Chapter 81 Skyfire Burns the City
The Millennium Canal is filled with blue waves, and the huge fleet slowly heads south.
Cavalry patrols on the shore, fearing that there would be some problems. The boatman and the canal transporters were even more cautious. If there was a problem with one of the hundreds of ships, the ship behind would stop.
If it were normal, it might be fine, but it wouldn't work now. Who knows whether the Qing army would go south along the canal? The most important thing is to leave Beijing and Tianjin the farther, the better.
Of course, these canal transport soldiers were also particularly attentive, which was completely different from the previous laziness. This was all due to Gu Zhenhua's new policy. Originally, Li Jibo advocated not to act rashly, but to retain the original canal transport soldiers to avoid people's hearts being fluctuated.
However, Gu Zhenhua firmly believed that the original canal transport troops were mixed, including ship workers, and all the power of the canal gang. If these people were retained, it would be like a time bomb. When they encountered danger, they would explode at any time.
Therefore, all the in charge, the team leader, and the foreman were fired. Then Gu Zhenhua increased the salary of ordinary personnel by five times, and increased the performance bonus.
In other words, to ensure the safety of the ship to the destination, each ship will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver and all of them will be assigned to the ship workers. Of course, if you want to get the bonus, the workers must select the most capable and reliable person to manage, and then everyone can work together to complete the task.
When Gu Zhenhua ran the company, he knew very well that human potential was infinite, and as long as there was enough motivation, miracles would be created.
Sure enough, according to Gu Zhenhua's estimate, every hundred ship workers and soldiers formed a group to select their hundred households, and then each hundred households gathered together to select thousands of households. Each fleet was a few thousand households gathered together, discussing measures with Li Jibo and others who were in charge of escorting and formulating a reasonable plan.
These boatmen have been working hard on the canal for most of their lives, and are familiar with all possible troubles. The proposals proposed also made Li Jibo's eyes lit up and amazed.
"If you want to be a good superior, the most important thing you need to learn is to employ people. Gu Zhenhua is bold and has many ideas. Follow him, maybe he can really create a career in this troubled world!"
Li Jibo smiled and looked at Li Xu: "If you don't have that trick, you will learn to be loyal, be honest, diligent, and follow the right person. In fact, Fan Kuai, Xiahou Ying and others are all the same as mediocre people. They just follow Emperor Gaozu of Han and become heroes in the founding country!"
"Dad, are you saying that the seventh brother wants to be the emperor?"
"I didn't say that, but then again, even Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong can be called emperor. What's impossible."
The troubled Gu Zhenhua obviously did not think so far. The most ships carried twenty Folang cannons, one hundred tiger squat cannons, and a large number of armor, bows, guns, swords, and halberds.
Mei Junruo also went south with these people and sat on the bow of the boat. The girl's eyes kept falling on the tall figure. She didn't know what she was thinking. As she looked, a layer of blush appeared on her fair face.
"Girl, what are you thinking? I finally went south this time. Can you go to the girl's hometown? I heard that the Jiangnan water town is particularly beautiful!"
"Stop dreaming." Luzhu said to her sister Hongyu without hesitation: "With a group of soldiers, you think you are traveling around. It's such a miserable girl. She is actually wandering around. I don't know when she will be the leader!"
Just as the little maid was complaining, the big ship suddenly trembled. Gu Zhenhua jumped to the deck and reached Mei Junruo's eyes in three or two steps. His big hand suddenly opened and a red light flashed out from the palm of his hand.
Mei Junruo was startled and came to his senses. Gu Zhenhua had already stuffed the things in his hand into Mei Junruo's hand.
"Miss Mei, take this red jade Maitreya with you. I heard that you can bless peace!"
Mei Junruo lowered her head and glanced at it. She saw a red jade-carved Maitreya Buddha on her palm. She was lifelike, with her breasts exposed, and her breasts were cute. She was particularly gentle in her hand, and she looked very valuable.
While the girl's eyes fell on Maitreya, Gu Zhenhua hugged her shoulders and put them in his ears, saying, "I have suffered with the bumps and passing this level. After passing this level, it will be a good life in the future. Like Maitreya Buddha, smile more and don't be unable to get along with your body!"
During this period, Mei Junruo also cleared a lot. When he heard this, he suddenly felt warm in his heart. The girl blushed and lowered her head, and said in a thin voice as thin as a mosquito: "You are the same, don't take risks!"
Gu Zhenhua nodded with a smile, turned around and jumped off the deck again, the fleet slowly left, the girl held the red jade Maitreya tightly, and a slight smile flashed on her face...
"Lao Qi, the Qing Dynasty has made some moves!"
Gao Hongtu hurriedly found Gu Zhenhua, and he said loudly: "According to the eyeliner report, two groups of people are quickly approaching Tianjin, one of which is about 2,000 people, under the banner of Guanning Army, and one group has about 10,000 people, under the banner of Han Army!"
