After Zhang Zhi left, Zhang Xianzhong thought for a long time and finally decided to do what Zhao Yan said.

This time, Zhao Yan was on the side, and it was impossible for him to rob him again. It was useless to pinch the hundreds of thousands of people in his hand.

When he was asked to Xiong Wencan, he naturally could not afford these people, and the court could not afford them. Self-heating was to find out Baojia and escort him back to his hometown.

If you use these fifteen refugees to exchange for safety, it would be a great deal.

The only concern is whether Zhao Yan breaks his promise. However, Zhao Yan's reputation has always been good. This time, he will vigorously recruit other thieves from various tribes, so he will naturally not lose his reputation for him.

Only after understanding this point did Zhang Xianzhong make the most decision.

Zhang Xianzhong immediately ruled out the envoy and went to negotiate this issue with Zhao Yan. At the same time, he was in the camp and made public the issue of the repressed official army.

In less than half a day, everyone in Zhang Xianzhong's army knew about the plan to be restrained.

"The king intends to be dependent on Xiong Wencan, but Xiong Wencan cannot place his brothers and sisters in the camp, so let us go to General Zhao to be dependent on him. General Zhao will give us land and exempt us from tax for three years. If you go to Shandong, you will be able to get fifty acres of land! If you have the courage to go to Liaodong, a family may get three hundred acres of land!"

"Yes! Yes! Now that the king is entrusted, the general will not come to suppress us. There will be land to be distributed to us in the future."

The atmosphere inside the thief suddenly became warm and everyone was excited about the news.

The reason why Zhang Xianzhong revealed the news was that Zhao Yan dared not go back on his word. If no one in the world knew about this, Zhao Yan would do whatever he wanted. No one knew about it anyway.

But now that the news is spread, Zhao Yan will be jealous and naturally cannot be able to attack him. If you dare to attack him, your reputation will be ruined.

After two days of bargaining, Zhang Xianzhong was finally willing to hand over all the 500,000 refugees and only took 3,000 people to Xiong Wencan to comfort him.

As for the robbery, 30% of the money was handed over.

This is Zhao Yan's reserve price. If Zhang Xianzhong doesn't pay it, he can use this excuse to wipe him out, because when Han Sheng or Liu Guo can touch him, his body will be stripped of everything and there will be no copper coins left.

Zhang Xianzhong was very upset. He had known that he would no longer be greedy for this money. When he heard that Zhao Shaxing was advancing westward, he directly stroked Xiong Wencan, so that he was completely bitten by Zhao Shaxing.

Zhang Xianzhong knew Zhao Shaxing's Shandong Army best of their strength. He was defeated twice by Shandong soldiers.

Especially during that ambush, the Shandong army was angry at his ambush, and Ye horse chased for 300 miles without stopping. That time, his legs almost broke, and he escaped from the Shandong army. Without thinking about that battle, Zhang Xianzhong was still very palpitations.

This time, if Zhao Shaxing resists again, if he resists, he will be easily pinched to death by Zhao Shaxing like an ant, without any room for anything.

Five hundred thousand refugees all put down their weapons on the ninth day of the seventh month and went to Zhao Yan to comfort him. Zhao Yan was so happy that he smiled.

If you enter the suppression, you will inevitably have to chase and run for a while. Not only will you waste your energy, but you will not get so many people. It is inevitable that some refugees will escape or be killed in battle.

As for Zhang Xianzhong, it doesn’t matter whether he or she will suppress it or not. Just give it to Xiong Wencan for a headache! He only has the population.

After controlling the 500,000 refugees, Mao Yuanyi said to Zhao Yan: "Lord, Zhang Xianzhong has already obtained the 500,000 people. Now he can lead his troops to Shaanxi and recruit people to Shandong. If Shaanxi can take two roads, one from Sichuan and the other from Tongguan, or Tongguan."

"The troops are divided into two groups, we will advance from Sichuan." Zhao Yan said, and Mao Yuanyi was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Shu is dangerous and may not be easy to march."

