The burly man at the head of the city heard that the army under the city head said that it was the Shun army, and he was immediately overjoyed: "A few generals, please wait!" ”

"Let people quickly invite Sihailou to prepare good wine and good food!" The burly man's voice came out like nothing, and it didn't take long for the gate of Dingxian City to be quietly opened, and the group strode over, not worrying about being killed by the "Shun Army" general in front of them.

"The grass people are Chen Guanfeng of Dingxian County, and several generals have lost their welcome, please Haihan!" The burly man Chen Guanfeng strode over, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, which was very appealing. Behind him, more than a dozen of them were sturdy, wearing sharp armor, and they all seemed to be following the entourage of the Lian family, and their momentum was not small.

Li Jiantai was patient in his heart, his face did not move at all, he looked at Chen Guanfeng and said, "It's okay, it's okay." It is also the last few days for us to go down the mountain, and it is normal for Chen Zhuangshi not to know about it. ”

"It's really worthy of being a character under the command of King Chuang, and his bearing is extraordinary!" Chen Guanfeng said, looking at Li Jiantai, but his words were said to Qi Shan: "Dare to ask a few generals, what is the matter with coming to my county?" ”

Compared with Li Jiantai, a strong man, Qi Shan, who has been in the army for a long time at a glance, looks like a martial artist. Especially the three hundred soldiers and seven hundred heavy soldiers behind Qi Shan, they are all in a queue, majestic and vigorous, compared to the crooked and ragged soldiers behind Li Jiantai.

Qi Shan briefly guessed Li Jiantai's thoughts, and said vaguely: "As soon as I came down the mountain, I planned to go to Taiyuan and join the nobles." ”

"Oh......" Chen Guanfeng smiled and said: "In this case, please also join my Dingxian County, Chen, as a landlord, should do his best to be a landlord." ”

Li Jiantai was overjoyed in his heart, he was really worried that he couldn't enter the county seat of Dingxian County: "That's really respectful, it's better to obey your fate!" ”

Chen Guanfeng burst out laughing. led a few people in. As soon as he entered the city, a man with a somewhat similar face to Chen Guanfeng approached. He replied: "Uncle, the feast of Sihailou has been prepared. The shopkeeper's question is in the private room on the third floor. Let's go back to our own house. ”

"The third floor of Sihai Building is also ordinary, so naturally I went to our house!" After speaking, Chen Guanfeng was about to send his nephew away, when suddenly something came to mind, and said, "Wait, go and invite Master Hu to come too!" ”

Li Jiantai speculated in his heart and said: "This Lord Hu that Chen Guanfeng is talking about, is it not the pseudo-obedient and pseudo-official who occupies the county seat?" If so, it will be all in one fell swoop. It's also a feat. ”

The group had their own thoughts, and they arrived at Chen Guanfeng's house in a short time. Along the way, a few people chatted, and everyone gradually learned the origin of Chen Guanfeng. This person is a strong man in Dingxian County, who was originally just a second-rate person in a county, and the only person who can be regarded as a martial artist is only a martial artist.

In Daming, not to mention that a martial artist is a martial artist, it is difficult to have a first-class identity in the county. But with the deterioration of the world, even if a family can produce a jinshi, it can't stand the key to the location of such a place as Baoding. There are frequent wars and turmoil. There are many pastoral thieves, not to mention, the officials and soldiers who come to see the Tartars plough the fields again, and they can only shout that the heroes of Confucius and Mencius, benevolence, poetry and books are heirlooms, and the courtyard is quickly broken, and the gold and silver are robbed and the heirs are killed. Now after Zhu Cihong ascended the throne. Those who can still stand on the table are as powerful as Chen Guanfeng.

Chen Guanfeng has a good family background, first-class martial arts, and has led a dart game outside. When he returned to his hometown, he held a group exercise. In addition, when Zhu Cihong fought against the Jiannu Tartars in Shandong before, he took advantage of Zhu Cihong's arms to be updated. It is very legal to purchase a batch of strong bow armor, which is to quickly preserve the family business in this troubled world. It has even annexed thousands of acres of land.

Especially when Jiannu entered Kou Jinggi a while ago, Lord Hu in the county personally went to the countryside and invited Chen Guanfeng to bring his own regiment to train the township soldiers to guard Dingxian County.

Speaking of military strategy, Qi Shan gradually talked more. He was born in the real army, but he is not comparable to those in the Beijing camp around Li Jiantai. Especially the armor on Chen Guanfeng's body was sold by Zhu Cihong's army, Qi Shan looked at it in his heart, and naturally felt more close. The two of them just talked about the formation of troops.

"It's here!" The two talked eagerly along the way, and the atmosphere quickly pulled in. Not long after, I saw a mansion covering an area of several acres in the west of the city: "General Qi has entered my house, just take him as his own." You have to let my brother give you a good life! ”

"Haha, then there is Brother Lao Chen!" Qi Shan said and entered the flower hall.

