: Intensive

The construction site opposite the Duke of Weiguo Mansion is in full swing, with palaces and pavilions rising from the ground, magnificent and magnificent. The small lakes, islands in the middle of the lake, and rockery have also begun to take shape.

Xuanming Palace, which was half-built by the angry Emperor Zhengde, was demolished. All the work and materials were used for silver on this imperial temple. The discounted silver was used to rebuild the houses. The people who were driven out of the capital by Liu Jin and had nowhere to live or had their whole family crowded into small residences.

With these ready-made materials, the construction speed of Huang'an was so fast that Wei Bin was busy. Liu Jin fell, making this internal official who was close to Liu Jin very cautious in doing things in order to make up for his position in the emperor's mind. With him supervising construction on the construction site all day long, how could the foreman of each department not work hard?

Due to the war in Hebei and Shandong, many refugees fled to the capital. It is difficult to ensure security when these people are placed in the capital. In addition, the weather gradually becomes hotter and a large number of refugees enter Beijing. Once a plague occurs, it is very important. However, if the refugees do not resettle the imperial court, it is a dereliction of duty, and the desperate refugees will not be able to guarantee that there will be no accident.

Under Cheng Qiyun's instruction, Wei Bin asked to see the emperor and asked all these refugees to be moved to the western suburbs. Young and strong laborers joined the construction army, and women and children could also do the work of planting flowers and grass. Some of them could also be placed in a small-scale worker for nearby landlords. In this way, a large number of cheap laborers were hired. They would not cause trouble if they had something to do and had food to eat. They could kill two birds with one stone.

Zhengde thought it was Wei Bin's idea, but he looked at him differently and praised him a few words. He was so happy that Wei Bin scratched his ears and faces, and he became more respectful when he saw Cheng Qiyun. At this moment, he was busy on the construction site, and the back flower yard of Duke Wei's mansion was also busy.

Gao Wenxin had married into the Yang Mansion, and his cousin was in the Imperial College. In order to take care of him, Gao Wenlan moved to the city to live, and the original yard was empty. Han Youniang took someone to demolish the low wall, vacate the three houses in the yard, arranged for Cheng Qiyun's maid to live in, and sent her a few maids.

Instead of staying in a guest room or study room, she set up a separate house in the back garden. Han Youniang's intention was beyond words. Cheng Qiyun's exquisite and clever heart, how could she not understand? Even though she was deceiving and cunning, except for having Yang Ling in her heart, looking at the world, I was the only one who let me down and not let others down. She still respected Han Youniang from the bottom of her heart.

What is Yang Ling's identity now? What is Han Youniang's identity? Even her son is the emperor's Yier-kan. The Yang family is the number one upstart in the capital. Han Youniang is willing to make such a statement. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, what she cares about is Han Youniang's lack of discrimination towards her, so she is naturally grateful.

Cheng Qiyun is rich, not to mention that she controls a huge amount of wealth that is as rich as a country, she can even use it to pull up an army at any time. Even the private money she accumulated before, it is more than enough to buy a large-scale department and court of Duke Weiguo's Mansion, but she wants to have a cone of land in the Yang Mansion, without Han Youniang nodding. That would never be possible.

This house was given by Han Youniang, and the decoration of the house and yard was handled by Cheng Qiyun. With her vision, the layout of the hall and yard is natural, elegant and generous, and unique. The small house is clever and unique in every way. Even Gao Wenxin, Yu Tangchun and other women who have seen a lot of knowledge were impressed.

The study room is an exquisite warm pavilion, with the windows remade, nearly doubled, with excellent lighting, and when the sun is full, the room is bright, but the light is soft and not dazzling. At this moment, Cheng Qiyun is sitting in front of the window with a flower wood desk. There is a stack of copywriting next to her left hand. The right hand is moist, and a red sandalwood ox horned shank is placed in the pen holder within reach.

A small post was slowly closed. Cheng Qiyun frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "Ling'er, this post is handed over to the account room to record the detailed accounts, and then transfer it to the general account room and the exchange account. The money must be allocated as soon as possible and start buying grain immediately. The court will collect grain from inland areas such as Shaanxi and other inland areas. Because Shanxi, Henan and Shandong are in trouble, they have to transport it from the river, the river directly out of the East China Sea, and then transport it from the sea to Shandong.

