Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

However, Zhu Youjian's decision is a decision...

After all, he couldn't say it openly.

This is politics.

In other words, he cannot tell anyone his plans!

He can do it, and he can also hint to others, but the only thing he can't do is to say that he will not be held accountable!

Someone once said something like this - Politics is like a prostitute, you can do things but not say them.

In this situation.

Zhu Youjian still needs to be on guard!

For the sake of profit, those people in the south were able to sell out the Ming Dynasty.

Don't these people in the north dare to kill an emperor?

Zhu Youjian naturally wanted to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry!

By chance, Jiang Xiang and others were leading the Shanxi army to set up defenses along the Yellow River...

The Shanxi officers and soldiers were completely wiped out——

The Eight Great Families—but they can’t borrow external help!

As for Li Zicheng's troops in Shanxi...

This is what he brought Liu Fangliang with him!

How could a qualified sixth man not have calculated everything!

He even calculated Li Zicheng's Dashun over and over again!

Zhu Youjian's eyes flashed:

Lao Liu is so useful!

As for the reward after using Lao Liu...

Zhu Youjian had already communicated with Li Zicheng.

His promise to Li Zicheng was - if Li Zicheng loses this bet...

He would make Li Zi the King of the Western Regions and let Li Zicheng lead the army to conquer the Western Regions.

I provide him with 500 million stone of military rations every year for five consecutive years.

Five years later, the two sides discussed it again.

Whether it's contract renewal or autonomy, Li Zicheng has the final say!

In return...

The proceeds from this house raid belong to Daming.

After all, Li Zicheng ransacked the homes of hundreds of officials in the capital, and he, Zhu Youjian, didn't even say that he wanted a piece of the pie.

This time, it should also belong to Ming Dynasty!

……

Of course, if Li Zicheng wins this battle, then he will leave the Great Wall and everything will belong to Li Zicheng...

Li Zicheng said nothing.

He sent Liu Fangliang over...

Lao Li was unambiguous about the aristocratic family!

Lao Li still believed in the emperor.

After all, Zhu Youjian has already established credibility with Li Zicheng through repeated cooperation between the two parties...

……

Chen Qiyu asked:

"Then when will your Majesty set off?"

Zhu Youjian winked at Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen understood and immediately kicked everyone out.

Then he personally led people to guard the door.

Zhu Youjian then said:

"Leave now!

After I left, Chen Qing remembered that he would hoist the Chinese military flag as usual and could only take it down after three days. "

Chen Qiyu understood that this was to make outsiders think that the emperor was still in the camp.

The emperor's move was to paralyze Shanxi merchants.

He nodded hastily in agreement.

Zhu Youjian continued:

"I have mobilized seven thousand cavalry. Counting Liu Fangliang's men, there are tens of thousands of them, which is enough to deal with them."

This sentence is a subtle tell to Chen Qiyu that he is ready for everything.

With Chen Qiyu's sophistication, how could he not understand.

Sure enough, when the emperor said this, a smile appeared on Chen Qiyu's lips.

The border troops were transferred out of the fortress, and Liu Fangliang accompanied them.

Plus seven thousand cavalry...

The emperor's trip is worry-free!

"correct!"

Zhu Youjian told Chen Qiyu:

"Early tomorrow morning, send the empty convoy to Shanxi.

In the name of transporting money and food from Guihua City! "

"I understand."

Chen Qiyu nodded.

He was from Shanxi, so he didn't know how wealthy Shanxi merchants were.

The emperor is going to get some money!

……

The Eight Families of Shanxi Merchants are not eight families, but a collective name for more than a dozen big families.

Of course, at this time, the Qiao family, the owners of the famous Qiao family compound, did not exist yet.

The Qiao family did not begin to rise until the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

There are rumors that the private wealth of the Shanxi merchant family is as high as more than [-] million!

This is still something that is exposed to the public. As for how much is hidden in the cellar, no one knows...

……

After Zhu Youjian joined Liu Fangliang, the [-]-strong army immediately set off and headed straight for Shanxi.

Fortunately, at this time, the rivers were frozen, so the cavalry could move freely.

No more than ten people in Shaanxi knew about the emperor's departure.

This still takes into account Li Zicheng's great direction.

the next day.

The Chinese army raised the Chinese military flag with the Tai Chi pattern as usual.

Merchants from Handu drove ox carts and lined up in a crooked line, waiting for the military officials to count.

The materials in Handu will be counted here and registered.

Then, there is no need to unload the goods, the military officials will give a direction to move forward again.

Merchants need to set off again to deliver supplies to various defense lines.

At that time, they need to take the receipt certificate with the general's seal to this place and verify it again.

After exchanging the voucher, you can return to Handu to exchange for silver.

Li Shugen rubbed his hands.

"Ah!"

As soon as the hot breath came out, it turned into mist and rose.

Li Shugen laughed at his fingers, which were numb from the cold, and rubbed them hard with both hands.

The cotton gloves were tucked under his armpits.

Utilizes armpit temperature to provide meager energy.

Li Shugen's face had no color at all, and there was still a trace of blood on his sun-dark face.

This former starving man, this "man of hope" who had his land divided and turned into a dishonorable person, finally became a normal person.

Behind him was a guy with a dark face.

After the guy's bulging belly and the swelling caused by starvation disappeared, the black shell condensed on it, and the skinny and fleshy face presented a weird feeling of terror.

He was recruited by Li Shugen in the Lantian Mountain area.

This man was already the most normal human being he could find in the Ennuang area where the emperor ran a porridge shack.

The guy's name is Ada.

Last name?

Ah Da doesn’t know.

He no longer remembers what his parents looked like...

Ada was luckier than most people in Shanxi and Shaanxi. He escaped to the Qinling Mountains alive.

I survived by eating leaves, chewing tree roots, and occasionally catching a wild animal...

He couldn't remember how long he had been in the mountain, whether it was five years, ten years, or fifteen years...

The traces he used to measure his height carved on the cliff of the cave where he lived have remained unchanged for three years now.

The reason A Da was able to survive was not because he was luckier than others...

It was because the cave he found was a salt mine.

Inside the cave, a mountain spring flows out and merges into a stream.

Just along this river, the mineral exploration team brought by the Ming army discovered the fleeing people who had survived...

Because, this river water has a bitter taste.

It contains salt...

You can't live long with leaves alone. If the salt is not replenished, even if there is food, you will gradually become weak and die of illness...

……

Li Shu is basically a stonemason, which is considered a skilled trade.

Just in early autumn, there was a neighbor in the village who quit his job on the construction site, took the money he saved, bought a big car, and started running big cars.

His neighbor, who originally did not earn as much as him, actually earned several times more money than he did.

Li Shugen was tempted.

He also wondered whether he should also quit his job.

Looking at the mother-in-law brought back from Nanyang, her belly was already slightly swollen.

It looks like it's next summer and I'm going to have a baby.

And because he imitated others and built a courtyard with three main rooms, four side rooms, and a concierge, Li Shugen wasted all the money he had earned.

He felt cruel and asked Li Zheng. Zhao Quanyou borrowed a silver dollar and bought two large cars.