Chapter 36: All gone
The entire Jianzhou people left Liaodong and headed north along the coastline.
Every spring is a very important moment for the people of Jianzhou. In February, they have a "A soft farewell", where hunters hunt wild boars, roe deer, lynx, and gray rats. At this time, the fur of wild animals is at its best, and when it is thickest, the fur coat produced is also the warmest.
March, "Ilan Farewell". Hunters in Jianzhou went to hunt deer and wildcats. At the same time, when the ice and snow melted in the spring, they lit torches and started spearing fish at night. At this time, the prey had left the old forests one after another, and it was the easiest time to save food.
When the "voice difference" comes. Jianzhou hunters hunted deer, cut velvet antlers, hunted roe deer, speared jellyfish, and began to go into the mountains to collect ginseng, exchanging velvet antlers and ginseng for goods brought by Han merchants...
Every season is different for them They all have important meanings. This year, it's different. They have to hurry up.
The Ming people are coming.
The Ming people came to kill them, and every Jianzhou person knew this.
In the past, their father and brother boasted about how many Ming people they killed and how many Ming slaves they captured. Today, it is the other way around. The Ming people will go back and brag to their families about how many Jianzhou people they killed and captured. How many founders were slaves.
Fan Wencheng was very thin and coughed constantly. Even so, Fan Wencheng personally walked at the front and pulled a chicken bus while cheering for the people around him.
“Let’s go quickly. We will have a good life when we get to the North Sea. We don’t need to catch the fish in the North Sea at all. They will rush into our arms. Even with a gourd, we can catch the fish.
I also heard that the flying dragons in the forest were so densely packed that it was impossible to catch them all, and the stupid roe deer would just stand there and shoot the second arrow if he missed the first one... He really couldn't kill him. Just beat them to death with sticks...
When the time comes, they will be stewed in a pot with mushrooms. It will be awesome..."
"I heard that there are Rakshasa people there with green eyes. Those with red eyebrows, they eat people!”
“Nonsense, Li Hongji’s troops have been recuperating in Beihai for more than two years, and now they have gone west to kill Rakshasa people, you Rakshasa people. You know, even though their men are ugly, those female Rakshasa are all beautiful. If you catch one of them, you will never want to leave the bed for the rest of your life."
Fan Wencheng. The cheerful look quickly infected other Jianzhou people. Due to this large raid on North Korea, the Jianzhou people had accumulated enough food and supplies. Although they were reluctant to leave their homeland, there were people from the Ming Dynasty chasing after them. , they had to leave.
Only when camping in the evening, Fan Wencheng would reluctantly look south.
As a minister, he knows very well that if he leaves his homeland this time, he will never come back again in this life...
The person who is also reluctant to leave is Wu Sangui, who is responsible for the end of the family. His family is here In his army, this team was different from the silent Jianzhou people. They cried all the way.
"We are from the Ming Dynasty. We can go back. The court will not kill us. We are just a group of common people. There is nothing we can do. Master, please, let us go back. My mother is still at home. , If I don't go back, she will be hungry..."
A soldier wearing leather armor suddenly stopped, pulled Wu Sangui's stirrup, and kept pleading.
Wu Sangui expressionlessly slashed the soldier to death with a knife, and then continued to walk north expressionlessly.
After walking for a while, he said to the general Ma Bao: "Instruct the three armies, the Ming Dynasty court has issued a death order for us, Wu Sangui's head will be made into a wine cup, and their heads will also be sent back. The Ming Dynasty was fertilized.
In short, there is no way to survive. It is better to die or survive and try again in the north."
Ma Bao summoned the messengers and quickly conveyed Wu Sangui's words. After a while, there was no more crying in the army, even the babies did not dare to cry. The whole army walked north silently, like a zombie.
The Jianzhou people’s large-scale action could not be hidden from Li Dingguo’s eyes and ears after all. After hearing the news from the scouts, he dropped the leg of mutton in his hand and said to Zhang Guofeng: "Pursue or not, the Jianzhou people will run away." "
Zhang Guofeng raised the leg of lamb in his hand and said, "My leg of lamb is delicious. Let's talk about it after I finish it."
Li Dingguo took his leg of lamb. He picked it up again and put it on the charcoal fire to continue roasting. "Didn't you want to kill all the slaves before? Now that the slaves are running away, you have no interest."
Zhang Guofeng said: "The new emperor of the Rakshasa Kingdom has just ascended the throne. I heard that he is also an ambitious guy. However, he is very young, only nineteen years old. Most of the power is in the hands of the nobles. The opinion of the Prime Minister's Office is that, While Rakshasa has not set his sights on the east, let’s occupy as much land as possible first.”
Li Dingguo was stunned and said, “The land occupied by Li Hongji and Dorgon is also considered our own?”
Zhang Guofeng said angrily: "Why doesn't it count? Li Hongji is a huge bandit of our Ming Dynasty. The court will destroy him sooner or later. Dorgon is a vassal of our Ming Dynasty. Of course the land they occupy is ours." "
Li Dingguo frowned and said: "What are you doing in such a big circle?"
Zhang Guofeng used a dagger to cut a piece of meat from the lamb leg and said, "How about that? Are you going to the far north?"
Li Dingguo shook his head and said, "No."
