Chapter 679: The Great Savior, the Great Evil Star

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Shandong,Linqingzhou,.

Jiang Dafeng, the envoy of Linqing Caoyun, walked around in the Caoyun Yamen, and his heart was very anxious. From time to time, he would turn his head to look at the movement outside the door to see if anyone had sent urgent paperwork. Occasionally, he would listen intently to see if something was wrong around him. He, a messenger of good luck, hasn't been so restless for a long time.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Linqing relied on the canal to rise rapidly, becoming one of the five major commercial ports in Jiangbei, prosperous for 500 years, and had the reputation of "prosperous and prosperous two capitals" and "rich Jiaqi County". During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the tax revenue of the Linqing banknote customs ranked first among the eight banknotes of the canal. Until now, the canal tax revenue in Linqing is still quite considerable.

Since the opening of Caoyun, the most powerful government agency in Linqing is not the state yamen, but the Caoyun yamen. Almost all the cities on both sides of the Grand Canal have such a convention. With the increasing onerous tasks of Caoyun, the power of the Caoyun Yamen became greater and greater. As long as there are towns where the Caoyun Yamen exists, the local government is basically marginalized.

The Caoyun Yamen has its own armed Caoding, which is also incomparable to the state yamen. At all times, it is the person who controls the armed forces, and the status is the highest. Without the support of the armed forces, no one would have taken him seriously. For example, the president of the United States, if he didn't have the backing of the powerful American team, who would have killed him?

Under the command of the governor of Caoyun, there was a Caoyun envoy. This Cao Yun envoy is set up according to the different regions, ranging from nine to five grades. Linqing's Cao Yun envoy is the sixth product. Yangzhou's Cao Yun envoy is the five products. It can be seen that the Cao Yun envoy of Linqing Prefecture still has a relatively high status.

At this moment, Jiang Dafeng was hesitating. In the past few days, he felt quite a pain in his head. The grain that was about to be unloaded in Linqingzhou could not be unloaded, so it had to continue to stay on the dock. This batch of grain was to be transported to Hong Chengchou, and Jiang Dafeng knew a little about Hong Chengchou's personality from his boss, Yang Yipeng, the governor of Caoyun. This is a very strong figure. If this batch of grain made a mistake in his link, Hong Chengchou would go directly to Yang Yipeng.

The so-called long nights and dreams, after a long time, accidents are prone to occur. He was even a little worried that if the Tartars got the news, they wouldn't kill them here. After all, Linqing is not very far from Beizhili. In fact, every time the Tartars went south, it was the busiest time for the Caoyun Yamen, because a large amount of military food had to be unloaded in Linqing and other places, and then transported by land. In this way, it is impossible for the Tartars not to notice Linqing.

This time, the Tatars entered the prison because of the Tiger Army, and finally retreated. Otherwise, Linqing would definitely be one of the important targets of the Tartar looting. The transportation route on land was blocked, and it seems that these grains can only be temporarily placed in Linqingzhou. It's just, it's here, is it safe? Jiang Dafeng himself was a little worried.

The grain of the thirty ships was more than 20,000 stones, which was a very important batch of materials, and when converted into silver taels, it was worth more than 20,000 taels. However, in times of war, food is more important than silver. It is impossible for the army to live on silver. If the military rations cannot be received, the army may mutiniate at any time.

"My lord, it's not good!"

Suddenly, there was a rush to report.

"What's bad? Is it the Tartars coming? ”

Jiang Dafeng's face changed slightly, and he felt that it was pitch black in front of him.

The most feared thing, after all, is still inevitable.

"It's the Tiger Army here!"

The subordinate reported a little flustered.

"Tiger Army?"

Jiang Dafeng was silent for a moment, and said to himself with difficulty.

Damn, I'm really worried about anything. For Jiang Dafeng, the arrival of the Tiger Ben Army is definitely not a good thing. From his point of view, there is no difference between the Tiger Army and the Tartars. Because, whether it is the arrival of the Tartars or the arrival of the Tiger Army, his good days as a lucky envoy have come to an end, and even whether his own life can be saved is unknown.

