Ma Xinyu, a few days ago, was still saying that he would never follow the thief. It was hard to be loyal and filial, but now he is wholeheartedly planning for the safety of the thief army. Although he was a newborn calf, had no social experience, and was a nerd who studied hard, after joining the Zhu army, he made up a lot of knowledge about the peasant uprising army in the past few years. He knew a little about the profession of "rebellion". He knew very well how much impact Gao Yingxiang's death would bring to the rebel army...

At the beginning, Wang Jiayin was killed by a traitor, which led to a major change within the 36th Battalion. Zuo Yuzhu surrendered to the officers and soldiers, and the momentum of the rebel army once turned to a low point. Later, the Zijinliang King died in battle, which also caused a great shock to the rebel army. This time, Gao Yingxiang's killing will also cause turmoil and uneasiness within the 36th Battalion.

Although the 36th Battalion is not a member of the Zhu army, it is also a coexistence and life. If the 36th Battalion is destroyed, the Zhu army will definitely die. If the Zhu army is destroyed, his father Ma Zhixiong, as the official grain store manager of the thief army, must be done. In addition to his father, there is another extremely important person who also needs to die, that is the Hongniang! Ma Xinyu will never allow Hongniang to have an accident, so he is anxious, like an ant on a hot pan, surrounding Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother Zhu Ba, big things are not good, once Gao Yingxiang dies, the 36th Battalion will be in chaos. You should think of a solution..."

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed confident and did not move at all. He pressed Ma Xinyu's shoulder and said, "What's the hurry? The 36th Battalion is dead, so what's the matter? The boss dies and the second brother continues to go on, and he won't be finished."

Ma Xinyu said, "Otherwise, if my boss of the Ma family is killed... If my father dies and hand over the Ma family to his second uncle, then the Ma family will be completely finished. If it is Zhu Jun's boss, cough... If you die, if you hand over the Zhu Jun to the second brother of Wang, our Zhu Jun will be completely finished..."

Before he finished speaking, the Hongmao behind him laughed and scolded: "Look at you with a crow's mouth. First curse your father to death, then curse Brother Zhu Ba to death. You are so ignorant."

Ma Xinyu was a little bit by her. She immediately looked like a slight look and said anxiously: "No... I didn't curse my father and Brother Zhu Ba..." This era is extremely particular about verbal beauty. If you talk like this, it really tastes like a curse. He quickly said to the heavens: "My father, my child is unfilial, please be sure to live a hundred years old."

The Hongniang was so happy that she laughed and said, "Look at you so stupid, hahaha. What a fool." When she smiled, she felt as if she was so bright. Ma Xinyu felt dizzy and didn't know where she was.

Zhu Yuanzhang also found it funny and waved his hand and said, "I already know the matter of the 36th Battalion. You go back and do business. In the future, let the messenger do such a letter delivery. Don't rush to do it."

Ma Xinyu glanced at Hong Madam with a embarrassed expression and thought to herself: If I don’t rush to deliver the letter, how could I have the chance to see her?

Zhang Yingxian next to him saw his face strange. She was also funny. After all, she was considered Ma Xinyu's elder and wanted to help him, so she smiled and said, "If you have time, come to visit me, don't find any messy excuses."

Ma Xinyu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Second Aunt!"

Zhang Yingxian shook her head and said, "Call me sister-in-law, don't call me second aunt. I don't like to hear that title."

Ma Xinyu actually knew very well about his second uncle's virtue and sighed and said, "You said that, no one would like to live with his second uncle... It was really difficult for you before."

Zhang Yingxian smiled faintly and said, "It's not difficult. If I hadn't arrived at the Ma family, I wouldn't have met my current husband. It can be seen that the world's affairs are in heaven. It's a blessing to lose my husband... I've already let it go, so don't mention it again."

Ma Xinyu bowed long: "You have taught you a lesson."

Zhang Yingxian glanced at Hongmao again, looked at Ma Xiaotian, then turned her eyes back from the little mute, and said to Ma Xinyu earnestly: "Let the relationships be natural, and you can't force them. Don't fall too deeply in the middle of it... The time comes, there will naturally be the one who belongs to you. If the time is not right, you will chase after you and you will not be able to ask for it."

Ma Xinyu understood her strings, her face darkened, and she whispered: "I understand this principle too... But I voluntarily fall into it and am willing to fall into it. Although there is pain, I get far more fun than pain..."

"Yes!" Zhang Yingxian nodded and said no more.

When Hongmao saw her two sluts and she couldn't understand after listening for a long time, she couldn't help but say, "Boy Ma, why are you happy and bitter? Oh, I understand, you are talking about eating bitter melon. That thing is indeed a bit bitter, but it's delicious when you get used to it. I like bitter melon very much."

Everyone laughed together. The respite of this Hongmao was extraordinary. If you didn't touch her ear and say it clearly, she wouldn't understand. It would be fun to say some emotional numb words in front of her.

