Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 757 Kill him!
As early as March, Yang Menglong was ready to teach Zheng Zhilong a lesson. Han Peng's army had already assembled at the border of Fujian and Guangdong, ready to fight at any time.However, the sudden hailstorm disrupted his deployment, forcing him to suspend the military operation and plunge into the arduous work of fighting the hailstorm. This military operation was temporarily forgotten by him.Now, with great difficulty, the hail disaster has finally been settled, and the agricultural production in Henan and Shandong provinces has returned to normal, but he was told that Zheng Zhilong has come to trouble him again. Forget about this annoyance!He asked Catherine: "What are your losses?"

Catherine was crying: "Six hundred war horses, fifty Shire horses, [-] florin gold coins, and some precious antiques were all taken away by them!"

Yang Menglong gritted his teeth and said, "Hmph, the guy surnamed Zheng really fucked with me, right? Well, I won't beat you out of shit, I'm not surnamed Yang!" He was so angry that he didn't even have the mood to look at the horse, and threw down his whip angrily. go home.

After returning to the Hou Mansion, he asked Li Yan: "During this period, is Zheng still continuing to rob our merchant ships?"

Li Yan said: "Yes, Mrs. Zheng saw that the adults were busy fighting against natural disasters and had no time to take care of other things, so they became more and more crazy. During this time, more than 24 merchant ships have been robbed by them, even the Xiyi fleet was not spared. A total of [-] Xiyi merchant ships were looted or even sunk by them, causing us to lose more than [-] tons of high-quality phosphate rock and guano, [-] tons of sulfur, [-] tons of saltpeter, [-] tons of tin ingots, and The roots of wood are everywhere!"

Yang Menglong clenched his fists: "He's got the guts of a bear, doesn't he, really think I dare not touch him?"

Li Yan looked worried: "The most serious thing is that many Jiangnan maritime merchants also pretended to be Zheng's fleet and robbed our merchant ships, which caused extremely heavy losses to Guangdong maritime merchants. Many Guangdong maritime merchants said that their business could not be done. ..."

Yang Menglong said sadly: "Okay, I really treat Lao Tzu as a harmless little white rabbit!" He punched the table and said, "Draft an order to let Han Peng's army prepare to enter Fujian." Prepare, collect ships at the same time, transport Xue Siming's army down the river, gather in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, build fortifications, and hoard supplies... Old man Qi is old and his energy is not enough. You have to help him. After these things are arranged properly , you come to Dengzhou to join me!"

Li Yan was startled: "My lord, you want to..."

Yang Menglong said harshly: "Some people are mentally flawed, and if they don't beat them to death, they won't be able to understand human speech!"

Li Yan smiled wryly. What he was most worried about was that Yang Menglong would send his troops to the east in a fit of anger and fight Zheng Zhilong to the death. This is definitely what Wenchen Group would like to see most.Zheng Zhilong is the overlord of the sea, unrivaled, and the Heluo new army is an invincible force on land. If there is a real fight, I am afraid that Zheng Zhilong can only be driven out of Fujian, and the Heluo new army is forced to follow Guangdong to the north. The long coastline of Fujian was fortified everywhere to prevent Zheng Zhilong from landing and looting. The entire Heluo New Army was nailed to the southeast coast, unable to do anything.With a dignified look, he cupped his hands and saluted: "My lord, think twice! The Denglai Navy is too weak and far from being the opponent of Zheng Shi. It will not do us any good to confront Zheng Shi!"

Yang Menglong said: "Never mind him, let's fight him first. If we don't fight, how will we know that I can't beat him? That's it. Let's make arrangements quickly!"

As soon as this guy got a bad temper, he couldn't drag eighteen horses back. Li Yan had no choice but to go to Qi Hu to discuss it.

Qi Hu was calm about this, and said with a smile: "Let him find it, how do you know if you can't win if you don't fight?"

Li Yan was in a hurry: "Old Qi, even you are confused? The Zheng family owns three thousand warships, what about us? There are only sixty ships at full count, even if all the armed merchant ships are added up, it is only three hundred ships. The strength is so strong. The disparity is huge, how can we fight!?"

