I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 286 She is a traitor, so she has to pay more.

The battle ended sooner than expected.

Holding agricultural implements and wooden spears, the white lotus congregation with ragged clothes and no protection had almost no resistance against the heavily armed guards of the Ming army.

Even though the Bailian sect had hundreds more people than the Ming army, they still couldn't hold back even a single charge.

This is the difference between the elite and the miscellaneous army. To put it bluntly, these members of the White Lotus Cult are not even considered the miscellaneous army.

From ancient times to the present, in addition to those commanders who supported the bandits, there were a few peasant uprisings that withstood the suppression of the imperial court.

The most typical example is Zhang Jiao of the Three Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty. The mighty team was wiped out by various soldiers and horses of the imperial court in a short time.

The gap between the two is really too big, whether it is weapon training, or the armor and food on the body, the difference between the two is not 01:30.

The corpses were scattered all over the cottage, and the dark red blood was steaming, slowly flowing down the slope along the slope.

"Tap Tap!"

There was a sound of bloody footsteps, and under the protection of Hu Yu and others, Zhu Zhangui came to the small square in the cottage.

There are still hundreds of people here, making the last desperate resistance.

Tang Sai'er was among them, and he was also the key protection object of the White Lotus Sect.

The officers and soldiers held bloody weapons and looked at Tang Sai'er and the others in the middle circle with fiery eyes.

The heads of ordinary congregants are only worth a few dollars, and cutting off 100 of them will not be worth one of these few.

"Tyrant, you tyrant, you will die badly!"

Just as Zhu Zhangui came, one of the surrounded White Lotus Sect held his wounded chest with one hand, and tightly held a broken wooden spear with the other, roaring at Zhu Zhangui heart-piercingly.

Zhu Zhangui glanced at him and chuckled.

"Hehe, I'm going to die, what about this woman."

"I gave you a chance. As long as you surrender and serve your sentence for a few years, you can go home and continue to live the lives of ordinary people."

Pointing at Tang Sai'er who was protected by everyone, Zhu Zhangui sneered.

"And for her own selfishness, she entrusted you people who didn't deserve to die into the water. Everything you did was chosen by you."

"Haha, it's ridiculous to think about it. I've been holding back and giving you a chance to survive, but you are like stubborn donkeys, unable to hold back and jumping into the fire pit."

"Now that you have been burned to shame, you don't resent the person who encouraged you to jump into the fire pit, but blame me, the person who wants to pull you back."

Zhu Zhangui's sarcasm made the roaring guy turn blue and red.

Now that the blood has dissipated, their minds are gradually clearing up, and they also feel a little stupid.

It was easy to destroy them with the strength of the imperial court. After the opponent arrived, not only did they not order an attack immediately, but instead gave them many opportunities. From this, it can be seen that the imperial court really wanted to give them a chance.

But as for them, at the beginning, they thought it was a conspiracy by the imperial court and wanted to trick them down the mountain and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Now it seems that it is really that I and others think highly of myself.

"Opportunities are won by yourself, you can't wait for them, and your fate is your own. If you choose the wrong path, don't blame this or that. If you want to blame, blame yourself for being stupid. You can't tell good from bad, and you can't tell right from wrong."

Coldly glanced around the Bailian sect members who were still alive, Zhu Zhangui didn't bother to argue with these elm-headed dying people, so he pointed at Tang Sai'er and ordered in a cold voice.

"I don't care about other people's life or death, but I want to see her alive."

"drink!"

The soldiers who surrounded Tang Sai'er and the others gave a cold shout, and with shields and blood-stained weapons in their hands, they slowly narrowed the encirclement, preparing for the final strangulation.

The White Lotus Sect in the encirclement watched the Ming army slowly approaching, holding farm tools, wooden spears and wooden pot lids with serious expressions, and prepared for the final desperate fight.

"Wait a moment!"

Just when the two sides were slowly approaching and the archers were ready to go, Tang Sai'er, who was protected by the Bailian disciples, raised his hands and shouted.

Pushing away the obstruction of several leaders around, Tang Sai'er came to the front of the Bailian sect.

Looking at Zhu Zhangui with an indifferent expression, Tang Sai'er took a deep breath, and said slowly: "If I'm waiting to be caught, can I let them and the families of these dead followers die?"

Zhu Zhangui looked at the heroic face that was pale due to excessive blood loss, and said indifferently.

