Li Zicheng rubbed his hands, glanced at it roughly, estimated the number slightly, and said: "Here you can estimate that there are about 5,000 armor of all kinds, and no less than 20,000 weapons of all kinds." You two, there really are some ways to do it. This time, our army can fill with another 20,000 soldiers. ”

With the expansion of territory, the army under Li Zicheng also came from all directions, which made weapons and armor extremely scarce.

"How dare you not do your best for the sake of the Holy One?" Zhai Tang said with a smile.

Li Yan suppressed his indignation and said, "These are all the gains made by Dolgon's army in my land of China?" ”

"Ahem...... That's about it......" Zhai Tang's face was a little embarrassed.

Li Zicheng's face turned cold, and he looked at Li Yan with some displeasure.

"Holy, the key is not this. The regent sent a special letter to explain that we should see these things for the sake of the saints...... This time, the weapon with the highest unit price! Tian Lansheng said, led Li Zicheng to the last pile of goods, and took advantage of the situation to fork the dispute caused by Li Yan.

Here, all the goods are no longer placed in the open air, but neatly and neatly, and they are all stacked one by one.

Li Zicheng was silent, and followed the past, and the civil and military atmosphere of the Shun army was a little awkward.

"Unboxing!" Zhai Tang said, breaking the silence.

Ma Liang, who was strong and strong, became a big soldier at this moment, personally carrying a box out, and pried it open with a thin iron rod.

Click......

There was a soft thud, and almost everyone leaned forward sideways.

As the box was opened, everyone couldn't help but take a light breath.

In the alley is a long cylindrical object, which is familiar to everyone and is almost immediately recognizable. This thing is a copy of the bird gun caught in Shuangyu Island in the 27th year of Jiajing.

The shape of a long strip has a shining star in front and a door and a bell in the back. The ignition structure is like a bird's beak pecking water, which is typical of bird guns.

In addition, several more boxes were opened. Inside, there is another kind of firecracker: the Rummy Gun. It is also the main firearm that Zhu Cihong is using now.

It is six feet long and weighs seven, and the dragon head rail and machine are all in the fire, which is the famous Lumi gun. Zhao Shizhen's improved Lumi gun also has a steel knife at the tail, which can be used as a horse chopping knife in close combat. But here a batch of steel knives at the tail of the fire gun has been canceled.

"It's ...... It's a bird's gun! Li Zicheng was the first to exclaim: "Is it the fire gun used by Emperor Ming?" And the Rumi Gun! There is still such a thing, but unfortunately, there are too few, and this is only a hundred strokes? ”

Most of the firecrackers here are bird's guns, and Lumi guns are quite rare, and even if they do, many of them look dilapidated.

"It's just that I never thought that the Manchu Qing Dynasty also had the ability to build a fire gun!" Li Yan is such a smart person, he understands that Li Zicheng has made up his mind, and he must unite with the Manchus to deal with the Ming Dynasty. In the face of interests, no shame is obviously taken care of. He was a little sad and indignant about this, but when he thought of Dashun's career, he still decided to learn from Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and endure it for the time being.

What's more, the originally backward Manchu suddenly had the ability to build a fire gun, which actually shocked him even more.

For Li Zicheng, when you think about it, this is not surprising.

Since Jiannu came into the hands of Huang Taiji, he devoted every war during his reign to robbing Han Chinese slaves. Not only did it try its best to bridge the relationship between the Manchus and Hans in China, but also attached great importance to the construction of military armor.

After Zhu Cihong's miraculous rise and repeated victories over the Manchurian Qing army with fire guns and cannons, all the Manchurian generals woke up. Although some Manchurian generals believed that mounted archery was the foundation of Manchuria, under Dorgon's strong insistence, they quickly began to develop firearms. You must know that the Qing people at this moment already have the strength to make cannons after Kong Youde defected. It's not a lot of work to develop.

Successive battles with the Royal Guards also allowed the Qing army to grab a lot of muskets, many of which were rumi guns, that is, smoothbore arquebuses modeled after the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

With Dolgon's strong attention, it was not unusual for the Manchus to concentrate their domestic efforts on the imitation of a batch of arquebuses for several months.

It's a pity that the Han craftsmen in Manchuria were captured and plundered by Zhu Cihong, which greatly reduced the manufacturing capacity of Manchuria.

But even these two thousand strokes are enough to surprise Li Zicheng.

"Yes, yes! This time, it's worth the trip! Li Zicheng stood tall and said: "Coupled with the previous successive victories, as well as a total of 3,000 bird guns imitated by craftsmen, my Dashun army can also arrange a phalanx!" ”

Li Zicheng's eyes were burning, as if he recalled the shame of fleeing in embarrassment in the Battle of Kaifeng.

