Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 759 Artillery (Second Change)

He Jinzhao was talking about the grain bank with a few people.

Yang Yuxiu raised his eyebrows slightly: "My lord, are you saying that we use the granary we built to store food for the common people, not only free of charge, but also give them some interest?"

"Well, otherwise, how can we attract them to put grain in our granary?"

Yang Yuxiu and Qiu Zhitao looked at each other, logically, how can ordinary people have food in their homes?

Even if there is grain in storage, it has to benefit the landlord's family, borrowing other people's granary for use, and paying for it.

"My lord, it's not that I doubt your decision, it's just that if we do this, our food expenditure will increase a lot in the future, and I'm afraid we will not be able to make ends meet."

He Jinzhao didn't feel that he needed to give food either: "The interest on this food must be given to money. It is stipulated how much a stone of food will be stored for half a year, and how much it will be paid in a year. As long as you save enough time, the summer and autumn harvests will be able to keep up. .

In this way, during our war, the people will not run on a large scale, and this method can raise more food by a large margin, and avoid the shortage of food and grass for our army to fight abroad. "

Even though the people in Shanxi have lived a better life than before, they still don't have the ability to build granaries in every family.

Even rodent control has losses.

Yang Yuxiu thought for a while, then no longer objected, but suggested:
"My lord, the people in Shanxi are now on par with our soldiers. It is better to implement this in the army first. After all, it is easier for their families to accumulate food than ordinary people."

"Well, that's a good proposal."

He Jinzhao nodded again and again, because he wanted to use the atmosphere in the military to influence the atmosphere among the people.

"Qiu Zhitao, I ask you to do this matter, and sort out a suitable price."

Qiu Zhitao responded quickly, saying that the entire grain trade in Shanxi was in the hands of the hammer bandits, and there was almost no private business.

Those Shanxi merchants and old landlords don't have much capital and opportunities to get involved in Shanxi's grain trading.

"Marshal, that Xiyi man has been sent here."

"Ah."

He Jinchao responded, and ordered He Zan to receive Wang Peng's men and give them a good treat.

The crowd pushed a Xiyi man into the side hall.

Tang Ruowang was a little dazed. Although the soldiers on the road didn't say much to him, they probably wouldn't kill him.

After entering Shanxi, he didn't know the territory of the rebels he had entered.

I heard from Xu Guangqi that the Shanxi Province of Ming Dynasty has been occupied by rebels, how did this group of officers and soldiers from Ji Town send him here?

Tang Ruowang couldn't understand the reason.

He Jinzhao watched as a dense bearded man was brought in and knelt on the ground.

Obvious features of foreigners.

Tang Ruowang looked at a group of bright people, raised his neck, and quickly looked at the people in front of him.

The young man sitting in the middle is the person in charge, I don't know which noble person it is, he can sit there at a young age.

This is the observation habit he developed after staying in Daming for a long time, and he also has some understanding of this so-called sophistication in China.

Seats are not something that can be taken casually.

"I have seen, I have seen the handsome."

Tang Ruowang's fluent Chinese first made everyone startled, and they all heyed.

They could understand what the Xiyi man with the high nose and blue eyes said.

Tang Ruo saw the strange appearance of this group of people, and wondered if they were friends with each other, the soldiers outside the gate asked him to talk about it.

"I called you here to help." He Jinzhao sized him up, and then went straight to his goal.

Hearing this, Tang Ruowang was overjoyed immediately: "Is the commander-in-chief a believer?"

"Don't talk about religious belief with me, I'm not Chongzhen." He Jinzhao stood up and took two steps:
"I heard that Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua are both dead, but the matter of the red cannon they made falls on you."

Tang Ruowang's eyes lit up immediately when he heard that it was a cannonball: "Marshal, I can do this, but as a missionary, it is impossible not to preach."

He Jinzhao took two steps forward: "I only want you to make cannons, if you let me know that you dare to preach, I will kill you!"

Tang Ruowang visibly trembled, these people are too barbaric, they are not as easy to talk to as Xu Guangqi and others.

But even if their attitude is bad, Tang Ruowang believes that as long as he persists for a long time, he can convince these people.

"Of course, if you do a good job, I will give you money and give you back your freedom. The two of us will get both money and goods, and we will trade fairly."

He Jinzhao didn't pin all his hopes on Tang Ruowang. The territory controlled by the pirate Zheng Zhilong, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places should also have many excellent artillery.

Tang Ruowang didn't think it was a fair deal. Officials and gangsters colluded to tie him here from the capital.

But after hearing that the Hammer Bandits were famous for their viciousness, they didn't dare to resist, so they could only say thank you, Commander.

He Jinzhao waved his hand, and told someone to hand him over to his brother-in-law, so that Tang Ruowang could paint guns and see how far the artillery in foreign countries had developed.

After dealing with Tang Ruowang's matter, Ji Gui couldn't help laughing and said, "Master, if you don't look at his face and just listen to his words, you can't tell that he is from Xiyi."

"I don't know how many years I have been in China, but it seems that I am older than you."

He Jinzhao knew that Houjin was able to independently manufacture the Hongyi cannon, but with the help of Kong Youde and others' skilled artillery, as well as the latest cannon, it was always a bit of an advantage.

Now that he can't reach Shandong, Dengzhou has long been surrounded by the Ming army, so he can only look for artillery from other places.

The Ming army had broken through Dengzhou, and Kong Youde led more than 110 large ships towards Lushun, planning to bypass Lushun and go to Empress Jinhuang Taiji.

However, the strong wind blew the ship directly in the direction of Lushun.

Huanglong, who was stationed in Lushun, ordered his subordinates to line up the whole boat and set up artillery to attack Haikou.

Kong Youde ordered the fleet to berth in two groups, with the east berthing at Longwangtang and the west at Shuangdao.

Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Zhenjiang, ordered the capital Shang Kexi to lead troops from Lushun to Longwangtang to block the water source of Kong Youde's army, and sent troops to ambush in Shuangdao, Tieshan and other places to prevent them from defecting to Houjin.

Another army was sent out to sea by boat to carry out a land and water attack.

The two sides fought fiercely for three days. Most of Kong Youde's fleet was hit by artillery or hit a rock and sank. Shang Kexi captured more than 1000 soldiers and family members of Kong Youde, and captured twelve generals.

In the Lushun naval battle, Kong Youde was frustrated and Geng Zhongming retreated to Xiaoping Island and Shuangdao with more than 30 warships.

Huanglong sent several generals and heavy troops to Shuangdao, carrying ten general cannons on the mountains along the coast, and bombarded Kong Youde's fleet in turn.

Kong Youde ran out of gunpowder and was forced to leave Shuangdao and go to Xiaoping Island to gather.

But the real problem is that the number of defenders and warships under Huanglong's command is far less than that of the rebel Kong Youde.

More than 2 people are like dogs in mourning. In addition to facing artillery attacks from the Ming army on the shore, there is a serious shortage of food, and the storage of fresh water is even more low.

(End of this chapter)