Chapter 152 Business

"In the first year of China, in May of the summer of the 12th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty, Yeshen Timur led 300,000 troops to confront the Red Turban Commander Liu Futong in Shahe, and he had not made any progress for several days.

In the late June, Wu Twenty-two, the powerful general of Huaidong, Chen De led 3,000 heroes to help, and carried more than 40 cannons with small boats. He approached Yesen Timur's camp in the middle of the night, and the cannons were fired at the same time.

The Yuan army was shocked and trampled on each other, and countless casualties were injured. The brother of Prime Minister Tuotuo, Yesen Temur, wanted to escape from the side and control his horse to keep him. Yesen Temur led his sword to chop him and said, "I am not my life!" So he left.

The pseudo-Yuan Huguangping Zhang Gongbuban wanted to reorganize the army and fight against the enemy. Chen De bombarded him with gunfire and smashed his head. Liu Futong, Zhimali, and Zhao Junyong each led one army to land, rushing left and right, as if entering a land of no one. At dawn, the Yuan army collapsed, and the military funds accumulated, all belonged to the rebel army.

Chen De, whose courtesy name was Zhishan, was the son of Chen Shouxin, the former Han army of Huguang. Shuxin was always looked forward to in the army. He hated him by Gong Buban, the Gong Buban, and designed to kill him. He pretended to be drunk and fell off a horse and died of drunkenness. Chen De claimed his father's injustice for several years but failed, and he threw himself into a red scarf. He was the deputy commander of the Fourth Army under Zhu Bashiyi's tent. He was extremely intelligent and able to convince the public. He was known as the Five Tigers of Huaidong together with Hu Dahai, Wang Bi, Wu Yongchun, and Yiwan, a Rakshasa man. "About the National History, Biography 121"

"Yesen Timur collected the soldiers and arrived in Bian. The Bian garrison said, "You are a general. When you see the enemy flew, I will impeach you. This city cannot be entered." So he walked around the city and stationed in Zhongmu.

Soon, the four armies of Hongwu arrived together, and used gunpowder to smash the south gate and entered the outer city. Wang Kuanche of the Meng Yuanwei shot Sesame Li with a powerful crossbow, and the left shoulder was placed. Sesame Li drew his sword and broke the arrow, climbed the cloud ladder with one arm to climb the wall, and killed Kuanche Ge, and then broke Bianliang. Zhao Jun took advantage of the victory to lead the army eastward to conquer Suizhou and Suiyang. Liu Futong led the army to threaten Zhongmu, and Yesen Timur did not dare to fight and fled across the Yellow River. Bu Wang San led his troops to respond to Futong, conquering Tang, Song, Ru, Luoyang and other prefectures and counties. He traveled to Jiangbei provinces in Henan, and most of them were owned by Hongwu. "New Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 225"

This summer is destined to leave a brilliant mark in history. In more than half a month, the Mongolian Yuan lost land in Bianliang, Suizhou, Zhongmu, Zhengzhou, Yingyang, Hulao Pass, Luoyang, Jiangnan and Hebei provinces, and the third was the four. After the Red Turban Army seized Huai'an, the important financial and taxation areas at the end of May, they completely connected Huai'an Road, Guide Prefecture, Bianliang Road, Henan Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Anfeng Road, etc., and the four and three roads were completely connected together. They watched over and helped each other and fought against the enemy side by side.

More importantly, artillery made a name for itself in this chaotic and fierce battle. The four-jin cannon produced in the workshop of the Hongshuang General in Huai'an became the most popular magic weapon of all kinds of red scarves. Not only were they regarded as a magic weapon for defeating the enemy and other teams of the former Xuzhou system such as Sesame Li, Zhao Junyong, Mao Gui, etc., Liu Futong, Bu Wangsan and others also sent their confidants to carry heavy gold, copper ingots, and cooked iron to queue up to buy them in Huai'an City.

Qingjiang Town, more than ten miles northeast of Huai'an City, is the most mysterious place in the eyes of all foreign guests coming to Huai'an. This triangular area facing the Huai River on the left, the canal on the right, and the triangular area facing the Yellow River on the north was marked as a military forbidden area shortly after Huai'an City fell into the hands of the Red Turban Army. Without the handwritten orders of important figures such as Zhu Bashiyi, Su Mingzhe, and Xu Da, as long as ordinary people dare to get close, they will be driven away by cavalry from afar. If they are expelled twice in a row and still dare to keep approaching, the third time is waiting for him, dozens of coercive guns will be fired. Within fifty steps, even the spy who is skilled will be beaten into a hornet's nest.

It is said that curiosity kills the cat. The more you don’t let the place you peek, the more someone wants to know what secrets are hidden inside. Some good idle men dare not go to Qingjiang from land, so they rented a boat and went down the west bank of the Huai River.

This trick is indeed useful. As long as they are not close to the weapons workshop on the west bank, Zhu Bashiyi cannot be so arrogant that he can even stop the water road. It is just that the peepers have a pair of naked eyes, but it is difficult for them to see what it means. According to them, the entire Qingjiang Town, along the Huaihe River, has become a water truck workshop. Water trucks two or three meters tall, one by one, almost lined up the river bank. The sound of iron smacking is constantly stopping day and night, and can be clearly heard across more than ten miles.

"Also, it turns out that you have spent a lot of effort to see dozens of water trucks?" Some guests who came from afar inquired intentionally or unintentionally in the Teahouse Tavern.

