At the canal pier, ten large ships were docked neatly on the shore. An**'s soldiers rushed onto the large ship and moved the cargo down little by little.

First, there were bags of grain, but Gu Zhenhua didn't care at all. He piled it aside. After moving the grain on it, he finally revealed his true face.

"Everyone work hard together, 1, 2, 3, lift!"

Lu Yong and the soldiers shouted horns together and lifted up a mahogany box. The small box was only two feet square and not big at all, but these strong soldiers all grinned. After a lot of effort, they finally moved the box down.

"Open!"

After lifting the wooden cover, a yellow light flashed suddenly, and neatly arranged gold bars inside, which were about to blind people's eyes.

"Seventh brother, there are still many boxes, gold, silver, jewelry, ancient calligraphy and paintings on the ship. In short, there are definitely many valuable things."

There is no doubt that Gu Zhenhua bit a piece of fat meat, but not only did he not have any joy, but instead gritted his teeth and rushed up in anger.

"Brother, you can count the amount of treasures immediately, and also seize the Shanxi merchant bills in the city. Everyone arrested me and asked me one by one. How much oil and water can be squeezed out, you can squeeze out. Three days later, all of these people were pushed to the beach and cut them one by one!"

"Okay, it's time to kill. It's best to destroy their tribes and let them know the consequences of stolen country!" Li Jibo said angrily: "Zhenhua, don't many brothers have no wives? Snatch their wives, daughters and maids and give them to their subordinates."

Gu Zhenhua immediately smiled and said, "Old Li, haven't you always advised me to do less and do things that hurt the world? Why are you so ruthless this time?"

"Hmph! They are not humans at all, but big rats, big rats from the Ming Dynasty, and executioners who slaughter the people of Liaodong!"

Li Jibo was filled with anger and couldn't help but say, "Gu Zhenhua, do you know that the Jurchen soldiers are invincible?"

"Of course I know that to be fair, the combat effectiveness of the Qing Dynasty was indeed not weak, especially with sufficient war horses, they were only allowed to hit you, not to hit them, they were very powerful."

"Bad!" Li Jibo sneered without hesitation: "I admit that the Ming army was not good in recent years. However, when Lao Nu raised his troops to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, it was the 46th year of Wanli. The powerful generals and strong soldiers of the three major expeditions were still there, and the national treasury was considered to be sufficient. In terms of equipment, it was far better than the Tartars. But why did our Ming army lose consecutive battles? In a few years, Lao Nu won consecutively and seize the entire Hedong land?"

"You mean that the mistake of the Ming Dynasty does not lie in the soldiers."

"That's right, even though the old slave fought several battles, the Ming Dynasty either leaked the secrets or acted as an insider, so that the old slave succeeded one after another."

Gu Zhenhua frowned: "It was these businessmen who conveyed information to the old slave that allowed the Qing Dynasty to defeat the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of its rise?"

"It's not just that." Li Jibo sighed: "Wang Jingluo said back then: Li Pi, one is destroyed by Qing, one is damaged by Fu, and the other is damaged by Kai, the iron, the three is damaged by Liao, Shen, and the four is damaged by Guangning. The first is a dangerous situation, the other is a defeat, and the three is a ruin, and the three is a ruin, and as for the four is a ruin - donating the entire Liao, there is no situation to be distributed! Gradually retreating from the mountains and seas, and there is no step to retreat after that!"

Thinking of the former benefactor Wang Zai Jin, Li Jibo also sighed particularly: "The beginning of the corruption in Liaodong was Sarhu. Originally, the four armies were launched and the chances of victory were quite good, but I actually asked the old slave to find out the news in advance. No matter how many times you came, I would only go all the way. As a result, the 140,000 army failed. From then on, the power of the Qing Dynasty expanded even more."

Gu Zhenhua basically agreed with Li Jibo's statement. Indeed, in the later years, regarding the Battle of Sarhu, he found countless reasons for victory for the Qing Dynasty, but he could not withstand the scrutiny, or took it for granted.

The commander of the Ming army, Yang Hao, was an important general in aiding Korea, and had great military achievements. His generals were also very familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and the overall arrangement was not inappropriate. The most fatal thing was the leakage of intelligence, which allowed the Qing Dynasty to seize the fighter.

Unlimited beautification of winners and splashing dirty water to losers is almost a common problem in human nature!

As a person who has been in the army for many years, Gu Zhenhua knows the terribleness of leaking intelligence. The outcome of many wars is decided on intelligence!

Li Jibo continued: "I often wonder who leaked the news. The biggest suspicion is Li Rubai, the son of Li Chengliang, who married the daughter of Shurhazi, the second brother of the old slave. Moreover, after the war, Yang Hao, the Liaodong ruling leader who was in charge of command, just resigned from his post and delayed it until the second year of Chongzhen before he was executed. However, Li Rubai was lost at that time and committed suicide fearlessly after the defeat. This is not too strange. You said that the person who was in charge of the death, but the person below died. What is the reason?"

Gu Zhenhua nodded and said, "Indeed, Li Chengliang has been in Liaodong for many years, and he has been very close to his old slaves. Li Rubai grew up in Liaodong and could not make such a low-level mistake. I think it is mostly to fear the enemy and avoid war, and the leaker is him!"