Qi Hu said: "This is where the wisdom of our staff officers is tested, as well as the courage of the new army and the courage of Lord Marquis. I believe we can stand the test."

Li Yan sighed: "I hope so!" The number one and number two figures in the Heluo New Army both decided to fight. It was useless to persuade him. The only thing he could do was to act quickly to help Yang Menglong raise military supplies, make suggestions, and do his best. The duty of a counselor.

One of Yang Menglong's characteristics is that he acted swiftly and resolutely. The next day, he took Catherine and twenty personal guards and set off for Shandong—the fleet was all there, so he had to go and see how his fleet was training.

When I passed by Xinyang, I saw that a large area of ​​barren hills in Xinyang had been reclaimed and planted with tea trees. Last year, I exported black tea to Europe and the Middle East. The profit was quite amazing, which made the eyes of Xinyang people shine. Those who have land continue to farm, and those who have no land Planting tea in the barren mountains is also a way, and the unemployed refugees in Xinyang Prefecture have almost disappeared.Zhaji Chongweng pointed to the reclaimed barren hills in the distance, and sighed: "With this momentum, in at most two years, the barren hills in Xinyang Prefecture will be completely reclaimed!"

Shi Tianbao smiled: "This is a good thing. Now that tea is planted, the people will have more income and their lives will be much easier."

Zhaji Chongweng said: "It's a pity that the place where we Li people live is too remote, and the mountains are full of big trees and rocks, so there is no way to cultivate them. Otherwise, we can also grow tea."

Shi Tianbao smiled: "So we all moved to Annan, where the land is good, and we can grow whatever we want."

The two guys laughed sinisterly in unison...

Yang Menglong yelled: "Don't smile like a weasel who stole a chicken but didn't get caught. It's not good to scare the children... I have a situation!" Just as he was lecturing people with a straight face, a whistle came through the air. It scraped against his scalp, and with a beep, it was nailed to a tree more than ten meters away. The arrow shaft buzzed and vibrated, scaring him into a cold sweat.The guards were all startled. They surrounded Yang Menglong like lightning and blocked Yang Menglong in the middle. Their swords were at war. Zaji Chongweng even pulled out two pistols and shouted sternly: "Who dares to hurt someone with a secret arrow? Come out!"

What responded to him was laughter like silver bells, the sound of fast hooves, and several heroic women galloping over on fierce horses, holding strong bows. The leader with long hair shawl, wearing a fiery red fighting spirit, came at full speed. Flying wildly like a cloud of fire, who else could it be if it wasn't Hong Niang?The red lady glared at the guards who were pointing at her with crossbows and pistols, as if they were facing an enemy, and laughed and scolded: "Why, you don't know me anymore?"

The guards' expressions were steely and unmoved. Zhaji Chongweng and Shi Tianbao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison: "Red Lady, is this joke a little too much?"

The red lady said: "I wanted to shoot a bird that was sitting on the top of a tree, but I missed it, and it wasn't intentional!" Looking at Yang Menglong, she showed concern: "No... Didn't hurt you, did it?"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "If you could shoot more accurately, I wouldn't be able to see you!"

The red lady looked very happy: "So, you came to see me specially!"

Yang Menglong said, "No..."

The red lady interrupted: "Needless to say, I understand, I understand!" Seeing her complacent look, it would be hell to understand!She raised her hand and pointed to the distance: "This is not far from my cottage, go there to have a meal and drink a drink."

Yang Menglong said: "No more, I have to hurry."

The red lady's face darkened...

Yang Menglong hurriedly changed his words: "Since you are so enthusiastic, then I would rather obey your orders than be respectful! Brothers, let's go and eat!"

A group of personal guards all showed horrible expressions... Boss, can you be more courageous! ?
Yang Menglong naturally knew what these boys were thinking. The problem was, he didn't dare not give the red lady this face, otherwise he would pinch his face and scalp, which would be even more embarrassing... Why do you look at it with such contempt? I?What catches your eyes?When you meet such a tigress with a bad temper and serious violent tendencies, you will understand how I feel now!

