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Now that the things have been collected, everyone is our own! This Master Yuan is much more sensible than the previous Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian! Seeing him smiling and bowing to thank, those big landlords were also happy, and they followed this one by one. holding fists.

"Your Majesty Yuan is too polite!"

"this is what we are supposed to do!"

But before the excitement was over, Yuan Chonghuan clenched his fists again.

"However, Yuan Mou called everyone here today for the sake of military pay. Everyone knows that in the past two years, trespassers have been rampant! The court has been ruined, and the army has suffered heavy losses! Yuan Mou needs everyone to reorganize our Qin army in Shaanxi. great support!"

This is to levy food!The landlords and local tyrants who were smiling just now immediately turned into mournful faces, and Zhao Yuanwai, who had just handed out 2000 taels of silver, was the first to call out.

"Master, it's not that we don't support it. After years of wars, everyone can't get over it!"

"Yes! My girl starved to death last year!"

"My family has lost all harvests, and I really can't get any food!"

Fat guys clamored that they were so poor that they only ate one meal. With the appearance of a miser, it is estimated that Da Vinci was around, and there would be another famous painting handed down from generation to generation. Even Yuan Chonghuan, who had been mentally prepared, had a cheek He twitched slightly in anger, and was really afraid that he would hit someone directly with his gun, so he knocked on the table hard.

"quiet!"

"The governor does not confiscate grain for nothing! Grain is exchanged for salt! For every stone of grain, I will give you a stone of salt! I will give you a salt guide! Have you ever heard of Kaizhongfa? I am ordered by the emperor to revive Kaizhongfa in Shaanxi! If If you can get a hundred stones of food at a time, I will give you five stones of salt as a gift! However, the number of places is limited, and this official only accepts the first one hundred applicants!"

Open Chinese law! Sell salt?Shiobiki?

Everyone knows that the huge profits from the salt trade can be bought. The Shaanxi salt is all in the pocket of the Prince Qin's mansion. Yan Yin can't get it even if he has money. Now, a new way of making money seems to be in front of him. Just now he was shouting The poor local tyrants in Shaanxi suddenly fell silent, but they all have red eyes!

Chapter 781. The Autumn Harvest of Dongjiang

In the stillness of the night, suddenly there was a loud noise like thunder, and Chuang Jun, who was still asleep, opened his eyes in disbelief, jumped up, and on the horizon, a bright silver thread rushed towards him.

"It's flooding!"

"Run away!"

Amidst the shouts of fear, there were scattered Chuangjun troops everywhere, and the Chuangjun camp that had besieged the city for more than a year was broken.However, water and fire are ruthless. Under the watchful eyes of the trembling soldiers and refugees, the rushing flood is directly intercepted by the city wall. The opened city gate is like a river channel, rushing to fill the rushing yellow river water. On the neat streets of Kaifeng City, There were cries of fear of dying, and those who were swept away by the flood stretched out their arms like sorghum growing in the ground.

The city of Kaifeng, the city crushes the city, one city on top of another! Once again in a huge man-made disaster, this city was buried under the dust of history.

Historians of the past dynasties have many versions about this flood. Many people believe that the flood was caused by the Ming Dynasty's army having experienced the defeat of Zhuxian Town and was completely unable to break the siege of Kaifeng.Some people think that the flood was released by Li Zicheng, after all, Li Zicheng was unable to attack for a long time.Moreover, he ordered the opening of the Yellow River Dam, which not only destroyed Kaifeng, but also used the flood to create more refugees downstream to strengthen the Chuang army.Especially after destroying the Kaifeng City of the Ming Dynasty and leveling the last fortress of the Ming Dynasty, the land of Zhongzhou will no longer be hindered by troops entering the Central Plains. This battle will completely end the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains.

There is also a saying that the Chuangjun and the official army dug the Yellow River dam together, which caused the originally controllable water volume to become such a large flood!

But no matter what you say, this two-year war involving hundreds of thousands of troops and 10 people died on the battlefield ended with the catastrophe of hundreds of thousands of Kaifeng residents turning into dragon princes and drowning in floods.

Neither Da Ming nor Chuang Jun seemed to have gotten what they wanted.

After this great battle, the war situation in the Central Plains gradually calmed down. Li Zicheng, who had won too many spoils, was not busy moving eastward, but for the court, this was not a good sign, because Li Zicheng's refugee army began to be no longer like the refugees in the past. In that way, looting went around, and he began to occupy the prefectures and counties of Daming in Henan in an orderly manner. Not long after the Battle of Kaifeng, Li Zicheng also established a political power in Xiangyang. Six governments were established, and the scholars who took refuge were enfeoffed as ministers and other officials.

Li Zicheng has officially sprouted the ambition and determination to replace Daming!Chongzhen was so angry about this that he couldn't eat well for several days, but there was nothing he could do.

There is no way, the Baoding Army has been destroyed, and the Ningjin Army has disappeared. Xuan Dajun, Qin Army, the main forces were defeated by Chongzhen one by one, and now only Zuo Liangyu's Huguang Army is available, and the rest of the Beijing Camp Now, Zhu Dadian's Nanjing army is not doing well at all, Kong Huizhen's Sichuan soldiers are still fighting to the death with the invading Zhang Xianzhong, and now the remnants of Yuan Chonghuan's Qin army don't even appear on Chongzhen's strategic map.

In September and October of the 15th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Empire was already in a dangerous state of disintegration.

At this time, Dongjiang was full of excitement.

It is really impossible to convert the steam engine to the harvester. In the cold rice fields in September, groups of farmers have to wield sickles to cut off the bowed rice.

