Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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The teapot was still hot, presumably there was still hot tea in it.

Zhao Wen opened the lid of the teapot, and a fresh scent came over his face.

"My lord, this is the scent of Xinyang Maojian. This is the tea you often drink. I didn't expect this Li Changming to be so caring." Li Xiaosan stood beside Zhao Wen, smelling the smell of tea, and then distinguished the type of tea.

After following Zhao Wen for so many years, Li Xiaosan also drank a lot of tea. Although he didn't study too much, after so many years, he can still distinguish a lot of tea.

"This Li Changming is quite accurate in timing." Zhao Wen said a few words with a smile, then picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup.

"How should I say it? Just from this aspect, it can be seen that this Li Changming is very careful, and everything is handled just right. If this kind of thing is put on the business, it will probably get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhao Wenmin took a sip of tea, the tea was neither hot nor cold, and the temperature was just right. "Not cold, not hot, just right!"

Zhao Wen was not afraid of the poison in the tea at all. One was people like Li Changming, who came from Xuanzhen, so there was no reason to poison it.

The second is that there are almost only people like Li Changming left in the city, and it is impossible for others to know that they will come to Jiyuan today, and at the same time, it is impossible to know that they will come to the county government to drink this cup of tea.

Even if the tea is poisonous, I still have a warehouse in my body, and the domineering poisonous warehouse can be cured last time, let alone this time.

Zhao Wen put down his teacup and smacked his mouth.

Li Xiaosan said: "It should be a coincidence, or else he felt that it was an adult who was entering the city when he went out, so he made a pot of hot tea. From the city gate to here, the water temperature is just right."

"Anyway, this person is a careful person." Zhao Wen said. "Let's see how he performs in the future. If he performs well, train him well and send him to America or Java, he will probably be able to make great achievements."

Zhao Wen drank a few cups of tea, then stood up and walked to the backyard.

The backyard was almost cleaned up by Li Changming. The ground was completely hardened by cement, and the damaged places were also repaired by cement.

Zhao Wen walked out of the back door and wandered around Jiyuan City with Li Xiaosan and other guards.

Jiyuan City is not big, just an ordinary small county town.

The streets in the county are basically dirt roads, and bluestone or brick roads are rarely seen.

The front of some houses in the city is paved with cement. Judging by the color of the cement, it has been a long time.

The people who can afford cement are basically local gentry.

Only the local gentry are willing to spend money on cement.

Zhao Wen came to the northwest corner of Jiyuan City unknowingly.

The northwest corner is a slum that can be said to be Jiyuan City. There are low shacks all over the place, and there is still sewage in the area that has not yet evaporated.

You can even see some excrement, exuding a foul smell.

The shacks in the slums are very dense and there are a lot of them. Most of them are places where poor people, homeless people and refugees live.

Zhao Wen walked on the land in the slums, the land was black and sticky to step on.

The stench of the slums filled Zhao Wen's nostrils, which was extremely unpleasant.

"This should be the place where homeless and poor people in Jiyuan City live. Generally speaking, after the city is breached, these people will not flee. After all, according to common sense, ordinary soldiers and horses will not escape even if they are bandits. It involves here, after all, it is poor and there is no oil and water.

But I didn't expect that Sun Chuanting actually said that I was going to massacre the city, which caused all the people here to run away. Zhao Wen looked at the empty shack and said with disgust.

"My lord, this place is really too dirty, let's hurry up." Li Xiaosan held his nose and urged hurriedly.

Zhao Wen let out a long breath, "Let's go, after Henan is taken down, every city, such a place, will be the focus of rectification."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he led Li Xiaosan out of the slum.

After leaving the slums, the air suddenly improved a lot.

Zhao Wen took a few deep breaths and continued wandering around the city.

When the sun set on the western mountain, Zhao Wen went around Jiyuan City.

When he returned to the county office, Li Changming had already arranged a banquet.

Just as Zhao Wen walked to the gate of the county government office, Li Changming, who was standing at the gate, greeted him with a few subordinates.

"My lord, the dinner is ready. My lord, please!" Li Changming stood beside Zhao Wen, bowed his body, and made a gesture of please.

Zhao Wen nodded, and then walked in with Li Xiaosan.