"Your value is not as great as you imagined, and you can't escape. Exchange what belongs to me with me. Make sure your name is Tang Sai'er, not Tang Tianzhen."

Tang Sai'er fell silent all of a sudden, and his expression was very tangled, as if he was thinking about something.

After a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief, stretched her hands into her arms, and looked at Zhu Zhangui and said.

"It's true that my value is not that high, but I have one thing, and I may be able to do it."

The moment Tang Sai'er put his hand into his arms, Hu Yu and the others raised their guns and aimed at her.

Once this girl made any aggressive moves, Hu Yu and other guards would shoot her without hesitation.

What Tang Sai'er took out was not a murder weapon, but a letter with the royal logo printed on the envelope.

Seeing this letter, Zhu Zhangui was lost in thought.

He seemed to have seen this letter somewhere, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

After all, he receives and writes letters every month, if not 80, there are 100, and a letter pops up suddenly, he really can't remember it.

"Your Highness, this letter seems to be from you to that old Taoist priest."

Zhu Zhangui didn't think about it for a while, Hu Yu seemed to think of something when he saw the sign on the letter, and reminded Zhu Zhangui in a low voice.

"Old Taoist priest!"

Zhu Zhangui was stunned for a moment, and a sloppy old Taoist priest gradually appeared in his mind, laughing and cursing, advising him not to believe in nonsense such as immortal immortality.

The influence of this old Taoist priest on Daming can be said to be very great.

It is not the influence of the political situation, but the influence of Ming Dynasty's military strength and technology.

The Tianleisha formula given by the old Taoist is the main propellant for Daming’s bullets and artillery. The black bone knife given by the other party is still in the artisan camp, engraving the rifling for each of Daming’s rifles and artillery all day long.

The organ book given by the other party was very inspiring to the craftsmen in the craftsman camp. The locomotives currently used by Daming and the various steam production equipment in the factory all found a lot of inspiration from it.

In other words, the three things of the old Taoist priest forced the military industry technology of Ming Dynasty to advance for more than 100 years.

When the old man knew the existence of this old Taoist priest, he still wanted to meet this mysterious person in person and reward him for his achievements.

But since the old Taoist left that day, Zhu Zhangui has never heard from him again, Jinyiwei and Yueyingwei have not found out the old Taoist, as if the old Taoist disappeared into this world all of a sudden generally.

When the other party left, Zhu Zhangui exchanged those three things with a promise.

Zhu Zhangui asked the old Taoist priest what he needed to do, but the old Taoist priest said he didn't know, and only said that this promise was related to the inheritance of their school.

Zhu Zhangui didn't ask and didn't care. He just told the other party that as long as he didn't violate the laws, benevolence, justice and morality of Ming Dynasty, no matter who got the warrant, Zhu Zhangui would do his best to help the other party once.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, this warrant fell into the hands of a leader of the White Lotus Sect.

Zhu Zhangui has come to his senses now.

No wonder the old Taoist is willing to exchange three such precious things for this promise. This nima is a traitor. In the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the old man, only Zhu Zhangui can guarantee his safety, even if Zhu Zhangui It's useless for father Zhu Pangpang to make a move.

He winked at Hu Yu and asked him to accept the letter.

After Hu Yu confirmed, Zhu Zhangui glanced at it, and after confirming that it was really his letter to the old Taoist priest, Zhu Zhangui felt a little worried.

This girl in front of her is the leader of the rebels, she has such a strong ability to bewitch, so she is learning the skills of the old Taoist priests, and it is a genius that Daming will not rebel against Da Ming because of the other party's hatred for Da Ming.

"Ahem, isn't it a bit embarrassing!"

Just when Zhu Zhangui was considering whether to directly deny the warrant on the grounds that Tang Saier had violated the laws of Ming Dynasty, an old man's voice sounded beside Zhu Zhangui.

Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Zhu Zhangui froze for a moment, and looked where the voice came from, and saw a guard officer and soldier looking at him with a dry smile.

Zhu Zhangui frowned and was about to ask a question, the officer and soldier smiled innocently, and stretched out his hand to wipe his face. A wretched old face appeared in front of Zhu Zhangui.

"Crash!"

A stranger suddenly appeared, and the guards and officers and soldiers of the guard station were startled. They raised their weapons one after another, aimed at the old man in the clothes of the officers and soldiers, and were ready to kill him at any time.

