The key point is that this pastry is made by my wife herself.
That's right, Widow Wang has been taken to Xuzhou by Yang Ponu.
Also coming with her were Widow Wang’s seventh brother’s family.
"Officer, when will you come back?" Widow Wang gently pulled Yang Ponu's sleeves and reluctantly let go.
Yang Ponu pinched Widow Wang's buttocks with his backhand, and said with a low smile: "The rebels in Wuchang Town are just a bunch of scraps. I estimate that they will be back in two months."
"Death sign." Widow Wang struggled for a while but couldn't break free, so she simply didn't struggle.
"Will it take two months to come back? Then you have to be careful not to worry the slave family."
"Madam, just relax." Yang Ponu let go and said, "Maybe it won't take more than two months."
Widow Wang was still a little reluctant to give up, pouting her lips and complaining: "It's true that the emperor sent you to fight in the first month of the year, and he has no sympathy at all..."
"Shut up!" Yang Ponu immediately grimaced and yelled, "You are not allowed to orchestrate the Holy One behind your back!"
Widow Wang was startled and looked at Yang Ponu at a loss. Tears welled up in her beautiful eyes. Yang Ponu had never yelled at her like this before. This was the first time she had ever yelled at her.
Wang Laoqi also came out of the house when he heard the noise.
Seeing my sister being wronged, I wanted to step forward but didn't dare.
He muttered twice and complained about his sister.
"Jiu Mei." Wang Laoqi said with a bitter face, "Why did you make your brother-in-law angry?"
Even her own brother refused to help her, and Widow Wang became even more angry and bitter. The tears that were just spinning in her eyes fell like broken pearls.
Seeing Widow Wang crying so hard, Yang Ponu panicked.
"Madam, why are you crying? Don't cry, I'm not hurting you." Yang Ponu quickly put down the sword and a large bow he was holding, and stretched out his hands to wipe the tears from Widow Wang's face.
"I just want to cry." Widow Wang sobbed, "I want to go back to Yangjia Town."
"No, how can I survive if you go back?" Yang Ponu was so anxious that he almost knelt down.
Widow Wang still just cried and ignored Yang Ponu.
"Madam, I shouldn't yell at you, I shouldn't hurt you, I'll make amends to you." Yang Ponu slapped his mouth hard.
"Officer, what are you doing?" Seeing Yang Ponu like this, Widow Wang immediately felt distressed. She quickly stepped forward and held Yang Ponu from letting him slap him, and rubbed her twice with her small hands distressedly.
"Madam, are you not angry anymore?" Yang Ponu asked with a smile.
"Officer, I am not angry with you." Widow Wang said aggrievedly, "I am angry with myself. I always say the wrong things and do the wrong things."
"No, no, no, no," Yang Ponu said repeatedly, "You did nothing wrong."
After he finished, he said with a grimace: "But, madam, can you please stop speaking ill of the Holy One behind his back?"
"I respect the Holy Spirit the most. And if the Holy Spirit had not given our family these twenty-five acres of land and lent us seeds and farm tools, how could we have lived such a good life."
"Yes, the slave family made a mistake. It's up to you to apologize to the officials."
While talking, Widow Wang apologized to Yang Ponu for her.
Seeing that his sister and brother-in-law were reconciled again, Mr. Wang smiled innocently.
"Brother-in-law, be careful on the road." Wang Laoqi actually knew how to warn him.
"I know." Yang Ponu picked up the sword and the big bow again, and said to Wang Laoqi, "Brother Qi, if I haven't come back before spring plowing, you will have to worry about the land at home."
"Don't worry, I don't know anything else but taking care of the land."
Wang Laoqi said honestly: "I will make sure that the ground servant is in good hands."
Yang Ponu then led the big mule out of the courtyard gate, and happened to see Wang Laoshi at the opposite door leading the pony and donkey out. The donkey's back was also fully tied up.
Wang Laoshi's family background is much worse.
"Boss." Wang greeted honestly and flatteringly.
"There's no boss at all." Yang Ponu waved his hand and said, "That's all in the past."
Since I became a town soldier, all the positions of commander and sentinel commander have been eliminated, and they are all soldiers.
After the army is reorganized, the imperial court will temporarily appoint Prince Qin as an officer above the rank of sentry commander.
While talking, one old brother after another walked out of the house and gathered behind Yang Ponu. By the time they walked out of the stronghold, they had gathered into a force of hundreds of people.
There are another 1,500 fortresses like this in Xuzhou.
This time, Du Yinxi only recruited 500 troops from the forts in Xuzhou. In addition, he also recruited 500 troops from the forts in Guide, making up a total of 100,000 troops.
Then there are the three thousand scholars.
…
At this time on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Zhu Cijiong followed Chongzhen and was marching on the official road.
After the turn of the year, Zhu Cijiong will be sixteen years old and his height will almost catch up with Chongzhen. It is estimated that by the end of this year, he will be taller than Chongzhen.
Zhu Cijiong asked: "Father, do you think Jiannu will take this opportunity to attack Xuzhou?"
"Jiannu would like to, but you have to have that ability." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Without one to two years of savings, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Jiannu to go south again."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "What's more, Jiannu's current trouble is in the north."
