Several people present exchanged glances with each other - they were not stupid. At the cusp of the storm, Huang Ande suddenly summoned them all, no need to ask what his "intention" was.
These are not the days of peace. Not only do the military rob, rape, murder and set fire to unarmed ordinary people, but they also face the government. If they make a mistake, mutiny, rioting, or even outright killing officials and rebelling are not uncommon. Especially the people around Huang Ande.
, basically they are not peaceful people.
"Brother Huang, just say yes. What's the wealth?" Cao Qing said, "Just tell us a reason, and we will all follow your lead!"
Zhu Si was also very excited: "Brother Huang, do you like the official treasury in the village?"
A large amount of salary and food are stored in Dengzhou City and Penglai Water Village. The annual military expenditure in the Denglai area is 800,000 taels. Historically, when Kong Youde's rebels opened the Penglai Water Village and obtained 100,000 taels of salary and silver from the warehouses.
"I heard there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver stored there!" The others immediately became energetic.
Huang Ande shook his head: "Even if there is a lot of money in the warehouse, and there is no one to guard it and it is open for us to move, how much can each person move?"
After the city is broken, the attacking party will first send troops to seize and protect the warehouse, and people in the city who want to take advantage of the chaos will also flock there. At that time, it may be a bloody fight, and they will rob in the chaos.
Silver is like snatching food from a tiger's mouth. Even if one can get close to the silver, one person can't take much away.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel discouraged.
"I think there must be a lot of money in those waterside restaurants along the coast of Xiaohai. There are many wealthy people having fun there, and rich businessmen live there - and there are many women..."
Someone mentioned this place, and the eyes of everyone present were bright. Xiaohai is the inner harbor of Penglai Water Village. Along the coast are waterside restaurants built by merchants. All kinds of sensual pleasures are available. Not only bureaucrats and generals often hang out there
Rich businessmen doing business in Dengzhou often settle here. It is an authentic gold-selling cave and a gentle town.
Money and women are the two things that men are most interested in.
Huang Ande remained silent. He smiled. Zhu Si knew that this was not what he meant - asked: "Brother Huang, what do you mean by wealth?"
Huang Ande pretended to be profound and said: "Tell me, what is the biggest treasure in Dengzhou City?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Since the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the warehouse are not considered treasures, what else can be considered treasures? Could it be that Brother Huang knew that a local rich family or dignitary had a priceless treasure hidden around him?
Huang Ande paused and said in a deep voice: "The most valuable treasure is Sun Junmen!"
"Sun Junmen?!" Several people shouted in unison. They all covered their mouths for a moment - this is so amazing!
"Yeah!" Huang Ande stood up, opened the door and looked outside. Sun Yuan's brother was standing by the courtyard door. When he saw him coming out, he shook his head. Huang Ande stepped back and closed the door again.
"Tell me, who has the final say in Denglai Qingsanfu?"
"Of course Sun Junmen has the final say." Cao Qing said, "He is the governor of the imperial court."
"But how can he be considered a treasure?" Someone raised doubts. "Once Dengzhou is broken, he will be ready for crime - he may lose his head if he is accused of losing the defense line. Besides, once the city is broken,
, Sun Junmen will definitely commit suicide."
"If the city couldn't be captured, he wouldn't be dead."
"Of course he is still the governor. It's no secret here." Cao Qing said, "But this city is clearly undefendable."
"That's why there is a big fortune waiting for us - but we have to work hard to earn it. Are you willing to do it?"
"No way! Brother Huang, please tell me!" Zhu Si responded immediately. He was young and competitive, and he had long been unwilling to live in such a hazy way as a soldier. He wanted to do something big.
"Okay, let me make it clear first. The first thing we want to do this time is not to harm the people, the second thing is not to rebel, and the third thing is not to become a Tatar. We want to save Sun Junmen. As long as we can save him, we will do it.
There is a fortune." Huang Ande said, "But I have to say it first: You don't want to do it now. I will never stop you. As long as you go back and take care of your destiny - don't betray your brothers. You can do it if you want to.
You have to be prepared to die!"
"Nothing to say, I'm willing to do it." Zhu Si was the first to respond. Then the others also expressed their willingness to do it.
Huang Ande took out a stack of paper from his waist and carefully lit the oil lamp, keeping it dark, and asked them to gather around and take a look.
"This is the bank note for the house in Shanxi." Huang Ande said, "Each person will take twenty taels and use it as settlement expenses."
The banknotes from Shanxi House in the capital were relatively common large-value money orders in the north at that time, but ordinary people rarely saw them, let alone got one. Dengzhou has a large amount of goods distribution due to the concentration of military pay.
, everyone should be more knowledgeable. Know that this thing is the same thing as real money.
Before the engine operation, it was said that in order to facilitate the launch of the activities, a batch of banknotes from Shanxi Houses with good credit, good brand and convenient exchange were exchanged through Delong's Beijing branch. After all, Delong's banknotes did not have much influence in the north.