Perhaps, for the ordinary people below, they are definitely looking forward to the arrival of the Tiger Ben Army day and night. As long as the Tiger Ben Army arrives, the land will be divided and they will be able to live a new life. However, for the upper class, the Tiger Army is not welcome. Because the new life of the poor is based on sacrificing the interests of these elites.

"Close the gates!"

Jiang Dafeng hurriedly shouted.

"My lord, the city gates can't be closed!"

The subordinate replied helplessly.

"What's going on?"

Jiang Dafeng was annoyed?

Linqingzhou is his world, and he can't even close the city gate?

"Li Xiaocheng and Mo Sanmo controlled the east gate and didn't let our people get close at all."

The subordinate replied with a mournful voice.

"It's ...... them again"

Jiang Dafeng's face changed slightly, and he gritted his teeth and said.

Li Xiaocheng, Mo Sanmo, and sure enough, these two guys are again. I know that these two guys must be going to be bad. Before the Tiger Ben Army arrived, they had already gathered a crowd. Now, the Tiger Army is here, and they are definitely going to turn the sky upside down. Damn, at this juncture, they took control of the East Gate first, which is really fatal!

In fact, Li Xiaocheng and Mo Sanmo are both poor military households in Linqing Prefecture. Due to the special status of Linqing Prefecture, the Imperial Military Department specially set up Linqing Guard here, with a total of five thousand households and five or six thousand military households. Including their respective families and relatives, there are about 30,000 people. In Linqing Prefecture, the number of military households is still relatively large.

Like the guards in other places, the monthly rations of these military households are all in arrears. In particular, there are still Caoding garrisons in Linqing Prefecture, and there is no need for guards to be dispatched at all, so that the arrears of monthly rations are even more. Obviously, this will lead to their serious dissatisfaction with the government, but there is no way to vent it before, and there is Cao Ding's high pressure, and they have no way to break out.

Now, with the rise of the Tiger Army, these poor military households have slowly found a new way out. This way out is to follow the Tiger Army. Since the Tiger Ben Army can change their fate through their own efforts, why don't they join the Tiger Ben Army and change their fate as well? So, they spontaneously organized themselves and formed a city defense army, claiming to have joined the large ranks of the Tiger Army.

Because of the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army, neither the State Yamen nor the Caoyun Yamen in Linqing Prefecture dared to interfere excessively in the affairs of the city defense army, let alone kill people indiscriminately, for fear that the Tiger Ben Army would come to settle with him. As a result, the strength of the Linqing City Defense Army became larger and larger. So far, the so-called city defense army organized by Li Xiaocheng and Mo Sanmo has almost 1,000 people.

If there is no support from the Tiger Army, it will not be a problem to defeat these people with the strength of Cao Ding. However, the Tiger Ben Army was about to arrive, so Jiang Dafeng didn't dare to have this idea at all. If he poisoned the people of the city defense army in front of the tiger army, as soon as the tiger army came, they would definitely have no good fruit to eat. In the land of Shandong, even the governor did not dare to disobey the will of the Tiger Army, let alone his little Cao Yun envoy.

"Adult ......"

Seeing Jiang Dafeng's face constantly changing, his subordinates hurriedly asked,

"Open the city gates and welcome the Tiger Army!"

"Prepare a feast and welcome the arrival of the Tiger Army!"

Jiang Dafeng had no choice but to say helplessly.

At this point, it is impossible for him to stop the arrival of the Tiger Army. Even big cities like Jinan City and Dezhou City can't stop the arrival of the Tiger Army, what ability does he, a small Linqing Prefecture, have to fight against the Tiger Army? Although one's own property is important, one's own life is even more important. The strength of the opponents of the Tiger Army is not under the Tartars at all! Why did he bury his life in vain?

Rather than making the Tiger Benjun jealous of himself, it is better to take the initiative to take refuge. In these years, if you have milk, you are a mother. Since the Tiger Ben Army is powerful, it is better to take refuge in the Tiger Ben Army. Actually, if you really want to open it, "Juntian Order" is not completely unacceptable. In the end, it is your relatives who benefit. If a dead end is in the end, it will be cheaper for nothing.

When Jiang Dafeng and others came to the east gate, they saw that the city defense army led by Li Xiaocheng, Mo Sanmo and others was waiting near the city gate. Of course, their weapons were not as advanced as those used by Cao Ding, and most of them were tattered weapons made by the guards themselves. However, due to the arrival of the Tiger Army, their morale is very high, and they have the meaning of never dying. If the two sides rush to *** at this time, Cao Ding may not be able to take advantage.

