First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 126

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If it is said that the most lost city in history, Yangzhou can also enter the top three without saying first.

Since the completion of the Grand Canal, Yangzhou has been located on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and has guarded the key points of the canal. The combined transportation of rivers and rivers has an invincible location. It is probably the future of Shanghai.

The advantage of Yangzhou is not just its location. Yangzhou is close to the main production area of ​​sea salt. Salt merchants from Lianghuai and Huai gather in Yangzhou. These salt merchants who hold the wealth of the world have piled up the prosperity of Yangzhou with countless gold and silver.

That might be dry, but Zhou Huiniang can tell from Zhou Huiniang that, except for Yangzhou, where is willing to spend so much effort to cultivate a brothel singer.

If you are in Haozhou, you will go bankrupt before you wait for the guests to come to your door. There is no market and no spending power.

Only Yangzhou, where the wealth of the world is gathered, can have such a large handwriting.

And once a woman becomes an oiran, she is a daughter of gold, and countless people admire her. Between the brothel and the oiran, she is not a simple master and servant, but a partner, and can even enjoy some dividends.

Of course, the premise is that they must reach that height. Ordinary girls, and even some outstanding ones, are just dolls and cash cows in their hands, and they are not qualified to be equal.

But at the level of Zhou Huiniang, the situation is different. She can let those wealthy princes bow their heads to their ears. The brothel is in trouble and needs her to resolve it. If she has been squeezed, she simply breaks the jar and encourages those benefactors to attack the brothel, it will not end well.

Because of these, Zhou Huiniang had the opportunity to escape from Yangzhou.

It is also ironic. The brothel tried hard to cultivate and asked Zhou Huiniang to read more. She did read a lot, and it was beyond the control of the brothel. She realized that she didn't want to be a cash cow anymore. She wanted to live for herself and decided to take refuge in Zhu's family.

This is quite a bit of the British MI6's painstaking effort to select talents and send them to learn Russian to prepare to deal with Moscow. As a result, they have learned the theory of capital well, and in turn sold the British to the sense of sight.

But in any case, Yangzhou is still one of the leading metropolises at the moment. In terms of population size, it is even larger than Zhu Yuanzhang's celebration.

If he plots to occupy Yangzhou and occupy this city, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength will be improved by leaps and bounds.

Now that Yuan Ting has decided to quit and get rid of it, the army of several hundred thousand yuan is not worth mentioning, the next step is to **** the spoils.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng are the only two who are eligible to participate in this banquet, but at this moment Lao Zhang is still surrounded by Gaoyou, dying.

But Lao Zhu completely seized the opportunity.

Judging from the current situation, Gaoyou, Baoying, Taizhou, and Yancheng were all controlled by Zhang Shicheng in the past, and they were mainly salt workers. They were separated from the main force of Lao Zhu by the canal. They wanted to annex them all. There are many difficulties, and there is a high probability that it will still fall into Zhang Shicheng's hands.

But Yangzhou was talking about it, and the fact that Feng Guoyong was dispatched to seize Zhenzhou had already paved the way for attacking Yangzhou.

In order to maintain the lives of 800,000 people in Yangzhou, it is not only the business exchanges, the prosperity of trade, the handicraft workshops in the city, the textile and iron smelting, papermaking and printing...These industries are quite developed, with a large number of employees and a high level.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Yangzhou is taken, the treasures planned by Zhang Ximeng will be implemented immediately.

The existing weapons production scale can also be expanded tenfold.

There are artillery, blunderbuss!

As long as there is Yangzhou in, a few years later, it will be able to explode.

Behind a Yangzhou, there are so many things represented.

Zhang Ximeng kept chatting about his imagination on the road, and even said that Lao Zhu was full of enthusiasm and heart.

I have long heard that Yangzhou is good, but I didn't expect it to be so important!

"No matter how much you pay, you must win Yangzhou!" Lao Zhu made up his mind.

No matter what you do, you must know yourself and the enemy.

There is an urgent need to investigate the situation in Yangzhou.

"Sir, if you don't dislike it, let me go!" The speaker was Xiaoju, who was Zhou Huiniang's little maid... Ever since Zhou Huiniang and Jiang Puxin went to Dadu, Zhang Ximeng has let the little girl be by his side.

He didn't mean anything as a jerk, just to take good care of her, and when Zhou Huiniang came back, he would return the little girl to her.

