Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 281 Who is it?
When Zheng Chenggong was thinking about it, he was advised by Shi Lang, so he did not agree to the matter of self-raising military funds, but asked Chen Ze to retreat back to Tongguan, and advance after stabilizing the supply line.

But at this time, the supply line was already unsustainable.

The water transportation on the Han River is still drifting away, and the cost has also risen sharply after being transferred to land transportation, so that every step forward in the battle line, the Ming army gets less food and grass.

Right now, we need to support the two fronts in southern Shaanxi at the same time.

And the northern expedition is also going on in Shandong area.

Under the large-scale mobilization of troops, the situation of the Ming army in southern Shaanxi, which was already fighting hard, was even more difficult.

At present, Zheng Chenggong can only ensure that his direct troops and some elite recruits have barely enough military rations. Most of the other parts are short of rations.

But fortunately, it's time for the autumn harvest.

The fields in southern Shaanxi were harvested, and Huguang was able to supply them immediately. After almost ten days, Zheng Chenggong's troops could regain their strength.

But that's ten days of effort.

Not to mention advancing, the Ming army in southern Shaanxi was retreating steadily.

By the [-]th, the Ming army only occupied Tongguan and Shangzhou.

If Tongguan hadn't been lost, all the efforts of the Ming army for several months would have been in vain.

The gaps in the city wall collapsed one by one, and the Tongguan, which was already empty and almost ghostly, was not lost, because the Shun Army did not plan to take it back.

Gao Yigong and Li Guo pointed to Tongguan to allow the Ming army to fight the Qing army to death.

Qing army?

The Qing army also had to cut the wheat.

Going back to suppress the rebellion and guarding the manpower outside the country is all in the autumn harvest.

Moreover, because the Qing army lost a large amount of land in Liaodong, it was impossible to supply it only by relying on the arable land in Hebei and Shanxi. But it's hard.

The reason why it is possible to pull a hundred thousand troops to fight around.

It's just that the food from the trade didn't get lost too much.

How else can it be said that Zheng Chenggong's troops are hard to sustain?
While supporting himself, he also supported the Qing army by the way.

"very good!"

Zhu Youjian, who saw the first harvest of this year's autumn harvest, was very satisfied.

The black land was not covered, and the farm tools and plows were well developed, coupled with the planned large-scale land reclamation by the serfs, the output of the raw land was also considerable, and the most important thing was that the yield of corn among the new crops was very good.

"Send some here, I want to see."

As one of the main crops in Liaodong in later generations, Zhu Youjian had great expectations for corn.

And excluding the part that will be used as grain, the remaining corn will also be put into the Shengjing market.

After all, the fastest way to know and accept a kind of food is to eat it.

Staring at the corn cob and gnawing a few cornmeal buns is much better than the government's preaching.

Looking at the current output of staple grains wheat and sorghum rice, Zhu Youjian is more satisfied.

"A rare harvest year."

After saying this sentence, Zhu Youjian thought of Daming, and his mood was not very good.

It is not that the Ming Dynasty did not have a good harvest year, but usually when one place had a good harvest, natural and man-made disasters occurred in more places.

And Daming also had no ability to distribute the collected grain, so he could only watch the grain hoarded in the hands of the landlord Xungui, starving and anxious.

"There are too many war supplies this year. Next year, let's reduce the tax by [-]% and let the notice be posted on the stick."

"Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and I will send orders to the various places."

Hao Ya said that he loved the people like a son, turned around and left, but Zhu Youjian was blocked by this sentence and was speechless for a long time.

News came early in the morning that Aimee had already landed in Jiulian City yesterday evening.

The eunuch Wang Zhi'en, the eunuch of Shengjing's eunuch, and dozens of Tiqi at the sticky pole had been waiting there for a long time, and led the inlaid black flag and the eunuch of the palace to welcome them in Jiulian City.

It is said that Aimu didn't speak the whole time after getting off the boat, and got on the carriage to Shengjing with a gloomy expression.

I don't know what it will be like when father and daughter meet again
What kind of scene?

Anyway, Aimee Zhu is in a daze right now.

She thought that the place she arrived was either a wilderness mountain residence or a remote manor, but in the end she settled down on the coast of a big city, and there were several eunuchs and Jin Yiwei welcoming her at the scene.

At that time, the phrase 'no body' that she had thought about many times popped up in her heart, making her dare not speak at all.

She didn't dare to ask Pei Wu until she left Jiulian City.

"Where is this?"

At this time, Pei Wu, who was armed with the superman of Ming Dynasty, thought about it, and told the truth, and then added a few more sentences so that Auntie Zhu would not scare him.

"Returning to the princess, this place is Jiulian City in Liaodong. We are escorting the princess to Shenyang, but please rest assured, the princess, this trip is definitely not sending the princess to marry or be a proton."

Aimee Zhu's brows changed when she heard the words, and finally relaxed and asked: "Then why!"

"This. Please forgive me for not being able to explain clearly."

"you!"

Although this conversation did not reveal the answer, Aimee Zhu also knew that the situation was out of her control from the very beginning, so she simply waited.

Anyway, all the people present were very respectful to her, and the eunuch who called himself Wang Zhi'en was even more eager to come and go when he wanted to. Apart from not knowing what was going on behind the trip, he was the best person Aimee Zhu had ever met.

And she was not idle afterwards, trying to find out all the news about being in this land.

Since it is Liaodong, then this place should be the Black Flag State.

In Dashun, she also learned about this country where Jiannu was beaten.

But little is known about it, only that it is also a country established by the Jurchens, and it is almost the same as Jiannu.

"Zhien, let me ask you! Why are you mostly dressed in black when I saw you on the way?"

The chubby eunuch Wang Zhi'en immediately leaned over eagerly: "So that the princess will know that my country with a black flag is still black, and most soldiers and ordinary people wear black clothes."

"They don't shave their hair?"

"The black flag country is only for talents, and you don't need to shave your hair to be a family. Please look at those with braids. It is the prince who has this braid, so follow suit. Few of the Manchus wear the money rat tail , the prince doesn't pursue it too much, but walking on the road will inevitably attract some fists and kicks."

"Why is someone being whipped over there?"

"Ouch! Look at the sharp eyesight of the minister! The minister is going to drive them away!"

Hearing that Wang Zhi'en gradually called himself a courtier in front of her, Auntie Zhu's heart skipped a beat, and it seemed like a mess for a moment, but she still raised her hand to stop it.

"No, I'm just asking casually, just wanting to know why this is the case."

"Oh, oh! Then the minister sent someone to inquire. He came to ask, and returned to the princess. The man is exhausted. He is a citizen and has not participated in the autumn harvest on time."

"Oh."

After responding calmly, Auntie Zhu retreated into the carriage, staring at the roof of the carriage in a daze.

Seeing this, the North Korean maid hurriedly wanted to ask, but she raised her hand to stop her.

If the previous question is correct, the team has already arrived at the outskirts of Shengjing, and within half an hour at most, they will arrive at their final destination, Shengjing Imperial City.

"You can't. Who is it?"

After a long time, Auntie Zhu muttered to herself, attracting the maid to come forward.

"Master Princess?"

"nothing."

(End of this chapter)