The court ordered the purchase of grain at the same time, then loaded it into the south, then transported it in rivers, rivers, and seas. It had to go through multiple yamen and multi-layer procedures, which was not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also extremely costly. We had ready-made stores and shops to purchase it, and even had our own docks and warehouses. If we took over, it would save at least one and a half percent of the money than the court's purchase and transportation, and the speed would be more than half a month faster.

The court is short of money, and they will not understand the account. Our business owner is in the Ministry of Revenue. Liu Zhong, the Minister of Revenue, just took office and was about to have a chance to make a difference. We only need to make half a profit and save 10% of the money for the court. As long as he weighs the price, he will definitely agree to this condition.

However, once the news comes out, other big businesses will definitely move. At least the grain prices in Shaanxi will definitely rise. If you take a step earlier, you can make a little more money. Taking this opportunity, we can also straighten out the freight channels from inland to coastal areas, take the opportunity to start our rice and grain industry land sign, and take the scale of water transportation on the mainland."

She looked on the back of the chair and smiled and said, "The court must not have given us cash. The Ministry of Revenue will most likely use the strategy of collecting millet at the same time, and provide salt and tea induced according to the amount of rice and grain we transported. In this way, we can take the opportunity to intervene in the salt and tea industries, quickly open up the situation in these two profitable industries, and then make money. Well, we will kill four birds with one stone."

"Yes, Miss," Chu Ling smiled and said, "If Master Yu knows what you think, he must praise you as a female god of wealth.

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "I can't compare to God of Wealth. I still learned this idea from him. I really don't know how the adults found this treasure. Wars in the world are not a good thing, but making profits in the war. For merchants, as long as they take appropriate measures, they will always be huge profits.

Alas! Who said that the lord was an official in the court? My heart was weak and I couldn't bear to earn the money from the official family. Otherwise, just because each ship of grain could be half a month earlier than the court, we would lose money if we earned all the 1.5% and half of the money we saved. How many problems should we solve half a month earlier? How many people would die? How much less labor freight would we save on the road? It would be strange if the Ministry of Revenue did not agree."

Chu Lingyanran said: "It can be said that Yu Caishen is a businessman who can make money. By the way, when fighting in the court, it requires a large number of horses, camps, armor, weapons, bows and medicinal materials. Except for medicinal materials that have been instructed to speed up the purchase in medicinal materials stores everywhere, the only other equipment comes from Liaodong.

Not only are there a large amount of cheap raw materials available to be manufactured immediately, but the quality is excellent. Yu Caishen went there to build several extremely large workshops, but he had a unique vision. Will we use our secret power to influence the procurement intention of the court?"

Cheng Qiyun hesitated for a moment and said, "No need. Now the court has just purged Liu Jin's party, the Censorate, and the Hanlin Academy have gained the upper hand again. All officials are cautious, afraid of making mistakes. Even if there are corrupt officials, they will not dare to make money in the country. The weapons, armor, bows and arrows produced in our Liaodong military and armor workshops are of the best quality and the price is fair. I hope they will be the first choice of the Ministry of War. There is no need to expose their relationship with us."

Chu Ling responded, Cheng Qiyun thought for a while and said, "Also, tell Yu Cai Shen to try to buy the Cheng horses of Mengren and Jurchens to sell them into the pass. We should try not to move horses in our ranch. It snowed heavily last winter. This year, the water and grass are abundant, so it is advisable to cultivate a large number of war horses. We should not lose the big because of small things, but look to the long-term.

Also. It doesn’t matter if you recruit more horse-walkers, it doesn’t matter if you have a little more. There are Jurchens, Tatars, Duoyan Guards, Liaodong military households and horse thieves. Various forces are complicated. Once something happens, these people can quickly organize into a well-trained and skilled cavalry. This is our military guarantee for various industries outside the pass.”……

The two arms dealers became happier and happier as they spoke. Yu Tangchun walked in unhappily. Cheng Qiyun hurriedly took the paperweight, pressed the punctuation on the table, stood up and smiled, "Yu'er is here, please sit down quickly. Ling'er brews tea, what's wrong with Yu'er?"