Not paying attention to the gun and weapon pointed at him, the old Taoist priest who appeared suddenly looked at Zhu Zhangui who was frowning and staring at him, and greeted him with a smile.

"His Royal Highness, long time no see, how are you doing recently!"

After confirming that it was really the old guy, Zhu Zhangui twitched his lips, and said in a bad mood.

"It was very good at first, but after seeing you, it's not so good."

"Hahaha!"

The old Taoist laughed, took out a wine gourd from his arms and handed it to Zhu Zhangui.

"I see that your complexion is not good. It may be due to the loss of your foundation after the injury. This is the medicinal wine I made. Drink a sip every day, and you will keep your body alive and kicking for half a year. There will be no problem with one leaf and seven thorns!"

Without reaching out to pick up the wine gourd, Zhu Zhangui stared at the old Taoist priest with his hands in his arms.

"Old Niubi, you make it difficult for me to do this. If you don't choose so many people in Daming, you have to choose this one. Are you deliberately embarrassing me?"

The old Taoist chuckled, took out another gourd and handed it to Hu Yu beside him.

"The last one is for His Royal Highness, let him take a cup every day, let alone let him live a long life, it is no problem to live another seven or eight years."

Zhu Zhangui frowned slightly, and put his arms behind his back, "Old Niubi, you have to find out that she is a traitor. This is a violation of our original agreement!"

The old cow had a bitter face, "My grandson, what can you do to let my apprentice go."

Zhu Zhangui smiled slightly, "She is a traitor with a different identity, and she also violated our original agreement, so...you have to pay more!"

Old Taoist: "..."

What kind of grandson is this? He used to be a profiteer, right?
Looking at Zhu Zhangui who was smiling and staring at him, the old Taoist struggled for a while, finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, took out a small notebook from his arms and handed it to Zhu Zhangui.

"When we were chatting at the beginning, you said gasoline or something, that it was the blood of the future court."

"Old Daoist, after choosing my apprentice some time ago, I took a trip to the Western Regions and studied the thing you call oil. I was lucky and produced the gasoline, diesel and kerosene you mentioned. The refining process is recorded in the book. Methods and formulation materials."

Zhu Zhangui's eyes lit up, he reached for the small book and started to read it.

Perhaps the old Taoist knew that this was for ordinary craftsmen, and he didn't write it so esoteric, and didn't add Taoist terminology. The content was simple and easy to understand, and it was a fool's operation.

As long as you have a little understanding of the basics of chemistry and be careful, you can extract gasoline, diesel oil, and kerosene without any problem. As for the quality, you can't guarantee it. You can only be sure after it is produced.

Moreover, the old Taoist book not only records the refining methods of the three oils, but also a general introduction of various derivatives such as paraffin pitch.

Looking at the introduction in the book, Zhu Zhangui's eyes were shining, that is to say, he knew that the old Taoist priest was unwilling to have contact with the imperial court, otherwise he would have to bring this scientific treasure back to the craftsman camp.

This is not a Taoist priest, it is simply the Tesla of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking that this talent was about to disappear from his eyes, and even passed away in a short time, Zhu Zhangui felt a heartache in his heart.

If this old Taoist priest joined the craftsman camp, Daming would at least be able to enter the level of technology during World War II while he was alive.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhangui decided to trick the old man again to make up for his sadness.

Unceremoniously putting the precious information into his arms, Zhu Zhangui just wanted to continue to deceive the old Taoist priest, when he suddenly remembered what the old Taoist priest said just now.

This old guy went to the Western Regions some time ago.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhangui looked at the old Taoist priest strangely.

"What kind of eyes do you have? I've already told you that the poor are monks, and they don't know anything about men and women, let alone being with men."

The old Taoist, who was a little uncomfortable with Zhu Zhangui's eyes, took a few steps back to protect his chest.

Zhu Zhangui rolled his eyes speechlessly, then moved forward and whispered.

"Did you do what my second uncle did?"

The old Taoist blinked blankly at first, then figured out the meaning of the words, jumped back suddenly, pointed at Zhu Zhangui and shouted anxiously.

"My little ancestor, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. This is fatal."

"It's not that you don't know your grandfather's temper. If he heard what you said, even if I have 800 mouths, I can't explain it clearly."

Seeing the old guy's nervous appearance, Zhu Zhangui smiled and patted his shoulder to comfort him.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just asking casually."

