If you say that Wu Sangui has no intention of surrender, that would be true; but if you say that Wu Sangui just wants to surrender, that is naturally wrong. For the conflicted Wu Sangui, in order for him to surrender, there must be tempting conditions.
And you can't let yourself be stigmatized.
The tempting conditions came from establishing slaves, and the reputation came from the court.
When he heard Gao Di's words about not talking to them, to be honest, Wu Sangui almost agreed. But maybe his conscience couldn't bear it. After all, he had lost so many brothers in the past few days, and the previous battle in Jinzhou had killed and wounded
Even though it was tragic, he still wanted to be loyal until the end.
"Don't say this again."
After that, Wu Sangui left the tower. But behind him, Gao Di looked at his retreating figure with a meaningful look.
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In the past few days, all the forces have been waiting calmly, and it seems that a big event will happen soon. It is this strange atmosphere that gives Yanzhou a lot of time to prepare. Although I don’t know what Gao Yigong will do.
What are they doing, but Zhu Ling and the others don't want to delay for any moment.
Wang Jiayan is still planning the defense facilities of Yanzhou Prefecture, including a series of measures such as barbicans at each city gate, trenches, iron caltrops, deer's feet and ground bags. At the same time, he is also vigorously recruiting people to strengthen and heighten the city walls. If more measures are taken,
In half a year, he will definitely build you a new city.
Naturally, the newly appointed Zhu Dadian is in charge of the army. He has been training soldiers and horses in those days, eliminating unqualified soldiers and giving them money to leave. Those who really don't want to leave can become auxiliary soldiers. Get familiar with these generals.
, Meng Zhangming and Fan Xianchao also rushed back to Yanzhou Mansion to meet him because they had a new boss.
Of course, although Zhu Dadian loved money, he was unambiguous about leading the army in combat. Especially when it came to rectifying military discipline, he was ruthless. All those soldiers who drank, fought, and were unruly were expelled.
We are not afraid that they will defect to the Chuang army, because these people were kicked out of the army because of their incompetence.
After that, he asked Zhu Ling for another million taels, and used a large amount of money to win over the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Within seven days, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers admired him very much and respected him from the bottom of their hearts.
No one refuses to listen to orders, and no one is unwilling to practice.
Fortunately, King Lu's alcohol sales are very good. In the past few days alone, there have been orders for 1.5 million taels of silver. And this is only sold in Yanzhou Prefecture, and is not sold at all in other areas.
Such a profit. When Zhu Ling asked King Lu how much a bottle cost, King Lu dared to tell him.
Just say a bottle of five taels of silver.
That is to say, there are now 300,000 bottles of alcohol in pre-order alone! This figure makes all the officials sigh in admiration. This little thing is so profitable. They also want to get a share of it.
Especially Zhu Dadian, who likes silver. But Zhu Ling is also very strict and sends Jin Yiwei to supervise its sales.
Now, he does not plan to sell to other areas. After all, this thing is difficult to control, especially those businessmen who are only interested in profit. As long as the money is large, they are willing to sell even if the slaves come to buy it. It is a profit for them.
money, but it will also cause more heavy casualties to the soldiers.
Later, in order to expand sales as much as possible without selling to thieves and slaves, Zhu Ling sent a convoy of more than 100 people, taking the formula for making alcohol and some samples, and rushed to Nanjing at starry night, planning to let Ni Yuanlu and others
Make them and sell them in Jiangnan. The people there are big businessmen, so the profits will definitely not be low.
"Your Majesty, in the past few days, due to the influence of the news about the bandits' establishment of slaves, the demand for alcohol has exceeded our current production capacity. In addition to the order of 300,000, there are still people ordering more, and some people even directly order one.
Ten thousand bottles." On this day, King Lu stood there and reported the recent sales situation to Zhu Ling.
"How many people are involved in the production? How much is the production volume in a day?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, I currently have a thousand people working on it, divided into different parts. The daily output is about five hundred bottles. After all, we need to purchase a large amount of materials needed to make alcohol, and the time spent is the problem.
"King Lu replied respectfully.
"This way." Seeing how clumsy King Lu was, Zhu Ling taught him personally: "You choose a few close friends and set up different departments to be responsible for different divisions of labor. The department that looks for raw materials, the department that is responsible for the sales process, the production department, all
Once it is established, it will be much easier for you. If there is a problem, you can just solve it without having to run back and forth."
Upon hearing this, King Lu's eyes lit up, and he immediately said excitedly: "Thank you for your advice, Your Majesty. I will go right away."
After sending Queen Lu away, Zhu Ling began to explore some things to defend the city, such as the barbed wire fence that was the most uncomfortable thing for soldiers during World War I. Although this kind of thing can be destroyed by artillery fire, it is easy to make, easy to set up, and can
It greatly slows down the attacker. Therefore, the attacker often has to use pliers to cut the barbed wire, but during the time they cut it, the defender can harvest their heads.
Even if bombarded with heavy artillery, the barbed wire can still block the attacker. Therefore, during the battle, the attacker often has to force his soldiers to cut off the barbed wire, but it is still the biggest obstacle.
For this matter, he specially called Wang Jiayan and explained to him his ideas about building a barbed wire fence. At first, Wang Jiayan was very confused about this thing and even doubted the ability of the barbed wire fence. But when Zhu Ling personally ordered someone to make it, and
After having someone perform it in person, he finally believed that this thing was of great use.
Immediately after that, people made a large number of them and built them dozens of meters away from the surrounding city walls. In this way, the intruders who encountered this thing for the first time would be hindered, and the archers on the city could shoot arrows and harvest at will.
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But what he is most worried about right now is Liu Zeqing's movements. Ever since Gao Yigong occupied Jinan Mansion, Liu Zeqing seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Even though he sent many spies to investigate every day, he still found nothing.
Therefore, he could only send people to notify all prefectures and counties south of Shandong to prepare them.
Liu Zeqing is a man who is cruel and tyrannical, not inferior to Gao Jie, and must be taken seriously. However, the courtiers also have a voice that Liu Zeqing has surrendered to the intruders, and it is very likely that he will attack Yanzhou Prefecture this time.
Of course, this possibility cannot be ruled out, but we cannot continue to think so. Of the four great generals in history, only two are still going their own way. Even if they knew that he was in Yanzhou Mansion, they would not come to see him. It seems that he is the one
Take action against them.
Zhu Ling also pondered for a long time about how Huang Degong was going to surrender. Perhaps only by taking risks himself could he truly know that the Chongzhen of today was no longer the Chongzhen of the past. And Liu Liangzuo? This person was just like Liu Zeqing.
Certain death!
At this time, a guard suddenly came to report from outside and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Shi is reporting that more and more officials are fleeing these days, which has had some impact on the Yanzhou Prefecture. Your Majesty, please decide how to deal with it."