The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 642

Prices in the capital soared again, which shows how stupid the officials of Ming Dynasty are. They have learned from the past and have not learned how to coordinate and ration the supply of food.

The food store opened by the Huang family still sells food at the price of [-] Wenhua per head of rice, Huaxia Tongbao, and distributes rations to gather young and strong families who have no daily food to do hygiene and maintain order.

Wang Gongchang Commercial Street is a little different from before, that is, there are so many cats. It was suggested by Wu Youxing, a medical scientist who has been serving the Huang family system. After learning about it, Huang Sheng thought it made sense and strongly supported it.

One of the most common plagues is the plague. As the name suggests, rats spread the virus, and cats and mice will reduce the number of rats. Of course, this epidemic will be effectively curbed.

Therefore, the Huang family system raises a large number of cats to prevent rodents. This will not only reduce the spread of diseases by rats, but also protect the food reserves of the common people. Why not do it?
Therefore, all the workers in the Huang family system in the capital raised cats, and of course the big banks, post offices, and grain stores raised a large number of cats.

Heihu and Lu Chengzu's men and horses set up their defenses under the banner of "God of War", and made a high-profile statement that if Jiannu dared to come, they would concentrate their forces and attack desperately, and would never let the Houjin army move forward.

Emperor Chongzhen was worried that the tail would be too big to lose, and he didn't want to use the "God of War" to tie his troops, but the reality was cruel. There were not many troops within [-] miles of Gyeonggi that he could rest assured of.

The emperor needs a reliable team to guard the capital, and of course it must be the "God of War" troops.

Heihu and Lu Chengzu, the two commanders-in-chief, came to the outskirts of the capital and uttered bold words. The emperor's nerves, which had been tense for days, relaxed, and he felt a lot more at ease. He could finally sleep at night.

Chongzhen sent the Ministry of War to select Qing officials, Sizheng, and Gao Zhimou, a fifth-rank doctor, to temporarily serve as the military guards of Heihu and Lu Chengzu, and was responsible for the distribution of food and military salaries.

Gao Zhimou didn't say a word of nonsense, and he happily took orders to leave the capital immediately with more than a hundred family members. At a time when many civil servants dared not take orders in danger, Emperor Chongzhen was very pleased that Gao Zhimou was so courageous, and he really gave Gao Di a lot of rewards .

Civil officials manage the money and food of various people and horses, which can pinch the fate of military commanders. This is a common practice in the Ming court, and it is nothing more than to use literature to control military affairs.

As everyone knows, the Huang family system is all self-raised money and food, and the court can't check and balance, but the arrival of one of his own people, Gao Zhimou, was warmly welcomed by Heihu and Lu Chengzu. After discussion, they planned to teach Jiannu a lesson outside the capital Make contributions.

The "God of War" banner appeared, and Fan Wencheng's intelligence network immediately learned of it.

A few days later, Hong Jie knew that there were more than [-] Huang Sheng's teams in Miyun and Changping. It was reported that there might be tens of thousands of Huang Jiayong in Yongping Prefecture, and they were ready to participate in the defense of the capital at any time.

After knowing the situation, Hong was scared. If his looting army was blocked by "killing gods" in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he would be in great trouble.

He resolutely gave up his plan to plunder the surrounding area of ​​the Ming Dynasty capital again, and planned to grab some more places to get some cheap money and then go home, let the "Killing God" men wait, our Dajin Army came here to make a fortune, so we don't want to fight them desperately Woolen cloth.

At this time, the soldiers, civilians, and military personnel of the capital were much more at ease, because not only were the "God of War" troops stationed outside the capital, but Ning Qiandao also led four thousand cavalry from Guan Ning to reinforce him. He was ordered by the Ministry of War to be stationed in Tongzhou.

King Qin's soldiers and horses came one after another, and the Ming army gathered in the capital soon exceeded [-]. It seemed that the capital was safe and sound, and Emperor Chongzhen was finally relieved.

It's a pity that more than [-] people gathered, and the imperial court actually arranged to divide them into various places, and did not appoint a general to gather troops and horses to take the initiative to fight the invading enemy. Very depressed.

Of course, most of the generals of the Ming army were so happy. They ran to the capital for an armed parade.

At the end of August, led by Zuo Shouquan, Wubai Xiangyong pushed [-] wheelbarrows to transport [-] shi of rice to Datong, accompanied by more than [-] employees who went to work in the Datong branch of the "Huaxia Big Bank".

This time the team was different from the previous ones. Li Zhongzheng, a civil servant of the great Ming Dynasty, was accompanied by seven servants.

Li Zhongzheng's deeds of sticking to Yiyang County were commended by the court. He was promoted to two ranks in succession from the car driving department of the sixth-rank military department and was appointed as the deputy envoy of the fifth-rank Datong military preparation.

Of course, this appointment by the imperial court took a fancy to Li Zhongzheng's good defense, and sending him to Datong as the deputy envoy of military preparation and dao was to strengthen Datong's defense force.

Li Zhongzheng was appointed and urged to leave immediately.

The establishment of slaves and the invasion of bandits, the two towns of Xuanda and Datong were in a mess, and Li Zhongzheng might not be able to reach Datong, and he would encounter accidents on the road.

Colleagues from the Ministry of War knew that the "Huaxia Big Bank" and the grain bank had to go to Datong once or twice a month, and the strength of the Huang family was well known. They told Li Zhongzheng that it would be safe to go with the Huang family's transport team.

Li Zhongzheng was very happy to hear the news. He had already established a relationship with the Huang family, and of course he was willing to go further.

He personally approached the "Huaxia Big Bank" to contact the person in charge of the Huang family. Zuo Shouquan received him, and after some chatting, Zuo Shouquan promised to send Li Zhongzheng and his party safely to Datong City.

Zuo Shouquan has traveled the official road from the capital to Datong too many times. To transport grain to the inland, this stupid method is used to transport the wheelbarrows for thousands of miles with manpower in turns.

Every time there are fewer people, there are so many bandits and thieves along the way, and teams without strength can’t get to the ground. It’s not good if there are too many people. The roads in the mountainous areas are difficult to walk, and the congestion is even more inefficient.

Therefore, Zuo Shouquan led most of his subordinates to carry out shift transportation in units of 500 people, and two or three groups of people would depart every month.

Zuo Shouquan was unlucky this time, and when he walked outside Zhubokou, he learned that the Houjin army was looting under the city of Datong, and it seemed that there was no way forward.

Because the general officer Cao Wenzhao was defeated by Jiannu and lost thousands of people, now he has no strength to fight again, so he can only choose to hide and defend.

Zhubokou is located in Fanshi County, Taiyuan Prefecture. It is a relatively important pass on the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

To the north of Zhubokou is a long and narrow basin leading to Datong, and to the south is a small undulating valley leading to Cigou Yingbao, Wuwangkou, Fuping and Baoding.

The terrain here is dangerous, with steep rock walls on both sides of the pass, and the narrowest part of the valley is only a dozen steps, which is really a throat.

Going north after passing Zhubokou, you will find the long and narrow basin where Daizhou and Fanshi counties are located.Going northeast along the basin is Lingqiu County.

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