After a while, the wine and meat were on the same page, and Li Jiantai sat upright in the room, but subconsciously felt that he couldn't deal with it. Before he could figure out what was wrong, another person came.

As soon as Li Jiantai looked up, he saw Chen Guanfeng's hearty voice sounding, and said loudly: "Hu Xianzun is so good!" I've just said hello, and all the people who came here are the strong men of the Shun army, not the official army......"

"Ahem...... I said Chen Yuanwai, you are kind-hearted. But you can't always be so reckless when you speak. After all, this official is an official, and if he wants to calm the place and not cause trouble, he can't always see the thief. Otherwise, one day when the name of a bandit is suppressed, how can you let me explain to the imperial court? Nahu County Ling said helplessly, but he still couldn't resist Chen Guanfeng, and soon entered the flower hall.

Chen Guanfeng pulled and pulled and sat down with a group of people, but found that the flower hall fell into silence all of a sudden.

Li Jiantai coughed lightly, looked at the man in front of him, looked at it again and again, and said, "Dare to ask...... Zunjia is Chongzhen's thirteenth year jinshi, Hu Fei? ”

"Ahem...... This official is indeed ...... But...... Honorable ...... "Hu Xianling looked at the man in front ......of him, and then looked at Chen Guanfeng.

All the expressions on Li Jiantai's face became extremely weird, and a cold and stinging heart swept through his body, making him suddenly lose interest in everything.

Qi Shan reacted quickly and quickly understood what the situation was.

In the city, there is no Shun army at all.

"Brother Chen, there are no other Shun troops in this city, right?" Qi Shan said in a deep voice.

Chen Guanfeng smelled a different smell, although he didn't know what it meant, he still said quickly: "It's true." We thought you were officers and soldiers, but there was a commotion in the city. Everyone thought there was going to be a mess. Fortunately, the generals are the righteous men of Dashun. I heard that the soldiers of Dashun did not kill or plunder, but let me and other small people breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Li Jiantai almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood. At this moment, he finally understood what the situation was like in this county.

It is true that there are no Shun troops in the city. But the gentry of the Ming Dynasty did not welcome the official army for a long time, but looked forward to rumors of good military discipline. The obedient army that does not disturb the people and does not bully the people. He was a cabinet scholar on behalf of the emperor, but he had to pretend to be a soldier in order to be welcomed.

If it is said. Chen Guanfeng's words can only represent the attitude of some powerful gentry. But Hu Fei's ability to stand here fully shows that now in the Ming Dynasty, not only has the grassroots lost control over the grassroots, but also its own bureaucrats have quickly fallen into a terrible centrifugation.

Hu Fei looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, a little confused. Especially the man in front of him who asked about his fame, which made him even more suspicious.

Suddenly, when Li Jiantai's dazed appearance was revealed, Hu Fei suddenly said something: "Honorable driver...... Honorable ......"

"I'm waiting, it's indeed ......" Li Jiantai was woken up. He looked at Hu Fei's expression, with a bitter expression, and said, "We are indeed Shunjun...... It's just that we can't stay for a long time this time. Thank you Chen for your kindness. ”

A feast ended tastelessly, and everyone said goodbye to Li Jiantai and Qishan out of the city after a few perfunctory words to each other.

Before parting, Hu Fei specially sent a sedan chair to Li Jiantai, but Li Jiantai politely refused. At this moment, Li Jiantai is extremely eager to miss his hometown, but he is not homesick and misses his family. But...... He hated the feeling that everything was starting to get out of hand. Back to Quwo. Finally let him activate the rest of his family's wealth and raise thousands of male soldiers. In this era of gradual chaos in the world, it will not be like duckweed, blown down by the wind and rain......

The marching queue rested for a while in Dingxian, and after burying the pot and cooking. In the early afternoon, we will restart our journey west.

Six days later, the group's army entered the Zhending Mansion.

This time, the news of Zhending Mansion was faster than the rest. Knowing that there was also a baggage team with the banner of the Royal Guards Regiment along the way, the army was not short of food and grass. After the fair trading of gold and silver, the prefect of Zhending Prefecture considered it again. Enlarge the army into the city.

On the twenty-second day of the first month of the 276th year of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Shan worked hard to write in his tent. He squirmed the pen and wrote all night, and then sweated profusely and took out a letter with neat strokes. This is the rule that Zhu Cihong implemented in the Royal Guards Legion, all officers who start with the small flag must be literate, and more than 100 households must be able to draw up letters in person.

Qi Shan looked at the draft full of paper baskets, and a sense of shame and accomplishment surged in his heart. He thought about it for a moment and read it softly, he was going to check one or two more.