Looking around vigilantly at the guards and soldiers around, the old Taoist said unhappily.

"You can do whatever you want, but it will kill you."

After all, the old Taoist hesitated and whispered.

"But I also remembered what you said. When I came back, the old Taoist priest, I did meet a strange person. I spent the night with him by the fire and talked about alchemy."

Zhu Zhangui's eyes lit up and he moved closer.

The two sat on the hillside as if no one else was there, chatting about the experience of the old man that night.

According to the introduction of the old Taoist priest, according to his guess, the strange person should come from Miaojiang in the south of Lingnan. The reason for this judgment is because the old Taoist priest found Gu insects on him.

If he hadn't been prepared that night, he might have been attacked by the other party.

As for where the opponent's wonderful ability to use poison came from, the old Taoist priest is not quite sure.

But judging from the experience of the old Taoist, it should be a combination of various witchcraft and the Western secret arts that the other party searched in the Western Regions.

As for the character of that person, according to the conclusion of the old Taoist priest, it was all kinds of crooked ways combined, under various stimuli, he walked into crooked ways, and his mind was not working.

"His Royal Highness Taisun told you the old way, if you meet this kind of person in the future, stay away from him. That guy's brain is not bright, just like a fool, but he has mastered all kinds of evil poison techniques, which is very fatal. , if you don't pay attention, you will become the nourishment for the other party's poisonous insects."

Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly.

In fact, there is no need for a veteran to remind, Zhu Zhangui is unwilling to contact that kind of person in his life. As the saying goes, you are not afraid of a lunatic being stupid, but you are afraid that this lunatic is holding an AK47 with unlimited bullets in his hand.

That friend helped him, ahem... No, it was the guy who entrapped the second uncle, the kind of lunatic with an infinite bullet AK47 in his hand.

"Okay, you want the things, and you also asked the questions. The old Taoist has also said what should be said and what should not be said. Should I hand over the person to the old Taoist, and let the old Taoist take it away?"

After talking about the trip to the Western Regions, the old Taoist took a look. The apprentice, who had been injured and stood for so long, was a little shaky, and he quickly ended the topic with distress, wanting to take him away and go back to the mountain to recuperate.

"Well, it's actually a bit difficult!"

Zhu Zhangui also wanted to see if he could fish out something more from this old guy.

The old Taoist raised his eyebrows, stared at Zhu Zhangui's face for a long time, and smiled happily under Zhu Zhangui's slightly stunned expression.

"My grandson, apart from knowing some tricks, the old Taoist is actually very good at medicine, and has a little research on detoxification."

"I heard that His Majesty has offered a reward to the world, as long as His Highness King of Han can be cured, he will be given an official title."

"You said that I'm going to the old way, and healed His Royal Highness, will the emperor reward me? If I don't want these rewards, to exchange someone's life, do you think the emperor is willing or not!"

Looking at the old Taoist priest with a smug smile, Zhu Zhangui rolled up his sleeves, pinched his waist with his hands and looked at him.

Not to be outdone, the old Taoist looked at Zhu Zhangui with a smile in his eyes under his white eyebrows.

"Old Niubi, you are threatening me!"

The old Taoist smiled, "The old Taoist doesn't want to, but your Highness really wants too much, I can't get it out!"

Zhu Zhangui snorted coldly and waved his hands in disgust.

"Okay, take it away, take it away, it's yours."

"hey-hey!"

The old Taoist grinned, stretched out his hand and saluted Zhu Zhangui.

"Old Taoist, thank you Your Highness for fulfilling it!"

Soon an ox cart was hitched.

Tang Sai'er leaned on several quilts, reluctant to look at the Bailian disciples who were disarmed by the officers and soldiers and detained together.

Just now, under her prayer, the old Taoist priest came up with some research results, and exchanged the lives of these people and those family members who died.

Although these captured White Lotus believers were spared the crime of beheading, they may work for the court for the rest of their lives.

The only lucky thing is that Zhu Zhangui promised to let them meet with their families every year, and if they perform well, there will be some small rewards.

As for those family members of the White Lotus Sect who died, as long as they don't cause trouble, the imperial court will no longer pursue the fact that their family members are rebels, and will even help them hide it.

When he came to the ox cart, Zhu Zhangui looked at the old Taoist priest who had changed back into his Taoist robe and was sitting on the ox cart, ready to drive the ox.

"Old Taoist priest, when will you die!"