But even so, there are lots of laughter and laughter everywhere. Looking around, the yellow and orange ears of rice are overwhelming on the Great Plains. Dongjiang farmers wearing big hats have turned into dog-headed warriors, and the humanoid harvesters are turning like rounds. The sickle swung forward, and a pile of rice harvested by Duo was pulled to the ear threshing field like a hill.

Who would have thought that such a large granary could be hidden in a place of bitter cold?

Of course, big corn sticks are indispensable in Northeast China. There is a corn planting area on the other side of Hegang, and there are also golden and silver-white corns all over the mountains and plains. The freshly broken sticks are thrown into a large pot and boiled. When you bite into your mouth, it is fragrant and tender. It feels almost reminiscent of first love.

Sun Chuanting’s title in Ming Dynasty was Minister of the Ministry of War and Governor of the three sides, but when he arrived in Dongjiang, he was inseparable from the director of the factory. He was the director of the 37th Factory. Fortunately, he came back with a different title this time, otherwise I don't know if he would be aesthetically fatigued.

He was greeted by the former governor of Jiliao of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Aheng, the director of the production workshop of the [-]th Factory, and the two former high-ranking bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty who have now adapted to the rustic life of Liaodong. Put a large pot of boiled green corn, a large pot of potatoes dipped in local miso, and a large pot of stewed pork vermicelli. The two of them crossed their legs and sipped corn wine.

"Master Sun, congratulations on being promoted! I respect you as a brother!"

"Master Wu, this is a joke brother. Now I am still a guilty person, serving as a commander as a prisoner. How can I be promoted? It is just doing my best for the court!"

Still looking like an ancient well without waves, holding a wine glass, Sun Chuanting spoke calmly, but what Wu Aheng said next made him unable to calm down.

"Brother Sun is still worrying about his status as a prisoner? Besides, is Brother Sun really doing his best for the court?"

"What does Mr. Wu mean by this?"

Sun Chuanting couldn't help but put down the wine glass and stared at the past, but Wu Aheng took it calmly, drank the wine calmly, exhaled foul breath, and then answered comfortably.

But he did not directly respond to Sun Chuanting's question, but said in a somewhat gloomy voice.

"During the time when Brother Sun went south to supervise the army, there was another Tang newspaper from above. The imperial court Zhuxian Town was defeated by 40 troops. Everything was as Brother Sun expected. The robbery has become a trend, and no one can come from the Dongjiang River. , To the extent that Yuan Chonghuan and Governor Yuan were dug back!"

"Master Sun, you also supervised Shaanxi, and after Fu Zonglong and Wang Qiaonian's two defeats, what is left on the three sides? You are not at a loss, are you?"

"Anyway, brother, I'm getting old! I think brother will stay in the [-]th factory for the rest of his life! But you, brother Sun, you can do it yourself."

Sun Chuanting understood it, but he didn't expect the tough Wu Aheng to admit his fate before him. First of all, the contradiction between Dongjiang and the court has become clear, just like the relationship between the feudal town and the central government in the late Tang Dynasty, and the battle of Zhuxian Town As a result, he has given up hope for Chongzhen. After he leaves, he will become the director of the [-]th factory, and he is satisfied with this factory director, and he no longer wants to go back to Daming.

However, his worries are not unreasonable. He is obviously more valued by Mao Jue, and there are more opportunities to make his mark in Dongjiang. Once Mao Jue really stands on his own in the future and pulls the flag to fight against the Ming Dynasty, what should he do?Just like Xun Yu in the Three Kingdoms period, he was loyal to the Han Dynasty, but assisted Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. When Cao Cao confronted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the dilemma was not enough for outsiders to understand!

At that point, Sun Chuanting himself had no idea how to choose, so he simply changed the topic, raised his head and poured down the glass of wine, then reached out to fill another glass for no one, while drinking, while drinking. talking.

"I was appointed as the general of Hegang Town. This time I came back to organize the troops in Hegang Town and follow the army to go south. My brother, the [-]th of next month will be the army time! It will take me ten days to assemble and march , from tomorrow, brother, you have to hurry up to harvest, and the work in the factory has to be arranged in advance, once the war starts, the boys don't know when they will come back!"

This news made the atmosphere on the wine table become dead silent again. Thanks to Mao Jue, he took out a cigarette from the box and smoked it. He sucked all the smoke into his lungs. After taking a few puffs, Wu Aheng became serious again. asked a question.

"If you take the boys out, you will definitely be able to bring them back!"

This time, Sun Chuanting's answer was much quicker and decisive, and he nodded emphatically.

"In the battle with Jianyao, even if Sun was smashed to pieces, he would go all out, although I can't promise to bring them all back! But I will definitely not let them die in vain on the battlefield!"

With a bang, the two porcelain cups collided heavily.

This year is a year of great famine in the Guan, with the raging wars, but the high latitudes outside the Guan seem to have adapted to the anomalies of the Little Ice Age. Coupled with the construction of large-scale water conservancy facilities, it will be a good year.

The granaries of every household are full of piles, and there are a series of corn and peppers scraping on the wall. In the pigpen at home, the pigs seem to have been fattened up several times. The old Dongjiang people who have lived here for several years are happily planning to go to the market, tear cloth, and make new clothes.

But at this moment of joy, the cold war horn broke into the lives of every household like a nightmare. This time, it was Dongjiang's unprecedented war call. With the help of my father, the town went south, and the situation in the pass was about to become clear. , this year and next year, Mao Jue will also have a male and female relationship with the Qing Dynasty outside the pass.

"Wow!!! Dad, don't go!"

Early in the morning, the screams of crying had already rang out in the courtyard of the factory. Sun Chuanting's heart was also sour when he saw the children from the unknown group of families hugging the adults in their arms and crying loudly.