In that battle, Zhu Cihong only had thousands of available soldiers in his hands. But it was this army of thousands armed with firearms that made Li Zicheng fall short, defeated Kaifeng, and fled to Hubei in embarrassment.

If it weren't for this hard work, Li Zicheng took advantage of Zhu Cihong to beat Jiannu and seize Xi'an, and this great Shun foundation would have collapsed in the middle of the road.

Seeing that Li Zicheng was in a very good mood, Tian Lansheng and Zhai Tang also echoed and laughed. The two glanced at each other, and then Zhai Tang said weakly, "Holy ...... In fact, the great Qing master in the northeast of the Saiwai had the secret skill of casting fire guns. There are many more firecrackers to sell. Only, I only ask the Holy Lord to prepare enough raw materials for salt and iron as soon as possible, as well as the ...... of this transaction Craftsmen and gold and silver. ”

Tian Lansheng coughed lightly and bowed to the ground: "I am sure that this firearm is expensive, and I have no choice but to ask the emperor to fulfill it." ”

"Of course I understand the principle of paying with one hand and delivering with the other!" Li Zicheng stared at one eyeball, his mind fell on the more firecrackers, and as soon as he thought of this, Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "The matter of craftsmen and farmers, I have already asked Yousi to prepare properly." Gold and silver in kind, the original amount is as much as it was determined. How can I still lose my trust in the two of you? It's just that since you have something to do with the Manchu nobles, it's just right that you want to repair a book, and I also want to see and teach that Dorgon. ”

Tian Lansheng and Zhai Tang fell to the ground one after another, and they should say yes.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng no longer cared about the two of them, but stared at the many weapons in front of him and laughed heartily.

"Li Yan! You quickly selected the elite soldiers in the army, and you also trained me to be the first strong army in Dashun! Didn't Zhu Cihong come up with some Royal Guards? You have trained me in five phalanxes, and I will also give you the name of the Great Shun Imperial Forest Army! Li Zicheng's eyes were blazing, looking at this forward battalion general, full of expectations. This Li Yan is the person with the highest level of education among the generals in the army.

Li Zicheng is old in military strategy, and he also understands how much strength Zhu Cihong's well-trained phalanx takes to train. Not to mention anything else, the quality of non-commissioned officers is very demanding. There are many people under Li Zicheng who can fight well, but they can read and write, and there are even fewer who have cultural literacy. And this Li Yan can be said to be the only one who meets the requirements.

Li Yan didn't think about it so much, but said loudly: "The last general will definitely live up to my emperor's trust!" Train my Dashun first-class strong army: the Royal Forest Army! ”

"Hahaha......"

Li Zicheng's cheerful laughter sounded, which continued to echo in the garden of the Jin Palace, causing the civil and military officials to echo it.

"Ministers, congratulations to our emperor on obtaining this divine weapon. It will definitely be able to break the army of the anti-Ming ......"

"Ministers, congratulations to our emperor on obtaining this divine weapon. It will definitely be able to break the army of the anti-Ming ......"

……

Another place in Taiyuan City at this time.

Liu Zongmin's laughter resounded in the courtyards of the mansions, accompanied by countless gentry screaming again and again.

Lin Gangzhong, the former governor of the Ming Dynasty, sat at home and couldn't help crying. In front of him, Liu Zongmin led the team, looked at Lin Gangzhong, and pointed to the left and right of the family and said: "Lin Daotai, although I, Liu, don't do anything to the people." But against corrupt officials like you, there is no mercy. You are a dignified platform, and you are still doing the work of supervising grain and grass, but you only took out 10,000 taels of silver? I tell you, according to your standards. If you don't hand over 20,000 silver, hum, you can't pass this level, but you can be careful about your family! ”

Lin Gangzhong didn't say a word, closed his eyes, and didn't dare to listen to the screams of his wife and children.

"Master, save me...... Help me......" A concubine was suddenly dragged by a few soldiers, and after passing a corner, her voice gradually became weaker and weaker.

Lin Gangzhong clenched his hands tightly, a sense of shame rose in his heart, and he wanted to get up and rush out, but suddenly heard another voice sound.

"Daddy, daddy, I'm afraid ......" Suddenly, a six- or seven-year-old girl threw herself into Lin Gangzhong's arms and grabbed Lin Gangzhong, pinching Lin Gangzhong a little painfully.

Looking at the frightened eyes of the young girl, Lin Gangzhong's desire to fight desperately faded like a falling tide. He stroked the young girl's face, his eyes full of self-reproach.

"Old man...... Incompetent! I knew that I would rather fight to the death while defending the city than be innocent and be defiled by thieves! Lin Gangzhong's eyes widened, full of indignation, and then fell on the young girl's body, and countless thoughts turned into a sense of grief and indignation: "Good daughter, don't be afraid...... Daddy will figure it out, will figure it out......"

