It is a bit absurd to have a great cause of alliances that are related to life and death, but there is no better way to do so. Neither Dashun Army nor An**, both look down on each other.

Li Zicheng ran away all the way, abandoned Jingji and Shanxi. His poor strategic vision was really hard to compliment. However, Li Zicheng had another 200,000 to 300,000 troops in his hands. In terms of the number of people being more than ten times that of An**, the two sides seemed quite different. Li Zicheng was not willing to discuss cooperation with An*** at all.

Since this is the case, we can only compete with fists, and see who is more powerful and who speaks more tough. Wu Kaijie bowed and said, "Your Majesty the King of Chuang, we have agreed to this condition. It's just that the war is urgent and cannot be delayed for too long. It's limited to half a month. The Eight Immortals cross the sea and show their abilities. Whoever wins Huaiqing first will prove who is more capable."

"Okay!" Li Zicheng laughed and said, "I have gathered 50,000 or 60,000 people and are preparing to give the Tartars a head-on attack. You should move faster, otherwise you won't even be able to drink the soup."

"Hahaha, then there is no need to worry about the King of Breaking. Duke Ji is planning and his subordinates are brave and good at fighting. He has never suffered a defeat. I am full of confidence!"

After saying goodbye to Li Zicheng, Wu Kaijie and Zuo Mao kept leaving Xi'an in the first moment, and rushed towards Luoyang.

After walking for two days in a row, the scenery in front of me suddenly changed. Mountains are connected, mountains are connected, mountains are overlapping, and strange rocks are everywhere. There is only one road passing between the valleys, which is only a car wide. There are towering and steep mountains on both sides, which are extremely steep.

"Staff General Wu. The dangers of Tongguan are indeed well-known!" Zuo Maodi sighed: "I still remember the poet's writing: My father-in-law looks at the important places, and he is narrow and has a bicycle. He is struggling to fight for a long halberd. He is a man who has been using his life forever. With the dangers of Tongguan, as long as he manages well, I think the Dashun Army still has a chance, and may not necessarily be defeated by the Qing Dynasty."

Wu Kaijie smiled slightly, "Master Zuo, you are right. We have passed Tongguan back and forth. The dangers here are definitely rare in the world. But looking at all dynasties, no dynasty has saved the country and the country because of the dangers of Tongguan. After all, it depends on people. Compared to our Duke Li Zicheng's ability to employ people is too poor."

Zuo Maodi also nodded seriously, "Indeed, Li Zicheng is surrounded by old brothers who are trustworthy, and he sent them out. The guards of Shanxi are all a group of surrendered generals. The surrendered generals were originally unreliable. He did not stay by his side and strictly controlled them, but let them stand on their own. Isn't this a defeat for himself!"

"That's right, Li Zicheng may also feel embarrassed, so he wants to compete with us to win Huaiqing."

"Staff Officer Wu, are you sure?"

"No!" Wu Kaijie spread his hands and said with a smile: "But I have confidence in our Duke. He will definitely have a way!"

They rushed back to Luoyang as fast as possible, and at this time Gu Zhenhua also completed control of Luoyang.

The bandits and powerful people were almost solved. The farms began to be built one after another. After the land was established, all the refugees disappeared, and even the beggars disappeared. All the people were honestly returning to the downward, guarding the land, hoping for a good harvest next year.

800,000 dan of grain was found from the Zheng family, and a lot of things were found in the Ding family, all of which were added up to one million dan. Gu Zhenhua borrowed another two million dan from the gentry and merchants, and the grain in his hand reached three million dan. Looking at the pile of warehouses, the big guy's heart calmed down.

Xia Shouli, Li Jibo and others also rushed over from Kaifeng. As the military chief, Xia Shouli was particularly excited when he saw the food.

"Mr. Grandpa, three million dans are enough for us to eat for several years! Can I rest?"

"I think beautifully!" Gu Zhenhua said bluntly: "These grains are not only from the army, but also from the local refugees. They have nothing. Although they have divided the land, they will not get any harvest until next year. In the past six months, they will have to rely on these stored grains to spend."

Xia Shouli couldn't help but sigh, "Dude, you are so kind-hearted and always think about the people."

Li Jibo couldn't help but cough, "Old Xia, you're not sorry for saying this! When did our great king suffer losses? It's true that we give the people food, but we all use the name of borrowing. In other words, the people's farming for the first few years, except for the ability to keep some food, the rest will have to pay off their debts!"

Just as they were talking, Fang Jianming suddenly came to deliver the letter.

"Dude, Jiangnan has sent a batch of food and some other things. Please check it out."

When Gu Zhenhua heard this, he laughed and said, "Mencius does not love money, the more the better. Let's go and see what exactly has been sent!"

Gu Zhenhua took everyone to the warehouse area. The carriage that was endless was parked outside, and the soldiers were carrying bags of food.

Seeing Gu Zhenhua coming from afar, a soldier wearing a mandarin duck battle jacket suddenly jumped in front of him.

"Duke Ji, do you recognize this young general?"

"I recognize it, and I recognize it when it turns into ashes." Gu Zhenhua smiled and said, "Miss Shang, why are you so dark about your face? You are almost catching up with the old man working in the field!"