Yu Tangchun sat on a chair and sighed quietly: "It's nothing. The master soldier sent to Dezhou. Now he stays at home. It's okay if he doesn't know anything. Occasionally, he's even more concerned about it when he hears people talking about it."

She glanced at Cheng Qiyun and said, "I just went to the opposite construction site and saw the construction of the landlord's house. According to the refugees who escaped from Dezhou, Dezhou City had been attacked by the White-Clothing Army three times. At that time, the White-Clothing Army had just launched a military force and had only more than 10,000 troops. As a result, it was impossible to attack and then moved to the hinterland. Now, there are 30,000 horse thieves, which really makes people worry about the master."

When Cheng Qiyun heard this, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "You, don't worry about it. If the wife sees it, she will inevitably worry. In my opinion, there will be nothing wrong. The Duke is now respectful of his identity and cannot let him take a gun and jump on his horse and fight on the battlefield in person. He is just in the middle command and dispatching the entire army.

Dezhou is densely packed and high in the city. It has always been a place where the imperial court stationed troops and trained troops. The soldiers there are still very good at fighting. Moreover, there are now 60,000 troops stationed in Dezhou City, which is twice as big as the thief of the horse. There is really nothing to worry about to accompany the army to defend the city."

Yu Tangchun sighed a little and Yanran said, "Sister Yun would comfort people. When I told Xueer her own thoughts, she would just say, 'No problem, the master is in command of thousands of troops, even if he is in a high position, he has destroyed two of them with a divine musket. As a descendant of the Yang family general, he is so wise and magical.' He was really angry to death by her."

Chu Ling smiled when she heard this, and was about to say, "How wise and powerful is your master? Is it because he personally saw the power of Yang's gun?" Suddenly, he remembered the relationship between his lady and Yang Ling. This joke was hard to guarantee that she would not be annoyed, so he hurriedly pursed his lips.

Sister Yu looked at her in surprise and laughed for no reason, and then suddenly she was serious Chu Ling, then asked Cheng Qiyun: "Sister Yun, then according to you, will the Xiangmao thief retreat and give up attacking Dezhou?"

Cheng Qiyun pondered for a moment, her face became serious and said, "No, occupying Shandong, blocking the capital in the north, and controlling the Central Plains in the south should be a strategy set by the wise men among the rebels. Shandong's canal transportation is too important to the capital. Once the Grand Canal is cut off, it is equivalent to breaking the lifeline of the capital and making the capital an isolated island. This is far more serious than the Bazhou Xiangmata who rushed in and out of the capital near the capital, causing more damage to the court."

In addition, once Zhao Fengzi marched into Shanxi, he would definitely send troops to return east. At that time, the east and west echoed. After taking Henan, the throat of the capital was strangled, and food and grass could not be brought in, and taxes could not be brought in. Hundreds of thousands of troops would be defeated without food or pay, and the rebels could easily easily capture the head of the Ming Dynasty."

This is the reason why Yang Ling tried his best to eliminate or drive the White Army out of Shandong. In fact, Yang Ling also had an unknown worry: the emperor had no son, and there was no crown prince in the East Palace now. If the rebels allowed to establish a base under their noses, if the rebels could really break the city, the emperor would say that the vassal kings would fight for the legislature and the world would be out of control, then he could only sigh.

Cheng Qiyun pondered for a moment and said to herself: "The thieves have realized this and taking Dezhou is an attempt, so they will do their best. But......... Bazhou's 30,000 horses and iron cavalry are indeed a headache, but the real danger is Yang Hu's 100,000 army.

Even if Liu Liu conquered Bazhou, he could not control the entire Shandong territory with just 30,000 cavalry. To occupy Shandong, he had to rely on Yang Hu's men. I think he should be able to withstand the attack of 30,000 horses in Bazhou. It would be difficult to wipe out Yang Hu's army.