Zhang Guofeng shrugged and said, "Isn't that it? If you don't go, I won't. Go, no one in the country is willing to go. How about giving a place as big as the Far North to the Rakshasa people?
Look at the current situation in the country. I heard that it was only last year. , the population of Ming Dynasty has increased by three million. It has increased so much in one year, and there will be more in the future. Our little land is not enough.
Sooner or later, this northern land will be occupied. It’s packed with people.
Let’s settle it first.”
Li Dingguo said: “Since we don’t pursue the Jianzhou people, then,We should cross the Yalu River by now. "
Zhang Guofeng frowned and said, "Wait until the Japanese pirates leave before going in." "
Li Dingguo sighed: "I'm afraid there are not many people left in North Korea. ”
Zhang Guofeng said: “The Prime Minister’s Office is preparing to open North Korean land to domestic officials and merchants, collect extremely cheap rents, and allow them to enter North Korea to cultivate land. ”
Li Dingguo said: “No one is still farming like a bird?” "
Zhang Guofeng said: "I have accumulated some money and food over the years, about more than 20,000 silver dollars. How much do you have? "
Li Dingguo said: "You need money, just take it all. I have been in the army all year round and have never received any salary. I don't know how much it is. Ask the commander of the army later. Book, as long as you have it, take it all. ”
Zhang Guofeng said: “Okay, I will take care of it for you.” "
Li Dingguo smiled and said: "You haven't said what you want to do in North Korea yet. "
Zhang Guofeng said: "North Korea's mineral deposits are not allowed to be touched by the Prime Minister's Office, but the rest are not allowed to be touched. I plan to rent a forest farm, cut down the wood, and transport it back to Shandong for sale. ”
“Where are the manpower? I mean manpower! "
Zhang Guofeng looked at Li Dingguo and said, "Our brotherhood lacks manpower?
Li Dingguo immediately said seriously: "The men in the army are not servants of your Zhang Guofeng family. They cannot be touched... Oh, are you talking about Koreans?" ”
Zhang Guofeng said with a smile: “There are always people who have not been captured by the Jian slaves and Japanese pirates. We just hire them. We will probably give them food and ensure their safety. In addition, we will Brothers are the first people to set foot on the land of North Korea, and they will find a way. "
Li Dingguo took a bite of the lamb leg and said to Zhang Guofeng: "You want to give the North Koreans a way to survive, right? "
Zhang Guofeng said: "As a human being, it is better to be kind after all. In recent years, our Lantian army has been perverse overseas, and there have been too many unnecessary killings.
Li Dingguo said: "This is the mainstream opinion in the military. Although Han Lingshan is not in the military, he is the main person who advocates the use of force to suppress overseas. If you go against him now, No good fruit to eat.
Zhang Guofeng said with a smile: "If killing can really quell the resistance overseas, it is also a method. The problem is that it is different from the past. My Lantian is as powerful as a tiger. This tiger kills wild wolves." That’s it, no matter how much you kill, it’s what you should do.
But now the tiger is killing pigs and sheep. If this continues, the tiger will not be able to kill wild wolves in the future.
Dingguo, I have already given a memorial to Your Majesty, which is about the indiscriminate killing of troops overseas. Now, the number of vassal states that have been wiped out has reached one hundred and thirteen. This kind of thing should end. ”
“Jinhu will not obey your orders. His Majesty’s military order has come. The decree is very clear. Jinhu still has the power to act expeditiously. Your Majesty has even combined the power of the army and navy.” The contact power was given to Jin Hu.
If we want to go to North Korea, Jinhu’s boat ride is much faster than ours.
What do you think Jin Hu did when he went to North Korea? "
Zhang Guofeng shook his head and said: "I believe that your Majesty is not as vicious as you think. "
Li Dingguo laughed loudly and said: "What makes you think that His Majesty will not be as vicious as I think? ”
Zhang Guofeng reached out and said: “I bet that the Golden Tiger went to North Korea not to eradicate the weeds.” "
Li Dingguo popped out a silver dollar and said: "Very good, the bet is settled." ”
Zhang Guofeng also threw a silver dollar and high-fived Li Dingguo three times to conclude the bet.
Jin Hu sat on the beach with his knees crossed, looking at the white waves over and over again. The rocks on the seaside were washed over and over again, some seagulls were flying and chirping on the seaside, and some small fishes were swimming in groups in the waves.
There were three huge boats moored on the sea in the distance. These sailboats didn't look kind. The entire hull was dark. Although they were far away from the Golden Tiger, he could still clearly see the closed gun ports.
There was a man in white clothes on the boat. The navy officer was looking toward the shore with his binoculars. Jin Hu even felt that this guy was actually looking at him.
So, he waved to the officer, and after a while, there was someone on the warship. A special signal flag was raised.
Jin Hu carefully identified the signal flag and finally read the words of the naval officer.
"I am going to the port. ”
This is not actually a seaport, just a small fishing village.
However, according to naval regulations, they will not enter a seaport without army protection.
After seeing the news, Jin Hu couldn't help but laugh. People say that the army is hard, but in fact, these guys who live in the sea have a harder time.
Thinking of this, he said to his lieutenant: "Raise the flag and blow the trumpet, and send out sampans to welcome the Ming Navy warships into the harbor. ”