Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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In ancient times, one catty was equal to 16 taels, so one tael of silver was equal to 120 eight taels of copper coins.

The largest face value copper coin drawn by Zhao Wen also weighs one tael, and its overall style is similar to the one tael silver coin. Except for the different materials, everything else is exactly the same.

In addition to one or two heavy copper coins, Zhao Wen also drew five cents, two cents and one cent copper coins.

The specifications of these copper coins and silver coins are also exactly the same.

In order to avoid confusion, Zhao Wen set the conversion between silver coins and copper coins as one or two silver coins equal to one hundred one or two copper coins.

When all these things were drawn, the sky was gradually getting dark.

Zhao Wen put the drawn drawings on the table, then stretched and headed towards the backyard.

Walking in the backyard, looking at the moon in the sky, Zhao Wen murmured involuntarily: "It's been several months, why is there no movement in their stomachs?"

Like many men, when Zhao Wen got married, Zhao Wen's biggest wish was to hug a big fat boy.

"I've been taking tonics recently, but why hasn't there been any movement? It's so strange!"

Zhao Wen walked towards the backyard with a depressed expression on his face.

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When the sun rose the next day, after breakfast, Zhao Wen took the drawings drawn yesterday and headed towards the ironworks, asking the ironworks to make Qian Fan who made these things.

After all, the physical properties of copper and silver are different, so the choice of Qian Fan is also different.

Zhao Wen also planned to use forging to produce these copper coins. After all, forging is the fastest and cheapest method.

When Zhao Wen copied Shanxi merchants, he also confiscated a lot of copper coins, so the source of the copper coins and copper materials is not lacking.

After Zhao Wen finished all this, he called Liu Wenzhong into the study.

"Sir, are you looking for me?"

Liu Wenzhong stood in Zhao Wen's study, looked at Zhao Wen who was sitting on the chair, arched his hands at him, and asked slowly.

Zhao Wen responded, then stood up, and took out the book of fish scales drawn in the Gyeonggi area from the nearby bookshelf.

"I have been busy with the ironworks and mint before, and now it is time to occupy the land of Gyeonggi.

This is the Yulin book that I drew when I was in the capital last time. Take a look and get a charter out as soon as possible. "

Zhao Wen handed the Yulin book to Liu Wenzhong, and said slowly.

Liu Wenzhong took the Yulin book, casually flipped through a few pages, and then asked, "What does your lord mean?"

Zhao Wendao: "You can handle these things yourself. I don't have any opinions. After all, I'm not very good at this kind of thing."

"Obey!" Liu Wenzhong cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then walked out with the Yulin book.

At the same time, the three brothers of the Zhou family who were far away in Pingyang Mansion, Shanxi were sitting in a room discussing matters.

When Liu Changfu's uncle Liu Changqing returned to Pingyang Mansion, Zhao Wen sent the three Zhou family brothers to Pingyang Mansion.

Their main purpose is to collect the people who fled from Shaanxi, and then send the gathered people to Xuanzhen.

Originally, Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang and other rogues were only fleeing in Shaanxi, but under the pressure of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, they fled Shaanxi, crossed the Yellow River east, and came towards Shanxi.

Because Gao Yingxiang crossed the Yellow River east earlier, and the officials in Shanxi were extremely corrupt, when these thieves rushed into Shanxi, their first thought was not how to resist, but to write a letter to impeach Hong Chengchou, saying that he Ineffective in suppressing bandits, they deliberately drove these bandits to Shanxi.

In this way, the thieves have an opportunity to develop in Shanxi.

All of a sudden, the entire Shanxi territory was turbulent, and Gao Yingxiang's momentum became even more powerful.

After Gao Yingxiang developed, Li Zicheng crossed the Yellow River eastward and headed towards Gao Yingxiang.

Not only Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, but also the thieves from the 36th Battalion headed by Wang Ziyong also crossed the Yellow River and wreaked havoc in Shanxi.

This has greatly increased the pressure on Shanxi, and Zhou Laoliu's recruiting base in Pingyang Mansion is almost full every day.

Because Zhou Laoliu set up the gathering base relatively early, it has a relatively loud reputation in the land of Shanxi.

Officials in Shanxi longed for the appearance of recruiting refugees, so instead of stopping them, they even made a name for Zhou Laoliu and the others.

Now these refugees from Shaanxi and Shanxi are all coming towards Pingyang Mansion, and for a while the whole Pingyang Mansion is full of refugees.

If it hadn't been for the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture to succumb to them under Zhou Laoliu's coercion and lure, otherwise, the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture would have driven these refugees out long ago.

But Zhou Laoliu only had more than a thousand soldiers at full strength, and he couldn't cope with this situation at all.

"Lao Qi Lao Ba, why don't we report to the adults for help." Zhou Lao Liu looked at the two people in the room and said slowly.

Zhou Laoqi patted the table and said in a deep voice, "Ask for help? This is a good idea, but have you ever thought about it? Doesn't it make us appear incompetent?

