Chongzhen Undergraduates

This big brother Liu was obviously not interested in drinking, he put down the wine glass in his hand irritably, and was about to get angry when a little old man suddenly barged in from outside the door.

"Master Baihu, go and have a look. Something has happened!" The little old man panicked and cried when he saw Zhao Lu.

"What can't be said slowly." Zhao Lu yelled loudly.

"The first battalion that just arrived robbed all the chickens in our village."

"What? Why didn't you stop me?" Zhao Lu became anxious when he heard that.This chicken is the only property in the whole village that can be exchanged for a few dollars.

An Dongwei is on the edge of Haizhou, although it is also near the sea, but apart from growing crops, it has no other income.

He couldn't sell some fish, and he was caught by Haizhou soldiers for cooking salt.The only thing I can do is to raise some chickens and lay eggs for a few pennies.

"We can't stop them, there are too many of them." The old man was very sad, and he howled again as he spoke.

"Go, take a look." After Zhao Lu finished speaking, he walked out, one foot had already crossed the threshold, and he took his foot back after thinking about it.

"Brother Liu, why don't you go and have a look with me?" Zhao Lu just remembered the way the guest looked at his wife, and felt a little worried.

"You guys go, it's not convenient for me to show up." The guest's eyes flicked around, and it was obvious that he had other thoughts.

"Master, I'll go with you to have a look. The chickens in the stockpile are also ours." Zhao Lu came out from the kitchen, standing next to Zhao Lu, he was about to pull him towards the door.

"Yeah, then I'll go and have a look too." Seeing that the woman had left, the guest didn't like himself, so he went out with everyone.

"You're a married woman, so stay at home and guard the door. We can't suffer with big brother Liu supporting us. Right?" Zhao Lu hurriedly took care of his wife, and put the guest on the table.

The guest couldn't repent at this time, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow Zhao Lu out.In the village, some military households were arguing with Deng Zhirong's subordinates, the two sides were at war with each other, and they were already confronting each other with sticks, knives and guns.

"My lord, why is this? There is something that cannot be discussed properly." Zhao Lu dared not offend Deng Zhirong, the other party had a large number of people, and he was his chief.

"Brothers are here to work for you, what's wrong with eating some of your chickens? Without food, how can we serve the court?" Deng Zhirong looked like a ruffian, and he didn't take Zhao Lu seriously at all.

Seeing that Deng Zhirong's subordinates were all disheveled, tattered clothes, and crooked hats, they couldn't even lift the hand holding the spear.Brother Liu from Haizhou felt relieved and took the initiative to stand up.

"My lord, if you want to eat meat, you can go to another place. These few chickens are not enough for so many of you. After one meal, there will be no more. It's not worth it."

"Who are you?" Deng Zhirong saw someone he didn't know coming, and he was obviously better dressed than the people in the village.

"It's just an errand, if you want to eat meat, why don't you go to Haizhou?" Brother Liu said with a smile.

For the past six months, this big brother Liu has been active in the Andongwei area, and almost all the soldiers nearby have been fooled into Haizhou by him.Otherwise, Zhao Lu would not treat him as a distinguished guest, and he also wanted to find a way to make money.

"But we are soldiers from Central Lu, will your Huai'an Army want us?" Deng Zhirong looked at Big Brother Liu with some doubts and a little longing.

"Do you pay the army in Luzhong?"

"It hasn't been posted for months."

In fact, not only Luzhong, but the entire four towns in Jiangbei have not been paid for several months. Nanjing has been in a state of preparation, and its administrative operations have only started for less than a month.

Zhu Youjian's money in Luzhong was enough to cover his daily expenses, and the military salary had been in arrears, which was why he had to make Liu Zeqing's idea first.

"The Huai'an army also doesn't have military pay, but the Huai'an army is covered by General Liu, who can earn extra money." Brother Liu looked mysterious, and his eyes lit up when he spoke, as if you understood the meaning.

"Really?" Deng Zhirong showed an expression of ecstasy, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed Brother Liu, pulled him aside and muttered.

After a while, the two finally finished their muttering, and Deng Zhirong had a satisfied expression.Brother Liu was a little contemptuous, and threw a piece of silver to Zhao Lu.

"Take it, treat it as chicken money from the village. Treat Lord Deng well, and bring out the best food and drink in your village."