"It's okay, go to Sichuan to take a look." Zhao Yan was very curious about the situation in Sichuan. In history, Sichuan was slaughtered by the Qing Dynasty and was desolate for thousands of miles. Finally, it was restored by the method of filling Sichuan with Huguang. Many people think that this was done by Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong went to Sichuan to kill people, but there were definitely not many, all of them were dirty water poured by the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Xianzhong was just a scapegoat for the Qing Dynasty. The so-called Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered Sichuan was completely untenable. At most, the number of people killed by Sichuan should be the Qing Dynasty (a reader: Nonsense, there is a clear record of the Qing Dynasty that Zhang Xianzhong massacred 400 million Sichuan people. At that time, there were only 300 million people in the world. It can be seen how cruel Zhang Xianzhong was-!).

Sichuan people of this era are different from Sichuan people in later generations. The civilization of Shu people was very long and had already formed during the Qin Dynasty. However, this civilization was brought by the historical books with the phrase "no rituals and music". Zhao Yan had no impression of Sichuan in this era. Zhao Yan went to Sichuan to see what the customs and culture of Sichuan are like, so that he had a clear mind and would not be completely unaware of it.

With Zhao Yan's insistence, the march route was formulated in this way. Mao Yuanyi led the staff in half, half with Han Sheng's Fourth Infantry Battalion and 4,000 cavalrymen to Tongguan and Shaanxi, with Qin Zhiyuan as the chief general.

Zhao Yan led the first infantry battalion of the Liaodong Army who was the Youxuefeng and another battalion of cavalry to enter Sichuan by water. As for Mao Yuanyi, he stayed in the Central Plains to dispatch food.

On July 16th, after six days of collecting ships, there were finally enough ships. Zhao Yan took his men onto the ship and entered Sichuan to suppress the thieves, heading towards Sichuan, which is known as the country of Tianfu.

Qin Zhiyuan led another group of troops to Tongguan north to Shaanxi. Zhao Yan's entry into Sichuan this time also meant to gather refugees in Sichuan.

It’s just that along the Yangtze River, the mountains on both sides are steep, just like Li Bai’s "Early Falling Baidi City".

When you get upstream, you can't get on the boat anymore and you have to rely on a boatman to pull it.

Those boatmen are lucky. If someone sends troops to Sichuan, they will be forced to pull the fiber without paying them.

Zhao Yan was sad to see that he made people pay half a penny of money to the boatman every day. This made the boatman very energetic and shouted horns to pull the boats up one by one.

The road was quite smooth, and Zhao Yan entered Sichuan unimpeded. When the officers and soldiers at the pass saw that it was the Shandong army entering Sichuan, they did not dare to stop them, so they all let them go one by one.

On July 20, Zhao Yan arrived in Yucheng, and more than 10,000 troops began to be in Yucheng.

As soon as Zhao Yan arrived in Yucheng, Sichuan Governor Shao Jiechun had already been waiting here. Zhao Yan's Shandong was disciplined and did not violate the people along the way. Naturally, he was popular everywhere, especially when the thieves were raging.

Although the thieves in Sichuan are not very serious, there are often thieves who jump into Sichuan.

In the queue to welcome officials, Zhao Yan saw a female general in her forties. The female general was elegant and nearly 1.9 meters tall, which was very prominent among the Sichuan officials.

This female general is probably Qin Liangyu.

After Zhao Yan and Shao Jiechun exchanged greetings, they asked the female general: "Dare you ask your wife, is Qin Liangyu, a famous female hero in the world?"

"The general is too rewarded, and he is the old woman. If he is famous all over the world, the general is the number one person in the Ming Dynasty." Qin Liangyu said with his fists.

"I have met my wife. My wife is different from my younger generation. You are a hero among girls." Zhao Yan respected her very much. He was very happy to see the hero among girls in Yucheng.

Mulan is too far away. To talk about the heroine, Qin Liangyu's achievements are definitely unprecedented and no one has come. However, during the Cultural Revolution, he was still regarded as a chieftain and was scattered into the grave.