Facing the sound of horse thieves who come and go like the wind and have no way to follow, the court is like waving a thousand pounds of heavy hammers to hit cotton. If you can't use it with force, you will even lighten your waist if you accidentally. Apart from countering the moves, there is no good strategy. So you don't have to worry about the safety of adults. If you have to worry, you should also worry that he will be ineffective and will not be able to fight the bandits.

The lord should pacify the north, pacify the Japanese, pacify the barbarians, have wisdom and strong enemies, use force and political plans, which can be said to have come up with clever tricks. However, the bandits and horse bandits have no routine at all. How should they deal with moves? As the saying goes, kill the master's tyrant, and the white-clothed army's horse thieves are making them tyrant fists."

Chu Ling sighed, "Oh! I hope that Master Yang will never grow old and will never fall down!"

Yu Tang raised his eyebrows and blurted out: "My master. Of course, the sword is not old..."

Cheng Qiyun welcomed Yu Tangchun's eyes. As the two pairs of water eyes were flowing, they suddenly felt a sense of mutual appreciation. What the heroes and women saw were roughly the same.

The local army of Hua went deep into the hinterland of the grassland. Looking around, there were endless grasslands on all sides, and in the empty world, it seemed that they were the only ones. Along the way, they attacked the camps and destroyed the villages, and the camps belonging to Boyan were removed one by one, and the march was very fast.

Because Boyan secretly recruited soldiers from various divisions to send troops to Datong, the rear camp was extremely empty, so he strictly blocked the news in advance to prevent the Ola tribe or the three guards of Duoyan. Because the grassland is vast, even if it belongs to the same tribe, it is rare to meet and communicate with each other. This time he sent a suspicion of the troops and strictly blocked the news. Logically speaking, when other hostile tribes learned that his defense was empty, even if he wanted to attack, he had already led his army northward.

But he never expected that Huadi's son, as the son of the patriarch of the enemy tribe, would have made secret brothers with the people in his tribe, and he also received accurate news from his troops in other places. He did not expect that Huadang, who has always been timid and fearful, would have ambitions to expand and dare to take the initiative to send troops and rob his camp.

Boyan had the reason to have to send troops, and had to take this strange risk. In order to cover up his eyes and ears, he even left his beloved wife Zhuoer, who had always been inseparable from the camp to calm the people's hearts. Then now it seems that he failed to take the risk. He lost one step, lost one step at a time, and had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and the herders who surrendered were being swallowed up by flowers one by one.

Now, Huadang has gradually advanced to his base camp.

Each soldier plundered a lot of wealth and had already escorted some of the soldiers back. They were getting more and more greedy, and they were determined to win the richest base camp of the Boyan tribe.

The sky is full of stars, and the oily grass is gently lying on the ground, smooth as satin, a crescent moon radiates a faint light. A team of more than 10,000 people is like a dark cloud under the faint moonlight, slowly moving on the grassland, with only the sound of horses stepping on it.

In front of him is the Thousand-man team of Nairentai, which is a sharp knife unit about three miles away from the brigade, responsible for searching and alerting. Boyan is famous. Although there is a clear news that he has taken people to Datong, Huadang is still careful and repeated with his power. He has been close to the old nest that Boyan has been running for many years. He cannot accidentally repeat it.

Suddenly, a roar of fighting came from the front. Hua Ding felt nervous and immediately ordered the army to stand by on the spot. He sent Bayar to lead three thousand cavalry to help and find out the truth. For the sake of caution, he sent a team of thousands of people to guard the situation. The formation in the darkness looked like an eagle spreading its wings.

People and horses galloped on the grass, fighting sounded everywhere, and life in the dark night was killed under the almost invisible cold light. The roars of men, the cry of women, the cries of children, the collision of steel weapons, and the neighing of horses and sheep. The roars of cows running around were mixed together.

He just rushed to Dibayar and was excited: "Listen to the moment, this tribe is not small and extremely rich, and now he can make a big fortune again!"

He was not afraid at all. He waved the steel fork in his hand, and at the same time he whipped hard on the horse's butt, roaring: "The slaves, cattle, sheep, wealth and women given to us by the God of Eternal Life are right in front, rush!"