After Brother Liu finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave. After thinking for a while, he leaned into Zhao Lu's ear again:

"Let your yellow-faced woman stay at home. I'll talk about your business later. Yeye is going to Yangzhou City to find her sister soon. Hehe!"

Brother Liu patted Zhao Lu's face after he finished speaking, with a smug expression on his face.Zhao Lu blushed with anger, clenched his fists tightly, wanting to be angry but not daring to be angry.

Chapter 69: The Fat Huaian Army

Liu Zeqing is so courageous that there is nothing he dare not do in Daming.

This person killed a good man and pretended to be meritorious, but no one was held accountable; then he supported the army and respected himself, but he was not held accountable; and then, when Li Zicheng attacked the capital, he lied that he was on his feet, but no one was held accountable.

It can be said that Liu Zeqing and other warlords were slowly pampered by the imperial court, so that by this time, he was so courageous that he could become a king.

It is the real kingship. Liu Zeqing once said: "I came to support King Fu, and he should let me enjoy it. In case something happens, I will choose a county in the south of the Yangtze River and occupy the mountain as the king."

Liu Zeqing can be bold, so naturally his subordinates are also bold.Therefore, no matter what the source is, dare to accept everything.

The four towns of Jiangbei look down on Zhu Youjian's Luzhong troops, although there are actually five towns in Jiangbei now.Of course, the other four towns never looked at Lu Zhongbing directly.

"Our general Zheng said that you have too few people. If you can bring more people over, I can give you a small official position." The former big brother Liu returned to An Dongwei, and brought Here comes a message from Zheng Longfang.

Deng Zhirong looked at Brother Liu with some embarrassment and said, "I can only take these soldiers under my command. I dare not pull the others. If the brigade commander finds out, I will lose my head."

Until this time, the Huai'an Army's news about Luzhong still remained at the official position of brigade commander.After all, Nanjing did not officially assign a specific military rank to Luzhong. Most of the four towns in Jiangbei thought that Luzhong was just a group training village.

"It's not that our general looks down on you. Look, these soldiers under your command don't even have a single archer. Are they all farmers who just put down their hoes?"

"You know all about it? The dissatisfied elder brother said that my soldiers were all recruited two months ago." Deng Zhirong showed a particularly low self-esteem, treating this elder brother Liu almost as a backer, serving tea and giving up his seat.

Brother Liu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip lightly like a civil servant, as if he was very dissatisfied with the inferior tea in the tea and looked disgusted.

"If you can bring more people over, we will pay you according to the head. A soldier is five renminbi."

Deng Zhirong felt contemptuous in his heart, this guy obviously regarded him as a country bumpkin, and he still paid five qian.

"Then if I can bring 1 people over, wouldn't I be able to get 5000 taels? My dear boy. With so much money, I'm going to get rich." Deng Zhirong looked fascinated, and his saliva almost flowed out.

Brother Liu raised the corner of his mouth contemptuously, thinking: The price General Zheng gave me was two taels, and you don't even know that you are being sold.

"Blow it up, with your kid's ability, can you pull 1 people here?"

"That's impossible, but I will work hard, and it is estimated that hundreds of people will come. I just don't know where to arrange us?"

"Of course it's Haizhou. As for soldiers like you, General Zheng needs to personally drill them before they can be used." Brother Liu looked like an expert pointing Jiang Shang, as if Zheng Longfang had to listen to him.

"Then can I see General Zheng?"

"That's it! I'll introduce you, you just go and get someone to come over. I'll help you with the rest. As long as I'm here, everything can be discussed."

Zheng Longfang didn't feel at ease about this trivial matter, but heard that some recruits had come from Luzhong.In recent months, people have been fleeing south from the north, and the Huainan army has been recruiting recruits.

If there were more recruits, it would have been Zheng Longfang's turn not to intervene, not to mention that Haizhou was far away from the Tartars, and Zheng Longfang hid in Haizhou City for nothing.

On this day, Zheng Longfang was listening to an opera in his newly built house in Haizhou City, and heard a report from the guard that Liu Changshun from Antonwei asked to see him, and Liu Changshun was the so-called Big Brother Liu.

"That Liu Changshun?" Zheng Longfang listened eagerly, but couldn't remember who it was.