The dinner was set up by Li Changming in the hall of the county government. On the table in the hall was a large round table with steaming food on it.

The food is not rich, but in Jiyuan City where supplies are scarce, it is already considered good.

After dinner, the sky was completely dark.

In Jiyuan City, which lacks population, the night becomes extremely terrifying.

Except for the place where Zhao Wen lived and the place where soldiers and horses were stationed, the rest of Jiyuan City was pitch black and silent.

Zhao Wen was sitting in the study of the county government, and Li Changming was standing in front of him.

On the table in front of Zhao Wen were some paperwork and account books.

Li Changming pointed to the documents and account books in front of Zhao Wen, and said, "My lord, these are Jiyuan's Yulin Book, Jiyuan's Population Yellow Book, and the document exchanges in Jiyuan City in the past five years.

A large part of the land outside Jiyuan City belongs to the local gentry, so there is no record in the Yulin book.As for the population yellow book, it is estimated that there will be many omissions.

After the officials in the city fled these things, the subordinates immediately asked for these things to be brought over. "

The Yulin book records the land that pays grain and taxes, but the gentry do not have to pay taxes, so their land is naturally not listed in the Yulin book.

Zhao Wen flipped through it a few times casually, then looked at Li Changming, "Not bad, not bad, you did a good job."

Start with small things and listen to thunder in silent places.After Zhao Wen entered the city, although these things Li Changming did were not considered major events, they all showed that Li Changming was a careful person.

Seeing this, Zhao Wen felt more and more that Li Changming was a talented person.

"Well, after this matter is over, you can go back to Xuan Town. After you go back, you will study with Liu Wenzhong for a while. Maybe it will be useful to you in the future." Zhao Wen looked at Li Changming.

Li Changming's eyes lit up instantly, he knelt down with excitement, and made a big gift to Zhao Wen.

"Thank you for your cultivation, Mr. Zongbing. This subordinate will definitely live up to Mr. Zongbing's high expectations." Li Changming was grateful excitedly.

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Sun Chuanting's camp was set up in a crop field.

Because of the large number of people, the camp is very large.

The reason why the camp is so large is not because of the large number of soldiers and horses under Sun Chuanting's command, but because of the large number of gentry who fled.

In Sun Chuanting's big tent of the Chinese army, Sun Chuanting sat on the main seat, looking coldly at the gentlemen in the big tent.

"Don't you understand? I took you away to give you a day to live. If you don't leave, Zhao Wenneng will let you go easily?" Sun Chuanting yelled loudly.

"My lord, I can't figure it out. Earlier, you asked us gentry to pay money and food, and said that you would build a line of defense on the Yellow River.

At that time, we didn't say anything. We paid the money and the food, but why didn't the Yellow River defense line be defended?Still let us run for our lives? "

A dark-faced gentry stood up and looked at Sun Chuanting with dissatisfaction.

"That's right, the Yellow River defense line didn't last even a month. Are those soldiers on the Yellow River defense line pigs? Why are they so useless?"

"That's right!"

The words of the black-faced gentry aroused the approval of many gentry, and they immediately started talking.

Sun Chuanting's face changed again and again, and finally, Sun Chuanting slapped the table in front of him.

"Enough!" Sun Chuanting shouted angrily.

"Do you think this officer is unwilling to defend the Yellow River line of defense?"

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Chapter 612 Heaven is going to kill me

"Do you really think that this officer is unwilling to defend the Yellow River defense line? Do you think that this officer is willing to let Zhao bandits enter Henan? If you are replaced by this officer, do you think you can do better than this officer? ?

It's unreasonable, unreasonable to stand and talk one by one without back pain.Ever since I led you back, your complaints have never stopped. If you have the strength to complain, why don't you take your troops to fight Zhao thief?

I didn't see anyone when I was desperately trying to escape, and I kept complaining when I was running for my life. Starting today, if any of you don't want to retreat, get out of here. "

Sun Chuanting's face was full of anger. He looked at the chattering gentry in the big tent and kept yelling and cursing.

Sun Chuanting's voice echoed in the big tent.

"I tell you that from today onwards, the soldiers and horses led by me will not wait for you anymore. Your speed is slow and you can't keep up. Don't blame me for not waiting for you." Sun Chuanting slapped the table, Said with a gloomy face.