"I heard that the Shandong army is strong, if the general is free, can the subordinates go to visit?" Qin Liangyu saw that Zhao Yan respected him very much, so he expressed his intention to visit.

"If my wife comes to visit the Shandong army, she will be free after the banquet." Zhao Yan said with a smile.

Shao Jiechun smiled and said at this time: "General Jianwei and General Zhendong are both my Ming Tiger General. When we meet, we should consider each other's methods of commanding troops to destroy the bandits in the world. The wine and food have been prepared for a long time, so General Jianwei invites you."

"Please, please." Zhao Yan also smiled and reached out and said. After entering the restaurant, Shao Jiechun had already prepared several luxurious banquets.

Zhao Yan did not react when he saw such a luxurious banquet. Although he hated the extravagance and waste of the officialdom, he could not control this era, but his officials would definitely not allow this.

During the meal, Shao Jiechun asked Zhao Yan: "General Jianwei has any plans to enter Sichuan this time?"

"I'm not hiding the military. I just recovered the southeastern region in Liaodong two months ago, and there was still a 3,000-mile territory in Korea. However, Liaodong and North Korea's Jianli have been rampant for many years, and the population is too sparse. I heard that there are many poor people in Shu, so I went to Sichuan to recruit poor people to fill the land of Liaodong and North Korea." Zhao Yan said to Shao Jiechun, "The bandits have been repeatedly suppressed and revived, and they are all because the poor people have no livelihood and become bandits. If the poor people in Shu are moved to Shandong, Liaodong, and North Korea, the bandits have no choice."

"The land in Shu is occupied by eight or nine out of ten by the vassal kings, so there are many poor people. If the general can move some poor people to Liaodong, it will be a great charity." Shao Jiechun said.

At this time, Qin Liangyu asked, "It may be inappropriate to put the barriers of our Ming people in the past North Korea."

"The King of Korea surrendered to Jianlu, and my official has arrested him. Korea has been the land of China since the Han and Tang Dynasties. This time, North Korea will not exist. I will report to the emperor and change Korea to Lelang County and restore my Chinese territory." Zhao Yan's words shocked everyone present.

"Where is the King of Korea?" Shao Jiechun asked dumbfoundedly. That's a barrier! Zhao Yan was going to destroy it.

"It has been pressed to Shandong, and after a while, I will be taken to the capital for trial." Zhao Yan said, without any intention of hiding this matter. The King of Korea surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was full of people and stolen evidence. If Chongzhen disagreed, he would not be able to do so. Anyway, North Korea has been destroyed.

When everyone asked what the crime had been committed by the King of Joseon, Zhao Yan took out the monument erected by the King of Joseon. After hearing this, everyone knew the trick in their hearts. It was obvious that Zhao Yan was coveting the country of Korea, so he made a big fuss.

However, everyone did not say more about this matter, and Qin Liangyu did not say more. Everyone turned the topic to the thief in a short while.

After the banquet, in order to make Shao Jiechun more cooperative, Zhao Yan immediately sent him 30,000 taels of silver. Shao Jiechun received the silver and immediately made a guarantee. He even said that Zhao Yan didn't need to worry about recruiting the poor, and he could recruit hundreds of thousands of poor people within a month.

Second, Qin Liangyu brought a team of personal soldiers to visit Zhao Yan's military camp. Zhao Yan hurried to greet him and accompanied Qin Liangyu to visit the camp in person.

Qin Liangyu's white-rod soldiers were the most powerful among the various official troops in the Ming Dynasty. However, compared with Zhao Yan's soldiers, the gap was still very big. The biggest difference was in the firearms.

Zhao Yan asked someone to demonstrate firearms, cannons, rockets and other firearms to Qin Liangyu, which shocked Qin Liangyu. In terms of the most proud spearmen, the spearmen of the Shandong Army were not inferior to her white pole soldiers, but they were not as good as her white pole soldiers in mountain combat.