If he was so rude, he would have been angry if he had a bad temper, but the old Taoist smiled carelessly, and raised the dust in his hand at Zhu Zhangui.

"After the old Taoist strives to return to the mountain, he will die after making his apprentice!"

Zhu Zhangui laughed, and looked at Tang Sai'er on the bullock cart.

"Then you have to explain to her before you die. The only thing that can save her life is this time. If there is another time, you won't be so lucky."

The old Taoist nodded, "Don't worry, I'll give you a face, she won't survive you. And the next time she comes out, it's the time to accept apprentices. At that time, please invite His Royal Highness Grandson. Seeing as me For the sake of Lao Niubi, give her a little help!"

Zhu Zhangui smiled and said: "It depends on how she came out of the mountain. If she came out of the mountain to accept apprentices like you, I will not make it difficult for her and will help her find apprentices. But if she went down the mountain for other things, then I Just can't tell."

The old Taoist nodded with a smile, then looked at Tang Sai'er who had said goodbye to the Bailian disciples, sighed slightly, and said to Zhu Zhangui.

"She is also a poor person. She will become like this. In fact, it has something to do with you."

Zhu Zhangui looked at the old Taoist curiously!
Tang Sai'er wanted to rebel, so why did it have something to do with him, the two seemed to have never met before.

Seeing that Zhu Zhangui didn't understand, the old Taoist explained.

"His father was a craftsman who built the Forbidden City. You enlisted in the army when you went to the north to fight. Later, you followed the emperor to the grassland and died in a sneak attack by the enemy."

"According to the court's law, his father should be treated the same as those soldiers, with pension and family care."

"But the corrupt officials in their county saw that they were just ordinary people with no influence and no support. The pension of their father's death and the rewards they earned when they were alive totaled more than 200 taels of silver, plus Subsequent compensation is also a lot of money.”

"Those greedy bastards were so jealous when they saw so much money, they just swallowed the money, and then told me this apprentice and her husband, saying that her father was just a migrant worker, and he went to serve the corvee, and he was Voluntary and responsible, there is no such thing as casualty compensation."

"Later, the two parties had a dispute, and my apprentice's husband was beaten alive and seriously injured, and died when he returned."

Looking at Tang Sai'er who had closed his eyes and rested, the old Taoist sighed.

"The father died on the front foot, the husband was beaten to death on the back foot, and his mother followed closely under the blow of these incidents."

"The good home just disappeared. If it were you, would you cause rebellion against the court?"

After saying this, the old Taoist glanced at the sky, and cupped his hands at Zhu Zhangui who fell into silence.

"His Royal Highness, it's getting late, and our master and apprentice have to hurry. This farewell may never see each other again, so let's say goodbye forever."

Zhu Zhangui was also a little reluctant to look at the old Taoist priest, and sent another invitation.

"Old Niubi, come with me to the imperial court. With all your abilities, it would be too embarrassing to stay in the mountains. The people of the world and the imperial court need people like you to join."

"If the imperial court has you to join, all kinds of industrial research can at least save hundreds of years of struggle."

Looking at Zhu Zhangui who extended the invitation again, the old Taoist shook his head with a smile.

Raising the dust whisk in his hand and waving it lightly, the old cow pulling the cart in front moved forward slowly.

"People who are old-fashioned people in the mountains have no intention of participating in worldly affairs. Relying on mountains will collapse, relying on rivers will flow, and relying on others will ultimately not accomplish anything. Your Highness wants the Great Ming to be passed on forever, and you still have to rely on your own efforts."

The bullock cart was getting farther and farther away, Zhu Zhangui was very reluctant to take a few steps forward, and wanted to persuade him again, but finally shook his head.

He really doesn't want to let such a talent go, but the other party has decided to go, even if Zhu Zhangui keeps the other party by force, with the ability of this old Taoist priest, he will find a chance to leave.

Such a person can keep his body but can't keep his heart, even if he stays forcibly, the other party will get angry because of this, and he won't say a word, what's the use of staying.

"Old Taoist priest, what is your name? You have made great contributions to the court and the world, and you should be worshiped by the world!"

"Hahaha…"

The old Taoist priest who was about to go down the mountain smiled freely when he heard the word "worship under heaven", raised his bald whisk and replied loudly.

"I was born in heaven and earth, I have no surname and no name, everything is me, why do I need to take my real name!"

(End of this chapter)