The war in Henan and many things that followed meant that the world was about to change. Although King Li Meng of Qi had occupied several provinces, this was the only force in the world that could unite his territory and strength. The Ming, Dashun, and Daxi were fighting each other, and there was definitely no possibility of uniting.

But the land sale scared Liu Hongqi. It turned out that many Henan's counterfeit villages had a connection with him. As a result, this time, the land sale sold all the land of these people. These local tyrants were so arrogant that they were just right with Jiaozhou Camp. As a result, they were directly bombarded by cannons and pushed them into killing them. Those who were alive were arrested and worked hard to do hard labor.

Liu Hongqi also had a lot of private land in Nanzhang, and the landlords who fled into his village were even more wealthy. If the land in Huguang and Henan were sold, what would be the place to live in the future?

But the combat power of Jiaozhou Camp is really terrifying. Liu Hongqi knows the villages in Henan very well. There are several villages that can be fought hard, and the terrain is also dangerous. Whether it is the Shun Army or the Ming Army, if you want to take down these places, there is no other way except for long-term siege. But Jiaozhou Camp is so simple to open, which is really terrifying.

Now the Shun Army is surviving, the Ming Army is A Dou who cannot support him, and no future will be left to join anyone. Liu Hongqi is really in a dilemma. He doesn’t have enough capital to establish himself, but in Shandong, if he sells all his fields, he will have no place to live, but if he wants to be an enemy, he is far from an opponent.

Liu Hongqi was uneasy and didn't know what to do in the future. The Yan Xiao, who usually deals with him, brought unexpected news.

The more you are in the fortress on the mountain, because the terrain is complex and the roads are rugged, eating salt is a top-notch thing. As long as the lower part is slightly blocked and the people on the mountain do not eat salt, they will gradually lose their combat effectiveness and automatically lose their destruction. Therefore, all the counterfeit villages are storing salt goods.

But Huguang itself does not produce salt. Although Shunjun does not have the energy to pay attention to these counterfeits, he will not allow salt goods to enter the mountains at will. Therefore, the price of counterfeits using salt is much higher than that on flat ground. Some salt dealers take risks for this benefit, and Liu Hongqi is a visionary character.

He has always purchased salt goods at a higher price than other counterfeits in order to come in handy when it is urgent, but his area is also the core area of ​​the Shunjun. So what kind of salt can be delivered so easily? A private salt dealer from Henan, named Xiang, took the initiative to come to him.

The salt owl claimed that she could provide salt goods. Liu Hongqi had done business with him half-believingly, but he didn't expect that this person really had a solution. The salt goods on land and water were sent over, which made Baiyun Village cheaper.

In June of the first year of Hua, just when Liu Hongqi didn't know where to go, Yan Xiao Xiangwan came to contact him and gave a promise that surprised and happy Liu Hongqi.

Surprisingly, when he was in the mountains of Huguang, the spies under the King of Qi could find him and send the news. He was happy that King of Qi offered him conditions. If the market was peaceful in the future, he would have a place in Huguang and Xiangyang. Of course, such conditions were not given out of thin air, but only required that at some point, his subordinates would obey Shandong's allocation to do a few things.

If you want to protect your wealth and prosperity in the new dynasty, you must pay your own price. Liu Hongqi also understands this truth. In fact, if the other party can come to the door on his own initiative, it is already a pie that fell from the sky.

Since the King of Chuang returned to Xiangyang with thousands of defeated soldiers, the atmosphere in Xiangyang City has become quite strange. The Shun Army's field troops stationed in Huguang were drawn to the front line of Xiangyang and recruited civilians to build fortifications and fortifications on Xiangyang and the outside.

When the King of Chuang led his troops to occupy Huguang, he used to levy taxes and labor services to differentiate it from the Ming Dynasty, so that the people could slowly recover.

This policy of kindness and kindness, which was completely different from the Ming Dynasty, was sincerely supported by local people, but the situation had completely changed at this time. Judging from the momentum of Shandong's troops, even if Xiangyang is a world-class city, with an almost abnormal terrain, I am afraid that the battle to defend the city would be very hard.

In this case, we must save materials as much as possible and reserve subsequent military sources, because the Shun Army rarely collects taxes among the people and has always relied on the military camps and the reserves of large gentry families, high-ranking officials and vassal kings as military supplies. After several wars, it consumed a lot, but it was not effectively supplemented.

At this critical moment of life and death, survival is the highest need. Who cares about the people's hearts or not? The Shun Army also began to plunder the civilian food stocks and recruit young and strong people everywhere to join the army.

Poor people in Huguang area have been stable for less than a year and their lives have become more difficult. In these areas, the Shun Army's control is still quite strong. Moreover, because the Shun Army itself is a poor family, they are clear about all kinds of things among the people and exploit them more carefully.

Originally, in the mountain villages in various places, the tenants who were carried up the mountain by the landlords and powerful people were extremely hard-working to make cattle and horses on the mountain. They ran down the mountain whenever they had the opportunity. However, starting from the first month of the first year of the Hua year, the people who took the initiative to join the landlords and powerful people for the first time appeared. This kind of amused and crying situation actually happened.

The scholars who defected to Li Chuang and the officials of the Ming Dynasty advised each other that this situation could still be maintained. If they continue to do so without hesitation, they may collapse.

But since Li Zicheng returned to Xiangyang, he has been very distant from these literati. Even Niu Jinxing, who was the first civil servant in the past, only inspected fortifications everywhere every day, urged soldiers to train, and often led the light cavalry to survey the terrain nearby. He was preparing for the next battle with Shandong soldiers.

Since Niu Jinxing received the news that Niu Qi was unknown to Niu Qi, he has become much older. He stayed in his door every day, and he was just a sorrowful person like Niu Qi. Everyone understands this, but Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others ignored it, or did not notice it at all. Only General Li Guo and General Gao Yigong sent people to express their condolences and greetings, which was considered to be thoughtful.
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