Ma Xinyu hurried away, and the Hongniang continued to watch flowers and play with grass in the yard, chasing butterflies. However, the old brother Ma Xiaotian came to Zhu Yuanzhang and whispered: "Brother Zhu, since Gao Yingxiang is dead, his subordinates will all fall into the hands of the general Li Zicheng. In your opinion, will the situation in the 36th Battalion become better or worse in the future?"

If you ask others this question, you really dare not answer randomly, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew clearly the direction of history. He sighed and said, "Although Gao Yingxiang has ambitions, he has no talent. The 36th battalion under his command is like a scattered sand, gathering and scattering, and messing around. He himself often issued wrong orders, but Li Zicheng has both ambitions and ability. Once the 36th battalion falls into Li Zicheng's hands, its combat effectiveness will definitely increase greatly. In my opinion... the court killed a monkey who occupied the mountain and became king, but awakened a sleeping tiger..."

Ma Xiaotian said: "Then how should we deal with it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Don't be anxious, plan everything before moving. Open your eyes and look carefully, and you will have fun to watch immediately."

Sure enough, the joy came soon. As soon as Gao Yingxiang died, the 36th Battalion was in chaos. Two generals Zhang Miaoshou (Zhang Wenyao), Scorpion (Tuo Yangkun) immediately begged for revenge from Sun Chuanting. Because Emperor Chongzhen discovered the edict of revenge at this time, the leaders of the bandit army begged for surrender to the court and no longer worried about being killed by the court, so the two surrendered and surrendered very comfortably.

Sun Chuanting personally met the two leaders of the rebel army and comforted them with tender words, which made them very grateful. Zhang Miaoshou agreed to lead his thief army to help Sun Chuanting suppress the bandits. Although Scorpion did not make such a clear statement, he was quite moved.

With the two of them taking the lead, many small groups of rebels surrendered to the court, and the situation turned sharply.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng took over the position of King of Chuang and changed his name to King of Chuang and "King of Chuang". At the same time, he inherited the name of Fengtian's civil and military marshal. As soon as Gao Yingxiang's troops fell into Li Zicheng's hands, their mobility and combat power suddenly increased. Li Zicheng immediately issued an order. The Breaking Army rushed to the south and instantly got rid of Sun Chuanting's pursuers... and disappeared into the vast mountains.

While Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to closely watch the turbulent situation, he worked hard to strengthen himself...

Early this morning, Zhu Yuanzhang was walking with Zhang Yingxian and Qiuye in the garden, teasing Xiao Zhuzhi. Suddenly, he got the news that Zhu Jun's first batch of rotary wheels and muskets were finally created, and he greeted Zhang Yingxian and Qiuye, took Ma Xiaotian and Hongniangzi, and hurried to the Blacksmith Street in Xianyang.

At this time, Blacksmith Street was already quite large. The hundreds of mine thieves picked up by Zhu Yuanzhang from the Lushan Mountains had built a huge forging factory here. These mine thieves were initially working like small workshops, but later they were rectified by Zhu Yuanzhang once and conducted basic division of labor. Since they moved to Blacksmith Street in Xianyang, under the guidance of Zhu Yuanzhang, they divided the work more closely and integrated the production system. They no longer built weapons alone, but also concentrated in the "factory" prepared by Zhu Yuanzhang for them. All the materials were provided by the factory, and the muskets and weapons and armor made were directly owned by the factory. The factory paid wages based on the pieces they made.

In other words, blacksmiths no longer make money by making made muskets, but by selling their craftsmanship. Whoever has the best craftsmanship and builds weapons with fast speed and high quality will get more wages.

The piece-based wage system is still being adopted in modern times. In the late Ming Dynasty, it was of course the most advanced production model, which greatly encouraged the blacksmiths' enthusiasm for work. It turned out that a blacksmith could only shoot a musket in a month. Due to the exploitation and enslavement of the court, they could only earn a few hundred cents of money to build a musket. But now, building a musket can get two taels of silver from the factory, real money, and the old man is ruthless... In this way, who doesn't want to make more money? The blacksmiths worked hard to improve their skills, strive to complete the work as soon as possible, and get the wages as soon as possible. As a result, their work was getting better and better. Many people voluntarily "work overtime" or simply eat and sleep in the factory. As a result, they can build a musket in only half a month, and their production capacity has doubled.

In addition, Zhu Jun also encouraged inventions and rewarded technological breakthroughs, so several blacksmiths spent their energy on imitating Western rotary muskets. Xu Renjie's Suiqi rotary musket used to show off was handed over by Zhu Yuanzhang and handed over to the blacksmiths to study the imitation. Fortunately, when Xu Renjie was getting along with Xue Hongqi recently, he focused more on Xue Hongqi and was not very disappointed when handing over the muskets.
Chapter completed!