"A traitor who is constantly killed!"
Gu Zhenhua gritted his teeth. The Qing Dynasty was actually relying on these traitors to act as pawns, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would be like a sprinkling of pepper and would not be enough to see.
"No matter who it is, they must regret coming to Tianjin!" Gu Zhenhua said viciously: "Are you all ready?"
"It's been ready long ago." Zhou Yingjie said while patting his chest.
Xie Bin also nodded quickly: "We buried gunpowder everywhere in the city, especially seaports and riverports, with the largest number. In addition, some old ships were disguised as grain transport ships. As long as they were close to the ships, they would surely go to heaven together!"
"Okay!" Gu Zhenhua laughed and said, "You choose all the people who set fire and detonate. Third brother, sixth brother, you take your troops to lure the enemy. I am arranging people to disperse the people of Tianjin."
After Gu Zhenhua gave the order, he hurriedly brought the people with his men and mobilized the people to leave.
"Sir, you give us food. Everyone is thinking of your kindness in their hearts, but you can't drive us away. I have lived there for a lifetime and will never leave until I die!"
"Old sir, don't you know that the Tartars are coming? They are all a bunch of **s. How could you let you go? It's better to run away quickly!"
"Our Qi family has not offended the Tartars. They can't kill my family, right? I haven't seen any storms and can't die!"
"Old sir, this is different from the past. This is a shocking drastic change. The Qing Tartars were inhumane."
Gu Zhenhua was still persuading the old man, but a young man behind the old man snorted: "I'm so heroic about what I said, I have the ability to defend Tianjin, why bother us to retreat?"
When Gu Zhenhua heard this voice, his eyes suddenly became sharp and fell on the young man's face, which scared him so much that he was full of excitement.
"Sir, the child is ignorant and I am trembling. I don't believe it. Sitting at home, the Qing Dynasty can kill you!"
"Old man Qi, don't be ungrateful. Mr. Gu cares about you and is afraid that you will be in danger. Why can't you understand!" Fang Jianming couldn't help but say.
Gu Zhenhua suddenly waved his hand: "Old sir, I have to inform other people, you can do it yourself!"
After saying that, Gu Zhenhua turned around and left, and Fang Jianming followed closely behind: "Sir, these people are simply stubborn and ungrateful!"
"Hey, the world has been peaceful for too long, and the people have lost their vigilance, and the government has neglected control. Fang Juren, if he wants to stay in An**, he can't just know a few words, but he must calm his mind and truly understand the lowest ideas and voices."
"Don't worry, Lord Lord, I will work hard and never let Lord Lord down!" Fang Jianming bowed and said.
They walked several streets one after another and tried hard to persuade the remaining people to leave. At this time, Yang Ming and Kong Youde also led their army to the periphery of Tianjin.
"Prince, this group of thieves is really hateful. I heard that Jingguan was the one who made it!"
Kong Youde was in his early forties, with a beard and very burly. Sitting on the horse, he was also very majestic. But when he heard Yang Ming mention Jingguan, Kong Youde felt a cold air surge from his tailbone, and it rushed to his head, and his whole body was cold!
It’s not his fault. The four words “Treasoner’s Mirror” are so lethal. What he fears most for an old traitor like him is that he will be completely liquidated one day.
In fact, it was like a woman who fell in love with a tall, rich and handsome man, and resolutely abandoned her husband. But when she turned around, she found that the original husband had stepped on the tall, rich and handsome man under her feet. This gap was unacceptable to anyone, and this was also the reason why the traitors worked extra hard.
Only by trampling their compatriots under their feet can people feel that they are aware of the current affairs, surrender is reasonable, and save the last little face.
"Come on, take Tianjin for me!"
Under the encouragement of this mentality, Kong Youde worked very hard. With a command, his Han army flag rushed towards Xue Biao's troops like a tide.
Xue Biao brought all the horse teams, but after firing a few arrows, he turned around and ran away. The Han army flag followed him and Xue Biao actually forgot to close the city gate and asked them to kill him directly.
"Hahaha, have you seen it? A group of mobs, the dignified King Pingxi was defeated by such a mess. It was a huge joke!"
Kong Youde said, and rushed into Tianjin with his men.
"Prince, the city is hollow, everyone is running away!"
"What, chase me!"
In the spirit of grabbing the toad and snatching out the ball of powder, Kong Youde bit Xue Biao's defeated army tightly and rushed to the canal dock.
"Let me listen to it. This time I go to Tianjin, food is crucial. You can seize the grain ship and grain stockpile immediately. You must not be destroyed."
With Kong Youde's order, these Han flag soldiers rushed into the cabin while chasing the defeated soldiers.
"Look, there's all food here!"
A soldier picked up the sack and opened it. He was shocked. It turned out to be a bag of bricks. Just when he was surprised, a little spark flashed through the cabin.
boom!
Chapter completed!