At this moment, Xiaoju stood up, and she was going to Yangzhou to investigate the situation.

Don't tell me, looking around Zhang Ximeng, there is really no one who knows Yangzhou better than Xiaoju.

But the problem is that she, a teenage girl, Jiaojiao Didi, how to sneak into Yangzhou, and what to do if something happens?

Zhang Ximeng firmly disagrees, but Xiaoju's attitude is very firm, this girl is also a bit stubborn!

"The girl went to Dadu, and the third uncle also went. They are all a hundred times more dangerous than me! Can't I go back to Yangzhou? I was sold to Yangzhou when I was eight years old. I know the situation best. Besides me, who else can I use? ?"

Zhang Ximeng said with a sullen face: "Nonetheless, do you know what to look for? Do you know which news is useful? You ran for nothing, taking the risk, and you didn't know anything. What did you do?"

Xiaoju, who was criticized, lowered her head. She fiddled with her clothes and suddenly raised her head again, "I want to repay! You, you gave me so many fields, I, I can't eat for nothing! This is what the girl told me, we are If you don't understand the Zhien Illustrated Report, it will be even worse!"

The little girl was excited when she said it, tears filled her eyes, she tried hard, but still rolled down, looking very pitiful. Sure enough, there are any masters, there are servants, this girl is really similar to Zhou Huiniang, although she is a weak woman, she has a different kind of bravery.

At this moment, a kid suddenly squeezed in.

"I, follow her! I can protect her!"

The speaker turned out to be Sapphire.

Zhang Ximeng was also startled, "Are you going?"

"Yeah, I haven't been to Yangzhou Mile yet, let me go. I'm very smart and can also martial arts. I can't be beaten by a few ordinary people."

This sentence Zhang Ximeng admits that Lan Yu is a tiger-headed brain, very strong, like a little calf.

After following his brother-in-law to join the army, Lan Yu went to school and practice martial arts every day, and she jumped up a bit, just like the bamboo shoots in the spring, every day, and her skills improved a lot.

He is not too old, just so confusing, let him accompany Xiaoju to the city, let alone really hope to accomplish big things.

"Then do you know what news to check after entering Yangzhou?"

"I know, it's not just the hearts of the army and the people, let's see how the Yuan army is stationed in Yangzhou, and whether there is an opportunity to take it..." Lan Yu talked eloquently, full of confidence.

Zhang Ximeng nodded, but thought about it for a long time. Then he said: "You can enter Yangzhou, but remember, you can't bump into it. It's best to shoot the people in the original brothel, Xiaoju to strike up a conversation, Lanyu, you find a way to get people Bring it out, I'll ask directly, it's more secure!"

When Lan Yu heard this, Le Diandian agreed. He grabbed the tangerine with tears and laughed, ran out in one breath, and quickly changed his disguise.

Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyelids. Why did it smell sour? When did Sapphire be so good with Xiaoju?

"Sir, you are too slow."

Li Wenzhong said unceremoniously.

Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyes with anger, "Your kid is quicker than me, right?"

Li Wenzhong shrugged, "Anyway, my father has already chosen a marriage for me. As soon as I am sixteen, let my uncle help to preside over the marriage... Sir, you have to hurry up!"

"Bah!" Zhang Ximeng sipped Li Wenzhong directly, "I entered the tomb at the age of sixteen. You are hopeless in your life. Curse you for having a son who will worry about your life!"

Li Wenzhong didn't care at all, it was better than being a single dog!

Zhang Ximeng simply didn't bother to pay attention to him. When your baby son was born, you would know that it would be a disadvantage if you didn't listen to the old man's words. Zhang Ximeng turned his back with his hands behind his back, went out, called Lan Yu over again, and explained carefully, only then did he agree that the two of them disguised themselves and mixed into Yangzhou.

About a day and a half later, Lan Yu and Xiao Ju returned, along with an old boatman, who was named Lao Qi, who was also the old man Zhou Huiniang painted a boat.

Lao Qi rowed a boat, his wife cooks dishes with excellent craftsmanship, and is also very famous in Yangzhou.

Even people often say that Zhou Oikui's painting boats have three unique features. In addition to color and art, they are all about eating!

It's just that this stunt is not from Zhou Hui's wife, but from the Seventh Sister-in-law.

"Master, save Yangzhou! Help!"

