On the north bank of the Yellow River, the soldiers of Weihui, Zhangde, Huaiqing, and Daming Prefectures under the control of the Dashun Army are seizing all the time to strengthen the city defenses; on the south bank of the Yellow River, Bai Jiuhe, the minister of the Industrial Government, has personally gone out to survey the terrain and selected
The Qing army was most likely to choose the section of the river to break through and build long walls and fortresses.
Both sides of a large river have become a new world where countless construction sites have gathered. In addition to the soldiers of the Fifth Army of the Dashun Army and the soldiers of the local guards, there are also many newly mobilized militiamen who are also working hard.
The Huguang militia system has only been extended to Henan for a short time, and Li Laiheng did not dare to follow the Huguang model and mobilize manpower on a large scale. However, because it was just after the autumn harvest, after the initial completion of the reform of the camp system, the Dashun regime this year
The harvest was extremely rich. This autumn harvest alone allowed Li Laiheng to increase his food income by nearly 20 million dan.
In addition to the actual income from grain, in terms of industry and commerce, the Dashun regime also initially collected about 1.5 million taels of commercial taxes.
Compared with the commercial tax revenue in Henan and Huguang provinces in the Ming Dynasty, this figure has actually been greatly improved - you must know that in order to cultivate people's power and restore the circulation of goods, Li Laiheng adopted a "level buying and selling level" approach to industry and commerce.
"The protective policy, the collection ratio of commercial tax, is also a relatively low amount that protects merchants.
After entering Sanjiu, a large area of liquids formed on the water surface of the Yellow River, which grew from small to large, flowed down the river, rotated in the "dustpan"-shaped water area, and were hit by the current on the shore.
More and more ice accumulates on the shore, forming a thick layer of ice that extends to the center of the Yellow River, squeezing the Yellow River into a long and narrow channel, making the river appear a bit ferocious and almost even in its deep and steady state.
Roaring.
The rivers are large or small, square or round, and have strange shapes. Some are like docile sheep, some are like playing mandarin ducks, and some are more like wild horses running wild, crowding, pushing and roaring down,
It makes a deep and powerful sound.
Li Laiheng looked upstream and saw the rovings of different sizes and strange shapes. They were fierce and had the tendency to squeeze you away. Looking downstream, he saw mandarin ducks spinning and playing in the distance, and docile sheep tumbling down a little further away.
It was like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins. It swung its tail high, kicked up its legs, and created layers of waves.
Zhang Pixuan came over with the Suwei cavalry from the Yulin Army. Each of these Jin King's soldiers also wore a heavy cotton cloak in addition to the armor, and some wore a heavy cotton cloak on the inside of the iron helmet.
There was also a warm fleece padding.
"Your Highness, be careful of the cold."
The river water has also lost the original yellow color of the Yellow River, and has become a little transparent, and it seems that you can see deeper. The water in the ice cave is freezing cold, and more than a dozen soldiers from the Imperial Army are breaking ice floes on the river bank, but
What can be seen with the naked eye is that the speed of ice floes freezing is much faster than the speed of human power to break ice floes.
Li Laiheng knew that the freezing of the Yellow River could no longer be stopped by human power.
Li Laiheng stared into the river for a long time. The water volume of the Yellow River has been greatly reduced compared to summer and autumn, but he estimated that the river is still quite wide.
The river looked very calm on the surface in winter, and there was no sound of water flowing. Only ice floating on the water surface moved forward rapidly, which seemed to tell the soldiers of the Dashun Army that there were rapids and undercurrents under the calm river.
Li Laiheng suddenly pointed to a frozen river surface and joked: "Piqiu, there is a big carp under the ice. How about we catch it and eat it?"
Zhang Pikui's face darkened, and after snorting unfriendlyly, he led His Highness the King of Jin's war horse over and said:
"Your Highness, don't be ridiculous. The princess is waiting for Your Highness."
"ah!"
It wasn't until Zhang Pizhu said Luo Yanqing's name that Li Laiheng suddenly realized it. Indeed, after the Tianniu Incident, he took time to go to the palace to accompany Luo Yanqing, who had just given birth, for a period of time.
But Li Laiheng defeated the Tianniu Group in the name of a wedding, or got married in the name of defeating the Tianniu Group? In short, he suddenly had a little wife like Youci, how could Luo Yanqing not feel resentful and dissatisfied?
After the mutiny subsided, Li Laiheng only went to the palace to accompany Luo Yanqing for a short period of time. He even didn't even have much contact with his son Li Xuanye. It was quite unfamiliar for both a husband and a father.