"Also, it's the dock. The Qingjiang River was originally a good place to build ships. Many of the big ships on the canal and the Yellow River originated there. We were far apart and saw that the dock seemed to be expanding. But it was not as conspicuous as the water truck!"

"Shipbuilding? Isn't there a navy under the governor Zhu's tent? Why do you want to build more ships?" A guest from another place frowned and continued to figure it out.

"Then we don't know! Our Governor Zhu has always been mysterious in his work!" The local idle men tilted their arms and made dissatisfied. "If we Governor Zhu, everything is good. Even if we act unreasonable, we will behave! Since the old man came, we can't throw dirty water on the street, and garbage is not allowed to be poured out of the yard at will. Even the donkey and buffalo's butts have to be hung with a feces bag. If the servant finds that the feces are pulled on the street and the fines are fined, it's really not ambiguous!"

"Then you old and young men in Huai'an will bear it?" The outsider was stunned again and said in a provocative tone.

"Tolerance! Of course you have to tolerate it! What if you can't bear it?! Those salt merchants are so good that they were chopped up by Governor Zhu in just one night. Besides, Governor Zhu is a bit more concise, but he is fair in his work. He never asks people to work for nothing. As long as he does, he will definitely pay for his wages!"

"Wage, can you also pay for the government?

"Of course, only the bastards of the Great Yuan Dynasty recruited people to work without paying wages! Our Governor Zhu is under the leadership of the Revolutionary Army! Do you understand the revolution? It is to change your fate against the will of heaven and change all the original rules that bully people!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a team of officers suddenly walked in at the door. He bowed to everyone first, then raised an iron horn and shouted loudly, "Dear fellow villagers, please disturb me. Locals should not move. Foreign guests, please take out the identity paper you received when entering the city!"

"This, won't let you eat?" Several guests with foreign accents were furious, stood up, waved their arms to protest.

Their protests did not arouse the sympathy of the locals. In addition to the idle men who had tea and chatted with them before, they sat honestly on the chairs and looked like they were not concerned about their own affairs.

Immediately, three or four officers stepped forward and asked for identity papers to check the identity papers from outside the country. According to the age, hometown, appearance, and purpose of coming to Huai'an, they checked one by one. Those who found that they were completely accurate would salute politely, return the identity papers to the other party, and leave a few cents of tea money to apologize. When an impostor was found, they would tie them up with a rope and arrest them on the spot. If someone dared to resist, they would immediately blew the copper whistle they carried with them. Soon, the soldiers trained by the Red Turban Army rushed over, and the spear and knife greeted them together, chopping the rebels into meat sauce.

After July, several similar incidents were staged in the city almost every day. Hundreds of spies caught on the spot stuffed the prison in Huai'an City. What made Zhu Bashiyi and others laughed the most was that more than two-thirds of the spies caught were not from the Mongolian Yuan, but from various Red Turban Army. There were Guo Zixing, the subordinates of Busan of Luoyang, and the subordinates of Sun Deya of Dingyuan. Even Xu Shouhui, who was far away in Huguang, sent a spy to find out the secrets of artillery creation.

"Didn't you just sell it to you if you promised to pay?" The spies were so annoyed that Zhu Bashiyi had to take out a few of the leaders from the prison and protested in person.

"This, this, Governor, Governor, please calm down for a while!" I also knew that I was not doing this properly. The spies' leaders blushed and stammered, "You, your bronze cannon is powerful, but it can be a thousand kilograms of copper, and the price is too scary. So, in my family, my master was thinking about whether he could ask for a prescription to go back, and he would also use it to cast a few cannons. First, the price is cheaper, and second, there is no need to wait in line for you!"

"Get out!" Zhu Bashiyi was furious and raised his foot to kick the speaker into a big gang. "If I build cannons, I don't need to pay craftsmen. If I build cannons, I don't need firewood and molds. The effort and materials I wasted in order to build cannons were not considered money?! Get out of here, where did I get back? Let me tell you the owner of the family that if I get caught by me next time, I won't think about buying anything from me in the future. Zhu always speaks as he says!"

"Hong San, take all the spies from the Red Turban Army in the prison to board the ship and expel them. The spies sent by the Mongolian Yuan were immediately taken out of the city and beheaded! I don't have that much food to support these bastards!"

"Yes!" Xu Hongsan, the commander of the personal guard, agreed, and lit up dozens of fully armed guards and rushed forward. He first drove the spies from the Red Turban friendly army onto the ship, and then asked all the people from the Red Turban Army from the prison and threw them on the north bank of the Yellow River and left them to leave on their own.

Those spies from the Mongol Yuan were not treated so well. After they were found to be in good condition, they were immediately taken out of the city to be executed. Some of them, who were neither Red Scarf Friends nor inferior to the Mongol Yuan, were simply seeking trouble. They were taken to the salt field on the beach to serve labor. They did not have three or five years and never had the chance to come out to cause trouble for the Huaian army.

Zhu Bashiyi was obviously still angry in his heart. Soon, he issued a more domineering order, "Send the order, from tomorrow, the artillery of General Manager Li, Zhao Changshi and General Mao, and others will be reduced by 30% and the goods will be given priority. The supply to Marshal Liu will be arranged in the second order, with a 20% reduction. Others, who have sent spies to Huai'an, will increase the price by 50%, and the order will be based on the number of spies caught. The more sent, the lower the position will be!"
Chapter completed!