Old Qi knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, and stunned Zhang Ximeng, "Is the situation in Yangzhou bad?"

"It's not only bad, it has become a region, and people cannibalize people!"

Zhang Ximeng was even more surprised. He asked Lao Qi to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and asked Lao Qi to slowly say, why did Yangzhou, which is like a paradise, become like this?

Old Qi sighed and told the story... Originally, Zhang Shicheng had been involved in Yangzhou briefly, and Zhou Huiniang ran away at that time.

But then the main force of the Yuan army came and Zhang Shicheng was trapped in Gaoyou, and Yangzhou fell into the hands of the Nanwang Pluopuhua of Yuanting Town.

After the Yuan army entered Yangzhou, there was naturally a lot of looting and killing, needless to say.

Some wealthy businessmen and literati with good strength secretly escaped and went to the south of the Yangtze River to avoid disaster.

But most people stay in Yangzhou.

Where can you run in the chaos? It is the best at home. Breaking the home is worth a lot of money and relocating. Who wants to be a mourner outside?

The common people feel that as long as they endure, it will pass, and they will not sacrifice the population.

But gradually, the people discovered something was wrong.

Since Gaoyou was still in Zhang Shicheng's hands, the canal was cut off, and Yuan Ting became more dependent on shipping. The grain from the south of the Yangtze River was shipped directly to Beijing by sea, and Yangzhou was left aside.

You must know that the food is not only the supply! There is still a lot of grain to go north with the watercraft, and cities along the way must rely on this grain to fill their stomachs, especially in Yangzhou, where 800,000 people eat and drink, what an astronomical figure!

But no one would have thought that the water transport was cut off and the Yuan army and the Red Turban army fought **** battles, and the first unlucky one turned out to be Yangzhou!

Worse things also followed. There were still tens of thousands of horses in the hands of King Puluopuhua in Dayuan Town. They actually collected food on the spot, and the people of Yangzhou, who didn't have enough food, suddenly worsened the situation.

"Master, quickly save Yangzhou. The dog thieves of the Yuan Army deceived people a few days ago, saying that Gaoyou City was broken, the water transport was restored, and everything was there. But it has been almost three months, and the city has not been there for a long time. After eating, our couple hid on the boat, relying on the silver jewelry rewarded by the previous girl, and we could exchange some food in front of us, but just the day before yesterday, a few human leg bones floated by our boat, one must be Those refugees, as well as the folks in the business, have no means to work, and are hungry, so they eat human flesh!"

Old Qi trembling hands, tears streaming down the old man.

The heavenly place ~www.mtlnovel.com~ has started to eat people!

How could Zhang Ximeng not be shocked.

In fact, in history, during the late Yuan Dynasty, Yangzhou did suffer disaster. After the defeat in the army, there was a man named Zhang Mingjian, who controlled a group of people, called the Qingjun, also called the Pikemen, and occupied Yangzhou.

This Zhang Mingjian has a terrifying hobby. He likes to eat human flesh with human blood, eating one piece at a time... Little Arming at the end of the Yuan Dynasty!

Later, Zhang Mingjian was defeated by Miao Tycoon sent by Zhu Yuanzhang and captured Yangzhou.

At this time, count Yangzhou household registration, only 18 households are left!

That's right, from 800,000 people to only 18 households!

Some people say that Zhang Mingjian is a cannibal king, who has eaten tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands... Obviously, this is impossible. Zhang Mingjian should be cannibalistic, but he lives on human flesh all day long. , People are not people and ghosts are not ghosts a long time ago, the consequences of cannibalism can be known by referring to mad cow disease.

Since Zhang Mingjian didn't eat so many people, where did the people of Yangzhou go?

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Yangzhou is relying on the Yangtze River and the canal to gather 800,000 people, and the food produced in Yangzhou is not enough for so many people to eat and must be transported from outside.

However, in the chaos of war, the water transportation was stopped, and transportation on the Yangtze River was also restricted. There was no food. What other choice did ordinary people have besides fleeing to death?

Naturally, the city of 800,000 people disappeared, leaving only eighteen households!

This point is also true for later generations. If any big city cuts off the surrounding supply and no food and vegetables, the end of the citizens is guaranteed to be much worse than that of the people in the countryside!

"Food! Everything is food!"

Zhang Ximeng realized the crux of the matter, he stood up abruptly, and went to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

As long as there is enough food, you can win Yangzhou!

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