The three of us were the first group of people to follow the Lord. When we were in Longmen Fort, we were the first to join the Lord.

Now among the three of us, only Brother Six has a thousand households. Although Brother Six has more than 400 56 and a half, more than 50 40 fire and Type 56 light machine guns, he is still only a thousand households after all.

Let’s look at Zhang He and Wang Chong again, how much later they followed the adults than us, but they are now participating all the way, if we ask the adults for help at this time, what will the adults think?Doesn't this make us seem particularly incompetent? "

Zhou Laoliu looked at Zhou Laoqi with a melancholy face, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Old Qi, we are not brats now, there are some things you should think about.

Why did the adults put us in this Pingyang Mansion, and gave us more than 400 strokes of 56 and a half?There are even five mortars.

It is estimated that these equipments can only be compared with the personal guard battalion of adults.

Haven't you ever wondered why adults can give us all these things?Isn't it because we are all old people and loyal to adults?

Although Zhang He, Wang Chong and the others have joined the generals all the way, in the heart of the adults, they are still close to us.

Otherwise, how could the adults trust us with these things. "

Zhou Laoliu looked at the two of them, and said again: "I think I don't need to tell you what these populations mean to adults, so we must report this matter to adults in time, so that adults can send more people over. At the same time, send more food over.

Today, there is only less than ten days' worth of food left in our army. If the number of refugees continues to increase, the food in our hands will be consumed at a faster rate. "

Zhou Lao Liu looked at the two people in the room, made a decision, and then asked the general's counselor to come over.

The three brothers of the Zhou family were native peasants and could not read a single word, so these counselors had to write the report for help.

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Chapter 249

The Zhou family brothers asked the counselor to write the military report asking for help, and then asked the general to send it out.

Standing in the resident of Pingyang Mansion, Zhou Laoliu watched the messenger rushing out on a horse, and the melancholy expression on his face gradually calmed down.

"My lord, the team we sent to Dadu Town to gather refugees will soon return to Pingyang Mansion, and now we are not far from Pingyang Mansion."

At this moment, a messenger rushed to Zhou Laoliu's side and said to Zhou Laoliu.

Dadu Town is not far from the Yellow River and is located in the west of Pingyang Prefecture. It is a very important gathering place for refugees from Shaanxi to Shanxi.

Five days ago, in order to gather refugees more quickly, Zhou Laoliu sent a 100-man army to Dadu Town.

There are thirty 56 and a half rods and five light machine guns in this army, and the firepower is very fierce.

The soldiers sent by Zhou Laoliu were not to mention thieves, even if they encountered Jiannu, they could still press them to the ground and rub them against each other.

Looking at the messenger, Zhou Laoliu asked slowly, "Did you encounter anything along the way? Now the entire Shanxi territory is full of thieves. Although our weapons are fierce, we can't take it lightly."

The messenger replied: "My lord, I have encountered a few waves of rogues, but these rogues are peasants who have just dropped their hoes not long ago. They are our opponents there, but they just fired a few times. The thieves ran away.

If it weren't for escorting the refugees, our team would probably catch up and kill these waves of thieves. "

Zhou Lao Liu waved his hand and said slowly: "Killing these thieves is nothing. They are just peasants who have just dropped their hoes not long ago. There is nothing to show off."

"By the way, how many refugees have been brought back this time? How far is it from Pingyang Mansion?"

"Returning to my lord, a total of more than 1 people have been recruited from Dadu Town this time, and most of these people are young and strong. Now it is only a day's journey from Pingyang Mansion."

Zhou Lao Liu pondered for a moment, and then said: "There are more than 1 refugees, this is beyond my expectation.

Now including the refugees from Pingyang Prefecture, we already have nearly [-] refugees in our hands, and we need to send these refugees to Xuan Town as soon as possible.

Let's not talk about anything else, when these refugees come back, let's go to Xuan Town to send [-] people. We can't send them all at once.

By the way, Lao Qi, you can bring another 100 people to meet these refugees. "

Zhou Laoqi nodded, and then walked towards the rear.

At the same time, a Ming army team wearing fiery red mandarin duck battle jackets was walking on a dilapidated official road full of loess roads.

The headed Baihuguan looked at the sun above his head, untied a water hyacinth filled with water from his waist, unplugged it, and gulped it down.

After a while, he wiped his mouth and hung the water hyacinth around his waist again, "Send the order to rest for a quarter of an hour. The weather is getting hotter and hotter now, so it's impossible not to take a good rest. By the way, it's time to rest." Pay attention to me at all times, there have been unscrupulous thieves coming to harass me these few days, you must be careful."

A soldier standing beside the Baihu officer cupped his hands at Baihu, and then walked back.

This team was the team that went to Dadu Town to collect refugees. This time they gathered more than 1 people, most of them were young and strong. Although their weapons were extremely fierce, it would never hurt to be careful.