"Mrs.'s bravery is not as feared as a rat than the various officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. If the lady wants firearms, she can go from me. However, I am very curious about my wife's white-rod soldiers. Can I teach you some of the methods of training?" Zhao Yan said to Qin Liangyu.

"General, take this truth?" Qin Liangyu was overjoyed. If there were these excellent firearms in the army, his combat effectiveness would have increased sharply.

"I'm serious, every month I'll send some shells into Shaanxi." Zhao Yan said to Qin Liangyu. He was more envious of the training method of the Baigang Soldier.

Qin Liangyu's white-rod soldiers fought swiftly in the mountains, which was something that the Shandong army could not compare with. If Qin Liangyu had the training method, he could set up a special mountain force and sent it to Japan to deal with the Japanese army.

"Then I thank you, General... Are there fifty gates?" Qin Liangyu thought for a while before he came up with a number that felt between reliable and unreliable.

"Then there are fifty doors." Zhao Yan agreed immediately.

...After two days, Zhao Yan left ten artillery soldiers to follow Qin Liangyu back to the stone pillar, and he took his troops to Chengdu. During the two days, Zhao Yan gained a lot.

Not only did he get the method of Qin Liangyu's white-rod soldiers fighting in the mountains, but he also got the "Sichuan Defense Map" drawn by Qin Liangyu, which contained more than 40 channels to enter and exit from Shu that Qin Liangyu sent people to explore.

These passages in and out of Shu were all the defensive omissions of the Ming army. As long as heavy troops were sent to block these forty passages, the bandits could not fly in even if they had wings.

Zhao Yan was overjoyed and left a thousand pairs of plate armor for Qin Liangyu.

Shao Jiechun was also heading to Chengdu with Zhao Yan. His governor's yamen was in Chengdu. Zhao Yan did not walk very quickly along the way, but was experiencing the customs and customs of Sichuan everywhere.

However, what puzzled Zhao Yan was that the accent he saw was not much different from that of the Sichuan people in later generations. This means that although the Sichuan people were massacred by the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty, they did not die. The filling of Sichuan in Huguang only brought a certain degree of influence to Sichuan.

At the same time, as we entered the Sichuan Basin, the atmosphere we saw became more and more leisurely. Of course, this refers to the rich peasants, landlords, gentry and so on, and the poor people everywhere.

In Sichuan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the degree of land annexation was definitely one of the provinces that ranked the most, and the share of vassal kings was rare in each province.

Sixty or seventeen out of ten people in Sichuan are tenants of the vassal kings, and they have to pay rent to the vassal kings every year.

However, Sichuan has rich products and a mild climate. Compared with provinces of the same latitude, grain can be more diverse in one quarter, and grain output is higher, so the people can barely survive.

It is precisely for this reason that there were not many thieves in Sichuan in the late Ming Dynasty, and all thieves could not develop greatly in Sichuan. The reason why they fell at the hands of Zhang Xianzhong was entirely due to the inconsistent command of officials. Shao Jiechun, who went to Chengdu with Zhao Yan, was the culprit.

Zhao Yan had to recruit people in Sichuan, and Shao Jiechun needed to help him.

After collecting Zhao Yan's money, Shao Jiechun immediately cooperated with Zhao Yan to issue a notice in various towns and villages, vigorously promoting Zhao Yan's immigration policy.

Zhao Yan also sent personnel to set up immigration registration offices in various towns.

At the same time, fearing that no one would be recruited, Zhao Yan also increased immigration treatment in Sichuan, raising the tax exemption for three years to four years, and also opened North Korea to Sichuan people.

North Korea is different from Liaodong. North Korea is controlled by Zhao Yan because it is controlled by Zhao Yan. The Qing army will definitely not be able to defeat the river, and there will definitely be no military disasters there.

The number of land acres distributed is also 300 acres per household.

Three hundred acres of land, this number is absolutely scary. Then you can become a small landlord. As long as you manage it well, you can live a prosperous life.
To be continued...