forget it, it's not strong, just fool the past." In the end, Li Zixiao also admitted it, anyway, it's all acting, as long as he can cope with the past.

However, Li Zicheng asked Li Guo and Liu Tichun to lead the team this time, and he also made a lot of noise, so that many people around him knew that they had broken into the army and attacked Ruzhou City again.

At the same time, Li Zicheng also led his army to the north, heading straight to Xin'an and Yiyang, preparing to re-pass these two important cities and break through the obstacles on the periphery of Luoyang.

I have to say that Li Zicheng's speed of army expansion made Li Zixiao feel frightened, and by the end of September, Li Zicheng had removed the 30,000 'elite' troops that Li Guo had taken away.

He still has at least nearly 100,000 rogues in his hands, and all of them are young and strong, and half of them have experienced several battles, and the remaining half are newly recruited recruits, after a month of training.

It took more than a month for Li Zixiao and Li Zicheng to complete the trade of grain and ordnance in the Luhun Mountains and Jiugao Mountains in the north of Song County.

Li Zixiao made a lot of money.

In the middle of October of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led an army of 100,000, known as an army of 300,000, to the north and attack Luoyang.