The Red Lady’s old home was originally located in Jigong Mountain. There was an extremely strong camp built on the dangerous mountain road. There were also a large number of desperadoes with high martial arts skills and bravery. In addition, the Red Lady herself was proficient in the art of war. The officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed her several times. She was beaten until her nose was bruised and her face was swollen.Now that Xinyang is at peace, many of her people have returned to their hometowns to open up wasteland and cultivate land. She has also moved out of the remote and dangerous Jigong Mountain and moved to Zhaihe River to build a cottage there.Yang Menglong and others came all the way and saw that this area was densely covered with terraces, paddy fields, and ditches. It was a charming pastoral scenery.Yang Menglong smiled and said to the red lady: "You can even close the door and become a local housewife!"

The red lady said: "If possible, I would really like to be a local housewife behind closed doors. Only a devil would be willing to lick blood with a knife if she has a peaceful life."

While speaking, he has already entered the cottage.The red lady clapped her hands, and a large group of capable girls ran over, took the prey she had brought back, and quickly peeled off the skin and guts, braised in soy sauce, stewed in stewed soup, after they skinned a plump civet cat Put it on the fire and roast it slowly until the oil stars burst out.Yang Menglong's group of guards rubbed their hands one by one, not knowing what to do, Yang Menglong turned his head and gave this group of disappointing guys a hard look: "You are all too idle to feel uncomfortable, right?"

The guards smiled awkwardly...

Yang Menglong said: "If you have nothing to do, go and help. I let girls do everything. Are you embarrassed?"

The guards ran over like Feng Lunyin, and they all rushed over to help the girls with work... Yang Menglong shook his head and said to himself: "A group of idiots, I even have to teach you how to please girls, really You are hopelessly stupid!"

The red lady volunteered to take over the job of roasting the civet cat, and Yang Menglong accompanied her. Everyone deliberately avoided it, leaving a private space for these two.The two of them didn't seem to understand the painstaking efforts of their subordinates, they chatted casually while roasting the civet cats, but didn't get into the topic.

Yang Menglong asked with a smile: "Have you had a good year?"

The red lady turned the civet so that it could be heated evenly: "It's okay, thanks to you, those bastards in Xinyang who eat people's food and don't do anything about people are finally enlightened, and they are willing to do something, so I am much more relaxed. When I have nothing to do, I go hunting in the mountains, or go out on horseback to relax, and the days pass like this.” Pointing to the terraced fields on the back mountain, “When I have nothing to do, I organize the refugees to reclaim wasteland and plant rice and wheat. Quite fulfilling.”

Yang Menglong said: "That's right, it would be nice for everyone to farm and make money together, but it's so boring to run into the state and rob houses!"

The red lady glanced at him: "That's because farming can survive now! There was no way to survive farming two years ago. Is there any other choice besides killing the rich and helping the poor?"

Yang Menglong was suddenly embarrassed: "Uh... that's true." Seeing that the civet was already burnt to a crispy brown, he shouted happily: "Sprinkle cumin, sprinkle more cumin to make it more flavorful!"

The red lady blocked his hand with one hand: "Sprinkle so much cumin, this meat is still edible? You just sit down and don't need your help!" Sprinkle cumin on the civet meat, She had experienced Yang Menglong's cooking skills, but she didn't want to try it again.While spreading cumin, she asked: "By the way, you are in a hurry, where are you going?"

Yang Menglong said, "Go to Dengzhou."

The red lady was taken aback: "Why are you going to Dengzhou?"

Yang Menglong said: "Some people want to go against me and specifically rob me and the merchant ships that have trade relations with me. They have caused me heavy losses. I can't do it without teaching them a lesson."

The red lady said, "I've heard about this too, what are you going to do about it?"

Yang Menglong said: "No need to deal with it, just kill the person who played tricks on me and the matter will be solved."

The red lady clapped her hands and called, "You have courage, that's what I like about you!" She cut off a large piece of the most tender meat with a dagger and handed it to Yang Menglong, who tore off a civet's hind leg and bit a large piece , and then took out a flat flagon jug and took a big sip as if by magic, and threw the flagon flagon to Yang Menglong: "I'm going too! Staying in Xinyang is boring to death, and fighting is such a fun thing, you must take me with you!"

(End of this chapter)