Although the Yellow River defense line established by Sun Chuanting was breached by Zhao Wen, Sun Chuanting is now the governor of the three provinces anyway.

The clay figurine still has a three-point temper, let alone the current Sun Chuanting?

"Go back and think about it carefully. If you don't want to retreat, tell me in advance. I'm too lazy to wait for you."

After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the table and issued an order to evict the guest.

The gentry in the big tent looked at Sun Chuanting like this, although they were very dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do.

The gentry in the big tent walked out of the big tent with dissatisfaction on their faces.

After all the gentry walked out of the big tent, Sun Chuanting put down the teacups in his hand and let out a sigh of relief, "I don't object to Guochao choosing to treat the gentry preferentially, but over the past few hundred years, the preferential treatment has gone too far.

When I was building the defense line of the Yellow River, although I asked them to donate money and food, how much did they give?If the official is not pressing, can they give it?

Just a little thing, look at them now, all of them are arrogant, like the founding generals. "

Sun Chuanting's full of resentment broke out at this moment, he looked at the empty big tent and kept complaining.

"My lord, the country has been in peace for more than 200 years, and it is normal for the gentry to become like this." Wu Yan stood beside Sun Chuanting, comforting Sun Chuanting.

"You don't have to comfort me like this, these gentry really failed to achieve success and failure." Sun Chuanting gritted his teeth and cursed.

……

At noon the next day, several fast horses appeared outside the capital.

When the dull sound of horseshoes reached the walls of the capital, the soldiers guarding the city suddenly became vigilant.

"Henan urgent military situation, eight hundred miles urgent, eight hundred miles urgent!"

A soldier rushing to the front tightly held the reins of the horse in his hand, shouting loudly.

At this time, Chongzhen was sitting in the imperial study room. He looked at Gao Qiqian standing in front of him, "How is the matter? When will the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp leave?"

"Your Majesty, the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies are now doing their best to deal with this matter, and it is estimated that they will be able to leave in a few days. It takes a lot of time for the army to go out, and this is already the fastest speed." Gao Qiqian replied. .

Chongzhen nodded, his expression relaxed, "As long as the Beijing soldiers and horses leave the city, they will be free to deal with the British Duke and the others."

Chongzhen's tone changed, and his expression became cold and stern, "The moths in these countries must be uprooted. If they are not hacked into pieces, it will be difficult to relieve my hatred."

At this moment, a small yellow door hurriedly came to the door of the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet has received news that the military situation in Henan is urgent, and it has been urgent for eight hundred miles. Now it has arrived at the cabinet." Xiao Huangmen stood outside the imperial study and shouted loudly.

Chongzhen's heart skipped a beat, and he looked anxiously at Xiaohuangmen, "What happened? What's going on?"

A few days ago, Chongzhen just received an expedited [-]-mile request from Sun Chuanting, asking for additional troops. Not long after that, another [-]-mile expedited letter came. I am afraid something has changed in Henan.

"Let the cabinet quickly send eight hundred miles here!" Chongzhen shouted, pointing at the small yellow gate.

Xiao Huangmen saluted, then left in a hurry.

Seeing the little yellow gate leaving, Chongzhen felt a little uneasy, "You go to the cabinet yourself, and ask the cabinet to send eight hundred miles over quickly."

Chongzhen looked at Gao Qiqian and said anxiously.

Gao Qiqian hurriedly turned around and ran outside.

A few quarters of an hour later, Chongzhen got the [-]-mile express from Sun Chuanting.

He looked at the eight hundred miles in his hand, and his face was full of panic.

"How is this possible?" Chongzhen began to tremble involuntarily with his hands holding Babaili Jiji.

Chongzhen's hands that were holding Babaili Jiji trembled violently, and the Babaili Jiji in his hands also fell on the table.

"How is this possible? How is this possible? How could it be like this? How could it be like this?" Chongzhen sat slumped on the chair, looking around with blank eyes.

He supported the armrest of the chair with both hands, trying to make himself stand up, but after trying for a long time, he couldn't stand up.

"How could this happen?!" Chongzhen yelled, and then coughed violently.

"The Yellow River defense line was breached by Zhao Wen in less than half a month. What did Sun Chuanting do for food? What did he do for food?!"

Chongzhen roared loudly, his eyes were full of flames.