Li Jibo smiled bitterly again: "I used to be so suspicious, but why did the great generals and tigers willing to commit suicide, nor did they want to serve the country and wipe out the Tartars? I have been puzzled for many years. But now seeing what the Shanxi merchants did, I finally understand. The merchants, Tartars, and border generals form a strict relationship and a connection of interests. If the Tartars are destroyed, their Li family's evidence will be exposed, and they will be destroyed!"

After hearing Li Jibo's words, Gu Zhenhua immediately understood. Putting aside the trash words that praised the Qing Dynasty, a chain of sin appeared before his eyes.

Shanxi merchants made money by smuggling, and border generals like Li Chengliang also made a lot of money. The early indulgence of old slaves was actually to raise the enemy and respect themselves.

But the result was a disaster for raising a tiger. When the Li Chengliang family made money, they also left a lot of shit. The old slave held a large number of border generals in his hand, which was enough to kill them, forcing them to inform the old slave. Even on the battlefield, they had to let the old slave go to victory. Otherwise, the Ming army would kill the old slave to the Qing Dynasty's nest, and once the evidence of the crime was made public, they might have to destroy the nine clans!

This is why Li Rubaining would commit suicide and help Lao Nu win!

Li Jibo gritted his teeth: "These merchants should be killed. It is because they corrupted the border army, corrupted the situation in Liaodong, smuggled materials, provided intelligence, helped bribe officials, and maintained a sinful exchange of interests, which led to the collapse of the situation. The Ming Dynasty was almost destroyed, and they all should be killed in the sect."

"It's right!" Gu Zhenhua sneered: "Not only do you want to kill, but you also want to ruin them! Mr. Li, you are responsible for collecting their evidence of crimes, and then making these things public public to recognize the shameless faces of these people."

There is no doubt that Shanxi merchants were a powerful arm for the Qing Dynasty to enter the pass. To destroy them and torture them, it was equivalent to cutting off the source of supplies from the Qing Dynasty and blindfolding the Qing Dynasty. It could have an unexpected effect. And is this also a powerful deterrent to traitors, so that those who are hesitant will retreat!

Li Jibo had already hated Shanxi merchants so he naturally took the initiative and immediately started a thorough investigation.

The major merchants in Tianjin were suddenly in a mess and in a mess. Based on the idea of ​​rather than letting one out of one, more than 60 large merchants were arrested.

After some investigation, more than four million taels of gold and silver materials were squeezed out from them. In addition, Fan Dacheng's treasure ship alone, plus the storage of the silver warehouse, exceeded more than eight million taels, of which nearly five million taels were brought out by Gu Zhenhua and the others from the capital.

The Fan family thought they could make a big profit, but they helped Gu Zhenhua save it for so long, and now they all returned to Gu Zhenhua's hands!

Of the other three million taels, many of them were gold, silver and jewelry looted by the Qing Dynasty. They handed them over to the Fan family to send them to the south to cash in, and then exchanged them for supplies to supply the Qing Dynasty to fight and bribe southern officials. As a result, all of this money fell into Gu Zhenhua's hands, and the Qing Dynasty's wishful thinking also went bankrupt.

If all the gold and silver found from the ticket number are counted, Gu Zhenhua's wealth will reach an astonishing 15 million taels!

The Ming Dynasty collected three guarantors, and the total amount was less than 20 million taels of silver. A small Tianjin gathered such wealth. How amazing it was, it was simply astronomical!

With this money, Gu Zhenhua has the confidence and his waist suddenly became hard.

Of course, in addition to catching money, the more important thing is to "catch people". In three days, Gu Zhenhua has recruited more than 1,700 qualified soldiers.

These young men entered An** excitedly. According to Gu Zhenhua's regulations, each soldier could get ten taels of silver, five dan of grain, and fifty kilograms of salt as a settlement fee.

Gu Zhenhua didn't care about food and silver when guarding Tianjin City, but ordinary people had to care about it. Sending a son to the public would be like making a fortune. Therefore, countless people flocked to him, and the recruitment areas were filled with people. Once a young man was admitted, the family would be happy like the New Year.

The admitted boy had a big red flower hanging around his neck, looking like a groom.

But these teenagers didn't know that after entering An**, they did not step into heaven, but fell to hell in one step!

The first 300 people selected have already started formal training. In two days, they only did two things, one was running and the other was standing.

In the morning, we ran around the city and in the evening, we ran around the schoolyard for two hours in the morning, and in the afternoon, we were still two hours in the afternoon. It was like a wooden stake, nailed there, and when we moved a little, the instructor made a fierce stick. After two days, dozens of people were beaten, and their bodies were covered in green and purple.

"Kang Dali, why did you, a deserter, come? Do you know how much crime I have suffered?" Zhao Tian couldn't help complaining.

Kang Dali smiled and said, "Little butcher, tell you that my brother passed the test, and both of my brothers are from An**!"

"Dali, let me tell you, this is a fire pit. My brother, my legs are thin and my waist is broken even when I stand."

"Hmph, you can make steel after you make it hard, but if you don't practice, how can you fight the Tartars!"

Zhao Tian gave this guy a blank look and said viciously: "I'll let you taste it tomorrow."
Chapter completed!