……

At the same time, the scene was repeated throughout the city.

Countless merchants, gentry, and officials were rushed into their homes by the wolf-like soldiers and soldiers.

Then, there was the sound of Liu Zongmin's hearty laughter, as well as the screams of countless women and children, as well as the angry resistance of the gentry and the cowardly begging for mercy......

……

In April in Beijing, the spring breeze gradually faded, and the summer was fast-forwarding, and the sunset was quietly extended a little.

But Zhu Cihong has never been so eager for midsummer, not thinking about how hot and cool the summer is, but longing for the summer days to be longer.

The burden on him is getting heavier and heavier.

On the contrary, every time he approved the movement, he felt heavy. When he realized that every stroke in his hand would bring a twist of fate to the people of Wanjia, he was extremely cautious about every decision he made.

But in the same way, he can feel more that if this stroke comes earlier, it can also save thousands of Li people from fire and water earlier.

In Zhu Cihong's strategy, this empire has been slowly but firmly and forcefully repairing its body with an unprecedented promising attitude, and rejuvenating the brilliant vitality in the decaying and diseased body.

As a result, Zhu Cihong felt that he was running out of time even more, and even blamed the spring days for being too short.

Today, dusk is approaching, and Zhu Cihong has also finished reviewing the music in his hand. He walked out of the palace in Xiyuan, found a rockery, climbed high and looked into the distance, and watched the red dusk in the west.

Half of the sky is dyed dusk by dusk, and among the glazed tiles, the crystal shines and makes people intoxicated by the beauty of this sky.

Zhu Cihong carried his hands behind his back, walked up to the highest peak of the rockery step by step, and sat down in the pavilion inside.

The cool breeze blows, and the comfort is boundless.

In such a scene, Zhu Cihong relaxed and thought about the most important recent major policy of the country and the dynasty - the strategy of smoothing and suppressing bandits.

Because of the convenience of Wei Yunshan's actions in Shanxi, Zhu Cihong had a wealth of information.

Li Zicheng put forward the slogan of "not paying grain if you are not bad" in Henan in the 14th and 15th years of Chongzhen, and when Chongzhen established power in Xiangyang in the 16th year, it was concretized into the policy of "exemption from taxation for three years". Now, Li Zicheng has built a country in Xi'an. As the Emperor of Dashun, he obviously can't break his word and get fat.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng ascended the throne, he continued to implement the policy of temporarily exempting peasants from paying taxes. But without tax sources, fiscal operations cannot be sustained. In order to solve the huge military salaries and increasing government expenditures, Dashun's financial resources could only rely on the confiscation of the property of the Ming clan, the meager inventory of the government in the towns and cities, and the recovery of stolen goods and subsidies to the Ming gentry.

Although the clan is rich, fat sheep are scarce. The government is even poorer, and even the clan is not as good as the clan. In the end, the main thing was to torture and loot the gentry and recover the stolen goods. When the territory was not large, the pressure on the Shun army was not very great. But as the area under the jurisdiction of the Dashun regime expanded, the pressure became more and more intense. Therefore, it is widely implemented in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places.

The new dynasty was built at the beginning of its own new atmosphere. The local generals who took office were all diligent in their duties, and Li Zicheng began to vigorously promote the recovery of stolen goods and salaries, and the people below also carried out their work vigorously and resolutely. For a time, the gentry and landlords everywhere complained bitterly.

Although Dashun believed that the money in the hands of these Ming officials and local gentry was ill-gotten gains, in the name of recovering stolen goods. But no matter who it is, it will be heartbroken when he sees the long-awaited new dynasty going to knife him. Not to mention that there are always some people who must be wronged.

In this way, there are naturally many gentry who do not pay.

In order to demand the confiscation, torture and plundering have appeared. Tragic deeds such as Lin Gangzhong and Zhang Shenyan have emerged. The gentry were swept away.

These gentry originally thought that Dashun, an army with good discipline and no disturbance to the people, and a new regime that was vastly different from the ordinary Ming army, could conquer the world and become the new kingdom of heaven. Many gentry wanted to be able to do something about it when the day was changed. Even if you can't do the work of the dragon, at least, you can still take refuge in the new dynasty and no longer be devastated by the troubled times.

But now, the gentry found out in vain that Dashun would rather protect those mud legs, but also rob the rich and help the poor, and sent these gentry to a thorough recovery of stolen goods, aiming their swords at the backbone of these empires.

In the end, finally, the local gentry who had originally ignored the Ming Dynasty flew into Gyeonggi like snowflakes. The loyalty to Daming has never been stronger.

Everyone is looking forward to Zhu Cihong's troops. (To be continued.) )