At this moment, there was a ragged team behind a small hill not far from here. This team had about 3000 people, most of them were women, children, old and weak, and some even hugged each other. Baby doll.

"This Ming army is very weird. We followed them for such a long time, and even harassed them a few times, but the fart didn't work. I think we should stop beating this Ming army."

A big man with beards lying on the hillside watched for a long time, and then shrank behind the hillside.

He squatted on the ground, looking at the person in front of him, his face was full of worry.

"I don't agree with what you said. Although the weapons of this group of people are powerful, we have 3000 troops, while the Ming army has only a hundred or so. As long as we operate well, the refugees escorted by them will panic and attack. With their battle formation, maybe we really have a chance." A young man with a scar on his face said slowly, with a hint of greed shining in his eyes.

"The weapons in the hands of this group of Ming soldiers are very fierce. If we get these weapons in our hands, there will definitely be a place for us in the 36th Battalion."

"Hehe, but we have been harassed several times along the way, and they all repelled us. I think we should go."

The bearded man looked at Scar's face, his face was full of helplessness.

Although this group of thieves also crossed the Yellow River with Li Zicheng and the others, their strength was still far behind that of Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang. Because of their limited strength, these people could only rely on Li Zicheng and the others.

But people are ambitious, and these people are the same. They also want to drink like Li Zicheng and others, and eat meat in big bowls, so after they entered Shanxi, they broke away from Li Zicheng and others, and came out to work alone.

The most important thing to come out and do it alone is manpower. Without manpower, everything is nonsense.

So they set their sights on Dadu Town. After all, there are many refugees gathered in Dadu Town.

As long as these refugees are in the hands, the strength will increase greatly at that time. Although it is not as good as Li Zicheng's big bosses, it will be much better than before.

But just when they were about to attack Dadu Town, a well-equipped Ming army suddenly appeared, and the purpose of this group of Ming troops was the same as theirs, and the target was also these refugees.

But they didn't want to give up this hard-won opportunity, so they led their troops to attack the Ming army. However, the ideal was very good, but the reality was very bad. They didn't even touch the clothes of the Ming army, and they were beaten by these Ming army The scurry away.

Because it was necessary to collect as many refugees as possible, the soldiers who came to Dadu Town didn't pay attention to them at all. They simply used 56 and a half shots at them to drive them away.

Otherwise, even if there are several times more troops of this level, these soldiers are still worthy of them.

Except when they were in Dadu Town, when the soldiers escorted the refugees to Pingyang Mansion, this group of people followed them all the time and came out to harass them from time to time.

People often say, remember to eat but not fight, this group of thieves has this mentality, they were beaten several times by the Ming army, but they still didn't give up their idea.

"According to the previous harassments, this group of soldiers mainly escorted these refugees, and judging from the direction they were heading, they should be going to Pingyang Prefecture.

I really can't understand, there is still such a team in this world, and they even gather refugees. I have lived for such a long time, and this is the first time I have seen it. "The bearded man said with a puzzled look on his face.

Scarface looked at the bearded man, "Don't talk nonsense, I'll just ask you a question, do you still want to do it?"

"What? How sure are you? It's not like you haven't seen the strength of this group of Ming troops before, are you really not afraid of death?" Thinking of the terrifying weapons of this group of Ming troops, the bearded man felt scared for a while. .

They held weird firecrackers, stood far away and fired at them a few times, and then someone on their side was shot.

If it wasn't for Scarface's insistence on following this group of Ming soldiers, the bearded man would have led them away long ago.

"Their firecrackers are too terrifying. I think it's better to forget it. Let's just find a village and plunder all the people in it." The bearded man said to the scarred face.

"Hehe, your method is certainly safe, but have you ever thought that in this way, if we want to gather tens of thousands of people, we will have to wait until the year of the monkey. Now there are not only more than 1 refugees, but also so many weapons and equipment.

Not to mention the weird firecrackers in their hands, but also the armor on their bodies. If we get them, their strength will be much stronger.Let me ask you one last thing, are you going to do it or not? "

Scarface pointed at the bearded beard and asked angrily.

The bearded man shook his head, still looking cowardly, "I dare not, I think we'd better run, we are no match for this group of people at all."

Scarface is a very stubborn person, how could he listen to the bearded man?

"You don't dare? You don't dare to go by myself, but you have to know that if I succeed in this matter, I will have the final say on this team in the future, do you understand?" Scarface looked at Luoji Beard said angrily.

The bearded man nodded, and replied: "Okay, I will listen to you, as long as you can succeed, I will definitely listen to you in the future."

Scarface snorted coldly, then pulled out the long rusty long knife that had been seized from his waist, turned around, and said to the thief behind him.

"Do you want to drink and eat meat? Do you want to become a master? Do you want your wife and children to be on the bed? Let me tell you, there is a chance now. As long as you follow me, you will enjoy the glory and wealth. I heard that." No? Now. Go for me."

Scarface waved the long knife in his hand, and then led the troops towards Zhou Laoliu's soldiers at the bottom of the hillside.