Three thousand iron cavalry rushed over. There was no bow and arrow in the darkness, and a shiny scimitar was quietly held in his hands. As the thunderous horse ran and leaped, from afar, a shocking cold light under the moonlight was seen.

The peak was still like a charge. Wherever the war horses passed, the waves split, and the entire cavalry team was like a sharp knife. They cut the two sides in the melee. They rushed over and rushed straight outside the entire camp. Then they turned around and covered themselves and rushed back. At this time, the soldiers following behind had already confronted the enemy head-on.

This camp has become a noble camp in the important place of the Boyan tribe. The camp is thirty miles away from the Boyan camp, and there are about 2,000 people stationed. In order to protect the fundamental important place, the soldiers of this tribe were not mobilized to go on the expedition. They were responsible for protecting the queen and sent soldiers to patrol the night with shepherd dogs at night.

They first discovered the approaching Huadang Pioneer troops, but this only helped the soldiers in the camp to grab weapons, jump onto the battlefield for a little while, and then fell into a melee. When Bayar's three thousand iron cavalry passed through them like a torrent, and then turned back, cutting and pursuing the damage, and fighting an annihilation battle, they knew that the situation was over.

Then, they had to fight. With the help of the impulse and waist of the war horse, Bayar brought out a strong wind that made his scalp explode. With a "whip", he swept out and swept away the four spears that were coming towards him. Two of them had broken, and then he rushed forward fiercely. With the impulse, he picked up a knight off the horse.

The steel fork was recaptured, swallowing and spitting like a poisonous dragon. The knight who had been provoked from the horse's belly and stabbed into the horse's buttocks, squirted and squirted with passion. He fell down without a roar. Then he stepped on the horse's strong body like a lantern. The horse's hooves with a bowl mouth were not scrupled, and the horse's strong body was stomped into meat paste.

The number of people was superior, and the attack was unprepared. The sudden sharp knife-like attack allowed the four thousand iron cavalry to fully play out, and the fierce and rapid attacks took only a moment to kill the opponent's rush to fight, without any formation or cooperation.

Some of the injured soldiers were running in panic among the horses. When, at any time, in front of them, behind them, or on the left and right, a horse would rush over. The knight on the horse raised his hips and stood up, waved the cold-headed steel knife in his hand, and slashed down with a string of blood beads.

He slashed his shoulders and hung his back, chopping his opponent in half. It was too fast, and the ground soldiers could even hear the sound of a steel knife cutting into his skull and shattering bones. At this time, half of his body, or his entire head, had fallen to the ground with an arm.

The battle was very fierce and the end was clean and neat. When Huadang's army came to find out the situation, Bayar and Nairentai had already begun to collect all their belongings, gathering cattle, sheep, women, elderly and children, standing together, regardless of the high or low, they are all slaves now.

Huadang simply asked about the situation and learned that Boyan's camp was thirty miles ahead. He was immediately excited and ordered: "Leave a thousand-man team to guard the prisoners, all the captured property and spare horses are placed here. The knights move forward lightly. Someone must have escaped to inform Boyan's camp and attack at full speed!"

Huadang was very cautious when it was time to be careful. At this moment, he made a quick decision and immediately made a decision: victory, defeat, success and failure are here. Since this camp is easily captured, it means that the news of carefully searching and clearing out the camp has not reached here at all, and there is no longer any traps ahead.

Since this is the outpost of the camp, even if no one escapes, they must have other ways to contact the camp. They must attack with all their might and do not give Boyan the opportunity to prepare for war calmly.

"Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~", the horn sounds endlessly, and there is no need to hide your whereabouts. This is the final battle!

Huadang was extremely excited: "After all the kidnapped Boyan, when his army returned to the grassland, except for surrendering, he could only starve to death. Now, I will compete with Fire Screen, even stronger than him, and I will become the king of the grassland!

The long and powerful horn was unable to command, and Huadang's army suddenly accelerated. It was like a sharp wolf-toothed giant arrow. The central army protruded, with two wings following each other, and rushed straight to Boyan's headquarters tent.