Seeing Jiang Dafeng coming, Li Xiaocheng and Mo Sanmo immediately became vigilant. The two of them immediately walked over, followed by dozens of backbones of the city defense army. Li Xiaocheng shouted loudly: "Jiang Dafeng, what are you doing here?" ”

Jiang Dafeng hurriedly shouted, "I'm here to welcome the Tiger Army." You see, none of us are carrying weapons. Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong. ”

Li Xiaocheng said sternly: "Jiang Dafeng, don't be a ghost, otherwise, there will be no good fruit for you to eat." ”

Jiang Dafeng scolded secretly in his heart, if it weren't for the Tiger Army, where would it be your turn to speak? Why didn't you poor and starving people think of killing you sooner? However, now that the tiger army is strong, he didn't dare to say anything, but said with a smile: "Don't dare, don't dare." I'm making trouble at this time, isn't that the birthday boy hanging himself - is it a long life? ”

Mo Sanmo didn't have too many words, and said coldly: "It's good that you know." ”

Jiang Dafeng stood obediently with a professional smile on his face.

He didn't know who the Tiger Army was arriving, maybe just an ordinary officer. However, as long as it is a person after all, he can't afford to mess with it. Zhang Zhun is said to be very difficult to talk to, and he is also very protective of his subordinates. As long as it is a person who offends the Tiger Army, it is equivalent to offending Zhang Zhun. offended Zhang Zhun, even if it was Huang Taiji, it didn't end well!

Knowing that Jiang Dafeng welcomed the arrival of the Tiger Ben Army at the East Gate, the big families in Linqing City also sent representatives one after another, or went into battle in person to join the welcome at the East Gate. Because of the relationship between Cao Yun, there are many wealthy families in Linqing. They were all merchants and did not have any fields. Therefore, the Junda Order did not cause much damage to them. Compared to the average large landlord, they are more likely to join the ranks of the Tiger Army.

"Da Da Da!"

In the afternoon, the sound of horses' hooves was heard.

Soon, the blue-green figure of the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army appeared in their sight.

This is the vanguard of the cavalry of the Tiger Army, and it is also a scout, they went to the outside of Linqingju to check that there is nothing abnormal here. After discovering that everything was normal in Linqingzhou, the scouts rode around the edge of the city wall and went to the west side of the city to guard it.

Soon after, a large force of the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army appeared in a steady stream. There was a cavalry contingent of six or seven hundred men in total, all dressed in dark green uniforms. Their team is very neat, giving people a new look and a bright feeling. At the front of the line, there was a young man who seemed to be a little different.

Suddenly, someone whispered in Jiang Dafeng's ear: "My lord, it's Zhang Zhun ......"

Jiang Dafeng's heart tightened, and he said in a lost voice: "God! How did this evil star come in person? ”

He really didn't expect that Zhang Zhun would come in person. Fortunately, he didn't do anything to make Zhang Zhun unhappy, otherwise, he would definitely be finished. Zhang Zhun wants to pinch him to death, isn't it like pinching an ant to death? It's just that Jiang Dafeng doesn't understand that there is anything special about Linqingzhou that can attract Zhang Zhun to come. Zhang Zhun, Zhang Zhun, what are you doing in Linqingzhou?

"Zhang Zhun is here."

"Zhang Zhun is here."

"Zhang Zhun is here."

The news of Zhang Zhun's personal arrival was like having wings, and it soon spread to the upper echelons of Linqing Prefecture. Who has never heard of Zhang Zhun's name in a big family in Linqingzhou? Now, this great savior, the Great Evil Star, has suddenly come to Linqingzhou, and God knows what will happen here? However, Zhang Zhun's arrival may not all be bad. At least, during Zhang Zhun's stay in Linqingzhou, the safety of Linqingzhou is absolutely guaranteed.

I can't say it, all the heads of big families, as well as important backbone figures, came in a hurry. Zhang Zhun came in person, if they didn't come to the city gate to greet them in person, it would be easy to be criticized. Even if Zhang Zhun is magnanimous and doesn't care, the people around him will remember it. As a result, after a while, the east gate of Linqingzhou was all people.