"Ah!" Shang Pei suddenly lost her appearance and hurriedly covered her face with her hands.

"Isn't it all your fault for Gu's surname? You have to hunt whales before you train the army. I have been wandering on the sea for about a month, with the wind and sun, and the salt fog being heavy. Can it be better!"

Shang Pei stomped her feet and complained. At the end of her speech, she simply turned her head and ignored Gu Zhenhua at all.

"Miss Shang, this is a huge injustice. I asked the Ryukyu Kingdom to help me, and I didn't let you go to sea by yourself. At the beginning, you were lying on the navy and didn't leave. What would I do?"

"I don't care. Anyway, blame you, blame you, blame you!"

"Okay, can't I apologize? Miss Shang, have you gained anything after working so hard? Don't suffer in vain and you can't get anything."

"Hmph, I'm going to do it, one is going to do it!"

When talking about the harvest, Shang Pei excitedly grabbed Gu Zhenhua, arrived in front of the carriage, lifted the tarpaulin, and exposed the things inside.

Shang Pei happily hugged a wooden barrel and stuffed it into Gu Zhenhua's hand.

"Look, this is whale oil."

Gu Zhenhua hurriedly opened the lid and saw that it was full of white gel, and a strong smell was pungent. Li Jibo and Xia Shouli also came over. Li Jibo looked at it and couldn't help asking: "This is the so-called whale oil. According to historical books, Qin Shihuang's tomb is made of this kind of thing to ignite the eternal light, and it lasts for a long time!"

"Mr. Li is very knowledgeable. It is whale blubber. This thing is not only used as lamp oil, but also used to create fragrant pancreas and lubricating oil. Of course, there is another function, that is, to eat it!"

As Gu Zhenhua said, he used his fingers to pick out a little, stuffed it into his mouth, frowned, and swallowed.

"The taste is not very good, but it is meaty at least. The army is growing, and the supply of pork is not kept up for the time being and the training cannot be reduced. I can only replace it with this thing. A whale can extract the amount of meat oil from thousands of fat pigs. In the future, I will use this thing to stir-fry dishes and stew soup, which will replenish the soldiers' energy."

Gu Zhenhua asked with a smile: "Miss Shang, how many whales did you get this time?"

"Guess?"

"Five?"

"Not even a fraction!"

Gu Zhenhua was also shocked and couldn't help asking: "Miss Shang, don't brag. A whale is dozens of meters long, and it's not something you can catch. It's good if you can catch two or three."

"Who said we must go to the sea to catch it." Shang Pei couldn't help laughing, "Sometimes the whales run to the beach and a large area of ​​them die. This time we caught six and found twenty on a coast. Some were dead and some were still struggling, but they were all killed by us. According to your instructions, the skin was cut off, the lean meat was dried, and the fat meat was refined into oil, and they were all sent to you."

"Are you saying there is a dead whale stranded here?" Gu Zhenhua suddenly felt his throat itchy and his stomach churned. "Why didn't you tell me? I even tasted a piece."

Shang Pei pursed her lips and smiled, "What's this? The girl eats bean sprouts every day on the sea, and it's almost turned into bean sprouts. You suffer this little bit of pain, nothing, nothing!"

Shang Pei looked like a villain, and this bad guy Gu Zhenhua finally suffered a loss. She was as comfortable as drinking iced sour plum soup during the dog days of summer.

"Hmph, little girl, you wait!"

Gu Zhenhua suppressed his annoyance and arrived in front of another carriage, which were filled with large whale skins. Li Jibo and Xia Shouli also followed him. Seeing such a large piece of skin, both of them were particularly excited.

Xia Shouli held the skin in his hand and stroked it carefully. Li Jibo smiled and said, "In the past, the leather armor was made of cows, but the cows were also plowing fields, and the number of them could be killed every year is limited. If whales could be replaced, a whale would be overwhelmed with hundreds of old cows."

Gu Zhenhua was also very proud, but after Xia Shouli cut the whale skin with a dagger, he shook his head.

"Mr. I'm afraid it won't work. Although the whale's skin is thick, it's more soft and has insufficient toughness, so it cannot be made into leather armor."

When Gu Zhenhua heard this, he was also shocked and hurriedly held the skin in his hand and rubbed it repeatedly for a few times. Gu Zhenhua immediately woke up. It turned out that the skin of the whale was mainly used to protect the water, rather than protecting the body like a cattle and sheep, so the strength of the whale skin was not enough.

Now Gu Zhenhua also shouted that he was wrong. He was also counting on whale skin to quickly make leather armor. Now, he saw that his dreams were empty.

"Mr. I think it would not be the case." Li Jibo smiled and said, "Although this whale skin cannot be used as a soldier's armor, a thick piece can be used to cover the chariot. As long as it is thick enough to resist bows and arrows, it is still possible!"

"Well, I can't finally become a waste."

A large amount of whale meat and oil were sent, and An**'s food rations were enriched a lot. No matter what, the soldiers could finally eat meat. At this time, they could not pick on their mouths!

Before Gu Zhenhua could return to the palace, good news came again. There were more than 20 carriages from Guide, and all of them were closely protected by soldiers.
Chapter completed!