The Boyan camp had already received the news that the flying cavalry had rushed back and sent him. However, the cavalry knew that the matter was of great importance. Whenever he encountered an enemy attack, he immediately came to report the horse. As for whom the visitor was, he didn't know yet.

Despite this, Mo Rigen, as the chief general who arranged for the camp to stay in the camp in Boyan, dared not be careless. He immediately blew up his horn and ordered all the soldiers to gather to meet the enemy. The soldiers hurriedly got on the horse. They had just formed a formation outside the huge camp made of yurts. A strange sound came from afar under the stars and moonlight.

"Wow~~~" is like a wolf roaring the moon, but it is extremely powerful. It is a terrifying sound formed by countless knights shouting together. Under the faint moonlight, countless black shadows rushed towards the front, like a tumultuous wave. The waves are surging and shaking the sky and the earth.

Seeing this horrifying voice, Mo Rigen changed his color. He turned his head and looked back at the three thousand elite cavalry that had gathered together in a hurry. He couldn't help but feel despair. What came towards him was not a group of sheep, but a warrior who was not inferior to them. The number of people in the other place was roughly estimated to be at least 12,000.

He turned his head and shouted at his trusted centurion: "Hurry up, protect Serimkodun and leave immediately. Warriors, never retreat, rush!"

They are used to attacking, without the habit of defense, nor the conditions for defense. The Boyan Camp has hundreds of camps. Only the Boyan Palace at the core and the huge Mongolian Khan tent is around the huge Mongolian Khan tent.

The Boyan army also set out an arrow and rushed forward. The "Crafting Tactic" is an effective attack formation summarized by Genghis Khan based on the attack characteristics of the Mongolian Iron Cavalry. When they come out of the same lineage, they naturally understand this tactic, which depends on whose blade is sharper.

The local army focused on the belief in victory and its strong military strength, while Morigen relied on only the 400 heavy cavalry among the three thousand iron cavalry. The armed heavy cavalry specializing in the attack were tall and strong, and their horses were also the most powerful combat power. Their bodies were covered with leather armor, and the weapons they used were huge and heavy weapons such as spears, steel forks and maces.

The heavy cavalry advanced, the light cavalry attached to the tail wing, and rushed towards the powerful enemy that was several times more powerful than before.

The sound of heavy horse hooves was obviously different. Although the night was dark, Hua Dang immediately realized that this was Boyan's heavy cavalry. On the battlefield, heavy cavalry tore through the indestructible steel camp of the enemy, and then light cavalry advanced and bloomed in the belly. It was indeed a sharp tactic. The problem was: their role was only for impact. Now, they still have enough knights to cooperate to expand the ground and impact wounds of heavy cavalry. Is it not conducive to heavy cavalry fighting on the spot for a long time?

The horn sounded again, and the army arranged in sharp swords in the shape of flowers was divided into five. The two armies on the outermost wing were like two sharp scimitars, avoiding the heavy cavalry of Boyan and rushing towards the unpreserved camp. Horses kicked the camps, and fires were everywhere, grim laughter and crying followed one after another.

He attacked with heavy equipment, but he went but never returned, and now he could no longer care about the camp. The three thousand knights were full of grief and anger, and their only hope was to try to kill the enemy. The three-column horse team in the middle of Huadang met up fearlessly, and the leader was Huadang himself.

Before the two sides had contacted each other, the arrows had poured down like a sudden rain. They were all riding masters who could archery on horseback. In this round of shooting, the arrow rain was dense, and many people fell off the horse. Then the rush of both sides did not stop at all.

When the three cavalry rows caught up, the two columns were separated and left and right, avoiding the sharp edge of the heavy cavalry, and rushing straight to the light cavalry, embedded in it like pliers, cutting off the cooperation of the light cavalry, with an absolute numerical advantage and no inferior force quality, which made the victory and defeat appear in an instant.

Countless waving sabers and spears made a loud collision sound, a sound of cutting into the body, accusing and roaring, but rarely heard the cry of despair when death was heard.

The bows and arrows and tripping ropes caused some trouble to the armed heavy cavalry. However, the threat was not great. They exactly opened the Huadang cavalry camp and rushed in unstoppable. The problem was that no one followed.
To be continued...