Just when the Qing army was attacking Yangzhou, Lin Yu drove a truck to return to Fengyang with 100,000 taels of silver.

The 100,000 taels of silver were converted into about three tons before Lin Yu traveling through the journey. It took more than twenty wooden boxes to be loaded. It piled into the carriage and occupied a lot of space, and could only accommodate four people behind it.

Lin Yu asked Deng Yan to escort the enemy with three soldiers with good marksmanship. He and Gu Jinxi and Fang Yizhi sat in the cab, heading towards Fengyang day and night. The others all rode horses and inquire back to Fengyang to find the army.

When we came, it was drizzling, and when we went back, the sun was scorching, the road surface was dry and flat, and the average speed could reach forty kilometers per hour.

Lin Yu asked Gu Jinxi to drive, smoke a cigarette, blow the air conditioner, and listen to the music leisurely along the way.

This trip to Hubei was not in vain. Not only did he take over the 80,000 main force under Li Zicheng, he also saved the life of Yuan Jixian, a magistrate in Yuezhou Prefecture, and forced a large sum of silver and grain.

This Li Zicheng's direct lineage was desperate and sent him weapons and food and pay. Lin Yu believed that the morale of the army had completely turned to him and there should be no recurrence.

From now on, I will be a warlord with 80,000 troops. If you want weapons and horses, you will no longer have to rely on others to breathe. Whoever dares to make you unhappy will make him unhappy!

Even the Nanjing court led by Zhu Yousong and Ma Shiying had to consider the gains and losses when talking to him in the future.

Of course, Lin Yu also understood that the main enemy now was the Qing Dynasty. He tried his best to avoid conflicts with the Southern Ming court without losing interests, and then he would stop the Qing army from repelling and stabilizing the situation.

"The governor collected 80,000 soldiers during this trip to Hubei. The villain's respect for you is like a surging river." Fang Yizhi took the cigarette handed by Lin Yu, learned to lit one, and sucked and chatted.

Lin Yu laughed: "Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew, Gao Yigong is Li Zicheng's brother-in-law. As long as they win over them, with their influence, they will recruit 30,000 or 50,000 to recruit 30,000 or 50,000 to various places in the future."

"I believe this." Fang Yizhi nodded and praised, "But the villain wanted to remind the governor that his achievements were so great that the master was shocked. After all, these soldiers were Li Zicheng's old subordinates. If he had followed Gao, Li would not be guaranteed to learn from Zhao Kuangyin in the future."

"Oh... Isn't you so angry?" Lin Yu laughed loudly, "Mr. Fang is comparing this governor to Chai Rong now?"

Fang Yizhi said: "In the past, Qin lost his deer, and the heroes of the world chased him. Now Zhu Ming has lost all his heart. The eunuch party has gained power, the cliques fight, military officers are afraid of death, civil servants are greedy for money, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the captives invade, so the governor doesn't want to replace him?"

Since Fang Yizhi is so honest, Lin Yu doesn't want to hide it anymore: "Mr. Fang said it well, since you can open your heart, I, Lin Zhenjiang, will be honest. In this chaotic era, who would not want to break up the land and become the king, or even win the 195th century and do a big battle with great force?

But Lin hasn't figured out yet. Should he learn from Cao Aman to use the emperor to command the princes? Or should he learn from Wang Mang to support the young emperor, be humble and not usurp the times, and go further when the time is ripe in the future?"

"So stupid!"

Gu Jinxi, who had been driving quietly, finally couldn't help but interrupt, "Wang Mang was overthrown after being the emperor for eight years, and he could only be considered a loser. Of course, he has to learn from Cao Cao, a hero in troubled times!"

"Haha... No wonder you killed someone without blinking. It turns out that you are a loyal believer of Cao Mengde?" Lin Yu couldn't help but sneer.

"hold head high!"

Gu Jinxi nodded, "In this chaotic world, we must be a real villain, and don't be a hypocrite like Liu Bei! We must be like Cao Cao, and we would rather let the world down than let the world down!"

"Ms. Gu is really insightful!"

Fang Yizhi gave a thumbs up and praised him sincerely, "Students also think that they should learn from Cao Mengde. Even if they can't hold the emperor, they should establish their own base and recruit heroes from all over the world. At least they should dominate the country like Zheng Zhilong."

Lin Yu smiled slightly: "Mr. Fang has already thought about what he said. After repelling the Qing army and stabilizing the situation, I will open a base. Where is the best place for me?"

Fang Yizhi thought for a while: "Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hubei are all places of chaos, and they are not worthy of being attacked from all sides. Students believe that it is best to take Shaanxi and Shandong when Jiangnan cannot move."

Lin Yu nodded: "This governor will consider it carefully and make a decision in the future based on the situation! By the way, can someone recommend it to this governor?"

Fang Yizhi thought for a while: "There is a man named Gu Jiang, Kunshan, Jiangsu. His name is Zhongqing, who is about thirty years old. This man is well-read in poetry and books and has strategies. Now he is unemployed at home. The governor can send someone to invite him to join him, so he will definitely get a talent."

"Yes, why did you forget him?"

Lin Yu slapped his thigh and almost shouted out.

This Gu Jiang is no other person, but Gu Yanwu, a Confucian master in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Because the Qing army captured Nanjing, he admired the character of Wen Tianxiang's student Wang Yanwu, so he changed his name to Gu Yanwu.

What is rare is that Gu Yanwu is not only well-read in poetry and books, but also has a patriotic enthusiasm. After the fall of Nanjing, he organized anti-Qing movements in various places. He launched anti-Qing uprisings in Kunshan, Jiading and other places, and later served for the Longwu regime in Fujian, and spent his whole life struggling to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Later, the Yongli regime was destroyed and the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed. Gu Yanwu was famous all over the world for Confucianism. He was recruited by Emperor Kangxi many times, but he was still unmoved. He even hid in the mountains to escape from office, and refused to serve the Qing court until his death.

"I won't bother the two masters in one thing. Since Mr. Fang and Mr. Gu are old friends, I'll let you go to Kunshan and invite Mr. Gu to serve in our army. It will be of great use." Lin Yu solemnly held his fists and held his face with a thirsty expression.

Fang Yizhi agreed generously: "Since the governor is eager to seek talent, the student will go to Kunshan and invite Gu Jiang to serve in the army."

Lin Yu and Gu Jinxi drove for the car and spent a day entering Anhui.

Fang Yizhi got off the car in Chao County, accompanied by a soldier from Shenji Company, bought two horses and rushed south to Jiangsu.

Lin Yu drove the truck and continued on his way. He spent most of the night to explore the Ming army camp in the early morning.

When Lin Yu learned that Huang Degong had led his troops to come and Liu Liangzuo was approaching Fengyang City, he was overjoyed: "Okay, a general in the Southern Ming Dynasty finally stood up, and the people of Fengyang are saved!"

Seeing the truck returning, the patrol army hurriedly reported Huang Degong, Wei Guangdong and others, Yang Baili, Zhu Hou and other subordinates rushed to go out to greet him.

Lin Yu jumped out of the car and ordered Zhu Hou to send a group of reliable people to protect the truck. "There are 100,000 taels of white silver inside, so I must stare at it with my eyes wide!"
Chapter completed!