After resigning with the civil and military officials in turn, Xia Nan called Su over and advised: "Chutu, this time I will leave you in Shandong to train the new army, you must not only obey Governor Zhu's arrangement, but also remember not to forget your ......."

Su Thick Leg nodded vigorously: "Please rest assured general, your subordinates will always be the general's soldiers." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Xia Nan has already explained to him the arrangements for leaving him this time, although Su Thick Leg was born as a blacksmith and was literate after becoming a soldier, but he was rough on the surface, and he understood very well in his heart: the general trusted himself to arrange to train the governor of Shandong, and these soldiers must be firmly controlled, and they cannot become the governor's standard battalion, and if they have the opportunity to return to the Qiongzhou battalion in the future, they should borrow Zhu Dadian's territory and manpower and material resources to train the Qiongzhou battalion.

Xia Nan nodded with satisfaction: "I can trust you." Come, follow me to meet Master Zhu. ”

Coming to Zhu Dadian, Xia Nan introduced: "Futai, this is one of the most outstanding officers in my army, born as a blacksmith, from a small soldier to an officer step by step, originally he didn't know anything except a handful of strength, but now he can fight, know how to train soldiers, and can read and count, now let him follow Futai and help Futai train the new army." ”

Su knelt down with thick legs and saluted: "The villain has seen Futai." ”

Zhu Dadian listened to Xia Nan's introduction, and his eyes lit up. Born from the grassroots and from a poor family, it means that it is easy to win over, and it is enough to allow it to benefit; From a soldier to an officer, he has also trained his skills in the army, and he can still read and count, which shows that he is very self-motivated, and his understanding and qualifications are also good. Such a talent is much stronger than those hereditary military attachés, at least not Zhao Kuo who talks on paper, and is not a straw bag that is useless if he leaves the budding shadow of his ancestors.

Looking at the other party's sturdy physique and honest face, Zhu Dadian looked at it more and more, and took the initiative to ask, "Stand up and talk back." What is your name? ”

Su Thick Legs stood up, touched the back of his head embarrassedly, and grinned: "Originally, my father gave me a random name, called Su Thick Legs." Later, the general felt that I was also an official in size, and it was a bit bad to call me this name again, so he gave me a new name, called Su Chutu. ”

"Sue's thick legs? But the stout thick, the legs of the legs? Zhu Dadian stroked his beard and smiled, "This name is down-to-earth, but the name your general gave you is very elegant, and Benfu will call you Chutu in the future!" In the future, I will govern the government, you will lead the troops, and we will do a career in Shandong together, hehe......"

Xia Nan and Su Thick Legs cooperated very well and laughed with Zhu Dadian. Su's thick smile looked honest and honest, but there was a hint of cunning in the corners of his eyes. He heard the appreciation and promotion in the governor's words, and he would inevitably show loyalty in the future, but the bottom line must be kept, and he can't say that when he should deceive the governor, he still has to be deceived.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Xia Nan led people to board the ship and embarked on the way home. The huge fleet left the Dengzhou dock and set sail. Compared with when they came, there were nearly 10,000 hungry people this time. The hungry people need a happy land to live and work in peace and contentment, and Lingao also needs these labor and soldiers, and the fleet carries the expectations and dreams of the hungry people, and sails to Bofu Port, which has long been ready to meet all this.

At the same time, in the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City of Beijing, the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty was flipping through several copies of the recitals submitted by the cabinet.

Chongzhen carefully looked at the music in his hand, his originally tightly knit brows slowly relaxed, and a smile slowly appeared on his face. Wang Chengen, the eunuch on the side, paid attention to the change in Chongzhen's expression, thinking to himself, this is mostly a good news, otherwise the emperor who has been tossed by the bad news from all over the world during this time will not be in a good mood.

His speculation turned out to be correct. After Chongzhen finished reading the recital, he stood up and shouted, "Okay, happy!" Then he left his chair and paced back and forth in the hall, apparently unable to hide his excitement.

Wang Chengen asked at the right time: "Why is the emperor so happy?" The slave maid has not seen the emperor so happy for some days. ”

said that cross talk also needs to be praised, Chongzhen read the good news, and just needed to share the joy with others, he smiled when he heard the words: "Wang Banban, all I have heard recently is bad news, and the ministers in the court have not come up with any good ideas, and now I finally heard a good news, do you say that I should be happy." You might as well guess which place reported the victory? ”

Wang Chengen thought for a while, and then replied: "Will there be any good news on the Datong and Xuanhua sides for a while and a half, and there is only bad news on the Liukou side of Henan at the moment, and only Shandong is still fighting and making progress...... The slave maid boldly speculated that it was the counterinsurgency in Shandong that had a result? ”

Chongzhen laughed, his originally pale face showed a sickly flush because of excitement, he pointed at Wang Chengen and scolded with a smile: "I'm afraid you belong to a dog, and your nose is as smart as a dog." It is indeed good news from Shandong: Zhu Dadian said that Dengzhou has been recovered, the rebels in Shandong have been completely annihilated, the thief leader Li Jiucheng was awarded the head, Kong Youde disappeared in the war, and it is very likely to be buried in the sea, and the rest of the princes Dengzhi and others were captured alive, and this battle was a complete victory! ”

Wang Chengen was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly replied: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the rebellion in Shandong has subsided, and it can be regarded as solving the hidden dangers in the heartland, and the soldiers and horses in Hebei and Liaodong will be able to free up their hands to deal with the Tartars and Liukou." ”

Chongzhen sighed: "Yes, Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others have been in turmoil for two years, and they are in such an important place in Shandong, they have restrained too many troops in Beizhili, and even Liaodong has sent elites, resulting in the emptiness of the border passes, so that the Tartars will take advantage of the void." If the war in Shandong does not improve, I have already planned to take Zhu Dadian to punish the crime, but fortunately, he is still competitive, won a great victory, and saved his life. ”

Chongzhen's statement that the Tartars took advantage of the void to enter, and it is said that after July this year, Emperor Taiji personally led a large army to divide into four routes, with Datong and Xuanhua as the main direction of attack, and broke through the pass and entered into the central part of Shanxi and the northern part of Hebei. This is already the second time that the Tartars have entered the customs, the first time is the 2nd year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led the army known as more than 10 thousand, avoiding Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and divided the troops into the pass from Longjing Pass, Hongshankou and Da'ankou, captured Zunhua, and approached the Beijing Division, calling it "the change of Jisi". At that time, the Houjin army fought all the way to the Beijing Division, tens of thousands of Ming troops were killed in battle, and the famous generals Man Gui and Sun Zushou were killed, and finally left, which caused a great psychological shadow to Chongzhen.

Fortunately, this time into the customs, the Tartars did not attack the cities in various places, and there was no sign of attacking the capital, according to the reports of local officials, the Tartars "did not attack the city, only plundered in the villages and forts", the purpose was mainly property and Dingkou, which made Chongzhen and the ministers of the court and the central government breathe a sigh of relief. But it is not a matter to let the Tartars plunder, so Chongzhen transferred Cao Wenzhao and other generals who were in Henan to lead the army north to Datong to fight against the Tartars, and the direct consequence was to let Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and others, who had already fallen into the encirclement of officers and soldiers, take the opportunity to break through, and the good situation was ruined.