Twenty taels of silver, if they don't go to war, it will take them ten months according to their normal monthly pay! What's more, for big soldiers like them, it is simply impossible to get their military pay in full and on time.
Huang Ande made more than 200 taels of silver when he made a move. This skill and strength make people more and more convinced. Otherwise, where would he come from a poor soldier?
Cao Qing took the money ticket and asked: "Old Sun and Xiao Huang are unreliable. What do Brother Sun and the other two brothers on duty say? Do they want to be brought over to work together?"
"Of course. Especially Brother Sun, who is Sun Junmen's servant - with him, half of our problems are solved." Huang Ande said, "We have to find a way to get them back during the day tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Cao Qing said, "I'll think of a way."
Cao Qing is a veteran gangster who is familiar with everything. He said there is a way to ensure that there is a way.
Huang Ande stretched his waist: "I won't say anything else. Let's go back and get settled at home now - the city will be destroyed in these few days. If your family has a place to hide, let's hide first. Before dawn.
Everyone come back here."
"Sure!" Several people listened to his words and knew that they would take action in the next few days. They were all gearing up. Zhu Si said: "I have knives and bows and arrows at home. Do you want to bring them?"
"Don't bring anything except daggers." Huang Ande said, "I have swords and guns prepared here."
While intense plotting was going on in Penglai Water Village, Chen Sigen and Zhu Mingxia had already arrived at Dazhushan Island in the Miaodao Islands. The distance between this place and Penglai is only a dozen nautical miles, although it is not as close as Nanchangshan Island to Penglai.
, but the size of Zhushan Island is very small, there are no heavy troops stationed, and there are no navy ships - at that time, Ming troops were stationed on almost all the islands in the Bohai Sea, and there were a large number of Ming troops on Changshan Island, the two main islands of the Miaodao Islands.
There are also naval ships stationed there.
Although it was easy for the Second Fleet to eliminate the Ming army in the Miaodao Islands, Zhu Mingxia believed that it was not necessary for the time being - as a third party force, there was no need to make a premature appearance to attract the attention of the Ming court.
When the Dengzhou operation required an advance base, Zhu Mingxia decided to first capture the large and small Zhushan Islands that were not heavily garrisoned.
According to the investigation, there are no Ming troops on Xiaozhushan Island - the terrain is rugged and lacks fresh water, and only a few fishermen live there. There is also only one beacon on Dazhushan Island, stationed by more than a dozen Taiwanese soldiers.
A squadron of the special reconnaissance team commanded by Chen Sigen took a fishing boat and easily captured Dazhushan Island and captured all the garrison troops. Then a company was brought in to control the people and ships on the big and small Zhushan Islands respectively.
In the entire Dengzhou plan, rescuing Sun Yuanhua is the first step. As long as Sun Yuanhua can be rescued from Dengzhou first and keep his position as governor, he will have a say in whether the imperial court "suppresses the governor", and the Dongsan Prefecture must continue
Follow Sun Yuanhua's instructions. The Engine Front Committee controlled Sun Yuanhua, which was equivalent to controlling the initiative of the Ming army in the Dengzhou Rebellion.
As for Dengzhou, Zhu Mingxia believed that it would not be troublesome to recapture it. It just depends on how much trouble Kong Youde needs to make the engine move.
At present, Kong Youde must be allowed to occupy Dengzhou. Without occupying Dengzhou, the rebels will not be able to absorb the local Liao people and expand the size of the army, let alone the remaining Dongjiang troops scattered on the islands in Liaodong.
"Dengzhou, let Kong Youde occupy it for the time being." Zhu Mingxia said to Chen Sigen in the tent, "Give him the good things in the city first, and then give them to us - in this way, the old man Sun Yuanhua will not blame us.
We took Ming’s things, and it’s only natural for us to be spoils of war.”
"However, it is still a bit difficult to fish Sun Yuanhua out of the chaotic Dengzhou City - why not send someone to kidnap him in advance?"
"How can that be done? He is not an official in Dengzhou. The governor's disappearance must be reported to the court. The court will appoint a new governor immediately. Besides, he was captured by Kong Youde. Let's rescue him and keep him safe.
I have to sacrifice his official position, reputation and life so that he can see his love, right?"
He had to be in a crisis, but not completely despairing of the situation, so that Sun would choose to cooperate in depth with them.
"Since you insist on waiting until the city falls before taking action, I have no objection. The key is his positioning." Chen Sigen said, "I don't know if the intelligence personnel can help."
This is the most critical issue: Dengzhou City has a circumference of more than 5,500 meters, while Penglai Water Village has a circumference of more than 2,000 meters. They are both very large areas. It is impossible to find and rescue Sun Yuanhua from them without effective intelligence collection.
And all their intelligence sources are the intelligence agents previously dispatched in Dengzhou and Penglai and the "relationships" developed locally. (To be continued)
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