Competent.
During this period, Li Laiheng was focused on rebuilding the central government of Dashun. Finally, the forces of the five armies were balanced, and the court and the army were firmly in control. However, His Highness the King of Jin ran away from Kaifeng City to the Yellow River.
On the road, either he was following the Industrial Government Minister Bai Jiuhe to supervise the construction of the river defense line, or he was following President Bai Wangbai to explore wasteland everywhere.
"I was negligent." Li Laiheng took a long chinchilla skin cloak from the hands of a pro-military knight. He touched the material of the cloak and said, "This kind of thing is too expensive. Which noble family did it come from?"
Didn't you find it at home? It's flashy and I won't need it. From now on, just prepare ordinary cotton clothes for me."
Zhang Pili stood aside and laughed loudly and said: "Your Highness, you still have to wear it on your hands."
Li Laiheng hung his chinchilla skin long cloak on his shoulders, turned over and dismounted, whipped his riding whip and rushed out, then turned to Zhang Pizhu and shouted:
"You are all alone, so I won't care about you anymore. Let's go back to the palace."
Dozens of Suwei knights also followed under the leadership of Zhang Pizhu. Half of these Suwei knights were cavalry warriors trained by Chu Chuang himself, and the other half were elite cavalry recruited from the middle camp. The two forces were mixed.
In one place, coupled with a very capable Chu Chuang infantry, was the Yulin Army under the direct control of Zhang Pizhu.
The total strength of the Habayashi Army is about 5,000, which is equivalent to a standard with strengthened cavalry and artillery, or equivalent to a division with half the number.
This elite force was commanded by Li Laiheng's most trusted general Zhang Pizhu. It was actually a direct mobile force under the direct control of the King of Jin.
A large group of cavalry surrounded Li Laiheng and returned to Kaifeng. Dozens of tall and straight horses whipped up a gust of wind. White snowflakes were falling in specks. After some of them fell on Li Laiheng's shoulders, he raised his head and looked at the gray sky and murmured to himself.
Said:
"Winter is here, Jiashen... is here too!"
Although Li Laiheng has already lived in the new Jin Palace, Luo Yanqing still stayed in the palace of Queen Mother Gao most of the time. Li Laiheng himself considered that the conditions in the palace were better after all, which would make it easier for Luo Yanqing to take care of her body. As for Luo Yanqing herself, she was about
Don’t you want to see You Ci in the palace every day?
But because of the deep relationship between You Ci and Empress Dowager Gao, this little girl still came to the palace to take care of Luo Yanqing every day...
When Li Laiheng saw the two girls in the palace, he twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, not knowing what to say. His heart felt cold, but finally under the heavy pressure of the imminent decisive battle in Jiashen, he
Suddenly I felt a sense of reality in life.
Qi Shaobao, I won’t bully you if you are honest...
Li Xuanye was still a baby whose appearance could not tell the difference between male and female. He was held in the arms of the palace maid and listened to the Henan tunes sung by the palace maid. He neither cried nor fussed, but burst out laughing from time to time.
Zhang Pili and other knights of the imperial guard did not enter the palace. Sun Shoufa was in charge of the imperial guards in the palace. General Iron Whip was guarding the door at this time. Li Laiheng had no choice but to signal to the palace maid and stretched out his arms to hug Xuan Ye to relieve himself.
The embarrassment:
"Xuan Ye... from now on, you should take good care of your face and don't get too many pockmarks."
Li Laiheng kept saying strange things, which made everyone have strange expressions. You Ci asked in a low voice: "It's time for me to eat, slave Li, and it's time for me to return to the palace."
Luo Yanqing smiled softly and said, "You're not in a hurry, are you? Since King Jin is here, You Ci should also stay with King Jin. King Jin loves you so much that he made a special trip here, so don't be in such a hurry."
Li Laiheng hugged Xuan Ye resolutely and said sternly: "Military affairs are so messy, how can I have the leisure and elegance? The main purpose of this trip is to take a look at your body, Yan Qing."
Luo Yanqing nodded and said with a smile, "Really?"
She looked at Youci again and asked, "Really?"
Youci blushed and didn't know whether to nod or shake his head, so he could only stare at Li Laiheng. Li Laiheng clapped his hands and said, "Oh! That chinchilla skin long cloak Zhang Pizhu sent is really comfortable to wear. Although I am
It’s not needed, but it can be used in the palace! I’ll get it, I’ll get it now.”