Before, Li Xiaocheng and Mo Sanmo didn't know that Zhang Zhun had come in person, but now that they saw so many upper-class figures gathered here, they realized that Zhang Zhun was here in person. For a while, their mood was very excited, and they were a little inexplicably panicked. Speaking of which, the city defense army they organized was not officially approved by Zhang Zhun, and it is difficult to say what the final result will be.

"Da Da Da!"

The sound of horses' hooves continued.

The cavalry of the Tiger Army entered directly towards the open city gate.

The warriors of the dragoon battalion rode in first and took control of the vicinity of the city gates, as well as the perimeter of the towers. Subsequently, snipers from the Tiger Army came in and took control of the commanding heights in various parts of the city. More cavalry came and occupied the main streets and important buildings in the city, including the Prefecture Yamen and the Caoyun Yamen.

Someone greeted Li Xiaocheng and Mo Sanmo, and then the two followed out of the city. Obviously, they were called over by Zhang Zhun. With these two local snakes here, Zhang Zhun naturally knows the situation in Linqingzhou well. It's impossible for someone else to hide something.

Jiang Dafeng and the others looked at each other, and they all felt uneasy in their hearts. I don't know if Li Xiaocheng, Mo Sanmo and others will say bad things about them behind their backs. If the two of them "impeached" him fiercely in front of Zhang Zhun, he would really be completely finished.

After a long while, Zhang Zhun slowly rode into the city.

Jiang Dafeng and the others hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, and greeted them respectfully and diligently: "Lord Governor!" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, and said gently and kindly: "Everyone has worked hard. ”

Jiang Dafeng thought to himself, what do we have to work for? We're here to work hard. If you don't come, Linqing is our world, and you can play as much as you want. As soon as you come, you will be the boss of Linqingzhou, and we all have to listen to you, that means how uncomfortable you are, how uncomfortable you are. Of course, this cannot be exported. As a result, there were more smiles on their faces.

A wealthy businessman said: "The Governor has defeated the Tartars in a row, which is a supreme glory, and the Governor has come to Cheongju, which is really full of glory." ”

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "It's all the result of the efforts of the Tiger Ben Army, and it is inseparable from the support of everyone present." ”

This is somewhat hypocritical. The battle record of the Tiger Ben Army has nothing to do with these people in front of him. However, since Zhang Zhun said so, the people present felt a lot better. At least, judging from Zhang Zhun's words, he has no intention of killing in Linqingzhou. Of course, the premise is that everyone can do it, and don't deliberately touch Zhang Zhun's reverse scales.

While speaking, Jiang Dafeng and his entourage welcomed Zhang Zhun all the way to Caoyun Yamen, where a banquet had already been arranged. Linqing has always been one of the largest commercial ports in Shandong, and the purchase of this wine and food is naturally very rich, and the action is also quite fast.

After three rounds of drinking, Jiang Dafeng asked intentionally or unintentionally: "I don't know if Lord Governor is coming, what can the lower officials serve?" ”

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "I want to take all the boats on the dock away." ”

Jiang Dafeng suddenly chuckled in his heart, and secretly screamed that it was not good. Oops, Zhang Zhun's arrival is really uneasy and kind. It turned out that he had set his sights on the idea of those boats. If it was someone else's boat, then it would be fine, but those grains had to be given to Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou is definitely not an easy person to bully. Jiang Dafeng said euphemistically: "That's the ...... of the Governor Hong."

Zhang Zhun said calmly: "I know." I'll give him an IOU so that you won't be embarrassed. ”

Jiang Dafeng had a bitter face and didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhang Zhun had already given him a lot of face, and he didn't come up and grab it. If he didn't do it, Zhang Zhun might have to take the most direct and violent way. Can a few hundred Cao Ding in Linqing Prefecture fight against a few hundred Tiger Ben Army? I can think of it with my heels.

In desperation, Jiang Dafeng had no choice but to give in and asked flatteringly, "That'...... I don't know when Lord Governor will ask for it? ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "Now." ”

[Today's first update is delivered! ] Beg***! Ask for *** tickets! I'm going to go shopping in the afternoon, and the second one is probably a little later, sorry. 】