Years ago, Zuo Maodi, who was stranded in Xi'an by Li Zicheng, finally sent back the news and told the court clearly where the large number of cattle, sheep and war horses of the hypocritical people came from.
Previously, Pseudo-Shun proposed to exchange cattle, sheep and horses for grain with the Ming Dynasty, which aroused Chongzhen's suspicion.
So Chongzhen sent someone disguised as a tea merchant to send a secret letter to Zuo Maodi, telling Zuo Maodi to stay in Xi'an with peace of mind from now on, and then wait for an opportunity to instigate some hypocritical officials to form an intelligence network.
At this point, two intelligence networks targeting hypocrites and Jiannu have been initially established.
Chongzhen did not expect these two intelligence networks to play a big role, nor did he expect them to carry out assassination operations against high-level hypocrites and slave-building officials. The success rate of assassinations in enemy countries was low, and the risk was still high.
This will cause the intelligence network that was finally established to be uprooted by the enemy.
Therefore, Chongzhen's request for Zuo Maodi and Li Ruolian was to collect some basic information.
For example, this time, Zuo Maodi was asked to investigate where the pseudo-shun's cattle, sheep, and horses came from. This was not a difficult task, and Zuo Maodi quickly found out.
The hypocritical cattle, sheep and horses were actually snatched from Tumut Mongolia.
Gao Yigong, the rear camp of the Dashun Army led by Li Yan actually captured Guihua City.
After the Dashun Army takes over the naturalization, they can attack Chahar Mongolia to the east, and directly threaten Xuanfu to the south. Once Xuanfu falls, Beijing will only have Juyongguan as a barrier.
This was undoubtedly a problem for the Jiannu slaves.
Therefore, it is completely foreseeable that there will soon be a war between the hypocrites and the slaves.
Before the threat from the north was eliminated, the Jiannu slaves had no ability to go south.
Zhu Cijiong quickly thought of this and asked again: "Father, when do you think the Pseudo-Shun and Jiannu will start a war?"
"It's hard to say this." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "But my father estimates that the war will start in the autumn."
"Because in autumn, the autumn grain has been stored in the warehouse and the war horses are fat and strong, so it is suitable to start a war?" Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "Then who do you think has a greater chance of winning?"
Chongzhen said: "If there is no foreign aid, the hypocrites will definitely not be able to defeat the Jiannu."
"Foreign aid?" Zhu Cijiong asked again, "Is Father referring to our Ming Dynasty?"
"I'm afraid Hypocrite has never really regarded our Ming Dynasty as its ally." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Father is pointing in other directions."
"Other directions?" Zhu Cijiong said blankly, "Who else is there?"
"Jiong'er, you need to take a longer view. Don't just focus on the Ming Dynasty, hypocrisy and slavery." Chongzhen said, "To the north of Tumut Mongolia, there is Khalkha Mongolia, and to the west there is Khalkha Mongolia.
Junggar, these are all descendants of the Mongols, and they are all co-owners of the Lindan Khan lineage of Chahar Mongolia."
"But that was already a long time ago." Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said, "Mongolia is now a piece of scattered sand. Not to mention Sanghar, even Lin Dan Khan's rebirth will not be able to reunite the various Mongolian tribes."
"You are right, but you are only half right." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Neither Sangar nor Lin Dan Khan can integrate the scattered Mongolian tribes together, but there is one thing that can
.”
"Father, are you talking about benefits?" Zhu Cijiong's eyes lit up, but he quickly shook his head and said, "But what can hypocrisy give to the Mongolian tribes? He can't give anything."
"Guanzhong is exhausted, and hypocrisy really has no real benefits." Chongzhen said, changing the topic, "But Guanzhong has an excellent geographical location, and it is stuck in the middle node of the Silk Road. My Ming Dynasty tea,
If luxury goods such as silk, porcelain, and cotton cloth want to flow into the Mongolian tribes, they must be transited through Guanzhong!"
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said with a smile: "The merchants from Guanzhong who came to Nanjing recently are of all ages, and they make large-scale transactions of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels at a time, and all they buy are tea, silk and other
Porcelain, etc., these are the luxuries most urgently needed by the Western Regions and the Mongolian tribes."
"Father, are you saying that the Pseudo-Shun bought these luxury goods to be resold to the Western Regions and the Mongolian tribes, and that the Pseudo-Shun will also use these luxury goods as bargaining chips to win over the Mongolian tribes and then form an alliance to conquer the slaves?" Zhu Cijiongruo?
Something to think about.
"You're right." Chongzhen smiled and nodded. "Lin Dan Khan also formed an alliance to fight against the slave establishment back then. Unfortunately, Lin Dan Khan only had the title of leader of the Mongolian Communist Party, but he could not get any real benefits.
To the Mongolian tribes, on the contrary, the slaves can provide tangible benefits to the Mongolian tribes through the Shanxi merchants."
"So Lin Dan Khan's anti-slavery alliance became a castle on the beach."
"But this time, if the hypocrites use the name of Sanggar to form an alliance and win over the Mongolian tribes with real benefits, it may not be easy for the slaves to win again."