"Your Majesty personally enlightened. The last general, Qi Shan, was ordered to set off to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and his colleagues in the heavy battalion of the son (辎) to embark on the westward road...... It can be seen all the way, and there are still (remains) bones, wild grass is everywhere, the roadside fields are deserted, and wild dogs and wolves are infested in the grass. From Jingshi to Zhendingfu, there are few wandering homeless people on the road. It is reported that most of the displaced people have already fled Gyeonggi or fled into the county seat by starvation. In various cities, such as Baoding and Zhending, there are hungry people all over the city, countless beggars, and people who sell their children and daughters are still not full can be seen everywhere...... Especially the matter of Dingxian ......"

Bang bang bang......

Outside the door, there was a sudden knock on the door, interrupting Qi Shan's inspection.

Qi Shan walked over, opened the door, and saw a man with a panicked face. This man has a fair complexion and is wearing a four-grade official robe, and he is You Keqing, the prefect of Zhending Mansion.

But at this moment, You Keqing lost his usual calmness, and he didn't have the bearing of a million-dollar Li people's parents, he looked at Qishan, as if he had seen a panacea, and said: "Dare to ask, but the Royal Guards Regiment Qishan Hundred Households?" ”

"It's the last general." Qi Shan saluted. His official rank is much less than that of You Keqing, not to mention the difference between civil and military.

"Oh, where can I take care of the hypocrisy at this time. Follow me! The cabinet is seriously ill! You Keqing grabbed Qi Shan and immediately pulled Qi Shan to run.

Qi Shan subconsciously wanted to struggle, but found that the strength of this You Keqing prefect couldn't be twisted for a while, looking at You Keqing's violent green tendons, Qi Shan realized the importance of the matter.

The two strode towards and quickly came to Li Jiantai's residence. This is a courtyard prepared by You Keqing for Li Jiantai, spacious and quiet, and everyone has it.

All the way through the corridor and alley, You Keqing stopped outside Li Jiantai's bedroom, and inside the house, Lang Zhong was discussing his condition with a medicine box.

Qi Shan looked at Lang Zhong, who was full of rooms, and said in his heart, I am afraid that this is to invite all the famous doctors in Zhending Mansion City in.

"What the hell is going on?" Qi Shan arrived at his destination and could finally break free from You Keqing's pull. Breaking away from You Keqing's break-free, Qi Shan also grabbed a man in military uniform in the house, this is Li Jiantai's henchman Li Fei, the former Jiangyang thief, and later washed his hands in the golden basin and guarded Li Jiantai's left and right.

Li Fei looked at Qi Shan, the officer of the Royal Guards Regiment who brought money and food, and did not dare to slack off, and said, "It is news that comes out from time to time in the city, saying...... said that I waited in the name of the Shun army to cheat and eat and drink in Dingxian. Hearing this rumor, the cabinet boss was not happy. Afterward...... Later, another Shanxi fugitive came with the news, saying that it was ...... Quwo was captured by the thieves. As soon as the cabinet heard the news, they screamed, and they were seriously ill and bedridden, and they didn't smell their breath. ”

Qi Shan looked around the audience and only felt ridiculous.

……

Jingshi, the Forbidden City, in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Cihong looked at the map quietly, his eyes falling on the surrounding towns. First of all, in Baoding, in order to relieve the siege of Shanxi, Zhu Cihong quickly allocated money and grain to support Li Jiantai, a cabinet scholar who went on behalf of Emperor Chongzhen.

At the same time, all four university scholars in the cabinet were sent out.

At present, grassroots control is scarce, and no matter how many whimsical ideas Zhu Cihong has come up with, it is still a government decree that cannot be released from the Forbidden City.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong dispatched the first assistant Huang Jingfang to Baoding. One is to urge Li Jiantai, and the other is to spend money.

Supplies from Gangnam, North Korea, and even Nanyang were transferred to Gyeonggi via clippers. But when the money comes, it is not sprinkled to be useful. With Daming's current team, I am afraid that if they enter Taicang, ninety percent of them will fall into the hands of the handling officials.

For this reason, Zhu Cihong had to come up with another idea.

"The road from Baoding to Jingshi must be well rested." Zhu Cihong said, called a few people, and said: "Hungry people, in the final analysis, it is because of unemployment. The people were not allowed to plough the fields, and naturally they were lost and lived on the streets. Cash-for-work allows one to build roads and smooth logistics. The two give them a chance to live, rather than raising a bunch of rice worms. However, in the past, forced labor has often hurt the people. This time, the cash-for-work cannot be reduced to forced labor, Huang Qing must be optimistic about all aspects for me to ensure that the people can survive because of this......" Zhu Cihong wrote, and suddenly sent it to Si En outside to enter the hall, holding a letter in his hand. (To be continued.) )

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